THE SEMIAVEEKLV TRIBUNE NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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EPITOME OF EVENTS
PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO
MANY OUBJECT8.
M SHORT BUT INTERESTING
Brief Mention of What la Transpiring
In Various Sections of Our Own
and Foreign Countries
1 WASHINGTON.
Representative) J. Hurry Covington
of Enston, Aid., linB been nominated
by President Wilson to bo chief
Justice of the District of Columbia su
preme court. Ho is a democrat.
Tho policy of the federal govern
ment in closing all saloons in the In
dian lands ceded to the United Statca
in 1855 and now constituting a great
er portion of the stato of Minnesota
north of tho forty-sixth parallel baa
been upheld by tho supreme court.
Unled Stutes Senator Leo S. Over
man of North Carolina was unanim
ously renominated and tho position
taken by President Wilson for ropeal
cf the Panama toils exemption clauso
was endorsed by tho democratic state
convention at Raleigh, N. C. Tho
convention pledged tho party to on-
net a state-wldo primary law.
A Joint resolution authorizing Presi
dent Wilson to appoint a commission
of five persons, distinguished in expe
rience, discretion and integrity and
free from any personal lnterost in tho
controversy, to eettlo tho Colorado
striko, was introduced by Representa
tive Keating, and nn identical meas
ure has been introduced by Senator
Owen.
DOMESTIC
In Nuremburg, German, 800 work
mon aro employed in making load
soldiers and lead toys.
Less tiian a dozen survivors of the
Mexican war, 184G-1848, attended tho
national association of Mexican war
veterans' annual reunion which open
ed at Chllllcotho, O.
Announcement Is made that Bishop
Chauncey U. Drowster of tho Pro
testant Episcopal dloceso of 'Connec
ticut will sail in a few days for a tour
of Asia nnd Europe to awaken inter
est In a proposed international con
ference on Christian faith and orders.
Four Btate banks in Chicago, with
aggregate deposits of $0,411,007 and
reported cash means of $1,434,G92,
novo been taken charge of by tho
state banking department, which has
closed tho banks' doors and has
Btartcd an examination of tho banks'
affairs.
Dcat'ii by accidental drowning was
tho verdict of a Sapulpu, Okl., coro
ner's Jury ob tho result of tho inves
tigation of tho deaths of Miss Nina
Reynolds, 18 and Dortio, Zulah nnd
"Vina Sanders, 0, 11 nnd 14. The bod
ies of tho girls wero rocovorod from
a creek near their homo. It is be
lieved one of tho girls got beyond her
depth and tho others wo o drowned
whllo trying to rescue hot.
Tho United States government has
started search of a cantaloupe trust
by summoning numerous commission
merchants to testify beforo tho grand
Jury relative to an nlloged closo con
trol of tho crop. The Inquiry is di
rected against commission morchantB
in Now York, Pittsburg, Chicago, Col
orado nnd California and may form
tho basis of action under tho Shor
man anti-trust laws.
Thnt the eastern organizers of tho
United Mine Workers of 'America
may remain in tho striko district with
tho understanding thnt "nothing will
be dono by thorn to irrltnto or influ
ence the situation," is tho text of a
telegram received by Colonel J. Lock
ett, In command of tho federal troops
nt Trinidad, from Assistant Secretary
of Wnr Breckonrldgo, who acted In
tho absence of Secretary Garrison.
Administration senators aro holding
conforoncos nt tho White houso to lay
tho lines for tho next legislative bat
tlethe cnactmont of President Wtl
eon's trust program. With tho Pan
ama oils repeal out of tho way after
weeks of long debate, tho ndmlnlstra.
Hon forces will bond their enorgles
toward passago of tho trust bills, al
ready approved in tho houso and now
nwaitlng action in tho sonnto Judic
iary and Interstnto commcrco com
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shot and Day himself was killed.
