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1 OUR LINCOLN LETTER I 5 — g 2 Gossip from the State Capital, Legislative and Otherwise • rtww*vvnwwiwwm«»mnwww»mmmm'» Norris Brown is the fifteenth selec tion for United States senator for Nebraska. When the state was ad mitted two senators were chosen, Gen eral Thayer, who drew the long frac tional term of four years, and T. W. Tipton, who drew the short term of two years. Senator Tipton was re elected. The succession in the two lines from Thayer and Tipton respec tively, is as follows: Tipton .1867-69(Thayer ....1867-71 TiPton .1869-7 5|Hitchcock .1871-77 Paddock . ...1875 SljSaunders ..1877-83 'an Wyck..lS81-87l|Manderson..lSS3-89 Paddock ... .1887-93iManderson.. 1889-95 Alien .1893-99|Thurston ..1895-01 Hayward .. 1899-99 Millard _1901-07 Allen .1899-01! Brown _1907 Dietrich _1901-05i Burkett ....1905 | While members of the joint railroad committee, which is authorized to draft and present to the house and senate a bill giving authority to the State Railroad commission, have va rious views in the matter and may be some time in getting together, there is a strong sentiment for the drafting of a bill which merely gives to the commission the power to fix rates. Some members of the committee are of the opinion that the bill should con tain the minimum rates to be charged and if these rates axe not compensa tory then it would be up to the rail roads to produce evidence that such is the case before any change shoul i be made. Inasmuch as there is a ques tion of the right of the legislature to delegate authority to the commission equal to the power to repeal a statute, some members of the legislature favor drafting a short bill giving power to the commission to regulate rates. Bucket shops and grain and stock commission firms that do business on margins will be a thing of the past in Nebraska if a bill offered by Epperson of Clay is passed. It is as follows: That it shall be unlawful for any cor poration. association, copartnership or persons to keep, or cause to be kept, ■within this state any bucket shop, of fice. store or other place wherein is conducted or permitted the pretended buying or selling of the shares of stocks or bonds of any corporation, or petroleum, cotton, grain, provisions nr other products, either on margins, or otherwise, without any intention of receiving and paying for the property so bought, or of delivering the prop erty so sold, or wherein is conducted or permitted the pretended buying or selling of such property on margins, or when the party buying any of such property or offering to buy the same, does not intend actually to receive the same if purchased or to deliver the 3ame if sold. Senator McKesson’s bill to exempt from taxation that part of the value of real estate represented by a taxed mortgage, introduces a lively question for debate. Under the law proposed the tax on a mortgage may be paid in either of two ways, by the holder of the mortgage or by the owner of the land under agreement with the mort gagee. A farmer who borrows money and gives a mortgage may agree, pre sumably in consideration of a lower interest rate, to pay the mortgage tax; nr he may pay the tax only on the un mortgaged value of his land while the owner of the mortgage pays the tax on the mortgage, presumably pro tecting himself by a higher interest fate. Such a proceeding, with all its complications, amounts in effect to abolishing the tax on real estate mort gages. since the mortgage and the land together would pay tax only on the assessed value of the land. Norris Brown, made senator from Nebraska by the solid vote of republi cans in the legislature, is 44 years old. He has been in public life fifteen years, eight of them in service as a state officer. He was born near Ma quoketa, la., in 1863. and spent his early years on a farm. Mr. Brown worked his way through college, and in the Iowa state university took the bachelor of arts degree in 1883, and the master’s degree two years later. He studied for the bar then, and. upon his admittance, moved to Perry, la., and opened an office. While there he married Miss Lulu Beeler and the two decided to move west. It was in 1888 that they moved to Kearney, which has been their home ever since, although Mr. Brown’s duties have kept them in Lincoln the greater part of the last eight years. His election to the senate is for' the full term of six years. I The state board of agriculture has been in session in the capital city, and from proceedings it is learned that the society has on hand a surplus of $37,000 from last year. The board will ask this year. Instead of the usual appropriation for the support of the state fair, an annual levy of of a mill to make permanent im provements on the state fair grounds and provide for other expenses. A sweeping measure for regulation of the liquor traffic was introduced by Senior Patrick of Saunders. He proposes that saloon men shall be liable for all damages resulting