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I : . Washington , D. C. : Friday : Senator
Bamble proposed two amendments to
I , he : rivers and harbors bill in the sen-
ite , and will urge their adoption when
' , . ; ihat measure is considered. One
' J imendment increases the appropria-
. . tion for maintenance of the Missouri
; 1. iver the coming year from $175,000 to
$500,000 ; , and provides that this sum
shall be available for use on the rivers
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, only : from Fort Benton to Kansas City
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t souri : , as required by the measure
: I which passed the house. The other
: : . imendment submitted by Senator
' Samble appropriates $52,000 for the
control of the flood waters of the Big
3ioux and the construction of dams in
. Lakes Kampeska and Poinsett.
When the rivers and harbors bill
I was before the house last week the
' Pakota and Nebraska members made
an effort to have the $175,000 appro-
priation for maintenance of the Mis-
- souri apply only to the upper river
above Kansas City , contending this
, tvas only fair in view of the $1,000,000
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' Ihe river below Kansas City. Their
, amendment was defeated after a spirit-
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2d debate and a close vote in the
house , and Senator Gamble according-
ly i has considerable hope of getting an
increased appropriation this session
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-for the upper Missouri.
Senator Gample's proposition to se-
- cure a more permanent stage of the
Missouri by controlling the flood wa- '
, , / ters of the Big Sioux has been recom- I
jnended already by army engineers , i
' who some time ago made the survey
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for dams in Lakes Kampeska and Potn-
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sett. These danis , in addition to fur-
o . , bishing protection against the Big
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. Sioux floods , could be utilized to pro-
duce power for both Sioux Falls and
- 'Sioux City , and it is believed that
1 eventually they would greatly aid the
I , manufacturing industries of both these
' cities.
The senate passed Gamble's bill ex-
' tending for a year the charter for the
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" - , road to construct a bridge at Yank.
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AN INDICTMENT IMMINENT.
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I ' a .Jersey Grand Jury , on Trail of National - ,
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"New York : Prosecutor Garven said
: ; "Friday that , acting on his resolution ,
t the Hudson - county grand jury of New
Jersey.had instructed him to draw up
i' . , . a form of an indictment against the
! . , National Packing company and its di
j ' rectors. The grand jury , he said had
_ positive evidence that food products in
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some instances have been kept in cold
I . .storage for seven years. :
It was stated with much positive-
. . r ness that the National Packing com
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ii pany had already been indicted. . . . . Pros-
' ' - ecutor Garven's statement , although
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IE * -flestood that the indictment finally
j I presented will probably be for conspir-
i ' . t acy in restraint of trade , as the court
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3n Mr. Garven's belief the best proof
r . 'Of a conspiracy to restrain trade lay
' in the minutes of the National Packing
I I company , which had been read to the
. grand jury. Under a provision of New
' , -Jersey law the minutes of corpora-
r . r , : ' , ' Aliens chartered by the state are al
' ways available.
I ° Jn the directorate of the National
i . Packing company appear the names of
, . . J Ogden Armour , Edwin Morris , E. F.
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VSwIft , E. M. Morris , Arthur Meeker ,
Edward Tilden , T. J. Conners , L. A.
' Carton , L. Wilson , C. H. Swift , L. R.
iHeyman , Samuel L. M. Roberts , F. A.
. ' TFowler : , A. W. Armour , L. F. Swift and
"Kenneth - K. McLauren.
I For more than a fortnight the Hud-
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tigating not only the preservation of
\ ' - iood stuffs , but the alleged affiliation
. of. the railroads and the western pack-
J ers . with cold storage houses in Jersey ;
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Hurt in an Auto Wreck.
