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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1909)
!" 1 THE StMl-WHKLY THIMBU IRA L. BARE, Publisher TERMS: $1.25 IN ADVANCES NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA 2 A Uoiling Down of Hie More Impor tant Events Here and There Foreign. Tho killing In Panama of William Nichols Chandler, editor of tho Panama Press, by Herbert O. Jeff ries, an American, who took part in tho Panama revolution In 1003, has aroused much feeling thoro. Tho Press recently contained an nrtlclo reflecting upon ono of Jewries' women relatives. Special dispatches from Molllla, Morocco, say fighting Is general on tho Moroccan coast. The new Span ish artillery has wrought terrible havoc among tho Moors, who lmvo lost 1,000 mon In tho last three days. Tho Spanish casualties amount to 250. A Bpanlsh column has de stroyed throw villages near Rosllnga. At Hotlordum the death of four children supposed to have boon caused by poisonous sweets has boon found after a bacteriological examina tion to have been duo to Aslntlc chol era. Emperor Nicholas has accepted tho rost of patron to tho Aero club or 8t. Petersburg, which consequently will hcieafter bo quallllod as "Imper ial.'' Ho lia3 donated a large sum of money to thu club, at the eamo time permitting four of thu grand dukes to bo enrolled as honorary members. A terrible railway disaster occurred when two trains camo togother In a collision thirty miles north of Santi ago. Mnny portions woro killed or v Jurcd. Iloth trains woro completely destroyed. Tho monetary Ipbs will teach $160,000. Thoro was a BtifTragotto disturbance at sovcral political meetings In tho British Islnnds. Tho women mado de termined ofTorta to invndo St. Andreas' hall, Glasgow, and n crowd of British sympathizers camo Into violent con flict with tho police, which resulted In riotous scenes. General, Purchasos for tho Isthmian canal, It is declared, nro open and honest. Henry Fnrnnm, tho English aviator, broko nil records for dlstanco and time In tho nlr at llhelms. An Omaha automobllo- driver wan threatened with violence when ho fatally Injured a young womnn. A forest flro nt tho ontrnnco to tho Yosomlto vnlloy threatens destruction of tho big tree grovo known as tho Merced group, ono of tiio world fam ous collections of Sequoias. South American countries lmvo re cognized wlreloss telegraphy ns a useful factor In tho conduct of gov ernment affairs. Tho Turkish government hns de cided it Is Impracticable to sond a warship to represent tho omplro at tho approaching Hudson-Pulton cole bratlon in Now York. Tho coal fields production ot the Unltod Stntcn for tho year 1908 hIiow a falling off of $S.T. tS I.7S1. an com pared with tho production of 1907, according to a report mndo public by tho Unltod States goologlcnl sur voy. Peru has not sent to Bolivia an untl- matum In tho mnttor of tho boundary dispute botweon tho two countries, and from nil reportn It npponrs that both F,ovcrnnients aro approaching ono an other In thin matter In a spirit of aym puthy nnd good understanding. President Tnft formally accopted thu Invitation to visit President Diaz in Moxlco In Octobor. President Tnft Is proparlng Homo speeches that ho will deliver on Ills southern nnd western jaunt. Sedgwick nnd Burnoa will lmvo first nnd second places for tho supremo judgeship In Nobrnska. Hamer nnd Fawcott nro running close, and tho re cult Is uncertain. Ono Btnto trpopor, ono deputy sheriff and three foreigners woro shot and killed in tho wild riot nt tho Prossod Steel Car plant In Schoonvlllo, Pa. Returns from clghty-thrco counties In Nobrnska, slxty-ono of them ofllclnl give Fawcett a lead for supromo Judge which Hnmor cannot overcome. Tiie unnnuinns nnnounco wun nn Air of surprise nnd regret that during tho last ten years tho Indian popula tion of tho dominion has Increased 10,000. Tho supromo court must, decldo constitutionality ot Hopburn rnto law this fall. Army mon ot Hovoriy nave pre vailed upon the president to change his resolution nnd rovlow them. Unconscious nnd believed to bo dy Ins of apoplexy, Mm, Robort Potts wlfo of Renr Admlrnl Potts, U. S. N retired, nrrlved on tho