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MPORTANT HEWS
NOTES OF A WEEK
LATEST HAPPENINGSTHE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN ITEMIZED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
Condensed Into a Few Lines for the
Perusal of the Busy Man
Latest Perconal Infor
mation. Domestic.
The solicitor of the treasury depart
ment tendered nn opinion that bank
cheeks may bo drawn for sums less
tlinn $1 and Hint it was not this char
acter of "checks" for fractional cents
that was Intended to be prohibited In
the r-i t in I mi 1 code ax adopted by con
gress last .session, but metal toltciiH
or due bills, circulating as money.
The trial of .1. C. ."Maybiay and 80
iillc-geil co-consplrators. indictments
ngnlnst whom weie returned by the
federal grand Jury, has been set by
Judge Smith McPhcrson for December
7 at a special term of the federal couit
at Council Uluffs. The defendants ate
barged with conspiracy and the mis
use of the malls.
Nebraska ranks badly ns a church
going state, accoidlng to the census
statistics on the subject, which tiro
just Issued. They repiosent the year
1U00. and Indicate Hint only eight
states have so small a proportion of
church membois as Nebraska. Arizo
na lends till the states in proportion
of church members and Utah Is sec
ond. Oklahoma hns the least propor
tion of church membership of any
state.
Fifty persons woe Injured, one fa
tally. In ti street car accident near the
Alaska Yukon I'adllc exposition
grounds. Frank Hull, of Tacotna, aged
forty-six. died of his Injuries.
Two women are dead, one man Is
dying, two men are badly Injured and
two women are seriously hurt as the
icsult ol a "Joy ride" In an automo
bile at Seattle, Thursday.
The appointment of Lee McClung.
Measurer of Yale unlveiblty. as treas
urer of the United States, to succeed
Chillies II. Treat. oT New York, whose
resignation hnj been, accepted by the
president, to take effect November 1,
was announced nt the White house
Thursday.
Detroit was selected ns the next
meeting place of the annual session
cf the supreme council of the Scot
tish rite masons, northern masonic
.liirlEdlctoii, nt the open session of
that body in Hoston.
Dr. Ftulerlek A. Cook will receive
U'0,000 for two lectuies to be dellv
ted at St. Louis, October ti and 7.
Louisiana and other southern states
were lsltcd by the most severe storm
known for years, and the loss of lire
will run into the hundreds, while mil
lions of dollars of damage to ptoporty
Is reported.
A veidlct finding Police Inspector
Edward McC'ann guilty of accepting
money fiom resow keepers for police
"protection" was returned at Chicago
iy the Jury which has been hearing
the evidence In the case for three
weks.
The citizens of Lincoln. Neb., are
conducting an active campaign to
rnise $100,000 for a new Y. M. C. A.
building, and over half the amount
hns been secured.
A very small Ineiease In the number
(f pensioners In the western states,
ticcoinpanied by a slight Increase in
the amount paid in pensions, Is shown
by the pension commissioner's report
for tlie year ended June .'10 last.
A new wo! Id's record was estab
lished at tho military tournament nt
Camp Corso when the machine gun
platoon of tho Sixteenth Infantry de
feated the Thirteenth Infantry pla
toon, and clipped four seconds off the
former lecord for piactlce with a mule
battery. The piece was utillmbered
and fired and then loaded onto the
back of n mule In 51 seconds.
The memory of Anrel Hrlggs llrst
governor of Iowa was honored In the
unveiling of a monument in Andrew
cemetery, where Ills remains were re
cently hurled after lemoval from their
original resting place in Omaha
l'he
(leuicatton exercises were attended by ,UOK enrs to complete. The now
state olllclals and many other promi- j " will be of great help to Alpinists
nent persons. The shaft was umelled i m Hstros.s on Monte Ros'i.
by Mrs. Alexander 1). 'Robertson of i Jo'' M. Giico, an American mining
Cherokee county, Brand-daughter 0r ( I'cnttnctur. and live Mexican miners
Governor Hrlggs. were Instantly killed by an explosion
Dr. Cook Is taking n few days' rent , of dnamito in the Petgrlna mine In
In Now York since his arrival from I H"' Giinnajaunto district of Guana
Denmark, j Juanto.
