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PLATISMOUTH NEWS HERAID
ft. O. WAITERS, Business Manager
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Washington, Congressional, Politi
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Foreign.
At Home Queen Helena received
Lloyd C. (irlHcuiii, the American aiu
bnssador. In farewell audience. This
was un unusual mark of esteem.
Germany's newest and bluest ship
began her maiden voyage ou Sunday.
The vessel. 27.000 tons. Is 722 feet
long, seventy-eight feet wide and the
depth from the upper salon deck Is
iifty-four feet and from the awning
deck Is eighty feet.
A dispatch from Astara says that
the Shakhsevan tribesmen are ravag
ing the Adahll district In A.erblajan,
the most northwesterly province of
Persia. According to the dispatch
6,0(10 persons have been killed.
Prince Ito wan formally Installed as
president of the privy council of
Japan at Toklo.und Viscount Sone as
resident general of Korea, succeeding
1'rlnce Ito.
The town of Korlnehl, 1R5 miles to
the southeast of Padang. was de
stroyed by hu earthquake on the
night of June 3-4.
Henry C. Ide, the newly appointed
American minister to Spain, present
ed his credentials to King Alfonso.
The report published recently In
the London Dally Chronicle that the
German naHl league had expressed a
desire for the regular dispatch of Ger
man warships to American ports Is
declared olllclally to he wholly er
roneous. Chancellor Von Duelow's semi
official news organ says that no fresh
agreements between Russia and
Germany will be considered at the
meeting to take place this month In
the Gulf of Finland between Emperor
Willam and Emperor Nicholas.
General.
At South Omaha Sunday night W. U.
James, a stranger, threw himself In
front of a train nnd whs killed.
Harvard, Columbia and New York
universities have been warned of lax
ity concerning standards at the insti
tutions which niay violate the require
ments for participation In the benefits
( the Carnegie foundation for the ad
vancement of teaching. Official com
munications ciiling the Institution's at
tention to the supposed laxity In stand
ards have been sent out by the founda
tion.
The body of Charles Kttlnger. n
Hocialist agitator, said In forriier years
to have been one of the founders of
the Spencerlan college of Milwaukee
was recovered from Lake Michigan.
The Spokane rate case has been
postponed until fall.
From seventy-five to 100 dead and 100
Injured Is estimated casualties ns the
result of the earthquake which devas
tated several towns and villages in
the southermost part of France.
Wayne county. Ohio, is excited over
a flow of natural gas running 3,000.000
feet per day by gauge, which has been
struck on a farm ten miles west of
Woofiter.
The federal grand jury nt Omaha
found Indictments against four men
for lobbing the Union Pacific mall
train. The Indictments charge felon
ious and murderous attempt so that
conviction will mean life sentences.
Captain John H. Raymond, com
manding officer of Troop H, Second
cavalry. Des Moines, la., was shot,
perhaps fatally, by Corporal Crabtree.
who became offended because of rep
rimand by the superior officer. Ray
mond is paralyzed from the shot and
will probably die.
The senate confirmed the nomina
tion of William S. Mcl.aln of 1'resUo,
S. I)., to be register of the land office
r.t Belle Fourche, n newly created of
JUe.
The Sovereign camp Woodmen of
the World, appropriated $7.10,000 for a
new building in Omaha.
The senate committee on finance
will In all probability recommend that
h duty be Imposed upon crude nnd re
fined petroleum and the products of
petroleum.
In a speech to British clergymen
emperor will emphasl.e the good feel
lng of Germany to Great Britain.
The Iowa State Manufacturers' as
nidation adopted resolutions imlors
lng Senators Dollivcr and Cummins
for the stand the two senators are
ti.klng In the tariff discussion.
Revenue cutters are keeping watch
on two boats suposed to have Venez
n la filbuster intentions.
Striking Japanese at Honolulu were
liuiiiil over for inciting riot and con
r pi racy to com tn it murder.
