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VOLUME XVIII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1910.
NUMIIEK 50
TERALBo
BOSTON FIRE-SVEPT
PROPERTY VALUED AT $2,000,000
IS DESTROYED BY
FLAMES.
CENTER OF CITY THREATENED
Assistance From Neighboring Towns
Was Necessary to Control Blaze
Two Lumber Yards, Fifty Tene
ment Houses and Bridge Burned.
Boston. Driven by a strong south
west rale flames destroyed property
valued at $2,000,000 here Tuesday
night and for a time seriously threat
ened to wipe out the business and
manufacturing part of the city.
The flames were first discovered In
the lumber yard of Dlacker and
Shepard and within a few minutes had
spread until Dover and Albany streets
were a mass of flames.
A general alarm called all the Are
apparatus In the city to the scene and
later a call for help was sent to
Brookline, Cambridge and Somerville
and all the available fire fighting ap
paratus in those towns was ruBhed to
the scene of the conflagration.
Two lumber yards, fifty tenement
houses and the Dover street bridge
were in flames at one time. Three
pieces of Are apparatus were lost by
the department because of the rush of
the flames. Several firemen and many
policemen bad narrow escapes from
serious injury. Many of the tenement
house dwellers In the fire cone also
had narrow escapes from the rapidly
spreading flames. Hundreds of pounds
of dynamite were used to blow up
buildings on both Dover and Albany
streets to stop the progress of the
conflagration, which waa sweeping
toward Washington street and the
great shopping and business district
when It was checked. While this fire
was In progress another which threat
-ened to be nearly as large raged in
the wholesale district in the heart of
the city, in the five-story stone build
ing at Nob. 55-69 High street, occupied
by the H. W. Johns-Manville company.
The building was completely de
stroyed. Loss $400,000.
ITALY IS AFTER CHARLTON
Vice-Consul Declares His Government
Will Not Permit Wife 8layer
to Escape.
New York. Vice-Consul Oustav di
Rosa of Italy Tuesday consulted As
sistant District Attorney JltfCartiiy in.
Jersey City concerning the extradi
tion to Italy of Porter Charlton to be
tried for the murder of his wife. Dl
Rosa declared that the Italian govern
ment would send Insanity experts to
examine the prisoner.
"I desire to make it clear that the
government which I represent is go
ing to get Charlton," said Mr. di Rosa.
"Charlton shall not escape trial in
Italy if we can help it"
SAVES DAUGHTER; DROWNED
W. R. Mlchaells, Publisher of Chicago
Staats-Zeltung, Loses His Life
in New York.
Deposit, N. Y. W. R. Mlchaells.
publisher of the Chicago Staats
Zeltung, was drowned at Oquaga
lake, a few miles from here, and his
body recovered three hours later. Mr.
Mlchaells was in a boat with his
eight-year-old daughter, when the girl
lost her hat. Reaching out for It, she
fell overboard. The father jumped out
after the child and held her above the
water until his strength failed. Par
ties in boats rescued the child, but the
father sank.
AMERICAN BOAT WINS CUP
Schooner Westward, Owned by Nevr
York Yachtman, Takes Gold
Tropy at Cowes.
Cowes, Isle of Wight. The Amer
ican schooner Westward, owned
by A. C. Cochran of New York, easily
won the race for the international
gol l cup sailed off Ryde. Her nearest
competitor, the Germania, owned by
Lieut. Krupp von Bohlen Und Hal
bach, was five miles astern when the
winner crossed the finish line. Em
perlor William's yacht Meteor, the
Cicely and the Susana also competed.
FLYER HITS AUTO; FIVE DIE
Lives of Baltlmoreans Are Crushed
Out at Railroad Crossing at
Cape May, N. J.
Cape May, N. J Five lives of Baltl
moreans were crushed out Tuesday
when the express train on the West
Jersey and Seashore railroad from
Philadelphia struck the automobile
carrying Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W.
Feldner and their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Mermen
thaller and their chauffeur.
Twenty-Six Go Down With 8chooner.
