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DAKOTA -COUNTY : HERALD,
VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1908.
NUMBER, 48
State (is Society
CURRENT HAPPENINGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OP ALL
IMPORTANT ITEMS.
BIG 11A1UUMAN PLAN
EAL WITH COrLBMKAXS IX.
vasiox or riTTsnuitG.
One of llic First Results of Deal W!l5
Bo Appropriation of $10,000,000 to
Iut Wabash Lines in Shape to linn
dlo Promised Iron Tonnage.
That the Gould-Harrlman detil of
Thursday is the biggest affair of the
kind in railroads for the past two
decades has come out at Pittsburg,
Pa. The Pennsylvania arid Vanderbili
interests, which have practically en
joyed a monopoly of the Pittsburg Iron
and steel tonnage, are not a little per
turbed over the developments. It la
found that one of the first things Mr.
Harriman will doTiTto spend some
thing like $10,000,000 In fixing up the
Wabash lilies at this end, bringing
them to that state of perfection which
will be required In order to haul the
steel products promised the AVabash
by Andrew Carnegie. before the Goulds
would consent to break ground for the
Pittsburg connection. x
The Goulds never completed the
roads as they should be. For this
reason the United tates Steel corpo
ration, successor to Mr. Carnegie and
which now stands ready to deliver
the promised 25 per cent of Its Pitts
burg tonnage to the Wabash, never
felt like going out of Its way -for less
than a half completed railrrtid line.
It was Joseph Ramsey, then presi
dent of the Wabash road, who made
the agreement with Andrew Carnegie
Vhlch the Goulds, never permitted him
to fulfill, that of building to the docxrs
of the different steel works in the
Pittsburg district a line of road fully
as good as the Pennsylvania or the
Unltimore and Ohio. This done, Car
negie agreed in writing to give to the
Goulds each year 25 per cent of his
iron and steel tonnage. On this con
dition the Goulds., decided to come into
Pittsburg, but the'work was never so
well done as to win the confidence of
the steel makers.
CHURCH LEADER FACES PRISOX.
Arkansas Doc-tor Accused of Being
Counterfeiter.
The arrest of Dr. L. W. Blanchard,
a prominent physician and church
worker of Harrison, Ark., for fifteen
'years, and his father and mother, Mr..
Jand Mrs. J. H. Blanchard, has revealed
probably the largest and rrfost com
plete counterfeiters' outfit ever found
in the state. Dies, molds and hundreds
of spurlou,s coins of various denomina
tions were found by the officers, th5
counterfeit money being buried in the
field and concealed in the house. J.
H. BlancharcLand wife, it is stated, ad
mitted they had made counterfeit
money, but denied having attempted to
pass it themselves. Mrs. Blanchard
said her son had practiced mediciria
successfully in Nebraska, Wyoming
and Colorado.
POISON FOUND IN STOMACH?.
Many Theories in Gunness Case Arc
' Upset.
Coroner Mack announced Thursday
that Dr. Walter Haines, of Chicago.
wio analyzed the stomach of Andrew
Helgelien, the last victim of Mrs. Bello
Gunness, finding strychnine and arsen
ic in fatal doses, has also found in the
Ftomachs of Mrs. Gunness and her two
children arsenic and strychnine in
quantities sufficient to have caused the
deaths. This discovery has upset many
former theories in the case, and hai
opened up the possibility of Mrs. Gun
ness having killed the children In the
same manner In which she took the
lives of her victims and ended her own
life with a fatal dose. '
Distillers Win Out.
The restraining order Issued by the
federal courfat Cincinnati preventing
tho government from enforcing that
portion of the pure food law ordering
distillers to label thcl product "alco
hol" Instead of "spirits," ' as was the
practice, stands, according to a ruling
by Judge Kohlsaat In the United States
, circuit court at Chicago Thursday.
Tailors May Strike.
Unless the employers restore tho
nine-hour day and the scale of wagej
prevailing prior -to the beginning ol
the money stress of last October th
30,000 tailors comprising the Nations!
Brotherhood of Tailors in New York
and Brooklyn will go on strike.
Destroyed by landslide.
The village of Mehr-Les-Balns,
Austria, has been destroyed by a land-'
slide. Sixteen persons are reported to
have been killed.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Top
beeves, $5.00. Top hogs, $6.40.
Bl(f Tube is Completed.
The first section of the Market
treet subway at Philadelphia, Pa has
been completed. The subway ls'-de-clared
to be one of the finest
in the world and cost approximately
$20,000,000.
