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u-l -")' "y COUNTY HERALD, .th. MOTTO All The News When It Is New. ry VOL. 19. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1011. HO. 47. . .-.- DAKOTA 14 kill TQJ I 1 " PACT BILL PASSED TAFT RECIPROCITY MEA8URE CARRIED BY SENATE BY VOTE OF 53 TO 27. WILL BECOME LAW JULY 26 Amendment That Encumbered Can ada Pact Quickly Swept Aside When Time Comes for Decisive Ac tionParty Lines Are Wiped Out. Washington. Tho Canadian reci procity bill was passed by the Bcnato by a vote of E3 ayes and 27 nays, and the business for which congress was assembled In extraordinary session was concluded. President Taft did not receive the measure for slgnaturo beforo leaving for Beverly as tho house had ad journed before the senate took tho final vote, and the engrossment of the bill must take place- whllo tho branch In which t orlgtnatod In In session. Every nmendmen was voted down by a larger majority than that by which the original bill finally carried In all cases where a roll call was had. On the final passage 21 Repub licans voted for tht bill and 24 against, 32 Democrats for It and 3 against Tho only' significant thing as to votes on the various amendment' was the practically unanimous disposition Qn tho part of friends of tho reciproc ity measure not to allow anything to mar tho agreement entered into be tween oxecutlvo officials of the Cana dian and United States govern ments. Most of tho votes on amendments on which there wero roll calls ran about 10 to 64. The highest votes ob tained In favor of any amendments wero those on tho Nelson cattle and farm products proposition and the Mo Cumber scheme to prevent elimination of the duties on grain In bond. Tho former was defeated 23 to 58 and tho latter 21 to 54. No big crowds filled the galleries when the end came, but there wero many members of the house on the floor as the finish approached. There was no oratory Just a series of roll calls, which brought the main Issue to a vote. Ottawa, Ont. The favorable action by tho United States senate on the reciprocity ngreemnt puts tho govern ment In a somewhat stronger position, but It Is conceded that it will not provo a factor in breaking the pres ent dead lock on the question in the Canadian 'commons. Tho leaders of tho oDDoaltion profess to see no change in the situation and assort that they will contlnuo the filibuster against a measure which, they claim, is tho entering wedge looking to dis solution of Canada's tlos with the mother country. Under parliamentary rules the ma jority cannot force closure on a ques tion of this kind. The opposition can dolay a vote indefinitely by providing speakers to continue debate. A dissolution of parliament and an appeal to tho country in a general election with reciprocity as the Issue Is the only courso left to tho govern ment, and It is expected that Premier Laurler will take advantage of the first opportunity within a fortnight. The new parliament would be able to fin net the agreement beforo tho first of the year. BOSTON INVADED BY CHOLERA Woman Succumbs to Disease Which Is Traced to Sailors Taken as Lodgers Men Disappear. Boston. Asiatic cholera has reached Boston and caused ono death, while two foreign sailors who are believed to have brought the dread disease here after being taken 111 disappeared and their whereabouts is unknown, according to a statement given out of ficially by Chairman Samuel H. Durgln of tho Boston board of health. The cholera victim was Mrs. Tamas slno Mastrodenlco, who died at the de tention hospital on Gallup's Island. Mrs. Mastrodenlco took Into hor homo as lodgers a fow weeks ago two sailors who were members of the crow of a steamer supposed to have sailed from an Italian port Tho sailors subsequently wero taken 111 and disappeared. Efforts are being made to locate them. MRS. SUSIE VAUGHN BURIED Funeral of Founder of Decoration Day Held at Mt. Olivet Cemetery In Washington. Washington. Mrs. Susie L. Vaughn, founder of Decoration day, who dlod at the Eastern Star home here, was burled at Mt. Olivet ceme tery hero. Shortly after the Civil war, Mrs. Vaughn started the movement for honoring graves of dead