Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA. COUNTY HERALD.
State llktow
volume xyi
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1908.
NUMBER r0'
CURRENT HAPPENINGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OP ALL
IMPORTANT ITEMS.
SMITE LIQUOR TRADE
CATHOLIC TOTAL AI1STAIXEU9
TAKE ItADICAL STAND.
Declare It Is Viinorevwary for Abstain
ers to Contest Claims with Those
AVho Have Substituted Beer Mug for
Stamlurd of the Cross.
Denunciation of the liquor traffic,
an appeal for sanctlflcatlon of Sunday
'and the exclusion from membership In
Catholic societies of those engaged In
the liquor traffic were the striking
features of the resolutions adopted by
the national convention of the Catho
lic Total Abstinence society at Now
Haven, Conn., Thursday. The resolu
tions declare that "not In drunken
ness and riotous living can any man
make effective profession of the Cath
olic faith. With Indignation the union
protests against the taunts of Its crit
ics. It does not deem that it should
stop to conest the claims for ultra
orthodoxy which have been blatantly
made by those who have tried to sub
stitute the beer mug for le standard
of the cross. The day for apology for
total abstainers Is over."
The union rIso declares Its alle
giance to the Catholic church, and
adds: "With all our souls we welcome
the encyclical of our holy father,
Pius X., on modernism."
The resolutions also say: "A Cath
olic periodical that cannot live with
out liquor advertisements should die.
Let them not drag down the Catho
lic name In their greed."
MAXIAC SLAYS TWO FEOPLE.
Sensational Killing In the City of Los
Angeles, Cal.
Driven Insane by a religious mania,
H. J. Dufty, of Los Angeles, Cal., aged
60, Thursday attacked and killed his
son and daughter with an ax, ahd then
cut his own throat with a razor, lnfllct
infl fatal Injuries.
The tragedy occurred at the home
of Dufty's son Fred. Dufty has been
cn the verge of violent insanity, It is
said, for weeks from religious enthu
siasm. Wednesday night he attended a
religious meetir.s and worked himself
Into a frenzy. When he arose Thursday
morning he secured a sharp bladed ax
and stealthily entered the bedroom of
his son while the latter lay asleep.
liaising the weapon aloft he brought it
down with terrific force across the
nock of his son, severing the victim's
head completely from the body.
With a maniacal shout Dufty rushed
from the house down thestreet waving
the bloody weapon. Reaching the
house where his wife and daughter
resided he opened the front door and
entered. Without a word of warning
he swung the ax high In the air and
cleft his daughter's skull.
Mrs. Dufty fled through the rear
door and succeeded In eluding her hus
Jand. but not before she received a
severe gash on the elbow from the ax.
Dufty then walked to the street
where he drew a razor acsVss his
throat, Inflict. iig frightful Injuries.
FAST TRAIV Itl'XS WILD.
Travels for Miles with Xo Hand at
Tlirottlo.
With Engineer Charles Strang lying
Injured alongside the track and the
fireman busy on the back of the ten
der, a Grand Trunk' flyer, eastbound,
ran for miles near Battle Creek, Mich
with no guiding hand at the throttle
and with 300 passengers in the coach
es calmly gazing out of the windows,
Ignorant of the fact they were riding
on a runaway train. ,
Finishing his work on th tender.
the fireman returned to the cab to find
the engineer's seat vacant. The fire
man brought the train to a stop, back
ed It up until the engineer was found
lying beside the track, with his left
arm and leg broken, shoulder crushed
and skull fractured. S.
It Is supposed the engineer lost his
balance In leaning from the window
to look for a hot box.
Tho Gould Divorce Plot.
The grand Jury at New York Thurs
day found Indictments accusing Mrs
Benjamin Teal, Harry M. Mouseley
private detective, and Julia Fleming,
a seamstress, of attempting suborna
tlon of perjury In inducing Mabel Mac
Causlan to give false evidence against
Frank J. Gould in divorce proceedings.
Prominent Soldier Dead.
H. H. McDowell, at one time depart
ment commander of the Grand Army
of the Republic, died at his home in
Pontlac, 111., Thursday of pneumonia.
Sioux City IJve Ktok Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Beeves,
$6.00 7.00. Top hogs, $6.35.
Prod for Telegraph Coiiipaiiieti.
The Georgia legislature before ad
journment passed a bill to compel tel
egraph companies to date and time
messages received and fixing a penalty
of $25 fo failure to deliver within a
reasonable time.
Cleveland Mills Itcwiime, Work.
After being shut down six weeks the
Empire rolling mills, of Cleveland
O., put on a full force of men Friday
ana aro now running day and night.