Mrs. Pauline Fisher, wife of "Ibid"
Fleher, tho cartoonist, was soriously
injured In New York .when two mo
tor cars collided, Mrs. Fisher wna
pinned beneath ono of tho cars, Sho
vas taken to n hospital, where hitor
it was roported that her condition waB
much Improved.
Tho dogroo of doctor of laws haB
been conferred on Frederick W. Leh
mann, American representative at the
Nicgara Falls mediation conference
by Washington university nt St.
Louis.
Pledemont, Italy, exports clover and
alfalfa seed to the United States.
At Portsmouth tho striko of shoo
workers, Inaugurated March 20, has
been formally called off.
An automatically governed, oloc
trlcally driven air comproseor haB
been Invented for filling nutoraobllo
tires In garages.
George Fred Williams, tho Ameri
can minister to Greece, has left tho
Grecian capital for Albania, according
to a special dispatch received from
Athens, to offer his services as a dis
interested mediator to the conflicting
clans of Albania, .
In an effort to concontrnto Bupport
for a suffrago measuro in congress,
suffrage leaders have Issued n call
for a meeting of all leaders in the
movement In tho United States, to
meet nt Mrs. O. II. P. Belmont's New
York home, Marble House, on July 3.
Tho resolution of the chosen free
holders of Hudson county. New Jer
sey, under an act of the Now Jersey
legislature In 1790, fixing faros for
single and round trips to New York
on tho Port Richmond and Dergen
Point Ferry was upheld as constitu
tional by tho supreme court.
That sox of children may be pre
determined is tho conclusion reached
by Dr. Isrnel Dram of Philadelphia,
after a study of thirty of hlB patients,
upon whom ho experiments with spe
cial diet and medlcne. Tho conclu
son was given In tho current number
of a medical Journal.
In recognition of the services of tho
French peoplo in tho construction of
tho Panama canal, first steps havo
boon taken to present to Franco tho
steam launch Louise, used in con
structlng tho cnnnl and to give to tho
little ship bearing tho French flag
tho place of honor at tho formal open
ing. Orson Adams, former president of
tho Mosa County Nallor al bank of
Grand Junction, Colo., han gone to
tho federal penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., to sarvo six years
for IlllsannrnnrlnUnn of Ihn hnnlc'n
funds. Adams pleaded guilty to forty-
nino of the olghty-two counts.
An adequate system of rural cred
its and co-operation between farm
ers in tho buying of supplies and tho
soiling of products was advanced as
tho solution to tho high cost of living
by speakers at the annual spring pil
grimage and consecration exercises
at tho National Farm school near
Boylestown, Pa.
Tho ai.nn.at, m&stlng of the Natlo:
al association of Junior Republics
was hold nt the Georgo Junior Re
public at FroevJlle, N. Y., and tho
secretary repoUed movements look
ing to tho establishment of Junior
Ropubllcs, cither through private or
state action in Oregon, California,
Arkansas and Iowa.
Richard B. Miller, ono of the kep
em nt tho Nassau county Jail in Now
York, was cent to prison from throo
to Bix yea-s for participating ic or
gies thoro Inst fall involving prisoners
of both Soxes. Tho trial of Wlliam
Cllffcrd, tl o other, kocper, was begun,
but as soon as Bcntenco was pro
nounced upon Miller, Clifford admit
ted his guilt.
FOREIGN.
Vera Cruz Is in urgent need of food
stuffs, according to an 'official report
of tho United States consul in thnt
city.
Albanian government troops routed
5,000 insurgents near Tirana, cast of
Durazzzo, according to a despatch
from the Albanian capital. Tho inO
surgents' after a recent victory over
government troops, had threatened
tho capital.
A determined attempt wno made by
militant suffragettes to burn tho an
oletit church of St. Margaret's at
Chlpstend, fourteen miles southeast
of Ltfndon. Thrco distinct fires, fed
by flro lighters, composed of squares
of folt saturated with oil, wore sot by
tho "nrton squad."
