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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TR1BUME IRA L. BARD, PuWlahor, TERMO, 11.25 IN ADVANCE. WORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA BRIEFLY TOLD INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED COVER8 WIDE AREA, GREATER OR LESSER HfiPORT Include What Is Going On at Wash Ington and Ik Other Sections of tho Country. Washington. Tho rcscnlmont of Colorado citizens' organizations and beet Btigar growers at tho testimony of throo " Colorado witnesses boforo tho house migar in vestigation commlttco wan shown to- Hay whon flvo representative citizens of tho Htato nppeared to rofuto tho for mer testimony. Tho Lodgo amondmont to the rcBO- Jutlon for ratllleatlon of tho arbitra tion treaties with Great Britain nnd Franco has stirred unexpected oppo sition from democratic Benators. It Is favored by thrco-fourthu of tho re publican aonatora, who accept It as a happy compromise of all differences. In a message to the houso of repre sentatives Prewldent Taft announced Hits government would rcfu&o to ad mit free wool pulp and papor from nny nntlon other than Canada until tho proper courts havo decided tho question raised by several European governments under tho favored nation clauses pf their treaties. Enlarged application of tho leading principle applied to tho public domain, especially a llboral leasing lnw for tho development of tho mlnoral resources " Ajasua, particularly ub coai lanirn, ind lmmodlntoconBldcratlon by con gross of tho whole nubjoct of water power dovolopmont nnd control, nro tho most Important recommendations contained In tho annual roport of Sec retary of tho Interior Flshor, A. A. Evorett, n augar beot grower living threo inllcB from Scottsbluff, np penrcd hororo tho Hardwlck sugar rommlttoo to controvert statements previously mndo that tho beet Bugar companies woro robbing farmorB, pay Ing lnbor Bcnnt wages and dealing tut fairly generally. Everett said thnt tho farmcra could mnko inonoy at tho rnto thoy havo boon paid, that tho com pany treats tho growers fairly ana that thoy havo no complaint. General. Richard T. Crane, tho foo of higher education, died nt Chicago. Congresu will soon get busy on a aw for tho regulation of tho Panama canal, Hon. W. J. Bryan mado a light for ousting Col. Duffoy from tho Domo- cratlo National Commlttco, but lost. A cnll woa Issued for a conferonco of "progroBslvo" republicans to meet In tho Iceland hotel, Sprlngllold, 111., Jan. 27. On tho rocommondatlon of Ropro- ontatlvo Klnknld n board of pension oxnmlnlng surgeons has boon estab lished nt Alnsworth, Nob. Mayor William J. Gaynor apparent ly ngroos with former Prosldont Roosovolt that tho greatest happlnesB that can como to woman Is mother hood. Tho comploto returns of tho elec tion In Franco of tho 100 uonntors Hhow a net gain of eight scats for tho republicans and two for tho republi can-socialists. wnon uuurics uicnnrus was son- tonced to life Imprisonment nt Belvl dorc, III., for tho murder of his wlto ho Implored tho court to make tho eentonco death instend. Georgo A. - Nooloy, democrat, of Hutchinson, Kansas, was elected to congrosB nt tho special election Tues day by a majority of 1.G00 ovor Frank I. Martin, republican. An organisation that will ondeavor to scciiro dolegates from tho Btato of wuBiiiugiuu who win iiivor mo can- dldacy of "Woodrow WIIbou In tho democratic national convention was formed at Seattle. A resolution inviting tho parlia ments of tho world to moot In Wash ington next Soptomber to discuss In ternational arbitration and to appro- pjlato $GO,000 therefore, waB lntroduc- ru in mo nouso, Nenrly 200 Inmntes of tho National military homo nt Leavenworth bo- cnino vlolontly 111 Bhortly after break- fast, and haBh which was served Is BUBpQcted to havo contntnod pto- promptly for ptomalno poisoning nnd all will recover. Senator Curtis of Kansas laid be fore President Taft what ho consider ed an nnBvor to charges recently mndo against United States Circuit Judge Hook of ICnnsns, ono of tho moft prominent cnndldntoa beforo tho president for