COUNTY HERALD.
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VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1908.
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DAKOTA
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RTrngy op tk3 rows or
TZpL WHDLB WORLD.
CLEVELAND IS DEAD
EX-PRKSIDF.NT PASSES AWAY AT
ins PRixcirrox home.
Cluldrcn Had Gone to Summer Homo
with Their Grandmother Kx-Presl-
dent Attempts to Speak Just Beforo
the End.
Grover Cleveland, twice president of
the United States, died at
8:40 o'clock Wednesday morning at
his home, Westland, In Princeton, N
J., where he had lived since his re
tirement as the nation's chief execu
tive, almost twelve years ago.
When death came, which was sud
den, there were In the death chamber
on the second floor of the Cleveland
residence Mrs. Cleveland; Dr. Joseph
D. Bryant, of New York, Mr. Cleve
land's family physician and personal
friend; Dr. George R. Lockyood, also
of Xew York, and Dr. John M. Car
nochan. of Princeton.
An official statement given out and
signed by the three physicians gave
heart trouble, superlndunced by atom
ach and kidney ailments of long stand'
lng, as the cause of death.
Undoubtedly affected by the heat
Mr. Cleveland showed signs of failure
Tuesday, and Mrs. Cleveland tele
phoned to Dr. Riyant, who came over
on the evening train, arriving there.
at 4:24 o'clock. Dr. Dock wood follow
ed Dr. Bryant from New York. Dur
lng the evening Mr. Cleveland seemed
to rally and Mrs. Cleveland, who al
ways has been optimistic about her
husband's health, felt assured that It
was merely another of the many at
tacks Mr. Cleveland had suffered and
she Informed those who Inquired that
Mr. Cleveland's condition was not se
rious.
Mr. Cleveland became worse during
the night and Mrs. Cleveland was call
ed to the bedside of her husband. The
distinguished patient sank into uncon
sciousness, from which he recovered
at times'only to suffer a relapse. This
continued throughout the night and
early morning. The last time hfe be
came unconscious was about two hours
before he died. Death was peaceful
Just before he died Mr. Cleveland
sought to say something, but his word
were Inaudible.
HITS 120 WITHOUT A MISS.
Powers Makes Remarkable Perform
ance at Columbus, O.
About 250 shooters faced thi traps
at the Columbus Grand American
handicap for a day's sweepstake shoot
ing. All stood at sixteen yards from
the traps for 100 birds, and at nineteen
yards in a special event of twenty tar
gets was permitted. The great sur
prise of the day was when Chan Pow
ers, of Decatur, III., broke 100 strait
at sixteen yards and then , smashed
them all In the special event, making
120 without a miss, a practically un
henrd of performance for either prof-
fessiunals or amateurs at these big
national tournaments. Powers tied,
last year, for the Grand American
handicap proper, but was shot out by
J. J. Blanks, of Trezent, who was a
constestant, although not In the besf
of form.
TO BAR ALL AMERICANS.
Emimyes on tlie Mexican Railway,
Plan Organization of a Union.
The Mexican Herald publishes a
ftory to the effect that rillroad em
ployes throughout the republic of Mex
ico are planning the organization of a
union which will have for Its sole aim
the exclusion of Americans from con
nection in any capacity with the var
ious roads. According to the Herald
90 per cent, of the railroad men of
the republic are Mexicans, the other 10
per cent of tho positions being held
principally by Americans, those lat
ter filling the positions of greatest re.
eponslbillty.
New Insurance Truxtei,
Edwin S. Maasten, president of the
Farmers' Loan and Trust company, of
New York, Wayne MacVeagh. of Phil
adelphia, and James M. Beck, former
assistant United States attorney gener
al, were elected trustees of the Mutual
Life Insurance company, of New
York.
' Foils to Kill HU Wife.
William Mulholland, a laborer, est
ranged from his wife, at midnight en
tared the hotel where she was staying
with her sister, Mrs. McClelland C.
Sappington, and fired five shots, kil
ling Mr. Sappington, and seriously
wounding Mrs. Sappington. Mrs. Mul.
holiand was uninjured.
Sioux City IJve Stock Market.
"eunesuays quotations on the
Moux city live stock market follow;
Top beeves, $7.60. Top hogs, $6.00.
I Life for Willoiigliby.
we.. iBe vwuougnuy, a prominent
business man and church worker, of
Milwuukee, 'who confessed to killing
nis wire tasi march, Monduy was sen
tenced to life imprisonment
Treat Overcome by Heat.
