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"The Valentine Democrat Valentine , Neb. I. M. Rice. Publisher KING is DENOUNCED' MINISTER MAKES SAVAGE AT. - TACK OX LEOPOLD. Says He is Member of Belgian Lobby in Washington Declares King's Slaves Arc Whipped to Death if Work is Xot Satisfactory. Accusations were made by Hev. S. Johnson , of Boston , in an address de livered in the Park Avenue Methodist church in Chicago Sunday , against Charles Henrotin , Belgian consul in Chicago , whom he charged with being a. member of a Belgian lobby , working to prevent the United States govern ment from noticing the alleged atroci ties in the Congo Free State and with being in the pay of King Leopold of Belgium. Dr. Johnson declared that representations soon will be made to the state department at Washington which will be followed by a demand to the Belgian government that Mr. Henrotin be removed from the Chica go consulship. Mr. Henrotin made specific denial of being a member of the Belgian lob by , adding that he doubted that such a lobby exists. "If Dr. Johnson says I am a member of the so-called Bel gian lobby he lies , * ' said Consul Hen rotin. "I most emphatically deny it. There have been atrocities in Congo but they occurred years ago. King Xieopold is doing his utmost to sup press atrocities and punish violators of the law. " Dr. Johnson , who is pastor of the "Warren Avenue Baptist church , Bos ton , was introduced by Prof. Jerome ter of Belgium the wages paid to the cago. "The atrocities in the Congo Free State are a thousand times worse than Is generally known , " said Dr. Johnson. "King Leopold has taken the lands of the native population and has enslaved Irom 20,000,000 to 35,000,000 black people. According to the prime minis- York , under sentence for the murder Congo people for work in the rubber plantations is a charily. Tf the natives are not quick enough in bringing an amount of rubber to suit the king's agents they are whipped to death. " PATRICK SEEKS CLEMENCY. Lawyer Finally Consents to Apply foi rCommutntioii pi' Sentence , t Lawyer Albert T. Patrick , of New death , is the one who insisted that of Millionaire Rice , has signed a peti tion to Gov. Higgins , begging him to commute the death sentence to life im prisonment. The final appeal to the governor was signed by Patrick in the death house. John T. MHliken , brother-in-law of Patrick , who has spent a fortune to save his wife's brother from a felon's al or celestial marriages. Patrick should ask clemency. It is believed that the governor insisted on a personal letter of appeal from Pat rick. MORMON .JUDGE PROTESTED. Election of Churchman in Idaho Held to Be Illegal. A protest against the election of Al fred Budge , Republican , as judge of the Fifth district of Idaho , has been filed in the district court of Bannock county. Budge's election is contested on the ground that he is a Mormon and therefore a believer in polygamy , although he is not charged with an ex cess of wives. The complaint is based upon a clause of the state constitution which forbids any officer to vote who encour ages or practices polygamy , patriarch al or celestian marriages. Six Men Die in Explosion. Six men met instant death Satur day in a dynamite explosion about twenty-four miles from Newport , Tenn. They were employed on an extension of the Tennessee and North Carolina railroad. A load of dynamite - M. mite for a blast exploded while being tamped. President's Annual Cabinet Dinner. The annual cabinet dinner , the first social function of the season at the $ White House , was given by President .and Mrs. Roosevelt Thursday. Marconi Coining to America. 111. William Marconi left Rome for Lon- .don Sunday. He will sail for the Unit ing ed States in January. Sioux City Live Stock Market. Saturday's quotations on the Sioux In City live stock market follow : Top steers , $3.70. Top hogs , $6.10. * Fatal AVrcck in Ohio. The Pennsylvania Flyer , eastbound , due in Canton. O. , at 9:35 o'clock , col er lided v/ith a Wheeling and Lake Erie Freight train Sunday. The freight en kio gineer was killed and the fireman la dying : . Broken Rail Causes Wreck. The Iron Mountain passenger train , which left Charleston , Mo. , at 9:10 o'clock a. m. for St. Louis , was wreck was ed on the Belmont bramih Saturday M < , -fi.ftornoon. S > r : AT BAR ON STRETCHER. Mrs. BIrdsong is Given Five Years in Prison. A dispatch from Hazelhurst , Miss. , flays : Angle Birdsong was Friday de nied a new trial by Judge Miller. She was sentenced to five years In the penitentiary ' itentiary , and notice of appeal was STiven to the Mississippi supreme court. When notice of appeal was made Mrs. Birdaong was granted bail in the sum of $10,000 , which was furnished. Mrs. BIrdsong shot and killed Dr. Thomas Butler at Monticello , Miss. . Nov. 25 , 1905 , and at the trial con cluded several days ago was convict ed of manslaughter. Since that time she has been seriously ill. Because ot her young child and-her illness Mrs. Birdsong was never sent to jail. The young defendant was taken to court Friday lyinjr on a cot moaning with pain and fever , calling continual ly for water and at times nearly delir ious , and listened for an hour and a quarter to her counsel's arguments foi .leniency and a new trial. She was al lowed to hear the sentence without standing. A striking feature of the scene was the fact that the leading argument for Mrs. Birdsong was made by a lawyer himself so ill that he remained in an invalid chair while addressing the court. This was R. N. Miller , who suf fered a complete breakdown at one. of the critical parts of the trial. GREAT DAM CASE SETTLED. Last Obstacle in the Way of Construe- * tion is Removed. Private advices received in El Paso , Tex. , Friday from Mexico City , states that the Mexican government has rat ified the treaty with the government of the United States referring to the great irrigation dam at Engle , sixty miles above El Paso. This action brings to an amicable settlement a bone of contention be tween the two republics and litigation that has been pending for ten years , and settles the claim for $20,000,000 which the Mexican government filed against the United States for damages on account of deprivation of watex rights in the upper Rio Grande and riparian rights in the lower stream. Thus is removed the last obstacle in the way of the completion of the great dam by the United States. KING OSCAR MAKES GAIN. Crown Price Assumes Regency Dur ing His Father's Illness. A Stockholm dispatch says : The condition of King Oscar , the aged Swedish monarch , who is seriously ill , showed considerable improvement Fri day. Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus has assumed the regency , which he will hold during his father's illness. It appears that King Oscar has been ailing for some days. His indisposi tion was not regarded as serious until Wednesday , when he developed symp toms of heart failure. His heart has been affected for three years , and in the fear that because of his great age the present attack might prove fatal , four doctors have been in attendance. , VAXDERBILT'S AUTO WRECKED. Mr. Vanderbilt is Hurled Into Lake Success. While W. K. Vanderbilt , Jr. , with his chauffeur , was speeding a sixty- horse power racing automobile along the lake of Success , Long- Island , Fri day , the front axle snapped and the car skidded. A wheel became detach ed , the body of the car struck the ground and tore up the road for fif a teen feet. Mr. Vanderbilt was hurled into the -lake well away from the shore. He sank through the thin ice , but rose immediately and swam ashore uninjured. Muj. Gen. Wiiit in Havana. Maj. Gen. Theodore J. Wint arrived In Havana Friday. Gen. Wint will take command of the American army January 1 , when Brig. Gen. J. Frank a lin Bell returns to the United States. Tons of Mail for Europe. The steamer Celtic , which sailed from New York recently for Liverpool , carried 4,033 sacks of mail , the largest mail ever taken from a United States port. Heads Sxviss Confederation. Bduard Muller , vice president of the federal council of Switzerland , was Thursday elected president of the be Swiss confederation in succession to on . L. Ferrer , whose term has expired. Missouri Bank Robbed. Robbers wrecked the safe of the In N. terstate bank at Drexel , Mo. , and es ed caped with the contents , said to be $5,000. Burglar Wounded by Woman. Mrs. Mary Roach , of Bloomington , . , shot and fatally wounded William Skinner , a neighbor , who was attempt to rob her house. Wages Advanced in Denver. Two thousand machinists employed Denver shops will