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SR VltMm 5 r- V -l DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD. Motto: All The News When It Is News. ') VOL. 2S. DAKOTA CITY, NEB., THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1915. NO. 41 i TEUTONS STILL BUN A RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF THE RUSSIAN FORCES IS KEPT ( UP. ANXIETY IN BRITISH CIRCLE English Press Declares Capture of Warsaw or Seizure of Its Railways Would Be Disastrous to Czar's Troops, WMlern N'epatff Union Stvn Sfr?lo. London. Drlvpn back over their own frontier north of Lcmberg and In southeast Galicla, the Russian arm forced to cross the rlvor Gnlln Llpa, lea continue to rotreat before tho Aus t' Germans along ii front of approxi mately 250 miles, about equal to the distance between Arras and the Vos ges. The Berlin official communication records progress by the Teutons in vir tually the entire southeastern theater. G'&i. von LInsingen's army is pre sumably astride the railway running from Hallos to Lemborg and Stanls lau and doubtlessly is aiming at the line which runs from Lemberg to 'VOdessa through Tarnopol. Y It seems thnt Germany Is bent on further punishment for the Russians beforo relaxing tho intensity of her Gallclan campaign, but, with the Rus sians across tho frontier, the Germans will have to rely almost solely on road tn nsports, and their advance will necessarily be slower. The British press continues-to voice the hope that the Russians will And a tenable lino and deliver a counter blow, but there is a note of anxiety In nearly all their accounts, together with the warning that either of tho railway lines which supply it would be disas trous to Russia and would surely be followed by another general German offensive in the west. Notwithstanding the French attacks around Arras, it is argued that the Germans must feel comparatively se cure In the west, or they would not have risked their tremendous envelop ing movement against the Russians. The French are persisting in their as saults in the neighborhood of Arras, jhe situation. ROBLES MEXICAN PACIFIST. Villa and Carranza Want to Dlscuat Terms. El Paso, Tex. Jose Isabel Rob'fes, minister of war in the cabinet of Eu lallo Gutierrez, is authority for tho declaration that the leaders of the two larger warring factions have agreed to discuss terms of peace, per haps within a week. Robles made the statement here to a newspaper. Since the overthrow of tho Gutier rez government, Robles has not been Identified with either the Villa or Car ranza factions, and was choson by those anxious to end the war as an in termediary, according to his story. Robles lias not revealed any terms of agreement he claims to have brought about, but said that by the middle of July Villa would be on tho border and would be met by Obregon, the two sanctioning the conference that then would be held. He lntimnted that the success of his work had been hastened by fear cre ated at headquarters, both of Villa and Carranza, that tho revolution prp ularly believed to Jiave been begun by Huerta would so complicate tho gener al situation in Mexico that tho Unltod States might intervene. . Thaw Never Was Insane. New York. Dr. Charles H. Bancroft, head of the New Hampshire state hos pital for the Insane, and a member of he federal commission which exam ined Harry K. Thaw during his sojourn In New Hampshire, has testified that in his opinion Thaw not only waB sane, but always had been sane. Dr. Ban croft testified aB an expert alienist la the jury proceedings to determine Thaw's mental condition. "Thaw's act in killing Stanford White," Dr. Bancroft said, "was not the product of a systematized delusion such as char acterizes the true paranoiac. The killing of Stanford White," he said, "appeared to us a passionate, Impul sive act, growing out of a condition of mind due chiefly to anger and jeal ousy, which was the final culmination of a series of circumstances that had been bearing down on him a long time. It did not seem a type of paranoia, but was due to Jealousy of Mr. White, not to a diseased condition of mind. Thaw know that White had been antagonis tic to him in an unpleasant way. Ho wanted to get even with Whlto. His act was the