Approximately 544,480 acres of land
lying In the McKlttrick Sunset dis
trlct in California were restored to
the public domain by Secretary of the
lnt-lor Balltnger.
The supreme court of Nebraska has
declared the live stock law valid.
A syndicate bought the St. Louis
gas works for $700,000.
Henry Sinclair Greeley, cousin of
Horace Greeley, Is dead at Frultvale.
Oil . Hged 71 years. He was known
to tourists the w orld over.
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Postmaster General Hitchcock hu
decided to discontinue the new green
special delivery stamp, and return to
the familiar blue stamp.
Robert Bacon, former secretary of
state, will take up the post of ambas
sador to France about January 1, next.
He will succeed Henry M. White.
Flay day, June 14, was given quite
general recognition throughout the
country.
It Is said President Tafl Is not fa
vorable to the Income tax amendment
to the tariff hill.
Miss Jane Addams of Hull House,
Chicago, is the president of the na
tional conference of charities and cor
rections for V.tlu.
Patrick Crowley, marshal of the vil
lage of Gary. III . a quarry town near
Chicago, was shot and killed while ar
resting Modest Ia'Uy., formerly
mayor of the village and for years
known as the "king of Gary."
Omaha bakers will not follow the
lead of Chicago in raising the price
of cakes, rolls, doughnuts, etc.
The publishers Oi the Cosmopolitan
Magazine pleaded not guilty to an In
dictment found by the federal grand
Jury for the violation of the law which
prohibits the printing or circulation of.
any imitation of I'nited States money.
An Indictment against Sanford Ro
binson, formerly vice president of the
I'nited Copper company, was found
by the federal grand jury In New
York.
Abandonment will be the sole Issue
upon which the suit for separation
brought by Katherlne Clemmons Gould
against her husband, Howard Gould,
third son of the late Jay Gould, will be
decided.
It Is stated In Paris that the Spanish
minister to Cuba has handed the Cu
ban government a note embodying a
claim for the payment of a share of
the Spanish debt.
A black hand plot to assassinate Po
liceman Longobardi of Chicago was
unearthed.
Six men were killed and fourteen
badly Injured by an explosion In steel
works at Wheeling, W. Va.
The Great Northern railroad has re
fused to aid the Spokane grand jury
In the Gordon prosecution.
J. P. Morgan & Co. have announced
a proposed reorganization of the Chi
cago Great Western Railway company.
Mrs. Annls, widow of the man who
Capt. Haines slew, is soon to be mar
ried to a prosperous real estate
broker.
The national June crop report shows
that spring wheat is better than a
year ago.
There is revival of talk that the
president will veto the tariff bill if re
ductions are not made.
Turkey wants the Island of Crete
and It Is said will go to war for it.
By a vote of 112 to "8 the senate
voted down Senator Dolliver's amend
ment striking out the duty of 1 cent
a yard on mercerized goods.
Captain Peter C. llains. jr., serving
a sentence, in Sing Sing prison, for
killing Willian K. Annls, has been
nsslgncd to the position of accountant
in the tinshop.
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Washington.
General James Allen, chief signal
officer, was designated by Secretary
of Was Dickinson to present the
medals authorized by congress to the
Wright brothers at the celebration in
their honor nt Hayton.
A committee representing the Na
tional Retail Hardware association
was Introduced to the president by
Senator Dolliver of Iowa and Repre
sentative Tawney of Minnesota. The
committee recorded Its protest against
the parcels post.
Attorney General Wlckersham ex
pressed himself as much gratified nt
the decision of Judge Trieher at Little
Rock, Ark., upholding the constitu
tionality of the new employers' lia
bility act. The case under considera
tion was that of the administered
estate of Watson against the Iron
Mountain Railway company and the
first of a number In which the govern
ment had intervened by permission of
the courts.
