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    THE 03IAII A' DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, - JUNE 25, 190,
MILEAGE OF THE RAILROADS
. . .. ...
om Figure Compil'd by thi Efcrttirj f
But Board f Equal I'.tion,
NO STEPS TO MOVE THE HEADQUARTERS
Opinion General Something Shoald Be
Pone oa Toward forwarding
Renabllraa State
Campaign.
(From a Staff Correapondent.)
xJNCOLN, June 24. (Special.) As shown
by the report made to the county clerks
today and yesterday, the total mileage of
all the railroads In Nebraska this rear la
K,77A.27. Last rear the total mileage wot
1.777.01. Aa a matter of record below Is
printed a table never before published,
showing th mileage by lines, the assessed
ralu per mil and the total assessed Valua
tion as made 'by th State Board of As
sessment It Is:
Assessed
VaJu Total
Per Assessed
Mileage. Mile. Valation.
A. A K
liW.ut IIO.OH) t 1.0M.4O)
m 61 1 470 Itet.StS)
lis ssTm , t e4 e
C, N. K...
O. I. A W. C
K. C, A o..
UAH H
1 & N. W
Nebraska Railway.
Nebraska A Colo...
Nebraska & West..
Omaha A N P....,
Omaha A B. W
Oxford A Kansas..
Ilepuhlloan Valley..
Hep. Valley tt W..
R. ., K. A 8. W..
U. P.. (main line).,.
U. P. (O. A R. V.)..
U. P. Knrtw Br.)
5.28
6.000 2,4uO
4.600 i.TM.m
I.0O0 H6,I0
6.VV S71.S-
4.5"0 477.fr
4.W.0 I4,0
(.0110 44,2(iO
4.600 633. Ow
S.S'O 690.1 15
.Ci 461.922
4,0lO 2M440
IO.OjO S.&W.S'
4.0(0 USfW
4,0i0 84,000
l,0Of 7.478,00
0 2.7M.S50
4.T0 S1I.57
6,i00 I.9S1.406
8,6(0 . tH.80
f.sOO L217.M4
S.OvO 5M.240
6,000 JoO.lHO
8,40V 857,654
,0f) 872, 40
5,000 26.1.120
IMS 178.170
LM0 22,221
1,000 100.500
4.000 2M.M0
1500 729.B60
4,000 (12,840
.... ioo.ooo
29.836
852.44
1!S.U8
17S.61
71.48
1M.74
480.71
140.71
Kill
51.73
t.
tbi.lH
49.17
8.60
407.88
428.80
.74
C.A N. W 1.004.37
C, fit. P.. M. A O.. 171. IS
C R. I. A P.
124. ZT
At.71
-61. SI
102 .
71.M
46. 0
1:13
20. 1
71.22
112.23
123.25
1.12
Mi
(Bt J. branch)
(Nelson branoh)
Missouri Pa.?lno
(Weeping W. line)
(Llnooln line)
(Crete line!
(Bpringfleld A S
K. C. A N. W.)
Pacific R. Y. In N-.
Bt. J. O. I
W. A 44. P. br. 0 K.
Omaha It. A T. Co.
Mason City A Ft U
ToUls... .1.5.774.174
tt4.082.852
Notnlaa Holnaj at Headqnnrters.
Th republican state headquarters are
till In Llnooln, and some lallticlans are
beginning to wonder If they' will remain
bar during the campaign. From th bst
Information obtainable her they hay no:
been removed" (a Omaha, for th reason
that na on ram to know whether Chair
man Lehr intends to hold his ofllos and
servs through th Campaign or realcn, and
until this Is definitely settled It looks as
though nothing will b don about thvre-
movsX It was stated here . this morning
by a olos personal and political friend of
Mr. Ihr that he Wended to hold on to
th office and conduot th campaign. In
th mean Um things seem pretty well un
settled and It Is th opinion of politicians
that the party Is behind In lining up for
th campaign and that when work does
begin things will hav to go on the double
quick In order to make up for lost time.