Big Saloon Shrinkage.
According to the Ktate auditor' re
port, submitted Thursday, there are
458 fewer aaloona in Ohjo than there
iwers Jan. 1 las
FIERCK RATTLK WITH MOB.
Florida Sheriff and IVputlrs Full to
, "fcavo Ncgrd.
Three men and a score wounded,
some probably fatally, Is tho record of
' ftn nttemnf hv n tnnli nt Pensacola.
Fla., to storm the county Jail and take
out the'negro, Loander Shaw.who as
saulted Mrs. Lillian Davis near there.
The mob numbered probably 1,000
persons and gathered early, but there
was no indication that the crowd,
which completely surrounded the Jail,
contemplated making a rush until
nearly two hours later. The first indi
cation was when ft railroad iron was
brought into play Ijy about a doxen
men ,ipon the iron gate of the Jail
yard. At the same moment the entire
mob seemed to catch the spirit, and
with yells and curses dashed for the
JaTT entrance.
Some climbed over the tall iron
fence? while others hammered upon
the gate. The sheriff, with Jialf x a
dozen deputies, stood In the windows
upstairs with drawn revolvers and riot
guns. The sheriff pleaded with the
mob, at the same time telling It that
ho would defend the prisoner at the
cost of every life present. His words
had no effect, and the moment the first
blow was struck on the gate a volley
of shots flashed from the upper win
dows of the Jail. This was answered
by the crowd, which poured volley af
ter volley into the Jail windows,
wounding two deputies. The mob was
momentarily driven back with many
wounded and one dead as a result of
the deadly aim of the sheriff and his
deputies.
At midnight the mob, which in the
meantime had been reinforced by
many residents of the surrounding
country, made another attack on the
Jail. The sheriff and officers were
overpowered by men who had crept
over the rear wall and covered them
with rifles and revolvers. Others
broke down the cell door and took
Shaw out. The negro was carried to
the center of the plaza and hanged to
an electric light pole, after whic'h
fully 500 shots were fired Into hlsdan
gling body.
In the last attack on the Jail H. C.
Kellum, a street car conductor, was
killed .while two deputies and four oj
five of the mob were wounded.
HONZA CAUGHT- IN SWAMP.
Slayer of Mrs. Kocur, a Wealthy Wid
ow of Granite City, 111., Is Caught.
Andrew Honza, charged with kill
ing Mrs. Annie Kocur, a wealthy wid
ow of the former "King of the Poles,"
of Granite City, 111., was found by
the police Wednesday half dead in a'
swamp two miles northeast of there,
whore he hasDeen hldlnng since the
crime Sunday night. Honza has been
without food for three-days. In his
despair and terror he had tried to end
his own life by stabbing himself over
the heart, but his hand lacked nerve
and strength, and the wound only
weakened him. Honza told his cap
tors he shot Mrs. Kocur aftr a quar
rel over the storing of some furniture.
Mrs.Kocur's 14-year-old son, who wit"
nessed the shooting, said Honza made
improper advances to his mother,
which she repulsed, and that Honza
became enraged.
KILLED IN AUTO WRECK,
Stepson of William K. Vanderbllt Los.
C9 Life.
G. WInthrop Sands, a stepson of
William K. Vanderbllt, was killed In
an auto accident near Poiasy, France
Wednesday morning. Vanderbllt was.
not Injured.
Sands was riding with the chauffeur
When in some manner, the automobile
left the road and struck a t,reo with
terrific force. The car was overturned
and Sands and tho chauffeur were pin
ned under the wreck, which at once
caught fire. Soon after help arrived
and Sands and the chauffeur -were ex
tricated, horribly maimed, and burned.
They .were carried into the Vander
bllt chateau, twenty miles from Paris',
where Sands died.
G. WInthrop Sands was a son of the
present Mrs. W. K. Vanderbllt by her
first husband, Samuel Sands.
Sultan Makes Appeal.
An imperial irade, made public
Wednesday, convokes the first Turk
ish parliament under the new consti
tution fo- November 1. The docu
ment appeals to the people to cease
!theW demonstrations, pointing out
that the sultan has proved his good
sentiments and Intentions strictly to
observe the constitution and labor for
the prosperity of all his subjects.
Elevated Trains Collide.
Three persons were Injured, one se
riously and a number severely shaken
up in a collision between two NlntK
avenue trains on the elevated road In
New Tork. An express train returning
empty from Harlem ran into the rear
car of a south ferry train which was
well filled with passengers.