. ' St. Louis , Mo. : Mrs. Charles White-
, - law , . wife of the president of an ice
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and fuel company , was seriously hurt
2. .and her chauffeur was perhaps fatally
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. { Regina , Sask. : Joseph Hainer was
hanged in the jail yard here. He con- .
fessd -his guilt to Capt. Rankin of the '
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C . _ . ' Salvation Army , stating that he hid
$ in the bush while his employer , Alex
I r Fraser , was plowing and shot him
. dead because Fraser owned hIm two
f " years' wages as a farm laborer. The
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Indian Chief Bogodi's Warpath Stunt
Costs Him Dearly. .
Cincinnati , 0. : Big Chief Sam Bo- -
godl ! , of the Navajo Indians , will have
to pay - $6,000 as the price of his ven-
ture on the warpath a year ago in
Cincinnati. A verdict for that amount
was returned , against die chief in a
suit brought Mathias Meyer , one of
several persons whom the red man
tried to scalp when he was suffering
from a delusion tnat the Queen city
was one of the happy-hunting grounds
of his father. Bogodi reached Cincin-
nati a year ago on his , way to New
Mexico 'from a trip to Washington.
Some friend had - supplied him with
firewater ta while away the journey ,
and when he arrived here he leaped
from the train and brandishing a
scalping knife attempted to operate ,
after \ the custom of his forefathers . ,
on the persons in the depot. Meyer
and several other persons were slash-
ed by the Indian before he was over-
powered.
TILLMAN'S CONDITION SERIOUS.
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Washington , D. C. : United States
Senator Banjomin R. Tillman , of
South Carolina , is seriously ill and pos-
sibly will be unable to participate in
any active deliberations of the senate
for the remainder of this session. Fol-
lowing the collapse of the senator on
the steps in the capitol , building of
Wednesday , he appeared to recover ,
but his condition has become such as
to thoroughly alarm his friends.
'Dr. E. ) : F. , , . Pickeford , Senator Till-
man's physician , said that the senator
is suffering ( from slight progressive
paralysis , due to a leakage of the
blood in the brain caused by the cal-
cification of the arteries. In the opin-
ion i of the doctor , rest and quiet are
essential.
INDICTMENT OF "NIGHT RIDERS. "
Twelve Men Charged with Conspiracy
in Restraint of Trade.
Cincinnati , 0. : The first blow struck !
by the United States against alleged I
"night riders" was delivered when-a
federal grand jury at Covirigton , Ky. : ,
returned indictments against twelve
men of Dry Ridge , Ky. , for conspiracy
in restraint of trade. One of the men
indicted is John S. Steers , , a member
of the state legislature. The indict-
ments cliarge that the defendants con-
spired to prevent W. T. Osborne from
shipping foun hogsheads of tobacco
from Dry Ridge to Cincinnati. They :
are charged with having intimidated
by threats . of violence both Osborne .
and the station agent at Dry Ridge.
Three counts were returned , but they
"differ merely technically. ,
EXPLOSIONS IN CHICAGO.
Girl Killed and Ten Men and Women
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Chicago : An explosion of flashlight
powder in the plant of a manufacturer
photographic supplies , at 725 East
Thirty-ninth street , killed one girl and
injured ten men and girls.
The explosion wrecked the building I
and damaged adjoining buildings. -
Miss Sylvania Brewster , 16 'years old ,
who was working near the powder ,
was burned to death. I
Pending an investigation , Jay and
Herbert Smith , sons of the proprietor ,
James . H. Smith , were arrested. James
H. Smith is said to have disappeared. ,
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Dying , He Shoots Assailant.
' Indianapolis , Ind. : .Fatally wound '
ed by two bullets from the pistol of
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Adolph Cassau , a violinist , Louis R.
Ostendorf , manager of the Empire
theater orchestra , ' overpowered his as :
sailant , wrested the revolver from him
and fired three bullets through Cas-
sau's head , killing him instantly at
the rear entrance' , the theater
Wednesday night. Ostendorf died an
hour later.
"Mad Mullah" on Warpath.
