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EIRAI H OTTO All Tb Hew. Tbea It la Heiri. VOLUME XVII DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 190U. NUMBER 28 DAKOTA COUNTY I A Guaranteed Liquor It will absolutely remove the craving for liquor in less than 21 hours time, without any bad effects what ever. It contains no poisons. It does not debilitate, but builds up the system ab once. Testimonials furnished on application. Price $10. JL. IS Ayrcs, Address, Stands like a Turns Cattle, Horses, Hogs Is z 1 r : ,l-LI L. . L- .1 ill...'. .ul. i ,' . i. L.i t AEUiERICAN'FENCE Buy your new fence for years to come. Get the big, heavy wires, the hinge joint, the good galvanizing, the exactly proportioned quality of steel that is not too hard nor too soft. We can show you this fence in our stock and explain its merits and superiority, not only in the roll but in the field. Come and see us and get our prices. Edwards& Bradford Lbr. Co Hubbard tiLO. TIMLIN, VEItY r LOW RATES -To .NORTH PACIFIC COAST VIA THE- NortK - Western I $2695 One Way second class colonist ti be on sale daily. March 1 to A Portland, Seattle, Tacoma ai Sound Points. Proportionately to points in Alberta British Columbia, Idaho & lzz.ti . Through Tourist Cars Daily. 1 Irazr. apolis and St rani to Pacific Coa i Pf.i Round Trip Special I lomeseekers excursion tick on sale 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of I April to many points in Montana, portion of Idaho, state of Washingt Ellensburg and Wenatchee and Kootenai Section of British Colum If you contemplate, a tiiji no matter where, fc otuer information cull on or iu1 dress LYMAN SHOLES Division Pims'r Ant. Onialm. CONC0IUBA)OiAftM3a&. A&IZASilORSLANKTSj BC,","";9Jvl : Specials on Horse Blankets and Lap Robes : Strong, Square Wool Blankets.. Large, Strong, Square Blankets Brown Duck-Lined Storm Blankets. Heavy Plaid Duck-Lined Blankets. HeaW. Plain Plush Lap Robes.... Heavy, Fancy Plush Lap Robes 4.50 Very Fine Black Pur Robes, Large S.75 Very Fine Black Fur Robes, Fxtra Large. . 10.50 O-i. t T3 Cure for Zhe Habit Dakota City, Nb. Stone Wall Practically Indestructible . I. . . j.. i . L lX-m si 1 rimmnniMKiKrmm Nebraska yanacer. :2ts v. ii 20. v, ::z i -ISO V G. H. PRAN Agent, DAK 07 17. N tL tuH M "" CARRIAGE HEATERS SiMffifiilOJR&XJKLANKCTai .$ 1.40 . . 1.75 .. 1.70 .. 2. 00 2 . 75 Slous City, Uwak. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF THE WHOLE WORLD. MYSTERY AT DAYTON OHIO TOWN THK 'KNTK.il OK AN- OTIIF.K SKNSATION. I1 !.. u lln.iaista aT'nurt fhf Aim Houm Crliws Committal INvontly I ' I . ......i... n. v riiur m i iii w """'" ... ...... I Boc-n Solved. I a.,,mi.,. hnffiinc mvstcrv confronted I (he police In the discovery Thursday of the decomposed body of an unknown white woman In the canal below the Apple street bridge. In Dayton, Ohio, In the opinion of the officers. It must . ...ii i ....(.... i.hont n month. I The woman apparently was 30 years old and well dressed. She was at- tired In black, wore Roman slippers. I u.,t m. these she had a pair of new ,i,l,r vlm.m The decomposition win, It Is feared, prevent Identification. The place where the body was found Is about 800 feet south of the Apple street bridce. A theory has been advanced that. providing It was a case c f murder, the bodv mlaht have been rolled down n very steep hill skirting the fair grounds on the east. The fair grounds is the rendezvous of men and women. A month oko Charles Klefert told Coroner Swisher that he had seen ft well dressed white woman standing at the end of the Apple street bridge ap parently waiting for someone. He said Fhc seemed very nervous. FindiiiK she was being watched she walked to- wnrd the fair grounds, which end at Apple street, and was not seen again. 