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ELECT VAN SANT
6, A, R, Convention Chooses
Minnesotan as Commander,
DES MOINES WOMAN HONORED,
Mrs. Jennie L. Berry U Elected Na
tional Pretldent of Woman't Relief
Corps Wins Over Mrs. Belle Har
ris of Kansas on Third Ballot by a
Vote of 213 to to 90 Atlantic City
Gets Next Encampment.
Salt Lake, Aug. 13. Samuel It. Van
Sant of Minnesota was elected com
mander In chief of the Grand Army of
tho Republic. Ho won over Judgo Will
iam A. Ketcham of Indiana by u vote
of 587 to 150.
Mrs. Jennie L. llorry of Dos Molucs,
la., won In n flglit for tho natlonul
presidency of tho Woman's Roljof
corps. Aftor threo ballots, alio wna
elcctod ovor Mtb. Bollo Harris of Kan
ens by a voto of 213 to 00.
In addition to Commander Van
Sant, tho following officers woro elect
oil: Senior vice commander, W. M.
SAMUEL. R. VAN SANT.
Bostaph of Ogdon, Uto.li; Junior vice
commnnder, Judgo Alfred Beers of
Bristol, Conn.; Burgeon gonoral, W.
H. Loinon of Lawrenco, Kan.
Atlantic City was Bolected as tho
next meeting placo.
MEET NEXT AT PUEBLO
Irrigation Men Elect B. A. Fowler of
Arizona as Head.
' Spoknno, Wash., Aug. 11. With tho
election of olllcors, tuo selection of
Puoblo, Colo., as tho next mooting
place, tho passage of resolutions com
mending both tho orrortB of Plnchot
and Nowoll lu tho forestry and reclp
inatluu bureaus, asUiug from congress,
an annual appioprlatlon of ?10,000,000
for a poriod of llvo years to aid In Irri
gation work and commending tho Mis-'
alsslppl deep watorways, tho sovonth
National Irrigation congross ended.
Tho following olllcors, in addition to
B. A. Fowlor of Phconlx, Ariz., presi
dent, and Arthur HooUr or Spokane,
secretary, wore chosen: Mi at vir-o
prosldont, Ralph Twltcholl of Now
Moxlco; second vice president, R. W.
Young of Utah; third vice prosldont,
L. Newman of Montana; fourth vlco
president, F. W. Fleming of Now Mex
ico; fifth vlco prosldont, E. J. Walson
of South Carolina.
FINDS THAW STILL INSANE
Slayer of Stanford White Sent Back
to Asylum.
White Plains, N. Y Aug. 13. Tho
Btato of Now York won n complete
victory ovor Harry K. Thaw when
Justlco Isnac N. Mills doclded that
the slayor of Stanford Whito was still
Insane, aud sent him bade to tho asy
lum for tho criminal Insano at Mntto
awau. Not one of tho many contentions
mado by Thaw during tho threo weeks
of his recent hearing was sustained.
Ho 1b, however, somewhat better off
than before ho brought tho present
suit, becauso Justice Mills in his do
clsion suggested and the suggestion
amounts practically to orders that
Thaw at Mattoawan be restored to tho
privileges he enjoyed uurjng tho first
threo months of his stay there, and
that his mother bo allowed all the
possible privileges and treated with
every consideration whoii she calls to
see him.
TRAIN KILLS FIVE CHILDREN
Brothers and Sisters Run Down at a
Crossing In Missouri.
Kennett, Mo., Aug. 17. While driv
ing to church at Frlsbee station five
children of A. H. Hyde, a farmer, were
killed by a St. Loul3 and San Fran
cisco train, which struck tho wagon
on a crossing a mllo oast of tho Hyde
home.
Tho dead are: Lello Hydo, aged
twonty-throo; Juda, twonty; Jesse,
Boventoon; Susan, twelve; Charles,
twenty-six.
WAR GAME IN BAY STATE
Blue Army Sends Out Bridge Destroy,
ing Expedition.
Boston, Aug. 16. A brldgo destroy.
Ing expedition to hamper tho move
ments of the army of the "rod" and
the capture of a private of the Invad
ing army were tho most warlike foat
uroa In tlio work of tho army of the
"blue," In camp near Brldgowator, de
fending Boston from an attack from
the south by the red army iu the war
game.