Nassau, The Bahamas. The schoon
er Emma, bound from Nassau to Ina
gua with laborers on board for South
America, was lout near Castle Island
Monday during a storm and 24 men
and two women, all negroes, were
drowned. Five survivors got ashore.
Quarantine for Infantile Paralysis.
Seattle, Wash. Dr. J. E. Crlchton,
commissioner of health, has Issued an
order requiring that all cases of la-!
(fantlle paralysis be placed under strict.
Quarantine a soon a r nor ted.
GORE BARES LOBBY SECRETS
AGAIN REFERS TO SHERMAN IN
LAND INQUIRY.
McMurray, the Alleged Promoter,
8hown to Have Operated a Cam
' palgn of Telegrams.
McAlester, Okla. Senator T. P.
Oore at the Investigation of the Indian
land deals Tuesday Introduced and
had read to the special committee tele
grams In which the names of Vice
President Sherman and Senator
Charles Curtis of Kansas were named.
One of the telegrams read:
With McMurray there to state our
claims, with Mr. Curtis and Mr. Sher
man, who understands better than
anybody else what we want, and with
the assistance of our president, It be
gins to look like we are coming Into
our own."
Its relation to Senator Gore's
charges of having been offered $25,000
bribe to "put through" congress the
$30,000,000 McMurray Indian land deal
was explained by the senator.
It merely shows the activity of the
McMurray interests at Washington,"
said Senator Gore. "By offering this
evidence, I do not wish to reflect
either on Mr. Sherman or Mr. Cur
tis," said the senator.
"Do you mean that as an exonera
tion from you of Mr. Sherman?" asked
Dennis Flynn, attorney for McMurray.
"It is merely to state that if the
names of these men were taken in
vain at one time they may have been
at another," replied Mr. Gore.
McAUster, Okla. The feature of the
hearing Monday before the congres
sional committee which Is Inquiring
into the McMurray contracts with the
Clfickasaw and Choctaw Indians and
the charges of attempted bribery made
by Senator Gore, was the testimony
given by D. C. McCurtain. son of Gov
ernor McCurtain, who was recalled to
the stand.
He testified that he had an agree
ment with the firm of Mansfield, Mc
Murray and Cornish that he was to
have one-fourth of the fees they re
ceived and that the share thereof
coming to him was $187,600.
McCurtain said this occurred two
years before McMurray offered him
$25,000 to not oppose the approval of
tne contracts.
W. T. Hollman, a Choctaw Indian.
testified he had been employed by J.
F. McMurray, holder of the contracts.
to go out among the Oklahoma In
dians and Induce them to slen the
documents. At the same time, Holl
man related, he was paid "a dollar a
head" for securing contracts appoint
ing! McMurray to act in tax casesw la
this way McMurray procured 10,000
contracts to sell land.
Questioned further, Hollman testl-
ned it was the belief of the Indians
that their property was worth from
$30,000,000 to $40,000,000. and the un
derstandlng was McMurray was to get
ten per cent of this.
PLEAD FOR POSTAL BANKS
Poit Office Department Receive 65 Ad.
dltional Requests From Postmas
ters and National Boards.
Washington. Malls broueht 55
additional requests to the post of
flee department for establishment of
postal banks. About half of them
came from post masters, which is
larger proportion than has been
Bhown up to date by the totals, which
include 390 requests from nosmastera
and 923 from national banks. Among
tne applicants Is the First National
bank of Mount Olive. 111., which asks
to be designated as a depository for
funds collected In that town and also
at Staunton, which has no state or
national bank: the First National
bank of Kewanee, 111., also is an ap
plicant
REWARD FOR RICE MURDERER
Friends of Cleveland Attorney Are De
termined His Slayer Shall
Be Captured.
Cleveland, O. To stimulate the
search for the nurderer of Wil
Hani L. Rice, the attorney who was
snoi aown near his home in Euclid
Height Friday nicht. the rewArrt
the apprehension of his assailant was
Incr-ased to $10,000.
In addition to the $5,000 reward
poBtert Saturday by Mr. Rice's law
partners, William Nelson Cromwell of
New York, who accompanied Mrs.
Uice to Cleveland from an eastern
summer resort, offered another $5,000.
