X News from Over the State
Stnlc KilKorlol AmkocIiiUoii.
The thirty-second nnntml nicotlnK of
I he Nobi-nulm Proas nHHUclatloii v.-.h
liohl nl Lincoln hint Tuesday anil Wod
iu'wltiy. Tho nmkPi'H ol' men und money
juuI Uoublo and hnpiilncsK and niohlors
of jmbllc opinion and dlKHomlnatoiH of
K'od now and Imd ikiwh and olhor In
formation wore on hand In lurj;e iiuni
lr. Tho addrt'BH of welcome? va de
livered by Mayor George Adumn and
I ho ronponeo by Adam Ilrcodo, of tho
H;intlnn Tribune. C. J. Hcvvlby
handled I ho gavel and delivered his an
nual rtddrefiH. Papers woro Hi on road
1 J. W. llarnhart, of Auburn; Frank
0. lirlgocoinbo, ofGonova; Chatl lo Colo
man, of BlromsbiirK; Mrs. C. J3. Novln,
of tho Luurol Advooato; Dr. George j.
Miller, of Omaha; V. It. Htowoll, of
Auburn; C. 13. Hyaru, of Valloy.
On tho Hocond dny George L. Murr,
of tho Aurora IlcglHlur, and C. 13. Cor
rell, of I ho Hobron .lournnl, told what,
thoy know about tho "Mnguzluo Form
of tho Country NewHpancr and Whothor
It In Practical." William II. Wlu-olor,
of the Falrllold Herald, and II. Gordon
C'roHS, of tho St,. Kdward Sun. talked
about the "Hoady Print Problem from
a Printer's .Standpoint." I3x-Gov. Fur
ii.'ih, who won tho heart of every news
paper man In tho atnto for his gon
tioiiH recognition of the presn during
tho lato state fair, talked about tho ol.l
nowHpapor dayi, a did M. A. Drown,
of tho Kearney Hub. Then C. 13. Ilynra
started li Ik round-table. In tho after
noon .1. II. Casobooi' road a paper on
'The Lnboi Problem from a Printer's
Standpoint." Edward Howard read a
paper entitled "Anj thing." The niiHo
(f.Ulon elected A. M. Laild, of Albion,
I. resident and W. G. Purcoll secretary
and troaHiirer. A vlsdt to llavolock
and a theater party at night concluded
tho Hussion.
OI.crlM (o Coui'ilnur .Method.
Henry Kocgler, of Lincoln, enlored
finch Htronuoua protest to his mother's
romarrlagu that ho was hauled before
tho bar of justice In police court. Tho
mothor charged that tho son had bor
rowed $80 from tho family purse and
Hon proceeded to take aboard a load
of Intoxicants. Tho boy tolls a differ
ent otory, alleging that tho matri
monial aspirations of his mothor
caused all tho trouble.
Driven Out Into Hie Colli.
Firo of uncertain origin in tho Mc
Murly block at Elovonth and M streets,
at Lincoln, discovered about 11 o'clock
at night, drove over 100 people from
their rooms In tho block, most of thorn
dad In their night clothes and wrapped
in blankets. Only tho coolness of tho
firemen and Police Officers Hontly,
David and Overton prevented a panic
and doubtless saved many from Injury.
ItfNtoi-cil to liili(. Doinnlii.
President Itoosovolt has signed an
cxecutlvo order restoring to tho public
domain what is commonly known as
tho "extension atrip" In tho north part
of Sheridan county, Nob., and located
on the boundary lino between South
Dakota and Nebraska. This strip is
ten miles long and five miles wide and
adjacent to tho Pino Ridge agency in
South Dakota.
Norfolk RiiIiin hy in-lny.
It. Is beginning to look as though
Norfolk will got that asylum arter nil
hoforo tho meeting of tho noxt legisla
ture and Instead of three cottages and
the administration building there will
likely bo four cottages, owing to tho
delay In lotting tho contract until
spring and thus saved probably 20 per
cent, on tho coat of construction.
AiitlrtMVM .Milken Denial.
Chancellor Andrews, of tho state
university, donlcd the statements pub
lished In tho eastern press that ho bo
lievcd as society became more en
lightened it would cause to bo put to
death cripples und woakllngB that,
skilled physicians had decided could
not rocover nnd whoso lives
wrecks.
wero
DoukIiin County Vnyn I p.
jJougiaB county has paid into the
filate treasury $10,503.09, tho amount
of ltd unpaid balanco of taxes. Tht
makes in all 22 counties that have
made sottlemcnt with tho state treas
urer. From now on there will bo moro
money In tho treasury for tho redemp
tion of warrants Instead of a strin
gency, us during tho last two months
I. unci con to ThoiuiiMori.
Ttcpresontntivo Burkett gavo a lunch
eon In the house restaurant at the na
tional capltol to D. E. Thompson, min
ister to Brazil. Tho entire republican
ueiegauon irom rsonrasua in congress
was present, Senators Dietrich nut:
Millard holding down tho head am
foot of tho table.
