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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1910)
HIE SEMI-WEEKIY TRIBUNE in a t. nAPR P..UM,.. TERMS, HIS IN AliVANCE NORTH PLATTE . . NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF? GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. A BOW DOWN OF EVENTS National, Political, Penonal and Other Mattsrs In Brief Form for All Classes of Rtadars. ' Washington. Approximately 079,655 acres of, land In Arizona nml New Mexico, eliminat ed from tho nntlonnl forests by Presi dent Tnft as bolns ehlolly valuablo for agricultural purposes, liavo boon opened to settlement under tho homo dead laws by authority of tho secre tary of tho Interior. Tho lands will bo como subject to settlement November 22, but not to entry until Docombor 21. Twenty national bank examiners, nbout one-fifth of tho forco employed by the government, woro transferred to new fields by an order from Law renco O. Murray, comptroller of tho currency. The object of tho changes, it was said nt tho treasury depart ment, is to throw tho examlnors Into fresh fields where personal acquaint ance or possibility of inllucnco is lacking. Prince Tsai Tsu, head of tho Chin ese naval establishment, will bo given a rousing reception at San Francisco upon his arrival there on the steamer Manchuria on September 10. Tho navy department ordorcd Rear 'Ad miral T. S. Phelps and Lieutenant Commander I. V. Gllles to meot the Chineso prince and his suite and to extend to them tho 'usual courtesies that aro given foreign potentates. Foreign. Sixty-eight Chineso students ar rived at Honolulu on the steamer China on their way to San Francisco to enter various American universi ties. Thirteen deaths from cholera and twonty-ilvo now cascB of tho dlscaso woro reported from tho Infected dis tricts of southeastern Italy during twenty-four hours. During tho dinner nt Dorlln Emperor William toasted King Georgo and afterward dotalncd Lord Roberta for several hours in ani mated conversation. King George's shooting party at Balmoral was thrown Into oxcltemont when Lord Kilmnrnock, socond Hccro tnry In the Drltlsh diplomatic servlco, received four pellets through tho ac cidental dischargo of a gun. Tho sec retary was not seriously Injured, At Paris, Georgo Chavez, tho French aviator, broko tho world's record for height, rising- in a mono piano 8,792 feeL Tho best previous record was made by Leon Morano, whoso mark was 8,471, foot, mado on September 3 at Doauvllle. Chavez flight was mado at Issy nnd occupied forty-ono minutes. The pondorous nnd improsslvo "wheels of English Justlco will begin to grind Monday In tho now interna tionally famous Crlppen caso, whon Dr. Harvey Hawloy Crippon and his protty young stenographer, Ethel Loneve, will bo arraigned, to plead to the accusation of direct Implication In tho murder of Crlppon's wife, who was Bello Elmore, an Amorlcan music ball singer. General. New York city has gained over n million In ten years. Tho conservation congress adopted a platform favoring national control. Tho trial of Dr. Crippon and Miss Lcnevo was begun In a London court. Senator Burrows of Michigan was defeated for renomlnntlon to tho sen ate. Three men woro killed in an oxplo don on board tho warship North Da kotn. Falluro to catch a basoball thrown ewiftly by his brother In practico ro Btiltod in the dotah of Edward W, Hoge, aged 12 yearB, in Washington, D. C. Threo masked mon hold up an In tcrurban streot car at tho San Matos (California) county line, lined up tho passengers nnd crow nnd robbed them of their money. All records for rocolpt of cattle at tho South Omaha markot were brok en tho other day, when 10,281 head wero received, mostly stoers from western ranges. Dr. Hawley H. Crippon, Jointly ac cused with Ethel Claro Lenovo of tho murder of his wlfo, has suffered a nervous collapso and waB removed to tho hospital ward of Brixton Jail. At tho closo of n meeting of miners nnd operators in Chicago, It wan an nounced that tho 8trlko situation In tho Illinois coal flolds had virtually been brought to an