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Society Loup City Northwestern volume xxv LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , APRIL 23, IMS NUMBER 24 IN CONGRESS. The house committee on hanking and currency voted unanimously to table the Aldrich financial bill. It also was decided to give a hearing to Rep resentative Vreeland of New York, w-ho recently introduced a financial bill. The senate passed the Overman bill providing that injunctions against the enforcement of state laws can only l>e issued by a majority of three federal judges who are to pass upon them. The senate confirmed the nomina tion of John S. Leech of Illinois to be public printer to succeed Charles A. Stillings. The house passed the navy bill after leaving to the secretary of the navy the selection of submarines. President Roosevelt's request for j four new battleships was refused by 1 the house of representatives by the ] decisive vote of 199 to 83. The re- j suit was greeted with applause. In the senate bills were passed [ suppressing betting on races and games of various kinds in the Dis- ! trict of Columbia; providing for the ( purchase of land between Pennsyl- ; vania avenue and the Mail as sites ! for government buildings; creating a j bison range in Montana and enlarg ing homesteads of non-irrigable lands. In a special message vetoing a danrj bill, President Roosevelt warned con gress that there are pending in this session bills which propose to give away without price stream rights capable of developing 1.300.000 horse power whose production would cost annually 25,000,000 tons of coal; urged in vigorous terms the establishment of a policy, such as the filibustering mi nority in the house demands, which would safeguard the granting of bridge and dam privileges and require the grantees to pay for them, and definitely announced a future policy on his part with regard to prompt utilization of construction privileges The house struck from the naval bill the provision for increasing the pay of officers of the navy and marine corps. PERSONAL. In recognition of his work in behalf of the red man. Senator Clapp of Min nesota, chairman of the committee on Indian affairs, has been made a chief of the Crow tribe. Nathan Meyer, proprietor of'a large hat factory at Wabash, Ind., applied for a receivership. Julia Marlowe suffered a serious nervous breakdown in New York and her engagements for two weeks were cancelled. Mrs. Eliza Hodge of Janesville, Wis., has been unconscious for several days, owing to over-excitement at a church revival. Michael Tsokas, a labor contractor, was sentenced to serve eight months in Sing Sing prison for i j; orting con tract laborers from Macedonia and Bulgaria. The will of Thomas B. Wanamaker, which was admitted to probate in Philadelphia, bequeathed to relatives practically all of an estate whose total value is estimated at J20.000.000. Cardinal Michael Logue, Roman Catholic primate of all Ireland, is to attend the centennial celebration of the New York diocese. Charles W. Gillett, a Chicago broker, paid $22,500 to the First National bank of Seymour. Wis., in settlement of a suit started against him to re cover nearly $50,000 that had been lost in speculation by a defaulting cashier. C. O. Aim. for eight years city clerk of Rnshford, Minn., pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling over $?.000. GENERAL NEWS. Russian troops have invaded Per sian territory in the vicinity of Len koran. a port on the Caspian sea, for the purpose of punishing Kurdish raiders. About 40 Japanese laborers perished in a great landslide near Alberta can yon. in the Cascade mountains. Gus Long killed his landlady. Mrs. Bessie Gilbert, in Detroit, and then committed suicide. Amid scenes bordering on the riot ous. the New York state convention squelched a boom for William J. Bryan; drove the Kings county faction headed hy Senator Patrick H. McCar ren from their seats, and chose an unpledged delegation to the national convention at Denver. The remains of three more victims of the fire in Chelsea, Mass., were found, making a death list of six. T.'nder the direction of William F. Hazen. former chief of the secret serv ice, a concerted movement was started to rid the country" of alien criminals and anarchists. The city of Danville, Va, voted against licensing saloons. The home of the late President Mc Kinley in Canton, O.. was sold to Mrs. Rose C. Klorer of Canton, the price being 121.000. Five distinct shocks of earthquake were felt at Milford, Utah. Operators and miners of the central competitive field reached an agree ment by which the 200.000 idle men re sume work at once. The old rate ol 00 cents a ton was adopted. Russian troops that invaded Persia to punish Kurdish raiders defeated tht tribesmen in a pitched battle and de stroyed three of their villages. Algerian tribesmen attacked a French column but were repulsed with considerable loss after a desperate fight. Two little daughters of William M Watts were cremated near Worthing ton, Ind., in a barn by a blaze they started while playing. Two negroes assaulted a 19-year-old girl in Indianapolis and were pursued by armed posses. State police protected the