An official diBuatch from Mltylono,
an island off tho coast of Osla Minor,
says that Turkish regulars with ma
chine guns and a force of Bashl-Ba-zouks,
have commenced an attack on
tho town of Alvallk on tho coaBt of
tho mainland. As' tho town is inhab
ited by 25,000 Greeks, n massacre Is
feared.
King Christian X. of Denmark
placed an unexpected obstacle In tho
way of tho plan of tho Danish cabinet
to dissolve tho upper houso of parlia
ment and thus break tho doadlock In
electoral roform. Tho king objected
to tho Inclusion of tho dissolution of
tho twelve members of tho upper
houso nominated by himself and said
ho wished only tho other fifty-four
members to bo affected.
Tho now French cabinet, of which
Sonator Rlbot is premier, was de
feated In tho first division taken In
tho new chamber of deputies by a
voto of 30 to 202. Tho premtor lm
mediately resigned, .-.
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In Anconn, Italy, four persons havo
been killed as a result of the rioting
which broko out in nn attempt by
anarchists to provent tho celebration
of a national fete. During tho rioting
tho carbineers fired soveral volleys,
and the mob replied with stoncp and
bullets
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mlWrlm Irlr mm hi nebraskans in the public eye ;
SENATE STARTS ON ANTI-TRUST
LEGISLATION.
WANTS TO ADJOURN IN JULY
Proposal Made But Not Favored to
Lay Matter Over for Special
8esslon In November.
Washington. With tolls exemption
repeal out of tho way sennto leaders
expect to begin on the anti-trust pro
gram. There Is little doubt that some sort
of trust legislation will bo put through
tho senate before any adjournment is
taken. Even tho proposal thnt a spe
cial session bo called In November
to take up such legislation is not
likely to meet tho vlows of the sen
ate and tho presldont, although most
senators are anxious to get away and
many believe that trUst legislation at
this tlmo Is not good for business or
good for politics.
Majority Lender Underwood will
contlnuo his efforts to got tho suprort
of senators for his plan for a July ad
journment following tho disposition
of nil appropriation bills. The prl
marlea will be held In some of tho'
states within a month and tho repre
sentatives of those states want to be
at homo.
The progressives in the houso aro
looking forward to a conforenco soon
between former President Roosevelt
nnd leading members of the progress
it o party Including progressives in
congress. Mr. Roosevelt will bo urg
ed to carry tho standard In New York
hlmsolf nB well as, to bo tho candidate
for president In 1006.
All those parties are counting upon
fending tho largest array of speakers
possible to Maine, where tho first elec
tion will bo held In September. The
republicans say they aro confident,
tho democrats oxpress equal satisfac
tion nnd tho progressives say tho sit
uation never looked brighter to them
than it does there.
Whllo some of the homo leaders
aro pressing early adjournment, tho
sponsors for big pending measures
are insisting ' upon the legislation.
Tho general dam bill and tho five con
servation bills aro slated to follow
tho Bundry civil appropriation bill,
which may occupy all of this week
and run over into the next. Tho dam
bill provides that no dam shall be
built upon a navigable stream with
out federal consent; that every "dam
constructed must bo operated under
regulation of publio utilities or other
stato commissions, that it tho rates
and practices of tho power companies
aro not reasonable and proper, tho
secretary of war will regulate them
and that after fifty years tho federal
government shall havo tho right to
take over any of tho projects upon
ono year's notice and fair valuation
of the property.
Search for Balloon Continues.
Portland, Ore. Activo Bearch con
tinued for the balloon Springfield, tho
only ono still missing of four which
started In tho Portland rose 'festival
raco under auspices of tho Aero Club
of America. The facts that all of the
three balloons which havo come to
earth wore wrecked and that tho
the Springfield was last seen hover
ing over tho wild mountainous district
which was tho sceno of tho other dis
asters are regarded as ominous and
great nnxiety is felt for Captain Roy
Donaldson, tho Springflold pilot, and
Wilbur Henderson of Portland hia
passenger.