ond. Jerry B. Sullivan, ono of tho moBt promlnont democratic leaders In Iowa nnd a candldato for governor In 1903, lias returned from New York city, where ho declarod It waB tho under standing among polltlclniia thnt Colo nel Roosevelt wua already a candldato for prosldont In 1912. . Tho most valuable herd of musk oxen, and what Ir snld to bo tho big pest polar boar In captivity will short ly becomo tho proporty of tho Bronx Koologlcal gardens. Paul nalney,,who returned on tho stonmer Beothlc from a hunting' trip In Labrador with Har ry Whltnoy, will bo tho donor, A non-union Iron works mnnt at Peoria was wrecked by dvrmmlte. Army men aro not in Invor of tho O'Hourko plan for rnlsing tho Malno. At tho cominnrrn mmtiilnitlrin hear ing at Chicago railroad men insisted incir revenue was not enough. Follette swept tho state In tho Wis consln primaries. V Mayor Gaynor of New York was taken from the hospital to his coun try home. Senator Burkett Introduced Ex-Pres ident Hooflcvclt on tho occasion of his Omaha speech. Thero was an angry exchango be tween lawyers at the railroad rate hearing at Chlcnco. From eleht to ten tliniinnnrl nconlo listened to tho speech of Ex-Prcsldent Hoosevolt in Omaha. A demented mnn mm tied from a train near Missouri Valley, meeting almost instant death. Tho financial showlnc of the covorn. mcnt for the second month of tho fis cal year la satisfactory. faomo federal heads mav bo looned off at New York for too active par ticipation In stato politics. Governor Hay of Washlncton takes Issuo with Hoosevolt nnd Plnchot on the question of conservation. Mnyor Soldel of Milwaukee Is bitter towards Hoosevolt, becauso of the colonel's VIowa on socialism. Congressman G. W. Norrls of Ne braska, returned from Wisconsin pleased with insurgent victory. William Barnes, Jr.. of New York declares himself shocked at utter ances of Hoosevelt In the west. Tho treasury department has a task on its handa In tho printing of bonds for postal savings banks. Colonel Hoosevolt was obliged to break his Sunday rcsolvo and address tho crowds as ho traveled to Fargo. An unconfirmed report has been recolved that five negroes woro lynched near Carlton, ten miles eaBt of Athns. Go. Governor Shallenbergcr of Nebras ka, dehlcs that there Is any truth In the report thnt ho will call extra ses sion of tho legislature. Col. Hoosevolt declined to attend a banquet with Senator Lorlmer pres ent. The latter'B Invitation waa theroforo cnncolled. Mexico's celebration of tho nni imn. dredth nnnlvorsary of her Independ ence began Sent. 1st nnd will rnn. tlnuo until tho end of tho month. At Terre Hauto, Ind., John Mitchell, tho labor leader in a Labor day ad dress, spoko In favor of better laws for tho protection of worklngmon. Two trnnHAtlnntlB sienniHlilnH nun of them tho liner Lusltanla, woro hold up by tho Now York health nuthnriUna because of tho cholera acaro abroad. A movement Is under wnv tn imv Justlco Harlan Justiceship of tho supremo court. with tho understanding that ho soon retires. Returns of tho fl.rnt eloction hold in Idnho indlcato that Governor James II. Brady is renomin ated by tho republicans. Virtual martial law nrnvniin in rin,.- letta, tho qontor of tho Italian chol era zono, ns tho result of a clash be tween several thousand starving nnd unemployed pcoplo nnd tho mllltnry. Junn Amor, editor of tho Sntlrlcal Weekly Chantoclcor. of which tho first Issuo had Just appeared, was shot and killed by Joso Pennlno. n llbcrnl cnndldnto for city councilmnn In Hnv ana, Cuba. Amplo opportunity will' bo given both railroads and shippers to pro sont porBonally to tho interstate com morco commission all question bonr Ing on rates, it is stated by commls sion authorities. Davis Elklns arrived In Paris from Carlsbad en routo to Vichy, where ho will Join his mother nnd his Bister, Miss Kntherlno Elkl stood thnt tho threo will 1 IS United StnteB about October 1. At n La i-olletto mooting In -Madl- son, at which Sonntor Cum mlnn nf Iowa nnd Francis J. Hcnoy. tho San Francisco grnft flghtor, woro tho chief Hpenkor8, Congressman Norrls of Ne