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EVENTS COVERING WIDE FIELD
Something of Congress, Political Go
alp Hero and There, and News and
Notes of General Character.
Political.
Manager Vorys of llio Ohio cam
pnlgn r.ays there will ho no friction
onions republicans of that Btato over
tho election of u United StatoB son
ntor. Samuel Gornpors linn denied that ho
isrnt tiny messngo to Mr. Hearst ask
ing him to support Mr. Hrynn.
Judge Taft snys that democrats In
many southern HtaloH nro writing to
him, declaring tholr purpose to vota
for him and to do whatovor may ho
In their powor to Hocuro IiIh election.
Chairman Hitchcock Bays that tho
west Is to ho tho bnltlo ground In tho
national campaign.
Jutlgo Taft bus hogun work on his
address of accoptanco. Chairman
Hitchcock has selected rooms for
headquarters In Now York and an
no'inced that tho campaign will hegln
August 1.
Tho democratic national committee
called on Hrynn to consult him about
selecting a campaign managor.
Tho nows of tho action of tho dem
ocratic national convention at Denver
including In Its platform a plank fa
voring the exclusion from tho United
States of Asiatic laborers, Is taken In
Toklo to bo directed against Japanese,
and In causing considerable nurprlao
nnd dlsplcnsuro.
Senator Warner of Missouri, chair
man of tho notltlcatlon commltteo, ar
rived at Hot Springs, Va., anil talked
with Mr. Tnft for half an hour. They
discussed conditions In Missouri In
which Mr. Taft showed Interest.
Herman Hlddor of tho Now York
Stnntz Zoltung, will support Mr. Bryan
for president.
J ud go Tnft In an Interview at Hot
Springs nnnouncod that questions of
general policy of conduct of his cam
paign will bo turned over to his man
agora.
Mayor John 13. Rcybum of Phllndol
phi a has Instituted proceedings against
E. A. Van Valkenburg, editor and proH
ldcnt of tho North American, nnd six
momboru of tho staff of tho nowspa
por, charging thorn with criminal II
hoi. Tho charges nro based on articles
and cartoons appearing In tho nawtt
paper during tho Inst two ycarB.
General.
Count Donl do Cnstcllano has for
mally filed suit for such rovlslon of
tho decroo of dlvbrco obtained ngatust
htm by his wlfo, who wns Miss Anna
Gould of Now York, ns will glvo him
tho custody of his threo children.
Tho prohlbltloulstH nominated En
geno W. Challn for prosldont and
Aaron S. Watklns for vice prosldont.
Nino people woro killed In thu ox
poslon of a powder magazine noar
Clooburn, WnHh.
Governor Cummins will not bo
ready to till campaign engagements
until September.
William Randolph Hearst tells Sam
uol GompcrH ho cannot support tho
democratic platform.
John W. Kern, tho domocrntlc vlco
presidential candidate, has accepted
an Invitation to bo tho guest of tho
Jofforson club of Chicago at a rally to
ho held on September 1G,
Tho nnnual roport of tho Interstate
Comtnorco commission for last year
shows that not Income of railroads
was nearly $450,000,000.
Tho completion of tho Mllwaukoo
road to tho l'nclllc const will take
more money than has boon counted on,
though tho management says this la
provided for.
Invitations to mombera of tho nn
tlonal commltteo have been sent out
to attend tho Taft uotltlcntlou In Cin
cinnati.
Tho Nobrnskn Stato Hallway Km
ploycs' association has established a
liondquartors and will go Into state
politics In earnest.
Judge Tnft has boon making a coin-
ploto study of tho platforms of tho va
rloiiH parties for somo yoniH past.
Four Now Jorsoy boyB died of lock
Jaw duo to ncldontH on tho Fourth
of July. Threo of tho hoys, Harry W,
Unit, Arthur Ilcny nnd Hollo Tornsliu)
died nt North Hudson. All three had
been wondod In tho hand.
Mrs, 8, C. Carter has offorod to do
nato $50,00u for a now park In Omaha
Guatavus P, English, nows editor of
tho Associated Pross, dlod suddonly nt
his homo In Chicago.
Harry Thaw's caso goes ovor until
September.