United States Treasurer Charles H
Treat, who was overcome by the. heat
Tuesday, will not be able to leave his
room for a few days, his physician said.
SIX LF.PF.RM "MARK WHOLE."
Cures Officially Reported To lioulslanw
Assembly.
A remarkable medical report touch
ing on the cure of leprosy has been
presented to the Louisiana assembly
by the leper home .f the state of
Louisiana. In this report appears the
words:
Discharged cured one.
Practically well autf kept for ob
servation five.
Briefly explained, the meaning of
these figures Is that out of 81 lepers
at the Louisiana Institution In the past
two years 6 have been practically
cured. The figures are from the bien
nial report of the leper home, where
for over thirteen years the state has
provided a place for lepers to receive
the comforts and the rkllled medical
care which ore not as a rule within
reach of such sufferers.
A fact of significance Is that this
report is notsubmltted to the assembly
as Indicating that any specific cure
for leprosy have been discovered. It
Is simply a statement of the results
which have bcen; obtained from giv
ing lepers the same sanitary surround
ings that the average person enjoys
and an equal opportunity to receive
first class medical treatment.
Instead of being isolated the Institu
tion faces the public highway along
the Mississippi river levee In Iberville
parish. It occupies the Indian planta
tion, an estate of about 400 acres. A
row of modern cottages constitute the
lepers' quarters. A surgical building
and a small Catholic church complete
this group of leper buildings. For
thirty-one years four to six Sisters of
Charity practically alone have cared
for all the wants of the lepers, even
to cooklnir and sweeping. None of
these sisters ever has become Infected
with the disease, and apparently none
of them fears It. The ages of the pa
tlenta range from 7 to 80.
TAPER MAKERS ARE FINER.
Members of Combine are Assessed
$1,000 Each.
Twenty-four companies, of New
York, manufacturing manllla wrap
ping paper were fined $1,000 each by
Federal Judge Hough Monday. They
pleaded guilty Friday last of main
tainlng an illegal combination In re
straint of trade. They are members
of the Manilla and Fiber assocatlon.
In Imposing tho fines Judat Hough
said the combanitlon of paper 'manu
facturers was a clear violation -of the
Sherman antitrust law, but because
of extenuating circumstances he would
Impose a fine ouly. Tho companies
have arranged to pay the fines through
their council.
The case ngalnrt the companies was
Inrtltuted through the Instrumentality
of the American Newspapers Publish
ers' association. The companies com-
poso almost the entire membership of
tho combine of wrapping paper manu
facturers, which was organized in 1906.
The counsel for the companies de
clared the combine was formed to save
them from bankruptcy, because of the
.methods of agents for the consumers,
. who, he alleged, favored first one
; group of paper mills and then another
in order to cut the prices. The coun
sel also declared the combine was dis
solved when it learned thnt the associ
ation came within the provisions of
the Sherman law.
A. REBELLION IN SUMATRA.
Whole Native Population Rertrd
Arisen I'ndcr Piles.
A rebellion has broken out at Pa-
dans, on tho west coast of Sumatra,
which has reached alarming proper-
tions. According to a telegram from
Batavia, Java, almost the whole native
population is reported to have risen
under the leadership of fanatlca:
priests. Thirty European settlementn.
spread over a wide area, are threaten
ed and there are onjy 2,400 Dutch sol
diers available to defend them. Three
battles have been fought', resulting li;
considerable losses on both sides.
Wo.tinp,liouse Reorganization.
The readjustment committee of the
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing
company decided at a meeting held in
New York to aid In the confirmation
of the plan of the merchandise cred
itors for a refinancing of the com
pany. Temperance CVmgress Clone.
The world's centennial temperance
congress closed at Saratoga, N. Y.
Tuesday with programs In charge of
the national W. C. T. U. Mrs. Lillian
M. N. Stevens was unable to attend
and the paper which she had prepared
was read.
Job for Newspaper Man.
President Roosevelt has appointed
John C. O'Laughlln, of Washington, as
secretary to the American commis
sion to the Japanese exposition at To
kio in 1912. His salary will be $5,000
a year.
. , OH Rumors for ToredolHats.
(Ml burning boilers are to be install
ed on the ten torpedoboat destroyers
authorized by the last naval appro
priation bill. This will be the tin;t
test of oil burning boilers In tho
American navy.
Dozen Die In Water.
