The Busier County Republican
D. M. AMSIJEIUIY , Editor
BROKEk'QOW NEBRASKA
CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OF
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
A BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
National , Political , Personal and Othci
Matters In Brief Form for All
Classes of Rcadcrc.
' Washington.
The commission appointed by Pros !
< lcnt Taft to inquire into the charac
lor of legislation for the control o
stock and bond Issues by rallroadi
will have no report to make for some
time.
The total estimates for the Unltct
Slates navy for the fiscal year 1911
12 to bo submitted to congress as i
basis for the appropriation for tlm
year , amounts to $120,010,059.21
which i $5,000,000 loss than appro
prlatcd for the current fiscal year.
Animals imported for breeding pur
POKOS after January 1 , 1911 , must bi
accompanied by certificates of the bu
rcau of animal Industry that the anl
mals are pure bred of a rocognlzet
brood and duly registered In the for
elgn book of record for that cstab
llshcd breed.
After a conference lasting through
out the day between Secretary Mac-
Vcagh , Collector Loob of New York ,
Attorney General Wickorsham and
other officials of the Now York cus
toms , no decision was reached as to
the action of the government with
reference to the customs frauds in
woolens and linings at Now York.
Representative James A. Tawney o !
Minnesota , chairman of the approprl
atlons committee , believes it will be
necessary to hold an extra session ol
congress. "It is doubtful whcthei
oven the regnlar appropriation bill
can ho passed at this session , " said
Mr. Tawney. Ho said it will take
at least forty-llvo days to pass the
regular appropriation bills.
Railroad bonds lead the list of so
curlUes hold by the banks of tlu
United States according to figures
prepared and made public by Lawrence
renco O. Murray , comptroller of the
currency. The total holdlngn o
bonds , stocks and other securities bj
banks In the United States are $1 ,
723,000,000 and moro than ono-fourtl
§ 1,455,100,000 , arc railroad bonds.
General.
Officers of th a .rimerlcan navy won
guests of the lord mayor of London
Two reports arc to bo submitted tt
congress on the Balllngcr-Plnchol
case.
Robert Pcnry says ho will not at
tempt another expedition to , nntartlc
region.
Allen Becchcr was consecrated
bishop of the Episcopal church al
Omaha.
Opposition to the proposed no
navy was defeated in the Canadlar
parliament.
Business of the country is on a finr
foundation although moving Just a little
tlo bit slowly.
Nebraska has 37G.33G children ol
Rchool ago , between the ages of live
and twenty-one.
Census returnr. Indlcato that the
United States has n population ol
about 91,000,000 people.
Two counties of Virginia voted Is
sues of bonds aggregating 51.000.00C
for highway Improvement.
Suit haa been begun In the federal
court of Now York to bring about
the dissolution of the so-called sugai
trust.
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy , founder
of the Christian science church , is
dead.
An engine on the Denver & .do
( irando railroad exploded near Soldier
summit , Utah , killing the engineer ,
liromnn and brake-man.
Witnesses at New York were nn
able to say foreign shipping interests
maintained a lobby at Washington.
Edward Arthur Smith , 53 years old
n. brother-in-law of Secretary of State
Knox , died in a taxlcjib on his way tc
n hospital in PIttsburg.
"Retire ? " exclaimed Senator Till-
man , repeating an inquiry. "I shall
not retire until they bury mo ; I have
no idea of quitting the game. "
Eugene II. Burr , of Now York , one
of the members of Burr Bros. ( Inc. ) ,
recently raided by federal authorities
was named an co-respondent in a dl
vorco suit in which the plaintiff ,
James Harden , wao awarded an ab-
Koluto divorce from his wife.
A. E. Standon , of Chicago , went tc
the little town of Elsberry , oM. , hunt
ed up R. O. Sharp and paid him $000 ,
an amount ho had borrowed twenty-
three years ago to go into business
which proved unsuccessful. The
note had long since been destroyed.
The Brazilian naval revolt has been
chocked by congress > oting to acceed
to the demands of the mutineers.
The question of which faction will
control , the organization of the two
houses of the Nebraska legislature is
ono that is much discussed.