WAIISIIIP GfN IiVHSTS.
Six Men Killed and Many Hurt on
lTem-li Vcuwl.
Six persons were killed and eigh
teen injured In a gun explosion aboard
the FrcVich gunnery schoolshlp Cour
nne Wednesday off Les Pallins
d'Fyers. The accident occurred while
number of recruits were receiving
Instruction In handling a gun, the
breech of whfch blew out. Three of
those wounded are In a desperate eon-;
dltlon.
According to experts In gunnery the
accident was due to the decomposition
of "B" powder, to which the disaster
to the battleship Iena in 1907 was at
tributed, and in which more than 100
lives were lost
The men In the turret at the time
of the accident declare, however, that
the gun became overheated owlntt to
the rapidity with which It was being
fired. The shell was hardly pushed
home when it exploded with tremend
ous force. Sheets of flame darted
backward from the gun, and thorn
standing nearby were hurled to t ,
deck. Several of the men were terri
bly mutilated. Two of the men were
permanently blinded and the limbs of
another had to be amputated Imme
diately when they arrived at the hos
pital. All the occupants of the turret
were more or less Injured.
This la the third fatal eccident to
occur on board the Courenne within
the past sixteen months, all of which
were due to the blowing off of breech
blocks. In the first, April' 19, 1907,
three were were killed and several In
jured, and on August 2, of the same
year three men of the crew of a four-
Inch gun were killed and five wounded.
WILD DAY IX COTTOX PIT.
!The Bulls and Boars Fight for Specu
lative Control of tho Market.
Amid the greatests excitement since
the Sully year, the big battle between
the Wall street bull pool and the New
Tork bear Interests for the speculative
control of the cotton market was re
newed Wednesday at New York. The
ring fairly seethed under the tremend
ous operations, blocks of 3,000 and 4,-
000 bales being flung back and forth
like 100-bale lots in ordinary times,
until, fairly overwhelmed, the bulls
were obliged to cease buying. This
precipitated a fresh outburst during
which October, after having sold early
at 9-43 cents dropped to9 cents, or
over $2 a bale below the high level of
the morning and $4.25 per bale below
the high jrie Friday.
TWO AMERICANS TORTVKED.
Mexicans Officials Tear Nulls From
Their Hands.
Police officials at Pittsburg have re
ceived news of the torturing of two
men who were arrested In Mexico
City, Mex., on a charge of robbing a
bank messenger. William Moffat and
Edward Maloney are the men, and the
police say they were well known to
them before leaving for Mexico. Re
fusing to betray to the Mexican po
lice the names of two companions,
the men were strapped by the wrists
to the bars of the cells, while officials
with forceps tore the nails from their
hands. Unable to bear the ' agony,
the men gave up the names of their
companions.
To Head OfT the Yaquis.
Hnrrv Wtiit1r flnH ft linlf rn7fn
Arizona rangers left Tuesctuy morning
for a point on the International border,
thirty miles east of Douglas Ariz., to
prevent the crossing of fifty hostile
Yaquis who are being pursued by 200
Mexican troops. ' The Yaquis aro sad
to be well armed, but poorly provi
sioned. New York Convention.
The New York republican conven
tlon to nominate a candidate for gov
ernor and a state ticket will be held
at Saratoga on September 14. Ellhu
Hoot will be temporary chairman and
Joseph H. Choate permanent chair
man..
Killed In Baacltall Game
Michael Maroney, aged 25 years, of
Merlde.n, Conn. Is dead as a result of
injuries received in a taseball game
at Portland, Conn. Saturday. He col
lided with another player while run
ning bases and was injured in the ab
domen.
Killed InNAuto W reck. ,
J. Montgomery Sears, a young Bos
ton millionaire, who was hurt in an
automobile accident shortly after mid
night Tuesday night, between Appon
aug and Norwood, R. I. died at Prov
idence, R. I. Wednesday.
Wreck on Trolley Line.
Fifteen persons sustained Injuries
Wednesday when two Interurban cars
on the Detroit and Ann Arbor railroad
collided near Detroit, Mich.
Thaw Held Bankrupt.
Harry Thaw was Wednesday ad
justed bankrupt by Referee In Bank
ruptcy Blair. No date has been fixed
for the first creditors' meeting.-.
Many Autos are Burned.
More than fifty automobiles and
taxlcaba were destroyed Wednesday in
a fire which consumed a building in
Chicago occupied by C. A. Coey & Co,
as a garage. The total loss Is estimat
ed at nearly $500,000.
