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VII The Chief C. B. HALE, Publisher RED CLOUD, NEBR PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO MANY SUBJECTS. ARE BRIEF BUT INTERESTING Record of What is Going Crccs, In Washington on In Corf nnd It? the Political Field. Foreign The unlnni-U. gamed another sent in the Kiuttipoii division of Lancaster. Otherwise tho few results before an nounced do not change tho imrty strength. Tin- nrwly elected members of parliament now stand: Unionists, 221; liberals, 202; lal.oiitos. IM; mi llnnallnts, lii. 'resident Madrlz of Nicaragua Is tiled a proclamation giving th details of the causes which have led to a re newal of hostilities. He refers to the offers of peace made to the revolution ists through Hear Admiral Kimball and their refusal to accent anything hut complete recognition or the pro visional government, and snys ques tions must now bo settled by anna. American shoe manufacturers aro making extraordinary shipments on orders from their German a-'cnts. placed In anticipation of tho enforce ment of Oermany's general tarllT against American importations on and after February 7. A native rtuincr who has arrived from Kotith Africa reports that Col. Roosevelt has killed three good bulls and two cows of tho while rhinoceros family and conohk rable leaser game. Tho naturallst-J have collected many species of birds and mammals. According to a Gorman consular re port the Kobo-Aknshi F.loctrlc Kail way company, with a capital of ?1. MMUKIO, has been formed to build an electric railway from Kobe, Japan.-to Askashi. The first live miles of the road is to be double track. General. nr.ru Kendall, the comedian, died ot apoplexy In a sanitarium at .Martins ville, Ind. The executive committee of the na tional education association an nounced that the forty-eighth annual convention would be held In Boston July 2 to 8, 1010. The supremo court may delay an opinion on the corporation tax. That Harry Kendall Thaw In a bankrupt nnd that his estate Is sub ject to the United States bankruptcy laws Is held by Referee William II. Blair. The senate committee on territories perfected the Reverldgo measure to create a legislative council for Alaska. Congressman Smith of Iowa will bo a candidate for renomlnntlon. National Committeeman Taggart of Indianapolis, Ind., who was accident ally shot by V. II. Morton, while hunting, will lose the sight of the light eye. President Tatt. in addressing tho annual mooting of tho association of Life Insurance Presidents, held out no hope for the enactment of a federal law to govern the companies. The senate committee on Irrigation will report a bill providing for a $:!0. (HIO.OW) bond Issue to complete Irrlgu lion project. Armour says beef is high because of Increased price of corn. American affairs aro being promi nently headlined in the Chinese native newspapers. The speeches of Presi dent Tatt and the hunting exploits ol Col. Roosevelt are followed with In terest. Tho petition of tho American Fede ration of Labor asking for an Investi gation or the operations or the United States Steel corporation has been re ferred by President Taft to the com mlttee on Judiciary. The United States Uaiiklnti com- pany at Mexico City suspended fol lowing Its failure to make the elen.-, lug house settlement of the day's business. The suit for $ir.0.000 damages for alleged libel tiled Jon. 8, VM), by Michael W. Louis against Joseph L. llrlstow, now senator Horn Kansas, then fourth assistant postmaster gnn eral; Henry C. Payne, former post master general, and three Washington newspapers, was disinlsed by Chief Justice uaybaugh. Provision for a mulct In), but gradual Increase In the appointment of cadets o the West Point Military Academy is made by a bill reported favorably to the senate by Mr. Warren, chairman of the committee on military atf.tlrs. Governor Hughes, bcfnra life Insut pneo delegates, expressed fnlth in lite l.isurance us an American Institution Joseph A. Graham, a widely known editor and author, died at his some In Salisbury, Md, Ho was widely known In tho vj Cork oak, which grows lo a large extent in Spain, Is to be tried In the national forests here. All along tho line tho people aro cutting out tho meat ration, hut the price docs