Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA " COUNTY HERALD.
V0LU1US XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1908.
NUUBE& 44
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WORLD'S DAILY NEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED AND
CONCISELY STATED.
ZEPPELIN IN FLIGHT
THOUSANDS SEE MARVELOUS
FLIGHT OF AIRSHIP.
Count Puts Machine Tlirough long
Series of the Most Difficult Maneu
vers, Covering a Distance of About
230 Mile During tin Pay.
Count Zappelin, at Frledrlchshafon
Wednesday, outdistanced all world
recoYds for steerable balloons. Ho re
mained In the air for twblvehouf,
tuave'rdea tho greater part of northera
Switzerland and visited Zurich, Win
terthur and Luceren, attaining an av
o rage speed throughout of 84 mllea
atfiour. His airship displayed BpJen-
dld qualities of dlrlgibllity and an-J
awered the slightest movement of the
helm, while Its stability was quite up J
to the greatest expectations.
In the most desirable weather con
ditions, almost a djsaa cairn, me air- j
ship, manjsyi by a crew of fourteen, fl
under the reaaersnip or uouni tcp
pelln. left its floating home on Lake
Constance at 8t30 o'clock in the morn-J
Inc . fjtaa than five minutes later
fn...4- Vt.nnr.11.. aVtr.ll Afl 'Alt nlflr"ll
arrtl the balloon rose about 1.U0U reel
in the air and turned her bowa towards
Constance. By 9 o'clock it had disap
peared .on the western horizon.
Telephone messages from Frauen
feld, Winterthur and other towns soon
reported the appearance of the air
ship and her passage over the canon
of Zurich. ' The giant craft romained
ten minutes hovering over the town
of Zurich and the lake and then van
ished from view at a rapid rate in the
direction of Lucerne.
It was about 1 o'clock when the
airship came into view at Luc'erne and
the " thousands of ntonished tourists
from all parts of th""?-world, including
hundreds of Americans, greeted her
with loud cheering -as shesailed quick
ly jiver tho wae.rs of the lake. With
the greatest precision Count Seppelln
guided- his airship and proceeded to
carry out a long series e! evolutlcfeis
which included complicated' oircles,
the figure -8, sharp turns, descents and
ascents.
"DUEL" AFTER REAL SCRAP.
Paris Editor During Encounter
Wounds Lawyer in Arm.
A duel with sworde was fought in
Paris Wednesday betwyn M. Jouvenel,
a brother of the present editor of the
Matin, and a lawyer named Baudelot.
M. Baudelot was wounded In the right
arm. The quarrel between the twJ
men Is an outcome of the libel suit
brought by Senator Humbert against
tho Matin for involving him in the
swindles recently conducted in Paris
'by Henri Rochette. The case was
called Tuesday and while it was being
heard M. Baudelot slapped M. Jouve
nel in the face. The latter retaliated
by smashing his cone over M. Baude
lot's head, and a challenge followed.
MAE WOOD IS INDICTED.
Woman Who Sued Piatt for Divorce Is
Accused of Perjury and Forgery.
Mae C. Wood, an Omaha woman,
who sued Senator Thomas C. Piatt ofr
a divorce, was indicted by the grand
jury of New York, Wednesday on the
charge of perjury and forgery.
Miss Wood Is charged with having
t;igned Piatt's name to a document
acknowledging her as his wife. The
jury Indictment is based on Miss
Wood's testimony In the divorce act
ion, when she testified she was married
to the senator at tho Fifth avenue ho
tel In 1901. Miss Wood Is at liberty
en $5,000 ball.
Ten Ycnrs in Prison.
Walter J. l'artnett, formerly vice
president and general counsel of the
Western Pacific Railroad company,
and vice president and general counsel
for the California Safe Deposit and
Trust company, which failed in Pan
FranclBco last November for $9,000,
000, Wednesday was sentenced to the
penitentiary for ten years.
Chicago Murder Mystery.
The body of an unidentified wom
an, cut and bruised, with finger marks
on the throat, and hands and feet tied
with ropes, was found Wednesday In
a rooming house in Chicago. The
woman went to the place Sunday
night with a man who since has dis
appeared. Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Beeves, $7.00 7. 8 5. Top hogs,
$6 02V4.
Troops Sent to Horde. ,
Oen Myer, commanding the depart
ment of Texas, telegraphed to the war
department Wednesday that be had
sent four troops of cavalry to Del Rio,
near the scene of the operations of
the tnsui rectlonlst in Mexico.
Condition of Cotton.
The average condition of tha cotton
;rop la the United States, June $5,
was 81.1 per cant, of tha normal, com
pared With 71.7 per cent. May 25
REBEL "AMMY" LOSES.