The senate was canvassed to de
termine what would be the fate of u
proposition to place a tax upon divi
dends of corporations as a substitute
for an income tax, and it was de
veloped that there was an overwhelm
ing sentiment in opposition to such a
plan.
H. R. Smith of Lincoln, who has
been associated with Senator Burkett
for four years as assistant secretary,
has resigned, to take effect with the
close of the present session of con
gress. Mr. Smith goes to Lincoln to
associate himself with a manufactur
ing company of Hint city.
Congressman Burke of South Da
kota said after n conference with the
president, that Auditor for the In
terior Department. Persons, who came
from his state, would not he removed
nt least for the present.
Personal.
An attempt was made to kidnap the
deposed sultan of Turkey.
Samuel A. Daugherty of Lucerne,
Mo, editor of the Standard at thut
place, committed suicide by drinking
carbolic acid.
A "Peeping Tom" arrested in St.
Joseph, Mo., proved to be u preacher.
Kx-Gov. Folk, in his recent lectur
ing tour, traveled 25.000 miles and
cleaned up $20,000.
Hon. W. J. Bryan is going after the
senatorial toga now worn by Senator
Burkett
It is said New York bankers will
participate In the Chinese railroad
loan.
Senators Burkett and Brown took
opposite sides on some tariff sched
ules. Mrs. Geo. Sheah of Duluth, visiting
near Seattle. Wash., lost $20,000
which she had hidden between sheets
In her bed.
RASPED B BURKETT
NEBRASKA'S SENIOR SENATOR
ATTACKS ALDRICH.
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E OF PETTY POLITIS"
Philippine Tobacco Schedule in Tariff
Measure is Cause of the Bad
Feeling.
Washington.--Indulging in a vigor
ous denunciation of the committee on
finance, because of Its change of front
over night on the subject of tobacco
importations from the Philippine Is
lands, Senator Burkett of Nebraska,
standing face to face with Chairman
Aldrlch, declared that its action
looked to him like a "game of petty
politics." He characterized this ac
tion as "an effort to hang the senator
from Wisconsin up in tiie air," and
finally declared that this event "afford
senators a good opportunity to vote
a lack of confidence in the commit
tee." This tart language followed Mr. A!
drich's statement that the committee
would accept the amendment pro
posed by Senator Bulkeley to reduce
the number of cigars to be admitted
free of duty from the Philippines from
150,000,000 to 70,000,000, and the
quantity of filler tobacco from 1,500,.
000 to 1,000,000 pounds, together with
a provision that the wrapper and filler
tobacco should be unstemmed when re
ceiving this concession.
As soon as the committee had
brought in its amendment, Senator La
Follette took the floor. Expressing
gratification that the finance commit
tee had reduced the number of free
cigars to the extent of 5,000,000 less
than was called for by nis amendment,
Mr. La Follette said he was en
couraged to change his amendment so
ns to provide for the admission of only
no.ouo.ooo and he did so.
It wns then that Mr. Burkett took
me tioor roundly denouncing the
finance committee, he declared tint Its
action in making changes In the Phi
lipplne amendment was sufficient to
cause senators to lose confidence in
it. The original amendment, he said,
had been brought. Into the senate as
approved by the president, but in face
of that fact, the committee had
brought In its recom ndatlon for a
reduction to 70,iioo,Oiiii In accordance
with Mr. Bulkeley's request. He point
ed out that the number wns n.nmvouo
below the reduction called for by the
l.a toilette amendment nnd In this
circumstance found cause for com
piaini. mis. lie said. "Is a matter
too Important to juggle with, and it.
loohs to me iiku n game of petty
politics.'
'There Is no mystery about it." pro
tested Mr. Aldrlch, "and no politics ex
cept a desire on the part of the com
mmee to do the right thing, and
above everything else, to pass thi
bill."
"It was also another effort to ham:
the senator from Wisconsin up in tin
air somewhere," suggested Mr. Bur
kett.
"No disposition of that kind."
promptly responded the chairman of
the finance committee.
