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Harley J Howe known throughout
the country as a scale manufacturer
died at Rochester N Y
Major E B Kirk retiredarmy offi
cer is dead at his home at Toledo
Ohio after an illness of several
weeks
The plan or reorganization of the
United States Ship building company
have been completed by George R
Sheldon
Jack R Jennings 27 years of age
of Urbana Ohio was electrocuted
while working eighty feet in the air
at Huntington W 7a
The 100th anniversary of the birth
of Ralph Waldo Emercon was made
the occasion of many sermons by Chi
cago pastors on the philosopher
Edwin Wildman the former vice
consul general at Hong Kong has
written a letter in which he says that
the Russians are in Manchuria to stay
Henry K Belden of the firm of Bel
den Palache Pacific coast manag
ers of the Hartford Fire Insurance
company of Connecticut is dead in
San Francisco
Philip L Smith a New York stock
broker has received a verdict in the
supreme court for 25000 damages
against the Metropolitan Street Rail
way company for personal injuries
A special train on the Chicago
Alton railroad made a record run
from Kansas City to Chicago The
special covered 480 miles irf an aver
aged speed of sixty five miles an hour
The seventy first annual convention
of the Episcopal diocese of Iowa voted
against change in the name of the
church to the American Catholic
church
Grover Cleveland sent word to the
committee that he would speak at the
public meeting to be held in Carnegie
hall New York to denounce the
Kischineff massacre
Nicomedes Zuloaga a lawyer has
heen appointed Venezuelan represent
ative on the mixed claims commission
in the matter of the Italian claims
against Venezuela
Vinson Walsh son of Thomas F
Walsh the Colorado millionaire for
feited 20 collateral in the police court
at Washington for violating the speed
law with his automobile
Mrs Lionel Ross Anthony has been
appointed Worlds fair commissioner
for Colorado by Governor Peabody
She is the only woman who is a com
missioner of the St Louis fair
The claims against the Charleston
Exposition company for labor and ma
terials was paid by treasury warrants
aggregating 59743 The last con
gress apropriated 160000 for that pur
pose
The convention of the Chicago dio
cese of the Protestant Episcopal
church in annual session voted almost
unanimously in favor of a correction
of the name of the church body by
dropping the words Protestant Epis
copal and the substituting of some
more comprehensive title
A special dispatch from Madrid says
King Alfonso has inherited 7500000
under the will of his grandfather
King Francis The will was opened
about a month ago in accordance with
the desire of King Francis that it
should not be read until twelve months
after his death
Lieutenant S I Burbank of the
Sixth United States infantry station
ed at Fort Leavenworth who was
charged with the intention of entering
matrimony while married to a Filipino
woman has written the war depart
ment denying that he contracted a
marriage in the Philippines
General Superintendent Potter of
the Wisconsin Central road officially
announced that beginning June 1 all
the trainmen employed on that system
will receive a raise of from 12 to 15
per cent in wages The largest in
crease applies to the freight men and
the smaller to the passenger employes
H P Patterson of Auorra Ind a
veteran of the civil war while on a
visit to Gettysburg recently succeed
ed in locating a large boulder behind
which he sought shelter during the
furious attack of the Confederate
troops Although the rock weighed
between six and eight tons Mr Pat
terson purchased it from the Culp es
tate and had it shipped to his western
home where he intends to use it as
a monument to mark his grave after
his death
State Employment Agent T B
Gerow says Kansas will need at least
25000 men and four thousand teams
for the wheat harvest His estimates
are made from reports received from
every section of the state There
are no idle men in Kansas
The will of the late George G Wil
liams of thex Chemical National bank
was filed for probate at New York It
was dated December 12 1895 No
estimate of the value of the estate is
made but it is believed to be about
55000000 I
General Nebraska News I
THE STATE IN BRIEF
William Johnston who had been
working in a hotel at Lincoln was
arrested at Wymore by Marshal Acton
charged with stealing a check for 40