Ovor a courso nearly 1,000 mlloa
long 2,000 boy athlotos, members of
tho Young Men's Christian as.socla
tlon, of New York will rncq against
tlmo In un effort to break all records
botweon Now York and Chicago. Tho
boys are to carry a mosaago trout tho
mayor of Now York to tho mayor of
Chicago,
.Tapanoeo nro Indignant over tho ex
clusion clause In tho democratic plat
form. Advices received In Nicaragua stato
that the Honduran revolutionists hnvo
abandoned tho town of Oraclas, which
they recently captured nnd have lied
Into Salvador.
" ThTTstandard'dir'company secured
all tho contracts to furnish oils of
vnrlouu kinds at tho different stato In
stitutions. Its bids wero tho lowest
of any received, but In somo Instances
different prices woro quote 1 on tho
snmo qu.tntlt:' of tho snmo nrtlclo.
Dr. J. W. Simpson was mysteriously
shot nt tho homo of his wlfo In North
port, L. I,, and his mothor-In-law wns
arrested on tho charge.
Tho Interstate Comniorco commis
sion ruled that elevation allowances
shall not be paid longer by the rail
roads.
Officers of tho Burlington going to
Wyoming revived tho talk of building
tho Hill lino to Thermopolls, regard-
less of tho "tour of Inspection story."
I lout In some of the enKtern cltlos
has been unusual and ninny fntnlltloH
are rcrorded.
Tho prosldontlal elections through
out Pnnanin passed off qulotly, with
out any known disturbances. Sonar
Don Joso Domingo do Ohaldla, for
merly minister to tho United States,
nnd acting president during tho nb
sonco of Dr. Amador, wns electod pros-
idont.
Washington.
Judgo Kohlmint decided that rail-
roads, under the Hepburn net, may not
dlsposo of transportation for advertis
ing.
Although scarcely moro than a
month has elapsed since President
Koosovolt nppolntcd tho national con
servation commission, tho work of
taking stock or tho nation's national
resources has begun. This work will
bo carried on vigorously In order to
ennblo tho commission to mako Its ro
port to tho prosldont by January 1
next.
Chnlrman Frank II. Hitchcock, of
tho repuhllcnu national commltteo will
open thu campaign of 1007 In tho far
wost. Practically tho first movement
for tho oloctlon of William H. Taft
and James H. Shorninn, respectively
to tho presidency and vlco presidency
will ho mado at Colorado Springs,
Colo., Monday and Tuesday, July 20
nnd 21.
Homowhnt concerned over tho situa
tion nt Porto Cortoz nnd nt Colba, on
tho northern const of Hondurns, ho-
cause of tho threatened operation of
tho revolutionists nnd n posstblo men
ace to Amorlcan Interests, thu admin
istration Is considering tho advisa
bility of dispatching a naval vessel to
that coast.
Foreign.
Tho cmporor of China Is sick nnd
many physlclaus havo boon called to
his bcdsldo.
It Is said the now premier of Japan
will pursuo iv penco policy.
A news bureau him received n prl-
vnto tologrnni from Sosnovtco, Hub.
slnn Poland, stating that a plot against
the life of Eniporor Nicholas ban boon
discovered there
Tho French national foto was colo-
bratod throughout tho country In tho
traditional manner. ' Tho rovlow of
troops at IiOngchamps, which wns tho
foaturo of tho celobrntlon In Paris, was
a brilliant success.
Prluco 'Aw Eulonborg. who Is boluu
tried on a chnrgo of perjury In con
nection with tho scandals rovcaled
last year by Maxlmlllon Hardon, rest
od on an ordinary hospital bed with
Dr. Genurlch sitting at his side during
tho court proceedings In Berlin.
Vlco Prosldont Fairbanks will call
on tho Prince of Walos on tho after
noon of July 22, tho day on which tho
prluco arrives nt Queboc.
Personal.
Tho nt. Hov. William Awdry, Angol
lean bishop of South Toklo, In a long
lottor to tho London Times repudiates
tho ldou that tho Japanoso havo any
aggrosslvo Intentions toward tho
United States or olsowhoro.
Proceedings In Harry IC. Thaw'e
application for u Jury trial to deter
mine his menial condition, woro ad
journed until tho September term of
tho Eupromo court of Wostchostor
county.
Samuel Gompcrs, prosldont of the
Amorlcan Federation ot Labor, will
support Mr. Hrynn for prosldont.
According to Charles M. Schwab,
stool conditions look much better
Irish unionists In Dublin havo
formed an organization to work for
homo rule along now Ilium.