product of a sane mind, which, after ho had indulged in cham pagne, Buddenly lost hla control. An other reason for my belief is that Thaw expressed regret for his deed, A paranoiac never expresses regret. He continually tries to Justify the deed and no amount of persuasion can con vince him that he has done wrong." Woman Given a Place. Topeka, Kau. For tho Urst time In its history Kansas is to have a wom an member of the state board of cor $t:tIons, as the result of tho appoint ment by Gov. Capper of Mrs. J. M. Miller of Council Grove as a member of the board. Mrs. Miller Is president of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. St Paul, Minn. Dry forces cap tured three out of four counties vot ing on local option In this state June 23th. WILSON TAKES REST DOCTOR WARNS PRESIDENT AS HE REACHES SUMMER HOME AT CORNI8H, N. H. TOILS ON TWO PROBLEMS Mexican Policy and Handllno of Brit ish and German Issues Considered Crowds Greeted Executive at Sta tions, But He Refused Speeches. t Cornish, N. H., Juno 28. Undor or ders .from his physician to tako a com plete rost President Wilson settled down at the summer Whlto House on Friday for a brief vacation to proparo himself for tho arduous work ho is ex pecting within tho next few months in handling European and Mexican, prob lems. Tho president brought fow official documents. OfllclalB at tho Whlto Houso in Washington had orders to forward him only tho most pressing business, but he plans to give much thought, in tho seclusion of tho Cornish hills, to tho next step in his Mexi can policy, to tho submarine Issue with Germany and to tho discussion with Great Britain over interference with commcrco between tho United States and neutral nations of Europe. Secretary Lansing will do, most of tho actual work on tho note to Great Britain now being prepared, but tho president has already gone over with him tho broad questions of policy in volved, and will see the note beforo It is ofllclally forwarded to London. Ho read with deep interest during tho day unofficial forecasts from Berlin that there was a possibility of Germany's submarine warfaro being modified, but refused to comment. Tho president arrived Friday after noon after a trip through Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont, marked by frequent ovations from crowds which gathered at all stations. Ho re fused to make any speeches, but smiled broadly at laudatory comments from several hundred men, women and chlldren,with whom he shook hands. "You have been writing great lotters to those foreign governments," said a working woman as she clasped the president's hand. He thanked her. "Excuse the dirt," apologized a fac tory employee, extending a grimy hand to the president "I don't mind that." tho president replied as he shook hands. Virtually tho entire population of Windsor, Vt.. and this village were at the station to greet the president as ho stepped off his private car with Miss Margaret Wilson and Dr. Cary T. Grayson,- his naval aid and physi cian. The president's Joy was evident In the afternoon when his daughter, Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, hor husband and baby, arrived for a visit, Francis Woodrow Sayre, the president's only grandson, cooed with delight and cud dled in his godfather's arms. Mr, Wilson plans to devote nearly all his vacation season to golfing, autc moblllng, reading and resting. GERMAN NOTE IS PEACEFUL Will Not Sink 8hlps If Assured That Merchant Vessels Won't Attack Submarines. Berlin, June 28. Germany will mod ify hor submarine warfaro to meet tho demands of the United States provided It Is given assurances that merchant ships will not attempt to sink the un derwater craft which hall them. It was learned on Friday that this Is ono of the chief points in the preliminary draft of the reply to the second Amer ican note, which Is being drawn up by Foreign Secretary von Jagow. YALE CREW IS THE WINNER Blues Capture Race From Harvard In Easy 8tyle, Leading From Start to Finish. Regatta Course, New London, Conn., June 28. Yale defeated Harvard tn tho annual varsity crew race on Friday In easy style, leading from start to finish. The Blue won by seven lengths. Tho official timo was: Yale, 20:62; Harvard, 21:134. Tho