Noted Librarian Dead.
Ainsworth R. fpofford, chief assis
tant librarian at Washington, is dead
at Shephard Hill Holderncss N. 11.
area St.
PISOOS TAUDV KOADS.
Shlpicrs' Association In Fear of Cir
Fiiminc.
Apprehensive that the return of
general prosperity which Is believed to
be Imminent and the Increased traflie
caused by the excellent clops In the
west will find the railroads unpre
pared, the Illinois Manufacturers' as
sociation Is planning to start an agita
tion to prevent a car shortqge this
fall. At the- next regular' monthly
meeting of the board of -directors of
the assoclntlon which will bo held In
Chicago the question will bo discuss
ed fully with the Idea of determining
upon some mode of procedure for Im
pressing upon the railroad officials
Ihe urgent necessity of getting their
rolling ptock equipment in such con
dition that when ne heavy traffic of
moving the crops falls upon them they
will be prepnred to move It as expedi
tiously as possible without disastrous
and vexatious delays such as were ex
perienced two years ago.
The officials of the association be
lieve business Is going to be nearly
normal again this fall and t'.elr opin-
ons, they say, are based on reports
from industries all over the country
as well as upon the reports of bumper
crops. They also, believe the roads
have neglected the usual repairs to
rolling stock during the dull period,
and that they are not displaying suf
ficient activity In making repairs.
Fred W. Vphani, president of tho
Illinois Manufacturers' association,
said: "Unless something Is done nt
once to relieve tha- situation there Is
a big chance that we shall have an
other car shortage this fall as bad as
it has been several times before. In
spite of tho reduced traffic of the'last
few months. Prosperity is returnlnfj
rapidly, much more so than the pub
lished statements for ingreased rates
would lead one to believe. While I do
not predict such a shortage as ffiat of
two years ago, there -is bound to bo
one unless the roads show more hasto
to put their equipment in condition for
service."
KUXS INTO BFHXED BRIDGE.
Two Killed and Over a Score Injure!
on Northern Pik-IUc.
The Northern Pacific north const
limited met with a disastrous wreck
twalve miles west of Glendlve, Mont ,
Monday night. Fireman Matthews
and an unknown tramp were kiiloi'!
anil probably twenty or thirty others
Injured, only one seriously. The train
was traveling at a high rate ot speed
when It rounded a curve and ran Into
a burned bridge. But the engineer by
quick , action prevented all of the
coaches except the smoker and mair-
car going into the ditch.
POSSE HUNTS FOR BANDITS.
Purines Outlaws In Woods Near
Crown Point, Ind.
Three armed bandits, who robbed
Brio station at Crown Point and the
Grand Trunk depot nt Griffith, Ind.,
of $700 worO of tickets and money
Monday night, were pursued by a
posse through the woods east of Crown
Point Tuesday. At Crown Point, Ind.,
the bandits locked the night operator
in a box car after robbing him, and he
was not discovered for several hours
later. '
BIG STEAL IX SMOKY CITY.
Mercantile Houses ISoIiIkmI by Their
Employes at Pittsburg Pa.
An alleged conspiracy of employes
of mercantile establishments to rob
their employers and which. It .is said
has already resulted in tho theft of
over $50,000 worth of goods from half
a dozen firms has been unearthed and
four arrests made, while others are ex
pected to follow. Each man arrested
was for at least six months a trusted
employe of his firm and each worked
for a different concern.
Eujjlcs Meet at Seattle.
The tenth annual grand aerie ses
slon of the Fraternal Order of Eagles
convened at Moore theater at Seattle,
Wash., Tuesday mflfTTlng for a four
days' meeting. Eighteen hundred
delegates attended the convention but
at least 30,000 visitors were In the
v-ity.
Wllhchn and Edwurd Kiss.
King Edward arrived at Cronberg,
Germany, Tuesday morning and was
met at the statjon by Emperor WBI.
lam and his suite. The king and em
peror kissed each other on both
cheeks and embraced In a most cor
dial manner. They werp driven In an
automobile to Frledrlchsof castle.
Three Perish in u lire.
Escaping gas in the building occu
pied by Mrs. S. Gavin with a millinery
store and residence nt Wheeling, W.
Va., caused a fire early Tuesday which
resulted in the death of Mr. Guvln's
three daughters. Mrs. Gavin was
probably fatally Injured.
V
' Slay Ills Wife's Allinlty.
Abe Cohn was shot and killed late
Tuesday night by Charles Mnore when
about to depart from Trinidad, Col.,
fcwlth Mrs. Moore. Cohn Is the son of a
iwewlsh rabbi and formerly lived in
Chicago.
