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t' fisheries boat Commodore Perry , Capt.
Gerry Driscoll , brought to Erie , Pa. ,
t late Sunday the dead and frozen bod-
t ies of nine of the crew of Bessemer
and Marquette ferry No. 2 , which left
Conneaut , O. , Tuesday morning car-
rying 32 men and which has probably
_ foundered in the middle of Lake Erie.
ThePerry sighted the tiny half sunken
yawl at about noon Sunday.
. . As the Perry came abreast of the
drifting and half water-logged yawl : ,
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lishboat saw that they had arrived too
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which was marked "Bessemer and
SMarquette No.4 , " were frozen stiff. i
jTaking the yawl in tow , the Perry I
'made ' all steam for Erie.
In the bow end of the boat was
i , found complete clothing for one man ,
and it is the belief , that the yawl orig-
ially contained ten men and that one
rf , becoming crazed had discarded his
. clothing and jumped into the icy wa-
; ters of Lake Erie.
- . : ; Albert J. Weis , of Erie , treasurer of
the Keystone Fish company and the
: 33air State Iron works , was a passen-
ger on the ill-fated boat , although his
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i 'body ; has not been found. The of-
ficers of the car ferry compan gave
tIP all hope Saturday and since Thurs-
day every available tug between Buf-
. falo. Cleveland and other lake points
Tiad been searching the lake for some
" news : : of the wrecked craft.
FIRE LOSS OF $650,000.
Racine Manufacturing , Plant and
Other Buildings Burn.
l The big plant of the Racine , Wis. ,
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Manufacturing company , manufactur-
. ers of automobile tops and piano
stools , together with the Danish
Brotherhood hall , the Mitchell : Wagon
t , works and ' several residences were de-
stroyed by fire Sunday , entailing a loss
estimated at $650,000 , of which all
but $50,000 is borne by the Racine
"Manufacturing company's plant. The
latter concern carried $250,000 insur-
ance. The origin of the fire is not
. . : , . known. , .
About 1,200 men will be thrown out
of employment . until the plant is re
built.
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- : SPILLER MAY REMAIN.
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, Panama's President is pvcrruled by :
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The supreme court of Panama de-
' , iided Sunday that the decree jssued
'by President Obalda expelling W.
I Spiller from that , country was
i illegal and he may remain
Tin Panama. Spiller "was charged with
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inducing canal laborers to leave the
( ' isthmus and Lieut. CoJ. } Coethals , chief
.r engineer of the canal , requested the
"Panama government to deport Spiller.
I In order to meet the case President
I . Obalda issued an executive decree , de-
. claring that the enticing of canal la -
i borers from the country was a misde
i . . meanor , punishable by expulsion.
FALLS 'FROM AEROPLANE. .
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. Bleriot's Machine Strike a House and
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; i . M. ' Bleriot , the French aviator ,
' tvhose flight across "the English chan- :
nel was one of the most remarkable
' achievements of the year , and who
I has had more narrow escapes from
I death than any , other aviator , met
, with another serious accident in Con-
I : stantinople Sunday. He was giving an
Ji exhibition in the presence of an im-
I ( mense crowd , when his aeroplane col
s P ( , lided with a house. The force of the
jl 1 impact turned the. machine complete-
li ? ly over and Bleriot fell to the ground.
! ! He was hurt on the left side . , and it is
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'l a southbound freight train on the Illi
t 1 . nois Central collided head on near
n Pana , 111. , Sunday. Both engines were
demolished , over 1,000 bushels of corn
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. - ' were dumped into the ditch , $30,000
r damage to the rolling stock was done
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, . . Fire at. Salt'111Io. .
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; ' Main street of Salem Mo. , Sunday and
caused , $100,000 loss. Citizens fought
the flames with a bucket brigade.
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. beeves , $6.50. Top hogs , $8.40.
