ifct IT WAS A BUZZARD HIGH WIND AND LOW TEMPERA TURE IN GENERAL. HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE What is Going on Hero and There That. Is of Intorest to the Read. era Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. Ccnovii. An old time blizzard struck Geneva ut midnight Saturday und coutlnued throughout Sunday mid Monday. The temperature was 12 de grees below zero. About two Inches of anow foil, but It Is clear and Un wind has rallun to a velocity of about fifteen miles per hour. Hastings to Abolish Lottery. Hustings. Mayor Miles has directed the police to Investigate a device said to bo in mho in several places of busi ness in connection with tin sale of randy. The device in question Is said to bo n board with many holes. Num bers are hidden in the holes. The purchaser of a chance punches the covering over a number, selecting the holes he wishes. Certain numbers en title tho purchaser to various amounts of candy, while others entitle him to nono. "$20,000 in Twenty Days." (Irani! Island A utilrpie effort is be ing made by tho committee of ilfteen appointed by the commercial club to carry out Grand Island's part of the plan of tho Baptist state convention to raise $100,000 for the (irand Island college. Tho slogan of "Twenty Thousand Dollars In Twenty Days" has been adopted and tho committees are a, work. Nebrasken Makes Russian Windmill. Hastings. M. Fulrnian of tills city is In receipt from Odessa, llussla, of an order for a windmill to be erected near that place. This 13 the ilrst American-made windmill to he shipped to Russia and the first mill of any kind to be used in that part, of tho country to which It Is shipped. No. 1 Auto Leaves State. S. B. Hawloy of Kearney, the man who hold automobile license No. 1 in this state, has departed, taking this number, for which there has been much competition among auto mobile owners and drivers, with him. He will live ut Monte Vista. Colo. Farewell Reception. David City St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church of this city gave a farewell reception to Governor-elect and Mrs. Aldrlch, who leave Monday for their now home and new duties in Lincoln. Killed Wolf in Back Yard. Surprise Two coyotes came up into George GUI's yard and started to fight his dogs. Mr. GUI got up und shot at them, killing one instantly and crip pling tho other. Falrbury is organizing a juvenile bund. Gordon business linns will close nt C::(0 p. m. FIro at Salem destroyed property valued ut $25,000. The West India Maliogany company has been Incorporated at Lincoln. A lodge of the Woodmen of tho World has been organized at Axtell. Tho epidemic, of scarlet fevor that threatened West Point has subsided. Tho now Burlington passenger sta tion at Peru Ih practically completed. Dr. W. J. Doyle died very suddenly Monday morning ut his homo In Gree ley. Tho now plant of the Fremont Gas nud Electric Light company Is rapid ly nearing completion. York voters defeated tho $fi.-,000 city water plant bonds at a special election held recently. Rev. Tlttorlngton of Omaha has been secured as regular jrastor of the Baptist church ut Auburn. Airs. J. L. Hughes of Lincoln was badly burned by tho explosion of a gasoline iron nho was using. LUIa Rohwedor, of Alnsworth.uged twenty years, died very suddenly Sunduy of acute Indigestion. ArrangomontB nro completed for the organization of a Knights of Co lumbus council In Fremont. Tho "Arkansas Traveler" was pre sented by home talont at tho Orleans opera house, and drew a big crowd. Wesleyan university, at University Place, has Issued bonds to the amount of $50,000 which It will place on sale shortly. Out of town visitors to the minstrel show given ChrlstmitB eve by the peni tentiary "shut Ins" are loud In praises or the entortalnmeiit. Tho residents of tho Masonic homo it liattsmouth celebrated Cliristmns by having a treo In tho large dining room of the home Christmas eve. Farmers and business men In and around. Minltaro have filed a petition with Governor Shullonberger protest ing against the. granting of executive, clemency to H. S. Kennlsou, convicted of tho murder of Sam D, Cox. It Is stated that a pardon In this case would tend to encourage mob violcuce. The Rock Island