Mcnuced by Bnsli Fire.
A big bush fire Is raging near Sulll
van, B. C, with the probability of th
buildings of the Sullivan Mine com
pany being burned. Another fire Is
burning near Klrnberly, B. C and
there Is danger thut the town will be
wiped out.
Recalled by the fcuhnn.
At the Turkish legation Tuesday, It
was officially announced that Moham
ed All Bey, Turkish minister at Wush
lngton, has been recalled.
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STERLING MEX ARE VICTIM 1 7,KI.
Fnrni Rund Cnh IVrttod Check",
nod Deeair.pti.
Four business f.rms of the town of
Sterling were the victims of fcvired
checks Saturday. Robert Cntmi. n
stn.nger, who had been working for
Cnllahaiv Brothers on their firm five
miles north of isterlinu t-r about s:x
weeks, rode a 4-year-':d hiy mare, of
his employers to the t.iun mention:-:!
Saturday afternoon. Hi? had u cheek
for $5 given him by Oa'ui'nii Broth
ers, which he ca;MieJ. . ll then l-to-
ceoded to forre four other check for
$25 each, m iklrg tVcm out to him
self and tuning Crilluhm I'-rotherV
name. At the store of Tt-tr.-ielor iV
Barber he bought a hat ami p-.tve th
check and ircdvol Hi" iliT.'. In
money. MkcwiF-j le lyom;l i trontl-t tt
the saloon of Juo'enhcimi r e: ".!-ei:en-haupt,
at the r-to res r.t t'l l:-ift.-r AU r
cantllo coinpsry n n 1 of C. W. t-tuvo.
ti in r(: a pair or in ine tanoi
place Later 'n th.i rvonln? ho turht
a lnt l!it roro mrfl i! m m lii;' f f:iiiin-l
Ciei's, indicating t Ij.tt he expect--! t--cnnip
out.-jviil mo'ni'v'l tin- l.-.tro and
left town. The firms wn i won victim
ized and Callahan ISr'tVirrs ar- offer
ing $100 reward f ir IK? nrr-.st nrd
conviction of Cat-in. Vh-5 ir.nrc wn-
branded with "Of" on tlv left r.hou'.
cier. Caton Is about 85 yi-:m of tc
County Attorney J. C. Moore Is in
Sterling working -n the cn-
BROTHER BURIES AGED WOMAN.
Chlciiffo Man Iiys Awny I!N S'Kter
Who Wan RenionUtl from I lent.
Miss -Mary Shay, the a;;ed woman
who lost her reason owing to the ex
cessive heat of Tuesday last and who
was found by Officer lUnn r.t Union
station wandering aimlessly about oncl
who died Saturday morning at the
Omaha General hospital, was burled
Monday afternoon at Holy Sepulchre
cemetery. Peter J. Shoy', of Chicago,
a brother, arrived In t)maha Sunday
night and completed arrr.nsements for
the funeral. Miss Khuy had gone to
Chicago about six weeks nfro to spend
the"-remainder of hrr dny.i with him.
having lived In Sail' Francisco for
about thirty-five years.' PindlnK the
climate unsuitable the had started
back to 'Frisco when overcome by
heat V
HTEAJ
AM rLOWSFOR BOTTOM. LAND
Land Drained Ijnst Fall Proves too Be
Very Productive. ,
' A steam plow boufchtn Omaha by
D. H. Holllday Is bclns unloaded Pt
the depot at Tekamah, and Is alreai'y
under contract to plow 500 acre3 oi
drainage bottom land for Senator J.
P. Latta.
Since the completion of the bfc
drainage ditch by Curt counly last
year, the drained lands have produce'
from thirty to fortyflve bushels of
winter wheat per acre, and several
thousand acres of this land wiil be
broken up and sown to winter-wheat
this fall. Lieut. Gov. Hopewell has al
so ordered another steam p'ow frorr
Omaha to plow his own .iained lan b-.
and lt is expected next week.
PICNIC OF ELKS AND K. OF C.
Six-clnla Will Take Prominent Orders
'to Clear Ijike Next Week.
Nebraska Elks will Join with the
Knights of Columbus In a prnnd plcn' "
to be held at Clear Iike, la., four day
beginning Aupust 19. All Elks in r
radius of 200 miles nre expected to at
tend, the Omaha, Lincoln, Nebrasl;;'
City, Plattsmouth and Council Bluffs
lodges going In a body.
The big picnic will bo without a f4
program, the picnickers beln nllowcf'
to do as they please and enjoy them
selves In fishing, bathing, boating or
any other sport.
