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flEE NEWS. Established Not. 6. 1891 I CoMolMtl Ju. 1. IMS NKWS-UfcKALU. Established April 18. 19641 wm1"1 PHA.TTSMOOTU, NEBRASKA, Til UB9 DAY, DECEMBER .il. 1U08 VOL. XVI NO. J Semi WIMb ' News - ' - . - . r "". ;: :. .;-.lr : : ' - ill SSSBBBSBBirasai Bonds of Stite Officers. Owing to the fact that bonding companies hive lnrrcue.1 .tho price of bond for stato office, ra nboiit 300 per cent, several of the otfloera-elect are planning to give personal bt.nd.1, These range from JlO.tiOO to $50,000. with tho exception of the state trcas urer'a Loud, which la for fl.OOft.OOO. Tho bonding companies have nob In creased tho premium for tho stato treasurer's bond. A tho . bond of other state, officers aro rather . small, they uro In position to glvo personal bond without much trouble,: Attor noy Uoueral Thompson, consulted per on In regard to signing hU official bond Tom Auld, u Llntolu. bunker, Is unvi who hni promised to' algu Mf, Thompson' i bund. Governor Sheldon, thu ritll'lug v eruor, will be required to pas on the bond vr t h Incoming state teipurer, I.. (I, Jtrt.t it. who sucooedH himself ll expect lo Rive u Rimiunty bond a he did during Ma first term. The alato pns the premium. Athletic for the Guard. Tho adjutant itrncrnl bus forwarded to each company commander In thu Nebraska Nattou.il Ou.ud u in Amu I of physical ill III.. At the stale rl lie camp the KU rd-men' weiv much U pteaied with the dilll given dully by two companies of icauhir i a Honed near the earn p. The hook' tut to captain of the gu ird enmt uuh contain instructions In'rlfl.' drill, drill music, ninny athletic exercises and limine and contents., A book of up to date drill regulation .-u'm nu Hum of Hi st aid for hospital.' corps his been Kent to each captain in the guard for the ue of bis company Volumes! of tho mriitary law of the United dtntej ha vo .been forwarded .to officer of the guard wbjnrefaitjtxb Iiik government garrlsou schools Copies of International laws', have been ordered by the adjutant general to be furnished these student s. State Banks Report. With only three state bank failures In tho past six years., an . Increase of nearly $ 1.000.000 fu deposits" In on year and an increase of, half u million dollars In paid up capital slock; Sec retary Royse of ;the . stat : .biuktTi board U proud of the quarterly." report, of sUte banks at 4he close of" bu'4lne-i.' November 27. He. haa just completeil a auinmary of the' reports of theCa. banks under the control of tUA sta banking board. It shows.- total .. de posits amounting 'to JG5.S9S.7S::. 'This 1s not far from the high mark made in August. 1907. when there was. over $7l.tMH',uu0 on deposit. As. deposits alas shrink between the summei mouths and the close of the year, which is a period or general liquid lion, the report is considered extreme ly good Time Table Plattsmouth, Nebraska TRAIN'S GOINC.KA3T Nu. Ai t'acifle Junction ii 6 p. No. 2 Local Kx press, to Iowa poinU. Chi- caffo and tha raot 6:03 p. No. 4 Lincoln to Pacific Junction, eonj.: .-". nectinsr widt points north, cast and south (ffceept Sunday) 9uA a. No. 2C Prom Omata v .-35 P. No. 80 Freight to Pacific Junction'. . .v. i4&2 p. No. 6 Through venttbule express. . .r)0ri a. No. 14 From Omaha fl!30p. TRAILS COINO WEST' V No. 19 Local exprS. daily. Omaha,' Ciw--- coin, WrajijCol.. and Intrrmedial " stations... j .'.,':;,8-0! a f o.7 Fast mail.-. Omaha and Lincoln ; , (Esc-pt Sanday) tf,ia-l&. No. S3 Local expreas.Louta11le. Ashland.-. Wahooandjchturler .'. .. F ftflO p No. ?3 Local f wiUfht. Cedar Crok .- LouiavilInd South Bend MD Daily, exmpt Sunday. I ev M. P. Time. ': Table TKAIN.S GOINo NORTH. Ho. 10 Omaha Expreaa. . . No. 10U Nebraska Mail . ..627 a. m. . . .5:02 p. m. ...2-fK p. m. No. 103 Local Freifjht. No. J04 .1 No ,0G Locsl Freight. .9: id a. m. 123 a. m , ..9:45 a. tn DISCOUNT i.' Comracncinff with t Nov. 2 I will give 25 per tent off on all trimrhed hats.' SiE. B; WYERS SKSt laiffig- FnojjLLom If Ts aeta a bu sa larv Fsna lui, tt rtuaatU ntt sf burnt. Write sm. HsDeUy. I. STMUXSER. 