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THE SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. DARE, Publisher TERMS: $1 25 IN' ADVANCE NORTH PLATTE, -NEBRASKA ONLY BRIEF MENTIOH MUCH IN 8MALL SPACE 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. Chairman Muck and Bryan con ferred evor the- long dlstunco telu jihono In regard to Bpeclnl rates to tho notification nt Lincoln which tho railroads wore unwilling to grant. I,ntcst rcturnH give Brlstow strong lend for republican noinlnttoo for United StatuH senator In Kansas Irl niarlcB, Goncral II. C. Corhln In an Interview declares Judge Tail wan not rospon nlblo for tho ordor dismissing negro troops. Elmer Dover, It Is claimed, will re sign as secretary of tho republican na tional committee. Vlco Presidential Candidate. Kern nnyi) tho democratic outlook Is good. Judgo Taft, tho presidential candi date, toolt a forty mile overland trip to a West Virginia horse show. Brlstow dofeuted Long for the hoiiu torla'l nomination In Knusns. Judge Alton II. Parker spoko for tho Bryan & Kern ticket nt Los Angeles. V. J. Hryan ngreos to speak at tho Minnesota statu fair, lie is assured that John A. Johnson will tako the Btuinp In his behalf. Word has been received by Chair man Mack from William J. Ilryan, In which tho nominee expresnos plcasuro nt tho dogreo of progress of tho demo cratic campaign and tho hollef thnt ho will bo elected to tho presidency. Senator Allison's funeral ut Dtibu quo on Saturday waH largely attended, distinguished men from all over tho country being present. Secretary of State Junkln of No hraskn holds that domocruts when en dorsed by tho populist state conven tion, may go on both ballots. Judge Taft has consented to mnko a political speech at the rally of Virginia republicans. Nolghbors of Dr. P. L. Hall congrat ulated him on election to tho vlco chulrmanslilp of tho domocrnttc na tional committee. Sonator Burkutt of Nebraska has finished his chnutauquu work, and henceforth will dovoto his tlmo to cnmpalgn work. An Important conference to outllno n plan of campaign In Now York stnto was hold by Normi.u 10. Mack, chair man of tho democratic committee, with Charles 1 Murpny, loader ot Tammany hall. General. Tho monthly crop report shows tho condition of wheat and coin below tho ton-year average. A rocclvor was appointed for tho us tato of Harry K. Thnw, who Hied a petition In bankruptcy at Pittsburg. Tho preliminary test of Captain Baldwin's dirigible balloon was a suc cess. It traveled flvo miles at u rato of twenty miles an hour and executed a number of difficult evolutions under perfect control. Tho Chicago Croat Western railway somes to tho aid of tho Omaha grain market by announcing a cut In niton which will protect the Omahn Grain Interests. Senator Allison died nt Dnbuquo, his homo, In his 80t'' year of ago. Ho had boon unwoll moro or loss for tho past two yoars, but his last sovoro Illness was for about two weeks, tho sonator being unconscious Heveral days beforo his death. For forty-throo years ho hud boon In the public servlco, serving olght years In the lower housu of con gress and thlrty-llvo years In the sonato. Ills unexpired term In tho ronnto will bo filled out by appoint ment h' (lov. Cummins. Hnrrlmnn says tho railroad corpora tions hnvo no choice as between Tuft and Ilryan. Congressman J. A, T. Hull snys Iowa will bo strong for Taft and that nontlment Is In favor of postponing tho Bonntorlal tight until after the loctlon. Tho Chlcngo Croat Western has filed tariffs announcing a cut In grain rates from Omahn to Chicago and St. Pnul. Moses C. Wetmoio of St. Louts has been appointed chalrmnu of tho demo, crntlo committee on 11 nance. Senator Culberson will bo chairman ot ad visory committee Instead ot D. P. Francis who Is In Kuropu. Loss of life by forest tires In British Columbia Is placed ut 125. Several thousands are homeless and great suf fering exists. Hull weather reports sent wheat und corn up 3 rents nnd caused excitement on tho Chicago Hoard of Trade. Victor L. Mnson of Now Jorsoy has been nppoluted nsslstnut secretary of tho natlonul republican committee He will hnvo churgo ot tho New York of flco. Samuel