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I I I The Chief C. Q. HALE, Publlahor RED CLOUD, NEBR PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO MANY SUBJECT3. ARE BRIEF BUT INTERESTING Record of What Is Going on In Corf- Creca, In Washington and o the Political Field. Forclan The unionist. gamed another scat In the SJ'Jiitlit'ai! division if Lancaster. Otherwise tlio few results lieforo an nounced do not chance tlio lmrty strength. The newly elected members of parliament now stand: Unionists, 221; liberals. 202; lal.orltos. Ill; mi tlonullsts, (ill. President Mndrlz of Nicaragua Is sued n proclamation giving tlie details of tlio causes which liave led to n re newal of hostilities. Ilu refers to the offers nf peace made to tlio revolution Ists throuyh Hear Admiral Kimball and their refusal to accept anything but complete recognition of the pro visional government, timl snys qucs tlotis must now be settled by arms. American shoe nianulaclurers aro making extraordinary slilpmentH on orders from their (Jet man us-'onts, placed in anticipation of the enforce ment of Germany's general tariff against American Importations on and after February 7. A native rtinner who has arrived from Hotith Africa reports that Col. Roosevelt has killed three good hulls and two cows of tliu while rhinoceros family and considerable lesser game. The naturalists have collected many spccls of birds and mammals. According to a German consular ie port the Kobo-Akushi F.leetrle Hall way company, with a capital of $1, 500,000, has been formed to build mi electric railway from Kobe, Japan.-to Askashl. The first live miles of the rend Is to be double track. General. Uzni Kendall, the comedian, died ot apoplexy In a sanitarium at Martins lllo, Ind. The executive committee of the na tional education association an nounced that the forty-eighth anneal convention would be held In Hoston July 2 to 8, 1!U0. The supremo court may delay an opinion on the corporation tax. That Harry Kendall Thaw is a bankrupt and that his estate Is sub ject to the United States bankruptcy lnws Is held by Referee William H. Blair. The sennte committee on territories perfected the Bovoridgo measure to create it legislative council for Alaska. Congressman Smith of Iowa will be a candidate for rcnomliiatlon. National Committeeman Ttmgart of Indianapolis, Ind., who was accident ally shot by V. 11. Morton, while hunting, will lose the sight of the light eye. President Taft. In addressing the annual meeting of the association ol Lite Insurance Presidents, held out no hope for the enactment of a federul law to govern the companies. The senate committee on Irrigation will report a bill providing for a $:iU. (100.0(H) bond Issue to complete irriga tion projects. Armour says beef Is high because of Increased price of corn. American affairs are being promi nently headlined in the Chinese native newspapers. The speeches of Presi dent Tatt and the hunting exploits ol Col. Roosevelt are tollowed with In terest. The petition of the American Fede ration of Labor asking for an Investi gation of the operations of the United States Steel corporation has been re ferred by President Taft to the com mittco on Judiciary. The United States Hanking com pany at Mexico City suspended Hil lowing Its failure to make the elen., lug house settlement of the day's business. The suit for $150,000 dninngos for alleged libel Hied Jon. 8, HUH, by Michael V. Louis against Joseph L. Bristow, now senator from Kansas, then fourth assistant postmaster gen eral; Henry C. Payne, former post master general, and three Washington newspapers, wan dlsmlsed by Chief Justice Mnybnugh. Provision for a material, but gradual increase In the appointment of endetB to the West Point Military Academy is niado by a bill reported favorably to the senate by Mr. Warren, chairman of the committee on military atfalrs. Governor Hughes, befora life Insiit ruico delegates, expressed fnlth in lite l.isurnneo as an American institution Joseph A. Grnhaui. a widely known editor and author, died at his some in Salisbury, Mrt. Ho wan widely known In the vj Cork oak, which grows to a largo extent In Spain, Is to be tried in the national f erects here. All along the line the people are cutting out the meat ration, hut the price does not come down. Tlio "beef trust," so-called, Is to be prosecuted by the national govern ment. Millions In royalties to the govern ment from leases of Alaska coal lands wns tlio proposition made by a Seattle miin to a senato committee. Busineus needs or the natiou nro to ho discussed in annunl convention of national boards of trades EPWE OF EVENTS Ponutor Conger's oxpodlng Nov Yorks Btnto politics scandal Is likely to win victory for direct primary sys tem. The Hrltlsh liberal party must de pond on the Irish to secure a ma jority In the house of commons. It Is prnetlcnlly certain neither tho liberals or unionists will have a ma jority In tho next parliament. The twentieth century limited on the New York Central wns wrecked and two trainmen killed. There Is dlsaatl.