The Australian steamer Goltla from
Now Orleans to Trieste , with a valu
able cargo of cotton arrived In Nor
folk , Vn. , with n flro in her hold.
The first Alaska overland mall of
the year arrived in Nouio from Fair
banks. This is a record for early de
livery after the close of navigation in
Bering sea.
, fe
With n population of G.328,531 , Illl
nolfl Is the third state in the union ,
Crlppen , the wife murderer , left re
quest that his rcinnlim ho cremated.
Senator Halo doesn't look for mucli
work by the short session of con
gress.
Congressman Tawney Is said to be
opposed to fortification of the canal
It is said ( hero will bo no ponnlon
legislation at thu short session ol
congress. j
Over thirty million dollars nro to
bo asked for river and harbor Im
provements.
Much of the red tape In various de
partments of the postofTiccfl IB to be
dispensed with.
Secretary MncVongh favors a high
er rate of interest for future issues
of Panama canal bonds.
The planting of Pacific coast sal
mon eggs have proven successful In
waters of New Hampshire.
Foreign steamer companies are ac
cused of combining to squeeze out
American shipping Interests.
The population of the state of
Maryland is 1,291,450 according to the
statistics of the thirteenth census.
Hltchcoclr , ( dem. ) for senator from
Nebraska , got 19,050 moro votes than
Burkett , present republican senator.
Following its Thanksgiving recess
the supreme court of the United
States handed down many decisions.
Francis II. Lhirr , former captain of
the Harvard foot ball team , Is criti
cally ill with typhoid fever in Llos-
ton.
ton.Tho
The Peruvian government has no
Interest in any steamship line to bo
established between New York and
Callao.
Eugene R. Cox declares the Chris
thin Science church will contnue to
run smoothly , notwithstanding the
death of Mrs. Eddy.
Mlsa Mary Holbrook , many years a
missionary for the American board in
China and Japan , died Friday at the
homo of her brother in East. Haven ,
Conn. v
A November without wind , precipi
tation , or severe cold gave Nebraska
farmers perfect opportunity to har
vest the corn and make snug for the
winter.
Colonel Rnnsdell , sergeant-at-arms
of the United States senate , placed
orders for four new desks to bo oc
cupied by the senators of Arizona
and Now Mexico.
Four men blow open the Farmers' '
bonk at Garden City , Iowa , with dynamite -
namito , getting $1,800. A citizen
named Ncssna was awakened by the
explosion and began firing at the
robbers with a shotgun. The rob
bers escaped.
W. P. Lotchworth , aged 87 , widely
known as a philanthropist , is dend
at Glenn Iris , near Portage , N. Y.
With his death 1,000 acres of park ,
including the falls of the upper Geno-
sco river , become by his gift the prop
erty of New York state.
Defects In the .administration ol
the Now Orleans customs are to bo
remedied by the treasury department
as the result of criticisms which n
federal grand jury made after Investi
gating the Importation of laces and
embroidery at that port.
The congressional Immigration
committee appointed In February ,
1907 , to make n thorough Investiga
tion of immigration conditions and
practices ceased to exist Dec. 5. The
appropriation of $125,000 carried with
it a tlmo limit on the commission.
T. B. Fitzpatrlclr. national treasurer
of the United Irish League , cabled
$10,000 to John E. Redmond , leader of :
the Natlonnlists in the British parlia
ment , for the furtherance of the cause.
This make ; ; the total sent since the
recent annual meeting of the league
at Buffalo , $50,000.
The total population of the United
States , as revealed by the thirteenth
census , Is expected to be announce
by the census bureau on Deo. 10.
Counting Arizona ami Now Mexico
as states the totals for twenty-eight
out of forty-eight states already have
boon announced. The grand total for
the whole country will be about 91-
000,000.
First Officer T. Chcethan of the
Great .Northern liner-Minnesota was
arrested by custom Inspectois on a
charge of smuggling opium.
Seven business houses located in
the business district of Petersburg ,
Va , , were destroyed by flro at a loss
of approximately $500,000. For a
time a hotel In nn adjoining block-
In which a largo number of guests
wcro sleeping , was threatened , but
the firemen succeeded in confining
thn fiames to the ono block. The loss
Is partly covered by Insurance. None
of the burned buildings was occupied
at night and there was no loss of life.
