NEWS BRIEFLY IOLO A GOOD DEAL OF INFORMATION IN SMALL SPACE. FACTS COVERING A WIDE AREA More Important .Acts in Congress, Personal and Political. General News Here ar.d There. Congress. Senate passed the bill holding rail roads responsible for personal in juries of employes. It is now ready for the president's signature. President Roosevelt submitted a message to congress calling attention to the need of additional legislation regulating anarchy and anarchist publications. The house resolution introduced by Speaker cannon, requesting informa tion as to what steps have been taken to prosecute the paper trust, reached Attorney General Bonaparte and was by him relered to Mr. Pur dy. assistant to the attorney general who has been charged with the pre paration of the reply to the house. The naval appropriation bill au thorizing the construction of two in stead of four battleships and eight in stead of four submarine torpedo boats and carrying a total appropria tion of S103.9G7,'1S for the naval service, for the fiscal year ending June 30, lSuO, was reported to the house. By a vote of eight to seven, the house committee on postoffices and postroads virtually tabled the ocean mails subsidy bill. The bill as in troduced in the house raised second class mail vessels to the schedule of pay for fiist class vessels. Senator Gamble appeared before the house committee on public lands in behalf of his bill creating the Lem mon lands district of South Dakota. The committee decided to report Gamble's bill, making a few minor changes. The senate committee on public buildings have ordered a favorable report on Senator Burkett's bill pro viding an appropriation of $50,000 for the purchase of a site and the erec tion of a new post office at Platt s mouth. Net). Representative Birdsall introduced a bill appropriating $75,000 for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building at Iowa City, la. Political. W. S. Barnes, jr.» delegate to na tional republican convention from Twenty-third New York district, in a formal statement refused to support Governor Hughes for the presidency. Taft forces in Wisconsin elected two delegates to the national conven tion. The oom of United States Judge Gray of Delaware for the democratic presidential nomination was -launched in Pennsylvania by the organization of the “George Gray League,” at a meeting held in Philadelphia. A practically solid Hughes delega tion to Chicago was chosen in Greater New York. Of the is congres sional districts conventions. 13 in structed their delegates for him. The mayor-elect of Kansas City says lie is going to make a political clean-up all around.” Secretary Taft, in an interview, ex pressed the opinion that women will eventually get the ballot. The' Alabama supreme court has held that both the general prohibition and the 9 o'clock closing laws to be constitutional and effective. The McCall campaign contributions publicity bill was denounced as whol ly ineffective by Representative Boorke Cockran before the house committee on election of the presi dent, vice president and representa tives in congress. Virginia republicans in state con vention selected four delegates to the Chicago convention, all for Tuff. Philadelphia negroes are in a con certed movement against Taft for the presidency. The South Dakota republican state convention adopted resolutions in dorsing Governor Coe I. Crawford for United States senator. At tlie recent election in Kansas less interest was manifested by the cities and towns than for many years. In few places did the question of law and order divide the voters as sharp ly as heretofore. General. Ex-President Cleveland has been quite ill. but at last accounts was im proving. Charles Henry Parker, ninety-two years of age and the oldest Harvard alumnus, died at Boston. Judge Knappen. in the United States district court at Grand Rapids. Mich., sentenced the Stearns Salt & Lumber company of Ludington, Myh., to pay a fine of $30,000 for accepting rebates from the Pere Marquette company on lumber shipments. Sheep growers of Wyoming. Mon tana and South Dakota have asked railroad companies of the west to name new rates on wool, both from the ranges to Omaha, and from Omaha to manufacturing centers and the sea board. with a view of building a ware house in Omaha of a capacity of at least -40,000.000 pounds. Water is now ready on a portion of the south side canal north of the river, as well as on the inlet canal of * the Belle Fourche irrigation project Vn South Dakota for 12,000 acres of land. It is believed that about 4.000 acres will be put in crops under this portion of the Belle Fourche system this year. France’s claim to be the pioneer of higher education is well exemplified by the annual statistics of the Uni versity of Paris just published. Herbert S. Hadley, attorney general of Missouri, left home for Boulder, Colo., where he expects to spend two months to regain his health. At Minneapolis counsel for the Great N'orthern railroad pleaded guilty in the