-.factlon among house democrats wlih the leadership of Champ Clark. Chnnccs favor tho passage of tho hip subsidy bill this session. The new comet Is traveling moro than 120 miles per second according to Pi of; Wlnslov Upton or Drown uni versity. Special educational training for rail road men Is advocated aud predicted by J. Shirley ICaton. Irregularity in grand Jury room may open the prison doors for Churles W. Morse, and F. Augustus llolnzo may also benefit from a court ruling on this matter. In the memory or itonntors and representatives now in olllco, says a Washington dlBpatch. there 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 the country and the move now being niado has In no wlso affected the packers. The Intensely colu wentlier In tlio enst has saved eastern Pennsylvania from disastrous Hoods. It was stated by a high authority at Paris that no aottlement 1ms yol been reached regarding tho Hankow-Se-Chuen rnllroad loan of ?30,)00.000. Kzrn Kendal!, the inmous comedian, died of apoplexy In u sanitarium at Mnrllusvllle. Ind. President Taft Is urging upon sen ators to "got busy" with tho nation's affairs. The price or extrr fancy creamery butter dropped to 110 cents a pound on the Klgln board of trade. It was a cut of six cents. Liberal forces in Croat Hrltain have not abandoned hopo of a substantial victory. Warner M. Van Norden, a rich New Yorker, was robbed on the street of $28,(100, supposedly by two women. Investigations by the immigration commission were denounced in the house as a big Junket. Mrs. Hetty Croon has Joined the anti-meat crusade because she says the price is too dear. Kobort Underwood Johnson was up jointed editor or the Century Magazine in tlie place or the late Richard Wat son Glider. Mr. Johnson had boon associate editor or the magazine since 1881. Tlie Mudriz government has ordered the arrest or all the conservative lenders in Managua, Granada, Masaya anil Reyes, Washington. Reports which readied Washington from foreign sources declared that Whltchtw Held, ambassador to Great Hrltain, had been offered and hud ac cepted an extension or two years of service as the representative or tho United States at the court or St. James. Kstlmntes made by olllclals or the jiostodU'e department Indicate !500, liOO.Oiili one-cent pieces annually are taken by the rural letter curriers from letter boxes for the payment of post age on mall matter deposited. Com plaints against the practice have be come so widespread that the post olllco department has Issued Instruc tions to all postmasters at rural de livery olllce thut artor February 15, the practice will he discontinued. Voicing his desire that the postal savings bank bill should bo reported to the senate aud given immediate consideration, Senator Hurkett pro tested against the adjourning every Thursday until the following Monday. Railroad fi eight rates between Mis sissippi river cro.-dugs and Otlumwa, Iowa, are declared by the Interstate commerce commission to bo unreason able aud excessive. Detailed statements of exports of the United States during tho calendar year P.Ulil have just been completed by the bureau or statistic!! or the de partment or commerce and labor. Tho show a reduction In the value or exports or nearly all the Important agricultural product except cotton. As a result or the agitation against .he increased cost or living, Represen tative Garner (rep. Pa.) Introduced a bill In the house to repeal tho duty on all cattle Intended to be used as rood. This Is the llrst bill or the sort Intro duced, but it Is expected that a Hood of similar measures will follow. Personal. .elnyn. former president of Nlen riigua. Is preparing to go to Belgium. l.ionu, Peru, arranged a special ru c option for Hon. W. J. Dry-tin. The election of Gltiord Plnchot to succeed Dr. Charles W. Kllot as presi dent of the National 'onservatlon as sot lut Ion Is announced, Mrs Klsle Slgel, widow of General Fran. Slgel of civil war fume, died u few days ngo in New York. Senator Hurkett nellovca he will got a postal banking bill through congress during this session. Iowa editors will hold their sonil annua! meeting at Hemic, March 17. John R. Walsh, now In the lederal prison at Leavenworth, will not bo grunted any special privileges. Piosident Taft Is showing much tnct In bringing opposing congressional factions, together. The Ilalllnger-Plnchot committee is soon to start Its Investigation. Senator Nelson has been selected ns head of the Balllngor investigating commltteo 111 HI UNITED IN THEIR DEMANDS OF GOVERNMENT. HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE