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NEWS OF THE WEEK
CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LE88ER IMPORTANCE.
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OF HENTS
National, Political, Personal and Other
Matters, In Brief Form for All -"
Classes of Readers.
WASHINGTON.
Major Edward HubbcII opposed bo
foro military affairs commlttco a pro
posal to form Boporato aviation corps
In army.
The war department has recom
mended tho expenditure of $20,000,000
to comploto tho Inland waterway from
Boston to Heat! fort, N. C.
Anti-suffragists were given n hear
ing by Chairman Henry of rules com
mlttco and wero promised formal
hearing In Decombcr.
Colonel Thomas H. Birch of Bur
llngton, N. X, personal aid to Presi
dent WllBon when governor of New
Jersoy, has boon appointed minister
to Portugal.
Ttoprosontativo Townor has Intro
duced a resolution to authorize- tho
president to act with tho Argentina
and Brazil In offering meditation In
Mexico.
President Wilson's message to
President Huerta 1b now In tho posses
sion of tho Mexican government,
which may bo expected to roject It
or to roturn somo answer shortly.
Tho eloctlon commlttco has votod
to report favorably on tho Clapp bill
to provont senators and representa
tives from soliciting political cam
paign funds.
Tho determination of republicans
In the sonnto to compel u compro
mise on tho Whito house program for
orrency .legislation this session 'is
being inoro strongly exhibited from
day to duy.
Doubt as to tho disposition of tho
Italian government towards tho Pann-ma-Pacific
exposition wnH removed
by a report to tho state department
that tho Italian chambers l.ud passed
nn net appropriating 2,000,000 lire for
participation In tho celebration.
An umendmont Resigned to make
clour that commercial paper, based
on wurohouBo rocoipts for staplo com
modities, would bo accoptod for re
discount by fodornl reserve bunks,
proposed ' In tho administration cur
rency bill, wns practically agroud up
on In the houso democratic caucus.
Democratic lenders In tho sonnto
nro considerably perturbed ovor tho
fatluro to make progress on tho tariff
bill and for several days informal
conferences have been hold with pro
gressive ropubllcaiiB and regular re
publican loadors In tho hopo tlint
eoino means to hnston consideration
of the meuBuro might bo found.
DOMESTIC.
An "artificial moat'1 linB boon de
vised of grain by a Belgian chemist.
Twenty acres of land in Coos coun
ty, Oregon, wore forfeited to tho
United StatoB from tho -C. A. Smith
Lumbar company, In a decree slgued
iby Fodornl Judgo Robert S. Beun.
Socialism, Immoral dances and tho
action of mine owners in Lead, S. D
wero Bcorod in tho adoption of resolu
tions during tho session of tho Amorl
can Federation of Catholic societies,
ut Milwaukee
Placing iwo sticks of dynamito In
hla vest pocket, llonry Holdt wont to
tho rear of Ills homo at Altoona, Pa.,
lighted n fuso and calmly waited the
explosion that blow up the Iioubo and
out his body almost in two.
Henry D. Clayton, member of can
gres from tho Third district of Ala
bama, was namod by Governor O'Neal,
of Alubsrjnu as United Stutos senator
to fill tho vacancy caused by tho
death of Senator Joseph.
Flvo dayB at tho rockpllo for n Jive
cent fraud in tho milo of a ploce of
ice, wns tho sontoneo imposed by
Municipal Judgo Stevenson upon
Thomas' Barnes, of Portland, Oro
proprietor of an Ico and coal company.
Citizens of Brady, Mont., nngored nt
tho persistant refusal of tramps to
work dcsplto tho urgent need for har
vest hands, nro seizing tho recalci
trants and ducking them In horse
watering troughs uptll thoy ngreo to
accept -employment.
Chicago makors of womon's roady-to-woar
garments employ over 200,000
porsons nnd have a yearly output
valued at $27,000,000.
