I 1 i VBJ I Kl i jj I w a X ) I U 1 f ! 1 The Chief C. D. HALE, 1'ubllshor JIED CLOUD NEBRASKA F EVENTS OF THE DAY TOLD IN A FEW LINES. THE DAY'S NEWS BOILED DOWN Personal, Political, Foreign and Intel llgence of Various Kinds, Inter esting to the General Reader Given In Condensed Rorm. Washington. It 13 not certain thnt President Tnft Mill niinravc the Arizona constitution. Further revision of the rules of the liouso of representatives Is content plated by insm-Rcnt members. Senator Loirlmer was Riven a clean 1)111 by tho commlttco that Investigat ed the charge, of bribery. A bill has been Introduced before congress providing for tho restora tion of tho army canteen. Tho prospect of a revision of the tariff by cither the present or tho next congress Is said to bo not very bright. Tho present year's trade statistics fhow a largo rate of increase on both imports and exports over former years. The rumor that Assistant Secretary of State Wilson would bo appointed ambassador to Turkey has proved un founded. Tho president is having n bill pre pared designed to carry out his ideas of tho collection of tolls at tho Panu ma ciinal. It is generally understood that Congress will pass some kind of n tariff commission bill during tho pres ent sesfclon. Tho postolllco dellclt is being re duced at u moderate rate, according to tho report of tho assistant post Piaster general. Leroy Sondcrs, publisher of tho Bcattlo Star, has been adjudged in 'ontempt and Jailed for criticising the fcctlon of tho superior court. Tho wife of Scnntor Goro of Okla homa denies that her husband re ceived or solicited financial assistance luring his campaign from Mr. Ham mon. Tho proposed advance in rates on lumber east bound from north Pacific points has been suspended by the In terstate commerce commission until April 23, 1011. It is understood that tho president gave but littlo encouragement to tho committee having in chargo tho bill for tho increase in the pensions of civil war soldiers. A reorganization of the ofllco forco at tho whito house will probably bo provided for in a bill to be presented to congress. Tho aim is to put tho forco on n non-political basis. Contributors to the runsom fund Eeveral years ago of Miss Stone, who was captured nnd held by brigands in Hulgarln. will probably bo reimbursed by a bill now pending In congress. Domestic. Portugal will elect a president in April. Bihhop Foley was consecrated at St. Augustine, Fla. Tho first American applo congress met at Denver. Michael Cudahy left an estate val ued at $11,000,000. Tho Winnipeg street car system is tied up by u strike. Malno's new state house, costing J.'l.'iO.OOO, was dedicated Monday. Iledouin rebels have taken Maun, in the district of Korak, in Syria. Dr. Cook is expected to arrlvo in New York from Knglaml this week. Troops have left Mexico City for Chihuahua to crush tho insurroctos. A torrential rn'nstorm has con tinued for several weeks at Cape Haltfii. Twelve men wero instantly killed by an explosion in tho Hand coal mine at CSreeno, Va. Tho first convention of women voters will bo held at Tacoma. Wash., January 1 1 next. Students at St. Petersburg havo trono on strike in protest against tho cruelties which it is Enid are being In flicted upon political prisoners in tho HusBlnn empire. A six-year-old hoy was tnken In tho act of rifling mall boxes in tho post ofllco at Rochester. Pa. Nearly every county In tho state was rorrcscnted at tho meeting of the farmers' congress of Indiana. S. S. Hassebrook fell dead at Wich ita, Kan., Just after making his daugh ter a JfiOO Christmas present. Five persons wero drowned at Hock away beach by tho capsizing of a boat from which they wero fishing. New York city has a Chinese -'hurch, tho only ono in this country bavo thnt of San Francisco. Canadian farmers who petitioned their government for an imniedlato re vision of tho tariff aro much disap pointed over tho refusal of tho request. Following n series of earthquake shocks a small Island off tho coast of San Salvador has disappeared, carry ing nearly 100 persons to their death. With tho mercury GO degrees below