PLAIISMOUIH HEWS HERALD
P. A. BARROWS, Editor and Manager
PLATTSMOUTH,
NEBRASKA
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Washington, Congressional, Politi
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Foreign.
Orvllle WrlKht niado a now record
nt the Tcniplehof club, Berlin, for
sustained aeroplane flight with a pan
6enger. He reamlncd la the air for
one hour and thirty-five minutes, car
rying Cuptain linglehardt. He broke
lils own record made July 27, when he
stayed up with a passenger for one
hour and twelve minutes.
Louis raulhnn, the Fronch aviator,
Hying in a Volaln biplane at Ospend,
won a prize of $3,000. He covered
Bevcnty-thrce kilometers (forty-five
and one-third miles) In one hour at
an altitude ranging from 240 to 300
feet.
The Insular government at Manila
toon will ship to the bureau of in
pulnr alTalrs at Washington .'nearly
half a ton of opium -the proceeds ,of
many custom seizures. The govern
ment plans to dispose of the opium
for medicinal purposes among , drug
manufacturers.
Mrs. Morris, widow of the late Nel
son Morri3 of Chicago, died at Fon
talnhlenu, France, from Injuries re
ceived In a motor car accident which
occurred there September 10.
Edward Marjoiibanks, second baron
of Tweedmoiith, who was first lord
of the ndmlrallty In the Campbell-Ban-nermnn
administration, and later lord
president of the council, died In Lon
don. Ho was born In IS 19.
Taking ndvnntago of tho prevailing
shortage in and tho advanced prices
for ennned meats, the thrifty British
wur office Is reported to have reaped
a handsome profit by selling back to
certion houses large stocks of canned
moats ordered before tho prices ad'
danced.
' General. ,
By special request of the presi
dent no effort was mado to operate
street cars during his visit to Omaha.
A terrific tropical storm visited New
Orleans and other sections along the
gulf coast.
Frcsldent Taft discussed railroad
end trust laws In his speech at Des
Jloines.
The Netherlands financial depart
ment has submitted to the state coun
cil a bill providing for an Increase of
30 per cent on all Import duties.
In a running battle with John Schcl
ler at Des Moines City Detective
Frank Delmcge, one of the best known
detectives In the west, was shot and
killed.
Packy McFarland and Ray Bronson
fought twenty rounds to a draw at the
West Side Atheletic club In McDo-
noughvllle, Just across the river from
New Orleans.
Revenues for the year ending Juno
SO last are greater than the railroads
earned In the preceding year.
That former Governor Folk of Mis
court will be induced to stay out of
the senatorial fight next year, under
promise that he will be given the
support of the Missouri ' delegation
for the Democratic nomination for
president in 1911. Is the latest "tip"
r from the Inner circles of the Demo
cratic state committee.. .. . ;
J. P. Morgan was .elected a 'director
of the City National. (Standard Oil)
bank of New York.
The fee for the registration of mall
will bo Increased from 8 to 10 ceuts
after November 1, 1909, according to
an order signed b? Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock.
The residence of Charles I. Gibson
general manager of the St. Ruthers
plant of tho American Sheet and Tin
plate company, was dynamited at
Youngstown, Ohio. :
Bankers nt Chicago before adjourn
lng denounced both postal savings
and guaranty of deposits.
In starting on his western trip It Is
paid that President Taft Is In reality
opening his campaign for another
term.
John W. Tltcumb, for a number of
years connected with , the, Uhited
States fish commission as assistant
In charge of tho division of fish cul
ture, has resigned to engage la pri
vate business.
Professor Swezey says that Halley's
comet recently re-dlscovered will prob
ably later be visible to the naked eye.
David E. Thompson, United States
nmbnssador to Mexico, has secured
control of the Tan-American railway,
a line extending from San Geronlmo
on the Tehauntepec National railway
to Marlscal, a town on tho Mexican
Guatemalan frontier.