1 New Rallroal Corporation.
Nebraska may hav another railroad.
but whether steam or electric haa not yet
teen toad ptibllo by those who filed th
artlclen' of ' incorporation with th secre
tary of state' thla" morning. The nam of
the new concern ts to be th Omaha A
Nebraska Central railway and It la to run
from Omaha to' tttrh miles west of Hast
ings, passing ' through th counties of
Douglas, Butler, Polk, York, Hamilton,
Clay and Adams, with' terminals at the
two places named. Th capital stock of
th organisation Is 11,500,000 and It Is to be
promoted by New 'York capitalists, whom.
th agent, of the road said, formerly Jived
In Chicago.'' They are: Anthony Dexter,
Charl J. Helm, Charles H. Deeter, Frank
J. Helm and Anthony J. BuskL
The articles specify that th company can
us motors of any kind and thy glvs t
the company ' th rights of all railroad.
Tha capital stock la divided Into shares of
QOv each and th oontrol of tho company
la to be place! in a board of directors, to
be composed of seven or noi more than
nine members, each to hold office for one
year. The stockholders' meetings are to
be held In Omaha and th directors are to
meet thffe not later thaa three days from
the time of th stockholders' meeting. The
agent of thj company. Attorney Pag of
Omaha, who was her this morning, said
work probably would bgla next fall, but
he said )t had not. been decided whether
th motor power would be nteant or elec
tricity. .... i
Governor (to to Oseeol.
Governor' Mickey and Mrs.'- Mickey to
morrow wtll ' go to Osceola, where they
oap, Ointment and Pills
the World's Greatest
Skin Cures.,
PRICE THE SET $1
asBBBsnwawasat
CompletB Treatirent for Every
Humour, from Pimples
, . ta Scrofula.
Th ar.entslBK Itching aad baralng
t th skla. as ta c(ma-ti frightful
acallug, as'lo psrlaslt th loss f
hair ani ernstlag of th aoals, aa ta
smiled head th facial dleflgsreasnt.
aa ta plinple and rlagwora th awfnl
suffering f lafaats aad tit aaztsty of
worn-out pare la, as la so I lk erast, let
ter aad sail rheuia, all demand a rm
ely of almost saperhnntaa vlrtuss to
successfully top with them. That
C'uUcuia rtoap, Olaimeal aad 1111 ar
such ianl provsn beyond all deubt.
' No sUUnusnt la BBsds resardlog taess
that la aoi Justlflrd by tha atroagsal
evuleuo. Th parity and sweetoess,
the power to afford Immediate relief,
tho cerulnty of speedy aad parmanat
cur, th ab.oluu safaty aad great
coaomy, iav mad Iheaa Ik slaad
ard sklu euros and kanoox rasdlM f
tho clvUiaad world.
Th graadMt UsUmonlal that caa b
offered th Cotlcura rented I I their
world-wUle sale, da to ta persoaal
reooiBiueadaUoas of tho whs hav
seed theia. Fross a small eeglaalag
lu th simplest form, agalaat preiadlo
and oppoeltloa, agalaat atooled host,
coirutlesi rtvale, aad trad ladlffsrsoea,
Cutlcura , rcasedl bar become la
greatest earatlvas of Ulr tlata, and,
la fact, of aU tlaaa, for ao where la U
history it aneJicIn la to b fao4
another approaching them la popularity
vaod sal, la vrj ellai aad with vry
f.eople tlisy hav nut with th earn
tecepiluo. Th eoadse of th arth
ar th oaly Umlu to their growth.
Thsy hav ceoqsered th world.