receive an ad vance , in wages on Jan. 1 , ranging rom 5 to 15 per cent. ing the Gen. Xogi Thrown from Horse. Gen. Nogi , the Japanese command who captured Port Arthur , was thrown from his horse Friday at To- while . . .urning home from the palace. He fell on his head and became ed unconscious. His condition "arouses pa apprehension. shot Foot in Guard ; Killed b.y Train. Alexander Metzer , of Belleville , III. , caught in a cattle guard on the ch Mobile and Ohio tracks and held a vwe Prisoner until a train killed him. a 1 pa GIBBONS IX APPEAL. Coils for Sympathy for Catholics of France. "The American public does not understand - > derstand the present crisis in France , " said Cardinal Gibbons when asked for his opinion on the French situation. Hecontmued : "I am getting to b v an old man now and I think I know my countrymen. They love fair play ; they love liberty ; they love to see human dealings ot man. with-man. And the late years have shown how cordially they hate Injustice , tyranny and inhumanity. And yet France has treated her noblest citizens with injustice and inhuman ity , and America , which has sympa thy for the oppressed of all nations , has raised no protest nor uttered a word of sympathy. "If I believe that my countrymen would knowingly see a great organiza tion unjustly deprived of its property , tens of thousands of honest men and noble women robbed of their just in come , hundreds of thousands of people brutally wounded in what they hold dearest and most sacred , a majority in the chambers disregard and tram ple upon the rights of the minority and the rights of millions of then countrymen in the name of liberty would knowingly see tens of thousands of priests and nuns turned out of then- homes for no crime but that of lovln& God I say , if my countrymen can see and recognize all this injustice and refuse genuine sympathy to those who suffer , then I will leave life without that faith in American love of justice , liberty and humanity. "But the American people have not had these things put fairly before them. Our own press has been to a considerable extent the reflex of the Parisian anti-clerical press. Most people ple over here have little conception of the French anti-clericals. They look on the leaders of this party as e i- lightened statesmen seeking to pre serve the republic from an aggressive clergy. "There have been honest and sin cere lovers of republican government among anti-clericals , I admit , but the majority of them have far less love of the republic than they have hatred of religion. "But in France the Jacobin party is not dead. They hate God , they hate Christ , they hate his religion as much as > ever their fathers hated them. But they have learned a more prudent and measured method of attack. And yet the utterances of such men are receiv ed as unsuspectingly by many Ameri cans as would be a discourse by Mr. Cleveland , or Mr. Roosevelt , or Mr. Taft. " HITS THE GREAT NORTHERN. Minnesota Attorney General Says Bond Issue is Xot Valid. Attorney General Young , of Minnesota seta , Thursday made a ruling that un der the state law the proposed in crease in the capital stock of the Great Northern railway , recently an nounced from New York , amounting to $60,000,000 , is invalid and that ab soon as the issue is actually begun the state will take action in the matter. The attorney general holds before the railroad can increase the capital stock it must serve notice of such in tention on the state railway and Avare- house commission for review at a pub lic hearing to determine the necessity for the increase. This has not beeii done , and fruthermore the increase of the $25,000 , made last spring , must also be explained before either the present proposed issue or that of last spring become legal. The Great Northern operates under Minnesota charter , and the original company was incorporated under the territorial laws. I 3IAXILA CALLS FOR TEACIIE1IS. One Hundred and Twenty More Art Wanted from United States. . One hundred and twenty additional I [ teachers are wanted in the Philippines I for the next school year , according to cablegram received Thursday from Manila by the bureau of insular af- fairs. Fifty of these are to be ap pointed at entrance salaries of $1,200 and the remainderat smaller amounts. The appointees