appointment to tho ex isting Biiprerno court vncancy. A call wan issued nt Chicago for n conference) of "progrcBBlvo" republi cans to meet In tho Lolnnd hotol, Springfield, 111., Jnnunry 27, "for tho purposo of considering waya and means for advancing tho cuuso of "progressive republicanism." It has beon decided by tho relatives of tho lato Alfred Tonnyson Dickons, eon of Uio English novollst that tho body shall bo burled In Now York. Tho board of directors of tho Stand It. ard Oil company of New Jersey, was re-elected, Tno board now consists of nlno members Instead of fifteen as formerly, Congressman Sherwood says his pension bill will not cost what tho secretary of tho Intorlor estimates Senator LaFoIlettc said If another than tho republican party afforded n better agency for reform he would de scrt 1i!b present affiliation Tho supremo court will shortly hand down a sorlos of opinions on lm portant cases. Former Governor Joseph M. Brown was elected Kovornor of Georgia. A very light vote was cast. Radical reductions In livestock rato have been ordered by tho lntorstato commerce commlsBlon. A sympathy strike, Involving 300,- 000 railway shop employes, may bo called within two weeks Senator Lorlmer pleaded his own causo as n witness boforo tho senate Investigating committee Tho "black powder" law enacted In Kansas In 1007, to protect coal min ers, was upheld as constitutional. Tho Equltnblo building was burned at Now York, with a cost of bIx lives and a property loss of $G,000,000. Major Goneral Carter told tho mili tary commlttco that 35,000 -Japanese subject to recall In war time, Uvea in Hawaii. Tho report of the monotary commis sion on tho reorganization of tho cur rency systom is completed and ready for congress. Representative Humphrey of Wash ington Introduced a bill providing that Chincso shall enter tho United Statos only through n Pacific coast port. Mystery surrounds tho deatliB of four porsons whoso bodies, fully clothed, wero found In a room of tho boarding house of Mrs, Brldgot Fla nagan of Philadelphia. New momborH of committees chosen by tho democratic caucus wero elect ed by tho houso, Including Dan V. Stephens, Nobraska, accounts and In dian affairs. In tho burning of tho John Benyon homo nt Farmorsburg, In., Martha Benyon was burned to death and her sister, Mary was badly burned nnd frozen. A. hand of Bulgarians throw throo bombs Into an opon air mass mooting m zikowa. near Uskub. European Tur key, killing threo porsons and Injuring twenty-two. Tho Turkish voaflcls dostroyed by Italian warships woro those which took refugo at 8tioz two weeks ngo, according to n dispatch to a news agency from Homo. Pennsylvania's Gettysburg anniver sary commission urgod $500,000 nppro prlatlon boforo Gettysburg congres sional commlttco for erection of n permanent metnorlnl, Now Mexico's first members of con gress, Goorgo Curry, republican, and II. B. ForgiiEon, domocrnt, wero Bworn In as momborB of tho houso amid generous applause. Ropresentntlvo Smith of Texas at tacked President Taft In tho house, for alleged failure to protect Ameri cans on tho border during tho Mexi can revolution last year. Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio. In an address boforo tho St. Clair County Democratic club nt East St. Louis, attacked tho financial policies of tho recent republican ndminlstrn- tlon. Senators Hitchcock nnd Brown nnd Congressman Klnknld of Nebraska will call on Director Nowoll of tho re clamation sorvlco to seek an oxtonslon of tlmo In which fnrmerB in tho ir rigated district may pay for their lauds. To bo blown through tho brokon walls of tholr home, Imprisoned undor- nonth tholr bed out In tho yard and yet escnpo uninjured wns tho fate of Mr. and Mrs. Hex Sanslng, whoso houso wns blown up by dynamlto at Parkhlll, near Tahlpuuuh, Okla. Frank Wolls, Wllborforo Sully, Ru- fits J. Iroland and Goorgo W. Dally must stand trial In Wyoming on In- (llctmentB charging thorn with con spiracy, on Juno 1, 1000, to defrnud tho govorumont by obtaining- 1.7G0 acres of coal and belonging to tho United Stntos. Secretary of tho Treasury Mac- Voagh awnrdod an nggregato of $75.