shojis and car de partment at Falrbury will work on the eight hour basis hcieafter. , David Stewart a colored man was i held up and robbed on u Lincoln slice' j crossing nt S o'clock In the evening. The Elks at York gave a minstrel show to a la rue audience, who thor- oughly appreciated the local hits. The Pioteatant churches nt Fremont have begun u series of union revival meetings that will hold for six weeks. Martin Wapltka. a wealthy farmer near Wnhoo, suicided recently by shooting himself through thu heart with a shotgun. During a lecture In a hall at Gani son a support in tho floor gave way nearly causing a panic, but cool heads In the audience prevented any casu alties. A charivari party at Falrbury cap tured tlie groom and manacled his ankles, requiring the services of si I locksmith with a Hie to remove the irons. An attempt was made to kidnap the little daughter of Loreu Kelmoiid at j Glenover. but the would-bo-abductoi were liightoued away lie fore they suc ceeded. Tom McGovern an Omaha council man, had quite a struggle witli a madman and a pistol, but succeeded In overpowering him before any dam age was done. Mrs. .1. M. Harrison of Nebraska City was bathing her face and hands with alcohol when the liquid caught fire badly burning her before it could bo extinguished. A negro boy under arrest at Wichi ta, Kan., has conlosscd to the killing at Fremont of an aged shoemaker named Cohen, by a blow over the head with a large Hie. A man about fort) -six years old, and giving 'the name of David Moer, was found dead In bed Tuesday at a boarding house in Humboldt where he had been stopping. A movement is now well under way to increase the endowment of Hast' lugs college rrom $100.1100 to $2.U,01U, of which $50,000 will be linested as a retiring fund for teachers. Yerrlotl .lunsscn, a ten-year-old boy at Craig, was shot In the eye with a ball from an air title, which had been given him as a Christmas gift. It Is feared lie will lose his eyesight. Visi'.ois fiout twenty cities In Ne braska and Iowa will gather In Fre mont January 1." to attend the in'tla Hon and banquet incident to installing a lodge of Knights of Columbus at Fremont. Dr. J. S. Devrles of Fremont met with a painful accident when he caught his hand In a closing door. It was so badly crushed that he needed tho services of another surgeon to dress it. Henry Hodges, a farm hand living near Walton, was found unconscious and badly frozen and was taken to the county hospital. It is alleged that he had been on u protracted spree, the basis of which was lemon extract and stomach bitters. Medical Inspection In the public schools of Fremont will be started In February. Tho school board has de cided to adopt the system of having the pupils examined periodically with regard to their health. The annual charity ball, the big so cial affair of the year in Fremont was held at the Masonic hall Thursday evening. The sale of tickets added $."27.50 to the fund that the Charity club will use for helping the poor and sick during the coming year. LINCOLN "WVtfWf Nebraska's share of tho rand de rived from forest reserves, amounting to $2,820.25, hits arrived at tho gov ernor's olllce in tho form of a check from the L'nlted States treasury de partment. It will go to the counties whero the reserves are located, for tho benotlt of the public schools and tho public roads. The state penitentiary went after lir uintn f.ipni rppfiril nn whnnl tilts season und raised the yield to llftj live bushels per acre. Now the Insane asylum is going after the slate farm record on stock raising. A cow at tho asylum recently gave birth to three calves. One was born alive, hut two were dead. The legislative committee of tho as eoiiatlon of state charities and cor lections met to discuss legislation which an attempt will be made this winter to secure. Chief among the Bills sought will be one providing for a non-partisan board of control or all institutions In which the association is intorested. Buel S. Harrington of Alnsworth was tho llrBt member-elect to reach the capital for permanent abode dur ing the legislature. He has secured rooms for himself and wife and will thus avoid the Inconvenience of living threo months away from home so