stoamor Mlnne tonka. Herbert Latham broko tho rocord for dlstanco and tlmo in bis aoro plane flight at Rholms, Tho federal circuit court at Chi engo mado a ruling In what is know ni the Missouri rlvor rnto oases. It favors the railroad. D. I?. Thompson of Nebraska de nies he 1s noting for Hnrrlman In TOteotlitlons fox tho Plin-Anmrlcan railroad of Mexico. t Light stato convicts, four of whom 1 j nro se nt up for murder, oscnpod at tno ropk i?mnd junction, Little hock, Ark , by breaking through tho end or a box car. Tho special session of tho Alabama legislature passed a drastic prohibi tion law. An lncrcaso of 2 cento Is to b mado coon In the fee for registration of letters and packages. Uncle Sam needs tho monoy. . D. E. Thompson, of Lincoln, Neb., nmbnssador to Moxlco, hns bought tho Pan-American railroad, paying $10,000,000 for samo. Authorities nt Washington roluso to await n tost beforo continuing solzuros of blenched flour. Tho government report on forc3t fires In Canada during tho last year shows that Umber wns damaged to tho extent or $25,500,000 nnd that twonty-ono lives woro lost. Up to ttiis writing sovon persons have been killed In tho automobllo peed carnival of Indianapolis. E. II. Harrlman hns retired to tho oxcluslon of his mountain ostuto to omploto hlo "nftor cure." Prosldent Tnft will urgo postal savings banks on next sosslon of con- gross. Prosldont Taft Is determined that census work shall not bo mixed with politics. Tho Mexican nmbnssador refused to altond a banquet at Toledo be cause not given scat of honor. A dlspntcli from Washington says that Henry Lano Wilson, minister to Bolglum, will soon bo officially named to succeed Ambassador Thompson At Mexico City. Tho die- pntch ndi's that Mr. Wilson, who Is a natlvo of Crawfordsvlllo, Ind., hns been advised of his prospective ap pointment by tho state department. Tho Sons of Voter:.ns' session nt Washington wns dovoted to tho vnrl ous committee reports, chief among which was a recommendation for more nctlvo efforts In Increasing tho membership of tho organization. In order that this work might bo carried on more vigorously additional powers wuro conferred upon tho national patriotic! instructor of tho society, nnd Walter J, Patton, prosldont of tho Momorlnl university of Mnson City, In., wns ejected to that ofllco for a term of two years. Treasury olllclals aro unable to esti mate definitely receipts nnd expendi tures under tho new tnrlff law. Sterling Dlrmlnghnm, tho dismissed trust company clerk, wnnts to tell whnt ho knows of tho scnndnl. Whltolaw Hold, Amorlcnn ambassa dor to Croat Britain ha sarrlvcd on tho steamer Mauretanla from Liver pool nnd Quccnutown. That hogs, by bolng Inoculated with tho Borum discovered by Dr. M. Dor- sot, n government specialist, aro im mune from cholera has been demon strated to tho satisfaction of United Stntcs government ofllclnls who uavo been conducting a test at tho Kansas City stock yards. Four hundred' skilled machinists at tho Pugot Sound navy yard woro dis charged, and 500 moro woro laid off. For thu llrst time In history tho South Pacific ocean with Australia and tho East Indies on ono margin and South America and Panama on the other, has been portrayed by n chnrt, Issued by tho navy department hydro graphic ofllco. ThlB chart will nppear quarterly. Washington. It la likely tho supremo court will pass licioro many months on tho question whethor tho Hopburn rnto law Ib constitutional with respect to that feature of tho law which gives tho IntorRtnto commerce commission tho power to regulate ratcB. Acting Secretary of tho Interior Plorcu doslgnnted 50,150 ucroa more land ns coming within tho onlnrgcd homestead act In tho stato of Mon tana, making tho totnl up to dnto G,0S0,S30 ncrcs bo designated In tho Htnto of Montann. Tho gonoral laud offlco hns an nounced that l.olleau, S. D will be ono ot thu places of registration for thu surplus lands of thu Cheyenne rlvor nnd Standing Rock Indian ros urvntlons to bo opened to Bottlement. It was announced nt tho navy de partment that Rear Admlrnl Wllllnm T. Swlnoburno, recently dotnehed from command of tho Pacific nnd now on duty nt tho navy war college at Newport, R. I