Indiana Sons of America.
Glenwood, Ind. The state camp
of the Patriotic Order Sons of
America of Indiana was held here to
day, opening with the address of
President O Perry Everson of Craw
fordaville.' The report of Secretary
Sam I). Symmes showed that the or
der was in excellent condition in the
state and that five new camps were
soon to bu Instituted. Last night there
ivas a contest between initiatory teams
from Cinwfurdsvll'.e. Indianapolis and
Kushvllle.
Betrothal Story Is Denied.
New York. Senator Stephen B. El
kins of West Virginia arrived in this
city Tuesday and most emphatically
denied the cabled reports from Italy
that his daughter, Katherlne, Is en
gaged to the Duke of the Abruzzl.
$4,000 In Opium Seized.
Kansas City, Mo. More than $4,000
worth of opium was taken from the
tea store of Jim Long Tuesday by po
lice who raided the place here. The
drug was packed in a trunk ready for
shipment
"SEE AMERICA FIRST"-BUT HOW?
r.T.k f ?frm r ' 5 CITS -422
HShtod Hay -TL
NEW TARIFF MAKES BIG GAIN
TREASURY FIGURES SHOW AD
VANCE OVER BANNER YEAR.
In First Twelve Months Act Produces
$75,000,000 More Than
In 1907.
Washington. The Payne-Aldrlch
tariff law has produced In its first
year a revenue larger by $76,000,009
than the sum collected In any twelve
months In the country's history, ex
cept the banner year 1907, according
to treasury department figures Issued
Monday. . '
During the first full year, ended last
Saturday night, the total ordinary re
ceipts, Including customs, ordinary In
ternal revenue, corporation tax and
miscellaneous, aggregating $678,850,
816, exceeded disbursements by $20,
214,029. Tbese ordinary receipts were
larger by $15,000,000, approximately,
than during 1907, and the 1907 re
ceipts exceeded those of any other
year of record by almost $C0,000,000.
Although there was a deficit of $58,
734,955 in the ordinary operations of
the government in the fiscal year end
ed June 30, 1909, there was a surplus
of more than $20,000,000 In the year
which ended last Saturday, according
to the department
The corporation-tax revenue was
$27,090,934, which is only $207,000 leBS
than the amount assessed.
FHIRD OF IOWA BABIES DEAD
Health Board Calls Conference of Phy
sicians to Check Maladies One
Town Has Forty III.
Des Moines,
of the babies
year old have
weather set in
la. That one-third
in Iowa under one
died since the hot
was the alarming con
dltlon revealed by Dr. O. H. Sumner,
secretary of the state board of health.
Doctor Sumner attributes the unusu
al death rate to four causes: Cholera
infantum, infantile paralysis, poor milk
and improper care. According to sta
tlstics, the first-named disease is the
vorst in the history of the state. No
section seems to be free from it. and
Infants are dying by the score.
Doctor Sumner has called a special
convention of physicians from all over
Iowa to discuss means to prevent fa
talltles.
Infantile paralysis is becoming alarm
Ing in many parts of the state. There
are now more than forty cases in Ma
son City, and a number of deaths have
resulted there.
SEVEN SUFFOCATE IN FIRE
Incendiary Blaze In Emigrant Lodging
House at Jamalcla, L. I., Is
Fatal Twelve Hurt.
New York. Seven persons, two of
them women, were suffocated to death,
two were fatally hurt and ten others
were injured less seriously when an
incendiary flre destroyed an emigrant
lodging house at 100 Rockaway road,
Jamaica, Friday. But for the heroism
of one of the occupants, who was
fatally hurt while attempting to save
others, the loss of life would have
been greater.
Big Gain by Socialists.
New York. A report detailing the
progreos of the Socialist party
throughout the United Stages for the
last three years, compiled by officers
of the party here, shows a gain of
more than 60 per cent. In that time.
Drown Child In Play.
Mason City. la. Children in play
Monday poured a lot of water down the
throat of Ralph, four-year-old son of
J. A. Calmar, and he only lived an
hour later. The water went Into his
lungs and be was drowned.
