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DAKOTA , COUNTY HERALD, .'State Hl8 rnnlt.v DAKOTA CITY, NKB., FRIDAY, AUGUST C, 19Q8. NUMBER 4tf VOLUME XVI WORLD'S DAILY NEWS CAREFULLY COLLECTED AND CONCISELY STATED. MEN TO AID , ROADS WILL ASSIST IX SFXIRINQ HIGH. FJt FIUJGHT RATKS. A Campaign Will Ho Waged In All Parts of the Country Ix-ad in the Movcment'Takeii by Nebraska Stato i- Hallway Employes' Association. Rallrrad men In all parts of the United States are. organizing to assist the railroads In obtaining an Increase In freight rates. Definite ways and means have not yet been decided up on, but the general scope of the plan Includes an extensive campaign of education to show that the Interests of the public demand that the roads bo allowed to Increase their earnings It Is also proposed to present their side of the case before the Interstate commerce commission and beore the state railroad commissions whenever an opportunity presents itself. The lead In the movement is being taken by the. recently organized Ne braska State Railway Employe's Pro tective association and by the Ameri can Protective Association of Ameri ca, with headquarters at Kansas City, which is now being organized, and which already includes members from thirteen western states. Members of the Chicago division of the Order of Railway Conductors have already tak en active steps In the matter and rep resentatives of the other railway brotherhoods are taking tin Interest in the movement, although It has not yet been officially taken up by ar.y of the latter organizations. The men point out that the expenses of the railroads have been enormously Increased during late years, while freight rates have been gradually re duced and that matters have nqw come to the point where an increase in revenue ,1s Imperative if the rail roads are to continue to maintain their property In first class condition and make needed extensions and Improve ments while maintaining the present scale of wages. BOY'S BODY IDENTIFIED.. Mrs. Shlhliln Says It Was Her Son Who Was Brutally Murdered. Mrs. Minnie Shishin, of Chicago, has Identified a part of the clothing at tached to portions of the dismembered body which were found In Mud Lake as belonging to her son Tuff a aged 15 years, who has been missing since Sun day. , ,. ' 'j ne mystery or the murder was clarified also by the finding of the head of the victim in the drainage ca nal. Acting on the theory that the mur der ws the work of padrones who were attacked In the recent' prosecu tion 01 ureeic Doy slave cases, one arrest was made, that of a Greek who Is known as an importer of boy; from Greece. BIG SIM FOR AIR TOR PET) O. Krupps Secure Invention of Swedisl Army Officer. Notwithstanding frequent denlaln the Krupp works have apparently ac quired the rights to the air torpedo invented by Col. Unge, of the Swedish army, under conditions that the Swed ish government Is free to use the de vice. The particulars of the weapons are secret, but It is understood that the Krupps paid a great sum for the in vcntlon after prqlonged tests, eo it 1 assumed that the projectile Is really effective. Report says It can be used by warships In sea fighting, and alsi against fortification, three calibers be ing used, one for sea fighting, a sec ond for ordinary land fighting and a third for mountain work. Sluprged and! Robbed. Unconscious from blows on th head. Frank Spadaro, a wholesal iruu acaier or uoston, Mass., was found by his employes In a basemen to which he had gone with two pre tended customers, and $2,000 which Spadaro had In his pockets was miss ing. , Killed by Gas Explosions. John B. Harris, manager of th Auto Gas company, of Albany, N. Y. was probably fatally Injured and John Malone and William Fort were killed as a result of a series of explosions 1 the company's gas plant. The plan was completely wrecked. Graves in Sherman CIoks. John Temple Graves, candidate of the independence party for vice presl dent, underwent an operation Thurs day in a private hospital. It was an nouncea after the operation that Graves was resting comfortably. SIOUX CltV lilvn KIik-L- Murknt Thursday's quotations on the Sioux T-uy live biock market follow: beeves, $6.20. Top hogs. $8.60. Top Emporor Expresses Regret, The king of Wurtembur? called Count Zeppelin at his hotel and con- veyed to