Russia is taking an active although
fcelnted interest in aviation. The new
budget contains an appropriation for
the opening of courses In aeronautics.
Opposition to postal savings and
guaranty of deposits was declared by
bankers at Chicago.
The T. II. Bunch company, one of
the largest graiu concerns in the Unit
ed States, filed a petition in bankrupt
cy at Little Rock, Ark. It Ib re
ported that local banking institutions
r.rc Involved to the extent of $300,000.
Business of tho country continues
to expand, passing the mark of laBt
year, and approaching that of 1907.
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Senator Theodore Ii Burton, chair
man of the National Waterways com
mission of the United States, accom
panied by several of the other commis
sioners, spent a day Inspecting the
Wlllebroeck canal, which runs from
Brussels to the River Rupel.
The condition of Bishop B. C. Lene
ban of Fort Dodgo, who is critically
111, has become alarming and it is
feared the end Is near. A few days
ago he underwent an operation for a
carbuncle on his neck.
An agreement has been signed
which assures three years of peaco
with street rar operators in Chicago.
L. R. t" lavis, late chief of tho Seat
tle Held divisions of the United States
land office, has written a letter to
President Taft, in which he says ho
will publish the evidence in the Cun
ningham coal land cases shortly.
The comptroller of the currency ap
proved tho conversion of the Fort
Pierre bank of Fort Pierre, S. D., Into
the Fort Pierre National bank, with
$21,000 capital.
William Buckley, convicted of the
murder of George W. Rice in San
Francisco, during the machinists'
strike In October, 1901, was sentenced
by Judge Lawlcr to bo hanged at San
Quentln on November 19.
Governor Harmon of Ohio has Invit
ed the governors of all the states and
territories of tho United States to at
tend with delegations the national
good road 3 congress to be held Octo
ber 26 to 29 in .Columbus.
William Browa of Philadelphia, one
of the occupants of tho automobile
which was wrecked near Rending, Pa.,
while bearing a message from Presi
dent Taft to the management of the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, died
at the Reading hospital making the
second death as the result of the ac
cident. In a speech at Winona, Minn., Presi
dent Taft gave unreserved support to
the Payne tariff law.
Export trade of tho country Is tend
ing more to gulf ports than to the
Atlantic senbonrd.
J. J. Hagermnn, builder of tho Colo
rado Midland railway and one of the
foremost among Colorado pioneers
died at Milan, Italy, as the rosult of
a lung affection.
Secretary Wilson says high prices
for products of the farm are destined
to continue.
Victory for the street car men la
their long drawn out negotiations with
the traction companies for increased
wages was announced in Chicago.
Halley's comet has been located by
Ileber D. Curtis and photographed
with the aid of the Crossley reflecting
telescopo nt Lick observatory.
Mrs. Harriman is now put down as
the richest woman In America.
Washington,
Protesting against the treatment
they received at the hands of the stato
and county officials of Oklahoma, 1G,
000 Oklahoma Indians, comprising
the Creeks, Cherokees, Chickasaws
and Choctavvs, have caused a petition
to be sent to Washington seeking re
lief.
Representative Good of Iowa will
introduce a resolution in the house
early next session for Investigation
of the Sutton case. Mr. Good was in
Washington while the case was being
heard at Annapolis. He became much
Interested in it and was convicted
from his attention to the testimony
that young Sutton did not commit sui
cide, but was killed.
President Taft's appointment of the
new tariff commission or board, which
was announced from Beverly, is looked
on In Washington as the most Import
ant development In tariff matters
since tho enactment of the new Al-drlch-Payno
measure. The make-up
of the commission Is such as to leave
no doubt that President Taft has con
cluded the tariff question is not set
tled for an indefinite period.
Desplto the announcement made by
Baron Tokahlra before leaving tho
United States for Japan a month ago
that ho expected to return to this
country as ambassador, the belief Is
growing that the Japanese govern
ment will send another ambassador to
Washington. For this reason credence
Is given at the stato department to
tho Associated press dispatch from
Toklo to this effect.
