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I - P ? -C r fcT ' Columbus Journal R. CL STROTHER, Editor. F. K. STROTHER, Manager. COLUMBU8, BRIEF NEWS NOTES Tl MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest from All Parts of the Globe Latest Home and For .eign Items. John H. Sanderson, contractor; William P. Snyder, former auditor general; W. L. Mutinies, former state treasurer, and James M. Shumaker. were found guilty of capitol graft at HarrisburR. Pa. Admiral Evans' battleship fleet, after leaving San Francisco, will visit Hawaii, Samoa, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, the Philippines and return to New York by way of the Suez canal. The entire business section of the city of Hig Timber. Mont., was wiped out by fire. The loss was $400,000. Thr-e bandits held up and robbed a bank at Tyro. Kan., securing $2,500, after which they fled towards the Okla homa line. Denying the charge of insanity and praying for dismissal of the suit, Harry K. Thaw, through his counsel at New York, made answer to Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's divorce suit. Executive encroachment upon legis lative power was the subject of a stir ring sieech in the senate by Senator llacon of Georgia. A socialist demonstration in favor of universal suffrage developed at Budapest. There were three hours of serious rioting, the socialists using re volvers. Banker John R. Walsh was denied a new trial by Judge A. B. Anderson in the federal court at Chicago and was sentenced to five years in the govern ment prison at Fort Leavenworth on the charge of misapplying funds. The naval militia bill was reported favorably to the house by Chairman Foss of the naval affairs committee. Edward Kelleher of SL Louis was found guilty for the second time of murder in the first degree for killing "St. Louis Tommy" Sullivan, a pugilist, three years ago. Carrying the largest appropriation in all its history S22:U 90.U92 the post office appiopriation bill passed the house, having been under discus sion 14 days. Fire in the plant of the Columbia Conserve company at Indianapolis, Ind., caused a loss of $125,000. A Springfield. 111., jury Friday ac quitted James Roberts. 73 years old, of the charge of murdering his em ployer. Franklin Larkin. Rev. J. T. Orr. for 50 years a preacher in Illinois, was found dead in bed in Sidell. 111. Existence of an organized campaign in Chicago to clear the name of Laz arus Averbuch from the taint of assas sin was revealed. It became known that a secret fund of $100,000 had been raised. David Fratt of Billings, Mont., for mer president of the state board of stock commissioners, and a wealthy cattle man. pleaded guilty to the ille gal fencing of 7.9C0 acres of public land. The German torpedo boat "S 12" was run into and sunk by an unknown steamer at the mouth of the River Elbe. A report widely circulated that the school attached to St. Peter's church at McKeesport, Pa., would be blown up caused 75 per cent, of the pupils to remain away. Hugh Hollis, a treasury department clerk, who came to Washington from Louisville, Ky., shot and killed his wife. An attempt made by five criminals under sentence of death to escape from the Orel (Russia) jail resulted in seven men losing their lives. Tribute to the business ability of Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay has been paid by the board of trade of Roslyn, L. I., in unanimously electing her to membership. A deputation of lumbermen from aorthern Ontario asked the Ontario government to remove the embargo against the export of tan bark, to the United States. John Brown's antiquated wagon in which he made many pilgrimages dur ing his crusade against slavery was destroyed by fire at Iowa City, la. Notices were posted in the mills of the Amoskeag Manufacturing com pany, Manchester, N. H., announcing a wage reduction averaging ten per cent A fierce forest fire raged in the vicinity of Tomahawk. N. C. Four, men of the community, one white and three negroes, burned to death. One hundred masked "night riders" rode into Birmingham. Ky.. shot six negroes, one of them fatally, and whipped five others. Several thousand unemployed men of- Philadelphia will receive employ ment on public works, in all probabil ity in about a month, by the passage of the $10,000,000 loan. After an eisbt-day visit, the Ameri can torpedo flotilla sailed from Lima. Peru, for Panama. Prince Ludwig Menelik of Abyssinia has been expelled from Gerniaay as an undesirable foreigner. Testimony was adduced before the senate investigating committee on naval affairs showing that the loca tion of the armor belt of American battleships was too low. The English government has de cided to keep private the personal let ter written by Emperor William to Lord Tweedmouth, first lord of the admiralty. Capt. Daniel Stewart. 