"It would not be possible for the
committee to do that," said the Wis
consin senator.
Senators Dick, Gallinger and Depew
defended the committee.
GUY CONGER BARTON DEAD.
Aged Business Man and Philanthro
pist Succumbs to Disease.
Omaha. Guy C. Burton, for forty
years a resident or Nebraska, and for
nearly thirty years of that time a citi
zen of Omaha, prominent alike in bus
iness ind philanthropic activities, died
at Walnut Lodge, his summer home,
near Gil more station, about ten miles
south of the city, aged (!!) years. 11
months and 15 days. Mr. Barton had
long been In poor health, but within
the last few days had seemed so much
Improved that his only son. K. C. Bar
ton. started for Chicago on a business
trip, but was reached by telegraph
while ou the road, and returned to
Omaha.
Leupp Allowed to Retire.
Washington. The resignation of
Francis 10. Leupp as commissioner of
Indian affairs, which has been pendlpg
since March 4, was accepted by Presi
dent Tuft, and Robert G. Valentine,
assistant commissioner, was named to
succeed him.
PACKING SUITS ARE SETTLED
Attorneys for Hammond Company and
Others Compromise.
Little Rock, Ark. Attorney Nor
wood and attorneys for the Hammond
Packing company nnd other big pack
ing companies on Monday compro
mised for $25,000 the suits brought by
tne state against those companies
under the anti trust law,, involving
hundreds of thousands of dollars. The
$25,000 was paid in cash to the state
treasurer.
Give Mrs. Gould Bad Name.
New oik Torn with anger nnd
extreme humiliation, alternately flush
lng with shame, sobbing, or clenching
her hands in exasperation. Katherlne
Clemiuens Gould sat through a trying
ordeal in the supreme court Tuesday
at the continuation of her suit for sep
aration against Howard Gould, third
son of the late Jay Gould. It was a
day of testimony for the defense, dur
ing w hich Mr. Gould's attorney brought
out through witnesses who had been
associated with Mrs. Gould that her
I habits were cause for desertion.
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS DISCUS
SES RACE PROBLEM.
THE GUBERNATORIAL QUESTION
Present Incumbent Is Not Worrying
"Over the Matter Other Things
at the State Capital.
John Sharp Williams' solution of
the rare problem In the south, as he
gave it In his address to the gradu
ating class of the State university, is
immigration of the colored people
of the south to the north, being so
distributed that in no part of the
country would the negro be congested.
When the moving day comes around,
he said, and the negro Is as numerous
in Nebraska as he Is In- Mississippi,
Mississippi will be hs cool in discus
sion of race problems as Nebraska is
now.
Senator Williams refuted the oft
repeated statements of politicians and
others that education Is the ruination
of the colored race, and he denied
that education was the panacea of all
ills. Souie negroes had been helped
by education and ethers had been
ruined by It, he declared.
Mr. Williams wanted It "distinctly
understood that the negro is not a
white man with a black skin any
more than an ass Is a horse with long
ears, or a zebra a horse with stripes."
Governor Is Not Worrying.
"I am aware that a lot of people
are anxious to know whether I am
going to be a candidate for governor
or for senator, but the proposition is
not worrying me In the least. I have
never been given to plotting in poll
tics or looking too far ahead, so I am
simply trying to fill the office of gov
ernor to the best of my ability and
let the future take care of itself. It
has been my experience that the
people take care of the faithful officer,
and I am willing to trust the people
for my political future. It. Is a long
time before the next election of state
officers and a senator, and I believe I
can better serve the state by attend
init to my office than by plotting for
an election to the senate or for a
second term as governor." The fore
going in substance was the answer of
Governor Shallenberger to the ques
tion: "Are you a candidate for the
senate or for governor?"
McBrien Inspects Schools.