What Is Going on Here and Thero That Is of littered to the Read ers Throuohout Nebraska and Vicinity. Walthill. N'eh. Tho Onnlm Indluns were never so thoroughly earnest. m well us unanimous on any subject as they are tit this time with respect to their relation to tho government. Throw special councils have been held lately to consider the question. All have been largely attended and unani mous action has been taken at each, namely, In demanding deeds to In dian lands, opposition to tho plnelng of "fanners" In charge or Indian In terests, and opposition to a Joint agent with the Wlniiebugos. The last council, held a week ago, was attended by ubout 200 Oniahas who came from all parts or the reser vation. At that gathering all action taken nt previous uieetlngH wns con firmed and a committee or live wns ap pointed to visit Washington and lay the grievances or tho tribe before au thorities there, taking thorn up to tho president ir no satisfaction was ob tained elsewhere. This commltteo consists of Dr. Sttssnn La Flosche Pi cotte. daughter or an Omaha and the widow or a Sioux Indian; Hiram Chase, formerly county attorney; Dan iel Webster. Simeon Hullowoll, While Horse. Tho probationary period of twenty llvo years, nt the end of which the Onvahas were to receive patents for their Innds and become full citizens of the United States, expired In 1000, when tho period was extended I'or an other ten yours. This disappointment weighs heavily upon the hearts of the Indians, for there nro very many of them who are ambitious to be recog nized as full citizens of a country w'hero they and their ancestors have dwelt for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. The gravity or the sltuaMon, the bit terness of tho disappointment, was omphitxlod at the last council held at the ngency. Then an unusual thing occurred. For the llrst time in tlio history of tho trllu prayer wns offered at an Omaha council. Agriculture In Schools. Hastings, Neb. A committee haa been named by the county superin tendent's section of tho state teachcri!' association for the purpose of rorinu latlng plans to promote tho teaching or ugrir-ttltr.ro in the public schools. Suptvlnt indents throughout the state have be'ii furnished with blanks to bo filled offering .suggestions as to the host niunner In which to put the now course Into effect. Superintendent Wil lis of this county Is a member of the committee. The replies will be com piled and presented at the next meet ing of the association in Lincoln. Tho questions submitted are us fol loyb: First Should agriculture be innde a compulsory subject In rural schools? Second Do you favor congressional district schools for the training of touchers In agriculture, together with nn experimental farm? Third Do you favor county or township high sclnols for the public, with a strong course in agriculture, and ten or twenty acres for experi mental purposed? Fourth How should these district schools and county high schools artic ulate with the agricultural college and what assistance should tho college render these schools? Firth Should tho state build tlie schools aud the local district main tain their support? Sixth Should the matter be pre tented to tho legislature? Plan State Meetings. Huttings. 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 Lupin hotel In this city be ginning Tuesday, February 8. Dally Fcsalons will bo held for live days. The state meeting was here lasst year and was liberally attended by some or the host chess nnd checker artists of Ne br.uk ami Kanans. Tho officers look forward to a much larger attendance this year. Wedded 55 Years Ago. Cambridge, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kelly, pioneers of this city, celcbnuetl their llfty-slxth wedding anniversary Tuesday. All their sons and tlititgh tors and gmmlchlldivii wore present. John .Tames Kelly wa-i married to Miss. Sophia Baldozor on Jauuary 25, 185.". In Ohio. Ho is ono or the wealthy land owners or this vlilulty where in. has resided since the early seventies. Fire Causes $20,000 Loss. Fali'bttry, Neb. Tito business sec tion of Gladstone, n small village nine miles wost of this city, was totally destroyed by lire Monday nfternoon. The tiro was started about I! o'clock by the explosion of an oil can in Sagor man brothers' Implement store nnd spread to tho double department store of C. N. Udo and tho potitolllco. Tho three buildings were burned to tho ground. Tho total loss wns ubout $20, 000 which was partially covered by In surance. A strong wlud was blowing from tho south which niado It Impos sible to check the llames. NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS. State News and Notes in Condensed Form, Tho Fairfield electric light plant U nearly completed and will be In oper ation