Held For Robbery
"Tony" Martin, said to have come
from a prominent family at Qulncy,
111, la under arrest at Peoria, 111,
charged with robbing the residence of
J. H. Murphy of -diamonds and val
uables amounting to $1,000 on Man.
day.
Walsh Is Secretary.
" The national committee of the Inde
pendence party Wednesday elected
Wm. R. Hearst as chairman; C. F. S.
Neal, of Indiana, and M. W. Howard,
of Alabama, vice chulrman, and Chas,
A. Walsh, of Iowa, secretary.
Russian Roblxr Get. $10,000.
A band of unknown men attacked
the offices of the cashier at the railroad
station at Tiraspol, Russia, and got
away with $40,000.
ALL CINCINNATI OUT.
Entlro Town Takes lnrt In Celebrating
Tnit Dny.
Officially notified Tuesday of his
nomination for tho presidency by the
republican party William H. Tnft,
standing on tho portico of lis -broth-
r's home In Cincinnati, O., the city of
his nativity, formally accepted the
honor, pledged anew his allegiance to
the policies of President Roosevelt and
declared that the chief function of the
republican administration will be to
cinch' what has been already accom
plished by the present occupant of the
White House. .
In doings this, however, Mr. Taft
pointed out tn what is regarded as a
conservative expression In his address
that there will be a serious end dif
ficult work to do, principally "to de
vise ways and means In which tho
high level of business integrity and
obedience to law which he President
Roosevelt has established may be
maintained and departures from It re
strained without undue Interference
with legitimate business."
Mr. -Taft spoke for one hour and
eleven minutes. Because of the In
tense heat, which he appeared to feel
more keenly beneath the canopy of
the ppeakers stand than did those on
the open lawn, he cut his enunciation
of principles In many places, passing
over entire sheets of his manuscript
at a time, explaining his course and
the reason ' for it. In order that his
hearers might rend the entire speech
as It .was given out for publication.'
The occasion of the notification and
the exercises was made a holiday by
the residents of Cincinnati, all of
whom without regard to party affilia
tion seemed to take part in the vary
ing demonstrations. There were con
certs In the downtown parks, parades,
a flag raising at the Taft household,
daylight fireworks, balloon'ascenslons
for the visiting members of the notifi
cation committee, while the heavens
were ablaze for hours with vari-col-ored
lights of exploding rockets, soar
ing bombs and surprising effects of
the modern fire worker's consummate
art. From a brilliantly lighted river
steamer, Mr. Taft, surrounded by vis
iting politicians and a host of hl
friends, witnessed the night display.
CASTRO OFFENDS BRITONS.
Closes All Ports to Trade of the
West Indies.
Following the Issuance of a decree
by President Castro fast May prohibit
ing the dispatch of vessels from Vene
zuelan, gulf ports to Trinidad, cocoa
and other Venezuelan, products have
been forwarded from these ports 'to
the Island of,Granada in tho lesser An
tilles, and thence to Trinidad. Presi
dent Castro has now issued a decree
prohibiting the dispatch of vessels
with cargo for Granada or other Isl
ands In the Antilles, thereby closing
the gulf ports entirely to the export
and Import trade with the West Indies.
Great tndlgnatlp is felt In the British
Indies, and It is felt that the govern
ment's aid will be 'sought to secure
protection against the methods nt
''resident Castro.
WED THROUGH JAIL BARS.
Knot Tied as Couplo Stands at Ceil
Window.
Miss Grace Hndsell, Ottumwa, la.
daughter of an ex-United States mar
shal, wa clandestinely married - tr
rof. Hans Albert, formely of Omaha.
Neb., a' violin vlrtuso, at Cripple Creek
Colo., through the bars of the Jail win
dow by a methodist minister.
Albert's arrest was caused Saturday
by the girl's father to prevent the mar
riage, the churge being Insanity. Mon
day night Miss Hadsell and a mlnlstet
visited the Jail and a box was placed
outside of Albert's cell window. Misf
Hadsell mounted It, and, clasping hoi
lover's hand through the window, was
made his wife.
NEGRO DIES AT STAKE.
Horrible Outrage Committed in Green
ville, Tex.
A negro named Smith was burned tr.
death In the public stiare at Green
ville. Tex., Tuesday. He had, It Is al
leged, attempted criminal assault on
a white woman. ,
Smith was captured early Tuesday
and was Indcntlfled by the gl litis hoi
assailant. The officers were on the 'way
to Jail with tho negro when the mob
overpowered them and took the prls
oner to the public square." They plied
fugots saturated with kerosene about
him and In the precencof 1,000 peo
ple applied a match. Smith was slow
ly cremated. '
Disastrous Fire at Portland.