A body which is thought to have I Tho micccsb of aviation weolc nt
licen in tho Detroit rlvor Blnce Sep- Rhelms hns prompted the holding of
tomber 18, was picked up by a huge another such meeting in Berlin, he
man. In tho pockets wero inprnnran- ginning September 2ii. Fifty thousand,
(him books and lottors Indicating tint ; dollars in prizes will bo given and
the man was John C. Long, of Pirn, among the entries aie F.iriunn. lller
burg or Scranton, Pa., n salesman for l"t, Latham. Le Hlanc. Roughler, Rosa,
a porcelain houso In Cincinnati. LMwards Orvlllo Wright and Dfonr.
The largest banking deal transanal, Tin- one hundredth anniversary of
west of Chicago for many years w.is, the Chilean declaration of ludepend
nindo nt Sioux City when tho Iowa j nice was obiorved at Guayaquil with
Stato National bank took ovor llio much enthusiasm. Tho festivities bn-
FJrst National name, tiio merged
banks, which liavo deposits amounting
to $5,500,000, will bo headed by John
McJJugh as president
Judge Cohen, Swenrlngin ntul Car-
i ""ban, linmlfil down a (Incision refits-
Inn to aiipoliit a commission to deter-
' mine if Harry K. Thaw Is inusne. The
i .....i,!..,. ....... ni.i .-. i,vi,iv in imimir
of Attorney James 11. Graham of Now
York, who alleges ho has a claim
against Thaw for $2,05 1.
Tom Tiger, (ho owner of much Ok
lahoma oil land, whose tilal on a
charge of murder was set for Tues
day, was shot by another Indian
named Hkootcr and mortally wounded.
Skeeter escaped. The shooting was
tho outcome of nn old quarrel.
Commander Hobeit K, Peary, ufter
u successful quest for the north polo,
relurned to Sydney Tuesday on hoard
tho steamer Roosevelt, Tho explor
er's wife was the llrst to greet him,
and ns tho Roosevelt, nfter an nbsenco
of more than one year steamed Into
Sydney harbor tinder a brilliant sun,
tlie explorer and his ship were given
a hearty welcome from the assembled
shipping.
"Haley's" comet hns boon located by
Herbert D. Curtis and photographed
with tho aid of reflecting telescope
Tho following olllcers of the na
tional nssoclallon of stationary engi
neers were elected; President, W. T.
Reynolds, Hoboken, N. Y.; vice-president,
C. S. I'ciirso, Denver, Colo.; see
letary, F. H. Raven, Chicago; treas
urer, Samuel B. Forse. Pittsburg, Pa.
C. L. Walrus of Pes Moines, In.,
was elected chairman of the executive
committee of the American Pomologl-
cal society.
The condition of Governor Johnson
of .Minnesota. Is very ciltlcal and
small hopes are entertained for his
t ecovcry.
A hendon collision on the New Or
lenns H Northeastern railroad, four
miles south of 1 latteries, occurred late
Wednesday. A southbound work train
crushed Into a northbound excursion
ttain, killing Fireman Fitzgerald of
tho work train and Injuring others.
William K. Vnnderbilt. Jr., donor of
the Vnndebiit cup for automobile
races, and his wife, formorly .Miss
Virginia Fair of San Francisco, have
signed a separation agreement, accord
ing an afternoon newspaper. Mrs.
Vwndobllt is now returning from
Europo with her two children, Mauiiel
and William K. Vnnderbilt III. It Is
expected the separation will bo an
nounced formally as soon as Mrs. Van
del bill l caches New York.
Chancellor James A. Day of Syra
cuse university announced that Mrs.
Russell Sugo had given $.10,000 to tho
Institution on her birthday.