first race, tho iccond varsity eight, waB won by tho niue oarsmen, by about a quarter of a length. Allies Kill 1,300 Turks. Cairo, Juno 25. Thirteen hundred Turks have been killed In an oil-day fight for a Turkish position at the Dor ianelles, an official bulletin says. The allied troops rushed tho Turkish trenches and drovo tho enemy out. Dutch Steamer Sunk. Copenhagen, Juno 28, The Dutch iteamer Ceres was sunk by a mine or torpedo In the Gulf of Bothnia on Fri day. Twenty-flvo members of her :rew were saved. Jap Prisoners Kill 8elves,' Tokyo, Juno 29. Rather than suf fer what they considered the dishonor of being made prisoners, Major Naka lma and Captain Nashlmoto, Japanoso officers with the Russian army at Lemborg, committed hari-kari. Powder Depot Blown Up. London, Juno 29. Bombs dropped by British aviators near Roulors, Bel glum, caused tho explosion of a large ammunition dopot and also resulted In tho killing of SO German soldiers who were loading a train FRENCH ADVANCES s; ?- .O 7 a iSAlLKQADS This map Bhows the location of t French in tho Vosgcs region, northea In Uppor Alsace, In tho valley of tho LANSING IN CABINET PRESIDENT WILSON MAKES HIM SECRETARY OF STATE. Former Counselor of State Department Accepts High Position Many Congratulations Come In. Washington, Juno 25. President Wilson offered Robert Lansing tho post of permanent secretary of state at a conforenco held at tho White House on. Wednesday. President Wilson authorized a state ment relntlng to tho appointment of Mr. Lansing. It follows: "Beforo leaving for a brief rest In Now Hampshire the president an nounced that he had offered tho post of secretary of stato to Mr. Robert Lansing, the present counselor of de partment' of state, and that Mr- Lan sing had accopted tho appointment." The news of Mr. Lansing's appoint ment spread rapidly. Secretaries Gar rlson and Daniels wont at onco to his office. Secretary Tumulty telephoned congratulations from tho White House. Mr. Lansing, who Is a son-in-law of former Secretary of Stato John W. Foster, became counselor of tho state department on the retirement of John Bassett Moore, and has been openly re garded as Presldont Wilson's mainstay on questions of International law. Mr. Lansing's homo is In Water town, N. Y., and he is Just past fifty years old. Slnco 1889 ho has practiced law and began hiB first diplomatic work for tho Unltod States in 1892, when ' he became counsel for tho United, States in tho BerlngySea arbi tration. Soon afterward ho bocamo counsel for tho United States Bering sea claims commission and following that was solicitor for the Alaskan boundary tribunal, In 1909 he became counsel In the North Atlantic coast fisheries at The Hague. His last work before becoming counsel for tho state department was as agent for the United States in the Anglo-American claims arbitration. TEUTONS DEFEATED BY RUSS Austrc-German Forces Lose 8lx-Day Battle on Dniester River Front, Says Petrograd. Petrograd, Juno 25. An Important Russian victory over tho right wing of the Austro-German forces in Gallclu was announced on Wednesday In the official statement from tho war office. This statement says that the .Teu tonic troops havo been defeated in a six-day battle on the Dniester liver front, tho 'Russians taking more than five thousand prisoners. 3 ALABAMA MURDERERS HUNG Two Negroes Are Executed at Bir mingham and One White Man at Annlston. Birmingham, Ala., June 28. Len Cartor, convicted of tho murder of his wlto, and Syd Jones, who killed a fellow convict In tho Bannor mines, were hanged in the county Jail on Fri day. Both were negroes. Tim Sharps win hanged In Annlston for tho mur der of two policemen. England Releases U. 8. Ship. Los Angeles, Cal., June 29. A prize court at B'ytlio, England, has released the American steamship Portland, owned by a grain company of this city, according to word received by tho owners. Summon Bulgarian Reserve. Athtus. June 29 Bulgarian roeerv 1Mb In Greek territory have been summoned by their government Tim fp'ranct f llulnaila into the war at an ?pr) date Is oti';dentl expevtel here . Cjni'Ahnnri) SmLrl 4 ii v -i &- V A. L 'IvCPM III 00s-- waN I A mi " r?V CeroajrjK M Jzf ThAnnLJ M 5 IP 23 go m IN THE VOSGES SZMiQVSK. A bsfJ'T 7 