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TI1E BEE: 0MA1IA. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1912. 3 Nebraska. CHERRY COUNTY AROUSED. Scleue of Eunice Korphy Still Caus ing xrooDie Among umeni. . ASX FOR ATT0E5ZT GIST.RAL Official Dedans He Will Take So MIm la lir CMatr I alna rm "Exaeeaa Dlreetiea of ta Caveraa. OTom Staff Correspondent.) UNCOL.N. Ft. . -(Special. )-Cherry county people evidently are not satisfied to let the ease of Mm Murphy, whom they hold In a 'measure responsible for the lynching of Charles Sellers, who m paying attention, te her, rest wtih the refusal e ft he county attorney to prose cute the case. The awn' who participated In the affair are now serving a term tn the penitentiary, but the cue against Miss Murphy was dismissed. At the time a request was made of the governor that he send some Judge into the district to take the place of Judge "Westover and also to send the attorney general to Cherry county to take charge of the case. The governor has no authority under the law to send another Judge into the district, even had he desired to do so, but since the chief executive has taken, a hand In the affairs of Douglas county. Judge 'WeMover has requested to have the attorney general go to Cherry county and appear1 before the grand Jury. County Attorney Tucker was at the state house today conferring on the matter. The governor Is out o fthe city, but Mr. Tucker saw the attorney general. Mr. Martin takes the ground that he will not o Into any county In the state unless ordered to do so by the governor,' as he holds he would be overwhelmed with such requests It he acceded, to one. As the governor was out of the city the matter rests lust where It did. Goveraer to Kerf oik. Governor Aldrlch'e trip out of town Is to Norfolk, where he delivered an address this evening before the rural life conven tion and tods he waa looking over the Norfolk asylum for -the insane. An ad dition has Just been completed to this building which will accommodate eighty patients and this is expected to relieve somewhat the pressure upon other hos pitals, all of which are reported to be overcrowded. J. A. Piper of the State Board of Chari ties and Corrections visited the Lincoln hospital for the Insane yesterday and found 17 patients there, sixty-four out on parole In a building which was originally designed accommodate only 0. To ao commodete this number, beds have been put in 'the aide and every avatlaeie bit of room utilised!- There are applications for the admission of many more which have been refused on account of the luck of room. The Isolation of tubercular pa tients la another problem which Is causing considerable worry. ft' ark of Veterinarian. A. Bostrom, stats veterinarian, . today made a report to the governor which shows something of the work done by him during the year. Between January U. Ull and July 7 of the asms year, his de partment condemned and killed twenty six gtandered horses and mules for which h owners received 00 compensation. Since the latter data, when ;the appro priation for the purpose became available, bo has killed fifty-nine horses and nine mul esfor which the stats paid 5,5Lii. lie reports the state as a rule free from contagious animal diseases, and good progress being made In eradicating them. He came Into office with a legacy of a uO deficit from his democratic predeces sor, but has managed to keep within the appropriation himself. Isaaraaco Mea Call. William Doane. Insurance commissioner of Utah and Mr. McCoy, Insurance com missioner of Montana, were sailors on Auditor Barton today. They came to Omaha to exarnlne the Bankors' Lie In surance Company of Omaha, lnconnectlon with the commissioners of other depart ments, but have turned the job over to Mr. Graham of ths Winds department and are returning home. Mrs. Barton, mother of the stste au ditor, who recently underwent a surgical operation at a local hospital, has re covered sufficiently to be. removed to "a hotel. Land Commissioner Cowle and Secre tary of Bute Watt, members of the Board of Publlo Lands and Buildings, are In Beatrlos looking after work being done 'at the School for the feeble Minded. Diner for Third Hosse. -The Nebraska Legislative league, which .Is promoting the banquet February Is of the former members of the legislature, I