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TllfJEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IIIA I. 1UTIE. I'ul.llihfr Terms t 2i in AdvntH c NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA AS TOLD IN A LINE A BOILING DOWN OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY. MENTIONED IN SMALL SPACE - The Busy Reader Can Absorb In a Few Moments a Good Deal of Information. Foreign. Baron Kngora Tnknlilrn, JnpnitoHo ambassador nt Washington, who was called homo by tho government to at tend a conferonco on varloim Import ant Intornntlonal matters, arrived In Toklo and wna warmly woloomod at Shlmbashl station. Tho sultan of Turkey left Constan tinople on board tho Imperial yacht for Druso, Asia Minor. He was accompa nied by tho heir apparent, tho prlncoHS and tho grand vizier. Tho west wing of tho pnrlhunont building at Toronto was completely destroyed by a flro. The loss to tho building Is about $100,000, fully cov ered by lnsurnnce, but tho lino Mo wat law llbrnry, ono of tho best col lections in tho Dominion, Is a total loss, with no Insurance. A numbor of mon on strike In Stockholm havo received notlco to lcavo their homes October 1 unless they return to work In tho mean time Tho unions havo Issued a proclamation that no Htrlkors aro to pay rentals duo la October. Tho etrlko leaders maintain It will bo imposBlblo to turn thousands of families Into tho strcots. Tho Itusskoo Slovo publishes an In terview which Its correspondent at Tohcrau had with tho dosposcd shah Of Persia, who Is now i rofugoo at the ItUHslun legation at Zcrzonde Tho formor rulor of Persia complnlncd that his abdication wns duo to in triguo nnd treachery, hinting broadly at IlUBsInn and Drltlsh diplomacy. A Paris newspaper publishes a stato wont that Prlucoss IIolio do Sngan yfRB robbed of $5,000 during her re- f ont stay nt Ilhelms, and her husbund, ho prlnco, was at the enino tlino re lieved of $10,000. El Roghi, tho robolHoiiH subject of tho Sultan of Morocco, who was cap tured recontly nnd brought Into Foz In an iron cngo, Is still exposed to tho gazo of passing crowds In his open coll. General. The steamer Empress of Ireland, which sailed from Quebec August 20 for Liverpool, has brokon tho record by n pnssago of flvo days from Can ada to Malm lload. Tho authorities nt Warsaw havo Bupprossod tho Bocioty for tho Aid of tho Poor Scholars studying in Polish Bchools. Tho society has 181 branches throughout Poland. Two persons woro fatally hurt nnd cloven sorlouBly Injured when a local Hock Island passenger train, currying utato fair visitors, returning rrom tho nhow grounds, struck a pnekod Fort Dcs Moines car, fully nmldshlp, and crushed It to kindling wood. Very llttlo rnln has fnllon in East srn Pennsylvania for Bovornl months nnd tho drouth has caused serious damage. Crops and pasture iloldB liavo burned up. Thlrty-olght chlldron mourn tho denth of tliolr father, John W. Miller, ngod 70 years, who died at tho conn try homo nt Indiana, Pa., whero ho lias boon an Itunato for sovoral years. 'Mr. Mlllor was marrlud four times. Ono wlfo survives him. Tho taxable woalth of MIbbouH iih fixed by tho stato board of equaliza tion 1b $1,510,703,347, an incroaso over 1008 or $31,350,109. Tho valuation of tho real nnd personal proporty is $1,370,048,573 nnd of corporate prop erty $170,111,071. Soptombcr 20 is tho day that Presl 'dent Tnft Is scheduled to bo in Omaha. Tho secretary of tho Interior will open bids at Denver, Colo., October . 