A fire which started In the stables
of the. Oregon Transfer company, of
Portland, 'Ore., destroyed an area
equivalent to four blocks and caused
a loss estimated at one-quorter of e
million dollars. The buildings de
stroyed were mostly frame stables and
small shops.
Is Killed by His Son.
Andrew Haug, a prominent resident
of Cullom, eighteen miles from Kan
kakee, III., was vhot and killed by hli
21-year-old son, Albert, Tuesday night,
following a family quarrel;
Warship to Isthmus. v
The cruiser Milwaukee, has received
iirgent orders from Yashington to pro
ceed to Ahumata, Honduras. The
movement of the cruiser Is bnllevd to
be an incident to the unsettled state of
affairs now existing In Central America
Warrant for Ranker.
A warrant was issued Tuesday for II.
W. Riley, president of the Bank of Al
lenvllle. III., which plosed Its doors
Monday. .
NEBRASKA I
STATE NEWS
BAD STORM AT LONG TINE.
Henry Low Results from Lightning
and Continued Rainfall.
One of the worst rain and electrical
storms ever known visited long Pino
and vicinity Saturday night. During
the stom several residents were stun
ned by bolts of lightning, but Tionc of
them are seriously Injured. The rain
came down in torrents and for a while
resembled a cloudburst at some places.
The storm began at 8 o'clock in tho
evening and did not slacken up until
after 3 o'clock the next morning. Sev
eral buildings were struck by lightning
and the department store owned by
Geo. A. Smith & Son took fire and the
Interior was soon a mass of names.
The fire department immediately re
sponded and within fifteen minutes
after the fire started two lines of hose
were playing water on the flumes. The
whole store and contents were badly
damaged and the proprietors have not
yet given out an estimate of their Iofs.
The contents were entirely covered by
insurance, but there was none on the
building. Night Marshal SC. B. Cox,
while on his way to ring tho fire bell,
was badly stunned by a bolt of light
ning and was later found In the street
in a dazed condition. He was Imme
diately taken to his home and .Is get
ting along nicely. The storm came
from the northwest, but by midnight
a stiff wind was blowing from the
south. Saturday had been a very hot
day and In the evening the tempera
ture dropped about 15 degrees. Indi
cating that a bad hall storm had taken
place somewhere in the north. A num
ber of ranchmen and farmers report
large lossos among their cattlo and
other live stock.
BRYAN GOES THROUGH MILL.
Nebraska Presidential Candidate Ini
tiated at Ak-Sur-Ben Den.
Bryan night at tha Den in Omaha
marked another epoch in Ak-Sar-lten't
history. What was probably tho larg
est number of knights ever assembled
a the headquarters of the king gath.
ered early and stayed late, and tho
ceremonial attendant on tho welcom
ing of strangers and the initiation of
asplrantsfor the high honor were never
more Impressive nor more successfully
carried out. Head Artificer Renze hfld
oiled and polished the machinery- un
til it fairly glistened and the faithful
crew put in its time so thoroughly
that the travelers were most wonder
fully impressed. Admiral Paffenrath
and Mufti Thomas were In rare form,
and nothing could be said but praise
for the spectacular phases of the work.
It was the more Important that :t
should be, for among the guests were
many from abroad, including a niun
ber of eastern historians who are daily
embalming for the edification of dwell
era among the Atlantic shores the
events and happenings at Falrvlew and
vicinity. And they will have a. new
story to tell now, both from observa
tion and experience.
Owing to Mr. Bryan's tendency to
ward seasickness he was excused from
taking a trip on Admiral PaffeJtrath'
flagship, the "Aquirls." Several new
features were Introduced in tho Ipltla
Hory stunts and on their conclusion n
series of moving pictures were shown,
representing Mr. Bryan speaking at
the Twenty-fourth and Leavenworth
streets meeting of the early afternoon
The pictures were excellent and show
ed Mr. Bryant at his best.
.ESCAPE FROM: CRAZED BULL.
Mr. and Mrs. F.d Wells, of Pllgcr, Bod-'
ly Frightened.
Mr. ajd Mrs. Ed Wells, living six
Tniles north of Pilger, had a narrow
escape from being gored to death by a
crazed bull. A bull belonging to John
Rhudy, a neighbor, had got into his
lot and was lying down quietly while
Mr. and Mrs. Wells were milking but
as they were leaving the lot he sudden
ly arose and with head down, seeming
ly crazed, he made for Mr. Wells, who
cucoeeded in getting over the fence
Just in tlm. He then turned on Mrs.
