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COUUWMUM,
lEIHS OF It WEEK
TOLD IK BRIEF
MOtT IMPORTANT EVENTS GATH
ERED FROM ALL POINTS OF
THE GLOBE.
GIVEN IN ITEMIZED FORM
Notable Hseaenbtfs Prepared "
Pmml ef the Busy Man- Sum
mary at tha Lataat Hama and Fer
aifn Notes.
Attempts that bad been planned
against the Uvea of exalted personages
were frastrated by St. Petersburg po
lice by a succession of arrests in va
rious parts of tbe city, aggregating 50
men and women.
Former Gov. Pennypacker of Penn
aylvanla emphatically denied that
there had been any official attempt to
"white wash" the capltol scandal in
the Inquiry by former Attorney Gen
eral Carson.
"Lieut. Gen. Stoessel, once known as
the Hero of Port Arthur." was con
demned to death by a military court
In St Petersburg for the surrender of
that fort to the Japanese.
George Dixon, a carpenter on the
American collier Abarenda. killed Wal
ter Weichert, chief officer of the col
lier, at San Juan.
The Tri-City State bank closed at
Madison. 111., and the home of a
trusted employe of the Institution was
placed under police guard.
By the will of the late Mrs. Amy
Sheldon, filed at Newport, R. I., a be
quest of $300,000 to Harvard univer
sity is made in the codicil.
Wlthoat leaving anything to indi
cate why the act was committed. Col.
Eageae W. Guindon, president of
Fuller's Express company, fired a bul
let into his brain while seated at his
desk in New York city.
An explosion at Piaole. Cal.. was re
ported to have killed 24 Chinamen and
foar white men.
John Mitchell, the retiring presi
dent of the United Mine Workers of
America, may be asked by President
Roosevelt to go to Panama and make
a report on labor conditions.
E. H. Harriman won complete con
trol of the Illinois Central railroad
when Judge. Farlin Q. Ball dissolved
the injunction restraining the voting
of 28S.231 Harriman proxies.
Mohammed el Torres, the sultan's
former representative for foreign af
fairs at Tangier, has protested in the
name of Abd-el-Aziz against the Span
ish occupation of Marchica.
The inarching of nearly 1,000 for
eigners upon the Philadelphia city
hall, where they said they intended
to make demands upon Mayor Rey
burn for work precipitated a riot in
which 20 persons were injured.
William F. Barrows, aged 63 years,
a clerk in the office of the Indianapo
lis building inspector committed sui
cide. The Illinois supreme court has de
clared that a labor union's "unfair list"
is am Illegal boycott
Attorney General Bonaparte has ap
pointed special counsel to prepare
railroad rate law test "cases.
Dispatches giving further details of
the lighting in Morocco have been re
ceived in Paris from Gen. d'Amade,
the French commander-in-chief. He
relates that the French lost four men
killed and 27 men wounded in two en
gagements. With Chicago suffering In the after
math of a storm which has broken all
records since 1884, traffic was partial
ly paralyzed and want and destruction
are everywhere.
Senor Gomez has resigned as a
member of the Philippine assembly.
It is believed that he will not be a
power in insular politics in the future.
The Illinois supreme court affirmed
the decision in the Cook county crimi
nal court in the Billik murder case.
Senator Asbury C. Latimer of South
Carolina died In Washington of peri
tonitis. The will of Vernum Lincoln, just
probated, leaves $500 to provide prises
for annual' old-fashioned spelling
matches at Andover, Mass.
The formar reception of Baron
Takahira, as ambassador of Japan to
the United States, took place at the
White House.
Three business blocks, a hotel and
a livery stable, which comprised the
larger part of the business section of
North Woodstock, N. H., were de
stroyed by a fire at an aggregate
damage of approximately $100,000.
Investigation into the affairs of the
American Ice company, promoted and
formerly controlled by Charles W.
Morse, was formally begun in New
York.
Following an operation for a twist
of the bowels. Senator Asbury C. Lati
mer of South Carolina was said to be
in a critical condition in Washington.
Third Engineer William Davis, one
of the men suffering from yellow fever
on the steamer Crispin in Galveston
., roads, died.
1 Twenty-eight miners were Impris
oned In the Midvale colliery near
Mount Carmel, Pa., by the breaking of
a dam, but it was believed all were'
altyre and would be rescued.
Mrs. Andy Baker and her five-year-old
daughter of Rainsley Place, Ky..
were accidentally burned to death.