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p " ' . King Leopold , who has been seri-
f 4 ously ill for the past fortnight , but
* , \vh"o was believed to be convalescent ,
, suffered a sudden relapse Sunday and
, his condition is considered very grave
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* , Patrick F. Sheedy ? , for many years
1 a. ' one of the best known sporting men
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r . ' : Mart dealer , died at his home Sunday
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ZELAYA IN DEFENSE.
Complains of Treatment Accorded by
Uncle Sam.
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demns my administration , " said Pres-
ident Zelaya in an interview with a
staff correspondent of the Associated
Press Friday. "I proposed to Secretary
of State Knox that he submit the case
to an investigation of his own choos-
ing , agreeing to surrender my rights to
the presidency if the charges in his
letter to'Isadore Hezera , . . former Nica-
raguan minister to the United States ,
were sustained. Secretary Knox has
not replied.
"Defenseless against the hostility of
a powerful nation , I must submit , al-
though I have been condemned un
heard.
"The coercion of the United States
will not redound to the credit of that
nation , whose motives are questioned
in all Latin-America. The shooting of
Groce and Cannon was a pretext. Both
were amenable to the laws of Nicara-
gua , which distinctly authorize the
shooting of individuals commanding
rebels. It is different if a person Is
captured during the course of an in-
ternational war. The attqmpt of Sec-
retary Knox to establish the inviola ;
bility of Americans participating in
foreign revolutions will result in con-
stant revolutions led by immune
Americans. "
"The initiative in the shooting of
Groce and Cannon was not mine. I
simply refused to extend clemency to
them after a properly constituted mil-
itary tribunal had passed .upon the
case. "
President Zelaya then cited several
instances of alleged hostility against
him in the United States through paid
articles appearing in American news-
papers. In one of thes instances , he
declares , he had been endeavoring to
raise a loan in France when his ene-
mies persuaded the United States to
interpose an objection through the
French ambassador ( at Washington up-
on the pretext that the ! ' money sought
was intended for the purpose of war
materials , when in reality it was to
have been used in the construction of
a railway.
VICTIM OF FIENDISH PLOT.
Theory That Man Was Killed Through
Own Carelessness Exploded.
The theory entertained in some
quarters that S. A. Ash , the druggist
'who was killed in a man trap at his
room in Cody , Wyo. , a few days ago ,
was the victim of his own careless-
ness has been exploded. Under Sher-
iff Cusack has just completed an in-
vestigation and is convinced that the
trap was deliberately set for Ash.
Entrance was effected into the room
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by the murderer or murderers by
means of an ax and the gun placed so
that it was only three feet from the
druggist's breast when it was dis
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charged.
Ash walked a block to a hospital af
ter being shot , holding his hand over
a huge wound I in his abdomen to pre-
his intenstines coming out. '
When dying he said : "Some dirty
cur shot me. " .
TWO WOMEX SLAIN.
Another Found Dj-ing in a Georgia
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Victims of a revolting crime , Mrs.
Eliza Gribble , aged 70 years , and her
daughter , Mrs. Carrie Ohlander , were
found dead in their home at Savan-
nah , Ga. , Friday , while Mrs. Maggie
Hunter , aged 32 , who was found just
inside the front door of the house , is
at the Savannah hospital , dying.
Physicians state that Mrs. Ohlan-
der was the victim of a criminal as-
sault before she was killed.
One hundred and fifty negroes are
prisoners in the police station , await-
ing examination.
A reward of $1,000 has been offered
for the arrest and conviction of the
assaulter. The police believe that the
slayer , using an ax , beat Mrs. Gribble
to death , struck down Mrs. Hunter , ,
and after assaulting Mrs. Ohlander
beat in her skull with the weapon.
NOTED SIOUX CIIIEF IS DEAD.
Red Cloud Passes Away on the Pine
Ridge Reservation.