soldiers, which culminated In the act of congress sotting asldo Decoration day as a national holiday. She was tho widow of Judge J. N. Vaughn of San Francisco. "Not Guilty" Gompers Plea. Washington. In lieu of formal on Bwers to tho contempt charges against them, Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor entered oral pleas of "not guilty" before Justice Wright 9f the District Supreme court. Indlanlan 8laln; Rival Accused. Evansvllle; Ind. Noah Russell, aged twenty-nine, waB Bhot and killed, and Elbert Meridlth, aged thirty, Is ac cused of the crime. He Is missing The men were rivals. VETERANS K EAR TAFT ORE8IDENT TALK8 PEACE TO BLUE AND GRAY. .nnounces Arbitration Treaties With France and Great Britain Will Bo Signed Within Ten Days. Manassas, Va. President Taft In addressing several thousand Union and Confederate veterans made a vigorous ploa for International peace and was applauded and cheered most heartily. Tho president declured that a gen eral arbitration treaty both with Great Britain and with Franco probably would bo signed within the next ten dayB. Ho added that he hoped within tho next few dayB to nnnounco that threo othor great powers would enter Into similar agreements with the United States. He did not go so far as to Indicate the nations that he had in mind, but It was generally be lieved that he referred to Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Japan ul timately may come into the fnr-rench-Ing peace pact, but the negotiations with the cmplro as yet aro Bald to be merely tentative. President Taft reached Manassas after n tempestous trip. It was so Btrenuous that tho presidential party abandoned their motor cars hero and returned to tho capital by train. Mr. Taft laughingly likened his troubles In getting to Bull Run to those that some folks 50 yeais ago had In get ting away. "I brought some senators and repre sentatives down with me from Wash ington," ho said, "and because of the exigencies of tho road and the storm and strife of the elements wo camo far more slowly than some senators and representatives who camo down hero half a century ago went back." COMMONS IN WILD DISORDER Premier Is Howled Down When He Attempts to Obtain Considera tion of Veto Bill. London. Scenes of wild disorder marked the session of tho houBe of commons. Half a dozen times tho premier arose to move consideration of tho lords' amendments to tho par liamentary bill and each time he was howled down by a din so terrific that tho speaker had difficulty In making himself heard as he appealed to both sides to observe parliamentary de corum. After trying for three-quarters of an hour to get a hearing and finding himself unable to prevail against the uproar, Premier Asqulth cut short his projected speech and amid a hubub declared that if the lords would not consent to restore the veto bill, even with reasonable amendments, to substantially Its original form, tho government would be compelled to In voke the exerciso of tho royal prerog ative for the creation of new peers. Unnble to restore order Speaker Lowther declared tho sitting sus pended ROADS MUST CUT WEST RATES Interstate Commission Issues Sweep ing Order Affecting All Freight Charges Between Coasts. Washington. Decisions of far-reaching importance wore announced by the Interstate commerce commission. The affect djtly all freight rates between tho Atlantic ocean and the Pacific coast. Particularly, they affect tho rates In the territory lying be tween Denver and Pacific coast points. By the opinions handed down tho commission has attempted to arrive at a definite relation of the rates to the non-competitive points as com pared with those to tho coast, nid has laid down the extent to which the rates to Interior points may exceed the coast rates. In all tho cases decided tho carriers nro given until October 15 to fllo tar iffs with the commission, constructed In accordance with tho views' sot forth In the opinions. The net result of tho decisions will bo to give lower rates on all west bound transcontinental traffic to cities in tho inter-rocky mountain territory. LEWIS STRANG IS KILLED Noted Auto Driver Crushed to Death In Attempting to Avoid a V'agon. Blue