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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1908)
HIE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE ItA L. DARE. Publisher TBHM8.' 91.25 IN ADVANCE NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA MUCH IN SMALL 8PACE FOR THE HURRYING READER. EVENTS COVERING WIDE FIELD Something of Congress, Political Gos sip Here and There, and News and Notes of General Character. Political. "Affairs mny so shape themsolves within tlio noxt week or two as to result In my namo not being present' cd to tho Denver convention," Bays Gov. Johnson of Minnesota. David 1). Hill, boforo sailing for Europe, enld tho democratic party was dead and tho republican party budly disorganized. . Mr. Towno nays tho Now York dolo nation Is wholly In tho control of tho Tammany loador who will uso It to his own advantage. Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of tho Now York state republican com mittee, said that In vlow of the cer tainty that Taft would bo nominated nt Chicago, Governor Hughes candi dacy ought not to bo permitted to stand jn tho way of New York statu gottlntf tho vice precldency. Ab a result of a second day's official canvass of tho primary voto In tho novonth Iowa congressional district, Congressman J. A. T. Hull has a ma jority over his opponent for tho repub lican nomination, Judgo S. F. I'routy. Tho canvass will contlnuo until tho result Is determined. Secretary Taft haa been urgod to uso his Influcnco in favor of a credit currency. Texas democrats aro booming John Mitchell as Urynn's running mate. Orogon domocrata instructed dele gates to Donvor for Mr. Bryan. Sccrotary Cortolyou Is said to bo noosovolt's cholco for tho vlco presi dency. Returns nt this writing of tho pri mary cloctlon in South Dakota indl cato tho nomination of Qovornor Coo I. Crawford for United States ncnutor over A. D. Klttrcdgo, tho Incumbont, by nt loast eight thousand maporlty. That William J. llryan is tho cholco of Tonnessoo Dotnocrncy for tho presi dential nomination was domotiBtrutcd by tho practically unanimous action of tho oxocutlvo committees of tho nlnoty-stx counties of tho state Tho sentiment is very gonorally voiced iu resolutions adopted. Tho stato con vention will moot Juno 27 to Koloct national delegates. Mon In closo touch with tho polit ical situation opino that Tnft will bo nominated on tho first ballot. General Governor Hughes Insists on head of the ticket or nothing. being Thcro has recently boon offoclod n great combination In tho Ilrltlsh Kteol trndo with a capacity of $375,000,000 Tho now Mothodlst hospital nt Omaha has been dedicated froo of debt. Roar Admiral Evans will Bpond tho mimmor nt Lake Molmwk. Judgo Laudls gives nn nppcal to Horman Bllllk, who Is accused and convicted of murder and who other wlso would havo boon hanged last Frl day. Japan takes action through tho now forolgn minister to welcome foreign morchnntn. Tho Nebraska board of taxation linn ruled thnt parsonages ownod by churches and not routed for prollt aro exempt from taxation. An explosion nnd ftro In tho Mor rls packing plant at itansaa City klllod two mon nnd caused u proporty loss of ovor n quarter of a million, "Guilty, as chnrgod In tho Indict mont," was tho vordlct brought In by tho federal court Jury in tho Standard 01) company caso at Rochester, N. Y, Much anxiety ls oxprcHjort In Snn Francisco over tho disappearance of ttarco guostu at one of tho leading hotols In that city. Thoy all disap peared about ton days ago. Tho Amorlcan Newspaper Publish ers' association havo n plank to go Into the national republican platform. Gov. Johnson of Mlnno&oU says that perhaps IiIb numo will not go boforo tho domocratlo convention In Donvor. Henry Watterson doclnrea publicly for Bryan and rofom to sllvor ns only "an Incldont" J. T. Ixwo, a prominent nttornoy of Tunica, Miss., was shot and probably mortally wounded on tho Btrcet by Mrs. Jacob Wolnstoln. On March 31 Lowo shot and killed Perry M. Hous ton, father of MrB, Wolnstoln, In a Htroot duel. Robert Drown, son of E. E. Brown of Grant! Island, Nob., who