not come down. Tho "beef trust." so-called, Is to be prosecuted by tho nntlonal govern ment. Millions In royalties to the govern ment from leases of Alaska coal lands was tho proposition made by a Seattle nmn to a senate committee. Business needs of the nation aro to bo discussed In annual convention of national boards of trades EPITOME OF EVENTS ficnnlor Conger's exposing No Yorkn state politics scandnl Is likely to win victory for direct primary ays torn. The British liberal party must de pond on tho Irish to sccuro a ma jority In tho house of commons. It Is practically certain neither tho liberals or unionists will have a ma jority In tho next parliament. The twentieth century limited on tho New York Central was wrecked and two trainmen killed. There Is dlsnatl.jfaetlon among bouse democrats wMi the loaderahlp of Chump Clark. Chances favor tho pujsago of tho ship subsidy bill till:', session. The new comet Is traveling more than 120 miles per second according to Prorr Wlnslov Upton of Ilrown uni versity. Special educational training for rail road men Ib advocated and predicted by J. Shirley Katun. Irregularity In grand Jury room may open the prison doors for Charles W. Morse, and F. Augustus Ilclno may nlso benellt from a court, ruling on this matter. In the memory of mmutors and representatives now In olllce. sayB a Washington dispatch, thoro never has been a time when tho people were writing so many letters to members of congress about public affairs. Meat dealers aro firm with their prices all over tho country and tho move now being made has In no wise affected the packers. The Intensely colli weather In tho enst has saved eastern Pennsylvania from disastrous Hoods. It was stated by a high authority at Paris that no settlement has yot been reached regarding tho Hankow-Szo-Chuen railroad loan or f30.000.000. Kzru Kendal!, tho lamous oomediun, died of apoplexy In a sanitarium at Martinsville, Ind. President Taft Is urging upon sen ators to "get busy" with tho nation's affaits. The price of ev.trr rnncy creamery butter dropped to :',() cents a pound on the I'lgln board of trade. It was a cut of six cents. Liberal forces In Croat Hrltaln have not abandoned hope of a Biibstantiul victory. Warner M. Van Norden, a rich Now Yorker, was robbed on tho street or 52H.OOO, supposedly by two women. Investigations by the immigration commission were denounced in tho house as a big Junket. Mrs. Hetty C.reen has Joined the anti-meat crusade because she says the price Is too dear. Robert Underwood Johnson was ap jointed editor of the Century Magazine in the place of tho late Richard Wat son (Hitler. Mr. Johnson had been associate editor or the magazine since 1881. The Mudrlz government has ordered the arrest of all the conservative leaders In Managua. Granada. Masaya and Reyes. Washington. which reached Washington Ign sources declared that Reld, ambassador to Croat Reports from fore; WhI tela w Britain, had been offered and had ac cepted nn extension of two years of service as the representative of tho United States at the court of St. James. (estimates made by olllcials of the postolliee department Indicate HOD. OOO.tum one-cent pieces annually aro taken by the rural letter carriers from letter boxes tor the payment of post age on mall matter deposited. Com plaints against the practice have be come so widespread that the post olliee department has issued Instruc tions to all postmasters at rural de livery olllce that after February 10, the practice will be discontinued. Voicing his desire that the postal savings bank bill should be reported to the senate ami given immediate consideration, Senator Burkett pro tested against the adjourning every Thursday mil 11 the following Monday. Railroad freight rates between Mis sissippi river erodings and Ottuiuwa, lnv.n. are declared by the Interstate commerce commission to bo unreason able and excessive. Detailed statements of exports or the United Slates during the. calendar year l'.KMi have just been completed by the bureau or statistics of the de partment of commerce and labor. Thej show a reduction In the value of exports of nearly all the Important agricultural products except cotton. As a result of the agitation against ihe Increased cost of living, Represen tative