I The Chief C. D. HALE, rubllsher AED CLOUD - NEBRASKA EVENTS OF THE DAY TOLD IN A FEW LINES. THE DAY'S NEWS BOILED DOWN Personal, Political, Foreign and Intel llgcnce of Various Kinds, Inter estlng to tho General Reader Given In Condensed Rorm. Washington. Representative Latta of Nebraska is spoken of as a presidential possibility In 1012. Justice White or the supremo court will probably bo appointed chief jus tlco of that body. Tho Kentucky delegation In con Kress havo formally endorsed Champ Clark for speaker of tho house. Attorney General WIckcrsham Is pushing actions against tho trusts and has secured several convictions. Tho official census gives the popu lation of tho United States, Including all of Its possessions, ut 101,100,000. A board of naval physicians was ap pointed by the secretary of tho navy to investlgnto the typhoid epidemic at Annapolis. Postmaster General Hitchcock re ports a reduction of $11,500,000 In the deficit of that department In. the twelve months .past. m Juan Sanchez Azcona, a Journalist and prominent Mexican, hns been ar rested on chargeB preferred by tho Mexican government. President Taft still has quite a task on his hands in tho selection of can didates to fill a number of vacancies In tho United States court. Tho Intcrstato Commcrco Commis sion have decided that railroads havo "tho right to Impose such demurrage charges on prlvato carB aB they seo fit In tho first tariff debate of congress Lodgo and Aldrlch signified their will ingness to Join with tho other mem bers In a plecemenl revision of tho. tariff. Captain Peary has turned over to tho national museum tho gold and silver medala that havo been awarded to him at various times by different jwloties. A bill calling for an appropriation of $100,000 to be used In a resurvoy of nil eligible public lands In Nebraska haB been Introduced In the houeo by Representative Klnknld. Domestic. Senator Elklns is very ill at his homo In West Vlrglnln. InmatcB of a New York insane asy lum arc publishing a newspaper. Navigation on tho Ohio river has been suspended on account of Ice. Many now treeB will bo planted In tho national forests of this country. Tammany Hall in New York city was badly demagod by flro Monday. A writ of habeas corpus has been granted In tho case of Porter Charl ton. Amelia Folsom Young, wlfo of tho Mormon prophet and leader, died Sun ay. Friendly relations have been frees fabllshed between Bolivia and Argen tine. . Sailors In tho Brazilian navy who fnutlnii'd recently havo been Impris oned. The New York board or trarto wants tho government to fortify tho Panama canal. Hnllrond train dispatchers aro mak ing an effort to secure a raise In sal aries. Bedouins rnlded Kcrak, a Turkish village, and killed a hundred Chris tians. Tho Mississippi river at St. Louis is four feet below tho low water mark of 18C3. Oxford won tho annual rootball gamo from Cambrldgo by a score of i 3to 18. New York's now automobile law will net a revenue of $750,000 a year for that state. Two SyrlanB, who kidnaped two 'lght-year-old Brooklyn lads, havo been Indicted. Mrs. Eddy willed a fortune for the promotion of Christian Science to the mother church in Boston. Mrs. Susannah Cooper of Aberdeen, S. 1)., has just died at tho ago of 91, after a fast of two months. S. W. Hose a socialist, w.tb elected to tho city council of Boloxl, MIbs., debating tho democratic nominee. Dan McGann, former captain and first baseman of tho New York Na tionals, committed sulcldo Wednes day. Tho naval battalion In tiio barracks on Combra Island near Hio Jnnolro navo mtitlnlca. Tho will of tho late Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy leaves about $1,500,000 to tho church of which bIio was tho founder. Mr. Roosevelt made his first public address Blnco tho election at a ban quet In Now Haven. M. Sasanoff, who assassinated tho Russian minister or tho Interior, Von PJohv, has suicided. "Western rallrondB arc said to bo making preparations to meet tho an ticipated walkout of engineers. 