Dr. Cook arrived In New York har
bor Tuesday morning on the Oscur II,
from Denmark.
The Chicago & Northwestern rail
road carried 27.000,000 passengers din
ing the year ending Juno III), 1909,
without a single life being lost accord
ing to n report Issued by that road.
Tho other toads which have thus far
announced a clear record of this kind
for a year Include the Pennsjlvanln,
Darlington and Santa Fe.
The First National bank or Burn
side, Ky., closed Its doors Friday. The
bank has $25,000 cnpltnl stock. Over
loans and some unfortunate business
deals are ghen as tho cause of failure.
A campaign for a constitutional
amendment for prohibition In Ala
bama was launched at Hirmlugliimi at
a conference which was participated
in by sexeral hundred prohibitionists,
anti-saloon league members nnd par
tisans fiom all over the state. An
olllclnl statement was made prior to
the beginning of the meeting that the
conference represented no political
faction or set of politicians
t
Foreign.
It Is generally believed that the
complications which have arisen be
tween Spain and Mjilai Halld, the sul
tan of Morocco, are likely to result In
war between Spain and the forces of
the sultan of Morocco.
(ieorge Caldwell, an official or the
Canadian marine department who
started three yenrs ago to make a trip
from Chesterfield Inlet to tho Arctic
circle, has been given up for lost. It
was expected that Caldwell, who was
accrinpanied by two Eskimos, would
i each Cape Fulerton this nutiimn, but
advices icccivcd at tho mounted police
department stnte that he did not ar
rive at the post and nothing has slnco
been heard from him. Cliesterlleld is
at tlie northwest end of Hudson bay.
A second earthquake was felt
throughout a large part of southwest
ern France. Thursday. The nuako It
self caused little damage, but It was
followed by a terlllc hailstorm that
destroyed the remaining crops.
Tlie highest telephone lino In the
woiid, running to the Queen Margin r
hita obsorvatoiy on Monte Rosa, more
i linn 15,000 feet, has been placed in
( pern lion
The observatory and tho
telephone lino which has been con-
alnicted at the expense of the nueen.
gun last night with u torchlight par
ade, in v.hlch all the local oclctlea
'il',1!!i1!,,"i, '"-,l n HMm'KT c? military
bauds Kink par.
illf APPOINTMENTS
PA8TOR3 GIVEN ASSIGNMENTS AT
KEARNEY M. E. CONFERENCE.
HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE
What Is Going on Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Kearney, Neb. The following ap
pointments were made at tho M. E.
conferonco here:
HoldrcKo district. C. C. Wilson, dis
trict superintendent, Holdrego; Almn,
Raymond Rush; Axtell, L. E. Lows;
Arapahoe, B. J. Cram; Atlanta, M. L.
Gardner; Hartley, C. A. Norlln; Bea
ver City, B. F. Eborhnrt; Bonkelman
and Max, J. F. Hngcinan; Blooming
ton, E. E. Crippen; Box Elder, sup
plied by F. S. Tyler; Cambridge, W.
T. Gaily; Culbertson, II. E. McFar
land; Danbury and Lebanon, W. J.
Miller; Edison, C. S. Hawley; Frank
lin, George F. Cook; Unigler and
Laird, supllod by L. S. Foutch; Hend
ley nnd Spring Creek, J. A. .May; Hoi
brook, W. J. Crago; 'Holdrege, E. C.
Nowland; Iluntly and Salem, G. W.
Burnett; Indlnnola, A. D. Burrls;
Lowell nnd Newark, C. W. Mulr;
Lootnls and Plain View, supplied bj
N. II. Lines; lllldroth, M. S. Sattch
oil; McCook, Bryant Howe; MInden,
M. I). Carman; Norman and Ilurtwell,
sunlled by A. J. Kerr: Orleans I.
Powell; Oxford and Frank Nnyler, R.
