r The Ouster County Republican D. M. AMSBERRY , Editor BROKEN DOW - . NEBRASKA CONDENSATIONS OF GREATEK OR LESSER IMPORTANCE , A BOILING DOWN OF EVENT8 National , Political , Penonal and Other MatUra In Brief Form for All dalles of Roadara. " t > Washington. i/jJ3 / A social event of interest in naval circles took place in St. Margaret's Episcopal church , when Miss Elsie Jarvls McLoan , daughter of Captain Walter McLean , U. 3. N. , became the bride of Mr. Paul C. Patterson. A number of naval officers were among the attendants. According to the annual report of Surgeon General Tornoy , the general health of the United States army has fihown improvement for several years. The non-effective rate , regarded as the true measure of the loss in effi ciency from sickness and injury , was 41.48 per ono thousand in the last llscal year ns compared with 42.G8 for 1008 , 40.17 for 1007 and 49.70 for 100C. Dug doctors of all sorts and from nil sections wore given a hearing at the department of agriculture , the de partment desiring to obtain their views in regard to proposed regula tions under which Insecticides and fungicides are to bo sold. The pure food and drug act of April 30 , 100C , did not apply to Insecticides , so a new law has been framed to prevent their adulteration and misbranding. In a formal order the Interstate Commerce commission announced Its Intention to administer strictly sec tion four , the long and short haul pro vision of the recenly amended Inter state commerce act. The order was the outgrowth of a hearing held by the committee two weeks ago on the matter of the application of interstate carriers generally for relief under the long and short haul provision. Foreign. An official note confirms the an nouncement that an agreement has been reached between Turkey and Franco for the flotation o a $30,000- 000 loan in Paris. The small steamer Valeria , from Rcvul , Ilussia , for Hamburg , founder ed in the Baltic sea. Four bodies have been washd nshorojind It is sup posed that the whole crow of sixteen was lost. The Paris Petit Parlslcn claims that Spain IB on the verge of n rup ture with Morocco over the payment of the indemnity of 130,000,000 pes- ates , approximately ? 2C,000,000 , which Spain exacted following the success ful campaign against the Riff tribes men in the summer of 1000 , and con templates dispatching forty thousand soldiers across to the Rift coast to occupy Tetuan. * The Philippine- legislature has con vened. In his message Governor Gen eral Forbes congratulated the govern ment on the results of the Payne- Aldrlch tariff bill and says that the finances of the Philippines are satis factory. The fiscal year closes with a surplus in excess of $1,000,000. George Fong , alias Fong Ming Sung , the young leader of the Chinese rev olutionary movement , who is charged with an attempt to assassinate Prince ITsal sun , Chinese special envoy , was held to answer by Judge Mortimer Smith in Oakland , Cal. , and bound over to the superior court on $5,000 bond. The formal charge is an at tempt to commit murder with a dead ly weapon. General. Senator Elklns Is seriously ill at his home-in West Virginia. The funeral of Senator Dolliver was held at Fort Dodge Thursday. The last notable speech of Dolliver In the senate was a defense of the at titude of Insurgents. The Boston and Maine railroad will not interfere in the politics of the etate hereafter , says its president. The interstate commerce commis sion made an order that the long and Bhort haul rule must bo adhered to. A Kentuckian who pleaded guilty to murder was tried , convicted and sentenced to bo hanged , all in six minutes. Seventy-seven men heroically gave their lives in their effort to subdue the disastrous forest llres which rag ed in the west during the latter part of August , according to figures given out by the forest service. Joseph M. Huston of Philadelphia , architect of Pennsylvania's state .capitol , was sentenced to imprison ment for not less than six months nor more than two years In the east ern penitentiary at Philadelphia. Professor Woodruff of Cornell uni versity In a speech called Colonel Roosevelt nn unmitigated liar. English bankers have agreed to ex tend the period of negotiating cotton bills of lading under the present sys tem from October 31 to December 31. Secretary of State Knox hus return ed to his desk at the state department after spending nearly all summer at his country homo at Valley Forge , Pa. Superior Judge Walter Bordwell has ordered the empanelling of a special grand Jury of thirty