1 M JuKo Bauer, a Western league ball. 1st, was EerlotiBly Injured ljt St. Jo seph, Mo., in n gasoline explosion. Several "night riders" on trial at Eddyvllle, Ky for the murder ol Axiom Coopor havo been declared no! guilty. Tho art school of tho University ol South Carolina lins been destroyed by fire. Ernest Williams, a prisoner in th Oklahoma penltcntlnry, has developed a oaso of leprosy. In aflght at Ccrro Prlotra. Mexico sixty scdltlonlsts were killed and a number wounded. Dr. Geo. Edgar Vincent of Chlcagc has been elected president of tho uni vorslty of Minnesota. There Is an agitation In tho east for a one-cent letter postage nnd a bill will probably bo presented to con gress. Presbyterians In session at Pitts burg refuse to endorse Immersion, but pin their faith to tho form of sprink ling. An effort Is being made to ncgotlato a settlement of tho machinists' strlko on tho Missouri Pacific railroad sys tem. Quastcr and Napier, on trial at GrccnHboro, N. C for violation of the nntl-whlte aluvo InwB, were found not guilty. Striking garment workers In Chica go turn down tho plan Biiggcatcd by tho federation of labor to end the strike. King Manuel, tho deposed Portu guese, Is said to bo a financial wreck, dependent on tho bounty of friends In England. James Gallagher, who shot Mayor Gaynor of New York some time ago, 1b being examined by alienists as tc hla sanity. Booker T. Washington has aBkcd sheriffs of Alabama fpr statistics In re gard to crime nmong the negroes of that state. Prizes will bo awarded by the French nntlonal congresB of firemen for maxims to bo taught school chil dren bo Hint they will rcallzo the dan ger of flro. Floods In Spain nnd Italy have de stroyed crops, submerged bridges, cut out railway and telegraphic tommunt cation, nnd threaten the Inhabitants with famine. Tho Alaskan steamer Olympla, with over 100 personB nboard, Is reported ashoro on Sea Island, with n fierce Btorm raging. Mrs. Amelia Folsom Young, widow of tho famous Brlgham Young, Mor mon prophet and leader, Is dead at Salt I.ako City. Dr. Koch of Philadelphia says tho cocaine and mprphlno habits aro In creasing to nn alarming extent In the United States. "Jack" Abernathy, the wolf catcher of Oklahoma, has resigned ns United States marshal after a session ot about twenty minutes at tho depart ment of justice. There Is said to be an epidemic of suicides In Russian prisons, alleged to be duo to brutal treatment on the part of prison keepers. Andrew Carnegie has announced a gift of $10,000,000 to trustees to bo de voted to tho establishment of univer sal pcaco between nations. A resolution hns been adopted by tho Russian cabinet permitting Jewish merchants or the first guild to reside In tho provlnco of Warsaw. Mayor Burrows of Palnesville. Ohio, ran a moving picture show on Sunday for tho local Salvation Army, and Is likely to bo pvosenited. Georgo B. Tzschuck, treasurer ot Tho Omaha Bco Publishing company for moro thnn thirty years, died ol heart dlseaso Wednesday morning. Frank W. Dowelle, n convict at the state prison nt Lansing, Kiia., was killed whllo working In tho prison mlno by a heavy timber falling on him. Fifty young women escaped from n burning building in Chicago, clad only In gymnasium costumes. They were doing drills In a school of physical culture. Georgo W. Glover, son of Mrs. Eddy, tho doceabcd Christian Sc'enco leader, haB mado a statement that ho will mnko no effort to contest his mother's disposition of her estate. While trying to extract a piece of wire that had caught In the foot of her pet collie, Miss Ellen E. Francis of East Quoguo, L. I., was burned to death by her dress catching firo from an open grate. Americans in Honduras aro said to bo under continuous esplonago by the authorities there In the belief that they mny bo more or Iosb inclined to tnko active part in the governmental troubles of that country. Tho Atchison, Topekn & Santa Fo Railroad company dins sent a notlco to Its officials throughout tho system that tho company docs not caro to havo continued In Its employ thoso persons who aro persistent users of clgaretB. Tho north shore or Halcyon lake. In an exclusive section of Mount Au burn cemetery, In Cambridge, will be como tho last resting place of Mary Baker Glover Eddy, founder and late head of tho Christian Science church. The gift of half a million dollars for the further enlargement and strength ening of tho tenchlng forco of Dart mouth collego, from Edward Tuck of Paris, who was graduated In 'C2, has been nnnounccd by President Ernest Fox Nlcholls. William Flego was convicted of mur der In tho second degrco at Ponca, Neb., on a charge of hilling his