ojKVvT.R ho two forward movements of the st of Lunevillo, In Lorraine, at A, and Fccht, at B. BRITAIN DEFENDS ACT ENGLAND EXPLAINS SEIZURE OF SHIPS TO U. S. Avoids Answer to Chief Issues Raised by Washington Government No Relief Is Seen. Washington, Juno 2C. Lord Crewe's memorandum to Ambassador Pago, dealing with tho complaint of deten tion of American cargoes bound for noutral ports, was made pUbllc on Thursday by tho state department. Stato department officials V6utd not comment on the memorandum. In the opinion of oxperts on international law who have followed tho controversy between the two governments, tho memorandum Is not of a character to afford much satisfaction. It holds out little expectation of material relief to American commerce from tho hard ships Inflicted upon It by British regu lations and Violation of tho principles of International law as pointed out by the Unltod States In its noto of March 30. Consequently its effect, It Is bollovod, will be rather to sharp en the odgo of tho Issue between tho twoi'ovornmonts. In his note of transmittal, Ambas sador Pago says that the memoran dum Is not intended as an answer to tho principles set forth In the noto of March 30, but morely an "explana tion of concreto cases and tho regula tions under which they are dealt with." Tho British 'memorandum mndo public Thursday contains distinct de nial of certain rights for which the United States In tho note of March 3 contends. So to an extent at least It muBt bo taken as .n answer to that note. . FLASHES OFF THE WIRE Rome, Juno 28. Montenegrin troops are reported to have occupied tho Al banian port of San Giovanni do Meduo on the Adriatic sea. London, Juno 25. An Italian fleet has sailed from Taranto for Tenedos to Join the Anglo-French squadron in tho operations against tho Dardanelles, according to the Exchange Tele graph's Copenhagen correspondent Valparaiso, Ind., Juno 26. Mrs. Dru sllla Carr was given title to 143 acres of land Just east of Gary, worth per haps 11,000,000. Sho squatted thoro 40 years ago The case has boon In courts over Ave years. Washington, Juno 26. That the Mexican population of 20,000 persons at Guerroio practically Is starving was reported to the American Rod Cross hero on Wednesday with an earnest appeal for relief. Now York, June 25. Although tho 1,600 passengers who lost their lives on the Titanic supposed there was little danger of her sinking, soveral were told by Mr. Andrews, ono of the designers of the ship, that she would not stay afloat moro than two hours, was tho testimony in the action to limit the line's liability to $98,000. John R. Thayer of Haverford, Pa., whoso father, a vice-president of tho Pennsylvania railroad, was ono of those who perished, testified to this effect. Airship Sinks Submarine, Berlin, Juno 28. For the first time In history an aeroplane has sunk a submarine Gorman airmen bombard ed and sank a Russian submarine In the Baltic near Gotland Island on Ma7 31. Pier Gives Way 100 Die. Petrograd, Jun 2S. dispatch from Karsn. in European Russia, 400 nlles hrhi of Moacow. ways more than ' liven li..vc 'iftii lost in dm col 1 fh of a rwr p.' 4 ut a pli-usure ..J-n VffiM . RESTA WINS BIG RAG E WORLD'S AUTO RECORDS GO CRASHING AS ITALIAN LEADS CHICAGO DERBY. AVERAGES 97.60 AN HOUR Victor Thrills Crowd by Clipping High Mark for Distance 2G Minutes 28 Seconds Porporato Finishes Sec ond Grant Never Stops. HOW RACERS FINISHED Car and Driver. Time. Av'ge. Peugeot, Resta 5:07:27 97.60 Sunbeam, Porporato ...5:10:50 Maxwell, Rlckenbacher. 5:14:20 96.50 95.80 95.06 94.90 94.04 91.70 91.60 91.20 Sunbeam, Grant 5:15:35 Stuti, E. Cooper 5:15:59 Stutz, Anderson 5:19:00 Duesenberg, Alley 5:27:04 Delage, Chevrolet 5:27:15 Peugeot, Burman 5:28:55 Sebrlng, J. Cooper 5!30:10 90.30 Speedway Park, Chicago, Juno 29. Darlo Restn, Italian motor racor, Is tho speed king of the world. Ho drovo an nutomohllo for COO miles at a pace taster than It was ever driven boforo. Ho shattered world records, won prizes aggregating $23,000, fought his way to supremacy ovor twenty rivals, and crossed tho tape an easy winner of Clilcngo's first auto derby, which wns held on Snturday. Tho pcrfornmnco opened tho fastest, safest automobllo race track In the world- -tho