Twelve deaths by drowning were
recorded In New York and vicinity l?i
twenty-four hours. The intense heat
is drawing thousands to the beaches to
seek relief.
Heat KIIN In Chicago.
Seven prostrations and two deaths
were reported up to noon Monday
from heat, which has prevailed dur
ing the pant twenty-four hours. The
mercury at noon registered
TO OflT VEXFM'ELA.
Cnele Sam Finally Abandons Legation
at Cam cs.
The members of the American lega
tion at Caracas are awaiting the arriv
al of the United States gunboat Ma
rietta at Porto Cabello, the warship
having been ordered there for 'tho
purpose of transferring them to the
Vnlted States. Jacob Stepcr, who
has been acting as charge d'affaires
ince the departure of the American
minister, W. W. Russell, and Lieut.
Francis A. Ruggs, the military at-
lacne, wiinurew irom ine cnuuou
Caracas on Saturday and proceeded to
Porto Cabello. The Interests of tho
United States were placed In charge
of the Brazilian legation, as tho repre.
sentatlves of the Kuropean nations
are having considerable friction with
President .Castro's government. Tho
American consular agent, John Brew
er, remains here In charge of tho
archives.
President Castro returned to Cara
cas suddenly a few days ago, aftor a
long absence In the Interior, and his
arrival attracted much attention. All
kinds of rumors are current, and the
withdrawal of the representatives of
the United States Is not quite under
stood by Venezuelans.. It Is probable,
too, that there will be an ear'y rup
ture with Holland, and there are re
ports that a revolution against the ad
ministration Is being organized In Co
I u nib La.
As matters now stand the United
States, France and Columbia practi
cally have no relations with Venezue
la; Great Britain and Holland have
serious questions pending with the
government. Geifnany alone has no
dispute.
MISSING POUCH FOUND.
tt Contained Most of Jewelry, but $50,
000 In Cash Was Gone.
The registered mall pouch, which
contained $60,000 in money and $100,
OOOworth of diamonds and jewelry
which was stolen from a mall car at
the Union depot at Kansas City on the
.night of June 6, was found Tuesday
morning by a switching crew In the
railroad yards of the Rock Island road
In Kansas City, Kan. The pouch still
,contatned a number of valuable arti
cles of Jewelry, but four empty en
velopes which had contained the $50,-
000 In currency showed that the thief
had made good on part of his haul.
The pouch was found in a patch of
weeds near where'fen to twenty switch
engines pass each day. Railroad men
say that for several days crewH have
(spoken of "that white patch of some
thing and It became rather a, joke
among the switchmen. Monday while
his train was passing the place, WIU
lam Louth, a switchman, jumped off
and Investigated. The envelopes cut.
Apparently by a paper knife In a very
neat way, lay In a stack by themselves.
The pouch was some feet distant, and
when Louth began to rummage In It
he extracted a number of packages
unopened and untouched. It was ap
parent that the negro who stole the
nouch was unaware of the value of the
intents of the other packages.
ACTRESS IN AUTO AVRECK.
Miss Sallio Fltdicr.'s Car Crashed Into
a Stone Post.
Miss Sallle Ftwher.the actress, was
badly bruised In an automobile acci
dent which occured shortly after mid
night Saturday night at the corner of
Jackson boulevard and Michigan ave
nue. Her car, which was being driven
rapidly down Jackson boulevard,
skidded and crashed Into a stone pout,
on which are red lights warning auto
moblllsts to slow up at the Intersection
of the two streets.
The car was smashed to pieces and
Miss Fisher was thrown to the pave
ment, receiving a number of serious
brulsex. She was unconscious when
picked up, but recovered after being
taken to her apartments. She was
'able to appear in her part In "A Stub
born Cinderella" "at tho Princess the
ater. Runutnt of a Watermelon.
As a result of carving hU name on
a watermelon last summer Alva C.
Montgomery, of Owensvllle, Ind., U a
benedict. Montgomery, who U aVne,
on grower, cut his name on a melon
that fell Into the hands of Miss Arena
Hardy, a pretty girl at Fairfield. 111.
A correspondence followed and the
marriage resulted.
Big Breik In Cotton.
There was a sensational break of
$6.40 per bale In July cotton on tho
cotton exchange at New York Tuesday
on a report that a strong New Orleans
bull clique, who, it ifttlleged, had a
virtual corner In July, had liquidated
and that the remaining long Interests
were trying to avoid notices of delivery
next Friday. ,
NollvcH Are In Revolt.