street cars front the mobs at Chester, Pa. One officer was shot. The supreme court of Wisconsin handed down a decision which in ef fect makes impossible the forming of a drainage system out of 35,000 acres of land known as the Horicon Marsh. Rev. George W. Tomson. pastor of the Presbyterian church of Woodbury. X. J.. shot and killed himself because of a scandal following the announce ment of his engagement to a wealthy widow. Five itersons were injured in a street car collision in St. Louis. Grover and John Spurgeon, school boys. were drowned near Lawrence burg. Ind. Fire destroyed the plant of the In ternational Salt company at Ludlow ville, X'. V.. the loss being $150,000. A national spelling contest is to be held at Cleveland in connection with the meeting of ihe National Education al association. Miss Grace Meigs won first place in a competitive examination of medical students for internes in the county hospital at Chicago. N'ew York firemen formed a human chain and rescued a man from a burn ing building. The Danish steamer T'nited States and the Ward liner Monterey collided in the lower X'ew York bay and were badly damaged, but no one was killed "or injured. Prompt measures were taken in Roston for the relief of the Chelsea fire sufferers. The loss was estimated at $5,575,000, with $;:,500,000 insur ance. Many persons were hurt at Chester, Pa., when striking street car men at tacked the state police. A herd of circus elephants was stampeded by a fire at Riverside. Cal.. and one of them killed Miss Elia Gibbs and injured several men. Four delegates-at large instructed to work and vote for William H. Taft in the Chicago convention until he is nominated for the presidency, were elected by the Minnesota Republican state convention. Louis Orian. wife anti five children, whose farm buildings were destroyed by a prairie fire near Forman. N. D., are believed to have perished in the flames. A jury found a verdict of guilty in the case of the Vnited States against Herbert F. Robinson. J. L. Layne and F. E Holiday, tried before Judge Mor ris. in the federal district court at Min neapolis. on an indictment charging conspiracy. Enraged because American and negro workmen were being given the preference when the American Alum inum works at East St. Louis, 111., were reopened, more than 150 Ar menians, Turks and Greeks started a desperate riot. Five thousand men from the battle ship fleet paraded in San Diego and a gold key and a sword for Admiral Evans were presented to Admiral Thomas. Robert N. Harper, president of the Washington chamber of commerce, a drug manufacturer, and one of the best-known business men in Washing ton, was sentenced by Judge Kimball in the police court to pay a fine of $700 for violating the pure food law. The ministers of the 11.000 Presby terian churches throughout the United States were requested by the department of church and labor to ob serve labor Sunday, May 10. President Roosevelt will again nominate John W. Jackson to be post master at Columbia. Tenn., the post master general having recommended that the nomination, which was with drawn from the senate on March 30, be again sent to that bodv. Hauser lake dam across the Mis souri river, 15 miles below Helena, gave way with a great crash and pre cipitated from 25 to 30 feet of water over the dismembered structure. The Delaware state Democratic con vention instructed its delegates to the national convention for George Gray, despite his refusal to have his name presented. Jean Rull and three of his accom plices have been found guilty of at tempts to assassinate King Alfonso Rull was sentenced to death and the others to imprisonment. Led by Chief Officer Borch. the en tire crew of the fruit steamer Banes deserted at New York when the steamer arrived from Port Antonio, Jamaica. Clifford Vernon, the ten-year-old son of Thompson Vernon, hanged himself self in his father's barn near Mount \ ernon, O. Windows were smashed and houses for a distance of ten miles were shaken when 400 pounds of nitro glycerin exploded and scattered the splinters of a separator mill of the Aetna Powder company at Aetna, Ind., over a quarter of a mile. Mrs. Kate Pelter was found strangled to death and Vito Debellc with his throat cut, in a New York flat Charles Berger, who was stabbed seriously, was put under arrest. CONGRESS MOST GET BUSY MORE UNO FOR LANDLESS OTHERWISE THE PRESIDENT MAY CALL AN EXTRA SESSION. Much That Chief Executive Wants and There is but Little Tore for Its Accomplishment. Washington.