TnnonwK Bystander Kilted In Mexican
"Battle"
Tha first revolutionary outbreak in
tha republic of Mexico, beyond the bor
der of Coahulla, occurred Tuesday
rooming at 4 o'clock, when the garri
son at Palomas, Chihuahua, seventy
miles west of El Paso, was attacked
by a band of fifty men, 'Who were re
pulsed with a loss of one killed and
one captured.
There were fourteen guards statlon.
ed at tha Mexican post when the at
takkig party surprised the town. The
most of the insurrectionists were
armed with crude weapons and home
made implements of Warfare. Accord
ing, to a dispatch received from Colum
bus, N. M., across the river from Palo
mas Juan Correon, the Mexican gener
al arrived there front Palomas bearing
dlspatbhpa to bis government concern
ing the attack. It began when a bomb
was thrown fnto thj telegraph office,
thujl shutting off communication with
outside points. In the fight whlcn
followed' several hundred, shots were
fired and many bomba were thrown at
the headquarters of the officers.
Owing to the fact that the bombs
ware.'411-tlned, the officers were able
to Uirow them away before they ex
ploded, Uum aavInV the thitldlng and
tbair own Uvea The fight lasted one
hoar, alter qrhich the attacking party
Bed to the mountains west of Palomaa.
Ope man. was killed,, but It seems tftat
be was a nan-combatant.
One revolutionist was seriously
wounded and captured. He speaks
good English, aad the Mexican author
ities believe he Is a native of New
Mexico. The idea is confirmed by the
report of the section foreman from
Mimbros, Seven miles west of El Paso,
to the effects that a band of from thir
ty to fifty meii assembled there Tues--
day. They woald not allow him to
leave the yards durfng the day. They
had two large bundles of rifles and
bought provisions. They left Mimbrosr
a station on the El Jinso and South
western, about midnight Monday
night. 1
WOMEX WILL MAKE RAID.
Suffragist to Storm the House of Com-
mone-c-polloe Await the Attack.
The women suffragists assembled to
the number ,of several hundred in Car
ton hall, Tuesday afternoon, and sent
a deputation to the house of common
forVtho purpose of interviewing Pr
mler.squHh in the matter of the im
mediate granting of franchise to wom
en. At the: house tho members of tube
deputation were met by a solfd body
of police and refused admission. The
premier, In a curt message, deennod to
see the deputation and whan the dele
gation returned to tho Caxton hall it
was decided too collect tlie full force
of sufferaglsts for a subsequent demon
stration at he house of commons.
Hundreds of police are guarding the
house in view of Jlie projected raid.
"HE SEIZED CZOLGOSZ.
Tlw Man Who Was Mistaken For As
sasln Dies.
Albert -Gallagher, for many years In
the secret service of tho United States,
and who seized the wrist of Czolgosz
after the latter fired the shot that re
sulted in the death of McKInley, died
at Chicago, Tuesday.
Gallager was mistaken by a crowd
for the assassin, and was set upon and
beaten and to this fact, according to
the attending physician, Gallagher's
death was indirectly.
To Bo Monster Fleet.
The mobilization of all the British
warships in the home waters available
for Immediate service was completed
Tuesday for the annual naval maneu
vers. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford
finds himself in supreme command of
801 ships, with an aggregate of 68,000
officers and men. This is the greatest
fleet ever assembled in the history of
the world.
Shoots Girl In Prison.
Mme. Sherstnova, who was con
confined in the political prison at Kiev,
Russia, was shot and killed by one of
the prison sentinels, who caught her
signaling with a mirror with some of
her copartners. She was standing at
a window at the time. The sentinel's
first shot killed her.
Over 200 Shots Fired.
A pitched battle took place Monday
night between striking shopmen em
ployed by the St. Louis and Iron Moun
tain Railway company and Italian
strikebreakers at Van Buren, Ark., In
which two of the latter were shot and
seriously woun&cd.
RoblM-d Bank's Vault. .
The federal grand Jury Tfuesday
brought in an indictment against cash
ier, A. W. Nelson, in connection with
iise alleged looting of the reserve
vaults of the Utah National bank at
fait Lake. The shortage in the vault
is over $100,000.
Eulenburg to Hospital.
The trial of Prince Zu Eulenburg at
Berlin on the charge of perjury, was
suspended Tuesday when the prince
suddenly was overcome by weakness
He was removed to a hospital under
a guard of officers.
Small Boy an Asslssln.
Robert Jardlne, aged 10 years, is In
Jail at Lesueur. Minn., on the charge
of murdering Russell St. John, a com
panion. Jardlne lay in wait for his
victim, according to the testimony, and
deliberately shot him.
Miners Return to Work.
After a protracted idleness the
mines of the Great Lakes Coal com
pany at Kayler, Pa., have been put In
operation, employing 1.400men.
sails airship six hours.