The Merchants National bank of
Portland, Ore reopened for business
after remaining 11 weeks in the hands
of a bank examiner.
Charles W. Morse, the New York
financier, was Indicted again, for
perjury while testifying before the
grand jury.
? John F. Randolph of West Orange.
X. J., treasurer of the Edison Manufac
turing Company, of which Thomas A.
Edison is president, committed suicide
by shooting himself in the head.
Virgil McKnight, member of the
Kentucky legislature from Mason
county, died of cardiac asthma.
R. Livingston. Russian writer, per
sonal friend of Leo Tolstoy, was ad
Judged insane In Oakland. CaL
A Missouri Pacific train was lost for
more than 50 hours between Anbnrn
and Crete, Neb. The road was
blocked for 75 miles.
A petition, for the impeachment of
Judge L. R, Willey of Shanghai, Judge
of the 'United States court of China,
was introduced in' the house.
'Information from unofficial and indi
vidual sources evidencing the
aiveness of Janan in Manchuria
been accumulating In the state depart
ment at Washington. That this con
dition is irritating in increasing de
grees to China is a matter of knowl
edge. 'Millionaires. seoa-faeck followers,
clergymen, lawyers' and legislators
were represented at the hearing be
fore the joint senate and assembly
codes committee on the Agaew-Hart
bill at Albany, N. Y.
The American battleship feet has
reached Callao.
The northeast storm, the worst In
years, raged in northern New York
and rapidly added to the snow that
covers the whole Adirondack region.
W. H. Cresviston, on trial for the
murder of H. Wellington Stewart in
Iola on the night of December 8, 1907.
was convicted of murder in the first
degree by a jury.
Mrs. John Angus and her two small
children were burned to death in their
homes at Tallyho, W. Va.
Both Secretary Taft and Whitelaw
Reid denounced talk of war between
Japan and the United States as "ridic
ulous" and "nonsense."
William Jones and wife were found
guilty by a Chicago jury of kidnaping
Lillian Wulff. The man was given 30
years and woman 25 years in prison.
s President Roosevelt, in a letter to
the interstate commerce commission,
told of the danger of a strike on the
railroads over contemplated wage- re
ductions and suggested an inquiry into
the claim that the cut is made neces
sary by adverse legislation.
Creditors made terms to E. R.
Thomas of New York In regard to the
control of his property and the re
newal of loans.
A New York paper printed cables
from Europe telling of an alleged deal
for the purchase of the Philippines by
Germany.
Germany's imperial treasury de
partment Is considering the possibility
of a government petroleum monopoly.
French soldiers had a serious en
gagement with the Moors at' a point
about 15 miles southeast of Fedala,
Morocco. The French had two offi
cers and several soldiers killed and 20
men wounded.
Mrs. Oscar Anderson and baby were
drowned while trying to ford the Dry
Glaze near Decaturville, Mo.
Tbe Mexican government has raised
the ban against importation of rifles
into that country, providing the im
porters can show good cause for tak
ing them in.
Because his wife threatened to get
a divorce, L. Asbury shot and killed
her and then killed himself at Seattle,
Wash.-
The New York senate passed by a
vote of 30 to 7 the Page bill providing
for n commission of 15 to investigate
the government of New York city.
Reports that the marriage of Harry
K. Thaw and Evelyn Thaw is to be
annulled, or that they are to be di
vorced, are denied.
The memorandum of the Japanese
government in reply to that of the
United States on the subject of emi
gration was handed to Ambassador
O'Brien in Tokyo.
The Civic federation of Burlington,
la., has notified the mayor and other
city officials that gamblers must be
driven out.
Owen WIster, the novelist, was de
feated for alderman in the municipal
election in Philadelphia.
Senator Knox introduced in the sen
ate a bill to establish a system of
postal savings banks.
Gracey, Ky., was visited by a band
of 25 masked night riders. After tak
ing -possession of the telephone ex
change and taking Town Marshal
Waters prisoner they terrorized the in
habitants by firing guns and. pistols.
The fight for control of the London
Times is still raging. An American
syndicate, headed by Moberly Bell,
present manager of tbe paper, has
offered $4,250,000 for it, while C. A.
Pearson's offer is $3,750,000.
William J. Bryan's visit-to Colum
bus, O., was signalized by the Demo
cratic state central committee unani
mousely Indorsing his candidacy for
the presidency.
The divorce question was excluded
from the new Michigan constitution
which is receiving Its finishing touches
at the hands of the constitutional con
vention. Wah Shun Gab, chief of the Raw
Indians, died at his home near Arkan
sas City, Kan., aged 88 years.