the aeronaut the personal re ret of Emperor William over the de structlon of the count's airship Kchterdlngen. at lied Crows Gives $1,000. A voluntary contribution of $1,000 has been made by the National Red Cross for the sufferers of the forest rs bow racing- in British Columbia, ALiJhON IS NO MOIIF. Death Suddenly Calls Noted Iowa Statesman. Senator William. Koyd Allison Is dead. The announcement came Tues day afternoon at 1:33 o'clock from his residence in Lolust atreefc Dubuque. Ia.. where ho pataed away, and struck i the community, the people of the state and the nation like a thunderbolt from a clear sky. Whllo for the last two years Sena tor Allison had been In declining health, and whllo he had suffered the loss of much vitality during the pres ent summer, there was no news ema nating from his home Indicating the seriousness of his condition. Tjre3 weeks ago Senator Allison consulted a Chicago phyclclan, and a fortnight ago the senator went to the country homo of Mrs. Fannie Stout, a few miles from Dubuque, to escape the torrid heat ond secure" the benefits of country air and quietude. s He remained at the home of Mrs. Stout until last Saturday morn ing, when he w-as removed to his city home. Senator Allinnn had been feeling the effects of the Intense heat during the past few. days, but only en Moiidny was his condition considered danger ous. His sudden change on Tuesday morning alarmed the members of his household and every possible, effort was maw restore lost strength, but without avail, and lapsing Into uncon sciousness he passed away at the hour named. k At his bedside when he answered the final summons were Mrs. Drayton for years In charge of the manage ment of his household; his close per sonal friend, John McDonald, of Du buque, and Dr. John T. Hancock, his atjending physician. - Senator Allison suffered from the worst farm of prostatic enlargement. What made relief difficult to afford was a kidney Involvement. As Is usual in such rases, tho senator suffered fre quently from periods of faintness and weakness, and while these continued he lost possession of his faculties. These spells had frequently recurred of late, and the last of them had its beginning on Friday, finally resulting In the patient's death. f SILVER TtTE FOR AN EQUINE. Operation Is Performed on William E. Corey's Favorite Horse. In ordor to save the life of his favor ite saddle horse, William E. Corey, president of the United States Steel corporation, has had a number of vet erinarians perform an operation on the animar"whtch, in some features, stands unique in equine surgery. An ardent horseman, Mr. Corey Is a firm believer In the healthfiilness of riding horseback. Early each morn ing when in "the city he may be found riding along the bridle paths in Cen tral park with William C. Brown. Mr. Corey's favorite saddle horse is a large bay. Recently an affection of the throat developed which hampered the animal's breathing and strangulation threatened to cause death. After a consultation an incision was made In the horses throat, the enlarged and Inflamed glands were reduced and a silver tube was inserted to aid the ani mal In breathing. The operation has been pronounced successful. The silver tube, which projects from the horse's neck about an inch, Is so arranged that it may be opened and closed. KILLS HIS SWEETHEART. John Newburg- Jealously Scoots Ara bello Miller. Because his sweetheart, Arabelle Miller, daughter of a prosperous farm er, had gone to a dance with William Heider, his rival, John Newburg, a young farmer, of La Crosse, Wis., way laid the two at a bridge over the La Cnosse river and probably fatally wounded the girl and seriously injured young Heider.' Heider was Newberg's rival for tho hand of the young woman and both had extended invitations to her to at tend a country dance. Newburg at tended the party, and after dancing with the girl left the hall. He hired a livery rig and driving to the bridge tied the horse crosswise of the bridgo and laid In wait for the unsuspecting pair. , As they neared the structure he sprang Into the buggy and fired five shots, four of which struck the girl and one the man. Heider whipped up the horse and in this way escaped. Bull Ends In a Riot. During a riot at a Hungarian ball Tuesday morning at West Momcstead, Pa., six persons were