fat that he could not go back and forth Attorney General Mullen has giver an opinion holding thnt the treasiirei of a school board is the proper custo dlan of funds derived from an issue of school bonds. Thlrty-threo states and territories, Including tho Philippines, and six for olgn couutiieB are represented by stu donts at tho stato university, accord Ing to the report of the regents to the governor nnd legislature. Altogether there have been 7,C0.l registrations at tho state school during the past bleu nlum. Of those, 15,011 wore enrolled In 1908-9 and 3.093 In 1909-10. lis a 1 1 i t sW W"fti mm. LEFT HOLDING SACK NEQRA3KA UNLIKELY TO GET THE CIRCUIT JUDGESHIP. PRESIDENT HAS MAN IN MIND Now Representative In Congress, but Once on Iowa Qench, Whero He Made a Record Some Disappointments. Washington. - - Nebraska's chances for having a nutho son appointed u Judge of the Eighth circuit court wero Veiled very materially when the seml-olllclnl uiinounceinent was made nt the white house that the president had about made up his mind to ap point Representative Walter L. Smith of Iowa to succeed Judge Vattdeveiit or. ThiB suggestion of the president's Intention was made almost simultane ously with the appearance at thr white house of Senator Hurkett on a mission the nature or which ho re fused to disclose, although It is be lieved that he again called to urge the aipointmcnt or II. II. Wilson, his law partner. If the president curies out his pics mt Intention it will mean that a score or more aspirants will be disappoint ed. Including M. L. Learned and Rep presontativo Norris of Nebraska. Judge Nonis has at. no time been an active candidate Tor the place, and has not asked the president to appoint him, but a number or insurgents In the house were anxious to see hint elevat ed to the bench. Judge Smith was formerly on the bench tit Iowa, and the prerldent has high regard for his ubllltv. Icebox Holdup Men, Kansas City.---Emmet Farley, a bar tender, and J. T. Wolf, a hotel clerk, were the victims of two "icebox" hold up men Weilnesda.x . After the rob bers had taken $":! from tin cash drawer and a gold waLgJi from Farley, one of them said: "Now climb into the Icebox." The robbers locked the Ice box and escaped. Fifteen minutes int er Farley and Wolf were released. A grocer In Kunsns City. Kan., with u customer were robbed by two men and left In a refrigerator butt week. King Manuel Out of Cash. Lisbon. The British government has Intervened successfully with Por tugal on behalr of the depleted purse of the deposed King Manuel. Repre sentatives fiom the foreign olllce at iomlon set forth that the exiled mon arch was possessed of means lnsuf llclent Tor his personal needs. Accord ingly the Portuguese government has decided to allow htm to receive tho revenues derived from the properties of the house of Braganza. Saxe-Welmar Celebrates. Berlin. A general holiday was ob served throughout Saxe-Welmar Wed nesday in celebration of the tenth an niversary of the accession or Grand Duke William Ernest to the throno. The grand duke, who Is exceedingly popular with all classes or his sub jects, succeeded his grandfather, tho late Grand Duke Charles Alexnndor, on January 5. 1901. when ho was but twenty-flvo years of ago. Russian Towns In Ruins. St. Petersburg. A mesBngo from raskent, Russian Turkestan, givcB un confirmed rumors that the towns of Przhcvnlsk and PIshpek, In tho terri tory of Semlryetchensk, were de stroyed by Wednesday's earthquake, and that a lake has formed on tho slto of the former place. Bach town has a population of about 8,000. Fifteen Dead In Wreck. Quecnstown. Union or South Atrlca. Fifteen persons wero killed and forty or fifty othors injured In tho wreck of n passenger train near Capo Colony. The train, which was loaded with holiday marketers, left tho rails, and turning over, rolled down an cut- bankmcut. No Trace of tho Robbers. Seattle. The two robbora who loot ed the mall car or the north coast lim ited train of tho Northern Pacific un doubtedly left the train ut Argo, whore the train mopped becauso or a cross ing and they are now believed to be In Seattle. Six Additional Indictments. New York. The grand Jury has or dered six additional Indictments ugalnst