"Warm Time Ahead.
Circular letters wore ncattered among
tho taxpayers of Sarpy county request
Jng them to bo present at a meeting
to lie hold at tho courthouse in Papil
1'on to look into tho action of tho
ti unty board relnUvo to tho expend
lturo of tho county fumla by. thorn.
A Modern .lenn Vnljonii.
William Nation, a convkt in the Ne
braska penitentiary, road Victor Uu
go'n "Lrs MlHcrabloH" from tho prison
library, und In tho solitude of It Im coll
resolved that what .lean Valjenn bud
done ho could do. Ills opportunity
eflmc. lie gnlned hl liberty under tho
parole law, and, like .lean Valjean, he
broko hl parolo and disappeared. A
month after tho ponltontlury door at
Lincoln had opened to William Nation,
William Ullchlo appeared in Grand Is
land. Hlhhlo Is well dressed, affable,
biihincHslfUM. lie 'lid not make joL
head and ornntnenU. Doing more
practical, ho opened a rei;Uiurnnt, nnd
ho conducted it that ft was ojilto the
thing for Grand Inland culture and
fashion to dine at Ritchie's. Ritchie
paid his bills promptly and his word
an well as his note was good at tho
bnnk. lie married a pretty young
widow, Mrs. Gustavo Ehlora, and his
popularity grow. But tho .luvorts of
l ho Lincoln penitentiary wero persist
ently on tho track of William Nation
as was the .Invert of "Los Miserable"
in pursuit of Joan Valjoan. And just
as .Invert found Valjean behind tho
Imrrlcado In tho rod days of the French
commune, just so tho .Inverts of Lin
coln found WIIHruii Ritchie In his res
taurant in Grand Island. And when
they found iiim they placed him under
arrest and carried blni back to the pen
itentiary, because bo had broken his
parole. Mrs. Ritchie, or Mrs Nation,
as siio must now bo called, accompanied
her husband to prison and then wont
to tho stale house to intercede with
Gov. Mickey.
Ilium ItullileiH Are l'roMct'ou:i.
The report, of tho condition of the
building nnd loan associations of the
state complied by Secretary Royce, of.
the state banking board, shows that
while the number of associations re
porting Is tho same as last year 58
thero has been a steady growth both
in business and membership. The In
crease in assets at tho closo of busi
ness Juno 30, lOO.'l. over tho previous j
year was $5S5 105.01; loans, $011 , 239. -M;
number of shares In force, tfi3,12-i.
There aro now 20,4-10 persons In the
state owning shares In tho various aa
feoclatlons nnd 153,421 shares of stock
in force, representing a par value of
$23,153,070.30. Tho number of loano in
lorco on Juno 30, 1903, was 7,480, of
which only 20S -wore subject to foie-
closuro and but 48 In nctual nrocnss nf
foreclosure. The average rate of In
terest charged borrowors Is eight tim
eout, and tho average rate of dividends
paid by the associations on amounts
paid In was 8 1-0 por cent.
Ximv lluiititiiv I.leeiiMf.N Heady.
Deputy Game Warden Carter has ic-
celved from the printers his license
blnnks to bo Issued to hunters and
fishers. The llconso is printed on a
small card that can bo carried In an
ordinary card case and Is a neat piece
of work. On the back la printed tho
open season for gamo and tho number
of birds a pernon may havo In his pos
session at one time, ns follows: Gee.ie
and ducks, September 1 to 15; chickens
nnd grouse, October 1 to No ember 30;
quail, from November 1 to 30. A per
son may Kill 25 birds In one day and
may havo In his possession 10 goe.se,
50 ducks and 30 other birds I'.t one t im".
An lnvoico of what one has should Pa
placed on tho outsldo of th? hunting
bag when thy gamo is taken on rh-j
train.
Stop Will-run t SiteeiiUttlon.
Treasurer Mortenson has closed hin
warrant contract with his current fund
and thero Is plenty of school money
now on hand to take up all tho war
rants that may bo presented. Mr. Mor
tenson has stopped speculation In war
rants by bankers and othors and has
by so doing saved mucfi money in In
terest to tho state.
Unlek Trln hy Carrier.
Frank Hallgren, carrier on rural
routo No. 1, out of Holdrego, made
a record which will bo hard to beat.