E. Ollpln; Ragan and Sacramento, II.
S. Iluthlcgo; republican City, W. F.
Hasklns; Rivcrton, J. W. Custer;
Stratton and McCabe, J. D. Holllstor;
Trenton, J. L. Murr; Uplund nnd
Campbell, It. N. Throckmorton;
Wilcox and Boardner, O. II. Chnder;
Wllsonvlllo and Tyrone, J. G. Hurl
brot. Kearney district, I,. C. Shumate,
district superintendent; Almcrla, Al
bert Elliott; Ambers, Earl Pray; An
solmo, J. A. Scabrooko; Ansley, W. 0.
MacCallistor; Arnold, N. E. Bottom;
Arcndla, J. S. Davis; Burwell, Harold
Miles; Broken Bow, R. II. Thompson;
Callaway, Ncal Johnson; Cozad, Bus
sol Link; Elm Creek. Henry French;
Gothenburg, J. W. Morris; Gibbon, Al
fred Gllson; Kearney, First church, G.
A. Abbott. Trinity, Alfred Chamber
lain; Lexington, B. F. Gaither; Lex
ington circuit, Nnthan English; Litch
field, to bo supplied; Ioun City. W.
C. Hnrncr: Mason Cltv. Kent ntiftoii!
Morna, J. West Thompson; Miller
Max Jeqords; North Loup, A. II.
Brink, Overton, R. II. Scott; Ord,
M. Brnmford; Ord circuit, E. 11.
Mnynard; Ravenna. A. J. Clifton;
Ravenna circuit, to lie supplied; Ring
gold, W. A. Hornada; Roesvalo, E. E.
Pickering; Sumner. W. C. Swnrtz;
Sargent, W. E. Matthews; Shclton,
A. L. Umploby; Whitman and .Mullen,
Thomas Dcaton; Westervllle, F. W.
Smith; Walnut Grove, L. R. linns
bury. North Platto district Baynrd, sup
plied by Hawey O. Cooper; Bortrand,
F.J. Schnnk; Big Spring, supplied by
J. R. Smith; Brady Isnlnd, supplied
oy J. u. Tnbor;; Chapoll, II. A. Tay
lor; Curtis, E. J. Hayes; Elwood,
Gcorgo B. Mnylleld; Farnam, II. A.
Ilornaday; Gaudy, L, B. Shollngbcrger;
Goring, O. E. Rlcliardson; Grant sup
plied by William Horner; Harrlsburg,
supplied by Edward F. Clow or; Hayes
Center, to bo supplied; Harshev, sup
plied by Fred II. Johnson; Imperial,
to bo supplied; Kimball. John Ma
cloly; Lowellon, to be supplied; Lodge
Pole, supplied by Jninos G. Day; May
wood, D. W. Parker; Mayflower, sup
plied by II. L. Cnse; Mitchell and Mor
rill. W. N. Pnxton; Mlnotnro, W. F.
Harpor; Moorlleld, supplied by Her
bort Hutchinson; Mt. Zion nnd High
land, supplied by T. E. Glllot; North
Palto, W. S. Portor; Ogalalla, A. M.
Ransom; Palisade, W. II. Mills; Pot
tor nnd DIx, A. E. Murless; Scotts
Bluff, D. A. Leeper; Sidney, Henry
Zlncker; Smlthlleld, supplied by R. II.
Chrysler; Stockvlllo, supplied by J. J.
Chrlstnor; Sutherland nnd Paxton, A.
W. James; Wnllaco, supplied by E
Mooro; Wennetn, Charles M. Mo
Corklo.
D. W. Crane, missionary to Utah;
C. E. Fenton, mlslsonary to Wyoming:
vy. II. D. Ilornaday, missionary to
Nevada; C. E. Woodson, conferenco
ovnngollst, member Kearney quarter
ly conference; T. W. Owon, confer
ence evangelist; Henry C. Barrett,
left without nppolntment to attend
school.
Kencsaw Man Shoots Himself.
