Tlio Duster County Republican D , M. AMSBERRY , Editor BROKEN HOW , . NHIWASKA NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN SOON BE COMPASSED. EIOTS ME MENTIONED Home and Foreign Intelligence Com dcnsed Into Two and Four Line Paragraphs. Washington. A prcsw dispatch irom Washington announced that John 1J. Rockefeller had abandoned the Idea of securing a national charter foi bis proposed foundation. Starr .1. Murphy , per sonal counsel for Mr. Rockefeller , and speaking for the Standard Oil president , said the statement was en tirely without foundation. Mr. Mur phy also said that Mr. Rockefeller had nothing to do with the "Economic and General Foundation , " for which a charter is being Bought from the Now York legislature for "an aged man of wealth , " said to have $2,51)0- ) 000 to spend on charity. The house Judiciary committee re ported favorably a resolution offered by Representative Craig ( dom. ) Ala bama , calling on the attorney gen eral for Information concerning the prosecution by the department of Jus tice of the nllocgd "pool" In cotton. The exchange of ratifications of the treaty of January 11 , 1909 , between the United States and Great Britain , known as the International waterways treaty , was announced by the state department. Thin treaty waa approved by the United States senate on March 3 , 1909. A rate readjustment Is being made by all Interstate carriers in the ter f ritory btowcen the Mlsslssllppl river and the Atlantic seaboard. The routes included are the water-ami- I rail , as well as the standard and dif ferential lines. It is understood the increased rates will become effective about July 1. President Taft sent a special mes- cage to the house of representatives to tell why ho considers a congres sional investigation of the sugar trust frauds In the custom service In expedient. It is believed "a congrcs L alonnl investigation at the time L would embarrass the eoxcutlvo de partment in the continuance and completion of the Investigation of the appraisers and other officers of the customs service. " The rural delivery service and the etar route service of the postofilce de partment are to bo consolidated anil the combined service Is to bo known as the division of rural malls , Tlio order wlA take effect on July first The new division will have immedi ate supervision over annual appro priations aggregating close to $50- 000,000. Genera/ / . The sundry civil bill carrying nn appropriation of $111,819,211 , was re ported to the house. Millers' reports of the abandonment of wheat fields makes wheat at Chicago cage turn sharply upward. Carrying an aggregate appropria tion of $241,000,000 , the postofflce ap propriation bill was passed by the sonato'aftcr forty minutes' considera tion. Commander Robert E. Peary has accepted nn Invitation to lecture before the Royal Geographical society of Antwerp. In less than fifteen minutes time the senate considered and passed the pension appropriation bill carrying about $155,000.000. Charles Katz , who was found guilty of larceny by a jury In the supreme court of Now York , wan Bontoncod to serve an Indeterminate term in the penitentiary. oil may cause an upheaval in the en gineer corps. President Taft ended a two days' stay in Plttsburg with a speech at the Grant day dinner of the Amor- icus club in which ho dealt almost wholly with the foreign affairs of the nation. One hundred sociologists , land owners ors and men and women Interested Ic the back-to-tho-farm movement , at tended the first general mooting foi the promotion of the national fane homes association at St. Louis. A soaking rain fell over a good part of Nebraska. ' Insurgent senators , after a conference once , declared they , will not be swerved from their course. Regular trips were started on the Missouri river by a cargo steamer. Balllnger's dislike of Director New- Senator Bevendge ot Indiana Is re ceiving congratulations upon tlio ar rival of an infant daughter at ins homo in WaehlnKton. Nearly two hundred minors are be lieved to have been killed by nn ex plosion in an Alabama mine. Andre dishing & Co. , one of the larpest manufacturing concerns In Canada , has failed. Liabilities are said to bo $250.000. Many lown manufacturing plants will close within a few davs unless the mines resume work soon. Five Hunted people arc loportod killed and a town In Nicaragua de stroyed by an earthquake. Crop damage reports from all parts of the country gave wheat fit Chicago cage a not advance. King Edward