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Sunshine more a HIGH-GRADE, FAMILY SIZE (S)C iSa ZUCKWEILER LUTZ LOCAL NEWS From Monday's Dally. John Wynn, wife, and children npunt the day In the metropolis, Inking1 Iho rurljr train for that city. John J,inli'inan ret iirncii to Omaha on the morniiiK train to day, having Mil.ed his family over Sunday. E. I'. Stewart, and wife were (imahn passengers on 1 1 1 morn ing train today, where Mr. Stewart was called on business. Mr. Frank (lohelinan was a pas senger In Hie metropolis nil the inoriiinf! train today, where he was culled on business. Fattier IliggiiiH of Mauley de parted for his lioine I his morn ing, tui inpr been a ruesl of Father Shine for a short time. Mrs. I). ('. Morgan ami dauKh ter, Miss Gertrude, were nasseng t rs to Omaha this morning;, where I hey visited relatives for ft time. Mr. J. J. Meisinger came down from Cedar Creek on No. 1 this morning:, and looked after biisl iickh matters in the county seat lor the day. Mr. and Mrs. Will Vullery am little son were down from Have lock Sunday for a short visit with home folks and lo attend the Katies' picnic. Messrs. (ieorge Sayles and Sum Shoemaker relurned from I'ul lom this morning, where (hey were looking after business mat ters for a short time. M. M. lli'al, the artist who jiaiiits houses, celebrated his (list birthday today by continuing to paint. Mr. Meal never loses any lime celebrating an occasion of this kind. BAIN CONTINUES TO WET STATE South Platte Section Again Vis ited by Welcome Drenching IS WELCOMED BY FARMERS. Miss Gladys Marshall was an Omaha passenger on the after noon train today, where she visit ed friends for a short time. ' Charles Collins of Lincoln ar rived Saturday evening and was an over-Sunday guests of the C, L. Jean home. Councilman George Iovey and "t'ncle Tom" went lo Omaha on the morning train today, where business called them. Mr. C. L. Robbins ami wife of Tabor, Iowa, arrived on the morn i 11. ' i t , i ing nam louay ami viskch me home of I. It. Green. Mrs. Gould and babe were Oma ha passengers on the afternoon train today, where they will visit friends for a few days. Miss Arnold was a passenger to Glenwood on the morning train today, where she went to visit friends for a short time. Mrs. Peter Goos and daughter, Miss Clara: Mrs. Smithman and Mrs. Felzer visited friends in the metropolis this afternoon. Mr. N. J. Brown and Mr. Frank Sahatka left for North Platte' this afternoon. There they will work for M. Pelton on the government building. Both men have heen employed on the nostofllee build ing here. Miss Jennie Reynolds returned from Omaha Saturday evening, where she had visited friends for a short time. Charley Reynold visited his parents for a short time yesterday, departing for Ne braska City. Henry Weidman and wife of Omaha arrived Saturday evening and visited Mr. Weidman's mother over Sunday, departing for F.lm wood on the morning train today, where they will visit friends for a short time. Growing Crop Are Given Another Boost In Many 8ectlone Ball Games in Several Towne Caned Off When Rain Makes Ground Too Wet. Omaha, July 17. The South Platte se tion of Nebraska and the east half of Kansas were given a good soak lug. On the eastern division of the Union Pacific In Kansas rain fell to a depth of from one-eighth to two and one-half Inches. There was a eprlnkle from Central City to Grand Island, with one half Inch from Grand Island to North Plutte. I la in also fell on the Union Pacific branch from North Platte to North port. Half an Inch fell at Chester and Blue Bill. An Inch fell at Edgar. At Grand Island rain began to fall Sunday just before the ball game, forcing the player and spectators to seek shelter from the downpour, which thoroughly soaked the ground. The ball game at Seward was ti topped by rain. Q STATE REJECJS BONOS Merrick County May Have to Hold Another Election. Central City. Neb.. July 17 Will it be necessary to bold another bond election before Merrick county can be gin building the new court house, for which $100.0( 0 was voted at the spe cial election of May 31 last? This is the question thai confronts the Mer- riik county DO;ira oi supervisors. When the elo ''Ion was called the prop osition specified that the bonds should draw but 4 per cent interest. Now the state has declined to take the bonds at so low a rate, and no private capital seems willing to be risked on the prop osition. The board has determined to go ahead and advertise