Jasper L. McBrien. in charge of the
extension work of the state univer
sity, has returned from a trip out In
the northwest part of the state and
he reported that the seven young men
graduates of the Norfolk High school
were nil going to attend the university
next fall. He also discovered that
the Ames (la.) Agricultural college
Is soliciting students in Nebraska.
Out at Brewster Mr. McBrien found
that the people had a school building
with two rooms, one of which was
used In w hich to conduct a six months'
school.
Would Raire Telephone Rates.
The Central Telephone company of
Broken Bow filed a petition with the
railway commission to be permitted
to increase its rates at that place.
Ansley and Mason City. William
Mattley and others were present and
objected to the increase. The com
pany desires at Broken Bow to cancel
Its rate for grounded clcult, $1.50, and
install a metallic circuit at $2.00 a
month; residence telephones, from $1
to $1.50 a month; farmers' line to
$1.50 from $1 and $1.25. At Ansley
and Mason City the company desires
to make the rate $1.50.
Big Penalty for Lobbyists.
The legnl department of the state
will bring suit to recover $too a day
from every corporation or association
which failed to file Its expense ac
count tinder the anti-lobby law. from
two months after the legislature ad
journed until the expense account Is
tiled. For other violations of the anti-
lobby law it is the duty of the county
attorney to prosecute, according to
the attorney general, the law being
specific that it Is the duty of the at
torney general to enforce the penalty
clause for failure to file expense ac
counts. Express Companies Except.
The express companies doing busi
ness in Nebraska, through their attor
neys. C. J. Greene and Ralph Breck
inridge, have filed exceptions to the
findings of Referee Sullivan in the
rase wherein the state secured nn In
junction to prevent the corporations
from violating the Sibley law. The
companies except to the findings of
Inw or conclusions of the referee on
the grounds that the conclusions are
not based on all the fncts brought out
Requisition for O'Brien.
John O'Brien, under arrest in Den
ver will be brought hack to South
Omaha for trial on n charge of break
ing nnd entering. Governor Shallen
berger Issued a requisition on the
governor of Colorado for his return.
Annual Alumni Reunion.
Over 300 former graduates of the
university turned out to the annual
reunion of the alumni at the state
farm. The time was utilized in re
newing old time acquaintances by
some of the gray haired graduntes of
years back. The former spirit of col
lege days filled the air ns wns well
demonstrated by the hearty hand
shakes which passed about. The unl
vlrslty yell was given In unison by
the alumni ns well ns co-ed. The an
nual banquet took place In the tveu-
i lng.
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EARLY CLOSING LAW.
When in Effect, Is Now the Para
mount Question.
When doett the 8 o'clock closing law
go into effect? This is a momentous
question for "wet" towns, but of no
Interest whatever to those that are
"dry."
Private Secretary Furse of the gov
ernor's office has decided that this law
and all other laws not having an
emergency clause go Into effect July 2.
This decision Is based on the deci
sions of the supreme court in a mur
der case In 4;th Nebraska court re
port, and In the court's decision in
the matter of Gov. Sheldon's veto of
the appropriation for a new wing at
the Kearney Normal school. Mr.
Furse says that all laws without an
emergency clause go into effect July
2 unless some one goes to the trou
ble to contest the matter lit court, and
In such nn event they will get a deci
sion that the law questioned goes into
effect July 5. So if the saloon keep
ers desire to reap the rich profit of a
day and a night of sales on the na
tion's birthday, July 4. they may have
a good defense by showing that the
legislature did not adjourn until April
4, nltliocgh it agreed to adjourn on
April 1. According to the decisions
of the couit Mr. Furse believes the
record of an adjournment April 1 will
stand until proven false. The legisla
ture transacted business April 4. as
the records will show, In the face of
another portion of the record that
says the final adjournment was taken
April 1. The courts hold that laws
without an emergency clause go into
effect three months after the adjourn
ment of the legislature. In the 40th
Nebraska the court held thut as the
legislature adjourned April S, the law
in question changing the penalty for
murder became effective July 9. A
man was hanged under this decision.