Breaks Acid In Hip Pocket.
Sioux Falls, S. D. Ab tho result of
'toting" an eight-ounce bottle of car
bolic acid whllo horseback riding,
Georgo Batteen, a well known Spink
county man, waa seriously burned. Ho
carried tho bottlo of acid In his hip
pocket. The horse ho was riding w(fa
a vicious ono and during a spell of
plunging It Jolted him from tho sad
dle, breaking tho bottlo of carbolic
acid. Ho was so badjy burnod by tho
liquid that ho had (o bo taken to a
hospital.
To Reorganize Chicago Bank.
Chicago, 111. C. B. Murphy, vlco
presldont of tho LaSallo Street bank,
which, after throe others affiliated
with It, was closed by tho stato bank
oxamlnor, after nn nil day conference
with friends, has announced that
more than $1,000,000 had been guaran
teed by friendB to assist in tho reor
ganization of tho banks.
Sharp Is Nominated Ambassador.
Washington, D. C Representative
William G. Sharp of Elyrln. O., has
been nominated by Presldont Wilson
to bo ambassador to France, succeed
ing Myron T. Horrlck.
Is Placed on Probation.
Los Angeles, Cal. Holnq Young,
tho young waitress who passed a bad
chock for $75 to obtain funds to take
her to Chicago, whoro eho could at
tend her Bister who was sick, pleaded
guilty and was lilncod on probation
for a year.
Captain Napier Dead.
St. Joseph, Mich. Captain Joseph
A. Naplor, who during his forty years'
career as sailor and master on tho
great lakes saved sixty lives, waa
found dead In his bod here.
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MRS. DRAPCR'SMITH
of Omaha
President Nebraska Woman Suffrap;
association, former president Nebraska
Federation of Women's Clubs, and of
Omaha Women's club. Mrs. Smith has
for years been a leading spirit In uplift
ing work of various kinds.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Tho farm of Peter Schmidt near
Nellgh sold for $175 an acre.
Tho now Elks' club building at
Plattsmouth lias been completed.
Joe Umland has 109 acres of wheat
near Stella. It Is about ready for cut
ting. A 10 per cent dividend Is now being
paid by tho defunct First National
bank of Sutton.
Tho crop outlook In Cuming and ad
jolning""countles is better than it has
been for many years.
John C. Reimers has purchased tho
Interest of I. E. Reimers In tho Reim
ers & Kinney meat market at Stella.
Judge Guy T. Graves of West Point
has recovered from his recent illness
and has been presiding over district
court
Tho city water of West Point lias
boon found to be free from dangerou3
Impurities which were feared because
of Its bad taste.
Mrs. A. R. Armstrong, who has been
editor and publisher of tho Butto a
zette for twenty years, has sold tho
paper to A. B. Thatcher.
C A. Mitchell is now' the sole ownef
of the Brunswick Independent, hav
ing purchased tho interest of his
partner, Mark A. Shleldsj
Among the girls who graduated at
Auburndale, Mass., from Lasell semi
nary, a fashionable sc.iool for girls,
was Miss Nellie M. Younger of Ge
nera, Neb. She graduated with hon
ore. Carl Miller Is .suing tho Hastings
Cemetery association for payment for
erecting a large stone arch In tim
cometery. Paymontwas refused on
the grounds that tho arch did not
comply with specifications.
Tho Commercial club of Grand
Island has aided in organizing tho
central Nebraska agricultural associa
tion fair. Tho grounds will bo Im
proved and the fiuancles of the asso
ciation are In good condition.
David Otto was fatally and Julius
Boettko seriously injured when tho
auto in which tho two young Hall
county farmers were riding was
struck by a local freight train op the
main crossing at Wood River,
Colonel Bowlby, editor of tho Crete
Democrat, has appealed a suit for sub
scription to the supreme court. The
lower courts decided against him in a
ease where he sued the estate of the
lato John B. Foss for $34.50.