94 years of age. died at Upper Alton. III., after lying in bed 27 years. M OMHI Prompt and determined action on the Fall River line steamer Provi dence prevented a catastrophe when fire broke out while the vessel was In Long Island sound. Eighteen persons have been killed by an avalanche fn the Dukhtarminsk, Siberia, district. Five hundred people were poisonei at a social given by the women of the English Lutheran church, Upper San dusky, O., by eating chicken and waf fles. Shareholders petitioned directors of the Union Pacific to make Harriman give up $40,000,000 alleged to have been lost through his stock specula tions. In the Lilley probe Congressman Hoheon testified that he was ap prolched by a lobbyist of the subma rine boat interests who claimed influ ence with Speaker Cannon. Rev. Conrad Jaeger, aged 62 years, pastor of the First Evangelical Luther an church of Racine. Wis., and one of the foremost Lutherans in Wisconsin, is dead. Thoron Illick. aged 23, son of J. T. Illick, prominent Burlington, la., attor ney, was drowned by the overturning of a sail boat. In Indianapolis. Ind., the national convention of the United Mine Work en; of America went Into session to agree upon a course of action for a wage scale. John G. Jenkins, the Brooklyn, N. Y., banker who with three sons was indicted as a result of the banking in vestigation, died of narlysis. The candidacy of William H. Taft for president of the United States was indorsed by the Republican state con vention of Nebraska at Omaha, Neb. The steamer Mauretania established a .new trans-Atlantic record by beating her own best previous eastward. A Denver, Col., jury sentenced Gui seppe Alia to death for the murder of Father Leo Heinrichs. An important conference was held at the White House in Washington re specting amendments to the Sherman anti-trust law. While hunting ducks on Reservation lake, a few miles southwest of Sioux City, la., Luther E. Peterson was in stantly killed by the explosion of his own gun. Mme. Anna Gould, who sailed for New York from Paris, booked her pas sage under the name of Miller. John Bnrry, a well-known electrical engineer and inventor of the "Burry printing telegraph system, died at his home on Staten Island. The American battleship fleet under command of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans steamed into Magdalena bay and dropped anchor. The cruiser Yankton, that went to Indefatigable island in search of Fred Jeffs, an American seaman, said to be marooned there, returned to Acapulco. It failed to find Jeffs. Mayor Markbreit of Cincinnati, who said women were not capable of run ning autos and that "the only ma chines women ought to run are sew ing machines," is now sorry he said it. The women bombarded him with pro tests until he took it back. It is reported in London that the regalia stolen from Dublin castle has been found in a pawnshop and re covered. The yachts of George Gould, Wil liam Leeds and three of the Vander bilts were offered for sale in New York. Nat C. Goodwin writes that after his three weeks engagement in Chicago he will quit the stage and go into the mining business in Nevada. An investigation by the department of commerce and labor into the whole system of grain dealing on boards of trade is expected as the result of a resolution to that effect introduced in congress. An unidentified man was found at Imlay, Nev., entangled in a barbed wire fence. He was still alive, al though naked, and with his head part ly severed from his body. Mystery surrounds the affair. Oscar E. Gaustad of Colburn, Wis., found his lost son. apparently dead, under a tree. After carrying the lad several miles home and working over him warmth came to the body and the lad revived. He had fallen from the tree and become unconscious. President Roosevelt has directed Herbert Knox Smith of the bureau of corporations to investigate the meth ods of stock trading with a view to furnishing the basis of possible future legislation regulating such practices. Details of alleged frauds in the Louisiana Democratic primary elec tion were placed before the Demo cratic state central committee. John B. Lindsey, at McArthur. O.. was acquitted of the charge of having attempted to bribe Prosecuting At torney Miller. Methods of meeting competition and gaining the oil trade of a locality