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Ufwmmmmmmmmmmmmmn THE SEMI-WEEKLY TBHUWE IRA L. BARB, Publisher. TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE). NORTH. PLATTE, NEBRASKA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED COVERS WIDE AREA. GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT Include; What It Going On at Wash ington and In Other Sections f the Country. Washington. As soon ns tho reciprocity measuto Is out of tho way congress, It Is thought will hurry away from Wash ington by adjourning until December. Speaker Champ Clark Issued a dell to tho administration n few days ago on learning of reports thai President Taft purposed to veto any gonoral tariff legislation at tho extra session of congress. The speaker in a formal ctatomont declared that tho wholo tariff ought to bo rovlsed and that tho democratic party would rest its caso wjth tho country. A famine of silver coins Is threated cd In the north Pacific state, and banks in Oregon, Washington and Montana, aro npponllng to the treas ury department to ship dlmoB, quar ters and hnlf dollars to rollovo tho (situation. , Congross has mado no ap propriation for transporting tho coin and treasury officials say they cannot como to tho reliof until congress takes eoino action. Western Bouth Dakota, whoro win ter wheat has boon grown In several placos without uniform success, can bo convorted into a winter wheat growltig section, announced a roport of Cecil Salmon, plant physiologist of tho depart of ngrlculturo today. Tho report pointed out that Wyoming and Montana, whoro. tho soil and cllmato aro very similar, produced 7,200,000 bunhols last season. Means ,for tho prevention of fraud or corruption in tho election of rep resentatives to congress woro roro posod in two bills Introduced by Rep resentative Powers of Kentucky. In ono bill Mr. Powers proposes a flno of from $1,000 to $2,000 or from ono to three years' Imprisonment for inti midation of voters at any primary or general election, for tho uso or money or for threats In securing vote. A second bill provides that thero he created a commission of the house of representatives consisting of three civilians, to investigate all elec tions. General. The celobratlon of tho Fourth In the big cities was along the line of sanity. The election of Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin, may undergo investiga tion. Twelve masked men held up an Erie train and fatally shot ono of the sail clerks, Commissioner Quezon mado a plea at New York for tho Independence of tho Phlllpplnos. Congressman Henry of Texas de livered a phlllple on Americana who bow to European royalty. Tho plucking board" has announced (ho names of naval captalus selected for compusoly retirement. Former Chief of Pollco Charles W. Wappenstoln of Seattle was found guilty of accepting a brlbo. Prestdont Taft mado peace tho cen tral thought in a mimbor of speeches lie delivered on tho way west. President Taft, .In his speech at In dianapolis, devoted himself to the question, of Canadian reciprocity, Leslie Miller, who lived near New1 Hampton, la., murdered his wife- and two of his Ave children and then com mltted suicide. Juarez custom house officials who succeeded the former officials have been notified by telegraph from Er nesto Madero that they may hold their places. , Without re ovorlng consciousness, Mrs. JaniOH S. Butler of New Orleans, wife of a wealthy cotton planter, died In tho Now York hospital following a stroke of appoplcxy. Orders were issued by tho inter ntate commerce commission suspend lag until October 28 next, tho propos ed tariffs of transcontinental railroads changing tbo rogujattons and prac tices with regard to pro-cooling and prolclng , citrus fruit shipped from California to Eastern destinations, TargotB for tho ncroplano practlco ef tho Atlantic fleet and tho sea forts during the August maneuvers will consist of shoots of canvas shaped to simulate dirigible balloons and noro plsnes. These will bo suspended frosa batteries of powerful box kites, ' Just as large American flags nro often curried hundred's of feet in tho nlr. Hob Burmau, of Now York, driving his 200-horse-powor "Blltzon" Bens, net a new -world's record for tho mile. With a flying start ho covored tho mile track at Brighton Beach in 48.72 seconds. Tho previous record was 48.92 seconds. It was reportod that within n short time plans for reorganising tho Stand ard OU company of New Jorsoy will be aimounced, Tho company, it is said, will undergo complote disinte gration and nil subsidiaries that are charged with having combined and conspired to monopolize tho oil biiBl. sees will operate separately, Thero was a general observance of tho Fourt at European capitals. The 4th of July was