- L. R. Dykeman ha3 presented a
claim for $179.25' to tho city council
of Hastings, alleging that tho city
street commission took possession of
stone and brick belonging to him,
which were stored on a vacant lot.
S. C. Keckler of Manley has brought
suit against tho Fidelity Phoenix In
surance company in the district
court at Madison for $2,000, alleging
thnt a $1,000 flfo loss payment did not
cover tho dnmago to his grain eleva
tor. Nearly $300 worth of brass fittings
havo been stripped from engines in
Fremont's factory district. William
Joyce and John 'Carey have been put
under arrest and bound over to tho
district court on a charge of stealing
brass.
Heavy rains and resultant floods,
lightning and hall damaged crops and
other property In Nebraska. Floods
woro severe near Tocunisoh and Fre
mont, dnmago waB dono by lightning
at Seward nnd Wnhoo and a tornado
passed over . Tekamah without
coming near enough to tho ground to
Inflict damage.
Dr. J. A. Martin of Minden died
from injuries sustained last week. Av
ho was returning from a professional
call in the north part of tho city n
cow which was tied to a treo in tho
strcot rose to her feet, throwing tho
ropo with which sho was tied against
tho wind shield of the car In which
Dr. Martin was riding. Tho glaEa
from tho broken wind shlold gashed
Dr. Martin about tho head and chest
and tho lopo pulled against his neck.
A. noble Is trying out land adjoin
ing Stnploton for sugar beets. He haB
propnrcd and seeded fifteen acres.
Tho beets aro up and looking fine.
This is the first experiment in boot
raising in this section, and the ro
suits aro being matched with much
Interest.
".idrow G. Nelson, railway mall
clerl. on tho Norfolk Winner lino for
moio than ten years, Is now post
master of Norfolk, rollevlng John R.
Hays who has beon postmnstor for
tweho consecutive years. Mr. Hays
wan appointed by President Roosevelt
May 19 :002.
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STATE BANK REPORTS SHOW
BUSINESS INCREASE.
GRADUATES ADMITTED TO BA"
Supreme Court Admits Embryo Jur
ists From State University to
tho Legal Fold.
Lincoln. Splendid business condi
tions are reflected in the consolidated
banking statement given out by tho
stato banking board. Soveral hundred
and thirty-seven Institutions Tcport
tills time tho highest total ever con
trolled by tho state.
Since tho last report, February 12,
of this year, resources hnjy) Incroased
$391, 3S0 and loans nnd discounts havo
leaped ahead - $2,233,595.73. In tho
same period deposits havo advanced
by more than $750,000.
In Lie past year resources of the
bank havo shot skyward $G,C1G,248.50,
and aro stationed in the present re
port at $115,038,155.08. Loans and
discounts in tho twelve-month period
have boosted $7,047,823.47, and the to
tal is $87,8G7,742.77. Deposits in the
year havo climbed to $91,9C2,721.C5
a gain of nearly $4,500,000. Sums duo
from banks have decreased by $1,
500,000. '
Graduates Admitted to the Bar.
Lincoln. The following graduates
of. the law school of the State univer
sity havq been admitted to practice by
the supreme court:
Georgo Leo Bayse, Alliance; Joseph
Alfred Capwell, Elinwood; Clarence
Leon Clark, Lincoln; Chris William.
Demel.'Central City; Fred Donald E.
Omaha; Ralph Wallace Garrett, Mad
ison; Barney William Gill, Falrbury;
Willlam Bernard Haley, Valentine;
Max Beverly Jamison, Crelghton;
Clark Jeary, Lincoln; Joseph Vincent
Johnson, Lincoln; Lloyd Henry Jor
dan, Lincoln; Alonzo Fred Keith,
Curtis; Morton Howard Robb Krugg.