Aden , Arabia : Mohammed Abdul
lah , of Somalilandfi the "mad mullah , "
is again on the warpath : A big force
of dervisches has raided the sultanate
of the Mijertins , killing and burning.
The slaughter of the tribesmen was
very heavy. One whole town was gut-
ted by fire , and 14,000 camels taken by
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Oil Sloop Blows Up ; Two Dead.
Brest , France : The sloop Jeanne
d'Arc „ .containing a cargo of petroleum ,
blew up at her wharf. The captain
and one sailor were burned : to death.
The others of the crew were fearfully
scorched or otherwise injured. The
accident is attributed to the careless-
ness of a sailor who carried a lighted
candle into the hold.
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Southwest Shivers.
Kansas City : The coldest weather
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Kansas , Colarado and parts of Wyo-
ming Thursday. : The cold was very
severe in Oklahoma , Texas and other
portions of the southwest.
Ohio Records Broken.
Dayton , 0. : The ' heaviest snow
storm in this section of the state for
half a century crippled railroad serv
ice and resulted in' considerable suf- -
fering Thursday. Not a traction car
entered the city during the morning.
Heavy Snow in Indiana.
Indianapolis Ind. : Not for 25 years
has central Indiana had so heavy a
snow. . . . . . Fourteen inches was marked
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I ON WAY TO GREET TEDDY.
Will Ask Him to Return Home via
N ' ' Pacific.
Chicago : Frederick G. Bonfils , half
owner of the Denver Post and the
I Kansas City Post , and George Creel ,
one of the editorial wrjters , arrived
I in Chicago Wednesday night , ' complet-
ing 6ne-tenth of- a 10,000-mile journel
I to Khartoum , where Theodore RoQse-
velt'will oe asked to return to' his na-
j I tive 'land by way of. th < . Pacific coast.
As credentials Mr. Bonfils bears invi
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' tations from the chamber of commerce
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of every important city of the west ,
except Denver , . * Los Angeles , San
Francisco , Portland , Seattle , Tacoma ,
Spokane , Ogden , Salt Lake City , Lin-
coln , Omaha , Cheyennne and Kansas
City are among the most prominent.
, Bonfils expects to anticfpate Mrs.
Roosevelt in greeting the , hunter when
he emerges from the ' wilds. He figures
that he will arrive there March 6 in
time to voyage up the Nile 200 miles
or so , and extend the hospitality of the
west by the side of a desert campfire
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WORKING ON A BOOK.
Gen. Kuropatkin to Review Russian
Army Reorganization _ '
St. Petersburg : Gen. Kuropatkin ,
who ' since the Russo-Japanese war has
devoted himeslf alihost exclusively to
literary labors , is now working on a
new book , "Russia's Military Prob-
lems. " In it he discusses 'the program
of the army reorganization , defects in
the upper strata of tho army , the all
important questions of the defense of
the western frontier and the protec-
tion of whatjte left of Russia's far east-
ern empire.
Gen. Kuropatkin is known to pos-
sess views on Manchuria and the forti-
fications of Poland strongly differing
from those held in high military and
diplomatic circles , and the new book ,
it is said , will be only slightly less sen-
sational than the fourth volume of his
history of the Russo-Japanese war. It
will probably be only for circulation in
the general staff an $ l higher adminis-
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DEPOSIT GUARANTY LAW.
Nebraska I Case Appealed to the Fed-
eral Supreme Court.
Washington D. C. : The question ,
of the'constitutionality of " the Nebras-
March 25 , 1909 lim- I '
ka statute pasted : -
iting banking in that state to corpora-
tions and ! providing for a guarantee
fund for depositors in state banks was
brought Wednesday to the supreme
court of the United States. The case
in' which the question arises was that
begun in the circuit 'court of the Unit
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by the First State bank , of Holstein ,
Neb. , against Gov. Shallenberger and
other officials from enforcing the law
on the ground that it i $ , unconstit tion-
al. From this decision the state 'of
Nebraska appealed to the supreme
court of the United States.