has boon a resident or Council Bluffs for nonrly a year, committed suicide. Bualuoss men of Omuhn, South Omaha and Council Bluffs subscribed ovor $35,000 for tho National Corn show. Nebraska banks show a docreaso of two und one-half million dollars In de posits in ono yenr. Thirteen persons charged with poli tical offensoB wero executed in vnrl oub cltloa of Russia. In addition to these sixteen death sentences, b.nyo bean issued bv courtrnnrtlalB, ONLY BRIEF MENTION Ilnllroad presidents nnd officials agree thnt tho present Is not tho time to raise ; freight rales. Governor Denecn anil tho Illinois board of pardons has declined to In terfere In tho coso of Horman 131111k. Ho will be hung. Fivo persons wcro Injured, two of whom mny die, ns the result of n riot on an castbound Market street car, St. Louis, Police chlofs at Dotrolt will discuss the question of dealing with members of tho Black Hand. Tho federal grand Jury at St. Paul, returned three Indlctmonts against James L. Lovcrlng, publisher of tho Mali Order Monthly and of Successful Agriculture, charging him with using tho malls for tho purposo of promot ing a lottery and a schomo to de fraud. Governor Mugncs sent n special message to tho Now York legislature dealing with raco track gambling. Flood warning wcro sent out by tho weather bureau from Washington for tho Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Floods In Montana havo practically cut off Helena and Unite. Sovcrnl buildings were wrecked and two pcoplo wcro Injured Sunday by tho storm near Gibbon, Neb. Condition of winter wheat Is report ed by tho Department of Agrlculturo as 80 per cent. Tho Nebraska stato debt on Juno 1 was below tho million dollar mark and considerable has bcon paid since that dato. Washington. fly tho terms of an net passed by congress nt Its recent session mnklng tho government liable to certain classes of employes Injured In tho course of their employment, tho de partment of commcrco nml labor U formulating regulations under which tho act will become offectlvo August 1, 1008. The postofflco department was ad vised that a registered mall pouch, which was In transit from job Angeles to Now York, Is missing. Tho poBt- ofllco inspectors are investigating tho disappearance. Tho brewers' association passed ft resolution committing tho organization to tho policy of assisting muulolpnl authorities to wlpo out dlBroputablu saloons, Josoph M. Brown's plurality In Georgia ovor Governor Hoko Smith is placed at fifteen thousand. No general increase- In tho freight rata Is llkoly to bo nmdo by tho rail roads of tho country In tho near fu ture Cortalnly nothing will ho done boforo autumn, nnd it is unlikely now that anything npproachlng n gonornl increnso will bo nttcmptcd then. Foreign. It hns bcon announced in Paris that heirs of Antolno Slgor, tho mayor or tort do Franco, Martinique, who was assassinated during a political on- codntor, havo entered a civil milt tor damages In Paris against tho gover nor or Martlnquo, M. Lo Preux. Tho roport received In PnrlB by cable that M. Cartcron, French min ister to Hnytl, Iuib notified tho Hay tlen govornment that Franco hnd do. elded no longer to extend tho right ot nylum In Haytl to political offenders, was characterized a8 not qulto nccti' rate Investigation Into tho facts ot tho nt tempt on tho life of Major Alfred Drolftts at tho Pantheon In Paris, Juno 1, In bolng continued. At tho Bocond session ot tho Inter national mnnilfncturors' congress In Paris a resolution was passed In fa vor of nn eight-hour dny, Including tho descent to and tho uBcent fiom tho mines. Tho mooting botween King Edward and Emperor Nicholas took place at Roval with duo formality. It was tho first tjhno that nn English monarch baa over mniio an oiucini visit in uussinn waters. A rptlrcd TarlB banker was stabbed to death In his homo with n dessert knife Recently nt Paris tho thermometer roglBtorod 91 degrees heat. Tho dlot elections wcro hold througl out PniBsln. Tho most notoworthy ro suit Is tho election of flvo socialist members, of whom for wero victorious In Borlln nnd tho