28 nt tho offlco of tho reclamation sorvlco for building tho Pathfinder dlko in connection with tho North Tlatto Irrigation project in Nebraska and Wyoming. Dr. Cook, tho Amorlenn explorer, reached tho north polo April 21, 1908, Recording to a telegram rocolvcd at tho colonial offlco In Copenhagen. Tho mcBsago was received from Lor Wick. Shetland Islands. Details pro awaited with much interest. Tho quaint llttlo city of Gloucester, !Mnss., had tho hoonr of entertaining President Tnft nt his ilrst public ap pearanco since tho beginning of his (vacation. Mr. Tnft's visit waB In com pensation for his lnnblllty to nttond lho pngonnt of tho Canterbury I'll erluiB, held there Just prior to tho adjournment -of congress. William Jontihigs Ilryan was tho principal speaker at exorcises In Wa terloo, 111,, in celebration of tho found ing 100 yonrs ago of tho Uothol llaptlst church, tho ilrst proteBtnnt church In Olllnols. Panama has just paid Undo Sam 114,000 for mistreating Americans. W. S. Kennoth, n traveling buyer for tho Pnnton-Whlto Dross Goods com pany of Duluth, Minn., wns almost In stantly killed by fulling down nn olo jvator In nn Omaha hotol. E. II. Hnrrlmnn hns retired to tho exclusion of his mountain oatntQ to Aiompiotci hla "After cure,' Tho womn ticket agents on tho olevntcd loop of Chicago havo refused to accept a raise Ln wages. Tholr ac tion Is said to bo without procodent in nnnal of local labor unions. Additional reports from tho Monte rey (Moxlco) floodB show increased loss of life. The bureau of the census an nounced that approximately thrco thousand temporary clerks would bo nppolnted In connection with the work of taking tho thirteenth decennial cen sus. OrniBby Mcllorg, assistant Kccrotnry of commerce nnd labor, will rctlro from ofllro September 1. Several suspocted cases of cholera have been rcportcdin Rotterdam Blnco tho discovery of tho dlBcaso there, notnbly among tho occupants of a bargo on board of which n child had died previously. Tho Uurllngton system Ib shortly to establish an nlr lino through Nashvlllo connecting tho grain iloldB of tho northwest with tho Atlantlo coast. Ambassador David E, Thompson ora phntlcnlly donled tho report that ho had purchnscd tho Pan-American mil road Tor $10,000,000, noting ns tho ngont for E. II. Hnrrlmnn. Henry Farnnm, the English nvlator, broko all records for distance nnd tlmo In the nlr at Ilhelms. Pinning his Inst hopo on his boiler. Hint ho would regain his eyesight If ho bntlicd in tho sen on tho feast day of tho messed Virgin, Potcr Kelly, Brooklyn, found thnt It failed him nnd, concluding that ho would never bo nblo to sco again, committed sutcldo by Inhaling illuminating gas. Tho cotton manufacturing plant of tho York Manufacturing company at AngiiBtn, Mo., has shut down Indefin itely ln conscquonco of a wage strike of sixty-two woavers. Tho Renault car, driven by Charles IJaslo, won tho twenty-four-hour nuto mobllo rnco at Now York In go-as-you-please fashion. Tho car traveled 1,050 miles, 117 miles less than tho record mndo by Robertson nnd Lcscault Inst year, but 112 miles more than IIh nonrest rlvnl in this rnco. ThomaB A. Wood, nowspnper man, club man and civil war veteran, dice ln St. Louis, nged 01 years. Until bin retirement two yenrs ago ho had been IniBlncBB mnunger for tho St. Louis Globo-Domocrnt for thlrty-nlno yonrs. Sedgwick and Uarncs will havo first nnd second places for tho Biipromo Judgeship In Nebraska. Hnmor and Fawcett aro running cIobo, nnd tho re sult is uncertain. President Tnft hns occoptcd an In vltntlonfl to visit Moxlco on Octobor 10 noxt, when ho will exchnngo vlsltn with President Dlnz of Moxlco at El Paso Culdnd Juarez. Washington. Tho postal doficloncy for August amounted to $3,000,000 as compared with hair that amount for July. Tho wnr department UBCd ovor $12,000,000 during tho last month, whllo tho mnlntcnaneo of tho navy called for a llttlo more than $10,000,000. Tho public dobt, less tho cash bnl nnco In the trensury at tho