'his was In the evening. Flefert fur ther st.iled that the woman was dress ed In black. Six girls have been found slain In Pavton recently. Four of the mur. ders have never been solved. MF.I'r FLAT KF-ITS.U;. Cil Men Turn Diiun DeinaiKls of Mine Workers. The anthracite coal operators mev the committee of hard coal miners In Philadelphia Thursday and flatly re fused to grant the men any of tho de mands they laid before them, and at tho same time proposed to the mine workers that the present agreement, which will expire March 31. be re newed for a term of three years. This decision was not unexpected by the mine workers. Thomas Lewis, na tional president of the United Mine Workers of America, declined to com ment on the developments beyond stat ing that lie and his committeemen will meet to discuss the situation. So far as could be learned Thursday a majority of the miners are opposed to a strike because they feel that they are not strongly enough Intrenched to carry on a campaign of the magnitude of that of 1900 and 1902. DF.HAII.KD BY Will '.CKFJ5S. I'aKseiigor Train N Thrown from the Track. As a result of the work of train wieckers a southbound express on the Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf railroad was derailed twenty miles north of Monroe, La., shortly before midnight Wednesday night. Engineer C. W. McDanlel was in stantly killed and Fireman J. H. Gow an seriously hurt. No passengers were injured. An Investigation showed the switch had been thrown and spiked, while the signal light had been turned to show white. The train was bound from Little Hock, Ark., to Monroe, and was trav eling at a rapid rate. To Italno Conferterate Bout. That arrangements, have been com pleted to raise the first torpedoboat of the confederacy fiom the bottom of Lake Poncharatrain was announced at a meeting of the confederate veterans at New Orleans. Wedneslay night. The boat Is lying near Spanish fort, where It went down years ago. It Is proposed to place the vessel on the lawn of the confederate soldiers' home In New Or leans. I s Angclew' .Mayor ItcHlgnsj. Mayor H. C. Harper, of Ixs Angeles, Cal., resigned Thursday. He declines to explain. The mayor has been a can didate for re-election at a special elec tion called for March 26, under the recall claus- of the city charter. He had been recalled from office by a peti tion slgin d by 111, mm voters because of various allegations of misconduct made against him. Sioux 1t) l;lu Stock Market. Thursday's (imitations on the Sioux City live stock market follow: Mutch" -r steers, $.ir,. Top hogs, $6. HO. Prof. Miii; rl.iml Dead. Murk Vernon Sllngeiiand, professor of economic etomology ut Cornell uni versity and well known us a contribu tor to scientific Journals, died at Itha ca, N. Y., Thursday, aged 4 5. Flilciuii- of Typhoid. Madrid has been visited by an epi demic of typhoid fever. More than 300 cases already have been removed to one hospital and there hare bton many deaths. STOUMS IN THK KOI 'Til. Bitty IVcwoiim In Juried l Arluuuaui Tornado. A BpecliU to the St. Iouls I'ost-Dls- patch from Hrlnkley. Ark., say thirty persons were killed and fifteen to forty injured and more than S 1.000. 000 worth of property Joss was caused by I the cyclone which s.vept the town of I S.000 population In Monday night. I Tho town Is a total loss. The cyclore passed over at 7 o'clock, ami when l daylight revealed the woik It was found tlie business section was in ruins I and nine out of ten reslde.ncei) had Tlu tor-ii.ilo 1 -iK.w city i r .. i ., I... Ii.. ....,a.lr r 9 oniy a lew mniiies, om n. v.. destruction was complete. The Ko- man Catholic etun.h. Mandins directly In the path of tli'. s! n ui, alone escaped damage or de; i .'. ton. It lias been converted Into a hospital. The two principal thor mhfur.s .in- inn ussuble and are piled hl:;'i wto wreckage. Every business . is in ruins. and there Is hardly a home turn nu not been damaged. AH the hotels In town were deMiove-l. hut, all th guest i escuped Muss Meetings h ive neen caucu mr In Memphis. Little Hock and other cities to receive funds and supplies lor inc siorrn victims. At IJtt'.e Hock. Ark., i-ix dead and eight Injured arc reported In the vicln- Itv as a re-m'.t of the tornado. Among the deud are throe brothers. Tho Methodist Episcopal church and school house at t. Caimel were de molished anil eight bouses at Hurri cane creek were destroyed. Cuthbert, C.a., Tuesday was atruck by a tornado Tuesday nl;jht and much property destroyed. One man was killed and many probably injured. Between 75 and 100 dwellings and I business houses were demolished, SeveraJ- brick buildings. Including four mercantile establishments, were I wrecked. One white man was killed, I six negroes are dead and perhaps thlr- ty seriously Injured. The tornado came up suddenly from the southeast. As tolephone wires were down it la im possible to ascertain the damage in the outlying districts. GKT BUSY OX MISSOl lU. Million Dollars to He VM'd Tills Summer. The