will bo transferred to thu retired list. Tho porto has decided to rccognlzo King Ferdinand's title ns king of Bui gurlu. It is regarded as certain that tho Interstate commission will tnko an nppenl to the United States supremo court from tho declBlon of tho Unltod States circuit court nt Chicago In the Missouri rato case. Personal. it Is Bald cadots dismissed by tho president for hazing have no show for gottlng bnck. Tho death Is announced In London of'Qoorgo Manvlllo Fonn, tho novollst. Ho was born In 1831. Thoodoro Roosovolt has rocolved many lettors from the United States contnlnlng nil kinds of requests with which It Is Impossible to comply nnd which It is equally impossible for him to nniiwor. Govornor Shnllonborgor on his west urn trip refused to talk politics, Bccrotnry Ualllugor, It is doclnrcd, hns had nothing to do with coal land entries in Alaska. Elward Mnrkham, whoso "Tho Man With tho Hoe" brought him tho hlghost laurtls of popular approvnl sovon yoars ago and who has Blnco lived In tho oast, Is going back to tno Pnclllo oonst. Mary D. McNlrkle ot Chicago may bo considered ono of til luokUst young women In tho country, baring drawn No. 2 In Uncle Sam's big lot tery $lcUanu' ,n Sptfkauo Tndlnn MAY DIE IK FLOOD EIGHT HUNDRED PERSONS ARE REPORTED LOST. MAY REACH TWELVE HUNDRED Fifteen Thousand Homeless, and Dam. ago to Property Will Reach Fif teen Million Dollars. Moxlco CityTho Associated Proas correspondent at Monterey wires that 800 poraons havo been drownod as ii result of tho flood which still contin ues. Fifteen thousand people nro homeless and tho damngo is not loss than $12,000,000. Tho city Ib in dnrk noss. Among the losses are: Tho Montoroy Steel company $1,000,000; tho Mexican Smelter and Load com pany $3,000,000. Tho city bogs aid from tho United States. A special dispatch to tho Humid says that 10,000 persons nro homeless and that hundreds have been drowned. Tho correspondent estimates tho prop erty loss nt $15,000,000, Tho suburb of San Lulslto and half of tho city of Montoroy aro under water. Thou sands aro sleeping In tho public squares tonight. At noon Sunday it censed raining for the first tlmo bIuco last Thursday and some idea of tho horrors of tho flood of Friday night and Saturday could bo obtained. It was at first re ported that 800 lives wcro lost In tho disaster, but today shown that the number of dead will reach 1,200 and perhaps moro. Tho river ha3 fallen considerably nnd while still high, tho dnngor la ovor. Seventeen and a half InchcB of rainfall Is tho official record during Friday, Saturday nud todny. This rnln was a steady downpour and ut no tlmo uppronched tho status of a cloudburst. Tho river w;ns hlghor than It over has been In liio history of Monterey nnd at ono tlmo tho Plaza JCarngoBa, tho highest part or tho city, was Hooded to a depth of about ono foot. Thla was early Saturday morn ing and only lasted until tho npproach on tho south aide of tho Santa Louis lta bridge was washed out. Fully 15,000 people aro homeless nnd nro being cared for by tho city govern ment In tho best way possible. At noon 5,000 peoplo woro given bread, coffeo nnd coup at tho municipal of Hccb, but there nro many moro on the Bouth Bldo of tho river Btlll out or rench or aid on account of the Btlll overflowed rlvor. Conservative estl mntcB of tho property loss placo tho figures nt $20,000,000 throughout tho city. All through tho day and up to late ut night tho bodies havo been taken from tho debris nnd ruins In tho path of tho flood and ovor 500 havo been recovered. Tho greatest loss of life occurred Saturday morning between tho hours of 9 nnd 11 o'clock whon tho large buildings on tho south sido of tho river commenced to crumble nnd fall. Many of tho houses had from 100 to 200 peoplo on their roofa nnd nil disappeared in tho flood. AUTO CRASH FATAL TO FIVE. Machine Driven On to Track !n Front of Passenger Train. 