Wells, who was making for the fence
and she also escaped by a narrow
margin. The bull got worse as the day
progressed. Ho would chase birds oi
anything that would allgfit In the lot
He. would back off and with hem'1
down, tall erect, dive for a weed and
gore it in the ground. He kea this u;
until about the middle of tlu oft.?--noon,
vwhen he died. No one dared
venture near him, as he had long,
sharp horns. It Is a mystery what wur--the
matter with him.
ROADS SAY VALUES ARE liOW.
Filo Lists or Real Fjstaio Transfer
Covering Nebraska IjiihIh.
Both the Union Pacific and the Bur
Itogton railroads filed lists of real ex
tate transfers with the stato bonn
of equalization recently to show th
sales value In most Instances Is, hlgln
than the value placed on the sam
lands by the county assessors.
.A. W. Scrlbner, for the Union Pa
olflc. filed transfers In all but thrr
counties through which this road runs
covering a four-yenr period from liid
to 1907. These he comparod with th
assessment of 1908.
R. D. Pollard, for 'the Burllngtor
filed a llBt of transfers In thfrty-fou
counties, which showed that the vulu
piaccMi upon me lana by the nsxerisoi
was 70 9-10 ner cent of the snips vnln
rv
The toial consideration In tlw-Me ,t;
transfers named in the deeds, wn
$13,376,442, and the total value as fix
by the assessors was $9,480,444 on th
tame property.
Mrs. Gales Ixftves Auburn.
Mrs. Anna Vio (Jules, one of '.he best
known newspaper women in th" Htate
and who hud been connected with the
Granger In Auburn fr the Uw nine
years, has revered her connection with
that publication and bus retired from
the field.
lleri;o SM-ak nt Peru.
George W. I Surge gave lila opening
address as candidate for governor 'o
the students' Bryn club at Peru nor
mal recently. On Mate Issues, he fa
vored a puaiantoe deposit law.
ihterest:w3 hjppepss
From Day to Day Condensed
FOR CUn EU5Y ftEJOERS
PLAN PER MAN EN A RIFLE CAMP.
Movement en Foot for PurchuMO of
Tract near Ahhtud. '
The first Kroup of 300 members of
the National Our.nl In camp at the
rtato rltle rnnxc, near Ashland, have
passed a week of bard work and satis
factory practice. Tho soldier boys are
Immensely (plr tsed with their summer
outing notwithstanding the hard work
and strict discipline. Highly credit
able scores have been made by a num
ber of the men, and Adjt. Gen.
Schwartz and the other officers of the
guard Hie greatly pleased with the
results being obtained under this new
group pystem of encampment.
The location on the Platte river is
prnnounced Ideal and far superior in
many respects to any encampment of
former years. It Is clean and sanftnry
nnd convenient for hard rifle prao
tiee, while well removed from the
temptations of a larger cljy. So en
thuslnftlc are the ofllcers over the lo
cation that a well defined movement is
under wny for the purchase of this
tract of land by the slate for a perma
nent rifle camp, similar to such campa
for the National Guard in Ohio. Illi
nois, Wlscoiv-in and other states.
Tho second group of the guard will
arrive In Ashland this week for ten
days' practice, the third group arriv
ing Auir 10. The moat expert team
developed at the summer camp will be
t-ent to the rational meeting to be held
tit Camp pprry. In Ohio, the latter part
of -us:iift. Tho present camp is visit
ed daily by p. loisc number of per
rons from A inland and vicinity.
HALF MILLION FOR DRAINAGE.
Suit Cicelt Valley Farmers Plan to
Build Rig Ditch.
The . movement for organizing Salt
reek valley Into a drainage district
nnd tho ultimate straightening of the
.Salt creek chr.nnol has met with the
onthusku'tlc support of practically all
the farmers between Lincoln and Ash
land. Dining tho last week meetings
have been hold at Ashland, Green
wood, Waverly and. Lincoln and pre
liminary steps taken toward the or
ganization of this drainage district. At
nil of theso mertlriRs Superintendent
Blgnell, Chief Engineer Darrah qf the
(liurnngion ami 13. C. Hurd of the In-
terurnan railway, have been present,
giving the advantage of expert knowl
edge of the situation. Mr. Darrah has
presented maps showing accurately
the drainage area of Salt creek, the
sinuous course of the stream and esti
mates of probable expense. Owing to
Its serpentine course, the channel from
Lincoln to Its mouth at Ashland la
131 milesand thearea drained amounts
to several hundred thousand acres. It
was shown thai In several places
drainage ditches of two miles in length
would cut out fourteen miles of mean
dering channel. It was estimated that
the cost of properly draining the valley
would be In tho neighborhood of $500,
000, but owing to tha great damage
sustained by the farmers in this area
the last few years they are all favor
able to the formation of the district,
the floating of the necessary bonds and
the early commencement of the work.