Zepplin's Machine Make Remarkable
- Uncord.
Count Zepplln's airship Monday
stood brilliantly tho longest and most
searching test It ha yet undergone
It reamlned in the air for six and
three-quarters hours, attaining a
speed of thirty-four and one-halt
miles an hour throughout although
for a 'short period tha speed peached
thlrty-olght miles an hour, the highest
speedyet accomplished The appa
ratus successfully underwent severe
experiments, working without a hitch
during the entire period. Count Zep
plln was at Frederlchshafen to super
Vise the test.--'
The balloon left the floating shed
shortly before noon asd was towed a
mile by a motorboat Then utilising
it dyhamic force aad without casting
any ballast ft ascended slowly and
majestically to a heJght of 1.0T0 feet.
I started oft toward Constance at full
speed and then tuued in the direction
of Romanhorn, In Switzerland, where
It went through a long series of ma
neuver's, all the apparatus, working to
the Utmost, satisfaction. It then made
a descent to the surface of the wabsr,
and after communicating with tho ac
companying motorboat it arose again
and proceeded to Eorarsch, at the end
of the lake, propelled by the full iorce
of the engines against a rather Brisk
wind. '-It was allowed to drift back to
Frledrlschshafen, where it made a
ah for a long stretch at top speed.
with Hie wind in Its favor as far as
CoiiBtance, where further maneuvers
we:e gone through. The trip ended
within two miles of the balloon ahed.
It was towed home, arriving there at
8:30 o'clock.
Count Eepplin expressed the opinion
that he would be able to undertake a
400-mile Journey soon.
DLVII IN CLOUDBURST.
live Persons Drown in Sudden Mood
at Wellington, Kan.
A cloudburst at Wellington, Kan.,
resulted fnJve deaths by drowning.
Five Inches of rain fell within an
hour, and five feet of water flowed
through the town, taking houses from
their foundation.
The flood came without wanin and
carried houses and other buildings
away before the people could reach
places of safety.
The first warning of ..the flood was
when te water began to seep Into the
houses along Harvey and' ' Lincoln:
streets east of Muln stfeet. Within an
hour It hadi reached its erest. Numbers
of people floated away tn their houses
or on he roofs, marry of them Seizing
the limbs of Trees as their houses
floated by and pitlled themselves to
plaoes of safety. During the entire
Bight men and boys worked indus
triously in canoes rescuing people from
tree tops and tops of houses.
THAW'S PLEA IS DENIED.
Not to bo Removed From the Mattca
wim Tsylmn.
Justice DowUng, of New York, Mon
day denied the application of Harry K.
Thaw to be removed from the Mattea
wan state asylum for criminal Insane
to some other institution. Tha decis
ion snys: "If after sufficient observa
tion it is found proper to remove him
to some other Institution tho state
authorities can so act."
Justice Dowling's decision further
declared Thaw dangerously Insane
"who is not to be punished, but to
be kept under proper restraint; that
he may neither injure himself nor any.
one else," and says, the affidavits sub
mitted set forth absolutely no reasor
why the change desired be made.
Dowling's order is not operative foi
the present at least, as Thaw now It
In cui-lociy ur.der orders of Jur.tlci
Mill, at White Flalns.
GREAT ARMY OF TEACHERS.
Fifty Thousand Arc Belli-; Eiilertainre
ill Clevelund, O.
With the city decorated In holldaj
attire, Cleveland began Monday thi
entertainment of 50,000 or more tvehoo
teac'ners from all tarts of the country
who are there attending the forty
ninth annual convention of the Nation
al Educational association. There nrt
no important matters outside of tin
routine and aside from that scheduluc
on the program nothing is anticipated
The llrst session of tho convontlm
began Monday afternoon. The pro
gram consisted. of an address of wel
come and response, and a report upen
the educational progress of the year
by President Charles F. Thwlng, of
tho Western Reserve university, of
''leveland.
Miners in Bloody l'llit.
One man dead, one dying, one with
his eyes gouged out and another with
his face cut from eye to chin, Is the
esult of one man's work Monday
Mike Kartik, armed with a gun, went
to the mining camp at Barton, O., and
demanded entrance to a house oc
cupied by a number of Hungarians
They lefused to. udinlt him and a fight
followed.
Alfonso's Second Son Christened.
The christening of the infanta, son
of King Alfonso, under tho name of
Jaime, took place Monday in the chap
el house at La Granja.
Work for 1,500 .Men.
Several departments of the Schoen-
bcrger plain or tne American steel and
Wire company, of Pittsburg, Pa., re
sumed work Monday.affordlngemploy
ment to 1,600 men
Poison In trie Beans.
