Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. MAY 2.1. IP-V.
Enormous Gut-Price
rri UCHT ON RAILROAD VALUES
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Every
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House Cut in Price
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INVESTIGATE -IT PAYS!
fll H jy - Donolas St.1" pir
Tax ComrdMioiifr Poller of the
Omaha Pmerti Sure rifTire,
'"STOSTH KOSE THA5 ASSESSKEST
see Fiaawstl'elr 1st tfce Varlaae
Nethada af tnr(ll tfce alae
cf Railroad Praaerty
tnmlMll Ralls.
From a Ptff Corr-sfiTid'-nt.
LINCOLN. Neb. May H.-T. A. Polleya,
tax commissioner of tbe Chicago. St- Paul.
Minneapolis A Omaha railway company,
a ho today spoke before the state board
of nwnficfnt, appeared to be boosting for
a raise In the assesse-d valuation cf other
railroads m Nebraska or to looking out
for an assessed valuation that may be
used before the railway rommissloa a an
argument for leave to increase freight
rates He showed the board hew It might
increase the valuation of hi road
from K2.K a mile In Nebraska to ICft.
and then 1 talked an hour or !o to
shew the beard that really MS.OiO en
alout rl;!.t. The board of assessment last
jear valued all railroads In the state a? an
average of M.M a mile, but Mr. Polleys
-v a r-orriTiiil a 1 inn showinr hOV it Slight
LONG TRIP WITH BROKEN LEG i ivw . mi, secretary Christopher
I Sc&aviand of Msdison, recent'y ejected,
Levi AiiriMi af Hal Rides Leagtk I met with the board today. At noon, after
Prices
The Difference
A maa buya clothea to put on
and a woman buyi item to show
oIL
Yet Impressive clothing ii more
important to a buainaas man tnan
1t U to a woman. . To be well
drewed meana to be well received.
To be well dressed meant that
yonr business proposition will be
well received. And lastly, but by
no meana the least consideration
for the man who withes to aucceed,
to be attired in s. Ma cCarthy-Wilson
made-for-you suit ia to be well
dressed.
MjrCaj-th.y- ilan Suits
raade to meaaure. -825 S45
Pants to Order
perfect lit 55 to 513
Opea Evening-
HkcCarlhy-Wilson
Tailoring Co.
'S04-50 SOUTH 1TH ST.
Sear Southwest Corner 10th
and Farnarn Sta.
FToae Dowtlas 1808.
f 5erakt with riiriairl
lajarf.
RULO. Neb, Mar n. 6peciaX Levi An
derson. an old soldier and widower about
W rear of ape. arrived here Vast right
after having come from the western line
of Nebraska with a broken and badly
bruised lei
Mr. Anderaon timi property here. Last
March he went west and took a fr4v-acre
homestead near the Wyomlnf line. Being
lonesome on hla claim, he undertook to
hitch up hi western bronco and take a
having listened to Mr. Polleys for two
hours, the board adjourned till tomorrow
morning.
Mr. Polleya said rn part:
Itu4i w.e OTerralae.
If It is the purpose of thi board this
year to as" railroad at 1W per rent
of thrir preeent ac-tual value, and If
It i aiao their purpie to aaeetie real
Mrtate at Ita fjll Tireeent value, then
but not otherwise, ff will probably te
! jufi;fi-d in in reaii;g trie railroad as-
(-eBMiient tLi tHT to an average for
itii nate f about f per miie. whit-h
i would procu'-e an apgreate (if a little
flrlva. Tif horae would not be harneed. ljJBt Vf,11 c,r ij,i.,BK,..Ki f the hoard
mmVr of yeara i ar.fi errd a In
ternal revenue ccle'tr fr Nebraska
Trior to the adroimM ration of Elner E
Ftj heneon
r.iaalalai taitar.
After beir.j rgania3 and Id operation
for more than two j eara, the braka
L.jmi-rtnen Mutual Iosurao'-e a.aocla
tion. an adiunct to the Ptate Lurobt-j-realertf
aasoclatlon 1 bow beinf aa-
amined for the firat time by the nate in
surance df.artment. The work t being
done by Archie Parle. a brother and ap
pointee cf Auditor 1'. M feearle The
oomj.any ha been reporting It huttw
each year to ti.e dej.artment. tet ha not
been required to rubmlt Hi affajra t3
atruiir.y untu tne present time. err-
watertrg tank yaterdar afterrorm. The
child wa Juat old enonrh Vo t;d1ie about
and waa o-jt of .-ht of the nurae but a
fw miiiu'.e. and a hen f-urd wa r.oatl-,g
face dear ward In the tank. A phyacian
waa Summoned, and every aneant used t3
reaunitate the chtM. but to no avaiL
VOWS OF HERWA RIOW EXD
OfKee-ra Etoe'te-d aad 1 1 ! fBta ,
a Sell MeMlaa flare.
GRAND 3KUAXI.', eh.. May i?r-"C;aJ ,
The eiarhth annual aearion of the Ron of
Herman H Nebraska came to a conrlvritn
Wedneaday nl:ht at a barque tendered
bT the local lodge at the Llederkrana hall.
