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i-t - ?P- - ri; ) MS mini THE PAST YEAR LARGELY j) CEEDS PREVIOUS ONE. EX- V- " ' MUr WE 60116 TO SOUTH Million and a Quarter Added to Pop ulation of the United States . During. Past Year Washingtohbamigration to Amer ica during the year ended June 30, 19t7. was vastly greater Mhariih any previous pear in the history of the United States. This fact, with all its interesting and Important details, is placed in strong light in the annual rcKrt of Frank P. Sargent, commis sioner general of immigration and naturalization, which was made public Sunday. Of this great flood 'of im migration Commissioner Sargent says:' "An army of 1,285,319 souls have come, drawn hither by the free insti tutions and the marvelous prosperity of our country the chance here af forded every honest toiler to gain a livelihood by the sweat of his brow or the exercise of his intelligence, sur passing in numbers the record of all preceding years." The report contains in tabulated form every phase cf information bear ing upon the question of immigration, and in submitting this carefully com piled data Mr. Sargent says: "The immigration for the year 1907 exceeded that for 1906 by 1 84.014 and that for the year 1905 by 258,850, or an increase over the year 1906 of more than 17 per cent and over the year 1905 of more than 25 per cent. Dui- ing the fiscal year 1906 12,403 aliens were rejected at our ports; during the last year 13.164. an increase of 632; Iience the total number of those who liave sought admission in 1907, viz.. 1.298,513, exceeds the number who ap plied in 190G, viz., 1,113,167, bv 185. 246." Commissioner Sargent says it is of particular significance that many im migrants landed .at ports in the south during the' last year, and he refers especially to a party of 473 Belgians excellent types of immigrants re ceived at Charleston. S. C, having leeu induced to go there by the state authorities. The increase of immigra tion to the south, the commissioner bays, is discreetly connected with the growing desire of the southern states to draw within their boundaries a num ber of the better class of immigrants, it being considered by practically all of the leading men of the section that the future development and wel fare of the south depends upon its ability to receive and absorb a relia ble laboring and farming element. Striking increases are also shown at New Orleans. Galveston and Honolulu. Of peculiar significance is the table which shows the number of immi grants from each foreign country, to gether with the increases of decreases as compared with the previous year. Twenty-seven countries showed in creases and eleven decreases. Sleeping Car Law Invalid. Madison. Wis. The state supreme court declared the Wisconsin sleeping car law unconstitutional. The decision holds that the law is not a valid exer cise of the police powers of the law; that it leaves to the occupant of the lower berth to decide whether the up per shall be closed or open, instead of absolutely requiring an unoccupied berth to be closed. Missouri Becoming Prohibition. Kansas City, Mo. Cass and Clinton counties voted for local option, making 8ity-one counties in Missouri, four more nthan half, that may be consid ered to favor prohibition. Durango Bank Suspends. Durango, Colo. The Colorado State bank of this city suspended business Saturday pending reorganization, it holds deposits of $500,000 and its cap ital is $75,000. Brewery Blazes Numerous. Chicago The $250,000 fire in Uie Cooe brewery is the third brewery fire since the Sunday closing crusade began in this city. Coming so closely after the others. Attorney Hogan be lieves that some fanatic, actuated by the belief that brewery destruction helps along the cause, is at work. V7YMAN STAYS AT ST. LOUIS. Postmaster General Announces Reten tion of Men Who Do Duty. Washington Postmaster Wyman of SL Louis will succeed himself. Charges had been preferred against Wyman. but investigation of them failed to show that they could be sustained. At the conclusion of a conference with the president Postmaster General Meyer announced that Wyman would be reappointed, his new term begin ning Monday. German Shipping Increases. Berlin The rapid progress of ship ping is shown by the fact that the ton. nage of the mercantile marine of the empire, excluding fishing boats and tags, has increased in the last year by 264.424 tons, having attained, accord ing to the latest statistics issued by the "government department. 