Rivers, Wis. Louis 8trang. the noted automobllo raco driver, was Instantly killed near here, when, In an endeavor to avoid a wagon his automobile careened and went crash ing over a high embankment Strang was driver of a car carrying the technical committee of tho annual endurance tour of the Wisconsin Auto mobile association. In tho car with Strang were three other passengers, Including Joe Jag gerbcrger, also a driver of Caso cars, and Lester Clark of nichland Center, Wis. The name of the other passen ger has not been learned. Strang did not Jump, but remained at the wheel and was crushed to death in the fall of thirty feet Senate Ratifies Seal Treaty. Washington. The north Pacific fui seal treaty, prohibiting pelagic seal lng and regulating the killing of seals on land, waa ratified by tho senate. Tho treaty does not take effect until accepted by all signatory powers Boy Killed by Lightning. Akron, O. Thousands of dollars in damage In this vicinity resulted from an electrical nnd wind storm Clar ence Beck, a boy residing near Pal mira, was killed by lightning SERVES M sM &sA'frsdTtsrree.i " TS HI, Say, Don't Hang Around There Very Long; Necessary. STEELPQQLPLMINED ELEVEN FIRMS TO DIVIDE TRADE IS SHOWN IN U. S. INQUIRY. CONTRACT DENIED BY TRUST Counsel for Big Corporation Repudi ates Agreement Claiming It Was Never 8lgned, But Committee Place It in the Records. Washington. A purported pooling agreement entered into In November, 1900. between the Carnegie Steol com pany and ten other kindred concerns for a percentage apportionment of tho steel output of tho country an admittedly Illegal document supposed ly long since destroyed stirred tho meeting of the house "steel trust" In vestigating committee. No sooner had tho committeo met than Chnlrman Stanley put Into tho records a copy of tho alleged agree ment. It first camo to light through Eugene Bonnewoll, an attorney, and F. B. Kauffman, a job printer, Dotn of Wayne, Pa who acquainted Chair man Stanley of their Information. Any steol company violating tho terms of the agreement, It Is assert ed, Inld itself liable to heavy penalties and fines of as much as $1,000 have been imposed. Each Arm was re quired to mako monthly sworn state ments relating to shipments, rolling production, etc., nnd any member who shipped more than his apporuonea amount wns required to pay a fine on each pound of such excess, the money collected being divided among tho members who did not ship up to their allotcd share. Section 9 of the ngrecment, reads: "All sales between parties to these agreements shald bo nt full prices, as provided In ngrecment B and all shipments shall be reported by tho manufacturer, on i.hlch a pool tax will be charged tho same as outside par tics, tho purchaser also to report ship ments of nil such materials 60 bought, for which they shall claim and receive credit." Richard Lindnbury, counsel for the United States Steol corporation, pro tested against tho introduction of copy of the agreement because It was not signed nnd because the date as given was one year In advance of the formation of tho United States Steel corporation. Mr. Llndabury said that there was no such agreement in the flies of the steel corporation nnd ho denied nil knowledge of It. hut tho copy of the agreement ns read was placed In tho committees repon. MORE PAY FOR POSTAL MEN Clerks and City Carriers to Receive Increases In Salaries Approximat ing $2,000,000 a Year. Washington. Postmaster General Hitchcock ordered promotions for post office clerks nnd city carrlors which carry Increases In salaries ap proximating $2,000,000 a year, Orders wero Issued for promotions In tho railway mail service which will total $175,000 a year. These Increases are In addition to the Increases for rural mall carriers totaling $4,000,000 a year, which became effective July 1. Canada Has Honey Famine. Toronto, Ont. Dealers In honey de clan' that tho drought of June and L.ri Tnlv has caused a shortage of over 1,000,000 pounds In Ontario's har vest from tho hives. The practical falluro of small flowering field cropH Is given as the caiiBe, Killed In Auto Crash. Wlllmnr, Minn Mrs C W.Carlson of Carpenter. S. D.. Is dead and her husband Is seriously Injured as tho rofii't ol an automobile accident near this city WARNING f?KlK Can Do All the Watching WICKERSHAM IN DENIAL BRANDS ALA8KAN DELEGATE'S CHARGES A8 FALSEHOODS. Declares Allegations That Criminal Were Protected by Attorney Gen eral Are Not True. Washington, D. C, Attornoy Gen eral Wickorshnm branded as false hoods tho charges of Delegato Wick ersham of Alaska, that tho attorney general had "shielded Alaskan crim inals," and had allowed the Btatute of limitations to run in an alleged coal contract fraud case. 