Saloons In every town must close
at 8 p. m. after the law goes Into ef
fect. As to whether or not the license
of a saloon man can be taken from
him for disobeying the law may de
pend upon the local ordinances or up
on his conviction of a violation. If
the city council or licensing hoards
wilfully disobey any law that it is
their duty to enforce they may be re
moved from office.
Rock Pile Favored.
Lincoln is to have a rock pile. The
police judge and the police have tired
of hobos stopping over for a few clays
and getting board and room rent free
while resting up for a charge on some
other community, so they have decid
ed to put every living drunk and hobo
to work pounding rock.
Postmasters of Nebraska.
' The postmasters of Nebraska, in
convention here, elected officers as
follows: F. R. Sizer of Lincoln, presi
dent; B. F. Thomas of Omaha. C. Hol
lingsworth of Beatrice. J. M. Tower
of Sutton and W. B. Cox of Waco,
vice presidents, nnd W. J. Cook of
Blair, secretary. The convention next
year will again be held in Lincoln.
Warning to Ice Cream Men.
Food Commissioner Mains lias Is
sued a warning to the ice cream men
of Nebraska. He says: "The stand
ard for ice cream established by the
food, drug nnd dairy laws of Nebraska
Is at least 14 per cent butter fat In
the finished product and 12 per cent
butter fat for fruit cream. The at
tention of manufacturers and retail
ers is called to this section of the law,
as the commissioner expects a strict
compliance. Manufacturers and re
tailers of ice cream cones, pop and
similar beverages are warned against
the use of saccharine as a sweetener.
It being a coal tar preparation, the
use of it is prohibited except where
the per cent used Is placed upon the
label of each individual bottle or con
tainer." Valuation of Railroads.
The distribution of values of rail
road property directed by the state
board of assessment has been com
pleted by Secretary Henry Seymour
and will be taken up by the hoard for
final adoption at Its next meeting. Tne
total value of railroad property is In
creased $5,742,405. This means an in
crease of about $7,000 taxes to he paid
nnnually by the railroads to the state
If the ttate levy Is the same as last
year.
Dr. Clark Quiescent.
Dr. A. W. Clark, superintendent of
the Child Saving Institute of Omaha,
who several days n go Informed the
State Board of Public Lands and
Biddings that he would resort to pub
licity unless the hoard accepted as an
Inmate of the Home for the Friend
less ft boy now In the Institute, has
accepted the decision of the board not
to take the boy and has so written to
Secretary of State Junkin.
Dr. Clark wrote that he had re
ceived a letter from Mrs. Johnston,
superintendent of the home. In which
she asked that Dr. Clark wait until
the change Is made In the home July
1, when the new law goes Into effec t.
At that time, he said, he would again
take the matter up with the board.
Under the new law the hoard will
have nothing to do with the Home
Crounse Memorial Services.
Memorial services were held in the
supreme court for the late Lorenzo
Crounse. ornier Judge of the supreme
court and former governor of the
state. Resolutions which hnd been
prepared by a committee composed of
Byron G. llurbnnk. George B. Lake. E.
Wakeley. O. A. Abbott and R. A. Bat
ty, were read by Mr. Abbott and or
dered spread upon the records of the
court by Chief Justice Reese. The
resolutions recited the lengthy public
service of Judge Crounse and gave to
Lim credit for the work.
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NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
Omaha cadets spent
a week in
camp at Ashland.
Valentine has voted bonds to put
In a water system plant.
Valley will probably have a bond
election to vote $20,000 for electric
lights and water works.
The city council of Nebraska City
will provide a rock pile for offenders
that cannot pay fines.
Rains in some portions of the state
have been so excessive as to interfere
with corn cultivation.
Returns show that Hastings has
well cm toward one hundred auto
mobiles. Children set fire to James Crom
well's barn In west Geneva and his
outbuildings were burned with some
hogs.