AMERICAN FLOUR IS BEST
Government Trying to Find Why Mor
of It 1 Not Used In Europe.
Washington, Aug. 14. Just wh
more European bone and tissue Is not
nourished with American flour is the
problem that Special Agent Davis of
tho department of commerce and la
bor tried to solvo In Investigations re
ported on In a bulletin which has Just
been prepared for tho public. Amor
lean flour made from American wheat,
ho says, Is better to eat than that of
nny country. What millers must do
to enlarge tho consumption of Amor
lean flour, ho adds, Is "to rise to the
occasion of meeting tho requlromonts
of foreign markots nnd furthor Im
press upon Europo tho merit which
ncuinlly attaches to tho Amorlcan
products."
$50,000 HIDDEN IN HOVEL
Pittsburg Police Find Big Sum In
Miser's Shanty.
Pittsburg, Aug. 13. By actual count
at tho vaults of the Furmors' National
bank here It was found that Peter Lol
bnuch, tho aged German hermit, who
wns arrested for his queer actions, had
hoarded in his shanty homo In small
chnngo ?13,1GS, not Including flfty-slx
bngs of uncounted coltm nnd bank de
posits In eight north side savings In
stitutions. It is thought that before
the search 1b onded Lolbauch's fortune
will total over $30,000. Bank books
showing largo deposits were found In
tho rnfterB of tho shnnty.
For years Lolbauch oked out a mis
erable oxlstcnco Belling horbs and
mint to saloon keepers, who In turn
partly fed him.
KILLS SELF AND THREE BABES
Chicago Woman Carries Them Into
Bathroom and Turns on Gas.
Chicago, Aug. 1C Mrs. Mr.rlo Hand
sel committed suicldo and nt tho same
Umo asphyxiated her threo boy babies.
She had cnrofully bathed and dressed
her children one lour years old, tho
others two-year-old twins nnd car
rlod them Into tho bathroom, whore
alio had closed tho door and turned
on tho gas. The Bmoll of gas awak
oned her husband, Joseph Hnndzel,
and when ho broke open tho door of
the bathroom ho found tho four dead
bodies. Tho twins wero wrapped in
n quilt nnd plnced In the tub, whllo
tho oldor boy was clasped tightly lu
his mothor's arniB.
CHINA RECALLS MINISTER WU
Diplomat Ordered to Return to Peking
for New Foreign Assignment.
Washington, Aug. 13. Tho Chlnoso
minister, Wu Ting Fung, has been re
called from Washington and ordered
to Peking for further nsslgnment. HJs
Buccossor will bo Chang Yin Tnng,
formerly chnrge d'affaires at Madrid,
and now deputy vlco president of for
eign nffalrs.
DROUGHT MAY SOON BE BROKEN
Predicted Rains Will Extend Over
Corn and Spring Wheat Belt.
Washington, Aug. 10. Conditions
indicate that tho drought In tho corn
growing section of Knnsas, Missouri
and central and couthorn Illinois will
bo broken about tho middle of tho
prosont week and that tho rnlns of
that poriod will extend ovor tho entlro
com and spring wheat district.
Burdette Not So Well.
I.os Angelos, Aug. 1C Tho condi
tion of Rev. Robert J. Burdette. the
noted humorist nnd proachor, is not
so favorable as it has been for tho
ln8t two days, according to tho report
of his physicians. Ho is Bufforlng
Intensely from sclntlc rheumatism.
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Features of the Day's Trading and
Closing Quotations.
Chicago, Aug. IGj Continued ex
cellent demand for tho cash grain wna
responsible for considerable strength
manifested In the wheat market hero
during the greater part of the session
today. Liberal realizing sales, how
ovor, caused a loss of early gains, tho
market closing barely steady. Corn
was Btrong on dry weathor complaints.
Oats closed firm and provisions strong
er. Closing prices:
Wheat Sept., OP-c; Dec, 9G'.,c.
Corn Sept., GGVic; Dec., 5G4c.
Oats Sept., 38',c; Dec, 381ic
Pork Sept., $20.80; Jan.. 17.40.