'Tho attorney general said tho "proof" which tho delegate had given him In the coal case consisted of an aflldavlt of H. J. Douglass, formerly auditor of tho Alaskan syndicate. This purported to show that a conspiracy had been entered Into by tho North western Commercial company and tho John J. Sesnor company to got con tracts for supplying coal to govern ment forts in Alaska. Tho DouglaBs !fildavlt referred to alleged affidavits made by Captain Jarvls, who was head of the Alaska Syndicate com pany and who recently committed sui cide In Seattle, and by John H. Bul lock, who waa prosldcnt of tho Scs nor company. Tho attorney general said Special Assistant McNamara, sent to Ahts ka to invcstlgato tho caso, found no such affidavits and thnt tho war de partment records fall to show any thing of tho sort as claimed. MAINE IS OUT OF 'ATER Only Thin Mud Now Hides "Secret" of 1898 Disaster Many Bodies Are Visible. Havana. The second step In thi great taBk of uncovering tho Maine wnB completed with tho pump ing up' of the last few feet of water surrounding tho dismembered hull. Tho bottom of tho cofferdam Is now nothing but thin mud, 'which hides whatover there may bo of the secret of tho disaster of 1898. The bodies taken out of the wreck aro being placed In metal coflins and taken on hoard the collier Lconldns. Eleven bodies have now been found of a total of 88 missing. Identification, of courso, Is impossible, ns nil of these were underntnth tho wreck of tho conning tower. Mnnv bodies nro visible, nlnned un der tons of mot.il, but thoy cannot be rocovered until the wreck lb dlsmem bored SM00T WOOL TARIFF BILL IN Offered by Utah Senator as Substitute for the Underwood and La Fol- lette Measures. Washington, July 20. 8enntoi Smoot Introduced his wool tariff bill, which Is expected to havo tho support of u majority of the Republicans of tho sennto if any wool revision Is agreed upon. He said his bill Is not an "ad ministration measure," but repre sents Ills own views of what reduction could be mndo in the wool tariff with out destroying American Industries. He offered his bill as a substitute for the Underwood and La Kollette bills. Wlckersham In Denial, Washington. Attorney General Wlckersham b run (led ns falsehoods the charges of Delegato Wlckersham of Alaska, that the attorney general hnd "shielded Alaskan criminals," nnd had allowed the statute of limitations to run In an alleged coal contract fraud ense. Last Survivor of Seminole War Dead. Chattanooga, Tenn W, l- M. Rico, ninety-seven, tho only survivor of the Semlnolo war, Is dead of old ago at Flint 8prings, Tenn. INCREASE OF TAXES TATE NEEDS AND MUST HAVE MORE MONEY. TO MEET THE APPROPRIATIONS Levy for Stale Purposes Enlarged to the Extent of One and One-fifth Mills. Tho stuto board of assessment must Incronbo tho state levy or tho slato must eo into dobt for tho Increased appropriations mndo by tho last legis lature. Tho legislature appropriated funds for n Btnto agricultural school, state aid for bridge building, a Btnto tubercular hospital, a $5,000 water main for the benoflt of lot speculators near the state school for deaf at Omaha, and funds for many now buildings and tho total to ho drawn from tho general fund aggregates $1, 997,209.27 for tho two yoara ondlng March 31, 1913. Socrotnry Henry Seymour of tho board of assessment, has plncctl be fore each member of tho state board a statement Bhowlng thnt to moot ap propriations and with nothing to tsptuu if all of tho lux luy i collect ed, the etnte board must this year In crease Its lovy from 5 mills to (5 1-5 mills. Last year tho lovy was 1 mills for tho general and