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THE
ILLUSTRATED
BEE
LV
EST OF ITS KIND ALWAYS
The III unrated Bee la
never considered too . g ootl
for Us reudera, anU a steady effort
is mnde to keep It tip to Its b!h
standard. Thla week Its contents
will be found widely diversified,
and yet encJi article or feature la
such as the reader will find ap
propriate and timely. A fJte picture
of Charlea Warren Fairbanks, the
nominee for vl.-e preaideut ou the
ticket with KcoseTelt, wUl be found
on the front page, and a -short
sketch of bis career. On the Inside
a fine jTonp of well known Insur
ance men la a continuation of the
eml-centennial aerie; scenes at
Cnmp George L. Miller, when the
High School Cadet battalion was
there, take trp another pae. "How
to Visit the Fair" la the title of an
article that contains some valuable
Ops for those golnf to Bt Loula,
and It Is Illustrated from pboto
grapha made on the fair grounds.
"The City's Care of the Kid tella
how great population centers pro
vide for youngsters during the
beated term, and shows aome of the
arrangements In the illustrations.
"New Crops for Uncle 8am" la the
title of the Carpenter letter, and It
tells of the efforte of the Depart
ment of Agriculture to Increase the
number and value of fruits raised
In America. Flood scenes at Dead
wood and a number of other mat
ters of more or less loenl import
ance are Illustrated. The regular
Installment of the serial story, the
Illustrated Woman's Department
and other feature of the paper hnve
been carefully looked after, nnrt the
number will be found complete in
all details. If you are not now a
subscriber rou should leave your
f order with your newsdealer today.
the
illustrated
BEE
will attend th fiftieth anniversary of th
marrlaa of .th parents of Mra aucsey,
Mr. and Mra B. C. Campbell. Th oo
cssloa will bring together th children and
grandchildren of th ooupl. Governor
Mickey will not return to Unooln unUl
Monday,
Morta-aa-e Hofriararato Lia.
Tha American Car and Foundry company
of Bt. Louis thla morning filed la th offloe
of Secretary of Stat Marsh a mortgage
covering 200 refrigerator cars sold to th
Missouri River Dispatch company, of which
W. H. Ferguson of Hasting la th presl
dent Th company which purchased the
car paid 130,000 In gold, and gav not
for, th balanc of th purohara prlo of
th' oars amounting to 11 78,81. 40, payable
la sixty months from th dat of th de
livery of th care.
Laoaater Coaaty Assoasaaoat,
Th books of th county assessor show
that all property In Lancaster county haa
been assessed at $78,000,000 In round nura
bera, of which 110,000,000 la railroad prop
erty.
Thla valuation I almost equally divided
between, th city of Llnooln and tho re
mainder of th county. Th farmer! of
Lancaster county hav landa worth (21,
808,000, while th people of Lincoln can
cour up but $20,553,000. Tha people of th
city, however, are richer In personal po-
sesslons, having 112,500,000 to $7,000,000 owned
by the farmers and villagers. Her are
th detailed figures:
Actual
value.
..$ 1.3X3.910
.. 1.170,037
.. 12,512,277
.. 4.112.788
.. 10.1t,lii
Ons
flfth. Country personal ..
Country real
City personal ......
City real
Railroads, eto
Totals
$ ftCl.910
S.138,830
t.502.4f6
2.8H8.6J&
2.031,835
..$76,004,480 116,200,886
.Waal Good School Levy.
Superintendent Fowler la anxious that
school boards be very careful about re
ducing their school levy when they meet
next Monday, under th Impression that
th assessed valuation of property will be
greatly Increased, and Is of the opinion
that a little money, left over would be
better than not having enough. He haa
aent a circular on tnta subject to each
school board In the atata.
COMPHOMiaB BRIOOB ASBE9SHENT
Washlagtea Coaaty Cats tk Fta-arc
Alaaost ia Two,
BLAIR. Neb., June M.-(8peclal Tele
gram.) The County Board of Supervisors,
which has been sitting aa a Board of
Kquallsatloa for th last tsn days, has
bean having all kinds of trouble. A vigor
ous protest was mad by th railroad of
ficials on th assessment placed on th Mis
souri river brldg at this place. Hereto
fore th amount haa been placed at $18,000
and the assessor this year placed It at
KUt.OUO and today an agreement waa
reached between the board and bridge
owners at aa assessed valuation of $119,000.
