The News'Herald
NEWS-HERALD PUB. CO. Publishers
PLATTSMOUTH. " NEBRASKA
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A Boiling Dowo of the More Impor
tant Events Here and There
Foreign.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt enter
tained a score of friends at the Hotel
Beauslto la Home, among them J. E.
l'arrett and C. S. Wilson, respective
ly first and second seertary, and
Major Landls, the military attache,
und Commander Long, the naval at
tache, of the American embassy.
The Turkish ministry wu urge upon
the Ottoman parliament soon after It
convenes November 15 the adoption of
a naval program, providing for the ex
penditure within the next seven years
of 1100,000,000. According to this pro
gram, It Is learned here, seven battle
ships of the North Dakota typo will
be constructed together with a num
ber of torpedo boat destroyers und
one hospital ship.
The house of commons passed the
third reading of the Ilnunco bill by a
vote of 379 to 149. The sceno In the
bouse was a memorable one. Seldom
bas there been a larger attendance
of members and peers and the diplo
matic galleries were crowded to ca
pacity. It Is reported that Ardabil, In Azcr
bajan province, about ninety miles
from Tabriz, has been captured by the
Shasevan and Karadaghl tribesmen,
who have taken the field In behalf of
the deposed shah. Both the Persian
and HuBslan governments are hurry
ing troops to the point, as It Is fenred
the small Russian forces and many
Russians Just In Ardabil aro in danger.
A new ferry bont launched a. Gray
null, Ecuador. Eighteen of the
twenty-two pnssengers aboard wero
drowned. hTe boat had been In ser
vice about one hour.
General.
A Peoria man, Insano with Jealousy,
made an attack on a rival and was
shot to death.
Persons whoso occupations expose
them to much dust are declared prone
to tuberculosis.
Use of alcohol in any form la de
nounced lu a report of delegates to
the International congress.
Speaker Cannon has arranged to
buy a baseball, franchise to add to
his popularity in his home district.
Forty-seven Chinese youths urrlved
from the orient on tho steamer China
to enter the various colleges In this
country for technical education at the
expense of the Chlneso government.
Robert 1L Cannon, a real estate
dealer who came to Oklahoma City
from Lexington, Ky was found mur
dered on tho roof of a ten-story of
fice building there and $500 which he
drew froui a local bank Is missing.
Walter Stiles, for fifteen years a
rancher of Idaho, who has made nu
merous prospecting trips to Alaska,
made affidavit In support of Dr. Cook's
clalmii that ho ascended Mr. McKiu
ley. During tho last two weeks of Octo
ber there were sixty-six cases of bu
bonic plague, .wcnty-threo of which
proved fatal, and sixteen cases of yel
low fever, with nine death In Ecuador.
Tho election In Nebraska Is very
close, but It Is believed from reports
no far received all of the republicans
supreme Judges have pulled through
by small majorities.
Rumors that former president
Roosevelt had been, killed In Africa
were denounced as baseless.
Jesse James, lawyer, son of the fam
ous bandit, and ono of the best known
men in Kansas City, has been sued for
divorce.
Mrs. Augustus E. Stetson, formerly
head reader of the First Church of
Christ, Scientist, In Now York, was
exonerated of charges of "mental mal
practice." The Indian paymaster at Red Store,
Oklahoma, began tho semiannual pay
ment of $250,000 to the Klowa and Co
manche tribes. Each member of a
family receives from $50 to $100, ac
cording to the amount of land leased.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who Is In
New York after a lecture tour In tho
West, began to assemblo the data of
his polar exploration, which he In
tends to 'submit to the University of
Copenhagen.
President Taft is unlikely to fill tho
vacancy in the supreme court before
congress meets.
Fifty armed constables raided an In
dian village at Klschlox, at the head
waters of the Skeena river at daylight.
Several shots were fired but arrests
were made of Indians who have been
threatening the lives of whites.
Bank Commissioner Dolley gave out
statement of the condition of state
and private banks In Kansas at tho
close of business on September 29,
showing deposits aggregating $9G,G9G,
897.89, and Increase of over $3,000,000
over the statement of Juno 30.
The department ot state docs not
propose to mix up In tho north polo
controversy.
Secretary of State Junkln has re-
ceived an invitation for the proplo of
Nebraska to attend a big celebration
In Italy In 1911, the occasion being
the fiftieth anniversary ot the king'
dom ot Italy.
