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ANDREW CARNEGIE AND JOHN D.
ROCKEFELLER, 3R., DEFEND
CHARITIES.
BOTH READ FROM BOOKS
Ironmaster Tells Industrial Commis
sion He Raised Tollers' Pay and Is
Their Friend Oil King Discusses
His Foundation Fund.
New York. Fob. 8. Both Andrew
Carneglo and John D. Rockefeller, Sr.,
tho world's two richest men, testified
on Friday before tho federal commis
sion which Ib Inquiring into tho cuuses
for Industrial unrest.
Carnegie testified that up to the
closo of 1014 his gifts aggregated
$324,G57,399.
"Tho work still goes, bravely on,"
said the, Ironmaster. "1 am, Indeed,
a mpst fortunate- man and think my
self In nothing' else bo happy as in a
soul remembering my dear friends, to
whom I owo so much."
Mr. Carneglo was, asked what his
business was,
"My business," ho replied, "Is to
do all tho good In tho world that I
can."
He read n statement which was, in
part, as follows:
"I never bought or sold shares on
tho exchange; all my earnings woro
from manufacturing. If It were neces
sary for mo to return to that calling,
I should not consider tho problem of
labor as nt all dimcult. On tho con
trary, I enjoyed conforenceB with our
men."
Mr. Carnegie said that ho had had
only "oho serious disaster with labor."
This was at tho tlmo of tho riot at
Homestead, Pa. Mr. Carnegie was
abroad at tho time and when ho heard
of It, he wanted to return homo, but
his partners requested him not to do
so.
"Somo of tho men nt the works,"
Mr. Carneglo said, "cabled mo: 'Kind
master, tell us what you want us to
do nnd wo will do It for you.' "
Wages were advuncod 30 per cent
Mr. Carneglo said, nftor that incident.
"Labor and, capital", ho said, "will
some day rank as one."
Only once, Mr. Carneglo said, had
ho had oxperlonco with a determined
effort to commit wrong on tho part of
labor, This was when mon at tho Ed
gar Thompson blast furnaces sent in
a written demand for nn Immediate
ndvanco In, w'ageB with tho alternative
of leaving tho furnaces unworked.
"You have signed that treaty," Mr.
Carneglo said ho told tho leader of
the men, "and you break it, but tho
grass will grow over theso works be
foro wo will have such men in our
employ. It will bo horalded through
tho world ns a disgrace to labor. You
havo your answer; go.
"Thoro was no Btrlko. That is tho
best service T over rendored to Ameri
can labor."
At tho conclusion of Carnoglo's tes
timony John D. Rockefeller ontorod
tho room and demanded to bo hoard
ns a witness. IIo was placed on tho
stand.
Mr. Rockefeller began reading a
statement, which ho had prepared.
"Tho solo motivo underlying tho va
rlouB foundations which I havo estab
lished has been tho deslro to dovoto a
portion of my fortune to tho Borvico of
my follow mon," ho rend.
"I regard tho right to amend or ro
sclnd tho respective charters of tho
several foundations which inhorcs in
tho leglB'ntivo bodies vhlch granted
thorn as nn entirely sufficient guar
anty against serious abuse of tho
funds," ho said,
As for educational Institutions alter
ing their policies or form in order to
get donntlonB from tho general educa
tion board, Mr. Rockofellor snld ho
had "never hoard of it."
"As to our foundation." ho snlii. t
don't think such things havo over hap
pened. As to others, I do not know."
Regarding tho responsibility of
stockholders and directors for labor
conditions ho said:
"I think tho stockholders aro ro
BponsIblofor tho choice of tho best
mon as directors. A largo stockholder
ordinarily would havo more influonco
with a board of directors than a
smaller ono."
VOLIVA'S WIFE DIES IN ZION
Spouse of Head of Church Succumbs
to Gastritis After a Long
Illness.