Joplin, JIo.; Georgo William Learner,
Dakota City; Harold McKlnley Morse,
Clarks; Harold Miller Noble, Lincoln;
OInlbourne Gordon Perry, Lincoln;
William Chris Schaper, Mason City;
Lamont Levorn Stephens, Sioux City;
Maxwell Getty Towle, Lincoln; Wil
liam Charles Traub, Gordon; Clinton
Brooks Underwood, Omaha; Walter
Clatus Welss, -Heburn; Leslie Andrew
Welch, Lincoln; Frank Dean Will
lams, Lincoln; Paul Emmer Yates,
Lincoln. .
Rules Federal Courts Control.
Lincoln, Stato courts have no au
thority to hear cases brought to re
cover back freight rates on grain paid
under protest, according to a decision
of District Judge Cosgrave of the Lan
caster county district court in a case
brought by the Central Granaries
company against the Burlington rail
way. The caso was a test on grain
shipped to Rulo, one of the Burling
ton's three transit points in this
state. At these points the shipper Is
allowed to store his grain for a per
iod of not to exceed six months. While
the grain in question was in storage
and under consignment to a St. Louis
house, the Burlington raised Its tariff
and charged for the remainder of the
way under the new tariff. The Gran
aries company paid under protest and
sued to recover. The decision of
Judge Cosgrovo means that suits of
this kind must bo brought in the fed
eral courts.
Board Hears Collins Plea.
Lincoln. Hearing of tho applica
tion of Tom Collins of Douglas County
for release from the state prison is
being considered by the state parole
board. Collins waB convicted in 1900
on tho charge of killing "Shorty"
Groves In an Omaha saloon. Collins
insisted that ho shot in solf-defonsc.
He was the victim of a hold-up game
in the saloon, It was said, and had
lost $200. .
Metcalfe Will Run.
Lincoln. Richard L. Metcalfe, hav
ing looked things over, announced his
decision to enter tho raco for gov
ernor of Nebraska this fall and has
forwarded to tho secretary of stato
his acceptance of tho petition filed In
his behalf by his democratic friends.
Stato Board Pleased.
Lincoln. The notion of tho Douglas
county district court in upholding tho
injunction preventing the collection
:f tnxes which wero readjusted by
tho county board of assessment after
the twenty-day limit In which the
board had been given to sit as a
board of equalization is very satisfac
tory to Secretary Henry Seymour of
tho Stato Board of Assessment. It is
understood that tho decision of tho
district court will bo" appealed to tho
Bupremo court.
Postmasters Elect Officers.
Lincoln The Nebraska postmast
ors concluded their annual session
here by electing officers for tho com.
ing year. Thoso chosen were:
President, W. T. Morso, Friend;
first vlco pro3ldcnt, Ed Slzer, Lincoln;
second vice president, William Cook,
Hebron; fourth vlco president, F. L.
Miller, Daykln; treasurer, R. B Wahl
qulst, Hastings; secretary, Low Ettor,
South Onialui; delegato to national
ronvontloii, Georgo Allen, Clay Cen
ter. Lincoln was selected as the per
manent convention city,
FRUIT PROSPECTS GOOD.
Apple Crop Estimated at Least Sixty
Per Cent.
An estimate of the fruit crop condi
tions in Nebraska and other states of
tho union has been compiled by J. R.
Duncan, secretary of the Nebraska
stnto horticultural socloty. The eJtl
mato for tho entire country 13 based
on reports received from growers,
growers associations, experiment sta
tions, stato horticultural societies and
other fruit organizations. The esti
mate for Nebraska Is compiled from,
reports from growers, .members cf the
state 'horticultural society "and others.
In tho various counties of the state.
Tho compilation is baaed on reports
of June G nnd conditions may change
before'nnother month. Nebraska wna
visited by frost May 12 and 13 which
reduced tho prospects somowhat In
some districts.