—The legislative pro gram of the remainder of the session is very much in the air. Thursday night the president held a long con ference with Representative Watson of Indiana, who came to him as the spokesman of Speaker Cannon and the conservative leaders of the house to tell him that his legislative pro gram was an impossibility for this session. After the conference, stories were given out which indicated that the president had coincided with this view as to much of his program, and had agreed to a procedure which would deprive him of the satisfaction of seeing votes ou many of his favor ite measures. This was claimed as a great vic tory for the Cannon-Pay ne-Dalzell management of the house, but it grieved the progressives most seri ously. Friday the report was circu lated in a limited but usually highly informed circle that the president had changed his mind, tha' he wa? going to refuse to make any terms with the house leadership, and that he would instead resume a more vig orous insistence than ever before on his program or legislation. It was even stated that a new message to congress might be sent in next week insisting in stronger ianguage than has yet been used that at least there must be a shown-down; that, whether they were passed or not. the various measures which the president favors must be brought out of committee and voted on. This in cludes anti-injunction legislation, postal savings banks, free paper and wool pulp and amendment of the anti trust act. If it shall turn out that the presi dent is prepared to go so far it wall mean that the end of the session is yet far off and uncertain. Instead of May 15, it may be a month later. The president is not cheerful, it is well known, about the prospect of almost no accomplishment in the last ses sion of his administration. He real izes that the short session next win ter cannot be expected to do much. He once called a special session in November in order to lengthen out the period for the short session to work. The net legislative result was the bill to allow . members their mileage. He doesn’t rake much stock in that sort of exra session now. But a ringing message from the president, declaring that the party must iet the country know how its representaives stand on these pro gressive measures, would put a new face on matters. It would have a tremendous effect on the political situation the coming campaign. RED TAPE CUT FOR WIDOWS Those on Pension List Will Get In crease Without Reapplication. Washington—Pension Commissioner Warner announced that widows on the pension roll would not be required to make application for the increase from $8 to $12. recently authorized by con gress. The commissioner has in structed the pension agencies through out the country to put the law into effect automatically, the first payment of the increase to be made May 4. Iowa Man Extradited. Pierre, S. D.—Governor Crawford granted an extradition warrant on the request of Governor Cummins of Iowa for Thomas Luther, wanted at Knox ville. Ia. Furnished Bad Meat. Paris—A butcher of Bar-le-Duc named Levy has been sentenced to one year's imprisonment at hard labor on the charge of having furnished bad meat to the army. The Right to Be Tested. Lincoln, Neb.—The legal right of the voters to write in the names of favor ite candidates at the primary election will be tested in the supreme court. The suit of Tom Sullivan against Wil liam L. Ross, county clerk of Dakota county, was filed. SENATE PASSES 3ILL OPENING THREE MILLION ACRES. A Numbe- of Minor Changes Made in its Boundaries as Originally Reported. Washington—The hill providing for i he opening of the surplus and unal-1 lotted lands on the Cheyenne river and Standing Rock Indian resetva thins. introduced in the senate by Gamble, passed that body Wednesday. The bill carries an appropriation of $-115,000 for the payment for school lands reserved to the states and $75. 000 for appraisement, classification, surveying and alioting of additional lands, the latter amount reimbursable from the funds ot the Indians in all sioo.ooo. A number of minor changes have been made in the boundaries as pro vided in the bill and as originally re ported from the senate committee, in order to meet the desires of the In dians of both reservations. These ] changes were agreed upon after a full conference between Senator Gamble. Commissioner Leupp. Major McLaugh lin. the inspector who negotiated the agreements, and representatives of the Indians from both 1 vibes who have been here in Washington. A strip of territory immediately north of the Cheyenne river in the southwestern corner of the reservation embracing the Cherry creek district has been excluded from the bill as originally reported and an acd tional tier of t ivrnsh'ps in lieu thereof on the western border of the diminished reservation a>-e added to the opened area. Two and or.e-liaif townships in the southwestern cctner of the Standing Rock reservation are to he added to the diminished reser vation. The total area to V opened by thin bill is practically' U.OiWVuOO acres, be ing a tract about ninety miles long and about forty miles wide, covering the western portion of the present reservation and a strip eighteen miles wide between the two reservations ex tending east to the Missouri river. Omaha Indian Bill Reported. Representative Boyd has secured a favorable report on his bill to iicrmit the Omaha tribe of Indians to submit their claims to the T'nited States court of appeals with the additional privilege of an appeal to the Vnited States su preme court and the measure is now on the calendar. Judge Boyd, who has worked zealously to get a favor able report on the bill said that he now has strong hopes of securing its final passage at this session, unless the general filibuster on practically all measures is continued. HOUSE PASSES THE NAVAL BILL Provision Limiting Submarine Boats to Holland Type Stricken Out. Washington—The long existing con troversy as to whether the United States navy should have submarine torpedo boats of the Holland type, as recommended by the committee on naval affairs, was settled in the house of representatives Thursday when after a lengthy and lively debate the proviso limiting the secretary of the navy to purchase only boats of the Holland type was stricken out. The effect of this action was to give the secretary a free hand in the selection of submarine boats. Fenced Government Land. Sioux Falls. S. D.