Chlcngo speedway. In his Peugeot French rnclng car, Resta traveled tho GOO mlloB In flvo hours, seven minutes and twonty-Bov-sn seconds. His average rate of speed throughout tho raco was 97.C miles nn hour. Once, In a hair raising Bpurt thnt spread tho sllenco of fear ovor 8C.00O spoctators, ho circled tho two-mllo courso at tho speed of 107 miles an hour. Every ono of tho ton .winning cars that followed Resta to the finish lino made bettor time than tho world's rec ord established nt tho Indianapolis Bpeedway on Memorial day by Ralph Do Palma. Porporato, another natlvo of tho land that once held all tho high speed chariot records, finished second. Ho drove a hard raco In his" English rac ing car, tho Sunbeam special. Travel ing at the rate of 96.6 miles an hour, ho devoured tho GOO mllos In flvo hours, ten minutes and fifty seconds. Ho won tho second prize of $10,000. The first American to receive tho checkered flag waB Rlckenbacher, who sent his Amerlcan-mado racer, a Max well speclnl, across the line for third place. An average rata of 96.8 miles an hour brought tho foremost Ameri can racer $G,000 prlzo money. Grant, In anotlnr Sunbeam car, earned fourth plnco and prize with a wonderfully maintained speed of 95.6 miles per hour. In making hiB remark ablo enduranco dvlvo, Grant stopped not onco at tho pits. This veteran of the speed courso stopped neither for gasoline, tires, repairs, water nor food. With Ills gas tanks empty in tho last half of the last lap of tho long grind, ho coasted In ncross the lino and smashed tho world's nonstop com petitive record. Tho performance Is startling to all motordom. Earl Cooper nnd Gil Andorson, In their Stutz bulldds, finished fifth and sixth with respective averages of 94.9 and 94.4 miles per hour. Tho Sobrlng, which wns thorTast car In tho money, traveled the dlstanco at an average speed of 90,3 miles an hour, higher by a milo thanho old world's record. Neither death nor Injuries to elthor racers or spectators occurred. LIVE STOCK BAN IS LIFTED Quarantine Against Cattle Disease Lifted at Indiana Order Issued by Houston. Washington. June 29. Under the or. dor Issued by Secretary of Agriculture Houston on Saturday the foot-and-mouth quarantine becomos only a momory. as far as Indiana la con cerned. Tho ordor makes the follow ing announcement. "Tho Belt Railroad stockyards at Indianapolis is mado Treo aroa. the state now being free." Troops Guard Slaton Home. Atlanta, Ga., Juno 29. Artillery, cav alry nnd Infantry of the state militia stood guard all day at tho home of John M. Slaton, who reMred as gov ernor of tho state on Saturduy, surren dering tho office to Nat E. Harris. Dur ing tho day twenty-six men were ar rested by the militia near tho Slaton homo. Presenting tho seal, Mr. Slaton said: "Governor Harris, I know that dur ing my term of offico this groat seal of stato has not been dishonored." Tornado Klls Two In Canada, Rodcllffe, Albortn. Juno 29. -Two persons wero willed, ton Injured and proporty was damaged to the oxtout of $500,000 by a tornado which swept this section The town of Grass Ijiko was virtually destrojed. U. S. Collegians to Front. No York, June 28 - -Two groups of colloge men left hero on steamors for I'-rxllpul fir relief arvl.r In I), a u-n . - ..- - ..... tv ,u .a net. 1 l'c !arn-Kt c f ttm trroupR consisted of priduat'-' o' ti. Harvard medical RATE WORK IS NEARLY DONE Expert Powell Reports That Inquiry Into Passenger Tariffs Almost Finished. According to U. G. Powell, rate ox port of the Nebraska Railway com mission, who has luul charge of the Investigations mndo by sovon stntoa of tho middle west Into into charges by tho railroads, work will bo com pleted in timo for tho hearings which aro called for July 6. The work 1ms boon done in a thorough manner, tho slates of Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, South and North Dakota and Oklahoma being Interested nnd us slstlng in Its prosecution. As many us 113 people havo been working at ono timo upon tho Investigation and, while tho Investigation of freight rates was completed about n month ago, Investigation of passengor rates is still in progress. On the small streams trlbutnry' lo the Elkhom rlvor .about G00.000 dol lars' worth of bridges