Hastings, Neb. Within tho hearing
of his brldo of one week, Goorgo Brad
shaw, aged thirty-seven, Wednesday
morning shot himself In Kenesaw, pro
suninbly with suicidal Intent. Tho bul
let passed through his head, leaving
him In n critical condition. Ho hnB
boon unconscious slnco tho shooting
nnd his chances of recovery nro be
lieved to bo small.
Mystory Biirroiinds tho tragedy.
Bradshaw nppeared contented slnco ho
roturned from Hastings with his brldo
n week ago, and so far as Is known
complained to no one of anything that
might niako him despondent. Mrs.
Bradshaw snys ho was in his usual
good spirits Tuesday night nnd
Wednesday morning.
Clarks Man Is Paroled.
Central City, Nob. Tho regular fall
term of tho district court Is In session
hero this wook with Judge Ilollonbock
on tho bench nnd a regular potlt jury
panel In attendance. Thcro was but
one criminal enso for trial, that of
tho stato ngnlnst Alvln D. Kramer, on
a chargo of bootlegging. Upon being
arraigned Krador, who Is n resldont
of Clarks, pleaded guilty, nnd In vlow
of tho fact that ho was tho support of
his mother ho was paroled upon his
i;ood behavior.
NEBRASKA' HAPPENINGS,
STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON
DENSED FORM.
Mnny thousands of litres of fall
wheat are being sown In tho Auburn
vicinity. The ground Is in tho best of
condition.
Beatrice peoplo aro pleased at tho
action of the Methodist conferenco In
returning Rev. U. G. Brown as pastor
of Centenary M. E. church for another
year.
Andrew Cnrneglo will bo nsked to
glvo $2o0,000 for a new public library
building In Omaha nnd then tho pres
ent public library building will bo used
for a freo museum.
O. L. Colo, engineer of a pllo driver
on the Burlington road, was Instautly
killed at 5:30 Wednesday afternoon by
the breaking of a chain on tho ma
chine. The accident occurred between
Mason and Lltchflicld.
Hog cholera has broken out In tho
vicinity of Dunbar nnd 1C0 head of
hogs wero Inoculated with scrum and
moro will be as soon as the serum can
bo obtained. This is tho llrst time
that cholera has broken out among tho
swine in Otoe county for several years.
Tho Thomas county agricultural so
ciety has hold Its second annual fair.
The weather was Ideal and the ex
hibits of farm products and stock wero
good. The fair was a success finan
cially. Tho association owns tho
ground and buildings nnd are on per
manent footing.
The Nebraska Bankers' association
has offered n reward of $1,000 for the
arrest and conviction of the person or
persons who broko Into a bank nt
Ashton last Sunday night. Eloven dol
lars In chnnge was said to havo been
tnken. The two vnult doors wore
blown open.
Frank R. Grover, B. F. March und
W. O. Ecbort have filed their nrticles
of Incorporation for tho Nebraska City
Gas & Electric Light company. Tho
capital stock Is $15,000. They will
take over the gas plant and will opor
ato tho same, having purchased tho
plant nt n receiver's sale.
The congregation of tho Christian
church of Hastings hns decided to
build n new building. A series of re
vival meetings arc planned for this
fall and following these tho work of
construction will begin. This will
make three new church buildings dur
ing the last twelve months horc.
Tlie electric light plant for Table
Hock Is already well under way. For
some time tho company has been or
ganized nnd the stock subscribed and
now tho poles, wlro and other equip
ment are arriving by the carload. The
wiring of the houses began last week,
and tho setting of poles will begin at
once.
Walter W. Morrison, a former Bea
trice boy who has been employed ns
manager of the Postal Telegraph
company's ollico at Dcs Moines, la.,
has been promoted to tho same posi
tion with tho Postal company nt Salt
Lake City, Utah. Mr. Morrison com
menced his career as messenger boy
with the Postal In Beatrice.
Teachers of the Fremont high school
decided that they would lend no more
official recognilon to cluss parties or
high scohol social affairs of any kind,
oven to the extent of acting as chap
crones, it Is the conclusion of tho
teachers that high school social activi
ties in Fremont have grown altogether
too lively and they are to bo discour
aged hereafter.