zero, firemen had n stubborn llglu with llanios ' that tlu-n-itniiPfl In- n titno to destroy iho town of Falrban.tb, , Alaska. ' j 1 1 U P. Diaz Cosslo, Spanish consul gen eral nt Constantinople, has been np pointed consul general nt New York. President Gomez has accepted tho resignation of Major General Gucrra as commander-in-chief of tho Cubnu army. London, Ontario, is being Btippllcd with light nnd power generated at Niagara Falls. Mllvllle I). Landon, better known as "Ell Perkins," died Friday nt tho age of seventy-one. Plans are being arranged for a tun nel to carry parcels between Chicago and eastern polntB. An eartluiuako was recorded by Iho seismographs at tho Santa Clara observatory Monday. Tho U. S. Steel corporation will dis tribute $2,700,000 as u bonus nmong its olIlcerB nnd employes. John Cundlff was killed at Clear water, Kansas, when n grindstone running nt high speed burst. Tho next world's convention of tho Christian endeavor union will be held In Sydnoy, Australia In 1014. Tho worst storm known for yearn swept the coast of Newfoundland, and many shipping disasters resulted. James Kclley, a penitentiary Inmate at Lincoln, was probably fatally stabbed by Harry Hill, a fellow con vict. Postal authorities have made u num ber of arrests at Philadelphia of per sons accused of using the malls to de fraud. Porter Charlton will be taken to Trenton, N. J where he will seek re lease through habeas corpus proceed ings. Tho board of education of Roches ter, N. Y., has declared ngnlnst fra ternities nnd sororities in tho high school. Knnsns City has begun n crusade ngafnst lotteries of every description, even to the placing of a ban on church raffles. Mrs. Dora Doxey, who was acquitted tit St. Louis of tho charge of tho mur der of William Erdcr, will bo tried for bigamy. Tho Farmers and Merchnnts' bank at Anson, Texas, has closed Kb doors. Drouth and bad crops nro given as the reason. Chicago church people havo sent a memorial to congress protesting against tho militarizing of the Pan ama canal. lluslncss mon of Hangor, Wis., have pledged bail In tho amount of $22,000 for John Dletz, the "outlaw of Cam eron Dam." Wasto of natural resources is at tributed by Governor ISverhart of Minnesota bb the main factor in tho high cost of living. Tho first of tho "pence services" planned throughout tho country was held at Metropolitan Temple In New York City Sunday. A Inrgo quantity of tomato pasto containing decomposed vegetablo mat ter was seized and destroyed by Snn Francisco ofllclals. Federal ofllcers raided an opium den nt Huffalo, N. Y., seized $.r.,00fl worth of the drug and placed ten Chinamen under arrest. The Chlnoso loan of $30,000,000 Is being held up until tho appointment of a financial adviser by tho American syndlcato negot'atlng tho loan. A fifteen-year-old boy with an empty rifle held revolting prisoners In tho Limn, O., Jail at bay until assist ance arrived and quelled the rioters. Melvlllo Lo Lnncy Landon, better known as "Ell Perkins," tho humor 'st, Is critically ill with locomotor ataxia at his home In Yonkcrs. Ho 1b 71 yenr1? old. Troops sent to the relief of Elkarek, recently attacked by Ikdoulns, put the Insurgents to rout, with littlo opposi tion. Mnny of tho Hedoulns were killed In the attack on the town. The trial of James Gallagher for the shooting of William Edwards whllo tho latter was trying to protect Mayor Gajnor from Gallagher's nttack In Au gust last, has been postponed till Jan uary a. Hy an explosion of gas at tho auxil iary power house of tho Grand Cen tral station, New York City, niuo per sons wero killed, 12.i Injured and property damaged to tho extent of $300,000. The bureau of National Indian War Veterans at Washington is making an effort to Focuro the name of every ex soldier who fought, either as regulat or volunteer, against the Indians on tho frontier. True to Indian tradition, IHg Mnry. an Indian woman living near Sand Spiinps, Okln., gavo liorEeU up to the sheriff t.fter killing John Goodman, who was trying to forco an entrance into her homo. Edward Treadwcll. a newspaper man of Rock Lake, N. 1).. shot