The days of tho 13-cent postage
stamp are numbered. Instead of this
denomination, by some supposed to be
unlucky, the postofllce department will
Issue a 12-eont stamp. Acting Post
master General Steward requested
the secretary of the treasury to have
the new stamp printed at the bureau
of engraving and printing.
Personal.
The cabin boy aboard the Roosevelt
was told In confidence by Dr. Cook
that he had discovered the polo.
Unless signs fall the pre-ident and
congress will have a brusl when the
next session begins.
Packy McFarland and Ray Bronson
fought twenty rounds to a draw lu
New Orleans.
Cecil P. Drake, John D. Strong and
Harold M. Lewis, threo young bank
clerks of Victoria, B. C, were arrest
rd at tho Waldorf Astoria In New
York at the request of the chief oi
police of Victoria.
Former Vice President Fairbanks
delivered an eulogistic address at the
Methodist church in Manila, P. I., on
j the life work of President McKlnley.
I The party of United States congress
! men who have been touring the Ha
; wailan Islands are now on the way
, home.
The will of E. H. Harriman lcavoi
all his property to his wife.
Sir Edward H. Seymour, admiral
of the British fleet, has been deslg'
natcd by King Edward to command
the British squadron which will At-
tend the Hudson-Fulton celebration 2s
New York,
uOVEH in IS DEAD
Minnesota's Chief Executive Expires as a
Result of an Operation,
THIRD ONE PROVES TO BE FATAL
Last Words of the Governor Were to His Wifci "Well, Nora,
I Have Made a Good Fight but I Guess I've
Got to Go."
Rochester, Minn. Governor John A.
Johnson, three times elected governor
of Minnesota, a candidate for the dein-
ocratic nomination for president of
the United States In 1908, and looked ,
upon by many throughout tho country
ns the probable national standard
beared in 1912, died at St. Mary's
hospital here at 3:25 o'clock Tuesday
morning, following an operation tho in Sweden thirty-eight years ago, coin
previous' Wednesday, lug to Minnesota In 1881. Ho attended
After battling against death for al-
most a week the governor's life had i
a peaceful ending. Grouped about his j
bedside when the end came were Mrs. ;
Johnson, Miss Sullivan, her personal I
friend; the attending physicians and
two nurses. !
The last thing Governor Johnson did
before lapsing Into unconsciousness
one and a half hours before his ;
death, was to take his wife's hand and
weakly whisper:" "Well, Nora, 1 mado
a good fight, but I guess I've got to i
go." Then as the last gleam of In-'
telllgenco began to flicker ho pressed 1
her hand gently to his cheek in a
parting caress.
AH tho splendid courage and roar-
velous vitality of the povernor proved !
unequal to the terrible strain which 1
had been put upon him. That his '
death was a matter of a short tlmo
at most became known twelve hours
before life finally ebbed away. Ho
was unconscious for two hours pre-
rtgua to death.
Mrs. Johnson, who had been at the
bedside almost coustanaly since the
opertion six days before, la In a state
of almost complete collaspe. Sho
was half carried from the hospital by
Dr. C. F. McNevin and Miss Margaret
Sullivan. She was sobblug and shook
convulsively.
Mayor Thompson has issued a pro-
f j ill lu" un" l" 1,1
a state of public mourning and flags
were njing a mm must irora iuo cuy ;
buildings, school bouses and many
private buildings.
At a conference in which Frank A.
Day, Fred B. Lynch and Fred Johnson,
the governor's brother, participated, it
was arranged to take tho body to St.
Paul on a special train.
A detail of militia met the cortege
at the station and escorted it to tho
state capitol where the body will lie
in state Wednesday.
The funernd will be held Thursday
afternoon at St. Peter. The services
will be held In the Presbyterian
church. Governor Johnson's body will
be burled beside bis mother.
