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NEWS OF THE WEEK
CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE,
A BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
National, Political, Penonal and Other
Mattcra In Brief Form for AH
Classes of Readars.
The Itnllnn cabinet hns resigned.
The retirement of the mlnlHtry,
which was formed on December 10,
1900, with Huron Sidney Sonnlno as
premier, was duo to the realization
that the government's morcantllo
marine subsidies measure was doomed
to defeat.
Preparations for the visit of For
iner President Roosevelt, who will bo
In I'arlH throughout the week of April
ai-28, continue. In addition to the Bet
functions already announced vlsltB to
the Pantheon and other Brent French
iminiuiH'iitH liavo been planned nnd
there will be, It Ih expected, automo
bile trips to Versailles and Fontuluc
bleau and other interesting points.
A wireless dispatch from Operator
ltnragher, who lias been handling
press dispatches at Minefields, Nica
ragua anil wlio Is now with the steam
or Antilles, says that General Juan
Estrada recently received a large sup
ply or ammunition and has declared
that he can hold the Atlantic coast
against 10,001) Madrlz troops, should
they attempt to take Minefields and
the coast towns.
Crown Prince William opened the
American art exhibition at Ilerlln. Ho
ea mo with a large stuff to the galleries
or tho Itoyal academy, whero several
hundred persons distinguished in tho
official, artistic and social life of Ber
lin awaited tho prior view by royalty
before having their own enjoyment of
tho pictures. American Ambassador
Hill and nil tho other members of tho
American enmbssy, except Sccrtary Ir
win M. l.aughlin, who has eben called
homo by tho deatli of a brother, were
present with their wives.
General.
Weston, tho pedestrian, is now hik
ing through Kansas.
Car men nt Philadelphia liavo voted
to continue tho strike.
Dr. Cook Is said to be broken In
health nnd pockctbonk.
Work on the Panama canal is going
forward at a great rate.
President Taft was given an onthu
uinstlc reception tit H Chester, New
York.
Indiana Is preparing to give ox-Vice-President
Falrabuks a hearty welcome
home.
A slight Improvement in tho condi
tion of Senator Daniel of Virginia 1b
reported.
Nebraska 1b the second stnte In tho
union to call a stato conservation
congress.
Tho academy of science of the Uni
versity of Nebraska will be divided
into sections this year for the llrst
time.
Chief Justlco Fuller is to net as ar
bitrator In tho Costa Hica-Pannma
boundary dispute.
John C. Mabray and members of
his gang were convicted at Council
Uluffs of swindling.
Tho appointment of Sir Chen-Tung
Mao Sheng as minister at licrllu was
gazetted nt Peking.
Joseph Fels, a millionaire hack
maker, Is spending J2.10.000 yearly to
spread the single tax theory. Mr.
Fels does not believe In charity.
Hugh Drown, owner of tho hotel at
Cheycnno and a largo land owner, fell
dead, overcome by heat while lighting
a pralrlo Uro at IiIb ranch three miles
from tho city.
Tho house passed a bill providing
for raising the wreck of the battle
ship .Maine.
A petition praying for the independ
ciice of the Philippine Islanders was
prceentcd to the senate by Senator
Crane.
A general strike of leather workers
on horse goods, invohlng 103 cities
nnd about 4,000 tneu, was ordered in
Chicago.
Forty-seven are thus fnr dead from
Die railroad wreck in Iowa. Some of
the wounded cannot survive.
Governor Wilson of Kentucky
Klgned the bill providing for eectro
eutlon as the means of inflicting tho
death penalty.
President Taft's cabinet ate cookies
mado out of cottonseed flour. Secre
tary Dickinson provided the feast. It
came to him from his nephew In En
tils, Tex.
There Ib big demand for babies in
New Orleans, and another carlond will
bo shipped thcro from New York.
William A. Uonsnck, or St. Louis,
millionaire president of tho Uonsnck
Lumber company, was drowned while
yachting in Lnke Ponaehnrtrnln u.