VII died at Bucking- jam Palace , Ixinilon , after nn Illnnns ) f about ono week , with pneumonia or jompllcated throat trouble. All Eng land mourns for tlio beloved ruler , and from all over the British empire and other countries condolences poured In , Edward Is nucccedoJ by his second oldest son , the Prlnco of Wales. The department of Justice at Wash ington has begun its crusade ngalnst the buckctnhops of the country. It would bo criminal to sacrifice the Indlvlluallty of the Independent party with a close alliance with either democrats or republican1 ! , In the opinion of W. R. Hearst. Max Bcrbohm , the writer and critic , and Miss Florence Kahn , an Ameri can actress , whose homo la In Memphis - phis , To tin. , wore married In London. The sundry civil appropriation bill will contain an Item of $50,000 to en able the department of justice to con tinue the Investigation and prosecu tion of sugar customs frauds. I The king's bench In London con firmed the lower court's order for ex tradition of Fiank Matuslo , wanted for alleged forgery In St Louis. I Approximately 0,000 trainmen and conductors employed on the lines of the Now York Central cast of Boston will receive wage Increases avoiaging 30 per cent. . . The demand of the administration for two new battleships will bo grant ed , the senate committee on naval affairs having practically decided to accept the provision of the house bill on this subject. | The federal government will con struct a wireless station at Omaha. The house passed a bill providing that Indian lands near Falls City In Richardson county , Neb. , be Included in the Noniaha riyer drainage im provement now being made. i After twelve years the Ill-fated bat tleship Maine is to bo removed from Havana harbor and the bodies which wont down with ; the vessel and will bo Interred In the national cemetery nt Arlington. The Minnesota democratic state . convention will bo held In Mlnno- { npolls July 28. The National Conservation congress will not bo held In St. Louis In August. Ji B. White , chairman of the executive committee of the congress , has announced that Theodore Roosevelt volt will address the congress. I At a meeting of tlio trustees of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution , it was decided to hold the next convention In Louis ville , Ky. The session closed with a banquet. ] The funeral of the late BJornstJoron Bjornson , the Norwegian writer , who died recently In Paris was held at Chrlstlnla with ( Imposing ceremonies. It was attended by the king and queen. , | So badly slashed Is the senate rail road bill that Irs final passage by both houses Is a matter of doubt. A NIcnrniiRiin citizen has written the American consul that cruelties nru being practiced In Nicaragua. Mayor McCarthy is trying to show that San Francisco is tlio proper place j For a Panama exposition. There Is a disposition of the house committee to hold back tlio postal savings - , ings bank bill. | The tomb of Edward VII will be be neath the memorial chapel at Wind sor. Nearly a thousand bodies have been taken from the earthquake ruins at Cartage , Costa Rica. Fifteen people were killed and fifty injured by an explosion near the town of Hull , Quebec. | The senate judiciary committee has reported favorably a bill to aid the states bordering on Lake Michigan to break up gambling on specially chart ered boats along the coast. | Six Indictments wore handed down by the special grand Jury of which John D. Rockefeller , Jr. , is the fore man , which has been Investigating the "white slave" trafllc. Personal. It Is not likely that congress will adjourn before July. The late king of England was one of the best beloved uiouarchs ol Europe. Gompers says ho Is not trying to form a now party , but wants farmers to bo non-partisan. Turning Hawk , nn Omaha Indian , saw the comet seventy-five years ago when ho was a young man. Thirty-two awards of medals for acts of heroism wore made by the Carnegie hero fund commission at its spring meeting. Secretary Wilson promised Senator Burkctt ho would lee klnto the hog cholera situation in Nebraska. Sucietary liallingor says ho has no intention of resigning. Secretary Wilson , in a talk to farmers gave his theories on causes of the high cost of living. A suggestion has been made to Congressman Hinshaw that ho make Iho race for governor of Nebraska. Representative Harrison demanded light on Now York customs bouse frauds. Siimuol Gompers pleads for a union of farmers and organized labor. The