Tha ball waa beautifully decorated. Han-
tary Bird Critctfieid a reoorda ri the ; lmgr'a rrhoetra waa In a-ttendawe. thera
membership at IftO and the amount of wera acveraJ numhera by the male rhorua
lruenranoa in force at IfTP.ICO, ea.h mem- of the combined Haatinga and Grand laianS
aociettee and exoellent addrraae were made
r being limited to 11.000 on any one
totk t gooda. The company fumlahee
protection to lumbermen at rate about
fc per cent cf thoae filed by the
"board" schedule.
HCAVT RAI
OfTHEJIT
Mr. Anderaon aaya. and in aome mancet
either kicked or atruck him on the leg and
broke it.
Thia rouaed the ire of the old aoldier. ard
without aecurtng aid. he harnessed the
horae, hitched it up and drove it thirty
mile alone to a railroad siatioin.
On hi homeward trip. Mr. Anderson
came throug-n many citie. bat had nothing
dine until he got among hia friends, about
forty-eig-ht hours after the accident hap
pened. He was carried to his home on a
atretcher, and upon arrivinar here f:ur
phyaiclane were called to dress and set hi
injured limb. Alt hours badly bruised, in
flamed and broken, the doctors think the
leg will mend In time and that Mr. Ander
son will be able to be about again.
Mr. Anderaon flraas a pension of MO a
month.
shall place thia year an average actuaj
value of more than ..(0l' per miie upon tlie
railroads of the state, it will, in my Judg
ment. I valuing tt.em at more than 11
per cent of i;ejr ffc;r present value.
The determination of the system true
taiue per mile of the operating iropert.v of
ar.y t inroad cnimar.y cwnirig and operat
ing hues in Nebraska and in other state
i a necessary prerequisite to the actual
a.nd equitKll determinat ion ly this board
or by anyone else of the true value per
inile of the operating property of any
company withir, the state of Nebraska.
1 w isti. very briefly, io lay before the
txiard certain calculations, made upon sev
eral different plans, indicative of the sys
tem value, total and per mile, of the oper
ating property of the C. St. P. , M. at O. Ry.
cott t any in IO.
Alter grivmg the valuation of his road by
the various processes on atock and .bond
cases, capitalised net earnir.ga, physical
property tiasis. commercial value on com
pound gross and net earnings, Mr. Policy
st.d:
ATHLETES
TO KXLP IN GOOD TRIM
MUST LOOK WELL TO THE
. COKDITIOS Or THE SKIK. .
TO THIS END THE BATH
SHOULD EE TAtEIff WITH -
HAND
SAPOLIO
Alt Qmcert mad Dntgzftta
l larkei of Rata at Teransek.
TDCrMFEH. Neb.. May r. i Special t
This aertion was visited by erne of the
heaviest rain storms In its tiirtory. beg-in-ning
about t o'clock 'Wednesfiay afternoon
and continuirc during the evening: and
most of the night. The total precipitation
waa .11 inches, and of this four Inches
fell from 7 to I o'clock "Wednesday even
ing. Heavy rains are reported in other
aectiona of thia part of the state, but the
fatl vii thf. heavWKt at Terufnaeh of inv !
place in Johnson county. At Sterling the
rainfall was about one and one-half inches.
Borne damage has resulted from the storm.
The rural mall carriers report acme of the
smaller culvert over the county aa being
washed out. The com waa washed some
what and vegetation was beaten by the
driving; rain, At Table Rock aW feet of
Burlington track waa washed out and
mixed train No. 11 on the Burlington, due
la thia city at 73S a. -m, did not reach
here until I o'clock " Thuraday afternoon.
There la no report of damage from light
ning. The Nemaha river overflowed
slightly at thia point.
it ar.
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Maw Tare ta flaatlaa Cera.
TORK. Neb.. May ZL (Special. t One of
the oldest . farmers in Tork county, who
ha watched tbe great improvement made
in recent years in the preparation, and plant
ing of com by Tori ce'unty farmer, stated
that never before has he seen farmers pay
so much attention ta the preparation of
corn ground and that the seed this year if
tbe best. Owing to the great work done
in preparing the corn ground and the fine
rains of which every ounce of water wa
soaked in and Is sail held in the subsoil.
Tork oounty farmer never had as fine
prospects.
Quldren's Oxfords
Tbere'e a fie variety of child
ren! Oxforde here. Bova anC
Girls' sites In Oxfords, Gibson Ties
Etc
Our Oxfords will fit the child
foot properly; most Oxfords don't
Briag la the CMldrra
Kid ot Patent Leather, or Can-
vhM with low or spring heel
S1.25 t 52.00
according to sire..
Tbe children's feet we fit with
Oxfords will be fitted comfortably
See our children's window.
FRY SHOE CO.
TMW IIOI1L
. tSih and Douglas S.'s.
a O TILLS. j
TheE-C Girl Gives
Away Much Money
Says She Is Jus! Cettiog Started -
liore Big ii Bisy Days.
Iid tbe E-C Girl call on you yesterday?
Uiyl aiia maybe nut. Sue roaue a lot of
calls and cave away crisp n-w dollar bills
in all parte of the city. ehe ha3 procicted
u would be a busy any. and it as.