..Half the members of Company C,
Seventh regiment, Ohio National
Guard, were under care of piyslcians
Monday as the result of ptomaine poi
soning caused by eating canned beans.
I ! ?
NEBRASKA
STATE HENS'!
' NEBRASKA STREAM FLOODED.
Overflow of tlm Rl9 Hubiuorgfw a j
Part of Beatrice.
The Blue river at Uoatjrlce la on
another ramnasn. cftus.'d bv a. two-
inch rainfall near tho town re rly-
pnouth where the precipitation Is
placed at 1J Inches. The rise wa
very sudden. Thirty famtUes In a low
lying soctiiia were competled to aban
don tholr homesand are housed Irt th
west side sobool house. People wtst
of Count street are unable to erstas tho
city .proper. '
Near Plymouth Cub creek is the
highest Known foY thirty ' year. A
farmer named Poke had nls house
washed awny. lfe"loat roosVof MsMlve
stoc.k. Other, farmers lu Jne vlclafty
had .stock dunwiCfd. TrillHu evr the
tTtalfin r'ni'lflc is rtmmfc jnari . wntsr run
ning over Vie svcUou"o) tfi'o traok
the depth of eight feeV
FA1.LN OS A PITCHFORK.
Nobrastuut Meets leutb While Work
ing in tlie FlHd.
While eneed In stacking, Arthur
N. Corby, living north of Xelfcih, was
struck by the stacker and thrown tnrm
the stack, with a -pitchfork In his
hand, and the fouj tines penetrated his
breast. .He was put Into a wagon and
taken to his home. . Ho walked lnte
J.he house with the assistance of hrs
son. He' at dow n upon a cjmlr, and
safd, "I am dying: s?ooilV leaned eh
his Jiand and expired. He loaves a
wife anJ two yrAing sons to moun his
loss. His fatlir and mother Hve In
Nellgh. The funral oT Air. Oorby
took pftico from the Ejilscopal chuch,
qf whjch he was a membr, and thr
KnlghVa of Pyth'ias htrd charge of the
services. Corby had lived near Ne
llgh since his childhood and was very
popular.
POTJCK HAVE A QUEER MIXVP
Matrimonial Mltup
anil
Case
of
Forced CJieeks.
A case rather conrf'Heated in nature
came to tho notice of, the Omaha po
lice Friday night. F. V. Mapes, of
Hampden, la., B. F3. Crowell and n
wortan dvlnir the nnmo of Nellie
Dwyer, were arrested, by Officer vVll
sofi. Mane's claims to be the husband
of the woman and it is charged that
th pair hHVe piweed a numbor o
foi;ged checks in different parts .of the
country. The complications arlae over
tho fact that. Crowell has bwn llvinff
with the woman whom Mva claim-
as his wife, and It U ssld that onw'oi
more divorces also figure prominentia
In the affair. It Is understood thar
the lalter two are wanted by the polhio
of several cities.
NEBRASKA SOLDIER KILLED.
Body of Wartlon Russell Found Sear
Camp nt Wntertown, . .
Tho dead body of Private Wnrdron
Russell, Company K, Twenty-fourth
Infantry, was found floating in the
ifiacK river near ureal uenn, .. i ..
and about two mllea from the head
quarters of Pine camp. It was In hhcIi
a state of decomposition thnt Coroner
Pierce, who went from Watertown and
viewed It, did not decide whethivr the
soldier's death had been a violent one
Russell, who was 22 years old. en
listed In the Twenty-second Infantry
In January, 1906, at Manila, and re
turned to Madison barracks with the
regiment to that post. He was a na
tive of Lincoln.
BOY SHOOTS BOY BY ACCIDENT.
While C! eonln:: Gun Trlsuer Is Pulled
Unintentionally.
While Edgnr Manning, a ld-year-old
bey, was emptying the chamber of r
f 2-caIibor rifle a shot got caught 1
tho barrel and whllo he was extricat
ing the shot It exploded. The gun wu-
polnted at the back of Frank Schley
who was undressing to go In swim
ming. The bullet entered the boy'?
back and went straiglfl throu(,-b h!(
body cutting the main , artery. Th
other hoys were all scared and ran
Mawilng ran for a doctor, hut the bul
let had done its work and Schley whs
dtjad before medical assistance was se-
?ured.
HVE Ml' KILLED TN WRECK.
Train Runs Into a Wuhliout
Clindron.
Near
A doubleheader on the Northwest
ern from Chadron struck st wnshoui
caused by a cloudburst two miles eat
of Clinton and about forty miles oaf1
of Chadron after midnight and fly
persons were killed. The dead arc:
Willis Groham, engineer; O. C. Mov
ers, fireman; Fred Ebener, brakeman
two men who were stealing a ride.
Jim Pace, an engineer, had his linn '
torn and body bruised. Fred Harris
leg was broken.