Garner (rep. Pa.) introduced a bill in the house to repeal tho duty on all cattle Intended to lie used as food. This Is the Ilrst bill of the sort Intro duced, hut it is expected that a Mood or similar measures will follow. Personal. Zelaya. former president of Nica ragua. Is preparing to go to Ilelgium. l.lona. Peru, arranged a special re i option Tor Hon. W. .1. Ilryan. The election of Gltiord Plnchot to succeed Dr. Charles W. Kllot as presi dent of the National 'ousorvatlou as s.ii tat ion is announced. Mrs Klwle Slgel, widow of (Sencrnl Fran. Slgel of civil war fame, died a few days ago In New York. Senator Burkett oellevgs ho will got a postal banking bill through congress dining this session. Iowa editors will hold their semi annual meeting at lloone, March 17. John R. Walsh, now In the tederal ptihoii at Leavenworth, will not bo granted any special privileges. I'li'hldent Taft fs showing much tact In bringing opposing congressional L tactions together. The Ualllnger-Plnchot committee Is soon to start Its Investigation. Senator Nelson has been selectod as head of tho Halllnger Investigating committee INDIANS III EARNEST UNITED IN THEIR DEMANDS GOVERNMENT. OF HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE What Is Going on Here and Thero That Is of littered to the Read ers Throuahout Nebraska and Vicinity. Walthlll. Nob. Tho Omaha Indians wore never so thoroughly earnest, tu well as unnnlr.ous on any subject as they nro at this time with respect to their relation to tho government. Three special councils havo been held lately to consider tho iiuostlon. All have been largoly attended nnd unani mous action has been taken nt each, namely, In demanding deeds to In dian lands, opposition to tho placing of "farmers" In charge of Indian In terests, and opposition to a Joint agent with tho Wlnnehagos. Tho last council, held a week ago, was attended by uboitt 200 Omnium who came from nil parts of the rosor vatlon. At tliat gathering all action taken nt previous meetings was con firmed and a committee of flvo was ap pointed to visit Washington and lay the grievances or tho tribe before au thorities thcro, taking them up to tho president ir no satisfaction was ob tained elsewhere. This conimltteo consists or Dr. Sttssan La Flesche PI cotte. daughter of nn Omaha nnd the widow of a Sioux Indian; Hiram Chase, formerly county attorney; Dan iel Webster. Simeon Hallovvell. White Horse. Tho probationary period of twenty Ilvo years, at the end of which tho Omahas were to receive patents for their lands and become full citizens of tho United States, expired In 1009, when the period was extended for an other ten years. This disappointment weighs heavily upon the hearts of the Indians, lor there are very many of them who are ambitious to be recog nized as full citizens of a country vviiero they and their ancestors have dwelt for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. The gravity of the situation, the bit terness of tho disappointment, was emphasized at the last council held at the agency. Then an unusual thing occurred. For the first time In the history of the tribe prayer was offered at an Omaha council. Agriculture in Schools. Hastings, Neb. A committee ha been named by the county superin tendent's secti'jn of tho slate teachers' association for ihe purpose of formu lating plans to promote tho teaching of agriculture in the public schools. Supi'i'Int indents throughout the state havo hei'ii furnished with blanks to be filled offering suggestions as to the best manner In which to put the new course Into effect. Superintendent Wil li. -t of this county Is a member of the conimltteo. Tho replies will he com plied and presented at the next meet ing or the association in Lincoln. The questions submitted are as fol loyfe: First Should agriculture be ninde a compulsory subject In rural schools? Second Do you favor congressional district schools for the training of teachers In agriculture, together with un experimental farm? Third Do you favor county or township high schools for the public, with a strong course In agriculture, and ten or twenty acres for experi mental purposes? Fourth How should these district schools and county high schools artic ulate with the agricultural college and what assistance