Gompers denied that ho eald ho could deliver tho labor vote. Dr. Wilbur Crafts of Washington advocates tho shutting the gates of freedom, admitting only u select row ImmlgrnptH, Including orlentala, the fitness of foreigners to be dturmlnod Jby a commltrolou. Hnrrlmnn, the railroad magnate, do clnres the country Is going to settle upon a sounder basis. Special days arc being nrranned for agricultural colloges. governors of states, children and Nebraska nt Iho National Corn exposition to be held 111 Omaha December 0 to 10. Hoy Knahenshuo, the neronnut of Toledo, O., will nttompt to break tho world's record for a dirigible airship on September 12, when he will start from Denver tor Omaha, a dlstnco of R38 miles. Sccrctnry of State Junkln of Ne braska heard the protests of Victor Itoscwater nnd others to tho uso of tho namo populist by tho democrats. Four Columbus (Ohio) men have offered n finger each for $300 to A. C. llalloux of Wheeling, W. Va.. who lost his digits In an Ico cream freezer re call tly. It Is unlikoly that Cortelyou will mako the race for the ropubllean nom ination for governor of New York. Dr. Frledorlck K. H. von Lucitnu!, chief of Emperor William's o-called civil cabinet, died on the 3d Foreign. Said Pasha, tho grand vlr.lcr, anil tho newly formed ministry have re signed. The sultan Invited Lomal Icdlu Kffendl, tho Sheik ul Kslnm and Klnmll Pasha to form a now cabinet Tho engagement of tho Karl of Clan carty to Marry Kills, daughter of n Yorkshire bnrrlBter, Is publicly un nounced. Tho earl Iioh been innrrled be foro. His llrst wlfo, now dend, was Hello Hilton, :i bautlful music hull singer. Notwithstanding frequent denials tho Krupp works apparently hnvo ac quired tho rights to tho air torpedo, Invented by Colonel Ungo of tho Swedish army, under conditions thnt tho Swedish government Is free to uso tho device. Third rank mong tho nnvles of tho world Is accorded that of Japan by tho expertH of tho Herman Navy League. In the August Senllet, which contains Information on various navut subjects prepared by specialists, and often de rived from olllcl.it sources. Estrada Cabrera, president of Gnat omnia, has roloased forty-three polit ical prisoners, according to a dispatch received at tho state department from American Minister Ilelmku. Of this numbor thirty-two wore GuntemnlMits. six Hondurnns nnd live NlenrngiiaiiH. Tho new constitution of Turkey was formally consecrated Sunday, nnd the sultnn wnlked among his people for tho first tlmo sluco his ascnuslun In 187C. Washington. Congressman Hull of Iown paid a trlbuto to tho Into Sonator Allison, whoso loss, ho said, will bo felt by the whole country as woll ns In Iowa. So nator Allison ho declared to bo one cf tho grontest loaders any stnto has ever produced, a man who did moro In the Inst forty years to keep together tho republican party In Iowa than any oth er man. Tho govornor of Iowa, In his pro clamation announcing tho death of Senator Allison snys: It has bocomo my sorrowful duty to ofllclnlly an nounce to tho people ot Iown the death of Sonntor William H. Allison, which occured nt his homo In Dubuque on tho 4th In irt.. During thu brief life of tho commonwealth, Iowa has given many dintln 'ushod men to the pub Ho sorvlco, but no ono of them tins sur passed In worth or distinction tho man whoso death wo now mourn. His long enreer In tho sonato, full of faithful, patient devotion to duty, nindo him the most prominent flgitro In legislative life, and his Inllucnco was deeply felt In nil tho aftnlrs of government. His momory will long ho cherished In tho patriotic hearts of his countrymen. Sonator Hurkett of Nebraska was appointed by the vlco president as n membor of tho committee on behalf of tho sonato to attend tho funeral of Sonator Allison. Tho funeral was held In tho Into senator's homo In Dubuque, In., on Saturday, August 8. VIco-Presldont Fairbanks doslgnnted tho following sonutors to attend Sena tor Allison's funeral: Dolllvor, Frye, Cullom, Teller, anlllngor, Ulklns, Nel son, Hncon, Fornkor, Penrose, Hovor tdgo, Culberson, Kcnn, McCumber, Gamble, Simmons, Hcyburn, Long, Hurkett, Cnrter, La Folletto, Haynor, Warner, Smith (Michigan), Urown, Johnson and Paynter. Personal. Mini), Melba has been engnged to slug In New York nnd Philadelphia In December next prior to her tour of Australia. Karly returns from tho primaries In dicate that MUsourl democrats have noinlnntod W. S. Cowherd for gover nor nnd tho Kansas republicans W. It. Stubbs. 