Omaha Elks will leave In a speoln'
ear over the Great Western at 11 a. m
Wednesday, Aug 19.
OMAHA MEX MAY HELP,
Commercial Club Will Dlncups fc!oii.-
Clty-Oiiinlut Intonirb.'iih
W. S. Cook, of Sioux City, who it
promoting an electric line from Oma
ha to Sioux City, may receive some ns
slstance from the Omaha end. He has
been hereor some time In an attempt
to Interest the Omaha Commercial
club, and that the matter beforo the
commercial interests of the city. Mr.
Cook has been Invited to lay his plam
before the club,, and lt is probable
some assistance will be given the pro
1ect. Suit Over School S'te.
Walter and Daniel F. Littlefleld. o
MalneT have brtiuKht suit asalnrt th'
school district of Beatrice for possep
slon of a part of lots seven and eiht.
block twenty, Just west of th i lien
high school site and ask daniarren In
the sum of $500. Thy nlli-B-s the
school district occupied the ea-t part
of lot eight unlawfully, tearing dou-p
the fence and damaging thd property.
Church Corn'ThtoTic I.nlcl. (
The cornet Ktone of th now United
Brethren church of i-'helby was hit-'
Sunday afternoon. Dr. William I":
Hchell, prerldent of York college,' offi
ciating. Bootlptrrlii!r ('Iwrpr to Aiiivit,
Elmer Duncan was arrented at thr
rooming house of Mrs. Brown at hcr.it
rlce on a charge of bontleg.tliijf nee!
lodged In Jail. Seven pints of whisky
were found In his room.
KMc of Horse Serious.
James J. Plpher, rural mall carrier
on route No. 3 from Tekamah, was
kicked by a horse, rutting his rilght
cheek from hln mouth to his ear; ajso
bruising his breast and shoulders In
several places.
Burt Plonrcru' Rcniiiion.
Old friends and neighbors of the
Pioneers and Old Settlers' association
of Burt county ha been Invited to
attend the sixth annual reunion and
picnic, which Is to be held In Tekamah
AUK. 22.
OMAHA Lt Mlirii MEX KICK.
Dlsorimltintlon in Fnvcr of Lincoln lA
RatCM Allowed.
Complaint has been filed with the
railway commission by wholesale lum
ber dealers of Oniaha nftalnst four
railroad companies, alleging discrim
ination In favor of Lincoln and agalnM
Omaha In tho matter of lumber ratet
to points In "the state. The complain
ants are the Chicago Lumber com
pany, Bradford-Kennedy ' Lumber
company, C. N. Dettz, Updike Lumber
ar.d Ct al-co.upnry, H. F. Cdy turn
lfr o'.ii; nry, Bowman Krans and
Oe.-rjto lli.i;'nd The defendant
rn!!r"M' r-o the Burlington. Union
Pacific. Rock Island and Northwest-
r;t. The d. !cnlants have fifteen days
!; whlc'j to f ie answer, after which
the ra:iTvry rc-.r. mission will set a date
for tV- u
Th" -1 ' ' -ets out that Omaha
nrd Ltr --re fielr lumber sup-r-'y
firt.i r"M r t'-,o '. i 'r from which la
ei;unt. 'i f - m -e ro!nt In Nebraska
ih- "x'c r-i n i"m'-fi nml Lincoln are
o -i-:-'. ' vt t- -.tTf p-.-.'.nU the rate
frc-r- ' r !- 'r--ri LSI to 2.55 cents
r- -0 ). '.ri,"! hi.'iiT than from Lin
col". T-' '-v. c'tv-i have the same rate
t . : : f-- I" Kiirsns, Colorado, Wyo
'l'l. s' "i ! ' vi'th Dakota.
u"; :.w r'.ALoox case heard.
lii'lrc Krn',v Withhold Decision ia
s-n't Iiivi 1 v!n;r Issue of Licenses.
.'uio Kennedy, of Omaha, hetd
'V.t!:;.rt ont at I'.lalr Saturday. The
-,r,r.. ?r;'i-cn llcenrp case consumed
tho ee.tlrs ('ay. At the last spring
''vcti-m the voters of Herman voted
t'le'town wet and the saloon men ob
tnhied the necessary wieners on their
l-etit!i-ns for license, but when the
si Ti'-ers found out that Blair and -Te-knmnh.
north and south of them, had
vr te;1 dry m number of them withdrew
the'r r'trr p,ures. The rnlnon men re
cruited their llFt of signers and 11-ccr-res
were Wsued. but the "dry" eltl-
Zf:nr objected on the RTounds that the
signers were nnt'-all legal freeholders.