will be selected from those passing the civil service ex'ami- nations and will go to the islands un der two-year contracts , although it was stated that the majority of tho.v > going over in previous years have re mained in the service for a much longer time. The examinations will I ! conducted throughout the country Dec. 27 and 28. Killed by Fall from Car. William A. Faircloth , of Ridgeway , . J. , was run over and instantly kill by a passenger train on the South ern Pacific railroad near El Paso , Tex. , Thursday. a h E Xcw York Daily News Suspends. J The New York Daily News company - ' P pany Thursday suspended publication. The cause given was that the other papers of the city had superior facili ties. For Extermination of Texas Fever Representative Ransdell , of Texas , ! introduced a bill Thursday appropriat ' $250,000 for the extermination of Texas fever tick. Girl Killg Man and Herself. Thomas Bailey , a mill operative a from Winslow , Out , was shot in the Lo abdomen and probably fatally wound pi by Grace Davis in a resort at Nam- , Idaho , Thursday. The woman then ' h and killed herself. i ai the Grain for Russian Sufferers. The Russian government has pur chased 6,000,000 bushels of grain in western Siberia , where there has. been the big grain harvest this year , at comparatively - " paratively low prices. 'ea ' 1 STATE 01 NEBRASKA JTEWS OF THE WEEK IN A COXB DEXSED FOR3t Sensation at Lyons Sewall Sampson Severely Handled by a Mob Whip ped and Doused in River Compell ed to Leave the Town. After receiving a severe whipping , Sewall Sampson Saturday afternoon was compelled by a crowd of angry men to submit to a dousing in the icy waters of Logan river and to prom ise that he never again would darken the doors of Lyons with his presence. The incident was the last chapter in a scandal that has been the cause of much excitement at Lyons. Last fall Sampson ran off with another man's wife , both of them leaving be hind families of small children. The indignation of citizens at his return to Lyons a few days ago has grown with each passing day. Saturday he was put under arrest for assaulting the husband of the woman with whom he ran away. As he stepped out cf the bank , where he had been trying to secure bonds for his release , a crowd of men was ready for him. A gunny sack was thrown over his head and he was loaded into a dray. His cap ture was speedily noised about town and 200 people , men , women and chil dren , gathered on the river bank to witness the proceeding.r I After stripping their captive and ad ministering a sound ben ting , the men itold Sampson to jump off the bridge into the water or hefwould be pushed off. He umed. Before he was al lowed to come out of hlsjicy bath he was compelled to solemnly promise that he would "git" and never return. A HEAD 3SXD COLLISION. Aw Accident on the Elkhorn'Line Near Ainsworth. There was a head end collision on the Fremont and Elkhorn line at 5 o'clock Thursday morning one mile west of Ainsworth. Otto Rankin , of Cody , engineer on No. 1382 , thq second header , was bad ly scalded , and C. M. Hoffman , of Chadron , fireman on No. 1323 , head engine of the eastbound double header - er , was badly cut on the head and . . leet and otherwise badly bruised. Engineer Thompson , of the head engine eastbound , stayed by his post until within about 100 feet of where the collision occurred , when he jump ed and escaped with only a few . scratches. The westbound train was in charge of Conductor Williams , with Griffith , engineer , and Mears , fireman. All of the passengers escaped in- jury. , RAXCHMAX SLAIX BY GIRL. Miss Merle Clark Arrested at Xorth Platte. Miss Merle Clark , 21 years of age. j was arrested at North Platte Tuesday charged with killing- John Leonard , a ranchman , twenty-six miles from there. The tragedy occurred Sunday night. Miss Clark is from the east and has j been making her home on the ranch of an uncle near that of Leonard's. The young woman does not deny the ! killing , but refuses to discuss the afG fair. She was placed in the county jail. Her friends say Leonard was in j j love with her and bothered her with j i his attentions. It is claimed that he | threatened to1 kill her if she did not | marry him. SIXTEEX YEARS FOR MUKDHIi. I ( Fritz Clements Sentenced for Killing | Luke Goldic. j | Upon the convening of court in Pai i I P pillion Wednesday Fritz Clements was j [ sentenced to sixteen years in the peni tentiary for the killing of Luke Goldie - i die In August last , near the county line : south of South Omaha , no part of , . tsaid sixteen years to be a solitary con- m .finement. The Indictment of the { younger boys , Carl and Henry ClemX ! ents was nolled. j The sentence of Ernest Clements , I Pt oldest found shootar ' boy , guilty of - ing ] with intent to wound , has not been is pronounced yet. : in th Charged \vitli Horse Stcalin ? ; . i i A complaint has been filed , at North { CQ Platte by T. C. Hunt against Henry C. ' Frickey , charging him with stealing a horse belonging to H. C. Hect. The preliminary hearing in the county court was continued for thirty dayrf. ed He was placed under $500 bonds , in default of which he was placed in jail. ! Frlckey's home is at Juniata. Neb. \ Railroad Fireman Held Up. While on his way to go on his run , F. M. Skiles , of Lincoln , fireman on the Burlington road , was held up by three men in South Omaha. One man confronted him while another with a ! iei revolver approached from the side nnd jsu advised Skiles to "hold on , you might 70 have something that a fellow want ? . * * ow Eleven dollars were taken from his pockets. $10 being overlooked. j 5 : j lai Xcbrasknn Out for Land Ollice. Nelson B. Switzer , of Nebraska , is a j candidate for commissioner of the j general land office. An indorsement Cone signed by leading men of Nebraska no went to Washington in his behalf. He na naMe has for years been employed by the Me 'government land office in adjusting ha surveys. He is a son of the late Gen. Ch Switzer and a native of Nebraska. Mi Xew Trust Formed. They say that they have > iot formed trust , but then every liveryman of ha Columbus met and decided that the dei public will have to pay a certain price , tru much higher than they have paid pany heretofore < , or else they can go on foot , bers and every one of the siv liverymen in case business signed the agreement. Corn Stalk Disease. Corn stalk disease is again among an cattle of Platte county. John H. came Wilke has lost eight head with the dis- corn JUT CONVENTION OF SUPERVISORS. Votes to Hold Xext Session In South Omaha. The most enthusiastic opening ses | sion over held was the meeting of the ' State Association of County Supervis " ors and County Commissioners held at ot the city hall In Kearney Tuesday even ing. : ing.There There were three cities contesting for the honor of entertaining the as sociation next December , invitations being extended by Norfolk , Broken Bow and South Omaha. On counting ' the ballots it was found that 9 votes had been cast for Norfolk , 18 for Broken Bow and 30 for South Omaha. On motion the vote was made unani mous and South Omaha designated as the next place of meeting. The officers were all elected by ac clamation , the rules being suspended and the votes unanimous in each case. P. J. Kennedy , of York was re-elected president. The other officers were : A. F. Evans , Fremont , vice president ; J. H. Harding , Meadow Grove , secre tary-P. ; J. Trainer , South Omaha , TO BUILD ITS WATER PLAXT. Omaha Board Rejects Plan to Buy Out Private Company. The water board of the city of Omaha - ha , which has entire control of all matters concerning the water supply , public and private , of the city , Monday night voted to rescind the action of the city council in electing to buy the plant cf the Omaha Water compauy and appointed a committee to procure plans and estimates for a new plant. The action of the city council was taken ! in 1903 before the creation of the water board. The proposal to purchase - chase was under a provision of the company's franchise and contemplated the valuation of the plant by a joint board of three appraisers. " " This board was appointed , but failed to agree , the majority report fixing the value of the plant at $6,250,000 , which the water board claims is far in excess of its real value. A suit is now pending in the J federal court by which the company seeks to compel the city to purchase under this appraisement. It is esti mated that a new plant can be built for ( about $4,000,000. PASSED COUNTERFEIT MOXEY. Two Men Arrested at Oxford Charged with "Shoving the Queer. " Sheriff