sister, Louise, Juno P.O. following a trial which lasted nlno days. Governor Haskell says ho will con tlnue cnlllng extra cessions of the legislature until the capital romoval hill of Oklahoma la settled. IHEDJO YEARS CELEBRATED ANNIVER8ARY OF GOLDEN WEDDING. HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE What is Going on Here and Thero That la of Interest to the Read- era Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. KearneyMr. and Mrs. E. 0. Smead celebrated their golden wedding an niversary Tuesday arternoon, assisted by fifty of their friends nnd all tho lmmcdlato members of the family.' Mr. and Mrs. Smead appeared In wedding garments similar to those they had worn at the wedding In Mad lson, Ohio, fifty ycura ago. Church All Paid For. Lexington. Sunday was the biggest dny over known In Methodism In Ia;x Ington. Tho new $!10,000 church was dedicated froo fiom all debt, as the mombcr8 and friends not only raised tho needed $10,000 unpaid, but ex ceeded the amount by several thou sand dollars In a few minutes time. Scarlet Fever Closes Schools. Pom. The public schols have been closed for a short time on account of scarlet fovcr. A few mild cases aro under physicians' care, properly quar antined and It 1h thought all will bo well In a few days. Big Artesian Well Flow. Columbus. At tho farm of Henry Buss, an nrtoslirn well was located at tho depth of 240 feet. The well is now flowing at the rate of l.:J50 gal lons per hour. The Midwest Life. On December 1st of this year The Midwest Life had written as much Insurance as It did In the yenr 1000. Tho gain over last year, therefore, will bo tho amount placed in December. Tho Midwest Life now has ovor two and one-half millions of Insurance In forco on tho lives of Nebraska men and women nnd nn income amounting to ono hundred thousand dollars a year. This has been accomplished in Icsb than five years. When solicited by an agent of an eastorn company for llfo Insurance stop nnd think the sit uation over. Weigh the advantages and disadvantages of the transaction. Seo if it docs not appeal to you as a rational business proposition to put ronlzo a Nebraska company. You know the reason why. The money stay3 In Nebraska not only In good times, but in panics nnd financial de pressions as well. The Midwest Life Issues all the standard forms of life Insurance policies at reasonable rates. Call or write the home office, 119 South Tenth street, Lincoln, for an agency, or a sample policy. Chicken thieves are worrying tho peoplo at Cortland. Hastings college will establish sys tematic gymnastic training. Tho churches nt Fairbury will hold a sorlcB of union revival metlngs, be ginning January 8. Whllo cranking his automobile, Vern Christopher, a Hastings man, sustained n broken wrist. Tho school board of Kearney has begun a campaign to abolish the use of clgnrettcB by school boys. Tho Elksi at Nebraska City will havo n ChristmaB tree and feed for their less fortunate citizens. York Is making an effort to hold a state meeting of real estate men In that city during the holidays. I-orcn Cnley or Sterling attempted to separate a pair of youthful pugll I&tB and was hit with a brick, sustain ing a fracture or tho skull. Samuel Scott, aged til) years, was stricken with paralysis whllo on a Lincoln street car nnd died next day. He loaves a wife and eight children. Formor Chnncollor of the Univer sity E. Benjamin Andrews, who has been resting at a Lincoln sanitarium for several weoks. Is reported as rapidly Improving. Tho corn contest that has boon running for Eoveral weeks at Fair bury has closed, and nil entries will bo placed on exhibition at the Jeffer son county farmers' Institute. A W piano will bo awarded to the part raising tho ten best ears of corn. Burglars surprised In their depre dations Sunday night lobbed the resi dence of Bishop George A. Beecher at Omaha of tho bishop's ilng and senl recently bestowed upon the churchman at his consecration. Valu able sterling tableware and other Jew elry was taken. R. E. Cllmcr and wife of Green wood were nearly smothered to death by rumes from a now coal stovo that refused to work properly. Currency demands in Nebraska bnvo been so light this fall that ono Lin coln bank reports tho shipment of nboitt $100,000, accumulated In tho courso of Its business during Novem ber to ono or tho