8t. LouIb. Flvo persons, four of thorn closely related, woro killed whon nn automobllo In which they were riding wns struck by a fast pas songcr train of tho Rock Island rail road two nnd u half mllea west oi 1 gus Btatlon on tho Crovo Coour lnko road, St. LouIb country. All tho vic tims or tho accident woro residents or St. Louis. Tho two mon woro brothers nnd ofllclnls or tho Whlto Hardwaro com pnny, one or tho oldest mercantile ostnbllBhmcnta of tho city. Mrs Kllngo wna their slstor-In-law. JOHNSON DENIES BEING SICK. Has Not Been Operated on and Docs Not .Intend to Be. Chicago. "I am not sick nnd have had no operation performed for ap pendlcltles nor any other dlaense, nor do I intend to havo any," Bald Cover nor John A. Johnson of Minnesota, who nrrlved horo. "Just how tho re port got out that I was Berlously ill and that an operation would bo nccos snry I cannot imagine I .was weak nnd worn out for several days, but I nm nearly well again." FAIRBANKS MEETS REGENT. Received In Forbidden City by the Acting Ruler of China. Peking. -Charles W. FnirbankB, for mer vlco prosldont of tho United Stntca, nnd Roar Admiral G. B. Har bor, United StnteB Navy, wore re ceived In separate audience by the prlnco rogont In tho forblddon city, Thoy woro prcsonted by Henry P. Flotchor, tho American charge d'af faires. Idaho Town Is De&troved. nutto. Mont. Grnnd Forks, idnho. waB dostroyed by flro In nn hour Sun day. Tho byBtandera looted tho throo burning saloonB. Throo hundred peo plo nro reported homeless and without food supply. ' Holds Statute Is Void. Montgomery, Ala. Declaring that It denies equal protection of tho law nnd tho stato constitution, Judge Jones of tho United States court hold that tho donylng of a foreign corpora tion thu right to remove suits from Btnto courts to federal courts Is void. nicfl'a First Clown Dead. N(wton. N. J. William Shafor. the Armt clown that troareled with Dan Rico's oirons. died horo Sunday, used S3 yaors. For years lib had ltvcd the 1 life nf n recluse NEBRASKA NEWS Aw NOTES. items of Interest Taken From Hers and There Over the State. The Midwest Llfo Issues all the standard forms of in surance, Local agents wanted In ev- ry town in Nebraska. Good commis sions nro paid. Write the prosldent, N. Z. Snoll, Lincoln, for an agency. Madison county is planning for n big fair, Soptombor 20 to 24. . Tho totnl voto of Otoo county nt tho primary election was 822, nnd tho cobIh of holding the election was something over $1,100. F. L. Dlnsmoro, county attorney of Johnson county, recently filed his re signation with the board of county commissioners, and at a mooting of tho board the samo was- accepted. Motor carsorvIco Is to bo Installed m tho St. Joseph & Grand Island lino or local traffic ns soon ns tho Union Pacific begins dotourlng its through trains over this route. Hnlvor SwoiiBcn, nn nged German re siding in Otoo county, hnd but little fntlh In banks, nnd bo kept ovor $1,200 in money In his home. A few days ago ho went to look for tho monoy and it was gone. Tho pyro-acro sensation of tho con- tury. Pnln's stupendous thrilling "Bat tle in tho CloudB." At tho State Fair, four evenings, Soptombor C, 7, 8 and 9. Tho most entertaining onon ulr creation ovor conceived. The Mldwost Llfo of Lincoln offor a good commission contract to ugontn to roprosent it loenlly. This Is what Best's Insurnneo Reporto, Llfo, 1909 edition, snya about The Mldwo3t Llfo: "Its policy contracts nro liberal and fair. It wrltos both participating and non-pnrtlclpating policies. Tho cost of mnnagomoiit Is extremoly modorato for a new company, nnd tho net cost of Insurnneo la low. Tho Investments nro of good chnractor and yield a good return." Tho executive committee of tho Otoe County Llvo Stock nssoulatlon hold n mooting nnd decldod to have their an nual parado on September 21, 22 nnd 23. This is an annual affair nnd la tho blgcst stock show hold in that, part of tho state. Joseph Richardson came to hla death at tho hnnda of Ernest Stout by being brutnlly bcaton, according to a coro ner's Jury Inquiring into the caso at Grand Island. All the witnesses who were nt tho soono of tho killing were examined. While nt work widening the Bel mont canal west of Bridgeport, II. A. Molte's force of men unenrthed a hu man skeleton, nnd whllo nothing w.ib round to Identiry tho remains it is be lieved to bo air that Is left of a cow boy, who died and was burled In that vicinity eighteen years ago. A Bcnsntlon In