greatest season of activity in government work that has been wit nessed on the Missouri river In fifteen years will begin Immediately upon the subsidence of the June rise. The river h i,.n hin .. t th inst es- slon of congress contained the largest appropriation for the river that ha been made since 1895 and Capt. K. H. Schulz, the engineer in charge of the Missouri and Its tributaries will have about $1,000,000 to spend this year on the regular projects under his charge. Next year, when a regular river and harbor bill Is passed, and every year thereafter, until the Improvement pro ject Is completed, the Missouri proba bly will not get less than $2,000,000, tuid perhaps more. IjOKI'H A "HOI.L." SHH Moines, Iu., Man leaves $10,000 In Ijoh Angeles Cuff. For the sake of witnessing a bal loon ascension E. C. McCartney, t wealthy business man of Des Moines, la., risked $10,000 nnd lost It. McCart ney was dining at the Delmar hotel Long Beach, Cal., Monday, w hen some one exclaimed, "A balloon Is going up There was a rush for the door and Mc. Cartney in haste left his purse besldo tils plate. As the aeronaut dropped in the ocean with a parachute and was drowned, the excitement lasted for some time. When McCartney re turned to his seat the purse wus miss ing. Bloody Fight in Carolina. Deputy Sheriff W. F. Corbett and hlk brother, Charles, were killed at the house of J. It. Palmer, near Walhall, H. C, Monday nlRht. It Is said that Corbett hud a warrant for the arrest of one of the Palmers and that a gen- eral exchange of shots ensued. Palmer, his wife, one of his sons, and his daughter are all slightly wounded. Palmer and two of -his sons are In Jail. Accusal ItohlM-r 1-:mcum h. Hy digging under a thin brick wall In the Fargo, N. I)., Jail, Frank Morri son, Indicted by the federal grand Jury for.se.veial North Dakota postofllce robberies, and George Dan, charged with the robbery of the Mapletoii, N. !., depot, gained their liberty. It Is .ald assistance was given thi-m from the outside. Capliu-eil After Seven Year. After u s-veii-yiNir hunt, tin- 'hleae.o police declared Tuesday iiiht thai the niurdc-rer of I'olle, nun ivti h-k H. Duffy, had been found. Viiici-nl Itris- coe, anas iiniion, who is f.-i ving a sentence for robbery in the San Quen- tiu penitentiary California, la '.hough! to be the man IjiImii- lcinlcr Willed. mile S. j-hlrlcy, a labor h-ader, well known io American Federation ,,f Ia- ber circles, was shot ikkI instantly killed ut HoHWi-ll, N. M , 'I'm sd.iy by W. T. Wells, u wealthy resident of Ruswell. Men. SUilflchuck Ik Dead. Mis. Nancy Wilson, known as Mrs. niuiut-uuciv, one oi me most notorious women prisoners in tin- Kansas peril- unitary, uuu or pneu uionij, In her cell Tuesday ufternooii. POLINII PKILbT RIjAIX. AjHiMtiim lire Tlirw Ilulleu Into ty Mail' Itody. Three men whose fvaturei appear to have been concmlrfl by their heavy overcoat and slouch hats walked Into the ntudy of the Hev. Erasmus Anaton, paator of the Polish church of St. Btanlaluus. In Newark, N. J., Wednes day and opened fire on him. Three bullets from their three revolvers hit (the priest, killing him Instantly. The trio turned to make their es cape and found their way blocked by Mrs. Antonio Snwrzytska, the house keeper. Without an Instant's heslta tion one of the men turned his re volver on her. Indicting a wound which Is llkelv to prove fatal. All three es caped, Two hundred of Father Anslon's parishioners who were attending Berv lce In the church adjoining heard tho shots and rushed In, led by the assist ant priests, who were In charge of the service. Hut the assunslns had dlH appeared, leaving apparently no clew to their wh'.reuhouts or Identity. The police were put at work on the case within a few minutes of the mur der, and rounded up four suspects, one of whom the housekeeper, now In St. Harnaba's hospital, said bore n resent blance to the leader of the trio which had done the shooting. The others she was unable to identify. All four denied my knowledge of the alTuir VHUHtV IHlt OIL THt'KT. - Vwcn(y-Nlm Million Dollar I'lne Cinr I'.niN Suddenly. Judge Anderson at Chicago Wednes day decided to Instruct the Jury In the Standard Oil case to find the company not guilty. The decision of the court was an- nounceil at the close of a long i(ju- ment by Assmtant District Attorney Wllkerson, and the Jury Immediately was summoned and