either to the community or to the individual from the traffic, and that they shall support all widows and orphans that result from the business and pay all expenses of civil and criminal suits that arise. Not only is the saloon keeper to be held respnosible, but likewise those who sign his petition may be held for any damages that may follow. Representative Lee of Douglas county has introduced a proposed amendment to the constitution provid ing for an increase of the pay of ths members from $5 to $10 a day for no1 to exceed sixty days. Inasmuch as the legislators are expected to tun i down proffers of passes made by the ' railroads, Mr. Lee expects his amend ment to receive serious consideratior at the hands of the legislature anc then at the hands of the people who providing the legislature acts favor ably, will have an opportunity to vot< •n the question. i __. Amendments to the compulsory edu cation law are sought through a bill introduced in the senate by Thomas of Douglas. Briefly, these amend ments are: WMen not legally and regularly em ployed, compulsory attendance is re quired to 16 instead of 15 years of age. Attendance is required for the full period each year instead of two-thirds of that period. A child of 14 may be legally em ployed for his own support or those dependent upon him. providing lie at tends a night school, or its equivalent, six hours a week for a school year of not less than twenty weeks. A resolution by Mr. Fries of. Howard county favors a constitutional amendment enlarging the field of in vestment for the permanent school fund. The resolution provides that these funds can be invested not only in United States and state securities, but in county, municipal and school district bonds. This is in line with the recommendation of Treasurer Mortensen to the last legislature and in line with a resolution introduced at that time, but which failed of pas sage. The permanent school fund has now reached the enormous sum of over $7,000,000. and it is a ques tion where the money can be in vested to good advantage. The bill of Senator King of Polk in troduced in the upper house makes provision for administration of funds by trust companies. It prohibits the trust companies engaging in the hank ing business except in a very limited way. It provides the companies shall not receive deposits subject to check and shall not buy or sell exchange. They may make investments of funds left in their charge and the nature of the securities they may invest :in is designated by the bill. Under the bill the usual operations of savings banks would be allowable to trust companies. A delegation of railroad men ap peared before the senate committee on railroads and left written requests from various organizations of train men for the senate to request the Ne braska representatives In congress to vote against the La Follette sixteen hour law. The railroad men argued against the sixteen-hour law, claim ing it would require trainmen to leave their posts at the end of six teen hours, regardless of where the train might be, except in case of acci dent or storm, or similar emergen cies. The committee will seek further information on the subject. Mr. Epperson of Clay desires con trol of telephone companies by the railway commission, and has intro duced a measure, to this effect It provides that all laws, so far as ap plicable, now in force or that may hereafter be enacted, regulating the transportation of property by rail road companies, within the state, shall, apply to telephone companies. The state railway commission is to have general control of all telephones, tele phone lines and telephone companies. Charges shall be just and reasonable and discrimination in charges or re I bates in any form are made unlaw ful. Senator Sibley has introduced two bills to amend the revenue law to make it more stringent and leas easily evad ed. Both measures are said to have the support of the state association of assessors. One will make it impossible to collect any evidence of indebted ness such as a note or mortgage until the taxes on it have been paid. The other requires mercantile corpora tions to make a schedule showing the volume of business transacted as a basis of taxation. Five bills favored by the game com missioner and drafted by the joint fish and game committee prohibit the sale of wild game; make the close season indefinite for elk. deer, antelope and beaver; compel a hunter to show his license to an officer at any time; re peal a portion of the law which ma.kes it indefinite whether an officer has the power to destroy illegal fishing de vices when found; prohibit training of dogs by outsiders during closed season on birds. The strongest opponents of the child labor bill, as it now stands, appear to be the older members of the legisla ture. who were brought up on the hard work of the farm and appear to look back on those days with a keen relish of the self-reliance it gave them in after life. That the present bill