beginning of buBlnoBB Scptombor 1. wns $1,017,211,000. ThlB does not Includo $1,313,211,809 In certlllcatoB and trans ury notes, which Is offset by an equal amount of cubIi In tho treasury. Tho recapitulation of tho dobt bIiowb $913,317,490 In lntorest bearing dobt, 2,814,475 in dobt on which Interest hnB ceased bIiico maturity and $380,- 117,144 ln dobt bonring no lntorest. President Tnft has refused to con- Bent to pardon W. S. Harlan, former ly of Iowa, Who wnB convicted of poon ngo In Florldn, to escapo a prison sen tence. He has commuted his scntenco to six months imprisonment. Tho Interior department oMcluls who havo been called ln by President Tnft to report to him us to tholr courso In tho Cunnlnghnm coal land cases ln Alaska are busy propnrlng their re ports, ln tho bean time tho Plnchot Ilalllnger row continues to tunouldor. Senator Cummins' bill to glvo tho In- torstnto commerce commission in creased authority, so ns to cnnblo It to ilx a general Bchcdulo of rntcs for tho whole country, promises to attract much notlco next winter. A lot of old French Junk that has been accumulating along tho lino of tho Panama canal Is about to bo sold by tho Isthmian canal commission. Tho nmount has boon variously ostlin ated at from 15,000 to 120,000 tons. Tho federal circuit court at Chi cago mndo a ruling In what Is known ns tho Missouri river into cases, it favors tho railroads. Authorities at Washington retuso to nwalt a test boforo continuing seizures of bleached Hour. ' Personal. Hnrrlmnn, nt his mountain home, Is said to bo improving dully. Tho sickness of llunlninn, it is said. cannot bo cured by nu operotlou nnd nono win uo ponormcu. Samuel Gompers, president of tho American Federation of Labor, is In Paris. William Shafor, tho first clown that travolcd with Dan Rico's circus, Ufty years ago, died at Newton, N. Y., ngod 83 years. Governor Frank W. Boiiboii of Ore gon Is not especially fond of his ofilco as chief oxocutlvo nnd will not bo a camlldato for rouoinlnntlon. When President Tnft becomes tho guest of tho llostou Chamber of Com inorco Soptombor 14 It is expected that about 100 persons will dlno with him. United States Sonntor Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhodo Islnnd, chairman of tho national monetary commission, sailed for Europe Miss Mary McClain, Philadelphia, colobratod liar 10l8t birthday by tak ing an nutomobllo ride Socrctary of War Jucob M. Dickin son appoared In tho court at Nashvlllo, Tonn,, In bohalf of his chauffeur, who was charged with exceeding the snood limit, - . . . STORY IS BELIEVED DR. COOK CREDITED WITH REACHING NORTH POLE. VIEWS OF THE LONDON PAPERS Shackelton Says Reported Finding of North Pole Not Improbable In Light of His Experience. Washington. Mnurlco F. Egan, tho United States minister at Copenhagen, hns telegraphed tho Stato department that Dr. Cook's roported discovery of tho north polo has been corroborated by Dorgaard Jensen, tho Danish in spector of north Greenland, London. Dr. Cook's narrative of his thrilling Journey to tho north polo, which ho reached on April 21st, whllo it has not removed tho doubts rnised to his having really accomplished the font ho claims, has at least BOt at rest tho improbablo suggestions ad vanccd In somo quarters that ho had attained not tho north pole, but tho magnetic polo. Cnptnn Rcnold AmundBcn, In nn In terview at Chrlstianlu on this point saya: "Such a supposition Is non boiibc. Tho inngnetlc polo is sltuntcd on tho American sldo and It Ib qulto Impossible that Dr. Cook could havo drlvon bo fnr from his planned route 1 feel certain that Dr. Cook has expressed nothing definitely about tho result. I know htm to bo absolute ly discreet and taciturn. Other peo plo havo misunderstood him