Injured and 87 guests were- placed under arrest. Among the injured are Chief of Police McDermott and. three other officers. Prlmury Election hi Kansas. For the first time in the history of the state the voters of Kansas Tuesday selected their candidates at a state wide primary and each political party nominated its ticket from United States senator down to constable. Oklahomu Tries It. Oklahoma Tuesday for the first time chose candidates for political of fices by the primary system, as au thorized by a law passed by the first legislature in the new state. Clergyman Aouuxl of Speeding. Rev. J. H. Chalmers, vicar of the Church of the Holy Trinity, New York, was held up at East Greenwich Mon day on the charge of overapeeding his automobile. Bank Clork Ends Life. Charles W. Weaterfleld, aged 22, a clerk in the Produce Exchange bank at 10 Broadway. New York, ahot and killed himstlf In the basement of that bank Tuesday, Ainsr.U' IS A WRECK. Count Zeppelin's Flight Has Dims irons Ending. A dramatic end came Wednesday to Count Zeppelin's long awaited endur ance flight In his monster dirigible balloon and the proud airship, which Tuesday was cuttlug rapidly through the air and outdistancing pursuing au tomobiles, lies In an open field near Echterdlngen a mans of twisted, use less metal. A chapter of accidents, occasioned by bad mood of nature and failure of mechanical appliances combined, was responsible for the un timely end "of the balloon's flight, which has held the attention of tho world, and for blasting the ambitions of Its inventor, Count Zeppelin. The count, almost heartbroken and unable longer to endure the sight of his shat tered craft, has left for Freldrlchs hafen. An explanation of the accident by experts Is that probably one of the balloonets, of which the Immense bal loon was constructed, burst and a spark from the motor Ignited the gas when the balloon was carried Into the air. Count Zeppelin's secretary said that the count is already preparing plans for another balloon. At 2:30 o'clock Wednesday after noon while repairs were bqlng made, a wind suddenly sprang up, and some of the weatherwlse bystanders called the'attentlon of the officers to the fact that storm was brewing andxadvlsed them to secure the balloon. Their warlngs were unheeded. The balloon swaved to and fro. sometimes ralslne a few feet from the ground. At 2:5 jf a formidable gust of vlnd struck tho airship broadside. At the first the craft heeled over and then her bows rost In the air, carrying with them a number of soldiers holding tho ropes. Posing for a moment at a height of fifty feet It dashed forward into a cluster of fruit trees. The impact up rooted them. The airship returned to the earth even more suddenly than it rose, and it was crashing to the ground. With a tremendous roar the gas exploded. "From the balloon shot forth a livid flame, while from tho rent escaped thick clouds of black smoke which caused the entire structure to disappear from the view of the thou sands of spectators. When the air cleared the balloon was found lying In a field on a high plateau, with the tarred balloon envelope still remain ing. The metal stays and bands and portions of motors were strewn about in pieces like old Iron and blackened with smoke and besmirched. 8,000 CAR MEN STRIKE. Employes of Ca nnd Inn Pacific Quit Work In Numerous Places. Without any demonstration 800 em ployes of the Canadian Pacific rail road shops at Winnipeg. Man., struck Wednesday. One hundred men most ly firemen apprentices, remained In the shops. Eighty men struck at Ken ora, 40 at Ignace, 60 at Moose Jaw. 40 at Calgary. Four hundred men went out In British Columbia, 75 In Vancouver, others went out at Lag gan, Revelstoke, Nelson and Cran brook. All men are shop hands, such as machinists, bollermakers and men of allied trades. Bell Hardy, head of the Canadian Pacific committee, wired from Montreal that an order to strike has been obeyed by men over the en tire system. The strike directly in volves 8,000 men, and a great finan cial interests, and covers more terri tory than any strike which has here tofore been recorded in rallwayclrcles. SULTAN STABBED IN PALACE. Monarch of Turkey Hus Narrow Es cape, Coat of Mail Saved Him. The Sultan of Turkey was stabbed In the breast Monday night by a minor palace official. The coat of mall