T. E. Pritchard. third officer an the
steamer Crispin, and a victim of yel
low fever, died, making the second
victim of the disease since the vessel
went into quarantine at Galveston.
Assistant Matron Clara Sterling of
the Children's home at Canal Dover,
O.. confessed to having driven a tack
through tbe end of a child's tongue as
punishment and was fined ten dollars.
Gov. Deneen issued a proclamation
designating April 24 as Arbor day and
October 24 as Bird day in Illinois.
Ensign & Son's private bank In
Northwest, Pa., closed its doors. The
institution has been in existence since
1858.
Charles W. Morse, financier and
promoter of many large combinations,
returned from his brief trip to Europe,
was arrested in his stateroom when
the steamer Etruria reached quaran
tine in the lower bay at New York,
and was released on $20,000 bonds.
He issued a statement declaring his
Innocence.
Rumors were current in Paris that
King Alfonso of Spain had been as
sassinated, but no confirmation or de
nial of this could be obtained.
Man for man, gun for gun. and ship
for ship, the American navy is second
to none in the world, according to the
report of Admiral Converse, called
forth by the many criticisms recently
made in magazines and otherwise.
The socialists of Sollgen. Prussia,
assembled around the city hall and
cheered for universal suffrage. The
police charged the crowds, scattered
them and arrested many of the disturbed.
8peaker Cannon was Indorsed by
unanimous vote 'for the' Republican
nomination for president at the
las; ef the HUnoU Republican stale
central committee in Springfield. The
resolution of indorsement also praised
President Roosevelt
Private Benjamin G. Steenersou of
the marine corps, who was drowned
in Narraganaett bay, tost his life In
trying to save his comrade. John M.
Mcintosh, from death in the water,
according to the naval board which in
vestigated the case.
Former Gov. Pennypacker took the
stand In the Pennsylvania state, cap
ltol graft case as witness for former
Auditor General Snyder, former 8tate
Treasurer Mathues, aad former Su
perintendent Shumaker, Pennypack
ers colleagues on the board of grounds
and buildings during the equipment
of the capltol.
Gen. Tung Fun Siang, the leader of
the Boxers in the uprising in ltOt, is
dead. He had been banished to
Kan Su.
Rev. W. G. Whitaker of Exeter, Neb.,
accused of using the mails to defraud,
was bound to the federal grand jury in
the sum of $1,500 at Springfield. O.
The president of the republic of
Brazil, to commemorate the vMK of
the Atlantic fleet to the city of Rio
Janeiro, signed a decree authorizing
the continuation of rebates on tariff
charges on articles of American mer
chandise during the fiscal year of
1908. '
All but one of the 28 men and boys
who were entombed in the Mid-Valley
colliery were rescued. Frank Orloekle
fell down a chute after the accident
and was killed.
The court of appeals of New York
decided that Chester 'Gillette of Cort
land must die in the electric chair for
the murder of his sweetheart. Grace
Brown of South Otselic. Chenango
county, at Big Moose lake In the Ad
Irondacks on July 11. 1906.
The West Point (la.) bank closed
its doors. It is owned by Riley Smith
of Colusa, 11L
Out of a total of $14,750,000 that
will be paid in dividends by the
Standard Oil company at the rate of
$15 a share on March 14 next, John
D. Rockefeller, who owns 25 per cent
of all the stock, will get $3,750,000,
bringing up the total of his returns
from Standard stock for the six
months to $6,250,000.
F. Ia Smith, the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas brakernan on the El Dorado
.train, which was robbed of a package
containing $3,000, confessed to the
robbery and gave up the money.
George Chester of Wesf Livingston,
N. J., dreamed three times of .seeing
his wife's lost wedding ring under a
stone and then went out and found it
at the spot indicated.'
A general strike of -marble cutters
all over New England is threatened,
because of the employers' refusal of
an Increase of wages and a Saturday
half-holiday.
Reports have been received t
Tiflis from Armenia that" aU the
Turkish army reserve forces in Van,
Mush and the other vilayets of Asia
Minor have been called to the colors
and are proceeding rapidly for the
frontier. In St. Petersburg the reports
of impending-war are taken seriously.
The jury in the Snell $2,000,000 will
case at Clinton. III., waa discharged
by Judge Cochrane, being unable to
reach a verdict
James P. Hayes, agent of the
Traders' Dispatch in Kansas City, Mo.,
and John O'Donnell, a well-known
cigar dealer, were shot and seriously
wounded by J. D. Cosby, proprietor of
the Cosby hotel, in the office of the
hotel because they assaulted his clerk.