Personal.
A brother of Madero says the revolt
In Mexico has only begun.
President Taft urged cabinet mem
bers to slash in their estimates.
Dr. Cook says a man cannot really
toll if ho has found the north pole.
Heads of the Cudahy department
will remove from Omaha to Chicago.
Descendants of John C. Calhoun
are striving to secure his old planta
tion.
Benjamin F. Tlllman says ho has
no intention of retiring from the sen
ate.
Prominent men of the country at
tended a Mark Twain memorial at
Now York.
President Diaz for thq eighth tlmo
wan Inaugurated us chief executive
of Moxlco.
President Taft told members of his
cabinet they must make further cuts
In estimates of expenses.
August Beluiont testified before n
legislative committee of his effort to
kill the Now York anti-racing bill.
At the ago ot 108 years Martha
Gammons has been declared to be
anne In the Howard county circuit
court at Kokomo , Ind.
COME COUNTIES SHOWN TO DE
UNDULY FAVORED.
SILL SEilTORt DISTRICTS
Decided Growth in Population In
Western Counties MIsceilnncoua
Cnpitnl Matters.
Adams , Cass , Otoe and Saline
counties have the best of It , In the ap
portlomnent of state senators of No
bruskn , on the Usurps of population
recently made public by the govern ,
inont. AdaniH hits one senator for
20,900 , Cass has one senator for 21 , '
MO , Oleo has one senator for J9.323 ,
and Saline has one senator for 17,800
Since the apportionment was made
In 1887 , Adams gained only approxi
mately 2,000 In population. Cass has
gained less than 2,000 , Otoe has lost
nearly li.OOO , and Saline has lost
3SI ) .
Douglas county has three .senators ,
each representing approximately 56-
000 of population. Lancaster hus two
Kcnators , each representing less than
37,000 people.
The eighth district , comprising
live counties , has a senator for -10,000 ,
and the new census shows a decrease
of population In this district of about
10,000. The Fourteenth district has a
senator for Its seven counties , with a
population of 47,000. The Twenty-
ninth district , comprising , eight coun
ties , haa a senator for over 52,000 of
population.
As was naturally to have been ex
pected the main growth of population
in. the last ten years has been in the
western counties of the slate , and In
the cities of Omaha and Lincoln.
It would appear from the figures
given that a just and equitable reapportionment -
apportionment as railed for by both
parties In their platforms , "would
mean at least one additional senator
for Douglas and savcral additional
senators for western Nebraska. This
would mean , evidently , that the very
small districts mentioned should bo
switched Into new combinations that
would cut down the preponderance of
power they now have. Otoe and Cass
together , and Adams and Saline ,
together , would have as near the av
erage population of the present sen
atorial population of the present sen
atorial districts as could be handily
llgured.
In the matter of representation In
the house , too , the western part of
the state Is not adequately treated
Tinder the present apportionment.
While some of the counties In the
eastern half of Nebraska have suf
fered a loss In population. It will lie
noticed In the tables that , with rare
exceptions , the western counties have
gained in substantial measure.
Kearney Normal.
The report of President Thomas of
the Kearney normal and his recom
mendations were Hied with the gov
ernor. He asks that $55,000 being ap
propriated by the last legislature has
not been sufficient to build the build
ing. Of this $50,000 ho reports that
$39,529.58 has been spent. The ap
propriation for salaries two years
ago was $82,000. Ho calculates In
his report the expenditures of this na
ture for the rest of the hlonnlum.
Liable to Taxation.
Creameries are liable to taxation
for the manufacture of adulterated
Initter regardless of whether the
adulteration occurs by accident or de
sign , according to the ( hidings of
Judge T. C. Mungor in United States
circuit court In directing a verdict
for the government in the suit of the
West Point Creamery company.
Fees Collected by Secretary.