- 000 to two informers In customs frauds cases. Joaoph L, Pnyno will bo given $50,000 for tho ovldcnco ho contributed In tho Duveen art ense and Peter Redllng will receive $25 000 ior urn sorvlco William Twlmnn, n negro, consider ed Insnno, murdered IiIb fntluir nt tholr homo In Scottsvlllo, a vlllngo near Rochester, N. Y shot dead n doputy sheriff and wounded four others who wore endeavoring to outer tho Twlmnn homo In which ho had barricaded himself. Dm will of William O. Orennn. known ns tho "mining king" of Cnnnnon, Sonorn, Mexico, who died In Cnnnnea, last August, was filed for probate at Ix8 Angeles. Colonel Groono directed that nil his proportv porsonnl and roal, bo glvon to his wife, Mary Proctor Groono. Pnronai. W. Morgan Shustor hns ulvon mi liU Job In Persia. Colonol Stlinson pays Roosovolt is not In tho prosldcntlnl race. Andrew Carnoglo voluntarily imvn tostlmony borore tho steol trust In quiry. ProgroSBlvoB of Illinois imvo lssui.i n call for a moutlng at SnrlnEilohl. January 27. Senator Bacon (On) presided over the scnato durlnir threo iinvu ni.u,.,,.. f -.-- w "oviivu of Vlco Prosldent Sherman. Colonol Brynn and Senator LnFni. lotto hold a short conforonco In Wash ington. Congiraa Jb again fully under wnv with proapecto of a long grind beforo Governor Foss of Massachusetts may commuto Rlcheson to llfo lm prlsonmcnt In caBO tho doath ponalty la imposed. DEATH NEBRASKA HEALTH DOARD REPORT SHOWS . 11,499 PASSED AWAY. . CAUSES GIVEN FOR DEMISE Two Hundred and Twenty-two Was by Accident. 142 Suicided, nnrf h ' nonroaas miiea ioi. r,-.. . ..... .... ino Btato board of health has Just prepared and Issued comnloto vital BiausticB for tho year 1911, Included in tho roport lo tho marriage and dl- vorco record of tho year 1910 a yoar uotund that of the balanco of tho ntntoment because of tho way tho mat tor la handled undor tho prosont ar- rangomonts. During tho yoar JiiBt past thero was n total of 11.499 deaths in tho state and 20,819 births. Tho males predominated In tho latter entry, to tilling 13,987, whercaa tho fomalos who arrived In tho Btato during tho same period totaled only 12,832. A glance ovor tho report shows thnt 222 peoplo lost their life through accl uont, 142 went tho aulclde. routo. rail roads woro responsible for 101 deaths, fllphthorla claimed only C7 and mens Icb but 03, while firearms caused tho lose of 48 llvofl and drowning 42. T..ll . rouowing nro among tho causes glvon in tho report. lotal numbor of deaths In state. 11,499; total numbor of births, 28,819; total numbor of males, 13,987; total number of femnloB, 12,832; total num Dor of whlto children, 2G.7G0; total numbor of colored children, G9; total numbor twin blrtliB (setB), 293; total number of malo twins, 313; totnl num- ber of fomnlo twins, 273 Total numbor of marriages, 11.5GG; total number of divorces, 1,714. Causo of Divorce Cruelty, 732; dc- tcrtlon, 4GG; non-aupport, 280; adul- tory, 129; drunkenness noss, 108. length of Mnrrlage Undor two years, 221; betwoon two years and five yoarB, 412; between flvo years and ten yours, 4G1; betweon ton years and twonty-fivo years, 380; botweon twen- ty-flvo years nnd forty years, 119; be tweon forty yoara nnd forty-threo Uireo yeare, 3; not given, 18. Cnuso of Doath Infantllo diseases, 1,343; pneumonia, 1,258; heart dls case, 1,110; old ago, 944; tuborculosls, 44; cancer, G21; nephritis, 3G8; apo ploxy, 3Gfi; artorlo flclrcoslsa, 233; por Itonltls, 223; paresis, 27G; accidents, 222; monlngltlB, 188; Brlght's disease, 179; typhoid fever, 174; bronchitis, 1G3; Intestinal obstruction, 152; aul cldo, 142; diabetes, 130; cntero-colltls, 118; tho grip, 101; railroads, 101; np pcndlcltls, 100. I Two Plead Not Guilty. Albert D. Wolpton nnd Lawrence H. Daft, cashier nnd nsalstant cashier of tho Greenwood bank, nppeared boforo Judgo Munger In fcdoral court and pleaded not guilty to tho charges of embezzlomont nnd falsifying tho books. Tholr caaoB wero postponed until tho May term. Plan Big Bryan Feed. Wllllnm J. Brynn will bo given n bigger and bettor feed thla year thnn ovor boforo by tho mombors