A roundhouse worker, name un
known, was found dead, his head
crushed in a water tank at Harvard,
I1L He had been robbed of his pay
check.
Mr. Madden of Illinois Introduced a
bill in congress appropriating $100,000
to be paid to the Lincoln Farm asso
ciation to build on the Lincoln birth
place farm in Kentucky a national
patriotic shrine which shall consist of
a memorial hall, costing not more than
$250,000. of which sum $150,000 shall
be paid by the association.
Heavy snowfalls and high f winds
throughout the states of the middle
west partly tied up rail traffic and
caused serious interruption of business-
In southern Indiana there was
great suffering due to the floods.
It has developed that R. Fred An
derson, who committed suicide at
Cobalt. Ont. was the absconding treas
urer of Jennings township, Missaukee 1
county. Michigan.
A. Wengler of Chicago broke the
world's record at tbe Cincinnati
tournament by bowling 699 points.
The Friend paper mills at West Car
rollton. O., were "damaged by fire.
V. K. W. Koo, a Chinese, has been
selected as one of the Columbia uni
versity debaters who will oppose the
mixed trio at Cornell.
Attorney General Bonaparte directed
the immediate prosecution of the
Southern Pacific on 108 charges of re
bating, Involving $30,000 to $50,000 in
each case.
Frank Murdock. a well-known Re
publican politician, died at his home
in Oneida, 111., of heart disease. In
duced by an attack of pneumonia,
aged 66 years.
Rev. Father Andrew Salmon was In
stantly killed and Father Murphy was
perhaps fatally injured at South Bend.
Jnd., when their cutter was struck by
an electric car. Both priests have
been connected with Notre Dame col
lege. In an heroic attempt to rescue her
six-year-old companion. David Rogers,
from in front of an approaching train
at Cartersville. Ga Lilly May Kline.
12 years old, was struck by the train
and both were crushed to death.
A horse crazed with blind staggers
plunged into a New York restaurant
and injured half a dozen' persons.
William L. Day, son of Associate
Supreme Court . Justice William R.
Day, was appointed United States dis
trict attorney for tbe northern district
of Ohio.
' Douglas H. Riker. a New York pub
lisher, ill in bed with pneumonia, bat
tled for life with an infuriated bulldog.
He finally smothered the animal In
the bedclothes.
Capt N. B. Tbistlewood or Cairo.
II!., Republican candidate for congress
in tbe Twenty-fifth Illinois district,
was elected to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of George W. Smith last
November.
PRIEST SHOT DOWN
ASSASSINATED WHILE ADMINIS
, TERINQ THE SACRAMENT.
HIDEREB IS UNKR
Only Excuse Offered fer Dastardly.
Dead is that He waa Opposed te
PTfeetolnvGeneral.
Denver, Cow. Father Leo Hein
richs was shot and killed while ad
ministering the sacrament at early
mass- in St Elizabeth's Catholic
church,' Eleventh and Curtis streets,
this cityat 6 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. KneeUng at the altar rail be
tween two women Giuseppe Guarnac
cio pressed the muzzle of a revolver
against the body of the priest, after
receiving from him -the consecrated
wafer, and shot the priest through the
heart Exclaiming "My God! my God!"
Father Leo fell prone in front of the
altar and died without uttering en
other word.
With a scream the assassin sprang
Into the aisle and, waving the pistol
about his head, dashed to the church
doors. For a moment the hundred or
more people in the church were dazed,
'ihen a woman shrieked and the con
gregation became panic-stricken. Some
women fainted and many became hys
terical. Several men rushed to the aid of the
priest and others started in pursuit of
the murderer. Among' the latter was
Patrolman Daniel Cronin, who over
took the fleeing Italian on the church
steps. Guernaccio attempted to shoot
the policeman and was foiled and
overpowered only after a desperate
fight, in which several men had come
to the assistance of the officer. The
murderer was hurriedly removed to
the city jail,, and as threats of sum
mary justice were made by men in
the crowd which quickly gathered in
front of the church, Chief of Police
Michael Delaney called out the re
serve force of patrolmen, who were
kept on guard day and night.
Before the commotion caused by the
'tragedy had subsided the Franciscan
brothers connected with St Eliza
beth's church silently brought can
dles for the dead and placed them be
side the body of their superior, where
he lay. By direction of Bishop Mattz
the church door was closed for the
day.