men to Investigate the dynamiting of the Los Angolee Times bulldlnjr. Dr. Crlppon testified In his own be half at the murder trial In London. Seventy-nine men gave their lives to save the forests of the west. It is suggested that Associate Jus tice White of the supreme court maybe bo elevated to chief. Edgar Allen Poe has been declared entitled to a place In the hall of fame. Mr. Bryan has been making some speeches In Speaker Cannon's Illinois district. Dr. Crlppen was found guilty of murdering his wife and sentenced to be hanged October 10. The Norwegian steamer Blucflclds is believed to have been lost In the West Indian hurricane. The chairman of the Iowa demo cratic corrthllttoo proposes a state wide primary on senator in November. Rhode Island republicans renorni- nated present state officers and en dorsed the administration of Presi dent Taft , The validity of the Carmack amend ment to the Hepburn rate law Is be ing tested In the United States supreme premo court. The government hns authorized the Spanish minister at Lisbon to enter Into relations with the provisional government. Announcement was made of a gift of $250,000 by John D. Rockefeller to the medical department of Western Reserve university. Lulggl Luchcnl , who assassinated the emperor of Austria in 1008 , com mitted Biilcldo in his cell in the pris on known as 1'Eveche. The duty on lumber imported from Canada will bo waived by the United States in the interest'of the Minnesota seta forest-lire 'sufferers. Society has given up its attempt to reconcile Colonel John J acob Astor and Mrs. Ava Willing Astor , the beau tiful wife who divorced him. Charges that lobbying has been done In behalf of a prohibition ar ticle resulted in depriving reporters of floor privileges In the Arizona con stitutional convention. Now Jersey Is assured of a tradi tional Thanksgiving celebration this year , for reports from all parts of New Jersey show that the cranberry cop will probably bo the largest ever harvested. The charge in Theodore Roosevelt's speech in New York that John A. Dlx , the democratic nominee for governor , was a director of the wallpaper trust" was denied by Mr. Dix's friend and business associate. The twenty-first annual report of the Great Northern railway says that Improvement In conditions during the ilscal year ending Juno 30 last result ed "in the largest earnings for one year ever reported by the company. " Eighty-five per cent of the inhabit ants of American Samoa are suffering from the hook worm disease , accordIng - Ing to the annual report of Captain F. Parker , U. S. N. , retired , governor of the American islands uf the Sarao- an group. Seven thousand eight hundred men , among them Governor Wilson of Ken tucky , coming from seven states In diana , Ohio , Illinois , Missouri , West Virginia. Tennessee and Kentucky , were initiated into the Woodmen of the World at Louisville , Ky. A cable from Rio Janeiro to the New Oreans Picayune says : "The steamship Wally was wrecked near the lighthouse at Arrosales off Pnra and Is a total loss. Some of the pas- sangers were rescued , but it Is be- Moved that nearly fifty were drowned. " New York's Chinatown Is to bo cleaned up as It has never been cleaned before. This is the decision of the new police administration , it was learned at headquarters , and be ginning at midnight , the police were Instructed to order all white persons from the district. One of the naval changes and pro motions resulting from the retirement of Copt. U. S. G. White on account of ago was the advancement of Com mander Robert E. Peary , the Arctic explorer , to the rank of captain. Peary has been the only civil engineer in the navy with a rank of commander. The Missouri Pacific Unllrnad com- pany was fined from $10 to $25 each on four counts for violating the six- teen-hour law in the federal court in St. Louis. The English government has Invited Field Marshal Lord Kitchener to be come a member of the committee on imperial defense and Lord Kitchener has accepted. Secret service detectives raided the plant of a well known publishing firm in Chicago , arresting two men , said to bo officials of the company , in con nection with the the alleged Issue of millions of dollars' worth of counter- felt notes of the Nicaraguan govern ment , which have been circulated over the country. Other arrests arc expected. The board of directors of the na tional association of credit men at a meeting in Kansas City decided to hold the next annual convention of the association at Minneapolis , Minn. , from June 13 