In a few weeks. It. A. Fetz or Mooreflold Nt b.. will assume control of the Mend Advocate next. Monday. Lewis King b.Mng tho proent editor. A grand Jury 1ms been summoned for the February term of tho district court, which eenvones In Seward on February 21. William Ostcrman of Aillngton bus Just let n contract for a two-story steel front fctructuro to bo erected on the site r the Star livery burn at Fourth and Main streets. Omaha's anti-meat eaters now num ber upwnrds of 0,000 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 Pnclflc work train with twenty cars figured In a collision with a freight train three miles west of Odet'sa Wednesday. The freight crew, owing to boivvy fog, could not see tho work train In time to prevent a clash. Hoth engines woro considerably dnm uged. Yutes Adams, tho PIckrell farmer who wait Injured recently by a falling tree, died late Tuesday night, follow ing tin operation for tho rcmovnl of a small piece of skull. Two blood clots were also removed. The deceased was thirty years of ngo and Is sur vived by the widow and two daugh ters. From tho present outlook the peo ple or Kearney will be 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 tho artificial ice plant's price down to .10 cents per hundred pounds. Two young men, Marcus It. Humph rey and Gllmoro C. Nye. both resld?nts of Pawnee City, started on Saturday morning to walk to Sun Francisco, Cnl., via Denver. Phnenlx, Los Angeles, then up the coast to San Francisco. They started without a cent ami no baggage. They woro white hats, tan walking hhoes nnd serge coats. Olllcers of tho engineering corps ol the army nro to bo asked at once to come to Oinnha to make estimates of the amount of money needed perman ently to protect tho rlvor banks In tho vicinity or Omaha rrom the enroach ments of the Mist our i river nnd con gress Is to bo asked to amend Into the pending appropriation ordinance such sum as may bo recommended, ? 1.000,000 ir necessary. The Falrlleld commercial club held Its annual meeting Wednesday even ing and elected tho rollowlng officers for tho ensuing year: President T. P. Shlvely; vice-president, A. D. Damn; secretary, Dr. A. R. Ray; treasurer, II. T. Potter; directors. Geo. W. Cobel, K. II. Lewis and D. It. Potter. Plans were dlfcussod for the work of the coming year and It was decided to hold a banquet in the latter part of February. Tin severe winter and much snow has not had much effect on Polk county real estate. At an auction ot stock and farm implements held by A. P. Llnder one mllo Tram Stronis bnrg. he offered his 1G0 aero fnrm for sale, which was bought by Louis Heck man. living west of town, for $1111 per acre. Thero was another half section Bold near Polk without any improve ments for $:)2,000. Land is being listed at from $125 to $150 per acre. Some of this sumo land could have been bought ten years ago for from $85 to $50 per aero. In 1000 the Midwest Life made a net gain or ;i:iS policies for $550,000 of in surance. The greatest gain was in 20 Payment Life Policies. Tho In crease here amounted to 130 policies aggregating $222,500 of insurance. Tho next greatest Increase wns In Ordinary Life Policies. The gain in this form was 101 policies carrying $181,500 of Insurance. The remaining gain was dis tilbuted over a number of different forms. Few companies operating In this state made as good a net gain In insurance in force in Nebraska ns did The Midwest Life. Write the company at Lincoln for nn ngency or a sample policy. The body of John Oberg, the Valley farmer wli- killed hlmbolf by drinking I carbolic nclil. wns bronchi to Fremont for Interment In Ridge cemetery. Tho family formerly resided In Fremont. A coroner's Jury found that Mr. Obcg's death waB accidental. Ho had de clared that ho would drink carbolic acid without it injuring him. Going out to the barn ho procured a small tniantlty of the drug In i bottlo and returning poured it into a glass con taining some water and swallowed it. Mrs. Oberg was absent nt the time, being tit tho homo or a neighbor, Oberg, when ho was taken violently 111, rtnrted to boarch far his wife.. He died In a cornfield before ho found her or before help could bo summoned. T. It. Crimes, a resident of Amherst committed suicide Friday morning by bunging hitiiFelf. Ho had secured a short string of wire and fastening ono end of It to tho top of a fenco post he tied tho other about his neck. At first I he hud tried to use a pair of im spoil- ders, but these broke when ho throw his weight on them. The body was i afterwards found by some of his neigh bors, crimes, was rorty-tlvo years old and is said to have brooded over tho sain of a fttrni, Friends bellovo he wns temporarily Insane at tho time. He Is also said to have been drinking heavllv the last fow days. A brother Is In tub asylum 