suburbs, nnd tho fifth lu ono of tho Hanover districts TIiIh, Is tho first tlmo thnt tho social lBta ovor oloctod a member of tho diet, It is declared In London thnt 210,000 pounds of Amorlcan meat that has beon stored In that city, Glasgow and Liverpool was reshlpped by fast stoamor to Now York to moot tho con tinned Bhortngo ot moat In America. Tho situation in Porsln, according to reports, Is steadily going from bod to worse. Personal, t Allison's mnjorlty In Iowa is said to bo 12,100. The Juvenllo court nt Omaha Is In vestlgatlng tho condition of Greek boys brought to thla country ns boot blacks. After holding tho pollco at bay for six hours, Dr. Joseph Posptslol, an employe ot tho ponslon otflco, Wash lugton, shot hlniBolt through th brain whllo insane King Udword and Queon Alexandra wore given an enthusiastic wolcomo at Koll. On July 1, by operation of tho ro cent law, tho ofllco of tho solicitor of tho navy will bo soparatod from tha of Judgo ndvocato general and a now nnd Boparato office be organized. Chnrlonmgno Tower, tho Amcrlcnn ambassador, was rocolvod by Emporor William In farowoll iiudlonco nt tho palaco at Postdnui. Henri Rochefort has charged that tho govornmont of Frnnco haa con nlvod a murdor of prominent tnou who havo QUDOBcd It. EXERCISED 8PEAKER DROP8 INTO CHICAGO QUITE UNEXECTEDLY. NTEREST IN LABOR QUESTION Says That He and Congress are on Record Against Certain Legis lation. Chicago, 111. Something of a sensa tion was caused Sunday by the un expected arrival In Chicago of one of tho presidential candidates, "Undo Joo" Cannon. He nrrlvcd from Don- vlllo late In the afternoon, going to tho Union League club, whero ho was soon In conference with somo of the most prominent leaders of congress, deluding Mr. Pnyno of Now York, chairman of tho committee on wnys and means; Mr. Dalzell of PonnByl- anln, tho ranking member of that committee; Representative OverBtrcet nnd Representative Sherman of. Now York, who has the congressional back ing for the vlco presidency; Rlchnrd Borons of Missouri and a number or delcgatos from Illinois, Missouri and other stntes. It soon developed that Speaker Can non's coming wns In connection with tho platform. Mr. Cannon tho other day learned in a genoral way tho main features of tho existing draft and did not feel that they prcsontod any sorloiiB obstacles. However, tho ar rival of tho congressional lendors developed the fact that tho so-called anti-Injunction plank contained con tain features which wore regarded aw lulto opposed to tho declaration made t a recent caucus of tho members of tho house upon that Biibjcct. Mr. Can non was called on tho long distance tolephono and tho plntform situation was discussed. Tho speaker is not an adept In talking over a long-dlstnnco tolephono, nnd ho finally decided to tako a train Into Chicago and go over tho plntform In person. Meantime Mr. Cannon and his con gressional lieutenants nre thoroughly going over tho plntform plank concern ing tho restriction or Injunctions. It Is not only tho Bpeakor'B personal view that an anti-Injunction plnnk such as Is proposed would bo unneces sary and uiiwIbo, but as spenkor ot tho house ho feels that tho formal action of tho republican membership taken only a fow weoks ago and strongly ex pressive of opposition to such legisla tion should rccclvo serious considera tion boforo such n plank Ib finally in troduced in tho pronouncement of tho party to tho country. Somo of tho con gressional leaders havo pointed out that such n plank would crcato a sin gular diversity of olflclal representa tion, tho ropubllcans of tho houso rormally declaring against such legis lation nnd tho republican platform formally declaring In favor of It. Tho speaker vIowb on this subject wero outlined to hla friends Sunday night ns bolng Identical to those ex pressed two yoars ago. ' No Name But Bryan's. Glcnwood Springs, Colo., Tho real Interest In tho democratic stato con vention, which convenes hero on Mon day to select ton delegates to tho convention at Denver, centerB In tho Ironclad resolutions binding Colo rado's dolegates to voto