203 hsctsa Stan Bit. Osaka. m MMB CAPITAL CITY NEWS ITEM! OF INTEREST AROUNOTHE 8TATE HOUSE. THE WORK OF THE LAW MAKERS - ... . - Legislative Pacta and Qosslp Nswa of tha Stat Capital. . SMprems Court Calendar, : Tbw following U a list of ca that will be callwd for bowl Inn lu the mt prvtue court, commenclntf January Tti rVr heitilutt Tues.1, Jununry ft: OiiVIs t'hleato. .11. 41 U H. To., aundois; C'ltUnns' lUnk va, Prod rlo:isn. l)iilas; Livingston . 1 lick, Admis., Douglas; t'adwell vs. kiutllii, Custer; Krbol v, Kilxd, Cil tor; Klikpati-kk x. Klrkputrlck. t'ua ter; lvld Hrudley 4 V(t. vs, Mall?, ('uiler: State Drayton' (on motion for rehearing), Antelope; Kenntaoit vs. Hiato, Kimball; llitrnea va, State, Cass; Foil so va. HlMtt, Douglas; Pos ' ton vm. Stato, Harlan. Kor bearing Wednesday, JauuAry Hi UructwotMl va. King (on motion for ruiesilQK). l.VUar; Minor vs. Morgan. Webster;. Jackson vaH. tlrrenwood, Kr., T)toe; (intea va." TebbeltM, tlage; KtrrV"- Maugua. Uagn; Winkler vs Clty.'s of Hastings, Adam: South. On aba - National Hank vs. McUillin, Chase; Callahan vs. State. Douglas; Peterson vs. llatier. Cass; McCauley vs" State, Douglaa; Berger vs. Wilcox; Dawson; Uoeaen v. Omaha Hi reef U. Co., Douglas. jVo:1 hearing Thursday, January 7: Lench va. UUby, Hayes; Motrin va. Miller,' Buffalo; Foster Vs. State. Cass; Russell vs. Estate of Close, Dodge; Ballard vs. Cerney. Saline; Palver vs. State, Kearney; Lillite vs. State, Uagv; State, vs. Merchants' Bnk (before commission), Lancaster; Shults vs. Chicago, U. tc Q. R. Co., Lajioaster; . Shelley va. Tuckertuao, Lancaster. Tor hearlug Friday, January 8: AV'orrall . Grain Co. " vs. Johnaou, Lan caster; Hlbner va. Wilson, Lancaster; Schweitier vs. SUte, Lancaster; Stato va. Dudgeon. Lancaster; Rlgga va. Stato, Lancaster. Stats Blda for 91,000,000 Bonds. At & meeting of the board of edu cational landi and buildings the board decided to make no change In . the offer made by State Treasurer Brian.' October 13, for fl.000,000 or, Douglas county court house bonds. The bonds bear 4 'per cent Interest. The state treasurer offered to take tbem at par. the. Douglas county board to deliver '.he bonds at their pleasure, or. when ever money la needed for the work or .construction, sixty days' notice to be; given of delivery. The county board waa given the accrued interest up', to the date of deliverr of bonds., This would enable the county to save accrued interest on a large part of the Issue. If they are sold to brokers the county will have to deliver all of the bonda at tine time and pay accrued futerest. The state board stands by this offer of the state treasurer. Some members .thought the offer was too riberal--in View of 'the chances of a gJrMN : - many school district bonds be-' ing offered" to the state ditririg" the next-i Wf- -years.' . ,' : '. , .., - fleoents Ask"Legislators for 4150ob: " The , ni'tieteeiitb' bienniil report "of ?ie. .board of regents Hf the state ttnf versitx , was" submitted to 'Cov-ernor Sheldon Wednesday ,-afternorn by President. C. S. Allen. The report con tains a general' survey of th-e j-f or the university, the 'est! mate by. the regents of its needs,for the next two years, and the reports of various offi cers. together ' with ike financial statement of the secretary.' J S. Dla. In tutdition to the iM0u4ar funds of 1729.090 which accrne frosn' the' 1 'mill assessment "on j)39l.7Ot,00O frfpro'p erty In the state, the board of rwgenta ask an additional appropriation of S415.0oO for the erortion of buildings, the purchase of additional campus institutes. Ttie ananas 'revenue from the taxable property Is used up in the current expenses. The .annual salaries amount to tlOjOOO, toe run ning: expenses 91S4.0OO and the com pletion of the present " Vtasineerlng bdHdiag will take op -the balance of the fund, ilafiOO. It Is estimated that the-new buildings aad lots that are needed will cost JSSO.aCft. Deputy Land'Commiscivnsr. : ,',At :lat. Land Commisssoner-elect CowJes haa a deputy, though ' the in formation " Is ;'-' not official. He has named George Bmery of Beatrice for the ' place . now occupied' liy J. v M Shively. Mr. Emery is a retired busi ness man of Beatrice aad inaoaged the campaign of Mr. Allea..