When Commander Hohort I?. Peary
hoaidH his steamer, Hoosovolt. at
Capo Hroton, and ntarttt on his expedi
tion In soarch of tho North polo, an
International rnco to tho uttermost
ends of tho earth will bo on. Poary ox
pects to plant tho stars and utrlpos
at tho north pole.
Chairman Hitchcock of tho ropubll
can national commltteo roaohcu Utlc.i
N. Y and was at onco driven to tho
homo of HeproFontatlvo Sherman, tho
vlco presidential cnndldnto. Mr. Hitch
cock snld ho had como to talk over
campaign matters.
If Mr. Hrynn Is elected It la said ho
will share tho whlto houso with VIco
Prosldont Korn.
President Hoosovolt has received an
Invitation to ho tho guost of Cnmp
DawBon of tho Arctic Brotherhood at
tho Alaska-Yukon-Pnclflo oxposltlon,
which will bo held In Seattle next
year.
Horlln Professor Paul Hnupt. of
Johns HopkhiB university of Haiti
moro, gnvo a dlnnor to Introduce tho
Amorlcan nmbassador, Dnvld Jayno
Hill, to unlvorslty and lltorary clrclos.
ADVANCE I STOCKS
RISE OFFERS ENCOURAGEMENT
FOR TAKING PROFITS.
FEW SECURITIES ARE OFFERED
Sales Sufficient to Cause Only Occa
sional Wavering, but New High
Level In Reached.
Now York. Tho market for securi
ties Inst wool: showed a degree of vi
tality that offorod encouragement for
marketing holdings, accumulated from
tlmo to tlmo In consequence of tho
attractive hlghor level of prices
established. At tho level attained, tho
highest point of tho year In tho caso
of a number of conspicuous stocks,
nnd In consequenco the highest
touched slnco tho spring of last year.
rhoro woro Bales sufficient to causo an
occasional vavorlng of the prlco move
ment nnd nn Irrogulnr market whero
now advances nccompanlcd tho sot-
hack In stocks previously advancod.
Tho characteristic foaturo of tho trans
actions, however, was tho compnra
tlvo paucity of offerings for snlo and
tho relative ease, thoreforc, with which
operations to advnnco prices woro
mndo effective. Thoso operations
woro ndmlttodly largoly professional
and showed tho manipulative devices
usual In tho professional conduct of
leadership In speculation. For tho
Biiccoss which attended thoso efforts
tho strong technical position of tho
mnrkct nnd tho general Improvement
In speculative sentiment must bo al
lowed credit. This sentiment found
expression from many sources In tho
tluanclnl, Industrial and commercial
departments of affairs. Thoro was nn
unusual number of statements of hope
ful vlows and opinions on tho part of
prominent financiers nnd capitalists In
tho form of Interviews to tho news
papers. These wero tho moro effective
in Inspiring confidence because of
their agreement on tho main points of
tho situation In which tho expressed
hopefulness woro based, and which
aro safely obvious to tho ordinary ob
server to bo confirmed In tho nows of
tho day.
Much attention wns attracted
throughout tho week to tho question
of advances in freight rates by tho
railroads. Much roinalns to bo set
tled, both ns to the policy In this re
spect to bo followed by tho railroads
and as to tho effect of such policy on
tho general huslncss prospects. Out
spoken arguments havo como from
prominent railroad officials In behalf
of an Increase tho contention being
that ndvancca In freight rates hnvo
not kopt paco with tho rlso In prlco of
materials and labor, so that profits cn
tho presront br-sls aro not sufficient to
establish credit such as will sccuro
tho uno of capital for oxpendlturo In
oxtenslon and betterments. Much of
tho stagnation In domand for Interna
tional output Is hold by this nrgumont
to bo trncod to tho parnlysls of credit
under which tho rnllroads havo been
suffering.
AVERAGE WAGES ARE HIGHER.
Dureau of Labor Reports Decrease In
Avorage Number of Hours.
Washington Tho " nvorago wages
por hour In 1007 wero 3.7 por cent
hlghor than In 1000, tho regular hours
of labor per week woro four-tenths nf
1 per cent lower than In 1000, nnd tho
number of omployos in tho establish
ments Investigated was 1 por cent
greater than In, 1800. These aro somo
of tho facts of interost In tho stato
niont Issued by tho buronu of labor
as tho result of on Investigation of
tho principal wago-worklng occupa
tions In 4,100 oHtltnntoH representing
tho principal manufacturing nnd mo
chnnlcnl Industries of this country.