senate confirmed the nomina tion of Governor Hughes as a justice of the supreme court. Senator Burkott Is trying to ar range a visit of West Point cadets to Omaha the coining falli Colonel Roosevelt is said to have written a letter endorsing the ad ministration ot President Tuft. In an address at New York , Attor ney General Wlckersham criticised I the Insurgent members of congress. Edward Payson Wcston finished his ocean-to-ocean walk at the city hall of i Now York eleven days ahead of time Ml BUS1 NEDRA8KA GIRL3 AND DOYS EN TER CONTESTO. FDIllOllSfllPMICraTS State Superintendent Bishop Tells of the Spirit Animating Youth of Nebraska. StiUo Superintendent Bishop re ports that instead of 1,000 boys and girls taking part In the agricultural and cooking contests , as was expect ed , 4,000 will participate. Reports of tlio participants for April are now coming Into liin olllco. Ho says of the contests : "Wo organl/cd this year what 13 known as the homo experiment de partment of the Nebraska Hoys' and Girls' club. Thin provides for definite work to bo can led out at the homes of the members , especially during the summer vacation months. "Tho woik of the boys has six di visions : The "ear to row" experi ment with corn ; aero contest with corn ; husking contest ; "size of seed piece" experiment with potatoes ; ncro contest with potatoes and sweet pea culture. "Tho girls handle problems in do mestic science. The work In cook ery includes some of the best meth ods for cooking and serving nutri tious foods , canning and preserving of some of the fruits in season each month , the study of bacteria and molds and the preservation of foods. It also includes butter making. The work In sowing includes the study and practice of the eight fundamental stitches , their use in making articles which are necessary and Useful to tlio girl. Sweet pea culture is also a part of the girls' work this year. "In all this work report blanks ore sent to those enrolled and they are required to make a definite report each month on the work done. "In organizing tlio work It was the Intention to Interest only 1,000 , but the membership applications have come In BO rapidly that a total of about 4,000 will bo reached. These young people vary In age from ten to twenty-one years , and are scat tered all over the state. They include pupils of rural , town and city schools. "Reports of the April work arc now coming in. With the boys , the re ports deal with the germination test for the corn they are planting , and with the planting of potatoes under "size of seed piece" experiment. "Tlio girls are reporting on the first months' work in sewing and cooking. This Includes the making of Chinese innfllns and cocoa , and in sowing the llrst four of the eight fundamental stitches with samples of the running stitch , over-casting , basing and hem ming. "Tho work in sewing for May In cludes ovorhanding and the making of an apron from directions given. "In cooking , during May , the girls will practice on pot roasts , brown gravy and dumplings. " Memorial Day Order. In accordance with the usual cus tom , the comrades of the department of Nebraska , United Spanish war vet erans , will observe memorial day , Monday , May 30. No greater honor can bo done than to place a garland or wreath upon the last resting place of those who offered their lives in defense of the country's llatf. It Is proper at this time to recollect the value of the lessons of patriotism taught by the soldier dead , and to recall to mind the glorious results of their services to the nation. Therefore , n department com mander , I request every comrade to faithfully observe the day by placing a flower upon the grave of all Span ish war soldiers. The observance of this day in cludes that of attendance of divine fio.'vico the Sunday preceding memo rial day. Lot every action breathe the spirit of fraternity. Hy order of R. H. PIIELPS , Dopt. Commander. HARRY F. M'GURLEN , Dept. Adjt Permit to Issue Stock. The state railway commission gave the Paxton and Sutherland Telephone - phone company authority to Issue $2- COO of stock for reconstruction and extensions. Permission was a'.so giv en the Elk Valley Telephone com pany of Emerson to Issue $7,500 in stock for the same purpose. Want Candy Rate Reduced. Gl'.len & Bonoy , an Incorporated candy manufacturing firm of Lincoln , have entered a formal complaint against all the railtoads in the state with the railway commission. Candy Is now classified as first class