From 8 o'cloca ui :lie morning until
early ( In the evening the E-C iirl kej.t
( aieadily at h- work. With a reprenetaa
I live of te E:j-(-See Cereal Co. aiie drie
I over great portion of the city, getting out
' of her carriage at f;-3uent lrteivata ana
t making -all at the home of trie neighbor
i hHd Winrever arie found E-L Corn
Klakea In a heme., and it a in nearly
j eery home at which she called, she left
i one of the Dollar Mils which filled her
aatrhei wln sne began the day.
! "1 aatd yesteroay 1 t.e)ieved !' per eerr
o tne ioj.ie of Cmaha ate E-O Corn
Klake f.r r.reaifat. said the K-C tiirl.
j "Toflur 1 would i.ke to raise ny figure
j to Hi jier cent, axid i don't tr.mk 1 am ivcr-
i!triatinp It Mmi like n-enwli 1
1 -ali. In fier) jiart of town I fird
I Com Flafcee. A reek ago the people
ready whew J called, but now fiey ere i
baying It for the food itself. And that I
what pleases me mm " !
1o1ay will be another b.g day with the j
EC" tS:rl. S!ie declare she is Jusi new get. '
tine started on her unique work here j
t ithin the teirt few uayi she Will visit;
eiery j'rt of 1 ie city several times j
The followrrg is a partial list of thuw .
Thu we have worked out four different
system valuation per mile for I: S'.ock
and bond basis. 4i.M2 per mile: capii.a!iea
tion of net earning tiasis. Mii.KT per m lie,
physical property basi. 4S.6a per miie. and
commercial value on oombined gross anj
net earnings basj HT.oSti per mile. The
comjKiaite system value per mile, beir.g the
average of the four separate value Just
stated, is MS. 74. which woi.)d produce a
total system value of ITaffT.STi. Thi com
posite system value per mile (ea.74i e
ooeds by less than I per cent the assessed
actual .alue per mile fjed by this board
for the last four j ears for our Nebraaka
lines, namely, Hl.ij-K.'.
But. iijetead of adcpting the composite
system vatue per mile Just stated (.$;."4i.
1 propose to use for the purpose of this
argument only, the highest one of tle four
separate values above stated, namely, the
comroerciaJ value of MTj per mile.
We iiave seen thst the hignest amount
per mile, aa ooroputed by the use ot the
four d:fferent plana, at which ti.e system
value of the Chicago. St. Paul, Mmneapoli
at Cmaha m 1! c an t placod ia K'Mk' per
mile. That being ao. at what amount per
mile should our Nebraska lines in fairness
be valued?
(est Ftaarea.
The census authorities in 114. as I ex-pian-d
m my argument of a year ago.
apportioned system aluea to tne several
s.ate crosse d by such systems on the bast
of the gross earning made within tbe sev
eral rial. Reference to the ' gross earn
ing ' taile on the accompanying statistical
siieet aiil tliaclose. tiiat duriiig the ten
3 ear las'. Past, the gross earning pom er of !
our Nebratka line has ranged between a I ton
mmiiiium of ib 7 per ceit and a maximum
of Wi.31 ptr ctnt of our syste n. gross earn
ing per miie. For tbe entire ten year the
a vet age gross earning i-ower ;er mile of
the Nebraska lines waa 7(1 7b per cent of
tne stem srob earning per mile, and for
me last five rears Jl was 74 7k per cent. If,
then, crossing ean.rig power would he
taken as the sole basi of apportioning sys
tem values, our Nebraska lines sntiuid be
valued at not more than 74 7fc jier cent of
our system commercial value ot H,') per
mile, or at tJi.lta per miie.
In 1 the average commercial value per
i i' of ail railroads in Nebraska, as com
i by lb combined gross and net eara
1 roc.eas. a as K1.27a. or 74 1 per cent
! . ,- average value of all railroad ol the
I i i.trj" of thai year, lifc.lfjt. per mile. The
j average actuaj talue fiaed by the board m
i tl.at year for ail railroaus in Nebtaska
was M'.iiSH' per mile.
It lKt'7 the average commercial value per
miie for all railroaos in Neoraska wa 14.-
li;, wnu h bore a ratio of 71, 7J ;er ceiit
to the commercial value per mile for ail
railroad of tne country. Ca.anO. The actual
valut assigried by this board te the rail
r;.a of Netraska as a whole wa 44.44i.
Vee, Xeaaafca aad rwaee Caatte
Have Mark Malatar.
STETLXJk. Neb.. May SI i Special V-Af'-er
an all-night rain Wednesday night the
farmers were notified by telephone to ge
their nock out of the low land along the
Muddy, and at t yesterday morning It broke
out of ft banks north of town and In ten
minutes tha stream was a mile wide at this
point and up to tbe railroad grade at tbe de
pot. An Immense amount of com and hay
ground win be damaged along the bottoms.
The wagon bridges west of town are sur
rounded by water, and as the rrver Is still
rising, both these bridg-es may be carried
out. It will be Impossible to reach town
from the west for several days.
WTMORE. Neb May (Special. -The
Burlington will enlarge a section of It
roundhouse here to accommodate the large
ngines being used on this division. This
will necessitate moving several hundred
feet of track, vaed in making a 'T."