Tho nrtlclo is entitled "Rntcs ot
Wages and Hotall Prices of Food, 1800
to 1007." '
Absconder Is Returned.
San Diego, Cn!. Whon tho atenmcr
St. Donls nrrlved from Ensanndn on
Sunday It had on board William F.
Walkor, tho Now Britain. Conn., ab
sconder, who wns In custody of Stato
Superintendent of Pollco Egnn of Con
necticut nnd H. F. IIofTninn, a detec
tive. Walker was rather a pltlablo
object as ho stopped ashoro, stoop
shoiildored and hnggarjl. Tho news
paper men who Bought to Interview
htm could got llttlo moro than a Bhako
of tho head nnd tho romnrk, "It Is n
very lino day."
Prince's Condition Serious.
Berlin Prluco Philip '. Eulonburg
wns olthor Insenslblo or In a condition
of Boml-consclousnesB for several
hours following tho BURpoiiBlon of his
trial on charge of perjury In connec
tion with tho court scandals of last
year.
When duty calls from easo It nlways
will bo found easlor to oboy than to
retiiBO.
For Campaign of Education.
Chicago A campaign of educntion
nmong shlppora and tho general pub
lic looking toward a readjustment of
freight rntcs throughout tho country
wns docldud upon nt a meeting of the
executive commlttoo of tho Nntlonnl
Association of Hallway Agonta held
horo on Saturday. Tho plans content
plate public discussions of tho ques
tion by membors of tho association
boforo commercial bodies and similar
organizations In ovory city and town
of cousldornblo slzo In the United
States.
THE STATE CAPITAL
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL
CITIZENS.
COMPLAINT ON ASSESSMENT
Judge Edgar Howard, Citizen and Tax
payer, Wants the State Board to
Make an Investigation.
Little Matter of $9,000,000.
Judge Edward Howard of Columbus,
ns a citizen nnd taxpayer, appeared
before tho Stato Hoard of Assessment
to remind tho hoard that tho Union
Pacltlo railroad had omitted to return
an Item of $9,000,000', tho value of
ties, material and other stock. As evi
dence that this property existed Mr.
Howard submitted n ccrtMea copy of
n statement mndo by W. I Park, gen
oral superintendent of tho road, nt u
hearing boforo tho railway coinmla
fllon. This Btatemont wns as follows:
"We havo In our stock supplies at
Omaha, Council Bluffs and along tho
road nearly $9,000,000 In tlos nnd ma
terial and other stock which It Is In
tended to add to thlH property."
Tho Board of Assessment tins notl
flo Mr. Park to nppear Monday If ho
has anything to say why the amount
should not bo added to tho valuation
of the road.
To Mr. Howard tho board said tho
assessment of rnllroad property had
already been mado, but tho Judge In
Hlsted that If it wero true that tho Un
ion Pacific had failed to return so
much of Its property, certainly tho ns
soBsmcnt could bo opened and tho now
property tided to tho valuation. After
Bomo deliberation tho board concluded
to request Mr. Park to appear and
glvo his sldo of tho story.
Tho Union Pacific mndo a return on
this clnss of property, but It Is figured
its valuo was In tho neighborhood of
$2,000,000 Instead of $9,000,000.
LUMBERMEN PAY THE COST.
Settle $3,154 Expenses In Trust Litiga
tion. Sccrotary Bird Crltchflold gnvo his
personal check for $2,722.39 to Clerk
H. C. Lindsay of tho supremo court
and presented receipts from witnesses
for $131.70 In pnymont of cost amount
ing to $3,154.00 In tho lumber trust
Btilt recently decided by tho court.
Mr. Crltchflold is secretary of tho Ne
braska lumber dealers' association
which was defendant in nn injunction
suit Instituted by tho state on tho
ground that tho association was being
conducted In restraint of trade under
tho nntl-trust laws of Nebraska. Tho
Biipromo court did not enjoin tho ns
soclntlpn from continuing In oxlstenco
but enjoined Its officers from contin
uing to permit unlawful acts to bp
cbmmltted by Secrotnry Crltchflold or
others connected with tho organiza
tion. Tho rotnll lumber dealers con
stituting tho membership wero by
tholr own officers assessed to pay tho
court costs. Of the $2,733 paid In
cash by tho association, most of It will
go to tho stato as re-lmburficmcnt for
costs pnld by Attorney General
Thompson from public funds nt his
disposal for conducting prosecutions
of this nature.