—When arraignsd before Judge Carland of tbe United States court, George Byers, a rancher residing in Lynn county, through his attorney Frank R. Aikens. of Sioux Falls, entered a piea of guilty to an indictment charging hint with having fenced a tract containing about 1,000 acres of government land. Bryan Trusts Illinois Men. Chicago.—William J. Bryan spent about an hour in this city Wednesday enroute from Peoria to Grand Rapids. Mich. He held conferences with a number of politicians known to be devoted to his interests, and it was reported after he had left that he disapproved the plan to send a con testing delegation from this state to the Denver convention. Bryan lead ers here would not deny that Mr. Bryan had stated that he saw no reason to distrust the regular dele gation from Illinois. ITALY SENDS WARSHIPS TO COAST OF ASIA MINOR. DONE TO ENFORCE DEMANDS Privilege of Postoffices Enjoyed by Other Powers is Desired and There Are Other Complaints. Rome.—An Italian squadron, under command of Admiral P. Grenet. will set out Monday for the purpose of making a demonstration in Turkish waters. The squadron comprises elev en warships and includes the battle ship Regina Elena, commanded by the duke of the Abruzzi. Altogether the vessels will carry 5.095 men and their objective point will be Asia Minor, some 700 miles away. It has been decided if it is deemed neces sary. also to occupy a small island off that coast, but it. Is hoped here that Turkey may see the error of its way and give full satisfaction, so that more energetic measures may be avoided. The difficulty between the two na tions arises out of the refusal of the Turkish government to permit the in stallation of Italian postoffces in Turk ish territory, while at the same time other nations have established and are conducting postoffices there with out interference. Considerable irritation has been felt here over the murder of an Italian missionary in Tripoli and the perse cution by the Ottoman authorities of natives who have sold land to Italians, bur the present action of the Italian government is based primarily on the postoffice question. With regard to this, however, the Turkish ambassa dor in Rome has pointed out in an in terview that his government has in no instance granted to the countries in question such a privilege, although it has “tolerated" the postoffice which they have maintained. For years it has been felt in govern ment circles in Rome that Turkey has been taking advantage of the interna tional situation to act in a high-hand ed manner toward Italians, showing hut little respect for Italian rights. This government, it is stated, has been indulgent, not wishing to cause complications which might endanger the accord of the powers with regard to the Ottoman or the Balkan prob lems. Iu addition, there has been much topposition on the part of Turkey to all peaceful Italian initiative In Tri poli and matters reached a climax when Italy asked for permission to open post offices in Turkish territory. Conditions Bad in Hayti. Port an Prince. Hayu.—While there have been many arrests of natives suspected of sympathy with the late revolution and political prisoners con tinue to he brought in the batches from interior points, there have been no more public shootings here. In deed the government denies that any more executions have taken place. This, however, is incredible, in view of the fact that many persons are known to have been dragged from their beds at night and that all trace of them has been lost. Recruits Wanted for Navy. Washington.—Anticipating favor able action by congress on the propo sition for 6.000 additional men for the navy, of whom "..000 may be obtained prior to July 1. instructions have been given by the bureau of naviga tion to resume recruiting which was suspended some weeks ago. at which time the full quota had been attained. The department is anxious to take'ad vantage of the prevailing willingness of young men to enlist in the navy and will do a good deal of advertising to secure them. Will Black List Congressmen. Washington.—Resolutions casing on congress to enact legislation in which organized labor is interested were adopted at a mass meeting at the Columbia theater. These resolu tions declare that those in congress who vote against the measures de manded by labor will be placed in the "black list" and every effort be made to prevent their success in the politi cal field. Cruiser on Peace Mission. Washington—Should the plans of the American government be accep table to Mexico, the cruiser Albany will be utilized to convey Ambassador Creel and W. I. Buchanan on their mission of peace and good fellowship to the five Central American repub lics. Murray's Name is Sent In. Washington—The president sent to the senate the nomination of Law rence O. Murray to be comptroller of the currency, vice W. B. Ridgelv, resigned. GOVERNOR SENDS TROOPS BACK. Pensacola Officials Desirous of Hav ing Them Remain. Pensacola. Fla.