the shape of n series of roberlos has Just developed nt Wy- moro, where a number or conductoin, engineers and brnkemen in tho om- ploy or tho Burlington havo been called on tho carpet and discharged for taking Bilks, clothing nnd shoes from cars In transit. Frank Gregory of Reynolds lost a $100 team of horses In n peculiar manner. Thoy ran away with n load or sand, bringing hp ngalnut n freight. car. Tho momentum of tho loud liter- allly crushed tho horses, thoro soom ingly bolng but few wholo bones In tho nnlmals bodies. Will Prowett, Jr., of Fullorton, agod twonty-ono, has been in the Philip pines Blnco lnat November. Ho has boon engaged in the treasury depart ment $1,200 per annum. Word was received rccontly that ho 1ms already boon promoted to tho government bank with an increase of $S00 per an num In sulary. Undor tho terminal tax law tho Union Pacific Railroad co7apany will havo to pay taxoa on $3,527,25.1 Invest ed In terminal property In tho cltlea and vlllngcs of tho stato. Last year JiIb property wns anoossod at a totnl of $3,371,238. This Is an Increase of $irG.nc. Tho music nt tho State Fair at Lin coin, September 0 to 10, will bo all that tho music lovors could desire. A nplondld Auditorium and Llborntt'B Buporb band and company of Grand Opora Singorfi, The overturo 0) Wil liam Toll, tho master creation of Ros- filni, la always rendered by this band in a superb manner. Any one of these groat concerts Is worth all that It coats to go to the Stato Fair. .Tho primary oleftlon wna an oxpon alvo thing for the taxpayers of Cuater county. In Elm township there woro but olght ballots east in nil. tho tax- payom having to pay $38.75 for tho votes, besldoB tho printing of tho bal lots, amounting In all to about 33.00 per voto. It In also stated that thoro woro two townships In tho county which polled but two votes enoh, oven tho members of tho election board ro- fused to voto. THE MIDWEST LIFE. Insurnneo in force $1,730,705 N. Z. Snoll .' Prctoldont Dr. R, B. Davis, Omaha. .Vlco-Prosldont A. J. Sawyer Secretary H. S. Freeman Trrasuror Dr. M. II. Evorett.... Medical Director C. R. Ensterday Actuary J, II. Mookott. Jr Supt. of Agents Llboratl and his fnmous band nnd grand opora singers makes miislo very popular nt tho Stato Fair. Tnoy will bo hoard at Lincoln In fcir concerts ovory day, Septombor C to 20. Thoy never dlsnppolnt tho crowd, simply hold them spoil bound during tho en tire program. Tho cornet solos by the ?roat loader ov tho solos by the other artlata always well rendered. No mat ter whether the baud ronders "Andre Ohciitoy" iv number so tiemendous thai. It taxes tho full musical power ot rhn banc! or "Unole Eaia'i Marah as tho last npto dies nwny the crowd al ways ctecVr. FOB FREE LIBRARIES IN EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN NEBRASKA. T BE SET ASIDE Much Work Now Being Done In In stitutes In Furtherance of Leg islative Plans. Froo circulating llbrarlos In ovorj school district in tho stnto of Nc bra9ka will soon bo in order, becauso or a recently enacted law which com- pols each district to set aside an nually tho sum of 10 cents per pupil of school ago for the upbuilding of the library. This ranges from $3 n year to an amount several times ns largo In tho villages; nnd in -tho smaller cities of the state, up to tho point where thoro aro 0,000 or moro pupils, whon tho compulsory fcaturo fails to operate. In addition to tho small libraries that may bo thus built up In the rural districts nnd small towns, tho stato traveling library commission la work ing in co-operation with tho school authorities and will send collections of books around tho circuits oi schools desiring them, to Bupplomont the homo libraries. It is a matter of much concern with the state und county school nutnorl ties now to get a right start In the new libraries, both In the selection ol desirable books and In such Instruc tions to tho pupils to encourago them to use tho libraries and to read with profit to themselves. For that rea son n largo amount or work being done In the county institutes this season is dovoted to instructions con cerning the libraries. Miss Charlotte Tcmpleton, secre tary of tho stato