money centers. A stnto wido campaign for tho In troduction of tho Gcrninn Inngungo In to grado schools as a part or tho regu lar curriculum has been commenced by tho German-American league of No-braska. Lincoln has a health club called tho Ono Hundred Year club. Burglars entered Will Allen's con fcctlonery store at Hlldrclh and go! $05. Tho Grand Islnnd commercial club Is mnklng an effort to secure motor car service. Farmers around Juniata aro rejoic ing Hint they have their com all ouo of tho field. Hn8lliigB will levy a tnx of $20 a day upon itinerant merchants who drift into town. Fire at Falls City destroyed tho building and stock of goods belonging to Samuel Wuhl. Tho postmaster general has ordeted tho establishing of Union depot postal station ut Omaha. Business men at Auburn have raised $2,500 to maintain the baseball club at that place next season. Dudley Wilcox, aged 22, accidentally shot himself at Elwood Tuesday morn ing nnd died in a few minutes. Applications for nearly !!00 saloons, have been filed with tho flro and po lice commissioners at Omaha. Four sisters of the Ursullne school at York, havo gone to Edgar and will oren, In a short time, a school In that city. Jefferson county wheat growors tiro rejoicing over the big fall of snow that visited this vicinity Sunday and Monday. Grand Island will raise 100,000 to establish a college at thut place. An drew Carnegie has pdomlsed $20,000 conditionally. That It might be dedicated free from debt, $5,000 w.tb raised In the Presby terian church at Fremont in less than half an hour. Tho Shelton gas well Is down over 1,300 feet, und gas enough has been found to light with a match. The men who are boring nay they will go 4,000 feet if nccesynry. Mrs. Amanda Crnndall died at her homo at 1oroy from the effects of wounds sustained about two months ago In a gasoline explosion whilf preparing a meal. The Nye-Schnebler-Fowlof company has platted ground at Crelghton and Is making plans for tho erection of an elevator and also coal and lumber yards as soon as weather conditions permit. Fire Commissioner Johnson hns just Issued a neat little circular warn ing prospective users of Christinas trees of tho danger from fire connect-, ed therewith and tabooing the use of tlsauo paper festoons and cotton batting. juomr The women's ward nt the state pen itentiary resembles a large doll shop while the female convicts are mak ing drcBseB for sovernl dozen dolls which will adorn the W. C. T. U. Christmas tree. Tho semi-annual report of the stato university to tho governor has been, filed. It shows that in tho six months ending November DO the receipts ot tho unlvorslty from sources indepen dent of taxation were $70,545.95. Tho total expenditures during thi same period were $2C5,0O3.C9. The nppolntment of W. R. Jackson of University Place for deputy food commissioner has been announced by Governor-elect Chester H. Aldrlch. Mr. Jackson was a candidate on tho democratic ticket at the recent elec tion for tho office of Btato superinten dent or public instruction, Tor which place he was defeated by J W. Crab- tree. Congressman J. A. Mngulre has In vited C. G. Elliott, chler or tho drain ago burenu or the department or agri culture, to Lincoln to deliver a lec ture before tho state conservation convention, which will be held thero tho latter part of January. Mr. Elli ott has not yot definitely accepted tho Invitation, but Mr. Mngulrc Is confl dent that he will do so. Governor Shallenberger ban re ceived notice from tho federal treas ury department that a warrant has been drawn in favor of the stato for $2,820.25, representing tho state's 25 per cent share of tho revenuo from tho forest reserve lands within thltj Btato. ThlB money may bo applied to public roads or public schools, as the stato legislature directs, in tho coun ties In which the forest reserves lie. Tho Union Pacific has been permu ted to put Into effect a new weighing rule on live- stock destined for tho South Omnha markot similar to tho rule permitted tho Burlington a few days ago. Tho new rule, which allows unevenly filled cars to ho averaged In weight, Instead of charging onch car separately, will go Into offect January 10. Tho change amounts to a reduc tion or rates In tho cases to which It will specifically apply. Tho resignation of First Lieutenant E. J. Shlnn of