Many of th kicks mad to the Board, of
Supervisors on th assessment of taxable
property ar thos of petty . Jealousy,
brought by someone against a mere pros
perous neighbor, roost of such being Ignored
by the county board.
F. H. Clarldge, cashier of the Caatetter
bank, snd J. K. Stevens, caahler of the
Blair State, bank, were summoned before
the board tbla week to testify aa to
amjunla bald on deposit by car tain n
uiYiuuaia wnuaa laxaoi proirty waa
thought to be listed too low. Both refused
to give such testimony and the board has
taken no further proceedings in th matter.
Th delinquent tax list, reaching back to
territorial days and amounting t thou-
sands of dollars In thla ooonty. Is to be
published and the oontraot waa raoenUy
let to C B. 8 prague of the Blair Racub-
uoaa ea a ma or two-thirds of th legal
rate as a oompasaUoa for th work.
L. A. Williams of th Blair Pilot olalma
that his bid waa to do th same work for
one-nrth of th legal rate and today went
before County Judge Marshall, who granted
a restraining order against th letting of
in contract to stpragu and a hearing Is
st for Saturday afternoon, when Judge
Estall of Osnaha wtU ba bare and bear
th case, i
Bake for RBraeatatl v.
ECSTIfl. Neb., June 24, Spolat ) Th
republican of th Sixty -sixth represents,
tlve district convened In this city y Satur
day and nominated Prof. B, B. Baker of
Curtis for state represent tlva.
V
SEVERE STORMS IN STATE
Hsarj lalna Cans Btreami t Overflow
aad D Ooctiderabl Daag (
M'COOK IS STRUCK BY GALE OF WIND
Be Fooalo IoJoreV Wat Lare Ameant
Of Property Loa Is Experienced
Lightning Strike Bin
Springs Depot. '
M'COOK, Neb., June 24. (Special Tele
gram.) About 7 o'clock this evening ilc
Conk and vicinity experienced the severest
gal In Its history. Th. Baptist church
was badly damaged,' the spire and almost
all of the roof being blown off. . The spire
In falling struck the sdjolnlng parsonage,
damaging It about $3)0. The dam.ige to
th church will reach $1,000. Mo Insurance.
No on was Injured. ,
J. E. Kelly's livery barn roof was par
tially destroyed, the damage reaching 1300.
There were numerous minor damages to
roofs, cornices, windows, chimneys, trees,
fence and small out-bulldinga.
ALBION, Neb., June 24. (Special.) Rain
continues to fall daUy and sometimes oft
ener. ' Vegetation of all kind Is - growing
rapidly and farm proepecta never were bet
ter. Home grvwn atrawberrle are In the
market this week and the cherry crop,
which will be the largest ever known here,
will be gathered next week.
FREMONT, Neb.. June 14. (Special. )
Tber waa a heavy thunderstorm here this
morning. Over an Inch and a half of rain
fell In the city and at Hooper the total
precipitation waa nearly four Inches and
for a time th streets and low places were
flooded. A house belonging to W. F. Easier
at Hooper wa struck by lightning and the
occupants badly frightened, but not In
jured. Some stock waa struck and killed
south of. that town. The heaviest part of
the storm passed north of this city.
BEATRICE, Neb., June 24. (Special Tele
gram.) One of the worst rain and electri
cal storms of the season visited this locality
early this morning. 'The Burlington depot
at Blue. Springs was struck by lightning
and burned to the ground and a large ele
vator at Virginia waa also badly 'damaged
by lightning. The bottom lands along the
Blue valley are flooded and farmers find
It Impossible to work In the fields. It Is
raining here tonight.