12. H. Hnrrlmi.ii stopped a fow hours In Omahn on his trnnscontlnontiil trip. Ho says all that Is needed to put busi ness gnck to a normal basis la co-operation and rationalism, James Alexander Dowlo, brother of tho late "Klljnh IIP of 7.1on City fame, will como to Omaha for n flvo months' mission. Ho will establish a second Zlon City In tho Nebraska metropolis. Govoruor Cummins has announced Hint ho will bo a candldato for tho seat vacated by tho doath of Sonator Allison. Senator W. H. Allison of Iowk dlen at his homo In Dubuque, In,, In his 80th year. His Illness liad boon pro trncted. Ho was n man long active In public life, having been eight yenrs In tho houso nnd thlrty-tlvo years In tho Honntc. Mr. Taft says ho Is satisfied to havo Iho plain title of "Hill." Richard V. Oulahan is to havo churgo of nil Iho lltornry work of the republican nntlouul committee. FUNERALQFALLISON SERVICES IN KEEPING WITH HIS UNOSTENTATIOUS LFE. RITES SIMPLE THROUGHOUT Entire City In Mourning and All Busi ness Suspended In Respect to the Distinguished Dead. Dubuque, In. -As he lived, so was Senator William It. Allison burled Sat urday In a manner devoid of nil os tentation. Services were hold at tho residence of tho dead statesman and, while not of a private character, tho limited accommodations of tho homo permitted only tho presence of tho distinguished visitors, tho relatives nnd the most Intimate friends of tho late senator. The services were sim ple and consisted of the reading of the Twenty-third Psalm, the Ilftnonth chapter of the Kplstlo to tho Corin thians, and a prayer. Hev. J. T. Her gen of tho Westminister Presbyterian church officiated. There was no mu sic. Tho Interment was private, and after tho Presbyterlnn committal sorv lco had bcon rend by Dr. Horgon tho body of thu senator was lowered Into Its last resting placo on tho hillside which overlooks tho Mississippi river. All Dubuque paid silent trlbuto to the memory of Senator Allison. Dur ing the hours of the funeral not n wheel turned throughout tho city and ovory business, house closed Its doors. Flags hung at half mnst from public buildings and hundreds of homes nnd business houses were trimmed with crepe. A most effective fonturo was thu winding with black and whito of the trolley poles throughout tho main thoroughfare of the city. Tho body of Senator Allison lay In stnto Friday afternoon mid evening, and thoUbiiudK of people called to pay a Ilnal tribute of respect. Tho only lloral tributes were u blanket of American beauty roses, complctoly covering the cusket, an emblem of tho Loyal Legion and thu national Hag. Tho pall bearers wero all residents ot tho city and Intimate friends of the senator. , Many distinguished visitors wero In ntteudnncu nt tho funeral. Hesldes thu inombers of thu congressional commit tcu niuuod by Vlco President Fulrbnnks and Speaker Cannon, there was a largo delegation from Do.i Mollies, consisting of Governor Cum mins und other statu officers, Tho Dos Moines party brought with It a beautiful llonil blanket six nnd one half feet long and three feot wldo. Tho border wna of white carnations und In the center, wrought in red, was tho word "Iowa." In three of the corners were clustors of lilies of the valloy, and in tho fourth, fastened by n ribbon, wero tho dntes "18G3 1908," thoso marking the duration of his official life In Washington, Tho grave of Senator Allison Is In the futility lot In Lin wood comctery. A modest niurhlo shaft, bearing the slnglo word "Allison. wns erected on tho lot twonty yenrs ago. Tho grave In close to that In which Is burled tho body of tho luto Speaker David 11. Henderson. ALLISON WILL BE MISSED. Death Leaves a Void In Senate Not Easily Filled. Wnshlngton Tho death of Senator William lloyd Allison, while not wholly unexpected, camo at u most Inopportune time by reason of political conditions In