federal court to the charge of re bating brought against the company and Judge Morris imposed a fine of $3,000. The board o? trustees of the Nebras. ka Wesleyan university elected Rev. W. J. Davidson of Decatur, III, to be chancellor of the institution. It is said the Erie railroad will shortly pass under the absolute con trol of Mr. Iiarriman and his associ ates. who stand ready to spend, under certain conditions, from $30,000,000 tri $40,000,0i)0 for improvements in termi nal tunnels, trackage and rolling stock. On Secretary Taft's visit to Cin cinnati a baseball match was planned and carried out for his amusement. An extra west-bound freight train was surrounded at Lucine. Utah, by a gang of hungry tramps. A refrigerator car was broken open and robbed of a quantity of meats. The men got away. Unless Governor Deneen or the State Board of Pardons intervenes Herman Billek will hang in Chicago April 24. The supreme court denied Billek's petition for a rehearing. Count Giuseppe Tornielli Brusati Di Veraago. the Italian ambassador to France, died in Paris from a hemor rhage of the brain, following influenza. At a meeting of the board of trust ees of Princeton university, announce ment was made of the gift of $150,000 from Mrs. Russell Sage. Attorney General Herbert S. Hnd of Missouri recently announced that he would not become a candidate for the republican nomir.a'ion for gover nor of that state on account of the condition’ of his health. Playing with his father's shotgun. Irving. G-year-old son of Christopher Relmer, a farmer east of Klgin. Ill shot and fatally injured his 3-year-old sister. Miss Gladys Squiers. daughter of the American minister to Panama. Herbert G. Squiers, was secretly mar ried to Lieutenant Harry H. Rosseau. a member of the Panama Canal com mission. at Panama. Vilhjamur Steffanson will start late this month for the arctic circle to learn the ways of Eskimo tribes which no white man has ever visited. Railroad and industrial corporations issued new securities in March to the amount of $78,134,500. an increase as compared with the same month of last year. Italian royal family conference is said to have approved a wedding be tween the Duke of Abruzzi aud Miss Elkins. The Great Northern Railway was fined $5,000 for granting rebates, be fore Judge Holt in the United States Circuit Court, sitting in New York. Leaks have been discovered in the Navy Department by Electric Boat in vestigating committee. The represen tative of Lake Torpedo Boat Company admits receiving confidential reports. The mayor-elect of Milwaukee en ters upon his firth consecutive term. Miss Mateel Howe, daughter of E. W. Howe, editor of the Atchinson Globe, lias been awarded $500 for an article on Portland. Ore. Prizes were offered by the Portland Commercial Club for the best articles. Frederick T. Johnson of Newark, N. I., is to be receiver of the United State Independent Telephone com pany. which was recently declared in solvent. The company is incorparat ed for $50,000,000. Washington Notes. The Department of Agriculture has issued an interesting bulletin on the result of the soil survey of Lancaster county. Nebraska. This survey was started through efforts of Senator Burkett, commenced two years ago. and is now complete and in published form. Frank R. White, formerly of Lyons, Burt county. Neb., now superintend ent of schools in the Philippines, was in Washington to consult with the Civil Service commission as to secur ing the services of some 230 school teachers for the islands. W. W. Brown of Waterloo. Ia.. has been appointed clerk at Panama. Ship subsidy legislation is once more killed for the -session. At least its opponents assert that it will be impossible to get anything done with it at this session. A supplemental report, dated Mag dalena Bay, March 17, a portion of which touches the question of the lo cation of armor belt for battleships, has been received at the navy de partment from Admiral Evans, com mander in chief of the Atlantic fleet. Secretary Wilson and Secretary Garfield have reached an agreement for a joint investigation of questions relating to the limitation of rhe area of grazing, particularly of sheep, that may be permitted on the banks of streams forming part of the irriga 'ion system. Personal. Mrs. Robley D. Evans and her daughter. Mrs. Charlotte C. Marsh, ar rived in Paso Robies. Cal., to join the admiral. James A. Hoggett of V.'ahoo, Neb.. has been named chief of the Depart ment of Printing in the Phillippines. Senator Foraker has given notice that this week he will address the senate on the Brownsville affair. Latter Day Saints voted down the resolution on divorce and remarriage, i leaving the question where it has been since 189C. “WHOM GOD HATH. JOINED TOGETHER* HOUSE HAS A NEW RULE NATIONAL LEGISLATION SLOW THE SPEAKER IS AUTHORIZED TO DECLARE RECESS. New Arrangement Is to Check Filibus tering in Order that Some Legis- i iation May Be Executed. Washington.