Killed by Lla-htalaar.
ARAPAHOE, Neb., June 24. (Special
Telegram.) During an electrical storm this
morning about S o'clock the house of Wil
liam Bracks, nlna miles north of here, was
struck by lightning, killing Instantly Wil
liam Brocks, jr., a young man 20 years old.
The lightning struck the chimney and the
bolt followed the brick wall down to an
opening for a stove pip which waa un
covered and from there to an open window.
Toung B recks had gotten up to close th
window and received the full force of the
lightning, killing hint Inltantly. The build
ing, other than 'destroying th chimney,
waa uninjured. Several other occupants
of th bouse were unaware of Its having
been struck until apprised by th dis
covery of the dead body r ; young Bracks. '
Another storm of great violence, accom
panied by heavy wtnda and hail, visited
thla section early thla evening with great
damage to crops and fruit lasting about
an hour. ' Th rainfall of 1.78 inches, to
gether with heavy wind and ball, lay all
corn and small grain flat to th ground,
and It la a question If it la not destroyed
entirely. Fruit of which there was a fine
crop, la seriously injured. Wind mills, bams
and email building all over th country
ar blown down,, It la impossible to esti
mate tho damage by th storm,, which was
very destructive, tonight and greater north
of hare,, as Arapahoe . waa apparently on
the southern extreme. The creeks from
th north ar already running bank full
and raising. Th telephone line to th
north are down and communication la cut
off. :
PAPIXLION, Neb, June 14 (Special.)
A good aoaklng rain fell throughout Sarpy
county last night and this morning and
will be of Inestimable value to the corn
crop. An the fields had been cultivated
free of weeda and were In need of moist'
ura
WEST POINT. Neb., June 24. Special)
Another tremendous downpour of rain
eceurrM throughout this section last night
and this morning. The bottom lands ar
very wet and no more rain la needed for
soms time. Another downfall like last
night will seriously Jeopardise the com
orop In the lowlands.
TABLE ROCK, Neb., June K (Special)
About 1 o'clock this forenoon during th
severe electrical and 'rainstorm lightning
iruua me targe new Dricx school bouse
and ahattered the large flagstaff. Little
other damage was done. There was a hard
rain both lost night and this morning.
OMAHA CROWD OS FAKING WELL
Being Hoyaily Treated oa Toar Aloaa-
laloa Paclne.
KEARNEY, Neb., June 24. (Special Tele
gram.) The second day of the Commercial
club and Live Stock Exchange excursion
over th union Pacific railroad started at
Columbus with It raining. The party
started on time, with everybody In good
spinta. ana loaueu with every kind of
advertising, even samples of Ice cream In
bricks. At Silver Creek a salute from an
anvil was given the party us It arrived.
At Clarke they were made the guests of
th women, who served everybody with
strawberry punch.
After leaving Grand Isiund on th Ord
branch Commissioner McVann received a
tctctiaui'iiuiii Afiuney saying: welcome,
ah me cnicaen anu smose houses were
locked and they were ready for any kind
of a game.
Mr. McVann answered: "We don't aleep
unless w have everything, chicken and
all."
Nobody In this party will forget Ord. Its
lovely women and the lunch. One hundred
and fifty hungry men were supplied with
an elegant lunch and Jiot coffee a total
stranger to excursions' heretofore. From
Ord the excursion went back to Grand
Island and then west on the main line to
Kearney for the night
Th Mendelssohn, quartet haa aung Itself
Into All kinds of popularity today, getting
applause and bouquets at- almost every
stop,
Th small grain In flits section Is looking
line, but ths corn Is fully two weeks late.
Commissioner McVann Is fearful of trou
ble tomorrow ' with th ' South Omaha
bunch. They ar getting Into th short
grass country, and it haa been tipped off
to him that Boras' of th gang hav ropes
'-
There's a bis
ROUND
Reason
why every Brain Worker
should uso
Grape-Nits
Oet the little book, "The Road to
Wellvllle" in each package.