Guarnaccio was placed in solitary
confinement at the city jail. He ad
mitted to a policeman who inter
viewed him. that the priest whom he
had killed was a stranger to him. and
in explanation of his crime made the
following statement:
"I just went over there because I
have a grudge against all priests in
general. They are all against the
working man. I went to the com
munion rail because I could get a bet
ter shot I did not give a damn
whether he was a German priest or
any other kind of a priest. They are
all in the same class."
SETTLEMENT OF LUMBER RATE.
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Hill Lines Offer a Compromise Which
May Settle Controversy,
Tacoma, Wash. A settlement of the
freight rate controversy which has
seriously affected the lumber trade of
the Pacific northwest -is believed now
to be in sight Frederick Bailsman of
Seattle, chairman of the conciliation
committee of the affiliated commercial
organizations of the northwest, re
ceived official notification last night
that the Hill railroads would agree to
accept lumber shipments from any
shipper on individual bond, provided
the federal court will amend the in
junction issued October 29.
BLOW TO HARRIMAN LINES.
Through One-Way Tariffs Are Ordered
Cancelled.
Chicago. Is was announced that
the Interstate Commerce commission
has entered a ruling compelling the
Union Pacific. Chicago, Milwaukee ft
St Paul. Chicago ft Northwestern,
Missouri Pacific and other railroads to
cancel all tariffs on file. to tbe far
northwest through Portland. Ore.,
which have not been concurred In by
the Northern Pacific.
FATALITY AT GRADE CROSSING.
Six People Killed and Three Seriously
Injured Out of One Party.
Spring Valley, N. Y. A fcam
specked pair of horses that tore
through tbe streets Sunday dragging
between them a splintered wagon pole,
brought to tbe village the first news
of a grade crossing accident, in which
nine members of its most prominent
families were either killed outright or
seriously injured.
Fish Gives Up Contest.
New York Stuyvesant Fish an
nounced that the contest in the Chi
cago courts to prevent the voting of
Illinois Central Railroad company
ttock held by the Union Pacific Rail
road company was now closed.
lowan Killed in New York.
Gloversdale, N. Y. Samuel O. Shep
pard of Wes Day, Saratoga county, and
his brother, Delbert Sheppard of
Woodbine, la., were struck by a Dela
ware ft Hudson passenger train near
Corinth. Both were instantly killed.
Five Million Loaned.
San Salvador The National con
gress has approved the loan of $5,000,
000 which it was announced on Jan
nary 8, the government had engaged
In England. ,
Reception For the Fleet
Washington. Governor James N.
Gillette of California arrived here for
a' week or ten days' stay. Governor
Gillette will confer with Secretary
Metcalf regarding the reception which
California proposes to give to the bat
tleship fleet
Indian Bill Much Larger.
Washington. The Indian appropri
tion bill, which was reported to the
senate, carried $9,825,820, an Increase
of $1,610,123 over the total appropri
ation made by the bill as it was passed
by the house.
REGISTRATION OF AUTOMOBILES.
What le Required ef Owners U
the Near Law.
The last automobile registered in the
office of the secretary of state waa
number 2.224. Registration annually
Is now required by the state law. This
aad the parchaseof many new ma
chines during the past year or two has
ran the number up beyond the expec
tations of dealers. It is feared that
in the years to .come when, a man Is
rum over by an automobile he may
look upend hurriedly get a glimpse of
the number that may resemble this,
"22222222222 Neb," yet the mutilated
man could not be certain about the
long row of figures revealed to him.
The amended law requires registra
tion annually for a fee of $1 changes
the letter following the number from
"Na." to "Neb." The old law required
the first and last letter of the state tc
follow the number, but "Na." is not
the proper abbreviation for Nebraska
and has never been used except upon
automobile numbers. The "Na." has
been a source of considerable specula
tion by Nebraskans who have seen !t
on the back end of motor cars. Auto
mobiles that have been registered ac
cording to the' new law msy be dis
tinguished by the proper abbreviation
of the name of the state, providing
the owners have followed the law. All
machines bought 'since last January
must be registered for the year 1908.
KANT-BE-BEAT HOG CIRCUIT.
Records of Sales in Nebraska Broken
for Ouroc-Jerseys.
Holdrege The "Kant-Be-Beat" cir
cuit of Duroc-Jersey bred sows, the
last sale of which was made here Sat
urday, broke several records and is
no doubt the greatest circuit of the
season. On Wednesday Mr. Gilbert
Van Patten sold at Sutton. Neb., thirty
head at the good average of $143.25,
the top price being $780, paid by R. R.