for Bryan for tho presidential nomination Ib a fore gone conclusion, as no other namo is being montloncd In this connection. Tho contest will bo fought out to a finish In tho credentials committee Pardon for Powers and Howard. Frankfort, Ky. By announcing tho pnrdon of Calob Powors and JamoB Howard, Govornor Willson closed tho last chapter In ono or tho most noted criminal cases In tho history of this state, In which tho people of the Unl ted Stntes. havo formally oxprosaed tholr Interest by Blgnlng tho potltlous for pnrdou. NEBRA8KANS' CAUCUS MONDAY Meet to Agree on Division of Conven tion Plums. Chicago, III. A numbor of tho No brnska doIegatCB reached Chicago Htindny and aro quartered at tho Palmor houso. Among thorn nro: Senators Burkott and Brown, Ropro sentatlvea Pollard and Kinknld, W. N. Huso of tho .Norfolk Nows and J. H Arends of Otoo county. Victor Roso wntor bus beon on tho ground contln uauy Kinco the nntlonnl commlttco took up tho contosts, holding tho proxy of C. II. Morrill or Lincoln, tho prosont nntlonnl committeeman, whom ho expects to succeed. Tho Nebrnskn, ilologntlon will meet at 2 o'clock Mon nay to elect a nntlonnl committee man, a chairman and members or tho various convention committees. Senator Burkott is slated for speech seconding Tnft's nomination and also, It Is said, for membership on mo important resolutions commit tee Governor Sheldon, It Is further stated, Is to bo chairman of tho delo gates. Samoan Volcano Active. AiicKlnnil, N. Z. Advlco3 received horo stato that for three nlghta, bo- ginning May 10, thcro was ft romark able volcanic outbreak on Savoll largeBt ot tho Samoan Islands. Tho first eruption was followed by tho greatost How of lava In tho history or mo lsianii, ii uomg estimated nt nearly 3,000 tons por minute. Soon thoro was an almost continuous shoot or lava eight miles wldo and rrom six IncliOB to bIx root deop flowing down tho fountain sldo. It dtjst.royco; many uatlvo houses, IHE STATE CAP ITAL MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL CITIZENS. SLUMP IN SANK DEPOSITS Not a Single Bank, However, In Ne braska Went Down In tho Panic of Last October. Banks In Nebraska. Not n slnglo stato bank iu Nebraska wcut down during tho panic last fall, but Secretary Royso of tho state bank ing board Is obliged to roport n do creaso of $2,500,000 In deposits In one car and a decreaso of $1,000,000 In loans. This decreaso ho attributed largoly to withdrawals for March set tlements nnd for tho purchase of cheap landB In tho newer unsettled stntes and In tho British possessions. 'ho resorvo Is 34 per cent, or doublo tho legal requirement. "This Indicates thnt since Inst fall'B stringency pcoplo nro showing up nnd paying their dobts," said Secretory Royse. Thoso who remember that tho stato bankB total deposits in 1890 wero only nbout $11,000,000, as compared with nearly ?G3,000,000 now, aro disposed to reel that Nobraska Ib more thnn keeping paco with tho financial progress or tho country. "A comparison of this report," says tho secretary, "with tho report of February 28, 1908, shows a shrlnkngo In deposits of a llttlo over ono mil lion dollars, and n corresponding de creaso in loans or nearly half n mil lion dollars. Tho number of banks havo Increased four, with an Increase of seventy thousnnd dollnrB In paid In cnpltal. Notes and bills rc-dlscounted and bills payablo havo been reduced ono hundred and ten thousand dol lars. "Compared with tho report of n year ago deposits are found to havo de creased about two and one-hair mil- Ho dollars, and loans havo docrcnBed nbout ono million dollars. "A portion or tho decrenso In depos its, in my oplnon, represents unusu ally heavy wlthdrawls ror March set tlements nnd investments outside of tho Btato, no Inconsiderable part of which has gono to British possessions, Texas, Oklahoma and other places of forlng cheap lands. "Whllo a decreaso In deposits at this season is unuBiial, it will bo noted that lonns havo also been reduced at al most tho samo ratio, leaving tho banks with a resorvo of 34 por cent, bolng moro than double tho legal re quirement, and