s !3 :S n The Chief C. H. 11AI.R, Publisher RED CLOUD NEBRASKA PROUD OF THE PACT COMFORT AND CREDIT IN THE AR. BITRATION TREATY. PRESIDENT SAYS TO REJOICF Address to Christian Endeavorers Ono of Congratulation on Progress Toward Agreement With Great Britain. tlniitlc fit. In a speech to the international Chrintiati endeavor eon Mention Iktc President Tufl declared that the negotiations for 'lie arbitra tion tienty between (Ircul llrltuln mid the United Slates have readied n liolnt where there Is no doubt or the. signing of the pact. "I urn Kind to say." said the presi dent, "that today wo have reached such u point in the negotiations for a treaty of universal arbitration with one of the ureal Kuropuun powers that wo can eoiilldontly predict the signing of a satisfactory treaty. The iirbltration treaty heretofore with Ureal llrltaln and other countries has excepted from I lie causes which mni be arbitrated thovo which Involved the vital Interests of either purty or ItH, honor. The treaty which wo are now) t'loRlnK with Omit Hrltaln eliminates Ihore except Ions and provldcH that nil1 questions of international concern of, n Justifiable character shall be sub inltted to the arbitration of an luipar. tial trlbunnl." Ex-Governor in a Wreck. Wausaw. Wis. Former (Sovernor A. ('. Sbiillonbcrger of Nebraska was, tdightly Injured in n train collision on ,1he St. Paul road In this city. A qunr ter mile north of tho local station the Hpeclal In which ho wan hurrying to 111! a Chautauqua date collided with u switch train. He was thrown about, the car, receiving InJurleH about the nose and face. After receiving medi cal attention the train proceeded to Itv ill ftiuutlon with a new engine. Will Give Up the Fight. PlttKburg. The miners throughout (lie lrwIii-Gieenslmrg coal llelds, in "Westmoreland county, have held meet ings to consider extending the strike thai has been on for sixteen mouths. In every Instance the miners voted to give up the struggle. Hnglitcen lives have been lost In the strike, more than a million dollars lias been expended, besides huge donations To Stop Monarchlal Plot. Til, Spain. It was learned here (lint the Portuguese government Iiuh dispatched several thousand troops to the northern frontier, following tho discovery of a plot there io rebtore the monarchy. The conspiracy is said to have originated anions certain of ficers of the Portuguese army at Valencia Domingo, Just ucioss the bop der from Tuy. Wendllng Goes to Prison. Louisville, K. With no further hope held out to him after the highest couit In the state had continued his sentence to the penitentiary for life, loscph Wendllng. lonvlcted of the murder ol eight- ear-old Alma Kclmer, was taken to the state penitentiary at Ftunkfort to commence ten lug his sentence. Candidate Badly Beaten Up. Stnrkvlllc, Mies. Slate Senator The odore Bilbo, aspirant for the demo crntle nomination for lieutenant gov ernor. was attacked by .1. .1. Henry on a train at Blue .Mountain, .liss.,'und dangerously beaten. A physician stat. ed that Bilbo's skull was fractured New York. A donkey nnd an ele phant have started from Coney Island In a race for tho White house, Intend ed to forecast to the world generally the result of the election In 191L'. Sev. nil hundred followers of democracy are pinning their faith to the donkey, while the elephant has no fewer wel' wishers from the republican camp. Washington. HiiElness men of Ne braska who do not like the new rule about the non-delivery of mull on Sun day will get no lellef from the postof lice department. This was made clear in n letter to Senator Hitchcock from First Assistant (!rantleld. Mr. (5ran field calls attention to the fact that congress Intended to shorten the hours of postotllce employes, but, failed to Increase tho appropriation, As a result tho department has carried out the provisions of the law for nhorter hours by cutting off the Sun day delivery. Certain to Be Punished. Chicago. In the event of the con Mctlon of the Indicted meat packers it was stated by District Attorney Sims that they would be sent to thu house of correction Instead of the penitentiary, the offense charged being a misdemeanor. This joint came up when It was recalled that the national government has no reformatory hero ami the district attorney was asked If, tor that reason, the packers would necessarily be given their liberty, even It convicted. EVENTS OF THE DAY SOME PARAGRAPHS OF TIMELY INTEREST. ARE BRIEF BUT TO THE POINT terns of Events That Are Transpiring