The crre was tried In Ilermnn and
then appealed t the district court
.Tcdire Kennedy will not render his de
cision for a few days.
TWO DIE IX THE RIVER.
Young Men Drown' While Swimming
In the Missouri. '
Two sons of David Jones, of Mlnors-
v'!1e.. were drowned In the Missouri
river near NebrcPka City Saturdny af
ternof-n. Mr. Janic, wife and three
f in went to the river for a picnic and
in the evening the boys went into -the
T'jj Mudt'-y frr a r,vlm. Elmer, aged
1S yearn, pot Into water beyond his
rtt pth when' his brother,,' Charles, 20
yeirs old, went to hid assistance. In
t'io efTerot to rescue his brother
Charles was drawn under, and they
both drowned. The cider James and
son, ryronrjittempt! ,tfi rescue them
and , barely rzcaped w'tb their cwn
lives. .' '
BARXESTOX WITHOUT SALOOX.
District Court Din-Ides Bfhrd Has No
I'm'-rr to Grant License.
Judse Pemherton, of the district
-iiirt h.is decided the Barneston sa-
v.-iti remonstrance case, .finding In fa
or of the remonstrators.
One of the main points taken by the
nu t In ref i.nri the applicant, Walter
t. Judah, n license was that there la
"io ordinance In liarneston providing
i'or the granting of saloon licenses by
'he village er'anted a license to Judah
nd In ench instances the court has
verruled It. It is tho Intention of
'ie board to. pn.-s an ordinance as soon
u possible with a view of winning out
it its fight for a saloon.
lU;-h WeWla Cause Accident.
The coroner's Jury that heard tht
ividence In the case of Miss Mary
irooklitK. w hb was killed at Lorton by
-. Missouri Pacific freight train as she
'rove on tho trnr-k ahead of the train,
-rtonerated the train crew from any
lame and censured the road for per
;oltting weeds to grow so high along
ts ilKht of way and the county for
MTinltVniT the snme along the country
uac'a in that vicinity.
Cnnx nler Killed nt Work.
Peter Maneuso, a carpenter living at
"An South Sixteenth street, Omaha,
"iOI from a ladder shortly after
''clock Saturday afternoon, Btrlklng
'ie pavement and was Instantly killed.
' Tiineu3c was working on a ladder on
he fourth storjof Swift & Co.'s new
"rimzing plant at South Omaha
vhn he missed his footing and fell
triking the pavement on his head
Drowned Near Tekamah.
Jay Webster, the 17-vear-old son
of
' 1 Webster, a wealthy farmer, of Te
'amah, was drowned while swlmmln,
vlth companions In the Missouri rlv
r twelve miles north of this city nea
'TulnnebauKh lake. Details of th
'rownlne nre mencer. The' rlvp
Is
elng dracred for the body, but, owln
1 the swift current. Its recovery w
111
e (ICIIcult.
Well Ulreer Strike Oil.
Ingersoll Rros. who are sinking a
'een well for Oflbert K. Hanks on his
arm south of Xelirnska City, are down
to a depth of 1,100 feet and have
nruck several traces of oil and thejr
''nve encountered a number iof layers
f shale, which Is encountered above
11 beds In ell fields. Their well Is dry
?ney expect to go to the depth o
!,000 feet.
XcbrwMks, City Levy Lower.
The city council ot Nebraska City
'it a special meeting made the annual
"ir levy, which was 8 per cent lower
than Inst year. The council has been
-ve.thiff en the state board of equal!
ption to ascertain what It Is going to
i In the matter of lowering the vulua
"on of the property of this city and
ounty.
Siiccrsfiful Farmers' Elevator.
The Farmers' elevator at Benedict
Is one of the successful and prosperous
farmers' elevators In Nebraska which
has been doing a most profitable busi
ness for several years. Surrounding
towns, York, Htromsbu'rg, Thayor,
Houston, i'.radshaw and Polk, are los
ing considerable grain trade which
IP ie to the Furmers' Elevator at Ben
edict because of the fact that frequent
ly the Farmers elevator pays 7 cents a
bushul hitrher than thut paid by eleva
tors in the surrounding towns.
T IT inl mom ner 101
100 pounds to ship articles designate!