travollng library commission, has been Informing the touchers of the extent of co-opcratlon that may bo received from the com mission, nnd the best Why to go about It to get that help. State Fair Programs. Programs for. tho state fair aro now In tho hands of tho printers and will be Issued within a few days One of the drawing cards on Wednesday of tho fair will bo n debate between 1 Mayor Dahlman of Omaha nnd Son- ' ntor W. R. Patrick of Sarpy county, i Those two will speak beforo tho Women's Christian Temperance union meeting in tho auditorium at noon. Tho first day, Sunday, there will be given a sacred concert by Liber ntl's band nt 3:30 o'clock. After 2:30 o'clock that day admission to tho grounds will bo 25 cents Instead of tho UBual price, 50 cents. A now feature tills year on tho race track will bo a vaudovlllo stunt between each race. At 10 o'clock each day .lohnnnea Mngondoz will give a plnno recital in the nudltorlum preceding the Llboratl concert. No admission will be charged this yertr to tho audi lorlum. Speeches will bo mado at 3 o'clock each day, prominent agri culturists having been secured for this purpose Preparing for the Fair. Tho Commercial club Is preparing again for tho stato fair. The secre tary la receiving nil notices of rooms to lot to visitors, 13 finding out loca tions, prlcca nnd other needed infor mntion so that when tho first day of the fair, arrives ho can turn these lists over to tho information bureau. Exporlonco In tho pnst has proved that tho aid of tho club Is invaluable In that It furnlBhcs lists of rooms that are reliable, back of which tho club Btands as sponsor. Complaints of high prlcca charged for service havo boon rare from rooma nsslgned by this means. Governor Returns Home. Governor Shnllenbcrgor and tho members of his staff returned to Lin coln nftor a visit to tho Scattlo ex position and tho northwest. "It wna a delightful visit, said tho governor, "and wo enjoyed every day of It. On Nebraska day at tho exposition we hnd tho biggest crowd of any state except New York on Now York day, when Governor Hughes Bpoke." Missouri Pacific Terminal Tax. The assessed valuo of tho termlnnl tiroperty of tho Missouri Pacific rail road has been decreased this year compared with last year $11,079. This decrease Is duo to a decrease In the average value per mllo of tho fran ohiflo property rather than to any de crease In -the value of dopot property. The total assessed valuo this year Is $411,892 and last year It was $123,571. Rehearing Asked In Jndlcial Case. A motion hns Veen filed In tho su preme court asking for a rehearing In tho non-pnrtlsan Judiciary caso, In which tho court hold tho law Invalid. Tho motion was signed by Attorney General Thompson, Deputy Attornoy General Grant Mnrtln and Arthur Mullen. Trl-Stato Land Company. H. G. Leavltt pf Omaha promotod the Trl-Stato. Land company and was president of tho company until last year, when E. A. Cudaby of Omaha become president. A short time ago the J. G. Whlto Construction com pany of New York took control of the company nnd mado ono ot tholr offldnla Its piosldont. In addition te Its cnnnl tho TrI-Stnte oompnn oTvnod nbont 30,000 ncros of land In tbfs valley, whloh it hns lately been $.&pqslng of, U bolng reported that lO'.OOO acres luWo bebn sold. THE TWO-CENT LAW. The Authorities Aro Encouraged by the Outlook. Attorney General Thompson fools much encouraged ns does tho Btnto railway commission regarding tho showing thay expect to make in the cases Involving tho 2-ccnt faro law', the Aldrlch freight rale reduction and tho Sibley express rate lawB, and tho longer tho hearing la put off tho bet ter shnpo the state will ho in to mnko good In Its case. For over ti year tho commission hns been gottlng wookly station reports, mnde out by tho sta tion ngonts showing tho frolglit ship ped In nnd out, tho express sent In and out nnd tho ticket sales. Theso statistics are bolng compiled in tho olilce of the stato railway commission and tho compilation shown a. remark able Increase in tho nmount of revenue paid to tho corporations. Whethor oxponaos linvo nlso Increased In tho samo proportion of courso tho com mission hns no way of knowing