Nevv Orleans.
House insurgents regret that they
did not, whllo Uiey had tho opportu
nity, oust Cannon as speaker.
An ofllclal call and program for tho
Nebraska conservation nnd state dc
elopment congress has been Issued.
President Clemmons of Fremont
(Neb.) declares ho has proof that a
student started the llro which caused
a luss of $40,000 to a normal building
1wo years ago
W. L. Parks of tho Union Pnclflo
has been elected vice president of the
Illinois Centra.
In a speech full of bitterness, Speak
er Cannon denounced tho insurconts,
who caused his undoings
General Hell was Injured und Mm.
H. J. Slocuni was killed in an auto
accident noar Wnslilngton.
Fourteen hundred laymen rat down
to a banquot in Omaha in tho interest
of foreign missions.
Tho number of dipsomaniacs in the
Nebraska nsylum for the past year
hns been only half that of tho year
beforo.
The firemen and mnnngerB' commit
tee reached an agreement nnd will
nrbltrato the question of an Increase
in wngcB.
Not ti single Insurgent is included
on tho tentative group selected for
tho house rules committee.
CJIfford Plnehot has sailed for Hu
ropo to meet Colonel Hoosevclt, It is
rumored nt tho hitter's request.
Tho health of banker Wulsh, now
in tho federal prison at Leavenworth,
has not improved since his incarcer
ation. Paul Morton lias gone to Mexico
to inspect tho Pan-American railroad
of which ho was recently elected a
director.
Tho Transvnnl government has de
cided to give a first contribution of
100,000 for the establishment or u
Trunsvnnl agricultural university.
Giovanni Lamport!, the famous sing
ing teacher, died In Ilerlln. Ho was
70 years old ami had trained many fa
mous singers, Including Mine. Sem
brlch. A two days' aviation meet will be
held in Atlanta, (in., May 2 und .1 in
connection with the automobile races.
Glenn Curtlss has been engaged for
tho trials.
Just as Frank H. Young ' Lincoln,
Neb., wiih boarding a train for homo
ho was served with a summons In a
breach of promise suit for ten thou
sand dollars damages.
Uobert E. Peary has announced
that he will turn over the proceeds
of IiIb ledum before the Philadelphia
Geographical socloty April 7 us u con
tribution to the south pole expedition
fund.
Following closely on tho failure of
tho Kentucky legislature at Its re
cut session to accede to his request
that the Lincoln memorial farm bo ex
empted from taxation caino Governor
Willson's veto of a bill appropriating
$15,000 for improvements to bo mado
In th birthplace of Jefferson Davis In
Todd county, Kentucky.
The condition of United States Sen
ator Daniel of Virginia, who has been
llngrlng between life and death for
some days as the result of a stroke
of paralyls. Is somewhat Improved
Judge Hiner of the United States
court of appeals has held that tho
twenty-eight hour food and water law
does not apply to terminal railroads
unless the latter delays shipment the
full time on Its tracks.
Wasntnqton.
One hundred dnllnrs per head was
paid at Fort Worth. Texas, for a
herd of 100 Oklahoma fed beer cattle.
This Is said to bo the highest price
for this class of cattle ever paid ir
tho United States.
Satisfied that tho present methods
or operating It smelters by tho Ana
conda Copper Mining company are not
only destructive in a widespread de
gree to tho surrounding natural lor
ests. but unnecessary, Attorney-General
Wlckerahum caused a bill in
equity to be tiled nt Helena, Mont.,
nga'nst tho company. The bill aslt3
lor n permanent injunction to compel
tho company to operate its plant at
Anaconda in such a manner us to
'ml tho destruction complained of.
Continued denials that the American
,ncat packers' association discussed or
attempted to fix prices In any way
were made by Georgo L. McCarthy,
publisher of the Notional Provisions
and secretary of tho association, in
concluding his testimony beforo tho
senate high cost of living committee
todny.
