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DRIAND FORMS NEW CABINET
demenceau's Successor Succeeds in
Uniting Party Groups.
Pnrjs, July 24. Alter a day of con
ferences, Aristlde Hrlnml succeeded
In forming n new French ministry
and officially announced tho success
of his endeavors to President FnlUores.
Tho now cabinet Is made up as fol
lows: Premier and' minister of tho
9mWmmm
ARISTIDE BRIAND.
interior and of public worship, M.
Brland; minister of Justice, M. Bar
thou; minister of foreign affairs, M.
Plchen; minister of finance, Georges
Cochery; minister of education, M.
Doumergue; minister of public works,
posts and telegraphs, M. MUlorand;
minister of commerce, Jean Dupuy;
minister of agriculture, M. Ruan;
minister of the colonies, M. Toulllot;
minister of labor, M. Vivian!.
SUTTON HEARING RESUMED
Sister Says Only Aim Is to Clear
Brother's Name of Suicide.
Annapolis, Md., July 2C "1 am not
vindictive; ull I desire ,1s to clear my
brother's namo of tho dlsgrnco of sui
cide." So spoko Mrs. Kose Sutton
Parker, Bister of Lieutenant James N.
Sutton of Portland, Ore., tho circum
stances of whose death the court of
Inquiry continued' to Investigate today
at the resumption of the hearing in
the naval academy auditorium.
The Inquiry thus far has been nota
bio for the conflicting naturo of tho
testimony adduced. Four young lieu
tenants of tho marine corps, Adams,
OBterman, Willing and Bevan, told
stories which, while agreeing In many
points, yet differed materially ,ln es
sentials. The first named swore that
no one was sitting on Sutton when tho
fatal Bhot was fired. Two of the oth
ers testified that two or three men
were sitting upon tho prostrnte form
of Sutton, lying face downwnrd, with
his right arm under him. These swore
that one of the men on Sutton was
Sergeant Do Hart, who In turn sworo
that ho had not oven touched Sutton.
Most of tho witnesses who have testi
fied on that polut declare that Sut
ton shot himself and express thejr be
lief that he had so Intentionally; this
in support of the nssertlon that ho
was a suicide. On the other hand,
Surgeon Plckrell, asked If the fatal
wound' could hnvo been self Inflicted
under the conditions decrlbed by tho
youn licutenantB, declared It would
have been utterly Impossible.
MAN IS STRANGLED BY FENCE
Coachman Fell Asleep and Caught In
Pickets, Choking to Death.
Milwaukee, July 27. His neck
wedged tightly between the pickets
of n fence, the body of William Lenz,
for thirty years a coachman for Au
gust F. Gallun, a rich tanner, was
found In front of his" employer's resi
dence. Lenz evidently had been
strangled. The head projected be
tween the pickets and the nrms were
resting upon the fence. The knees
had crumpled from under, leaving tho
body suspended by the neck.
The police say that he probably
leaned over the fence to rest for a
while, fell nsleop, and, nB his throat
caught betweon tho picket"", slowly
strangled.
DR. COLLINS SLAIN BY WIFE
Former Des Moines Man Shot
and
Killed by Jealous Spouse.
Portland, Ore.. July 2C Dr. R. A.
Collins, a pronifilent "physician, was
shot and killed by his wlfo at the
home of Captain J. II. Slatlen, whoso
house they were to occupy for tho
summer. Jealousy was the cause.
Both Dr. Collins and his wlfo had
been married and divorced and It Is
nlleged that the first Mrs. Collins ar
rived here recently from St. Louis.
Dr. Collins was a gradunto of the
medical department of Drake univer
sity, Dos Moines.
Latham's Machine Meets With Mishap
Calais, July 27. Hubert Latham's
monoplane came vlolontly to the
ground In making n landing aftor a
trial flight, preparatory to making tho
attempt to cross the English channel.
A wheel was smashed and the pro
peller damaged.
Explosion on Jap Battleship.
Tokyo, July 27. News has been re
celved of a gunpowder explosion
aboard the battloshlp Asahl, In whJch
flvo men were killed and four wound
ed. Tho explosion took placo during
target practice.
Daughter of President Taylor Dead.
Winchester, Va., July 26. Mrs.
Elizabeth Taylor DandrJdge, aged
eighty-six, the daughter of President
Zachary Taylor, died here after a
brief illness.
Grand Army Reunion.
Toledo, la., July 27. The thirtieth
annual Tama county G. A. R, reunion
began here today.
NEBRASKA NEWS
Roy Short of Omaha Is Victim
of Distressing Accident.
strangled1nduhbwaiter.
Acting Engineer of Iter Grand Hotel
Is Dead When Found by Bellboy.
Chlr I; Caught Between Floor and
Lift and Neck Held as In a Vice.
Neck Not Broken and Death Due to
Strangulation.