HS 1
COINS
Ten new cayes of cholera In Ger
many are reported to the state do
partnicnt by tho United States con
sular agent In Berlin.
An automobile ran Into the Chicago
river and the three or four occupauti
were drowned.
A party of flvo Alaskans, all fami
liar with Mount McKinlcy, has been
organized to climb the peak this win
ter and put an end to the controversy
as to whether Dr. Cook reached the
summit. The party will start Novem
ber 35. The expedition Is being
financed at Fulrbanks, Alaska.
Smallpox cases numbering 21.G50 In
the United States during tho fiscal
year ending July 1 last wero reported
by the public health service. This Is
a decrease of 7,000 from tho preced
ing year.
The local treasurer of tho Big Four
railroad at Cincinnati says his short
age Is due to blackmail.
Rear Admiral Sebree brought to
Manila news of cannibalism ou the
Admiralty Islands.
The prices of vehicles, buggies, sur
reys und carriages aro to be moved
up by tho 4,001) members ot the Trl
State Vehicle and Implement Dealers'
association. This Is to be done in
spite of the fact that automobiles are
golting cheaper every year.
New York is to havo another "hun
dred million dollar bank," to bo
known as the Mechanics and Metala
National.
Secretary Wilson says the day of
wheat famlno in tho United States is
exceedingly remote.
John Steward Kennedy, who re
cently died in New York, made be
quests of $25,000,000, largely to re
ligious and educational Institutions.
Mrs. Anna Wheeler, "mining wom
an and promoter," said to have swin
dled hundreds in fako Nevnda mining
schemes, was convicted of fraud on
three counts In Denver.
Honduras la bellev-1 to bo taking
the sldo of President Aelaya in Nica
ragua. The district court of appeals affirm
ed the decreo of tho supremo court
of tho District of Columbia adjudging
President Samuel Gompers, Secretary
Frank Morrison and Vice President
John Mitchell of the American Fed
eration of Labor guilty of contempt
of court In the Duck Stove and Range
company case.
The appeal court ot Washington af
firms, the prison sentences of Gompers
and others.
When she learned that she wna be
ing taken to tho state hospital for
tho Insano at Independence, Iowa,
Mamie Champion, aged 20 years, of
Cedar Falls, escayd from her mother
und, screaming, she threw herself In
front of an Illinois Central freight
train and was Instantly killed.
Believing that prohibition In the
south Is beneficial, Congressman Wy
utt F. Aiken of South Carolina, de
clared ho would Introduce a bill for
prohibition in tho District of Colum
bia at tho next session of congress.
Prosperity hnB arrived, according to
tbo figures furnished by tho depart
ment of commerce and labor.
Republicans made substantial gains
In cities of Indiana.
Washington.
The crop reporting board of the de
partment of agriculture in a prelimin
ary report gives tho Indicated total
production of corn for 1909 as 2.7G7,-
31C.000 bushels, against 2,GS8,G51,n00
as finally estimated last year, with
the quality as 8-1.2 per cent, against
86.9 last year.
The board of managers of tho Na
tional Geographic society appointed
tho following committee to pass on
tho question whether the north pole
ai discovered beforo 1909: J. How
ard Gore, formerly professor of
mathematics George Washington uni
versity; Rear Admiral John E. nils-
bury of the navy, and Dr. C. W.
Wlllard Hays, chief geologist of the
geological survey.
Refusing to bo drawn Into the
Cook-Peary north pole controversy,
the state department declined n re
quest that It cable American Min
ister Egan to Copenhagen -to request
of tho University of Copenhagen per
mission to examine the records of Dr.
Frederick 'A. Coolc when they aro sub
mitted to that institution. Tho re
quest was made by a delegation from
the National Geographic society.
Lieutenant Flank P. Lahm, who
gained international fame by winning
tho James Gordon Bennett cup In
Europe last year for the longest fights
In a dirigible balloon, has been re
lieved from detail in the signal corps
and ordered to report to his cavalry
regiment.
"Break up tho Importers' graft" Is
tho slogan of tho treasury department
and its customs collectors just now.
The estate left by Mrs. Gertrudo M.
Hubbard, who devised $50,000 to tho
Clarke Institute for tho Deaf at North
ampton, Mass., Is valued at $1,300,000
by the petition filed for tho probate of
the will. The real estate holdings In
Washington are worth $275,000.