braska was nlsp present and mado n tnlk. Tho lower houso of tho Texas legis lature by a voto of CI to 4 Instructed sonators and congressmen to work for tho ropal of tho fourteenth amend mont to tho fodornl constitution con ferring frnnchlso on negroes. Approximately 90,000,000 acres of land withdrawn from entry as being valunblo for coal dopoalts or for classification wero thrown open to agricultural survoy entry undor regu lations approved by Acting Secretary of the Interior Plorco. Perionat. RopubllcanR carried Vermont by a reduced plurality. Colonol Hoosevolt waa tho I,abor day orator at Fargo, N. D. .Tho progresBlvos dominated the re publican etato convention In Califor nia. I Folletto was renominated in Wisconsin by nu overwhelming ma jority. An unknown man caused a commo tion at Fargo, N. D by denouncing Roosevelt as a liar. Prosldont Tnft dollvorod a long and cnrofully proparod address nt tho conservation congross, Mayor Gnynor wns Indorsed for governor by tho domocrnta of Sara toga county In convention. State's rights governors at tho con servation congress loft for homo, ad mittlng thomselvos defeated, Hear Admiral Albert O. Barry and Herbert Wlnslow and Chaplain Da vid II. Trlbou will rotlro this month on account of ago. James J, Hill sounded a warning on the food supply shortage T RAILWAY EMPLOYES ASK AID FOR RAILROADS. A PETITION TO CANDIDATE! Doing 8o, They Say, In Their Own Interest, Which Follows Prosperity of the Railroads. N. Downer, chairman of tho om ployca' committee of the Rock Island railroad, lias mailed to the candidates for tho legislature and for stato of iicos anu members of concre9a a liberally signed petition asking for nn ncrease In railroad rates in No broska. Tho petition Is signed by business nnd professional mon and railroad om pioyoB from many towns along tho Jtock Island, the list Ml I nc sixteen typewritten pagea. Tho petition adopted bv the om ployea committee is ns follows: We, as citizens of this country, be lovo In fair prolltB and good Wages, and we, as railroad employes, rcallzo that our personal prosperity Is in separably associated with tho nroa perlty of tho railroad, our employer. Tho increased cost of materials, la bor, taxes and other essential ele ments entering Into tho cost of onerat- ing tho railroad Is a matter of com mon knowledge Tho public demands bettor tlmo, greater safety, better ac commodations, better equipment and generally better service. Tho public IB constantly receiving Improved service from tho care devoted to tho operation of tho railway by their managements. Tho nubile oueht to bo willing nnd wo believe is willing to pay for Buch service. AH of this points to the necessity that the railroads receive a higher rate for tho transportation they fur- nlh. Increased rates for transporta tion will insure regularity of our em ployment and the stability of our earnings and In all fairness this is duo us as woll as tho railroads. Wo support tho railroads In their known offortB to sccuro higher rates for the transportation they furnish nnd wo urge nil those, who hnve to do with tho rnto question, whether the Interstate Commerco commission. State Railway or Public Servlco com missions, national nnd stnto legisla tors, to deoJ fairly with this vital question. Wo hnvo hnd much legisla tion involving tho regulation of tho railways and much politics In connec tion with tho operation and control of thn vnllti.nt.a ( r. . . i Tho fund from which our wncea aro paid cannot bo constantly depleted without injuring us as emnloycB. Wo know that transportation rates have nothing to do with the increased cost of living nnd we feel now that our employers, tho railways, mostly need Increased compensation in ordor to secure incrensed earnings. As oniploycB of tho Chicago. Rock Island & Pnclflc Railway company wo havo signed this petition In harmony with tho above declaration nnd hnvo nuthorlzcd their presentation to tho Interstate Commorco commission. stato railroad commissions or to nnv official, federal or state, who haB any thing to do with railroad rnto making or railroad