Peterson , of Red Willow county ! , made a fine haul at Oxford Monday , when he took into custody _ two ] "shovers of the queer , " George Monroe and Thomas Rogers , who were brought to McCook and lodged in the . county jail , charged with having circulated \ counterfeit money. These two young men have been operating over a wide section of that part of Nebraska for several weeks. , Reports came to McCook from various towns between Hastings and Denver , Colo. , and in nearly every town they have placed more or less of theii spurious ] currency , a $10 bill of the Farmers' and Planters' bank of Savannah - vannah , Ga. The officials feel certain of having more than sufficient evidence .to send . them over the road for a term of years. < They have been clearly identi fied by merchants who were recently victimized by them. DRIVES AWAY 3IARAUDER. Woman Strikes Man in Face with Re volver. Knocking Him Down. A young woman and a girl stepped ' out of the home of a Mrs. LeFew at Grand Island and were immediately accosted in the yard by a strange man. They gave the alarm and Mrs. LeFew came out with a revolver. The trespasser - passer was still there and ordered the woman to throw up her hands. Instead - stead she dealt the marauder a sting- ing blow in the face v/ith the butt end of the revolver , knocking him down. It is slated that she gave him another blow and then ran in to call the menn | folks of the home. When they ap- peared , however , the fellow had made F.J. his escape. it itw. Girl Dying of Bullet AVound. $ . Miss Rachel Engle , who was shot ir the } back by John Ilamlin during car nival at Grari3 Inland last summer , is very , low and is not expected to live. Ever since the shooting she has been paralyzed from the waist line down and recentlj- became necessary to perform another operation. Hamlln be still in jail. He demanded arraign ment recently and was arraigned on the charge of shooting with intent to kill j and was bound over to the district court. rg Man Accidentally Killed. Peter Hedmanwas accidentally kill near Stromsburg Monday. Mr. Hedman was hauling manure to the dump at the creek bank , just south of an town , and while driving close to the fir edge to get near enough to unload the th \vagtm wheel dropped into a hole and B Mr. Hodman , wa thrown out , receiv AJmi ing fatal injuries. mi an Lrsivfs Lrirse Estate. bo Mrs. Mary Lsimmers. the wealth lei iest woman in Cedar county , died pr suddenly of heart disease , aged about sp years. Mrs. Lammers was the wid run of John Lamm era. who died six years ago and left an estate of nearlv SIOf)0,000 ) , mostly in Cedar county ex lands. joi on ? Like Jlunaivay Mutch. foi A couple who were married by mi County Judge Stinson Monday aftei- If noon at Fremont , and who gave their names as Jack Richards and Marjorie Morrison , of Omaha , are believed to an have been Wells Abbott , a son of Chauncey Abbott , of b'chuyler , and int Maude Mithiesen : , a Linwood girl. O JJthi Man is Convicted. S. E. Huwell , president of the Oma wil Coal uKChange , was convicted un 03 the provisions of the state anti trust law. Ho well is charged , in com in with seventy-nine other mem ing , with maintaining a trust , The rev is to be appealed. def the Hurt in Corn Elevator. $1 , Miss Dora Heitmann , a young -wom am living a mile north of Leigh , be cor entangled in the machinery of a las elevator and received painful in mo juries. The state of Nebraska has S 716.57 of trust funds Invested in Interj ! permanent est bearing securities. The school fuSd investment Includes SI.- ' 584,835.69 of state general funrt of these ! rants. The total amount four funds invested in general funffl state warrants is $1,761.311.65. AS ) the total outstanding indebtedness ot $1,916.6 il. l m the state consists of $ , warrants , It is the form of state shown that the state is the owner of- 92 per cent of its debt. Some of these * warrants will soon be purchased byi is estimated that all the state and it but 5 per cent of the outstanding war rants are held by the state as an "in vestment. " The state is thus placed 19 the attitude of paying interest to itself on its own debt. The only advantage1 ' gained by owning the outstanding warn rants is that the interest goes to the * support of the public schools , being apportioned