Red Cloud , , the famous old Sioux
Indian chief , is dead. This informa-
tion was received Friday by Superin-
tendent Brennan , of the Pine Ridge I
Indian agency , who is in Washington :
attending the meeting of those inter-
ested in the education of the Indian.
Red Cloud was 86 years of age and
for the last twenty-five years had lived
at the Pine Ridge agency.
Dismissed from Army.
Betah Smith , formerly a lieutenant
in the regular army , was arrested at
Denver. Colo. , Friday charged with
passing several worthless checks.
Smith , who served in the Philippines ,
has been dismissed from the army. .
Taft Accepts an Invitation.
President Taft has accepted an in-
vitation to attend the conservation
convention to be held in Indianapolis
some time in February. He will like-
wise make brief visits to Louisville ,
Cincinnati and Nashville at that time.
Forger Surrenders to Police.
Gilbert , J. Creek , of Bloomington ,
Ind. , surrendered to the police at St.
Louis , Friday. He told the authori-
ties that he is under indictment there
for forgery. !
Bishop Stringer Safe.
Episcopal Bishop I. O. Stringer , for
whose safety anxiety was felt . because
of his prolonged absence a mission
tour that began last June , has ar-
rived safely at Circle City , Alaska.
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, CROWD vvinrjrE HOUSE.
Waterways Men Urge Their Projects
on Taft.
Assurances that steps of an ; impor
tant character toward the develop-
ment of a system of waterways im-
provement in the heart of the country
would be taken by the present con-
gress were given by ; President Taft to
delegations which he received in the
east room of the White House Thurs-
day afternoon. To perhaps 300 com-
mitteemen , representing the Ohio Val-
ley Improvement association , the pres-
ident promised to bring what influence
he could in favor of the improvement
of the Ohio and later to the committee
of GOO at the New Orleans Lakes to
Gulf Deep Waterway convention he
said that "something is doing , " and
that the interest of , those in congress
who heretofore have turned a cold
shoulder to the entire subject of wa-
terways improvement : had been
aroused.
Mr. Taft expressed to the Ohio dele-
gation regret that "his remarks before
the rivers and harbors congress Thurs-
day had cast a "wet blanket" over
the convention , and said that he had
only intended to help the gathering
along by pointing out the practical
method of accomplishing the . object
desired.
The object of the visit of the Ohio
valley delegation to the White House
was to enlist the president's support
for a 9-foot channel from Pittsburg to
Cairo all the year around. Its spokes-
man was Alexander Dempster , of
Pittsburg. The president's response to
those in the delegation was most en
couraging.
SHIP BURNS OX LAKE ERIE.
Two Lost , and Fate of Thirteen is
Unknown.
Two ' men lost their lives and the
fate of thirteen others is unknown as
a result of the burning of the steamer
Clarion near Point Pelee , in Lake
Erie , early Thursday. Six members of
the crew were taken from the Clarion
by the steamer L. C. Hanna and taken
to Cleveland , O. They were rushed to
a train and sent ' to Buffalo , the head
quarters of the Anchor Line company ,
which owns the Clarion.
According to the story of the sail-
, ors , all attempted to leave the Clarion :
as soon as it was ascertained that she
could not be saved. Capt. E. J. Bell , of
Ogdensburg , N. Y. , and twelve other
members of the crew took to the life-
boat.
boat.The
The mate was frozen to death. A
vain effort was made by the ' six sur-
vivors to enter another lifeboat. . One
sailor fell overboard and was drowned
in his efforts to launch the lifeboat.
The men were forced to remain on the
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Clarion.
The Clarion is a 1,700 ton steel boat.
She was bound from Detroit to Erie ,
Pa. , to lay up when fire broke out.
Blackburn Has Resigned.
It was officially announced at the .
war department Thursday that former
Senator J. C. Blackburn had resigned
as a member of the isthmian canal
commission and that his resignation
had been accepted by President Taft ,
effective December 4.
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Pullman Rates Lowered.