The Komi-annual report of Secre
tary of Stata .lunkln shows the fol
lowing fees collected by his ollico
during the last six months : Articles
or Incorporations , $9(140.0 ( ! > ; notary
commissions , $389 ; motor vehicle's ,
$0,780.80 ; marks and brands , $201,15 ;
certificates and transcripts , ? 20i.05 ( ;
trade marks , $16 ; corporation per
mits. $57,200.90 ; corporation penal-
tics , $2 , ! )0 ) ; total , $77,24'4.r > 5.
The Socialist Vote.
The total vote for Wright , social
ist candidate for governor in the last
election , was 0,279. Two years ago
Harbaugh received 3,009. The prohi
bition vote this year for Utch , candi
date for lieutenant governor , was
1.0H2 , against 4,401 cast for Teeters
two years ago.
Penitentiary Report.
The report of the penitentiary for
the month of November shows re
ceipts of $1,094.8 J. Of this sum
$527.31 was turned over to the state
treasurer. Warden Smith sold $889.55
worth of wheat that had been raised
Reduced Rates Granted.
The railway commission has grant
ed permission to the Nebraska Tele
phone company to reduce Its rates at
Falrbury to agree with the rates
charged by the local company. It was
brought out at the hearing that the
Independent company charged $1.25
for telephones where there wore
mor than ton subscribers and $1.50
where there were less than ton. But
It appears that where liveor more
persons wcro subscribers with the ex
ception of Increasing their number
to ten , the lesser rate was given.
POPULATION SHIFTS.
Changes Will Make Redlstrlctlng ar
Issue.
The Lincoln correspondent of UK
Omaha Herald say :
The rodlfctrletlng of the state with
reference to the representation of the
various parts of the slate in the legls
laturo becomes a live subject will
the publication of the census of 1910
showing , i population of 1,192,214 ir
Nebraska.
' Owing to the fact that population
lu this Hl.ile has moved to the west
and north , so far as the farming popu
latlon Is concerned , while the centers
of population In the east have drawn
from the Kurroundlng country mucli
of Its population , the shifting of pow
er promises to be quite considerable ,
The west has been building up for
twenty years , has been taking what
It could get from the legislature. The
re-districting will correct these de
fects and will reduce the counties
that have had too many reprcsenta
tivcs to their proper basis.
The Sixth congressional district
the counties In which now have Ilf-
teen members In the house , are entitled -
titled to at least twenty-one , on n
basis ol' one representative for each
11,922 people.
In the Third'congressional district ,
from which sixteen representatives
are now sent , at least twenty and pos
sibly twenty-one could be sent here
after.
The Fifth district is practically sta
tionary , the Second district gains at
least five members.
The gains of' the Sixth , Third and
Second districts must come out of the
First and Fourth districts.
The batls of representation In the
senate Is more striking than In the
lower house , as shown by tl.c returns
from the1910 census. The proper
basis of rcdistrlcting for senate will
bo that of ono senator for every 30-
128 of population. This will retain
the same number of members thirty-
three , that there are now In the sen
ate.
ate.The
The western and northern parts of
the state have shown great gains.
These are the only pnrtK of thn state
that will gain with the possible ex
ception of Douglas county , which will
probably gain one member in the sen
ate and possibly two.
The disproportion that time has
wrought In the representation of the
senate is shown graphically In the
population of the Twenty-second and
the Thirtieth senatorial districts. The
former , composed of Saline county
alone , has 17,800 people , while the
Thirtieth district , comprising fifteen
counties. In the extreme western end
of the state , has a population of 07-
049. Although having four times as
many people as Saline county , the
Thirtieth district has only one sen-
ator.
Inspection of the Guard.
Major Phelps of the adjutant gen
cral's office has completed his report
on the Inspection of the Second regi
ment of the Nebraska National Guard.
Of 701 enlisted men and officers , 539
appeared at Inspection. This is re
garded as an exception tional show-
Ing. Company G of Omaha made the
best showing , having but two absen
tees at inspection out of a total of
fifty-six men. The two were out of
the state at the time of Inspection. In-
spectlon reports on the First regl
mcnt have not been finished.
Infantile Paralysis.
The report of the state orthoepedlc
hospital directors , now in prepara
tion , will recommend that the gover
nor ask the legislature to appropriate
money for the Investigation and extermination -
termination of infantile paralysis.
Wet Vs. Dry.