of tho Lincoln Brynn club, which for aoveral years past has sponsored tho birth- dny feed for tho party chieftain. Such wnB tho decision reached at tho an nual meeting of tho club. Of tho 2,000 mombors of tho club, twonty-fivo wero present, New Food Commissioner. Nels P. Hansen of thla city, chair man of tho Lancaater county republl can committee, nnd woll known party workor, waa uppolntod Btato food com missioner In plnco of tho lato W. H. Jackson. Mr. Hanson will nasumo the diitlea of tho offlco at once. Up Against a Snag. Tho stato oil Inspector has run up ngnlnat a Bii'ng. Somo tlmo ngo ho was puzzled to know whether tho law pro hibited bringing Into tho Btato for snlo and uso gasoline which did npt como up to tho roqulred gravity test of G2, wnon bucii gasoline was used for power purposes. An examination of tho law In tho nttornoy gonernl'B of- flee clears up that point nnd Indicates clenrly that tho bringing into the Btato for any purpoao of gnaollno be low tho specified standard is prohibit ed by law. Typhoid In University. Stato university studonta nro begin- nlng to contrlbuto lnrgoly to tho in creasing number of typhoid ftuor casoa roportotl during tho month of Jnnunry. Almost every day ono or two casoH have boon roported. Some of tho BtudontH havo contracted tho ilia- enso In but a mild dogroo, whllo oih era hnvo been taken down with a Borlous caBO of tho drendod malady. fho authorities of tho city of Lincoln state that moro than olghty cnBoa lud boon roported up to Tuostlny of last weok. To Relieve Congestion. Tho Board of Public Iantls and Bulldlnga Bomo tlmo ago thought to rollovo tho congoBtlon at tho Lincoln asylum for tho Insano by Bonding buck to DougliiB county aomo of the harmless patlonta from that county to bo cared for locally. Douglas county objected becauso It had no placo to caro for thorn. The board sought to re turn the patlonta on the ground tho county had not paid tho Btato for tho clothing of the pauper lnmatos. It Is now discovered tho law Is against such a change. MERGING OF PHONES. Bell and Independent Companies Di vide Territory. Contrary to expectations, tho rail way commission passod finally on tho proposed tolophono morger, putting tno seal or official approval on tho plan by which tho Lincoln Telonhono nnd Telegraph company, cenorallv Known bb tho Independent Tolophono company, will Increase .Its capital Bl0CK ftnd tako over tho property of u,u """panics in tno soutn Platte I nniinlm, Thn N'nl.m-Vn nn r,i,, pany nnd tho Lincoln Telephone and Tolograph comnanv Rlirnnil rnntrnpfn lately by which tho former sells tho latter nil of Its nronertv In thn RnnHi Pmtto country ns far west as tho west Hno of Wobster and Adams county. whHo tho Lincoln company transfers to It3 rival all of the property It owns north of tho river. Tho prlco paid by tho Lincoln com pany to tho Boll Is $2.20G.7G0. payable in ri per cent cumulative non-voting preferred Btock of the Lincoln con- corn, in addition tho Boll agrees to purchnso nddltlonnl Block of tho snmo character up to $500,000 and to under- wrlto all bond IsBtiea thnt may bore- after bo necessary. Tho order of tho Stato Railway com mission gives authority to lncreaso tho common Issue Btock $360,000 nnd to Issuo $3,000,000 r por cont preferred stock. A part of this amount will bo Issued to complete tho purchase of the Boll, whllo tho common Block wIN bo used to buy bucIi Independent, plants in tho territory named as nro not now n part of tho Lincoln Telophono nnd Telegraph compnny, but which may uoslro to Join a corporation that now dominates tho tolophono business lh this field. Tho territory from which tho Bell wlthdrnwB covers twenty-two counties In tho state Richardson, Nemaha, Cass, Otoe, Saunders, Pawnee, John son, Lancaster, Gage, Jefferson, Thay er Nuckolls, Clay, Hamilton, York, Po,It- "utlcr, Seward, Saline, Fillmore, Webster and Adams. In addition to tho toll lines nnd exchanges of Ita own thnt It has been operating In thin sec tion, tho Bell nlso hands over to tho Lincoln company Its majority Btock Interest In the Plnttsmouth Telephone company, tho Nebraska City