The late Governor John A. Johnson
had been operated on twice before by
the Drs. Mayo, first for the removal
of an ulcer and afterwards for an ab
scess of the bowels. Both were acute,
prolonged cases and the governor wns
In a serious condition each time,
There bad bcea. obstructions of tho
bowels in each instanco and during
the Becond operation the appendix was
removed. After the second operation
Governor Johnson enjoyed fairly
good health, but had spells of Indiges
tion, which later developed into seri
ous attacks. The9e came on with in
creasing frequency during the last two
years.
The last operation was described by
a surgeon who watched it as follows:
"The operation lasted two hours and
ten minutes. Tho preliminary work
disclosed a small deep seated nbscess
pocket, which connected with the seat
of previous operation for the removal
of the appendix to tho small intes
tines. It required a difficult, serious
and somewhat prolonged operation to
remove the fistula. There were also
unusually numerous and difficult ad
hesions of the smaller Intestines to
one another and to the abdominal
cavity."
Sketch of Hit Life.
Governor Johnson was born in
Nicollet county nt St. Teter in 18C2.
His father was a blacksmith who emi
grated from Sweden in 1853. He was
early a republican, but later became
a democrat. Ho established the St
Peter Herald in 18S5. Ho was elected
to the state senate In 1S9S In a re
publican district.
In 1902 Johnson was renominated
for the senate, but wbb beaten by two
votes. Two years later he was nom
inator by the democrats for governor
and was elected after a "bitter flght.
He was re-elected twlco and was ser
ving his third consecutive term when
he died.
Personally Johnson was the kind of
man who mado friends readily. Hun
dreds of people visited tho big now
state house at St. Paul, and Governor
CAN SEND VISION BY WIRE.
Convict lnvent$Apparatus for Sndlng
Picture Over Telephone.
Mexico Albert Sanchez, an electric
al engineer at present an Inmate of
Beleni prison, claims to have Invented
an apparatus whereby vision ns well
as voice may bo transmitted over au
ordinary telephone wire. He calls his
Invention a tclerndloptlcon and tho
prison officials admit that successful
tests have been made with models. It
Is snld the contrivance resembles
short opera glasses attached to a bat
tery. .
Johnson met most of them, only for a
minute to say a few pleasant words
and fco ou with his work. He dis-
posed of business rapidly yet never
was In a hurry. He discussed publio
questions in the most frank manner.
Adolpu C. Eberhart, by the death
of Governor Johnson, becomes the
chief executive of the state, was born
the public school and was afterward
graduated from 'Gustavus Adolphus
college at St. Peter, as a minister of
the gospel.
Soon after his graduation, Mr. Eber-
hart abandoned church work and took
up the study of law. Ho soon built
up a large practice. For many years
Mr. Eberhart has been Interested in
politics and has worked hard for the
success of the party.
He was at one time clerk of the
United States circuit and district
courts and later was Unitod States
commissioner for tho district of Min-
nesota. In 1903 and 1903 he was
elected to the state senate.
In 1906 ho was elected lieutenant
governor and w as re-elected In 190S.
Mr. Eberhart's name originally was
Olson. In Mankato, where he former-
ly lived, there wero half a dozen or
more Adolph Olsons, and much confu-
sion of idenlty resulted. So when the
future state official was married he
asked the court to permit him to take
the name of his wife, a petition that
was granted.
From W. J. Bryan.
Douglas, Ariz. William J. Bryan
when apprised of the death of Gover
nor Johnson said:
"I havo just heard with deep sor
row of the death of Governor Johnson,
His career Illustrates the possibilities
- Amrion ,n.M nn hi. ,ith
Ja great Qga tQ ouf pnyty an(J the
country. Hi3 civic virtues won for
him a host of admirers and his per
sonal qualities won many friends."
Taft Sends Condolence.