George Dlggins for tho alleged reason that Dlggins had a hand In tho disap pearance of n bottlo of whisky from tho former's olllce. Immigration authorities at Portland, Me., are using more than ordlnarj caution in tho examination of a party of Mormons Just arrived from Liver pool. A number nro being detained until they kIvo moro definite accounts of their plans. Indians have sued tho Copper River Railroad for $10,000 for desecration of an ancient burying place through which tho road rnn. They intend using tho money recovered to givo a pot latch or feast to appeaso tho spirits of the bodies disturbed. Tho Frlck Coal company, at Union town, ln., will d'stiibuto 10.000 pounds or candy amongst tho children of Its cnployc for Christmas. .Ti.rk Abornathy will get ?.r.000 from ymo wealthy New Yorkc.s for show ing them how ho catches wolves llo with his bare hands. They will nlvo a ntg wilf hunt on Lorn: Island. IS FREMONT MAN SUCCUMBS TO SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS. HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE What 1b Going on Here and There That Is of Interest to the Read ers Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. Fremont Gregor Dolhanjk died Sunday at tho Fremont hospital from stir-inuicted wounds. Dolliunyk had lived since Friday night with hi throat cut from ear to Our and his windpipe severed in two places. Fri day night, Dolhanyk, while In a (It of despondency, left his bed. Utter his wife found hlm In a pool of blood on the kitchen floor, lie was taken to tho hospital. Seven small children nnd a wife survive the deceabrd. Electric Light Plant Blows Up. Orleans Tho Orleans electro light plant was blown up Sunday morning and tho town Is In durknes-i. Just after tho electrician tinned on the lights something got out of ilx about tho ninchlnery and an explosion fol lowed which completely demolished the engine and did considerable other damage to tho plant. Heavenly Messenger at Hastings. Hastings. A meteor was seen in tho northern sky Friday evening by a number of people. It appeared as a string of light and when seeming about twenty feet from the ground It burated and cast n blue flame which dimmed the street lights for an In stant. For University Rermval. Fremont Senator Fred Vollp of this district may Introduce a bill at the next session of the state legislature ns a result of a conference on a plan which looks to the putting of the uni versity buildings on the same site as that occupied by the ugrlciiltui.il col lege. Ponca William C. Flege. convicted by a Jury of killing bis sister, Louise, was sentenced to llfo Imprisonment in tho penitentiary by Judge Graves. Tho court passed sentence immedi ately after hearing arguments on a motion for a new trial, which lie over ruled. Frnnklln Ernst Arnold. county treasurer, has on exhibition in his office an car of corn that has fourteen distinct ears grown together. Heatrice firemen will have a fair next week. Nebraska sheriffs are in scsb on at Columbus. York will vote bonds for a $33,000 waterworks plant. Hastings will give a free Christmas dinner to the poor. J. S. Young, an old resident of Ne braska City, is deud. The Stato Lumbermen'; association will meet at Omaha, Janunry 111 and 20. Over five hundred birds have been entered in the poultry show at Fre mont. A local association or Nebraska retailers was organized in Dlller re cently. Huffalo county will hold a poultry show at Kearney the second week in Jnnuary. Tho city council at Fairbiiry refused to allow an exhibition of the Jeffries Johnson fight pictures. Will Hay ward of Nebraska Cltj. ac companied by his wife, has gone to Cuba to spend the winter. Row II. D. McGan of Numa. Colo., has accepted tho pastorato of the Presbyterian church at Falrbur. Tho eleventh annual meeting' of tho Nebraska State liar absucintiun will be held In Omaha December 27 and 28. Nebraska Scots will celebrate! Rums' birthday nt Omaha, January LM. A program of Caledonian games has been arranged. McCook will cultivate about a thou sand acres of sugar beets next season, and contracts to that effect are i.ipldly bolng signed