-wtjK came very near beias nominated' by the re poMicans for state auditor." ; MiliUry Bat). Governor and Mrs. SheJdon. triH en tertaln the colonels on the gsernor'a staff and the .officers .or th. Mattonai Ocard at a grand 'military.' ball Ion" tha night of January 4., Invitations to the aalr will be sent tmt shortly., The ball will be give at the executive mansion and. will be strict! r mfMtarj. Now Matting in Stat Kosi. For the first time ia aevn yvaara or thereabovts new matltiis- fa bAiru laid on the third, floor of the- state MU la. tts qgrrttora A NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS. Stats News and Net a In Condensed ' Form. ; , . ,y , Cklckenpox provalla at Edgar. . " The Oatette at Thurston haa ' Bone, dead."-' The city f Ord wanu'V mwru officer. .Toe Farrneis'. bnk at IVgo la put Uhf la new Kft." . . ' A pow.. telephone line I. going up In. the Ylclttltyv'of Lane, . . .V'V. Nortdlt U mU to have" a n-iiatlter, of oases of diphtheria. . The Northwestern bulldlug near depot platform nt Qurdon, , , The Monitor mill At Bcrlbner ar toutpslIM to run overtime, , Thi,KlmbaU vcouutjr taclt ' Hst. elation will utnol JftOtiary V'-V , " .' NeU Johnson aoM hla half 'r1lo't farm near Wausa tor $l.00o , Tl I'nlted WoihittiMt ul ('atloltm am buildiug au addition lo their hall. Wlusine jrtmlse to bnll.k looiv ofiieit walks naxt year than fyec,. before. Th Rook, Island has u Urge, to ice " sf Italians at work ratslnu" 'h' i vast or MaJow. , The Ttaptlst; ladles . , at , L"f"P ('U'v tlearetl 0 on a tipM' they tf ii few ev'enttias aati. ' '' ; Tltsr 'l'awnttf. county farmeia"' 111 M (utVWl 1m held at Pawner. City le cthbi.31 MO' JannnrV 'V ' ,v Angiist lUaacsnn kaa sold hla faint ini Dawsioi county to a MfV ' Aden.re celvlitg $?' per acre for It.. ,. .A poultry dealer,' at "ayb"i'ahl 124.48'. Tor fifty-ont ld -heaan aver tut or nearly titty cents each,. . W T. Owens postmaster at LotiH City, hus ' resigned. D. C. Orow was at mire named "to succeed hi in. 'GrattdpaV 'Lnmbrecht celebrated. IiIh elghty-flftu blithduy at Ueemer luring the. week, lie Is still ale and boa rl y. ' ' Mr. -aiul Mrs. P. L. Rbrfc. of Te. kawah..were married fifty eara ago this week. They celebrated the .event properly. - A Union Pucillc Mipply car caught' Ire In the: yard at North lleml sriJ bunted up before anything In It cowld be saved. The t-'O.OOO bonds of tho vlllage..,of. Seott's Bluff, for thb construction of a . waterworks system, have been soli to a Chicago firm. . . .. .Complaluu have, been tiled against numerous grocers throughout tho state charging them with violations of the pure food laws. . t rrhe Pilger Herald Ktatea that How ill Reea sold his champion young bull Ruberta's Goods,' for G,S00, with tho privilege of keeping him until Msrch. Citizens or Arlington . are utlllxlng the waste steam Trom the electric ightlug plant to heat their residences, and the plan in said to work admir ably. ' ' ' Paul Miller, or Stanton, fell rrom a ladder at hla home southwest or town and broke his ankle. It id an injury .hat will prove very tedious and slow In healing. C. D.j Casper, who established the first paper in Butler county, is a can didate Tor clerk in the new county of .Morrill, with a good show of land ing the position. . . ' Mrs. . Matt Bozaiih. 