might prevent farmers from putting their boys to work in the field seems to be the fear of some. Main provisions of the bill are set forth elsewhere. Senator Patrick of Sarpy has intro duced a biil to permit the commence ment of suits in any court except the supreme court by the serving by the plaintiff on the defendant that he will on or before a certain date file a pe tition or bill of particulars in a speci fied court and stating the nature of the action and if money is sued for, the amount. This notice shall follow a prescribed form and may be served by an officer or by any person over 21 years of age. This measure before final disposition, is likely to create a good deal of discussion. Mr. Best of Douglas county is look ing up statistics for introducing a bill providing for a state printing estab lishment, in which all the printing de sired by the state is to be done. He has heard from a number of states and is favorably impressed. In accordance with the resolution adopted by the house. Attorney Gen eral Thompson filed in the supreme court information in quo warranto to ■ oust the members of the state railway commission from office. This suit is brought to test its constitutionality. STANDARD OIL IS HARD HIT OHIO GRAND JURY VOTES 939 IN DICTMENTS AGAINST TRUST. Several Corporations Are Made De fendants—Fines Might Aggre gate $58,060,000. Findlay, O.—The January panel of the Hancock county grand jury, which has been in session for the past week, reported Monday evening to Judge Schroth 939 separate indictments against the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, the Standard Oil com pany of Ohio, the Ohio Oil company, the Buckeye Pipe Line company, the Solar Refinery company, the Manhat tan Oil company, John D. Rockefeller, H. H. Rogers, Wesley Tilford, John D. Archbold, Frank Q. Barstow, Wil liam Rockefeller and F. T. Cuth berL They are formally charged with be ing members of a trust for conspiracy against trade. There are 525 words in each Indict ment or a total of 452,975 words. Each case will be docketed separately and the county clerk and sheriff's office will be swamped for some 4nonths to come. Prosecutor David said Monday night that he purposely held off action until the salary law with county officials became effective as he did not wish to run a big cost bill which would have resulted under the eld fee sys tem. If Hancock county wins in oach case when they are tried, fines can be assessed aggregating $58,000,000. When the report of the grand jury was filed, Prosecutor David on his own motion nolled the indictments re turned last September against John D. Rockefeller, M. G. Vilas. J. M. Robertson and H. P. McIntosh, the last three named being officials of the Standard Oil company of Ohio. D. P. DYER, JR., ACQUITTED. St. Louis Subtreasury Teller Not Guilty of Embezzlement. St. Louis.—David P. Oyer., Jr., son of the United States district attorney, and a teller in the local subtreasury, was acquitted by & jury in the United States district court Friday night on a charge of having embezzled $61,500 of government funds. The jury was out five hours and the verdict was greeted with cheers, the courtroom being nearly filled with friends of the Dyer family and federal employes. Dyer's defense was that, while ad mitting that his books showed a short age of the amount stated in the in dictment and that he had falsified the records to cover the discrepancy, he had no knowledge of how the shortage occurred and had refrained from re porting it in the hope he could find and correct the mistake. TYPHOON IN PHILIPPINES. Islands of Leyte end Samar Swept— Hundred Lives Lost. Manila. — The islands of Leyte and Samar were swept by a ty phoon January 10. One hundred lives were lost on the island of Leyte. The barracks and officers' quarters on the east coast of Samar were destroyed No estimate of the damage to prop erty has yet been made. No damage to shipping is reported. The storm is the worst that has occurred within the last ten years. Communication with Leyte and Samar has been cut off for the last six days and only meager particulars of the storm were received. Pinley, N. D., Begs for Coal. Finley. N. D.—Business men have sent an appeal to the Great. Northern railway for coal. The town has not had a local freight train since De cember 21, although there are freight trains on the road nearly every day. Pittsburg Deprived of Daylight. Pittsburg. Pa.—Daylight has not been seen in Pittsburg during the past 36 hours and there Is little prospect of anything but midnight darkness for as many more hours, according to the weather bureau here. Mine Inspector Attacked. Indianapolis. Ind.—A resolution was presented to the United Mine Work ers’ convention Wednesday by mem bers of Indiana district No. 11 reflect ing on the record of James Epperson as state mine inspector. Rubber Highest in 42 Years. New York.