Personal.
John Steward Kennedy, . a llttlo
known rich man, left millions to
charities and educational institutions.
Mrs. Paukhurst says that man can
not solve the great problems without
tho co-operation of woman.
President Taft spent Sunday at Ar
grntla, Gcorgln, and enjoyed the
"homo folks" visit.
Tatcm Parsons, the first engineer of
tho famous locomotive, "John Bull,"
died in Camden, N. J. He was 90
years old.
Tho funeral of Gen. CoHinger took
place In Waihlngton, Interment being
In Arlington cemetery.
By the decision of the court of ap
peals In tho contempt caso prosecuted
by tho Buck Stove company three
leaders of the labor organizations ar"e
condemned to' prison, possibly" with
out recourse.
Massachusetts re-elected Governor
Draper, but by a greatly reduced majority.
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INJUNCTIONS AND SENTENCED
TO BE CARRIED HIGHER.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL'S REPORT
6ay These Decisions Affect Funda
mental Rights and Must Be
Fought to a Finish.
Toronto, Ont. If President Sam
uel Gompers, Vice President John
Mitchell and Secretary Frank Mor
rison of the American Federation of
Labor eventually have to serve jail
sentences for contempt of court It
will not bo duo to lack of support
from trades unionism. Tho executivo
council of the federation recommend
ed to the annual couvention that un
application b taken to the United
States supremo court, both in tho
Bucks Stove and Range caso injunc
tion case and In tho contempt pro
ceedings growing out of it. That
the convention will ratify tho recom
mendations seemed certain and that
tho three labor leaders and their fel
low officers will bo re elected for an
other year Is predicted.
The report, which was presented by
First Vice President James Duncan of
tho Granito Workers' union of Quin
cy, Mass., says:
"We recommend that an appeal bo
taken from the decision rendered In
both tho original Injunction and the
contempt case growing out of It. Wo
cannot permit these decisions to go
unchallenged. They affect fundamen
tal rights and either the courts or
congress must safeguard them.
"We again enter our protest
against the application of the writ of
injunction In labor disputes (unless
where an Injunction would lie If
there wero no labor disputes). We
hold that tho ordinary use of the In
junction writ In contentions between
workers and employes is an unwar
ranted interference with tho rights
and liberties of tho workers and Is
intended, and its Influence used, to
lntiinldato workers, especially when
they' are engaged In a struggle for
Improved working conditions."
In the matter of tho controversy
over tho secession of a faction of the
electricnl workers tho executive
council gives an exhaustive report.
Under article XI of the constitution
central and state bodies chartered by
the American Federation of Laborare
prohibited from admitting to or re-,
taining membership In seceding or
ganizations. The report says:
"After exerting every means at our
command to have stato and central
bodies comply with the federation
constitution and suspend tho seceding
unions of electrical workers, there
was no alternative but to revoke the
charters of the following state and
federal bodies for failure to comply
with the constitution: Iowa State
Federation of Labor, Ohio State Fed
eration of Labor, and central bod
ies of Cedar Rapids, la.; Davenport,
la.; Detroit, Mich,; Duluth, Minn.;
Albany. , N. Y.; Hornell, N. Y.;
Jamestown, N. Y.; Cleveland, O.;
Newnrk. O.; Toledo, O.; Cornells
villo, Piu; Dallas, Tex.; Sherman,
Tex.; Ogden. Utah.; Everett, Wash.;
9t. Louis, Mo.; Atlantic City, N. J.,
nnd Lognnsport, Ind.
CORN BETTER THAN YEAR AGO.
Agricultural Department Finds Crop
Larger, but Quality Lower.
Washington. The crop reporting
board of the department of agriculture
In a preliminary report gives the In
dicated total production of corn for
1909 as 2.7G7.31G.0OO bushels, against
2,GS8,G51.()09 as finally estimated last
year, with the quality na 84.2 per cent,
against 8G.9 last year.
The preliminary estimate of the av
erage yield per aero of corn Is 25.4
bushels, against 26.2 bushels finally
estimated last year. , About 3 per cent
("9,779,000 bushels) of tho crop of 1908
Is estimated to have been In farmers'
bands on November 1, against 2.7
per cent (71,124.000 bushels, of the
1907 crop In farmers' hnnds at this
time last year.