'formerly of Union, whose husband ..was sentenced rhe other day to 'life imprisonment for killing .1. S. Dyer, has sone to Oklahoma to livt. Landlord Whitman at Kimball found a pearl nearly as large as a pea in the oysters he was eating; the other iay. The specimen vls saW to.be an unusually good ne. " L. F. Koplin, h saloonkeeper at Pil ger, was fined -$75; and-costs on. three counts, for selling, liquor "to' 'minor, pleading guilts-.;!.' the" charge. The village board then revoked his license, A deal .was consummated at Utica vhereby Eugene -Morgan purchased tbe SO-acre ,'fa'rrii"- from , Will 'Cross which he purchased last summer from Mike Sullivan, the consideration being jier acre. . .. A valuable deposit ot pumice ston has been discovered in the ' hills t round Eudicotti Jefferson county. The stoue is said to be of very fine quality, ind will make the hills In that locality very Taluable. ' It is reported that after January 1 Rosebud mail and all pf the govern ment freight will be taken by Crook ston. The change is made because . u e i uu to .is come to Valentine.'' '''. The Lincoln Land company is tak ing a lively Interest in the contest between; Bridgeport, and Bayard as the county .seat of the new county of Mor rill. anf have -offered to donate a city block and S 10,000 In cash toward a court house. ' ' y Work on the new municipal light plant at Fremont is rapidly nearing completion and"- if' no' unexpected source of delay arises-patrons of the. plant will be supplied light by the new engines within the course of the next two weeks. . The business men of Arcadia . held u meeting . recently for the purpose .of determining whether the town should, hare a new electric ' light" plant or not and -it now looks as though It would, as all the progressive citlxens favor such a move. "A"' -Stanley WIMama,hVs' 'sold - forty acres ot land In. Scotta Bloff county to Miss Lettie Mayo of TJambrfa, Iowa, for $2,200 cash. Miss Mayo, was ne or .the eariy. residents of the ralley. and ' badr a tract of land there for a long time which the sold not long ago,. ' ;, ',.'.-; Cuming county has seventy-four rural school districts, employing sev- from S25 to $50. and the lour towns four IOWD8 I in the county employ forty teachers, at salaries Tanging from $45 to $S5. exclusive of salaries of the superintendents SUMHARY OF HEWS CONDENSATION. OF THE MORI IMPORTANT HAPPENING. BOTH AT HOME MID ABROAD 0ral, Political, Rallflleus. Snertlno, Foreign and Other Events Rt oerdsd Here anel Thrt. Cengreat. Cabinet olhceis are suWutUlliti to President Roosevelt their reports in answer to tha Aldrlch resolution a to lite art-ret service and It Is considered pohahl the president will have ready lit submit to the apprtipi-latlon coiiuuti lt t.r the seuale all. these reports sboaafer Ibe re anthlU of cott' vresi. t U U the president's Intention bt ar promptly lit Ihla utatier, At 111 letniesl f Menalor Hrown (be library al MadUon, Meb , baa been plactMl, on the list to receive sHth pnb ;lK)'ttlns as are available for pnhllo yltHh and college libraries. . k Sctmtor Iturkelt" had a conference with (he War dcpiu intent ttulclals re nardlttR n bill ror enlargeinent of the lnal corps pot.itt )rl' Omaha. The Mil has a tptd cbuitce of becoming a law; " ., It, Is believed the spet lal aembm of I rVi'trgroaa for rcvhlon f the tariff i ttay be callel Immediately after the I inauguration of President Tart. The revenue realure or the tariff bill . tno!ves more difficult problems than ?ilher the protective or oilier phases if I he tnr.lff. revision ntestlou. It Is claimed by .aome that the government has. been deprived of millions of dol ls fs" of revt-hne during th oratlon o-'rhi Dlngley tariff because of the Sttmr-rouH changes madv In the bill af ter jt, passed the hotis of representa tives. ThetJe' change' were made' prlnclpnliy in the wordlug of the bill, rather than in the rates of duty. . Indication are that pornt who tpoct President . Roosevelt to ay t-omt thing of a personal nature in bis lihissage ' to congress reply lug to the inquiry as to the basis ror that por tion of : his -message dealing with the secret service will be dlsappoluted. While the president has not yet writ ten his reply he has collected a, stock of information which wfl sorve for it.