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, Intl. One of the great rst Industrial battler, in the history of the United States Impends, in tho he ller or the leaders or tho united mine workers of Alnelca. The convention of the organization, which has boon In session In this clly for two weeks, will adjourn Monday night, and It is probable that a 'majority of the 1.100 delegates Immediately will depart for Toledo for the Joint conference with the 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 dlstilcts, to go Into effect April 1. Hut as tho trl-stato contract in all the other districts of the United States and Canada it may lie determined that most or all of the soft coal miners' rep resentatives assembled hero should tnke part in the Toledo conference. The operators, acordlng to report1?, will not yield to the miner' demands for an Increase In wages, and some of them nave taken the stand that econ omic conditions warrant a decrease. The sentiment in the national miners' union is nnniinously for a genertl strike If tho operators refuse nn in crease in wages of at least 10 per cent. The western Pennsylvania delegates stand for a 20 per cent increase on tlio ground that tho settlement of their rerent strike against the Pittsburg Coal company resulted in a decrease of 10 per cent from the wage con tract signed by the Inst Joint trl-stato conference. Tho faction in the united mine workers opposed to the administration of President Lewis charges him with responsibility ror the alleged decrease In wages in western Pennsylvania. Francis Feehan, president or tho western Pennsylvania district, is ono or the lenders or the anti-Lewis ele ment. The wage sole committee or tho miners' union will bring in its re port at the opening of the session of Mondnv's convention, nnd it Is suld the day will be spent in formulating- the contract that is to bo presented to the minors en Tuesday. Cook Held as a Witness. San Antonio. Tex Thero are sev eral features in the celebrated Cook cate which due to Ignorance of Mori can jurisprudence, are not generally tinderst-icd in tho United States. In the first place, Cook is not being held without trinl, and second his legal status is more that or a witness than of an Indicted criminal. Peculiar as such a law may appear to people In the United States. It mnv be seen from article 272 or tho penal code or the state of J-iligco that It Is perfectly le gal to keep a suspect Imprisoned for a period rr six months and even long er, with the proviso that all confine ment exceeding six months shall ulti mately be deducted Trom any term of Imprisonment the court may impose. Will Look Into the Books. Chloigo When the government's Investigation or the so-called beef trust Is lesuii'cd by the fedcril grnnd jury Mondiy it is expected tho books and documen, of the Nationil Pick ing company will bo tiikon up. Ralph Crows, genei-p! counsel for the com pany, is scheduled to nnpenr. Rofore tbe oiwf nf tho week it i ovreetod of ficials of Armour & Co . Merrls & Co.. aud Swift & Co., will bo questioned Says Alldo Took a Bribe. Albany, N. Y. Senator Hcnjamln Conger made public Sunday tho r.irmil charges which lie will prefer under oath ngalnst Senator .Tothnm P. Alltls. president pro tern of the New York state senate. Ho said Senator Allds Is unfit tor his position because ho ac cepted S1.000 on April 23. 1001 in bl (Conger's) profence in consideration of his fnlluro to press a certain bill thou pending beroro the house. Sc?rlet Fever at Acndeny. Newport. More than 2100 naval apprentices will be shut up at the naval lialnlng station ror the next flvo days on account of scarlet fever quarantine regulnt'ons. Only onoc-ieo of the dlseaso has appeared thus fur. but having in mind the epldmle of Inst your, wben three caso proved ra tal. thO authorities have tnknti iminml rcprosslvo measures. Boycott Has a B'd Effect. Pittsburg. Pa. A dozen foreigners discussed tho meat boycott nt bre-ik-fast in a Mulberry alley boarding l'ousn Sundav and all except "MIc" Skoviac. a Slav, ntrreed to eat no meat. Skov'uc. delighted with h-ivimr tho broak'xst teak to binisoP. fiekletl It so violently that ho choked to death with tho first mouthful. Three Cars Leave Track. Kansas City. Missouri Pacific pas sengor train No, 2, oast bound from Pueblo to St. Ixnils. wns denPed imnr McCracken, Kns., Sunday night. Tho engine, smoking cur nnd chair car left tho track. According to mengor details received nt tho geneia! tele graph ofllco in tlilH city tho pupson. gors and crow escaped with n thnkiug up. Tho cause of tho dera'lmcnt is not known.. Tho train left Puoblo nt noon Sunday and was due in Mc Cracken at 8:20 Sunday night NEWS FROM THE LAPITAL CITY Items of Interest Around tho Slato House State's Ware's Under Arrest. Can tho state of Nebraska sloze