The Oklahoma corporation commis-
sion Sunday ordered o reduction in
Rullman sleeping car rates , effective
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. January 1. The berth rate per night
is ' reduced from $2 to § 1.50 , and the
seat I rate is cut about ; 40 per cent. The
Pullman company has agreed to ac
cept the new schedule.
Search for Missing Man. :
The Chicago police were asked
Monday to search for Graham C. Ste-
vens , 23 years old , general superin-
tendent of a branch of the Republic
Iron and Steel company at Mol'ne , Ill. ,
who left his office November 13 , say
ing that he was going to Chicago.
$300,000 for Invention.
Alvin K. Hoskins , of Alton , 111. , has
been notified by the United States gov-
ernment that it has purchased his pat-
ent range finder and distance apprais-
er for $300,000. The invention sim-
plifies the firing of big guns in the
navy.
Baron . George De Reuter , of j-ondon ,
younger son of the late Baron De Reu-
ter , who founded Reuter's Telegram
company , and a brother of the present
Baron De Reuter , managing director ,
died Monday. . The widow is Maud ,
daughter of John Potter , of Philadel .
phia.
Disabled Warship Sinks.
The French battleship
lena , on
which an explosion occurred in 1907 ,
killing eighty and injuring hundreds
of others , sank Friday while being
towed into port.
nUI.'keYould Sell Stock.
R. R. Burke , half owner of the Den-
ver franchise in the Western Baseball
league , has given an option on his
stock to James McGill , of Denver , for
twenty dayt
Defaults Interest on Bonds.
The Chicago subway has defaulted
on the interest on its $17,000,000 bonds
due Wednesday. ' ,
Cut in Coal Supply.
A $1,000,000 cut in "the appropria-
tions for the supply of coal for the
navy was recommended to the house
naval affairs committee Thursday in
accordance with the general policy of
reducing all government expenditures.
Artist Kaulbach Dead.
The death is announced of Hermann
Kaulbach , the German artist , at Mu- .
nich. He was born in that city In
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SHOW THE FARMERS.
Alessage of James J. Hill to People of
'Nebraska During Omaha Visit.
The necessity of better -farming was
the message of James J. Hill , known
as the builder of .the "northern em-
pire , " in two speeches in Omaha
fr.rlmrsday ( . Before the Commercial
club banquet given in his honor
Thursday night , Mr. Hill spent two
hours of earnest appeal for better ag
riculture , urging immediate steps and
proposing a plan for the state to
carry the science of the colleges out
to the farms.
"There is but one vay to educate
, the farmer-that is on his farm/ ' It
looks like a hard proposition to , go out
on to the farms to do all that is to be
done. Now , if Nebraska will appropri-
ate $50,000 a year , $10,000 of that for
seeds of-the right kind , and will hire
200 young men from the colleges and
send them out ten days before the
planting time with this seed to carry
their message to the farmers some-
thing can be done. Each ma'n can
reach ten- farmers at least. Now that
would mean 2,000 farmers in the state
of Nebraska. Let them by an actual
demonstration show how crops can be
improved , let them increase that farm-
er's crop for him and that farmer will
have been taught a lesson that he will
never forget. Let me tell you $50,000
spent in that way will do more good
than all the lectures in the world.
"You have got to have your col
leges , but let them be the places of
scientific experimentation and "study ,
and let the farmers have the results.
"Don't shoot over the farmer's head.
Show him how to double his crop and
you won't have to teach him again. "
MARY PIERSON FOUND DEAD.
Woman at Pickrell Discovered by
t Husband in Closet.