Sovon hundred minors omployed by
tho Pnctflo Coast Coal company In
threo collieries nt Black Dlumond,
twenty-flvo miles southeast of Soattlo
wulkod out because tho company re
fused to reinstate George Ayros, who
was discharged after ho hud qunrrol
cd with a forman, , Ayros Is an or
ganizer for tho Industrial Workers
of tho World.
John IJlack, half-breed Cherokee, of
Tulsa, Ok!., claims to bo 151 years
old.
Concreto "runs" tinder tiio notion
of tho oxyacotylono torch, tho heat of
which Is intenso.
J. J. Armstrong or Gt. Paul won tho
championship of tho Northwestern
Lawn Tennis association in tho an
nuul turnumont at Mnnoupolls.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mctzonlhln, an
Amorlcan womun, formerly of Austin
Tax., has nrlved at Nogalos, Ariz,
with hor four small cl.lldron after
losing hor husband and all her pos
sessions In Mexico.
Wnter shortage Is said to bo re
sponsible for nn epidemic of typhoid
fovor at Wllsoy, In Morris county,
KnriBBB, whoro this summer hns brok
entail previous heat records.
Chicago women voters have blos
somed out as Btump speakers before
an audtenco of reporters! For several
weeks thoy havo been holding classes
In public speaking at tho headquar
ters of tho woman's party, but no out
sider has been permitted In tho room.
Tho laBt dyke In tho Pacific sec
tion, of tho Panama canal between
Mlraflores locks and the ocean will
bo destroyed about August 25. Tho
event will mark an Important step to
ward tho completion of the wnter
communication for vessels of light
draft
Thrco men on an engine of a freight
train wero overcome by gas In tho
Northern Pacific tunnel through Stam
pedo pass, near Seattlo, when an air
hose broko and stopped tho train.
Fred Callahan, a brakeman, was bo
yond resucltatlon when taken out, nnd
died at a hoBpital. Robert Plorfion,
fireman, Buffered a fractured skull
when ho foil. Webb Uuldwln, tho en
glnoer, Is recovorlng.
WAR ECHOES.
All tho Venezuelan offlclalB In Corr
were killed when tho town was cap
tured. Mexican federals In tho stato of
Durnngo nro shooting nil prisoners
takon, regardless of nationality, ac
cording to O. V. Soifert, a mining man
from that stato.
Ofllclal 'dispatches announced that a
camel corps of British natlvo troops
had been ambushed by a force of 2,00(1
Dorvishers noar Burao, Arabia. Tho
British killed and wounded includo
ofllcers and about sixty men.
Tho overwhelming defeat of tho
robols under Vonustlnno Carranza and
Julio Madoro nt Torreon Is- confirmed
by dispatches which have reached tho
Mexican wnr oillco. Carranza and Ma
doro aro said to havo reachod Duron
go, and tho bulk of tho rebel forco Is
roportcd to bo falling back demoral
ized and short of ammunition.
Flvo thousand porsoiiB aro reported
to havo boon killed 5n tho fighting
thnt Is going on In Canton and ItB on
vlroiiB between govornmont forces and
rebels. Looting continues, and thoro
has been n wholcsalo destruction of
proporty. Among tho buildings de
stroyed wns tho Canton governor's
yanion.
A roport that Mexican authorities
havo resorted to courier for carrying
tholr dispatches through tho United
States was spread by the passage of
FrnnclBco Antlono Lara, a federal
cavalry bfllcor, said to bo carrying
dispatches to Washington. Ho was
quoted as declaring thoro had been a
leak In tolographlo transmission.
FOREIGN.
TliQ trades federation hns called off
tho proporod gonoral strike of mlnorB
In South Africa.
Tho Intornatlonal Medlcnl congross
wnB oponod by Prlnco Arthur of Con
naught as tho roprnsontntlvo of King
George in the Albert hall.
Princess Sophlo of Snxo-Wolmnr-Elsonuch
will renounce all her rlghtB
and innrry n commoner. Two of hor
brothers havo already done the samo
thing.
Tho world's greatest collection of
poBtago stamps, valued at $5,000,000
and owned by Phllllpo la Ronoticro
von Ferrary, boh of .tho Duchess do
Gnlllora Is to bo given to thuSUalllora
museum In Paris.