- basis. Secretary Root "will be placed on the committee on foreign relations when he 1 elected to take Senator Piatt's place lu senate. General. A hundred thousand persons were killed by earthquake shock which de vastated three provinces In' southern Italy; The cities of Messina and Roggio and about twenty smaller places were .destroyed. It-Is supposed Tht ,a gootl many American tourists perished. , The will' of the late.CIaus Speckles, the sugar king, which was filed for probate, leaves life interest in the estate to the widow. At her death the property-is to be divided among three of her children. A number of ' prominent engineers have been invited to accompany President-elect Taft to Panama. Eruption of Mount Etna has' added to the terror caused by earthquake in southern Italy. The county treasurer of Sanborn county, South Dakota, was held up and robbed of $.1,000 of the county money. : . ' . . , . AH -candidates for United States senator r in Ohio except , Charles . p. Taft are opposed to holding caucus .of" republican legislators. . . Consul Max Baehr has been offered the post at Bttenos Ayres. btrt n'iy no accept it. - - : - Tho Presjdent invite Canada and JTexico .to participates in the move ment to conserve resources of the N'orth American continent. .. Very little spurious, money js being passeii in this part of the" west at this time. ' ' "'.".' i Abraham Rttef; the San Francisco sraftet.. was sentenced to-" four I eon years 'in'' the. penitentiary. ' ' . . . Burlington crop reports show winter w heat-to be -in good-condition. . An . earthquake . at'.-. Virginia . City. of eomnission. '-. - .The foot and mouth disease among New York cattle is thottght to '"be: com pletely radicated. ' ;. ... . Troops in Cuba will be withtlrawn bi tnerfirst day: Of the year. Every ship arriving at. Ve.nez.nolan ports brings many returning exiles Venezuelan people think s bright, era has dawned. .-';: . " "The proposed Irish '."purchase" land law has been abandonee' because the Brit is! 1 Parliament had ' ho" 'time vto consider it. " ' ' . : I- s - A large' numWr of convention -of agricultural and similar bodies are tc be held in Lincoln.. Neb., in January ' The Eastern ! Illinois . roail . .' has asked shippers to co-operate In main taining a popular. tariff. " '""" Revisers of the tarff have reached schedule B.Tn framing. Ihe bUl. . "President iloosevelt sais the famllt 'home is the . best place to care- fot dependent children. t-S" i. X4'; - ' . -State j Alitor ;.8eaS ot Nebraska will give judges increased' pay for De cembef J" mrden.ii: the constitutional meDdmao.C--tbahkj ar -repdrtecl in prosperous1 co'ndi'tfoh. -''!"- -:- c .. The next encampment ofathe Grand Army .will probably be, held In I Cin- cinnatl or Pittsburg instead of Salt -UJ-IIWBf '.111 "I'lllJI'HBn I . ' rates The chief of the secret police of Moscow was killed In a battle with revolutionists. Prvsldout Rotiaevelt has issued a statement lu whh-h he says he can not now interfere- in the matter of tho seutence of th labor leaders bt-atue the caso is not through the courts. Prospects are good for a resump tion of friendly relatlous between (he I'nlted State and Veiieauela. ! dent of the Mutual Reserve Lire lu-. surauee company, Is dead from luhal- j lug gas lit his homtt in New York, Hie Hoi-ate PiunUetl visited Preal- j dent elect Tall ami discussed conser vatloit of national resources with him, Vive Presldt-iU (lomew has ake for an Anieiteitn wai'shi lo b. sent to VriteKtiebi and lias betiuu iiegiltullotti , for the resumption of relations with, j the I'mied Slutcs, i Five members f the Nitttth family ! landed In the hoard of aldermcii of i 4oinci-vllle, Mass,, lat elet-lltMi day, j James Contgan, who has befit In j niiauclitl olniBslo w li It .Itihii I), Itot ke frllrc fl' eais, died Hrtturda, , follow, tta an oietlloit for appeudleltts, I'lt-fldfiil CtiMiro kttoss ttolbina of the .eoiidlilous In lilt home mutiny, The supreme i-ourt of Mlouil tr deled the Slattilaid till eomp,itv of Imllana, lite Itoptiblic OH tttinpiiy of Ohio and lli W aters .pierce t-otnpsiiy f Hi. I.tntls out of btiatnesa In the male ami rittnl litem $,'.i.uou e-h, t'blna xxatttw the IrarttliMt at Vh ! 