Weather and Crops.
Tho weok was partly cloudy, with
both temperature nnd rnlnfall somo
what below normal In most of tho
state. Tho dnlly mean temperature
was betweon 70 degrocs mid 71 de
grees, which Is about ono degrco be
low normal. Friday was generally
tho warmest day, with n maximum
tomporaturo very generally near 05
dogrecs. Tho last four days of tho
weok wero warm, with maximum tem
peratures: near Ou degrees. Tho rain
fall was nbovo normal In several east
ern nnd northern counties, but was
holow normal In rathor moro than half
ot tho Btato. At a fow places light
showers occurred Monday, hut nearly
nil of tho rain of tho weok fell Satur
day night and Sundny. Tho rainfall
exceeded an Inch In n numbor of ennt
orn counties, hut In a largo portion of
tho control and western parts of tho
Btato It was less than half un Inch.
Governor Offers Reward.
Govornor Sholdon offered n rownrd
ot $200 on hohnlf of the stnto for tho
arrest and conviction of Hnlph Nlonen,
who is accused of murdering Emtio
Sandoz, sr., who was killed July 3, nt
his ranch twenty miles bouUi of Rush
vlllo. Nlonen Is said to havo shot and
killed Sandoz. Tho rownrd will bo of
forod for a period of six months.
Constitutional Amendments.
Secretary of Stato Junkln tins Just
completed giving out $11,190 worth oi
nowspnpor advertising for tho state.
Tho two constitutional amendments
thnt aro to be submitted to n voto of
tho doctors this fall must bo published
In at least one nowspnpor In encu
county for thirteen weeks prior to tho
primary oloctlon.
Oil Dealer In Court.
Stato Oil Inspector A. B. Allen wont
to South Sioux City to ho present nt
tho prosecution of Valentino H. Am
thor of tho Iowa Oil Tank Lino com
pany of Sioux City, In. Amthor has
boon driving a wngon that supplies oil
to morchants on tho Nobrnskn sldo of
tho Missouri river In Dakota county.
As ho has not had his oil Inspected
In Nebraska or paid tho Inspection foo
In this stnto, ho Is subject to a lino
of Vot to oxcooU $300. Ho nllogos thnt
his oil has boon lnupoctcd, but doos
uot claim Inspection In Nobriskn.
Readjusts Milling In Transit.
Tho Burlington road has been per
mitted by tho railway commission to
revlso Its milling in transit taxes. At
a meeting at which Freight Agent
Johnson nppeared for tho road and
mlllorB from many towifs appeared
the now rates woro satisfactorily ad
justed. Tho readjustment wns brought
nbotit by a complaint from Superior
thnt other towns were given superior
ndvantnges. Tho millers at Superior
asked for an extension of tho privilege
previously granted them, including .a
long "back haul." As n result of tho
meeting tho Burlington wtll grant no
back haul privileges free. Whcro this
Is allowed tho rnto will bo from 1 to
2 cents a hundred. Otherwlso thero
1b no chnrgo for milling In transit hut
each town Interested Is limited to cer
tain territory so an to glvo nil an equal
clmnce. Competition between millers
mny thus bo stimulated in somo parts
of the state. Tho towns thnt nro rep
resented In tho readjustment and
which got milling In transit privileges
under tho now regulations arc Fnlls
City, Wahoo, Superior, Crete, Beat
rice, Bcrtrand, Adams, Clay Center,
DoWltt, Fnlrbury, Firth, Fremont,
Friend, Geneva, Hastings, Hebron,
Humboldt, Kearney, Mllford, Oxford,
Ilavonna, Schuyler and Sownrd.
Pierce County First.
Tho first county superintendent's
annuul report for tho school year
1907-8 was received by special de
livery at tho homo of Stnto Superin
tendent McBrlen. Tho report was
sent In by Superintendent Frank Pit
ger of Pierce county. This Is tho only
report on fllo to date. Superintendent
Pllger led tho ninety county supcrln
tondenta of tho stato last year In flllng
his annual report.