were testified to in the Standard Oil ouster suit at Clevelaud, O. Coroner Burke rendered his de cision in the Colllnwood (O.) school fire. Conditions existing are blamed, but no fault is charged to any one. The Kansas conference of the Methodist Episcopal church at Topeka. Kan., exonerated Dr. J. T. McFarland of heretical charges. One of the buildings of the San Francisco and county almshouse was burned and three patients lost their lives. Ambassador Takahlra addressed the Japan society in New York. Napoleon's Union school, Toledo O., the largest building of the kind in the state, was destroyed by fire. A repetition of the Colllnwood horror was averted. A score of New York firemen were injured, several of them seriously, hundreds of persons were driven from their homes and many buildings were threatened by a fire. Edward Doan of Saginaw. Mich., and John Mihvise of Sebewaing. Mich., got lost on the frozen Saginaw bay and readied shore after 50 perilous miles en honeycombed ice. . Officers, committeemen and friends cf the National Immigration league held a meeting in New York to discuss problems of immigration in their vari ous phases. Five arrests were made in Newark, N. J., of persons connected with the presentation of "A Millionaire's Re venge." based on the Thaw tragedy, which the Naw Jersey officials say is immoral. A Pittsburg judge has decided that a teacher may chastise an unruly pupil with a barrel stave. Senator Clarke of Arkensas de nounced pending currency bills in a speech In the senate, declaring that no currency legislation should be en acted until an investigation is held as to the causes of the panic. Gov. Guild of-Massachusetts has re ceived official notification that the king of Italy had nominated him a grand officer of the Crown of Italy. Mrs. Beatrice Thomas Metcalf. who attempted to shoot Attorney S. R. Hamill of Terre Haute, Ind., was com mitted to a hospital for the insane. Butter makers from nearly every state in the union assembled at St. Paul, Minn., for a three days' conven tion. Reports to the New York and New Jersey Metal Trades association show that 6,000 of its 12,000 members are out of work. Anthony J. Drcxel. Jr.. and two oth ers were injured in Philadelphia when their automobile was hit by a trolley car. President Castro of Venezuela has refused to arbitrate claims made by American citizens as requested by the United States government. In connection with the report of the senate committee on military affairs on the Brownsville riot, which was made to the senate, the president transmitted a message. A partial itinerary for the battleship fleet after finishing target practice at Magdalena bay was announced by the navy department at Washington. Harry Orchard, before Judge Fre mont Wood in the Caldwell. Idaho, district court, was allowed to with draw his former plea of not guilty. The Porto Rico house of delegates by a large majority passed a bill au thorizing the insular government to operate a lottery under the super vision of the insular treasurer. Charles W. Morse and Alfred H. Curtis pleaded not guilty in the United States circuit court at New York to a joint indictment of 29 counts. Miss Sarah Chamberlin Weed of Philadelphia shot and killed Miss Elizabeth Daily Hardee of East Sa vannah, Ga.. and then committed sui cide at a fashionable Boston school. The khediveof Egypt, accompanied by the duke and duchess of Connaught. were present at Heliopolis at the first automobile races held in Egypt. The farmhouse of John Denthitt, near Westboro. Wis., was destroyed by fire and three small children weie burned to death. China, fearing that Japan was seek ing a pretext for trouble, apologized for hauling down the Japanese flag and proposes to release the Tatsu Maru. only recognizing "force ma jeure." Discharged section hands are thought to have boon responsible for an attempt to wreck a Pennsylvania suburban train in Chicago. Fire at Thornton. la., wiped out seven business blocks, the greater part of the town. State Senator-Elect D. S. Kemp was shot dead in a duel at Amite. La., by C. F. Hyde, a prominent Demo cratic politician. The White House at Washington was the scene of the opening of the first International Mothers' congress. An ancillary hill was filed at Hous ton. Tex., in the federal court asking a receivership for the International &. Great Northern railroad. Joseph Genetti, an Italian miner, pleaded guilty at Belleville, 111., to murders by an infernal machine and was sentenced to a term of 45 years in the penitentiary. A Swede, apparently insane, fusil laded the royal