'iiaion talxed lo an embnssy, The in'eitldriti may return to hi nrst plan tf reforming the navy. The order of Mayor MfClellnu of New York -losing movie picture machine wan temporarily suspended by Justice tiayttttr of the Kttprente uri. Twelve tm-mbi'i-M of the lower bouse f eongress have unite Panama t ratiilliarlxe themaelvea with the tllg ttitt of (he big canal. A new Pompeii Iihm been unearthed n tho plains of Arizona. It Is by far 'he most important of the archaelolo-i;l-al discoveries that have yet been made in the I'nlted Slates, and prom .ses to enable scientists to throw sottitf lisht on the remarkable peoples who at one lime. In a remote antlqnl 'y. inhabited the far southwest. Many arrests' have- b.en. made of Pittsburg councilman fnu ..grafting nd more are t.o.follow. .::','"'i ,The labor luutiers or the.' United States sent messages by the wholesale to the threo officials of the Amerlcau federation who were sentenced to prison and the information was given out that the Mucks cuse would be ought to- a ilnlah.ln rt.e highest court.'; Justice Wright of the court of ap peals of the District of Columbia sen tenced President Com tiers of the Fed eration of Labor to one year. Vice President John Mitchell to ulna months and Secretary Morrison to six mouths in prison for contempt in the Bucks stove case fur violating a court Injunction. They have appealed to a higher court. Washington. The location hi this city of statues f John Par.l Jones and Commodore John Barry, both of whom ate herald ed as the "father of the American iavy" by their respective admirers, will prove :i difficult task for the spe cial commission charged with that duty. Germany's black-, while and red Mag will tly for several days from a local hotel, which temporarily is the home jf the now Oerman ambassador to the I'nited Stales. Count Joahe'nn llein ri h von Bernsiorff. who arrived in this city from New York last week. He was accompanied by bis- wife and daughter and by several servants. United States consuls in China re port that Imports are largely In fluenced by the fluctuations In the orice of silver. i The resignation of President New man of the New York Central is taken to indicate Harrinian has secured con-, '.rot of that, system. ; Senor Marrlos. the -Guatemalan min ister, of foreign affairs, who was seriously injured in an automobile ac cident nar the. Virginia end of the highway bridge, called at ' the' White House and will sail for honi Decem er sn. Tl'.e Chinese desire to have their, liploniatlc representatives totre raised to the. Importance-of. an. embassy. . Krienrily relnlions are resumed be tween . the Cnited States and Vene zuela. ' ' President-elect Taft will spend only about a 'week in Panama. Ways :iml means committee, is work- n-dw'oy new bill is finished .Reprc'.r'rronT ' h min r schedules until the new bill is finished.. Repre sentative Clayton saya the .position of tjemocats must not be one of negation v- Spreckels. tho - sugar millionaire, died n San Francisco on the 2Sth. "- I :'"The iHJst way. to care for depend- I ent Children is the family home." says' .President Roosevelt In a letter madr publlc; calling a conference to ber heW Nh Uiis city on January 25 next .for the j -discussion of the problem of caring for dependent children. With approxi- ' vately 150,000 youngsters coming .within that " classification . in the United States the question' has awak ened 'the interest of many leaders Itf thought throughout the. country. The president sent his letter to about 'one hundred prominent men. . ... .Persona. ! "Mayor DohJmaa of Oamaha. an-. aounces he will be a candidate for re election.