QUARRIES AND SANDPITS BUSY.
' ..
Hallways and Farmer Are Crying
for Lulnirers.
There is great activity at all the
stone quarries and sandpits along the
Platte river between Ashland and
Plattsmouth. Full forces of mn are
at work at all of the Louisville and
South Bend quarries and many car
loads of crushed stone aro being ship
ped dally. The Burlington sand
dredges have been at work constantly
ince the hl;h water receded along the
Plntto. The Burlington also has a
largo force of men at work unloading
dirt along their right of way wherever
weakened bythe recent high water.
River drift is also being removed rap
'dly from the Burlington's Platte river
bridge at Ashland and the Rock Isl
and bridge at South Bend. The rail
ways and farmers all thrnnirh iht
. rvv
llou are crying for laborers with little
ilJIJtTBH,,
I ETEN WANTS TO BE HANGED.
V
KcnuiiiiH In Jail nnd Says Ho is Ready
to Pay Penally.
Johnson Teten. who shot his wife
three times on Wednesday evening at
their home neur Tulmage, Is still con
fined to tho county Jail, and despite
tho fact he has many wealthy relatives,
none of them enre to go on his bond
and secure his release, fearing that he
might do some overt net. 11a i
despondent over the shooting, and
:uny inquires fls to the condition of
his wife, and Friday demanded of the
vhciilf that ho bo hanged at once, as
lio won prepured to pay the penalty for
his ciime. The wife, while still very
low. Is doing us well as had been ex
pected and tho i.h vxlrlimu mm t,..
hopes fi her recovery.
Hotel t'h-iit H Arreted.
Jack Hnnley, the Cornland hotel
light clerk, who on Thursday last ee
Ied with tho funds from
th Cornland hotel, wub captured In
C'ozud. .
Oliver Kt.-irUcy No Suicide,
Oliver t tarkey, who shot his di
vorced wlfo near Palmer and .
ported to have committed suicide near
i.cntral ity, tins given himself up to
Mherllf Alexander at St. Paul.
Telephone Merger Complied.
The auditing of the books of the
Ashland Telephone company and the
final n.orter with the Plattsmouth Tel.
phoiie company was completed last
week.
Telephone Comiwny Spread Out.
Tork County Tclephono compamr
has purchased the copper trunk Inde.
pendent toll Huns betwwen Colambus,
Seward and Ciund lrlund. and Is going
o byild to Raver ra a:.d other point
LINCOLN
Tfrrwn
Superintendent McBrlen ha se4
the following letter In response to aaj
Inquiry of an eastern publication:
"Tour letter of the 1th tost, recelv
ed. So far as I know' we do not have
any school houses in Nebraska aban
doned for lack of teachers. We,, hart
some school houses that have been
abandoned for better ones. Nebraska,
Is better off than it has been for years'
in having a sufficient number of well
qualified teachers for its public
schools. Few states have opportuni
ties equal to ours for the professional
training of teachers. The state uni
versity, two state normal schools,
eight Junior normal schools, twelve
private arid denominational schools
and seventy normal training high
schools constitute the machinery for
the professional training of th
teachers In Nebraska. Over B.000
teachers are now attending sum
mer schools, which gives you an idea
of the professional spirit among Ne
braska schoolma'ams. During the
last three years the aggregate Increaaa
in teachers' salaries in this state hu
been over $1,000,000. This accounts,
no doubt, in great measure for our
now having a sufficient number of
teachers. Urider separate cover I am
mailing you a copy of our bulletin on
normal training In high schools. Dur
ing the last year we have trained ovet
1,500 prospective teachers In thest
schools and during the next-year w
shall train over 2,000 prospective
teachers, while our state, private and
denominational normal schools, col
leges nnd universities are crowded to
their utmost capacity."
The following shows In a nutshell
what the assessors in SJ! counties have
done In the matter of fixing the valut
of real estate this year: Increase in
lands, actual value, $250,051,495; In
crease in lots, actual value, $26, 154.