Business men of Ashland are agitat
ing the question of a Fourth of July
celebration this year No celebration
has been held in Ashland since 1900
The large increase in school popula
tion is overcrowding the public schools
of York and the school board will be
compelled to build Desirable and
central locations are scarce
Bellevue college was twice struck
by lightning during a late storm
The first bolt did some damage to the
chimney of one of the large boarding
halls and seriously shocked Frank
Syldez the cook
James Oppenheimer of Ashland has
received word from the patent office
at Washington stating that he has
been granted a patent upon improve
ments to an adjustable tension bracket
for window shelves
Fremont coal dealers say that peo
ple are laying in their supply for next
winter already They remember the
difficulty to get fuel last winter and
are determined that the next cold
season shall not find them unprepared
The special elections held in Logan
and Filley townships at which the
proposition to vote bonds in the sum
of 5000 each in aio or the extension
of the Missouri Pacific railroad from
Virginia to Beatrice resulted in the
defeat of the bonds in both townships
The case of Bruce Weed charged
with horse stealing was dismissed in
the district court of Seward county
He is only fifteen years old and had
he been tried and convicted could have
received only a reform school sen
tence
Lafayette Campbell of Grand Island
a lad of about sixteen years was
caught on a live electric wire and
suspended in the air about ten min
utes until notice could be sent to the
Electric Light Ice companys works
to turn off the current He was not
badly hurt
The United States civil service com
mission announces that on June 23 an
examination will be held for the posi
tion of illustrator in agrostology Also
that on July 7 1903 an examination
will be held for the position of Chinese
watchman Also that on June 23 an
examination will beheld for the posi
tion of assistant steam engineer
A new high school building at Fair-
bury is now an assured fact the prop
osition to bond the district for 25000
having carried at the special election
by a vote of 254 for to sixty nine
against The apparent majority of
sentiment in its favor was responsible
for the high vote cast
Miss Bonnie Star a domestic in
the family of J S Atherton at Bea
trice was found by Mr Atherton in
an outhouse on the place writhing
in convulsions The girl was uncon
scious for several hours and may not
recover On the floor where she was
found was a half ounce bottle labeled
oil of tansy There was only a little
of the drug left in the bottle
The first annual meteing and ban
quet of the operators and representa
tives of the Beatrice Creamery com
pany held in McCook was a success
to the officers of the company and
to the station operators as well Be
sides the entire official directorate of
the company about fifty station oper
ators were present and the whole
proceedings were marked by deep in
terest and were pronounced decidedly
interesting by all concerned
The Fremont Telephone company
has asked the city council to change
the rates for service fixed in its
franchise At present the charges are
1 per month for residence phones
and 2 for those in business houses
A valuable horse which was stolen
from Joseph Lynn at Uunion several
weeks ago has been located It was
found in the possession of a farmer
named Christian residing near Ash
land
Charles Elliott mail carrier of
rural route No 2 in attempting to
drive across a bridge six miles south
west of Beatrice came near being
drowned Mr Elliott and the horse
and wagon were swept off the bridge
by the high water and the mail sacks
carried down stream more than half
a mile before they were recovered
Two farmers who happened to be on
the opposite side when the accident
occurred rescued Mr Elliott with
much difficulty
A story has been pubished at Fre
mont and probably sent to other pa
pers regarding a mythical case of a
child at Dodge the son of Tade Sul
livan who is reported to have died
to all appearances and then come to
life again The origin of the tale was
in the effort of an imaginative writer
to let himself out easy after printing
an item that the boy was dead and
later finding that this was a mistake
The one hundreth anniversary of
Emersons birth was appropriately ob
served in the Doane college at Crete