regulation. As Individuals Interested In our own comfort and prosperity and tho comfort nnd prosperity of our fnmllles wo hnvo frooly signed this petition nnd subscribed to the above princi ples. Appeals to the High Court.. John Piatt of Sarpy county has ap pealed to tho supremo court from a udgment of $1,000 against him for Blandorous remarks mado about Olga Gorllng. Governor on Primary Law. "I aent a message to tho last legis lature In which I said, "tho primary law should bo ropoaled or It should bo radically amended,'" said Governor Shnllonborgor at tho meeting of tho stato canvassing board. "I should havo cut off tho Bontonco aftor tho word 'repealed,' " ho continued. "Thero s no Justlco in the primary law. It 1b all right In theory, hut It docs not work out In prnctlco. Under tho primary law tho counties of Douglas and Lancaster, If Uicy got into, tho samo bod n3 they did In tho lato elec tion, enn control the nomination of candidates. Wo hnvo found thnt poll tlclnns voto and manipulate tho pri mary Instead of tho people, nnd that Is what wo tried to avoid. Tho pri mary law was onactod' bo that tho no mination candidates would bo takon away from politicians nnd placed In tho hands of the people, but Just tho rovorse has been tho result of this law. The fact that out. In tho Twenty ninth senatorial district, n cnndldnto gets a nomination with only ono voto la enough to show tho vlclousnoss of tho primary law." Regulars at Lincoln. Four hundred regular army Boldlora, composing olght troops of tho Seventh cavalry from Fort Hlloy, Kan., will bo camped noar Lincoln from Soptombor 23 to 2C. Information or this fact has beon communicated by II. M. Kotchu, commissary aorgenat, to Postmaster Slzor, with tho roquost thnt ho notify Lincoln donlera who nro propared to bid on furnishing supplies for tho camp. The ostlmntedamount of pro visions needed Includes 2,000 pounds of fresh beof, 1.G00 pounds of potatoes and 1,800 pounds of fresh bread, IN HIGHER RATES DISPOSAL OF BONDS. Applicants for Nebraska Securities Accommodated. Will Endeavor to Collect. Tito stato normal board will on deRVor to collect from J. W. Crnhtrnn for two barrelB of gasoline bought wncn lie waa at tho head of the Peru Stato normul nnd which, It is nlleged, were never delivered to tho school nnd havo resorted to tho text l.nnlr fund $097.43 which Crabtrce paid out in IntorcBt wtlhout orders from tho board. Tho matter was referred to the attorney general to take such atops as may bo neccssnry to secure una money. Tho money paid out In interest by Crabtreo wnB Interest on money borrowed with which teachers wore paid pending tho decision of the supremo court In tho legalty of tho law which created a new normal board. The auditor, on ndvlco of tho egul department, would reconnlzo nolther board so ho refused to issue any warrants for tho payment of the leaciiers until tho court dec ded which board was the" legal ono. Stato Treasurer Brian has suc ceeded In caring for practically all of the applicants for tho sale of bonds to tho state by the vnrlous school dis tricts and cities of Nebraska. When money wns plentiful nnd investments hard to find for state funds, tho treasurer bought $800,000 of Douglas county court houso bonds. Shortly thereafter tho castorn markets tightened up and the small towns of the stnto begnn to issue bonds for internnl Improvements. Thon when they nppllcd to tho stato treasurer for fundB ho could do nothing for them and they could not plnco the securities In tho east. The Douglas county bonds looked good to eastern buyers, bo Mr. Brian took tho caso up with thoso who had city securities for sale, with tho result that ho has now, with tho assistance of the vnrlouB cities, placed practically all of the Douglas county bonds In tho east and has bought ns an Investment for tho stato the bondB Issued by tho Bcliool districts and tho small towns. Theso bondo not the state 4V6 per cent annually and nt tho same tlmo this rato Is lower than tho towns would havo to pay, were tho bonds floated elsewhere. May Make no Appointment. W. T. Thompson, nttorney