Indicating that as a re sult or last rail's money , stringency' pcoplo aro slowing up and paying their debts." Rain Much Above Normal. Tho week was cloudy, says tho Ne braska crop report, with about normal tompernturo and nn excess of rain In most parts of the state Tbo dally moan temperature was between CI de grees and 70 degrees, which, at most places, was nbout ono degreo abovo tho normal. Thursday and Saturday wero tho warmest days, with maxi mum temperatures qulto generally about 85 degrees, but In somo places In southwestern counties tho tempera- turo was about flvo degrees higher. In nenrly nil purls of tho state tho rainfall was abovo normal. In most of tbo central and eastern counties It exceeded two Inches, whllo in consid erable areas It ranged irom tour to eight Inches. Sovcral severe local storms occurred, accompanied by high and destructive wind. Tho total rain fall from April 1 to dnto is decidedly abovo tho normnl, except In the south western counties. Athletic Meet at Fair. Tho Btato fair board has voted lo ap propriate $200 for the use of Physical Director Gcorgo M. PInneo, with which to conduct n stato athletic meet during tho stnto fair this rail. Accord ing to Mr. Plnneo's plans, this meet will bo moro succosstul than tho ono hold last year, and with a gront deal ot enthusiasm ho predicted that thcro would bo at least twice aa many nth- iotca from ovor tho stato to tako part In tho contest events this yenr na did Inst yeah Tho meet will bo held on Tuoaday. Soptembor 1, from 1 to 2 o'clock in tho nftornoon, during which hour tho track will bo open. The ovonts will tako plnco In front of tho grandstiuid. Fourth of July Orators. A consns of tho stnto ofllcors nnd bonds of dopartmontB who will deliver Fourth of July nddrcssos has not bom comploted, but thus far It shows that several will porform such pntrlotlc duties. Govornor Sheldon will do doublo duty. Ho will BpenK at Weep ing Water In tho forenoon nnd Platts- mouth In tho nftornoon. Railway Com missioner Williams will speak at Go- noa. Labor Commissioner Ryder has nccopted an Invitation to deliver nn oration nt Sutton. Moore a Resident of Connecticut. Tho reports published somo weeks ago that R. E. Moore, Lincoln's wealth iest citizen, had moved to Connecticut havo beon vorlflcd by his roturna to tho county nssessor. Mr. Moore gavo his address ns 111 Bedford stroot, Strnndford, Conn. It Is understood Mr. Mooro moved oast for business reasons. Tho $500,000 added to IiIb as scBsnicnt laut year by ttio assessor has not yot boon collectod and no steps havo been taken looking townrd Its collection. This sum was added to hla fiwunl nronorty. h WIDOWS' PASSES CUT OFF. Complaint Is Made to the State Board of Transportation. Tho state railway commission has received ft letter from ft woman In Cozad calling upon tho commission to. compel tho Burlington railroad to mnko good on Its promises to glvo transportation to widows nnd orphans of omployes killed in tho service Tho writ cites two specific cases, she says, whero promises wero made to glvo widows nnd children of decensed em ployes transportation, nnd In both enses failed to keep tho promise, Ono widow, alio wrote, received n letter from General Mannger Holdrege of tho Burlington, saying: "Wo uro not giving passes to any except bona lido omployes nnd thejr families bIiico tho 2-cont fnro has gono into effect. Ono instance, tho writer cited, wns to tho effect that Harry Wordcn of Wymoro, an onglnccr, was killed in his efforts to bovo a train from going Into a ditch. Sho said tho claim agent of tho road settled tho claim against the road by giving tho widow $1,000 nnd promising her transportation. Tho latter promise has not been kept, tho writer said, and tho widow nccopted tho $1,000 settlement solely because the claim ngent told hor that If tho terms wore not accepted sho would havo to bring Bull nnd probably would lose her insurance in the Bur lington relief department. Whllo tho law gives tho railroads authority to glvo transportation to ramllles of em ployes killed in service, tho commis sion doubts Its nuthorlty