Zlon City, Fob. 8. Mrs. : lolly Stool
Volivn, wife of Rev. William Glonn Vo
live, general overseer of the Christian
Catholic Apostollo church In Eton nnd
successor df John Aloxnndor Dowio,
passed awny here on Frldny. For 1G
months she suffered with a compla! t
known bb lymphnngltls, un affection
of tho lymphatic glands, Mrs. Vollva
died firm In her faitli of dlvlno heal
ing and refuBed to soo n physician.
Bids Called for Alrboatt.
Washington, Felt. 8,Dlds wero
called for by tho nuvy department on
tho construction of six armorec'. hydro
aeroplanes, each to curry a rapid-lira
gun and nmmunltlon and to bo
manned by a pilot and an observer.
New York Rest Law Upheld.
Albany, N. Y Fob. 8.Tho constitu
tionality of tho state law securing to
employees in factories nnd mercantllo
establishments 24 consecutive hours ot
rest every week wbb upheld by tho
court cf appeals on Friday.
VAN HORN, SENTENCED FOR DE
FACING VANCEBORO BUILDING.
Canada to Have Representative Pres
ent at Hearing on Bridge
Wrecking Charge.
Vnncoboro, Me.. Feb. G. Werner
Van Horn, who attempted to blow up
tho international bridgo over tho St.
Croix river, was Thursday sentenced
tq 30 dayB in Jail. Ho was arrested on
a warrant Issued by a local trial Jus
tice and tried on the chargo of defac
ing nnd injuring buildings in Vance
boro. Tho Injury to tjio buildings was
caused by tho shock of tho explosion
when Vnn Horn exploded a chargo of
dynnmlt'i under tho bridgo.
Solicitor Cono Johnson of tho stato
dopartment at Washington said that
tho British ambassador's application
for tho extradition of Vnn Horn had
boon found to bo correct In form, nnd
that the ambassador had been ad
vised that tho Canadian government
would bo allowed to sond its legal rep
resentatives to VancebOro to present
their case against Van Horn wlion tho
henriilg begins.
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NEWS FROM FAR
AND NEAR
WtMHMt88IMmilMi
Paris, Feb. 5. Tho Socialists in tho
chamber of deputies havo decided to
support the bill prohibiting tho salo
of absinthe, tho discussion of which
was postponed pending a settlement
of tho question of reimbursing deal
ora in tho liquor who win bo affected
by tho law.
San Francisco, Fob. G. Duke Ka
hanamoku, champion swimmer of tho
world, has lost his title. That Is
tho nows that tho Australian papers
bring to hand nnd Incldoiitplly they
tell of tho feats of a hitherto un
known swimmer named Tommy
Adrian, tho boy who defeated Kahana
moku over 440 ard In tho good tlmo
of Hvo minutes, 38 seconds.
Pretorln, Feb 6. A sharp fight be
tween English and German patrols oc
curred near Sandfonteln. Three Ger
mans and a British sergeant wero
killed.
London, England, Feb. 4. Tho Ital
ian reservists living in England havo
been warned to proparo to respond
to a call to tho colors.
Advices from Berlin nro to tho ef
fect that tho German government has
abandoned all hope of keeping Italy
and Itoumnnla out of tho war.
LAKE SHIP CRUSHED BY ICE
Steamer Iowa Sinks Off Chicago
Seventy-One Persons Walk Over
Ice to Shore.
Chicago, Feb. G. A great holo
stovo In hor bow by a Jagged mass
of Ice, tho steamer Iowa of tho Good
rich Transit company sunk threo miles
oft tho Chicago harbor.
Tho .crow of seventy slxty-nlno of
ficers and men nnd one woman and
a lono passenger climbed ovor the sido
to tho Ice nnd wnlked to Bhoro.
Tho cscapo of tho soventyone per
sons on tho doomod boat was mirac
ulous. Tho ship sank Just aftor they
had abandoned her less than thirty
minutes after tho Ice rammed through
her hull They wnlked clx miles tp
land.
Tho Iowa was built In 18G9 at Mani
towoc, Wis., at a cost of $150,000, and
carried a miscellaneous cargo from
Mllwaukoo valued at between $GO,000
nnd $75,000.