SLUMP IN THE AUTO BUSINESS
Bottom 8eems to Have Dropped Out
Notwithstanding Boosting Efforts
of Manufacturers.
New York. Indications point to the
bottom having fallen out of the auto
mobile business. The manufacturers.
It Is reported In trade circles, are
making strenuous efforts to keep up
a show of continued prosperity, but
It is also said that they are Hot sell
ing their product, but are storing ma
chines throughout the country at their
various agencies to prevent the pub
Mo realising the true conditions of
the market,
Several large concerns are laying
off men and giving all sorts of rea
sons . for so doing except the state
ment that they lire overstocked. . Two
or three of the largest factories re
cently closed entirely, ostensibly for
the purpose of taking inventory, but
the workmen were not given any def
inite time at which to again report for
work, and it is not expected that
these factories will again be in oper
ation this year.
A well-known automobile agent ol
Fthls city said yesterday that all cart
would undoubtedly be selling at from
25 per cent to 50 per cent less than
present list prices within the next
two or three months. He added:
"The trouble with the automobile
business Is that the farmers and peo
ple of the smaller cities and towns
have not taken as kindly to the idea
as was anticipated. The farmers find
that the cost of keeping them In re
pair and operation is more than the
cost of keeping horses to perform the
same work, and while there was, for
a time, a tendency among the farmers
to Invest in the machines, the demand
for cars from this class of buyers has
practically stopped, and I venture to
say we will not again sell to the farm
ers to any extent until prices are ma
terially reduced."
TWELVE KILLED IN CRASH
Passenger Train and Terminal Engine
Collide at Ignatio, Cal., With
Fatal Result.
San Francisco. Twelve persons
were killed in a head-on collision by
a passenger train and a terminal en
gine of the California & Northwestern
railroad near Ignatio, Cal., 30 miles
from here Monday. The passenger
train was carrying a delegation of
Red Men on tbelr way to attend the
state delegation at Santa Rosa. The
train was running at a high rate of
speed when the collision occurred.
BROWNE MUST STAND TRIAL
Judge K ere ten Denies Motion to
Quash Indictment and Orders
Case to Proceed.
Chicago. Nee O'Nell Browne must
undergo another trial on the charge of
bribing Representative Charles A.
White with $1,000 to vote for United
States Senator Lorlmer.
Declaring that the contentions of
the defense, If upheld, would render
the bribery law fruitless. Judge Ker
sten Thursday denied a motion to
quash the Indictment against Browne
and ordered the accused to trial.
Doctor Roller's Ribs Broken.
New York. News reached hero
luesday of the serious injury in Lon
don of Dr. B. F. Roller, the American
wrestler. He broke two ribs in a con
test with Oauia, the East Indian
wrestler.
Iowa's Corn Crop Looks Good.
Des Moines, la. Prospects for
Iowa's corn crop are better than the
average for ten years, despite dry
conditions, so the weekly bulletin of
the Iowa crop bureau stated Tuea.
dar.
CLOSE OF SESSIONS
THE JUNIOR NORMALS THROUGH
WITH THEIR WORK.
Y STUDENTS ENROLLED
it
Is Shown That All of Them Did
Good Work During the Eight
Summer Weeks.
The eight Junior normal schools,
located at Alliance, Alma. Broken
Bow, Geneva, McCook, North Platte,
O'Neill and Valentine, closed their
eight weeks' sessions July 29. The
total number of students enrolled was
1,414, Including 0.17 enrolled for In
stitute. The total attendance whs
twenty more than the attendance for
1909. The first week or first two
weeks of the session was designed
as Institute for the counties in which
the Junior normals were located, ex
cept In the case of Lincoln county.
which named the last week of the
Nortfe Platte Junior Normal as In
stitute week.
At the Alliance Junior Normal,
Grant, Hooker and Sioux counties
united with Box Butte county for the
institute; Blaine and Thomas coun
ties united with Custer county at the
Broken Bow Junior Normal; Hitch
cock county with Red Willow county
Ht the McCook Junior Normal, and
Perkins and Keith countties with Lin
coln county at North Tlatte. At
these, and at the Geneva Junior Nor
mal. special instruction was given In
domestic science and agriculture, the
counties uniting and bearing the
greater part of the extra expense.