Spucrintendent Poulsen of the Anti-
Saloon league is sending out letters to
members of the legislature , both dem
ocrat and republican , In an attempt
to get them to refuse to go into party
caucuses and to organize as a dry
force opposed to the wet forces.
State Contract Awarded.
The bpard of public lands and build
ings has awarded the contract for con
necting now bollors and new build
ings at the Beatrice Institute for fee-
bio minded to Mr. Pomerenu of Lin-
rain , the price being $2,920.
Inspect New Building.
Secretary of State Junkln and State
Treasurer Brian wont to Hastings to
Inspect a now $50,000 building which
the state of Nebraska has paid for.
State Printing.
Bids for the printing of house and
senate bills during the next session of
the legislature were opened and the
lId of the State Journal company
proved to bo the lowest. For the
printing of 500 copies of each bill the
State Journal company bid $1.72 per
liago ; North & Co. , $1.90 ; Woodruff.
M.75. On 300 bill titles the State Jour
nal was lowest at 35 cen s. North &
2o. 50 cents ; Woodruff 3.7 cents. Be-
tore the board of public lands and
juildlngs the State Journal was low-
ist on a small amount of 'supplies
: hnt Is to bo purchased before the leg-
slature convenes.
Statue for Gen Thayer.
William T. Rlgby , chairman of the
Mcksburg national military park
'ommltteo of the war department ,
ms written to Governor Shallenber-
; or urging him to use his influence
with the next legislature to obtain an
ipproprlntlon for the erection' of a
Kirtralt statute of General' John
M. Thayer on the battlolleld of Vicks-
nirg. The chairman writes that slnco
.ho close of the last fiscal year , Juno
(0 ( , 1910 that four additional portrait
nists and ten additional relief tablets
lave been provided for.
CLEAN DILL ACCORDED SECRE
TARY BALLINGER.
PICTURED AS A MODEL MAN
Majority Report of Congressional
Committee Declares Him Inno
cent of Charges Glavls
Is Censured. /
Washington. The Uallinger-Pincho
Investigating committee , after eleven
months' work , has made Its final re
port to both houses of congress. In
the opinion of seven republican mem
hers a majority of the committee , Secretary
rotary Balllnger "honestly and faith
fully performed the duties of his high
office with an eye single to the pub
He Interest. " In the opinion of four
democrats Mr. Balltnger "has not
been true to the trust reposed in him
as secretary of the Interior and shouli
bo requested by the proper authorities
to resign. "
Both reports , with the independent
report of Representative Madison , re
publican , also adverse to Mr. Ballin-
ger , were offered in the senate by Sen
ator Nelson and in the house by Rep
resentative McCall. Their presenta
tion followed a meeting of the ful
committees.
The democratic members , led by
Senator Fletcher of Florida , agreed to
this method of getting the report be
fore congress , after their motion to
substitute their own report had been
rejected in the committee.
As to the conduct of Mr. Glavls In
the long period in which the Alaska
coal claim cases were under his- con
trol as special agent of the land office
the report declares he had sufficient
time and abundant assistance to
make the Held examination which ho
had demanded.
Nomination Goes to Senators.
Washington. The president has
sent to the senate the nomination of
W. T. Thompson , formerly attorney
general of Nebraska , as solicitor of
the treasury. Mr. Thompson took up
his duties in the treasury department
during the recess of congress. His ap
pointment was agreeable to both Ne
braska senators and It is expected that
he will be speedily confirmed.
Bonfire of Ice Cream Cones.
Kansas City. Ten thousand ice
cream cones were burned here in a
bonfire in the rear of the federal build
ing In fulfillment of an order of
Judge A. S. Van Valkenburgh of the
federal court. The cones were confis
cated last summer , under the pure
food law , having been made in Oklaho
ma and shipped hero for sale.
Wendllng Asks for New Trial.
Louisville , Ky. Attorneys for Jo
seph Wendling , convicted December
P. of the murder of Alma Kellner and
sentenced to life Imprisonment , have
filed a motion for a new trial. Nine
teen reasons for a rehearing are given ,
chief among them being an affidavit
that one of the jurors had formed and
expressed an opinion before the trial
Leaps Into Molten Metal.