Joseph D. Robin, charging him with grand larceny to the amount of $200,000 front the Northern hank ant' savings hank. New York. Former President Roose velt will bo tho chief speaker at tho annual banquet of tho periodical pub lishers association of America, to bo given at tho Waldorf-Astoria. Dry Spot of the Country. El Paso. El Paso probably can lay claim to having been the driest place In tlio United States In the year Just closed. The total annual rainfall was but four and three-hundredths Inches. The average for a yoar hero Is 9.81 inches. New York. Tho establishment of a commercial court for tho voluntary settlement of business disputea of hove merchants has boon decided upon by tho New York chamber of commerce. tN PRIMITIVE EGYPTIAN WAY Irrigation Has Dcen Practiced In tho Nile Valley for a Thousand Year3 Without Progress. Washington. -In the valley of tho Nile Irrigation has been practiced for thousands of years, and If tlino and experlenco were In thomr.olvcs mitllclont, wo ought to find water dls trlbuted with moio skill mid used with bettor results thero than lit any otlior country. Such, howevor, Is not tho case. On the contrary, tho irrigator!" of this country have little to learn The Egyptian Shaduf. from Egypt so far as practical meth ods are concerned. Tho reasons for this are not obscure. Ono Ib tho lack of Inventive and mechanical skill on the part of the farmer. Hero In this country every Implement used In agriculture has been subject to con stant changes and Improvements; tho Kgyptlnn still uses tho crooked stick for a plow and bonis out his corn iib did his ancestors In tho tlino of Pharaoh. In this country wo have already evolved mnchlnory for the construction of cannls, building of Int eraln and cleaning out mid enlarging of ditches; In Egypt many canaln aro cleaned by throwing tho mud out by hand. Tho lessons of Egypt, there fore, so far as Irrigation practice la concerned, nro of negative value. There Is another reason why UiIb is so. Irrigators In Egypt aro paid 15 cents u day. Tholr methods aro Im possible only with thlB low wngo rato. An immense modern Bteiun pumping plant mny bo operated alongside of a shnduf, and tho nntlvc, when inter viewed, will point with prldo to tho superior machlno ho employs. BIG TEXAS TOWN MAY MOVE El Paso Probably Will Become the Metropolis of the State of New Mexico. Sun Antonio, Tex. Now Mexico has long claimed thlB strip or land Blinded In the map, extending wont of the 103d parallol, about 200 inllen long on tho western border or Texas. It comprises El Pnso county, otto or the lnrgost Map of El Paso County. in Texas, and which 1ms threatened in the past to secodo from Texas and form a now Htate. A cotnpromiso is said to be under wny by which Texas will glvo tho county to Now Moxico. This will make tho city of El Paso tho metrop olis of tho stato of Now Mexico. The Human Body. Washington. A man will din for want of air In live minutes, for want of sleep In ten days, for wnnt of water In a weak. Hunger Is slow to kill. When ono falls asleep, tho surrender ol night, tasto, Bmoll. hoarlng and touch la necessary. Tho sense of touch Is tho lightest Blooper and most easily awakened; hearing comes noxt, thon sight, whlla sluggard tasto and smell Iiihi. The human body lo an onltomo 1 In nature of nil mechanics, all hydraul ics, all architecture, all machinery, of overy kind, Thero aro ntoro than 310 mechanical movomentB known today, and all those aro but modifications ol tP.oso found In tho human body. AM Tntrr ''' m 'rife ; rS4F--'1. Mf!' I " t " bT . 7 loKui NEW f MEXICO i & h V f OF MORTEN3EN ALONE NOT GLARED ELECTED. DE. A STRICT PARTY LINE DIVISION Legislature Not Sure of Waifs Elec tion and Goes Through Returns On That Offlco Alone, but Finds No Errors. The turbulent session promised ocr I ho cnnvnss of the votes of Inst tall for stale olllcers. materialized In Wedueday's session of the legisla ture only in that a few members tool; occasion to expound the techulcnlltlej of tho law which governed the disput ed points, and in n record vote which most members accepted as a sum thing before the session got under way. The canvuss consumed tho en tire afternoon and resulted tlniilly In tho formal declaration