3,911.334 tons- as against 3,646.010 tons in the preceding twelve months. The figures include both steam and sailing ves sels, the former accounting for 3,468,' 186 and the latter for 443,148 ton?. Peace in Central America. Washington The Central American peace 'Conference practically concluded Its labor, when it was announced that the delegates had agreed upon, and were ready, to sign seven treaties. Cortelyou Calls -It "Lie." rwashington in answer to inquiries as to the report which "has gained mama currency here, that Secretary Ortelyou is about to resign from tie' cabinet, the' secretary's sole comment "that to another lie." CLARKE ON THE GALLOWS. Gives Up His Life for the- Murder of Flury. Lincoln. Neb. Harrlson.Clarke was' hanged at the state penitentiary Fri day afternoon. The drop fell at 2:49 o'clock and nine minutes later fee was" pronounced dead by the, physicians, Clarke's composure did not desert him at any time. He smoked a cirgar as he walked from the death cell to the large storeroom in the east end of the broom factory, in which the scaffold was erected. He smoked bis cigar after he was on the scaffold and took a final puff before throwing It away, to allow his hands to be strap ped behind him. Clarke's fate was uncertain up to twenty minutes before the execution took place. Benton Bell of Omaha call ed at the penitentiary in the morning and then went up to the city to file an affidavit which he had signed, al leging that Clarke was insane. War den Beemer had set 12:20 as the hour for the execution. Just five minutes' before then a telephone message was received from Judge Cornish of the district court stating that he had granted a hearing on the affidavit set tine forth that Clarke was insane. He asked that the man who had sat in the death chamber with Clarke during the night should appear in court and testify. Those who had assembled for the execution waited in the, chapel or reception rooms, while Clarke playad bis guitar in his cell. The waiting crowd could bear the notes, weird and gruesome, from the fact that tney were being played by a man who might be dead in another hour. Dr. J. M. Birkner, insanity commit sioner, arrived at the penitentiary soon after the men left for Judge Cor nish's court. He had been sent by Judge Cornish to examine Clarke. With several other physicians he went to the cell. Clarke knew what their object was and the opinion of the doc tors was unanimous to the effect that he bad tried to "bluff." Dr. Birkner asked him where his friends and rela ties were. "They died last night and went to heaven," said Clarke. After five minutes' examination Dr. Birkner was satisfied and telephoned Judge Cornish that he believed Clarke to be perfectly sane. The testimony of the death watch and Chaplain Johnson before Judge Cornish was also to the effect that Clarke was sane. Shortly after 2 o'clock Warden Beemer telephoned Judge Cornish that he must have a decision one way or the other before 2:30 o'clock. The sentence had to be executed between the hours of 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. and half an hour must be allowed for pre liminary arrangements. At 2:30 o'clock a telephone message was received from Judge Cornish say ing he had decided not to interfere. This was Clarke's last hope, .The war den notified Governor Sheldon and then steps were taken quickly for the execution. After the black cap had been drawn, over his face and while the noose was being adjusted Clarke called out: "Goodbye everybody. You're hanging an innocent man for a crime he never committed." After a moment he added: "Tell my mother to pray for me." Then the trap was sprung. The neck was broken and nine minutes later he was pronounced dead. FISH WILL DEPOSE HARRIMAN. Former President of Illinois Central Says This Is Aim. Chicago "If I obtain a majority of proxies to be voted at the annual meeting of the Illinois Central Rail road company, I shall depose Edward H. Harriman as a director." declared Stuyvesant Fish In an affidavit filed before the superior court. He also de clared in the affidavit, "to everybody in the country the removal of such an individual as Harriman is shown to be. would be a welcome sign of retard ing morality in the management of great corporations of the country." Mr. Fish reiterated the statement that Mr. Harriman is seeking to con trol the Illinois Central in the inter est of the Union Pacific. Clayton Pleased at Decision. Washington Representative Clay ton of Alabama, who last Monday of fered a resolution declaring against the policy of a third term for presiden tial incumbents, on Thursday intro duced a resolution saying he country is to be congratulated on the declara tion of the president, affirming the wis dom of the custom, which limits the president to two terms. PACKERS CONSIDER NEW RULES. Secretary Wilson Submits New Inspec tion Regulations. Washington The proposed new beef inspection regulation of the De partment of Agriculture were the sub jects of a hearing given by Secretary Wilson to a committee representing the American Beef Packers' associa tion and other packers throughout the country. The packers were requested to submit their objections in writing. Negro Kills a Seldier. Omaha Joseph Bowles, a , sharp shooter in Company K of the Sixteenth United States infantry, stationed at Fort Crook, was killed by William Fauce, colored, and Fauce, who made a confession, is in a. cell at the police station. Five hours after