NINA GIVEN UP AS LOST.
Search for Tug Carrying 32 Men Prac-
tically Abandoned.
Washington , D. C . : Hope of solr-
Ing the fate of the little tug Nina prac
tically has been abandoned by the
United States navy , and the problem
will likely go down in history among :
the untold stories of the : sea.
In the opinion of the navy depart-
ment she foundered , carrying down
her entire crew ofv 32 men at some
point between Hog island ! and Winter
Quarter shoals light vessel , off the
coast of Delaware , oa February 6 or
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7 , only a few hours after she left Nor.
folk on her fateful voyage- - . .
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I Some Queer Trading.
I New York : Parffin-coated eggs from
! Europe , nearly a million of which were
: imported this week , were placed 'on
i sale by hundreds of New York retail-
ers at 3 cents to 8 cents a dozen less
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iian the price of American cold stor ,
age eggs. At the same time there came '
the announcement from market men
that American beef exported' by way of
New York to London , is selling there
at 3 cents to 5 cents ai pound cheaper
than the price asked here.
Bandits Shoot Hotel Guest.
New York : Two desperadoes with1
drawn revolvers raided' the lobby of
the Waverly hotel on- the Bowery and
shot down a guest who , when money
was demanded for drinks , was only
able to produce a dime. The robbers
then assailed the clerk and made off
with the night's receipts. Less than
$10 all told was the result of the hold
up and murder. The wounded mar
FTed ! Devlin , died. .
Sister Saves Baby Brother.
Zanesville , 0.Yhen Frederic
Gaumer , 2 years old , fell into the sit
ting room grate fire in the absence of
his , parents , his 4-year-old sister Irene
dragged him to the door and threw
him off the portch , into a snowdrift.
He was pulled out by neighbors , splut
tering , but" . only slightly singed. A
warning/ / earlier in the day had stuck
in 'the ' girl's mind , and is believed to
lave saved her "brother's life.
Acrobat's Neck Broken.
Newark ; , N. J. : George Sully , of
New Brunswick , N. J. , one of a quar-
tet of acrobats , broke his neck dur-
ing their "act" at a local theater. He
fell-from.a chair , on top of a table to
the stage.
Sleet and Snow Balk Telegraph.
Louisville , Ky. : A combination of
sleet , snow and high winds shut off
wire communication Thursdav.to ' the
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FORGES DEED TO I/AXD. .
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Bold Fraud Casts Cloud on Title to
Farm in Parkins County.
Having another man , deed your
farm away and take the money and
skip out is not a very agreeable ex
perience , but this is what happened to
G. E. McKarns : , formerly of Central ,
City , but now a resident of Montpel-
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Last fall a smooth stranger drifted
into McKarns' home town v and after
interviewing several citizens of the
town he learned of Mr. McKarns own-
ing a farm out near Madrid , Perkins
county , Nebraska. He interviewed the
latter , got the description of the land
and after hanging around fdr a few
days longer . . . and familiarizing himself
with : McKarns' signature and other
matters he departed. McKarns heard
no more of him until a week or two
ago back at Moifpeliar , 0. , he re-
ceived a letter from a friend telling I
him that his land had been sold to a. ,
party there for $3,500 , and that the'
deed purporting to be signed by him-
self had been executed at Van Wert , '
0. , last September. The signature
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BRYAN TO TAKE : THE STUMP.
Announced He , Will * Return and Fight
for County Option.
Authoritative announcement is made
that W. J. Bryan is 'com'ng home
about May 1 and will for a month fol- '
lowing his arrival devote himself to
Nebraska politics , speaking it is de-
clared by ! his political intimates , in the
interest of county option and follow-
ing up the statement given out in his
behalf last Saturday , declaring for a
complete divorcement of politics * and
the liquor thraffic.K
The Bryan family are in Argentina ,
where they will separate , Mrs. Bryan
and the children returning home
about April 1. Mr. Bryan will visit
Brazil : and Venezuela , returning a
month -later.