by the speaker i hat all state olllcers who showed ma jorities on the olllclal abstract of the secretary of state were duly elected, except Peter Morteuseii for railway coiunilshioner to till an unexpired term. On his vote the speaker merely declared the vote which he received. Tin. r.ifiiriia t'l-.itu ft... iiln.it t .t ti'ii ,-rttiti. ..V- .......... ....... ,,W II...1.1J-L-... VWH.I- tles of the stale wen cheeked with the printed abstract on secretary of Mate at the request of friends of tho defeated candidates and no errors were found. William II. Cowglll, democrat le rail way commissioner, died twenty-live days before the November election. Governor Shallenberger appointed a successor. The republicans Inter preted the law to read that In such a contlugcticj the appointment, could only hold until January I, and that a member to lilt tho vacancy win to be elected at Inst fall's election. They placed Mortenson on the ballot by pe tition. The democrats held off on tho ground that the governor's appoint nieiit was good ror it j ear. Mortensen thus had no competition. His itamo will 'appear on the record or the secre tary of Htate as the elected member. The republicans have agreed to se cure a vote and have ll recorded. Tho democrats will stick tope iter When Lieutenant Governor Hope well called the session to order Speaker Kuhl announced that Wait, for secretary of state, had been found to have received 111. 2211 votes, and Pool IU,i:i7 votes, a lead for Walt of. 92, just tho llgures shown on the printed abstract. Prince then moved that the printed abstract as prepared by the secretary of stato be consid ered correct and tho olllcers thero bIiowii to bo elected be announced tin accredited ofllcials of the stato. Tho senate met at 11 a. in., Wed nesday and after a session of a few minutes adjourned (111 2 oclock, pre paratory to taking part in the Joint session set for 2:li for the canvass of the vote on stale olllcers. congress men and preference for senntor. Governor Signs Official Oath. Governor-elect Aldrlch signed the olllclal oath of olllce and presented n bond in the sum of $.'0,000. The bond Is signed by a fidelity company as surety. Tho oath or olllce Is the samo as tho oath signed by members or tho legislature when they wero sworn In. It will bo used when the govornor elect Is Inaugurated. Chief Justice Reeso or tho supreme court will swoar In tho now ofllcers bororo the legisla ture joint convention. Senate Employes. Banning of Cass, chairman or tho committee on employes, has prepared a list ot employes which his commit tco has ngreed upon, sonio or whom havo not yot been assigned to duty. The list ngreed upon Is as follows: C. B. Walton, custodian. Margaret Ford, clerk. Bus Mooberry, clerk. Jim Ladlnaun, doorkeeper. 13111 Phillips, watchman. Harry Stoo.el. page. K Grlllln, mail carrier. James Britten, copyist. W. It. Beaum, copyist. ' J. W. Hodges, assistant scrgqant-at. arms. Jessie Fox, copyist. Dick McMurlln, custodian. Miss Johnson, copyist. Martin Werner, nlgnt watchman, John H. Folders, custodian. Joe Letnare, clerk. Harry Brady, extra janitor. A. J. Donato. dork . C. D. Coop, proofreader. Walter Schafer, bill clerk. John Branlgan, hill clerk. drover Hob, page. W. D. Koncoy., clerk. E .S. Jones, clerk. Vincent Stnhl, clerk. R. L. Rosslter, custodian. Walter Wells, clerk. G. W. Price, custodian. Rev. Mr. Huff, chaplain. Employes at large Mrs. Fiances Victor, cojyist; Boss B. Marks, sten ographor; Phoebo Mullen, stenogra pher; Miss Clary, Lulu Reed, stcnog. ra pliers. Withdraws His Endorsement. Washington. Senator Rrown has notllled the White house of his desire to withdraw his endorsement of W. T. Dldderek, who wub nominated ror postmaster at Walthlll a few days leforo congroRB adjournod for tho Christmas holidays. This withdrawal, It was said today, was due to the fact that during his visit to Nebraska, Senator Brown's attention had been called to charges which had been made against Dldderek In connection with an uleged conspiracy In Thurs ton county. MORPHINE RELIEVED PAIN THE GREAT KIDNEY REMEDY RE- STORES TO HEALTH For the past few years I suffered great ly from what thrco physicians called net . rnlgia of the stoninch. Tho doctors trca( id me without any success nnd I called la fourth doctor, who pronounced tny dis ease gill stones. 