discovery of the deed 'the police had Fauce and his confession. They arrested a large number of colored men and women in the hope of getting the right one. Fauce. who attempts to justify his deed as one of self-defense says he dealt the death blow with a brick. REV. G. G. WARE NOW IN JAIL. South Dakota Minister Begins Sen tence at Grand Island. Omaha Rev. George G. Ware of Mullen, president of the U. B. I. Land and Cattle company of Hooker county, began' serving his sentence of one year's imprisonment in the Grand Isl and jail Wednesday. Mr. Ware was sentenced in February, 1906, to one year's imprisonment by Judge W. H. Monger of the United States district court and to any a fine of $1,9M. PROTEST BY MB OBJECTS TO CONSTRUCTION HIS HOMESTEAD BILL. OF ACTION IS TO LONG DELAYED Nebraska Congressman Has a Confer ence with Commissioner -,Bal-linger Regarding the Act Washington The so-called Kinkaid nomested bill, which brought comfort to hundreds of intending settlers in the western Nebraska district and which has largely been taken advan tage of by farmers in that section, has had a series of ups and downs in the land office, which its author, Moses P. Kinkaid,' proposes to rectify if it 'is in his power. Since the 'passage of he- Kinkaid act he 'has watched its 'effects and noted its ''drawbacks. It I was undoubtedly the best bill .that could be passed at the time," accord ing to members of the public land (committee, and it is doubted if such ;a measure could have been passed in 'any congress since 'the Fifty-ninth", land the possibility of its passage in the congress cow in session is ex tremely questioned. However, it is a 'law- and the measure of good it has accomplished is testified to by the large number of entries that have been made under its provisions. Not withstanding it is a law, the land of fice has been extremely pertinacious In its interpretation of features of the .Kinkaid act to the extent that many entries that hare been made on lands in the territory affected by the act have been held up until intending set tlers have grown tired of waiting upon action ' by the department and have abandoned their entries com pletely. In fact, by its masterly in activity, the land office, having pre sumably more vital things at hand, has made it necessary that the rep resentative from the Sixth district bring it before the attention of the land officials. Judge Kinkaid had a long confer- ence with Commissioner Bal linger of the general land office in relation to the operation of certain featrues of the bill which gives intending settlers the right to enter upon lands over and above the 160 acres prescribed under the general homestead law. He brought to the attention of Mr. Bal linger that the act, which was in tended to be in the nature of a large relief for the honest settler, was be ing choked to death in the general land office because of the failure to administer the law properly, and es pecially so in relation to the purchase of isolated tracts surrounding lands entered upon by the homesteader. It was Mr. Kinkaid's contention that the application for tiiese purchases should be passed upon in due season by the department, but instead applications have been allowed to grow musty in the department and so far as any ac tion of officials show have been en tirely forgotten. FIGHT ON TUBERCULOSIS. Four Members Added to Committee to Arrange for Congress. Washington Four members have been added to the committee of ar rangements for the International Con gress on Tuberculosis, which isjto be held in Washington next September, under the auspices of the national as sociation for the study and relief of tuberculosis. They are John Barrett, the director of the bureau of Ameri can republics; Dr. William A. White of Washington, superintendent of tbo government hospital for the insane; Dr. C. H. Mayo, the well known sur geon of Minnesota, and Dr. Henry M. Bracken, secretary of the State Board of Health of Minnesota. Telegraph Service in Alaska. Washington Plans have been ap proved by the secretary of war for re building telegraph wires on the Yukon river, construction of a second wire between Fairbanks and Valdez and in sections of wireless telegraph lines and improvements and extensions to the cable lines. LA FOLETTE WANTS STATE. Wisconsin Man Said to Have Eyes on Nebraska Delegation. Lincoln Friends of Senator La Fol lette began the fight for the Nebraska delegation at the next republican con vention. In a teleohone message from the senator's advisers at Madison to Clerk F. A. Harrison of the federal court, it was announced that represen tatives of La Follette win come to Ne braska in a few days to assist in turn ing the delegation from Taft. Freedom Unbalances Mind. Nashville, Tenn With but twenty four hours of his term to serve. Con vict Polk Mackey, in the penitentiary here committed suicide with a shoe knife. His mind, it is believed, sud denly became unbalanced. Tickets Into United States. New York The sale of tickets