nnd It will bo necessnry to await his ar rival at Copenhagen for tho real facts." Tho London nowspaiwrs are not wholly convinced by tho narrative and persist thnt It will bo necessary to nwnlt more details nnd reports. They nro unublo to concolvo how n task which has bcaton tho ablest polar ox- plorcra provided with everything that money could purchase, would havo been uchlovcd in such a seemingly off hnnd nnd unprcmedlated manner, nnd with such enso and quickness. The Dally Telegraph says: "It is for tho moment bcsldo tho question to discuss tho accuracy or probability of Dr. Cook's statement. It Is neither Just nor gonoroiiB to question in any wny tho genuineness of such n claim before full details of tho oxpcdltlon nro mndo public by tho traveler hlmsolf. Indeed wo havo much oympnthy becauso of tho dif ficulties by which Dr. Cook or nny other solltury explorer Is hampered ln attempting to convlnco a skeptical of geographical oxports of tho reli ability of his asBcrtlonB nnd reports. Wo trust when tho proper tlmo comes 'for n full and impartial examination of tho record of tho expedition Dr. Cook will meet with tho fairness nnd consideration his particular caso espe cially Invites." Dr. Hugh R. Hill, former librarian of tho Royal Geographical society, In nkoptlcal, but says that great weight must bo attached to tho opinion of polar oxports ln Amorlcn. "I Bhould particularly like to know General Grcoly's opinion," ho said. "My own fooling Is thnt our present Information Is Insufficient to baso any opinion upon." Sir Martin Conway, a noted ex plorer, thlnkB that Dr. Cook's claim could bo accepted If hla story on ex amination wns found to hang together. Prof, Milne, the noted seismologist, thinks thnt If Dr. Cook has a few properly taken photographs of tho sky at tho polo on April 21, 1908, they may nsslst In determining tho position ho ronched. After reading a brief summary of Dr. Frederick A. Cook's nccount of his dnsh to tho North pole, Lieuten ant Ernest H. Shnckloton, who recent ly led an expedition to tho South pole rogloiiB, Bald thnt nobody had any right to bo skopticnl. There wns nothing In tho oxplorer's statement but what was perfectly possible. Ta7rtoVlslt Alaska. Revorly, Mass. President Tnft, In bidding goodbyo to Walter Ely Clark, who Is to bo Inaugurated at Juneau as govornor of Alaska, October 1, an nounced thnt ho probably would visit tho far northwestern territory next Biimmor. - w Father of Thirty-eight. Indiana, I'u. Thlrty-olght children mourn tho denth of their father, John W. Mlllor, aged 70 years, who died hero at the county home, whero he linn been nn Inmuto for sovoral years. Mr. Miller was married four times. Hnrrlmnn Is Improving Daily. Now York. E. H. Ilnrrimnn,wlioTs resting nt his homo ln Anion after treatment at tho Gorman baths, was In communication with his olllco in this city Thursday, It was stated that his condition Is Improving dally. St. louls, Mo. All now territory discovered by Dr. Frederick A. Cook when ho reached tho north polo will belong to tho United States by right of dlBcovcry, according to tho Rev. C. M. Chnrroplu, S. J., professor of astronomy at St. Louis university. VOLIVA WANTS OUT OF JAIL. Dowle's Successor Secures Writ of Habeus Corpus. Chicago. Wilbur Glonn Vollva, suc cessor to tho lata John Alexander Dowlo ns bond of tho Christian Ca tholic church In Zlon, and who Is now in jail for failure to pay a Judgment of $10,000, obtained by n former mem ber of tho church on a charge of llbol, obtnluod a writ of habous corpus from Judgo Scnnlnn bore Tho writ la road returnable Frldayt NORTH POLE REACHED. Dr. Cook, American, Realizes Ex plorers' Dreams. "I told Etuklchnok and Ahwelsll (the accompanying Eskimos) that we had reached