"Squatters" on unsurveyrd lnnds
within tho national forests, who have
occupied their tracts continuously
bince beloro the creation of the forest
reserves, and who have compiled with
the homestead law, have had their
rights Increased by an order which
hns just been Issued by tho secretary
or agriculture. Such settlers can now
acquire title, prior to survey, to 100
acres a full homestead entry, whore
ever possible.
Tho last chapter in the postofllec
scandals of l!)0:i was written when
United States Attorney linker nolle
prossed tho remaining undisposed In
Indictments, Hakor told the court
that Georgo W. Heavers, former super
intendent ot salaries and allowances,
and August W. Machcn, superintend
ent of rural free dollvery, had served
sentence's for slmllnr offenses and
that the government had no desire to
further prosecute them.
Personal.
There will bo no strike or nronior.
on western railroads.
Past and present Pittsburg council
men woro Indicted by wholesale.
Memorial services to tho lato Judge
Goslln wero held ut Lincoln, Nebr.
Strlko troubles In Philadelphia ap
pear far from Bettlemont.
Ex-President Hooseveit will not got
homo until some time In Juno.
Speaker Cannon Is quoted aa saying
ho proferB dofeat to auy compromise
with tho Insurgents.
Norris of Nebraska called the re
cent Bpeech of Cannon the vaporlngs
of an angry old man.
In an address at Rochester Presi
dent Taft said he had hope that con
gross will yet do something.
President Taft declared ho would
I take no hand In tho house fight
MM LOSE LICENSES
BTATE AUDITOR'S WARNING TO
f, 1NSURANC ECOMPANIE3. fU
THE TESTING OF SEED CORN
Superintendent Bishop Sending Out a
Bulletin Advising aa to How the
Work Can Be Done.
Stato Auditor Ilarton recently pub
lished a letter In which ho stated that
If rat wars did not coasu among fire
inmiranco companies of this state he
would rorokn he licenses of companies
that soli Insurance for less money in
one- town than in another of the same
class. Ills desk is ntacked high with
letters callod forth by this statement
and in it most of tho Insurance offi
cials assert that they nro always op
posed to rnto wars but thoy cannot
control their agotvti. Tho replies arc
bo nmrly uniform that they havo
caused Homo littlo amusement at the
auditor's offlce.
Whllo tho ratd war may be justified
by tho necessities ot competition in
ono town, says the auditor, it l evi
dont that it works a discrimination
against tho other towns. Moreover,
tho auditor does not hcllovo that fire
insurauce companies can afford to sell
Insuranco as cheap as they frequently
do and ho thinks that tho rulo might
work toward tho conserving of life in
surance funds.
Teste on Seed Corn.
Superintendent Hishop is now Bend
ing out a bulletin advising school su
perintendents and teachers how to
test seed com.
Tho school men nro advised to get
togother classes that will handle the
tasting of seed corn. They are admon
ished to "bo sure that the test Is
so accurato and thorough that tho
owner of tho seed corn may rely upon
tho result ns indication of the actual
condition of his soed corn as to ger
minating power."
HIanks aro enclosed, so that Inter
ested school mon may send In notice
of tholr needs in the way of copies of
instruction.
GEORGE W. NORRIS
Tho Nebraska congressman wno was
central flguro in tho great revolu
tionary movoment in congress. Un
expectedly to tho regulars of tho
Ropubllcan organization, ho put over
a resolution of tho highest coustltu
otltutional privilege changing the
rules of tho houso so far as the com
position of its corunilttco on rules
la concerned by creating a commit
tee of fifteen to bo solected from
various geographical divisions
among the mcmborshlp and elimi
nating tho speaker from tho com
mittee. Tho confusion and conster
nation which that resolution created
is history.
Out for Senator.
William I). Prico of Lincoln, a pro
nounced county optlonlst, has Issued a
formal statement announcing himself
a candidate for the United States sen
ato on tho democratic nnd populist, or
people's indopondent tickets.
Petition to the Governor.