the machlno gun bat tery, N. N. G has been received and accepted Tho application of tho Independent Tolophono system of Nebrnska to re duce Its tlmo limit from fivo to throo minutes will bo heard by tho railway commission on December 21 ut 2 o'clock. Moro national guards turned out to Inspection this fall than wero on tho rolls of the guard a year ago; that Is, tho national guard minis absen tees is stronger now than it was a vuar ago, absentees Included SHOULD QUIET DOWN LAFE YOUNG SAYS COUNTRY 18 TIRED OF TURMOIL. BURY THE TARIFF QUESTION Will be Better off If Congress Shuto Up Shop for Two Years Maid en Speech of lowan an At tack on Cummins. Washington. Senator .lifnyclte Young or Iowa Friday gave the legis lative body of which lie been a mem ,ber exnetly ten days tho surprise of its exlBtoticc. He had prepared to mnko an attack on his colleague, Senator Cummins, who seeks tho passago of a concurrent resolution changing tho rules of the senate nnd house so ns to permit piecemeal revision of the Payne-Aldrlch tariff law. This ho did, and more. Doffing his togn, when ho nrose. he lectured tho grave and dig nified senators from a standpoint of an editor, which he Is In private life, Tho senate gasped and then laughed when Mr. Young told It Hint the coun try would feel relieved wore congress to adjourn altogether for two "solid" years. It gasped again when he al luded to its members In breezy fashion aB "boys," and when he de clared that the editors of the country and not congress ruled the country the galleries joined with senators in general hilarity. Senator Young's speech, which oc cupied less than an hour, commanded the strictest attention. The senator had prepared nn address, which waB before him on his desk, but ho seldom consulted tho printed manuscript. Ho warmed as he proceeded and apparent ly realizing that It might bo nt once his salutatory and his swan song, spoke his rcnl thoughts on legisla tion and on tho national legislature. Convention of Women VoterB. Tacoma, Wash. The first nntlonal convention of women voters will bo held here Jnnuary 11, according to plans perfected- Tho convention was called by Governor Brady of Idaho. Four other equal Btiffrago stntcs Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and Wash ingtonrepresenting about 270,000 women voters, will participate. Tho promoters of the new organization propose calling it tho national council of women voters. Chinese Loan Hangs Fire. Peking. The government has not yet come to terms with tho American financial syndicate over the proposal nf the loan or $50,000,000 to bo used by China in furthering currency reforms and other Interests or the empire. The final difficulty In the wny appears to he In the matter or an nppointment of a financial adviser to China, who will be in a position to influence the ex penditures. Appeal to Commissioner Nelll. Chicago. The western railroads have appealed to United States Com missioner of Labor Charles P. Nelll and to Chnlrman Martin Knnpp of tho interstate commerce commission, to act as mediators In tho wngo contro versy between the railroads and the brotherhood of locomotive engineers Mine Explosion Cost Twelve Lives. Norton, Va. An explosion In tho mlno of tho Bond Coal company at Greeno cost the IIvcb of twelve of tho fourteen men In the workings at tho time. Only two escaped, ono of whom died shortly after being" taken out. Raid on a Bucket Shop. Chicngo. United States secret ser vice officials have raided the offices of tho Capital Investment company ns a buekctbltop. Fight Fire With Weather 50 Below. Fairbanks, Alaska. Fire destroyed nlno buildings here, entailing a loss In excess of $120,000. For a tlmo tho flames threatened to destroy the en tire city. The mercury hovered closo to fifty degrees below zero nnd the suffering of tho firo fighters was pltl ful. Candy for the Coke Workers. Unlontown. Pa. Fifty thousand pounds of candy havo been purchuscd by tho Frlck Coal & Coko company, n subsidiary of tho United States Steel coi'Kiratlon for distribution nmong the 30,000 children of Us employes In tho Connellavlllo and Klondyke regions. To Start for South Pole. Now Haven. Dcllnlto assurance Hint Harry Whitney of this city In tends to start next year, if possible, In search of tho south pole is contained in a telegram sent by Mr. Whitney from Now