colehrated in many sections of tho old country. Two wcro killed nnd fourteen injur cd In auto wrecks near Pittsburg Sun day. Tho mining town of Kaylor, Pa., was practically wiped out by flro. Pittsburg was selected ns the noxt meeting place of tho' American insti tute of homeopathy. Senator Brlstow says congress can not adjourn until free list articles have run their length. Many department officers bollovo on examination will discloso th Mnlno was wrecked from without. Congressman Norrls of Nebraska charges thero is a conspiracy at Washington against tho progressives, Moro than 2,500 onglnocrs of tho Baltimore & Ohlo'rallrond wero grant ed an increase In wages of about 0 per cent. Crazed by heat which prevailed there, Mrs. McCrnry, of Locknoy, Texas, killed her throo children and ended her own life. John McNnrrey, chief of tho Kansas City, Kas., flro department, was dan gerously injured when he fell through tho floor of n burning houso in that city. Samuel Wellman of Omaha, Nob., Journoylng In company with his daughter from Plttsflold, Mnas., to Now York, dropped dead at Dunbury, Conn, Two hundred persons woro wound ed in an election riot at Kalusz, East ern Qallcla. It was necessary to call out tho troops to put an end to tho flghtlng. The Gorman cruiser Berlin will ro llovo tho gunboat Panther at Agadln, Morocco. Tho Borlln is throo times ns lavo as tho gunboat Panther. Governor Shafroth of Colorado or dered out n company of militia nt La Junta, Colo., to prevent tho possible lynching of Bon Harris, tho negro ac cused of killing Chief of Pollco Craig nt Rocky Ford. President Taft left Washington on; Friday for his new cottage nt Bovorly,, Mass. Mrs. Taft, Charllo Taft, Miss Delia Torroy, tho president's aunt,! of Mllbury, Mass., and Major A. W,i Butt accompanied him. j Tho state health department of Ok j lahoma has decreed that artificial bul-j tormllk must go. Tho sale of this kind of buttermilk is said to bo u. common practice in somo of tho cities of tho stato. I President Jftra of Uruguay, who n few months ago seized tho presidency through a bloodless revolution, has now assumed a dictatorship and do- clarcd martial law according to a tel egram to tho stato department. William J. Hnndko, north of Atchi son, finished threaBhlng wheat from', an eleven-acre Hold and tho yield, promises to bo the high rocord for, Kansas this year, being 550 bushels, an average of 51 bushels on acre. . Speaker Champ Clark is losing $1,000 a week, it is said, because con gress la romalnlng in session at a tltno when ho expected It to havo ad journed. Tho Bpcakerthad n contract with n Chicago locturo bureau to take the platform on July 1, President Taft Bent to congross a special commission's roport recom mending tho acceptanco of a gift of 5, 000 acres of land near Tullahoma, Tcnn., and tho purchaso of 35,000 acres nenrby at $12.50 por acre for a permanent maneuver. Tho Jnpnnoso naval hero, Admiral Togo, horo of tho battle of tho sea or Japan, will hnvo no difficulty In view ing ovcry thing ho cares to boo in tho New York navy yard or any other naval establishment. It Is expoctea ho will board the battloshlp Florida now noarlng completion. Tho houso of lords, by a vote or 253 to 4G, passed Lord Lansdowne's amendmont to oxcludo homo rule from tho operation of tho veto bill. War Secretary Haldauo made It dear that the government would refuse to accept tho nmondment. No loss than 03,000,000 barrels of beor wore sold In tho United States during tho 12 months ending Juno 30 last, or an incroaso over tho previous 12 months of G.21 per cent, according to the annual report of the boor and whiskey sales mado public by the United States brewers' association. President Taft will send to congress a special report recommending the ac ceptance of a gift of 0,000 ucros of 'land near Tullahoma, Tonn., aud tho purchaso of 35,000 acres nearby at $1.60 por aero for a portnanont ma neuver ground, inspection camp and rlflo and artillery range- for the army. Flro resulting from tbo explosion of a large firecracker in tho Matt Dono van lea houso at Bernard, la., caused, a loss of more than $50,000, tho Ico house, elovator, a lumber yard, gen eral njore and a number of resjdences woro totatly destroyed. It 'was sever al hours before tho flumes wero got ten under control, Heat has caused a slump In trado, but conditions generally aro good, Steam railroads operating In Iowa increased their gross earnings prac tically $0,000,000 during tho yoar 1010, according to a statement issuod by the Btate oxecutlvo council. Democratic mombcrs of tho ways and means commltteo hold a brief preliminary meeting and plauned Work on tho cotton tariff schedule revision, Personal. Tho mother of Congressman Ma gulro of Nebraska died lust weok. It