the 'Great Nail.' Everywhere we turned was south. By a single step we could pass from one eldo of ihr i.irth to the other! from midday to midnight. At last tne tiag floated to the breezes at the pole. It was April 21, 1908. The temnernture wns minus 38 centi grade, barometer 29.83, latitude 90. As for the longitude, It was nothing, as It was but a word." Dr. Fred- crick A. Cook as ho stood at the pole. Paris Tho Paris edition of tho Now York Herald this morning pub llshos u signed statement from Dr, Frederick A. Cook, which Is dated "Hans Egcde, Lerwick, Wednesday," on ins experiences ln tho Arctic re glens. "After a tirolonccd Unlit with fa mlno nnd frost," says Dr. Cook, "wo havo at last succeeded In renchlnc the North pole A now highway, with an interesting strip of animated na ture has been oxnlnrod nmt lilir cnnin liaunls located, which will delight sportsmen nnd extend tho Esqulmo Horizon. "Land hns been discovered on which rests the earth's northcrmost rocks. A triangle of 30,000 squnrc nines lias been cut out of the tor rcstrlnl unknown. "Tho expedition wns tho outcome of n summer crulso In tho-Arctlc sens on tho schooner Ilrndlov. which nr. Tlvcd at tho limits of nnvlcntion In binltli sound Into ln August, 1907. ucro conditions woro found fnvorablo for launching a venture to tho pole J. R. Bradley liberally supplied from his vessel aultablo nrovlslons for lo cal use. My own equipment for emergencies served- well for overy purposo of Arctic travel. Many isKimos nnd gathered on tho Green lnnd shores nt Annatonk for tho win ter bear hunt. Immonso mmntitlcB of uient had been collected nnd nbout uio camp were plenty or strong dogs. Tho combination wns lucky, for there was goon materlnl for equipment. "AH thnt was remilred wns enn vcnlently arranged for nt a point only 700 miles from tho boreal cen ter. A houso and workshin wore built of packing boxes by willing linnus nnd this northernmost tribe of 250 peoplo sot themselves to the problem of dovlslnc a Bultublo outfit. Before tho end or tho long winter nignt wo were ready for tho enter prise and plnns hnd been matured to forco a now route ovor Orlnnell land northwnrd nlong Its const out to ward tho polar sea. "Tho campaign opened with a fow scouting parties being sent ovor the American shores to explore tho way and seek tho gnmo haunts. Tliolr mission was only partly successful becauso of tho storms. At sunrise of 1908 (Februnry 19) tho main ox- pcuiuou omuarKed on its voyngo to tho polo. It consisted of cloven mon nnd 103 dogs, drawlnc eleven hnnvllv lndon sledges. Tho expedition left uio urceninnd shore nnd pushed west ward over tho troubled Ice of Smith Bound. The gloom of tho 1 oner nlchf was rollovetl only by n fow hours of daylight. Tho chill of tho winter wns rclt at Its worst. As wo crossed tho holghts or Ellesmero sound to tho Paclllc slopo tho temperature sank to minus 83 centigrade Several dogB woro frozen and the men sufferm! sovorely, but wo soon found tho gamo trnns along which the wny wns easy. Dr. Cook's Success. Copenhagen Dr. Frederick A. Cook's credit atands so high with unnish polar exports that tho ilrst messngo announcing his bucccbs In reaching tho north nolo, moaner na It wns, wns accepted as conclusive Commodore Hovgnard said: "I bo- llovo tho messngo is true, becauso Dr. Cook is most trustworthy nnd mi. posed to nil exaggeration." C. A. Moison, nn nniclnl of tho Immigra tion department, who Is well nc attainted with Dr. Cook nnd wns , soclated with him In Greenland, said no nnd no doubt thnt Dr. Cook had reached the pole RECEPTION FOR THE EXPLORER. His Homecoming to Be an Event of National Importance Now York- Preparations nro afoot hero to muko tho homo-coming of Dr. Frederick A. Cook an event of na