—Wednesday's session of the house will go down as one of the stormiest in its history. The sum total of the day's proceedings was the adoption of several additional rules to further check the democratic filibuster and the passing of the two resolutions introduced by Speaker Cannon calling on the Department of Justice and the Department of Commerce and Labor for certain in formation regarding .the so-called Pat per trust. There were nine roll calls during i the day. five -of them on the >new rules. The democrats exhausted their resources before they were made t(T feel that the republicans by sheer force of numbers had them beaten at eve?y point. The debate brought all the leaders of the house to the front. The demo crats were again charged with.mak ing special rules necessar;- by reason of their filibuster, while the demce, crats reasserted that’ they at last were -causing the majority to enact legislation. After a debate which consumed a large part of the day in which the leaders on both sides participated apd in which there were many sharp pas sages, though in perfect good nature, the house Wednesday passed a new rule enabling the speaker to declare a recess at 5 o’clock every day for the remainder of the week without a roll call. Xotwithstanding the rigid rules already in force ihe democrats forced five roll calls on the rule. The debate was participated in by Messrs. DeArmond apd,. 'W-HliptUP-. democrats, and Messrs.- Sherman and Dalaell on behalf o'f the republicans. Beginning the controversy >Ir. De Armond said that evidently -it had become offensive to the republicans to have a roil call, notwithstanding the requirement of the constitution. He attributed their reluctance a desire not to be found on recordc^Jie admitted that adoption of the.Tme would demonstrate that, the republic ans could pass any bill they desire^ to pass, but urged that it would place squarly upon them the responsibHity for all failure to legislate. Mr. Sherman responded that the republicans were entirely willing to assume the entire responsibility. “The .republican party,” he said, “has always been ready to accept full responsibility when it has been^ in power, which is in striking cobm trast to the democratic party, which,“ even when it is in power, has lacked' the courage to carry out its declared policies.” - HARRIMAN DIPS INTO ERIE.' Union Pacific Magnate Advances Funds to Meet Notes. Philadelphia.—After an order by E.' H. Harriman to furnish the funds to meet the obligations cf the Erie Rail road company, by the purchase of a new large* issue of notes, J. P. Morgan announced that the holders of the Erie notes, amounting to $5,500',000, which matured, would be either-paid at par in cash for their notes or given *tlie. option of taking a new. three-vear Six' per cent note and five per cent .ofthe! new notes in cash. ~ * Beats the American. Vienna.—The American chess play er. Marshall, was beaten here in thei international tonrney by ' Sehlechtei*.' the leader. Johner’drew with Suechx ting. TWENTY THOUSAND FOR A LEG. Ffrst Judgment Under Labor Law Recovered by Motorman. New York.—The first judgment un der the labor law passed by the legis lature in May, 1906, making railway companies responsible for the injuries received by an employe through the negligence of another employe, has been awarded in the supreme court, John Toner getting a verdict for $20, 000 for the loss of his left leg in July, 1906. Honer was a motorman em ployed by the New York City Railway com nan v. UPPER HOUSE NOT DOING MUCH BUT KILLING TIME. Measures That President Roosevelt ■ Desires Enacted Into Law Appear , Not In Evidence. Washington—The" senate Tuesday adjourned. until .Thursday and on that day will taktf another adjournment until Monday nest week. This pro gram was arranged by the republican leaders for the reason that there are not now on the calendar any meas ures' that are regarded of a pressing ,character anj which are- likejy t-o be enacted at this session. The unfinished business is a bill by ► MV. Gamble to* regulate the settle ment ‘of' the accouhfs’ between the' {.'nited.States rand-several- states rel ative„-to the disposition of the public lands. It is understood .that this bill * wilWhot f>e pressed at this session and that the other public ’and bills on the caienda^.twtlL go-over until n“xt ses sion at least. Tim indications are that there will bV HuTe-Meislation 'from now on ex cept the appropriation Ijill^ and it is not. iaijKissible thd< ’congress Will bo ready ro '’adjourn'-at' some time be tween May 15 arid May. CO. The legis lation urged l against. . -- 1 LINCOLN. GOES. WET. The Majority. However, is Very Small. Lincpln.-^The cities and towns or Nebraska held municipal elections Tuesday. The issue in the large ma jority of the places was license or no license. , Out .of about sixty places re ■ported, the majority, went dry. Most of these simply continued the policy of former years; in many of them, they changed, from dry to wet. The hottest fight was in Lincoln, where the ’■‘wets” woti ant 'by a majority ’of 177. J 4-. - Building for Hattsmouth. • s Washington.