to 17. D. w. Sayer of Minneapolis was appointed to formu late plans for raising funds for the protection of fraudulant debtors. The plan is to bo submitted to the national convention In June. John D. Rockefeller has given to the Rockefeller institute for medical research an additional $3,820,000 , bringing his donations to this institu tion up to nn aggregate of $0,000,000. Personal. John E. Molssant gained new tame as an aviator at Now York. President Taft made an Inspection on conditions at Ellis Island. Col. Roosevelt was unable to attend the funeral of Senator Dolliver. Walter Wellman has not given up the Idea of crossing the ocean In an airship. THETEIIBS MEET A FINE PROGRAM HAS BEEN ARRANGED. TEACHERS WILL SPESK Nebraska Art Association tc Give an Exhibition In Lincoln at Same Time. The program Issued for tlie meet ing of the Nebraska State Teachers' association , which convenes at Lin coln for three days November 23 , has a number of the most prominent educators - caters In the country on It. Prank A. Crane of Chicago , once paator of Oie First Methodist church of Lincoln will deliver the address on Thanksgiving morning. William E. Chancellor of Norwork , Conn. , Ed ward Howard Qriggs , author of "Mo ral Education , " Herman Harrell Home of New York university and author of "Philosophy of Education , " Henry Suzzallo of Columbia univer sity , Miss M. Adelaide Holton , pri mary supervisor In Minneapolis , Hen ry Purmort Eames , musician and Su perintendent . M. Davidson of Oma ha , are on the list of distinguished pedagogues. The Nebraska Art association will give an exhibition at the same time In the University Library building and an Industrial exhibition and competi tion will be held at the city auditor ium by the grammar and high schools of the state , State Superintendent E. C. Bishop Is In charge of this contest and the awarding of $250 premiums. Besides Superintendent Davidson who will speak twice , other Omaha educators who will be on the program are , Principal E. U. Graff of the High school , In a symposium on debating ; Mrs. Ida Atkinson , , head of the Amer ican history department of the High school discusses the teaching of his tory ; Dr. Joseph 'M. ' Alkin speaks on parental deficiency and alcoholism ; Miss Fannie Arnold , supervisor of music on child voice culture , Ben Cherrlngton , on playground athletics ; Miss Elizabeth Allan of Mason school , Miss Emily Wood and Mrs. Harriet H. Heller of the Detention home on primary and kindergarten work. Mrs. Charles Martin wll > sing at one of the programs and Miss Grace Miner , president of the Omaha Story Tellers' league , will take part in a discussion on that subject. Three or four hundred teachers usu ally attend the convention , and It is held during the Thanksgiving vaca tion to give them the opportunity. It Is taken as the occasion for colfege reunions. Banquets will be held by graduates of the university and of the Peru , Kearney and Fremont normal schools. For Less of Hand. W. A. Phllpot , who alleges that ho was employed at the Lincoln asylum for the Insane , asks for $5,000 person al damages , from the state and has filed his claim. He alleges that while operating a corn cutter at the ailo at the asylum he- lost all of the fingers and apart of the thumb of the left han-1. Nebraska Pioneers. S. D. Fltchie of University Place writes to the Lincoln Journal as fol lows : "A remarkable meeting of three pioneers occurred last Monday at the Burlington depot at Nebraska City. William Campbell of Stockton , Cal. ; Richard Cleve of Nebraska City , and Thomas Ryan , a conductor on the Burlington. The two former were pony express riders fifty years ago and Tom Ryan at the same time was driver on the overland stage from Ne braska City to Utley's station , one milo west of where the town of Syra- mile west of Syracuse. Claims Against the State. Deficiency claims have begun to pour in upon the state auditor. DtSp- uty State Aditor John Shahan has a nice big box full of paper which he will turn over to the finance commit tee of the next legislature , If the com mittee cares to call on him. One of the largest will be claims for the traveling expenses of district judges. The last legislature reduced the ap propriation for traveling expenses for district Judges by half and added ho tel expenses , to the list of expenses to bo paid by the state. The total of $3,000 was not sufficient to stand this added burden of hotel bills contracted by district judges when they are away from home on court business , and as a result a total of $755.14 de ficiency claims have already been filed , and only cloven of the twenty- eight district Judges In the state have been hciiVil fiom. Charity Calls Normal. Charity organization bociotj reports show that the calls upon that organi zation are just about normal for this time of year. These calls increase In number with the coming of winter. Spurious Money. Traveling men reaching the city af ter the past week in Nebraska terri tory say that a number of bad $20 bills have been reported and that sev eral such have turned up at Grand Island. Hessian Fly Trouble. Lincoln grain dealers are unwilling to bellevo that there Is any wide spread danger of Hessian lly trouble in the winter wheat Holds. A report from Fremont that several Holds were attacked by the pests is said to indi cate a local condition. NEBRASKA FIRE DAY , When Instruction Will Be Given In Schools , The first Friday in November , No vember 4 , 1910 , will bo known as flro day. Every teacher will be requested to give the children some Information about fire risks and what to do in case of fire. The work of the teach , era will bo systcmlzcd and aided through the use of a fire prevention text book which has been prepared under the supervision of Fire Warden A. V. Johnson. About 10,000 copies of this book will be distributed among the teachers. "Fire day" has been fixed for No vember 4 by State Superintendent Bishop. On this day a program devoted to flro education will be urged upon all of the teachers , the program outlined In the text book being as follows : Each teacher will arrange a pro gram from the material at hand and obtainable , and In accordance with the facilities of the school. These points should bo kept in mind. 1. Program should be such as to ( stimulate an Interest in the subject. 2. Some helpful knowledge should bo Imparted. 3. The program should be such that each pupil will feel a personal responsibility in taking the proper precaution In his own home and In other places whore there Is occasion for the presence of flre or materials which might lead to the production of flre. Special Invitations should be given to school officers and patrons to bo present "flre day. " The program may include the fol lowing features : Music , patriotic selections. introductory remarks by the teach er as to the origin of fire day and the need of its observation. Compositions by pupils on the fol lowing subjects : "The use and abuse of matches. " "Use of kerosene and lamps ; how to kindle a flre and how not to kindle a fire , etc. " Story of the origin and results of the Chicago , Baltimore and other fires. Discussions by the school on sub jects presented In compositions , and questions by the teacher which will bring out discussions. These questions should be made so direct that any careless habits in handling flro or flre material will be brought to notice. Pupils will become interested in knowing the safest and best ways of dealing with fire. The text book also Includes short chapters on the following subjects : The extent of the flre waste , carelessness - ness with matches , the safety match , when matches cause death , coal oil or kerosene lamps , kindling a flre , stoves for cooking and heating , fires from chimneys , stovepipes and smoke , sparks , the ash heap and the cdal pile , danger from heating gas , danger from Christmas trees , electricity and fire protection. The business of the flre commis sion Is to prevent fires where possible and to hunt out incendiary fires. In the work .of fire prevention a general campaign of education is regarded as effectual and the Issuance of the text book In connection with the programs fb bo carried out in all schools on "flre day" Is an attempt to make fire education a live subject. Three Guardsmen Released. The general court martial of the Nebraska national guard called for November 15 , which Is giving a bad case of shivers to two or three score of guardsmen , no longer has any ter rors for G. M. Boehler , R. Lj Liberty and E. A. Miller of Company L , Second regiment , of Alma , the home town of Governor Shallenberger , com- mander-ln-chief. The charge of ab- scenco without leave and disobedi ence of orders , preferred by Adjutant General John C. Hartlgan against the guardsmen named , has been with drawn by the adjutant general upon recommendation of the captain. Dairymen's Association Meeting. S. C. Bassett , secretary of the Ne braska dairymen's association , writes as follows from Gibbon : "At a meet ing of the directors of the Nebraska dairymen's association the date for