BUSH AFTER STATISTICS
Labor Commissioner Hoping to Be
Helped Out
LINCOLN Labor Commissioner
Bush is hoping these days that he
will receive very shortly statistics
he wants and that have heretofore not
been forthcoming from the farming sec
tions of the state He is hoping that the
county assessors will this year help
him out by gathering in every fact
connected with every family in the
said assessors range Bush wants to
know everything and the requests that
he ha3 been handing some of the as
sessors almost ask for the family
skeletons and heirlooms
Incidentally Mr Bush has stopped
several girls from working overtime
in Omaha and warned their employers
that a repetition of the offense would
not be tolerated On several occas
ions he found the boys in the ten pin
alleys who were too young to be in
the business and sent them home and
gave the same warning to the proprie
tors
As a result of the constant ham
mering done by former Commissioner
Watson and which has been kept up
by Bush many fire escapes have been
put up and more are in course of
construction A recent one in Lincoln
was on the Burr block
Prisoner Skips Out
BEATRICE Otis Heffelfinger a
prisoner at the county jail awaiting
trial for horse stealing who had been
working in the jail yard and was al
lowed considerable liberty has dis
appeared in company with a prisoner
named Charles Cain Cains time was
nearly out
Arrested for Passing Bad Money
ALBION Deputy Marshal Waller
came in Saturday evening with Dan
Mummey whom he had arrested at
St Edward for passing counterfeit
money at that place For some time
considerable bad money has been in
circulation there and it is supposed
that Mummey has conferedates who
have not yet been apprehended
Laborer Crushed Beneath Scaffold
RANDOLPH Charlie Jones a la
borer aged 23 was instantly killed
near here Jones was working near
town with a gang of bridge builders
and was stationed on a scaffold on
which a piledriver rested The scaf
fold gave way and Jones was crushed
by the falling mass
ASHLAND Neb Erwin Jenks liv
ing near this city was quite badly
poisoned by a puff adder several days
ago He had run across the snake
in crossing a field and had killed it
with a strap He carried the strap
back to the barn and on the same day
the poisonous effects began to appear
It is thought that the poison was con
tracted from handling the strap Both
his face and hands are badly swollen
Arrested as a Deserter
COLUMBUS Chief of Police C M
Taylor arrested Emil Hoeben on ad
vice telegraphed from the navy de
partment at Washington Hoeben is
19 years old and was raised in this
city Last fall he enlisted in the
service at the Mare Island navy yard
near San Francisco He returned
home about a week ago He is being
held here awaiting the arrival of gov
ernment officers
TROUBLE FOR A POSTMASTER
Held to Federal Court on Charge of
Trafficing in Stamps
SPENCER Postoffice Inspector A
O Swift took into custody M L Erb
postmaster at Slocurn Neb on the
charge of making fraudulent returns
of postal accounts and illegally
trafficing in the sale of postage stamps
Postmaster Erb was arrested by Dep
uty Marshal Walling and brought to
this place before Sanford Parker
United States commissioner for this
district Inspector Swift had the case
so well worked up that Erb saw there
was no way to avoid punishment or
acquit himself of the charge and when
brought before the commissioner he
admitted his guilt as charged in the
complaint He was bound over to ap
pear before the next term of the
United States court at Omaha in the
sum of 500 which bail he furnished
and was released
Reports on Schools
LINCOLN Superintendent Fowler
has begun to hear from a few of his
requests for statistics regarding the
consolidation of school districts The
statistics were called for as a matter
of encouragement for other districts
that are contemplating consolidation
So far very few have responded with
reports It is expected the consolida
tion idea will result in much good all
over the state where the attendance of
schools is small
MURDER AVENGED
SLAYER OF MR AND MRS
CHURCH PAYS PENALTY
HANGED TO A HIGH BRIDGE
A Drop of Forty Feet Sevcrsthe Head
From the Body Mounted Ranch
men Make Short Work of Their
Victim
NEW CASTLE Wyo W C Clif
ton murderer of Mr and Mrs John
W Church formerly of Council
Bluffs Iowa was lynched by a mob
from Gillette Tuesday night
The mob battered down the jail