general, who waa recently nppolnted to a posi tion In tho treasury department nt Washington, has leased his houso here and expects to go to Washing ton nbout tho first of October. It Is probnble Mr. Thompson will not re sign his office as attorney gencrnl, nnd thnt If he does do so Governor Shnllenberger will not fill the vncancy until nfter election. The governor nnd Mr. Thompson havo be como good friends, and because of this the office may not bo declared acant. No Extra Session. Governor Shallonberger will call no extra session of tho legislature to sub mit the initiative nnd referendum. He snld: "Thero Is no truth In tho rumor thnt I Intend to call a special session of tho legislature. That Is settled. I will call no extra session. It Is un fortunato that the recount of tho oteicnst for cnndldntes for governor has been so alow, ns It has given rise to nil kinds of rumors, but there will no extra session." Committee Announced. Clinlrmnn HuBonetter of the re- publican stnto contrnl committee an nounced tho appointment of the fol lowing executive committee: First district, S W. Burnham, Lincoln; Second district, A. W. JofferlB, Omaha; Third district, Burt Mapcs, Norfolk; Fourth district, Clarko Rob- nson, Fairmont; Fifth district, H. G. Thomas, Harvard; Sixth district, T. T. ynrnoy, Alnsley. Lots of Sheep on Exhibit. Secretary Mellor of tho Btnte fnlr board announced that the sheep ntrlea nt this tlmo numbered 400, tho largest entry In many years. In fact, thlB 1b threo times na ninny shcop ns have been exhibited nt the fnlr since tho eurly dnys, If not In tho history of the association. Demand for Homes. Heal estnto men report that the do m nnd for vacant houses hns In creased materially during tho past week. Tho demand comes annually nt this soauon and la caused In part by tho near approach of the opening of Lincoln schools. Appeals to Supreme Court. ThomaB Brown, convicted In Chorry county for stealing soven cows worth $210 from Thomas Byron, has appealed to tho supremo court on error, admitting frnnkly that ho didn't get a square deal when ho wns sentenced to spend seven years in tho penitentiary. Honors Iowa Requisition. Charlca Brown had to go back to Iowa to tho county of Polk to stnnd trial on a charge of wlfo desertion. Governor Shallonborgor honored a requisition Issued by tho governor of lown for hla roturn. Brown waB under nrrost at Omaha. Pays Money to Douglas. Stato TreiiBiiror Brlrtii paid to Douglas county $150,000 nnd took over that amount of court house bomlB. This Is n portion of tho $800, 000 purchnso purchase mado some monthB ago. BULLION IS STOLEN BURGLARS GET AWAY WITH $50,000 WORTH. LEAD IS SUBSTITUTED INSTEAD Boxes on Being Opened at Ascay Office Reveal Perpetration of Robbery. Seattle, Wash. Gold bullion valued at $57,000, part of a consignment of $170,000 from tho Wn3hlngton-Alaaka panic or Fairbanks, to the Dexter-lfor ton National bank of Seattle on tho steamahlp Humboldt waa stolon In transit. Load was substituted In tho strong box that contained it. Discovery of the theft was nn- nouncd Sundny. Tho stolen gold weighed 250 pounda. When It left FalrbnnltB on a Yukon river stenmor for Dawson nnd Whlto Horse, the gold was contained In threo wooden boxes nnd wns In tho care of tho Alas ka Pacific ExpresB company. When tho boxes were opened bv tho Cana. dlan custom ofllcors at Dawson tho gold bars wero found to be as stated In tho express company's papers. Tho boxes wero opened again at the united states assay office In Seattle Friday noon and tho theft was dis covered, ono contained pigs of lead Instead of gold. Tho seals of tho boxes were intact, when thov reached tho assay offico and It was evident mat tne robbery had beon committed on board ship. The gold was Insured against loss by the express company. The boxes were at the assay office Thursday morning and remained thero until tho agents of tho conalir. nee arrived next day to check up the ingots. It is supposed that the gold was stolen on the Yukon steamer,-between Dawson nnd Whlto Horsn or on tho Btenmer Humboldt between