CROSSES SUN'S FACE IN MAY.
Halley's Comet Due to Pass It On
May 18.
Cambridge, Mass. Halley's comet
will pass across tho sun's face on May
18 next if tho calculations made by
Rev. Father O. M. Searle, C. S. P.,
tho New York astronomer, received
at tho Harvard collcgo observatory,
prove correct. Father Seaiio based
his Intricate calculations from obser
vations made at Mount Hamilton,
Cal on September 12, 13 and 14, and
at Williams' Bay on September 26
nnd October 19.
Class Rush Fatal to Boy.
Waterloo, la. Ray Graham, 20
years of age, died Sunday night from
Injuries received Saturday in a class
rush. He was struck by a classmato
on the temple, which caused a frac
ture ot tho skull.
. Murders Two Women.
San Francisco, Cal. The ferry
building arcade, crowded with thou
sands ot homeward bound suburban
ites, was the scene of a double murder
and sulcldo early Sunday night, when
Ignnto Novlkow, a Russian laborer,
shot nnd lulled Mrs. F A. Schultz,
wife of a wealthy . Honoma county
rancher, nnd her daughter, Betty No
vlkow then fired a bullet through his
own head nnd died within an hour
without regaining consciousness. No
range for tho shooting has been
learned
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items of Interest Taken From Hen
and There Over th State.
Wymoro has organized a boosters'
club to look after the Interests of the
town.
Schools at many places In Nebraska
temporarily closed to enable teachers
to attend the state teachers' meeting
at Lincoln.
The postoflice at Naper was robbed.
The window glass was removed from
the back window. Twelve dollars In
cash nnd a few stamps were taken.
A movement Is on in Nebraska City
to drive oat lewd women and the
"red light" section Is soon expected
to be only of the past
At the election a question was sub
mitted to the voters providing for
establishing a county high school in
Perkins county and the vote showed
a majority ot 100 in favor of It.
State Auditor Barton has decided
to register tho bonds issued by the
people of David City for the payment
of construction of a water works
plant.
The barn, corn cribs, hog sheds and
machine sheds on the larra of O. R.
Jones, five miles north of Fairbury,
caught fire and were burned to the
ground.
Marie, the 4-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Lily Robinson of Blair ignited
a bonfire of leaves and her clothing
caught fire. She was burned so bad
ly that she died In about four hours.
The Hotel Neilson at Stamford
burned with its entire contents, or
igin unknown. Insurance, $2,000;
loss, $5,000. The hotel narrowly es
caped destruction a few months ago
by the explosion of a lamp.
Robert Campbell, formerly repre
sentative from Merrick county, but
now engaged In various western en
terprises, wrtles that he has bought
an immense tract of land in New
Mexico. ,
Leo M. Johnson and Charles F.
Wallingford, residents of Walker
precinct, Lincoln county, wero ar
rested on the charge of stealing, re
ceiving and shipping cattle. They
will answer In the courts.
Mrs. George Campbell of Polk
county leaped from a buggy as the
team was running away and had her
neck broken. Her two children re
mained in tho buggy and were not
hurt.
Nebraska has been asked to make
an appropriation to place tho Btatue
of General J. M. Thayer in the park
at Vicksburg. The Vicksburg mili
tary park commission notified Gover
nor Shallenberger that a site had
been set aside for tho statue.
Sylvester Reed, a prominent citi
zen of Auburn, and ex-county treas
urer, while sawing oft a limb of a
treo which hung over his house, fell
from the top of the house, about four
teen feet, and broke both of his legs
and was otherwise Injured.
The campaign at the Grand Island
factory of the American Beet Sugar
company Is running along smoothly
nnd a fine quality of sugar Is being
sacked. Beets this year are running
close to 15 per cent, on the average.
In saccharine content.
An Omaha detective has been at
work In Nebraska City for some time
collecting evidenco against the
saloonkeepers of that city who have
been violating the Slocumb law and
also pool hall keepers who have per
mitted minors to frequent their places
of business.
The county recorder of Otoe county
reports that during the past month
five farm mortgages filed In his office
wero valued at $12,750 and eleven re
leased were valued at $17,9uu. There
were nineteen filed on city property
valued at $11,520, and fourteen re
leased whose value was $8,883.