BRITAIN TO PAY FOR CARGO
Ambassador Page Tells Washington
That Food on the Steamer Wll-
hetmlna Will Be Seized.
Washington, Feb. 4. Walter Hlnes
Page, tho American ambassador at
London, cabled tho stato dopartment
on Tueedny that Grout Ilritnin win
Belzo and pny for tho foodstuffs cargo
of tho Bteamshlp Wllhelmlnn, which
Is on her way from New York to Bre
mon. Ambassador Pugo explains that
Groat Britain will pay for tho cargo
solely for tho rouBon that tho Wllhel
mlnn departed boforo alio had knowledge-
of tho German decroo which took
over tho nsqulsltlon of foodstuffs In
tho empire. .
NINE KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Bat In Pennsylvania Town Wrecks
Boarding House Due to
Leaking Gas.
Knno, Pn., Fob. C Nino persons
woro killed nnd nt lonst twenty-flvo
Injured, six fatally, in an oxploslon
that completely wrecked a tenement
boarding houso at Myburg, Pa., uear
Kane, on Wednesday, Sovernl other
persons woro Injured. Explosion
caused by gas.
Colonel Roosevelt Is III
New York. Fob. 8. It became known
that Col. Theodore Roosevelt had an
attack of African rover on Saturday
night, which manifested it sold in n
chill, and that on Tuesday his Ior
gavo him trouble.
American Steamer Damaged.
Copenhagen, Feb. 8, Tho American
cotton steamer Navahoo was towed
into Esbjerg Inst night seriously dam
aged. Sho struck on the bar outside
Esbjerg and was unable to get off for
oovernl hours.
HOU8E SUSTAINS PRESIDENT
WILSON ON IMMIGRA
TION BILL.
MEASURE LOST BY 3 VOTES
Party Lines Ignored During Debate
and the Voting Consideration of
Bill Consumed More Than Five
Hours Scores of Speeches Made.
Washington, Feb. G. By the narrow
est of margins, following a debate in
which tho floor lender urged all Demo
crats to overrldo tho objection of tho
president, tho house of representatives
voted on Thursday to sustain tho veto
of tho Immigration bill.
The final count showed that the op
ponentB of tho bill, whd numbered 2G1,
lacked six votes of the two-thirds nec
essary to overcomo the veto. Oppo
nents numbered 136 with Representa
tives Kahn of California and Stcener
son of Minnesota present but paired.
A chango of Just three votes In favor
of tho bill would have overthrown tho
veto.
Tho consideration of the bill con
sumed mora than five hours, during
which tlmo wero henrd a scoro ot
speakers under tho generalship of Rep
resentative Burnett cf Alabama, chair
man of tho Immigration committee,
and Representative C)nrdnerof Massa
chusetts against tho veto, and Repre
sentatives Moore of Pennsylvania and
Sabath of Illinois supporting tho presi
dent. Party lines wero disregarded In
tho debate and tho voting. ,
LOSS OF LIFE IN STORM
Entire Northwest Swept by Blizzard
Ohio and Indiana Face
Flood.
Chicago, Feb. 4. The storm-delayed
sections of tho Northern Pacific's
North Coast limited reached Chicago
Tuesday, houro Inte, and their passen
gers told a thrilling story of tho
fight against a blizzard and numbing
cold throughout Minnesota and Wis
consin. Tho entlro Northwest was In
tho grip of a blizzard again Tuesday
that tore dovn telegraph wires and
blocked many trains.
Tho loss of life hah been considera
ble, according to the meager reports
coming In over tho crippled wires.
Ohio and Indiana faced flo'ods.
Scorea of men wero put to work at
Dayton, O., dynamiting Ice jams to
prevent a repetition or the flood dis
aster ot 1913. Near Qulncy, 111., the
South Bear Creek levee went out,
Hooding tho lowlands.