castle at Christiania with a Remington rifle. King Haakon was away. Warran McKay, a native of Canada, killed his wife and three children at his Tenino (Wash.) home and then committed suicide. Representative Jesse Overstreet of Indianapolis was selected for tem porary chairman of the state Repub lican convention. That 'there are serious defects in the construction of American battle ships was charged by Capt. C. McR. Winslow and Commander A. L. Key before the senate committee. Mme. Anna Gould, accompanied by her three children, sailed from Cher bourg for New York. Harry K. Thaw was served with di vorce summons in the proceedings brought by his wife, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, to annul their marriage. Mrs. W. C. Thaw was also served. Secretary of the Treasury .Cortelyou transmitted to congress a recommend at ion for an appropriation for the erection of a hall of" records in Wash ington. A bold at ten: lit was made Tuesday to rob the Merchants' bank in Omaha, Neb., by a man thought by the police to be a lunatic. James Rathbun shot and killed Mrs. Rathbun and then committed suicide in Omaha. Neb. The Country club, one of the most exclusive social associations in the south, pleaded guilty to selling liquors in violation of the state laws at Mont gomery, Ala. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw instituted pro ceedings in New York for the annul ment of her marriage to Harry K. Thaw. The action was based on the allegation that the defendant was in sane when the union was contracted. Mrs. Rheus . Miller, said to be the only actual daughter of the revolu tion In New York, died at the home of her daughter in Mount Vernon, N. Y. Eight firemen were injured and eight business houses damaged to thn extent of $125,000 by a fire which threatened the entire business section of Winkinsburg, Pa. The Democratic members of the house committee on banking agreed to report Williams' minority currency bill as a substitute for the Fowler bill. The California supreme court vir tually released former Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz of San Francisco, convict ed of extortion from Trench restau rant proprietors and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Judge Brough in the Toledo. O., common pleas court released tinea ice men sentenced to six mouths' im prisonment for violation of the anti trust laws. The men had served 37 days. LESS CARS ARE IDLE INDICATIONS THAT BUSINESS SITUATION IS IMPROVING. OTHER FACTORS ENCOURAGING Many Iron and Steel Mills Are Run ning and Money Rates Are on the Decline. New York The prevailing opinion reflected in the financial district last week was of increased confidence that the condition of affairs was mending. Evidences were not universal that con traction had run its course, but from fields that .were considered most sig nificant the signs of betterment were accepted as testimony that the situa tion was shaping owards improvement. Figures compiled by the American Railway association of the number of idle freight cars showed a progressive reduction for the last two fornightly returns. These figures were highly in fluential in shaping opinion on the general situation. Scattering reports of resumption of work by factories which had suspended or largely re duced operations during the depth of the depression, although mixed with evidence of further curtailment in other directions, were a cheering fac tor. Especially in the iron and steel trade the reports of reopenings were notable. A recovery from the price of copper, which had been failing since the decision to reopen the Butte cop per production, gave some reassurance to the confidence in improvement in that trade, which was expressed in the reopening in Montana. The declining money rates here and abroad were an element in the situa tion and the discrepancy in money rates here and in Europe induced some investment of foreign funds in New York. This was mostly confined to high-grade mortgage securities and to some takings of mercantile paper. Buying for foreign account was per ceptible, however, in the stock market and the presence in foreign capitals of some of the most influential Ameri can financiers revived the supposition that foreign buying of stocks were not unrelated to this circumstance. The easing of the money market and the stirring of activity in stocks brought into consideration the subject of finan cial needs of the great corporations which remain unsupplicd and which insure attempts to float new issues of securities in the near future. The market for existing