World'a Fair exhibit, gyac 103.
Agricultural .Uoildlng.
Hand'
Made
Suits
at
Half.
Powerful HALF-PRICE SUIT SALE
- An entirely new purchase :of 'Mens.
Spring and Summer Suits at . half.
Owing to the enormous success of our half price suit sale of .
last Saturday when we were forced to close our doorsto suc
cessfully serve those waiting, breaking all previous records for
suit selling in one day.
We quickly accepted the maker's sugges
tion ' that we take a lot of 450 more suits for
instant disposal at the same marvelous figures,
and we place the entire purchase on sale Sat
urday, June 25th,
bZ3P
These suits are of finest imported Scotch tweeds, cheviots,
cassimeres, homespuns, worsteds, etc. In all colors that have
found favor this season.
$10 Kupptnheimer and
$12 Kuppenheimer and
$15 Kuppenheimer and
$18 Kuppenheimer and
All Broken Lots of
1 Greater values than ever crowded
In their grip and that they propose to
stake themselves out .Ifthe' are able to
get loos.
Th weather cleared about 10 a. m. and
haa been very cool and pleasant " In yes
terday'e account It should haye aaid th
twelv little girl ware-trom St Edwards.
Instead of from ' Qenoa. .At Alda, th
amalleat town visited today, .sandwiches,
umonada and cigars were served the arty.
AUTION, Neb., Juno 14. (Special.) The
Omaha Commercial club arrived her ye
terday - evening about an hour, behind
scheduled time, and waa met at tho depot
Dr larg crowd of otttaena. City Attorney
McOaa made an address of welcome, after
which th members, headed by the band,
marched up town, where a brief but pleas
ant visit waa had between the club and
business men. Advertising badges and de
vises of aU descriptions were freely dis
tributed and after the departure of the
train some of our young people were ar
rayed more gorgeously than old Solomon
ever dreamed of.
FOISTD DEAD NEAR FARM HOUSE
.'J '
Indication Man Cam to Death from
.;.,. Ratnral Cans.
FREMONT, Neb.r Jun 24. (Special Tel
egram.) The dead body or a man was
discovered about 4 o'clock thla afternoon
on the driveway to the scale house at
Schrelnefs, living north of this city. The
roan waa lying on hia back with hla kanda
tightly clenched. Right back of bjm waa
a dinner pall, th content of which bad
evidently not been touched. In an account
book In his vest pocket waa written:
"My name la W. C. tfteynolds of Ray, In
diana, .In case of sickness, death or acci
dent notify Mary Avery, Ray, Ind." Hie
lunch had evidently been put up at a rea
taurant and consisted of veal loaf sand
wiches, a piece of pla . and a piece of
oake.
He 'was dark, complexloned, with brown
hair, about 36 years of age and weighing
probably 140 pounds. His clothe were
those of a laborer. Nick Bchreiner taen-
tlfled him as a man whom ho saw near th
scale house two days ago. Bchreiner met
him coming from the building with his
hands claaped over his abdomen and asked
him whst was the matter. His reply was:
"I'm awful sick with cholera morbus." Hia
appearance was not so much that of a alck
man aa one getting over a spree. He had
evidently been dead at least fourteen
hours.
Papltllon Has a Defaulter.
PAPILLION. Neb., June 24. (Special)
At the urgent request of th city board of
Papllllon R. F. Barton, city clerk, has re
signed his position. This request followed
upon th examination of th book and
th discovery of a shortsg In th ac
counts. Ther were two warrant amount
ing to about 126 which. It la alleged, had
been forged by Barton, also another war
rant that had been raised several dollar
above ths original figures. This money. It
is alleged, had been appropriated by Bar
ton for his own use. Th shortages first
found have been met by Barton, but a
shortage of 112, discovered yesterday, r
rnalne on the books on Barton' promts to
settle. Chsrles B. Towsr haa been appointed
to All Barton's place. It Is not known
whether Barton will b prosecuted.