—Prices of rubber goods have been advanced five per cent by the United States Rubber company in Its price list to the trade for 1907. Crude rubber is selling at the highest price since the eivil war. GOOD STORY ON ANDY. Col. McClure Says Carnegie Would Give $200,000,000 for Lease on Life. New York, Jan. 19.—A Philadelphia dispatch to the New York Sun says that near the end of the Clover club’s twentv-flfth anniversary dinner there Thursday night. Col. A. K. McClure, the aged editor, dean of the club and its ex-president, made a speech in which he decried fear of old age. He said: "Old age has nothing in it to fear. When death calls to me I shall not be afraid." • Col. McClure continued: "After dining with Mr. Carnegie once, he said to me that he would give $200,000,000 to have a lease on life. 'Two hundred millions, Alec,’ he said to me. ‘that’s what I'd give for a lease on life. I’m not hog gish. either. I'd give it for ten years only.' I don't think Carnegie is afraid of death, but he clings to life. There is a difference. I said: "Andy, you would be buncoed at that price.’ ” AWFUL FAMINE STORIES. _ | In Some Districts in China Starving People Are Eating Their Children. Victoria, B. C. — Further advices received from Shanghai tell of In creasing horrors of the great famine in central China. A correspondent of the Echo de Chine says that in two districts — Sinchow and Paichow — starving people are eating their chil dren. Plants and grass, which have furnished food for many, have disap peared and there is not even roots to eat. The famine stricken people are being driven back to the cities in the famine district, the officials refusing to allow refugees to take the roads. The correspondent of the Shanghai paper says the cases of cannibalism are many. He investigated a number and many of them absolutely are cor : rect. In the absence of ordinary food ! he found human flesh actually being sold. | DEAD MAN CALLED DEFAULTER. Congressman Adams, Who Killed Him self. Had Pillaged Estate. Philadelphia.—The late Congress man Robert Adams. Jr., of this city, who committed suicide in his apart ments in Washington last year by shooting, was declared in the or phan’s court Wednesday to have been a defaulter to the amount of $70,000. The startling assertion was made during an argument in surcharge pro ceedings brought against H. Carlton Adams, surviving executor and trus tee of the estate of his father, Robert Adams, Sr., by his stepmother, Mrs. Robert Adams, Sr., and his stepsister, Mrs. Charles Moran of New York. Counsel for H. Carleton Adams told the court he would show that Con gressman Adams had appropriated to his own use $70,000 worth of bonds belonging to the estate of Robert Ad ams, Sr., and to H. Carlton Adams. Nearly 200 Counts Against Walsh. Chicago. — The federal grand jury presented its report on the in dictment of John R. Walsh at noon Friday. The indictment covers 1S2 different counts, chiei of which is the alleged misapplication of funds of the Chicago National bank. The true bill contains all the counts under section 5209 of the revised statutes of the United States, known as the national banking law. Box of Bullion Stolen. San Bernardino, Cal.—A robber stole a box containing $6,500 in gold bullion bound for the San Francisco mint from an express truck at Bar stow early Friday. Attempt to Rob Georgia Bank. Midville, Ga.—The Bank of Midville was dynamited early Friday by three robbers, but as the blast failed to wreck the safe no money was taken. Cashier C. W. Powers was seriously wounded by the robbers. Woman Is Burned to Death. Evansville. Ind—By the explosion of a can of coal, oil which she had used to start a kitchen fire Friday Mrs. Chas. Grim was burned to death, her baby was severely burned and Mrs. Jas. Young was fatally burned. Shoots Wife, Child and Self. Boston.—Lewis Pennls, 38 years of age, shot his wife and three year-old daughter at their home at 17 Auburn street, Thursday, and then made an effort to commit snicide. Pennis and his wife probably will die. • Taunton Man Slain by Hia Son. Taunton, Mass.—George Poole, a leading merchant of Taunton and head of the Taunton Silver company, was shot and fatally injured Thursday night by hlB son. Howard M. Poole. The victim died two hours later. OHIO STILUS RISING FLOOD ALREADY IS THE GREAT EST IN TWENTY YEARS. GAS SUPPLY IS CUT OFF Many Valley Cities Are in Darkness —Traction Lines Crippled— i Shawneetown Isn’t Much Alarme.d Cincinnati. — At eight o’clock Friday night the Ohio river reg istered 61 feet and was rising at the rate of one-tenth per hour. With a second rise reported at the head waters of the Ohio, while the whole valley was still in the grip of the greatest flood it has known for more than 20 years .the outlook Fri day night was indeed gloomy. The damage likely to follow the necessary opening of the flood gates at Portsmouth, O., caused almost a panic there, adding to the suffering resulting from the cutting off of the natural gas supply. A number of cities were in darkness Friday night because of broken gas mains or flood ed