Omaha, July 27. HIb bend caught
betweon tho top of a dumbwaiter and
the floor In riont or tho Bhnft, Hoy
Short, temporarily acting as night en
gineer, was strangled to death at tho
Her Grand hotel. Short was going
from the first floor to tho basement to
start a flro In tho kitchen range. In
stead of going down tho stairway, he
Btepped' upon the dumbwaiter aB a
quick and easy moans of transit. Tho
weight was too great tor tho lift and
Jt dropped.
Short'B chin struck tho floor and
tho top of tho dumbwaiter caught his
head so that his neck was held bo
tween the two ns In a vice. Fifteen
minutes later a bellboy passed tho
shaft and saw what had happened.
Ho immediately called tho night clerk
and an elevator boy.
It was apparent that Short was dead
and tho police and coroner wero nt
once notified nnd the body taken in
charge by tho coroner. Tho young
man's nock was not broken, death be
ing duo entirely to strangulntlon.
BOOTBLACK IS BOOTLEGGER
Barrel of Beer In Boxcar Proves Too
Strong a Temptation for Him.
Central City, Nob., July 27. Bo
cause he put the hotel push cart to
another use than that for which It
wns Intended, Jack Costello Is behind
tho bars of the county jail.
Costello has been shining shoes nt
the Schiller hotel, and it was also his
task to meot pnssengers on tho night
trnlns nnd haul their baggage to tho
hotel in the push enrt. But ho dis
covered that there was a barrel of
beer In a boxenr on tho Union Pnclflc
tracks, consigned to Central City par
ties, nnd he used the enrt In remov
ing its contents to his room In the ho
tel In Installments. But unfortunate
ly for Win, tho cart left some tracks,
and this led to an Investigation which
resulted In tho finding of the stuff and
his arrest.
Together with tho spoils obtained
from him nnd the fruits of two raids
on bootleggers, Sheriff Her hns an
immense quantity of liquor In his
keeping.
BOUND OVER TO COURT
Six Long Pine Citizens Used Hose on
Tramps.
Alnsworth, Neb., July 27. Six resi
dents of Long Pine, churged' with bru
tally beating some tramps, have been
held for trial Aug. 4 by Judgo Potter
in $1,000 bonds.
According to the complaint some
tramps vlBlted Long Pino last week
and wero summnrlly ordered out of
the town. It Is Bald they filled up on
whisky nnd did not leave as soon as
they wero ordered to. Some residents
of the town thereupon caught tho fel
lows and, placing them over a barrel,
ndmlnlstered a garden hose with
such effect thnt their cries worked so
upon a woman living nenrby that sho
fainted.
lowan Held in Omaha.
Omaha, July 27. Henry Murphy,
n young man claiming Cincinnati, Ap
panoose county, la., as his home, was
arrested, charged with passing coun
terfeit money. Ho pleaded not gujlty
and' was held to tho federal grand
jury. Ho wns stopping nt a rooming
house nnd pnssed a $5 bogtiH coin on
the keeper of the place. Murphy
claims to be the son of a farmer ard
says ho was on his way to the harvest
fields. The coin was n poor Imitation
nnd Murphy claims that he received It
from a stranger, who told him that ho
could have it ns a gift.
Sheriff Destroys Whlaky.
Herman, Neb., July 24. Sheriff
Moncko came up from Blair nnd de
stroyed tho 255 pints of whisky ho se
cured In the raid of tho J. A. West
place a few weeks ago. Tho sheriff
nnd a crowd of pooplo took tho liq
uor to a vacant lot and everyone got
n chance to break a bottlo that cared
for tho honor of doing so. Mr. Wost
entered a plea of guilty and sentence
will be passed at the next term of
the district court.
Railroad Men Before Board.
Lincoln, July 24. The state board
of equalization hold a session with
reprogontntlves of tho Burlington ana
the Union Pacific to discuss terminal
valuations. R. D. Pollard of the Bur
lington and A. W, Scrlbnor of the
Un,lon Pacific each had some objec
tions to the assessment In various
towns und those wero gone over. The
board did' not conclude Its work on
the tormlnnls, but probably will do
so In n day or two.
Tolf Hanson Still Missing.
Omaha, July 27. Rumors aro rife
as to tho whereabouts of Tolf Hanson,
who disappeared at tho time his ros
taurant became badly involved and
who was last hoard of In New York
city. Nolthor his creditors, his attor
ney nor his wife hnvo tho remotest
Idea as to his movements.
ADVISES SUIT ON STATE TAX
Omaha Commercial Club Commltteo
Makes Report on Law.
Omaha, July 2C Aftor Investiga
tion of tho net passed by tho Nobrnska
legislature at Its lato BCBslon, provld
lng for an occupation fco upon corpor
ations and known ns senato lllo No.
10, tho Judiciary commltteo of tho Com
mercial club Issued Its report.
Tho commltteo In Ha Investigation
finds tho law Is unconstitutional on
hoveral counts, and declares It might
bo attacked In sovernl ways.
Tho flrst point brought out to show
the law Is unconstitutional Is that the
Btato has no power to levy an occupa
tion tax, which tho fee In tho senato
fllo really 1b, nnd oven Is cnlled in tho
act Itself an "occupation fee."