Lard Sept., $11.57V..; Oct., J11.52K'.
Ribs Sept., $11.30; Oct.. $11.00.
Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hard
wheat, $1.041.07; No. 2 corn, C9c;
No. 2 white oats, 40c.
South Omaha Live Stock.
South Omaha, Aug. 10. Cattle Re
ceipts, 7,000; steady to a shade lower;
native steers, $4.5037.25; cows and
heifers, $3.005.00; western stcors.
$3.505.75; stockers and feeders,
$3.5005.25; calves, $3.25G.75; bulls
and Btags, $2.75S'4.7o, Hogs Re
ceipts, 1,400; I015c higher; heavy,
$7.4007.70; mixed, $7.0007.65; light,
$7.5007.80; pigs. $6.2507.25; bulk of
salos, $7.6007.70. Sheep Receipts,
2,000; stendy, muttons lower year
lings, $4.7505.50; wethers, $4,000
4.05; owes, $3.7504.40; lambs, $0.75
7.75.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Aug. 16. Cattle Receipts,
111,000; steady to 10c higher; beeves,
$4.407.60; cows and heifers, $2.25
6.40; stockers nnd foodorB. $3.10
5.15; wosterns. $4.1000.25. Hogs Re
ceipts, 20,000; strong to 5c higher;
top for the day, $8.05; mlxod and
butchers, $7.30&.06; good to choice
hoavy, $7.450S.O5; rjpugh heavy, $7.05
7.30; light. $7.4508.00; bulk of
sales, $7.467.90. SHeep Receipts,
30.000; 10020c lower; sheep, $2.90
5.00; lambs, $4.5008.00.
NAMEDJY TAFT
President Appoints Census Su
pervisors for Two States,
SEVEN DISTRICTS ARE FIXED,
First, Rowley; Second, Hall; Seventh,
Culbertson, In Iowa First, Hems
ley; 8econd, Saunders; Third, Hays;
Fourth, Bross, In Nebraska Pretl
dent Says In Letter He Wants Cen
sus Taken Without Politics.
Beverly, MnBB., Aug. 16. In a letter
addrospod to Secretury Nogol of the
department of commerce and labor
Presldont Taft served notice that any
man engaged In tho taking of the thli
tccnth census of tho United States
who engages in politics In any wa
will immediately bo dismissed from
the sorvlce. Outside of casting their
votes, tho president belloves that cen
oub Btiporvlsors and enumerators
should keep clear of anything that
savors of politics, national, state oi lo
cal.
Prosldont Taft has told tho repre
sentatives and sonntora who have
urged vurlous men for census places
that he would Insist that no nctlvu
partisan should bo named nnd Hint
no attempt should bo mndc to build
up a political machine In nny state or
district through the distribution of
the ccnsiiB patronage.
The census supervisors announced
Include:
Iowa First district, John W. Row
ley; Second district, Asa A. Hall;
Seventh district, Cambridge Culbert
son. Nebraska First district, Frank E.
Hemsloy; Second district, Charles L
Saunders; Th.lrd district, Josoph Al
bert Hays; Fourth district, Philip F.
Bross.
CRIME RIDES HEAT WAVE
Many Murders and Suicides Are Re
ported In Chicago.
Chicago, Aug. 17. Chicago was
Bwept by n murder wave, wh'ch la at
tributed to the peculiar weather con
ditions that havo prevailed sinco last
Friday. In ono Instance a man mur
dered his wife, wounded his son, prob
ably fatally, and killed' himself. In
another, a woman was Bhot stx times
and tho man whom she accused as her
assailant was rescued from mob vio
lence by the police. Two men woro
shot In saloon-brawls nnd several at
tempted sulcldea weic reported.
Kansas City, Aug 17. Unusually In.
tense hent, officially recorded by the
government weathr bureau as high
as 110 degrees, caused at least threo
deaths, numerous proBtrntlons nnd
much dnmago to i rops In Missour.1,
Kansas nnd Oklahoma.
FINAL DRAWING FOR LAND
Montana Man Gets No. 1 In the Spo
kane Reservation Lottery.