the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the association was fixed for January 18 , 19 , 20 , 1911 , at the university farm , Lincoln. The following named per sons wore appointed as delegates to attend the annual meeting of the Am erican dairy farmers' association to be held In connection with the nation al dairy show at'the coliseum in Chicago cage on 09tober 25 , 1910. Charles Harding , Prof. A. L. Haecker , E. M. Little , J. K. Honeywell , H. C. Young , George E. Haskell , Paul Hunter , Hen ry C. Gllssman , J. S. Clark , David Cole. " In Memory of Judge Lake. The supreme court held services in memory of the late Judge George B. Lake , formerly chief justice of the court , who died at his home In Oma ha July 27. A committee appointed by the court , delivered addresses and presented resolutions. Lincoln Again Chosen. Lincoln was again chosen as the place of holding the annual meeting of the Odd Follows and Robekahs. Two cities were candidates for the convention , York and Omaha. More Time for Donahue. The supreme court has given Chief Donahue of Omaha until the next sit ting of the court to answer the com plaint of the attorney general that he should be removed from olllco for wilful failure to enforce the liquor laws in Omaha. COMPANION OF CRIPPEN HAD NO PART IN KILLING. TRIAL IS OVER IN FEW HOURS Young When She Became Acquainted With Wife Murderer , and Fell Easily Into His Hands Sympathy With Her. London After a trial lasting but a few hours , In the Now Bailey criminal court , a jury found Ethel Clare.Lencvo not guilty as an accessory after the fact In the murder of Cora Belle Crip- pen , for whoso death the latter'a hus band , Dr. Crlppen , will die on the gal lows on November 8. Miss Lenevo was in love with Dr. Crlppen and slept In his house within forty-eight hours of the time the doc tor murdered his wife and buried the dismembered parts In the cellar of his Hilldrop-Crescent home. She accom panied Crlppen In his flight to Canada and with him was arrested and In dicted. From the first she had maintained Innocence of any knowledge of the crime , but the crown alleged that her behavior subsequent to the disappear ance of Mrs. Crippen , or Belle Elmore , as she was known on the stage , was siich as to betray a guilty knowledge of the murder. Flre In Old People's Home. Now York Three women and one man , each reputed to bo moro than ono hundred years old , were among those rescued when a flro broke out in the cellar of the homo of the Daughters of Jacob. There were 110 old women in the homo and in the an nex were eighty old men. Mrs. Esther Davis , who is reputed to bo ono hundred and sixteen years old , was one of the first rescued by two policemen. Mrs. B. Marcus , said to be one hundred and six years old , and a donator of the home , and Men del Diamond , who is recorded as be ing one hundred and eight years old , were also carried out through dense smoke. For John A. Johnson Memorial. St. Paul , Minn. The first definite steps looking to the erection of a me morial to the late Governor John A. Johnson were taken at a meeting of the memorial commission hero Sun day. The memorial , .which is to be erected with a fund subscribed by the people of Minnesota , will consist of a bronze statue of Governor Johnson , mounted on a pedestal of Minnesota granite. It will stand In the state capitol grounds. , Revolution Goes Glimmering. New Orleans , La. The revolution ary sentiment In Honduras has appar ently vanished since the last attempt of followers of Former President Vil- lera to overthrow the government , ac cording to Drew Linard , for the last three years United States consul at Ceiba. Mr. Linard is en route -to "Washington , where ho has been called by the state department. Auction Sale -of Tobacco. Louisville , Ky. Auction sales of 40,000,000 pounds of tobacco from the 1909 hurley pool began on the Louis ville "breaks , " with prices about at a par or at a slight advance over those obtaining in this market during the last month. Old burley (1909) ( ) sold at 7 % to 15 % cents a pound. The offerings of the 1909 crop totaled 409 hogsheads. The new crop (1910) ( ) sold at S to 12 cents. Free Domicile for Jews. Washington. The state department has been informed by Counsel General John H. Snodgrass at Moscow that the Russian council of ministers has unanimously decided to permit the Jews free domicile in twelve villages from which heretofore they have been excluded. This is an exception to the May laws of 1882. Ouster Suit Continued. Jefferson City. The ouster suit igalnst