should the college render these schools? Fifth Should tho state build the schools and the local district main tain their support? Sixth Should the matter be pre sented to the legislature? Plan State Meetings, llartlngs Neb. Preparations are being made for the entertainment of tho state chess and checker associa tion which will hold Its annual meet ing at the Lopln hotel In this city be ginning Tuesday, February 8. Dally sessions will bo held for five days. The rt'itik uwwiHnir Wfiu lwiwt lnjf vn-i p oiwl was liberally 'attended by some of the best chess and eheckor artists of No brajk and Kansas, forward to a much this year. Tho olllcers look larger attendance Wedded 55 Years Ago. Cambridge, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kelly, pioneers ol' this city, eelebnued their fifty-sixth wedding anniversary Tuesday. AH their tons and daugh ters and gmnd-childivn were present. John James Kelly win married to Miss Sophia Ualdozer on .lauuary 25. 185., In Ohio. Ho is one of the wenlthy land owners of this vicinity where he resided slnco tho early seventies. has Fire Cauaes $20,000 Loss. Falrbury, Neb. Tlie business sec tion or Gladstone, n small village nine miles vvost of this city, was totally destroyed by lire Monday afternoon. The ftro wns started about o'clock by the explosion of an oil can In Sager man brothers' Implement store nnd upread to the double department store of C. N. Ude and the postouico. Tho throe buildings wero burned to the ground. Tho total loss wns ubout $20, 000 which wus partially covered by In surance. A strong wind was blowing from tho south which niado it Impos sible to check tho llames. NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS. State News and Notes in Condensed Form, Tho Fnlrneld electric light nearly completed tiiid will be plant lb In oper- atlon In a few weeks. R. A. Fctz of Mooreliold Nth., will assume control of the Mead Advocato next Monday. Lewis King being the present editor. A grand jury has been summoned for the February term of the district court, which convenes In Seward on February 21. William Osterman or Arlington has just let a contract for a tvvo-Mtory steel front htructure to be erected on the site or the Star livery barn at Fourth and Main streets. Omaha's anti-meat eaters now num ber upwnrds of t',000 people who have signed the pledge that they will eat no meat for at least thirty days unless the prices are materially decreased within that time. A Union Pacific work train with twenty cars figured In a collision with a freight train three miles west of Odessa Wednesday. The freight crow, owing to lieiivy fog, could not see tho work train In time to prevent a clash, lloth engines wero considerably dam aged. Yates Adams, tho Pickrell farmer who was Injured recently by a falling treo, died late Tuesdny night, follow ing an operation for tho removal of a small niece of skull. Two blood clots wero nlso removed, was thirty years of vlved by the widow tors. The deceased age and Is snr- and two daugh outlook tho jieo- From tho present pie or Kearney will bo treated with an exceptional low price on Ice dur ing the next summer. A local Ice company, dealing entirely in natural Ice. has lowered the price to twenty live cents per hundred pounds, and this has brought the artificial Ice plant's price down to .11) cents per hundred pounds. Two young men, Marcus It, Humph rey and Gllmoro C. Nye. both residents of Pawnee City, started on Saturday morning to walk to San Francisco, Cal., via Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, then up the coast to San Francisco. They started without a cent and no baggage. They woro white hats, tan walking hlioes and serge coats. Olllcers or tho engineering corps ol the army nre to bo asked at onco to come to Omaha to make estimates of the amount of money needed perman ently to protect the river banks In the vicinity or Omaha from the enroach ments of the Missouri river nnd con gress Is to bo askod to amend Into the pending appropriation ordinance such sum as may be recommended, $1,000,000 If necessary. The Faliileld commercial club held Its annual meeting Wednesday even ing and elected the following ofllcers for the ensuing year: President T. P. Shlvely; vice-president, A. I). Bantu; secretary. Dr. A. R. Hay; treasurer. II. T. Potter; directors. Geo. W. Cobel, 12. 