bonds was studied to discern a reflection of this move ment in the general bond market, but resulted somewhat disappointing. The bond market lacked breadth and the prices at which seasoned bonds arc still selling do not mike a propitious condition for the offering of new se curities. Paid Game Law Violation. Bass-ett, Neb.rHeinrich Thomsen of Burton, Keya Paha county, is a wiser but poorer man. Thomsen runs a creamery and shipped butter to Chi cago. He has been suspected for some time of breaking the game laws and recent shipment of nine tubs of butter was examined and resulted in finding in one tub a dozen prairie chickens coiled covered with a calf hide. Eleven more chickens were found in his creamery. Thomsen plead guilty and was fined $115 and costs. Plea Made for Pure Food. Washington An urgent plea for pure food in the household was made by Dr. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry of the department of agri culture, in an address before the in ternational congress for the welfare of the child, which is being held un der the auspices of the national moth ers' congress. Dr. Wiley emphasized the importance of the mothers of the country being eternally vigilant as to the source of food products that come into their homes for use. Will Pierce the Andes. Santiago. Chili The minister of public works and a committee of American engineers attended the in auguration ceremonies of the Chilean section of the Trans-Andean tunnel. in connection with the railway from Arica, Chile, to La Paz, Bolivia. The tunnel will pierce the summit of the Andes and will be the highest in the world. New Rifles for Militia. Washington General Crozier. chief of ordnance of the army, has complet ed arrangements for the isssue of the new Springfield rifle. 30 caliber. 1903 model, fitted for 1906 ammunition, to tho organized militia of all the states and territories under the law govern ing such issue. A letter was sont to the adjutants general of all the states and territories that have not yet been suppplied, stating readiness of the department to furnish the number needed and explaining how they may be obtained. Lincoln's Telegraph Operator Killed. Binghampton, N. Y. Dewitt Ful ler of Hancock, who. it is said, was private telegraph operator for Presi dent Lincoln during the civil war. was killed on the Erie tracks at Nar rowsbnrg. Big Steel Plant to Resume. Sharon, Pa. Announcement was made that the entire plant of the Sharon Steel Hoop company will re fume operations Tuesday. The open hearth, blooming mill, eight, nine and ten-inch billet mills will also start. Orchard to Be Sentenced. Boise'. Idaho On the morning of his forty-second birthday, next Wednes day, in the district court of Canyon county. Harry Orchard, the self-confessed murderer of former Governor Steunenberg. who was killed by an ex plosion of a bomb at the gate of his residence in Caldwell on tlie evening of December 30. 1005, will face Judge Fremont Wood, prepared to hear the death sentence. Harry Orchard, of his own volition, and against tho ur gent pleadings of his attorney, refused to plead not guilty. SAFETY FOR CHILDREN. Warning to Boards of Education, Sup erintendents and Educators. The following circular has been sent cut by State Superintendent McBrien and Labor Commissioner Ryder: Owing to the recent calamity at Col llnwood, a suburb of Cleveland. O., we deem it our duty to call the attention of boards of education, city superin tendents, high school and village prin cipals, teachers and other officials throughout the state who are respon sible for the lives of the school chil dren entrusted to their care to the law regulating fire escapes and egress from public buildings. I 'lo guard against loss of life in this state we urge upon all officials whose duty it is to enforce the aforesaid acts to see that the provisions of these laws are strictly observed. We Tegret to say that there are at least 300 public school buildings in villages, towns and cities in Nebraska where existing ar rangements fail to meet the require ments of the law. In many places the situation is criminal. It is the small details that arc too often overlooked or entirely neglect ed, which in the event of great emer gencies would be the line between safety and danger. All doors should swing outward. Windows should never be allowed to become bound or neg lected to that extent that they will not work with a touch of the finger. Escapes of noncombustible material should be erected where needed. The need should be regarded as immediate rather than in the distant future. We offer