Alnsworth Is making great prepa
rations to have a big corn show, to
commence on November 13 and end
November 20. The management has
offered ten prizes for the best twenty
ears of corn ot any grade and John
M. Cotton hns liberal prizes for corn
pone and corn muffins.
Mrs. Mary Merkle ef Hanover town
ship, Adams county, has sued her
father, Clans Lay, to obtain $35,G00
which sho asserts is due her as her
share in the accumulations from the
operation of the Lay farm. Sho de
clares that It was verbally agreed
that the earnings of the farm were
to be divided.
The lifeless body of Dexter Rus
sell, an old man of 78 yenrs, was
found at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Mnndcrson, near Beaver City,
with whom he had lived. The family
had been absent at a neighbor's dur
ing tho afternoon and on their return
in the evening tho body was lying
on a bed fully dressed.
Dr. Edward T. Rlckard of Weeping
Water was killed about 1:30 a. m.
while making a call In tho country.
The doctor started In his automobile
and when out about a mile and a
half tho auto ran off a bank, turned
turtle and the doctor was caught un
derneath. His body was not discov
ered until G:30 next morning, when
Theodore Davis, a farmer, was going
out to the field. Appearances Indi
cate that the doctor was Instantly
killed, as tho machine lay across his
breast - and his head was much
bruised.
The farmers ot Furnas county are
busily engaged In harvesting one of
tho heaviest crops of corn over raised
In tho county. Help Is scarce nnd
high prices are being paid for husk
ers. . An order' restraining the Johnson
County Homo ' Telephone company
ifrom erecting poles and stringing
wires In Crab Orchard,, a village In
the western part of Johnson county,
was obtained, but before It was
served the company succeeded In
getting twenty-five poles set. Some
time during the night all of thoso
poles were sawed off at the ground.
FOI! II H CAPITOL
GOV. SHALLENBERGER DECLARES
FOR THE SAME.
WILL ASK FOR APPROPRIATION
Will Take $3,000,000 to Put Up Such
a Building as the Commonwealth
Should Have.
Governor Shallenberger believes
tho next legislature should take steps
to secure a new capitol for Nebraska.
"The next legislature should make
an appropriation to start the new
building," said the governor. "We
could secure a magnificent building
for $3,000,000 and there Is no reason
why a portion of this amount should
not be appropriated by the next legis
lature, say enough to construct one
wing of the building.
"I am opposed to spending any
$650,000 for a building to house the
State Historical society when the
6tate so badly needs a capitol. That
Is why I vetoed the appropriation for
the historical society building. To
my mind that historical society build
ing Is what Joe Cannon would call
an ulcer on the body politic. The so
ciety wants $25,000 this time, $50,000
the next time and so on. As a mat
ter of fact, with the construction of a
new capitol there could be made a
place for all the records that the so
ciety, will ever collect which will be
of real value to the state.
"The time has certainly arrived for
a new state house. This building has
outlived its usefulness, It Is too small,
In bad condition, unsanitary and not
worthy of the state."
The Vote In Nebraska.
Official and unofficial returns from
eighty-five counties complete, revised
and corrected to date, and partial .re
turns from two counties, give Judge
Fawcett 91.1GG votes and Judge Sul
livan 89,786 votes, Fawcett's plurality
being 1,380.
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1126
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1077
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786
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428 707
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921 681
6771 658!
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1289
559
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7021 7041
12(131 12481
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220 223
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172
91549
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Railway Report Wrong.
The state railway commission has
refused to accept the annual report
of the Citizens' Street Railway com
pany filed November 2 because of
grievous errors contained therein.
Tho report shows a net revenue for
tho period it covers of $7,580.41, while
nn investigation of the figures shows
that in reality there is a deficit of
$3,524.61.
Auto Owners Must Pay Up.
Secretary of State Junkln is going
nfter owners of automobiles who are
delinquent with their annual license
feo of $1. Some of the delinquents
are cancelled and anyone desiring a
low number for amachlne may get
one by applying early to the secretary
and pnylng the money due. Those
who are In arrears on their license
fee will bo arrested Just as soon as
caught running a machine on a li
cense which- has run out. These
names are now being copied and will
be certilled to county sheriffs.
SAVE THE CHILDREN.
Purposes of the State School for D
pendents.
Home for Dependent Children.