is reported that Ctp Castro has landed in dlsgulso In Venezuola. Wolgast knocked out yoran in tho thirteenth round at San Francisco. Tho Unit ruling in tho Loh Angeles dynamito cases wcro favorablo to tho prosecution, SEVERAL NEW LAWS THAT BECAME EFFECTIVE ON THE 7th OF JULY. WITHOUT EMERGENCY CLAUSE Some Officers Will Draw More Pay and Others Will When Appro prlatlon Is Made. Beginning July 7 Nebrasknns found themselves under the ban of several now laws passed by tho last legisla ture, lawB not carrying tho emergency clnuso going Into effect threo calondcr months nftcr tho adjournment of tho so-slon. Hotel Commissioner McFnddcn 'bo Ban work under tho Bulla bill Friday; maternity homes nnd lylng-ln hospit als como undor control of tho stato board of health and must havo license to operate, beginning Friday tho 7th; minors under 18 may not legally bo sold or given tobacco and hypnotic and mesmeric exhibitions are tabooed. County officers, county treasurer examiners nnd tho etate printing com missioners also began to draw larger salaries. Tho food commission, stato chemist and bank examiners -would also havo begun to draw larger sala ries had It not been that tho legisla ture forgot to provldo Iho money for tho Increase. Leo's bill prohibiting the hauling or voters to tho polls becamo effoctlvo July 7, also a law requiring that syrups nnd sodnwatcr bo pure. Bar toB' anti-bucket shop bill also becamo effective on tho proverbial unlucky day, hut most of tho shops in the stato quit business when the hill was finally passed, so that Its effect wilt not bo so apparent at present. Tho puro seed law also becamo effective Friday, but under tho teraiB of tho act Its provisions are not to be en forced until October 1, Tho state board of pardons, tho board for regis tration or stallions and Jacks and tho Btate board or Irrigation and high ways also come Into bolng July 7, tho latter board roplaclng tho present board or Irrigation, although Us per sonnel Is rotalncd. Y. M. C. A. Socretary Resigns. Socrotnry C. M. Mayno ot tho local Young Men's Christian association has resigned from his position horo, having nccoptcd a similar position with tho Gary (Ind.) association, a field which Is at present undeveloped, and which offers large possibilities for Industrial work. Files for Supreme Judge. Sonator I. L. Albort or Columbus filed both populist and democratic po tttlona with tho secretary pf state, asking thnt his namo be placed on these tlcketa-na a candidate for nomi nation for supremo Judge. Files for Railway Commissioner. Thomas Hall, a local attorney, who came to this city about two years ago from Falls City, filed a petition. with tho secretary ot stato, asking that his namo bo placed on tho republican bal lot as a candidate for tho nomination for railway commissioner to fill vacancy, Insurance Company Sells. By tho terms of a deal Just an nounced tho Western 'Fire Insurance company of this city has sold Its busi ness to the St. Paul Flro and Marino Insurance company of St. Paul, and will retire from tho field permanently. According to the reports a sufficient amount will bo realized from tho sale so that stockholders of the Nobraska company will obtain faco value for tholr sharoa and something additional. Wayne Gets Stone Building. The order of tho Railway commis sion directing tho M. & O. railroad company to build a new depot at Wayne, tho structuro to bo of- brick or stone, will have to bo obeyed be cause tho city, officers of tho tow,n havo annonunced that they will not suspend tho flro limit ordinance to ac commodate tho road and thus permit tho construction of a wooden building. New State Banks. Tho Citizens' Stato Bank ot Pal myra, with a capital Btock or $15,000, haB Mod articles or Incorporation with tho stato banking board, Tho Institu tion has set aaldo $600 in .addition to Us capital Btock for tho depositor's guarantee fond, It is incorporated by E. A, Duff, L. B. Jones, C, A, Sweet, M. E." Sweet nnd Guy Jones. Tho Platto Valley Stato bank or North North Platto Is a nowly organized in atltutlon that has filed articles of In corporation signed by J. W. Payno and othera of North Platto, Tho capi tal stock is $50,000. Tho organization lias set asldo $2,000 In addition to Its capital Btock for the depositor's fund, New Engineering Head, J, D. Hoffmau, tho newly elected professor of mechanical engineering, graduated from Purduo university In 1800, bolng a classmate of Dean C. R. Richards, whoso placo ho now takes, Pilor to that time ho had con sldorable practical exporlcnco In en gineering work, Prof. Hoffmnn, Im mediately after graduation, becamo an instructor In tho shops at Purduo and ho has boon continuously with that institution over since. Ho gradu ally received promotions