Govornor Shnllenbergor hns received
a petition for tho removal of a houso
of ill reputo which is said to bo lo
cated half way between Wymoro and
Dluo Springs. Tho petition ta signed
by fifty-two persona, many of them
women.
Making Room In State House.
Bids from contractors will shortly
be received by tho stato railway com
mission fop putting tho basement un
der tho commission rooms in shape
to houso a part of tho olllce force. Tho
commission is now crowded and the
physical valuation department, now
housed on tho second floor, must glvo
up its quarters as soon as tho next leg
islature moots. Tho basement tinder
tho commission rooms will bo further
excavated, a comont floor will be laid,
tho walls will bo plastered und deco
rated. Wants 8ult Dismissed.
The Union Pacific ha decided that
it docs not caro to exchange- trans
portation for advertising when this is
dono undor pain of prosecution, but
it doos not care, if possible, to ac
knowledge that tho act is illegal. Edi
son Rich, attornoy for tho Union Pa
cific, called on tho stato railway com
mission, hoping to havo tho eult now
missed. Tho commission conferred
with Attornoy General Thompson. It
-was decided that tho case would not
bo dismissed at once,
VLTLRAN'G COMPLAIN
Want Commander Barnes to Maka
Concession.
Complaints of the membars of the
EoldlerB Homo at Grand Island against
tho treatment accorded thorn by Com
mander Ell Damea was the subject of
discussion by tho Board of Public
Ixinds and Buildings. Tho latest ac
tion of tho commander was to prohibit
tho soldiers from using tho chnpel for
their meetings nnd the board was la
formed that Mr. Barnes refused to
permit them to use the chapel in
which to praetieo Tor their Kastor day
exercises.
As a result of this lost complaint
tho board adopted the following reso
lution: "Whereas. The Hoard of Public
Lauds nnd Hulldlur.s him on numer
ous occasions received communica
tions from the Inmates of tho Sol
diers' and Sailors' llouu- nt Grand
Island, Neb., complaining that they
wero deprived of the use of the chapel
building for the holding or meetings
that wero in no way detrimental to
tho intercuts or jcond government ot
tho home, and,
Whercaa, The Hoard of Public
Lands and Buildings Is desirous of
furnishing for the inmates ot said
homo everything In its power that will
add to tho comfort und amusement or
said Inmates, believing that they aro
Justly entitled to all that tho state of
Nebraska can extend to them, and be
lieving further,
That tho chapel building was erect
ed for the sole purpose of furnishing
a place of public gnthoiins for tho
members of tho homo and that the
expenses of heating and lighting said
building nro so Insignificant as not
to receive any consideration whatever;
therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Hoard of Public
Lands and Buildings, That tho com
mandant bo and Is hereby instructed
to allow tho said clwpel building to
bo used by tho Inmates of the homo
for all gatherings of whatsoever kind
that nro nof detrimental to tlte good
government or the institution.
Adopted by the Hoard of Public
Lands and Hulhllngs this 17th day
or March, A. D. 1010.
State Normal at Chadron.
Acting for the Commercial club ot
Alliance, Ira 10. Tash secured a tem
porary restraining order to prevent
the State Hoard or F.dueatlon from
proceeding with the construction of
the State Normal school at Chadron.
.Tudgo Frost, who granted the tempo
rary injunction, set March 28 as the
dato upon which to hear argument
ior a permanent injunction.
The attorneys appearing for the
Commercial club of Alliance uro N.
K. Griggs of the Hurllngton railway
and C. C. Flansbnrg. It is alleged in
the petition that the law under which
the board acted is unconstitutional In
that tho object of it Is not sot out
clearly In the title: that the law re
quired that proposals for tho new
school bo tiled with tho board within
sixty dayB after the law became ef
fective, and that with tho exception
of Alliance no city or town filed such
proposal within tho time limit; that
tho secretary and president ot tho
board of trustees of the Chadron acad
omy had no right to roako a deed to
tho property which it is thought to
turn over to tho state, and that there
is doubt of the title which the stata
can secure to the ground.