11. Lewis and D. II. Potter. .Plans were dltcussed for the work of the coming year and It was decided to hold a banquet In the latter part of February. The severe winter and much snow has not had much effect on Polk county reul estate. At an auction ot stock and farm Implements held by A. P. Under one mile from Stroms bnrg, he offered his 1C0 acre farm ior sale, which was bought by Louis Heck man, living went of town, for $111! per acre. There was another half section sold near Polk without any Improve ments for $:i2.000. Land is being listed at from $125 to $150 per acre. Some or this same laud could have been bought ten years ago for from JII5 to f.'O per aero. In 1009 the Midwest Life made a net gain or :II!S policies for $550,000 of In surance. The greatest gain was In 20 Payment Lire Policies. Tho In create here amounted to 136 policies aggregating $222,500 or Insurance. The next greatest increase was In Ordinary LUe Policies. The gain In this form was 101 policies carrying $181,500 of Insurance. The remaining gain wnsdis ti United over a number of different forms. Few companies operating In this state made as good a net gain in Int.urnnce in forco In Nebraska as did The Midwest Lite. Write tho company at Lincoln ior nn agency or a sample policy. The body or John Oborg, the Valley farmer win killed himself by drinking ""rbolk- acid was brought to Fremont for Interment In Uldre cemetery. The tumlly formerly resided In Fremont. A coroner's Jury found that Mr. Obe-g's death was accidental. Ho had do- i dared that ho would drink carbolic I acid without It Injuring him. doing I out to tho barn ho procured a small I quantity of the drug In v bnttlo and returning poured It Into a glass con taining some wuter and swallowed It. Mrs. Oberg was absent at the time, being at the homo of a nelgnbor. Oberg. when ho was taken violently III, rtnrted to search for his wife.. Ho died In a cornlleld boforo he round her or before help could bo summoned. T. R. Crimes, a resident of Amherst committed suicide Friday morning by hanging himself. Ho had secured a short string of wire nnd fastening ono end of It to tho top of a fenco post ho lied the other about his neck. At first he had tried to uto a pair of suspen ders, but these broke when ho threw his weight on thorn. The body was afterwards found by some of his neigh bors, ('runes was forty-flvo years old and Is said to havo brooded over tho sale or a farm. Frlonds bellovo ho wns temporarily Insane at tho time. He Is also said to havo been drinking heavily the last few days. A brother Is In the nBylum for the Insane. SEE TROUBLE AHEAD UNITED MINE WORKERS INSIST ON HIGHER WAGES. FRAMING UP NEW A SCHEDULE Miners, Acordlng to Reports, Deter mined not to Yield, and Great Industrial Struggle Re garded Probable. Indianapolis. Ind. One of the great est Industrial battles In the history of tho United States Impends, in the be lief of the loaders of tho united mine workers of Alnelca. Tho convention of the organization, which has been in session In this city for two weeks. will adjourn Monday night, nnd it Is probable that a 'majority of the 1.100 delegates Immediately will depart for Toledo for the Joint conference with tho bituminous coal mine owners of western Pennsylvania, Ohio and In diana, which will open Tuesday. This conference Is specially for the purpose of negotiating a wage contract for these districts, to go into effect April' 1. Hut as the trl-stato contract In all the other districts of the United States and Canada It may be determined that most or all of the soft coal miners' rep resentatives assembled hero should take part In the Toledo conference. The operators, acordlng to reports, will not yield to the miners' demands for nn Increase in wages, and some or them liave taken the stand that econ omic conditions warrant a decrease. The sentiment in the national miners' union Is nanimoiifcly for a genertl strike if tho operntors refuse an In crease in wages of at least 10 per cent. The western Pennsylvania delegates stand for n 20 per cent Increase on the ground that tho settlement or their recent strike against the Pittsburg Coal company resulted In a decrease of 10 per cent Tram the wago