Is sending out Invitations to' members of the "third bouse" to participate In the 'affair. Crawford Kennedy, member of the third house for a number of sessions. Is to preside over this section of the af- i fair. Invitations have been sent to a , large number and It la anticipated many of them will accept. With another table reserved for the newspaper men the af- I fair will be a regular three-ringed circus .with something doing In each of the ! rings all of the time. Say beads Casaallsaeais. Labor Commissioner Ouye bss Issued a circular to the coo add crop reporters In the stats complimenting them en the work they have done In the oast and urging them to co-operate la every way In ths movement now being made to test all seed corn and see that none but the beet Is planted. Us asks that each one of them use his beet endeavor to have the farmers attend the-demonstrations when tha good eeed trains visit their sections The expense sheet of state Institutions for January shows that the cost of op erating them was sa,K.ll Thmaesasea Ma-elect Officers. The Brotherhood of Threshermea late today elected officers and adjourned. All the eld officers were unanimously re elected, as follows: President. F. E. Shannon, Hastings; vice president, L. A. Enderly, Aurora; secretary-treasurer. C H. Oustafson. Mead; state organiser, James Winters. Pis Ortas Daseasrea. When an effort was made today to use the pipe organ In the university armory It was discovered the valuable Instru ment bad been greatly damaged, whether JS design or through ignorance s not known. . From all appearances, someone had gone behind the organ and walked over the delicate mechanism of the In strument. How serious the damage m or bow much repairs will cost cannot be told until aa expert has examined rt Tho Janitors have seen no one about the organ and tha only explanation Is that during a basket ban game the bail was throws over tha pipes sod in going after It some of the players damaged the Instrument. Mi, v. B. MUUkea and Lex little Nebraska daughter, who were killed by a Rock Island tram, were burled today at Wy-' mors, her former home." The father and five motherless children accompanied the body to that place. Stay Granted Larsoa. The supreme court has granted a stay of sentence to Frank V. Larson of Burt county, under sentence of Ufe Imprison ment for killing bar brother. Ball was fixed by the court at ,. which Lar son's attorney said be could readily give. Albion Woodmen Are Dropping Out of Order 4LBION. Neb.. Feb. (.-(Special.) Al blsn camp. Modern Woodmen of America, with a membership of ifi, is up In arms at the action of the head camp in raising rates. L. E. Hal Is trad, a member of the camp and one. of the twenty-three Insur gent delegates out of the thirty-nine del egates representing Nebraska at the re cently adjourned session of the head camp held In Chicago, in making his re pott stated that before leaving for the bead camp he received thirty-eight reso lutions, mostly from camps In Nebraska, protesting against the raise In rates, and instructing him to vote no or else modi fying and consenting to twelve assess ments In case a change was Inevitable. L While at Chicago he received three sim ilar resolutions through the special postal service at Hotel Sherman for tha sped si convenience of delegates and head offi cers. Vpon bis arrival home he was very much surprised to find eighteen similar resolutions, returned to him from Hotel Sherman, that ha had failed to receive while there, 'notwithstanding ths fact that ha called for bis mail twice each day. , " , Sines the action raising' rates twenty three members of the camp have lapsed and a large majority of the remaining members state .that they will leave the order as soon as the new rates take ef fect next January. The camp was In a very flourishing condition, owning In fee a large comodl ous Mick ball. ; - 1 NEWS NOTES FROM HOLDREGE Cttlsea .Pobllshlae; Company Files Articles of laeorparattea Baelaees Changes, , HOLDREQHX Neb.. Feb. . -(Special V- Artlcles of Incorporation of "the Cltlsen Publishing company were filed yesterday with the county clerk and the secretary of state. The authorised capital of the new company Is I1&.00 and the nald un capltkH tld.000. The Incorporators are Ernest C. Potts, present publisher of the Holdrege Cltlsen; Mra L. J. Potts and C. A. Hedlund. In addition to the pub lishing of the .Weekly Cltlsen the com pany proposes la the near future 40 start the publication of a monthly real estate journal, devoted particularly to the back- lo-the-land movement and tha Interests of homeseekera. 