Among tho Items of Interest from
his report are tho following: Fifty
two districts compiled with tho pro
visions of tho now library law, in Hptto
of tho fact that tho law did not
becomo oporatlvo until after tho nn
nual meeting for 1907. Tho law pro
vides that tho school board In every
public school district shall set asldo
aiinualy from tho general funds of
tho school district tho Bum ot 10 per
cent for every pupils enumerated in
tho district nt tho last annual school
census, which amount shall bo annu
ally Invested In bookB other than rcg-j
ulnr text books.
Under tho provisions of tho new
frco high school law tho town of
Plnlnvlow collected $408.75 tuition.
Comploto reports wero not received
from other towns In Plerco county
qunllflod to collect freo high school
tuition until nfter tho annual mooting
henco no definite information can bo
given.
Candidates Plan for Race.
Chairman T. S. Allen of tho demo
cratic state commltteo called on Sec
retary of Stato Junkln to Inqulro Into
tho law governing tho filing of nomi
nations for candidates for presidential
electors. Ho nsked whether or not
eight candidates could fllo on ono
blank. This Inquiry Is supposed to
mean that the democratic party lead
ers Intend to carry out tho endorse
ment of tho democratic stato convon
tlou, which recommended eight men
for presidential electors. Tho republi
can stato commltteo did not endorse
nnyono for elector, but somo of tho
ropubllcnn district conventions did no.
The School Census.
Tho school board has comptoted tho
census of children in tho school dis
trict of tho city of Lincoln. A total
of 11,894 is recorded botweon thonges
of flvo and twenty-one. This Is an In
croaso of 171 ovor last year, not as de
cided an advance as had boon oxpect
ed. Of tho wholo number it is esti
mated that 2,000" aro Russian children.
Moro than 700 of theso nro now In tho
beet fields. Their names woro takon
prior to their departure In tho spring.
Ono of tho probloniB of Secrotnry
Morris Is to prevont theso families
leaving without having given in tholr
census.
Irrigation Board Meets.
Secretary Dobson's action dismis
sing tho application of H. G. Stewart
for nn appropriation of water from tho
North Platto river to Irrigation lands
covered by tho Farmers Canal com
pany, was approved by tho stato board
of Irrigation. Mr. Stewart recently
filed a protest against tho Trl-Stato
company ncqulrlng tho rghts of tho
Fnrmers' canal, but the stato board re
fused to assumo Jurisdiction over tho
protest. Ho later asked that his appli
cation for an npproprlntlon bo dis
missed to glvo him better standing tn
court In caso of nn appeal.
Autolsts Want Legislation.
Tho Oninha Automobllo club has
entorod tho Boclnl. political and com
mercial arena by Incorporating for the
purposo of good fellowship, tho better
mont of roads and streots nnd tho pas
sage of "reasonable and sano legisla
tion' govornlng tho running of automo
biles In streets and highways. Tho
club filed articles of Incorporation
with tho secretary of stato. It was a
modest capital stock ot $1,000 but has
mnny wealthy and Influential members.
Autos Must Slow Down.
Tho now automobllo ordlnnnco
drawn nlong linos coincident with tho
stnto law Is now In effect. A driver
going faster than ten miles an hour
on woll traveled stroets Is breaking tho
law, and If ho turns corners or crosses
intersections oven that fast.
Norls Will Go to Europe.
Congressman G. W. Norls of tho
Fifth Nebraska district has rocolvod
his credentials as ono of tho Amorlcan
members of tho Iutor-Parllnmentary
union, which holds (ts next sessions In
Borlln, Germany, beginning Soptom
bor 10.
STATE NEW8 AND NOTES IN CON
DENSED FORM.
THEPRESS, PULPIT AND PUBLIC
What Is Going on Here and Thero
That la of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska.
A special election is soon to bo hold
Jn Vnlontlno to voto bonds for wator
works.
Tho Wymoro opera houso tins
changed hands, F. EX Crawford bccom
tng owner nnd manager.
Tho next term of tho federal court
for Omaha wtll begin the fourth Mon
day In September, whon both federal
grand nnd petit Juries will bo assem
bled. Tho old settlors reunion wtll bo
held In Union August 14 and 15. Ex
cellent programs consisting ot ora
tory, band music and sports havo been
propnred.