Prominent Laymen Speakers.
During the laymen's meeting in
Omaha some very prominent stieakers
wero in attendance, many of them
fresh from liel3 of work. Among
them were: George Sherwood Eddy,
National Secretary Y. M. C. A., India;
M. D. Eubank, M. D., Missionary, Nan
king, China; George Heber Jones, Mis
sionary, Korea; John 10. Merrill, Mis
sionary, Turkey; Dr. John Aberly, Mis
sionary, India; Rockwell Clancy, Mis
sionary, India; J. I Deorins, Mission
ary, Japan.
Tho stato railway commission has
found no law or precedent that will al
low it to retire tho alleged watered
stock of tho Lincoln Tradlon company,
and it is highly probablo that County
Attorney Tyrrell's effort to get this
stock retired will fail
Tho Union Pacific railroad has ask
ed permission of the railway oominut
slon to put on two local trnins to
caro for travel between polnta in tho
stato nnd discontinue tho practice
of permitting local travel on tho Ios
Angeles limited.
Uniform Charges for Shows.
Mayor Love has a communication
from tho president of the Denver Post
Publishing company, asking that tho
city Join in n movement to establish a
uniform system of licensing circusos
and menngerios. It encloses copies of
an ordlnanco which provides a sliding
ncnlo of fee, increasing as tho sizo of
tho circus increases, nut basing tho
increase on tho railroad transporta
tion car used, as n unit Shows using
from two to thlrty-slx cars shall bo
charged $10 per car, where using up
to fifty cars $25 per car
State Institutions' expense.
Land Commissioner Cowlos has
prepared a quite lengthy table show
ing tho expenses of stato institutions
which ore undor control of the stato
board of public lands and buildings
for Docembor, January and Febru
ary. Deputy Warden Resigns.
James Delahanty, for the last nine
years deputy warden at tho state
penitentiary, has resigned, to tako up
hlu residence on hla farm near Clay
Center.
NETWORK OF GRAFT HEBiUSH II BRIEF
DISCLOSURES RAPID IN PITTS
BURG BRIBE CASES.
COUNCILMEN OUT FOR CASH
Thirty-one Indictments Aro Returned
Against Past and Present Of
ficials Banks Included
In Presentments.
Pittsburg, Pa. Laying bare the de
tails of Pittsburg's civic unrighteous
ness, ordering indictments against
thirty-one present and past council
men, and making a demand upon the
directors of tho city depositories to
Investigate their own boards nnd
ascertain tho bribe-givers in connec
tion with the oidinnnco designating
their institutions ns city depositories,
formed the meat of two presentments
made by tho grund jury Friday. Tho
presentments made a snail story ot
tho insldo history of conniption In the
municipal bodies in 190S. nnd the de
mand made on the banks named indi
cates that oven moro snail develop
ments than hnvo been exposed aro ex
pected on Monday, when tho bank of
ficials, complying with the demand of
the grand jury, make their report in
court.
A fuither result or tho present
ments of the jury was tho order of
City Comptroller Morrow, lato Friday
for Iho withdrawal of all city funds
from the six banks, and the practical
nullification ot tho ordlnanco desig
nating them as custodians of city
funds.
There Is about $15,0 10,320 In these
banks now, and this would bo in
creased many millions during the next
week by the taxes that are being paid.
According to tho comptroller tho with
drawal of funds will be gradual, how
ever, so that the institutions may not
he embarrassed, or any unduo alarm
caused depositors.
The presentments glvo the full de
tails of Iho plot of the present coun
cilinen to obtain bribes from the six
hanks, the means adopted for paying
tho btlbes are related, and tho story
of this transfer or $15,000 by an un
named man to former Councilman
Charles Stewart in tho Hotel imperial,
New York, is told.
It is related that Max Leslie, former
chairman or the republican county
committee, leceived $25,000 by ar
rangement bdivecn 10. P. Jennings and
It. A. Grlllln of the Columbia National
bank, and that Leslie gave William
Hrand, who was then president or the
common council, directly or indirectly.