Llmon, Colo., Sept. 21. -President
Taft sent the following telegram to
Mrs. John A. Johnson:
"My heart goes to you in sympathy
for you and your children in your pres
ent deep sorrow. Governor Johnson
was a national figure of great ability
and great capacity for usefulness to
his country, as he had already demon
slratcd, and his loss will be felt far
beyond tho state that loved him sa
well. I sincerely hope that the fond
rememberance in which he is aud al
ways will be held in Minnesota and
elsewhere, and the record of his high
,nnd valued public service may come as
a boon to you in your sorrow, ana
may In tlmo lighten the burden you
are now called upon to bear."
Shallenberger Condoles.
Lincoln, Neb. Governor Shallenber
ger sent tho following message to
Mrs. J. A. Johnson, wife of the late
Governor Johnson of Minnesota:
"I extend to you and the people of
Minnesota my deepest sympathy in
the hour of your great grief. The
country mourns a great man gone."
DR. COOK IN NEW YORK.
Has Come From the Pole, Bringing
His Story Along.
New York. "I have come from the
pole. I have brought my story and
my data with me. I havo not come
home to enter Into arguments with ono
man or with fifty men, but I am here
to present a clear record of a pieco of
work over which I havo a right to
display a certain amount of pride.
"I am perfectly willing to abide by
tho final verdict on this record of com
potent Judges. That must be the last
word and that alone can satisfy me
and the public.
"Furthermore, not only will my re
port bo made out in black and white,
but I will also bring to America hu
man witnesses to provo that I havo
been to the pole."
Such Is tho sum and substance of
the first message Dr. Frederick A,
Cook brought home In person to
America Tuesday, answering his crit
ics tho world over. Under seas and
overland It traveled Horth as fast as
electricity could carry It to where an
other explorer, Robert E. Peary, homo-
ward bound from tho pole, was pac
ing the decks with his hands to his
eyes for a sight of his wife and
children.
Precedence is Ignored.
Behlin. Admiral von Koeslcr, who
s now In New York, where he will
.epresent tho Germnu navy at the
iludson-Fulton celebration, has no in
tentlon of engaging with Admiral Sir
lidward Seymour or any one else in
controversy over tho question of pro
cedence. It enme to Admiral von
lvoesler'8 attention beforo he left that
some doubt had arisen as to whether
ho or Admiral Seymour had the high
est rank. Admiral von Koesler and
Admiral Seymour are old friends, and
that friendship will not be brokca,
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items of interest Taken From Hen
end There Over the Slate.
Tho Midwest Life.
A mortgage on good Nebraska real
estate is conceded to be as high class
security as a live company can have
In its vaults. The Midwest Life has
the distinction of having a greater
per cent of its assets in mortguges
than any other life insurance com
pany east or west, and it has main
tained this position for the three
years it has been in business. On
December 31, 1908, the date of Its last
annual statement. The Midwest Life
had ninety-two per cent of its total
assets in mortgages, ail on Nebraska
real estate. This money will stay in
Nebraska and will not be sent else-
here for investment in case of a
panic or business depression. The
officers, stockholders and policyhold
ers are physically and financially part
and parcel of this state. Their whole
Interests are here. Every premium
paid The Midwest Life for life insur
ance helps a Nebraska institution und
every premium paid an eastern com
pany for life Insurance helps an east
ern institution. Homo office of The
Midwest Life, 1007 O street, Lincoln.
Wr'te for an agency.
Stromsburg is about to put in a
complete sewerage system.
A movement .is on foot In Hebron
for beautifying the town by o park
and other improvements.
Wrm. Ramsey of Johnson county was
badly hurt in a runaway, started by
bumble boos attacking his horses.
Tecumseh is in great need of more
Bchool room and some provision must
be made to care for tho increase.
Plowing and sowing wheat Is now
the order among farmers. The land
Is In fine condition for the work.
The citizens of Falrbury have taken
a hand In the fight against a renewal
of the franchise of the local electric
light company.