1 suffered intcnac pain nnd tho only relief the doctor could r!v ma wns by injections of morphine. I wa so completely discouraged that I had al most Riven up hope when a neighbor tolit mo about Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. .' decided to try it and began its uso at I once anil after taking nino bottles wu completely cured, not having a spell ot eickncBS in over two years. I have no much confidence In Swamp Root that I never fail to recommend it to my friends who may havo kidney trouble of any kind. I feel certain that Dr. Kil mer's Swamp-Root saved my life, why should it not do likewiao for others wh take it in time? You aro ot liberty to uso this Icatimony, at auy time. Yours truly, MRS. l'.l.r.A HKNUY, 810 h'chacfer Ave. Kansas City, Mo. Stato of Missouri gi Countv of Jackson J On this 2Sth day of July, A. D. 10, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public within and for said County nnd State, Mrs. Ella Henry, who subscribed thu above statement and mado oath tha tho same is true. HENRY G. KMF.RY, Notary Publio. Dr. MUitrA C ttUfftilmtna, ff. T. Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For Yarn Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co., BitiRUaia ton, N. Y., for a sntnolo bottle. It will convince nnyone. You will nho recejvs a booklet of valuable information, telling all about the kidneys and bladder. Vhe writinR, 1m sure and mention this paper. For Halo ut all dnijj stores. Price fifty cents and one-dollar. , TOUGH LUCK FOR BOTH. 2-; Kind Old Gentleman Why, chlU iron, what's the matter? Tho Twins (In chorus) Boohool Everybody scz I looks jest like him! Young Age Pensions. Young-ago ponslouB! Why not? Ti tles, honors, rlche3, pensions und most 'Other good things nrc, as a rule, post poned to a porlod of llfo when the ca paclty for onjoylng them baa been blunted. Australia was ono of tha first countrlos to adopt old-ago pen sions, and now a Labor member of tha commonwealth parliament proposca a complementary schomo of young-ago pensioiiH. Ho would start by pension ing tho fourth child at birth. Tho fact that throo had previously boon born showed that tho parents wero doing tholr duty and deserving well of tho state. Tho young-ago pension would "rownrd Industry and encourago th birth rato." London Chronicle. Left Both Satisfied. It all happoned on ono of those few tirvlvlng pay-aftor-youontor cars. "Oh, I InBlst on paying, Gladys," said tho brunette. "You paid comlnu down." "No. I shall pay," declared Gladyn with equal firmness. "What If I did pay coming down didn't you buy that last package of gum?" "Let mo Bcttlo tho quarrel, ladles," euggosted tho diplomatic conductor. "Why not uso thu denaturod form of Dutch treat?" "What'B that?" "Well, you each pay tho othor's faro." And thnt was tho way they nolvcd it Clcvoland Leader. We're All Her Friends. A pretty story of Miss Ellen Terry and a gallant young playwright haa gone tho rounds of tho Players' club. Miss Terry attendod In Now York tho first night of this playwrlghfa latest work and nt tho end of tho tblrd act he was presented to her. Sho congratulated him warmly. "It ia vory good," eho Bald. "Your play Is vory good, Indeed, and I shall Bend all my American friends Iobou It." "In that caso," said tho playwright, with a very low and courtly bow, "in little piece will sell 90,000,000 tickets." Breaking It Gently. Callahan was stopped on tho street by Father Clancy. The good priest's countenance took on a sad expres sion. "What's this, I hear. Callahan," aaked he, "about your broaklug Ho gan'a head laat night? And the two of you friends for years!" Callahan seemed Bomowhat taken back. "Suro, I was compelled to do It, your rlveronce," ho explained npol ogotlcally, "but out of consideration for that samo frlndliness, I broko It Clntly, your rlvoronco." Llpplncott's. The life of a man consists not In Boeing visions, and In droamlng dreams,, but In active charity and wllllni: uorvlce. Longfellow. It would bo caslor to sea good In others It wo didn't have bo manjr, faults of our own. i . il Ml -...- 9-J . iir-trTrri .V.tf.-"VWavi ,J - ..OTtrWOTitswrofraTO