—Governor Broward has ordered all the state troops sent, here to preserve crder during the strike of the motormen and conduc tors of the local street railway com pany to return to their homes at once. The troops are expected to take their departure early Monday. City officials are making efforts to have at least one company of militia left on duty temporarily. THE ALDRICH BILL IS DEFUNCT. House Committee on Banking Gives the Quietus. Washington.—The house committee on banking and currency on Friday voted unanimously to table the Aid rich financial bill. It also was de cided to give a hearing Saturday to Representative Vreeland of New York, who recently introduced a financial hill, which is looked upou as a substitute for the Aldrich measure. The discussion in committee was brief. The only ]>oint debated was as to whether or not the committee should make a formal report giving its reasons to the house for its un favorable action and the conclusion finally was reached that no reasons should be given. Consequents the committee's report will he a mere statement of the action of the com mittee. Of the nineteen members of the committee thirteen were present at Friday's meeting. They were Messrs. Prince of Illinois. MoMorran of Michi gan. Waldo of New York. Hayes of California. Durey of New York. Lewis of Georgia. Pujo of Louisiana. Glass of Virginia, Gillispie of Texas. Craw ford of North Carolina. McHenry of Pennsylvania and Chairman Fowler. The tabling of the Aldrich bill will result in currency legislation being perfected by conferences of the two branches of congress, if the house carries out- the probable program of now passing the Vreeland bill. In that event the house measure would come to the senate, all after the enacting clause would he struck out and the provisions of the Aldrich bill substi tuted. The effect would be to put both the Vreeland and Aldrich bills into conference and from them a cur rency bill would he probably agreed upon. The Vreeland bill introduced in the house last week as a substitute for the Aldrich bill and which, it is under stood. is to be considered at a repub lican caucus to be held next week was not considered at Friday's meet ing of the committee. The Vreeland bill is not fertile in character to the form of legislation provided by the bill which was passed by the senate, and therefore the ac tion of ihe house committee on bank ing and currency, in the event its course is followed by a favorable re port on the Vreeland bill as a substi tute. does not indicate that there will be no currency legislation at this ses sion of congress as the house prob ably will pass that measure. DARING ROBBERY IN KANSAS Cashier Locked in Vault, Thieves Looting at Leisure. Coffeyville, Kan.—Two men entered the Citizens State bank of Chautau qua. twenty-five miles west of Coffey ville, at 9:30 Friday morning and after forcing Cashier C. C. ttalter house and De Easley, a business man, to enter the vault locked them in. secured all the currency in sight, amounting to about $3,000. and es caped into the Osage hills across the line in Oklahoma. Four posses are in pursuit and as the roads are muddy it is believed the robbers will be captured. The robber secured only half an hour's start. President Opposes Commission. Washington — President Roosevelt stated that he would oppose any bill providing a commission to consider the subject of amendments to the Sherman anti-trust law. The Mer chants’ association of New York and several other business organizations are sending circular letters over the country suggesting a commission to consider the whole subject and make recommendations to the next session of congress. The president takes the position that congress and the country fully understand the question. MORE PAY FOR THE ARMY Committee Agrees on This Section of Appropriation Dill. Washington.—The army is practi cally assured of an increase in pay. The conference of the senate and house have reached an agreement on this item of the army appropriation bill substantially along the lines of the senate amendment which graded the authorized increases according to the various branches of the service. Nebraskan Will Speak. Marshalltown, la.—Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, president of the Univer sity of Nebraska, will deliver the address before the graduating class of the high school here on June 12. Dewey Regrets He Can't Go. Washington.—With expressions of sincere regret Admiral Dewey has de clined invitations to participate in the festivities incident to the entertain ment of the Atlantic battleship fleet on the Pacific coast. Leech’s Nomination Confirmed. Washington.—The senate confirmed the nomination of John S. Leech of Illinois to be public printer to suc ceed Charles A. Stillings. injunction Bill in Senate. Washington.