until ho is bow professor of engineering design. ANTI-FREE QlFT ACT. Merchants Will Have Conference With Attorney General. Merchants who are in favor of tho enforcement of the nntl-freo gift act, passed at the late session of the leg islature and agalust which a restrain ing order was issued by Judge T. C. Mungor of tho fedoral court, will como to Lincoln to confer with Attornoy General Martin relative to fighting the matter. The llltgation, it is behoved, will cause considerable dlsBontlon be tween membors of tho retail mer chats' organization oVer the Btato and those storekeepers who havo nover becomo affiliated with the' organiza tion. Soon nftor tho filing or tho applica tion In the federal court horo on tho part of tho Sperry-IIutchlnson trading stamp concern of Now Jerecy, nnothor application representing tho Magazine and Book company of New York City was also filed, both being granted their restraining orders. Tho latter concern, whllo oporatlng on a dlffor ont syBtom than tho trading stamp schomo has a plan whereby they nro assisting morchnnts In building up tholr trade, which falls undor the pro visions of tho now law fully as much as the company which filed tho firBt suit. Tho hearing on making tho Injunc tion against tho state permanent will be held in this city July 11. State Hat Much Money. The Juno roport of Slate Treasurer Gcorgo shows, that, notwithstanding: hoavy disbursements during the month, thoro Is now on hand in the! several stato depositories nearly as much money ns nt tho close of May, when tho amount was unusually largo. At that tlmo it was $801,000, not in- eluding cash on hand In tho state treasury, , Thoro 1s now on hand $765,839.70 in tho depository banks of tho stato and $20,003.95 ensh on hand, the wholo totaling $780,743.71. During tho month of June Stato Troasuror Georgo ro-l celved $880,501.36 and paid out $991, 097.91. Thoro is now $2GC,10G.47 In tho gon oral fond and $278,523.50 in tho por-j manont.-nchool fund, both funds show ing an inorenso during tho month. Tho' temporary school fund, which has-' Just boon depleted on nccount of tho semi-annual apportionment for tho, support of nchools, shrunk from $385, 157.49 to $84,718.92. Peoples' Party Convention. Tho Btate convention of tho peoplos' party has been called to meet in this city July 25. Work of Session Laws. A Judgo or tho district court, writ-' Ing to the secretary ot Btato, com plains or tho quality or tho binding on? tho session laws for 1911. Ho writes:, "I received the session laws for 1911 and want to protest against tho stato's paying for such work. State University Catalogues. Stnto university catalogues for tho yoar 1911-1912 are being received nt the registrar office and propared for distribution. OVor 9,000 cataloguos aro bolng printed, u great part or which will bo mailed during tho next fow weeks to prospective students. Nebraskans on Program. The ofliclal program or tho San Francisco meotlng of tho National Ed ucational association. July 2 to 14, haa been . received at tho stnto superin tendent's office and contains the names of a number of Nebraskans. Work on Lincoln Statue. According to lottcra received horo from Danlol Choster French, tho New York sculptor, who is making a stntuo or Abraham Llncojn for tho capltol grounds, work is progressing nicely nnd tho contracts for tho base and background havo boon lot to a Chica go firm. To Ico Cream Samplers. The mailing or permits to cream samplers and testers was completed in tho ofllco of tho food commission er. About 3,000 such permits woro sent out, exclusive of several hundred permits sont to Ico cream manufactur ers, dealers In oleomargarine and to creamorlos. Tho feo is $1 and tho commissioner's deflk was piled high for a while with $1 bills, checks and drafts. Penitentiary Population. Warden Dolahunty's monthly ro port shows that tho penitentiary popu lation is stationary, Tho first of June thoro woro 450 convicts in tho prlsO) and at tho closo ot tho month th number was tho same. During th month twonty prisoners wero receive and two were returned from asylums. Eighteen prisoners woro discharged by reason of expiration of sentence, four woro paroled and two escaped from tho ponltcentlnry corn field whoro they were working. Attorney General's Report, Attornoy General Qrnnt Martin has Hied his soml-annual roport with tho governor. It shows tho payment of largo sums to Arthur Mullen nnd oth ora employed by tho attorney general to prosecuto criminal suits for tbr state. Out of tho appropriation of twe years ago for prosecutions thoro re mained n balance of $702.04, Attorney General Martin expended $3,876.50, leaving on hand $82C,54. Out of tho appropriation of $17,000 given by the last legislature the attorney general has