8. E. Hack man. for many years the manager of the local branch of the J. O. Baeschlla wholesale poultry, egg and but ter business, has purchased the Holdrege branch from Mrs. Baeachlln, administra trix of the estate. The firm of Wenner Stepbensory mams dealers and monument men, has purchased a lot on West avenue sear the new Burlington depot and wilt erect a new concrete building; Nebraska. DRDrC HUNTINGTON DEAD v Cha.ncf.lor Emeritus of Kebrvks Wesleyu Fuse Away. SAO BEES ILL SEVERAL MONTHS For Maay Years He Wae Owe of the Foremast Flaw res la Method lass la IWhisslta Brsjaa Teaehlaaj la Versaeat. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN-. Feb. .-(Special Telegram.) -Chancellor Kmeritus D. W. C. Hunt ington of Nebraska Weelerau university died at H a m. today at bis borne In University Place. Mr. Huntington was Rl years old and for many years has been one of the moat active figures In Metho dism in Nebraska. From 18Ss to 1M be was chancellor of Wesley an university, and at the same time was the heed of the department of ethics and religion. He has been In poor health tor several months, but his condition wss not re garded as serious until recently. He Is survived by a widow, tWo sons and a daughter. Dr. Huntington began his work in the teaching profession is Vermont in MIT. Chancellor Huntington's death Is ststed to have resulted from pleuro-pneumonta. but be has been In poor health for some time. Despite bis weakness, he has been carrying on a class at Wesleyan unt versity, but wes forced to take to his bed about two weeks ago. The deceased educator waa a member of the Metbodlat ministry from i&i to 1S9S, when be became ehsncellor of V leyan university. He held that position ten years. -He had been the author oil several works, mostly of a religious na ture. He was a graduate of Syracuse university and had the degree of doctor of divinity and doctor of laws from that school. ' LOVELAND FINOS LAST YEAR TO HAVE BEEN WARM AND DRY Dakota City laatltate. -:- -. - DAKOTA CITT, Feb. t,-(SpedeJ.) Dakota City- Is holding a successful farmers' . Institute, . Besides the state peak ere the local management secured some of the best local men and stock raisers from Iowa to talk to tha farmers. The exhibit of corn Is smaller than usuaL A colt show will be held Tuesday. John Kvans and George Orr, graduates of the agricultural school, are the en ergetic officers of the Institute and are making It a success. Good Prices for Fine Hags, WISNBR, Neb., Feb.. t-8peclal.) Fifty thoroughbred Duroo-Jeraey bogs sold at an. average price of over at a sale held yesterday by Clarence Wal lace. ,. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Feb. a. -(Special. -The way Section Director Loveland views It In his annual summary of weather conditions In Nebraska, the year MU as a whole averaged warm and dry aa compared wltb the records of the last thirty-six years The unusually hot, dry period. In cluding June and the first halt of July, Is the moat noticeable feature of the year. The low temperature in Novem ber was also decidedly unusual. The mean annual temperature . for the state waa . degrees, which Is 1.1 de grees above the normal of stations with records of ten years or more. The mean temperature for December, the coldest month, was S.I degrees, end for June, the warmest month, 75.1 degrees. - The lowest temperature wae 35 degrees below sera, st Butte end Hillside, on January. J, and the highest waa 113 degrees, at Ashland. Falrbury, Syracuse and Weep ing Water, on July s. The greatest annual range was 1 degrees, st Butte, and the least waa II. at Mltchetl. The average precipitation for the year was a.M inches, which Is tW inches below the normal at stations wltb records of ten years or more. The greatest amount waa X.M Inches at Table Rock, and the least was .S Inches, at Kimball. The greatest monthly sverugs for the state waa . Inches, In August, and the least was 0-1 Inch, In November. The greatest local monthly precipitation was li.71 Inches, at Alma, In August, and the least wss none, at four stations In March and two stations In November. The prevailing direction of the wind was from the southeast. The average velocity tor the stste wss miles an hour, which Is 1 mile an hour below the normal for the last seventeen years. Wife of Wayne Maa Waste Divorce. CHICAGO, III., Feb. l-(8peclal.)