con tract signed by the last Joint trl-stato con Terence. The faction in the united mine workers opposed to the administration of President Lewis charges him with responsibility for the alleged decrease In wages in western Pennsylvania. Francis Feohan, president of tho western Pennsylvania district, Is one ot the lenders of the anti-Lewis ele ment. The wage scle committee of the miners' union will bring in its re port at the opening of the session or Mondnv's convention, and it Is said the day will be spent in formulating tho contract that Is to be presented to the miners en Tuesday. Cook Held as a Witness. San Antonio. TexJ Thero are sev eral features In the celebrated Conk cate which due to Ignornnce of Mexi can jurisprudence, are not generally understnrd In the United States. In the llrst place, Cook Is not being held without trial, and second his legal status is more that of a witness than of an Indicted criminal. Peculiar as such a law may appear to people in the United States, it mnv be fccii from article 272 or the penal code of the 6tale or J-iIteco that It Is perrectly le gal to keep a suspect Imprisoned ior a period cf six months and even long or, with the proviso that all confine ment exceeding kIx months shall ulti mately be deducted from any term of imprisonment the court may impose. Will Look Into the Books. Chleigo When the government's Investigation ol" the so-called beef trust Is lesumrd by the fcdril grand jury Monday !t Is expected tho bonks and document of the Natlonil Pick ing company will be taken up. Rulnh Crown, generfi! counsel for the com pany, is schedulej to appear. Hefore tlio end nr the week it 1 evi-eoted of ficials of Armour & Co . Merrls &. (.. ami Swift & Co., will be questioned Sayc Allds Took a Bribe. Albany, N. Y. Senator Benjamin Conger made public Sunday tho formal charges which ho will prefer ui'der oath against Senator .Totham P. Allds. proFldcnt pro tern of the New York state somite. Ho said Senator Allds Is unlit ior his position because ho ac cepted S1.000 on April 211. 1001 in Ms (Conger's) prerence In consideration of bis fnlluro to press a certain bill then pendlrg before the house. Scarlet Fever at Academy. Newport. More than 2.1100 navil apprentices will be shut up nt the naval lialning station for the next flvo dnys on account of scarlet fever quarantine rcgulnt'ons. Only ono rise of the disease has appeared thus far. but having in mind the epld"mle of last year, when three caso nroved fa tal, tho nuthoritlos have tnken prompt repressive monsures. Boycott Has a Bd Effect. Pittsburg. Pa. A dozen foreigners discussed tho meat boycott at bre-ik- last In a Mulberry alley boarding bnnsn Sundav nnd alt except "Mie" tKoviao, a Slav, nexeod to oat no meat. Skov'nc, delighted with lnvhir tho bronU'iHt steak to b'm.self. tsekled it so violently that ho choked to death with tho first mouthful. Three Cars Leave Track. Kansas City. Missouri Pncillc pas sengor train No. 2, oast hound from Pueblo to St. IOu!b. wns den Pod nenr McCracken, Kns., Sunday night. Tho engine, smoking ear and chair car left tho track. According to men'-jor details received at tho general tele graph offlco In this city tho papson gors and crow escaped with a shaking up, Tho causo of tho dera'lmcnt Is not known.. Tho train lort Puoblo at noon Sunday and was due in Mo. Crackon at 8; 20 Sunday night. NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL CITY Items of Interest Around tho Slato House State's Wards Under Arrest. Can the state of Nebraska slezo from the clutches of tho law one of Its wayward wards Who has committed a felony? This qucrticn is to bo test ed by a habeas corpus suit instituted by (he superintendent of the Mearncj industrial Echool. A bad boy named Clark at the Ftate Industrial rchool at Kearney was parcled nnd whllo at liberty violated a state lav cham pioned by Paul Clark or Lincoln, who is no relation to the boy. Tho law makes it a felony lor any ono to cteal chickens. The boj, Clark, Is alleged to havo transgior.K'd tho law at Hast ings. County Attorney Hartisan re fuses to deliver the boy to the Indus trial sehool, but on the contrary de sires to prosecute him and send lilin to tho penitentiary. Now tfcn other arm of the ttatc deslies to take pus cession of