Iowa. His death will leave a void In thu Honato that cannot euslly be filled, for Sonntor Alison oc cupied a most nil I quo position, not only In tho senate, but In tho country us well. Ah chairman of tho commltteo on appropriations ho litis dtspouscd moro millions than any man In tho history of the nation, und In his treatment ot the great supply bills of congress ho ceased to bo a partisan and becamo the statesman Invoking nil his powers for the public weal. Although a man ot fow friendships ami, In a large sense, a rather reticent man, William 11. Allison had tho con fidence of both republicans und demo crats In the upper branch of tho na tlonul legislature HAYWARD MOVES UP. Now York. Miner E. Dover of Ohio has resigned his position ns secretary of thu republican national committee, and will becomo the secre tary of an advisory committee which Is to work with Georgo H. Sheldon, trensurer of tho national commltteo, William Hnyward of Nebraska City, Neb,, who has been republican chalr mnu In his statu for the year last past, has been nppoluted secretnry of tho national commltteo and will bo given charge- of the western headquarters at Chicago, In tho absence of Mr. Hitch cock. Japan Crowding to Front. Tlaron, Manchuria Japan Is respon sible for tho Introduction of the Ameri can rallfay system luto custom Asln, hut It Is rapidly taking to Itself the trndu in railroad equipment and ma terial was thrown In the beginning to American maufucturors. Thu reasons for this aro, first, tho poor quality of tho materials and tho Inferior work manship used In tho American pro duct, nnd second, thu ability of the Japanoso to dujillcnto tho America1) rolling stock at lower prlcos, oven de livering a hotter nrtlclo. NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES. Items of Greater or Lesser Impor tance Over the State. Charley Landreth of Oconto, 1C years old, was thrown from n horse nnd In stantly killed. Tho annual Gago County Teachers Institute will bo held In Heatrlco August 24 to 28. A bank has been organized nt Crookston, a small town west of Val entine. It Is capitalized at $10,000, Tho sixteenth nnntinl reunion of tho Old Settlers' association of Cherry nnd Keya Paha counties wlH bo hold at Sparks, Neb. Tho village board of trustees cf Bralnord recently levied nn occupa tion tnx on nearly every lino ot busi ness In the town. The people of Cook, Johnson county, will call a special election to voto bonds In the sum of $10,000 for a nuw brick school house. Wnyno's second nnnunl chautauqua assembly Ik closed. , Tho session last ed eight days and was a complete suc cess. All oxpenseB wero met by ro celpts. The Cedar county fair will be held September 1C, 17 and 18. Tho summer races wero hold July 3 and 4, and the fall fair will bo devoted mostly to ex hibits. Tho executive commltteo of the Cuming County Old Settlers' nsrocln Hon has fixed upon Thursday, August 27, as tho date for tho annual picnic nnd reunion. A stock company to promote a creamery enterprise hns been organ ized at Crab Orchard and n sufficient nmount of stock sold to warrant tho establishment of n plant. Georgo Huchll.a woll to do farmer living a couple of miles west ot Powell, in Jefferson county, committed suicide by shooting himself. There was ap parently no cnuse for tho act. Stato Superintendent J. McUrlcn and his family have been visiting Johnson county relatives. Tho super intendent snys tho story that has gono out of tho shortngo of teachers In Ne braska Is not correct. Threshing hns commenced In the vi cinity of Sutherland. Much wheat will run about forty bushels, and oats will go as high as sixty bushels to tho acre. Corn Is considered by tVa farmers to be "mnde." Tho real ostato belonging to Andrew Hlgglns of Nemaha county, who was killed to mo time ngo In a runaway, has been divided among tho three sons nnd ono daughter. There wero about 900 acres of land. At tho recent special school elc tlon In Sutherland, bonds to tho amount of $2,500 wero voted. This sum la to go toward Installing a heat Ing plant In thu school building and building a two-room addition. Tho telegraph Instruments have been taken out ot the station nt Lush ton