which he always wears deflected the blow. The would be assassin wnn nr. rested. Apparently he had been brlb- ed to commit the act, as he had a large sum of gold in his pocket. His bag gage had been packed, ready for flight. The news was received in Geneva in a telegram from Constantinople te a young turk. Thaw Kicks on Bill. Harry Thaw was taken from his quarters in the Dutchess county Jail Wednesday to Flshklll to appear be fore a referee us defendant in a suit brought against him by Dr. John P. Wllson,for $600 for services as an ex pert witness in the recent habeas cor pus proceedings. Thaw disputed the amount of the bill, but was willing tt pay about $200. Are Cavalry Men Lost? A report was current In camp at Crawford, Wyo., that troops of the Fifth cavalry, which was expected to arrive Tuesday, are lost In pie moun tains. This report could not be varl fled, but if the troops do not arrive Wednesday it is probable scouts wll' be sent to their rescue. t Intense Heat In Chicago. Chicago Wednesday entered upon its twentieth day of continued intense heat and its fifteenth day without rain. Fo'ttr deaths in the night are re ported. The temperature was 84 de grees and the humidity, which In tensified the suffering, was 74 per cent Work Progresbos on Canal. Month by month the total excava tion on the Isthmian canal Is Increas ing. A cablegram from Col. Goethals, chief engineer on the Isthmus, shows the excavation for July to have been considerably greater than for June. Air Brake I u venter Dead. George F. Larimer, aged 73 years, Who made the first Weitlnghouse air brake, died at Pittsburg, Pa., Wed-nesday. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS IOXCA il.VKER KILLS HIMSELF. Jacob Muuoe Dies Dci-lurlnjr Jesus I Ills Friend. Jacob Mimcc. 4 5 years of nge and single, fired n buret Into his temple and was found dead et Poncn Mondpy morning at 7:!0. A letter on hH per son read: ' "I owe tho world nothing bvlt ir.y body. I have dune no wrtfiifj and Jeus Is my friend." Munce had acted stranr,e!y lately and hud suffered from the heat whl at work. He was n baker for the Cliff bakery and a good .workman. Hi" body was found lr the bakery. Ponca people knew little about . Munce. He came here about throa months ago from Chicago nnd went to work for the Cllft bakery. Ho ha? always been sleur'y. In his work nnd habits, but fine his death It Is learned that his mind was not c.-iy. To cer tain men In Ponca he satd he had once killed a man Jn self-uefenFe and every time he saw a stranger In town he feared it was some person who had come to arrest him for this lieed. Those who accredit his story believe the fear and thought of this thin welshed on his mind until it was unbalanced. Munce was a' German and no ona here has any knowledge" of his family connections or-4mcr place "of resi dence, except that he said he was "In gle and came from Chicago. I SHELDON HIDES S GOAT. Governor Is Initiated by Kiiiiilit.s of tho Ak-Ssr-B :i. Gov. Sheldon was the honored guest of the court of King Sapin of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Uen Monday night. He was accompanied by a conimittr; of Lincoln citizens, who wore also "en tertained" at the den. The governor was met at the station by a committee of knights and driven to the Hot-:-' Loyal, where a dinner was tendered his party. Cols. McCullogh, Cowan. Penfold and Sfrfe were among the members of his staff at the banquet table. Following the dinner the entire party was escorted to the den, wheiv the governor was given on opportunity to become a subject of the king. Hit? evening's entertainment Included n ride on the new battleship "Aquarius," anoVhis ability as a sailor was inquired into well by Admiral Paffenrath before he was permitted to make the voyago MORE SUX THAN I. NEEDED. Weather Report Shows Rainfall Be low Normal Everywhere. The mean temperature for last week was between 74 degrees and 78 de grees, which Is an average of about : degrees above the normal. The max! mum temperature exceeded 90 degree very generally, except on Thursday and Friday, when It was 5 to 10 de grees lower. ' The rainfall was below normal In all parts of the state. Local showeri? occurred Monday, Tuesday and Thurs day, but the rainfall was generally less than a quarter of an Inch. The high temperature of the week caused rapid