At Crawford eight men went down
twenty feet by a scaffolding giving
way. One of the men will probably
die from his Injuries.
Mrs. Jones of Table Rock last week
celebrated her ninetieth birthday,
there being a large attendance of
relatives and friends.
George Brewer of Gordon was ar
rested by Sheriff Rosseter and
brought to Valentine and landed In
Jail on a charge of horse stealing.
J. B. Smith, a dairyman of Beatrice,
took ten first, five second and four
championship prizes on his herd of
Jersey cattle at the Kansas state fair
at Topeka.
The peach and grape crop in the
section about Dorchester is plentiful.
The farmers will have thousands of
bushels of peaches for sale. The ap-
plo crop there Is also large.
In tho land drawing at Lake View,
Ore., W. R. Stewart of Dorchester
drew an eighty-acre tract and a town
lot The land lays about seventy-five
or eighty miles from the town.
U. G. Chapman purchased the J. W.
Roberts quarter section farm four
miles south of Wymore for $130 per
acre. This is tne top price paiu lor
farm land In that section.
Richard H. Burritt of 2720 Norman-
die avenue, 1.03 Angeles, Cal., aged
about 27 years, died on tho overland
llmlteih, west bound. Just as the train
was pulling Into Sidney.
A large shipment of sheep from
western ranges were quarantined in
North Platte and are being held In the
old stock yards. The inspector found
them 'affected with mouth and hoof
diseases.
Ray Martin, who was arrested In
Belgrade a short time ago, charged
with criminal assault on his 14-year-
old niece, had his preliminary trial
and was bound over to the district
court.
Deputy Grand Master J. Robinson
of the A. O. U. W. wa3 at Yor for
two weeks and with the assistance of
members secured nearly fifty applica
tions for membership In the local
lodge. Arrangements will be mudo to
take in a large class and at the time
Grand Master A. M. Walling will be
present.
Tho fifth year of tho Kearney Nor
mal opened with about 300 students
enrolled for the work of the coming
year.. The main building has been re
decorated and thoroughly renovated
and the dormitory has been carefully
gone over and improvements in the
way of paper and varnish applied, so
that the quarters of the students will
bo most comfortable.
The county of Richardson has ap
pealed to the supreme court from a
judgment for $18,500 obtained by
drainage district No, 1, Richardson
county. The Judgment was given on
the theory that public highways were
subject to tax within the dralnago
district. The county alleges that the
roads are not owned or controlled by
tho county, but by townships.
Relatives of Will C. Phillips, former
district clerk of Lancaster county,
who killed himself in Kansas City re
cently, have started a flght to see who
shall be the executor of the estate.
Mrs. Phillips had recently secured a
divorce from her husband and she Is
nn applicant for the position, holding
that under the new law tho divorce
Is not absolute for 6lx months.
In York county there would havo
boon thousands of bushels of peaches
of tho best varieties, but owing to tho
dry weather in August and tho wet
weather in September peaches did not
ripen as thoy should and most of the
crop is not mnrketnblo by reason of
the peach breaking open, exposing the
Btono and rotting before getting ripe.
Tho state Christian Endeavor con
vention will be held In Falrbury Oc
tober 29, 30 and 31. Tho local com
mltteo held a meeting and appointed
subcommittees to arrango tne pro
gram and rntertalnment for tho dele
gates while lu the citr.
USE AMH
SULLIVAN FILES BRIEF IN
DISTRICT COURT.
THE
BRIEF OF ATI OBHETGENEEP.
Railroads Must Post Copy tf Law
Relative to the Drinking o? Liquor
On Trains.