without notice. Tho patrons of tho Burlington routo say thoy will not submit to what thoy call an outrage. Tho railroad business of tho place Is $30,000 a year. Mrs. Oliver Starkey, who was shot by her husband near Palmer, Is be lieved to be on the road to recovery. Although her sldo was riddled with blrdshot, sho has shown remarkable re cuperative powers. It Is feared though that sho will lose ono of her arms. While Chnrlos Dendlnger nnd Georgo Porter were working on tho top of a scaffold around a hny stacker In Cedar county, tho mnchlno fell with them. Portor foil underncnth tho tlmberB Ho wns badly crushed and it Is thought ho will riot recover. Tho other mnn was bady bruised. At St. Paul Information was tiled ngalnst Oliver Starkey, charging him with assault with intent to kill his di vorced wlfo recently In Gago Valley, Howard county. Tho complaint was filed by Miss 15. Scott, a sister of tho Injured woman. Starkey waived exa mination and was bound over to tho noxt November term of tho district cuurt. Two mon, Joy Wright and Georgo Fogls, mombers of tho nntlonal guard, encamped near AshlMid, woro drowned In tho Plntto river. Both woro mem bers of Company C, N. N. G., of Ne braska City. Tho drowned nro Goorgo Fogls, aged 21, a farmer living near Nobraska City, nnd Joy Wright, a olork In a grain office in that city. Both wero born ut that placo. Neither could swim. nen Uhland, a young farmer near Humboldt, reports a curiosity In tho shnpu of an eyeless duck, hatched out a fow weeks since. Tho fowl runs about with the rcmnlndor of tho brood and seems able to securo food, even without eyes. Tho freak showB abso lutely no signs of eyes, laBhcs or cavi ties, but is othorwlse a perfectly formod fowl. A coyote scnlp swindle has been brought out In Buffalo county by Sheriff Snmmons. John Bacon, Janitor nt court houso, Lloyd Doets, Abo Swln yor and nine nccmpllces have been ar rested nnd given preliminary honrlngs and all except ono havo plendod guilty. Bneon secured. scalps from tho county clerk's office and hid them In the bollor room and Deets and Swlnyor would get same and resell them at leisure. John IL Dwyer, of McCook, a white man, married, with wlfo and two chil dren, wns bound over to tho noxt term of district court In nnd for Red Wil low county, chnrged with nn attmopt it committing rapo on two young Bus slon glrlu of this city each aged ten years. Following Is the mortgage report for Gago county for tho month of July: Number of farm mortgages filed, 10; amount, $30,887; number of farm mort gages released, C; amount, $1G,600; number of city mortgages filed, 2G; nmount, 127,560; number of city mort gages released, 1C; amount, $8,230, THE STATEJJAPITAL MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL CITIZENS. AS TO UND ASSESSMENTS The State Board of Equalization Has Agreed on Raises Which May Increase the Roll. Tho stnto board of equalization has agreed upon several sweeping chnnges In the land assessments returned from the several counties which will stand unless representatives from theso counties como beforo tho board with good reason why they should not. Tho proposed raises will mnko a consider able Increase In tho total assessment roll. Several counties havo been left na tlsry wore nnd eight havo been grant ed reductions, most of them slight. Tho raises aro all tho way from flvo to sixty per cent. Tho following stale ment has been Issued by tho board, In dicating Its position and giving com parison of tho average land values ns returned by tho several counties and It Is proposed to raise them by tho board. Following Is tho statement by the board: Tho stato hoard of equalization has found that It Ik necessary to mako u good many chnnges by counties in or der to mako a uniform assessment. This Is true not only In regard to tho several classes of personal property, but also as regards tho assessment of real estate. It Is tho Judgment of the board that It will bo necessary to raise tho valuo of land In thirty-nine counties and to reduce eight, thus leaving tho assess ment as far as land Is concerned in forty-two counties thu same as was returned by the county assessor. Ow ing to the Importance of