- ' . . . i Andrew Carnegie, believes the joint stock system wherein the laborer shares In the profits of the employer ts the 'solution of the labor problem , in tfep-iworltt.;.. December 28; President Raorcrelfs raunsest dauehter. Ethel, made her formal bow to society. T"5?r"l""PrJrT"r"j 1812 was organized at Omahu. President-elect TaTt will deliver message to the whole south at banquet at Atlanta January 15. OF ITEMS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE OVER THE STATE. THE PRESS. PULPIT AND PUBLIC What It Going On Hers and Titers That Is of Interest le the era Throughout Na brsiks, Chat-gad With Thaft. Thlt'Yltiu of all kind lift Keen !.,,uij oil III HU- V I -1 1 s 1 1 of MVMII fiti mi,) inoiilUs, iitnl all were si u Iok i,, .iH cover I In aullly si lies. W .ht.,, i Sheilrf Mtllonbei -leai..,l ii.. mystery aflei i.eaitltlite .,....,1. ....., 'ci. .... . . telli articles ie ntlitl fit. in Him .1... I ol platform an. sesirlt tyssll lliene aillcles In posswssb.n nf i'im Cbtlk Hltd I lent y llelt lrn fmmxis of lite lielghboi hood. Hlblita: lhat these men liiltl'il be at n 1 1 1 of i.ilisf thefts, eomplalnis were nid sit, I iK.r places searched Tit sheriff fitmt.1 on their fsint TU? pounds bin. I qur let's bpef, pittinds coito'fl lt.f, jtwn rolU of wire, m iitsnilty of lmn ! ber, it number o,' biattded lifter. ImR- H.v ioli: Mini ipilie a Ioiir lli of oiuor . . . t ft A liirtiries 1 lie raimeiH nave iieeu ar tested and confined In the county ' jail. Lives Were Almost Lost. tVp one-story dwelling on the Pell latin, four miles northwest of Tecum sell and occupied by J. W. Mort is. wa btiined lo Ihe ground al 4 .i.'c'.oek Monday morning together with the contents. Mr. Morris had .lifflcnlty In ssviuc; the lives of his wife ami five little children after lis discoveied the l,oue 10 be on lire. The fire ttteil Iiotn a Hue, and the whole roof was iibla.e. the (lames beiug in the rooms when the struggle or a choking infant awoke Mrs. Morris. . Mr. Mot 1 is grab bed the children one by one and threw them out of Uie window and then took I hem to the barn where they were kept - warm until noighlxirs brought them clothing. The Morris family are renters and did not save a thin. He had 110 insurance Insurance on the house not known. Y. M. C. A. for Schuyler. Schuyler has never had a branch of the Y. M. C. A. Now a number ot Its best disposed young uien think it would benefit the city to have one. So l hey held a meeting an.l took prelim inary steps looking to an organization, in which many . good citizens hope they will succeed. The foreign ele ment ul tiie city maintain an orsa li gation for physical culture which -Is well patronized, but the American youths set no benefit from ii. A Y. M. ('. A. with a gymnasium aitacb nsent would remedy this, besides lite other usual good results accruing from it. A not he,- meeting will v hHd soon, when a committee' repori is rx peeled. Sold After Fifty Years. Mrs. R. A. Cottle Monday snlil hr' eiRhty acre frrni near Colon in Saund ers county to Charles Davis for $9.im'i.i). Mrs. Cottle when a youns: wonts n sot title to this land by preemption. She was a girl about twenty years of. ge then firty years ago this winter, - lier-maiden-name was Rebecca KeHfr aint sbe was abonx the earliest ett!er.9j.4 having .come to Saunders comity '. in 1S57. . An.. interesting item i" connep.' tion with tiie transfer just ..recor. ted is that Mrs. Cottle conies into posses sion by it of a 'large automobile vslud t $l'.btM.- Mi-8. Cottle when she came west came in 0 prairie.schoonei' drawn -hy an t. team! t " Neligh Makes a Donation.. WVTS.' Neligh. whose father; the late John I). Xellsh, was the founder of 'Hie' city of AVe..t Point, lias donated to the city the use-ot three acres of low-lying land in the vicinity of Sher man, pafk. for the purpose of 1 public race to convey' UW-4- water to: the tract which wiH.'ber floods' ed to the depth of three feet, making an ideal and perfectly safe TecreatfosV ground. A toboggan slide is also pro jected by Mr. Neligh, who lias tloha'ted these. .-muchf-prlzed privileges -to- tjie" people or 16- town. Mr. "Neligh-ias roved "hinw- lf a worthy successor of his father. : ..v.-'-'.i- , .: ' Will Build an Elevator. At 'a pubMc meeting, held. In ihe city hall ai Overton, Saturday :4ijght, for the puJ:pose of organizing an-fn: dependent, elevator company, a tem porary organization was-effected and a soliciting committee appointed fr, .solicit subscriptions of stock' sfaatea to ibe, $25 -; and limited:; to eght jihat'p to one person. -i 1 -j--j- V f y. . -. 