Farmers Basy on Elevator.
TORK, Neb., Jun 4.-(8pecial.) Th
Farmers' Grain company, which was organ
ised at Bradahaw, thla county, elected the
following officers: Charles Broehl, presi
dent; Roy E. Simmons, secretary; A. -C.
Slmmona, treasurer: John Doran, Charles
Broehl, P. F. Steinberg. M. L. Bhambaugh
and Frank Laird, directors: The company
starts out with a paid up capital of 2,000.
Ther were already three larg elevators
In Bradahaw and It looked very much for
a while a though th farmers would build
a new hous. They recently purchased th
McCloud elevstor at that point and are
now remodeling It and propose to make It
on of th best houses on the Burlington.
(
se&usf'&j
CORRECT DRESS
at exactly.
ID)
Odd Lot Suits.. $5.00
Odd Lot Suits .' 6.00
Odd Lot Suits...,.- 7,50
Odd Lot Suits 9,00
two, three and four
ice
All Middle Weight Surplus Fall Suits at Half
; ' . Enabling us to begin the fall season with not one garment carried over.
Hew of Nebraska. .
GREELEY, June 24. Nin new residence
buildings are la course of construction,
some of them almost completed, costing
from S1.000 to 12,600 each, and aeveral mora
will be added to, thla number in the near
future.1 , j , . ....
' NORFOLK, June 24. F. Foreman, at
Hoakins, was bitten by a rattlesnake ami
Is in a serious -condition as a result 'At
Niobrara, Frank Tobusk, a 14-year-old lad,
plowing corn, was also bitten on the ankle,
but Is out of danger.
FREMONT, June 24. Ther Is a heavy
crop' of cherries In this section and con
sequently prices are low. Yesterday gro
cers held them at 130 per bushel and no
demand for them at that price. Today
they ar selling them for $1 per bushel. .
OQALALLA, June 24. This plao waa
visited last evening by a fine rain. The
aame storm struck Brule, tun miles west'
A high wind came with the rain at Brule,
which did considerable damage to wind
mills, barns and small buildings.
SUTTON, June 24. The Hastings Ep
worth league closed this evening with an
addresa by Governor Mickey. Hfs subject
was, "Character Building." At tho con
clusion of the convention an Impromptu
reception was arranged. Governor Mickey
Is the third representative of Sutton in the
gubernatorial chair.
OQALALLA. June 24. Mat Daugherty
came In on the train from th west yes
terday and was shaking hands with his
many friends. He was met here by his
brother and they went to their ranch In
the North river country for a vacation.
Mat Is living at Salt Lake, and the west
ern country seems to agree with him, aa
he Is looking fln.
. BLUE SPRINGS, June 24. The Gage
County Independent Telephone company
has commenced .the erection of two new
Specials in Women Waists
Special No. 1150 dozen Women's
White Lawn Waists Of a very fine
quality, handsomely trimmed with lace
and embroidery, regular $1.60 Qk C
' values, Saturday - . . . .
special No. 2125 dozen Women's
White Waists Madu of fine white
sheer lawns and light weight mercerized
madras cloths, full embroidery fronts,
waists in this lot worth $2 IOC?,
and $2.60, Saturday UkJ
at
FOR MEN AND BOYS.
