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IHKj!5FV&! I "IB The Chief C. D. 1IAL13, Publisher flED CLOUD - - - NEBRASKA i ' m mw "" n mrnnrriT- ' i i i NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. A BOW DOWN OF EVENTS National, Political, Personal and Other Matters In Brief Form for All Classes of .Readers. , Washington. The attempt of about fourteen rnll roartB oiiorullni; between tho MIhhIp hlppl and Missouri rivers to resume advances in intra already condemn' fd from Washington was thwarted by a RiispeiiHlon order announced by tho liitcrMntu coinn m commission. Tho coiiKreHHioniil Investigation of tho whole question of Indian coutiRel contracts has been Hhlftcd from tho west to Washington. Kpiircsontntivo llurk of South Dakota, chnlrinnn of tho special committee, appointed for this Iniiulry, arrived hero. Several if the other iiicmbeiK II! como In a few days. Future "cut raleH" in proprietary inedlcines throuKhout tho I'nited States are Raid to depend upon tho outcome of a milt to be argued Imme diately after ThnnlKi;IvliiK In tho mi preme court of tho United States. Al ton n. Parker, former eandhlato for president, Ib to arguo on behalf of "cut rates." To permit a thorough Inve.stlKntlon, the interstate commerce coinmlsHlon announced it had suspended, until April 10 next, the advance In rates on live utock between the .Missouri and Mississippi rivers which were to have been put into effect by tho Chicago, Rock Island & Pneillc; railroad on De cember 10. Contemplating the ndoptlon of Mime of tills government's improved census-taking methods in connection with its next census, tho Canadian government liaa sent to Washington IS. S. Mcl'hall, of the census bureau of Canada, to consult with Director Durand regarding tho operations of the American census bureau. Pensions for all employes of na tional banks anil protection Tor their tamllles in case of death has been proposed to tho treasury department by tho largo mutual liro Insurance companies. Several reports of tho companies headed by W. C. Ilcern of New York, had n conferenco Orltlay with the comptroller of the currency regnnlliiK the legality of the plan. General. The country's trade volume Is still below tho high water mark. Funeral services for United States Senator A. S. Clay wero held at Mar lctta, tin. John H. Lockhart, n former resi dent of Stotts City, Mo., wns assassin ated near Gates, Alex. Secretary Nagel, In an address at KansnH City, spoko for state and na tional cooperation In trade. Champ Clark Is regarded in tho lead in Iho rnco for tho speakership of the coming democratic house. The Iowa anti-saloon league llled in junction suits ngnlnst eleven saloons in Keokuk, nlleglng violating of tho Mulct law. E. J. Byrnes, thirteen years old, died at Milford, Mass., of Injuries re ceived In a football scrimmage three months ago. Latest returns from the Nebraska lection show that Wult, republican, for secretary of state, will have about :'5o majority. Socialism wns denounced nt tho 1'ieetlng of tho Catholic lederatlon at Now Orleans. Senators Cummins and Ua Follette ttro thought to loom up as possible candidates for tho presidency. Tho men who incited anti-American riots at Leon, Nicaragua, have been expelled from tho country. Several hundred women attended tho opening of tno women's national missionary golden Jubilee celebration lit Cincinnati. Joel Francis Freeman, nged seven-ty-foiir, formerly secretary of tho Standard oil company, died at his homo In Orange, N. J. Oovcrnor Hrown of Georgia an nounces tho appointment of lornior Governor (i. M. Terrell as United States senator to succeed the lato Senator A. S. Clay, deceased. John Jlniitnan. a farmer, ami iim daughter Until, aged (J. were killed at a crossing in llrlcelyn. near Mason City, la. A Northwestern train struck the buggy in which they wero riding. "Mnll your gifts ahead of tho rush. Hut don't open before Christmas," Is tho slogan of the pnstofllco depart ment in its campaign to minimize the annual congestion of Christmas mnll. President Tuft assured tho people" of Panama tho United States had no thought of nnnexlng tho republic. It Ir olllcially announced that tho king nnd queun of England ho'po to visit India and hold n coronation du bar at Delhi Jan. 1, iJ12. Tho Arizona constitutional conven tion adopted n provision prohibiting tho Incarceration of Juvenllo offenders with adults in Jnllo and prisons. Daniel s. Knowlton, for sixteen yeais secretary to the collector of tho port of Boston, Ikib resigned no a re sult of nn Investigation into tho Jocnl customs service by n board of Inquiry Lincoln, Nehr., is