up. Heatrlco Is much Interested in a waterworks system, and will probably build an electric plant or Its own to furnish power. Tho Hastings rail festival developed so mueh Interest and was so success ful that It will probably bo main tained pt.manently. James Flelschman. a farmer nenr Avocn, was seriously injured by tho breaking of a chain with which he was pulling stumps. Reeauso his fnther reproved him for dissipation, William Dill, a Lincoln youth, shot himself In tho head. He, will probnbly recover. Tho farmers around Lyons are or dering cars and shipping their own corn, Instead or patron'zlng tho ele tors. Fremont ministers have fixed Now Tear's day as tho date ror beginning a revival mcefng. Tho meetings will bo conducted by tho pastors or seven local churches and will eontinuo ror an Itideflnlto period. James G. Lawrence, who for the past twentythreo years has acted as deputy postmaster in tho Ueturlco postofllco, had just been notified bj Washington that ho has been given a life position as deputy postmaster D DEM Ilnroid Smith, a farmer boy nenr Howe, was thrown from a horse and dragged nlong a barbed wire fence which nearly severed ono log. Dr. Olrren was thrown rrom his buggy hy a Tightened team tit Lin coln, nnd so novcroly Injured that he had to bo taken to n hospital. The German clubs or Lincoln will put tho locker system Into use In their balls that they mny in u mensuro avoid even the appearance or evil. An Investigation as to the caus'e or the delay In the erection or the now redoral building in Kearney has been commenced by the commercial club. Temperance sermons will be deliv ered In all Lincoln churches of which the pnHtors are members of the minis terial association, on Sunday, Janu ary 22. A largo number of converts whs the result of a series of meetings Just closed at Franklin. The conversions were principally among the ounger people. Hon Henderson, a brlckmaker. was picked up In the Burlington yards at Lincoln with his skull badly frac tured. How It occurred Is still ti mystery. Prof. D. J. Park, who has been teach Ing botany and other studies In the Beatrice high school, has resigned and will accept a slinllnr position at Val halla, N. Y. A wall Is going up from various parts of the stato over the reported scarcity or turkeys with which to properly observe the time-honored Christmas feast. The annual meeting of the Ne biaska Historical society at Lincoln, January 0 to 11, Inclusive, promises to bo the best meeting of the organiza tion yet hold. Frank Calkins, a ten-year-old boy at Fllley, was so badly Injured by the explosion of a can of powder with which he was experimenting that he may lose his eyesight. The management of the Fremont Young Men's Cluist'nn association is planning for a big reception New Year's. The day has been set for Monday evening, January 2. Whllo out hunting Sunday near Sterling, Owen Frost lost his right hari and Otho Currey sustained a bad wound in the head by tho acci dental discharge or a shotgun. A. M. Berry, county treasurer at Falrbury, announces that his olllce is overburdened with work on account or farmers rrom all parts or the coun ty coining in to pay their tae-. William Ljlc, employed it a Hoi drege brick yard, was caught in tho huge conveyor shaft and severely In jured before a fallow workman could stop the machinery and rescue him. An old fiddlers' contest will be held In Auburn some time In January. All the fiddlers or Nemaha county over rorty years or age are eligible ror the contest, and hoiiio valuable pi-1.es will be awarded. It is estimated that It will cost nearly $G,000,000 to run tho state the next two years. The state board or public lands and buildings has awurded the contract Tor wiring the basement or the state liouso to tho Union Klectrlcal com pany or Lincoln. The price was fixed at $401.10. W. S. Whltten, secretary of the Com mercial club, has gone to Chicago, whoro ho is to appear before tho In terstate commerce commission repre senting the shippers in their fight against an increase in freight rates. Secretary of State-elect Walt is pre paring a new uutomouilc tax