evaporation and more rnin Is now needed in practically all counties. TROOPS MAKE TRATICE MARCH Infantry nnd Artillery From Fort Ri ley Pass Through Bwtrlee. The Sixteenth United States Infan try, which camped at Beatrice over Sunday, left Monday for Fort Riley, Kan. Soon after the departure of the command, Batteries D and B of the Sixth Field artillery, in command of Captains Brlggs and Baryne, reached that place and there went Into camp for the night. The command number about 300 men and 250 horses. About 4.000 persons witnessed the guard mount and also heard the con cert given by the Sixteenth infantry band. Boy Accidentally Shot. The small son of James Stratton, northwest of Beaver City, was acci dentally shot by an elder brother and miraculously escaped death. Tho older boy was handling the remains of a tar get rifle which nad been kicked about the place for a year. It was rusty and without a stock. In hnndllng. lt the thing was somehow discharged and the bullet lodged In the little boy's head near the right eye. Wakefield to Entertain. Wakefield Is preparing for one of the biggest times ever on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 18-19. The program will consist of bnll games between Norfolk, Plalnview. Walthlll and Wakefield, tennis Rumes, hose races, free street attraction, etc. The ilre department hus Us program In charge and they promise a rattling good time to all who attend. Injueies Bring Aliout Dentil. John Doremus, a farmers living near Hhelton, died Sunday night. Two weeks ago he was crossing a ravine with S" steam thresher outfit and was caught between the separator and tho engine and terribly srulded by steam and hot water. The burns were so se vere that It was impossible to suve him. Tuft (Tub at Cambridge. A number of the republicans of Cambridge met at the opera house Sat urday evening. Aug. 1, and organised a Tuft and Sherman club. Farmer lrop Dead. 8. A. Wilson, a farmer living north of Cosad, fell dead In the hay field about I o'clock Monday. He had not been feeling well for several days but his sudden death was In a measure due to the Intense heat. Sire Fair Up at Dixon. A street fair will hold forth at Pon ca for a week and the town Is wearing a festive garb. There are eight shows and a large Ferris wheel Illuminated with electricity. INTERESTS HAPPEWHSt Fran Day to Day Condensri F01 CUR eu;y READERS ! AUAXDCXUD YOUTHFt'Ii WIFE sit Was Ciniie!kl to Work in Field for a Living. Edward Lundnford wns arrested at ft. Deroln on Thursday night and tak en to t'yiaeuse, where he was ar re'jrnot on the chaif: of wife deser tion. He waived examination and was hound over to the dlitrlct court. The couple were 16 ami 18 years of age. reflectively, when l.hey were married about twa years np), nnd tho husband is charged with dbPfitlng the wife ear- y this sprlnf, leaving her In destitute clrrvinu'tiircrfl. Mie had never been auKht to do housework end conse quently was unnble to get work with wny of the families about ryracuse and not caring to starve she hired out as n farm hand nnd went Into the fields to plow and enre for the stork. Here sho worked until a few dnys ago, when be?nu.e rhe wai short'y to become a mother plie had to seek aid and only filed tho complaint against her hus-r-and when. It. Is asserted, he refused even to send her a little money, (with which tn live upon during her illness. The husband was working on a farm 'n Richardson county whoti arrested. The eIiI's inr.lden name was Belle West. ' HARX AT INDIAN SCHOOL BURNS. Two' Moi'scn iin.i Ijir-re . Amount of Farm Muchirirry IX'Hfo.ved. Artin;r Commissioner of Indian Af fairs Lavrnbeo at Washington has re ceived a dispatch from tho superin tendent of Indian schools at Genoa, Neb., announcing the destruction by Sre at the horse barns. The bnm housed two horses that A were lost, a couplo of buggies, 14 sets of hnrners, 16 tons of hay and Bom9, era in nnii Fmnu larm ana garaen tools. The cause of the fire is supposed to be C.uo to spontaneous combustion. The precipe loss Is not known here, but T'nele Sam never carries Insurance, so that whnrever tho los may have been It will bo total. Major Larrabee said thtre Is nn emergency fund at the dis posal of the Indian bureau to replace f such accidents, and this slight fire will cause no Inconvenience. KX-POLICKMAN RODS HOBOS. William