a cnndldato for tho meeting of tho next commercial congress. Ualph Johnstone was instantly killed when his aeroplane went wrong nt Denver and plunged r.OO feet to earth. Six persons were killed and twenty filx Injured In a wreck at Kalamnzoo, Mich. The Illinois state tnx commlssslon has fixed the rate or stale taxes for next year at 30 cents on each ?1J0 of assessed property valuation. National banks of tho country must soon ninke a showing of their condi tion. Memphis, Tenn., has il population of 131,105 according to the statistics of the thirteenth comma. Demand for tnilff revision will be made to tho coining session of con gress by the knights of labor. Governor-elect John A. Dlx spent $4,:i"2.:iO in aid of his campaign, ac cording to a statement of election ex penses filed with the secretary of state. Twenty years In Sun Quontln prison was tho sentenco imposed in San Francisco upon Dr. Uobert Thompson, convicted of murder In tho second de gree. Prof. W. T. St. Clnlre, one or tho best known educators of the middle west nnd lormer principal or a high school in lxjulsvlllc, Ky., committed suicide. Oila llubhell, a farmer near Bar nard, Mo., and his wife and two chil dren, were shot and killed at their homo by an unknown person who set flro to their house to conceal the crime' Following a mental collapse brought on from ovorstudy, William Mitchell, 10 yearn old, of South Dakota, a can didate for entrance to the West Point Military academy, died In a hospital at Baltimore. Exports out or this country In Oc tober wore larger than In any pre vious motiUi In the history of the United States wlillo Imports wero about $1,000,000 less than in tho same month Inst yenr. Senntor T. P. Gore, of Oklahoma. In nn Interview, said that nt the coming session of congress tho deomcrats should iovIrc the woolen schedule and also tho tariffs on wood pulp, and print paper. Ab tho result of a letter to the Navy department, which Is regarded by otllclals as Insubordinate in tone. Major II. C. Davis who Is In com mand of tho marine guard at Guam, hns been ordered home. Lugano and Como. IS. T. Stoics hury's crack pair of roadsters, which took tho bluo ribbon nt the Horse Show in New York, wero sold to Wal ter Wlnnns for $25,000. This is a record price for a horse show trans action. The federal government's title to tho property In dispute in tho caso of Oberlln M. Carter, former captain in tho United States army, tho out growth or tho Savannah river and har bor improvement frauds, was confirm ed by tho United States circuit court of appeals in New York. Isnac and Manning Phillips, mem bers of the firm or I. & M. Phillips, Importers, at New York, wero arrest ed, charged with having defrauded the government out of duty on woolen wearing apparel Imported from I Franco by menus of fnlse consulnr in- voices. The opening gun in n light of retail hardware dealers of Pennsylvania and neighboring states for the elimination of Jobbers nnd catalog bouses was llred in Pittsburg nt a meeting of hard ware merchants. Tho object is to combat 5 and 10 cent stores and siml lar establishments. Tho now state militia advisory board In its Hrst meeting at Fort Dodge, la., endorsed Omaha as tho next meeting placo of the National Guard association. The board also voted In favor or sending two lown regiments to Omaha next year to par ticipate with tho Nebraska National Guard in the Ak-Sar-Ben exhibition. Tho New York stato depart nicnt of health Is seeking tho cooperation of various rallroades operating in tho state in abolishing tho common drink ing cup from trains and railroad sta tions. Personal. British naval men gave their Ameri can visitors a cordial welcome. Mr. Bryan, In an address at Dallas, Texas, paid a tribute to Tolstoi. Henry M. Hoyt. couiifollor of tho department of state, Is seriously 111. Gov. Saunders, of Iiuisiann, will call an extra session of the legisla ture. Henry M. Hoyt, counsellor for tho department of state, died suddenly In Washington. Mayor Gaynor of New York has kept his promise and is shaking up the pollco force. Tho Insurgent element of both par ties will renew the light for modifica tion of tho house rules. Governor-elect Fobs, of Massachu setts, asks Senator Lodge to with draw from tho senatorial contest. Senator Carter, of Montana, defeat ed in tho lato election, niny bo of fered a placo on tho supremo bench. Col. Hoosovclt hns dropped politics for tho present and Is talking nbout his African limit. Flfty-ono counties glvo Hitchcock 114,412, nnd Burkett 91,993 for sena tor from Nebraska. President Taft gnvo GIfford Pin chot permission to fllo his brlof In