695; Increase In lands, assossed valua
tion, $60,010,299; Increase in lots, as
sessed valuation, $5,1130,939. Eight
counties have not yet made returni
to the state board, and theso will
swell the total probably $5,600,000.
The counties out are Custer, Gage,
Grant, Holt, Hooker, Nance, Schott'i
Bluff and Valley. Tho total assessed
value of lands and lots for 1908 in th
82 counties has been returned at
$236,585,018, against $181,-843,710,
returned for the same counties last
year. Five times these amounts repre
sent the actual value erf the lands am
lots, or $1,182,929,090 for 1908. and
$906,718, 00 for 1907. This makes an
Increase in the acfUnl value of landi
and lots of $27206,190. It is impos
stble at this time to make a compart
son of the personal property in th
various counties, because the value o
ihe railroads has not yet been added
to the rolls for this year, though thil
property is included in the rolls of las)
year.
There has Just been completed bj
the state bureau of statistics a tablt
showing figures on the various line
of manufacture in Nebraska durin
1907. Labor Commissioner Ryder, in
giving out the table for publication,
says: "It must be understood that, s
far as this table goes, the figures rep.
resent otily goods "actually manufao
til red in Ijiis state. We do not clalnq
that these figures represent all th
manufactures of Nebraska, We know
they do not, by a long shot, for w
had exceeding dilllculty in getting 4
large percentage of the manufacturer!
to make any returns at all. The granij
total value of product of these almost
600 manufacturing plants, $151, 000,
000 in round numbers, makes agood
showing when we kerp in mind that
the total capital represented la but
$43,600,000 in round numbers. And
the $8,371,748 paid out in .wages li
scattered into homes extending almost
from boundary to boundary of thl
state. In the total of packing housi
products the return of one of the larg
packing houses is missing."
R. Mead Shumway must pay th
death penalty on Oct. 30 for the mur
der of Mrs. Sarah Martin near Ad
ams, In Gage county. This Is the decl
slon of the supreme court, which af
firms the findings of the lower court,
which .tried and convicted the man
War She Brnnm the Hymn.
f well-known bishop relates Uiat hs
was in a uranll country town where,
owing to the scarcity of good servants,
most of the ladles preferred to do thelf
own work, sa;rs u London paper.
lie was awakened quite early by the
tones of a soprano voice singing "Near
er, My God, to Theel'L As the bishop
lay in bed he meditated upon the piety
which bis hostess must posses which
enabled ber to go about ber task early
In 'he morning singing such a nobis
hymn.
At breakfast be spoke to ber about
It, and told ber bow pleased ho was.
"Oh, law," eho replied, "that's th
hymn I boll the eges by three versei
for soft and five for bard."
Ilia Idea, f Wife.
"What ' Is your Idea of an Ideal
wife?" A
"One who wHl oook the meals, do the
washing, look after tho furuace( make
her own clothes, and and"
"And what?"
"Keep herself looking as oung and
as beautiful as an actress who pulls
'own $400 a week lu vaudeville." Chl
cago Record-Herald.
Utntii,
Mrs. Ellis When you say third and
lastly, why do you continue your ser
tuoQ half an hour?
Ioinlnle To giro the deacons tlmi
to wake up. v
Loaieal Iafereao.
Scapegrace Nephew Uncle Henri
ever since 1 known Miss Hope IV
bees s different man.
Indulgent Uncle Then you must haw
siuytvrvu ., muc, mj aear do
ijaSn and fSitx
CHICAGO.
The Weekly Review of Chicago Trada
published by R. O. Dun & Co., says:
An extending nsn of money in Invest
ments and buoyant security markets re
flects the better tone whk.li now charac
terizes improving business conditions.
Crop reports continue to be uniformly
encournging, and sustained profitable re
turns impart a more cheering outlook ,
for the industries.
Further recovery is mnde clear by
wider demands for finished products, ad
ditions to active capacity and hands em
ployed. There Is slso a further sign of
strength in the volume of payments
through tho hanks, the dnlly averaice be
ing now I) per ceut above that during'
June. 1
It is notable at this time that new de
mands In tho leading productive lines
come forward more freely, and there is a
disposition to increase furnace and steel
outputs, while there is also favorable con- -sideration
given to plans for heavy con- .
structlon.
A large number of factories run closer
jo meir capacity, especially in rails, wire,
farm Implements, furniture and footwear.