door holding up the sheriff and dep
uty while they hung Clifton tor a
bridge west of town Cliftons head
was cut off by the fall of forty feet
The mob which was composed of
fifty mounted ranchmen was perfect
ly organized and proceeded with
methodical deliberation
The sheriff and his deputies were
bound and confined Cliftons cries
were stifled with a gag He was
bound hand and foot and was roughly
dragged to the scene ot exeqution
The commands of the mob leader
were given quietly and none of the
townspeople were aroused by the
lynchers
When the body of Clifton was re
moved from under the bridge the fol
lowing message was found pinned to
his clothing
We think the law too slow in hang
ing this most cold blooded murderer
who took the lives of our dear friends
and neighbors and we take it upon
ourselves to revenge in behalf of the
parents Hoping that the action on
our part will meet the approval of
the community at large we remain
Signed THE MOB
DENVER John W Church and
his wife vho lived on a homestead
claim seventy five miles southwest of
Newcastle were never seen alive after
March 14 last Clifton whose ranch
adjoined Churchs was arrested April
of sale covering personal property to
secure payment of C00 advanced him
Mrs Church
Their bodies were found at the place
indicated by him Clifton claimed
that he had killed the couple in self
defense He had given Church a bill
of sale covering prsonal proprty to
scure payment of 000 advanced him
by Church
He said he had repaid this sum and
obtained the bill of sale and that Mrs
Church had then threatened him with
a six shooter demanding the return
of the papers He shot her he ad
mitted and being attacked by her
husband killed him also Thjs story
was discredited as Mrs Church was
a slender little woman of 22 years
of age
Church was formerly a stenographer
in the Union Pacific offices in Omaha
His family and Clifton resided in
Council Bluffs About a year ago
Church and Clifton made an agree
ment to go into the cattle business
in Wyoming together and Church then
took up a homestead adjoining Clif
tons Clifton was 31 years of age
LOVING CUP FOR DE YOUNG
Way in Which He Handled Roosevelt
Functions Recognized
SAN FRANCISCO A pleasing
sequel to President Roosevelts visit
to San Francisco was a banquet to
M H DeYoung Thursday night
He was the honored guest of the
executive committee of the recent
Roosevelt reception During the even
ing eclat was given the occasion by
the presentation to him of a large
silver loving cup The motive of the
presentation was told by the inscrip
tion as follows
A souvenir from the citizens com
mittee to the Hon M D De Young
in acknowledgment of his executive
ability and the masterly and success
ful manner in which he handled the
functions given in honor of the visit
of President Roosevelt to San Fran
cisco May 1903
Estate of 60000000
PITTSBURG Pa The will of Ben
jamin F Jones the well known steel
manufacturer was filed for probate
No estimate is made of the value of
the estate but it is said to be not less
than 60000000 The widow is to get
the bulk of the estate the bal
ance to go to four children On Mrs
Jones death the balance is to be
divided each year among the four
children On the death of the four
children the principal is to be
divided equally among all the testa
tors grandchildren
Government Accepts Bids
WASHINGTON D C Colonel Pat
ton acting quartermaster general cl
the army decided to accept two bids
for carrying freight from the Pacific
coast vo the Philippines The bids
were the same on miscellaneous
freight and passengers The contract
will be made with the Pacific Mail
Steamship company for San Fran
cisco freight and with the Bos
ton Steamship company for treight
from Seattle
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations From South
Omaha and Kansas City
HIIIMl i 8 Il HH 8 i
SOUTH OMAHA
CATTLE There was another liberal
run of cattle and although trading
was rather hIow there was not much
change In the prices puld The beef
steer market was very slow in open
ing and the market could best be de
scribed by calling it steady to a shade
lower Buyers did not take hold with
a great deal of life and while they
bought up tho more desirable grades
at just about steady prices they were
inclined to be bearish on the com
moner kinds The cow market was
alsp a little slow with prices ranging
steady to a little lower There was