With tho Ohio past the 30-foot mark,
tho flood stage of 35 feet Ib expected
at Evansvillo, Ind. Fnrroers in the
bottoms nro moving out their stock
and grain.
BLOCKADE ON BRITISH ISLES
Neutrals Warned by Germany That
Waters Around England Are Not
Safe for Ships.
Berlin, Feb. G (by wireless). The
Gorman admiralty Issued tho following
communication on Thursday:
"Tho waters around Great Britain
and Ireland, Including tho whole Eng
lish channel, aro declared a war zone
from and after February IS, 1915
"Every enemy ship found In this
war zone will bo destroyed, even if it
is impossible to avert dangers which
threaten tho crew and passengers.
"Also neutral ships In the war zono
aro In danger, ns, In consequence of
tho misuse of neutral flags ordered by
the British government January 31,
and In view ot tho hnzards of naval
wnrofaro, It cannot always bo avoided
that attacks meant for enemy ships
ondangor neutral ships.
"Shipping northward, around tho
Shetland Islands In tho eastern basin
of tho North sen, and In a strip of at
least thirty nautical miles In breadth
along tho Dutch coast Is ondnngored
In tho same way."
27 TO FACE TRIAL MARCH 8
Judge Anderson Overrules Motion to
Quash Indictments Against
Terre Haute Men.
IndlunnpollB, Fob. 3. Judge Ander
son on Monday overruled motions to
quash Indictments against 27 accused
vote traffickers and ordered them to
trlnl on March 8. Congressman A. O.
Stanloy of Henderson, Ky chief coun
sel for tho defense, naked that the
trial bo set after tho adjournment of
congress.
Mproccans Rout French.
Berlin, Feb. ft. A defeat of French
troops In Morocco Is reported In a dis
patch from Mudrld. Tho French wero
compelled to evacuate several camps
near Fez. Tho Moroccans enptured
largo supplies
Equal Rights for Illegitimate.
Iondon, Fob. G. Tho Odelsthlng,
tho legislative section of tho Nor
wegian storthing, has passed a law
giving Illegitimate children equal
rights of inheritance with those who
are legitimate.
Mlis Braddon, Writer, Dies.
London, England, Feb. G. Mary
Elizabflth Braddon, tho English novel
ist, died on Thursdny at her residenco
at Itlchmond-on-Thamos uftor a rort
night's illness. She wan born in Lon
don in 1837.
PRE8IDENT CAYS THERE 18 A
FOOD 8HORTAGE.
Urges More Grain Be Planted and
Yield Per Acre Alto Be
Increased.
Washington, Feb. 5. "There Is a
shortage or food in tho world now.
That shortage will bo moro serious a
fow months from now than it Is now.
"It is necessary that we should plant
a great deal more. It is necessary
that our land should yield moro per
ncro than it does now.
"It Is necessary that thcro should
not be a plow or a spado Idle In this
country If tho world Is to bo fed."
In these words President Wilson ad
dressed tho people of tho nation on
Wednesday night through several hun
dred representative business men at
tending the annual convention of the
Chamber of Commerce of tho United
States.
The president declared that "wo
must all pool our interests" in order to
discover tho best means of handling
public problems.
The creation in the United States in
tlmo of pence of the snme kind of
united spirit which moves nations dur
ing was was advocated by tho presi
dent, who romarked that "when peaco
Is as handsome as war there will be
no wars," and "when men engnge In
tho pursuits of peaco In the samo
spirit of self-sacrifice as they engage
In war, wars will disappear."
Speaking or tho foreign trndo of the
United States tho president asked that
business men devise some way of al
lowing exporters in the United States
to combine to secure common selling
agencies to to give long-time credits
In such a way that these co-operative
devlcea may be open to tho uso of all.
RUSS. WIN .IN CARPATHIANS
Wounded Officer Asserts Czar's
Troops Seized Pass Germans
Capture Town.