Steele of Wood River, and O. G.
Smith ft Son of Kearney. On Thurs
day George Briggs ft Son, at Clay Cen
ter, broke all previous world's records
for breed sows, se'ling thirty head at
an average of $250.65 per head. The
top price was $1,500 for the great
sweepstakes sow. Clay Center Belle.
WHERE STATE MONEY GOES.
What is Shown in the Books ef Ne
braska's Auditor.
The books in the auditor's office
showing the receipts and expenditures
for the years 1905 and 1906,.show that
the' total amount spent for all purposes,
maintaining the state institutions, ex
cept the university, the supreme court
and district courts, and legislative ex
penses, amounted to $3,831,514.56. For
the maintenance of the university
$877,765.75 was expended, or almost
23 per cedt of the total amount spent
for the entire state. Deputy Auditor
Cook believes this justifies him in de
manding the filing of university claims
with the auditor, that they may be
checked over.
WIDOW SUES ROCK ISLAND.
Mrs. Tillfe Smith Asks $15,000 for
Death of Husband.
Lincoln A $15,000 damage suit was
filed against the Rock Island railroad
by Mrs. Tillie Smith, whose husband
was killed at Earlsboro, Okla., Feb
ruary 2 by the explosion of the boiler
of his locomotive. Five children, rang
ing from 7 to 17 years, are left besides
the wife. .Mrs. Smith alleges that it
was the fault of the company that her
husband, who was a capable engineer,
was given "an old. antiquated, out-of-date
engine." the boiler of which was
rusted, the firebox burned out, the In
jectors not working and supporting
rods weak.
Boy Shoots Himself.
Kearne$ Oliver Duckworth, an
eighteen year-old boy, shot himself
while at work about four miles west
i of town, where with one companion,
he was loading hay. The young man
was standing on the hay rack and
was leaning on the gun barrel, with
the stock resting .upon the wagon,
when it slipped. The hammer struck
upon the wagon and the gun was dis
charged, young Duck falling to the
ground.
Ben Gossard Is Set Free.
McCook After twenty-three hours
of deliberation, the jury in the case
of ex-Treasurer Ben G. Gossard re-
turned a verdict of not guilty. The
first ballot stood eight for conviction
and four for acquittal. Gossard was
on trial for the embezzlement of some
$6,000 of Red Willow county funds
and the feeling over the result of the
trial is intense.
FREMONT FAVORED HAMMOND.
Gratification at Appointment Ex
pressed in Home Town.
Fremont The action of the Ne
braska delegation in recommending
Ross L. Hammond for revenue col
lector meets with the approval of Fre
mont people of all political affiliations.
Expressions of gratification upon the
result of tbe controversy were freely
made wherever the matter was dis
cussed. Hardware Dealers' Convention.
The Hardware Dealers' association
will meet in Omaha next year. The as
sociation elected the following officers:
President. Dan Kavanaugh, Fair
bury; first vice-president, Robert Mc
Allister, Grand Island; second vice
president. F. .W. Arndt. Blair; third
vice-president, W.' C. Klie. Hubbard;
members executive committee to fill
vacancy. Alex Meyer of Hastings. M.
A. Hargelroad of Holstein; secretary.
J. Frank Barr; treasurer, H. J. Hal of
Lincoln; delegate to national conven
tion, Max Uhlig of Holdrege.
Chance to Vieit Saratoga.
Governor Sheldon has been request
ed to name delegates to the national
Woman's Christian Temperance union
convention which will be in session
from June 14 to 30, at Saratoga
springs. All those who desire to go as
delegates are requested to file theii
names with the governor.
Farmers Flock to Institutes.
Humboldt The annual. Farmers' in
stitute closed a two days session with
a fine crowd at the opera house, and
the session was a decided success.
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What Is Going en Here and There That
is ef Interest to the Readers
Throughout Nebraska.
Washington county republicans will
hold their convention Feb. 29th.
Building Is so pressing in Ainsworth
that carpenters work on Sunday.
August Wegner of WIsner will serve
thirty days in jail for abusing his fam
ily. Beatrice is after a new high school
building and the people will be 'asked
to vote bonds.
W. E. Berkley, jr., delivered $12,500
to the state treasurer in 'Tennessee
and North Carolina bonds.
. Deputy Oil Inspector Chamberlain
has reported that he rejected tea cars
of Kansas oil at Weeping Water.