for bids on the bonds now that they have been regis tered, but the prospect8 of selling them are scant. At the election tn May the proposition carried by an overwhelming vote and there is much regret now that the rate of Interest was placed so low. INFANT PARALYSIS NEARjENTRALlGITY Boy Stricken With the Disease and Dies in Few Hours. RIGHT-OF-WAY TO GANDY Many Farmers Object to Amount Al lowed Then for Crossing Their Land. Broken Bow, Neb., July 17. The Union Pacific Is having some trouble in securing right of way for the ex tension from Callaway to Gandy. Sev- jeral Custer county citizens have filed notice of apreal from the commis sioners' awards with County Judge Holcomb, and will take the matter to tho district court. The appraisers have allowed R. E. Drega of Callaway $S00 and he wants about $2,000. N. Alfred Schreyer of Milldale wants more than the $250 damages allowed him, as does Logan W. Chiles, who was allowed $330 by the commission ers. Others have stated an unwilling ness to accept the commissioners' al lowance, but ho tar none of them have notified Judge Holcomb of Intention of appealing. Tn each case the Union Pacific has deposited the money al lowed by the commissioners with the county judge and Is going ahead with the work. TWENTY-ONE MINERS KILLED Deadly Dan? sponsible (or Most of the Deaths. ALL BUT THREE FOREIGNERS. Central City, Neb., July 17. The community was somewhat alarmed by I the appearance of a case of anterior ' .... 1 1 ,. I ! .. a- InfantHa nQralvfila III, c,'bn, 11 iiiiuuitiu fju OJ -oi", which resulted fatally in a short time. The victim was Asney, the twelve year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilder, The boy had been working in the fields and was apparently in the best of health, when he was attacked by the malady, and in less than four days was dead. There was an epidemic of this dlseaso prevalent in this part of the state two years ago, particularly In Polk and Hamilton counties, with some cases here, and the people dread ed its reappearance. As soon as the nature of the disease was known tho county board of health convened, or dered that lio public funeral should be held over the body and placed the family and the premises under the strictest quarantine. No new cases have appeared. Cascade Ccat anil Coke Company's Mine at SykesviHe, Pa., Scene of Disaster Officials . Unable to Dis cover Cause, as AH Are Dead. Dubois, Pa.. July 17. Twenty-one miners were killed In an explosion in the shaft of the Cascade Coal and Coke compauy's mine at SykesviHe. All of the dead but three are foreign ers. The explosion was slight, as el deuced by the small damage done in the mine, but the deadly damp is re sponsible for most of the deaths. Three sets of brothers and a father and son are numbered among the dead. George and John I leek and Nick Pave lick end his filteen-yeiirold son were found by the rescuers locked In each other's arms as though they had em braced each other in their dying mo ments. None of the bodies were muti lated. All the bodies were recovered. Mine officials are unable to assign cause for the wreck, "is there are no survivors, but It is the general belief that some of the men drilled into a pocket of gas. HUNDRED KILLED IN BATTLE GIVE MORE MINISTER TO RUN FOR JUDGE Pastor of Methodist Church at Beaver City in Race. Beaver City, Neb., July 17. The name of Rev. B. F. Eberhart, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of this city, will be placed on the primary ballot as a candidate for the Repub lican nomination of county judge. A petition wns circulated by his friends and filed according to law. Charles Roberts of this city filed as a fusion ennduiate for the nomination of sher iff and promises, If elected, to pay $.oo a year to the school fund, con tending that the salary of the office Is higher than the services demand. .t Least Cost cxnd Last Longest Barn Burned Near Ravenna. Ravenna, Neb., July 17. During a thunderstorm the barn of L. J. Jaeger, seven miles southwest of Ravenna, was struck by lightning and burned to k a. Aiin A Wit a hovn nnnto i noil a I T horses, all of which were either killed Ivate houses, which they pillaged by lightning or burned to death. In a Prominent Mn Will Be Charged With Responsibility for Clash. Puebla, Mexico, July 17. It is prob able a number of prominent men In I'uebla affairs will be arrested charged with responsibility for the receut clashes between the federal troops and the Maderists. An Investigation