—Thp senate committee On !public buUdings .and grounds has' approved,a. Mil for a'tp.499 building, at f'la.ttstnouth.-Xeb. ■ . * ■ • t. ( Twenty-seven Counties Dry. Chiftagn.-^ffvith tweyty-seVen coun ties :<5f' Illinois '{/laced’ in the dry col ■iiran* by Tuesday's election. thirty-sLx Of the state's .102 .counties are-.now. '{otajll.siry Nine-counties went dry last XQy^nUter. . -a • - * Republican Mayor Elected. • South Omaha.—In one of the most' Ijotly contested political battles ever waged-in the city Trank Koutsky, the republican candidate for mayor, defeated Thomas Hoctor, the demo cratic candidate, by seventy-seven votes. Indiana Congressman Dead. Indianapolis, Ind. — Congressman Abraham Lincoln Brick of the Thir tieth Indiana district, died suddenly here in a sanitarium. His home was at South Bend. He was serving his fifth term in the house. BIG FIRE IN CHELSEA LARGE SECTION OF THE CITY SWEPT BY FLAMES. DAMAGE ABOUT TEN MILLIONS j ______ Many of the Town's Best Structures Wiped Out, Leaving Thousands of People Homeless. Boston.:—An apparently insignifi oanr fire which started among rags on i a dump in the city of Chelsea Sun .day was fanned by a northwest gale into a conflagration which obliterated about one-tnird of the city. Over 500 dwelling houses were destroyed, and many hundreds of families . were driven from their habitations and 10.000 people are homeless. Three iives are known to have been lost and at a lafe hour at night it was reported that two ether jiersons had perished, '•one, a woman, having shot herself in a frenzy ovei her inability to save her property. From fifty to 100 were in jured. Accurate estimates of the loss is im possible. The city solicitor estimates it at nearly $ 0,000.000. The fire raged before a forty-five-mile .gale for mor» than twelve hours, defying the utmost t-ffo'ts of tbe combined fire depart ment.' of Chelsea and several nearby cities and a large detachment of Bos ton firemen and apparatus. : The fire area, which was in'the form of an ellipse a mile and a half long and half a mile wide at its widest part, extended diagonally across the cuy frem a point near the boundary between Everett and Chelsea to the water of Chelsea creek. It was use less for the firemen to attempt to check the on-rushing flames before the gale and their main efforts were to prevent a spread of the fire on either side. Their last stand was taken at Chelsea creek late in the afternoon, and for hours a doubtful battie was waged. At 0 o'clock word was passed that the firemen were | winning and with icnewed energy the I contest was pressed At 10:50 official announcement was made by Chief < A Spencer that the fire was under con trol'. A gie.it many of the buildings were of wood and were quickly de stroyed. out structures of other ma terial were almost as quickly sud thor oughlv incinerated. All the banks, more than three-quar ters of the ca liches, halt of the busi ness blocks and nearly-ail the school houses were wiped out. One hospital r.nd a dav nursery were destroyed, i _ DENVER PREPARING WELCOME. Gigantic Papier Mache Tiger Will Greet Delegates and Visitors. Denver.—A monster tiger, con structed of papier mache. located at the principal four corners of the city, will welcome the delegates to Denver when they come to the democratic national convention July 7. This em blem has been selected instead of the prosaic donkey, as the striped king of the jungle lends himself more readily to the purposes of ornamentation. Big Robbery in New York. New York—A $7,500 diamond and money robbery which was committed at the Hotel Martinque about a year ago came to light when the men were arraigned in court charged with the' theft. The prisoners gave the names of William Singreen of this city and Max Willis of I.os Angeles, both employed as clerks In the hotel at the time of the robbery. Ball Fired From Sumter. Washington.—The United States na tional museum has just received as a gift from Dr. W. Hutson Ford, now residing in Washington, a four-pound cannon ball fired front Fort Sumter at the beginning of the engagement on April 12. 1851. which marked the opening of the civil war. Big Military Tournament. I St. Joseph. Mo.—Five thousand Fnited States soldiers from forts throughout the vest will take part in | ’he military tournament here during the week beginning September 21. Airship experiments will also be con i ducted. Killed by Overwork. Kansas City—Suffering from ner vourness which has followed him since he worked at his telegraph key in the Western Union office for fifty con secutive hours after the earthquake in San .Francisco. Jay A. Gam mage on Sunday committed suicide. Congress Adjourns May 9th. Washington.