Prof. Stoner has been re-elected as
superintendent of the city schools of
York for three years at a salary of
$2,000.
The Burlington company has pur
chased the Reynolds block, near the
depot at Wymore, and may use it for
office purposes.
C. A. Killian or Morse Bluffs ,has
been granted a patent on an improved
pump valve for which he made appli
cation two years ago.
Impatient to see a powder blast,
placed beneath a stump, go off. Eugene
Eatson of Cass county had his face
and eyes badly burned.
Frank Gaster, a middle-aged farmer
living on the old Demary farm, midway
between West Point and Beemer, has
mysteriously disappeared.
Detective Sam Drummy was shot
and killed in South Omaha by a negro
whom he was about to arrest The
murdered is an ex-penitentiary convict
The Douglas County Telephone com
pany of Valley held a special meeting
and voted to connect its lines with
the Independent long distance line of
Omaha.
The quarantine was lifted in the
state Industrial school last week, after
several weeks' siege. Smallpox is en
tirely eradicated and but two cases of
scarlet fever are left.
Congressman Pollard has accepted
an Invitation to deliver the memorial
address at Elk Creek. Johnson county.
May 30, providing that congress has
adjourned by that date.
The board of regents of the state
university authorized Chancellor An
drews to withhold degrees from all
Etudents who celebrated "sneak day"
or engaged in class fight
Land values in Saunders county con
tinue high. At public auction the Ja
cob Olson farm in the central port:on
of tbe county was purchased by Bar
ney E. Barry for $127 an acre.
Preparations are in progress at Un
ion for an evangelistic meeting to con
tinue for two weeks under the leader
ship of tbe local pastors and the evan
gelist. Rev. Frank Miller of Lincoln.
The Good Government and Anti-Saloon
league is now an established or
ganization in Kearney. Over 400
prominent citizens and business men
combined and adopted a constitution.
Detective Drummy, the Omaha
officer who was shot and killed by
a negro in South Omaha, left behind
him a wife and ten children. A public
subscription is being taken in their'
behalf.
The vilage of Beemer is in the
throes of a saloon war. Screens have
been removed and Sunday closing in
augurated. This was done in com
pliance with a petition presented to
the saloonkeepers by a body of citi
zens.
James Liilie. wanted in Beatrice for
assaulting and robbing Thomas Martin
of $75 on the highway near Mr. Mar
tin's home in Sherman township more
than a year ago. was brought from
Seattle. Wash., to answer for his mis
deeds. The postmaster general has appoint,
ed Edward H. Springer, postmaster at
Brady. Lincoln county, to succeed I. E.
Murphy, resigned. He also named O.
S. Strain for the office at Leshara.
Saunders county, in the place of F. O.
Finson, resigned.
George W. Tyson, the young fanner
living ten miles north of Blair, who
was bitten by a mad dog a year ago
and who went insane through worry
ing over tbe trouble, died at the St.
Bernard hospital at Council Bluffs. He
was 39 years of age.
Those having in charge the petition
for signers to present to the city coun
cil, of Seward asking that body to sub
mit the proposition to vote $10,000
bonds, with which to build a city hall
and fire engine house, have secured
the required number of signers.
Fred C. Kehlbeck has brought suit
in district court of Otoe county against
John Siefkin for $2,837.75 damages.
The defendant was attacked by the
latter in a saloon at Syracuse on June
8. last, and cut so badly that for a
time he was not expected to live.
It is thought now the new $50,000
hotel, at Fairbury, the Mary-Etta, will
be ready to open to the public by
March 1, tbe original date set for its
opening. The open weather of this
winter has allowed work to go ahead
on the building practically without
cessation.
S. Krug and T. J. Pandergast of Chi
cago, who purchased all of the build
ings of the Corn Product company in
Nebraska City known as the Argo
Starch works, have been there and
looked the plant over. They will wreck
the buildings, having been unable to
sell them at a satisfactory figure.
The condition of winter wheat about
Chappelle is reported as being in good
shape, the ground being moist In the
fall and three or four snows this
winter has kept the ground in excel
lent shape. There will be a large
acreage of small grain put in this
soring.
Dr. W. B. Niles of Ames. la., an in
spector of the Agricultural depart
ment. arrived in Fremont to Investi
gate hog cholera, of which there have
been a number of cases in Dodge
county. Dr. Niles has an anti-toxine
which he believes will prove a boon
to farmers throughout the country.