freight. Tlio first class rate is unreasonably high , assert the complainants. They want the rate reduced to third class. A State Fair Attraction. Following a hitch In the negotia tions with Glenn Curtlsa for a scries of aeroplane flights at the next state fair the board of agriculture took up communication with the Wright brothers and have received a letter stating that the famous aeroplane In ventors and drivers \\ould put on four flights every day during the fair. The hoard regards Itself ns lucky In securing these men , who are pioneers In the art of flying and who have a wider reputation than any of their competitors. ASSESSMENTS MADE. ] Railroad Property of State Given At tention , The Slate Board of Assessment as sessed the railroad property of tlio Htalo without a speech hiving been made by any railroad tax agent. The Increase over the valuation last year is $1,101,392. The Incrcaso is con fined to the Chicago , St. Paul , Minne apolis & Omaha and the Kearney , Central City and North Platte branch es of the Union Pacific. This makes the total full value of all railroad property in the state $273,803,217. The governor was absent , being out of the city. Those present were Brian , Cowlcs , Junkln and Barton. After an informal discussion the board con cluded to make the assessment at once , and this was done. The vote was unanimous. No other railroad valu ation In the state was changed. A. W. Scrlbner of the Union Pacific reached tho' state house just a mo ment after the work had been con cluded , EO did not get to deliver ills speech. The following table ahows the change's : * Value Per Mile. Union Pacific 1909. 1910. Kearney branch . . . $32,877 $32,900 Central City branch 31.GG7 31,700 North Platte branch $17,500-20,000 25,000 St. Paul , M. & 0 41,442 41,450 The action of the State Board of Assessment marks the shortest time on record that any Nebraska board ever completed the valuation of this class of property.Heretofore it has been the custom of the assessing board to listen to addresses of railroad - road tax agents and spend many weeks in consideration of the ques tion. So far as the present board is concerned it arrived at the con clusion that it could fix the valuation of the property Just as well-on the reports made as It could by listening to the tax agents recite their pleas for a reduction. In the afternoon the board met again and added to the Burlington the 9.8 miles of new road from Lincoln to Denton. This was valued at $25,000 a mile , which Increases the total valu ation that much. Lighting Plant Not Profitable. At the meeting of the Nebraska State Electrical association , President Scontt of the County Electric Light and Water company , asserted that the city of Lincoln lost about $3,000 during the last year on its lighting I plant and at that no estimated loss Is given for depreciation of property. Site for Goose Farm. An enterprising capitalist who wants the Lincoln Commercial club to furnish him the site for a goose farm somewhere around this city has submitted a financial prospectus in detail. In It he shows how an invest ment of $ GOO can bo made to produce ' returns of $3397CO in three years , time. \ Apportions School Money. State Superintendent Bishop has certified to the state auditor the amount of money to bo apportioned to the various counties of the state , derived from the forest reserve fund. The total amount distributed amount ed to S2.837.31 , Involving a total acre age of 589,002.93. National Guard Rifle Contest. Adjutant General Hartlgan has Is sued nn order directing that the state competitive rifle and revolver shoot of the Nebraska national guard shall be held at the state range at Ashland commencing Monday , July 18. The Postmasters' Meeting. It is probable that the next conven tion of Nebraska postmasters will be held in Omaha. This was- the senti ment expressed by most of the mem bers of the executive committee , which met at the Lincoln hotel to- which met at the Lincoln hotel re cently. The convention this year will bo held in Lincoln. Sentenced to Prison. Axel Johnson , who served five years in the United States navy , and who afterwards eluded federal offi cers for two years after being arrest ed for passing confederate money on unsuspecting people , was sentenced to three and a half years in the fed eral prison at Fort Leavenworth by Judge T. C. Munger. , Dr. Walker Gets License Back. The state board of health met and reinstated Dr. D. G. Walker of Lind s y as a practicing