Tele- phono company, tho Goldenrod Tele phone compnny and the Butler County Tolophono compnny. Tho two first nnmed are Independent companies which the Boll haB purchased within the last fourteen months, but which a supremo court Injunction, secured by tho attorney general at tho In- Btanco of tho Independent IntorestB, has prevented being mado a dis tinctive part of Its systom. Tho throo plants conveyed by the Lincoln com-' pany, through tho transfer of n major stock Interest, nro thoso located nt Fremont nnd Grand Island, and tho several exchanges Included In tho Hownrd County Independent company. Tho prices paid by both companies ropresont tho physical valuation of tho proportles, Inventories of which havo been completed, a task that de layed tho conclusion of the ucgotla tlons beguu months ngo. Governor Appoints Delegates. Governor Aldrich nppolnted tho fol lowing delegates to attend tho Na tional Child Labor convention, to bo held at Louisville, Ky., January 2G; Bishop A. L. Williams and Mrs. Frank L. Hallor of Omaha, Mrs. K. M. Stone- brakor n,nd Judgo Lincoln Frost of Lincoln, and Bishop Georgo A. Beech- or of Kearney. Urges Good School Work. Robort Elliott, deputy Btato super intendent of public instruction, Is Bonding out a lottor to the teachers In accredited high schoolB In tho na- turo of a holiday greeting, nnd nlao urging thorn to tako ndvnntngo of ov ory opportunity better to equip them selves for tho work which they havo to do. Officers Will be Prosecuted. Former officers of tho Union Firo Insurnnco company who aroused tho dlsplcasuro of tho stato auditor nt tho tlmo tuo trnnBfer of tho company's business wna mado to tho Woodmen Flro Insurnnco company will bo pros ecuted in good tlmo. State Board Miffed. Tho Stato Board of Health had tho Lincoln nuthoritica on tho enrpot to find out why It had been Ignored In tho recent investigation Into tho op! domic which wns chargod to contami nated wnjtor from ono of tho city wells. Tho board proposes to boo why It Is Ignored and roportB aro not promptly made to that body. New Memorial Association. Tho Nebraska Memorial associa tion, an auxiliary to tho Stato Histori cal Bocloty, complotod Ita organization by tho election of John L. Wobator of Omaha as prosldont; Robort Harvey of St Paul, vlco prosldont, nnd Clnr onco S. Pnlno of Lincoln, secretary- troaBuror. Senate Journals Soon. Tim Sodgwlck of York, who baa tho contract for printing nnd binding tho Bennto Journals, haa Informed tho aec- rotary of Btato that ho will havo soma of them ready In a few days. Historical Society Officers, Tho State Historical society elected tho following officers: John L. Wob ator, president; Robort Harvoy of St, Paul, vlco presldont; S. C. Bitasott of Gibbon, second vlco president; C. S. Palno of Lincoln, secretary and S. L. Golshardt, treasurer. THE U SCHEDULE PRECEDENCE WILL BE GIVEN OVER THAT OF WOOL. CM'S CHANGE IS ACCEPTED Caucus of House Democrats Arranges as to Character and the Order of Business. Washington. A caucus of tho houso democrats on tho Iron and stool tariff Bchodulo Is likely boforo tho end of thla week. Tho ways nnd moans com mittee, ns Boon as tho already com pleted pension appropriation bill is passed by tho house, will ho ready to report tho Iron nnd stoll schedulo re vision to the caucus for npproval, par ticularly with a view to nlvlmr stool tho right of wny In tho tariff proceed ings in tho house. Even tho chemical schedulo b'ids fair to precedo tho wool tariff rovla- Ion, for wool has been switched to let steel revision proceed. Thin is a vir tual acceptance of tho chango of Wil liam J. Brynn, who during tho extra session ascribed to Democratic Leader Underwood porsonnl motives in put ting other revisions ahead of steel. A three-fold probo Into ttluantlc "trusts" will bo started by tho houso commlttco on rules Monday, when tho first of a series of hcnrlncs last- Ing several days will cover tho activ ities of tho "money trust," "shipping comoino" and tho International Har vester company. The threo aro to bo considered together with respect to tho; rules commlttoo's consideration of