Rev. E. D. chirk, -who was some tlmo
ago selected pastor of tho Presbyterian
church at Lexington, was Installed pas
tor of this church Tuesday evening.
Rev. L. C. McEwcn of Kearney spoko
of tho pastor nnd his dutlos, Rev. G.
F. Williams of North Platto also spoko
and Roc. II. P. Cootor of Gothenburg
preached tho sermon of tho evening.
After tho sermon a general reception
was given to tho public.
Tho training season of the football
candidates at tho University of Ne
braska was begun Monday, Septcmbor
20, when a squad of fifteen players re
ported for work under Coach "King"
Cole. Beforo tho end of tho week this
squad had grown to number, over fifty
aspirants, and Coach Colo was delight
ed with tho outlook for another win
ning eleven. Six of the veterans of
last fall havo returned to school nnd
wll lbo ready beforo next week to start
work. Tho men of last fall who wero
with tho squad In tho first week wero:
Captain Beltzer, half; Temple, full
back, Bentley, qunrtcr, Johnson, end;
and Hnrte, guard; Collins, center, nnd
Ewlng, guard, will start practlco next
week. There nro many excellent play
ers among tho now matorlal and
"King" Colo looks for no groat task in
filling up tho holes loft by tho gradu
ations of throo or four stars. James
Harvey, captain of last fall's team, Is
assisting Colo this fall and will havo
chargo of tho lino men during tho
gronter part of tho training season. !
Tho opening gnino of tho schedulo
will bo played October 2, when tho
South Dakota cloven will journey to
Lincoln for Its nnnunl meeting with
tho Cornhusker8.
W. A. Peory, an experienced coal
minor, has leased the Peru coal mines
four tnilea southeast of Poru. Ho has
run In another nnd lnrgor tunnel from
iho northwest nnd Is preparing to re
movo from tho mine many tons of
coal dally. Ho saya tho coal is thoro
nnd that ho will employ any necessary
forco to mluo it as rapidly ns possible.
Many citizens of Peru who havo
burned the coal during tho past four
years declare it to bo or good quality.
Peru is tho only city In tho stuto that
enn boast of a coal mine successfully
operated and which affords an nlmost
exhaustless supply.
AS
OF
HARRY WHITNEY LIKELY TO BE.
COME HIS PARTISAN.
DOCTOR'S RECORDS IN CACHE
Pole Discoverer Declines to Comment
on HIb Rival's Conduct, and
Denies Thought of Bring
ing Slander Suit.
Now York. Commander Robert E.
Peary refused absolutely to allow any
of the records or instrumenots of Dr.
Frederick A. Cook to bo brought
aboard the steamer Roosevelt, nnd
wnB thus Instrumental In causing theso
records to remain in a encho at Etah,
Grccnlnnd, according to Harry Whit
ney, tho New Haven sportman, in u
dispatch received In this city by Dr.
Cook Sunday. The message, which
came ns a response to one sotit by
Dr. Cook, is as follows:
Strathcona, via Indian Harbor and
Capo Ray. N. F Sept. 25. Dr. F. A,
Cook, Waldorf, New York: "Started
for homo Roosevelt. Nothing arrived
for me. Peary would allow nothing
belonging to you on board. Said to
leavo overythlng in cache at Etah. Met
Captain Snm, North Star. Did not go
back after going schooner bound St.
Johns; take steamer home. Hope you
well. See you soon. Good shooting.
HARRY WHITNEY.
Dr. Cook wns questioned ns to his
vlow of the situation, created by tho
action ascribed to Commander Peary,
but ho declined to sny anything derog
atory to his rival. "It may be that
the Instruments will arrive this year
after all," ho said, "nnd as for the
records and observations, their non
arrival hero makes no difference what
ever, as I havo cotnpleto duplicates,
so there will be no delay In completing
my story with all Its details."