Lemberg. Gallcin (via Petrograd),
Feb. 5. Tho snow-covered Blopes of
Dukla pass In tho Carpathians were
drenchod In blood In the hand-to-hand
fighting when tho Russians for two
days drove tho Austro-Germnn forces
up the slippery paths and seized tho
pass, nccording to a Russian olflcer
wounded In tho battle, who arrived
hero on Wednesday.
Capture of the village of Humin,
east of Bollmow, and tho taking , of
4,000 prisoners mark the latest suc
cesses of General von Mackensen's
new advance upon Warsaw,
TEUTONS TO INVADE ENGLAND
German Empero&Arrlvesat Wllhelms-
haven to Inspect Warships
and Transports.
Copenhagen, Feb. 5. The visit of
Emperor WHIinm to Wllhelmshnven
to Inspect the German. fleet, announced
from Berlin on Wednesday, Is thought
to moan that tho long-awaited naval
battle In the North sea and a serious
attempt to land ,a great army on
tho shores of England aro nt hand.
Enormous forces of troops aro said
to havo been massed at Wilhelms
haven and scorea of liners Idle since
tho -war started are lying in tho
harbor with steam up ready to act
as transports.
ACCEPT WAGE REDUCTION
Iron Workers Agree to c Cut of From
6 to 11.2 Per Cent Subject to
Approval by" iVote.
Pittsburgh, Fob G. The two weeks'
deadlock between representatives of
tho Amalgamated Association or Iron.
Stool and Tin Workers nnd the Inde
pendent Sheet and Tin Plato Manuftic
turcrs over tho acceptance of a reduc
tion li) wnges'by the men was broken
hero. Tho workmen ngieed to accept
a cut in wages of-from G to 11.2 per
cent, subject to Its approval by a
referendum vote or the amalgamated
assertion.
INJURED IN TRAIN CRASH
Tralmen Chop Victims of Wreck Out
of Coach Overturned In .Four
Feet of Water.
Beurdstown, 111., Feb G. Fourteen
passengers on train No. 122 or tho
Baltimore- & Ohio were Injured, some
seriously, when tlu . xr coach Jumped
the track and turned on Its side in
four feet or wnter. Trainmen chopped
tho .passengers out of the conches
with nxes
Flood Carries Away Bridge.
Bloomlngton, 111., Feb" G Flood nnd
Ico gorgo curried away tho bridgo of
tho Vandnlla railroad, south of here
and all trnllic is tied up until tempo
rary structure can bo orocted.
Must Surrender Licenses.
Chuttnnoogn, Tonn., Fob, C. Sheriff
N. P. Bush of Hamilton county has or
dered every saloon and establishment
In Chattanooga to surrender the fed
eral liquor llcenso which in necessary
to dispense alcoholic beverage
Wilson to Visit Chicago.
Washington, Feb. G. A visit to Chi
cngo to address tho recently natural,
ized citizens thcro will bo made by
President Wilson, either during Feb
ruary or March, according to a prom
ise made fa-Judgo Goodwin.
KAISER AND CZAR WATCH BAT
TLE FOR POLE CAPITAL.
RELIEF IN SIGHT FOR POLES
Germany and the United States Are
Joining Hands to Help
That Country.
London. With tho German and
Russian empororB as eyewitnesses,
tho armies of Russia and Germany
nro still contending for tho position
which protects tho Polish capital of
Warsaw from tho Invaders. Tho Rus
sian emperor has been at Russlau
headquarters for several days and tho
German report says that tho German
emperor has Joined his generals and
has actually visited somo of tho troops
In their trenches.
Nothing has boon disclosed as to
tho progress of tho battle which, when
tho Inst reports wero reclved, wan
raging with unabated fury.
In east Prussia another big battle
is developed, tho Germans having re
inforcements apparently from their
Buzra front, to that region. In tho
Carpathians, while their right is ad
vandlng, the Russians are only able
to report that their left has checked
tho Austro-German offensive.