the International Harvester company of America was continued In supreme court until the January term. The ouster suit against the lumber companies will be heard in the April term. Aurora , 111. Several hundred delegates - gates from Illinois and neighboring states are attending the thirteenth an nual convention of the western Cath olic union , which was opened in this city with religious services. New York. Appropriations amount Ing to $725,000 were apportioned to ing of the general education board six colleges and universities at a meet ing here conditional on the Institu tions raising certain amounts to se cure the appropriation. To Protect the Reporter. Decatur , 111. The Illinois Daily Newspaper association , at Its annual meeting hero , directed a committee to draw a bill to bo presented to the next legislature penalizing the ma licious giving of false news to news papers. Guard for French President. Paris President Falllers and the members of the cabinet are being guarded constantly as the result of the appearance of anarchistic circulori condemning the ministers to death. ANOTHER WOMAN BylydiaRPinkham's Vegetable Compound Black Dnck , Minn. "About a year ago I wrote you that I wan sick and could not do any of my housework. Mr slckncsa waa called BetroQoxion. When 1 wouldsit , down I felt as if I could not ot up , I took ydlaE.Pinkham'iJ Vegetable Com pound and did just as you told me and now I am perfectly cured , and have A .big baby boy. " Mrs. ANNA ANDERSON , Box 10 , Black Duck , Minn. . * - Consider This Advice * No woman should submit to a irargt. cal operation , which may mean death , until she has given Lydla E. Pinkham'a 'Vegetable Compound , made exclusive ly from roots and herbs , a fair trial Thia famoua medicine for women has for thirty years proved to be tha most valuable tonic and invigoratorof 'tho ' fcmalo organism. Women resid ing in almost every city and town in the United States bear willing testl. mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydla E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound. It euros female ills , and creates radi ant , buoyant femalehealth. . If yon are ill , for your own sake as well an those you love , give it a trial. 1 BIrs. Plnkliaru , at Lynn , BlaHS invites all sick \vomcn to writ/a her for advice , ller advice io free , and always helpful. NEED MONEY FOR GOOD WORK Plans of the National Association fop the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosla. What "a Million for Tubercnlonla from Red Cross Seals" will do In pro viding some of the 275,000 beds need ed at once In the United States for "v consumptives , Is explained In a recent bulletin of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tu berculosis. There Is Just about ona bed for every ten Indigent consump tives , and If all tuberculosis persona in the country are counted , both rich and poor , hardly one for every 25 or 80. If sufficient hospital accomoda- tlons are provided only for thos * , who are too poor to pay the full price for their treatment , fully 275,000 moro beds In special institutions for tuberculosis would be needed Et ones. The Immense outlay necessary to pro vide and maintain so many beds la hospitals , make It Imperative , the National Association for the Study 'and Prevention of Tuberculosis de clares , that such Institutions bo erect ed from public money , either muni cipal , county or state. In order to get appropriations for public hospital for tuberculosis , agitation la neces sary , and in order to create a cam paign of agitation , organization Is d < h xnanded. But In order that an organ ! ration may carry on an effective cam- jpaign , funds are needed. l Those funds It Is proposed to secure jln as many communities as possible 'from the sale of Red Cross scale. At the First Try. "What do you think of my dough nuts , George ? " "Dear , you are a wonder 1" "Do you think so really , darling ? " "I certainly do. Scientists hav been trying for years to produce artifi cial rubber , and here you do It th first rattle out of the box. " Wa often bear the expression , "a * Uloh."v poor as a church mouse. " But even a church mouse doesn't have to live no the collections. A business firm advertises a Hhlrt without buttons. That's no novelty. Many a bachelor has worn them for .years. When It's "What for Try Breakfast1 r Servo with cream or milk and every member of the family will say "rip ping"good. . And don't be surprised if they want a second helping. "The Memory Lingers" PtMtnm Cereal Company , Battle Greek , Uloh.