In conclusion tho roport advises
that the tax bo paid under protest and
suit then be brought to test tho con
stitutionality of the net.
TREATY NULLS 8TATE LAW
Decides German Heir Can Succeed to
Nebraska Property.
York, Nob., July 24. In tho settle
ment of tho Christian Schuster es
tate In probnto court Jiulgo Wrny wns
confronted with a peculiar question
of law, owing to a Nebraska Btato law
prohibiting n non-resident from being
heir to real estate, while under n Unit
ed States trenty with German such
heirship Is recognized. As ono of tho
heirs of thin estnto lives in Gormnny
it was a dobatablO4)olnt In lnw as to
whether or not this heir In Germany
would succeed to her rights to tho
proporty. Judge Wray decided that
tho German heir held rights In ac
cordance with tho United' States
treaty. Whether or not tho matter
will bo carried up to a higher court
has not yet been decided.
HARVE8T CALL IS HEARD
Army of Workers Fllto to the Country
to Bring Home Sheaves.
Omaha, July 24. Tho army of un
employed has hoard tho call of tho
farmers In tho Dnkotas for harvest
hands and' nro hurrying there In an
Bwcr to tho appeal from tho wheat
fields.
For two days trains going north
from tho Union station to tho Dakotns
have been carrying Bcores of men
I bound for tho harvest fields of those
Btatos. According to tho depot offi
cials the men seeking work In tho
north outnumber those of any pre
vious Biimmor for tho laBt thrco years.
It Is a motloy crowd that is going
north, too, being composed of former
farm laborers, tramps und college
studonts wanting work until tho mid
dle of September.
HORTICULTURE THEIR TOPIC
Fruit and Flower Experts Are In Ses
slon at Beatrice.
Beatrice, Nob., July 24. Tho Ne
braska State Horticultural society
held a two days' sosslon hero. In tho
exhibits wero over thirty varieties of
gladlolas furnished by Henry Field of
Shenandoah, la.; specimens of straw
berries raised by G. S. Christy of
Johnson, Nob,, which are claimed to
bo of an everlasting varloty, and a
branch of seedling cherries brought
by C. H. Green of Fremont, who rep
resents them to bo nn improvement
over the varloty of tho late cherries
grown today. The ornnmontnl shrub
bery wns furnjBhed' by the Dole Floral
company and tho German nurseries of
Bentrlce.
Public Meetings Under Ban.
York, Nob., July 20. Dr. G. W. Shld-
ler, city physlrjnn, after Investigating
tho serlouBnesB of tho epidemic of
cerobro spinal meningitis now prevail
ing nt Stromsburg and' Polk, and tho
northern part of York county, made
announcement through tho local pa
pers that every precautionary meas
ure must bo tnken to prevent it from
breaking out In York, nnd asks post
ponement of nil meetings nnd picnics
unt.ll tho epidemic Is no longer a
menace to tho public. Thero are over
one hundred cases reported In tho
country nnd places named and through
recent ordor of the state loard of
health every enso is now being cjuar
antincd. Young Man Dies of Broken Neck.
Omnha, July 2C Victor J. Rem
mington of Beverly, Neb., djod at tho
Immnnuol hospital In this city from
the effect of nn nccldent which frac
tured a cervical vertebra. The nccj
dent hnpponod several days ago near
tho Remmlngton homo. Tho young
man wns swimming In n small lako
and jumped from a spring board Into
shallow water, striking tho bottom
and bronklng his neck.
Smith Pleads "Not Guilty."
Omaha, July 24. Josse Smith,
charged with murder In tho flrst de
gree In connection wJth the death of
James Rollins, colorod, pleaded not
guilty In police court when arraigned
by the county attorney. The prelim
inary hearing has beon set for July
27. Smith Bays his mind Is n blank
on tho events of the night when the
shooting occurred.
Bankers to Meet at Omaha.
Omaha, July 23. Omaha Is tho next
meeting, placo of tho Nebraska Bank
ers' association and the convention
will bo hold Sept. 8 and 9. Secretary
V. B. Hughes Is now working out the
dotnlls of tho raoetlng, which includes
speakers and a place of meeting nnd
entertainment for the bankers while
In Omaha.
Merchandise Holds Its Own.
Lincoln, July 2C Tho roturns ot
the assessors show that merchandise
has held Its own this year and galnod
a little. With all countios In except
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All kinds of Granite and Marble
Tombstones and Monuments.
Lower prices and less
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HAVE YOU PAID YOUR
PERSONAL TAX?
Taxos are due Nov. i. Personal
taxes delinquent Dec. i. Land tax
delinquent May i. Interest io per
cent from date of delinquency. Real
estate advertised for sale the first week
in October and sold for taxes the first
Monday in November. In all com
munications relative to taxes, please
give description of property.
Fred Moluunc. Co. Treasurer,
Repair Work
Sewing Machines and
Organs.
Have secured the services of a prac
tical mechanic and can guarantee all
work done by him. Don't trust your
work to travelling repair men. TI113
man will be here permanently. Re
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