Fifty dollars rownrd will bo paid for
tho arest and detention of Fred Gard
ner, who broko Jail nt Valentino on
tho night ot July 10, Bteallng a black
horse and saddle to get away on.
J. W. Brooks, northenst ot Beat
rice, brought a small limb from his
poach ochnrd to tho city which con
tained 100 peachos. Ho says ho will
havo 1,000 bushels of this variety ot
fruit for sale this year.
In anticipation of the early establish
ment of tho freo delivery system ot
tho Po8tofflco department In McCook,
tho city officials nro arranging for a
new syBtem of naming tho streets ot
tho city.
Secretary of Stato Junkln tins re
ceived a Jar of bugs. Thoso Insects
camo from Hershoy nnd along with
the consignment wna a nolo stating
that tho bugs ato up everything In
sight. Prof. Bruncr will bo given a
chance to catalogue tho pests.
Solomon Rowo, residing cast of
Plattsmouth, stated that during a
storm a bolt of lightning struck his
rcsldenco and blow out one end of tho
building nnd ruined almost everything
in it and tho carpets nnd rugs wero
burned nnd discolored. Mrs. Rowo
was badly stunned, but not Injured.
The flouring mills at Genoa owned
by H. EX Fonda & Bros., a plant valued
at $15,000 wns burned to tho ground.
Mr. Tellmo nand E. T. Christy, tho
two millers, were tho only occupants
of tho building at tho start of tho tiro.
Christy was burned to death.
Ab a result of tho recent litigation
betweon Clifford C. Pferco and Lestor
F. Wakefield of Sioux City against tho
Omahn, Decatur & Northern Railway
company, Judge T. C. Mungor of tho
federal court has appointed L. R.
Slonecker of Omaha receiver for tho
railroad.
Tho York High school has lost ti
number of its most officiant teachers.
Mr. Dallas, tho principal, has accept
ed a position as principal at Sheridan,
Wyo. Churles Wray, teacher of math
ematics, has acceptod a similar posi
tion tn tho High Bchool at Ogden,
Utah, and Mtss Gertrudo Rowcn will
go to Milwaukee, Wis,, as teacher ot
history.
Carles Johnson, n young follow
about twenty-seven years old, was
drowned In tho Blue, between tho two
mill dams nt Crete. In company with
Fred Macca ho was rowing down tho1
swollen stream when tho boat wan
carried by tho current Into a tnngledi
clump of willows. Johnson attempted
to swim ashore nnd was drownod.
Tho first annual exhibit of tho
Thurston County Agricultural socloty
will bo held at Bedford, September 17,
18 and 19. It Is noticed that n very
liberal premium list has been pre
pared by E. F. Chittenden, pioneer
homcBteador and printer of Thomas
county, covering a wldo Hold of indus
try and productiveness, anJ thoso who
visit tho fair on the dates mentioned
will no doubt bo as much surprised as
thoy will bo ploased by what that rap
Idly developing section of Nebraska
Is able to show.
Tho momborB of the ordor of tho
Knights of Phythlas In Nebraska aro
planning to colebrate nt Omaha on tho
23d of November next, tho fortieth an
niversary of tho organization of tho
first lodge wost of Pennsylvania "Ne
braska No. 1" which was Instituted
at Ornnha In 1868. Tho famous "Day
ton Team," consisting of 100 woll
drilled and uniformed Knights, has
been engnged at nn expense of $4,000
to glvo a dramatic rendition with beau
tiful electrical effects of tho famous
play of Damon and Phythlas upon
which tho Order Is founded, and dur
ing tho celebration upwards of 1,000
men will bo Initiated. Lodges from
nearly ovcry western stnto havo signi
fied their intentions to attend, and It
Is conservatively ostlmntod that not'
less than ten thousand membors ot
tho Order will visit Omaha on that
occasion.
Tho farmers of Adams county aro
Jubilant ovor thu fact that wheat
yields in that section are exceeding all
expectations. Ono farmer residing
tan miles west of Hastings threshed
and marketed his poorest ploco of
wheat, it producing twonty-flvo bush
els por ncro, which ho marketed at 70
cents por bushel.
Congressman G. W. Norris of the
Fifth Nebraska district, has received
credentials as ono of tho Amorlcan
mombera of tho Interparliamentary
union, which holds Its next sessions
In Berlin, Germany, beginning Septem
ber 10.