The Italian report of tho return of
Baron Burlan, the Austro-Hungarlan
foreign minister from his visit to the
German emperor, says that the Aus
trian cabinet found the results satis
factory, but wero not inclined to give
Trentino to Italy and part of Tran
sylvania to Rumania ns the price of
continued neutrality on tho part of
thoso countries.
Turkey has at last given Italy sat
isfaction for the Hodclda incident.
Tho British consul has been released
and the Italian flag saluted.
English refugees fron Constantino
pi declare that the former German
cruiser Goeben, now owned by Tur
key, was so badly damaged by strik
ing a Turkish mine that it will be im.
possible to repair her at Constantino,
pie. This virtual loss of the service
of the Gooben reduces tho Turkish
flet to a stato of Inferiority as com
pared with the Russian Black sea
fleet, which Is about to be strengthen
ed by a new dreadnought constructed
at Sebastopol. It Is believed that
when this ship Joins the fleet Russia
will attack the Bosphorous and- the
Black sea while tho allied fleets at
tempt to force the Dardanelles.
Pop Benedict's prayer for peace
has been .read in all the Catholic
churches of England and France.
To Relieve the Poles.
The Hague. America and Germany
are Joining hands for the relief of war
devastated districts In Poland.
Representatives of the American
Red Cross nnd the Rockefeller foun
datlon have pronounced this work as
essential as relief for Belgium, and a
German committee has raised "10,000
marks ($185,000) as a first contribu
Hon to tho fund for relief of a peo
ple officially Germany's enemies.
Herbert C. Hoover, the Callfornlan,
who Ib chairman of tho American
commission for tho relief of Belgium,
Is conducting negotatlons with tho
German authorities to obtain assur
ances not only that requisitions of
food shall cease both In tho region of
occuaptlon and tho region of opera
tions in Belgium, but that financial
levies on towns and provinces shall
be abandoned. Tho German govern
mont pledges hitherto have extended
to tho non-requlsltlon of rood supplies
imported by the commission or such
supplies as must be replaced by im
polls from America.
u'erlous Water Shortage.
Mexico City. General Obrcgon has
established relief stations through
out Uio city at which money and sup
lpleti are being distributed among the
poor. Nulllllcatlon or ollls Issued by
General Villa has caused wide dis
tress among the lower classes.
Tho shortage or wnter has becomo
s-rlous and General Obregon has' dis
patched artillery to reinforce Ills in
fantry in nn effort to drive Zapata's
men out of Xochlmllco, the source
of the city's water supply.
Carranzn's minister of education
has announced that 100 teachers will
bo sent lo Boston to study tho public
Bchool system and that all schools
here will bo closed until their return.
Jaf Crew Saved.
Toklo. An ofllclul report received
In Tokio on Hie loss of tho Japancso
cruiser Asami off the westorn coast
at Lower Cahrornln, says that all the
officers nnd members wero saved.
Many Surgeons at Front.
Paris. Pror. Tmfller, In an address
berore tho Surgical society stated
that or tho 14,000 surgeons In tho
army G.300 wero at the rront. At tho
end of December 93 had been killed,
2G0 wounded and 140 were among the
missing.
England Building Zeppelins.
New York. Five Zeppelin air
ships constructed nlong new lines are
under construction near London' for
protection against threatened air
raids according to a reporL
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
tho Tefft building at Avoca.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
tho Fefft building at Avoca.
Firo damaged the now $53,000 school
building nt University Place.
A wet and dry fight will probably
be waged at tho spring election In
Fremont.
A new pnper called tho Nobraska
Suffrage Mepsager is being published
n't Lincoln.
Tho Gem bakery at Alnsworth has
been sold by C. C. Lochmlller to L.
Llndquist.
Twenty professionals participated
in tho state checker tournnment at
Hastings.
Judge Joseph P. Wood, 7G, well
known Nebraska, was killed by a train
at Louisville.
Edward Bnchler, a baker of Ne
braska City died as tho result of a
fall on a slippery sldownlk.
The state board of educational land
and funds havo bought $20,000 of
bchool bonds of tho city of Madison.