$17,000 to obtain the city deposits tor
the Columbia National bank. An un
named man Is bald to ho Interested
and concerned in the payment of the
money by Leslie lo Hrand, either as
intermediary or principal.
It is declared that Morris Einstein
received $15,000 from tho Working
ninn's Saving nnd Trust company to
have that bank named a city deposi
tory, but the name or the bank offi
cial who paid lii in the money is un
known. It Is further declared hi the pre
sentments that tho members of the
grand Jury are of tho opinion that the
books of tho Worklngman'B bank havo
been mutilated, threo pages rererring
to this deal having been cut from the
ledger. Einstein, It Is also declnred,
kept $5,000 ror his services In arrang
ing tho deal.
Further declarations in the present
ment nre that two city clerks were
given $1,000 each, and that $1,750 was
set npnrt for newspaper men, and that
Henry M. Holger, tho saloonkeeper al
ready convicted of bribery, was given
$500 for his services in bringing about
the meeting between ofllcinls of tho
German National bank of Pittsburg
and tho councilman.
The public is urged not to pass
hasty judgment on any ofllclals of tho
banks mentioned, and stress Is laid on
the solvency of the institutions. It is
recited that John F. Klein and Joseph
C. Wasson by reason of their confes
sions, nnd statements making possible
the exposure of the facts, are entitled
to great consideration, and a reduc
tion of Klein's sentence Is urged.
It is also recommended that no rur
ther indictments be found ngninst
Klein or Wasson for nny of tho crimes
to which they hnvo confessed.
Tho grand jury declares that it is
convinced that Charles Stewart and
William Hrand can unravel tho entire
network of criminal work, and nre in
position to disclose the names of nil
guilty parties.
It is recommended that tho court be
lenient as possible in passing sentence
on those who confefiB their guilt.
Diaz for Re-election.
San Antonio, Tex. Political nffairs
in Mexico nro all tending townrds tho
reelection of President Profirio Diaz
nnd Vice President Ramon Corrall.
On April 2 tho re-clectionlst clubs of
tho republic will hold a political meet
ins in the City of Mexico, which will
undoubtedly result in tho nomination
for their respective offices of Diaz nnd
Corrall. It Is expected thnt for the
coming election Diaz and hlst ndher
entB will find less opposition 'In tho
northern Mexican states than they
did during tho Inst campaign.
Want New Scale of Wages.
Cincinnati, O. A commlttco of tho
Hlg Four conductors nnd nnothor of
the trainmen called on General Mana
ger J. II. Van WInklo Friday and sub
mitted requests for changes In work
ing rules and u now scalo of wages.
Tho scales nro nlmost identicnl with
those submitted by tho employes of
tho llaltlmoro & Ohio nnd Southwest
ern to tho olllclnls of that road, nnd
rejected by them. Mr. Van WInklo
Informed tho commlttco that ho would
wivi t-l.l.it- tlir. TYinttn,. mill irn thnm
i vw..n..... ..u ..j, .... r..w w.v.4.
' his answer in a day or two.
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, PollU
leal and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
The Johnson Livo Stock nnd Grain
company is a new organization and is
composed of farmers, who propose to
do shipping for themselves.
Tho farmers near Lyons report that
there ore good, Ound apples in tholr
orchards which lay on the ground un
der tho trees all winter.
FlBh Commissioner W. J. O'Brien
Bent to M. M. Wnlnos of Lyons, 15,000
brook trout und 15.000 rainbow trout
which wero planted in Blackbird
creek, eight miles cast of tho town.