In Our Own as Well at In Foreign Lands Washing ton Political News. Washington Pittsburg, Kuns.. has Hiiu'cicd a I I.Vi.OOti fire. Indications are gi owing that con gress may conclude Its extra session carllei than expected. Postmaster (ietieral Hitchcock Iiuh designated llfty additional oflleea us postal savings depositories, Senator mid .Mis. Luke l.ea, who have been patients at a Washington hosplt.il, haw so far recovered that they were able to leave for a nearb.v mountain resort. Statements that Dr. David .liiyue IlilJ, the American ambassador to Ger many, resigned, has been requested to remain at his post for the present tie quoted as incorrect. Revised estimates indicate that the :loslng of the fiscal year of Hill will find the federal tieusury showing a surplus of approximately $:::i,iino,UO(i an all ordinary accounts. Pope Pius X, in an autograph let ter received by the apostolic delegate to Washington, applauds the lead taken by the i'uited States In the .vorld-wlde campaign for International peace. No less than (W.OOO.OOO ban els or beer were sold In the United Stntes lining the twelve months ending June 110 Inst, or an Increase over the previous twelve months of G.UI per tent. A moie geneial sentiment for ex peditious action on the Canadian reci procity, wool levislou and free list bills is apparent lifter informal con lerences among various groups of .sen ators. Commonwealth Postmaster General Joslah ThomaH of Austtnlln l.as com municated with the postal department at Washington proposing reciprocal penny postage with the I'nltcd States. General News Hoke Smith has assumed bis duties is governor ol Georgia for the second time. Approximate! 100 of the 111 coun ties In .Missouri are greatly in need of rain. Twonty-thr.'i' horses weie destroyed Alien a livery stable burned at IJcs Moines. Stteet car men aie on strike in .Mex ico City and the system Is completely tied up. Charles T. Goodrich, a national llg lire In the Knights of Pythias, died at Newbury. N. Y aged sixty-five. Although liS.OOO volts of electricity passed through Ills body, .Max Fugles, of Fugles Falls. Wis., Is still alive. According to governmental exports western South Dakota may be devel oped Into an Ideal winter wheat glow ing section. Thirty thousand bo scouts from all parts of the Fngllsh empire were ie viewed b the king in the gioat park at Windsor. Tho class entering the United States mllltaiy academy this year will b" the largest In the history of the Institution. Four hundred .Mexican strikers ef fected a settlement with the manage ment ot tho American Smelting & He lining company. Two earthquake shocks, the heavi est since the meiiioin,,lo one of llHKl, were felt In parts of Nevada and Cal ifornia Saturday. A quarrel over a girl at a country dance near Muskogee. Okla., resulted In a general light In which eleven men were badly cut up. Mara Pla, queen dowager of Portu gal, died at the royal chateau at Stu plnlgl, Wednesday afternoon. She bad suffered from utemia. Sixty-eight deaths (ront bubonic plague nnd three from suiHllpox were reported at Amo, China, during ttie two weeks ending Sal ui day A mnn believed to be David Kaplan, one of the .MeNumarii l.os Angeles dy namite conspirators, is under surveil lance In London. Thousands or ministers and pastors of churches affiliated with the federal council or churches of Christ In Amer ica observed "Peace Sundii" by preaching sermons dealing with the problem of Intel national arbitration ami universal peace. Fiank Thompson, one of the prison ers who took part In the niittlii at the Vderal prison at l.oawnworth In 1901. when twenty-one prisoners escaped atter killing a guard, has been re leased on commutation of sentence signed by President Taft. The mining town of Kiilor, Pa., was practically wiped out by lire. The sensation caused by Germany's ictlon In sending a warship to Agadlr ihows no signs of abating and French Hlplomutic circles are said to be In a 'ernicnt. A law prohibiting the sale of malt .iquors, "whether Intoxicating or not," outside of licensed drinking places, has become operative in Minnesota. Norway has put Into operation Its new compulsory sick Insurance law, which entitles workeis to free nieill nl attendance, medicine and surgical ippllances for themselves, also a money allowance when totally inca pacitated foi work The .McNamara dnnnilto case has been deferred. Physicians attending Miss tinsel Schmidt, who has been sleeping til most continuously for eleven weeks a1 