—That the present ses sion bf congress will adjourn about Saturday,-1 May £>. was the prediction “of James E. Watson (Ind.j, republican "whip” of the house. Mr. Watson bases-this prediction upon informa tion ite has gathered. ROOSEVELT WILL GO ABROAD. Dre»ident Plans to Spend Year in Travel After He Retires. Washington — Should President Roosevelt's present desires be real ized he will spend the first year after his retirement from office in travel outside the United States. Mr. Roose velt’s itinerary, however, has not been determ/ned. His plan is to see some cf the rugged and little frequented portions of foreign land, as well as to travel the beaten track of the tourisL A LAW TO REACH ANARCHISTS. , Special Message to Congress on the Subject. Washington—In one of the shortest messages which he has yet trans mitted to congress, President Roose velt on Thursday called the attention of that body to the necessity for fur ther legislation on the subject of an archy. With the message he trans mitted a report reviewing the legal phases of the question by Attorney General Bonaparte. The message of the president is as tallows: "To the Senate and House of Repre sentatives : “I herewith submit a letter from the Department of Justice which ex plains itself. Under this opinion. I hold that existing statutes give to the jtresident the power to prohibit the postmaster general from being used as an instrument in the commission of crime: that is, to prohibit the use of the mails for the advocacy of mur der, arson and treason, and I shall act upon such construction. Unques tionably, however, there should be further legislation by congress in this matter. "When compared with the suppres sion of anarchy, every other question sinks into insignificance. The anarch ist is the enemy of humanity, the en emy of all mankind, and his is a deeper degree of criminality than any other. Xo immigrant is allowed to come to our shores if he is an anar chist. and no paper published here or abroad should be permitted circula tion in this country if it propagates anarchistic opinions. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "The White House. April 9. 1908.” One Anarchist Paper. Besides his direction to the post master general to exclude from the mails such publications as La Ques tione Sooiale, President Roosevelt in his letter to Attorney General Bona parte. ashing for an opinion on the legal phases of the subject, says he has had the particular case called to the attention of the governor of New Jersey by Secretary Root, that the governor may proceed under the state laws. The opinion of the attorney general, which the president transmits to congress, embraces a discussion of the whole subject from many legal angles. His first conclusion is that the article in question, which advo cates the use of arms and dynamite in annihilating police and soldiers that anarchy may prevail, constitutes a “seditious libel" and is “undoubted ly a crime at common law.” SENATE PASSES BILL. Carriers- Liability Measure Goes Through Without Amendment. Washington.—The bill relating to the liability of common carriers by railroads passed by the house of re presentatives on April 6 was on Thursday passed by the seriate with out amendment and without devision. The senate bill on the subject was not confined to railroads, but covered all forms of common carriers, and Senator Dolliver. who had reported it from the committee on education and labor,, sought to substitute it for the house bill, but his motion was de feated. Numerous amendments were offered to the bill, but all were voted down. As passed, the bill is expect ed to meet the objections of the ITnited States supreme court to the common carrier liability law of 1896, decided to be unconstitutional by the court. OCEAN TRAVEL UNAFFECTED. Another Record-Breaking Year for Water Business in Prospect. New York.—Another record-break ing year for ocean travel is possible if present prospects continue. AVhile steamship agents at the beginning of the year were dubious of the outlook, their attitude during the last few weeks has changed and they them selves were greatly surprised when the statistics for the first three show but slight decrease. Taft on Western Prosperity. Springfield. O.— Secretary of War Taft came back to Ohio Thursday. “West of Chicago.” he said, “they don’t know anything directly about hard times. As far as the country as a whole is concerned I am hopeful of the speedy return of better condi tions. The west has not felt the de pression to any great extent. Build ing operations in the western cities seem to be as good as they ever were. In Omaha and other cities more building is being done than ever before.-’ Oldest Harvard Alumnus Dead. Boston. Mass.—Charles Henry Park er, 92 years of age and the oldest Harvard alumnus, died at his home here. He was a member of the class of 1822. Fines of $32,000 Imposed, Cincinnati, O.—Fines aggregating $32,000 wpre imposed on Morris Rich mond and six others who were ar rested some weeks ago charged with conducting the Kentucky lottery con trary to the law. One Badger is for Taft. Milwaukee — Dispatches to the Sentinel from the Eighth and Tenth cengressional districts show that La Follette delegates have been elected In the Eighth district, but Walter Alexander, a Taft delegate, has won in the Tenth. St. Louis Bank Closed. St. Louis, Mo.