Freight No. 118, out of Valentine
killed a section man Friday night.
fiAS CHEATED IN DEADLY WOltli
Victim Found lu Time to Mnko Rcsus
citation poHsllile.
Shortly after 5 o'clock Friday morn
ing Jacob Mares, for many years pro
prletor of a barber shop and civm
store at 12G1 South Thirteenth street
Omaha, was found lylnur unconselni.
on the counter In his store, fully dress.
ed. An Investigation disclosed the fa
that four gas burners of a gas stov
were turned on full force. He wr.
hurriedly removed to the Omaha f
eral hospital and .attended by Police
Surgeon Harris, who resuscitate-
Mares after several hours.
Seveti TrajniMt Ilo In Wreok.
The death list as a result of th
nortnweaiern rruigm wreck near
Chadron now reachue teu. Tbre
trainmen ana seven tramps weir
killed.
Freight Train KilU Ltt-r.
A Or4Pk luborr wan utruclf Ami at
nxnut Instantly klUed by freight t.li'
No. 11$ west of VTood Lake 'iurmla
morning.
STOCK MITT COX TEXT
Bayers as Mlm from All PssrtBi (A
Country M4 at OtbsUat,
The first day's session of tha eon
ventlon of the National Live FUxS
exohange in Sbutb Omaha Thursday
was one replete with interest and full
of discussion of vital subject of Inter
est as well to the consumer .a to t&sj'
producer and commission mn. It
nual meeting of the buyers and sellers
of the greatefV part of the )lv stock
of the world, nooses being represent
WLhlchdo Kn annual buslneM of mora
ttfUn $1. 000.00 0,000
There were representatives) from aJ9
the leading cities of this Cttuntry. TVs
meetings are In the hall of the 4ootti
Omaha Llv'e Stock eXcbjrfke. EcvtTA
Omaha, and the headqeCvters at the
Rome hotel, omaha.
The day's program Included en ad
dness of welcbme by Mayor aTthnaa
and responses In tne mardlni Nnqr
eon at the Exchange restaurant Lndk
affcrfttton sessitrif tlMed Ufh Interest
Ing papers aiRI dlscussloaa a the
evening the delegates and their Wive
were eutertamed -at LakttManaWa.
M u Tubers of UN LiVeT ttt
hmArei beritfu to arrtvs In OmaJM
Wld4iulay tvenl:ir, when. the'Wett
City and liTaJo delesatlene reftsWi
ed at Hotel Home. St. Joeesa, JCayisea
City and St. Lowls arrived at an, ear$
hours Thursday mornlrvg. as C14 ejao
Chlcng.) and Indlanr.polis. fit. Haul,
he;i W by VlliluTn Megevony, press
der.t of South St. Paul Stock Taras
oon-.pnr.y, arrived about 8 o'clook a
iU afi the five members of the Den
ver exchange.
Secretary E. W. Baker, of Chicago,
arrived early Thursday mornn and
epened hn.iquarters. Vice P reel dent
F. C. Plnkertoa. of -the National asao
ctatlon, Arrived with the Chicago del-
faUcn. if which he Is a member.
STATE LEGISLATURES SCORED.
Live Stock l4twn Condemjtfld by E. E
Overstreet of St. Louis.
Vt-a'.Q leglsUturcs, composed of
nembers from the. rural districts. Were
criticised In scathing terms for at
tempts nt "trust busting," which have
resulted In legislation adverse to the
Interests of live stock growers by
President Edpar E. Overstreet; of the
t. Ixmls Live Stock exchange, who
'idilresxed the Thursday afternoon see-
don of tlx! National Live Stock ex
change nt South Omaha.
Prr-ftdent Overstreet commended
the ninnv good 'federal msnjnires.
which have benefited the live stock I
and packing Industry, but with his
mecll.'ss an ay of facts be declared,
fie mate iegUiluHures and "Monte
'ir.nk" pellriciauA Jn tho utnte ieglnla
tin es, (-hoi-.ld keep their hands oft.les
ritlnn until they have , made a study
of the conditions. He '.sold the llv
!-nr.k business wat;, too large and af-
.in '(ufi"! s cf thiyl'nUed. SKtea and tha ! The beard of public lands and bulld
ui;rld ro hayb "Imall" legislhtlve bod,, j Ings held another nieet!ngThursday
ies tamp' ring with It. The federal , bh the matter of employment of con
'ertM!nr;r' tbe congross of the "United vlcts at the state penitentiary. The
tut er, ho snld, was the only body, board unanimously agreed again that
-.vhich should pass laws to regulate' the Lee Broom and Duster company
Hie live stock and packing house in-' cannet get the convicts for less than
lurtry, as the products are almost all 75 cents a day each. The board has
turned Into Interstate and export com j not received any offer for the prison-
nercc. . ers, but It believes it is to the best'ln-
terest Of the state not to sell their la
TAFT TO COMT: WEST. j
Promises to Vlnlt Nebraska Vnlr at
Lincoln.
vyilllnm J. Pryan and William H,
Tnft will speak In Lincoln on consecu-
Jve ifctys early In September, and it is
-csHlbie each will listen
to the otWer.