light plants. Traction Lines Quit. Service on railroads, traction and city electric lines was generally crip pled along the full length of the river, in this city and suburbs several car lines were put entirely out of busi ness. l^miuuus, 6V jcai a, was killed by a train while moving household goods. It was the first death reported in this city due to flood conditions. Thousands of Refugees. At Ironton more than 100 families were driven from their homes; at Portsmouth 1,000 refugees are in the schools and other vacant buildings; at Newport, Ky., 300 families have had to be cared for. In this city the number has gone above 1,000 fam ilies, and more are being driven from their homes hourly, while similar re ports come in from nearly all towns along the river. In response to a request from the mayor of Manchester, O., Gov. Harris late Friday ordered out one company of the Seventh regiment, stationed at Manchester, to guard the property of flood sufferers. There was great con fusion and attempts at looting in the town. Tracks Under Water. Columbus. O.—Thirty miles of the Kanawha & Michigan railroad in Ohio and West Virginia is under water, as a result of the flood in the Ohio and Kanawha rivers, according to advices received at the headquar ters of the Ohio Central railroad in this city. The Hocking Valley’s line from Galliopolis to Pomeroy Is also under water and agents have been in structed to sell no tickets over the line below Galliopolis until further no tice. Little Danger at Shawneetown. Shawneetown. 111.—The flood situa tion in Shawneetown Friday night was somewhat threatening, but not alarm ing. The gauge showed 44 feet, and indications were that it would reach 50 feet, which is the danger line. The levee around Shawneetown has been thoroughly inspected by experts and found to be in excellent shape and it will, it is believed, stand all the water that comes during this rise. Rise Ceases at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa.—At ten o’clock Fri day night the water in the Mononga hela river reached a stage of 21 feet nine inches and was stationary. Re ports from up river points are that the water is falling. JAPS' CASE TAKEN UP. Government Begins Two Suits at San Francisico. Washington. — The United States has begun two suits in San Fran cisco for the purpose of enforc ing the provisions of the treaty with Japan giving to the Japanese equal school advantages. One of the ac tions is brought in the supreme court, of the state of California in the name of a Japanese child for the purpose of obtaining a writ of mandamus to compel his admission to one of the public schools from which he is ex 1 eluded by the action of the board of education. The proceeding in the sec ond suit is a comprehensive bill in equity filed by the United States in the federal circuit court in which the members of the board of educa tion, the superintendent of schools, and all the principals of the primary and grammar grade schools of San Francisco are made defendants. Bad Wreck on the Santa Fe. Topeka, Kan.—Santa Fe passenger train No. 4, eastbound. the Chicago Limited, was wrecked Friday night at Hutchinson, Kan., the engineer killed and a number of passengers injured, according to a report that has just reached Topeka. Demand $19,514 from Oil Trust. Manila.—The insular government demands payment of the Standard Oil company of $19,514 in gold, duty upon oil brought into the Philippine islands prior to 1901 upon which the proper tax was not paid. Cummins Inaugurated. Des Moines.—Gov. Albert B. Cum mins was inaugurated governor of Iowa Thursday. This is the third time this honor has been accorded to him. Warren Garst was sworn In as lieu tenant governor. Bad Fire In Fargo, N. D. Fargo, N. D.—Damage to the extent of $150,000 was done Wednesday to the wholesale honse of Bristol & Sweet. The block, one of the best on Broadway, caught fire presumably from the furnpee. Admiral Sigsbee Retired. Washington.—Rear Admiral Sigsbee, who commanded the battleship Maine when that vessel was blown up in the harbor of Havana In February, 1898. was retired Wednesday on account of age. TO CURE BAR SHORTAGE PRESIDENT TO ASK CONGRESS FOR LEGISLATION. Thinks Interstate Commerce Commis sion Should Have Increased Pow ers to Deal with Emergencies. Washington. — Congress will be asked by President Roosevelt to give the interstate commerce commis sion increased powers to enable that body to deal with such emergencies as that now existing with regard to the car shortage question. The com mission already has submitted to the president a preliminary report of the investigations made by some of lta members in the northwest into this matter, and it will submit recommen dations very soon. When these are ready the presi: dent will prepare a special message to be sent to congress urging neces sary legislation. The president made this announcement Thursday at a con ferance at the White House with Messrs. Knafpp. Clements, Harlan and Clarke of