Traffic on tbe main line east and west
wa delsyed several hours on account of
bad washouts at Table Rock. Reports re
ceived say that several thousand feet of
track are out there. One cf the hardest
rain of the year fell here last night. It
is said over four Inches of water fell. In
dian creek is out of Its banks and still ris
ing. The Blue river Is also up, but ft Is not
expected that stream will go out of lis
banks.
AUBURN, Neb.. May ST i Special.) The
heaviest rain that has visited this part of
the country commenced falling Wednesday
night at t.K and continued the rest of the
n;ght- A great deal of hail alao fell, and it
is reported lid considerable damage to
fruit and gardea truck. Nearly a mile and
a half of roadbed is washed completely out
Just north of this city on the Missouri Pa
cific railway. All trains from tbe south
have been tied up at thia place since ar
rival, and from the north they cannot
get any farther than tbe Nebraska City
Junction, two miles and a half northwest
of this city. Part of the yards of the Mis
souri Pacific were submerged about t
o'clock thi morning, caaamg a great deal
of damage and temporarily stopping- all
work therein. This did not last long, how
ever, as It wa nearly all surface water,
and tbey were soon able to commence stor
ing away the traina arriving. It ia not
thougrht that with the most favorable con
ditions tbey will be able to get train
through until late tomorrow.
by Messrs. John Ma'.tea. Jr.. John Schidler.
A A. Liembacb of Hastings, F. J. Freitag
of South Omaha, PYltt Volpp of Scribner.
Albert V. D. Heyde of Or and Island. Cap
tain Louis Loeecr '"of Nebraska" and Carl
Rohde cf Columbua. X. C. Mayer of Grand
, Island acted a toas: master.
I The grand lodge In its closing session
' selected Lincoln as the plsce for the next
j annual convention. Rol jtiona declaring
i sympathy with the alms and purpose of
the Personal Rljrht leagrue recently or
ganised were adopted.
A parade, headed by Harrison band, was
gives after the close of the business aeesion
and several hundred were in line.
The following effioers were elected for the
ensuing year:
President, John Martes. Jr., Nebraska
City; vice president, F. J. FTeitag. South
Omaha, second vice president. Altwrt V. D.
Heyde, Grand Island. secretary. Carl
Rohde, Columbus, treasurer. Frits Vo'.pp.
Scribner: member board of trustee. Will
iam Pitpeuitock, Wayne; physician. Dr. C.
F. Ptockhart. Nebraska City; delegate to
national convention at L'enver in I!. John
Schindler of Stanton, Frtts Volpp of Scrib
ner. John Matte, jr.. of Nebraska City. J.
H. Lohmann. alternates. F. J. Freitag of
6outh Omana. August Roe Lecher of Colum
bus. Albert V. L. Heyde of Grand lsiand
and Can Rohde of Coiucibi.a.
Trwlaa Diverted by Wstkt
BEATRICE. Neb, May 22 (Special Tele
gram.) Several main line trains on tbe
Burlington were run through Beatrice to
day on accour.t of washout east of
W ytnore.
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CHOICE
STRAW
HATS....
Straw Hats are ready, and it's
time ycu should lay aside tbe
.old liat and put on a Mraw.
There never was a wider choice than is shown .
thi? season. Soft straws, stiff straws. Conserv
ative chapes, extreme shapes, every shae and
braid.
We've All the Gcoi Stvles.
50c 75c $1. $130. $2. $2.50. $3. $3.50. $4 $5
Beautiful Panamas. $3.50. $4.50, $5.00, $6.00, $8.50
TAKE A PEEP
at cur tiot weather Shirts.
If you want some of the
handsomest hirt your eye
ever rested upon, come new
and make your selection. Our
line include about all a man
can ask for In a cool, comfort
hle fitting shirt, pialted or plain
bosoms, cuffs attscbed or de
tached, coat styles. Sleeves of
different lena-th and at prices
that w i.l please you.
$1, $1.50, $2. $2.50.
$3. $3.5
KMAJaT BKXS8XS.B who want
chic and tun; 1 y suits can
find their ideal garment
here CIS and up to S3S.
Sew Cfearrh at Palrbary.
FAIB.BURT. Neb.. May 3L (Special .)
The cornerstone of the new Catholic church
wa laid Wednesday afternoon with the
imposing rites of the church. Tbe proces
sion formed at the rectory and marched
to the foundation of tbe new structure and
the fixst services wars held teefore a large
ros which had been erected where the
altar ia to stand, tbe final ceremonies tnv.ng
held at tbe cornerstone, which was blessed
and laid with tbe customary rttea. Rev.
Joseph T. Roche of Nebraska City, a for
mer rector of the Falrbury church, preached
the sermon, the F.L. Rev. Thoma Bonacuni,
bishop of Lincoln, delivering an address to
the eorjarregauon.
Those from abroad participating in the
ceremonies were: P.ev. S. A. tiucpby, Eut-
Rev. J. C. Freeman, Wymore; Rev.
M. A. Shine and Rev. 6. Agnus, Lincoln:
Rev. Thorns Eadden, Tecumeeb; Rev. J.
Lonrhurst, Lvid City; Rev. W. McDonald.
Hastings, and Rev. M Higgms. Doniphan.
Rev. J. J. Carey, rector of the church, -assisted
In, the service.