MuJono Held on CI in r go ot I Huh way Robliery. William Malone was in court at Falrbury Saturday and was- bound over to the district court to answer a charge of highwny robbery. Malono, who has been nt times a special police man, visited the Rock Island yards a few evenings ago and, claiming to be an ofllcer, took a revolver from a col ored man who was working his way uel on freight tralm. Then using the revolver as a persuader he took $2 from two freight train tourists and ';ent thrmi to the east end of the yard fo catch and outgoing train, but find ing one had more money he counted It over and ubftraoted $30 from the roll. ThU proved his undoing, as a bona fide policeman came along and stopped the proceedings, i 1 HASTINGS OFFICIAL IS MISSING. At Sanie Tlmo Nlreo Disappears and Gnmlin Police Are Nolilled. AsslKtsnt City Klectrloiun G. Fel 'ers, ef Hastings, nnd Goldle Alexan der, his wife's niece, have disappeared. couple answering the description of 1lss Alexander and O. Feller boarded llveiy automobile Friday night arid were taken to Chapman, where they registered as a hotel as husband and wife. There they boarded an east bound Union I'aclflo train, presumably with tho Intention of going to Omaha. It was recently noticed that G. Fel lers displayed nn affection for Miss fGoldlc, who Is 18. He left a note at his home saying that he was going away and that he knew where Qoldle, could bo found. FltF.K ON FLF.DGK TO IlK GOOD. Suitor Who Tries to Foreo Marriage Promises to Let Girl Alone. William Hlgnet. who followed his fiancee, Mies Cassle Davids, from Chi cago to Omaha end attempted to force her to marry him, and who was ar rested at the infltitgatlon of the girl, was discharged In pollen court Friday morning upon his promise to return to Chicago and cease annoying the woman. . Rami of Lord In River. Will Hahtead, of Decatur, fished out a wooden cask containing ISO pounds of lard, which he saw floating down tho Missouri. The lard was in 25-pound cans, securely sealed, and us good as any. The supposition Is that It washed off the old hull of the government steamer. General Cam eron, which sunk near the Big Bear camp. Troop limit to Hcnlrlee. Six companies of the Sixteenth Unit ed States Infuntry of Fort Crook, Neb., In command of Cuptnln Kdward Chris man, reached Plckrcll Friday, where lhy went Into camp for the night. They came from Omaha to Lincoln by tintn and will march through to Fort Fort itlley, Kan., .to maneuvers. AeciiHi of I'klni Whip. William McKlnney, of Wymore, swore out u warrant for the arrest of J. H. Dowler. proprietor of the Teusa lln hotel at Wymore. charging him with assaulting his 16-year-old daugh ter. The complaint alleges that Dow ler struck and whipped the girl with a whip In an inhuman manner. Injured In Runaway Aotideut. Herbert liluecbel, of Wayne, met with a serious runaway accident and wtll probable die. He was thrown out on his head, dragged some distance and a concussion of the - brain is feared. Child Homed to Death. The barn of John Rockenbech, near plattsmouth. - was burned to the ground. Robert Moesewetter and family were living on the farm and hts little daughter, Gladys, wat banted to death In Ue re. WEEK'S FEAST OF MUSIC Three Concerts to Be Given Daily by Literati's Band at State Fair. , At the State Fair, Lincoln, Aug. 81st-Sept. 4, 1908, In the new Auditor ium building, which will seat 4,600 people, will be given three dally grand musical carnivals by Llberatl's Fes tival Military band and bis spectacu lar Grand Opera company ot New York City, consisting of sixty vocal and Instrumental soloists, In a series of popular and classical grand opera entertainments under the direction of the world's greatest cornet virtuoso and bandmaster, Allesandre Llberatl. Llberatl was born In Italy in 1847. inheriting musical talents from his parents, making his debut as cornetlst in playing a solo from "II Trovoton,r at the age of twelve years. At seven teen years of age he was soloist in the famous Papal army band at Rome, and In 1866 he was a bugler In Gari baldi's army. He came to America in 1872 and at one time or another has been connected with many of the great musical organizations known in. the Castern half of the United States and Canada during the '70s and early '80s. Since 1S84 he has been the leader of one of the greatest of