Dr. Cook did not seem to be greatly
surprised by the news ho iccelved
from Mr. Whitney. He hopes to see
him in a very short time and hear a
complete explanation of the occur
rences at Etah.
Dr. Cook denied the report that he
was to bring suit for slander against
Penry.
"Thcro Is no truth In the report,"
he said: "I have no intention of bring
ing suit. Naturally I am taking meas
ures to havo everything in order in
case of necessity, but I have never
even thought of filing a suit, and I
wish to contradict such reports at
once."
If they aro still at Etah, Dr. Cook's
Instruments may not arrive in New
York until the spring months of 1010.
There Is a possibility, however of
their reaching here this year, as an
other vessel may have touched Etah
ufter tho Roosevelt left.
Monument to Postal Union.
Washington In commemoration of
tho founding of the International post
al union a monument will be unveiled
nt Borne, Switzerland on Monday of
next week. The cost of the monument
will bo 200,000 francs $10,000. tho
amount having been contributed by
various countries constituting the In
ternational postal union. Brutus Clay,
tho American minister at Berne, will
represent the United Stntes.
Tho Weight of United States malls
dispatched was not tabulated until
1870, when It aggregated 1,020,001
pounds annually. The cost to this
government then was $753,759. In
1900 the amount of malls sent abroad
by this country reached tho immense
total of 11 097,759 pounds an Increnso
of fourteen times in volume, mid the
cost to tho government was about
three times as much nt it wns In lSTfi
or $2,875,911.
Loses a Bag of Diamonds.
Des Moines, In. Diamonds vnlued
at $3,000 wero stolen from the resi
dence of W. G. Hunter In the fashion
able residence section of Des Moines
while- the family was absent Sun
day. Mr. Hunter is chief dispatcher
for tho Great Western railway. When
Mrs. Hunter roturned from a visit she
found the houso ransacked. Examina
tions showed that her bag of dlnmonds
which kept hidden, had been stolen, be
sides other less valuablo jewelry. De
tectives are on tho case. A revolver
loft lying on tho floor Is the only
clue.
Many Refused Citizenship.
Washington. Naturalization was re
fused to 2.C07 allenB during the past
fiscal year, a material Increase over
tho rojcctlon of would-bo United
States citizens during the preceding
yenr.
Children Burned to Death.
Pittsburg, Pa. Threo children weie
burned to death nnd several persons
had narrow escapes from n similar
fate Sunday In a fire which destroyed
threo residences at Mllvale, a suburb.
Father Killed by His Son.
Coshocton, O. Wllllnm Davis, twen
ty yoars old, killed his father, Ell
DnvlB, six miles south of here, dur
ing n quarrel between tho boy's par
ents. The son suys his father threat
ened to strlko his mother, nnd In or
der to protect her ho struck his father
down with a hatchet, The pollco sny
tho boy nlso stabbed his father neni
the heart with a knife. Tho son Is
under nrrost. Ell Davis is said to
havo quarreled with his wife because
she did not cook his breakfast tc
suit him.
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL CITY
ITEMS OF INTEREST AROUND THE
STATE HOUSE.
The test case whilch is to decide
the status of the new state board o
education ns well ns that of the o.'d
state normal board was argued before
the supremo court Wednesday nfter
noon. Attorney General Thompson
nnd E. C. Cnlklns nppearlng for tho
stato, and Judge Oldham and C. S.
Allen nppcnrlng for the new board.
Tho case wns submitted to the court
after tho hearing. This suit involves
tho validity of the new lnw which did
not legislate the old board out of office
but which sought to tnko nwnv Its
powers and duties. Incidentally, hniiB
ing on the decision of this cnse Is the
location of n new stato normal school
In the Sixth district, for which the
legislature appropriated $35,000. One
point involved in tliis suit is tho eli
gibility of T. J. Majors of Peru to
hold a plnce on the now board, he
having been a member of tho legisla
ture that created it and that approved
his appointment. The constitutional
provision renltlng to members of the
legislature enjoying the benefits of
places created by the session of which
they nro a member was cited to tho
court. Whether the new law repeals
by implication certain parts of the old,
is nlso a question.