The lecture course at the Junior
normaU this year was made self
sustaining. The principal - and local
county superintendent of each school
was responsible for whatever waa
provided In the way of entertainment
and lectures. The plan proved very
successful in that while pood service
was given the students In these spe
cial features the state was not called
upon to use any money for such pur
pose.
The work of the Junior normals nt
McCook was seriously Interfered with
by quarantine regulations for an epi
demic of scarlet fever. Regular ses
sions of the school were discontinued
for about three weeks, but the in
structors remained on duty and met
Individually all students who cared to
remain and complete any line of
work. Much credit Is dne the-fac
ulty at McCook for the,eotlsfaotory
way In which the situation; was band
ied during such critical times.
A number of students completed
the Junior normal t training, course at
some of the schools and appropriate
graduating exercises were held. These
graduates have all attended the Jun
ior normal schools not less than four
sessions, and have completed the re
quired course of study, for which
credit is given at the stato normal
schools. .
The appropriation for Junior nor
mal schools for the blennlutu ending
April, 1911, was $20,000. This ap
propriation has been sufficient to
meet every need and the Junior nor
mals close their second session of the
biennium with nil accounts fully
paid.
Free From Tornadoes.
Nebraska has this summer been
psceptionally free from tornadoes.
The local station of the weather bu
reau has practically no reports bo far
New Bank Chartered.
The Farmers' State bank of Sar
gent, Custer county, has received a
charter from the state banking hoard,
The new organization starts with a
paid up capital stock of $25,000.
Good Place to Sell Goods.
Sometime ago a machinery firm
wrote Secretary of the State Fair W.
R. Mellor, asking for a lot on which
to make an exhibit. Mr. Mellor re
plied that all the machinery lots had
been assigned, but if they wished to
that they would place him some
where on the grounds. The following
reply was received.
"Mr. W. R. Mellor, Secretary, Lin
coln, Nob. Dear Sir: Your letter of
the 4th at hand, and we learn with
deep regret thut the space on the ma
chinery ground Is all assigned. You
stuto that you can sandwich us In
some place In the machinery depart
ment. Now, if you can do this we
will certainly consider It "worth
while." Last year we sold more ma
chines on your grounds than at any
other fair, and from the point of act
ual buying the Lincoln state fair has
always been a prize-winner.
For Hydro-Electric Plant.
Burdetto Boy en of Seward has ap
plied to the state engineer for the wa
ter right requisite for the erection of
a hydro-electric plant on the Blue riv
er, time miles below Milford.
A Showing at the Fair.
There has been Just enough of a
flurry over crop damage In Nebraska
this year to make It highly desirable
that a showing of crop successes be
made at the coming state fair. It will
help every Nebraskan, It will stimu
late pride as well as Increase busi
ness to have a demonstration made
of the producing power of all of the
leading counties made at this exposi
tion. It will be worth while to make
a showing of the fruits of the field
this year, accompanied by the record
Of rainfall since March 1.
HAVE NEW FEATURES.
Information Concerning the
Stat
University Set Forth.
The University of Nebraska, with
its new complete catalog, with an
nouncements for the coming year, of
fers the clearest and most consistent
ly prevented Information that baa
been given In recent years.
One of the new features shown Is
the summer session of eight weeks,
as compared with six weeks 'hereto
fore. This offers greater opportunity
to teachers of the state for Increased
efficiency and offers others instruction
from September to August of each
year.
In addition to teachers certificates
previously given the university will
now grant teachers' certificates in
agriculture and home economics. Also
a first grade emergency cenincate is
granted, to such students as find It
necessary temporarily to leave the
university to teach.
The number of accredited second
ary schools has been Increased and
the entrance requirements have been
raised from 28 to 30 points, to become
effective on September 1, 1910. After
the same date in 1912 a simplified
table of entrance requirements covers
all colleges where each has varied In
several subjects heretofore. This
should cause high schools less diffi
culty in arranging their curricula.