Skag wny nnd Seattle. Tho gold wns In tho pursers cnbln. It la not eustomnrv on gold shipments to tnko elaborate precautions against robbery. Detectives working on tho caso say they have no clue. Tho robbery was much Hko one four years niio. in which $09,000 consigned to Seattlo by tho Washington-Alaska bank of Fair- banks over the Yukon rlver-Skngwny routo was stolen from a wooden strong box, lead being substituted. That theft waa committed by Bobby Miller, night watchman on a Tanana river steamer, which wns cnrrylng tho gold from Fairbanks to the Yukon steamer that waa to convey it to Whlto Horse. Miller concealed tho cold In his stato room, got It back to Fairbanks and secreted It bo well that after his arrest on suspicion, the owners of tho bullion were glad to make terms with. Ho was promised a short prison sen tence if he returned tho gold and ho produced $50,000, alleging that tho other $19,000 had been stolen from him. Pageant Ends the Congress. Montreal, Quebec. A religious pagenat as rich in devotional emotion as In sacred imagery, and as orderly In behaVlor as It was doverse In na tionality and huge In size, closed Sun day the twentyTlrst International Eucharlstlc congress, held this year for the first time In tho Dominion of Canada. Visitors from the United States woro especially impressed with the magnitude, splendor and rev erenco of the procession, which marched four mlleB through the city streets, 100,000 strong, to Mount Royal, above the city. ROOSEVELT GETS HOME. Says He Enjoyed Every Minute ot His Journey. Oyster Bay, X. Y. Aftor an nb sence of three weeks Colonel Roose velt Ib homo again, woary from his western trip, but well satisfied with tho result. He enjoyed every minute of It, he said. Tho colonel reached New York at 10 o'clock Sunday morning from Pittsburg. Ills first orders wero that no ono should be permitted to Invade the privacy of Sagamore Hill, and for tho tiny ho relnpsed Into the comforts nnd seclusion of his family life. Mon day ho will plunge Into nn accumulat ed mass of correspondence. Diaz Unlocks the Door. Mexico City. With a silver key President Porllrlo DInz unlocked the now home of tho Young Men's Christ inn nssoclntlon, the dcdlcntlon of which wns tho chief feature of the day's centennial program. Tho build ing 1b n five-story stone structure, oc cupying a corner of a block and ox tending half a block on both streets. Accompanied by the members of tho cabinet, high Mexican officials and visitors, tho chief executive passed through the building and inaugurated each department. To Vote on Re-Submlsslon. Oklahoma City, Okla. Governor Haskell announced thnt he will cnll for nn election to be held November 8 for tho resubmission to tho people of tho prohibition ordlnnnco of the constitution and to submit the Initiat ed woman suffrage amendment. Millionaire Kills Self. Los Angeles, Cal. William Ollvei Radford, son of William H. Radford a millionaire mining man of Sar Francisco, committed suicide hero 1j taking cyanide of potassium. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. News Notes of Interest From Various' Sections. Omaha has 10,000 children In the public schools, quite an Increase over last year. Kearney Elks havo purchased; ground and will put up a permnnenL club house. Thero aro 15,182 pensioners In No braska and tho amount paid. them, yearly is $204,020.99. A. J. Morgan of Custer county saya ho lias corn that will turn out 100 bushels to the acre. Tho district court of Gage county, on September 30 will protwunco eulo gies on the late N. K. Griggs. Miss Jesso Paine, living four mlleB fiouthwest of Huntley, had tho back; of her, head severely cut open in a. runnway. Material for tho water works sys tem of Rushvlllo Is on tlio ground and work of constructlou will now go rapidly forward. Gov. Shallenbergcr delivered tho address at the dedication of the new live stock building on tho state fair grounds nt Lincoln. Tho first week In Septombcr, 1910,. nt the Omnhn Grain exchange, shows n gain of 107 cars In receipts of grain, over the similar week last year. Coyotes nre