State Superintendent E. C. Bishop
reports that tho first contest of the
Nobraskn boy com growers' associa
tion will bo held 11116" week tit Butte,
In the northern part of the state. The
contest there will occupy from Thurs
day till Snturday. On October 29 a
similar contest will bo held nt Clay
Center, at Hastings on October 12, at
Holdrego on October 13, and at Kear
now on October 11. Following that,
beginning October 20 a contest will be
held nlmost every day until Into In
December. The following towns nnd
cities will hold contests although defi
nite dates have not yet been fixed:
Beaver City, Almn, Bloomlngton, Mc
Cook, Bcnklemnn, Trenton, Imperial, ""
Falrbury, Hebron, Geneva Lexington,
North Platte, Ogallnla, Sidney, Kim
ball, Harrisburp, Scotts Bluff, Bridge
port, Alliance, Harrison, Broken Bow,
Ord, Greeley, Central City, David
City, Osceoln, York, Auroar, Nebraska
City, Tecumseh, Pawnee City, Bea
trice, Papllllon, Omalin, Fremont,
West Point, Stanton, Cedar Bluffs, To-
unman, Wayne, Hartlngton, Wausa.
The state railway commission has
reported a list of telephone companies
to the attorney general for prosecu
tion for not having filed their annual
reports of business for the preceding
year. This report was due August 1.
On August 30 a circular letter was
sent to nil delinquents reminding them
thnt they wero overdue, and warning
them that if the reports wero not
forthcoming by September 20 they
would be prosecuted. Some of them an
swered, promising a speedy compli
ance. From others no response to the
circular was received. The penalty
for failure to obey tho law regarding
making annual statements is from $500
to $5,000.
J. E. Kelby, for tho Burlington rail
road, in nn answer filed to the com
plaint made by tho George W. Voss
Lumber company of Dorchester, relat
ing to lumber rates from tho south,
declares thnt the state railway com
mission has no jurisdiction in this
matter. Tho Voss company complained
thnt Dorchester Is discriminated
against In favor of Crete, in thnt yol
low plno lumber brought from tho
south is delivered by the Burlington
railroad at Crcto for twenty-six cents,
while tho rnto to Dorchester eight
miles farther west, Is thirty-one cents.
Mr. Kelby says this Is an Interstate
matter in which the stnte commission
cannot assume jurisdiction.
Deputy Food Commissioner C. M.
Mayno has been investigating the milk
and ice cream conditions in tho city,
nnd while ho is not ready to make any
doflnlto statement concerning what ho
found, ho says that tho dealers are
offering a much better product than Is
gonerally supposed. Some ico .crenm
wns found which tested below tho
minimum required by the puro food
law and nlso somo milk that did not
contain 3 per cent of L utter fat. Whore
it did not seem to bo a caso of fla
grant ubiiBO the commissioner has de
cided not to prosocutc. Thero will
probably bo some prosecutions as the
result of tho investigations of tho in
spectors. Arthur Mullen hns received notice
from tho district court of Antolopo
county that the dnmago suit of O. A.
Williams ngnlnst Ernest S. Scofleld,
editor of tho Nellgh Register, wherein
$3,000 for injury to his character, has
been decided In fnvor of tho plaintiff,
who wns nwarded 1 cent damage by
tho Jury. Williams was a enndidato
for county attorney Inst fall, und nn
article which nppenred In tho Regis
ter wns taken by him ns a factor thnt
led to hla defeat.
Tho commission Wednesday an
nounced that it would no longer re
quiro express companies In tho state
to mako monthly reports. When sta
tion reportB nro In for August no fur
ther demands for monthly statements
will bo made on theso compnnies, the
order directing that all Information
heretofore contained In these bo em
bodied In tho annual report to bo mndo
at the end of tho year. Tho commis
sion hns niado compilations from re
ports herotoforo filed and has' a suf
ficient amount of such detail Informa
tion for the present.
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