News has been roceived at LUbon
of a serious condition of affairs in
Portuguese Guinea. Natives every
where are reporU-d In revolution. Eu
ropeans have beon killed rr carried off
Into captivity. The Portuguese troops
have taken refuge at llisst-ab, where
they are surrounded.
VeLs Xiec of Morgan.
Many well known New York resi
dents Jourm-yed to Tuxedo, N. Y., to
witness the marriage of Miss Ursula
Morgan, a nlec of J. Plerpont Mor
gan, to Rev. William Fltzslmmon, rec.
tor of St. Mary's Episcopal church.
Are Piles of Corpses.
"News has Just been received at Ber
lin that the troops of the Khuh of Per
sia have Morm-d and captured the
parliament buildings In Teherun
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HOY CLASPS LEGS OF Jl IMiE.
Had Been Dressed In Girl' Clothe
anil Kidnaped From School.
With both arms sturdily clasping
Judge Frost's legs, little 6-year-old
Edward Conklln begged him to pleaso
let him go back with his mamma,
from whom an olllcer of the
Juvenile court at Lincoln had
forcibly taken him. A mlnuto
before tho Judge had said that the
woman had not shown sufllclent signs
of reformation to convince him that
she was a proper person to have the
custody of the lad and that he would
have to separate them. Immediately
the little chap detached himself from
his mother's arms and marching up
to the Judge, made hU plea. It m
not avail, however, but the pron.
was held out that if the mother con
tinues her present good conduct tho
lad will be restored to her.
Somo of tho court's wrath was duo
to tho fact that the mother had ro
aently kidnaped her boy. The court
had placed him with her brother In
Lincoln. She came from Grand Inl
and, went to the school ho was at
tending and took him away. In order
to get him out of Lincoln she dressed
him in girl's olothes and successfully
evaded tho officers. He was located
a few days ago, and brought back.
RANCHMEN WIN OUT.
After Jul- 15 There Will Be No Ter
initial t'hurfcen Stock.
Tho ranchmen of the south and
west have finally won out in their
fight against the railroads In tho mat
ter of terminal charges In Chicago and
advices Just received state that after
July 15 there will bo no terminal
charge on horses and,mules consigned
to eastern points through Chicago.
JVir a number of years a charge of
$2 has been made for every car han
dled by tho Union Stock Yards Termi
nal company and every year that the
tax has been made the horse owners
and shippers have tried to have It
abandoned. The matter was finally
taken up by otllcials of all Chicago
railroads and at their last session It
was decided to abandon the terminal
charge, as it was discovered that some
horso and mule raisers were shipping
their stock through points south of
Chicago to avoid the terminal charge,
thereby causing a decrease of rail
road business into Chicago. .,J
PIONEERS WILL GO TO MILFORR.
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Territorial Pioneer Association tWlll
llavo Outing on July- 11.
The Nebraska Territorial assoela
tlon will hold Its annual outing at
Mllford July 11.
The association will meet Tuesday
tventng at the University temple in
Lincoln and on Katurduy morning
Rill take a special train for Mllford.
whore a busket picnic will be spread
on the banks of the liluo river, and
revive old memories while roaming
through the pretty parks at the sol
fliers' home and bhogo Springs. The
program will Include boating on Lake
Quinchaqua. They will also have the
opportunity of attending the Mllford
Chautauqua, which will render a spe
cial program suHable for the pioneers.
The full details for tho picnic-have not
yet been completed.
DEATH PENALTY FOR BOND.
Capital PinUfchuiont ITolxklrty Will Be
Sought by Couuty Attorney,
George. Bond, one of the men
charged with shooting John Wredo,
South Omaha saloonkeeper, during an
attempt to hold up his saloon on tho
night of May 22, was placed on trail
Monday morning. County Attorney
English indicated he would ask that
the death penalty be Inflicted by his
course of questioning jurors. Twenty
eight of the panel were questioned
Monday forenoon, but the Impaneling
of tho Jury was not completed. Pro
gress was hlndored by a number of
jurors who said they were opposed to
the death ponulty.
Bond Is supposed to be tho man
who fired the fatal shots.
GIRLS FIGnT WITH KNIVES.
One Mli Plunge Her Weapon Into
Adversary.
.A fight almost to a finish between
two school girls. In which one of the
damsels wielded a long-bladed knife to
serious advantage, wan aired in Juve
nile court at Omaha Mmiday morning.