—The Olive Street bank, at Garrison avenue and Olive street, having a capital of $100,000 and deposits of $350,000 was closed Thursday. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. nil SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. Ashland went dry at the recent election. A civic league has been organized at Chad t on. Five hundred teachers attended the recent meeting at Grand Island. A Harvard man made an automo bile run of fifteen miles in nineteen minutes. Ainsworth is booming; new houses are starling every day: the demand for houses to rent is greater than the supply. Philip S. Michael, the t;-year-old sou of Mr. and Mrs.' Philip Michael, ot' Hastings was kicked in the head by a sharp shod horse and died from his injuries. H. S. Page, sheriff of Fillmore county, has received the appointment of assistant sergeant-at-arms at the democratic convention to be held at Denver next June. In the district court of Oioe county John Price, colored, pleaded guilty to the charge of burglary and was sen tenced to three years in the peniten tiary by Judge Travis. Daniel Freeman, the first home steader who was recently brought home to Gage county, sirk from his winter quarters in Arkansas, is im proving and is able to be about the house part of the time. • Rev. Herbert. E. Waters, for some four and one-half years pastor of the Tecumseh Presbyterian church, has received a call to the pastorate of the Mellier Place Presbyterian church, Kansas City, Mo:, and will accept. Mr. R. B. Sheridan, who lives near Hastings, recently sold a single load of alfalfa to the McGrath Hardware company in this city, for which he re ceived $660.. This alfalfa was raised in Adams county in a single crop. Sioux county is fast filling up with settlers gum eastern Nebraska. South Doltata and Iowa, and if the year 1908 continues its present crop prosperity, there will be no govern ment land left in this county by fall. Judge Thomas held a brief session of the district court at Fremont. War ren T. Montgomery pleaded guilty to forging the signature of Clyde Foster to a darft for $.12.86 and was sent enced to eighteen months in the pen itentiary. Ed Miller, president of the Beatrice Commercial club, is in receipt of a letter from one of the owners of the Angus Automobile company express ing a desire to locate in Beatrice. This is a new enterprise in the field of automobile building. Herbert W. Scott, one of the lead ing business men of Hastings, died last week after an illness of several months. ' Death resulted from par alysis. Mr. Scott, formerly lived in Kearney and Holarege. He served as mayor of the latter city. Robert J. Sabin has filed a volun tary application for the bentfit of the bankruptcy law in federal court at Lincoln. He declares that he owes notes and other obligations in the sum of $14,001 and that his assets amount to but $50 worth of wearing apparel, which is exempt. THE MIDWEST LIFE of Lincoln. Nebraska, an okl line Nebraska Com pany wauls local agents to represent it in every town in the state. The Midwest Life issues all kinds of life policies and they are liberal and along the best lines in life insur ance. Write to the home office at Lin coln for additional information. Governor Sheldon granted a hear ing to Raymond Kennard. a 22-year old boy from Madison county, who has served one month of a nine-year penitentiary sentence, and to G. W. Peterson. J. B. Ferguson and Mr. Persinger, who appeared in behalf of P. Coursey Richards, an old soldier from Lincoln, convicted of a statutory crime. One of the most important public events in the history of Pawnee City was the formal opening of the new Carnegie library. A reception was tendered by the library board which was largely attended. The interior of the building was very effectively dec orated and presented a beautiful ap pearance. The building occupies a frontage of eighty-six feet on Main street, and cost $7,000. The Havana (Cuba) Daily Post of March 28, contained these state ments: “One of the largest sharks ever caught in this vicinity was land ed in the early part of the week by Judge L. C. Burr and A. H. Arm strong. of Lincoln, Neb. The crea ture looked more like a small whale than one of its own species. It was captured off Morro castle. Both gen tlemen are fishing enthusiasts in their own country. Through the timely arrival of a physician and the use of a stomach pump the little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Felton of York were saved. They were quite ill and showed every symptom of poisoning. It is supposed that the jtoison came from some candy they had eaten. A merry war is on between the rival telephone companies of Ord. The Mutual company has been re strained by a temporary order issued out of the county court from proceed ing with construction work on cer tain streets and alleys on the ground of interferin'* with the Rell com nan V.