Barnsville. In sight of fifty fellow
workmen , Pharlcs Kendall , a mould
er's helper , leaped Into a cupola of
white hot metal at a foundry here.
The man's flesh was entire con
sumed and only the bones recovered.
Kendall had been separated from his
wife for several years.
To Boom Southern Commerce.
Washington. The executive com
mittee of the southern commercial
congress met in this city to complete
the arrangement of a program for the
great southern commercial rally which
it is proposed to hold in Atlanta next
March.
By Lamplight With Military Honors.
West Point , N. Y. Brigadier General -
al Wesley Morritt , U. S. A. , ( retired ) ,
twenty-first superintendent of the U.
S. military academy , was buried hereby
by lamplight with the military honors
of his rank.
And It Stljl Goes Up.
Omaha. Meat is 'higher. An In
crease of 1 cent a pound in the price
af the cheaper cuts of beef and pork
Is announced by the packers , and the
chances are that it will continue to
50 up.
Glover Arrives at Boston.
Boston. George Washington Glover
if Lead , S. D. , the son of Mrs. Baker
U. Eddy , founder of the Christian Sci
jnce church has arrived hero to at
: end the funeral ot his mother.
With the Weather Five Below.
Yankton , S. D. The farm home of
Dscar Eugen was burned to the
ground Monday night. In a tempera-
.uro of five below Eugen and his
, vlfe , with their baby were compelled
o walk barefooted in scant night
: lothes through the snow to the near-
: st neighbor a quarter of a mile away.
Justice Bcnrd Dead ,
Nashville. Justice W. D. Beard of
he Tcnnpsseo supreme court , dropped
lead in the Hermitage hotel hero.
Yours for uni
formity.
Your * for great
est leavoning' ]
power.
Your * for never
failing results.
Yooro for purity.
Your for economy.
Yours for every
thing that goes to
make up a strictly
high grade , ever-
dependable baking
powder.
That is Calnmot. Try
U once and note the im
provement in your bak
ing. See how much moro
economical over the high-
priced trust brands , how
much better than the cheap
and big-can kinds.
Calumet is highest in quality
moderate in cost.
Received Highest Award
World'o Pure Food
Exposition.
wanted In every town. Anoppor *
tunlty to earn bigmonuy , ISxclUBlro
territory. Mo cxpcrloiica necessary.
NOT PAGE FROM A ROMANCE
Conversation , However , Reads a
Whole Lot More Like a Scene
in Real Life.
"And so your fatber refuses to con
sent to our union ? "
"Ho does , Rodolphus. "
The sad youth swallowed a sob.
"Is there nothing left for us , then ,
but an elopement ? " said he.
"Nothing. "
"Do you think , Clementine , that you
: ould abandon tbis luxurious homo ,
forget all the enjoyments of great
svealth , banish yourself forever from
pour devoted parents' hearts , and go
west with a poor young man to enter
i. homo oft lifelong poverty and self-
Icnial ? " i
"I could , Rodolphus. "
, The sad youth roao wearily and
cached for his bat.
"Then , " said ho , "you are far from
Jeing the practical girl I have all
ilong taken you to bo. "
And with ono las $ look around on
.ho sumptuousness that some day ho
lad hoped to share , he sobbed and
said farewell. Browning's Magazine.
The Way to Find Him.
"My wife and I are going to spend a
'ow months with her people at
Strong's Corners , " said the meek little
nan , "and I want you to mall your pa-
) er to me "
"Yes , " said the clerk , "what's your
lame ? "
"Well er to make sure , I guesa
rou'd bettor address It : 'Mary Strong's
lusband , Strong's Corners. ' "
Ancient City Modernized.
Tarsus , the ancient city in Asia Ml-
lor , where the apostle Paul was born ,
s now Illuminated by electricity. The
lower is taken from the Cydnus river ,
rhero are now in Tarsus 450 electrio
itrcet lights and about COO incandcs-
: ent lights for private uso.
With Creamer
or
With Milk
r
With Fruit.
Savoury
Wholesome
Economical
"The Memory Lingers"
Postum Cereal Co. , Ltd. ,
Battle Creek , Mich.