Vaudallii, III., believe she is dying. Tbioiigb counsel the Chicago pack ers Indicted ror violation of the Slier tiiiiti anti-trust law have pleaded not guilty. Their trial Is Bet for Novein ber 20. Monslgnnr .lohn Henry Tllinti. for mer cl'imcellor ofthe Wichita Catholic diocese, was consecrated bishop or Lincoln. Neb., at the pro-cathedral at Wichita, Kas. Within a shoit time plans Tor reor ganizing the Htindurl Oil company of New Jermy will be announced. The company, it Is said, will undergo com pleti. ('islntegratlon. The International congress at Paris lor the extension or the movement for Juvenile courts adopted i evolutions in favMi ol tln s.vstem or probation pnictlc.pd In America. Kepoils, apparently of an authentic nature, aie in cliciilatinn that former President Castio lauded fioni a motor boat Wednesday at a ort near the western end of Venezuela. Hundreds of persons saw Peler Pcterton, t!0 .wars old, lump from the foiiiteenth lloor of the Carnegie build ing In Pittsbuig to a hoirlble death on the llagstoues ot the pavement. The distinctive feature of the Fourth of .Inly celebration at Santa Fe. N. M was an hlstoile pageant to comniemorato the re-conquest of San ta Fe by Don Diego tie Vargas In UW1. Prof. Heichell Parker of New York, noted for his efforts to climb Mount McKlnley, has Hailed for Valdez to make arrangements for ascending the mountain next February. While on her wav to the hospital at Des Moines to visit her daughter who Is dangerously III, Mrs. Mary Wood wind, aged sixty-five years, was run down and fatullv Injured by an auto mobile. Mistaking an ornate Fourth of .Inly torpedo for a piece of candy, Simon Fisher, a Chicago man, began chew ing It. The ensuing explosion tore away his Juvv, Indicting probably fatal wounds. The Oneida County Savings bank at Home. X. Y.. experienced a run by depositors .Monday. All claims were promptly met, accoidlng to the bank ofllcers, who say no depositor will lose money. A quarter million dead flies In one heap, l.elug u pile three feet high and live feet wide, icpresents the slaugh ter wrought bv small boys In a fly killing contest just closed In San An tonio. Texas. The government will renew the light to dissociate die great coal car lying railroads from their virtual con trol of mines and thus vitalize the commodities clause of I lie interstate commerce law. Manuel Quezon, assistant commis sioner of the Philippine Islands, made a stiong plea for the Independence of his countrymen In a Fourth of .Inly speech before the Tammany soeiet.v of New Yotk Tuesday. F.ngetv F. Wine. "Ironqulll." the lamoiis Kansas poet, United States pension commissioner under President Hoosevilt. and one of the best known lawyers in the west, died siuldenl.i from heart disease at '"ascade. Colo The count r.v south of Palonias. Alex., If lull of i evolutionary bands, who btyle themselves liberals, or lov allsts. They are securing mounts. provisions and money and Issuing re- colpts In the name of the libera party. ( The house of lords, by a vote of I'o'.'. i to ll. has passed Lord Lansdow lie's ( i'luciidnient to exclude home rule from , the opeiution of the veto bill. War Secretary Haldane made it clear that the government would refuse to ae ctpi the amendment. The Fourth of July leceptlon at Dorchester house by Ambassador and Airs. Held was even more largely at tended than usual on account of the fact that a large number of Americans who came over to attend tho corona tlon are still in London. Accompanied by fifteen ofllcers. Cll cadets of the American training squndron, which anchored at Kiel last week, have left on a special train for Herlin where they expect to remain for several- days on a sight-seeing tour of the German capital. Knln Is much needed In the gieat agricultural districts, and the Intense heat In the Interior und northern part of the country east of the Rockies is doing much damage to crops general ly, according to the crop weather re port Usued by the weather bureau. The damage done by the recent Hoods in Bulgatla Is enormous. The monetnry loss Is estimated at $1!0,000,. 