considerable unevenness in the prices
paid but as a general thing the med-
him kinds suffered more than the i
choice grades while canners sold
without much trouble at just about
steady prices Bulls veal calves and
stags all sold In just about the same
notches they did yesterday The
stocker and feeder market was not
very well supplied and in fact there
were scarcely enougli thin cattle to
make a test of the situation
HOGS There was another very
heavy run of hogs which makes the
supply for the four days of this week
ri ori xirfilnc 7 817 fnr tlir snmft
kets have also had very liberal runs
so tho rapid break in prices is not
to be wondered at At the start a
few loads soW steady to a shade low
er but they were not enough loads
KOld that way to make a market After
the first round packers were bidding
5o10c lower and wanted to buy their
droves at 570 and 572
SHEEP Quotations for clipped
stock Choice western lambs 01155
C75 fair to good lambs 550 tlG 25
choice western wooled lambs 675 fj
700 fair to good wooled lambs COO
iiG50 choice lightweight yearlings
550575 fair to good yearlings
475f525 choice wethers 50016 405
choice ewes 450rfi500 fair to good
ewes 350425 feeder lambs 350ft
400 feeder yearlings 350ft4G0
feeder wethers 350 ft 400 feeder
ewes 225350
KANSAS CITV
Light beeves steady heavy lowest
of season Texas steady cows and
heifers weak to lower stoekers and
feeders steady to weak bulls very
quiet choice export and dressed beef
steers 450505 fair to pood 300T
450 stoekers and feeders 300fi4fi0
western fed steers 280g490 Texas
and Indian steers 300 ft1 425 Texas
cows 235325 native cows 190
425 native heifers 2G5o285 can
ners 170f225 calves 200gG5O
HOGS Market opened weak closed
strong to 5c higher top G10 bulk of
sales 575 w 595 heavy 585rtiC10
mixed packers 5550595 light 555
575 yorkers 570 575 pigs 475
f550
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market
steady t 15c lower grassers 25f 35c
lower native lambs 440ff730 west
ern lambs 400fi715 fed ewes 350
530 native wethers 370fi545
ltxas clipped sheep 35001520 stock
and feeders 325405
LIKE IN THE UNITED STATES
Sensation in the Legislature of Brit
ish Columbia
VICTORIA B C Sensational
scenes in the house following the dis
missal of C F Wells chief commis
sioner of lands and works and
minated in the defeat of the govern
ment ad the announcement that the
legislature would be dissolved A mo
tion by Premier Prior was defeated
by a vote of 16 to 13
Jo wo Forme 4 Por Aero Coali
bulnnco M crop tilt paid VIJLH AM Hluiix City I
Some people aro planning already to
move for n chango of adminiBtratiou
when they get to heaven
Clour white clotboa are a nign that tho
housekeeper uob Red Cross Bull Blue
Lurge 13 oz packugo 5 cents
Some wise men are not wise enough
to see that they cant answer all tho
fool questions asked
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Some sensible advice to
days of last week and 37938 for the WOmefl paSGlUg tufOUgh thlS
same days of last year Other mar-
CHANCE OF LIFE
trying period
The painful and annoying symp
toms exierienceil by most women
at this period of life are easily over
come by Lydisi E Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound It is espe
cially designed to meet the needs
of womans system at the trying
time of change of life
It is no exaggeration to state that
Mrs Pinkham has over 6000 letters
like the following proving the great
value of her medicine at such tunes
I wish to thank Mrs Pinkham for
what her medicine has done for me
My trouble was change of life Four
years ago my health bepau to fail my
head began to grow dizzy my eyes
pained me and at times it seemed aa
if my hack would fail me had terrible
pains across the kidneys Hot flashes
were very frequent and A
i friend advised me to try Lydia
E Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound I have taken six bottles of it
and am to day free from those troubles
I cannot speak in high enough terms
of the medicine I recommend it to all
and wish every suffering- woman would
give it a trial Bella Ross 88 Mont
clair Ave Roslindnle Mass 5000 for
feit If original of above letter proving genuineness
tannot be produced
A new order of things is easily
brought about provided you have
telephone connection with your
grocer
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GREATLY REDUCED RATES
via
AVAI1ASH RAILROAD