The average for the east half of
Nebraska is as follows:
Apples, 60 per cent; pears, 4(5 per
cent; cherries, 59 per cent; peaches,
22 per cent; plums, 45 por cent;
grapes, 7G per cent. Remainder of
stato: Apples, G3 per cent; pears, 40
per cent; chenlcs, 72 per cent;
plums, 5G per cent.
Big Increase In Silos.
Lincoln. In three counties there
havo been an increase of forty-four
In tho number of silos on the farmB.
In Hall, Red Willow and Sarpy coun
ties the total number listed by as
sessors was 119 In 1914, aB against
sevenly-flvo last year.
According to tho returns to the
Stato Board of Agriculture there was
a decrease of two silos In Sarpy coun
ty. Twenty-one were listed in 1913,
as against nineteen this, year.
Tht precinct assessors made tho
following report on silos in the three,
counties:
No. No,
County. 1913 191 L
Hall 5.. ...... 27 30
Red Willow ..27 Gl
Sarpy ".....21 .19
Totals 75 119
Red Willow made an increaso-of
thirty-seven, in tho number of siloa
erected during the year.
O. II. Durand, commander of the Cf.
A. Rv department of Nebraska, has
decided to try an experiment in the
matter of arranging for members or
tho organization to go to Detroit to at
tend the annual encampment, August
31 to September G. This year the of
ficial train will not start from Ne
braska. Members of the O. A. R. aro
urged to go as far as Chicago over
any railroad they see fit to choose.
They will leave Nebraska on tho even
Inging of Sunday, August 30, and ar
rive at Chicago Monday morning be
tween 7 and S o'clock, Tho cars in
which old soldiers and their friends?
go will be switched at Chicago to tho
Wabash station and there consolidat
ed into an official ran which will
leave Chicago about 10 o'clock and?
arrive at Detroit Monday evening, Au
gust 31.
Tho officers of tho Nebraska na
tional guard havo reorganized their
old association, which went out of
existence soveral years ago. The or-
ganlzation was perfected at the- re
cent school for officers at tho stato
farm campus. Lieutenant Colonel W.
R. Baelvr of Omaha was elected presi
dent; Major A. H. Holllngsworth of
Beatrice vice president and Captain
Harry C. Stein of Omaha secretary
and treasurer. The object of the or
ganization is to lobby for legislation:
and appropriations for the guard, to
have charge of an officers' club on
tho national guard rifle range at Ash
land, and to take charge of canteens
at annual encampments.
At a meeting of the Nebraska Uni
Verslty Alumni association a, vote w.as
taken on the removal of the university
from tho present site to tho state
farm. Tho result was: Against re
moval, 111; for removal, 48. Of thoso
voting against removal, ninety resldo
in .Lincoln, fourteen In the stxite out
side of Lincoln, and seven outside of
tho state. Of those voting for re
moval, thirty-threo reside in Lincoln,
two in tho state outside of Lincoln,
and thirteen outside of the state.
Stato Food Commissioner Harman
and Chemist Redfern met with forty
or fifty creamery men Thursday nnd
discussed methods of testing and
handling cream. Instructions were
given by Mr. Redfern In regard to
testing and errors in the work of
cream testers was pointed out. An
effort is being made to provent the
over or undertestlng of cream sold on
tho market.
Hog Serum Business Big.
Lincoln Tho University of Nebras
ka is now ding a business amounting
to nearly $300 a day In hog serum, as
shown by the report of tho finance
department for tho six months end
ing May 31, 1911. Tho total nmount
of receipts from tho serum for that
period was $53,999.42.
Ed R. Slzer, postmaster at Lincoln,
was not nt nil backward In criticis
ing tho Postofflco department for load
ing down tho malls with parcel post
matter without making provision for
it, in a speech beforo the annual ses
sion of the postmasteers of the state.
Ho Bald the government had under
taken to do what tho exprnss com
panies have dono with yeail, f prep
aration and experience. Ha believed"
that tho parcel post systeir. would1
never attain the degree expected of It
until the government mndo btCter pro
vision for taking care of it.