Orleans to tho Journal Courier. Saved From a Massacre. Washington, D. C American mis BlonarlcB at Lienchow probably were saved from u mnBsacro during tho riots several weeks ago, In tho north eastern part of Kuantung province, China, by tho prompt protectlvo meas ures adopted by Colonel Lul, comman der of tho small Chlneso military forco stationed thore, according to do tails or the disturbance mado public at tho stato department. No Amor1 cans wero killed, but considerable mlr slonary property at Sam Kwong waa destroyed. CURETHATC0LD .' TODAY x "I vrniilil rntlicr preserve Im lieald of ii iint Ion Hi nil be lta ruler." -MUN I YON. I Tliou.nnds of peoplo who ore mifTcrina with coUIh aro about today. Tomorrow they limy bo prostrated with penumonia. , An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Get u 23 cent bottlo of Muu I yon's Cold Cure nt tho nearest dru ' store. This bottlo mny be conveniently carried in tho vest pocket. If you are , not entifficd with tho effects of tho rem edy, pend us your empty bottlo nnd wo will refund your monoy. Munvon's Cold Cure will speedily brenk up all forms of colds and prevent grippe and pneumonia. It checks discharges of tho nose nnd eyes, tops sneezing, nllnys Inflammation ana fever, and tones up tho system. , If you need Medical Advico, write to Munyon's Doctors. They will carefully uingnore your caw and adviso you by wnfli absolutely free T.f0?' Mnnj-n 03d and Jefferson streets, . Philadelphia. Pa. TWO WORLD FAMED GRANNIES One of These Talented Women l Sarah Bernhardt and tho Other Ellen Terry. X Two fnmoun grandmothers aro dls tlngulshed visitors of this country. R fcrring to theso tnlented ladies Tho Rochester Tost Express Bays: "Ono o tho grandmothers is Mine Sarah Born-, hardt; tho othor is Ellen Terry. Both, actresses have reached an ago when il is permissible to retlro from actWi llfo; but tho French actrcsB is said to be as energetic &b a woman half hot ago, whllo Ellen Terry Is declared to bo as young as over sho was in tho palmy days when sho and Henry Irv ing ruled tho theatrical world of En's land. Miss Terry haB rollred from tho stngo so far ns acting is concorned, and has taken to lecturing on Shakes peare's heroines. And who could do better than sho who has plnyed so many of tho womanly women of tho Rreat dramatist? Readers of her breezy biography know what she thinks of Portia, Beatrice, Vqila, Rosa lind and other famous women of the tragedies and comedies, but no print ed pngo could charm as docs tho won derfully expressive features and tho volvot volco of tho greatest living English-speaking actress." Does Your Cat Cough? Poor pussy 1 As if tho Immemorial charges against her of keeping ub nwnko o nights nnd of eating canary birds whenever sho gets tho chance wero not onough, tho doctors havo ,' Just dlscovercdthnt for years sho has been responslblo for tho spread of dlphthotrla. Dr. O. J. Awburn of Manchester, England, having traced , an epidemic of this dlscaso In n sub urb of that city to a pet cat bclongli$ to ono of his patients, has found, after ' much clever Investigation, that all cats aro peculiarly susceptlblo to diphtheritic affections of tho throat ' Ho has thereforo recently been warn ing all families who own cats to watch them carefully, nnd, if they de velop coughs, to forbid tholr being hugged and petted. Dr. Awburn fur ther recommends that if tho cough perlslsts and tho cat begins to grow thin to havo tho animal destroyed nt once. Tho only really safo way, ho Bays, Is to lot tho first wheezo bo pussy's death warrant. lYICIVSrr IT Mzr00' to remember M. """when you need a remedy i 7or COUGHS end COLD$ ', The great pleasuro of llfo is lovo; tho greatest treasuro 1b contentment; tho greatest possession is hcnlth; tho greatest caso is sleep, and tho great est medlclno a truo friend. Templo. $ Perhaps our clouds havo a silver lining, but It generally takes other peoplo to seo it r Gives Breakfast Zest and Relish Post Toasties A sweet, crisp, "whole some food made of Indian Corn, ready to serve right from the box with cream and sugar. Flavoury Delicious Economical The Memory Lingers" Fostum O real Company, Ltd., IJMtU Creek, Mich. A ? V && i .. -.... ... A .. v, i -.uni ii mm-- . .- JiWifi'tMi I a.'. i-J&rnc-r -n- N mmmi-i" -- 'jau.iaamam TTZTZfimtmUBtiUltftT 1 A - .j..,;,. ,.,. US . -, i