ono mill Tor tho university. This year ho estimates thnt tho levy should bo 5 mills for tho gonoral fund, 1 for r.ho unlvorslty nnd 1-5 of 1 mill for ntnto aid for bridges over streams 175 foot in width, making a total of fl 1-5 mills. ThtB lovy will raise $2,570,010.30 for ono year, as compnred with n total of $2,OGO,C93.0G levied last year, tho lovy last year boing 4 mills for Uio gcnornl and 1 mill for tho university, The unlvorslty lovy is a fixed levy, provided by law, nnd Is required to bo inado annually by the stato board. Tho statement to the board, made by Secretary Soymour, shows that tho estimated receipts from miscellan eous sources to tho stato gonornl fund (based on tho receipts for tho last bi ennial period) for tho samo period of tlmo Is $C43,499.C1, leaving a bal ance to bo raised by lovy of taxes for tho two years of $1,153.709.CC. One half of this amount, or tho nmount required to moot tho appropriations for ono year, amounts to $3,070,864.83. The total aBsoHsed' valuation of tho stato as roturned by lio county as sessors for 1911, is $415,190,373.00 and a" levy of 5 mills upon this vnluntlon for gcnornl fund purposes will pro duco $2,077,451.80. On this basis tho totnl will bo ns follows: General fund, 5 mills. .. .$2,077,451.8G University fund, 1 mill.. 415,490,57 ld bridge fund, 1-5 mill 83,098.07 Total, (5 1-5 mills $2,570,040.30 Tho small incrcaso In tho assessed valuation of the stnto this year Is attributed to tho law providing for tho election of precinct assessors, but most of tho proposed Incrcaso In tho levy Is attributed to tho Increased tpproprlntlons of tho last legislature. Telephone Girls Exempt. Telephone girls may work all night and tholr employers cannot bo flnod for violation of tho fuinalo labor law of Nebraska. This is the decision of Doputy Attorney General Ayres, glv n In answer to a question asked by -nbor Commissioner L, V. Guyo. Fair Attraction. A largo display of torpedoes will bo ono of tho features nt tho naval ex hibit at tho Nebraska state fair. The display will Include complete tor podoos, such as nro used by Uncle Sam's big wnrshlps, nnd materials mod In their manufacture. Relief for the Corn. Ton days of continuous rains havo brought lellef to corn In 11 vo KnnsnB counties, according to M. Well, who roturned from Donvor. In tho coun ties of Republic, Jewell, Smith, Phil lips and Norton tho corn will yield i buinpor crop, nccordljig to state uonts mndo by Mr. Woll. Pardoned by the Governor. Governor Aldrlch gavo an uncondi tional purdon to James Robloy, who was sent to tho penltenllnry to sorvo a live-year scntonco for criminal as sault. Itobloy's sontenco would havo expired Soptemobr 5, nnd his wlfo nnd children nro dostltuto nnd sick and need him nt home, Lincoln Attorney Drowned. Frank C, Butko, a young nttornoy of this city, wiib drowned In Lake Michigan, according to reports re ceived from Mlrhlgnii City, Ind., where ho was visiting. Young Burko, who strayed beyond tho danger lino, was rescued by tho llfo savors' crow nt that station, but they fulled to re Mvo him after two hours' attempt. Lone Tree Monument Dedication. Word lias been received that tho date for dedication of tho Lono Treo monument on tho old California trail, nonr Central City, lias been set for August !i. and that quite nn event Is being planned. An effort will bo mndo to secure tho nttondanco of ofll fers and members of tho stato litatur. leal society. "Lone Treo" is locat ed on the old trail south of Central City As this will follow tho explor ation trip ovor the Oregon trail In this stato Central City peoplo hopo o unite the ovent Importnnt. 