The death In Zurich of August Bo
bcl, the Gorman socialist lender, will
havo little effect on the activities of
his party. For several years ho had
been moro u source of Inspiration
than tho actual loader.
Tho French government has given
an extensive order for arooplanoa that
are almost entirely composed of steel
and so simply constructed that thoy
cun be tukeu to pieces In hnlf nn hour
for easy transportation,
Tho French govornmont Iiub passed
a special law permitting Mmo. Dlou
lafay to dress In tho attlro of men.
Sho Is a noted explorer and mountain
climber and Is tho only woman In
Franco enjoying tho privilogo of wenr
lug man's clothing.
A Belgian syndicate has signed with
tho Chlnoso minister of communica
tions an agreement for a lean of $50,
000)00 at 5 por cent Interest In con
nection with the now railway to bo
constructed In tho provinces of Shan
SI nud Szo Chuen.
WHO EXPEL HALE
MEXICAN PRESS MAKES RABID
ATTACK ON HIM.
HOPEFUL VIEW OF SITUATION
Llnd's Ability to Get In Touch Witr
Offlclals Considered a Favor
able Indication.
Mexico City. Popular Interest In
tho outcome of John Llnd's visit to
Mexico ns the personal representa
tive of President Wilson is divided
by tho efforts of a portion of tho lo
cal press to securo the application of
Arliclo 33 of tho constitution to Dr.
Bayard Halo, who for somo tlmo baa
been Investigating condltons in Mex
co on behalf of tho United States
government. Artclo 33 is the clauso
that provides for tho oxpulson of per
nicious foreigners.
Tho Indopendento, which Is ex
tremely rabid in ItB attack on him,
BUggessts editorially, that' President
Huerta expel Dr. Halo, who is char
acterized as a spy and declared to
be workng to bring' about Intervene
tion.
Reply Expected Soon.
In the week that has elapsed since
Mr. Lind arrived In tho capital pub
lic sentiment toward him lias been
modified nnd tho opinion now pre
vails that not all of tho government
officials are us ready to summarily
roject bis proposals as wub indicated
before ho reached tho capital. There
is reason to bcllevo that whatever
tho Mexican reply will bo, It will bo
mado within two or three days and
that by tho end of tho week Mr.
Llnd will bo on his way to tho United
States.
Situation Unchanged.
Tho Mexican sltjuatlon continued
apparently unchanged, with President
Wilson and Secretary Bryan await
ing tho Huerta government's reply
to tho preliminary note delivered by
John Llnd to Foroign Minister Gam
boa outlining tho position of tho
United States. Mr. Bryan let it be
known that ho expected no reply for
a day or two. Tho fact that Mr.
Llnd had established relations with
tho Hucrtagovornmont through Min
ister Gamboa, following reported dec
larations which almost threatened
deportation of President Wilson's per
sonal reprcsontativo, loads officials
horo to tako a moro hopeful view of
tho situation.
Blg Fire at Omaha.
Omaha. Proporty loss estimated
to nggrogato $120,000, ono fireman fa
tally, and many others moro or less
seriously. Injured, marked thq prac
tical destruction Sunday night of tho
big throe-story building at 1C09-1511
Howard street, occupied by tho Bur-gess-Granden
company, tho Omaha
Gas company and tho atubel Furnl
turo company, in ono of tho most
spoctncular and monaclng fires in
Omaha In years.
Nolghborlng property running well
Into the millions in value was ser
iously throatoned for moro than two
hours until firemen massed at tho
doomed structuro brought the flames
under control. Threo alarms, tho
first at 8:20 o'clock, followed by tho
others In quick succession, centered
every bit of available apparatus in
tho dnnger zono. It was not until
midnight that smoke and flame had
boon driven back sufficiently to por
mlt of an entrance to and Inspection
of tho building.
Calls IT, S. Greatest of Colonleo.