tho Alaska land caso controversy. Dr. Wiley says tho reduction in meat is a plot by tho packers, and prlccB will soon go soaring again. Governor-elect John A, Dix spent $4,372.32 in aid of his campaign, ac cording to a statement of election ex- I uenscR. BIG WOMEN'S CLUB CLAIM MADE BY LINCOLN WOMEN FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION. HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE What Is Going on Here and Thero That Is of Interest to the Read era Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. ' Lincoln. Tho Woman's club of this city now lias an enrollment of l,0t:! members. This fact was announced at the meeting hold at the Templu b .Mrs. Grant Watkhis, chairman or the membership committee, and aroused great enthiislusm. Mrs. iWatklns stated that tho Woman's club could rightfully claim not only to he the largest in tho United States, but the largest society of tho kind In the world. Since a previous meeting two weeks ago, more than three hundred members had been added. Lay Normal Cornerstone. Chadron. The cornerstone of the new normal building here wns laid under the ausi ices of the Masonic lodge, Past Master A. V. ("rites act ing for Grand Master Harry A. Cheney. Business throughout the cily was generally suspended, and the schools were closed. Fully 2,."00 peo ple were present. Over Three Score and Ten. Guide Unci;. .Mrs. IS. O. Parker cel ebrated her elght-ilrst birthday with her children uud grandchildren us guestB. Her husband Is past 85. They will celebrate their sixtieth anniver sary ou December tt. Bo.h are ac tlvo for their years. Attended the Association. Loup City. The entire corps of teachers, ten in number, attended the Stato Teachers' association at Lincoln, tho board of education having decid ed to allow the teachers to attend the entire session without loss or salary. Candidate for Re-election. Seward. W. II. Smith of tills city, editor of the Iiulepeiidetit-Democrnt, is a candldnto for re-election as secre tary of the Nebraska state senate. Organized New Chapter. Humboldt. An Eastern Star lodge has been organized in tills city, with a charter membership of fifteen. r&L Tho Gage county farmers iustltuto will bo held at Beatrlco December 12. Next convention of the Nebraska Women's clubs -will bo held nt Hoi dregc. Tho Presbyterian church recently destroyed by lire nt Hastings is to bo rebuilt. There aro twenty-two applicants for the position or postmaster at Trenton. The Nebraska Art association Ib in session at the art gallery of tho stato university this week. In tho first well drilled for the new water works plant at Coznd, wnter has been struck nt n depth of 190 feet. Tho Hampton Milling company has purchased the plant of the Aurora lighting system and will furnish tho village with Its light Coon hunting is becoming a popu lor fad In the western portion of tho Btnte, tho game having become qulto plentiful In tho last few years. Monday was "Tag Day" in Lincoln, tho Chnrity Organization society so liciting funds for that body and issu ing a tag as receipt. Carl Sink or Ames claims tho championship of his neighborhood as a cornhuskcr. Sing picked and cribbed 515 bushels or com In live days. Will Maupin, deputy labor commis sioner, was elected secretary-treasurer of the International Uibor Press asso ciation nt Its recent session at St. Louis. Flro which was discovered early Sunday morning damnged tho stock nnd building of II. W, Abts & Co., wholesale grocers, of Columbus, to the extent of $20,000. A special election was hold at Ans loy Tuesday at which $5,000 bonds wore voted for putting in a city elec tric light j.lant. Only nine votes wero cast againBt tho proposition. In nn attempt to carry n blazing gasollno stovo from tho house Satur day evening and avert a serious lire, Miss Edna Sandberg of Lincoln, aged 20 years, was painfully burned. Edward II. Hoonmn, country treas urer of Otoo county, died nt his homo in Nebraska City, Sunday morning from a cancer which had hcen giving him troublo for a number of years. The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church at Lincoln has Just finished colebratlng its fortieth anniversary. Plans for tho erection of a new houso of worship to cost from $G0,000 to $75,000 have been adopted by tho congregation of tho Presbyterian church or UnsUngs. Tho entiro fat cattlo exhibit which is to represent tho University of Ne braska at the International Live Stock Exposition to bo hold in Chicago No vember 2G to December 3, has been placed on exhibition In tho judging pavilion at tho university farm. jdE&fctiM'- iwtfiiTC. Q3m Xjt,MT jfw - Chicken