The girls wore Antia Hundy, 16, and
Theresa Garlick, 17 years of ngo. Anna
Is charged with slabbing Theresa In
the buck and slushing her across the
face. Dr. 'ialouika. who attended
tho case, says Threrena la in a serious
condition.
New Prl.son Prlntcry.
Warden Beemer, of tho state penl
tentUwy, In about ready to start a
newspaper which will he edited and
published by Inmates of tho prison.
One of the latest acquisitions to the
penitentiary is a newspaper man from
Boono county, and In- will be relieved
from the occupation of broom making
and put in charge of tho newspaper
enterprise.
RU;h Wind nt liouriu-y.
A heavy rain and wind storm oc
curred at Kearney at C o'clock Mon
day afternoon. The wind blew over
two corn cribs and killed a hftrse tied
between them.
Rival l itriiw: 12 ( I.IMr. a Each.
On udjvlnlng farms In Hoyd county,
live John Storm and Lawrence Bow
ers, brothers-in-law. Each has 12
living children. Now it is proposed
that the two families be photogruphed
in a bunch and a picture be sent to
President 'Roosevelt us a Nebraska
boost In the a:itl-raee suicide crinai'o
ICevtard for Dog Poisoner.
Citizens of Wulthlll have offered n
reward of $fiQ for thV apprehension ,f
the party or put ties who have been
polxi i.Iiik the Wa'thiil 1oK".
WOOL COMPANY NOW AT HOME.
Move I a to OILee Rooiud Provided at
Wan hoittc.
Offices of the Omaha Wool and Stor
age company were moved from the
fifth floor of tho l'ramlels building Sat
urday to the rooms provided for office
at tho worcht.ue near the )iidpena
ent elevator In trie muth part of Oma
ha. ,
Appliances have been received by
tho company fwr the rcourlng ' and
grading plant and J. l'nuer, ni old
gruder for several eastern house, will
arrive In Omaha within a fiW days f
Instull the plant and begin grading the
wool as tho growers order the work
done.
"Tho Idea ef having a graijer at the
Omahn market Is on a par with har
Ing a thorough'y competent Inspector
nt the grain market." said C. H. King.
"There Is no opportunity for a buyer
paying less for the wool than It Is
worth. Our grading is to be don by
a man whom I know stands high In hie
work and has been in the business for
24 years. When he tells one of the
growers having wool In our house that
It Is of a certain grade and worth a
ertuln price per pound, , the grower
can dopeud on It. The grower will not
ho compelled to ship the wool cast and
dopend on the graders of the manufac
turers tolling him how his clip graded
and how much It Is worth."
THIRTY YEARS AT HARD LADOH.
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Limit on Both Cases in Given to Hew
Morsl mil.
Thirty years In the penitentiary at
hard labor was the aggregate sentence
Imposed by Judge Seay on lien Mar
shall, at Omaha, tho negro convicted
twice In district court of attempted
criminal assault. Judge Sears gave
him the limit, fifteen years, on each of
the two charges.
Maruhnll was first convicted of try
ing to assault Miss Molllo Grann early
In April. Typ weeks later he wan
convicted of a"ntvillar attempt upon
Mrs. Anna Grabow!kl In March. Roth
Juries were out Just fifteen minutes.
Marshall protested his Innocence.
but Judge Scars told him he believed
he was guilty of many other offenses
similar to the ones he had been con
victed of. . He called attention to the
fact that Marshall, eight years ago.
served a Jail sentence on a similar
charge.
"I have no hopes of making an Im
pression on a man like you," said the
court, "but I do hope this sentence will
be a warning to those of like mind nnd
Inclination. The court directed that
Marshall be kept In solitary confine
ment on the anniversary of his crimes.
Frederick Bell, n negro was sent
enced to n year and a half for bur
glary.
ANOTHER STORM IN HOWARD
Farm House Rolled Over, but Oocu-
punts I, It tie Hurt.
The western part ot Howard county
was visited by another stiff wind and
rain storm Wednesday evening at
about 7 'o'clock. Whllo tho precipita
tion was only ordinary, tho territory
midway between Farmell and Ash ton
was swept by a terrific wind that In
places assumed tho character of a
twister. The dwelling on M. Jerabek's
farm was rolled over one and one-half
rounds, leaving It upside down, and
tho occupants were hurt badly, though
not dangerously.
OMAHA BARBER IS KILLED.
P,
Howard Come to Accidental
Death In KingsvlIIe, Mo.