havo been washed out. Most of tho damago has been to bridges across streams usu ally dry nnd therefore- none of them of very much value. Tho wuolo amounts to n considerable total, ac cording to Stnto Engineer Johnson, who has Just roturned from a tour or Investigation along tho Elkhom val ley. Much of tho flood damago In tho valley has been caused by tho crook ed condition of the Elkhom, which winds about ns If trying to tako up us much of tho vnlley spaco as pos sible nnd some of tho counties through which it runs are contemplat ing straightening tho stream. Chief Hydrographer D. V. Wcoks at tho utato engineer's office, who re cently returned from tho south nnd west part of tho state, whoro ho hod been making measurements of water In tho strenms in that section of tho country, found no difficulty In locat ing plenty of water nnd somo other tilings not in his line of work. Ono Jay while measuring tho wator In tho Bluo river at ono point ho counted fourteen hogs floating down stream. Tho Bluo rlvor nt Falrbury waB so high thnt It was running ovor tho tops of the fences and the Republican rlvor was from ono to tow miles wide. Ir tho vicinity of Culbertson com has bqon lUtod thrco times, ho said. Reports from county assessors aro beginning to -reach the office of Secre tary Borneckor of the Stato Board ot Assessment. In most cases thoso re porting show nn lncreoso. Thoso re porting so far nro as follows: 1914.' Chase $1,053,300 Dundy 1,532,17C Koarnoy 4.203..930 Logan 660,340 Sioux 1,085,008 1915. $1,043,785 1,580,363 4,322,409 581,694 1,714,204 Labor Commissioner Coffey, at the request of the Dempster Mill Co. ot Beatrice, has given a written opinion ns to his Interpretation of certain pro vision of the workmen's compensa tion law, upon which the statute Itself is not clear. Ono point is to tho effect that tho fifteenth day after tho injury, when the law says compensation shall start, is the fifteenth calendar dny and not thoflfteonth working day. Duridy mid Chaso county assessors are tho first to Ilia tax schedules with tho stato board of assessment. The total assessed valuo of property In Dundy county hut. increased slightly, (t Is nqw $1,580,307. It was $1,532, 912 last year. A slight decrenso Is re ported by Chase county. Last year it was $1,OG3,300. This year tho total assessment or one-fifth value Is $1,043,785. Stato Superintendent Thomas told a delegation of Lincoln business men that tho Improvement In Nebraska schools which ho Is working so hard to bring about Is coming along nicely. The consolidation ot country districts is meeting with favor in many por tions of the state, while other pluns aro being brought out so that by tho time tho tall terms begin there will be quite a change. The stato board normal has em ployed J. II. Craddock to proparo plans and specifications for ah audi torium for tho Kearney normal. He has mado sketches for an auditorium to cost about $50,000, which Is to bo built first, to bo followed by a gum naslum to cost about $59,000. Taxes In tfie Bum of $170,000, col lected by W. G. Uro of Douglas coun ty, must bo turnod ovor to tho stato undor a writ of mnndnmiiB granted State Treasurer Hall by the supremo court. Tills was n test cane and Is accordod victory for tho stnte. Holt county lost over 100 bridges. Many ot these structures ot a moro or less temporary nature spanning streams tributary to the Niobrara, which nro dry most of tho summer. The stnte englnoor Is recommending lhat bonds bo voted and permanent bridgoH built. It about $150,000 Is ex ponded in this way the large amount of ropalr work that tho county does ohcIi year could bo reduced material ly possibly by $10,000. Mr. Johnson 'k of tho opinion that It Is no moro Imn right that posterity should holp a for rermnnont Improvements. CONDENSED NEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL. Aurora Is to havo u now aw $G0.00O post office. Stromsburg will hold a blgcolobro' tlon July 3. " A now school building Is to be built nt Dowcose. Tho town of Hazard will soon hnvo a new opora house. Ravages of tho Hessian fly near Greenwood aro oxtonslvo. Work has Legun on tho Lutheran school houso nt Pierce. A now homo will bo built for tho Stromsburg Stato bank. Fremont will hnvo over two miles of paving Inid this summer. Work will soon start on tho novr Presbyterian church at Wnhoo. The Hastings school budget for tho coming year calls for $75,000. , Tho Stato Tennis tournamont will bo hold nt Lincoln, July 26 to 31. Tho Republican Editorial meeting will be hold nt McCoolc July 9. 