of admission to the United States is the latest form of swindle discovered by the immigration authorities. A male passenger on the liner Amerika sold more than forty of tbem to the steer age passengers on the ship which ar rived Saturday, receiving not less than $1 a piece for them. With these tickets the immigrants were told they could enter the country, without diffi culty. The ship's officers discovered the swindle and 'compelled the return of the money. HUGHES NOT YET IN RACE. Story of Reservation" of Rooms Auditorium Hotel. at Chicago Manager Kennedy of tho Auditorium hotel said that no request had been received by him for the re servation otrooms during the national republican convention for Governor Hughes of New York. The New York delegation has reserved head quarters in the Auditorium Annex but that is all. THE RETURN OP AT DENVER ON JULY 7TH i, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVEN TION TO BE HELD THERE. City Puts Up One Hundred Thousand Dollars to Cover Expenses of the Meeting. Washington After deciding to hold the next democratic national conven tion at Denver, Colo., and fixing the date of the meeting for July 7, 1908, the democratic national committee on Thursday entered upon a spirited de bate on the propriety of accepting more of the $100,000 offered by Den- ver for the convention than actually I needed to pay the convention expens- es in that city. The opposition to the acceptance of the contribution took the form of a resolution by Representa tive Clayton of Albambra. declining money not actualy needed for conven tion purposes, but after a long debate the resolution was laid on the table by a vote of 31 to 14. Mr. Clayton, Representative John Sharp Williams of Mississippi and Gov ernor Hoke Smith of Georgia, spoke in favor of the passage of the resolu tion. Mr. Smith was especially em phatic in saying that the $100,000 which had been offered to secure the republican convention and refused by the republican national committee bad been offered to and was about to be accepted by the democratic commit tee. He said the republicans had turned down the offer because it was regarded as in the nature of a bribe and that democrats, in view of that circumstance, could not afford to ac cept it. Mr. Williams' spoke in sim ilar vein, as also did Mr. Clayton. Mr. Taggart advocated the accept ance of the $100,000, saying it would be needed now even worse than mony was needed in 1904 and that at that time it would have been practically impossible to have opened headquar ters for Judge Parker if they had not had the extra money secured from St. Louis, where the convention was held. Senator Stone of Missouri made a long speech in which he favored the acceptance of the money. Mr. Clayton declared that the ac ceptance of ths money would be in line with the very practices in cam paign contributions that had been con demned by the committee. This view was antagonized by Sena, tor Stone, who declared that the trans action was open and above board and this was not to be compared with any of the propositions that had been con demned. Many people, he said, would go to Denver, and the young and grow ing city was glad to make this contri bution for the advantages it would receive. The money, he said would be badly needed in starting the cam paign. On the first ballot Denver secured 20 votes, Louisville 18, Chicago 5 and St. Paul 1. A majority of the votes cast being necessary for a choice, an other vote was ordered, when Den ver secured 22 and was declared the choice. HARRISON CLARK MUST HANG. So Says Gov. Sheldon After Making Investigation. Lincoln, Neb. Harrison Clark must die on the gallows. So declared Gov ernor Sheldon at a late house Wednes day night. His decision was an nounced after he made a final trip to the prison to interview Wain and Gatbright. He read the bill of ex. ceptions, returned to the executive of fice and announced his verdict. He re fused to set aside the work of the courts. Iowa's Loss in Corn. Des Moines, la. Iowa's corn crop fell off nearly 150,000,000 bushels, ac cording to the report of Director J. R. Sage of the Iowa climate and crop service bureau, now made public. Be cause of an increase in value, how over, the financial loss is but about $20,000,000 to the Iowa farmers on this ceral. The oats crop was disap pointing also, and the crops generally are not so flattering as last year, though Director Sage maintains they are welkin keeping with the average state yield. Express Cut Enjoined. Kansas City Judge Smith McPher- son, In the United States district court here, issued an order temporarily re straining the Misourl state board of warehouse and railway commission and Attorney General Hadley from put ting into effect the new law reducing express rates. The order was grant ed upon petition of six express com panies, the Pacific. American, Wells Targo, Adams, United States and Bnatbera. The law goes into effect 'Jin. 15 neat, and redjaees express rates on an average of 21 