except by tho nnnual reports of tho corpora tions. But the incomo of tho rail roads and cxproBS companies tho com mission has first hand und the fnct that tho railroads arc offering reducod rntos to Omaha, Lincoln nnd tho stato ralr tho commission believes la another Indication that tho 2-cent faro rato haa not Injured tho railroads financi ally. Testimony In tho cases Is to bogln Bbortly boforo a refcreo ap pointed by tho federal court. Getting Ready for Fair. Secretary Mcllor and a forco of clerks are busy gottlng tho final work done preparatory to tho opening of tho stato Tair, September G. O. E. MIckoy, superintendent of cattle, notified Sec retary Mellor that enough ontrios had boon mado to fill tho now barn, which hns stalls for C3C head, but that tho entries Justified tho construction of nn nddltlou to the bnrn. The barn south of tho now structuro will hold sixty hend nnd this will bo filled, ns will tho nursing cows' bnrn, which has room for sixty. Tho addition sugested by Mr. Mickey will bo erected na' n tem porary arrangement nnd all cattle en trios will bo taken care of. Secretary Mellor hna closed tho con tract for flvo stato bands In nddition to tho Llbcrntl band, which will give four concerts dnlly ns follows: 10:30, 1:30 nnd 4:30 In the auditorium and 7:15 beforo tho grandstand proceed ing Pnln'B fireworks. Tho Btato bnnds which havo contracted to furnish music aro tho following: Gcnova, Monday nnd Tuesdny; Nelson, Tues day and Wednesday; Aurora and . North Platto, Wednesday and Thurs day; Stromsburg, Thursday and Friday. Corn Acreage Hlghor. Nebraaka corn ncreago 18 only 2 per cent greater thla year than last, ac cording to tho flgurea compiled by tho bureau of labor and Industrial statis tics. Tho government report showed an lncrcaso In ncrongo of ovor 15 per cent, but tho Btnto report disputeB this. Tho figures compiled by Deputy Commissioner Maupin's ofllco are gathered from nssessora each spring and aro presumed to bo as accurate as can bo procured. Tho government reports nro not held In high estima tion by mauy grain men and for this year the fact that discrepancies In tho figures nppear does not worry tho deputy. . Judge Good's Expense $10. Judge B. F. Good, of Wahoo, candl dadto for supremo Judgo on tho demo crnfic ticket, filed his campaign ex pense statement with tho secretary of stato. H1b oxponso8 comprised the $10 filing feo and that nws all. Judgo Good was tho first to file lils state ment. I Picnic on Labor Day. i Tho labor unlona of Lincoln will unllo unlto in n picnic nt Capital j beach, September G. Tho UBual parado j will not bo given, but at tho beach I thoro will bo speaking and bontiug and , n general good tlmo. I Cash Grain Market. With n vlow to establishing a cash J grain market in Lincoln, four grain merchants signed themselves as incor j poratora of tho Lincoln Grain Ex- ennngo nnu iiica articles or incorpora tion, with a nomlunl capital of $25,000, with (ho secretory of state. Clerk Drops Dead. Lon Welch, clerk In Fallen's drug storo nt Sewnrd,, dropped dead while waiting on a customer In the store. Ho had been subject to fainting spoils and It Is thought that ho died from heart dlscaso. Fire Commission Gets Busy, Tho new flro commission, of which A. V. Johnson Is chlof warden, has landed B. C. Martin or Deldcn. Mar tin Is chnrgod with arson, tho chargo following nn investigation conducted by tho now department. Oiled Driveway to Fair. Lincoln has a block of otlod road, tho first of her thoroughfares to bo coated with asphaltlc oil, and the ex periment will bo extended to mnko n drlvowny to tho stnto. fair grounds. Agitation for Commission Plans. Mayor Love, who has Just returned from a vacation trip spout In Iowa, has , announced himself for an early agl ' tatlon in favor of n commission form I of government. In Dos Moines, ho i said, ho found thu plau working well , nnd satisfactorily. Ho was told, ho i said, by tho editors of tho throo nows papors, tuat It wna tho only thing thoy could all agreo upon That tho com mission farm of govornmout was good. ! Theso editors spoko in favor f tlia j system regardless of the men who com PosFd tlTe ndmrnlfitrnrion. t"' ' ' V . It'