London. Tho "Budget" publishes
otatoraonts from prominent English
business men demanding that Groat
Britain bo adequately represented at
tho San Francisco exposition. Among
thorn is tho following remnrkablo to!
oginm from Sir Georgo Blrdwodd:.
"I congratulate you on tho support
you aro giving to tho appeal of tho
Times. Tho United States of Amor
lea is our greatest colony, nnd If wo
do not glvo wholo-honrfed support to
tho Panama exposition, It will bo n
sign that tho mother hnlf of tho sea
washed world Is sinking hor sapphlro
throno Into blundorlng dotngo."
Land Law Declared Meaningless.
San Francisco, Cal. California's
alien land law Is declared to bo
"meaningless and lnocectlvo" In tho
roport of tho legislative commlttco of
tho Asiatic Exclusion league. It was
announcod that tho roport would bo
sont to civic, political and labor or
ganizations throughout the entlro
country and, if possible, Incorporated
In tho Congressional Rocord.
Killed Child's Despoller.
J Chicago. An qnrnged fahtor who
killed tho man tho courts had acquit
ted of tho chargo of attacking his
thlrtcon-yoar-old daughter was exon
erated by tho comer's Jury.
Harry Thaw Escapes.
Mnttowun, N. Y. Harry K. Thaw,
tho slayer of Stanford White, escaped
from tho hospital of tho criminal in
sano horo. A dart for liberty through
an open door of a poworful automobllo
that stood quivering outside, nnd a
flight Uko n rockot for tho Connecticut
state line, thirty miles away, accomp
lished Ills oscapo.
Ho Is still at lr.rgo and tho hospital
authorities feol cortaln ho is now out
Bldo tho stato. Once beyond Its bound
nrlos, Thaw Is froe. Only perhaps
years of litigation can bring him back
BRIEF NEW8 OF NEBRA3KA.
Sunday baseball was defeated ni
Ansley.
Chicken thloves nro making life
miserable for farmers around Tabic
Rock.
The Btato tcachera' association will
hold Its convention in Omaha in No
vember. Ono of the novel sights at tho stato
fair will bo tho exhibit of Shetland
ponies.
Douglas Wallenburg was drowned
tvlillc bathing in a sand pit near Cen
tral City.
Tho canning factory at Grand Island
has closed down on account of a lack
of material.
Rev. Frank Smith and wlfo of Hast
ings havo gone to Japan to engage In
Missionary work.
Nellgh was struck by a disastrous
electrical storm last week that caused
considerable damage.
Tho farm houso of Thomas Rem
mers near Beatrice, was destroyed by
fire with all Its contents.
George Brenton was Instantly killed
at Nellgh when a wagon loaded with
brick passed ovor his body.
Levi Hitchcock, n Falls City fruit
man, is proudly exhibiting a peach
nearly four Inches In diameter.
Camping out at tho stato fair will be
a popular feature, according to appli
cations already mado for reservations
Representatives from over 200
churches nttended tho convention of
Christian churches nt Hastings last
week. '
J. A. Yaprnr of Fremont will havo
charge of the fruit exhibit at tho state
fair. 1
Harrison Anderson, a Seward car
penter, fell from a scaffolding twenty
feet high nnd had two ribs and a leg
broken.
Nearly all the Shubert fruit growers
sold their npples to a Chicago firm.
The same firm purchased their crop
last year.
Uays of tho sun reflected from a
tin can set fire to a wood pllo at York,
and necessitated a run by tho fire de
partment. Sparks from a threshing machine
set fire to William Roehler's wheat
near Ohiowa and destroyed property
worth $1,000.
The little girl of'W. II. Sutton, near
Plattsmouth, was badly burned when
her clothes caught fire as a brother
struck a match.
Charles Shafer, residing four miles
southeast of Beatrice, threshed flv6
acres of oats, which yielded seventy
eight biiBhels to the acre.
Mrs. Annlo Bahr of Eagle was
taken 111 while atcndlng a circus at
Lincoln Monday and died within an
hour at the homo of a friend.