from the clutfhes of the law ono or its wayward wards woo has committed a Telony? This quertlcti is to bo test ed by a habeas corpus suit instituted by tho superintendent of tho Kcanicj industrial school. A bad boy named Claik tit tbe state industrial Kcbool at Kearney was paroled nnd whllo at liberty vlclatcd it state law cham pioned by Paul Clark of Lincoln, who Is nt) relation to the boy. Tho law uial.es It a felony lor any ono to deal chickens. The bo;, Clark, is alleged to have tronsmor,ed tho lav at Hust ings. County Attorney Ilartigan re fuses to deliver the boy to the indus trial school, but on the contrary de sires to jircfiecuto him and send him to tho penitentiary. Now tfcn other ami of the ttr.tc deslies to take pes ocsslon of tho boy ami put him back in the state Industrial school where lie can raise cucumbers nnd other crops for the stnto. A tost caso is to bo started. County Attorney Kngllsh of Omaha has a few paroled boya let lose by Superintendent Manuel of the Kearney industrial school and will await a Judgment In tho Hastings caso before acting. Attorney General Thompson Is assisting in getting tho pnrolcil boys back Into possession of the state school at Kearney. Horticultural Premiums. Secretary ('. G. Marshall of tho Ne braska state horticultural society, has received two inimenso silver cups which were taken by ills socioty as prizes at the national fruit rliow at Council Muffs, la. Ono cup is Tor the best display of any state horticultural socioty at the national iihow. The other cup is Tor the best olgnt varleUos of apples intended to furnish tho home with fruit the year round. In this contest Nebraska was first with Iowa, Missouri, Kaiiras and Wyoming as competitors. In addition the Nebras ka socioty received a gold medal for tlio most attractive display at the show and received thirty premium rib boa"?, ten first premiums, twelve sec ond premiums nr.d eight third prem iums. The showing made by Nebras ka at the national thow puts th' state In the front rank of fruit grow ing states. Burlington Losing Money. Tho Burlington and Northwestern railroads have filed remonstrances with the state railwny comralFslcn against the application of tho Union Stock Yards company at South Omaha for leave to increase switching charge. within tho stock yards. Tho Burling ton desires tlie commission to take Into consideration the yardago charges and the railroad charges of tho stool, 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 timo and cannot stand ftirthor In creases in switching charges from the union stock yards. C. S. Allen Made President. O. S. Allen of Lincoln waa iinanl mously re-elected president of tho uni versity board or regents Wednesday. Tho question or campus extension was rer;rrcd to a committee without action by the board. Tlie board approved tho recommen dation or tho faculty of the college of agriculture that the course of the school of agriculture be extended to cover tour years. This leaves tho 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. Seme of tho state officers aro con sidering tho ndvlsnbllity of curtail ing exponrcs by cutting off tho ex pense of $12 u year for n clock fur nished by tho Western Union Tele graph company. Governor Shallen brrger wtis tho first to cut out the electric clock. Such clocks nro paid for by Attorney General Thompson, Secretary of State Junkln, State Treas urer Brian nnd Auditor Barton. For a period of ton years the expenso is $120 for each clock. Candidates for Sec-etary of Stato. A. I). Gllmoro, formerly chief clerk of tho house and later steward at the Lincoln hospital for tho Insane at Lincoln, whoso home was at Auburn clerk of tho house and tecrotary of tho republican stato centuil commit tee, nro said to bo ropuMlcun candi dates for secretary of statu to succeed Secretary of Stato Junkln. Mnyor Jnmes Dalilman of Omalja has filed his certificate of nomination with tlio secretary of state. Tho paper waa filed Wednesdny. It shows that Mr. Uahlman of Omaha la candidate for governor, that ho affiliates with tlio democratic party, that ho desires his name placed on tho primary ballot to bo voted next August and that If he Is nominated for governor aud olcctcd ho will accept tho favor. Tho general government hns remit ted to Governor Shnllenborger $5 000 on nccotint of 2UG members or tlio stafo roldiers' home at Grand Island for the quarter ending Bocomhor 31 nnd $2 025 en account of tho stnto homo at Mllford for tho sumo period. Thoro were 105 members In tho Mlirord home. This money does not go direct to the support of tho two homes, but is turned by (ho governor Into tho gen eral rtind of tho stato and is used to pay current expenses of tho stato gov ernment. Tho government grants $100 a year to tho stato for each mombor of a stato soldiers' homo. v il '.V-M :