Judge J. Sullivan, who a for nulfff
cation of the law enacted by the last
legislature providing ior the payment
of an annual licensa fee by corpora
tions, filed his brief iu the district
court of Lancaster county. He ar
gues that the oeiunsition fee charged
by the state Is a lloenso for the right
to do business. As a license he in
sists that tho money should go into
the school fund or municipal division
in which It Is paid, according to the
constitution. He argues also that the
decisive test of a law licensing a
business Is that such business or oc
cupation shall be under the supervis
ion of the government In the law
under dispute no mention Is made of
a governmental supervision. The
brief refers the court to the Bcctlon
of the constitution which provides,
that taxes shall be raised by taxation,
on tho valuation of all classes of prop
erty. Thi3 section refers to persons
end corporations and thus prohibits:
the levy of such n tax as contemplated
in tho law.
Deputy Attorney General Grant
Martin for tho state filed a brief in.
which he declared it to be tho right,
of the legislature to enact such &
law, even If it did refer only to
corporations and not to individuals.
Corporations are creatures of the law,
he argued, and are given liberties not
enjoyed by the people. He upholds
the law in every respect
Railroads Must Obey.
It Is up to the railroads of the state
to post in their car3 a copy of tho
law relating to drinking of liquor on
trains. Complaint having been inado
informally to the railway commission
that drinking had been permitted on
trains and that tho notices provided
lu tiie law had not been posted in
the cars. At a meeting of the com
mission it wa3 decided to insist that,
the notices be posted.
The law provides that It Is a misde
meanor for any person to be drunk oa
a train or to drink liquor on a train
It Is made tho duty of the conductor
to notify the drinking passenger to
6top, and If tho passenger fails to
obey the first slTssestloa the conduc-
J tor Is to repeat It Then it is the
duty of the conductor to oust the:
passenger at some station. No pen
alty Is attached to the train crew if
the law Is not obeyed.
Ben T. White of the Northwestern
informed the commission that his road
had several suits started against it
for putting drunks off of tho train.
Progrrm for Teachers.
The program of the Nebraska
State Teachers' association conven
tion in Lincoln for November 3 to 5
has been issued. The opening day
will be devoted to reunions and col
lege banquets. The graduates of tho
state university will hold a banquet,
also tho Peru normal graduates and
tho Kearney, Wayne and Fremont
graduates. Tho general sessions will
begin on tho following day, to close
with a big meeting Friday night.
Among the notable men who will ap
pear before the teachers is Booker T.
Washington, who will speak upon the
subject, "Solvin? tho Ncjro Problem
in the alack Belt of the South." W.
N. Clifford of the government forestry
service will speak on the topic, "How
Forestry Can lie Taught In the Public
Schools." Prof. Geor-jo Howard will
talk on "Social Problems and Their
Relation to Public Health."
Inspection of National Guard.
Under general order No. 20, Major
E. H. Tlielps, assistant Inspector gen
eral of tho Nebraska National Guard,
will begin his inspection of companies
October 4. The threo companies now
In Omaha will be Inspected December
1, 2 and 3. An inspection of armories
will be made at the same time that
tho companies are inspected.
Grain Movement Heavy.
Grain movements In Nebraska are
much heavier now than a year ago,
nccording to reports filed with the
state railway commission. For the
twenty-four-hour period ending at 4
p. m. September 15 there were 456
cars loaded for shipmeut. against 207
last year. Cars ordered for loading
nre 1,357 this year, as against 839 last
year. ,
Money. for Prize Cattle.
Secretary Mcllor received a check
for $S23 from tho American Shorthorn
Breeders' association. This represents
the amount the association gives In
premiums to tho exhibitors at the
Nebraska state fair.
Llet of Delinquent Corporations.
Walker Smith, corporation clerk to
tho secretary of stato, Is about to cer
tify to the governor tho names of five
thousand corporations which have
failed to pay their occupation tax as
provided In the law enacted by the
recent legislature. The governor will
then deslsnnto two dally papers In
which the names of the delinquent
corporations are to bo published for
one issue. Under T.ie law tho char
ters of those which have not paid the
tax by November TO are to bo declared
cancelled.