Herman Beneln, a young German
farmer living In the. vicinity of Dlller
was drowned In tho Little Blue rlvei
near Stoelo City Sunday morning.
Ono dead heifer and eight head in
a serious condition, was the result of
feeding freshly cut cano on tho farm
of Henry Hertzell near Plymouth.
A government rifle club, Jo bo affili
ated with tho National Rule associa
tion, has been organized at Stanton
with a membership of twenty-three.
Johnson cflunty will havo to spend
$30,000 for now bridges along the drain
age ditch being put in in tho reclaim
lowlands, on the Nemaha river bot
toms. Mrs. Frank Eberhard, living two
and one-half miles east of Pierce, was
frightened to death when a bolt of
lightning struck the houso sho wns
living In.
Wheat Is yielding from twenty-six
to fifty-two bushels to tho acre In
Polk county this year, and somo oats
have yielded "better than sixty bushels
por acre. ,
Sam Agursky, an Omaha tailor, at
tempted to end his life by the gas
route, but the timely use of a pulmo
tor frustrated his designs and ho still
abides with us.
As Louis Lovett, a Johnson county
farmer, waB resting under tho shado
of his wagon, tho team started up and
both his legs were broken as the
whools ran over him.
Continued dry weather and scarcity
of feed havo" compolled many farmers
to soil butcher stock at a loss. f
Heirs of the late Horace Greenwood
at Wymoro will pny to Gigo county
an Inheritance tax of over $800.
Tho Rev. J. W. Sapp, pastor of tho
Christian churches at Stella and Nema
ha during tho past olevon years, hns
resigned to accept a call at Smith
Center, Kas.'
A gasoline stove In tho homo of
Thomas Nayior at Falls City, exploded,
setting fire to the clothing of his wlfo
und little daughter, who wero both
badly burned.
Tho vlllnge of Plckrcll ha'j been In
corporated. Carl W. Wilson, a switchman em-,
ployed by tho Union Pacific, was
killed In J.he. yards at North Platte by
bolng run ovor by a switch onglno.
While cranking nn automobile,
Marlon Livingston, a Grand Island
young lady, wns hit in tho face when
'.ho handle Bllpped from hor hand,
knocking out several teeth.
Circulators of a petition for the
woman's suffrago amendment nt Stella
uro mooting with great success, hav
ing obtained nearly 80 per cent of tho
signatures aBked for.
Tho German Day colobration at Lin
coln will bo held In October.
Theodore Itoosovolt has boon Invit
ed to bo one of the tpenkcrs at the
third party gathering wMch will bo
held at Lincoln some time this fall.
Elovon year old MJrl Gibson, of Mor
rill, was kicked In the face by a mule.
A physician had to romovo soveral
pieces of shattered bono from around
his nose.
Charles D. Andrews, n gunner on Ad
miral Dowey's flagship, Olympla, tho
May morning of 18US when ho sailed
Into Manilla hay, died nt his homo at
Omaha last week.
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NEBRASKA CONTRIBUTED TO
LIST OF IMPEACHED
GOVERNORS.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
.
items of Interest Gathered from Ro
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Impeachment of Governor Sulzcr by
ho New York legislature recalls Ne
braska's contribution to the record of
other governors of American states
who havo been Impeached.
David Butler, first governor of tho
Btato, was Impeached by the lower
bouse of tho legislature, March 1,
1871, found guilty by tho senate June
J, and removed from office. Of the
seven impeached governors in 137
years history, he was one of three
found guilty.
Curiously enough, Kansas and Ne
braska were the only states north of
tho old Mason Dixon line, until the
present, which had impeached their
governors.
As In tho case of Governor Sulzer,
Ihe troubles of Governor Butler were
Jiouso impeached him on several
bouse Impeached him n severall
countB. Ono charged misappropria
tion of $16,000 of state fundB and on
this alone was he found guilty. Others
upon which he was acquitted, charged
that he had arranged with purchasers
of state lands nnd with contractors on
state buildings, whereby ho received
ft part of tho amount involved In the
transaction. Several such Incidents
centered about the construction of the
old stnto university, the building
which Is still the main university hall.