law which he will have Introduced In tho coming session of the legislature. This act will provide for a flat rate of taxation. The other details of the bill havo not been made public. John Y. Ashton of Lincoln, who for tho past three years has been prin cipal of the schools nt Hickman, has been .appointed by Superintendent Manuel to tho position or grade mali nger '.w the stato industrial school at Kearney. Adjutant General John C. Hartlgan who Is to retire rrom ofllco January !1 I'ecided to remain in tho Nebraska national guard. Ho has appointed himself qmrtermastor or tho Secoiu' regiment, with the rank or captain, tc take olTect January !. Ho hopes tc be promoted when war breaks out with a torcign nation. Tho Union Pacific has been permit ted to put Into effect a now weighing rule on live stock destined lor the South Omnha market similar to the rule permitted the Burlington a Tow days ago. The new rule, which allows unevenly filled cars to bo averaged In weight, Instead of charging each car separately, will go Into effect January 10. Tho change amounts to a reduc tion or rates In tho cases to which I' will specifically apply. Tho Lincoln Traction company will appear bororo tho state railway com mission In an attempt to get tho old 5-ccnt rnro put back Into oporatlon. Notice or this has already roused a 'urge majority or Lincoln street car patrons nnd tho hcailng promises to bo lively. Tho university board of regents are roported to look with disfavor on the plan of removing tho genernl colleges rrom tho city campus to tho state farm. Tho coinlg legialnturo will be asked to provide ror a warehouse or arsenal tor the national guard In Lincoln. 1 iUHmnhSAllrS Constipation Vanishes Forever Prompt Relief-Permanent Cure CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS neve fail. Purely vegst able act furely but genUy on the liver. Stop after dinner clutreu cute indi. Seition iraprore ids complexion brighten le eyei. Small PilL Small Doit, Saull Frit, Genuine muitben Signature p ISO'S in THE NAMr Or THE BEST Kyi IT O I C INl r" for COUGHS j COLDS FIGHTING THE WHITE PLAGUE Number of State Institution Is Double During the Past Two Years. Sixteen stato snnntorla, 28 county hospitals nnd 21 municipal hospitals ror tuberculosis hnve been erected nnd provided ror since Jnnuary 1, 1009, says a recent bulletin of tho Na tional Association for tho Study and Prevention or Tuberculosis. Within tho last two years tho num ber of stnte Institutions for tubercu losis has doubled, and the number of county and municipal Institutions has Increased from about 30 to 80. Tho expenditures of public money for tho treatment of tuberculosis also has moro than doubled. Not less than $11,000,000 of state money waB appro prlated for tuberculosis Institutions in 1S09, when 43 legislatures met, and over $C00,000 in 1910, when only 11 legislatures wero In session. Tho ap propriations of counties nnd cities for tuberculosis hospitals and sanatoria In tho Inst two years will aggregate fully $2,500,000, bringing tiio total of official appropriations for tubercu ilosls hospitals up to over $6,000,000 in the past two years. In spite, however, of this good show ing, tho National Association for tho Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis states that not one-tenth of tho pub lic provision for tuberculosis thnt Is needed hnB been made. Moro than 250,000 tuberculosis patients are con stantly without proper institutional treatment. Tho Modern Way. A couplo of young men on tho Mnr ket street viaduct tho other evening offered a new version of an old saw. After they hnd passed a couplo of auburn-haired damsels ono of tho young men took his stand nt the curb and gazed up and down the bridge. "What are you looking for?" In quired bis companion. Pointing to tho red-headed girls, tho young man answered: "I'm trying to boo a whito automobile." Youngstown Telegram. Wi Knew. A certain Jurist wns an enthusiastic golfer. Once ho had occasion to in terrogate, In a criminal suit, n boy witness from Bain. "Now, my lad," he said, "aro you acquainted with the nnturo and sig nificance of