thieves nt Ioxlngton wero tracked by bloodhounds and captured. A. IS. llnrgreaves, who died at Lln coin recently, carried $55,000 Hfo in surance. Helnrlch FleiBChauer, an inmnte of tho Lincoln asylum, has inherited $150,000. I. M. Augustln and wife celebrated their silver wedding nnnlversary at Grand Island recently. Degrees of the Scottish Uite of Freo Masonry were conferred on a lnrgo class at Lincoln last week. The dishing State bank was dyna mited Wednesday night by bank rob. bcrs and $2,500 In money taken. Mice and mutches started a Ilic at York that might have resulted seti ously but for Its timely discovery. Farmers In the vicinity of Tecum sell aro having trouble getting help to shuck corn. They are paying foui cents. It. D. Show-alter, foi email at th Fremont Herald oillce, had the mid die finger or his right hand torn off Tj getting It caught In a press at which he was worklnc. Members of the Franklin Woodmen lodge went out and shucked 1,500 bushels of corn for Chus. Shoemaker, who luiB been sick for some time and unable to get around. A force ol einp.oxes Is busily en gaged In Installing asbestos smoke Jacks in the Kock Island shops at Falrbury. These Jacks will supplant the Iron snioKeJacks. Fire broke out 'n the third story of the Burlington storehouse at Have lock Thursdnj and more than 250 feet or floor space was burned over beioru the blaze was extinguished. The city or Beatrice has purchased at sheriff's sale the Judgment of $81(5.00 against the Chautauqua associ ation, and by so doing liiia acquired tlie title to the chiiutuuqun grounds for a city park. The new United Brethren church nt PIckrell was dedicated Sunday. Bishop Weekly of Kansas City assist ed Itev. Mr. Ixmg in conducting the services. The new church cost about $4,000. Ed Vansteonburg of Illldreth, who was severely burned from tho walsl line to his feet some weeks ago, is recovering and it is believed that he will not have to have his leg ampu tated as was roared. A number of farmers in Jefferson county have been the victims of a "fake" medicine peddler. Tho vender disposed of a medicine for curing rheumatism at $1 a bottle. Many farmers bought from one to three bot tles. Chcrlcs and Elwood Briuton, two Lancaster county fanner boys have built n traction engine that they uso to pump water, shell corn, run a washer, churn, draw n wagon and do ! other farm work, nnd which on a pinch enn bo converted Into a fairly comfortable automobile. U W. Chase of tho stato farm has returned from Omaha, whero he had been attending the national .horticul tural congress and acting ns one of the Judges in tho contest of spraying machinery. Leo Mnthews, chief clerk In the gov ernor's ofllco until ho was promoted to the private secretaryship, Is n'can dldato for chief clerk of the house. Tho Lincoln Commercial club has been Invited by tho American CIvio nBsoclatlon to bo represented at tho annual meeting of that body in Wnsh Ington. Professor II. It. Smith of tho de partment of animal husbandry of the state farm is editing for tho United States department of agriculture a secondary course In animal products. Nino boxes of botnnicul specimens, containing over 1,200 varieties, havo been received by the botanical de partment direct from Jerusalem. Tho plantB nro all from Palestine, most of them coining from the near vicinity of Jerusalem. Tho boxes enme by p.ircels post, the weight of each vary ing from live to ten pounds. Seventy-two delinquent students ap peared before tho faculty dellnquoncr committeo of tho stnto university Sat-; nrdny. As a result of tho examina tion, seven wero suspended for the rcmnlndcr of the semester and two others were ndvlsed to withdraw. Three withdrew voluntarily before tljo commltteo took nctlon on their cases, and sixty were placed on probation. Stipulations havo been agreed upon In tho suit of tho Btnte ugalnst the National Biscuit company to compel it to brnnd tho not weight on Its pack ages, but will not be signed until proof has been rend of tho amend ments. John L. Webster, represent ing tho National Biscuit company, In tended that tho state should stipu late about everything that would make a dofenso easy. Members of the legislature nro rap Idly sending in requests for seats, nnfl nbout a third of tho places havo been disposed of, bluo prints of both floors having been received In tho oijlco of tho secretary of state. Practically all of tho guardsmen ap pearing on trlnl boforo tho court mar tial pleaded guilty, but a great major ity gnvo tho Bamo reason for falluro to obey orders thoy did not bcllovo that they had to attend maneuvers, or woro so busy at