Instructed to re- turn a verdict of not guilty. This means all but two of tho pend- Ing Indictments against the Standard all Company of Indiana are void nntl will be abandoned by the government. The two cases not affected by the decision are cases involving the ship ment of 1,915 carloads of oil from Whiting, Ind., to Evansvilie, Ind., via Dolton Junction, over the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad. SHU'S C'OMJDK IX A FOG. Wireless M"s.snje Tells of Accident, but Given Xo IiKuion of Yvkm'I. A collision between two Iron steam er"' the ""ratio Hall, bound from 1'orliana, Me., for .New York, with few P-ngors "d freight, and the H. F. "ra"CK. lrom NPW 1 lo "ownn wth freight, occurred In a thick fog about 8 a. m. Wednesday somewhere between Cape Cod and Point Judith. Officials of the lines operating both steamers received messages telling of the collision, but no details were giv en, nor was the place Indicated. The Horatio Hull is a vessel of the Maine Stcainuhlp company and the H. F. Dlmock Is a Metropolitan line Trelghter. OpK Jap Pliysli-lans. A bill aimed at Japanese physician was Introduced Wednesday In the as- embly of the territorial legislature at nunu:uiu. i ne measure requires jup- anese doctors to puss an examination given by the territorial medical exam iners In the Er''sh language. The Hawaiian MedlcrJ society Is back of the bill. Will of LiiinU r Merchant. The will of the late Wm. T. Joyce. a lumber merchant, was offered for probate In Chicago Wednesday. It dis poses of an estate valued at more than $5,000,000, all of which Is left to his widow, Mrs. Clothilda O. Joyce, and his two sons, David D. and James Stanley Joyc. Held on Forgery i'lmrge. After a chaae of seven years detec tives arrested John Horton on the charge of forgery at the home of his wife In Alton, III., Wednesday. He la charged with obtaining from $76,000 to $100,000 from the Stock Yards Na- I tlonal bank, of East St. Louis, 111,, by means of furged bills of lading. KMtnbllNhfd First Overland lloiite. John Bultertleld, who was one of the party of seven who outlined and estab lished the first overland mail route to the Paelllc const In 1 858, later adopted by the American I'Jxpwe coupanjr, died at his home at I'tloa. N. Y., Tyes- Iv night, aged 82 years. Norman Mack's Home Hum. The home of Norman 1-3. Mack. chairman of the democratic national com mil tee. was destroyed bv Are at HulTalu. N. Y., Wednesday night. Mr. M.-ick and his family are at Atlantic "ity. Xo iM'cnl Fare In Kan--a. The senate Tin rday at Topelta. Kan.. adopted the report of the railroad committee, which recommended the 2 ccnt fare bill to be not passed. Tills ends the I'-cent fare legislation In the Kuiifta-- legislature ut tills session. cw Peruvian Iian. The new Peruvian loan of $2,000,000 ... pay the debts of the preceding ad ministration came up for debate In the chamber of deputies Wednesday. The mlniiitiir of finance stated that nego tiation! to Moat the loan already hud been vtarted. The use of the money wii! serve to establish a normal mon etary Fysltm. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS KOMAXCIO KNIKS IX IMVOItCE. Until Hrjan I avltt (Jnuitcd ' Dcriw lit Lincoln With a bllxzard roaring outside the IaucastHr county court house and the now pelting against the window pane.", the romance of Kuth Bryan l.cuvltt came to a dreary end Tuesday afternoon. Alleging non-support and desertion, she was given u dlvorco de cree and the custody of her two child ren. Mrs. Irfavltt, In a low voice, stated that Ieavltt had not contributed to the support of the family for more than two years and had not provided a home. Mrs. W. J. l'.ryun asserted that I.envltt hail not assisted In providing for bis wife. Few questions were asked. rf-avltt was not present, and there was no defense. Without comment the plea was granted and nn order en tered on the docket ending the case of Ieavltt vs. Ijcnvltt unless there Is a plea for reopening the suit on the part of the defendant. Before the suit was filed T.eavltt greed to allow the divorce without a contest. Later he Issued a statement In Purls asserting that he would fight the case. He did not appear, however. TWO ACCIIU'.NTS AT SI Fltl.IXG. Tuly Breaks Arm and Boy's lloail Cut 0Mn. Mrs. T. M. F.hmen. of SteiH.g, slip ped and fell on the Icy sidevalk Mon day morning and broke her arm Just nbove the