Below is a partial list of the many
half rates offered via the Wabash Rail
road
Atlanta Ga and return 3210
Sold July 5th 6th and 7th
Indianapolis Ind and return 1940
Sold June 7th 8th 0th 13th and 14th
St Louis Mo and return 1350
Sold June 16th and 17th
Boston Mass and return 3175
Sold June 24th 25th and 26th
Boston Mass and return 2375
Sold June 30th to July 4th
Saratoga N Y and return 3220
Sold July 4 th and 5th
Detroit Mich and return 2100
Sold July 14th and 15th i
Baltimore Md and return 3225-
Sold July 17th and ISth
Baltimore Md and return 3225
Sold Sept 17th ISth and 19th
All tickets reading over the Wabash
are good on steamers in either direc
tion between Detroit and Buffalo
without extra chartre exceot mealH
ry General Roberts Thursday and berths Long limits and stop
overs allowed Remember this is The
Worlds Fair Line Go this route and
view the grounds
For folders and all information ad
dress HARRY E MOORES
G A P D
Omaha Neb
vnanro ATinictr Trpni mai n A magazine recently contained a
1 I poem written by A Man Who
sensational speech m which he re- Thinks lt is believed to be the first
ferred to Eberts as a blackguard and
said the premier had for colleagues To Cure a Cold in One day
men untrue and unfaithful cowards I Jake Laxative Bromo quinine Tablets All
i druggists refund moo ey if it fails to cure U5c
and liars I
Later W W B Mclnis provincial Edisons
j Only Speech
secretary tendered his resignation Edison has made but one speech in
Although the government was defeat- his life it was not a brilliant one
ed it was enabled with the support of e xhad agreed to lecture on electric-
Joseph Martin and his followers who
iij uixjik a giua acuiuiaij aiiu iicLtx
engaged a friend named Adams to
hold the balance of power to secure work the apparatus while he talked
an adjournment during which But when the inventor arose to ad
rangements will be made for the pass 1 dress nis audience he felt so dazed
age and non contentious legislation he- lheiPgr8aainB
wlj norl au
fore the legislature is dissolved and
dress you on electricity and I will
an appeal made to the country demonstrate what he has to say with
j the apparatus
Pacific Ocean Rates Are Cut j
SAN FRANCISCO Cal The steam-
The poor ye have always with you
-often so close that they touch you
Sullivan Hit Too Low
ST LOUIS Mo Tommy Felts of
Do Your Feet Acne and Burn
Shake into your shoes Allens Foot-
er Athol the first of the fleet of the Ease a powder for the feet It makes
China Commercial company to reach tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures
Hot Feet Corns
this port sailed for Hong Kong and SwUln Sweating
and Bunions At all Druggists and
ports m Japan Thursday She took Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREE
away about 1500 tons of freight and j Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y
there were about 100 Chinese
of The man who is always sure that he
gers in her steerage The agents
fa is sound in the faith is almost sure to
the company made a cut in freight
De g0Ijnd asIeep during the sermon
rates to equal the reduction made by poem of the kind ever published
the Pacific Mail Steampship company
To the uselte who has not yet
in freight tariffs
bocom acquainted with the new
Some people get credit for brokpn
hearts when they have simply lost
their nerve
things of everyday use in the market
and who 1b reasonably satisfied with
the old we would suggest that a trial
of Deflance Cold Water Starch be
made at once Not alone because it
is guaranteed by the manufacturers
to be superior to any other brand
but because each 10c package con
tains 16 ozsf while all the other kinds
contain but 12 ozs It is safe to sav
Savannah received the decision over that the lady who once uses Defiance
Tommy Sullivan of Brooklyn in the
eleventh round before the West End
club here Thursday Sullivan struck
Felts very low three times during the
fight Felts was given the decision
in the fourth round which was the
second time that he had heen hit low
but declined it and the fight went
on to the eleventh when Sullivan
again repeated the foul
Starch will use no other
and quantity must win
Quality
When a woman nudges you with her
elbow it is equivalent to saying I told
you so
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally Price 75c
You ask for a loaf and God gives
you a seed
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