Mrs. : Mary Pierson was found dead
about noon Thursday in a closet at her
home at Pickrell by her husband ,
Geo. Pierson , upon his return home
from work. Examination of the body
developed that death had been caused
from a bullet wound just above the
right ear , supposed to have been self-
inflicted. After finding the body , Cor-
oner Reed and Sheriff Trude were no-
.tified. Upon their arrival at Pickrell
Pierson was taken into custody and
was held , pending an investigation
by the coroner's jury. It is alleged
when neighbors went to the house
soon after the finding of the body
Pierson refused them admittance. He
said to the officers that his wife had
recently threatened her life and upon
leaving home he locked his revolver
in his trunk and took the keys with
him. Upon his return he found his
v/il had secured the weapon by
prying the lock off the trunk. Mrs.
Pierson was 35 years of age and leaves
a 5-month-old baby. She was not
right mentally and Pierson is s.tid to
be affected in a similar . way. He is
only 26 years of age.
The coroner's jury " returned a ver
y dict that the death of Mrs. Pierson
was caused by a self-inflicted wound.
After the verdict was given , George
Pierson was released.
, WORK ON NEW : SJIOPS.
Cold Weather Interferes with Prog-
ress at Havelock.
Progress on construction at the ex
tensions of the Havelock shops is de :
layed considerably by the unprece-
dented cold weather , and by lack ot
materials. The large machinery build I
ing , 300x600 feet in dimensions , al-
ready has the concrete foundation and
the piers placed and is now awaiting I
the steel for the superstructure. It is :
to be an all steel and concrete build- .
ing , with wire screen ' between the 4
iron supports to be ' plastered with ce-
ment. It is thought the iron work will
not be received before spring as the
big steel companies of the east report
orders far in advance of supply. This 1
order was placed several months ago. '
On the power house the brick laying 1
is progressing in spite of the cold. 4
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INVESTIGATING CAUSE OF FIRE.
Recent'Iioss ' in Union Between $15- ,
000 and $20,000. < <
All of the businesses that were ]
wiped out by fire at JJnion Monday I
morning have opened up' and the pro1
prietors are fast getting things in (
shape. The loss caused by the fire is j
between $15,000 and $20,000. A fire (
inspector employed by the state was
there Wednesday investigating the
matter and the intention is to run
down the cause of the fire. This n
makes the third fire at Union within 1
the past eighteen months and there is i
a mystery as to how the fires started , t
and it is the intention of all to see (
that the matter is sifted to the botI
tom. I
Mother and Baby Burned.
Mrs. Jennie Matilda Buick , of Oma-
ha , and her 1-year-old baby were fa
tally burned following the explosion of
a gasoline stove. Mrs. A. E. Coryell ,
a neighbor , was seriously burned in (
rescuing the woman and child" from
the flames.
Farmer Drops Dead. (
Joseph Sampson , a wealthy land : : :
. owner living near . Seward , dropped I
dead from heart failure Thursday. 'f :
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BELLEVUE-HASTINGS UNION.
College to Be Moved Western City
by Synod. :
At an adjourned session of : presby- .
terian synod of Nebraska in Kearney
Tuesday for the purpose receiving
and acting on a report of the com-
' mission appointed to investigate the
affairs of the college at Bellevueand
Hastings , the following .r 'S' lution
was adopted , which will consolidate
the two schools at Hastings : j
. "Resolved , That it is the sense of
the synod that Bellevue college and
Hastings college be united. That this
united college be located at Hastings
and shall be the synodical college and
shall be known as Bellevue college or
such other name as the board of
trustees of the two institutions shall
determine.
"That the board of trustees of Hast-
ings and Bellevue colleges be author-
ized and directed . as soon as possible
to take such action as may be neces - '
sary for turning over the property of
Bellevue college and the assumption
of the debts of Bellevue college by the
trustees of Hastings college. It shall
also be provided that the work being :
done at Bellevue college should not
be discontinued before the close of the.
present school year. "
YETERIX ARI.\N WILL : KILL COWS.
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Will Carry : Out Duties in Omaha Herd
That is Affected.