The house preferred Its charges on
March 1, 1871. Tho senate convened
as a court of Impeachment March 6
and cited Governor Butler to appear
March 7. Managers of the case for
the house were J. C. Myers, J. E
Doom and DeForest Porter, with Ex
perience Estabrook as counsel. Gov
ernor Butler's counselors were Clln
ton Briggs, John I. Redlck and T. M
Marquette. The president of tho sen
ate could not be present and resigned,
whereupon Senator Isaac E. Hascall
of Omaha was elected president to
preside during the trial.
After six weeks dreary testimony,
tho senate found Governor Butler
guilty of mlsapproprlatng tho $10,000
of state funds, the vote being 9 to 3
It was declared that ho had taken
this amount out of funds from the sale
of public lands and had used it in the
construction of a $20,000 mansion In
tho outskirts of Lincoln, which is now
the home of the Lincoln Country club.
Ho offered to deed to tho state, land
then worth little, but which later sold
'for $G0,000. The offer availed noth
ing and he was immediately removed
from office.
Plan for Test of Wire Rate.
Plans for allowing the Western
Union Telegraph company to make a
threo to six months' trial of tho uni
versal day rate provided for in tho
Stebbins bill of the last legislature,
were talked over at a conference here
by the railway commission and At
torney Brogan of the company. The
plan will be tried under nn account
ing system provided by the commis
sion. It will likely become operative
September 1. After tho trial the torn
mission will mnke a recapitaulation of
tho returns and if the rate has been
compensatory It will be put Into effect
permanently. The new rate will al
low a chargo of 25 cents for all ten
word day messages between any two
points In the state and will supplant
tho now prevalent 25 cent, 30 cent
and 40 cent rates on such messages.
Cost of maintaining fourteen stato
institutions for the half year, Decem
ber 1, 1912, to May 31, 1013, amounted
to .3394,924 or $120 for each of tho
4.29y Inmates, according to a report
from tho governor's office.
Tho Hnstings asylum under Super
intendent Baxter, spent $9 less for
each of tho 1,099 patients than under
tho administration of Dr. Kearn for
tho first half of tho year I'D 12. Tho
Lincoln hospital, und or. the same
head, Dr. B. F. Williams, reported an
Increaso of $10 per Inmate, while the
Norfolk hospital, with 41G patients,
cost of $1 per Inmate moro than last
yenr.
Tho Middle Loup as a possible fac
tor In tho development of water power,
leaped Into promlnonco when Thomas
Pratt and John Hogo of this city and
II. R. Geurlg of Omnha filed an appli
cation for 440 cubic second feet of
water to be taken from thnt stream.
According to the specifications fur
nished tho board, tho Initial develop
ment of the company will call for a
1,000 horsn power plant, costing In the
neighborhood of $63,000. Of that
amount $16,000 will go for a dam,
$25,000 for a three-mile canal, $18,000
for machinery and $10,000 for building.
Bands at State Fair.
The Gonon Indian school band wlH
isslst in furnishing music for the state'
fair, Sept. 1-5. In addition, tho Geneva
girls' Industrial school band, tho Ne
braska state band, tho Nelson concert
hand and tho Ord concort band, will
llny. Liberal's band, assisted by ten
grand opera stars, will glvo thrco free
concerts each day In the auditorium
and play a concert before the grand
stand at 7 o'clock each night.
Tho Hastings Chautauqua is up
against a deficit of nearly $2,500.
NEWS FROM STATE HOUSE
State Auditor Howard has begun
proceedings In quo warranto In tho su
preme court to tost the right of L. C
Brian and Governor Morehead and At
torney General Martin to control tho
state insurance department.
Dr. A. Bostrom, former state veter
inarian, has been chosen by tho stal
lion registration board as chief exam
iner. Arsistant inspectors and offlco
employes of tho board will be selected
on adVIce of Stato Veterinarian Klgliv
secretary of tho board, and tho newly
chosen examiner.