to compol tho railroads to glvo tho transporta tion. Reduction In State Debt. Tho Interest bcnrlng debt, compris ing outstanding warrants against tho gonernl fund and temporary university fund, nmountcd lo $949,093.29 Juno 1, according to tho scnil-nnnual roport of Stnto Auditor Scnrle. This Is a de crease of $275,008.88 since Juno 1, 1907. During tho year the outstand ing general fund warrants decreasod from1 $1,183,544.82 to $849,093.4 1. Out standing warrants drawn on tho tem porary university fund Increased from $40,617.35 to $99,399.85. Stato funds Invested havo Increased $57C,C20.15. The Increase In tho unlversty In debtedness Is duo to tho action of tho regents In drawing warrants on fho treasury regardless of whether tho money has been collected undor tho 1 mill levy. This tho board Is permitted to do by a, decision of tho supremo court. The outstanding warrants on nil funds Juno 1. was $909,412.29, a de creaso of $720,573.27 In ono year. This Ib tho first roport complied by tho stato nudltor In many years whero the outstanding stato debt-bearing In terest showed up below tho $1,000,000 mark. At this tlmo tho stnto treas urer haH on hand ovor $50,000 with which to take up warrants to tho nmount ot $200,000. This will reduco tho stnto debt, as shown in tho figures of tho auditor, Just that amount. Delay In Assessment. Tho action of tho Stato Board of As sessment in dolaylng tho final assess ment of railroad property haa created considerable worry out in tno buiio nmong county nnd school officers, nnd letters nro now bolng received nt tho Btnto houso nsklng for school district Valuations. Tho lnw requires that on mini school meetings bo hold on tbo last Monday In Juno. At this meeting estimates ot expenses nro mndo lor tho year nnd It is important that tho school officers know tho assessment ot rnllrond property In their sovornl dis tricts. Tho delay of tho Board of As sessment mnkes it practically Impoa- slblo for tho returns to bo made lo tbo county superintendent In tlmo to bo of ubo at tho coming school meeting. Tho board has not ovon officially as sessed tho railroads yet, and with tho oxcoptlon of Secrotnry of Stato Jun- kin no work Is bolng dono townrd get ting nt tbo valuation of railroad prop orty undor tho provisions of the ter minal tax law. Preparing Primary Proclamation. Thouiih It will not bo issued for at least thirty days, Martin Dlmery, sec retary to Govornor Sheldon. Is prepnr lnir to Issuo a proclamation ror mo primary election to bo held on tho first Tuesday In Sontombor. With tho ox coption of supremo Judges all Btnto ofll cers aro to bo nominated. Kern Is Persistent. Uho board of public lands nnd build ings is Btlll trying to get Superintend cnt Kern to hnndlo his ensh funds In tho manner proscribed by tho board nnd also to got permits boforo making purchases with his cash fund. Secro tnry ot Stato Junkln has bcon notified by tho board to ngnln admonish nr, Korn to voucher up tho clnlms against tho cash fund ench month and also notify him to horenftor securo permits beforo mnklng purchases out of this fund. Tho board hns spoilt much tlmo on this matter, and Is still nt it. No Charge Without Service. Tho Stnto Railway commission adopted an ordor prohibiting telephone companies from making a 10-cont mes scngor chnrgo whero no messenger was UBCd to got tho party to tho tele nhono. Tho order becomes offectlvo August 1, Tho complaint was against thoso Indopendont companies connect oil with tho Nebraska toll linos. It hns boon tho custom when cnlllng tho party over tho Independent phono to iniif over lone distance to charKO a messongor fee This must ccaso on tho 1st of August, NEBRASKA POINTERS STATE NEWS AND NOTE8 IN CON DENSED FORM. HEPRESS.PULPIT AND PUBLIC What Is Going on Here and Thero That Is of Interest to the Read ers Throughout Nebraska. PROMINENT NEBRASKA COMPANY Among the Prominent Financial insti tutions In Nebraska Is tho Western Fire Insurance Company of Lincoln, Tho Company has shown rcmnrk- nblo progress and under Its manage ment haa shown itself to bo n pro- grcBBlvo and successful Institution. It