physician. Dr. Walker was charged several years ago with performing criminal oper ations and his license was revoked by the state board. Permission to Increase Stock. The railway commission has given permission to the Farmers' Telephone - phone company of Dodge county to Increase Its capital stock from $20- 000 to $25,000 for the purpose of pay ing lor extensions and now lines. Better Railroad Depots. Tlio Northwestern railroad com pany has Informed the railway com mission that it will make Improve ments in its depot buildings at Pierce and Plainvlew. An Informal complaint had been filed against the depot facili ties at Pierce. The Rock Island rail road has compiled with complaint ask ing that telephones bo Installed at the depot at Richfield , Pnplllicm an.i Springfield. The Missouri Pacific and the Union Pacific roads have not yet been hoard from In icgard to the mat ter. EVIDENCE IS COMPLETED IN THE DR HYDE CASE. 3UDGE GIVES HIS INSTRUCTIONS Must Find for First Degree Murder or Innocence This Ruling of the Court la a Victory for the Defense. Kansas City. All of the rebuttal testimony was completed , the court's Instructions were delivered to the jury and one of the state's closing argu ments was delivered in the Hyde mur der trial Wednesday. By Judge Latshaw's instruction to the Jury , the accused physician must clthdr bo found guilty of first degree murder , which is punishable by death or llfe Imprisonment , or be acquitted. N . .e of the testimony admitted In , the trial was withdrawn by the court from the jury. All of the Issues col- Jateral with the alleged killing of Col onel Swcpe were admitted with this explanation : "The evidence introduced as to other transactions , If any are submitted to [ your consideration for the solo pur pose of thiowing light ( if they have that effect ) upon the intent and motive of the defendant ( If any ) , In the trans action for which he is now on trial , and for no other purpose. " Special instructicns were given the jury regarding the testimony of Mrs. Hyde and the medical experts for both sides. In these connections the court said : "The wife of the defendant IB a com petent witness In this case and you must consider her testimony in arriv ing at your verdict , but in determining what weight and credltibllity you will give to her testimony in making up your verdict , you may take into con sideration , as affecting her credltibll- Jty , her Interest in the result of the case and that the is the wife of the accused party on trial testifying in his behalf. "The opinions of experts who have testified in this case is testimony which the jury shoujd consider and examine in connection with all other testimony in the case subject to the name rules of credit or disbelief as the testimony of other witnesses. " Attention was also directed by the court to the fact that all evidence against Dr. Hyde was circumstantial. By virtue of the xlaw In this state , ( he instructlcrs to the jury were read befsre the attorneys began their ar- I uments. Assistant Prosecutor Henry L. Jest opened the argument for the state , talking two hours. Three more rpeeches will be made by each side. Ten hours are given to each set of attorncjs in which to make their ad dresses. Complete Wage Contract. DCS Molnes , la. The new wage contract for Iowa miners was com pleted by the joint scale committee and will be taken up for ratification Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. It was confidently predicted by miners and operators that the mines would Jjo re-opened Monday and that the 1C- ,000 striking miners would resume work. Machines will be put back Into the mines. An Increase of 4 1-2 cents was granted in one sub-district , 1 1-2 cents Jmoro than that demanded at the na tional meeting. Blackhander Found Guilty. New York. A verdict of guilty was ( found Wednesday In the Caiuso black 'hand ' case in Brooklyn. The man on , trial was Antonio Mlslana , accused ol 'attempting to extort $15,000 from the famous tenor. Mlsiana will be son- fenced fln Monday. Antonio Clncotti , ' _ 'the other alleged would-be blackmail er , will shortly be put on trial on a 'similar charge. Caruso testified in 'the ' case before'sailing ' for Europe. Taft Approves Bill. Washington. President Tart prac- , tcally ! approved of the postal savings .bank bill as presented to him in ten tative form by members of the house committee on postofilces and post roads. It is understood that the presi dent sanctioned the main provisions of the hill , although he made a num ber of minor suggestions. After Another Plttcburger. Plttsburg , Pa. A warrant was Is- r.ued Wednctday for the arrest of Joseph G. Armstrong , director of the department of public works in the olty of Plttsburg , charging him with forgery , perjury and false pretenses. The information was made by Ten- feard DcWolfe , secretary of the voters' civil league. Moran Charges Dismissed. San Francisco , Charges of man- I laughter against Owen Moran and others , preferred on account of the death of Tommy McCarthy following a knock-out blow by Moran In a glove contest , wore dismissed Wednesday by Police Judge Conlan. The JUI'JJP hold that as all the conditions im posed by law had been complied with and as the coroner's Jury had pro- nrunced McCarthy's death an accident there was no ground on which to hold the defendants. QUEEN OF ACTRESSES PRAISES PE-RU-NA. MtSB Julia Mnrlowc ' / am glad to write my endorse * tnent of the great remedy , Pcruna. I do so most hcartlly. " Julla Marlowe * Any remedy that benefits digestion strengthens tlio nerves. The nerve centers rcqnlro nutrition. If the digestion Is Impaired , the nerve centers become anemic , and noryoae debility Is the result. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleuuei ttul btintlntl the tail , I'romotci laiurltnl growth. Never Falls to Ho'tore Or y Hnir to lla Youthful Color. CUKI tcmlp A\tturt \ ft hair Ullbuc. 0e , ml l.ro t FOR EASY SHAVING ? 0eioT guaranteed or money rnfnndnd. Bond IIio. or pay 0. 0.1) ut rour express ofllconttcr examination. Kro * particulars to auonts. itogr * c . , rv > UMUMckiuf > _ _ 4 PATPMT TOOK IDEAS. Trmy may bring TO rftlCni Kf.illli. U-iuKn lluok irto. hbt" fkft. PlUitorald &Co..l'at.Atty . , Do * KWashington.1J.U. Circumstances Alter Cases. "The trouble Is that too many people give expensive presents. That's where the mischief comes in. " "Rot ! My wife's father gave her s house and lot. " Rheumatism Is Curable NATUUU'S UKMEOY ( NU tablets ) win cure Hheutnatlsm and do It quickly. It so thoroughly cleanses and regulates th * kidneys , liver and digestive system that Its cures seem almost magical. Hesulte guaranteed. Tr'e ono to-night , you'll feel better In the morning. Got a 25o Bnx. All Druggists. The A. H. Lewli Medicine Co. , St. Louis , Mo. Different. Visitor I saw your husband In the crowd down town today. In fact , be was so close that 1 could have touched him. Hostess That's strange. At homo he is so close that nobody con touch him ! Puck. Didn't Care to Mention His Name. A colored woman presented herself the other day In an equal suffrage state at the place of registration to qualify for the casting of her vote on the school question at the next elec tion. "With what political party do you affiliate ? " inquired the clerk of the unaccustomed applicant , using the prescribed formula. The dusky "lady" blushed , nil coy ness and confusion. "Is I 'blcged to answer that there question ? " "Certainly ; the law requires it" "Then , " retreating In dismay , " 1 don't believe I'll vote , 'case I'd bate to have to mention the party's name. He's one of the nicest gent-mums in town. " Ladies' Home Journal. Light on Cause of Tuberculosis. The sixth annual meeting of the Na tional Absoclatlon for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis was held in Washington on May 2 and 3. Among the most interesting papers was one by Dr. William H. Park , the famouu pathologist and head of the labora tories of the New York city depart mcnt of health. Dr. Park contended that pulmonary tuberculosis Is very rarely. If over , caused by infection from bovine sources , such as the drinking of milk or the eating of meat Tuberculosis of the stomach and Inter nal organs , which compose only about ten per cent , of the sickness from this disease , are often caused by drink ing or eating infected matter. Doctor Park substantiated his conclusions by showing the results of years of Inves tigation and examination of pathologi cal specimens. His conclusions arc substantially those reached by Dr. Robert Koch , the discoverer of the tu bercle bacillus. Children Especially Like The sweet , "toastie" flavour of Toasties Crisp , fluffy bits of per fectly ripe white corn cooked , rolled and then toasted to an appetizing brown. Served with cream and sometimes fruit , this dainty food pleases the whole family. Give the home-folks a treat. "The Memory Lingers" Packages lOc and 15c. POSTUM CEREAL COMPANY. Ud. . . Itatue Creek , Mich - - _ >