Ho made his trip of 27 miles In two
hours and 40 minutes with a single
horse nnd buggy. Ho sorved 100 boxes,
delivering 200 pieces of mall and col
lecting 1
Siilnnej WiiiiIn Uulek Art Inn.
E. C. Spinney, president of tho
Bankers' I'nion of tho 'World, a frater
nal insurnnco company which is now
temporarily enjoined from doing bus
iness, wants to got action on tho case
in tho supremo court at tho earliest
posslblo moment.
Oprn Xeu- I nlon Depot.
Tho now union dopot at Fremont,
built by tho Union Pacific and North
western rnilroads, was formally opened
Monday.
Cor to .Sliitex7riiiiil Sehool.
Miss Bertha Brelnor, of Tecumsoh,
has accepted tho position of private
secretary to Dr. Clark, president of tho
state normal school nt Peru.
Dcillente Cnntfrrmiilniwil Church.
At David City a $0,500 Congrogatlon
church was dedicated free of debt.
VrntncH 4 It o Cot tomvooil.
Science lovers of Lincoln hold tho
second annual session of tho Academy
of Sciences Saturday morning at tho
university. About 30 persons wero
present. Prof. 13. G. Condra. of tho
university, road a paper on the rock
beds of northeastern Nebraska and
was followed by Prof. C. E. Bessey,
who read a paper on the "Fuel Value
of Cottonwood." H said: "It Is true
that a given bulk of cotton wood will
give only ono-half as much bout as an
equal bulk of hickory, but If equal
weights of the two aro taken tho
amount of boat prorlucod by the cot
tonwood is tho greater. And the scrowth
of tho cottonwood Is enormously moro
rnpld. In ton years' growth the cot
tonwood will prduce 17 times as much
as black oak. Taking Into account
tho relatlvo fuol value, wo find that
In ten yonrs tho amount of boat 'grown'
by hickory is only one-ninth that pro
duced by cottonwood: by black oak
only one-slxtcenth. In other words, u
cottonwood grove will produco from
H to 10 or 15 times as much heat a3
any other hardwood treo commonly
grown for fuel, nnd making all allow
ances for dying of trees, the nutiibor
which can bo grown on a given area,
etc., tho advantngc still remains with
the cottonwood. The usual opinion
of tho Inferiority of cottonwood Is
duo to tho fact that wo sell wood by
bulk, not weight." , Prof. Hartley, in
discussing tho paper, expressed the
opinion that willow would bo found
even moro valuable than cottonwood.
"Date .Murk" In lllntory.
Nebraska Is arranging to have a cel
ebration on Afay 30. not, tho fiftieth
anniversary of the day on which Pres
ident Pierce plnced his signature to
the act. which organized the territories
of Nebraska and Kansas. That day
In 1851 was a great, date mark in the
history of the country. Tho act which
organized those two territories, and
which at the same time repealed the
Missouri anti-slavery compromise of
1520, Tas responsible for a good many
very important things that came after
ward. It killed the whig parly, created
the republican party, precipitated civil
war in Kansas., split the democratic
party in tho Charleston convention of
18G0, made Lincoln's election certain In
that year, and sent 11 states into se
cession and war against the govern
ment, all of which brought emancipa
tion anil several other things of conse
quence to the country.
Trt UlKht to Atleml School.
Mim. Sarah Dlmmlck has filed a pe
tition in tho district court at Fremont
for a writ of mandamus, making tho
school board, Superintendent Lalnl and
Miss Mary Strickland defendants, to
compol them to admit her niece, Iva
Dlmmlck, to tho city schools. Tho
board claim that the girl is not a bona
fide resident of this city and refused
to ndmlt her unless she paid tho usual
tuition. It is alleged In tho petition
thnt she was enumerated In the school
census nnd is an actual resident oC
Fremont. The case has created consid
erable Interest, on account of the girl'a
name appearing in the school census.
tCiirinlen Help lOaeh Other Out.
A rather unusual event happened in
the district court at Fromont. Tho
enso of Henry Hassoman against J. II.
Moyor and Charles Lucking was on
trial. The parties aro near neighbors,
but havo not been on good torms for
years. Both llassemnn and Lucking arc
Germans and wanted to take out final
citizenship papers, but each was short,
one witness. Finally on tho suggestion
of a mutual friend each agreed to be
come a witness for tho other, so each
swore to tho good qualities of hia
neighbor In splto of their differences.
Limit of Human Depravity.
Jamie Larrabio. a nlne-ycar-old lad
of Norfolk, foil form his pony during
ono of tho bitterly cold days early In
tho weok and lay stunned upon the
rondwny for half an hour with tho tem
perature at 18 below zero. As ho lay
thoro, helpless nnd unconscious, ap
proaching death at ovory Instant, sonic
ono came along and dcliberatelly stole
his mittens and saddlo from his pony,
making no effort whatever to save the
little fellow's life.