the commission and foai members of the executive committee of the National Reciprocal Demurrage convention recently held at Chicago who had come to Washington to take up the matter with Mr. Roosevelt and the commerce commission. Chairman Knapp, of the interstate commerce commission, indicated gen erally the views of the commission a* to what might be advisable in the vtaj of remedial legislation, and this mel ‘the hearty approval of the demurrage representatives. rsone or tne interstate commerce commissioners was willing Thursday night to be quoted, but unofficially they say the recommendations of the president will include some form o) reciprocal demurrage so that the car rler may be penalized for delay 1b moving as well as the consignee fot delay in unloading cars and probably some suggestions for the interchange of cars by railroads to meet extraor dinary demands in one section not ex lsting in another. During their call at the White House one of the demurrage representative! made the statement that because & a dispute between the railroad com panies and the consignees, 1,500 car loads of coal were held at Minneapolii and several hundred were held at Chi cago. The president directed the in terstate commerce commissioners t* investigate that matter. By a rising vote of 133 to 92 thf house adopted an amendment to th< legislative, executive and judicial &p propriatlon bill, which was takei from the speaker’s table with senat< amendments, increasing the salary oi the vice president, the speaker an* the members of the cabinet to $12,001 per year and those of senators ant representatives, delegates from terri tones and the resident commissione, from Porto Rico to $7,500 per year the increases to take effect March 4 1907. Effort was made to have a roll call but only 34 members arose, which wai not a sufficient number, so that the house was relieved of the necessit; of going on record. An urgent deficiency bill was passe* carrying a total of $344,650. REFORM SCHOOL ATTACKED. Charity Board Moves to Annul Char ter of Peoria Institution. Springfield, 111.—The state board a public charities Thursday adopted th* report of the committee appointed t* investigate the state industrial sehoo for girls at Peoria, to the effect thai the home was badly mismanaged ant that cruelties were practiced on th* part of the superintendent, and tha* inmates were Insufficiently fed an* lodged. The board directed State’! Attorney Scboles. of Peoria county, U proceed in the courts of that county t* annul the charter of the institution. RUSSIAN COUNT BURNS ALIVE Nicholas Tolstoi Perishes in Fire That Destroys His Residence. St Petersburg.—Count Nicholas Tol stol. administrator of the Imperial es tates in Moscow province, has lost hit life in a fire which destroyed his real dence near Moscow. A woman ang two provincial officials, who were bdt guests, as well as two servants of th* household, also perished. The count rescued his wife from the burning building. He then returned in an en deavor to save tb© imperial funds U his care and was burned to death. Vote to Indict John R. Walsh. Chicago.—A true bill, charging Johi R. Walsh in 35 counts with the mlsap plication of the funds of the Chicago National bank, which failed some thnt ago, was voted by the special federal grand jury Tuesday afternoon. Sultan Decorates Mrs. McCormick. Paris.—The sultan of Turkey hai conferred upon Mrs. McCormick. wif€ of the American ambassador tt France, the grand cordon of the im perial order of Nichan-i-Chefakat. Bill to Prevent Tipping. Lincoln, Neb.—A bill was introduced in the senate Friday to prevent thi practice of tipping and making per sons or corporations employing wait ers or servants who may demand 01 accept a Up guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine. Anti-Pass Law For Idaho. Boise, Idaho.—The house Friday in committee of the whole voted to past an anti-pass bill effecUve immediately after its passage and approval by tht governor. Send Home Severed Fingers. Tokio. — Twenty-one Korean stu dents here are destitute owing to cess aUon of aid from their homes. They have sent a petition to the government at Seoul inclosing a finger cut from a hand of each student. Fairbanks Pleads Not Guilty. Steubenville, O.