getting tnoro numerous around Alma than for tho last several, years. Tho many round-ups do not seem to diminish their number. Mr. and Mrs. Larson of Primrose, who had been visiting Mayor Knud son while attending the Fullertoa Chautauqua, left for their home. They went In their touring car, which over turned near Cedar Rapida, seriously injurlng Mrs. Larson. Part of the west wall of tho Palace hotel at Pender, which wa3 damaged, by fire a low days ago, was blown, down by tho high wind, and part of tho south wall Is In an unsafe condi tion. Tho entire third story probably will havo to bo torn down. The management of the Merrick. County fair, to bo held at Clarks Sep tember 14, 15 and 10, have succeeded in booking Bpeakers for tho entire program and have given out an an nouncement which Includes some of the leading men In the state In both. partles. Hoy Griffith and Elmer Holllday, ar rested by tho sheriff "of Buffalo coun ty, aro now being held in the county Jail at Kearney. For the past two years, It Is alleged, they have pilfered and committed petty burglaries at an averngo of ono or two each week. Tho officers say they have entered store after store In Kearney and tak en whatever money could bo found. Tho association of Nebraska Rural Mall Carriers at its annual meeting in Lincoln elected tho following omcers for the ensuing year: It. R. Reed or Columbus, president; J. T. Lysle of Wahoo, vice president; C. A. Morton of Cheney, secretary; F. M. Wheeler of Hastings, treasurer. The next meeting of tho association will be held nt Lincoln nt a date yet to bo fixed. Several people wero injured, two fatally, and two severely, when a windmill tower lu Thayer county, sixty feet high, on which were perched thirty spectators of a picnic performance, partly collapsed, throw ing tho occupants to the ground, fat ally Injuring two and severely Injur ing two. John Knutzeu had his back. broken nnd cannot live. Mr. Schrock, sustained what aro declared to bo fat al Internal Injuries. Most of tho Custer county officials nre looking hnppy over tho census re sults. As Custer county has Increased In population to over 25.C00, so have a number of official salaries Increased accordingly. In tho county clerks of fice the Increase Is $500, making a yearly salary of $2,500. The county treasurer gets the same raise In his department, while In tho county court tho Judge draws $2,000 to a pre vious $1,500. That Is, ho does If tho difference can be collected. The Falrbury pollco are on the look out for a man by the name of James Foley, who.Jt is clnlmod. succeeded In passing a couple of bogus checks on two parties In Falrbury. . During a recent Btorm lightning struck a number of places in and about Nebraska City. At the home or I. P. nurbank tho father was severely shocked and tho daughter rendered unconscious, but no material damage done to tho house. Tho barn of Her man Behrends, jr., was struck, killing a lino horse and the lire that followed destroyed the fine barn with Its con tents. Tho barn of Josoph Pfelfer was also struck and set on llro. It was destroyed with its contents. Tho fourth annual picnic of the Cedar County Old Settler's associa tion" wns n decided success. Tho U3iinl nmusementB nnd oxchnugo of ex periences aro better enjoyed than described. Tho president, John P. Jenal, delivered the address of wel come, which was a masterful and eloquent effort Frank O'Gara snoke briefly and waa well recolved. The speaker of the day was Honorable C. u. lvoneck, tho democratic nominp for congross In tho Second district. Mrs. Goodenknuf, wlfo of Peter Goodenkauf, living northeast of Te- euniseh, was fatally burned. She was working over a kitchen Btovo when her clothing becamo Ignited, unknown to tier. Mrs. Vergln, mother of Mnvor Vor. r gin of Utlca, waa cnvoloped In llames irom a gas oxploslon. Shu" had urm. enco of mind enough to rush out r the kitchen nnd jump Into a rain bar rel which waa standing hack nt th house, submerging herself In the water up to ner neck and putting the fire out. She waa badly burned ana the outcomo Is uncortalu. i