000. .Many buildings were washed away by the swollen streams and crops and market gardens were ruined in wido areas Thirteen deaths Horn the old-fashioned celebration of the Fourth or July was the total reported in the United States, according to llguies compiled by tho Chicago Tribune. The seamen's strike in England end ed when the Cunnrd, the White Stnr und other lines ngreed to recognize the dockers' union. Prince William Frederick, eldest son of Crown Prince Frederick Wll Hani of Germany, celebrated the fifth anniversary of bis birth Tuesday. The American society of Zlonites proposo to buy 100.000 acres of land annually In Palestine In order to es tablish Jewish colonies In that conn try. The reclamation of 80,000,000 acres of b wu in p land In tho .Mississippi val ley, 1,!i00,000 of which are located In the stato of Illinois, Is the object of a campaign started by the board of con. trol of tho national Irrigation con TOWN SWEPT BY FIRE PROPERTY TO THE EXTENT OF $12,500 DESTROYED BY FIRE. NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE What Is Going on Here and There That Is of Interest to the Read- ers Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity, Kencsavv. Flie swept through the busliieiM section of the city causing a total loss of ?I2,SOO. The Hie liioke oat In Hershey's blacksmith shop at I0:J!0 a. in., and although the clt h.is no llic department, the lire was kept under control by means ol a bucket brigade ror some time. The Hastings department was called and came to Keneaw in automobiles, but tin- lire was partially burned out by the time thc.v were able to leaoh this city. Remains Brought Back. WiMt Point. The remains or the late D. W. Clancy .former treasurer or Cuming county, who died at Port land, Ore.. July l;i, llo. were brought to his old home at West Point by his children, and, after brier ceremonies, Interred In St.. Michael's cemetery be Hide the remains or his wire, who'dled thlity years ago. Crops Good Near Albion. Albion. Crops In this county with Tew exceptions are looking fine. The oats crop is spotted and the grass in the pastures is short,, but aside from that the crops are good. The wheat crop will be above average and Is ripe. Corn Is exceptionally good, being well advanced und most or the fields are clean. Surprise for Rev. C. W. Wells. Ong. The Rev. C. W. Wells, a pio neer preacher in .Nebraska, was sev enty years old Wednesday. Several or his rrlends arranged a surprise for him. A purse of over $25 was present ed and an address was given by his pastor and a response made by Rev. .Mr. Wells. Ranchmen Bound Over. Valentine. Kenneth Murphy, Hurry Heath and Alma and George Heed, charged with the murder or Charles Sellers on a ranch near Cody, were bound over to the district coiut. They are being held without ball. West Point will built a $13,000 au ditorium. Work has begun on the new water works at Wolbach. The contract has been let for the erection or the new Cheyenne county court house. James Alellk. a Wllber boy, was killed by the accidental discbarge ol u shotgun he was handling. The bond election for the erection and equipment of a new school build ing at Sutton carried by llli majority. Plans have been finally completed for the Biokeu Bow Chautauqua, which will begin August S. It will last u week. The people of Je-rrerson county aro considerably Interested in a proposed new automobile road lrom Oklahoma City to .Minneapolis. Carl Alattson, near lloldrege, had a root nearly taken off when a fractious young horse caused him to fall in front of the sickle bar of a mowing machine. During a thunder shower the barn of F.mnn Sknla, a farmer living near Howells, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground with six horaeH and several head of cattle. The Illustrated and attractive pros pectus of the Nebraska Kpvvorth as sembly is now available to all who will send their address on a postal to President L. O. Jones, Lincoln. Director K. S. Luse and .Mrs. Luse, who have been at the head of the Whltcomb conservatory or music of Doane college at Crete the pust four yearB, have resigned their positions at the college to accept similar positions at the state normal school at Spear fish, S. D. The E. G. West elevator at Gothen burg was burned to the ground, to gether with a half car of grain. The loss will be about $7,000. A fire which started from a gasoline generating lamp in a pool hall at Dunning destroyed nearly half the business part of tho town. A kernel of corn stuck In his throat caused the death of Carroll Porter, tho four-year-old son of .Mr. and .Mrs. W. J. Porter or North Platte. Five prisoners in the county Jail at Beatrice made an unsuccessrul at tempt to escape but were dotected by Sheriff Schelek In the nick or time. An electrical parade on the order of the parade or the Ak-Snr-Beu pageant will be one or tho features of tho Ger man day celebration to be hold In Lin coln, probably