- tavinir flra plnss rntes from Oma
ha to Texas than it did twenty-one
year ago, and 10 cents more than It
did five years ago, according to thi
tariff Issued to take crrect Aug. io,
win h nnnosed bv the Omaha
shippers as soon as V. S. Pawkett,
traffic msnnrer or the rort yorin
iv. Vitit-n-i flrw n r-e;-','"! V"-ivi
the Interrtstf .conir-er-e e-Me..:ion
There has tin rvi-h r.V-'" '--f't't 1
Ing of Just what the pre.p--?V ""nr-'
In freight rates to T-ri' mfot m- ;
how much of an ndvaiT-o w-'-iM ,r
made. But It I mn! r!Vr. i ft lei-
k, I-'ill- :"fi
Traffle league to the On'sh.i '-'""-
and to the Interstate commerce prim,
mission.
This Is the Increase by clnscs:
Clas i : s 4 r a r r r r.
Advance ..,,10 11 SUM 6 4 4 4
In Din letter ir shippers 8"d tno
.nm.n1.alnri President .T. C L"ColL
of the National Industrial TrnH.-
league, points out the Increase in rn'et-n-r:n
.liirlno- the Inst twenty-en-
yea rs, regardless of tho Imnrove-nnnt
In facilities for hnrdllng yr.insir.ria
tlon and the lnerealr b:-1ie In
the great Lone Star sta'te. This Is the
a hnui thA rnilronds have ad
vanced the ri'.es since 18S7, when the
rate from St. Louis to Texas points
n.n m ti tn nnr inn nniinds on first class.
$1.04 on second, 88 cents on third. 77
cents on fourtn Class ana ou cenm on
fifth class:
ADVANCE ON CLASSES
1-..a 19 it S A n Clnss
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Jan. 20, 1889.. IS IS S 13 8 Cents
Nov. 15, 1891. 0 0 1 2 2 Cents
Dec. 4. 1893.. 0 0 0 0 2 Cents
Mar. 15, 1903. 7 8 7 6 5 Cents
Aua". 10, 1908.10 8 8 6 5 Cents
President Lincoln, in tne letter au
thorized by the league, calls attention
in iha font that the Interstate com
merce commission ruled that the rates
prior to March. 1903, afTorder reason
able compensation to the carriers.
Commissioner Guild, of the Commer-
ntnl iliiV. nnva rTlmnhn. shlna a large
amount of merchandise under the
rate to Texas an flsucn an advance at
IV, la llm tnonna IVint It will bo but S
hort time until commodity rates will
be advanced, which will be a etui
greater blow to Omaha shippers, as
well as consumers.
Attorney Golden, of O'Neill, wai
among a large number of protestants
before the state board of equalization
Wednesday, objoctlng to any increase
in the value of real estate contemplat
ed by the board. Mr. Golden produced
figures to show that the land In Holt
county, or about 70 per cent of It.
had been assessed too high and possi
bly 80 per cent too low. He told o'
several transfers where the consider
ation was much higher than the actus!
amount paid for land. These trans
fers had been filed by the tax agents ef I
the railroads. For a few miles out of I
O'Neill, Mr. Oolden said, there was a
splendid road, as, hard as brick, and
prospective buyers wcro always h.ts
tled out this road and Into a magnlfl
oent territory. The beautiful territ-.-y.
however, he said, extended only for
about four miles and then the land
became practically worthless. His
land, he said, had been assessed oo
high and he had secured a decrease
through the county board, but others,
who were his neighbors, had not gone
before the board and therefore had
received no decrease. In view of the
faci 70 per cent of the land Is assessed
too high, he said, the county should
not be raised. Practically all of the
counties In which the board has con
templated making increases have ob
jected, though usually the board has
been able to convince the prntestant
that the Increase would be Just.
The railways commission hfrs settled
the dispute between the Beatrice
Creamery company and the Pacific
Express company by splitting the dif
ference between the charge the ex
press company desired to make for
hauling cream and the rate the cream
ery desired to pay. The creamery
company buys cream and ships it from
a branch road north of Grand Island.
On Sundays this train does not run
and the cream is then shipped to
Omaha and over another road to Lin
coln. The express company charged
for the sum of the locals or 68 cent!
for 100 pounds; the creamery was
willing to pay 28 cents, or the regular
charge, if the shipment came straight
through. The company ordered th
express company to charge 40 cents a
hundred, or the rate for a continu
ous run; based on the mileage.
i
Superintendent Sherman, of tht
boys' Industrial school at Kearney,
states that the boys at the school are
cultivating eighty acres of corn which
will sell for $2 a bushel for seed corn.
The school Is working In conjunction
with the state farm, and it selected its
seod corn with great care. The result,
he said. Is that the school has the best
stand of com In Nebraska. From forty
a res of potatoes, Mr. Sherman said,
he expected to gather 6,000 bushels.