Much building work is now hurried, and
there are more mercantile structures and
extensions contemplated, thus strengthen- "
lng the demand for future consumption of
lumber, quarry products, plumbing mate
rials and structural iron. 1
The markets for the principal raw ma
teriala maintain tho recently noted re
cuperntlon, and the Improved absorption
oi supplies imparts a healthier tone to
commitments. '
Weather conditions proved exceptional
ly helpful In lending retail lines, and at
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iiiiin uiiuveu uuve stouts 01 summer
merchandise been so satisfactorily reduc-
eu.
Rank curings, $218,318.C3, are 5.1
per cent under those of the corresponding
week in 1007.
Failures renorted in tho CMonm dla.
trlct number 35, against 30 last week
and 20 a year ago. Those with liabili
ties over $3,000 number 8, against lO'
last week and 3 In 1007.
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NEW YORK.
Good crop reports, the advance of the
season snd growth in confidence as to the
- ...... . . . . . v rk ,a v
moderate enlargement of future buying a
.. .V.U.U.D, MVLUU1J 'U UIO IT W
and Southwest. Industrial lines, too,
nave oeen oenentea ny evidences of re
vival in demand and the number-of idle
operatives has been reduced as a who!.
Still the progress making is of a very con
servative kind, curtailmnnt of Industry la
still a marked feature and small order
for immediate shipment largely moke up
the volume of business doing by Jobbers.
Retail trade Is fair as a whole, beinf
stimulated by pried' reduction sales,
though complaint of stocks not movlnr
rapidly come from some cities, and col
lections show tittle if any Improvement.
Best; reports come from the central West,
Northwest and Southwest and the excel
lent outlook for the cotton crop makes
for a better tone of advices from the
South.
Business failures in tha United States
for the week ending July 23 number 20
against 253 last week, 155 In ths like
week of 1007, 171 in 1000, 197 In 1908,
and 174 In 1004. Canadian failures for
the same period number 24, against 27 '
last week and 24-iir'this week last year.-
Bradstreet's Report.
Chicago Cattle, common to prime, -$4.00
to $7.85 j hog, prime heavy, $4.00
to $0.05 ; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00
to $4.05; wheat, No. 2, 00c to 81c;
corn, No. 2, 70c to 77c; oats, standard,
C2c to 53c: rye, No. 2, 77c to 70c; hay,
timothy, S8.00 to $13.00; prairie, $8.00
to $12.00; butter, choice creamery, lOo
to 21c; eggs, fresh, 17c trlOc; potatoes",
naw, per bushel, 73c to 80c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $300
to $7.25, hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $0.85; sheep, common to prime,
$2.50 to $8.50; wheat, No. 2, 87c to
80c; corn, No. 2 white, 70c to 80c; oats,
No. white, 59e to 00c.
St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $7.25; hogs,
$4.00 to $0.72; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25;
wheat, No. 2, 89c to 01c; corn, No. 2,
77c to 78c; oats, No. 2, 62c to 54c;
rye, No. 2. 75c to 77c.
Cincinnutl Cattle, $4.00 to $125;
hops, $4.00 to $0.05; sheep, $3.00 to
$3.73; wheat, No. 2, 00c to 91c; corn
No. 2 mixed, 80c to 81c; oats, No. i
mixed, 5I)o to 00c ; rye, No. 2, 78c to 80c.
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.40; hogs,
$1.00 to $0.70; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00;
wheat, No. 2, 01c to l2c; corn, No. 3
yellow, 70c to 81c; oats, No. 3 white,
U5c to 00c; rye, No. 2, 74c to 75c.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,
$1.13 to $1.15; corn, No. 3, 77c to 81e;
oats, standurd, 40c to 50c; rye, No. 1,
81c to 82c; barley, No. 2, 00c to 70o;
pork, mess, $15.23.
Tiuffalo Cattle, choice shipping steer.
$1.0) to $7.00; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00
to $7.00; theep, common to good mixed,
$4.00 to $3.30; lambs, fair to choice,
$3.00 to $7.50.
New York Cattle, $4.00 to $7.10;
hogs, $3.50 to $7.00; sheep, $3.00 to
$150; wheat, No. 2 red, 98c to 09c;
corn, No. 2, 82c to 83c; oats, natural
white, G3o to 00c; butter, creamery, 20a
to 23c; eggs, western, 18c to 21c.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 90c to
01c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 77c to 70c;
oatt. No. 2 mixed, 57c to 58c; rye, No,
2, 73e to 74c ; clover seed, $7.00.
Nome Clan-Vp, 3,500,000.
Ths Orst report of the annua spring,
output of the Nome gold worklofs place
the total at $3,300,000.
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