S. P. Howard, a well known Omaha
barber, was killed In Klngsville, Mo.,
Saturday morning. Acting Chief of
Police Mostyn received a toleVram
from Dr. E. Greaves, of that town,
stating that the man had been killed
there and describing him. Luter an
other telegram was received stating
that the body had been found to be
that of Howard.
Sculp Torn In Separator.
Otol Graham, tho 6-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Graham? liv
ing west of Osmond, while playing
around a cream separator which was
being turned by her mother, had her
hair caught In the cogs, tearing her
scalp frightfully before tho machine
could be stopped. A physician was
called and n number of stitches taken
in the little one's scalp, and at pres
ent she Is resting well.
ICndcnvor Convention at Wayne.
The sixteenth annual convention of
the Christian Endeavorers of the F1it
Nebraska district, which has been In
session In the Presbyterian church at
Wayne, closed Saturday night with a
lecture on "Damascus" by Dr. J. M.
t'oldwell, of Coleridge.
CentrtJ City Officers Get Man.
An olllcer from Central City. Neb.,
departod from Sioux Falls having In
custody Frank O. Johnson, who la
wanted at Central City on the chargi
of seduction.
Grand Islam! Pioneer Die.
Henry A. Koenlg, of Grand Island
known as the father of tho beet sugar
Industry In Nebraska, died Saturday
night after an Illness of only a few
luy of uraemia.
. Xchrika to See Picture!.
The Vol:;quez club, of New York, li
about to send out its annual exhibl
tlon it copies of mnstorpleces. Thl
year the collection is to go first to
Nebraska.
Onuihti Woodmen Win Priae.
Denver mi. sliss ilrill team won
first prize In the Modern Woodmen'i
Forester coniest at Peoria. 111.; Oma
ha. No. 120, second; Topeka, No. 636,
third.
Man Found Dead In Bi d.
Fyron Linton, a hostler for Pred
Myers, was found dead in his bed at
the Davenport bulging house, Omicha,
about f:20 Saturday afternoon.
Oakland Lodec CiJebrateH.
Oaklund lodt;o No. 91. Ancient Fret
:nd Accepted Masons, celubrutod It
twenty-fifth anniversary at lis hall In
Oakland Friday night, about 100 be
lug present. Only three of the original
charter members are still members ol
the lodge.
Will Hunt for Oil.
Reports from ileniik. In Knox
ei.unty, Neb., In the fuinuus "Devll'i
Ne;t." fuy thnt oil men have acquired
lenres to s.ano acres aud are trying t
tjrt 1 ft.OfiO net t
UNCOLN
JrlffTTTTt
From nil Indications an alfalfa pal
ace will be a necessity to accommodate
tUo crowds which will foir.o to the
National Corn Exposition to be hW In
Omaha Dc. 0 to 19. Tlans for tkla
paiure are beiinr considered by the e-
eci:tlve committee of the corn show. It
Is proposed to erect nt small cost a
'ars;e frame building south of the Aud
itorium, where the corn show will be
held. This will be lined with baled al
falfa. Prlees will bo offered for the
host alfalfa grown nnd as a large ex
hibit .f grasca ts expected the entire
building will have the nppenranee of
being built of alfalfa and timothy any
In bales. There Is a portion In Inwa
which Is the kingdom of one Timothy.
Tho farmers who aiV f.'rtunate enough
It bo the subjects c f this hoy king are
L'anxluva to tend a display to Omaha,
and It iH ioMsioIe thnt while tbo alfalfa
:olnce 1b built of alfalfa from Nebras
ka. Colorado and Wyoming, it will be
dccointed with bales of timothy hay.
Just now Omaha is'promlsed an Indus
try which may equal In extent any In
dustry In the city the alfalfa meal
mills;. It has been demonstrated that
nifnlfa Is -one of the best foods for
daily and stock cattle. The packers
reccpnizv this and ore paying the
hlrhoxt prlees for stock fed on alfalfa
" ! corn. The dlnrymen also have
discovered the value of nlfulfa meal,
'vhlch is a balanced ration. This la
i-hown by tho fact that the Orndell
tinlry Farms company, of Trenton, N.
.1., is to open a large mill In Omaha.