Amer ican bands. At the State Fair, in the concerts given, he will introduce all ot the in strumental and vocal soloists, the chorus of operas and the Llberatl's New American Fanfare; this fanfare has an electrifying effect, upon the public, which must be seen to be ap preciated. Usually this fanfare Is ren dered In the second part of the pro gram, at the finale ot the various opera chorus selections, by bringing to the footlights about twelve trump I eters, forming the fanfare, with the en I tire opera company, backed up by the I Festival Military band, in one of the most popular grand marches from operas, such as the soldiers' chorus, f r0m. Faust. The grand opera singers render se lections from the more or less favor ite operas,, such as Lucia, Carmen, Mlgnon, Pagliaccl, Cavallerla Itustl cana, Rlgolette, Tannhausor, Trovo tore, Krmanl, Faust, Martha, La Eo heme, etc., presented in scenes with soloists and full chorus ot singers in costuraj. This kind of entertainment la not only gratifying to the exacting musical en thusiast, but It is equally enjoyable to those less musically inclined, to whom an entire opera la oft times tiresome, but who really and sincerely appre ciate the best selections ot the more or less popular operas, especially when presented! In this novel and entertain ing manner. Llberatl claims to be the originator of presenting to the publlo Rosslnl'B "Stabat Mater," with full vocal score, in connection with his military band, at Washington park, on he Delaware, as a memorial concert, soon after the death ot the late President McKlnley, and during the coming fair Llberatl will feature the complete "Stabat Mater" with solos, duets, quartettes and chorus numbers. ' The "Stabat Mater" is a Latin poem setting forth the lamentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary while standing at the foot of the cross, upon which hung her crucified son. It takes Its title from the first two words of the opening line. It was probably written, toward the close of the 13th century by Jacobus de Benedlctus, although Its authorship is also ascribed to various popes and saints of that period. Ros sini was not a professional religious man, and his "Stabat Mater" aroused a storm of criticism and' defense ia Europe almost equal to those created by his "Taucredl" and "Gazza Ladra." Members of the rigid school of re ligious composition damned the work as theatric and Irreverent, w..lle Ros sini's friends and free lovers of beauti ful music said that It showed that there was reverence and religious feeling even in the brilliant avowed skeptic. Be that as it may, the Ros sini "Stabat Mater" has outlived and ! outshone in popularity every other musical setting of the wonderful old poem, and' was well called by Ellen Orr the work "which, like a crown of brilliant flowers, Rossini hung, one Good Friday, upon the cross." Rossini's "Stabat Mater" was first sung in Paris in 1842, about ten years after it was written. The three con trasting works, that singly and collect ively well illustrate Rossini's contra dictory, opulent life, are the comlo opera, "The Barber of Seville," the serious opera, "William Tell," and bis musical setting of the religious poem, "Stabat Mater." When we consider that our citizen ship Is permitted to bear such works of the masters under the correct effl clency of A. Llberatl, as merely one of the attractive features of Nebraska's great State Fair, we conclude that all music lovers will be there- to enjoy this week's feast of muslo and inci dentally to take in the great racing events, Western League baseball, ath letlo meet, Wild West show, and the best exhibits ot horses, cattle,, swine, sheep, poultry, educational, machln err. agricultural and horticultural products ever shown in the state. roitifD cars boa& In the cwlne department at the last Stat Fair were exhibited 1.851 head1. which number promises to be exceed ed at the 1908 show, to be held Aug. list to Sept its. FARMER MUST HAVE HELP. Secretary Wilson Points Out Beaaea for Hard1 Times. It hns remained for Secretary of Ag riculture James Wilson to solve the true reason for high prices and the high cost of living which has been bothering the housewife and the mechanic for sev eral years past, lie says the people the laboring people, are themselves to blame. They fall to provide the