3TATE'3 ASSESSMENT. A Slloht Increase, Mostly In Douglar and Lancaster. Threo monibcrs of the nUito board of assessment. Land Commissioner Cowles, Auditor Barton and Secretary of Stnto Walt, mot to begin tlo annu al work of equalizing values of as scps.iblo proporty. Socrotnry Henry Seymour hnd elaborate tabulations prepared for the board to begin work on tho equalization of live stock In tho various counties. All counties with tho oxcoptlon of Boone nnd Scutts Bluff counties havo reported nbstrncts of nssosBablo proporty. if thoso two counties report tho samo amount thnt was listed last year tho total assessed vnluntlon of tho stnto will bo $415,744,876. or $3,G0G,2G9 moro than last year's values. Lan caster nnd DouglnB counties com bined reported an lncrcnso of $3,1CG, 319 this year, so thoso two counties nlono account for nearly all of tho incrcaso In tho total of this year. Thcro nro 902,743 head of horsos in tho state, 2,188,818 cattlo, 88.4S4 mules, and 1,932,413 hogs. Assessed Values by Counties. Tho following shows tho nsscssod values by counties this year nnd last yoar, two counties not having report ed this yoar: 1911 Aiiams r,,T.i:.42t Auti'loiie 4.090.GSS Hnnnrr 3S0.5S0 lltolno 052,916 llocmo ...... ...... IlOX UuttO 2,317,807 Hoyd 2,283,807 Ilrown 1.203,103 Hlirrnto 7,107,050 Hurt ri,7ir,r'8 llutlor 7,008,020 Cass ..' 7.977,069 Oriur S,B14,t61 Clmsn 1,041,421 Cherry 2,901, osi Chnyenno .... ..... 2,220,020 Clay 0.882,691 Colhix n.072,049 Cumins 0,431,210 Custer 7.313.21? lMlsntu 2.6s,!!s3 Dawcn 2.K.0.78S D.iwunn 0,292,237 lloul 1.033,917 Dixon , 4.077,420 DodRO ..... 8,401,441 Douglas 40,2l5,20r Dundy 1.440,800 Fillmore 0,951,180 Franklin 3,073,103 Frontier . 2,057,177 Km nun ...........-. 4, 143, US Claca , 11,112,022 Clnrden 787,281 nuriicid ooo.oio Oosppi- ...., 2,122,167 ariint ....;.,. 704.9P6 roopy ,,,,,,,,,..,, 2,153,637 Hull 0,923,044 Hamilton ,,.. 0,500,509 Harlan 3,684.651 Hayes 739,030' Iltrhcnck 1.873.991 Holt 3,773,507 Hooker 4G4.685 Howard 3,835.730 Jefferson .tit 0,7X7,853 1310 6.040,391 4,105.517 .178,145 435,174 5.192,304 1.777,375 2,518,297 1,202,321 7,241,112 5,719,319 7,007,905 1,070,727 5,737,579 1,055,045 2,909,401 3,188,179 0,817,070 5,109,431 0,455,025 7.386,813 2,tU6,&17 2,010,593 0,419,847 1.00G.631 4,127,806 8,500,211 37,089,387 1.443.G28 0,900,400 3.537.4G3 2,720,601 i.BoiiruS 11, 0C0,115 748,123 544,342 2,173,734 702,885 2,194,397 6,821,081 6,002,225 4,706,722 705,707 1.883,325 3.729,642 437.3G7 3. 798. 409 0,781,8)4 4.2SU.424 4,140,873 2,022,237 882,125 1,330,901 4,000.404 20,393,197 4,031,001 321,252 29G,9G0 0,054,702 353,154 4,365,170 1,091,557 3.372.178 ToluiHon 4,262,308 Kenmey 4,145,003 Keith 2,013,241 Koyn. Palm 8S0.067 ICImhiill ,. 1,302,214 Knox 4,918,016 Uinriister 21,003,078 Lincoln 4,938.590 Uwin 308,347 Loup 317,130 Madison 0,016,608 Mel'iiorson :i44,i:t2 Murrick , 4,305,085 Morrill .., 1.133,310 Nnnce 3.358.890 Nemulia 5,403,809 Nuckolls 5,483.893 Otoe C,47C,C32 I'awn-io 6,012,251 Prrldns 1,073,220 Phelps 4,515.181 llerco 4,000.318 Plntto 7,754,541 Polk 5,011.203 lted Willow ... 3,299,230 Tlii.liUidi.un. 7,013.237 IlOk 920,820 Hnllno 7.392,201 Burpv 3.788,805 SaunclorH 9,407,973 5,421,092 6,449,123 6',04fi,,087 1,150,899 4,604,888 4,170,242 7,753,898 6.051,004 3,319,179 7.001.221 911,038 7,367,762 3,803,449 9,528,993 1,671,805 7,005,032 2,484,079 2,701,606 1,115,004 4,824,672 5.721,155 482,599 2,000,844 3,001,629 5,228,134 477,500 4,427.053 535.320 7,308,819 Sowiird , , , , Khorldnn , , , Sherinnn C Kloux , Rtnnlnn .... Thuyer . ... Thomns ,,., Tliuiflton .. 0,909,740 2,540,058 2,709,705 1,221,589 3,769,102 5,739,501 634,340 2,8)0,831 3,033,089 Valloy Washington 6,184,589 wuyrm t.Hiis.m Wrl)Rler 5,440,035 WhcelPr 65.1.309 yorl: 7.872,119 Totnl $108,910,767 412,138,607 Stock Yards to Increase Charges. Application for loavo to increase foiling rntoH at (he union slock yards at South Omaha hnn boon filed by Attorney Frank RnnHom nnd General Managor Buckingham, Tho appllca. tion is mado under tho provisions of tho law passed by tho lost legislature which declares tho stock yards to be a common carrier nnd gives tho rail way commission control of not only switching rates, but charges for ynrd ugo and feed. Health Board Reorganized. Tho board of secrotarles of the Stato Board of Health has reorgan ized for tho coming yoar. Dr. E. A. Carr of Lincoln, nftor two yonrs' serv ice, has boon retired as secretary, this placo going to Dr. C. P. Fall of Beat rice. Telephone Companies are Exempt. Hecauso, in his opinion to Labor Commissioner Guyo, telophono com panies aro nelthor mechanical, manu. fncturlng nor mercnntllo Institutions, Doputy Attorney General Ayors holds that telophono companlos do not vlo lato tho law