per cent , I I " " ft Jlr 4kmM sErSRv fiB. nnL-Bnm srsBnSlilJai ' YC atawRYl i&R(IB&v.l9VBsa IbsYbV n9vtsnyHarB I I vtrtHl iXB)iflniaainV"'-Bnw Bnn BLw laZuw BjI . SUm I nwayiAjBsBy CaH H Km mMlmJll!Mr I iy UaLLLLLLLHHgPl BnVnVPHLiullK-nrm- THE HARVEST HANDS. THIRD TERM DOES NOT GO ROOSEVELT RESTATES POSITION ON PRESIDENCY. Three Years Ago Chief Executive Made a Public Statement Which He Adheres to Today. Washington President Roosevelt will not be a candidate for a third term. All doubt on this point was dispelled by the authoritative statement from the White House that Mr. Roosevelt still adheres to the declaration of renunciation made on the night of the election three years ago. In the statement issued Presi dent Roosevelt says he has not chang ed and' shall not change the decision communicated to the American peo ple in 1904. It appears that President Roosevelt had been awaiting the call for the republican national convention to af ford the proper opportunity for mak ing his position clear and unmistak able, thus leaving the field clear for Taft. Fairbanks, Cannon. Knox. For- aker and other declared or receptive candidates for the republican nomina tion. The president's statement fol lows: "On the night after election I made the following announcement: 'I am deeply sensible of the honor done m-j by the American people in thus ex- prosing their confidence in what I have done and have tried to do. I ap preciate to the full the solemn respon sibility this confidence imposes upon me. and 1 shall do all that in my power lies not to forfeit it. On the fourth of Marcli next I shall have served three and a half years, and this three and a half years constitute my first term. The wise custom which limits the president to tw terms regards the substance and not the form, and under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination. "I have not changed and shall not change the decision thus announced." Little Surprise in New York. New York The official announce ment from the White House Wednes day night that President Roosevelt would adhere to his earlier determi nation not to accept a renominatfou was received with Interest, but hardly with surprise by party leaders here. The president generally has been tak en at his word, and those in whose political judgment more confidence is felt had anticipated the statement. Bryan is Not Surprised. Lincoln. Neb. When told Wednes day night that President Roosevelt had made positive declaration that he will not be a candidate for a third term, W. J. Brjau expressed no sur prise. He declared the position of the president was as he expected. Mr. Bryan said: "I have assumed from the begin ning that President Roosevelt would not be a candidate. The -statement he issued the night of election left no room for misunderstanding, and I havo felt that his friends were doing him an injustice in suggesting that he would chanve his position on the subject." CHINESE TROOPS SUCCESSFUL. Win Back Strongholds Captured by Insurgents in.Kiang Si. Canton, China The three strong holds between Lungchow and Lang son, in the province of Kiang Si. which were taken recently by insur gents from Yung Chow, have been cap tured by the imperial troops after san guinary engagements lasting two das and nights. There were heavy losses on both sides. Candidates for Consul. Washington Only nine of the twenty-five candidates for appoint ment as American consuls succeeded in passing the recent entrance exam ination. As announced at the state department, their name? are as fol lows: Ralph Cox Busser, Pennsyl vania; Ralph J. Totten. Tennessee; Robert T. Crane. Maryland; C. L. Liv ingston, Pennsylvania; Benjamin F. Chase. Pennsylvania; William R. Rosenkranz. Philippine Islands: A. T. Haeberle. Missouri; Arthur Carrels, Missouri; R. F. Yost. Kansas Cit. Savings Bank Fails. Corinth. Miss. The Tishomingo Savings bank, a private institution, owned by J. W. Taylor, failed to open its doors Tuesday. The bank had branches at luka, Boone and Ripley. Miss. The deposits are given at $350,000. Mrs. Longworth Has Appendicitis. ' Washington Mrs. 'Nicholas Long worth of Ohio, a daughter of President Roosevelt, is still at the Whit House suffering from an pendioHlKj TERMINAL RATES ARE CUT. Chlcage Live Stock Charges Fennel Tea High. Washington An important deci sion of the Interstate Commerce com mission was handed down by Commis sioner Prouty in the case of the Cat tle Raisers' association of Texas and the Chicago Live ' Stock exchange against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad company and seven 1 ather imi'ur.ut wes.eru and south western lines. The subject of the complaint was the so-called terminal charge of $2 a car Imposed oy the de fendants for the delivery of live stock at the Union Stock Yards. Chicago. The defendants are ordered to put in force l jre February 1, 1908. a terminal charge not exceeding $1 a car. In the decision rendered on the facts disclosed by the record in the case, it is held that "The terminal charge of $2 a car exacted by the defendants for the delivery of live stock at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago with re spect to shipments from points with out the state of Illinois is unjust and unreasonable and unduly discriminat ory, and that such charge should not exceed $1 a car." It further is held "that the decree of a court dismissing a bill brought to enforce an order of the commission made previous to the amendment of June 30, 1906. is not a bar to the right of the commission to examine with respect to a date subsequent to June 29 the sale rate involved in that pro ceeding." The opinion in the case of E. W. Pressley against the Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe Railway company and the St. Louis Southwestern Railway com pany of Texas, rendered also by Com missioner Lane, decided that the rates of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe of 27 and 29 cents per 109 pounds on cottonseed in carloads from Ma rietta and Be'rwyn, Okl., respectively, to Cleburne. Tex., are unreasonable and should not exceed 16 and 18 cents for 100 pounds respectively, and the joint rate of the Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe and the St. Louis Southwest ern railway of Texas of 45 cents per 100 pounds on cottonseed in carloads from Marietta. Okl.. to Piano. Tex., is unreasonable and should not exceed 25 cents per 100 pounds. The com mission also held that the complainant is entitled to recover $405 reparation. FULTON A GOOD MISSIONARY. Introduces Bill Providing for Initiative and Referendum. Washington The new state of Ok lahoma offered, through Representa tive Fulton, to engraft the principles of the Initiative, the referendum and the recall upon the constitution of the United States. One of several bills in troduced by Mr. Fulton provided that "at all general elections for represent atives or delegates in congress, tho electors shall have the right to have printed on the ballot and to exercise their judgment upon any political ques tions." Chicago to Take Its Turn. Chicago State Attorney Healy an nounced publicly that he would en force the laws so as to close every sa loon in Chicago Sunday. This an nouncement came in an address she de livered at a meeting of the Men's club cf St. Peter's Episcopal church. The speech followed the issue of twenty nine warrant against the proprietors of leading hotels in Chicago, charging violations or the Sunday closing law. The state's attorney said that the state law is absolutely plain and that he will enforce it with all his power. Hinshaw Loses Place. Washington "Uncle Joe" Cannon is not satisfied with Congressman Hinsbaw's position on the ship sub sidy and in all probability the con gressman from the Fourth district will find that the speaker has over looked him for reappointment on the committee of merchant marine and fisheries. Hinshaw has seen the handwriting on the wall, but he will no doubt be taken cars of upon some other committee where he may find more congenial company than he had in the last congress on this commit tee. France Insists on Rights. Paris France is at present engaged in negotiations with Belgium looking to the maintenance of its preferential rights iu the Congo Independent state after the annexation of tnt territory to Belgium. Dr. Koch Resigns Position. Berlin "Dr. Koch," says the Nord deiitsche Allgemine Zeilung. "lias re signed the presidency of the imperial bank. He will be succeeded by Pres ident Havcnstein of the Seehandlung. or Prussia state hank. Grand Army Encampment. Toledo. O. At a meeting of the na tional executie committee of the Grand Army of the Republic, the date of the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held here next year, was set forward from August 31 until September 7. Bill to Aid Mining Congress. Washington An international min ing congress is to be held from May 23 to June 30 in New York City and it is the desire of the promoters of this exposition to make it absolutely representative in character. Free Lumber Bill. Washington The new congressman form South Dakota has introduced .public buildins? bills for Brookings and ( Huron, each carrying an appropriation of $100,000. He alto introduced a bill placing lumber on the free list. Condemn Chicago Terminals. Des Moines, la. Ringing resolu tions condemning Chicago terminals for alleged over-charging were adopt ed by the Iowa Meat Producers asso ciation in session here. Resolutions asking for an investingation of the inspection system were also adopted. Deserted from Navy. Lincoln, Neb. Chief of Police Coop er will take Milton H. Brooks to San Francisco. The youth is accused of deserting from the navy. He enlisted in Lincoln. wsm mm TATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON DENSED FORM. THE PRESS. POLPfTAM PtBUC What $c Going on Here and There That is of Interest to the Readers Throughout Nebraska. An occupation tax has been put on at Wymore. John Crowley is resting