John, the 8 year-old son of Christo
pher Spilker. living northwest of Pick
rell, was bitten twice on the foot by
a rattlesnake. At last accounts his
condition was alarming.
Seven Mormon elders arrived in
Ponca and held meetings on the street
They reported that there have been
seventeen Mormon elders in Nebraska
since last October.
Mrs. Norrls Brown, wife of Senator
Brown, has returned to Kearney, and
Is stopping at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Fess preparatory to
establishing the family in their own
home when the senator returns.
The rec ord of fines paid in Merrick
county during the last eighteen
months shows a total af $1.4!9. This
includes all cash fines paid into the
district county nnd police courts.
Two boys between the ages of 15 to
17, originally from Omaha, who had
been held in the county jail at Lexing
ton nwaiting the action of the district
court, broke jail and escaped.
Albs.-t Gustaf'son of Osceola, who
has been tn a private asylum in Lin
coln for a short time, was last week
adjudged insane and ordered commit
ted to the state hospital for the In
sane at Norfolk.
John Kukla, a section hand, w as run
over by a string of four cars at Colum
bus and had both legs cut off below
the !;nees and a portion of one hand
cut off, besides other bruises. His
recovery is not looked for.
Omaha gets cheaper cabbage and
onions. This Is the result of the ac
tion of the state railway commission
in changing the carload lot rates from
Bayard, Miniature. Hayward Siding.
Scottsbluff, Mitchell and Morrill.
J. H. Abshire. living four miles
west of Sutherland, was seriously In
jured in a runaway. He sprang from!
his vehicle, striking the ground in
such manner that both of his legs
were broken near the ankles.
Chief Justice Reese of the supreme,
court has gone on a European trip,
to be gone for at least three months.
The court met and selected Judge
Harnes to be the chief justice during
the absence of Judge Reese.
Report came to Ponca last week
that John Cozne. a former resident of
that place, now at Burbank, S. P., wsh
shot by an Italian at Burbank. Cozne
Is one of Ponca's former citizens who
went out of business and out of town
when Ponca went "dry."
Rena Hunter has brought suit In
federal court against George Iehman
of Columbus. Neb., for $50,000. She
was employed as a pastry cook at a
hotel at Columbus, owned by I-ehmnn,
and operated by Dan E. Peasley. She
alleges that on January 25, I'.iOH. she
was badly burned by the explosion of
acetylene gas.
A highly odoriferous package re
ceived in the mail at Central City
threw a. big surprise Into the post
office employes and caused a grand
rush for the open air. The package
was found to contain a coyote scalp
in a very npor state of preservation.
Contrary, it is said, to post regula
tions, a farmer at Siher Creek
mailed it.
William Barnett of Bonesteel. S. D.,
who was arrested upon a Northwest
ern passenger train near Lynch. Neb.;
about six weeks ago. charged with
stealing ten head of horses from
former Senator O'Neill of Holt county,
pleaded guilty to the c harge of house
stealing and was sentenced to seven
years in the penitentiary at hard
labor.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Ne
braska has chosen officers as follows:
M. Dowling of Omaha, grand master;
Harry A. Cheney of Crelghton. deputy
grand master; Henry Gibbon of Kear
ney, grand senior warden; James R.
Cain of Stella, grand junior warden;
J. B. Dinsmore of Sutton, grand treas
urer; Francis B. White of Omaha,
grand secretary.
The committee in charee of the
Fourth of July celebration has re
ceived notice that Charles R. Landis,
congressman from Indiana, hns ac
cepted the engagement to deliver the
Fourth of July speech in Fairbury on
July 5.
The Jury In the case of Frank Hoff
man, administrator of the eastate of
George V. Glover, returned a verdict
against the Chicago & Northwestern
RaMroad company for $20,ono in a suit
brought against the railroad company
for $.",0,000 for the death of Glover,
tried In district court at O'Neill. The
case came from Dawson co'.inty.
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