I'h.-it was the announcement made at
icv. Kho'. Ion's olllce in the state cap
'tol, following correspondence with
Jr. Bryan and Mr. Taft by W. R. Mel
nr. secretary of the Nebraska board , ora-0 Ha requested that the corpo
t Hgrlculture. Promises, It was said, rttlon jaw, of tho stat8 be sent him.
lad been made by beth gentlemen to
ittemi the Nebraska state fair and ! The railway commission has handed
nake addresses, but the exact dates down its, decisions In the cases of the
were not announced They wlU. how-' York commercial club against the
wer. probably on the 3d and 4th ot nuriington and Northwestern roads,
eptember. j ordering the two roads to construct a
' Joint transfer switch connecting the
NEBRASKA POSTMASTERS MEET
:uss Resolutions Indorsing the Postal
Suvtngs Bunk. s
At the convention of Nebraska post.
.::aUei s hdd at Lincoln postal sevlngs ;
unks weru Indorsed In the following
esolulion: , I
"f: si.lved. That we Indorse the plan;
f p :ital savings banks, with proper j
ovulations for their operation, as'
ecom mended by I'ostmuster General
Meyer In his last annual report." (
Lincoln was se.lecTed as the meeting!
rlaee for next yeor. Edward R. Sleer,
f Lincoln, wos elected president and
r. J. Conk, of illalr, secretary-treas.
rer of the association.
KIN; lO (JIVE TWO FESTIVALS.
.VIII I'ut On Vesuvius as Pecliminarj
to the Main Kliow,
King Ak-h'ar-Pen will branch out
in year uud give a second gigantic
I'etitlval to draw the crowds from afar
the principal city of tho Kingdom o,
gulvera. He Is now plunning to pul
n "Vesuvius," one of l'uln's big spec
tciilar productions during the week
t Aug. 24. Permission bus been ask-
l of tlie Omulia city council to put
lils production eu at Twentieth
iul itii-t, and In the meanwhtl
and
lie an
ffort Is being rnuda by Sampson to
;-t a guair.nty fund for the show.
Heirs of Count CuJled Tp.
In an effort to find out what ha
ice (i roe of the $1,350,000 assessed
Tfllnst Count Crelghton In his lifetime
'.ie county board of equalization ot
i ulua ci.ui.ty has ordered all the in
'.!i'val benetlclurlos of th Crt-lghton
ttute to uppear before the board and
pluln what they did with their be
'tuests. Ixmg Trip to Wed ia Csauih.
In order to be married by Rev.
ewtun Mann, of Omaha, who offl
:utvd at tho woddlng of bis father and
nether thirty years ago, Warren
'rown, of Berkelwy, Cal., and his
rU, Miss Jansle Mtlllkeo, of Orange,
Tal., traveled half way across the
..unlinent.
Bo)d 4uNt Was VUitiug OOctalN.
i.'oiigrMBian J. F. Moyd, oft the
rhtrd Nebraska dlstrlut from Nkllgh,
v as a visitor at the federal bulsllng in
Thuriidi.y miiulng.
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' The state board of tsMsmtn,
Thursday discussed a reaolaUonlfiTro
duced by Secretary of State . JubkSe to
appbrtlon the rolling stock and IntatrsV
Ible property of railroad, lit: tit satne
ratie as the tangible property ts ap
portioned. Tha? is the frarwhfs and
romtvsr stock Will be-appoctJfrned ao
cofiUng to the Various linos and aot
aocel-dfna; to the systems.. ' ZnstVad of
adoiUns the. resolution lb board re
ferred to H tbo attorney general for
an opinion as to its legality, thefo be
ing aemeaqueatloh' atxrut It. The ter
nTtnal tax Iw provhlcs the rolling
stock and franctlne shalV be twor
tta&eA tn a mlleagw basis or t-i sys
tem and the Hoard Is not lure that.' It
canbe Apportioned accord Big to tb-
lines whlcfi gf to make up -tbe tj e
tflm. The adoption or.rejectlan of the
resolution wlil Viak.e considerable dif
ference fn the 'operation dt the termi
nal taav Theboard fortnaily adopted
the frgttiej) recently pubMshad shoeing
the value oi the various roadk
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ecietary Mellor's face sumunee a
broad smile whenever the oomlng
state fair, Aug. 31 to' Sept. 4. Is men
tioned. He says the exhibitors are
coming in all departments in such
numbers that he can now assert posi
tively that the 1908 fair will eclipse all
former great fairs held In Hsbraak-a.