tional and possibly International Im portance, If the plans outlined by tho inembcru of lho Arctic club nro car ried out, tho welcome home which Dr. Cook will receive' In New York will bo an ovation In which city. stuto nnd nation will tako part, whllo prominent explorers Cook's former rivals from nil parts of tho globo will gather to pay tholr personul tribute to his achievement. Mint Is Not Very Active. Washington Tho month of Antrim!. wns a decidedly inactive ono for tho mints of the United States. th monthly coinage statement issued Wednesday by the mint bureau of tho treasury department showing thnt only $2!)1,790 was coined during tho Inst mount. Bryan Helps Unveil Shaft. Waterloo, 111 Tho centennial of tha Bethel Uaptlst church, tho llrst Pro testant church in Illinois, founded by the Rev. James Lomon, sr., nonr here, was celebrated Wednesday. W. J. Bryan was ono of tho speakers. Lord De Clifford Killed. London. Jnck Southwell Russoll, Lord Uo Clifford, was killed In nn nutomobllo accident at Bnmber, near Brighton. Ills car collided with an otltor vchlolo nud turned turtlo nnd Lord Ds Clifford wae instantly killed. M SHIPPERS BURLINGTON 8HOWS THERE IS AN ATTEMPT AT DISHONESTY. PETTY PRACTICES OCCURRING It Is Alleged That Some Shippers Send High Rate Goods In Lower Rate Car Loads. For the second tlmo before the rail way commission a shipper hns boon complained against by a railroad. Tho stato railway commission listens to complaints against tho railroads overy day, but as tho law Bomotlmes hits tho railroads without hitting tho shipper for the snmo offense there Is -very lit tle complnlnt from the other side Now, the commission has received tho fol lowing letter from the superintendent of tho Burlington: "Lincoln. Dr. H. J. Wlnnctt, Chnir man Stato Railway Commission Denr Sir: It seems proper thnt some In formation, which rnmo to my ofilco accidentally nnd which shows such a gross attempt nt dishonesty on tho part of somo shipper, should bo given to your bonrd. "We receive nil kinds of complnluts nbout the work or tho railroads, as shlpporB are very prompt to lay their troubles before -you, ond consequently it seems equally appropriate thnt wo glvo you Information showing wlint wns attempted with us" to got somo freight carried for nothing.. "Tho facts referred to aro as fol lows: Chicago, Burlington &. Qulncy car 101280 wns loaded nt the Lincoln brick works nbout August 21 or 25 nnd billed to C. M. Robinson of Mlnntare, Neb. It was discovered Inter thnt tho car contnlned, In nddltlon to the brick, nbojit thirty rolls or building paper, and a shipping slip was found In this building paper." The railway commission cannot do anything. The law does not touch the offender, vhoover he may bo. A similar caso came up last winter. A complaint was entered ngalnst the Updlko Lumber company by n com petitor out in tho Btatc who snld thnt the company nd sent with n lond of rough lumber a considerable amount or finished newel posts, etc., which took n higher rate Tho commissioners sennned tho law nnd could Hnd nothing against tills practice, nlthough, hnd tho railroad or fered to carry freight at other than its published schedule It would havo been investigated. The mutter did not arise until Into In the legislative session. There wns not time for u bill to bo Introduced to correct the dofect. Governor Shallen borger was asked to send a speclnl message to the legislature asking that a bill to cover thlB defect bo passed. In the rush or getting through with tho session there wns not time nnd the message was not sent. Compromise on Rates. A compromise In rates Is tho result or tho recent trip or Railway Commis sioner Cowglll to Bloomlngton, whero he heard tho remonstrants In their complnlnt