State Veterinarian Juckiness will go
to Omaha shortly to kill some tuber-
culosis cows. Recently Dr. Juckiness
discovered some 21 cows with tuber-
culosis in a dairy herd at Omaha. Six
of these were sold to the packers and
were made into fertilizer. A second
visit to the dairy farm showed that
the owner was still selling milk from
the diseased animals , though a pre-
tense was made that the milk was
pasteurized. The state veterinarian ,
however , discovered that the pasteur-
izing machine was out of fix and had
been in process of repair for a week.
BODY FOUND : IN A CELLAR.
Murder Suspected in Death of A. J
Brown , of Brunswick.
The body of A. J. Brown , a harness-
maker at Brunswick , was found in the
basement of his home Thursday. It
is suspected Brown was murdered and
thrown into the cellar. The top of his
head had been crushed with some
blunt instrument , and blood was found
on the kitchen floor. Brown was a
bachelor and , lived alone. The mo-
tive for the crime was undoubtedly
robbery. There is no clew to the as-
sailant. ' -
Fire : at Bridal Shower.
A blaze that nearly resulted in a big
fire occurred at the apartments of
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Hermon at Broken
Bow on the occasion of a shower par-
ty given in honor of a lady soon to be
married. In some way the flame from
a candle set fire to the delicate drap-
eries of a present and in an instant
the whole affair was ablaze. The
flames spread quickly about the apart-
ments ; but the guests worked braveT
ly and by the time the department ar-
rived had succeeded in getting the
fire under control.
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Plea in Bar for Chamberlain.
The attorneys for Charles M. Cham
berlain , the ex-banker of Tecumseh ,
sprung a surprise in the district court
at Beatrice by filing a plea in bar , a
porceeding never before raised in that
court. Until the matter is disposed of
the case cannot , , go to trial the sec
J
ond time. It will take at least two
days to argue the question , and
should the case go to trial before a
jury on the plea it may result in the
defendant's : acquittal.
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State Has Bought School at Wayne.
The trustees of the Wayne normal
school Wednesday morning notified
the state normal board that they
would accept the proposition made to
them by the board for the purchase
of the school by the board. Tne
board's price is $70,000.
Frank Chamberlain Fre .
At his preliminary- hearing Tues-
day , on the charge of shooting Miss
Mae Austin : his sweetheart , with in-
tent : to kill , Fronk Chamberlain was
released by Judge Spafford in county
court at Beatrice. The court dis-
charged the prisoner for lack of evi
dence.
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- . Cody Farmers Institute. ]
In spite of a blizzard there was a ]
number in attendance at the institute
j
meeting in Cody Saturday. This year , 4
in addition to the regular sessions , .
there : was arranged a very creditable ;
display of farm products for which
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premiums were offered by the busi
ness men and others.
May Charged with Assault.
Alfred May : was lodged In jail a\ f
Beatrice for assaulting and beating
his sister-in-law , Mrs. Harry May. The ;
illeged assault occurred at the home ,
of the latter.
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Wins Rhodes Scholarship. t
In competition with six other candi- "
Sates Will Raney of . , t
, , Hastings , has
successfully pa.ssed. the state exami- t
nation . for a . Cecil Rhodes scholarship I
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The state normal board expects to
Issue diplomas to all the graduates
of the two normal schools who are . :
now teaching on certefic. , ; : ° s issued by
the defunct board. The records of
the present board show nothing of the
graduates turned out last June , as the
other board stepped in and issued the
diploma- Should a teacher's , . certifi-
cate be questioned , ' there would be
nothing to show in the records that
the certificate or diploma had been
issued. The ' matter was brought to'
the attention of the board by a grad {
uate who is\ now in another state. Af
ter considering the matter , the board : ? ,
decided to , isnue new certificates to all
the graduates , permitting \ them to
"keep the others as a souvenir.