whon they omploy glrlB between tho hours of 10 p. m, nnd G a. in. Experiments with Flying Machine. B. W. Keach of Lincoln, and tt. O. Colo of Hastings, havo purchased an aeroplano and propose to oxporlmoni with It In tho slxty-ncro wheat Hold adjoining tho stato asylum grounds. In Congressional Race. Stato Auditor Silas It. Barton ot Grand Island has announcod that he would mnko tho ruco for congross In tho Fifth district noxt year. Tho state ment wns given out immediately up on Mr Barton's return from a trip td1 Oonvor and other western points HAH 1ST IN WEIRD WEDDING DYNAMITE BLASTS AND INCENSI OF BURNED CEDAR BERRIES USED IN CEREMONY. CUT OUT "HONOR AND OBEY" John Otto and Miss Farnham Mad One Before Rook-Hewn Altar on Ledge 100 Feet High Devise Bee ond Ceremony. Grand Junction, Colo. "With weird and picturesque coromony, preceded! by a wedding banquot, cooked and served by tho bride, and followed by, a series of dynamite salutes to hia brldo and tho American flag, Mlsa Beatrice Farnham, tho Boston artist and sculptress, waa married to John Otto, tho trail builder, In tho mountain, fastnesses of Monument canon. Out of deference to tho minister,' tho plans for marriage on top of In-' dopondonco rock wero abandonod, and; tho ceremony was performed on Grand lodgo, 100 foot high. Tho Rev. P. A. Hatch, Congregational minister. at Prultn, officiated and thero war half a dozen Invited guests. ( The brldo and bridegroom stood be-j fore an altar which they had fash-l loned from quarts, and granite, widen on arch of evergreen. In the rock the brldo had carved tho words "Truth.j a i, .. . nunor, uoyq ana justice. Tho usual ring servlco was used but the clergyman omitted the words "honor and obey" from hia question) to Miss Farnham, because of Otto's; declaration that he did not believe la) that part of the ceremony. "What Is thn una of making woaaesl promise to honor and obey," ho saKLf "when they don't have any lnteatloaj of doing It. Half of the marriages performed simply foroo the woman to .sow onv Mo and I don't want ray -rrlfe to make, any promlaos sho can't keep, for only so ling as love lasts can marriage ut dure." The marriage was solemnised by double ceremony. To comply with ths laws ot tho country, Otto secured a marring license and was duly wedded, by Rev. F. A. Hatch. The legal cere, mony, to the mind of Otto, a professed atheist, and Miss Farnham, a free, thinker, was not sufficient to "bind them In tho holy bonds of wedlock hence following the words which made them man and wlfo In the eye of tho law nnd tho public at large. they climbed to the top of Independ ence monument, 550 feet high, by a fragile ladder of iron spikes, and went through a fantastic ceremony of their own. They were alone on the top of; tho pinnacle and to the few spectators on tho ground their actions could not bo plainly seen. It had boon their plan from the first to havo both" ceremonies performed on the top of the monument, but no min ister or Justice ot the peace could be secured In any part of Mesa county who would risk his life In this task for lovo or money. Following the ceremony Otto burned lncenso to his wife In the form ot cedar berries, which he sprinkled on the camp Are. Then the bride and groom together planted a young spruce treo, which they designated aa their witness tree, and declared would grow as long as their love lasted. Fought for Chum's Life. Shenandoah, Pa. While a numbea ot boys were swimming In a LeesM mountain reservoir Anthony Meretv vage, 14 years old, took a oramp uai was sinking for the second time wheat John Scheofer, aged 16, went to the lad's acslstonoe and sa?ed him tretfe a watery grave at great, peril. Ma had to fight the drowning bay oK uMftl he got blm by the hair, and then ketsV ed him to safety. tikjiijjj' Wed on a Hospital Oet Lancaster, Pa. By peraalsalea e her physician, atlas Mary Kllagmaas of Jacksonville sat up In her boapMst oot for an hour to be married to Iks) Rev. Border Levi Btsmler of laeata doah Junction. She came her to stV tend the ordination ot her husband but was taken HI and seat M the hospital. -4 u 1 -ti -H i li.l 1 -tost -wl M T i 1 ui Ml -Kll 1 ' if 1 . -iZ. fl H3 it ) A ., . -