September J7 nnd 28. It. X. Weed, whllo excavating a eel lar at Wolbach was seriously Injured by (he ground caving In. Ho was taken out unconaclQus and It was found that he had several ribs broken. .Mrs. J. A. Ollls. wife of State Sen ntor OllU, was badly bruised up when an auto i oiled down a thirty-foot em bankment near Ord. Her two daugh ters and a son in the car with her were nlt'o mere cr leas in lured. Work of making the state auto high tray has begun, and will be pushed j to completion. Some of the section are ulrend completed. Lee It. Hurst, a grand Island rail road man, was thrown rrom a car and lost a leg, besides being otherwise sci verely bruised up, It Is thought lif will recover. Dollar gas, Omaha's dream of the millennium. Is In a fair way or being icallzcd. The city council has passed the ordinance fixing that as the max imum pi Ice to consumers. John Alnley. nn old time and very prominent citizen of Farnam, died very suddenly of heart failure. He had attended a ball game and died s short time after returning home. The bodies of three men were found In a llitiifngtou car of heavy bridge lumber at Seward. It is supposed their lives were crushed out by the shilling of the lumber In the car, as two or the men's skulls were crushed. Jerry Stces, roadniaster of the St. Joseph & Grand Island, with lieadquar tus at Hanover, lies badly Injured in a hospital as the lesult of n head-on collision between his railroad motor tricycle and an an Incoming St. Josep) lialti. Priests or the Lincoln diocese are making plans to present an automobile to Bishop-elect Tlhen upon his ai rival In Lincoln. July 1!. According to pres ent arrangements, the motor car will be presented to the new bishop whoi ,he steps frtiin the train. Vandals entered the Overland thea ter -at Nebraska City, broke open the sure, at i en ed the contents over the floor, look the house tickets rrom the lack, tore them up and poured Ink on them und destroyed many valuabl papers and other property. The board or directors or tho Grand Island Chautauqua association has de cided to cancel all engagements and no assembly will be held this year, II ever again In tho future. The efforl has never received the support to make It celf-sustalniug. Bemlce .Mink or Alnsworth was nl most Instantly killed when u piano fell on him. He was standing In a wagon steadying the piano when the wheels went into a hole In the road upsetting the piano and pinning .Mink tinder ncuth and crushed his right breast. The Nebraska supreme court hai confirmed tho right or W. J. Furse appointed railroad commissioner to fil a vacanc by former Governor Shal lenberger. to retain the office. George W. Kline, a well knowi Lincoln newspaper man, was electee secretary of the state university alumni association at a recent meet lug of the board of directors. Air Kline has accepted the tender ami will take up the work August 1, giv ing his entire time to the development or the association under the plans ror reorganization adopted at the annua) i meeting June 14. Inspector Hurniev at the lood com mlBiiloner's oirice was at Ohlowa Sat urday Investigating the conditions there with regard to eggs oifrred fit sale and shipment. He round that he merchants aro all candling eggs ar,.l the runners are oiterlng row that fail to pass muster. The inspector candle I n large number to satisfy himself nnd found the number of bad ones very small. Tho dealers told him they are pleased with the new system and Ilia: it brings them a better price for eggs The rood commissioner's ofllce hat word that some dealers over the statu are still selling eggs by case count. Where this Is done and some or the eggs prove to be rotten, the merchant!! will bo liable tor prosecution. To Hold G. A. R. Reunion. Pierce. Arrangements tor the North Nebraska district G. A. It. reunion at this place rrom July 11 to 15 are about completed and from the communica tions being received from all over the district there will be a record break iug atieudance during the entire week Tbe committee has secured as speak ers, Governor Chester H. Aldrich, ex Senator William V. Allen, Judge Jacot Fawcett, ex-Governor Shallcnberger, V. II. Free, and others. State Bank Deposits Decrease. Tho quarterly reports of the state banks in Xebrnska show a decrease ol $2,L,18,084.13 since February 17 of this year, when the previous report was made. A compilation of the reports of the condition or the state banks at the close of business June 1 has been completed by Secretary Royse