mo question of reportlnir resolutions looking to thorough congressional In vestigation of these "trusts." Tho financial Interests of Now York nro largely Interested In tho mattter. Attorney Gonoral Wlckorshnm, Secre tary of Commorco nnd Lnbor Nngel anu aamucl Untormycr of New York havo beon asked to nppenr beforo tho committee Monday for explanation regarding the nlleged shipping combi nation which is claimed to control trans-oceanic traffic. Moat of tho democrats and several of tho republicans on tho commlttco havo expressed themselves In favor of a Bweeplug investigation of tho flnnn- clal control of American industries and commercial affnlrs. In tho moantlmo tho senate commit- too on Interstate commorco expects to wind up this week Its Beries of hoar Ings on trust problems, without nny cortalnty as to tho reporting of a ibll on tho subject. All this week Pnnama canal control and management will flguro In hearing by tho houso committee on Interests and foreign commerce, which Is to ro port leglalatlon nt this seaslon 'llxinir tolls nnd regulations. OPERATE TELEGRAPH LINES. Postmaster General Favors Combining ousmcss wun postal sorvice. Washington. Acquisition of tho tel egraph lines of tho United States by tho government and their oporntlon as a part of tho postal sorvlco will be recommended to congress In a Bhort tlmo by Postmaster General Hitch cock. ior a year or more Mr. Hitchcock has had thla recommendation under consideration. Aftor a thorough study of tho operation of government-controlled lines and postal-telegraph sys tems or rorelgn countries ho has de elded to urge the matter upon con gross. Six Killed by Fast Train. Philadelphia, Pa. Flvo women nnd a man woro killed when an express train on tho Pennsylvania railroad dashed Into a light station wagon at a grado crossing In Torresdnlo, a aub urb of thla city. Rests With the Governor. Donver, Colo. Whether Shcrmnn W. Morris, alias Frank Shercllffo, will bo freed from tho penitentiary, whero he la serving a term for murder, depends upon action of tho governor. Nebraskan Wins Medal. Amos, la. C. B. Peterson of Nysted, Nob., won a gold medal here for writ ing tho best examination nt the close of tho work In tho dairy department of tho short course. Masonic Temple Burns. Keokuk, In. Tho Masonic temple building wna dostroyed by Hro of un known origin. It contained tho Dodgo theater and ofllcoa of tho Standard Oil company. Situation at Lan Chow. London. Tho gravest reports ' are coining regarding thd situation nt Lan Chow. According to a news agency dispatch from Tien Tsin, tho roport reached that city that tho lmporlal troops wero acting with tho most llondlsh brutality. Parents Watch Home Burn. Glen Carbon, 111. Throo-ycar-old Mary Wlogoreskoy waa burned to death whllo hor paronts, returning from shopping, atood noar homo and listened to thocrlos of the dying child. U. S. Troops to China. Manila. Tho United States trans port Logan loft with a battalion of the Flfteonth Infantry and Athor details on board on tho wny to Chin Wang Tao, In Northern China, whero thoy will bo employed In guarding a rail-road. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. News Notas of Interest from Varioui Sections. Thero woro 11,499 deaths in No ibrnflka In 1911. Many cases of typhoid fever Is re ported nt Uio stato university. . Bishop Scnnnoll of Omaha fell down Btalrs and was pnlnfully bruised. Fred. A. Corbln, postmaster at Rey nolds, waa found guilty by a Jury In the federal court of embezzlement of government funds. Sentence was de ferred. Tho Lincoln Telophono and Tele gra'ph company filed amonded articles of Incorporation with tho secretary of stato. Tho cnpltal stock la raised to $1,100,000. The Nobraska Stato Bottlers' asso ciation will hold Ita annual conven tion In Lincoln January 24 nnd 25. Tho convention will close with a monster banquet. Irwin Snunders of Cortland wa3 ecrlously wounded by tho accidental dlschargo of a rlllo whllo ho wns out hunting. The accident happened ns Saunders wns climbing into tho buggy. ino annual report of Gamo Warden- Miller mndo to tho governor shows that