For the board of control of the State
School for Dependent Children, the
secretary, Arthur L. Weatherly, makes
public a lengthy composition explain
lng In detail the origin of the new law
governing that Institution. The pur
pose of the school and Its manage;
ment is set forth as follows:
"It Is the purpose of the board to
receive into Its care the children that
are legally determined to be, either
from the voluntary relinquishment of
their parents or through the action of
the courts, state children. After they
have received such children, It Is the
purpose of the board to place them
immediately In good homes, which are
carefully selected. In the state of
Nebraska at the present time thero
aro many homes awaiting every child
which needs one. But the board doe3
not propose to be a party to, or assist
in any way, the desertion of children
by those who,, by every moral and
legal law, ought to care for them. Tho
board of control recognizes tho fact
that the children may be permanently
or temporarily committed to Its care
when they come from the proper au
thorities, but It does not propose to
permit any one o thrust upon the
state the responsibilities they ought
to bear themselves. Furthermore,
when little babies are taken from their
mothers, the chances of their living
are greatly decreased and the so-doing
becomes to a certain extent child
murder. So long as the state of Ne
braska makes the magnificent provis
ion that It does for uio care of young
girls and their babies at the home for
girls at Mllford, there 13 no need for
any institution condoning in any way
child desertion.
"During the first two months nnd a
half of the existence of the State
School for Dependent Children It was
necessary to conduct it very much on
the old lines. During that time Mrs.
Clara Marks acted as temporary sup
erintendent. At the end of that timo
It was found that the school was in a
position to be thoroughly reorganized
on the new basis because of the reduc
tion of the number of children in the
immediate care of the school, by the
returning of some to their parents and
by the placing out of a much larger
number.
"After this experience of two and
one-half months we know that the
School for Dependent Children can be
come virtually a clearing house scarce
ly more than an office because of tho
fact that as soon as a child conies Into
its care it can bo Immediately placed
out In a private home. There is no
need of a nursery because there are
more applicants for babies than thero
are babies legitimately coming to the
school. There are many, many more
applicants for little girls than thero
are girls for adoption, and we will be
able to find homes for all the boys
that are placed in our care.
Defends Corporation Tax.
In the supreme court Attorney Gen
eral Thompson has filed a brief de
fending tho corporation tax law. Tho
Merchantile Incorporating company
and the Erie CltyIron Works started
the suit, assailing the $5 occupation
tax fee for foreign and domestic cor
porations. The district court sus
tained the demurrers of the state and
the attorneys for the two companies
appealed. The attorney general
claims the occupation fee is a busi
ness tax imposed for revenue and is
made legal by the state constitution.
Data on Railroad Laws.
U. G. Powell and L. K. Wettline.
representing the State Railway com
mission and the legal department of
state, havo returned from Chicago,
where they went to take evidence and
do some investigating preparatory to
the taking of evidence In the railroad
case this week In Omaha. Messrs.
Powell and Mr. Wettllng have figured,
how they can turn the statistics of
the railroad companies to the advan
tage of the state, and their visit to
Chicago more than ever Impressed
them with the correctness of Ideas. ,
The Divorce Record.
There were twenty-eight divorces
granted In the district court of Lan
caster county during the month of
October, twenty of them being upon
the petitions of women .and eight 'to
husbands. The grounds upon which
they were granted were as follows:
For cruelty and non-support, eight;
for non-support, six for fcurelty, elx;
for abandonment, eight.
The Bounced Bookkeeper,
Felix Newton, the ex-bookkecper at
the asylum, who was discharged by
Superintendent Woodward of that in
stitution, has now in his possession a
number of letters of sympathy re
ceived from many friends throughout
the state and from many who express
the feeling that he was wronged In
the matter. Mr. Newton Is still optl
mlstls about the discharge and says
that as soon as the governor gets back
and he can get an interview with him
he will be all right. He, received tho
position through an appointment from
the governor, and ho contends that
this being the case tho power of dis
charge must llo with the governor
alone.
Decision Regarding Securities.
A decision will soon bo rendered by
State Auditor Darton on tho opinion
of the attorney general na to whether
or not ho will register tho securities
from David City. Uunds for 120,000
were voted for an electric lightning
plant there. Tho registration of tho
bonds Is opposed by some on the
ground that the advertisement was
not correct, as there Is a class of light
ing that does not fall under the hcua
of either public or domestic lighting;
and these wero tho only kinds mca
'toned In the advertisement.