is in progress to determine with whom the blame rests. The total dead In this city and near by places where fighting occurred is placed at 135. Sixty-one persons are reported killed at the Oovadonga tex tile factory; ten at San Juan hill, fifty- four In the city proper and ten or more in minor skirmishes In the out skirts. The Covndonga fight started be tween the rurales and Maderists near the factory. The striking factory hands seized the opportunity to enter CLOTH liVTHE MAKING. The Way the Uncouth Product of the Loom It Finished. Every woven fabric Is made by crossing or Interlacing two distinct se ries of threads together. When the yarn come from the spiuner it Is mounted tiou ihe loom In spools, writes ftupcrt Rowers In Harper's Weekly. So wonderfully automatic are these modern looms that when a bobbin la emptied it Is forced out and a full spool Is pat la Its place without stopping the loom. There are all classes of looms for all classes of ma terial, from the thinnest fabrics up to tbe thickest felts. To attempt to de- , scribe one of them or tbe principles on which they art constructed wouW In volve the render In a wilderness of technicalities. The power loom Is one of tbe most rrmnrknble and complex of mechanical products, tbe growth of many years of eiperieuce and ingenui ty aud tbe cryytnUiution of tbe In ventive genius of many minds. Tbe cloth lu the. .shop window resem bles the cloth as It comes from tbe loom so remotely that tber would seem to be no relationship between them. The flm product of the Inoni la usually uncouth, harsh and anything bat Inviting lu appenrniice It has tc pass through rancy prix-esse before It is finished and nmue ready for tbe mar ket. It Lj firs i ir.endd so as to cor rect weaving faults us (ur as possible. Then It is scoured and thoroughly cleansed. Again it is looked over ant mended before it pusses to the fulling or milling machine which, with soap and fuller's earth, produces the Balsh that Is required. Then It Is scoured again. Tcnterlng Is the next process. This sets the cloth at a satisfactory width und straightens It for tbe operations that follow, the first of wblcb Is called raising. The millions of tiny hooks on the gigging machine raise up the fibers on tbe surface of the cloth and leave them In nn upright position. Tbe pile or nap Is the result This produces a remarkable change In tho appearance and condition of the fabric. Shearing Is tbe next thing. This cut off all the raised fibers, leaving them of A uni form length. Tbe required gloss and solidity are obtained by tbe pressing which follows. They killed four Germans, three men and one woman. Later they joined the Maderists. The fighting stopped after Raoul Madero, a brother of Francisco I. Ma- dero, Jr., had gone to the scene and Induced the Maderists to depart. territory south of Ravenna the wind reached almost the velocity of a cy- elom; and did considerable damage. The rain where the wind was the strongest amounted to five Inches, and fell !u thirty to forty minutes. Bryan Comments on Resolutions. Omaha. July 17. "The Douglas county convention does not represent Inquiry on Pay Department Official's Democracy. It represents braize, case Planned. booze, booze," said VV. .1. Bryan, when it. . 1 J v 9 V rnonlntlnn HOCUoH Yw D - Dec'nln ional investigation will be InstUute ventlon, which censured him for not 'to charges of m Isconduc by officers sunnort na Dahlman for governor and f the nt ' "m- Indorsed Harmon for president, was mentioned. WILL LOOK UP RAY'S PULL Washington. July 17. A congres MAN DRAWN INTO FLYWHEEL Joe Yusta Sustains Fractures of Col larbone, Jaw and Three Ribs. Dorchester, Neb., July 17. Joe Yucta, a thresher man of this place, met with n Berlons accident while threshing on the farm of Art Huff. Stooping over to adjust a belt that had become loosened on the flywheel, his coat tail caught In the wheel and drew him in. breaking his collarbone, Ms Jaw and ti..re ribs. One of the broken ribs punctured a lung. Yusta was rushed to a Uncoln hos pital by tra'n. His condition Is re ported as precarious. STANDING OF THE TEAMS National League W.L. P American League. W.L. P. .57 24 704 Thila ....49 31613 .51 29 680 ,.42 37 532 Detroit I'hila .. Chicago New York 41 39 513 Boston ...42 40 512 Cleveland 42 42 500,Cln'natl Wash'n ..27 55 32'J St, Louts.. 