Applications in the horse and swine
departments arc now up to the pros
ent accommodations. The largo new
cattle barn Just completed will hdld
634 head of the finest show cattle tn
the United States. Application for
space for county exhibits In Agricul
tural hall Isf being1 received. The ed
ucational department vlll occupy a
new building and will be tha best ed
ucational exhibit shown in any state
in the union during the year 1803.
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The anti-pass law. In now befora the
the supreme court. The case came up
from Platte county, where Dr. Martyn
was given an annual pass, he belns; a
local surgeon employed by the Union
Pacific. la the lower court the rail
road 'won out. It is the contention of
the state presented to the court by
Edson Rich, that the pass was given
to tne aurgeon for services .rendered
and there waaot.a free p'asa. Tha
state's case was presented by County
Attorney Henrtey of Platte county,
and John J. tfuHlvan, special prosecu
tor. They Insisted that except 'In he
cases mentkmed In the law every "one
must pay 2 cents a mile fof traveling
In Nebraska.
...see'
bor fer 60 cents a day, especially when
the state furnishes the power to run
the breom factory, the heat and Up
and the buildings used by tha Co.
pany.
as as st
3. M. Dunbar, of Kansas City, says
ti la vnlnw fn An anm himlrtnss fn KTa.
1 braska, right away. letter was re-J
ceivea irom mm -i uesuay oy me secre
tary of state saying he Intends to build
a railroad, beginning at Benkelman
nsl then runnins- Into TCansBB and Col-
i two reads and refusing an order in the
1 application for a track scale of the
Northwestern.
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W. M. Wheeler, a deputy oil lnspeo
tor, was in Lincoln Thursday to confer
with the chief Inspector, A. B. Allen.
Mr. Wheeler with his family went
from there to South Omaha to be
present at the marriage of his cousl-'
I'erry McDowell Wheeler, principal o.
the South Omaha high school, to Miss
Florence Campbell.
Gov. and Mrs. Sheldon entertained
fourteen young women students of
Knox college Thursday. The occasion
was in honor of Miss Statts, who is
guest of Mrs. Sheldon while here at
tending the meeting of tho Delta Tttu
Delta. All the girls from Illinois were
at the luncheon. Miss Statts Is from
Mommouth, Mrs. Sheldon's old home.
Adjt. Gen. Charles F. Schwartz Is
negotiating for a five-year lease with
the eptlon of buying a tract of 130
acres lying along the Platte river two
miles north of Ashland, to be used as
a permanent rifle range for the Na
tlonal Gu.rd of Nebraska.
Albert E. Stadler, a leading farmer
and representative of Richardson
county in the last legislature,' commit
ted suicide by drinking carbollo acid
at his home Thursday. Ill health and
loss from flooded farm land are sup
posed to be the primary causes of the
deed.
The supreme court has granted
mandamus to run against the city
council of Schuyler to compel that
body to cancel live liquor licenses
pending an appeal to the distrlctcour
In which the action of fhe couaoll i.i
granting the licenses Is attacked.
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The report of the secretary to the
board of regents of the state' universi
ty showing the receipts and expend!
turea of the institution for a period of
six months from November 30. 190T
to May 31, 1ST08, has been filed with
tha governor.
see.
The Omaha Independent Euag Dis
tance Telephone company paid tha
state 33,008 for the privilege of filing
i its articles of incorporation, tlM eepl-
tai stock being jitr.ooisooo.
CHICAOO. '
The weekly review of Chicago trade,
published by It. G. Dun & Co, ujri:
Payments tlirouch the banks show the
ttjodernto slirinknge which usually pre-.edi-s
the July distribution of iutercst and
Jivldends. The latfar will ajproximate
largely and seek reinvestment. Financial
conditions generally reflect Increasing case
in and aniplo supply of money, and the
(one is mora distinctly favorable toward
advancing enterprise. , Banks bid freely
for desirable discounts on favorable terms
to borrowers.