520 Kuppenheimer and Odd Lot
$25 Kuppenheimer and Odd Lot
$30 Kuppenheimer and Odd Lot
$35 Kuppenheimer and Odd Lot
included.
on twb great tables
i
lines, th poles now being planted, on
running south Into Kansas and the other
west, and will connect with, line No. 6,
already in operation in tha West part of
the county. This will make ten lines In
operation by this company. '
FAIRMONT. June S4. Last night th
Commercial club of this city gave a ban
quet In honor of Mr, J, Ml Crawford, a
retiring lumber merchant, Mr. Crawford
came to Fairmont about sir years ago and
has been very successful in business, ' but
bis health falling h haa been forced to
aeek a mors congenial climate. The even
ing wa spent In spaechmaklng, which was
responded to by Mr. Crawford In his usual
happy manner. . i
FREMONT, June 24! The fir depart
ment Is making preparations for a good
celebration on the Fourth. In th morning
there will be an Industrial parade, In whlcu
nearly all the merchants and business
will participate, together with the Ar de
partment anuVother organisations. Later
will occur speaking and public exercise
(n the park, drills for prise by a number
of lodge drill teams and hose races, closing
with fireworks In the evening.
WEEPING WATER, June 24. This place
Is rapidly building in a substantial way.
The paat week the frame work wa com
menced on a new elevator costing aeveral
thousand dollars by E. F. Marshall, owner:
also a residence to cost about $6,600, built
for Q. W. Teegarden; another residence
of large dimensions for T. L. Davis, and
the cottsge for Weeping ' Water academy,
coating t&.oOO, la well under way, and much
Improvement Is being done on the streets.
TABLE ROCK. Jun 24. Th Village
board met last nlarht in adlourned imhIiii
and granted a license to operate a billiard
hall to Alva L. Shaffer of Humboldt, and
to. nail
was opened for business this
The application of James B. Da-
mornlng.
vis of Humboldt for
a saloon license will
come up for hearing one week from to-
Special No. 375 dozen Women's
High Grade Waists Made of the
very finest quality of silk and linen
mixed, strictly tailor made, would be
cheap at $4.50; they come in blue,
champagne, gray and t
cream, Saturday ......---'
Special No. 4-t50 dozen Women's
Swell Waists This is positively the
handsomest lot of waists ever offered In Omsha for th
price; An Imported linens, nettings and Importsd whits
lawns, beautifully trimmed every
waist would b cheap at ati.00
Hand
Made Suits
at
Half.
iirjm
Suits $10.00
Suits 12,50
Suits.. ........ 5,0Q
Suits 17,50
that will make
move rapidly.
night at th regular meeting, and it la
rumored there will be a sharp contest aa
attorneys have been already consulted on
both sides.
GRAND ISLAND. June 24. The resi
dents of the vicinity of Ott'a pond war
awakened the other night by a deep roar
as of a cannon. They knew not what It
meant, but a ther waa no recurrence of
th shot nothing mora waa thought of It
until, on the nxt morning, dead flak by
the scores were found upon th Shores
of the lake, containing about seven acres
of water. It Is presumed to be the work
or someone for whom the sport of Ashing '
with th hook, though even this waa for
bidden on the private ground, waa too
alow.
WEEPING WATER, June 24.-Th an
nual commencement exercises of tha
Weeping Water academy are being held,
this wsek. Last evening the concert, un
der the direction of the instructor In mu
slo, Miss Carrie Johnaton, was one of the
many good things. This morning the com
mencement program was given. Thero
were seven graduates, Laura Domingo,
Charles Ashmun, Effls Smith, Ira bos-
worth, Bessls Lyman, Arthur Wiles and
Minnie Baler. Tonight the alumni will
hold forth and finish th week'a pro
gram. GRAND ISLAND, Jun 24. Roy Onborno
and Dan Banum ar the names of two
youths, 19 and 18 yeara old respectively,
who are making their way from Denver
to the World'a Fair In a sixteen-foot boat,
Ave feet wide, passing this city yester
day. The lads expect to reach the Mis
souri before the water fall materially and
within two days. They have been on the
way. three weeks, having a harder time
up th river than here. They report nu
merous groundings, and on one . occasion
their boat was overturned. Their greatest
difficulty haa been the numerous thun
der and lightning and rainstorms.,
For
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Roosters.
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