work thnt they could not cot nwav. Illffi TINA WOULD-BE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO REPORTED WOUNDED. EXTENT OF INJURY UNKNOWN Federal Troops, According to Report, Get the Better , of Madero's Rebels In Hills Near Guerrero. Eagle Pass. Tex. The Mrxluin com mander In Ciiulnd Porllrio Diaz hns In formed Customs Collector U. W. Dowe that Francisco I. Mudero, claimant of tho presidency of Mexico, was severely wounded in a light at Guerrero be tween his forces and 200 rurnles and cavalry commanded by Colonel Fuen tcs nnd Lieut. NIcnnor Vnldez. The Mexican commander said that his advices came directly from a trust worthy citizen of Guerrero, who came in during the day. According to the report to Mr. Dowe, Madero led his force when tho federal troops engaged them. Tho engagement wus licrco for a time. Madero was seen (o fnll from his horse. He was carried to the rear and his force fell back. Tho federal troops are reported to have followed their advantage, scattering tho rebels to tho hills. The nature of Madero's wounds are unknown. Colle-tor Dowe said that he would wait for absolute confirmation before making any re. port. Indians Encouraged by Aid. Washington, D. C Encouraged by tho efforts of the 'Indian bureau to help them along by irrigating their lands and establishing them in cattle raising, the San Carlos Indians in Arizona, who have been very poor for many years, are cultivating their lands in nn attempt to become self supporting. About 500 acres along the Gila river whero no farming hns been done for a number of years have been Irri gated and each family has been given a live-acre tract, as far as the land will go. About "00 acres more will be Irrigated during the ensuing winter. Tho entire district, comprising ap proximately S00 acres, will be In charge of one Tanner, who will advise the Indians. Anonymous Gift to Yale. New Haven. Yale corporation has announced an anonymous gift of $15 000, the interest of which Is to bo used ns an emergency loan fund for instruc tors nnd assistant professors of tho university. Announcement, also was made of the receipt of $30,000 of a fund or $50,000 left to the university by tho Into J. Burnett Collins of Fort Worth, Texas., and the receipt of $20. 000 from Newton Barney of Farming ton, Conn., toward the fund for the professorship of education and tho re ceipt of a like amount from tho family of the lato John II. Wlttemore as a memorial gift. Mutiny In Brazilian Navy. Rio Janeiro Tho mutiny in the Brazilian navy, which broke out tho night of November 22 on board tho battleship Minns denies, and subse quently extended to other vessels of the fleet, is now in a critical stage. The mutineers have sent to tho gov ernment a strongly worded ultimatum, demanding an increase in pay and the abolishment or corporal punishment nnd several other unpopular regula tlonc. Suffragettes Go to Jail. London All tho suffragettes who were charged with assault and tho wilful damago or property as the re sult of their rioting tho past few days woro found guilty in tho Bow street police court and sentenced to pay fines of $10 or $25 or to spend two weeks or a month In Jail, nccordlng to tho seriousness of their offense. All ot the prisoners elected to go to Jail. Messengers Boys Strike. Now York. Messenger boys em ployed by iho Postal Telegraph com pany, hnve quit work to Join tho strike began by the Western Union nnd American District Telegraph boys. His Condition Critical. St. Louis. Tho condition of Moses C. Whctniore, retired mllllonalro nnd former democratic natlonnl committee ninn from Missouri, Is considered crit cal. He was run down by a horse and wagon and severely Injured. And Another In Brazil. Now Orleans. A privnto cablegram received hero from Wo Janerlo says; "Itevolutlon has broken out here." Tho message was from a prominent Brazilian coffee Ilrm. Pnrls Thanksgiving celebrations by Americans In Paris were hold in the Students' hotel nnd tho Amerlcnn Girls' club In tho Latin quarter. Sail ors from the United States warships observed tho day as a general holiday in Cherbourg. Special dinners woro given to tho men, at which a hundred snllors from onch of tho French wor ships now in Chorbourg harbor wore the specially Invited guests of Ad mlral Vreclnnd. A number ot snllors on leave in Pnrls nte their Thanksgiving dinner in vurioos hotels. Si ops HER LIFE TO Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Chicago. 111. "I V.13 troubled with ailing und inflammation, and tho doc tors saitll could nob ?ot well unless I lad an oncratlon. 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