—Frederick C. Fair banks. of Springfield, O., son of Vico President Fairbanks, pleaded not guity In court here Thursday to th« charge of subornation of perjury. Hi was bound for $500. NEBRASKA NOTES Ashland the past year built $1.58* worth of sidewalks. The telephone company at Hum boldt has put up its rates. , Religious revivals are going forward in many Nebraska towns. J. SI. Whitted fell on ice and was seriously injured at Papillion. A corn exhibit will be held at Te cumseh, January 30, February 2. Norfolk has a new creamery which will begin making butter at once. Prof. Malot. principal of the public schools of Ainsworth, has resigned. ' The legislature will be asked for an apprporiation for the Jamestown exposition. ■Whistles sounded at Kearney in honor of the vote for Norris Brown for senator. Hastings will endeavor to prevent conflict in dates of its Chautauqua and horse race. The Bell & McCune elevator at Stromsburg is closed and the firm has opened one at Durand. J. B. Kitchen and Major Furay, two prominent Omaha citizens, died last week about the same hour. Miss Rachel Engel is dead at Grand Island as result of shooting at the hands of John Hamlin last August. ' The Sure Hatch incubator factory at Fremont is turning out 250 ma chines a day as present. About 175 persons are employed. ' Two paroled convicts from the Neb raska penitentiary, who were working for Johnson county farmers, have •‘skipped” for parts unknown. u uufet - * . uvju, Luugicoouuuj* elect from the Norfblk district, stated that he will resign as district judge on February 21 and will leave for Washington about that time. The city council of Tekamah haa before it a petition asking that a special election be called for the pur pose of voting bonds to be used to re model the water plant of that city. J. F. Leon, an elderly man residing in Riverton, was assaulted in his home by unidentified parties and left in an unconscious condition from which he never recovered, dying next night. Robbery probably was the mo tive. Jason A. Bellows, an employe of the postoffice at York, was found dead near his barn. For some time Mr.' Bellows has had heart trouble and has told his intimate friends he was afraid he would drop dead fkom heart failure. From a financial standpoint the past year was the most successful one in the history of the First Con gregational church of Fremont. The church budget amounted to approxi mately $10,000, and over $6,000 was given for benevolence. The state board of agriculture se lected these officers: Peter Youngers of Geneva, president; H. Rudge of. Lincoln, first vice president; P. Ar nold of Verdon, second vice president; E. Z. Russell of Blair, treasurer, and ,W. R. Mellor of Loup City, secretary. Capt. L. Enyart, H. H. Hanks and other local men of Nebraska City, have formed a syndicate and pur chased 7.200 acres of land in Keith county. They will divide it up into farms and erect houses thereon and put tenants in the same in the spring. The light harness horse breeders of Nebraska have organized the Neb raska association of trotting and pac ing horse breeders. The association proposes to give a racing meet an nually to advance the interests of light harness breeders and to hold sales of Nebraska bred trotters and pacers. S. B. Moore of Omaha arrived in Central City to take charge of the Union Pacific engineering offfce. He will remain there a year to superin tend the improvements to be made by the company, which include the build ing of a depot, the completing of the track between there and Stromsburg and the addition of yardage facilities. The members of the county board of Hall county, representing the various townships, have completed the ap pointment of a committee of two members from each township to take charge of the proposed semi-centen nial celebration to be held in Grand Island next summer in observance of the anniversary of the settlement of that section of the state. William A. Jones of Fremont. In dis trict. court started a $10,000 damage suit against Kavish & Berek, a Fre* mont retail firm that handles scrap iron. While Jones was employed by the defendants on the scrap pile he was struck by a flying piece of steel. The steel penetrated his right eye and necessitated the removal of the optic. He wants damage for this In jury. The Dairymen's association of Neb raska, in session at Lincoln, elected the following officers: H. C. Young of Lincoln, president: A. C. Jones of Blair, Neb., vice president, and S. C. Bassett of Gibbon. Neb., secretary treasurer. The board of directors consists of C. A. Clarke of Ravenna, A. L. Haecker of Lincoln. Eicke,' of Omaba. H. C, Glissman of Omaha and John Sheldon. John Lakey, aged eighteen, who lives with his parents in Norfolk, has been arrested by Chief of Police Hay on a charge of burglary preferred by a Kansas Sheriff. The Kansas offi cer came and got him. Charles Robinson, aged fourteen, was shot full in the face by a shot gun in the hands of his little sister near Ewing. Neb., and will live. The charge, including shot and wads, en tered his face at the nose, tore out his teeth and remained in his head. He was then driven fourteen miles for medical aid. Great quantities of corn which was piled on the ground during husking season in the vicinity of Beemer is now being shelled and hauled to mar ket In spite of the inclemency of the weather and poor condition of the roads. The Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, speaker of the national house of representa tives, sold his farm of 320 acres in Saunders county last week for $75 an acre, or $24,000. He purchased this large farm a few years ago at $50 per acre and sold it now for $75 per acre, thus realizing a profit of $7,000.