The cisrrency drain to move crops Is
likely to expand earlier this season, but
provision is made against demands, and
life average of bnik deposits compares en
couragingly with that reported ia May
last. ' , '
Developments in trade Circles Impart
more confidence to the outlook. Trodue-
lon and transportation of finished pro
ducts and general merchandise exhibit
teady recovery, and new orders for iron,
iteel and various factory outputs add to
assured period of forward work. Bridges,
rack elevation and other heavy construc
tion involve notable expenditures and ad
ditions to labor forces. Increased move
ment's of grain, live stock) hides and wool
tustain the recovery noted last week, and
prices show more stability.
lated the absorption of light-weight ap
parel, the Improvement in aggregate sales
seing particularly encouraging in the lead-
ing retail liues. Personal buying of fall
and winter staples expands satisfactorily.
ind an advance in the cost of some goods.,
in short supply appears In textiles. -
.Agricultural prospects become brlgtiter
it:h Mie winter wheat harvest and excel- "'
lent condition of other grains. Crop mnr-
ctusgH again are heavier, and prices bus- .
nin a high average for Hve stock, despite
liberal arrivals. Tho total movement of
train nt this port, 8,703,019 bushels, eotn-
,ares with 8,K!7,ri3H bushels last week and
),7T.),102 bushels a year ogo. Compared
s-ith lfX)7, decreases occur in receipts of
IS.B per cent and in, shipments of less
:han 1 per cent. '" '
Live stock receipts swelled to 311, ASS
iead. against i.lMJ.Tl'G head last week and
71,nn,Shead a year ayo, nl though this
week's gAiu has not extended to hogs.
Bank clearings, -f 20S,tir.,l.-.'5, are 12.4
per cent under, those of the corresponding
veek In 11K)7.
Fnihires reported in the Chicago dis
trict numbered 82, against .l last week
nd 20 a venr aso. Those with liabili-
Jrve""),(KKJ numbered 8, against 0 last
week and 5 iu 10O7.
NEW YORK.
Trade this 'week has taken on most ot
Ihe characteristics of a midsummer pe
riod. Itetail business has beel helped by
rarra wearher In most sectjons and by
widespread reduction srics. Jobbing
douses have received moderate filling in
rders and mode the usual clearance sales. '
Fall buying has been and is cautious, but
feeling is conservatively optimistic. Such
lines as leather, staple worsted wools, kg
ricultural implements and a few lines of
iteel products are more active, but the
reat Industries as a whole are below nor
mal activity and summer shut-down
promise to be more widely indulged ia
than for some years past.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending June 25 number 2,8,
nhliih compares with 254 last week, 150
n the first week of 1907, 140 In 1906,
180 in 1905 and 204 in 1904. Failures In
Canada for the same period number 31,
which compares with 23 Inst week and 29
ID tins wees, oi xwt. urnusireci vuur
mercia! Report.
i
Chicago Cattle, common to prime,.
$4.(10 to $SIO; hops, prime heavy, $4.00
to $0.r7; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00
to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, 88c to 00c;
corn, No. 2, 09c to 70c; oats, standard,
49c to 50c; rye, No. 2, 70e to 77c; hay.
timothy, $8.00 to $12.00 ; prairie, $8.00
to $11.50; butter, choice 'creamery, 19c
to 22c; eRRS, fresh, 14c to 17c; potatoes,
new, per bushel, 85c to $1.05.
Indianapolis Cottle, shipping, $3.00
to $7.7j ; hous, good to choice heavy.
$11.50 to $(i..'V ; sheep, common to prime.
$3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 85c to
r'tic; corn. No. 2 white, 73c to, 74c; oats.
No. 2 white, 51c to 52c.
St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $7D0; hogs.
$4.00 to $(1.45; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00;
wheat, No. 2, 91c to 92c; corn. No 2,
73c to 74c; oats, No. 2, 49c to 50c:
No. 2, 70c to 78c.
Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $f5.50;
hogs, $1.00 to $0.35; sheep, $3.00 to
$1.15; wheat. No. 2, 89c to 91c; corn.
No. 2 mixed. 71c to, 72c; oats, No. 2
mixed, 52c to 53c ; rye. No. 2, 84c to 8(lc.
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $0.50; hogs,
$4.00 to $tU5; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00
wheat, No. 2, 89c to 00c; corn, No. 3
yellow, 72c to 73c; oats, No. 3 white,
550 to 50c ; rye, No. 2, 70c to 77c. ,
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern.
$1.07 to $1.09; corn, No. 8, 08c to 09c;
oats, standard. 62c to 53c; rye. No, 1,
74c to 75c; barley, Na 2, 67c to 08c;
pork, mess, $13.72.
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.00. to $7.50; bogs, fair to choice, $1.00
to .$0.70 ; sbeep, common to good mixed,
4.00 to $3.30: lambs, fair to chnic
$5.00 to $7.50.
New York Cattle. $4.00 to $7.00;
hogs. $3.50 to $0.50; sheep, $3.00 to
$(.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 90c to 97c:
com. No. 2, 7c to 77c; oats, natural
white, RSe to 00e; butter, 'creamery, 2So
to 23c: eggs, western, 15c to 18c.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 82c t
83c; corn. No. 2 mlaed, 73c to 74c;
oats. No. 8 mixed, 53o to 64c; rye. No.
2. 70c to TSe ; clover seed. October, $71