22 58 275 Western League The chairman of the house committees on military affairs and on expendi tures In the war department will meet probably today to determine which committee shnll take purlsdictlon of committee shall take Jurisdiction of to the case of Major B. B. Ray, pay master, who Is accused not only of being a beneficiary of favoritism In the matter of protracted leaves of ab New York. 48 31 608 Chlcuirn ..45 31 502 St. Louis.. 44 34 663 Uenre, but of Irregularities in travel i'lttsbure 43 34 559 W accounts 32 45 416 Brooklyn 30 47 390 Bostou ..20 58 256 Nebraska League. A JOLLY TIME AT HOME. Advice to the Man Whose Wife Is Away on a Vacation. During any time when your wlf Is on an extended visit with her relatives you can save money from your boars" allowance by keeping house tor your self. You may find the following sug gestions helpful: If yon forget to order Ice yon cab render the butter serrtceabte la the following manner: Take a cut glass finger bowl and fill it with cool water. Scrape the butter Into the finger bowL When ready to spread your bread ex tract your butter in quantities as need ed with tho cucumber lifter. That's that flat silver spoon wl?h holes In it If you smell smoke J hi will doubt less find tbe lamp Is smoking and the room Is covered with soot. First turn the wick down to save oil. then get a dnmp eloih and po over everything carefully, rinsing rt the cloth from time to time. When clennlng tbe walls use only a downward motion, so that the streaks will all run vertically. Not bavlnr. your wife's social charm, you will doubtless be given tough steak by your butcher. One r.-ny to make steak teuder Is to ran it reputedly through tlw sewlns mucl:l;,v Use a coarse needle, but no thread. The bob bin trough will catch ihc jul e which can be used later for grivv. .t you take out tbe bobbin first you will pave more room for the Juice. Walter A. Dyer in Delineator. Why experiment when vou can be sure. The IHC line offers eno-ines of proven capacity. It doesn't take an expert to see the many great advantages of 1 II C construction. You can readily see how I II C cylinder construction gives more power wun less gasoline- -now ine 1 it u style oi governing gives steadier power and economizes fuel -how the I 11 C cooling system prevents deterioration -how tn every way I H C construction is simplest, strongest and best. Through years of service everywhere, under every condition. I. II. C. GASOLINE ENGINES have stood the test. They have demonstrated by actual experience that for every u e they are lust the kind of engine you want. Teey are made In various styles and sizes from I to 45-horje power for pumping, spraying, sawing, grizding, threshing and operating machines about the house and diary. Call and lot us sho you why the I. H. C. emrine will crive vou most service. tnofli satisfaction with least attention and at least expense, fell uf what you want your engine to do, and we will help you select the kind of engine best suited to your work. Come in tho next time you are in town. -"- August Gorder Farmer Seriously Hurt. Beatrice, Neb., July 17. James Mooney, a farmor living In Rockford township, was seriously injured In a runaway. He was engaged In oiling a binder when his team started and ran away. He was knocked down, and as the horses ran In a circle they passed over him three times before they could be stopped. He sustained a broken leg and Internal Injuries, which may prove fatal. Old Man Is Killed by Kick of Horse. Tocumseh, Neb., July 17. Isaac M. 8tevens, aged sixty five years, was kicked In tho breast by a horse and Instantly killed. With Bert Grady, he had gone to the pasture near town to catch tho hoise. Stevens approached back of th animal, with the fatal re suit. He is survived by three grown children. Denver. .52 30 635 Fremont .35 24 593 Lincoln . .47 33 588, Superior .35 24 593 ueblo . ..43 34 570 Grand I'd. 34 27 557 St. Joe. . .46 37 554 Hastings.. 29 30 492 Soo City. .43 SSSSLSeward ..29 31 483 Omaha . ..40 42 488 Kearney .28 32 467 Topeka . .33 49 402 Columbus 27 35 435 Des Ms.. 20 63 241 York 22 36 376 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League. At Chicago. R.H.BJ. Chicago ....I. .000 20000 4 12 2 Washington ....0 0210020 06 8 1 Young-Payne; Groome Alnsmith. At St. Louis. R U E St. Louis. ....2 0000002 04 7 4 Philadelphia ...01200401 08 IS 2 Bender-Thomas: Curry-Clarke. At Cleveland. R.H,E. Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 6 10 1 New York 01000100 02 4 2 Gregg Flsher; Vaughn Blair. At Detroit. R.H.K. Uoston ...00I00 1 0 00 1 4 2 Detroit 1 0002 03 0 6 12 1 Cicotte-Carrlgan ; Summers Stanage Wsttern League At Toneka: RH E, Attorney White Dies Suddenly. Omaha, July 17. Benjamin T, White, aged fifty years, general attor ney for the Northwestern Railway company west of the Missouri river, was stricken with neuralgia of the heart immediately following a game of golf at the Country club and died at his hom. Body of Woman Found In River. Omaha, July 17 The badly decom posed body of a wonvifl was found In tho river ii'-ar Child's point by some boys who were fishing. Tho body hkh was taken In charge by the cor oner of Sarpy county, had evidently been theie for a I ng time. Slough Dries Up and Imprison Hogs. Stella, Nib., July 17. A herd of seventeen hogs 'Bought refuge from the heat In a slough In Harvey Find lay's pasture. They burled themselves In tbe mud, and the slough dried up while the hogs were taking comfort in this way. The mud dried about their bodies and they couldn't get out. After being missing two days, when Mr. Flndlay found them, four were dead. He and a neighbor used spades to rescue the othors by dig ging them out of the dry mire. Government Gets (75,000. Washington, July 17. Announce ment was made ot the department of Justice that the government had re covered $75,0C0 from John F. Gaynor and Benjamin D. Greene, the contract ors who were convicted of fruuds with Captain Oberlin M. Carter In the Sa vannah harbor contracts several years ago. Records show that approximate ly Saf'0,000 has been recovered from Captain Carter. Mrs. Sully Claims Title to Land. Sioux Falls, 8. D., July 17. Tomor row has been fixed as the time for the preliminary to the final chapter in the case of Marv Sully and Narcissus HE BREEDS TOADS. l-rapcau agninst the United States, In- St. Joseph 0 00 000 000 0 5 0 volvlng about 10.000 acies of land slt- Topeka .0 0101011 4 8 2 nae. In the ceded portion of the Rose- Wheatley-OoKsett; Clark-Chapman. tni Indian reset vation In Gregory At Omaha: R.H.E. Omaha 00000 00 000 8 2 Itonver 0 1 1 00 1 0 0 14 10 0 Hall Lynch; O'Brien Frnmbes. At Pueblo: R H E Sioux City. ...2 0020002 511 10 Z Pueblo 0 0300000 0 8 6 5 Wilson V'llei; Jackson Clemons. At Unco! R H E. Lincoln 000 0 033 5 2 ricB Moines 0 2 0 0 0 02 4 1 Knapp -St ration; Huston-Bnchant. Nebraska State League. At Seward: R H E. Vork 00 0 1 2-3 4 3 reward 0 0 0 2 13 S 1 Wtlklns Kelley; Smith-Wally. county. The land Is worth $3oo,nni. Fifty Killed In Shipwreck. Port Union. Costa Rica. July 17 Thlrtytwc passengers and twenty numbers of the crew were drowned when the pninll steamship irma was truck by the steamship Diamante. Only elRht passengers of the Irma es raped. The collision occurred In the "stuarv of the San Juan river. Hezekiah Smith Not Guilty. Marshall, Mo., July 17. Hczeklah iiillh was found not guilty of the uuider of William Weaver by a Jury .liter a week's trial. Co'ortdfi Man Uses Them to Kill Off Flies. A ut ique garden Is that of J. V. Crone of CreeVy. Colo., devotfd to the breeding of toads ns well ns the rais ing of garden truck. Mr. Crone has caught hundreds of toads and put them on his place. He says that they are the worst enemy of tbe fly and that the time will come wheu people will domesticate them for tbe purpose of rldillnir premises of li'es. Toads have cleared every fly froin the Crone place, and neighbors at tribute ulMeiice of files from thelf premises to the toad garden. A Wathless Wathbsard. "Women haven't tbe artistic temper ament." complained the orchestra mu sician to the Cleveland Plnlu Dealer. That's why I am uumarried. Oh. yes, 1 was married once. I thought to acquire a woman who could take cars of my borne, make a little domestic place of refUKe for nie sod all that, but the dream aoou fled "A few days after I was married my bride came to me and said: 'Dear, that new waabboard you got for me Is no good at all. ( can't wash your socks on It.' "Washboard: says 1. 'Why. I never bought you a washboard' But she led me out Into the kitchen and showed me what she'd been scrubbing sway on a II the morning Great heavens! It was my new xylophone." Rebuking an Emperor. Once, so the story goes. Emperor Nicholas of Russia asked IJst to play In bis presence. The musician com piled, but during the performance tns crar started a conversation with nn aid de camp. l.l7.t stopped playtug at once. The cr.ar asked w;,m was the matter. "When the emperor speaks." said l.ls.t, "every one must be silent.'' The C7.ar smilingly took the hint, and the nlavliin troceetert. Plattsmouth. Nebraska