exponded $300. A VERY BO WEEK SENATE TO CLEAR WAY FOR RECIPROCITY VOTE. AMENDMENTS TO CONSIDER La Follette Has a Number of Propos als and Will Probably Do Con siderable Talking. Washington. A lively clearing of the way for tho passage of tho una mended Canadian reciprocity bill by tho voting down of tho Cummins and Simmons amondments, and continued discussion and notion on other pro visions in connection with tho bill will keep tho scnato busy all w jk, whllo tho houso, which will moot on Wednesday, and quickly adjourn un til Saturday, will be active only in Us committees. Tho amendments proposed by, Sen ator Cummins of Iowa, .insurgent re publican, which would add steel, iron, coal, lumber, wool, cotton and other products to tho free list, and the ameudmonts proposed by Scnatot Simmons of North Carolina, demo crat, are somowhat similar In na turo, Those are expectod to be bowled over, which, under tho agreement fot n voto thon, might extend the day into tho night or over one rocess after an other for several calendar days, if necessary. After' the voting on those .amendments, tho sonato will proceed with the consideration of the reciproc ity bill, and amendments by Senator lLa Follotto and others will bo put bo fore that body for action. Tho proceedings will begin with a sot speech by Senator Simmons in support of his own nnd Senator Cum mins' amendments, followed by roll calls on the amendments. Tho buga boo of a filibuster practically has been raised and friends of reciprocity will .watch for attempts to intersperse "with Bpeqchmaklng, in, which they will Interrupt tho institution of a fili buster. Dilatory tactics will ho .mot witn such acts of coercion as tho majority might decide would oxpedlato busi ness. Mr. Cummins has indicated .that he will ask for separato votes on 'all his amendments, and has said he would demand at least a dozen toll calls. (Mr. Simmons will not be so In slBtont! Senator La Folletto said ho prob ably would prcsont amondments on Monday or Tuesday. As soon as they are printed ho will take the floor nnd probably will apeak for the grpator .part of several days In explanation and advocacy of th'em. Tho provalllng opinion Is that with tho reciprocity bill out of tho way, final adjournment soon will follow, Wiped Out by Fire. Ottawa, Ont. Two-thirds of Egan vllle, Ont., sixty miles west of hero, was wiped out by a flro of unknown origin. Killed on Way to Game. Barboursvlllo, Ky. One man was killed and ono fatally injured when lightning struck a carryall filled with persons going to a base ball game. Big Lockout In Sweden. Stockholm, Forty thousand build ing workmen in Swoden, who havo rejected tho stato arbitrator's award in tho labor dispute, will bo locked out Aviators Start on Race. Halberstnldt, Prutwlan Saxony. The aviators In tho Gorman circuit races started from horo for Berlin. They ascended at intervals of throe minutes. Ninth Cavalry Leaves. San Antonio, Ter. Tho last section of the Ninth United States cavalry left tho manouvers' camp at 6:30 o'clock Sunday night for Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo. The Fourth Fiold ar tillery Is ordered to leave Monday. Raise for Rural Carriers. Washington. Tho 40,000 odd rural free delivery carriers In the United States aro to receive a salary Increase, aa a result of a decision reached by Postmaster General Hitchcock. The order will pro'vldo for tho disburse ment during tho current fiscal year of $4,000,000. Robert P. Nell Is Arrested. Boston. Robert P. Nell, president of tho Brotherhood of Railroad Em ployos, was arrested on a chargo of using tho United States mails to de fraud. It is alleged that Neil on De cember 1, 1010, Issued circulars so liciting advertisements for a maga zine, tho procoods of which were to be used for death nnd sick boneflts for railroad mon, and that tbo funds received wero diverted to Noll's own uses. Conditions In Mexico. Washington. Conditions in Mexico are rapidly assuming a normnl and healthy stato, according to advices received at tho Mexican nmbassy here, which on Saturday made pub lic the following telogram from Bar tolamo Carbajal, acting secretary of foreign affairs. "The condition in Mexico is much improved. Tho dis banding of tho revolutionary forces Is going on rapidly and wo hope It will bo completed soon, Tho eco nomic condition of tho, country is excellent. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. ' News Notes of Interest from VarloU Sections. Threshing In York county shows a. very good yield. Elkhorn, Douglas tounty, had' quite a sorlous flro on July 4th. . August 2d Omaha will again voto on the water works bond qjfostlon. Somo heat prostrations aro report ed hero and there, mostly in tho towns und cities. Somo good rains foil In tho first weok or July, but for most part Ne braska needs molBturo. Saven teams contcstod In the . base ball tournament At Scottobluff. which was to decide tho championship or tho North Platte valley. Jack Roach, a young plasterer and bricklayer of Alnsworth, was killed by a passenger train nbout a mllo and a half from Long Pirio, Tho toll keeper on tho Union Pa cific bridge nt Omaha has mysterious ly disappeared, and it is feared ho has been -murdered nnd his body thrown into tho rjvor. A llvory barn belonging to William Sloan at Wilcox was burned. No horses woro In tho barn nt tho time. It is believed that tho blaze Btartcd from tho smoking of pipes In tho hay loft by tramps. , Gcorgo Manscher, aged 19 years, of Wnlthlll, was drowned whllo swim ming in tho Sioux river at Rlvorside park, Iowa. Manscher wont into the water against advlco of physicians. Over exertion was responsible for his death. Stato Treasurer Georgo has re ceived and paid for Beaver City water bonds nmountlng to $7,000; Chadron school district bonds, $20,000; city or Crawford water bonds, $24,000; Bchool district No. 11, Antelope county, $20, 000. Burt county has paid tho stato $20,000 on bonds duo, Gage county ; has paid off $0,000 and Cedar county has paid $3,000 for bonds which were due and held by tho state as an invest ment. . State Treasurer Georgo has receiv ed and paid for Bpavor City wator bonds, nmountlng to $7,000! Chadron Bchool district bonds, $20,000; vity of Crawford wator bonds, $24,000; school district No. 11, Antelope coun ty, $20,000. Burt county haB paid tho stato $20,000 on bonds duo, Gago county has paid off $0,000 and Cedar j county has paid $3,000 for bonds which woro due and held by tho state as nn Investment. John Crawford, a former Wymore resident, who broke Jail at Monmouth, 111., after being arrested on tho charge of bank robbery, was arrested at Reno, Nov., and taken bnck to Mon-' mouth. Crawford, It Is thought, fig ured In tho Kansas robberies last win tor and it Is bejloved to bo tho fellow who sold a touring car to H. H. Hoorr, tho Wymore man who Is serving two years in tho penitontlary for bank rob bery. A. V. Brown, J. W. Picken3 of Has tings and B. H. Begolo of Beatrice, called at tho office of tho attorney general to confer with that official In regard to tho enforcement of the antl tradlng stamp law. They aro mer chants who organized a trading stamp company of their own to compote with tho largo trading stamp compa nies, but when tho now state law was passed they obeyed It and quit business, but they allege that the -largo trading stamp companies havo continued and aro reaping boneflts contrary to law. . , At tho Nobrnskn stockgrowcrs con vention In Alliance tho address of welcomo by Postmastor Tash of Alli ance was responded to by Frod L. Wright, of Goring. R. L. Homllnson, inspector of brands nt South Omaha, roported tho number of cattlo held up thoro and tho money going to tho real owner. WUHb E. Reed, candidate for United Stntes senator, gavo a short address on tho transportation of livo stock, advocating tho creation of a court having Jurisdiction of both stato and Interstate transportation. A Shubert dispatch says that In ad dition to tho drouth the grasshoppers are especially plentiful and nro be coming very destructive. Usually tho spring rahiu destroy a large number of tho grasshoppers when they aro Just commencing to grow, hut this yonr tho Infrequoncy of the rains and the protracted drouth has favored their growth. Frank Parrlott, living about a mile from Shubert, reports that they have stripped ten acres of his corn. John Woddlo, Morg Will lams and others aro reporting minor damages. ) Artificial adornment In tho ehapo or puffs njid "rata" aved Mrs. Claud LI zer of Wymore from sorlous burns on the. night of the Fourth In that place. She and her husband wero conducting a refreshment tent when fireworks Ig nited the gasollno lamp tank In the tent. Tho tank exploded and tho blnztng oil dropped fairly upon tho head of Mrs. LIzer, Instantly setting' lior hair ablazo. A bystander pulled the false hair off hor hoad and put out tho small blaze which had seized upon her natural hair, before sho had received any serious burns. At a special ejection olectlon at Upland water works bonds carried, by a voto of 7ti to 34. Thero was a 'big felobrntlon nnd displny 'of firoworks at night. Under tho now automobile law, now operative, owners of mnchlnos will bo roqulrcd to take out their llconses In tho county In which tho car 1b owned. Tho annual fee will bo $2 Instead 6f $1 ns lias maintained heretofore, Tho llconso feo must bo paid to tho coun ty treasurer, who will issue a receipt for the money. Tho treasurer will no tify tho stato offlro in Lincoln', whence a license will be issued.