the boy and put him back in the alato industrial school where lie can raise cucumbers nnd other crops for the stato. A test caso is to be started. County Attorney nngllsh or Omnha has a few paroled boya let lose by Superintendent Manuel of the Kearney industrial school nnd will await a judgment in tho Hastings case before acting. Attorney General Thompson is assisting in getting the pnrolrd hoys back Into possession of the stato school at Kearney. Horticultural Premiums. Secretary C. G. Marshall of tho Ne braska state horticultural society, ha received two Immense silver cups which were taken by bis soiioiy as prizes at the national fruit chow at Council Bluffs, la. One cup is for the best display of any state horticultural society nt the national show. The other cup Is for the best eight varieties of apples intended to furnish tho home with fruit the year round. In this contest Nebraska was first with Iowa. Missouri, Kansas and Wyoming .-is competitors. In addition tho Nebras ka society received a gold medal for fho most attractive display at the show and received thirty premium rib bons, ten first premiums, twelve sec ond premiums and eight third prem iums. The showing made by Nebras ka at the national thow puts th state In the front rank or fruit grow ing states. Burlington Losing Money. Tho Burlington and Northwestern railroads have filed remonstrances with the state railway comrals-slrn against the application or tho Union Stock Yards company at South Omaha for leave to increase switching charge. within ihe stock yards. The Burling ton desires tlie commission to take Into consideration the yardago charges and the railroad charges of tho stoel, yards as a whole before Issuing an or der allowing tho proposed increase in switching charges. The Burlington road alleges that It is carrying live stock at a loss at this time and cannot stand furthor in creases in .switching eiiarges from the union stock yards. C. S. Allen Made President. O. S. Allen of Lincoln waa unanl mously re-elected president of tho uni versity board or regents Wednesday. Tho question ot campus extension was reiorrcd to a committee without action by the board. Tho board approved the recommen daticn or tho faculty of tho college of agriculture that the course of the school of agriculture bo extended to cover four years. ThiH leaves the col lego maintaining a four year course with nine months to each year, while tho school will conduct four shorter terms. Twelve Dollars a Year for a Clock. Some of tho state officers aro con sidering tho ndvlsablllty of curtail ing cxponres by cutting off tho ex pense of 12 a year for a rlonk fur nished by the Western Union Tele graph company. Governor Shallen bcrger was the llrst to cut out the electric clock. Such elocky nro paid for by Attorney General Thompson, Secretary of State Jiinkln, State Treas urer Brian and Auditor Barton. For a period of ten years the expense Ib $120 for each eloek. Candidates for Sec-ctary of Stato. A. I). Gllmorc, formerly chief clerk of tho house xind later steward at the Lincoln hospital for tho insane at Lincoln, whose homo wns at Auburn clerk of tho house and fecrotary of tho republican stato ccnttul commit tee, nro said to be ropu'.Hcun candi dates for secretary or state to succeed Secretary of State Junkin. Mayor James Dahlman of Omaha has filed his certificate of nomination with tho secretary of state. Tho paper wan filed Wednesday. It shows that Mr. Dahlman of Omaha la candidate for governor, that ho affiliates with the democratic party, that ho desires his name placed on tho primary ballot to be voted next Augiiht and that If he is nomlnnted for governor and elected ho will accept tho favor. Tho general govornnient has remit ted to Governor Shnllenborgor $5 000 on account of 2110 members of tho state roldlcrs' heme at Grand Island for the quarter ending Decombor 31 and $2, C25 en account of tho stato homo at MUford for the samo period. Thoro were 105 members in tho MiUorrt home. This money does not go direct to the Riippnrt or tho two homes, but Is turned by (he governor into tho gen ernl fund of tho stalo and la used to pay curront expenses of tho stato gov ernment. Tho government grunts ?100 a year to tho stato for each member of a state soldiers' home. . i;