1 -1 j- '") , ' Tuberculosis tCattie. The government 'inspector "" was) called to ' Auburn . Wvaturda'y ' to. ex amine the cattle inti oaly hefd. ol Nixon t Harrla, and twehtytwo hea4L cf the heft-d wer nmmnuncsH affected .j with tuberculosi?- JhBfuctue naa i been apnaraiprt'vJn Thp .rows that ! were giving milk for the trade, "d tonUwin Its ' iit.iilhaiL lUHlUi t' th?" ' cause of the fact that Harris & Sous j bad fouud that they were not dolus a weli, though they had kept in goo 2 order in all cases. NEWS NEBRASKA 1 Railroads Refute to Pay. SUte Oil Inspector A. II All.-u in .yecleJ 22. 5lu barrel's of oil in Now tn I or 'of which to i.uii.N su i, lifted. He had $I.U'i on li.tti.t. I letted $'.Sti.Vto. paid out $l.'.t "I i!si'les and olbc. cxp-ii-n hiu! i,.t.,i tnt. stale treasurer i. i . . i.-. K balance of Sl.lo" o: h.in.1 ill. fnion Paoirtc Ral!ro.i cotupMitx -in. isflise l'-N ,r"' ln!l,o'l ion ! u tj; barrel and me nurininion in. u J filed to P" f"r iio.'Ci ion : ,M ' litlirU. No le-.l,ca-c In - -. ".-:. I tbe.l l deieruiiu' kIkmIh i m n.,i ; ,Ust be paid for llo- inii-, i ion oi : ur offered for Kale I" lb- l"i'i 1 skipped lulo 1 ii h' t -i iorailoii. I'm II..- Supreme Court Adopts Nv Mules. Tll IteW I'llb-' of lli' ii in i nu' t on M urovlde for a uit'.-iliu iMi- a m .... MondavH imU .id ul Tn !,u Hi. i ll l vn , ,,it l I be bek'.iunln -1 ! ,u ii o, i IVko lei ms of com I, Wto-n Ho- 10 i. nidi ntrel oil Tu"d.t , i.i! ,-l I slsiule, itt m ni.'d .mi of 1 1 n.,' in,', 1 ... 1 V I 1 11..I be ted uule lb.- op,. o., .lli.nlrtte th.tl Hum .-.I1.1II I' '. IV. -.1 il I t'aes ill be a. I .1 n' il W 1 1 . I apinttrttt Ibat litlaMttuil HI If lllll ...I .1 III '.l t II. fuiil!.-. Wh.i. inotlotts for t.lii'tiin. Uissl be iici'otiM'.'iiii' l support of ihe nii'i .1 1 II 1 II. . In I. I . Il ti in, In 1 ,1 In 1 wold, the ntoMott lll'lx! in In, I.' .1 Inl-f. Roe for Suprintinlrnt, It was repot ti'd In It.-. 11 ' .. nesday afternoon ih.it iioiin stl,lleiilMie.M bad .itil.oin c.l t W...I .; 1 1. 1. Koe superlnteiidpnt of il. 1 minded Institute to .u.- I s 1 hi lendent Osbotn. This t. u.t ,, , . n firmed by a teleph.ue hh-m 1 5haller.beraer. Dr. It.n n.' , oldet and most prominent .ln In llnalrice. lie Is M denim l it Mi Hi,' old school. Ills appointment aives gwnersl satisfaction. Hamer Wants Another H:anng. Judge Hamer, attorney f r . T. Turley. -.whose triplication for e-itt acy was turned down l Acting toiv eruor Hopewell. Monday, bis til.-, an appilcatlon for another hearitm. Th new Hearing na srv tSoveruor been s.-t tor .1 . 11 n Sheldon v. ill be out uf office before the nece.ui pitiilica tlou ciiiYid be-made of tin; at' iicatioit Turiey .Is servins: a sev.-nte. ti . -at sentence for ' nnii ifer.' Thompson May Be Appointed. Coniiug lo the front' of the li-,1 ot men who have beeii inen-ion.l Tor appointment to the supreme, bench ii W. H. Thutupsou, of Grand Island, thu "Linle f'.lant" in democratic isdiiici la the state. . It is knowu tbitt .Governor Sheldon haa had at 'least a brief conference with W. 11. Thompson and it is al known . iot v the Grand Island man would accept" the position ir ii etc tendered ..him... Of other western aspirants the most prominent iire .1. R.. Dean of p.rokeu Bow and Silas IIol.Nnib Homcscckcrs' Low Round Trip Rates ' .. . ' ' -To . -' TEXAS , AND THi: SOUTHWEST i - Every 1st Arid 3rd Tuesday - - ' ."ovei: 0 ' 'MissouriPacific --IrOn -' IMQimtain . ... Liberal .Stf-p-overs .. .RetiH-n'Limit 25 Days When the wheat is patheretLtiike a trip to tl.e country of lowprtcecl L-frtds." aml-we what. is. oili-rtvcl to Vyou there. Ask for pstrticulnrs . antj ljtv'ra'.'jr. 7 : rtuh NoxtrSn, fluent : M. P. Raflway. .1 IT'S VERY. UNUSUAL Jdrsee guch liindsomc turnontsas L.m)e3; ftvmjfin.peaker's livery s?ariey-:OUr rigs are iip-io-arc, onrxaflh'agcs arc swell in style andotnfortablo lo' rifle in, and L-iJur.i horic.-t are' always -well ..frroomed.twell dressed and well viftdV Wlirn you want a chive come to Sflanfpeakcr's for your tnrnout if ' - ' r.l.E.nANSPEAKER Jo--?8' Old Livery Ham STenth Vfr- nSts. Plattsmouth. Neh. . . ,tt Kind Yaa Ha Maan H?l