The dimensions of the new church are a
follow: Length. It feet; width, nave. 44.
feet; transept, oe feet- aacris'.y. i4 feet.
The spire is Ms feet hiph.
Xefcraaka Si Sales.
RULO An unusualiy heavy crop of al
falfa hay is now being cut by the farmers.
RULO An inch of water, miiified with
a few hail, fell here between 4 and o clock
this morning.
BEATRICE The Wymore State bank has
opened for business The ofticers of the
new mstnuUori are the same as those
a ho were connected with the Stale bans,
RULO Winter w heat has headed out
ntceiy. is unusually lengthy, rank and
long-iieaded, probably due to the large
amount of rain u.al ha fallen here tne
last three weeks.
LEIGH J C. Elliott cf West Point baa
been eetcured to oi liver tbe address Dec-oration
day. Exercise atli be held at tbe
cjera house. The Le.yh Concert hand
U furnish music.
BEATRICE At the close of the Iwr.quet
of the comme-oial club last rnptrt the fol
lowing director were eiect-d: c . rt.
Iiempster. E. G. iTake. C. G. Laker, B. H.
Begole and L B. Howry.
BEATRICE The Rockford ball team
yesteroay lost three game, one to the
Dutch team from Beatrice by the score of
i to K. one to Filiery by the score of 1 to 1,
and one to a pirkc 3 nine from thia cltj
Ly the score of y to i.
CFDAT RAPIDS The members of the
St. AnUiony Catholic church are building im rp.,,'irle1
a large addition to their church, w hich fur j and ifUrjn,
some lime rtasi xias e-ii vco rmui id
commodate the coTsregatiotis. They hoj
to have it completed by the middle of
July.
BEATRICE Lightning played a queer
prank at the home of George Stein, south
of the city. Wednesday merit. It strut
the bed in which Mt. and Mrs. Stein were
sleeping, partially Destroying it. and did
not injure the occupants other than shock
ing them.
LEIGH The graduating class this year
consists of four young people. Alexander
Oonrad. Mabel Matren, Hcrti.a Dunn and
Rosa Moeller. fTof. N. W
Berg Clothing Co.
rirteBth aad XoTurlaa.
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company at Tecumseh for six years and
six month, ha -nen up the position.
Other dutie oetnand so much of hi time.
Mr. Miner decd-d to five up the position
in question Tecumseh ic tlie distributing
point lor Johnson county of the oil com
pany and the agency here involves a
great atliouni of work. Mr. Miners suc
cessor ha not jet been named nor i it
known ho It w ill te.
BEATRICE E J. SI. inn. manarer of the
Book waiter faj-ms, relumed yesterday
from Booka alter. Net. .. and report that
corn waa badly damaged in that section
of tlie state by the cloudburst of Wednes
day night. He reports a rainfall of six
inches at that place, and says that much
cf the corn is wasned out. Similar rep-ins
come from tlie south part of Gage
countf. whtie a rainfall of three Indies
Train on the Roc lsiand
ngton were badly belated yester
day on account of washout on these
lines.
FA7RLURT An ordinance was pre
sented to the city council at tiieir last
meeting, granting to H. 6. Fuller and -social
ca a ftanchise to construct ra works
for lighting and heating purposes: end
also providing for ceiling an election under
toe referendum ordinance, submitting the
question of s renting the franchise to a
vote of tbe electors of the city. The coun
cil made several amendments to the ordi
nance, prmcipsl'y relating to prices to te
charged for cm. Tft t-hareee were nmt
t re, on i satisfactory to the petitioners and tne
WINDSTORM IN ST. LC'JIS
Balldiaaw and 7 reel Blnn mTia and .
Telephone I'-j I ctat ,f
senile.
ST. LOUIS. May Si A s-v.re ii-t.r,ia!
rain and windstorm visi;-d St. Lou. a an"
vicinity tnr.irlit. Several small frarn st-ui "
Hire arre b4r.r. dim.. 1ice airr b:oi;
arid telephoisr put out of sen ice.
At Granite City. ill. across tne river, "h
plant of the Corn Tuita Refining ,km
pany, employing 1 rut., was strutk t.
lightning and daniajed to tie ex.i:i i
Sl.,(MMt. One girl opt-tative was m.ureo !:i i
panic during en aitemp; of girl t!;i;.n,. e.
ir the syrup roon. to make t;it.i tia,.
from the buiid.r.g.
Valeatiae High frekaol Gradaatlaa.
VALENTINE, Neb., Mty 21 cSpeciaJ
Telegram The seventh annual commence
ment exercises of the Valentine High
school were hld this evening at Church's
hail, when seven graduate received
diplomas. The scholarship race, which w as
very close, wa won by Miss Mary Easley.