wrist. She was down town when It happened and was taken to the office of a physician where the bones were set. She Is about sixty vears old. Dick Hors, Jr., of Stewing, was seri ously hurt Monday while assisting the blacksmith in shoeing a horse. The oone above his eyes was caved In and tho flesh above one eye was cut until It hung down over tie eye. It required six stitches-to closo the wound. A physician dressed the wound and said It Is very doubtful whether he can save the eye. CABIIIFI) AWAY OX ICK CAKK Xarrow I--um' of Young Woman Near Hcmlnuffnrri. Hans Hanson, a boy about 17, with his sister Nora and Miss ullvla Mop were driving to town and drove Into the main canyon about seven miles south of Hemlngford. The strong cur rent upset tho buggy and threw them all Into the stream. Mr. Hansen and his sister awain out, but Miss Moe was carried down stream and finally got footing on a, large piece of lee and snow that waa floating on tho surface. Emory Ablcy, a neighboring ranch man, notified and he succeeded In las soing her and bringing her safely to shore. Miss Moo Is suffering somewhat from exposure and shock but was not otherwise injured. IIFIXZFS GKT THK PKAHLS. X-w Yorkers Hooovw Norkhioo and Turu Greek Free. The Heinze pearl necklace la re stored to Its owner, tho reward paid to Alfred Edholm, and the Greek, John Hovls, who found the Jewels In the Knickerbocker hotel iu New York, Is at liberty, having nothing nnd claim ing nothing of the reward. These were the developments of Monday In Omaha, Mr. nnd Mrs. Ilelrme sending the necklace tothelr home by ejyiress and leaving onhn evening train, both being extravagant In their praise of the good treatment accorded them bj the Omaha police and authorities. New Lights nt IVemont. The new lights In the business sec tion of Fremont were turned on Sun day night. They are enclosed arcs and give a fine light. Fremont had been In total darkness so far as street lights were concerned, for more than a month. Changes from the old to the new light plant were In progress and necessitated! the disuse temporarily of the arc larrlp circuit. Plead Guilty to Gambling. Gus Child. "Doc" Trlbbetts, Jerome Trlbbetts and George Gamble, four of the men arrested In Heutiiee, pleaded guilty In police court to the charge of gambling. "Doc" Trlbbetts was fined $50 ami costs, and the other three $25 and costs, each. Samuel Workman nud Louie Knserman, two others caught In the police net on a similar charge, pleaded not guilty. .Automobile ,luniHl Ditch. While returning to Auburn from Hrownvllle In an auto on Saturday evening, Harry Moore as driver, ac companled by George Harmon, Forest Hoover and Thomas Grilles, met with an accident In which the three passen gers were quite badly bruised, Hoover and dines being thrown high in the air while tin- other two stayed with the auto. Kills Ills Companion Huns Jensen. HI years old, was shot ami Instantly killed by Ills hunting unite, Wauer I Ira ndenbui x. near I'lalnview, while shootnK ducks. The ;nd raised Ids h";id lust ns. his com ninion in iln rear iMeii at a Hock of rising ducks. The charge entered the buck of the head. Hoy P.iir;lurH. I lie general mc I ch-uidlse store of .-rick K Co., at llunll-y. was i-obbei Sundi.y by three little boys of the age of 10 years each. T!nv gained en trance ut the buck door by pu.-lilug a key out and picking the lock. Pipes, to bocco, gum and candy were taken. They have nil acknowledged their guilt, and It remains as yet u-idedcd as to wether or not tin will lie r, nt to the reform r. bool ! Kearney. INTEIESTI8S rUPPEOIS Frw Pay ta Diy Ccnfciucd FOR CUR nUSY READERS iii xTixu Acciniox': . Two Hoy Killed ami Anot'n r Tn-rd for Several Hours. Saturday morning Harry Taylor, about 16 years of age, son of a Bell- wood Jeweler, and Warren llouton, went duck bunting and wh"n about two miles from town the gun carried by the Houton boy In some manner was accldently discharged and the en tire load of shot entered Taylor's left side near the lung, cutting a large hole. The boy was conveyed to 1 tell wood by a farmer and died a few minutes after the doctor arrived. few days ngo Walter Yanlke was treed for three hours on the Galley Is-i laud on the n-irth side of the L up riv er by the waters nnd Ice of the treach erous Platte. Louis Nehola. the 7-yenr-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe. Nebula, whs acci