tho real estato assessment tho board has de termined to notify tho assessor of tho counties of tho proposed changes nnd request them to appear beforo tho board If they have any objections to tho changes proposed by tho board. Final action on tho land assessment will not ho made until sufficient tlmo hns been given for tho assessors to appear beforo the board. Governor Offers Reward. Governor Sheldon has issued tho following proclamation ot reward for tho npprehenslon of tho murder of Mrs. Jasper Blowsnnke, killed by Jas per Blowsuako In Thurston county on July 18, 1908: "Wherens, Upon good and sufficient showing made by tho county coroner of Thurston county, Nebraska, that on or nbout the 18th day ot July, A. D 1908, In the county of Thurston, state of Nobraska, Mrs. Blowsnako was brutally and feloniously assulted by Jasper Blowsnake, which resulted In her death, and "Wherens, Tho said Jasper Blow snake Is a fugitive from Justice and Is secreting himself In some place un known and "Whoreas, As a protection to so ciety, as well as the enforcement of tho criminal code, and as a means of leading to tho prompt apprehension and punishment of such nn act, tho law provides that upon receipt of such Information tho governor shall Issue his proclamation offering a rewnrd for the arrost of tho person commit ing such crime. Said reward to bo payable on a certlflcnto given under seal of tho court that the person ar rosted nnd Indicted committed the act charged In the Indlctmen, now, "Theroforo, I, Georgo Lnwson Shel don, governor of the state of Nebras ka, by virtue ot the authority vested in mo by law do hereby, by this m; proclamation, offer n reward of two hundred ($200.00) dollars for the ap prehension of tho murderor of snld Mlrs. Blowsnnke, conditioned ns afore said, and said reward continuing for a period of six months from and after this date, nnd I do especially enjoin upon till sheriffs, constnblos and peace officers of this state diligent effort to bring the murderer to speedy justice." To Equalize Standard. Tho presidents of tho two state nor mal schools held a conference with tho state examining hoard to determ Ino on some standard of requirements for tho private schools which aro al lowed by the Nobraska law to grant life professional teacher's certificates. The board of examiners Is made tho Inspection body of these prlvato schools, nnd Just now they nro turn ing out several hundred graduates at the close ot tho summor session. Tho stnto normal schools have a certain standard of excellence which they re qulro of graduates. The examining board is desirous of making tho maximum of tho private schools as high as the minimum of tho stntu schools. This, under tho lnw, Is all they can do. Petition for a Tetophone. J. E. Hart. A. I Clem, J. H. Nobor gall and A. A. Hawley, all ot York county, havo petitioned tho railway commission to make the Northwestern put a telephone In Its passenger sta tion at Gresham. A largo proportion of tho citizens of York county are on tho lines of the York County Telephono company, an Independent concorn which does not pay toll to tho tole phono trust. The railroad company has tv trust 'phono In Its place, hut re fuses to recognize tho Independent concorn. LOCAL TROUBLES TO FORE. State Board Find This Causes Diffi culty In Assessment. Another bunch of assessors appeared' beforo tho Stato Board of Equalization to protest against an Increase In tho value of real estate. The represontr. tlv from Cherry county made a vigor ous protest against a 40 per cent boost. Land in this county is assessed at (l cents an acre and the board contemp lates an Increnso to 95 cents. A mem ber'of tho bonrd did a little figuring nnd reported that the 40 per cent In crenso would mean tho payment of $1.08 In taxes on a section of land more than Inst year, or 27 cents In crease on a quarter section. At this time it Is Impossible to tell' whnt will be done with tho contemplat ed Increase In lands In several of the counties. While there have been pro tests ngalnst nny Increase over the re turn of the assessors, some of the pro tests hnvo been rathor feeble. Ono protestant admitted that ns a general"' proposition