who had an average of Ki 5-7 per cent. The
baccalaureate sermon was preached by
Rev. W. W. Wells at St. John's Episcopal
of the Fremont Normal has been secured i election w ill not lie called until thev fle
as Siieaker. Tlie rommencenieni exercises ( 1(je whether Uiey wish the question sub
will t.e held at the opera house Saturcay , rmtted in its present -form. It is under
etening. May ! stood that other partie have an ordinance
CEI'AR RAP1IS Mr. John Vanderwaila ' 1or a similar purpose prefiared to submit
and Miss E.izatieth Kc-hnert both of this I to the council t Ihcir ntxt meeting,
p. ace. weie united m marriage May jaj. FE.4TP.1CE Notioe has been sen ed upc n
The friends went immediately to the home L). Kreismger. aitornv for tne cojntv
of the bride, about three miles southwest s n tne case of Join H. Sparks agamst
of town, where the weeding breakfast wa Gage count, whkh ha been pending before
served. J tie leetivitieF lasted ail cav. ana p..f, ree C. J Clements in United Slates
it was said t.'ikt fully two hundred j.er- j (.ourt since March, that thev will applv j
son enjoyed tlie hospitai.ty of the Kc-ii- soc.n for a re.-.p-n'ng cl tne case. Ti is '
nert home at varu.-e t.mes during the 15 t!,e ense tn which fpork brought suit lor
day. . ii which he allege is due him fori
BEATRICE Mr. L. A Horrum died j bridf const ru'-tic n. 'i"he case is to be re- I
vesterday morning at her home in Adams 1 opened for ll.e purpose ol proving tliei
at the age of sei .nt; -five yea The ! piait.fff a cit:s-n of Missouri, and that ti.e '
deceased .ocated in Nebraslta in !, lak- I I "lifted States court has jurisdiction in Die
ing up a homesieai with hr hustiajid 1 case. -iarn i.roo: was noi introduced 1
near Adama. Her son, the late M. D. Kor- ' when the case was up for hear'ng I'noer .
rum. served Gage county several vears ago t ' statute a resident of one state cannot
as ujnnlenoect of schooia He later I brine n t cgsit.sl a if' or c. rpora' mn
edited the Adams Glob. She is survived , f mother stute unless wst resident 1 a
bv lier husband and one daughter and two c itittii ol the state. !(-:. j he or siie ir
sons.
0 ACTIO OX ODD FLLLUa ' HOME
CassBBlttee S er.ailafp.cli Poat pone
fur a tear.
SIOUX FALLS, & I .. May SV tpei. -i ,"
Tulegrem 1 At the 'final season of 1:1.
graad lodge of Odd Friic w of South Da
kota this afternoon the . (jjcstiori . of e-
lec ting a ilace a the location of liit- f ta-.t
home wiikh the Odd Fellow plop .se ,.-;-'
ing, came up for discussion. In si.n.e .,uai- i
ters'it wa txpevted a seh-i ti'm wo..:d b.,:
made at the grand lodge invrt.t.g u!.n.j
has just concluu'd its work, anu s. t ra I
towns m Ihe wen j.reparetl to pr- r 1. .
their claims for the ioiatrr. if tlt. j, - (
However, the hoard of trustees of thy i'.o !
poeed state home subTin:ti.i a lej.i.:.
w hich suggest cd thai the C'-tt i-rr.itia 1 h n o:
the he-tin- location should i.e c!ri.d 1 ir .
to the n-ieet::ig at Deadwc.d next yeei UTl,
the grand lodge decid'-d that nu ai-i.oi
TECTMSEH-Hardy
had the agency of
I". Mtner. who
the Standard
has
Oil
Hard lime ia hire I.lae.
Not ttlisttri'.iir-g tin talk 1.1 l-.d 1
tne I'Tutei States used iust jtar Si' ;i
w-ortb of laces most ot .!",:, tn.
ported. At (.a 111 1. l-rTte. with a pwulu
ue. I nor. 01 atK'ut ,re, over Ti p.i cert
engaged in lace nti.il,;. - ! tn-:e' S
Use Bee wat t ad to boost your business I tiikitig about 7! per cent of tut lace ink
' rn actu ally idermctJ w 11c the commercial 1 inurra wn punaij eieniiiai mc oig au
! value a 'computed by toe proces referred j Euai higrh ac-hool picnic was held at Perry
I l1- . , .,, , . I Fall last Saturday and the Junior-aenior
I l railroad lb toe ' icitl'iR'n un J nusj, mc mm L i. nuii u
le
rial value tr nuie
country is (-.S4i. as axamst H;..!4 per
for ttie railroads of me state of Nebraska.
per cent to the ! .rrr.er 1 be average gross ! thi evening The alumni, which now eum
. amines per mne of all the railroads ol j bers over KK) membera. will hold its re-
hall. Hem. Charles Weston delivered his
addreaa. -Historic ldeala," at the exercise
li s courti-v lor tne rive year diaiuj unt
isi. llvr. were !H'':7. w here.a for all tne
railroads .f Nebraska aa whole Uiey
were ab .ut T.i' l'r mile, or only 7i.5k per
cent uf tne average for the country at
large.
Railway rasaaaiaslaa Knllag.
The Railway cx-mmissiuti tin afternoon
gave the Douglas County Telephone com
pany permission to lower rale at Val-
E-C I ley, Waterloo and E.khorn. prov iding
icre I , ha-crc are raid six month in advance.
All the rai!od in Nebraska Joined
in asking permission to change rate for
exces baggage. The commission granted
the req-uett to reduce the charge from
1 to cents per hundred rounds.
cepiion tomorrow evening.
Killed While Steallac Ride.