250 attended tho dedication ot tho Free Masons' hall nt Columbus. C. M. Barr has resigned as Buporin tondent of tho Hastings schools. During a recent storm tho dam at Leonard Douts, near Harrison, wont out. Dates for tho annual Kearney Chau tauqua havo been fixed from August 1 to 8. A strange looking Insect' has been ' dlscovored In Hastings that attacks dandelions. Tho cornor stono of Broken Bow's $10,000 Carnegie library building was laid last week. Tho CItlzona Stato bank of Poi;u Is considering tho building of a now bank building Tho Bank ot Commerco and tho Farmers' Stato Bank of Loulsvlllo havo consolidated. $1,000 has been raised by business men of Alnsworth for repairing roads lending into .that place. Governor Morohend line appointed Ralph West of Omaha ns public de fender of Douglas county. Voters of Sholdon will pass on an $8,000 bond Issue for a municipal electric light plant July 27. Bridgeport will soon voto on tho Issuing of bonds for the erection ot a new. school building. ErnestStokobranl, tho young NDo wltt laiTwhd was struck by lightning' during a Uiunder storm, died. Figures compiled by Assessor Bar not of York county show that thero aro 909 motor cars In tho county. The Great Western Sugar company of Scot&bluft announces that they will erect n sugar refinery at Goring. Tho reorganized Exchange Hank ot Steelo City will have a modern homf. Work on tho now brick struc lure is under way. Damage that It Is feared will total nearly $GSO,000 resulted through a Iwavy rain and hall which struck Kearney nnd vicinity recently. Tho annual convention of the na tional association ot farmers' unions will be held in Lincoln during tho aliUo fair weok, September 6 to 11. Tho Rod Willow county commis sioners will build a new plank bridge ovor tho now channel created by re cent floods In tho Republican river south ot McCook. Schedules havo been comploted for special train service from nineteen surrounding towns to tho first big In dependence day celebration Hastings has attempted In recont years. James Murphy, formerly with tho Stato Food commission, has been ap pointed to the position of chief tilerk in the office ot the State Banking board, to fill a vacancy caused by tho resignation of Mrs. Mamie Hefley. A barn belonging to Pnul Buchholz at Beatrico was struck by lightning. Mrs. Buchholz and two children wero In tho barn, tho former being stunned, but not seriously Injured. A horse In tho barn was killed by the bolt. As result of heavy rains the llatetl con: around Calloway Is covered with mud to such a depth that It cannot come thtough. Many farmers will tt compelled to replant So far this year nearly twenty Inches of rata lias fallen. Tho Chadron Commercial club amusement committee, for the cele bration ot July 3, has been successful In procuring for that event tho latent fad In amusements, tho auto pnlo racers. Spoclal trains over northwest Nebraska have been scheduled. While Governor Morohead has been distributing offices around to a few lucky democrats, ono fell to tho gov ernor rocently, ho being mado honor ary vice president of tho Richardson County club, composed of former res idents of that county lWng in Lin coln. Six direct descendonts of William Hurry, who rang tho Liberty Bell pro claiming the signing of tbo Declara tion of Independence, will bo guwts of tho Lincoln Commercial club July 9, whon tho bell stops In Lincoln on Its way from Philadelphia to the ox position in San Francisco. Tho churches of FVomon havo voted to hold a big revival meotlng in January. Georgo Rosentrator, whllq shelling corn on Tallin table, near Callaway, beenmo entangled In tho belt wheel of hla gasollno engine and received a broken arm and a crushed skull. Tho Omaha Jitney ordinance, which will go Into effect July 7, provides an occupation tax of $60 a year for tho ordinary five-seated car und requlreo liability insurance to bo carried that will cost the car ownar $165 to $1R0 year