Yhe M. C. Peters Mill company, al
ready the largest manufacturers of al
falfa meal In tho west aud Inventors
ef the special machinery, have con
tracts for all of the product of their
mill and nre contemplating an addi
tion doubling tho capacity. From Co!
orado it Is learned thnt seven alfalfa
meal mill., ore being erected In that
tate, while western Nebraska Is to
have two mills, one of them a branch
of an Omnha mill. Indications are
thnt Omaha will have half a dozen al
falfa mills In two years, turning out
dally almost 2,000 tons of alfalfa
meal, aud tho National Corn Expos!
tlon Is not going to overlook a growing
Industry. Among the prizes offered will
be hay presses worth from $100 tc
150.
Thousands of cars of cattle are now
leaving tho Panhandle of Texas old
are beingmovedto ranges of Wyoming,
Montana nnd North and Sonth Dakota.
to be at some future dnto brought to
the Omaha market. The movement
has begun and Is heavier than ever
before.
The Burlington has moved 1,200
cars, mostly through Denver ond
thence to Wyoming nnd Montana.
John Eyler, live stock Agent of the
Burlington, is now in Texas In chasge
of these shipments nnd he wires that
he expects the movements this spring
for the Burlington will e.-teeod 6,000
Cars.
Other ronds are also getting their
quota, the Hock Island handling many
ears through tho Omaha gateway and
then turning them oyer to some other
line to be taken to South Dakota
The Rock Island had seventy-five cars
behind tho high water In southern Ne
brnska and the cattle had to be un
loaded and feduntil the water sub
sided.
On the ether hand many cars for
South Dakota, which formerly were
moved from the Panhandle through
Omaha are now diverted because of
new lines. The Northwestern is hand
Una- n great many over the Pierre.
Rapid City line andxthe Burlington
was moving a large number over the
Ashland-Sloux City lino, until the
bridge went out near Fremont. These
nre now coming through Omaha.
Reports from the ranges all over
the west are that they have been at
this time of, the year, for many seasons
and the stock is reported to be In fine
shape. The reports also show that
the 4 and 5-year old stuff ts except
tonally fat and will be ready for mar
ket early. The high prices of good
stuff at South Omaha, last week when
110 head sold for $7.70, stirs up the
cattlemen to thlr best endeavors to
get the tup of the market.
It Is not at all unlikely that sorat
members of the board of assess meat
will urge the next legislature to wipe
out all appropriations by levy and urge
tho enactment of a law requiring that
appropriations be made aolcjy by di
rect appropriations of definite sums.
This feeling on the part of some of the
officers Is due to tho enoromus Increase
in the nxeessment of property. Three
counties heard from unoiilclally show
an increase over last year of $19,000,
000. This Includes Douglas county
with Its $11,000,000. At this rate the
increase In actual value will be some
where, around the $300,000,000 mark.
This would mean an Increase In the
assessed valuation of $69,000,000.
Members of the board believe the time'
hn.s come when appropriations should
be made definite and riot by levy.
The recent order of the railway
commission stopping telephone com
panies from charging a messenger fee
w here no messenger is used passer, re
scinded and again adopted. Tho com
mission voted unanimously on the
pf-oporltlon. Those telephone compa
nies which have a contract which en
titles them to this fee will bo given
Vn opportunity to appear before the
romt'ilslon and make a showing os
to v 1 1 u t per eont of the loll charge
they are entitled, and somo kind of mi
agreement will be reached.
P. Oourscy Richards, tho old veter
an sentenced to the penitentiary for
twelve yen is on a charge of criminal
asHuult, uiilutes the Hag today a free
man. The governor commuted his
sentence, knocking of" som four years.
The. old man has been on parole nt
the uoldler-V home nt Mil' -d for over
a year, lie served in the lul- war and
ha several wounds to show hi fought
where the bullets Hew thickest. II
has stoutly maintained his Innocence
ever since his conviction and recently
was given n public hearing by the gov-t:er.
WRIGHT IN TAFI'S PLACE.
former Govornor of the Philippines
Now Secretary of War.
"I hereby lender my resiguatlon as
Peerotnry of War, to take effect Juno
JO next." '
"Your resignation
Is liere'.iy accepted,,
to take cCect June
30."
The two forego
ing epistles are all
there was to the re
tirement of Secre
tary Taft from
President Roose
velt's en bluet. At
A3 the White House It
Jfeifcj
LUKE t. WRIUIIT. W,,B "" "
the President recent
ly gave out u formal statement regard
ing bis high esteem for Secretary Taft.
It wns not deemed necessary to repeut
what wus then said. A statement was
given out nt the White House concern
ing Mr. Wright's appointment and the
reasons therefor.