In response to demands of the time
a new course In agricultural engineer
ing takes rank with the civil, electric
al and mechanical groups. The de
partment of Slavonic offers Instruc
tion to' the large number of Bohe
mians of the slate, while in further
response to the needs of the increas
ing cosmopolitan character of the
state's population, Swedish now be
comes a branch of the language
taught.
The forestry course has gradually
grown In Importance until graduate
Instruction now lends to the second
degree, that of master of forestry.
This is by reason of the greater Inter
est In conservative movements.
Experiment substations have been
established at Valentine under the
direction of James Cowan and the
Scottsbluff station at Mitchell to pro
mote agriculture.
The general and technical courses
In agriculture have been merged Into
one general course that admits of
specialization as soon as the student's
Inclination Is clear.
The college of law after September
1, 1911. will require one year of gen
eral college study before law subjects
are begun. Also the college of medi
cine has made a complete advance to
two years before strictly medical sub
jects are commenced. . .
"Rules and regulations governing
students" are included In the com
plete catalog, where previously separ
ate baud books were distributed. By
these It Is seen that the standard Of
scholarship in being raised gradually
especially in the general colleges.
The number of graduates to receive
degrees during the university year
Just closed Is 342, while 165 certi
ficates in agriculture, music and phy
sical1 education were granted. The
number of military commissions
awarded to graduates by the governor
Is thirty-five.
Hearing Postponed. i
The railway commissioner has , In
definitely postponed the hearing of
the Omaha lumber dealers who have
complained of freight rates
Trusties Take French Leavs.
Three prisoners got away from the
state penitentiary during the month
of July, according to the monthly re
port of Warden Smith. William, from
Douglas county, a colored prisoner,
with only a few months to serve of a
three-year terra for breaking and en
tering, managed to hide away and es
cape while working, In the cornfield
with no guard overlooking him. It
is reported that he has wound up In
Texas, from which place the warden
says it may be hard to return him,
owing to present conditions there.
Quarantine Raised.
Washington dlspatcn: The quaran
tine against cattle in four counties In
Nebraska, suffering from niunge and
scabies, was raised on orders Issued
from the bureau of animal industry of
the agricultural department. Similar
action was taken in the case of cattle
In Dawson county, Montana. The
counties In Nebraska in which the
quarantine was raised are Hayes,
Hitchcock, Chase and Dundy. A num
ber of Nebraska counties yet remain
under quarantine
Are Diamonds Being Pawned?
The fact that diamonds assessed In
Nebraska this year have diminished
slightly Instead of increasing with the
growth of the country, Is explained by
by some by a mere statement of the
increase In the amount of money by
assessors to have been invested ' in
! automobiles. The number of auto
mobiles April 1 was 6,461 and it is
estimated that at tliis date a total of
10.000.0ii0 to $15.0011,000 has been
spent by Nebrasltuns for automobiles.
A slight decrease in diamonds asses,
sed has caused some speculation.
Irrigation Matters In Nebraska.
F. H. Newell, chief of the federal re
clamation service, stopped in Lincoln
for a short time to talk with Secre
tary Simmons of the state Irrigation
board, about irrigation matters In thiB
state. Mr. Newell is engaged with a
board of army engineers In inspecting
reclamation projects with a view to
apportioning the $20,000,000, which
will be spent on these projects In the
next few years. The North Platte
project Is the only one In which Ne
braska is Interested. Mr. Newell will
look this over.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Ntwa Notes of Interest From Various
Sections.
The scarlet fever outbreak at Mc
Cook Is now under control.
Dean Sackett, the nine-year-old sob
of Attorney H. E. Sackett of Beat
rice, was Beverly bruised about the
body by being dragged by a cow.
At a recent meeting of the board or
county commissioners In Sioux coun
ty It was decided to put the proposi
tion before the taxpayers at the No
Fire broke out In the hardware
store of M. A. Madsen at Dannebrog,
totally destroying the store. R. H.
Jorgessen's butcher shop was badly
damaged.
Paul Burnsteln. about 17 years of
age, while In swimming in1 Beaver
creek, at Fork, was drowned In about
thirteen feet of water. His body was ,
recovered.