scmi-annually to the vari ous counties and then to the school districts. * f The biennial report of the state aud * itor for the two years ended Nov. 30 , 1906 , shows the Avarrant indebtedness , of the state to be $1,916,683.31 , a re duction during the biennium of $346 , * 730.61 , the debt against the general fund at the beginning of the biennium being $2,253,401.92. The only other interest bearing debts arc those ! against the temporary university fundl At this time the outstanding warrants against this fund amount to $39- ' 445.47 , while at the same time two * years ago this fund had standings against it interest bearing warrants to } the amount of $81,390. These war rants , however , usually do not run' ' more than a month or two. The bulk of the deduction is due to the Sheldon 1-mill levy , which brought into th < J treasury $273,946.81. * 3 * Secretary Royse , of the state bank * ing board , has completed a statement of the condition of state and private * banks at the close of business Nov. 12 , | He says it indicates a very sat&fac-i tory condition and shows substantial' ' growth and increase in business. ) There were 584 banks reporting. In ! the last year the number of banks reporting - < porting has increased 38. Loans inJ creased $7,628,303.08 ; paid in capita Increased $595,200 : deposits increased ! $7,433,677.33. With the usual brisK demand for money at this season of , the year the banks are running strong and are amply prepared to take care * of all desirable loans , showing at the date of this report a reserve of3l.il per cent , being.more that double the } legal requirement. * * * The report on the yield of Irish po tatoes in Nebraska issued by the state bureau of labor and statistics shows ai total ( production of 5,984,221 bushelsj .which were produced from 80,9281 acres , giving an average yield of 73.94J A bushels per acre. A severe blight has affected the potato crop in practically every section of the state , which has resulted < in a far below normal crop ; This blight caused a decrease of 213 per cent in the average yield , which * combined < with a decrease in acreage * of ] 9.4 per cent , or 8,343 acres , makes the 1906 crop 2,317,982 bushels be low 1905. Sheridan county , as usual , , leads the state in acreage and total production , having an acreage of 5,326 and a. production of 335,538 bushels. The representatives of the state uni versity agricultural college who at * tended the International Live Stoclc show at Chicago have returned and feel satisfied with the prizes won by the university. The Nebraska people * who were there worf Dean E. A. Bur- * nett , Prof. H. K. Smith. Instructor A , F. Magdanz , Dr. A. F. Peters and Dr. J. H. Gain. Of the nine steers exhib ited < by Nebraska university , six were winners. The total prize money wa $450 which , added to the total of pre-v vious years , makes the sum won by Nebraska $1,500. A. E. Ward , now in the office of the state superintendent , occupying the > * position of vice president of the- teachers' examining committee , is to Congressman-elect Boyd's private secretary' . He resigned his place dur ing the campaign to act as Judg Boyd's committee chairman. Mr. Ward may not take the secretaryship until spring. He may begin work about the first of the year as bookkeeper In the office of Land Commissioner H ' AI * Eaton. * * * ' / State Land Commissioner Eatoir and his deputy , j. M. Shively. are the first officials to file their bonds with governor for the coming two years Both instruments are signed by the American Surety company , of Balti more Mr Eaton's being for $50,000 and Mr. Shively's for $10,000 The bonding concern agrees to wait on a legislative appropriation for the two premiums , which are $48 and $ - > 0 re ' spectively. The bonds as made out for the full biennium. > * Several members of the senate have , expressed a. desire to have the senat journal printed each day to be laiA oiiih ; desnks ° f membes&a of lowing the recent custom of making mimeograph copies. The printeTcop ? J1beA , Und at the * nd of tfe. " * = * : contracts amount 10 sn 27 * revenue books and blanks there' deficiency two yea last two years the 51,943.65. Contracts" amount to $2,500. The reno'rt" contain a list of contracts durTnl two years and thr. , ° ° "nt ° 2 money paid each contractor