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.
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