A mass meeting was held at Frank
lin to complete arrangements for
tho establishment of a public library.
Tho first mothers' pension In Cass
county has Just been awarded to Mrs.
Stella Perslngcr, who has five young
children.
The receipts of the" Chadron post
offlco woro over $1,0,000 the last year,
thus entitling tho city to free delivery
of mails.
Tho Havelock city council is con
sidering the ndlvsablllty of installing
cluster lights along the main street
of that city.
Dr. Marie Moro of Wisner, who sus
tained a fractured skull when she
slipped and fell at Fremont is expect
ed to recover.
Almost $1,200 has been subscribed
by farmers and business men of B,ox
Butte county to retain the services
of a farm demonstrator.
Herman German, 18 years old, Bon
of George Gorman of Lexington, ac
cidentally shot nnd killed himself
while returning from a coyote hunt
Hartlngton suffered most in tho re
cent blizzard. Ten feet of snow was
piled up in tho streets, and all busi
ness wa3 suspended for several days.
Joseph Peshok, assistant cashier of
the Deweeso bank, was shot and
killed by Will Hedrlck, who later com
mitted suicide. Robbery it is believed
led to the shooting.
Dr. Mnrle Morio Morse, wife of Dr.
R. H. Morso of Wisner, was seriously
inujred when sho fell slxtcu feet
down a stairway In tho First National
bank nt Fremont
Arthur Richeson. of Hastings lost
the third and fifth fingers of tho left
hanr while employed on a die cut
ting machine or tho Haney & Co.,
harness factory.
The Otoe County Farmers' institute
held at Dunbar February 3 and 4, was,
attended by a number of prominent
speakers from ovor the stato and n
large number of premiums wero of
fered. In spite of scvere weather tho two
days' session of tho farmers' institute
held at Peru, was a decided success
Box Butte county has a farm dem
onstrator, it making tho third in the
western part of tho state.
The delinquent taxes In Custer
county since 1879 to present date to
tal between half a million and a mil
Hon dollars, according to Assessor W
D. Gardner and D. V. James, who are
revising tho delinquent tax list.
Subscriptions totaling $33,050 re
celved in two hours' solicitation fol
lowing an appeal by Dr. Illff of Den
ver, assured tho Methodist church
board of Hastings of tho succo38 ol
the move to erect tho now church.
Companies A, B, C and D of the
Fourth Infantry, Nebraska Natlonnl
guard, and .tho regimental band all
located at Omaha will be subjected
to federal inspection on March 2, 3,
4 and G. Orders to that effect havo
been issued by General Hall.
State Treasurer Hall has purchased
tho bonds of two Nebraska school dis
tricts in tho total sum of $40,000. The
bonds bear 5 per cent. Tho districts
selling the bonds wore No. 33 of Plat to
county (Creston), and No. 26 of Fill
moro (Exeter). Each district sold
$20,000 worth.
A three-inch strip of shin bone was
cut from the left leg of Peter Hem
pie at the Lannlng hospital nt Hast
ings by surgeons, who grafted It to
the right thigh bono. If tho opera
tion proves successful, as physicians
say It will. Mr. Hemplo will be re
stored to the normal use of both
limbs.
A special farmers' institute for the
Indlnns of Thurston county wns held
recently under tho auspices of tho
Thurston county rami management
association and the extension service
or tho college ot agriculture. The
speeches or tho lecturers wero inter
preted to the Indians and nro reported
to have been enthusiastically r?
celved. Tho Burlington railroad has decld
ed to rollow the advice of the State
Railway commission and Install a lo
cal train servlro between Lincoln
and Oxford. This makes up in a
way for tho loss ot Nos. 1 and 10,
taken off several months ago,
Josb Cochran, who recently shot
and fatally Injured John Jump, Jr., at
his preliminary hearing at Pender
was bound over to the district court
without ball on a first degree mur
der charge. Cochran shot Jump for
alleged attention to tho former's wife.
Jump lived eight dayB and died rrom
the effect of the shot wound.
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