-lrs. Oscar Harmon has filed suit for divorce, claiming that she and her husband are first cousins, msrrisge of whom Is un lawful In this stste. Oscar Harmon, she says. Is a son of t James Harmon of Wayne, Neb. They married' here In IS Harmon recently sued J. W, Rhoods for (25,01) for alienating his wife's affections. Nebraska Oldest'Notary in Nebraska Talks of ' First Convention LINCOLN. . Feb. .- Special. V-D. C. Cole of Nemaha county- waa a state bouse visitor yesterday and waa recounting some of the early day political Incidents. Mr. Cola came to Nebraska In lies and was married ahortly after, be and hts wife having lived continuously In the state ever wince, rearing ten children. Hs holds the record as being the oideet notary public In Nebraska, but original commission dating two years before Ne braska's admission Into the union and has been renewed ever since when one expired, making a record of forty-seven years' continuous service as a notary. When the constitutional convention was called in IMS a P. Majors, P. M. Mania and himself were Candida tea for the po sition of delegate. The caucus was called for the school house, but the building being too small to contain the crowd they adjourned to the open prairie. Each of the three contestants took a stand and gsthered their supporters about them, and the members of ths three crowds were counted. Majors had a plurality and was sent to the convention as the representative of Nemaha county. MINK LEAGUE MEETING WILL BE AT SHENANDOAH NEBRASKA CITY. Neb., Feb. t-(8pe-claL)-Ol meeting of the Mink league base bell directors waa called to gather In this city on Wednesday, but only Lafe Hlgglns of Auburn and B. A. Duff of this city put tn sn appearance and they decided to meet, after conferring by wire with the other directors, st Shenandoah, la on the toth, at which time It will be de cided whether or not the league will be continued, for another year. Directors will be present at that meeting from Oarlnda, Shenandoah, Maryvllle, Ne braska City, Auburn, Falls . City and Humboldt. All have promised to come prepared to pledge the requisite amount for the support of a club at their respecv Iv towns during the coming season and start out things right. Nebraska BELIEF IA FOLLETTE IS OUT This Said to Be Reuoa for Becent Tiesp in Nebraska. UTMOST HAKKONT NOW EXISTS Desnaerate Who Desire te Appear aa Mora Tbaa Oao Ticket Have Adapted eer Poller la Making Deelaratleau NOTES FROM NEBRASKA CITY Two Divorces Arc Graated la District Coart Wedaesday Art erase a. the NEBRASKA CITT, Neb.. Feb. 1- (veclal.)-Judge Travis, who Is holding an aojoumea term 01 mo sjunn vuuit. last evening granted a divorce to Fay Sewell from Lester Sewed and another to Ora Chandler from Walter Chandler. The appeals of O. O. Leldlgh and A. p. Morgan vs. Otoe county were overrated. George Wattles drew a Judgment cf 146.71 against Joe Cloyd. A new trial was de nied In the case of Rakes vs. Nebraska City. The appraisers who were appointed to ascertain the value of the estate of the lata Ferdinand Helnke report It la worth ril.lTT, over and above the household effects.. Mr. Helnke. who died, a short time since, rams to Otoe county a poor boy and made all bis money farming. - A tittle girl playing with matches 'at the home of Mrs; Iks Otewart yesterday set firs to the home, but the firs boys arrived m time to save H. The loss waa heavy for the widow and there was no Insurance.- ' ' Arnold, son of Dr. J. H. Narlaux, waa thrown from a horse yesterday and seri ously Injured. Commissioner Jsmes A. White ) the only candidate that has filed for a county office so far this yesr. He wants to suc ceed himself as commissioner from the third county district. Miss Msy Meyers, daughter of John Meyers, a blind man, who fell upon the Ice covered walks near the high, school building on January 1 has filed a claim against ths city tor II. OM. The claim has been referred to the city attorney. This Is ths first claim filed against the city in several years for an seddent of this nsture. - . . (From a Ftaft Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Feb. .