Coeur d'AIene, Ida., Aug. 17. Tho
shortest of the three great Indian
land drawings took placo hero. Tho
Spokano reserve, tho hilly timbered
Btrlp of land lying just north and oast
of tho junction of the Spokano and
Columbia rivers, furnished the prizes.
Tho winners Jn the drawing Include
tho following: No. l, Allen Newton of
Helena, Mont.; 2, Mabol D. McMlckle
of Chicago; 3, Fay J. Snoddy of Miller,
S. D.; 10, David Mentzor of Spilng
vlllq, la.; 37, Clifford L. McCoskoy ot
Piedmont, Kan.; 41, David C. Ruhl of
Ord, Neb.
QUAKE IN CENTRAL JAPAN
Forty Dead, 82 Injured and 362 Build
ings Destroyed.
Tokyo, Aug. 16. Reports concern
ing tho earthquake In central Japan
show that there wero a number of
fatalities and that great damage was
done to property. Tho dead at pres
ent are estimated to be forty, although
tho outlying districts have not been
heard from. The number of Injured
Is eighty-two, Thus far 362 buildings,
including many temples, are reported
to have been destroyed aud more than
1,000 others badly damaged.
DEATH LIST IS ELEVEN
None of Injured In Colorado Wreck
in Critical Condition.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 1G.
WJth tho death of C. M. McCreary of
Dallas, Tex., tho number of fatalities
resulting from tho Husted wreck on
the Denver nnd Rio Granae was in
creased to eleven. None of the In
jured, numbering close to two score,
in the local hospitals, Is believed to
be In a critical condition.
DEATH HARVEST OF AUTO
It Has Killed Fifty-one Persons In
Chicago Since Jan. 1.
Chicago, Aug. 10. Automobiles
have killed fifty-one persons and In
jured 1,018 within tho limits of Chi
cago during the first seven months of
the year, according to flguros given
out at the bureau of police rocords.
Wife Murder and Suicide.
Innslng, Mich., Aug. 16. William
Graullch of this city shot and klllod
his wifo. Immediately after tho shoot
ing, Graullch swallowod a quantity of
carbolic acid, dying soon afterwarJ.
Botli wero nlneteon ysars of age.
Fraternal Congress in Session.
Boston, Aug. 10. The National Fra
ternal congress opened here today.
A Stately Six Room Cottage.
Broad Piazza With Colonial Columns A Unique De
sign Which Can Be Built For $5,660.
Designed by Albert E. DivU. the Bronx, New York.
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The cottage shown In the photograph was erected on the crown of a
hill, nnd n hlppQd roof seemed appropriate to the landscape. There Is a
broad plnzzn across tho front, with colonial columns resting on brlcU piers.
First siory walls are clapboarded. The second story, attic and roof shingled.
Tho front doors are of beveled plate glass. To the right of the stair lauding
is a hall seat and to the left n coat cloaet. The parlor projects out in the
form of a bay, and there Is n largo bay window in the dining room. The
vestibule, ' hnll and dining room nro fluished in onk, parlor in whltewood.
painted Ivory white, kitchen and pantry in nsb and the second story iu
B.vcamore. There is an open fireplace in tho dining room nnd mantels in
tho parlor and second story bedroom. The dining room has a plate rack
around tho walls six and a half feet above floor. There are stained glass
windows on the stairs. There is a fine large pantry between the kitchen
nnd dining-room. The total cost, including plumbing and hot water heating.
$5,G00. Sle, 25 by 01 feet ALBERT E. DAVIS, Architect.
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Jewelry
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en How, Kuvonna. etc 2:35 a.m. 3.50 a.m.
No. 44. Dally, Local from
Alliance to Seneca: thence
stops at Mernu, llroken
How, Havenna, etc. 11:45a.m. l:00p.m
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No. 41. Dally. Fljer-Edsu-mont.
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No. 43, Local, EdBemont,
Newcastle, nnd west 1 30 p.m. 12:45 p.m.
No. 35, Dally, Kdgeniontand
Deadwooa 3:20a.m.
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No. 301, Denver Flyer 2:55 a.m.
No. 30.1, Denver Local con
nects at HrldKeport with
Guernsey local 12:45p.m.
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