the Increase was deserved, but the trouble had been with tho county board In not properly equal izing between the various townships. The schedules this year used by the assessors have proven superior to the blanks of last year and previous years, especially In the forms used tor the assessment of live stock, horses and' mules. This year there is space re served for listing tho ago of tho nnlmals. Heretofore the llvo stock was returned by number and valueM and the board had no way of knowing! the ago of the animals. This made equalization between counties prac tically n guess, as some assessors In cluded right young nnlmnls while oth ers did not. Seven Days Without Rain. Thu week was warm and dry, wit li nn excess of sunshine. Clear weath er prevailed, except on Tuesday and" on Thursdny, when partly cloudy weather was quite general. Tho mean temperature for the week was between 74 degrees and 78 de grees, which Is nn average ot about 2 degrees above tho normal. Tho dally maximum temporal tiro exceoded 90 degrees very generally, except on Thursdny und Friday, when It wns to 10 degrees lower. At a few places the weekly maximum was 100 degrees, or slightly nbove. The rainfall wns holow tho normal' In all parts of the state. Local show era occured Monday, Tuesday and' Thursdny, but (ho rainfall was gener ally less thnn n quarter of an Inch. Druggists Are Willing. A delegation of Lincoln druggists visited Food Commissioner Johnson' to consider tho proposition of prosecu tions under tho pure food laws of sales of headache powders which havo tho Ingredients not stnmpcd on the pack age. Under the law an exception wus made In tho labeling of drugs wherein goods on hands April 1, 1908, did not have to bo branded. Hence it comes about that headache powders nro usually branded "O. H. April 1, 1908." More than 200 suits havo been insti tuted alrendy against dealers regard-)-less of the brand mark, signifying thnt they were on hands. It Is the attitude of tho food commissioner that tho morchnnt must prove that tho goods were in his stock before the law went Into effect. The Lincoln druggists nsked that prosecutions he held In nboyunce until tho druggists of tho stnto could get together and ngreo to brand all materials, regardless of whether they wero on hnnds at tho time tho law wont Into effect or not. Tho druggists declared that thoy had no disposition to avoid the law but had not understood the full Import of tho commissioner's nttltude. They havo called a mooting at which local druggists will formulate a plan pre paratory to a call for a meeting of druggists from all over tho state. Meanwhile prosecutions thnt have been stnrted will bo continued. Dirty Bakeries. Mrs. MacMurphy, Inspector In tlie pure food department, is getting to gether a voluminous report on the condition In the bakeries of Omaha. In genornl, of tho sixty bakeries, one third nre found to bo dirty nnd In nerd of renovntlon beforo patrons can hope to get sanltnry products from them. This Is n hotter showing thnn wnB made In Lincoln, whore of thirteen bakeries examined eight were found to bo unclean nnd unsanitary. Hotels Expecting a Rush. Tho hotels of Lincoln nro oxpectlng big crowds In town from now until' nfter tho state fair. Tho assembly crowd which is now hero, Is not much of nn asset for the hotels, except for tho few meals the campers buy nt tho lunch counters nnd dining rooms of tho hotels, but thero are a few who attend the assembly from city hotels, preferring them to tho uncertainty of camp life. Tho big crowd Is expected during tho stnto fair. Preparations nre being made to entertain crowds bigger than evor this year. Fight on Prison Contract, The central labor union of this city Is making a fight on prison made goods and In this effort nttempted 'o influonco stato officers whllo tho con tract for tho prison labor wns under discussion. At tho Inst meeting of tho central union, slnco tho contract was made, resolutions wero passed de nouncing tho Btnto officers for enter ing Into this contract without Inviting representatives of organized labor to appear beforo tho board. This 1 termed In tho resolutions "an Insult to. organized Inbor."