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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.
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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.
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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.