Tho resignation of Mrs. Barker,,
superintendent of tho Stato Tubercu
lar hospital at Kearney, has been ac
cepted by the stato board of control,
and Doctor Nellie Deffenbaugh of
Grand Island was chosen to take tho
place. Tho change will be effected.
September 1.
- Nebraska will not be represented at
the conference of tho Interparliament
ary union to be held nt tho Hasue
noxt month, both Congressmen Kln
kald and Senntor NorrlB, who. w.re
appointed ns delegates, having decided
they will not make tho trip. Con
gressman Klnkaid Intended until re
cently to go.
The members of the stato banking
board have been served with notice
that an alternative writ of mnndamus
has been issued comandlng them to
show cause by Monday why they
could not be compelled to license ex
Governor Aldrlch's Installment invest
ment company.
Ladles of the Omaha Concordia. x
singing society In attendance at the.
state saengerfest called on Governor
Morehead' and sang In his office. They
were chaperoned by Mayor Jim Dahl
man of Omaha. The officers and em
ployes of the state house who heard
tho music considered It equal to any
grand ropera they ever heard.
Members Gerdes and Kennedy ot
tho board of control, or commission
ers of tho state Institution, went to
Nebraska City last week, where they
conferred with Supernltendent Ab
bott of the school for the blind rela
tive to Improvements whl6h are to
be made there before the fall term oC
school .opens.
A total of 210 convicts have been
parolled from the state penitentiary
since the law providing for paroles
has been In effect In this state. Fully
90 per cent of these prisoners have
received their final discharges, a com
paratively few have been returned to
the penitentiary and ninety are still
bound by the terms of their parol
agreements.
A man thought to bo Baron von
Werner, the Nebraska convict who
escaped while in care of Chaplain
Johnson at Tecumseh some weeks
ngo, haB been apprehended at Wood
stock, 111. Warden Fenton of the Ne
braska prison has sent minute de
scriptions and additional photographs
to tho officers at Woodstock and says
that from their description he Is siiro
that the man Is von Werner.
Riding In automobiles, stopping at
tho best hotels, wearing tho best
clothes and doing the "gentleman act"
in general, Baron von Werner, ab
sconding nobleman-convict from the
Nebraska penitentiary, was having
lots of fun In Illinois when appre
hended by the ofllcers. Tho baron Is
onco more a prisoner at tho stato
prison, having arrived at noon Tues
day in charge of Warden Fenton.
Announcement that tho officials ot
the Western Savings, Loan and Invest
ment company would seek to man
damus tho state banking board to ob
tain 'a license to do business in this
state, Is made by former Governor Al
drlch. The company was denied tho
right, following a long hearing, in
which tho company's ofllcers mado
showings as to their ability to make
money by borrowing at 10 per cent.
Stato Game. Warden Rutenback.
Deputy Warden Kentopp, Superinten
dent O'Brien of tho fish hatcheries at
South Bend,, and Harry Runlon of
Benkleman spent a day last week
seining out the lake near Oxford,
w'hlch Is about a mile and a half long.
They took out four tons of carp, buf
falo and other rough fish, which wero
given away to people who came from
the surrounding country to get them.
A report made to tho department
by a deputy game warden says that
prairie chickens aro being killed In
the western part of the state against
tho law and then taken into town con
cealed1 In empty ex,tra tires, which
nro cnrrled on tho cars.
Gust Fellows of Humboldt has been
appointed a member of the examining
board of embalmerB. He Is ono of
tho oldest undertakers in the, stato
and received tho highost recommenda
tion from tho state embnlmers' asso
ciation. Tho Y. M. C. A. will be represented
nt the stato fair, Sept. 1-5. A tent will
bo maintained on the grounds for tho
comfort nnd information of men
whether members of the Y. M. C. A.,
or not. There will be telephone serv
ice a post office, a barber shop, hos
pital and nursery on tho grounds.
Turbulence and turmoil which .was
raised at the state houso over tho
fight for possession of the state Insur
ance department has been renewed,
following the move Just made by
Auditor Howard to regain possession.
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