—Injunction against the enforcement of state laws can only be issued by a majority of three federal judges who are to pass on them if a bill that passed the senate Friday be comes a law. Iowa Scale Agreed Upon. Des Moines.—1*he joint conference of coal operators and miners of the Iowa district on Friday agreed on a scale, which is in practically every respect a duplicate of the expired contract. The new agreement Is made for a year. NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON Religious. Social, Agricultural. Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. The union evangelist meeting at. Holdrege are proving a great success. Mary is the name of a new post office in Brown county, with Mary O'Neill as postmaster. Loss in the burning of the Gering mills is $15,001!. The insurance is $6,000; Congressman Kinkaid has recom mended Martha E. Wood for the post mastership at Eclipse. Hooker count' . The Gering roller mill at Scon Bluffs owned by J. B. Boyer, w a - totally destroyed by fire. The loss is partly covered by insurance. The saloon men of Lincoln will con test in the courts the tight of the excise board to limit the number of saloons in the city to twenty-five. The state railway commission had its first birthday on March 27. and a report of what it has done during Its first year will shortly be prepared. Frank Hanken of North. Bend com mitted suicide by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun. He h.id lxen in poor healtli and d-spondcui for some time. Rural letter carriers appointed for service in Nebraska: Hugh E Mallory and A. L. Edntiston at Litchfield. Earl 0. Spicer and Frederick C Scot; at Fairfield. Z. L. Hudson and T. A Hudson at Gothenburg. Owen Warren, who has been in jail in Beatrice for the last few months oil the charge of threatening the lives of Julius Ipson and famil?. was released by Judge Raper on bond of $500. Thomas Kearns, one of the oldest aud best known pioneer residents of York, while hauling a load of house hold goods in from Chaileston. drove off a snial culvert tipping the wagon over and breaking Kearns' neck. The city treasurer of Wymore has made his report for the municipal year just closed, and it shows that the city lacked just $150 of paring the school expenses, without he $:: saloon license money turned into the school fund. The Board of Secretaries of the State Board of Health field a meeting to make arrangements for the meet ing to be held May 27. 28 aud 29, at which time about a hundred wouMbe D. D.s will try for authority to hang out shingles. George E. Merrill of the Department of Horticulture, Washington. D. C . was in Tecumseli last week. He comes to the First congressional district of Nebraska for the purpose of demon strating spraying results in fruit or chards. The city council and some of the leading citizens of Grand Island are still much at sea as what to do with the water question. A greater supply of water is sorely needed, the de ficiency again being emphatically den onstrated by the present drouth. All the water that can be pumped from the present wells is profitably sold. C. Y. Young, deputy corn commis sioner for Cuming county, has com menced his campaign in his jurisdic tion by making personal visits to the towns outside of the county seat. Beerner, Wisner and Bancroft, in all arousing a healthy enthusiasm. In the current newspaper issues throughout the county Mr. Thompson is our with an ably written appeal to the farmers, in which he exhaustively presents the subject of intelligent corn raising. On the ground that the rerent elec tion has pur the saloons of Alliance out of business, an appeal has been made to the deputy fond commis sioner that the cases pending agains' liquor dealers of that city for viola tions of the pure food law be dis missed. The plea that the result of the election is sufficient punishment for the offenders does not seem to appeal to the food commissioner, who declares that all prosecutions be gun before election should lie con pleted. State Oil Inspector A. B Alien'' report for March shows that his de partment inspected 16.859 barrels of oil and collected $1.61750 in fees. There is due for the mouth's inspec tion $68.40 from the Union Pacific and Burlington roads, which they refuse to pay. The expenses of the depart ment amounted to $97.53 and in addi tion $644.97 was paid into the state treasury, leaving a balance of $1,100 on hand. The season for destructive storms is at hand. WIND and LIGHTNING will destroy and damage buildings and kill and maim stock in barns and pas tures. Protect yourself by insuring them in the Nebraska Mutual Ins. Co home office, 141 South Twelfth street. Lincoln. Neb. Write us for particulars. County Attorney Fred S. Berry of Dixon county had an exciting experi ence. He went out to warn some farmers named Jordan to keep off some land they once owned. They gave him a good beating and threat ened to kill him. but he managed to escape. At a recent meeting of the county board at Minden it passed a resolution that when certain other counties along the Kansas City & Omaha rail road joined, a suit to dissolve Its merger with the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy railroad would be com menced.