dentally Khot last Sunday by the dls- harge of a gun In the hands of hl9 brother, Frank. The latter had beea out hunting nnd had Just returned and- was In the act of letting the hammer down when the gun was accidentally dlcharged. Louis and his little sis ter were standing on a haystac k about forty feet away, the girl standing al most In front of the boy when the ac cident occurred. Thirty-six No. 2 shot entered the boy's face nnd chest and. the latter exnlred before medical aid could reach him. On Monday Coroner Eby summoned a Jury and linM an In quest w hich exonerated the brother of any Intent to kill. Tho trag'dy oc curred at the farm home, tci miles south of 14-lgh. Sill MWAY DIKS FOB CK1MB. Ap;nls Prove Futile ami Drop Fall Friday at 2:32 O'clock. All efforts to save the life of B. Mead Shumway, the murderer of Mrs. Varah Martin, of Adams, failed Friday and he was hanged at 2:3 J p. m. In th penitentiary at Lincoln. Six staya of execution had been granted during thfc progress of the case. Shumway walked to the scaffold supported by two assistants, bui as cended the stairs unaided. "Ytnl era hunglng an Innocent man." he aid; when asked to make a final statement Then he added: "May Ood forgive all of you who have had anything to do to me." Death did not come as swiftly as In the three executions held before at the penitentiary; for the rope was not placed tightly enough about his neck and it was twenty-one minutes before) he heurt ceased beating and twenty- evcn and a half mlftut.-s before th physicians pronounced shumway dead. After the fall It was necessary to raise the body and readjust the noose to stop respiration. The necls was not broken. The execution took place in the east end of the broom company's ware house In the presence of about 150 persons, many of whom were resident of Gage county, where tho crime waa committed. Among the spectators were Jacob Martin, husband of ahuta way'a victim, and all relatives living near Adams, including II. II. Groves, a brother of Mrs. Martin, and Repre sentative C. K. Groves, of Firth, a nephew. CUTLTY OF MAXSLA rGHTKR. Verdict Upturned nt Plutminouth Alv ter All Night Sesttlon. After helno- nut all nlirht at Plattfl mouth the Jury returned a verdict find ing the defendant. Fred OssenlCOP, guilty of manslaughter In the manner and form as charged In the Informa tion. Ossenkop Is still out on bond and his attorney will have three days te file petition for a new trial. The yerdlot of the Jury Is approved by the general public. Ossenkop killed Charles Byrne at Fade last September. Much Interest was manifested dur ing the trial, which waa very largely attended, not only by the people resid ing In Eagle and vicinity, but also from other portions of the county. The case. was bitterly contested throughout. Hunter Drowned. Joseph Sharp naa drowned aa4 two. companions. John Sheet and Richard Aglmer, narrowly escaped a like fate while duck hunting near Peru Sunday. Their boat was crushed In the Ice and all three were thrown Into tho water. Sharp disappeared beneath the Ice, but Sheet held to the boat, while Agl mer swam to shore and secured as sistance. Winter Whct DainnsroM. From some parts of Johnson coun- ty come reports to the effect that win ter wheat has been considerably dam aged and that as a result, the crop will . be materially shortened. Dry weather last fall and the excessive freer.es fol lowing the spring-like thunder showers of several weeks ago are given as the causes. Hint of Official Dlscloxnro. Supervl.au- I . H. Wentworth h made a statement under oath concern ing specific affairs In the Adams coun ty government and It Is understood that it may be used as a ha-ds for dis closures t oon lo be made I y the civic fedel litloll. Cuttle Ou.'ruutinc May Mr Inc. If the stockmen if Custer county III follow government Instructions, it U probable t he iua in ntine that has ex I ted for some time, may be lifted in I be l:e ! " ! utiiro. I'.xl:ian Named. Gov. Shallrnbcrser Friday morning v -pounced the appointment of Fred V. F'odirvn as member of the board of lire ai'd po'lc irrmlssl uiers ' of Omaha to succeed Car' Prun lels, who rccii:;y -'.lei!. F'..idm.;-.r cum in Isslni; will i'i:i fr.un March i to April II. Mil. .:ilina!s Go ll:nl. At Maple Hill, near Albion, Mrs. Nolles' deg went r.iad oi e dayiluit week, nnd n hog went mad for J. ktf Whitcumb. Both we.c kill m a) at