wlthVwonty-ono counties yet to hear from tho totnl receipts for tho yenr from game nnd fl3h licenses, to gether with lines, was $30,2G3, whllo mo total expenditures for ofilco and traveling expenses for deputies waa $19,052. Malcom McGrlfllth. a ranch linnd from Nowcastre, Wyo., was taken off a Burlington passenger train nt Craw- ford with both hands badly frozen. Dr. B. F. Illchnnln r.tvo lm win i. nblo to save only ono thumb on each hand. McGifflth was stealing a rfdo on tho freight b6tweon Newcastle and Dewey. , At Fremont Louis Rogers, murderer of Mrs. Carolyn Reichtor'a infant, waa sentenced by Judgo Hollenbeck to twelvo years In tho penitentiary. Rogers pleaded his Innoccnco beforo tho court In a dramatic speech, In which he declared that ho waa no moro guilty of tho crlmo than tho babo Itself. Judgo Hollenbeck over ruled tho motion for a new trial. I Tho supromo court ndmlttod to ball InUho sum of $2,000 Alfred Bollng of Nemaha county, who la hold on tho charge of statutory assault upon Dolly Bollng, neo Dolly Hanger. A habeas corpus caso was also filed by Bollng In tho supremo court growing out of tho samo legal tanglo In which ho ia Involved. Tho girl in queatlon, whom Bollng la alleged to havo mar rled.jB only 15 years old. An application algned by forty-nine young men of Columbus who desire to become members of a militia com-' pany has been received by Adjutant General Phelpa of tho Nebraska na tional guard. Thoro aro now twenty-' threo companies In tho guard and tho adjutant general will not add to tho list until ho is confident thero la suf ficient funda at hla disposal to support and equip another company. i borne months ngo tho secretary of state received a b 1 for J4onnn against the stato rendered by W. R.' vnnreyma or Gault, Ia. Looking up tho man It was oscertalnod thn lm had at ono tlmo beon an Inmate of tho Hastings asylum for tho insane, but had been released. Not receiving any romlttanco tho claimant has oviiiPnUv' decided to glvo tho sLito a roleaao and has sent a communication to this ef-' icct. j President D R "Poj-ry of Doano col loo left on a two months' trip in tho Interest of tho $300,000 endowment fund campnlgn that is being started at Doanc. Ho expects to Tlslt Kan sas City, St. Louis, Chicago, New Yorl;, Now Haven and Boston, besides many other smaller places, to see por Eonnlly peoplo who aro Interested In educational work. Tho collcgo hopes to ralso $200,000 for endowment to mnko tho endowment an even $500, 000, nnd tho remaining $100,00 to clear up all Indebtedness. Howe, In Nemaha county, Is plan ning for a lot of hulldlpg In 1912. Tho district court of Dodgo county overruled tho motion of Lewis Rodg ers, found guilty of tho murder of a baby, and sentenced him to the peni tentiary for twelvo years. At Arcadia A. Fowler had a narrow escapo from death or serious Injury. Ho ,wns drvlng out of town east In a top buggy when tho east bound pas senger train enmo nlong. Tho team ho waa driving had Just started to cross tho track as tho train reached tho crossing nnd aa Mr. Fowler was well bundled up ho did not notice tho npporacking train. Ono of tho horsea waa killed but tho driver escaped un hurt. At a special meeting of tho stato hanking board matters In connection with tho conduct of affairs at an Ano ka, Boyd county bank, woro taken up. Entries in tho bank'a books havo been roported by tho bank oxaminors as being out of tho ordlnnry and entiroly unsntlsfnctory to tho sLito officials. Tho affalra havo ltcon in chargo of Cashier Adamson almost oxcIukIvaIv and tho banking lward voted to tnko tho situation up with tho directors. E. M. Copombergor, a Greek, waa found dead sitting in a chair In nMn,i Island. Tho Kearney Mllltnrv opened last weok after tho holiday season with an Increased enrollment. u. u. rncc, stato onglncer, returned to Lincoln from Morrill county, where ho wont to consult tho connfv ralsslonors regarding brldgos which It la proposed to construct with stato aid at Bridgeport and Bayard over the North Platto river. Tho englneor re commended concreto construction and thla waa approved by tho commission-era,