the suggestion that in addi tion to exits and fire escapes provided for by law there should be on every floor of a school building two or more stories in height a supply of ropes in every room, knotted and securely fas tened to the walls ready for immediate use. The boys should be required to practice descending these ropes occa sionally and the girls should be re quired to watch the boys at practice. There should be frequent fire drills in every school, but it should be re membered that in a fire drill it is as important to see in how orderly a manner the pupils can leave the build ing, as well as how quickly it can be done. AS TO OPERATING EXPENSES. Reports for Seven Months of Nebraska Railroads. The excess of operating revenues over operating expenses has been de creased during the last seven months, according to the reports of seven rail roads to the interstate commerce com mission. The only exception is the Burlington, which reports its operating expenses for the last seven months as being 68 per cent of its revenues, while for two years before its operating ex penses were 71.21 per cent of Its rev enue. The following table shows the relative percentage of income required during the last seven months and the two years previous: Union Pacific 59 56.76 Burlington 6S 71.21 Milwaukee 6; 65.3U Great Northern 77 71.15 Rock Island 75.5 69.44 Northwestern 66.27 65.2 The expenses of the Milwaukee have been practically a constant proportion of its income during the entire period. The Missouri Pacific, however, has suf fered a ver? considerable decrease in its net revenues, fating from 28.85 per cent of the total operating revenue to 23 per cent. DIVORCE AT STOCK YARDS. Transportation and Yards to Be Han dled by Separate Corporations. Lincoln After a consultation of members of the State Railway com mission and Frank Ransom, represent ing the Union Stock Yards company of South Omaha, it was decided that the company would organize a new company which will manage and con trol the transportation facilities of the old company. This new company will then make its report, to the railway commission in accordance with the de cision of the suoreme court which held the stock yards a common carrier. The railway commission holds i: has nothing to do with the price paid for feed stuff by shippers because the business of transportation ceases when the catile are unloaded into pens and therefore its jurisdiction ceases at the time. Nebraska Car Famine. Lincoln A car famine existed in Ne braska for the week ending March 4. On the Omaha division of the Union Pacific 233 box cars were ordered and 165 provided. On the Norfolk division of the Northwestern patrons called for 262 cars and got 115. On the Fremont division the demand for 189 cars was met with 160. Will Restore the Service. Lincoln The Union Pacific will re store the service which has been al most annihilated on the branch line of the system. C. J. Lane, assistant gen eral freight agent, informed the rail way commission that the order re cently issued would be complied with and the annulled trains restored. Lightning Starts Bad Fire. St. Paul During a thunderstorm lightning struck and Fct fire to the barn and granary of Chris. Kikkelsen, alxnit twenty miles north cf here. The barn and granary was entirely con sumed, with seven head of horses. Farmer Gumble Hangs Himself. Fairbury John Gumble. a farmer living near Daykin. in Jefferson coun tv. committed suicide by hanging. A coroner's inquest was held and decid- j ed that, the man was suffering from temporary insanity. Bids for Stat: Buildings. The State Board of Public Lands and Buildings has received bids for construction of a building at the Grand Island Sold'ers home and for the cottnw at the Milford SoHliers' home. Bids have not yet been received for the construction of the cottage at the latter. The beard is divided as to whether this building should he erect ed, but. a majority is in favor of spend ing tho appropriation of $15,000 the law provided. Secretary Junkin be lieves the cottage is not needed, hut other members do not agree with hin. 1 mm mm STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON DENSED FORM. THEPRESS.PULPITHID POBUG What Is Going on Here and There That is of Interest to the Readers Throughout Nebraska. Fairbury's new $50,000 hostelry is open for business. Baseball enthusiasts of Beatrice met and formed a permanent organi zation. The funeral of Fred Hedde. the old time citizen and editor of Grand Isl and, was very largely attended. State Engineer Dobson has been asked to prepare bridge