The boys are also cultivating forty
acres of sugar beets, which th ex
perts have pronounced the finest In
the state. Thirty acres have been
planted In beans.
The decision of Secretary of State
Junkln that democrats could be on the
populist electoral ticket as populists
haa caused a whole lot of talk around
th state house.
Telephone rates are now coming In
for an airing before the state railway
commission. J. 8. Bowers, of Graf,
Johnson county, has filed a formal
complaint against theNebraslca Tele
phone company charging discrimina
tion. Th Stat board of equalization, very
likely, will make the general fund levy
this year 4 14 mills. Last year the levy
was ( mills. The 1 mill county levy
and tfi 1 mill redemption levy is fixed
iby law.
HIGHEST CITY watt.
Rew Tork to Har a 34-Story Munlo
lpal Building Costing $7,000,000
Th New Tork board of estimates and
Mayor McClellan are now passing final
ly on plans for th highest City hall In
the world. This 31-story building, to
cost $7,000,000, will stand In th trlan
gl of Tark Row, Center and Dunne
treeta, and tower C39 feet 8 Inches
ifcw York's toopoiIed citt balu
above too sidewalk. It will b twice as
high as the Flatlron and Just a few
feet shorter than the Singer building.
Th New York hall will house prac
tically all the city departments and
leave 23 floors to be rented by the city
as offices. It Is expected they will bring
In $300,000 In rentals annually. French
renaissance is the type, with exterior
columns. Steel and stone Is to be the
construction. A peculiar feature ot th
building will be that all the rooms will
be outside rooms and no Interior light
ourt will be needed.
New York's municipal skyscraper
will differ from the ordinary ones in
that it will not depend upon its tower
for its great height The height to the
roof of the main structure is to be 340
feet From th roof to the head of the
figure on the tower is a distance of '-MO
feet 8 Inches. The figur will be 21
feet high and the diameter of the clock
face ia to be 25 feet
HOW TO RESTORE
DROWNING MAN.
'Her is a simple and effective way to
restore a drowning man :
'' The man should be stood on his head in
order that all th water possible be got
ten from , his lungs. TUaold method .of
rolling him on a barrel is not a bad one
for the same purpose.
Then an effort should be made to In
duce artificial respiration. To this end
put the person flat oq his back and let
some one catch hold of his arms just be
low the elbow. ;
Then raise the arms abort the head
and bring them down.
As they reach the body, press in on the
ribs to force out the air gained by lift
ing the arms. ,
Keep this np at the rate of IS times a
minute. ' .
Then try to get the heart to moving by
giving a stimulant like liquor or a hypo
dermic injection.
Sometimes a slight fluttering of tho
heart is sufficient to get baek life.
Oat a physician as soon as possible.
A delegation of French leather workers
la making a tour of American factories.
Hebrew painters andpaperbangers of
Boston, Mass., are "reforming their old
nnion.
San Francisco (Cal.) Building Trades
CouncH'has organised an athletic, asso
ciation. .
Carpenttrs of the City of Mexico bar
organised a labor anion affiliated witk
the A. F. of L.
More union car men are wearing the
anion button in Chicago to-day than trer -before
in the history of the organisation.
Whit and negro longshoremen at New
Orleans, La., have signed a five-year con
tract with the stevedores and steamship
agents.
A seceding organization from the Broth
erhood of ltailroad Employes haa taken
the name of Brotherhood of Railroad
Station Employes.
The railway trackmen are planning for
the establishment of a home for their
aged and indigent members. It ts pro
posed to acquire a tract of COO acres near
Fort Bcott, Kan., as the location for tha
Institution.
St ruul Typographical Union has de
cided to make a label exhibit at the Min
nesota State fair, and will ask the Minne
apolis union to join with lt. Last year
the St. Paul men made a label display
which was very creditable.
In New York State a bill which takes
from the health boards of the first-class
cities the Inspection of mercantile estab
lishments and places it in the hands of
the responsible labor department was
passed at the extraordinary session of
the Legislature and will go into effect on
Oct 1. ' 1
The next convention of th Interna
tional Brotherhood of Bookbinders 'will
be held during tbe-second week in June,
1910, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Cleveland (England) Ironstone miners
have decided to press for a 12 o'clock
Saturday; that is, that operations shall
cease at the mines at 12 o'clock on
Saturdays Instead of 1 o'clock, bat no
stoppage of work ia likely to result if th
masters refuoe to make this alteration.
There haa been no general strike of th
Cleveland ironstone miners for more than
thirty years.
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