Sl.v (!rt Cert IlleateM.
Tho committee which had charge of
tho examination for state teachers' cer
tificates, which was hold December 2S,
reported to Stnto Superintendent Fow
ler that six had passed. Thoy are:
Principal G. II. Graham, of Papllllon;
L. P. Grundy, of Valloy; Mrs. F. Bortlm
Hosford, of Garrison; J. C. Jensen, of
Beaver City; S. L. Johnson, of Loavltt;
Thomas J. Jones, of Lawronce. Sev
eral applicants failed to pass tho ex
amination. I'lMvrleoim Vis Horn.
The family of Harry Pettlt. of Fre
mont, sot a trap In tho collar of their
homo to catch animals supposed to bo
rats and which had boon making an
noying noises around tho place. Long
before morning Pettlt found that, his
lsltors woro polecats. Tho ono caught
was shot, but as the noises still con
tinued ho evidently htwl company. It
was found necessary to opon up tho en
tire house and thoroughly disinfect It.
Proof Positive.
TTufibfinfl (rending l- I'm HiirprifietJ to
icara uiiii ii uiarncii mim wriien uiu
fiiflluon notes for the woman's pngc in this
piper.
Wife - Dtit, di nr. how xlo you know that
such n the fKc?
"Litton to tliiM item: 'There will be no
chntiKc in pockr-t books thin season.' .Now,
only n inniricd mini could hnvc penned
thnt." Cinuiiituiti Enquirer.
I'll A CDS IX A IIAI.IO OP IIAV
l-'randi In Watch Ca (.
According to an article in the t'incin'
nali Commcmul, a fifty-one pound stone
was leceutly found in that city hci-rclcd
in a bale of hay of eighty pounds.
Tlirs is not us bad as fitiflinjr u lump of
lead of ncaily one-half t.e weight of tho
f olid gold watch case secreted in the con
tor of the case.
Gold watch ca.ies are sold by weight,
nnd no one can .ec where this lend id
K'croted until the snrins of the cnt-e are
taken out ifud Ifie lead will be found so
acted behind them.
Tiict-e cn.ses nre made by companies who
profess to be honest but furnish the
means to the dishonust to rob the pub
lie. It is not iileawint for anyone to find
that he has lugged a lump ot lead in Ins
watch en co.
Another trick the makers of spurious
solid gold watch eases is to stamp the
cube "v. S. Anay." The United States
does not stamp any article made out of
gold and silver except coin, and the fakir,
by lining this stamp, wants to make th
public believe that the coverumcut had
Boinotliitig to do with the stamping or
guaranteeing the fineness of watch cases.
Another trick of the vfalch fakir is to
advertise a watch described as n solid
gold filled watch with a twenty or twenty-Jive-year
guarantee. These watches are
gencrallv sent C. O. 1)., and if the pur
chaser lias paid for the watch, ho funis
that the Company which guaranteed the
watch to wear is not in existence.
The Diiober-Ilainpdcn Watch Company
of Canton, Ohio, who are constantly ex
psing these frauds, will furnish the
ua:es of the manufacture! s who uie m
thi questionable busmcbs.
It is the truth that changes the times
nnd not the tunes that hange the truth.
Hum t Horn.
Snl.or'n rCnrllcxI Cane.
Another new thing. Can be cut six times
timing a senson and sprouts again with
lightning rapidity. Next to Snlzer's Too
smte it will make more green fodder than
anything else, cheap ns dirt and grows
everywhere.
Of Snlzer's llcnovator Grass Mixture,
just the thing for pastures nnd mead
ows, Mr. 15. Bappold, Fast Park, Ga.,
writes, "I sowed Salzer' (trass Mixture on
soil no poor two men could not raise a fuss
pn it, and in forty-one days after sowing 1
had the grandest stand of grai-s in the
County. Salcr's Grass Mixtures nprout
rpuekly and produce enormously." 100,000
barrcL choice Seed Potatoes.
SAI..KU'S Ni:w NATIONAL OATS.
Hero is n winner, a prodigy, a marvel,
enormously prolific, strong, healthy, vigor
ous, producing in thirty States from 150
to 300 bu. per acre. You had best sow a
lot of it. Mr. Fanner, in 1901, and in the
fall sell it to your neighbors at $1 a bu.
for seed.
just sr.Nn 10c ix stamps
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., T.n Crosse.
im., nun ituiH- iii luuiiii men- mg cata
log and lots of farm seed samples free.
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Students of ancient history nre never up
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