of the state banking board. It shows that on June 1 the total deposits in state banks was $71,886,48.1.10. Last Febru ary the deposits aggregated $74,1 05, 4C7.29. One year ago they were $76 904,100,0. "Farmers can increase the yield of com ten bushels to the ncre," Bald Secretary Mollor of the state board of agriculture, "if they will continue to cultivate their corn every week from now on. They have the cleanest fields now that I ever saw In Nebraska, but they will make a mistake If thoy cease cultivating. By much cultivation from now on nnd the constant stirring and pulverizing of the ground the farmers will bo able to make up what they may loso on a short crop of small grain. I hope farmers who grow eori will try this experiment this ycr. Hoods Sarsaparilla Cures all blood humors, all eruptions, clears the complex ion, creates an appetite, aids digestion, relieves that tired feeling, gives vigor and vim. Get it toihv In tistinl liquid form or chocohtod tnblcts called 8ar9ntnbB. PUTTING IT RATHER NEATLY Piece of Humor That Lifted Diffident Professor to the Highest Summits of Joy. It Is told that after Professor Ay toun had made proposals of uiairiugo to Miss Kmlly Jane Wilson, daughter of Christopher North, ho was, jib a matter of course, refened to her rather. As the professor wan uncom monly diflldetit, he said to her: "Emily, my dear, you must speak to him lor inc. I could not Ktimmon courage to speak to the proBor on this subject." "Papa Is In the library," said the lady. "Then you had better go to him," said the proiessor, "and 1 will wait here." There being apparently no help ror it, the lady proceeded to the library. "Papa's answer Is pinned to the back or my dress," said' Miss Wilson, as she reentered the room. Turning around, the delighted suitor read these words: "With tbe aiithor'8 compliments."-! Success. TOO BAD. Edith Papa wouldn't let me marry Mr. Stingy because he smokes such cheap cigars. Kd ward He can't say that about me. Kdlth No, ho says y?u smoke toa expensive ones. Heathen Nations Invent Nothing. Bishop Thoburn, who has been n, missionary in India for f0 years, and knows India better than nny other living American, says: "If you visit the patent ofllce at Washington, you will see six hundred Improvements on the plow. India hns not Invented one improvement on the toothpick in two thousand years. The nations without God have no Inventive faculty. They are almost universally the savage, un enlightened nations of tho earth." The Urgent Need. She (flattering with eyes and voice) Arthur, denr, I find that we still need a few things to make our little household more serviceable. He- What one thing, perhaps? She Well, for instanco, we need a new hat for me. Harper's Bazar. HEART RIGHT. When He Quit Coffee. Life Insurance Companies will not Insure a man Buffering from heart trouble. ' The reason is obvious. This Is a serious matter to the hus band or father who Is solicitous for tho future of his dear ones. Often the heart trouble is caused by an un expected thing and can be corrected if taken in time and properly treated. A man in Colorado writes: "I was a great coffee drinker for many years and was not aware of the injurious effects of tho habit till I became a practical Invalid, suffering from heart trouble, indigestion nnd nervousness to an extent that inado me wretchedly mlstrablo myself and a nuisance to those who witnessed my Bufferings. "I continued to drink coffee, how ever, not suspecting that It was the rause of my ill-health, till on applying for life Insurance I was rejected on ac count of the trouble with my heart. Then I became alarmed. I found that leaving off coffee helped mo quickly, so I quit It altogether and having been attracted by the advertisements of Postum I began Its use. "Tho change in my condition was re markable. All my aliments vanished. My digestion was completely restored,, my nervousness disappeared, and, most important of ail, my heart stead led down and became normal, and on a eecond examination I was accepted by tho Life Insurance Co. Quitting coffee and using Postum worked the change." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek., Mich. "Thero's n reason," and it is ex plained in the little book, "Tho Road to Wellvlllo," In pkgs. r.vrr i-rnd the abore IrttrrT A new one npptaru from lime to time. They are urnulne, true, and (nil of kamaa Istrrcxt. )(. ill v Jf pi-TiWJiAmmmiixmmmimmmnmi-' . WW"H(S4 rWt"W: " ywr'-'''"fr'''?3Mg,ge',CTW'"'r',:11r " ' im4 fccirfj t m v.-