JREWARD OUT FOR ? ANDERSON. .
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Negro Who Murdered : Boy at Hastings
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at Large.
County and city authorities at Hast-
ings have offered a reward of $250 for
the arrest and conviction of Arthur
Anderson , colored , who murdered Ar-
thur Newell , a white boy , in Hughes'
billiard hall Thursday afternoon. An-
derson fled without interference from
the billiard hall and visited the homes
of two negro families. No trace of
him since that time has been obtained.
A coroner's jury held Anderson re-
sponsible for 'the crime. Nine eye-
witnesses testified that the crime was
committed without provocation.
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Seward Plans Paving ,
The city council of Seward met in
regular session Thursday and trans-
acted considerable routine business.
Engineers were present from Omaha
and Lincoln and the general plans of
pavIng , ; were discussed until a late
hour. No definite action was taken in
the matter , however. It is the inten-
tion of the council to get all informa-
tion possible before deciding what
will be the best for thecity in the
paving line.
. , Basket Ball Team leaves.
The "Corn Husker" basket ball
squad departed from Lincoln on its
annual trip to Minnesota ; for . two
games with the Gopher five. Only
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south with the quintet a few weeks
ago were. in the Nebraska party.
Mitchell , Ingersoll and Petrashek , all
star men : who held regular places on
the team early in the season , have
quit the game and are out for this
winter.
Two 3fcn : Killed at Omaha Smelter.
J. Kalike and H. Antone , laborers
at the smelter , are dead and Oscar
Myers , boss of the gang , is dangerous- ; ;
Iy hurt , as the result of being terribly- '
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burned by molten copper at the Amer-
ican Smelting and Refining company's
plant at Omaha. Myers : has a chance
of recovery. The accident . was the
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result of an explosion in the huge for
ty : ton copper converter.
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Loss by Fire.
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A horse belonging to Frank Mc-
Neag and occupied by Fred Jenne-
wein was partly consumed by fire..at
Emerson. It is thought to have been
started from a stovepipe which runs
through the floor. All that saved it was
the promptness of the first depart-
ment. 'The loss is estimated at about
$500. ' ,
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Found Dead in Bed. ,
Mrs. Carl Lueck was found dead in
her own room at Stanton. The cause
of death is unknown , but is supposed
to have been apoplexy. She was 65
years old and an old resident of the
county. '
, Wed at L .ons.
Carl Clark and Miss Jessie Carr
were united in iharriage at Lyons " at
the home of the bride's father , Will-
Iam Carr , Rev. A. S. Buell , the Meth-
odist pastor , officiating. . .
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3TEARL-Y 100 YEARS OLD.
Mrs. Teresa Cleveland , of Lyons ,
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Mrs. Teresa E. Cleveland died at the
home of her daughter-in-law/ / .
Julia Cleveland , Lyons , Wednes-
day night , aged 100 years , lacking nine
months. She was born in Cavinovia ,
N. Y. , November 15 , isifl ; was mar-
ried to Giles Cleveland at Syracuse , N.
Y. , in 183G : ; ; had two sons. Edward . and
A. Boughton , both of whin are dead ,
but their wives survive them. Mrs.
'Kate Cleveland , wife of Edward , lives
at ; Detroit , Mich. , and Mrs. Julia Cleve-
land , with whom Grandma Cleveland
made a very pleasant home for many
years , lives at Lyons. These two sis
ters-in-law are the only surviving rela-
tives except the grand children and
great grandchildren , of which there
are three of the former and seven of I
the latter. I !
The remains were taken to Tecum- ,
seh , Mich. , for burial by the side of
those of her husband.
Epidemic of Appendicitis.