against tho recent order or tho commission allowing tho compnny to rnlso Its rates. A stipulation or rates, lower thnn those nrovlmiHlv nn. proved by tho commission, but higher thnn thoso desired by tho remon strants, wns mndo. Governor Invited to Speak. Governor Shallonberger rocolved nn invitation to speak to tho Jehcrson club oi Los Angeles. Tho prosldont or the club wrote tho governor that ho understood ho Intended to visit Los Angeles this summor nnd IT such wore tho ease the club desired tho governor to make n speech. After the Milk Dealers. Stato Food Commissioner MnliiH sent out deputies into the byways of Lincoln and uathercd In thlrtv.fonr samples or milk rrom vnrlous milk dcnlors. The samples were tested and Bhovved up well. Bishop Talks Agriculture. State Superintendent Blshon. who Is ono or tho Judges or tho agricultural exhibit at tho Iowa stato fair, ad dressed tho boys' nnd girls' agricul tural clubs, which nro organized nlong tho lines of the Nobrnskn club. Back Into the Treasury. Thut portion of tho npnronrlatlon nf tho legislature of 1907 which been spent has lapsed Into tho stnte trensury. Tho stun Is not large. Motor Company Money Returned. Becauso the McKeon Motor com. pnny made such n vlirorons ilniimmi for the return or Its $100 paid under tho occupation tnv law, Secretary or Stato Junkln rotumod tho monov to tho company with tho announcement that when tho comimnv nrndiir.i n receipt rrom tho stato treasurer show Ing tho foe hnd been nald to the Rinto. then ho would Isstio a permit for tho company, to do business. Cattle Must Be Tested. Stnto A'etcrinttrlnn Jucknlos snnt out to exhibitors or thoroughbred cut- tlo nt tho stnto fair con os of the mmr. antlno laws, togethor with n stntomont that nil catt o sold nt tho fair must bo examined nnd given tho tubercu losis test. Aurora Man Gets Place. Fritz Hocfor or Aurora has been nn. pointed a member or tho board of nn. tomotry In plnco or Max Ekco of n rn nil Island. Tho term Is for threo yeara iiiiu unit's iroui yjust la, . NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTE3. Items of Interest Taken From Here nnd There Over the State. The Fremont High school oxpocls an enrollment of 300 when tho term commences. At Central City, knbekud down and tramped by a bunch of cnttlo, Johnny, the son of D. H. Burke, had his leg broken. The (Into of the Old Settlers' rounlo'n In JefTerson county hns been changed to Saturday and Sunday, Soptombor 11 and 12. At n special election in Broken Bow, school bonds amounting to $35,000, to be utilized in erecting a new high school, were voted In by the men and women. Out or 027 votes cnBt there wns n majority or 203. Another movement has been started to put on n foil entertainment by tho citizens or Humboldt, nnd tho sontl ment Beems to fovor a two days' horso and nutomobllo show for tho closing days or September. An unknown tramp wns found dond two nillcg east or Fremont on tho Union Paclllc tracks. Indications aro that tho man fell from tho bumpers of nn .extra rrolght. Tho body was cut In i two nt the waist nnd tho chest wns crushed. Forola Root, 10 years old, or Furnas county, wns thrown from it Innu disc and terribly Injured. Tho boy's cloth ing caught In tho mnchlnory and ho .vns drawn beneath tho disc. Both feet were nearly cut ofT and Ills body badly bruised. Ho will live. The Congrcgntlonnllsts of'Si'mouso dedicated their now church edifice with an elaborate program. H. Brass or Wahoo and tho pastor, Rov. Mr. Noyce, wore the speakers. Tho church Ib ono or tho neatest and prettiest In the stute, costing about $0,000. Ulrlch Sorenson or Brokon Bow tho ivlntor blacksmith, whoso drop or 3.C00 foot while testing his noroplnno mndo him rnmous, is preparing for another test or his mnchlpe He will Ily ns ono or the nttrnctions at tho Custer county rair. Rev. Joseph B. Cherry, pastor or tho Presbyterian church or Ponca. 