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How the various state institutions
will be able to get . through the next
eighteen months without serious de-
ficiencies Is a problem that is now
worrying the governor. The first semi-
annual report of the heads of the , in-
. stitutions , filed since the new appro-
priation , became available shows that
in practically all of the institutions
the expenditures are away beyond the . . . .
amount that had been set aside for
their maintenance for that-period of
time. The deficiency so far has oc-
curred in the summer monthsso : when
che 'poal bills are paid , and the added
expense. ' of taking care of the instItu- .
tions through two winters is consid- .
ered , the deficiency is liable to be
. . . .
large. -
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Lincoln business men are just now
interested in a proposition to adver-
tise the town as a place for invest-
ment. A mar from the east whs there
and spoke at the Commercial club
and suggested the way to- boom the
town is to advertise in some national
newspaper or publication , spending
at least $1,000 a month. . The sugges-
tion seems to have met with ai'very :
generous indorsement , though the
raising of the money has not yet been'
started. No one has yet suggested
spending that , $1,000 a month with
the local newspapers , but that prob- *
ably will be discussed before . tbe ,
money is actually . . . . . . . . . . spent. . '
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Walker Smith corporation clerk in
the office of the secretary : : of state , is '
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busy checking up the corporations
which paid thei \occupation tax on the
last day allowed them by law. As
soon as possible he will prepare a list
of the delinquent corporations and
present them to the governor and they
ii".J business.
Several corporations have telephoned
the office of the secretary of state
asking if there is some way they can
pay up the tax and be reinstated. The .
answer in all cases has been that it
will now be necessary for these cor
porations to file . new articles . of incor
poration.
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The promise of the Burlington to * - / '
permit anyone to ride on freight I r-
trains will not suffice. The Burling- /
ton must come before the railway
commission December 11 and show
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cause why it took off of its time table '
certain freight trains since April , 1908. .
The commission lately received a let-
ter from General Counsel Kelby : say-
ing General Manager Holdrege had is-
sued an order permitting people to
ride on freight trains and asking if
that would be sufficient to cause a dis
missal of the case. He was answered
as above set out.
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The receipts in the office of the sec-
retary of state for the last six months
surpass any former period , so far as +
anyone around the
state house re-
members. The total receipts amount -
ed to $177,001.47. This was divided }
as follows : Articles of incorporation , .
$130,495.32 ; notary commissions ,
$380 ; motor vehicles , $4,232.85 ; t ,
brands , $234 ; certificates , $390.45 ; 1
corporation permits ' , 39160.85 ; pen-
alties , $2,010 ; trade marks $6 ; other V i
sources , $1. .
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The state normal.board
normal. board next year
probably . , will print one big catalogue . . , - -
containing th" . ,
ammg the course of study for the -
normal schools in place of a publica
tion for each school. Next year ' the
board expects to have four normal
schools under its control and for that
reason the printing bill will amount to f
considerable. By '
Y publishing a course
of study for all of them'the board
> ex-
pects to cut down its :
printing bill ,
siderably. con- t
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T. J. Tool ,
Tooley. of Anselmo.
: : has been
appointed a member of
the state n Q r- 1
mal board
to take
the '
place of D. W.
Hays , of Alliance , whose term expired a
astJ [ , June. The new r
newmember is a 1'
banker at Anselmo and has represent-
ed Custer .
county in the legislature
and has twice been its
county
superin-
tendent. : Mr. : Tooley will be eligible
to : go with the
board on its trip to lo ,
cate the new normal school.
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A. V. Johnson , fire lti
warden has is - i
sued his sixth bulletin in his cam- Ii
paign to educate the people of Ne- t t
o-aska not to have fires which destroy )
rmsiness houses , dwellings .
: and other fJ.
IN. erty. His .
latest bulletin calls at = \ t '
tention : to the
carelessness '
of
people
working with stoves and furnaces and' \ ,
the : distribution of ashes. He urges
these : people to be careful and not pile " 'I
hot ashes next to so'e plaWthatwill
, some c that -will i } ,
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