Raymond Walter was operated on
at Lyons for appendicits at his father's
home north of town. He is a pupil of
the Jefferson school and on the first
day of the month was a pallbearer at
the funeral.of a schoolmate who died
of appendicitis. He is in a fair way to
recover , but this makes two cases in
this school during February , which ,
with the three cases near town ,
make five in all , two of which proved
fatal without even warning enough to
secure an operation , and all following
each jother in such quick succession
that peopre are alarmed at its preva-
lence and are anxiously asking If ap I
pendicitis is contagious. : .
Colt of Calf Which ?
Freak animals are often born , bm
none has ever came into existence that
has puzzled scientists more than the
calf mothered by a cow on the ranch
of Victor Hendricks , near Ashland.
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While 'this calf lived but two weeks ,
during that brief period it kept peo-
! ple busy guessing as to its parentage.
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It had the perfect body of a colt and
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two well formed heads. One was the
head of a calf and the other the head
of a colt. From one head , when the
animal was scared or excited came the
voice of a colt and from the other the
bleating of a calf.
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North Platte Court care'tI ar.
A short term of the federal courts
for the North Platte district has been
fixed for February 28. The jury will
be called on March 1. Three criminal
cases : \cill be heard at the North Platte
term. They are : The United States
against John P. Kelly , indicted for
perjury in a bankruptcy case ; LevI
Kilgorev indicted for the theft of a '
quantity of postage stamps from the
postoffice Roscoe , Neb. , and Gustav
Rentzclu indicted for mailing non-
mailable matter.
Keunion at L 'ncli .
The' matter of arranging th *
northeast Nebraska G. A. R. reunion
was taken tip by a mass meeting of
the business men of Lynch. It was de
cided to reave nothing undone that will
insure great success of the day as
far as ; Lynch is concerned. . After a lib
eral discussion it was decided to set
the date of the reunion on Tuesday ,
"Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , August
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Snpcrintl"ndl'lltVcllland Burned.
Mi- ; . "Wenland. superintendent of the
Clay Center schools , met with a seri-
accident in school. In the chemical
laboratory he saw the water covering
the phosphorus had nearly evaporated
and : knowing the danger should it be-
come exposed to the air- he picked up
the dish to throw it from the building
' and in 'doing so it exploded , severely
urning- his hands and. limbs , in places
tha burns extending to > the bone.
Stack Brings High Figure. j
J. W. Knowles and son , living on&
miles north of Craigi. ; held.a farm and
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thoroughbred hog sate , everything
bringing a good price. Twenty-two
head of Poland-China sows sold for
an average of $ 5.-r 3 , the top price be-
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ing S130. Forty-four head of pigs av-
erajred $ 1-.95. . A bay mare sold for
20250. Cattle sold as lgh as $62.50.
A record crowd attended.
S125.000 Fire at Edison.
After a desperate battle with the
flames volunteer fire fighters of Edi-
son Friday saved the town from total
destruction. The loss has been esti-
mated at $125,000. The Bank .of Edi-
son , the hardware store of O. Bard and
of M. : J. l\fun . .
the- store Munday - were de -
; stroyed among other buildings.
Horses Have "Pink E 'e. "
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A disease much like : the pink eye
is affecting the whole herd of horses
belonging to a farmer byv the name of
Wm. , McCartney. His neighbors are
apprehensive lest It spread to their
own herds.
"Wedding at Lyons.
Oscar Bering and Miss Edna Baker
were married at the home of the bride
at Lyons , and a big reception was giv-
en in honor-of the event.
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An investigation of the causes of the
high prices of the necessaries of life
was provided Wednesday bj the pas-
sage of a resolution for that purpose
by the Senate. I The Senate also passed
a bill conferring the rank of rear ad
miral upon Commander Peary and re
tiring him with the highest salary paid
a rear admiral. This was "calendar
bills
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day" in the House ,
were ' passed , including one for the
creation of an art commission to pass
upon various works of art erected by
Congress in the District or Columbia.