The
General Demand
ef the Wet-Informed ef the World ha
fer sample, pieman and
i laxative remedy ef known.
; a laxative which nhjsiiianii could
far family ess seeasse Ha
(known te them to he
them to he
aad truly beneficial in effect,
te the systems! gentle, yet
la eimpUiet that Irn n 1 with if -
ossbiaatiea ef Syrue ef Figs and
Qixkef 8enaa, the California Fig Syntp.
Co. sceeeeds along ethical lines and relics.
oa the merits of the laxative for its remark-
Thai is one ef many reasons why
Syrup ef Fig and Elixir ef Senna is pvea
the pwfeicnts by the Wen-Iaformed.
To get its beneficial elects always buy
the genmse-nmaufactund by the Cab
foraia Fig Syrup Co., only, aad for sale
byrtkkagdragcU. Fries fifty cesU
per bottle.
The Making ef a Jeumeliet
Henry H. Ashtoa. a Virginia City
capitalist, has la his library, richly
bound in crashed Levant, those early
volumes of the Virginia City Enter
prise to which Mark Twain contrib
uted. The faded sages contain innumer
able' specimens of the famous writer's,
quaint humor. Mr. Ashtoa often
poiats out the first paragraph that
Mark Twain wrote oa his arrival in
Virginia City. The paragraph runs:
"A thunderstorm made Beranger a
poet a mother's kiss made Benjamin
West a painter and a salary of $15 a
week makes as a journalist'
Chance fer Conversion.
In the ante-bellum days, when An
son P. Morrill of Maine was making
his first run for congress, a hench
man of his opponent met an old min
ister of that section slowly jogging;
along the road on his old horse and
hailed him with: "Who are you goin?
to vote for?" -Well." said the old
man, "I thought I should give Anson a
vote. Anson has good timber In him.
I believe." "Oh. but I don't see how
you can vote for him! Don't yon know
he's a Universallst? He doesn't believe
in a hell." With a quiet twinkle in
his eye the old man said: "We'll send
him to Washington. When he has
served hie two years if he doesn't be
lieve la a hell I shall he very much
surprised."
TERRIBLE.
Minister I'm afraid yon men will
do anything for money.
Meandering Mike Yns; some fel
lows will even work for it
CUT OUT FOR A FINANCIER.
threw Rascal Made Geea Thing Out
ef Whistling
Two rogues passed a poultry shop.
Seeing; two geese hung up for sale one
of the rogues Inserted in the gullet
of the goose a little bulb with whistle
attached. When the bulb was pressed
the whistle sounded.
Then, entering; the store, he told the
proprietor that he had hanging out
side a very rare kind of whistling
goose. The proprietor at once sold
the goose for a big sum to a very
learned professor, who wss astonished
to hear about the whistling goose.
Seeking the man who had placed the
whistle la the gullet of tbe bird, the
proprietor asked him if he knew
where others like It could be ob
tained. "Well." said the crafty fellow. "I
know of oaly one place, aad If you will
pay me a big price I will get several
tot Torn."
So the rogue brought a dozen fowls.
In the gullet of each of which he
thrust a whistle, and was paid an ex
orbitant price for them before the
hoax was discovered.
3RAIN POWER
increased by Proper Feeding.
A lady writer who not only has done
good literary work, but reared a
family, found in Grape-Nuts the ideal
food for brain work and to develop
healthy children. She writes:
"I am an enthusiastic proclaimer of
Grape-Nuts as a regular diet I for
merly had no appetite in the morning
and for S years while nursing my four
children, had insufficient nourishment
for them.
"Unable to eat breakfast I felt faint
later, and would go to the pantry and
eat cold chops, sausage, cookies, dough
nuts or anything I happened to find.
Being a writer, at times my head felt
heavy and my brain asleep.
"When I read of Grape-Nuts I began
eating it every morning, also gave it
to the children, including, my 10
months old baby, who soon grew as
fat as a litle pig, good natured and
contented.
. "Within a week I had plenty of
breast milk, and felt stronger within
two weeks. 1 wrote evenings and
feeling the need of sustained brain
power, began eating a small saucer of
Grape-Nuts with milk instead of my
usual Indigestible hot pudding, pie, or
cake for dessert at night
"Grape-Nuts did wonders for me
and I learned to like it I did not mind
my housework or mother's cares, for
I felt strong aad full of go.' I grew
plsssp, nerves strong; aad when 1
wrote my brain was active aad clear;
Indeed, the dull head paim never re
turned." "There's a Reason.''
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