neces sary help to the American farmer. In years gone by the farmer had his allies other men who came to his aid, hard ly supiwrtlng him when the burden grew toovnst. Hut now everywhere Mn mine and rnllroad, In factory and : ) fine's, - "l 11.1 . . J H Jir jri ir. HON. JAMRS WU-SOtf. forest the teeming millions of his neighbors have robbed him of thenuTo- diiy he stiinds nlono, striving with tl-, tutilc courage to cutliire the strain; yet HootulnKly doomed, in spite of his vast numbers, to sink under his toil, miles the help he needs bo given. In his statement Secretary Wilson declares: t "Tlio productiveness ot the United, States along ngriculturnl lines Is not keeping pace with the growth of our population. Meats are denr iieeniise ineat-bcurlng .animals ore falling ho- !t.f lllil ....n..lA.l.vK I- Hutu uic i"iuinuuu iu reiuiiveuiiinucrs. Iihor Is Bcnrce on the farm, and lubor Is dear on the farm, because the fac tory, tho forest, the mine and tho rail road nro taking mvny the farmer' workers through wages fixed at ratoe- tho fanner can not afford to nny. The- population of the United Stutes Is grow ing both by reason of the natural In crease of the families domiciled la Atlinrlnn nml l,V nivi.nftina iKnm.Vk ...... . " '-. IJIfllQ I1U- mlgratluu from abroad. BuJ; the immi grants do not reach to the farm. The- fanners who do com to us from for eign countries do not find their way to the farms of this country : nnd the Im migration laws prevent American farm ers from going to forelgu countries and selecting there the prospective Immi grants whose services could aid them. At no ieriod of our history hus the- Ainerlcau farmer needed help so much as he needs It this year. There are suld to be huudrcds of thousands of idle men in tho United States. All of them could secure employment on the farms employment affording food, shelter aud living wages. There are consequcnccs awaiting us. The result of all this will be the bringing about of European conditions. Many of our working people to-day" can not pay tho prices current for meats. If we do not desire to have thta rnndltln , fr I rt go to greater-extremes, steps should bo taken to help the farmers secure a portion of the Immigration that pours In upon our shores. Whatever may be the temjiorary effect of high prices for foodstuffs upon the prosperity of the farmer, the deprivations of one class of our population Is the misfortune of all. High prices for meats and 'grains are-' N not beneficial to tho farmers of the country, If the farmers can not employ the help that Is requisite for the growth of grains and the production of meats. And that Is the case now with the farmers In a great many States of tho Union. The United States has made- remarkable growth as a manufacturings nation because material Is cheaper and better here than In any other country ' of the world. Our farmers are making the most energetic efforts to produce. They have the best machinery the world of agriculture knows. They themselves work nnd their families work. But the demand Is greater than they can sup- ply." The world has Its "granaries" and its cattle plains; but the Uulted States Is not a part of that world. Its granaries and Its plains are Its own; when they fall, there are no others to which to turn. This farmer giant last year was worth to tho nation $50,000,000 during , every day or the crop growing season. In the single yeur he produced mate rial amounting lu value to $7,412,000, mk). It meant that he had saved the xiuntry from a disaster far more grave than the embarrassments of tho full ind winter managed to produce, The mlance of trade In farm products for ast year was 14-14,000,000 in favor of .his country which ineaut that nearly hulf a billion dollars lu'cnsh was added to the rlehi of .the nation. In all other iroduets, tho trade of 1007 produced a uilanee lu our favor of only 82,500,0 'ructlcally unaided last your, the farut r giant fed the United States and jjent broad products that brought home $1, .M.000,000. I What niik'ht turn out to be the begin ung of a revolution In Turkey is the re orttd unit in y ot 7,000 soldiers in the lonasttr District. Threats have been taile by officer of the Third army corpe kill all the generals in Macedonia if tie tiiea held for triul for fomenting the Young Turkey" tuoveaieut are not re-leasod.