The Senate acted promptly Thurs
District
day on , the summons of the
Court for the joint committee on- print-
Ing to appear in the paper award pro- -
ceedings brought by the Valley Paper
Instructing the . Senate
Company , by Instrf'cting ,
members of the committee to ignore
the summons. The Senate denied the
right of the courts to interfere with
its legislative function. Senator Borab
in speech on the income tax asserted
that the fears of Governor Hughes that
the constitutional amendment would
make possible the taxing of state and
municipal securities were groundless.
The House spent the entire day ' in , de
' members oj
bating whether the House ;
the joint printing committee should
obey the court summons to appear in
the Valley Paper Company's case. Th
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majority of "the judiciary committei
favored compliance , but three mem
bers , including Chairman Parken
brought in a minority report , taking
the view adopted by the Senate. 4
night session was held and the major
ity report finally adopted. 1
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The Senate passed the ' Bennett
"white slave" bill Friday , which had
previously' passed the House. The Sen-
ate changed the measure so as to di.
vorce the immigratipn feature from all
others. After a two-hour session the
Senate adjourned until Monday. The
diplomatic and consular * bill appVopri- me
ating $3,700,000 was passed by the
House. Mr. Harrison \ and Mr. Fitzger
ald of New York charged that the ac
tivity of the State Department in te
interest of American trade resulted in\ . ,
coercing weaker governments : and in " \
certain favored banks getting the bene
fit of loans. The House was in ses
sion six hours and adjourned , . till Mon .
day.
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No Senators being prepared to dis
cuss the postal savings bank bIH Mon
day , that measure was laid aside for
other business. The Senate passed , the .
House bill requiring the census enu ' -
merators to include in their reports all
the cattle slaughtered in the United
States , . and incorporate'd an amendment
requiring the collection of statistics
regarding national and state irigation. A'/
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After considering the rivera and : nary - '
appropriation bill for about sever/
hours , the House succeded in disp/te
ing of. 70 . of the 100 pages of ftiat
measure without making any import
ant changes. Speaker Cannon obtain
ing the floor gave his approval to tha
pending : bill incidentally telling the
Democrats if they should ever come
into control of the House they would
realize the necessity of providing meth
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ods procedure that will ' allow them
to transact business , dfc- else by inac
tion disappoint the people who had
placed them in the majority.
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In ' the- Senate Tuesday Mr. Burkett ,
in a set speechcontended that the
postal savings bank bill is constitu
tional , and Mr. Crawford said the pres
ent high cost of comoditfes is due to
the increase in the gold supply. The
Senate passed a number of bills , among
which were measures to probihit mis-
representations of the goTernment'3
guaranty of foods and medicines and
regulating hazing , at West Point. The
House , passed the rivers and harbors ,
bin , carrying $35,000,000 with author *
ization for work that wi3 cost $7,000
GOO ) more.
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The Cost of Living.
If you want your son to amass a for.
tune of several hundred million dollars
Secretary Wilson thinks you should
teach him to become . ,
a Middleman.-
Kansas City Tirnes. '
It is all right to cut the cost of liv
ing by eating Inexpensive food , but
look at the Iowa lad who ate sixteen
bananas and died. What good did econ \
omy do him ? -Cleveland , Plain Dealer.
The Secretary of Agriculture is said
to be investigating the causes of thg
Increased cost of living. The cost oi
the investigation will help , of course ,
to Increase it a little bit more.-New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
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ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.
Dr. James B. Angell of the Univer *
sity of Michigan : has gone to Florida .
because of bronchial trouble.
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Judge A. C. Coxe , of the New t\ \ \ k
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Circuit Court of Appeals , has declined
the appointment of presiding 3ustlcav-v : ; .
of the new Customs Court ' tendered by \
President Taft."t - ,
As the result of the explosion 1)1
Pittsburg of a kerosene lamp- and con-
sequent fire , Andrew Pacie , and wlft
and child were so seriously burned thai
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