Luke E. Wright, appointed Secretary
of War to succeed Secretary Wllllnm II,
Tnft, resigned because of his nomina
tion for the Presidency, has been some
thing of an understudy for the Prole
tary, following lilm previously In the
governor generalship of the Philippine
Isluuds, He Is a Tennessce.m by blrtlir
his home being In Memphis, nnd a law
yer of national repute. For eight
years he 'was attorney general of Ten-
lessee. In the free silver fljilit he wns,
t gold Democrat. From 1DOO to V.XH
ho wns a member of the Philippine
commission and president In the last
year; then he wns npjHilntexl governor;
general of the Islands." Two years nso
he wns nppolnted the first American.
ambassador to Japan ond filled the
office for a year. XIr. Wright was Isirn
In 1S47.
TEXANS LYNCH ELEVEN BLACKS
Race War Is Threatened as Result
of the Murder of Whites.
Eleven uugroes were lynched and two-
white men killed In n ra e war in Sa
bine county, Texas, the State rangers,
were ordered out to restore ence, arm-.
ed bunds of whites and blacks faced
each other In several places and fur-
itier rrouuie was reared, a moo storm-,,
ed the JalJ nt Houston Sunday ulglit.t
seized six negroes .licensed of the mur-'
der of a white farmer, hanged live to
one limb nnd shot the sixth wheu the-
noose broke and he wns running nway.
The bodies of three other negroes were
found riddled with bullets. Two others
were Bhot to death Sunday night. Three
were hanged Monday night near Ran
Augustine.
The trouble grew out of the killing
of Hugh Dean nnd Aaron Johnson,
white farmers, by negroes. The murder
of Johnson was particularly brutal. He
was playing with his baby In bis home,
when a shot from a shotgun fired. .
through tho window blow bis bend off.
A negro named Perry Price confessed
to killing Johnson, "but said his brother-in-law,
Bob Wright, gave bliu $5 to
do the Job. lYIce and Wright are In
Jail. They were rescued by rangers
from a mob that attempted 'to lynch,
them. The five men hanged together
were accused of the Denn murder.
THE LID DOES NOT FIT.
How Prohibition Laws in the South.
I Are Evaded.
Thnt the South, particularly Georgia',.
Is not dry, despite prohibition laws,,
vy-as shown at the nntloual convention,
of the United States Brewers' Assoela-
tlon, held lu Milwaukee, and the ojn'ra- -tlon
of the prohibitory laws hi the?
South was one of the chief topics nt -the
convention. Although the licensed.
Balooti has passed away in the South,
the convention was shown that liquor
by the cor load Is being distributed In.
the various States.
The brewers nre still doing" business -In
Georgia, though the brand of beer
placed on sale Is no longer called licer, '
and bus only about half the am.Uiit ot
alcohol contained in the old beverage....
The article now manufactured by the;
brewers, to conform to the State law
of Georgia, Is called "malt am." "bud,"
"home brew," or "near beer," and con
tains less alcohol thau the beers former--ly
turned out. Outside of these drinks,
however, there are hundreds of other
concoctions being sold In the grocery
Htores, drug' stores and dispensaries.
Monitor Florida a Target.
The long-eonteniplated experiment In
modern gunnery to test Hie exact effect
iif shots on an artnored vessel was begna;
In Hampton roads recently, when the
monitor. Florida was used as a turget by
lier sister ship, the monitor Arkansas
One of the shots frpm a 12-inch gun hit
the side of the Florida's turret, smash
ing the 12-inch armor plate, but so far
spending its force thut the cloth screen
placed Inside the turret ports showed no
damage. The turret was occupied by a
dummy man arranged with springs so as
to record the shocks ot the firing. The
Experimental military mast built on the
deck of the Florida also withstood several
li-ie'tn from the 5-Inch and 12-iuch gnus
of t'.io Arkansas. Tae turret was uot
materially Injured by the 12-inch shot.
TU Failures In Mar.
According to the report published by
Dun's Review, the commercial failures in
May werp l."70 hi number and f Ki.ttl.'l,
:1 In linhilltie. This Is ths smallest
amount of defaulted indebtedness since
l ist July, ar.d is therefore regarded a a
most fiieoiir.islng sign. It Is still so'iie
wliit Jrirser than the failures of Muy
lust 'year. The large decrease of $7,0N),
i.iii s'nee April ami as compared with
.l.i'iiiary and February Indicate that th
ellV.is of the panic are weariDf off.
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