-( Special -In spite of the denials from hie close friends the supporters of La Follrtte In Lincoln have come to the conclusion that the Wisconsin senator haa suffered auch a physical breakdown that the definite announce ment ot hla withdrawal la sure to come within s short time.. It Is generally be lieved thle feet was the motive which brought about the union of the La Kol lette and Roosevelt forces st the confer ence between the governor, Frank Hani son and John O. Yelser, affording ths or ganisation a place picked out to light when the announcement came. t'P to that time the leaders ot the la Foilelte forces were saying nothing oould divert them from their original purpose or In duce them to make any alliances. Colonel Roosevelt end his friends being selected as a particular target, coupled with as sertions that the Roosevelt candidacy was sprung for the sole purpose of weakening the La Foltette campaign. ' Now all la changed and they say there la the utmost harmony and they will be perfectly satisfied to march under the Oyster Bay banner. Nothing apparently remains to muke them happy except the announcement of the former president that he will accept a nomination for the presidency. J Kew Tark by Popalleta. Democrats who desire to appear on the ballot as both democrats and populists have taken a new tack. Instead of filing petitions, one saying they, are democrats snd another selling forth their allegiance to the populist perly, they file a populist petition . staling they "have" affiliated with the democratic parly, but omitting any admission of allegiance to the popu list party further than a desire to get on the ticket. Just what Inspired tha new move, unless they have seen some con flict with the primary Isw, does not ap pear. Governor Gore to Ohio . Governor Aldrtch has changed his mind about going to Cincinnati to deliver an address Saturday night before tha Ohio Progressive Republican league. This will necessitate hla leaving IJnooln tomorrow evening, returning. to Lincoln Monday, Legislative Filings. Jsmes Pearson has tiled ss a democrat snd populist candidate for the legtslsture from ths Sixty-sixth district. He resides In O os per county. Chsrles Orsff of Cum Ink county has sent his filing papers to the secrets ry of stste aa a democratic candidate for the sensle from the Seventh district J. It Kelley sent In his petition aa a candidate for delegate from ths Third district to the democratic national convention. , . . Instltatc at Raearer, -, SPKNCKR.-Neb., Feb. a-KSpooial)- Tbe Farmers' Institute wss largely at tended ot - this place yesterday ."Knia Louies Habln gave a rooking demonsrrir tlon. J .( -v .,- I After the meeting, the ladles onrsntsert. and will be In shape to push the work of domestic science In ths schools. O. Hull of Alma, gsve a talk on "Hogs and Alfalfa." In ths evening Mlas Habln gave a splendid lecture sn "What We Owe Ourselves." Mr. Hull lave bis talk on the "Fsrm Home." Two Weddings at Beatrice. BEATRICE. Neb.. Feb. L-IBDeclaJ.i- Dlckson B. Hardy .and Mtss Martha Jenes, both of ' Blue Rprlngs, were mar. rled here ' yesterday by Judge H. D. Waldea. 1 J. L. Bailey snd Miss EUsle Henderson. both of Firth, were merrled here yester day by Rev. A. D. Bollenbsrger. , They will make their home on a farm near that place.' Breakfast Ready is ' Vol',. "J You don't believe it but it must be true, for the house is filled with the pleasant aroma of something good to eat You don't believe any one could 1 prepare breakfast in so short a time. Of course it's a Shredded Wheat Breakfast the kind that's so easily and quickly prepared and so appetising and. nourishing. Shredded Wheat is . ready-cooked, ready-to-serve. For breakfast heat the biscuit in oven to restore its crispness, then pour hot milk over it, adding a little ; . cream. Salt- or sweeten to suit the taste. Nothing so warming and satisfying and nothing so easy to prepare. A Shredded Wheat Breakfast Lets You Sleep ' ' Made only by THE SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY, NIAGARA FALLS, M Y, NO purer, clever food comes tahle than FAUST SPAGHETTI inits sealei pack age. And it's so good. MAULL BROS. St. Loul. 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