County Attorney Ramsey of Cass
county has tendered bis resignation.
The York Roller mill has changed
hands after successful operation for
twenty years.
The new rectory Just completed, In
the parish of St. Anthony's in St.
Charleu precinct, Cuming county, was
dedicated with appropriate ceremon
ies on August 10.
After eight weeks of continued dry
ness, Johnson county got a good rain,
vember election of voting bonds for
the purchase of a site and the erec
tion of a county infirmary.
Charles E. Boone has been appoint
ed postmnster at Elk Creek, Johnson
county, to succeed Nelson H. Llbby,
who has resigned and who will go to
the Pacific northwest and locate on
a ranch.
Ralph A. Duff and T. H. Pol
lock of Plattsniouth will be
gin the construction of a new three
span steel bridge across the Platte
river at Oreapolls, a railroad crossing
near Plattsniouth.
The local camp of the Deutscher
Ijindwehr Verein, an organization of
veterans of the German wars, will
hold Its annual reunion at Riverside
park. WeBt Point, on September 1,
that day being the anniversary of the
battle of Sedan. - '
The town board of Rushville has
let the contract for building a new
city ball. The building will be 26x62.
with basement under the entire build
ing. The pressure tanks of the new
water system will be kept in the base
ment. Famous, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Rodgers, residing near Syra
cuse, was bitten by a rattlesnake
while In the melon patch. The physi
cians saved his life by working with
him all night. The snake was found
and killed. , , , .
Harry Harms, the 6-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harms, who live
in the western part of Johnson coun
ty, had the tips of three of the fingers
of his right band cut off by getting
them pinched In the mechanism of a
bay-loading machine.-
Mrs. C. H. Stone of Beaver City,
was operated upon and nine tumors
removed. Instead of getting better,
as was expected, her condition con
tinued precarious. She later submit
ted to another operation and her re
covery Is not expected.
A large number of railroad em
ployes attended a meeting In Alliance
called by the American Railroad Em
ployes' and Investors' association. A
local branch was formed. H: H. Giles
being elected president. Over 100
members were enrolled.
Burglars entered the rooms of C.
C. Nelson, over, bis saloon at Bridge
port, and secured a- roll of checks,
postal orders and currency, amounting
in all to $592. Three suspicious char
acters were arrested but evidence was
not sufficient to hold them.
Charles McDonald, 34 years of
age, a horse trader from Louisville,
wan killed by the local freight on the
Chicago &' Northwestern about one
and one-hulf miles - south - of Cedar '
Bluffs. , His head was crushed and
one arm severed from the body..
A farewell reception was given to
Rev. Dr H. H. Bogue and family at
Alliance. Dr. Bogue has been pastor
there for a number of years and the
beautiful church of his denomination
Is largely the result of his labors. He
has accepted a call In Texas because
of health conditions.
While Mrs. Unger of Indlanola was
polishing her stove the liquid polish
she was using caught fire. She en
deavored to extinguished It with wa
ter, but this served only to spread .It
to her clothing, which caught fire. Be-"
lore help could arrive she was burn-'
ed so badly there Is little hope of her
surviving.
After a day's rest at Hastings, Ezra .
Meeker, with his team of oxen and old '
"prairie schooner," again took up his
trip of retracing the old California '
trail, over which he Is placing tem
porary markers. Meeker attracted
much attention. His outfit especial
ly was Interesting when It Is compar
ed with the modern day modes of
transportation. His vehicle and mo
tive power are an exact duplicate of
those used by him in his pilgrimage
across the range? and deserts In 1852.
Mr. Meeker Is eighty years of age.
Elmer Thompson, of Nebraska City,
who has been acting strangely and
threatened to kill his father and
mother, lias .been declared Insane and
will be taken to the asylum as soon as
room can be secured for him.
Between 3 and 4 o'clock In tha
morning, while Night Agent L. N.
Costley, Jr., of the Northwestern rail
road at Chadron, was entering the
ticket office preparatory to commenc
ing his routine of work of checking
up, be was confronted by two un
masked men, who compelled him .to
open the safe, from which they took
$250.