COLUMBl'S. Neb.. May ii. (Special Tel-
egram.) Train No. W. with George Over-
myT. conductor, was the cause of the
j oeaiii of Robert Stanley of Ortonrille,
i Minn. Stanley, together with a partner,
! had been riding freight trains from Salt
Lake City, where they had been working
all winter, and were en route borne, but
' were put off near Gardner, abtiut fifteen
j mile west of Columbua. and tried to rids
I No M in. In trying to open the side door
of a box car while the train was in motion.
Stanley lost M hold and stumbled, falling
ErOeadaohe and Hn&me
Sflil
with a minimum- charge of 1 cert per , under the wheel, and was ground to death,
hundred and a minimum iharge for any J from in statement of the man who wa
shipment of ii cents.
"Cofc.sc.a-T Without EkTSavatiaacr."
HOTEL WOODSTOCK
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Waitt lot esSTicutask.
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W. H. VALIOUETTE. MaaiaalK.
'.HL BERfeiCK. ajTwAao. vr.
day: "vi... , The VnlBtl j a, ,flc- F.ailroad com;r.y
Mrs B. Sterhenson SMt Sherman Ave ; j was allowed to refund overcharges to T
Mrs E. O, r.eeibein lili nio; Mrs 1'. e Hoard cf Central City for hauling
U. rirt.irh ll' l Va.m- Xi I,.i.. . - -
g-rtl. .Kli N i'(lh St ; j'7 A i-".sher. ' "'rn- T!' "m" ra " x 10
f(' Sherrrkn Ate: Moses Kahr. :(iimke correction in ita new rates for pas
, Sherman Ave; MasteT Hayien 4hmt.n- i a,f ngers cn ti count of the Lane cut-tff
i son. .tis .-v. jsin m., t-a.Ln ermii-on.
' iiicl N iMh Ave; Mrs H O. R e. t;.-7
K. it'th: Mabel Gertrude Kar.n S . . r a r-be--
man Ave: Mr. F. B St ra ndeaard.
,N lstn: H O Lester. Hit Wnj.le r-i .
iMrs Moil.e Pni 1tf. Lise: Mr. J M.
ITreesU. ;('! S. i''th, L. etli.men. 1 t-e7
Plnaney; Mrs. R M Gross ii'dj Jk;e.
Vera G i nert iM N. i"th M; Fc 'er
Jone lfrii Bir.itey rt : air:. Rosen,
N it'th St . Sun Thomas Hart.
I Sherman Ave.: tint L A. verboy, 7(1
N lath St; Mra. R. U Harba h 1 f . . (
i aocomparytr.g Stanley, it i learned that
j he ha a married aister living at Ortonville.
I The body wa brought to Columbus and
I taken to the Ga undertaking parlor, where
j it will be held pending tlie coroner's in
vestigation, which w-ni be held tomorrow.
N.
lf.t.li I
H.to f
tie will take tp 1.1 abode tljere His i
JL
4ih: Mra. H S Rhya. tlik N 1
isi.. F.-erlcs Rent. F17 N Ifth rt ; Fl-.-e-
ence Weeierman ItlS B.nr.ev . Mrs C. B
ir..,,.. l ' a vc no.. r
liHl' SheW.aa A'v'e : Mra A. b Uertvu. daughter. Mrs. Ksnlun. and her husband
'ISTI N lkth; Elsie ('rristie. ,( , Bur-(will come from Omaha io live with him.
'dette; Mra. A Mortn is(' Siierman Ave; I rour.,i is nukdrar.-i.ia.r in si.ar
Mra. Muir. N Stth St; Mra. W. 11 ! " -'..,. w
Best. Snerriian Ave ; Mr. D. ti TIM ltii Foninti strse-l aud .VaraU
Veal ill? N lii: E. X Johbston. if.t boulevard, a tirt distance north cf
N. lsth St ; Mi Be Mrii K. fir- !t,atll street. It aiot e to the west and
face tbe country home c f A. O f au.a-
Rea. J4('7 N K'th St ; Mra L H S'm-j ner an the east- The operty is to b
raiuns 1417 Ohio; Mra K. A Lvitt, XLS4 i -Arked and Otherwise ULtroist at a total
Jail Break at F rrwuw t.
i FREMONT. Neh , My Si (Special, e
! Join Milton. Ed Leonard and Oh arte Kin
I ey broke ut of the Dodge county Jail
I last night and there is no trace of their
. v . . ........ r... (..ni-. - - i. . , v.
I tastenea tne cell m i-i.un tne tnre were
conf.ned Reaching the corridor, they pried
; out a few brirks from around tlie grating
j oa a window, wrenched the grating te one
Mr. Hcu, and so..n a. it is c.mpieted I , , . ,Tr" -T
' tl il li'l tuikiml. abu Ihe iilin . u .ti.
in Net ias
11. trka Hear.
Anotiier har.dsjiTie suburban residence
a.l; t ere'ttd southeast of Lincoln by
J E Hou'i. fomefiy cf Jhte city, now of
C maha. t n ten aire cf ground w r.u-h
J4i , has purchased irom ine oia Lyimi irai l.
! 1 he i.rioe iid for u.e lnd and building
now upon it wa .t'lu A Louse ccriir.g
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Mr. Frederick 1 linden t-i!r. cf aa
ford, X. J.wtio i eijtj-(lirie j'i-
'i age, uupl !. was (ki vlt: to tv-ir,
at hia carrariileT trade, j. Le ti"
trtul.lel t-ntiunally tairh licsda-lie,! I;..
diget-tkiB acd iaina, wiiich im n-d k
be rfsrojnatk1.