1ms re turned rrom his vncntlon In Colorado, where ho wnlked a llttlo more than 300 miles nmong the mountains und climbed, In the nggregnte, 50,000 foet all within twclvo days. William Sims, a retired runner who lived ono mile south or Nebraska City, was killed by being gored by nn en raged cow. Tho nnlmnl wns rushing nt a troublesomo dog, which Jumped aside, Sims receiving tho thrust In tended for the cnnlne. Sims bled to death in n short time. News conies rrom Gnrileld county of tho nccldcntnl killing of Dr. Z. W. Woods, formerly or Central City. At tempting to pull a loaded gun out of a buggy, when ho wns out hunting prairio chickens, ho took hold of tho muzzlo, and when ho jerked tho gun it was dis charged. The shot took effect in his body and ho lived but a short time A fatal accident occurred at Sutton to H. R. Atchison who was temporarily bronklng on the Knusns City & Omaha railroad freight. Ho wns passing nround tho tender on its runbonrd und in front of the backing englno whllo out or sight of Engineer Hall. Tho engine passed completely over him, crushing his head nnd body. John Koepcll, a German, living near North Bond, was held up by thrco men on tho bridge between thnt town nnd Morso Bluff and robbed of $0. Ho recognized the parties, ho assorts, nnd when ho met them a short time later, ho claims, ho mndo a settlement with them for $9, tho $3 being for damages to his clothes. Onco more tho question or dividing Custer county Is before tho people Custer Is tho Inrgest county in tho stato with tho one exception or Cherry. The county scat Is located near tho center, but many of tho people In tho country are compelled to travel by ton in a dlstanco of forty or fifty miles in order to pay their taxes. Whllo stooping over to recover an ear of corn, Miss Emma Booton of Sidney, la., who was attending a nut ehino for tho cutting or tho grains rrom tho car at the canning factory In Nebraska City, had the hair on tho top or hor head caught in a Tnst revolv ing ahnft and she was partially scalped boforo tho machine could ho stopped. A story thut bus been going tho rounds of tho press of tho country to tho effect that Mrs. John A. Carson of Portland. Oro., claims to bo tho wife of Orvlllo Wright, tho groat aviator, Is attracting a groat deal of attontlon lrr Central City, tills Btatc. Tills is be cause tho woman formerly lived near Central eity. and' in Octobor. 1897, married Orvlllo Wright, a young iunn residing there. But how sho over caino to Identify hi in with tho noted aviator ennnot bo figured out. At this writing, says tho Lincoln Journal, tho official report of the con test for the nomination for supreme judgo gives Hnmor 14.517 nnd Fawcett 13,911. but this doos not Includo Doug las, Sheridan. Deuel or Wheeler conn tUs. Tho olllchil count for Douglas has not yet boon received, but tho un official gives Fnwcott 2,831 and Hnmor 1,859. This makes tho count 10,775 for Fawcett and li!,:!7f for Hnmor, or n load for Fawcett of 399 votes and with three counties yot to hoar from. John Hirst, -principal of n school at Kanknkeo, 111., slipped at tho roller skntlng rink In Norfolk nnd hns two broken bones hi his luf t ankle as a re sult. 11. F. Boldenow, father of Ellon Bold enow, who was found dead on the parlor floor at her father's home near Blooniflold, May 8, was arrested by a I'lnkorton detective nnd tnkon to Cen ter for his prclimlnnry honrlng. Tho arrost followed a stntomont nllegod to have beon mndo to. tho detective by .mother member or tho Boldonow fam ily. Boldonow Ja n farmer living sovou miles northwest of Blooniflold, -39"