plans for Sa line and Custer counties. In both counties the plans are to be for steel bridges. Governor Sheldon received a formal invitation from Mayor E. R. Taylor of San Francisco to attend the festivities attending the expected arrival of the American fleet at San Francisco dur ing the month of May. State Game Warden Carter has found that he has more business on hand than he anticipated a few months ago when he curtailed his force, and has reappointed Deputy Hyers for active work. E. Haas, formerly a dry goods mer chant of Osceola and lately of Stroms burg. has made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. Business slow, collections slow, creditors would not wait, so Mr. Haas had to assign and quit. The state university is without fire escapes. This Labor Commissioner Ryder ascertained after a casual in spection of the buildings on the campus. The authorities stated that bids have been received on the fire escapes and they will be installed as soon as possible. C. A. Fulmer. for five years super intendent of the public schools of Beatrice, has tendered his resignation and It has been accepted by the Board of Education. Mr. Fulmer has accept the position of dean of the college of liberal arts at the Wcsleyan univer sity at Lincoln. Governor Sheldon announced the fol lowing appointments of commission ers to the national corn show which wil be held in Omaha next December: William Ernst of Johnson county, E. A. Burnett of Lancaster county, R. Hoge or Saline county and W. R. MeF kr of Sherman county. The case of Thomas Langdon against Dodge county to recover dam ages for the death of his infant child, caused by the collapse of the North Bend bridge across the Platte last April, resulted in a verdict of $371.25 in favor of the plaintiff, a victory for the defense as the county was willing to pay a much larger sum. About a hundred delegates repre senting the Congregational churches of Nebraska met in Lincoln. Lloyd E. Harper of Chicago delivereed aa address on "Congressional Brother hood." The following officers were elected: President, C. C. Smith. Exeter: vice president. George Loom- is. Fremont: secretary and treasurer, G. J. Hess of Lincoln. The Falls City Telephone company has asked permission of the state rail way commission to increase rates. The present rates are at the rate of $24 per year for business telephones and $9 per year for residence service. The company states that its invest ment is $21,483.76. The assertion is made that a telephone plant depreci ates at the rate of 10 per cent per annum. The suit of A. W. Bradley of Ju anita. for $4,500 damages was dis missed in federal court at Hastings because the defendant was named as the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy Railroad company instead of Chicago. Burlington & Quincy Railway compa ny. Bradley claimed damages for the destruction of a barn and contents by fire which was alleged to have been started by fire brands from a Bur lington engine. A further reduction, says an Omaha dispatch, was made at the Omaha !--hops of the Union Pacific road. Or ders for a 12 per cent cut in the forces there were sent from General Superintendent Park's office at head quarters to Superintendent McKecn and between 125 and 1C0 men were discharged. Officials estimate that about 145 men were let out. The shops had 1.800 last fall before the dull times came on. There are still at work in these shops 1.800 men. In answer to the charges of dis criminatory rates made by the Fair bury Iron Works. Attorney James E. Kelby has filed a statement to the effect that the rates complained of are interstate rates, which the state railway commission is powerless to change. The complaint of the iron works is the first step in a campaign begun by the Fairbury Commercial club to obtain better rates for the town. In the district court at Plattsmouth Homer E. Fester was found guiPy of highway robbery. Walter Thoi:as. who has been em ployed in the Burlington storehouse in Plattsmouth for twentq-three years, re ceived a two months' vacation, and, with his wife, has gone to California on a visit. Tecumseh's new Carnegie library bttilding is now ready for occupancy. The building is finished, the furniture is being installed and the library is being moved from its old location in the city hall building to the new build ing. If prohibition carries in the coming election Lincoln will henceforth be a I dry town. The Ministerial Union of Omaha has made a demand that the mayor clos" up business tight on Sunday. 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