A 0-year-old son of Nicholas Schmidt
ot Nebraska City, was kicked in tho
faco by a horse and it is feared fa
tally injured. He was playing about
tho feed lot nt tho time of the acci
dent -?-
Tho Nebraska Hutter and Egg Deal
cto' association elected tl.j following
officers at its annual meeting in Lin
coln: Louis KirHchbaum, Omaha,
president; E. F. IIovvo, Fremont, vice
president; Georgo Clarke, Omaha, sec
retary. William Spahn, who had his leg
broken In two places and wns other
wise severely injured in tho Hurllng
ton wreck near Lincoln last summer,
has mado a satisfactory setttleraent
with tho railroad company.
Just beforo cervices tho Christian
church at Heaver City caught lire from
tho gasollno lighting system. An
alarm was turned in, but beforo tho
arrival or tho fire department tho
flames had been smothered.
Mrs. E. J. Culbertson of Peru has re
cently received $10,000 ns her portion
of tho estate of Charley Draper, a
nephew, who died in a hospital iu
Shelbyvllle, lnd., about a year r.go.
Tho estate was a large one, being vnl
ued at $500,000.
A letter from Mrs. C. A. Sweet of
Palmyra, who was 'taken to the Pas
teur institute at Chicago, for treat
ment or the rabies, caused by tho bito
or a pet squirrel, Ktatcs that she Is
doing nicely and hopes to be able to
bo homo soon.
Farmers in the vicinity or Monroe
nro very much discouraged over thv
rauuiuons u uie winter wneai cropv
Pho most conservative estimate.) place
ttio percentage of loss at one-third
whllo many believe that not over 10
per cent, is alive.
At a special election held in Kear
ney to vote on tilie license proposition
a total of 3,432 votes wero cast, llcenso
carrying by a majority of sixteen. Last
year 1,295 votes were cast on tho
proposition and tho town was votod
dry by a majority of fifty-nine.
Word was received at Bcatrlco that
William I. Shullenberger, a formor
ueainco resident and business man
was killed in a railroad accident
Ellen8burg, Wash. He was GO ven
of ago and was formerly engaged in
tho implement business at Beatrice.
Tho post office in Bloomflcld was
robbed, the robbers effecting an en
trance by breaking the glass In tho
front window. The safe was blowa
all to pieces nnd the glass In tho win
dows and doors was badly shattered.
Tho loss is between $C00 and $700.
Tho board of directors of tho Farm
ers' Grain and Live Stock company ot
Oakland let tho contract for th n.
Ktruction of a now elevator, to tako
tho place of tho ono destroyed by llro
eeveral weeks ago, to E. II. Cramer
of Hampton, Neb. It will cost Jo5,000.
Tho stato normal board will go to
Chadron, April 4, to locato tho new
$35,000 normal school, it tho temporary
injunction granted against this movo
Ib dissolved when it comes up for
hearing.
So great has been tho discussion aa
to damago dono wheat tho past winter
hat newspapers made an investiga
tion in different fields in Phelps county
i I V; J- w":u 0Xlcnt. any. I TT
harm had been dono. A largo nuraKU-?
mi noma were visiico, and tho con
consus of opinion seemed to bo that
much of tho wheat is not wearing a
healthy look.
Tho furniture etoro of Edward
Landing at Ravenna was entirely de
stroyed with contents. Building and
contents wero Insured.
Washington dispatch: Tho Indian
appropriation bill, which was in con
ference, will carry two amendment
relating to tho Genoa Indian school iu
Nebraska. Thcso two carry nppropri
atfons for tho construction of a new
workshop at the school and also tho
cnlargomont of tho quarters for em
ployes. A third amendment providing
an appropriation for tho construction,
of a cottage for tho superintendent
was stricken from tho bll.
Nebraska butter and egg dealers be
liovo that poultry raisiug should bo
taught at tho state university. About
forty or iirty dealers were in Lincoln
ready for tho annual meeting. Some
of them said that they thought tho uni
Yoraity farm school should not din
crimlnato against tho Nobraska hen .
Tho Union Pacific has filed a ro-N
quoet with tho state railway commis
sion for permission to oxcludo all lo
cal passengers from Ita Los Angeles
trains. Tho road promises to put on
two additional local trains In Ui
Uta to nocoiumodato local trm
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