On the adtice of a frieiad Mr. Uod-n-
Derger sbartexj taaing lifjV lute
Milt Whiskey, whk h con.j.let f ly ur-l
bim. He towt ha a khhJ atiiit-tite aisd
caa do aa froud a !a' wtt.rk aa 4.11 j
rcini li.0c to lli-.l'i' will be built by
Ki a- 1
aerving thirty-day aentenoes from police
csourf, M. ton is 4-elieved to 1 a man with
a criminal record.
nam. Mra H t.niorse. ana -N
, Mra. S Srhecae. tkil Sherman Ave:
N. ii'th St: Mlas Marjone Brandt. ?:-!-
man; H Jtcoh. l'f Clark, Mra H Ii.
Walker !(! N". IVth; Mrs. J. tv Viaaart.
(; t'tto. Mra 6 A. Larson, lili N
lilb, Mra. L. J Piatt i C11 Slierman
Ave: Mrs H. Baker 18 N. 1 kit. Mra.
A W Bel. lilT Jackann; Mrs Mary
Gieoch. 114 Jacksoe. matron Child Sav-
tsg Institute lsc Ohia
twain. lil PUiAner.
at,; rvderick
xi-etie. IncluCii-g bu.id.ngi, cf about
til (t'. The work wi-1 begin by Ju y 1.
if tot tefore.
Mr. Hcilu was president of the aid
Lincc.a National bank and is vety will
'known to Lincoln people who were her
I at that tuna. 11c rtmov ti t On,l,a a
I'lrairr uaalta aaietde.
SOOT1A, Neb.. May r. S:ciai Tele
graar. Jasue Ri.ey commined evnriae
today by ahootir.g himaeif He w a a
hi.' g farmer liv mg Bear here. X year
oid and unmarried. Ill health 1 supposed
to have bee the cause
MR FREDIRICK BIN DLN Bt-KGi-R
Kecentiy Mr. Biriierberjer wrote:
"Prrioua to ttree years kfo 1
thouftt I aa too ti'd to work any
core at rry trade at rarpehter. waa
tire-d out, kad wtet freerr,ed to le
rbenmatUm in rcy batk and aliotild-!,
tad icdicettlon. teadBclie- arid wa
jretty jenerally broken up. I was a 6
vlaed by a friend lo take Duffy Pure
Malt Wr.if.keT. I bourtt a bottle. 1
kept fettJag tuer; wfcat aeemed io b
rbeuiuatUm left me; rr-y appetite rarnt
batk; I begaa to fe-l lite doisi; atriie
Uiir.R, ao I went to work and bate
worked ever ainct. taking Duffj'a Purr
Malt Wlilekey every day. I Lave only
loFt four bonra tince last November,
and that waa on awouLt cf tbe snow
beiE6 too deep to act to tbe shop until
riOOL. I feel aa jouiij aa I did thirty
jeara apo and ran cake aorne of tte
youcrest ooea bustle. 1 will be aeteu-tv-ttre
yeara old iiext Auruet. if I
litre until tben, and I r"a I will.
Duffy's
Pure FJlalf Uhiskey
raild Draw ta Waler Taak.
ORD. Neb.. May C Special Tbe 14-monib-old
child of Andrew Naaa. a prom
iiien t German farmer reaiding near this
piaoa. unci, daata by tallli a liito a atoca
ia an abaolutely ptire dirtlllatioB of Tnalted grain; rreat car teine vaed to haTe every kernel tboroughly malted,
tbua deatroj-liiS ttv? germ ted producir-g a predipetd lltm'd food in tbe form of a malt eaeDre. wbitb ia tte ruof-t
effective tonic atlroulant aad lrivbsoraior known to aclvtce. aofiened by aarmtb and n.oitTure Its ptlii.ub:lity nl
fredotn fron itjnrioua subatances rt-Lder it ao tbat it can te retained by tbe rxoet aensitlve atomatb.
It curea iiendCfseM. typboid. itialarla, every form of trtomacb troable. all diaeaata of tbe tCrriiit aiid luiig.a
and all rnn-doan and weaeiid condltioriB of tbe body, brain and cervea. It ia prescribed ly dot-tors ar.d i rt-'fi-
nUed as tbe rreAt family medicine eTerywhere,
CAl'HOX Vv hew yow aak ytsar drukTirist, grrorrr or dealer for Iffr"a Pare Malt Wtuiakey, 1- aiuc iu jr.-l tl ,
rt-naine. It s the iy alc.lui-ly pare uardiciaal Daalt wtuXf-y and ia aold in aaK-d laittlrw .!; irnr ia bulk.
Price- fl.OO. Lxauk for the trade-mark, the Xsd tlM-niis" tm thr lalx-1. and luake sure the Mai ow-r the ik is
nbrbkea. U'nvr Dr. IL Citrraa, CNaaaJliut; rbiaatiaa, for a tre LUaatrated taodKai touiU-t aitd frott adikav.
Datfry Halt Whiskey Otx, RoUi cater. X. V.