an oath?" Tho boy, raising his brows In Bur prise, answered: "Of course I am, blr. Don't I caddy for you at the Country club?" Suc cess. It Worked Woll. "How is tho new filing system? Sue :ess?" asked tho ngent or tho mer chant to whom ho had sold a "system" a row days berore. "Great!" said the merchant. "Good!" said tho agont, rubbing his hands. "And how Is business?" "Business?" echoed tho merchant. "Oh, wo havo stopped business to at tend to tho filing system." Cause and Effect. "He's a poet of passion, Isn't he?" "Yes; I've seen him fly into one when his verses wero returned." WONDERED WHY. Found the Answer Was "Coffee." Many pale, sickly persons wonder for years why they havo to suffer so, and eventually discover that tho drug caf foino in coffeo Is tho main causo of tho trouble. "I was always very fond of coffee nnd drank It ovcry day. I nover had much flesh and ortcn wondered why I wns always so pale, thin and weak. "About flvo years ago my hcnlth completely broko down and 1 was con fined to my bed. My stomnch was in such condition that I could hardly tnko sufficient nourishment to sustain llfo. "During this time I wns drinking cof fee, didn't think I could do without it. "After awhile I camo to tho conclu sion that coffeo wns hurting me, and decided to givo it up nnd try Postura. I didn't liko tho tnsto of it at first, but when it wns mado right boiled until dark and rich I soon beenmc fond of it. "In ono week I began to feol better. I could eat moro nnd sleep better. My sick headaches wero less froquent, and within flvo months I looked nnd felt liko a now being, headncho spells en tirely gono. "My hcnlth continued to improvo and today I am well and strong, weigh 148 pounds. I nttrlbuto my present health to tho life-giving qualities of Postum." Read "Tho Hoad to Wellvlllo." in ?kgs. "Thoro's a Benson." 12trr rmd (lie nbuve letter T A new one npiienru from linn- to time. They nre Ki'iiulne, true, and full of huuuia Interest. jbui adtfdc jflMutnlm W ' ' JEr BIVER rW ClliU t&Z&&&Zz H v CLAIMS TO BE SQUARE MAN Bin Man With Good-Natured Face Sub. mlt8 Reasons Why Built That Way. "I don't want to blow my own horn," said tho big man with tho good natured face, "but I think I como un der tho head of square men." "Did you find a lost purse and re store It to soino millionaire?" wa asked. "A littlo better than thnt, I think Ten days bororo tho state election a man came to mo and asked: , " 'John, how do you think things ar going to go?' '"AH my way,' I replied. " 'Will It bo a lundslldo?' " 'Sure.' v " 'But I'm told that It will go tho other way.' '"Don't you bollcvo It. I'm seeing tho signs In tho sky. Bet my way. Bet oven up. Bot nil you'vo got. You'll be n sure winner.' "And ho took your advice, did he?" "Ho did. Went right off and mado o bet within an hour." "And nbout tho landslide?" "It Inndsllded tho other way. Yes, my party got buried ten feet deep." "But where did tho squaro deal como In?" "Oh. I saw him afar off on tho street next day and ran to him and handed hlm 60 cents." "But but " "He'd bet thnt and lost. It was his 11. I restored It to him. Sounro .lnnl. and ho is a happy man. No compli ments, gentlemen. I am built that way!" Without Malice. "What havo you done?" exclaimed MrB. Cumrox, as bIio flourished a let ter nt him. "Has that anything to do with' tho correspondence I tried to help you with?" "It haH. It's an Indignant protest. I told you to addresB that dlstin gulshed planlBt ns 'Herr Proressor.' " "And I did so." "Yes. But you wroto It 'Hair Pre fessor!"' Would Avoid Hlm. Slopay Hero comes a man I don't care to meet. Let'n crosB over. DeLong Why don't you caro to meet him? Slopay Ho has a mania for collect ing bills. Of Course She Must. "What time does tho dance begin?" "Nino o'clock." "Then wo must bo there at 8:30." "What for?" "I must havo at least an hour In tho dressing room to renrrango my hair." Some women wear big hats because they have small heads. Lewis' Single Binder, the famous etraight Cc cigar annual sale 9,500,000. Tho noblest motive Is tho publlo good. Virgil. 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