thirty days in jail at Beatrice for stealing a suit of clothes. The Methodjst people of Pauline dedicated a fine new $5,000 church, free of debt, last Sunday. The Ains worth State baak will in a few days be known as the Ainsworth National bank, with R. S. Rising as president and C. A. Barnes as cash ier. At Lincoln Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Lynch narrowly escaped death whea a street car struck the buggy in which they were riding. The rig was demolished. The block system will be used on the new dhision of the Burlington at Pleasant Dale. Switch towers wTTl be crested a mite and a half east and west of Pleasant Dale. The 13-montbs-oId child of Mr. and Mrs. L. Evans. living three miles south of Steele City, died front the ef fects of scalds received while placing about a washing machine. The hog cholera which has been -prevalent In Nemaha county for the last few months shows no signs of abating. Several farmers have lost many of their hogs of late. The First' National bank of Wymora had $6,000 on deposit in the Bank of . Commerce, which failed at Kansas City, but withdrew the amount in full a few days before the crash came. Merchants of Columbus say that there has never been a month that their customers had more ready cash, and paid their bills more promptly than they have at the beglBBing of this month. ' At Albion, after a deliberation of "" twelve hours, the jury in the case of Jennie Simpson against Orve Webb of Boone county, for alleged breach of promise to marry, returned a verdict ' against the defendant for $700. A force of fifty men began worlc last week laying the new 85-pound steel on the Missouri Pacific read, begin-. ning at a point 1& miles from Falls' City. They will continue from there .' as far as Union, in Cass county. - Mr. and Mrs. William P. Pattison of- Table Rock, who have resided there about forty years, celebrated their . golden wedding anniversary last week. They were married in Grundy county, Illinois. December 5. 1857. : Miss Clara Kegel arrived in West . Point from Germany last week to en-. - ter upon novitiate preparatory to be-. coming a member of the Franciscan ' Sisterhood, which has charge of the--Home for the Aged iu West Point -"-.;- The Fairbury Electric Light aB(T--;; Water company has just completed the installation of new machinery. -looking to better service in the future. ''" These improvements were made, nec essary by the rapid growth of the .'. town. County Attorney Riqgo of Sarpy ; county has made arrangements .with . the sheriff-elect of Douglas county to -board prisoners sent from that county at 55 cents per day. Heretofore Sarpy . county has been paying $1 a day for all prisoners. Governor Sheldon has been asked by President Kisher Harris to appoint delegates to the second annual meet ing of the Tians-Missouri dry farm ing congress, which will be held in Lincoln January 'SI to 36, and to at tend himself. A large granary and barn on tho H. H. Bacon ranch, eight miles south of Cozad. was destroyed by fire. The granary contained about 3,500 bushehr of corn and about 1,300 bushels of wheat. The corn was completely burned, but a large portion of the wheat was saved. A call has been issued for a Trans Missouri dry farming congress tt meet in Lincoln. January 2"-26. for the purpose of boosting dry farming meth ods. The governor is asked to ap point Nehiuska delegates to the meet ing. The call is issued by Fisher Har ris of Salt Iake City. Miss Emma R. Miller, who was re cently elected by "the republicans as county superintendent of Cuming" county, has resigned her position as the teacher of the kindergarten and primary grades in the public schools of West Point after nineteen years continuous and faithful service. Of late the Burlington railway has experienced considerable trouble in the matter of coal being stolen front the cars which were in-the yards at . Nebraska City, and the police were appealed to. and they arrested two . " girls and a lioy. who were loading two wagons from a car. The parents of the children will be prosecuted. - . "v Charles Mack, clerk of Elm camp vNo. 29. W. O. W.. Nebraska City, is missing, and it is said that he is short in his accounts with the local camp to the amount of several hundred dol lars. The books are in" the hands of -an auditor. The Peru box factory, which closed down at the beginning of the finan- - cial scare, opened up again last week- "" with, a full quota of men. and will continue to operate at fullest capac ity in order to catch up with orders " . which ate now in advance of the out- -put. The school board of Superior en- tered into a contract with a Detroit- ' firm to take the $30,000 issue "of school bonds voted at a special election last, spring for the building of a new high . school, of which "the city is much in need. George S. Carneban of Eimwood was found dead in his bed at a hotel - m nausmoiun. with indications which may look like "suicide. 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