Is a Stock Company and Its Stock- olders are all Nebraskans. It issues most liberal policies, mones prompt settlement of nil losses, which aro paid In cash without discount. This Company makes n specialty of insur ing Farm and Dwelling Houso Risks; writes Fire, Lightning, Tornado and Windstorm Insurance on all classes of Farm Property at a fixed rato of pro mlum, thcro being no assessments. Evory policy guarantees on its fnco tho full premium as well as tho amount nsurcd. It docs not p ro rato on Live Slock. Authorized Cnnltnl Sl.000.00i) Capital Stock 101,100 Assets Dec. :11st, 1007. Cash. Lonns nnd Securities. .. $118, 531. 13 .labilities, including llulnsur nnco Hesorve - 13.K8!.f t Security to Policyholders 117. 383.30 .OHHI28 UMI'AII) NUK Asaots Inveatcd In Nebraska. First Farm Mortgages. Keep your monoy n Nebraska by patronizing this worthy Homo Company. Seo tho Agent now, or wrlto tho Homo Offlco, 201 South 11th St., ilnccln, Nob. Democrats of Wahoo have organized a Bryan club. Brownoll Hnll, Omaha, sent forth eighteen girl graduates. Arcadia is planning a good celebra tion for tho Fourth of July. Hnll In tho vicinity of Dickens did damngo to the growing corn. Railroads In Nebraska havo of Into had n good deal of trouble from hlgh- wator. Fourth of July colebrations aro be ing arranged in many Nebraska towns. Prof. Simmons, superintendent ot tho public schools ot Auburn, died Inst week. At n. meeting or tho business men of Cedar Rapids it was decided to celebrate July 4th. The Beatrico district convention of tho Christian church will bo hold In that city Juno 30 to July 2. Govornor Sheldon was given tho honorary degreo of doctor of laws by Hastings collego at tho commonco mcnt. Wo publish a list of Omaha business houses In another column. In writing or calling on thorn pleaso montloa this paper. Tho dntos of Falrbury's Chautauqua assembly this year aro August 14 to 23, Inclusive Mannger Rnln hns al ready began sending out his lltcraturo advertising ono of tho strongest lists or attractions ovor assembled in this stato. In Nobraska City a petition is bo lng circulntod and directed to tho moyor asking for tho removal of Street Commissioner John Walkor on tho grounds that ho is drawing too much pay, is not courteous, and will not work away from tho central part of the city. Thoro was a small twister near Gibbon. It moved William Lukonblll'a barn, then went east to tho fnrm of Mrs. Turloy, two miles south of town, whoro It toro everything on tho place to pieces except tho house A son nnd daughter wero Injured, but not se riously. A largo bnrn and all out buildings wero reduced to kindling wood. Tho following nro tho mortgngo trnnsnctlons In Johnson county for tho month of May: Number of farm mort gages filed, 17; amount, $31,514.55. Numbor rolonsed, 13; amount, $17,400. Number of town nnd city mortgages filed, 4; nmount, $2,100. Numbor ro lonsed, 11; nmount, $4,581.20. Num bor chattel mortgages filed, 38; nmount, $12,101.74. Numbor roleased, 1G: amount, $13,0C0.50. R. E. Mooro, Lincoln's richest man, has vamoosed.' Ho Is now a rosldont of Connecticut. Mooro wns rated as twlco a millionaire. Ho has beon mayor,- stnto senator nnd nontenant governor. Lnst year his cashier noti fied tho county assessor that Mooro had failed to return half u million dol lars for tnxntlon. Tho valuation was addod to Mooro'H schedule, but ho has not yet settled with tho county. Aa a result of tho troublo It Ib snid that ho has withdrawn from tho stnto. Tho West Point Fnrmors' Inatltuto society hns donated $35 to aid lu tbo Wost Point district corn show. Tho monoy will bo given as prizes to tho school chlldron of tho district, cpou to all boys and girls betweon 5 and 21. Tho pcoplo of Odessa, who havo been clamoring for n dopot agent for somo tlmo and who appealed to tho stoto railway commission to holp them, hnvo settled for tbo prosont. their difroroncos wlthjho Union Pa .clfic. Tho road agree'd to employ a man at Odessa who would do voto a portion or his tlmo to billing and ro colvlng rrelght nnd to selling tickets. JiuIbo u n. Travis ot Nebraska Cltv