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r!i&- ir fi A I if DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. f it j m i f ? j.' ?1 jJ ' I H tjr l tit' W 4 X I k SENATE ENDS QUIZ I -w- COMMITTE TO RUSH REPORT OF IT8 FINDINGS. SIMS LAST WITNESS HEARD Conolucet with an Outline of Legit latlon for Reorganization of Department. Washington, D. C. Tbo aenato In vestigation of the navy's conduct ol the war has boon completed and Chairman Halos said be hoped to havo ready within a week a report embodying the committee's finding. Rear Admiral Sims was tho only witness, but tho chairman road into the record supplementary statements from Roar Admirals Fullam and Flake, replying tho portions of tho testimony of Secretary Daniels, Ad miral Plske rovlewod his efforts to obtain reorganization of tho depart ment when ho was aid for operations and declared but for his efforts the savy would havo entered tho war without tho two principal agoncloa the secretary and his advisors de clared to bo vital tho offlco of chief of naval operations nnd tho adminis trative plan. "Instead of abusing me," Admiral Wake said, "I submit that tho secre tary ought to thank mo for saving not nly the navy but hlmsolf." Admiral Pullam donlcd statements by Mr. Danlols to tho effoct that ho was a "disciple of von Tlrpltz" and "wished to Prusslunlzo tho navy." Ho declared that ho had dovotcd his life to tho problem of organization and preparedness and that ho was "proud to have my name linked with the names of Sims and Flake." Admiral Sims tpld tho commlttoo that Secretary Danlols bad attempted to "gloss over" the criticism of the Apartment's conduct of tho war and reiterated the chargo that Mr. Daniels "tailed to direct tho action required both before and during tho war to Meet the urgency of tho situation." In conclusion, the admiral submit-, ted an outline of legislation for ro erganliatlon of tho department undor which the civilian socrotary would hare two assistants, one civilian and mo military, the first to bo charged with handling of all civil questions, including contracts, Industrial mattors and appropriations, and tho other to be rosponsiblo for all matters of a strictly military satsro. The bureau chiefs would bo directly Mder tho military udvloer who would be responsible for the efficiency of the navy, its readiness for, nnd its conduct In war. Diaz Wllllno to Surrender. Vera Cruz General Felix Dins .has greed to surrondor his entire forces to Qonoral Qundalaupo Sanchez, revo lutionary commandor, according to re ports. General Diaz arrived at Mlsan tla In tho etate of Vera Cruz and In transmitting tho proposal to glvo hlft elf and army up, asked for guaran tees of safe conduct to tho city of Vara Cruz, whero ho Intends to take steamer for some foreign port, tho report said, Outbreak Feared In Brazil. Rio Do Janeiro. A serious out break of political conflict Is feared to the state of Bsplrito Santo, Brazil, M the result of an election dispute in whlob Phllomeno Klbcrlo was defeat 4 by Neetor Gomes for state presl Meaoy. Rlberlo alleges the election won by fraud, Cyan Found Qullty, Sioux Falls, S. D. Aftor bolng out 11 night u Jury In tho statu circuit court bore returnod a vordlct finding Goorgo W. Egan, of this city, guilty c making falso statements when winking applications for flro Insurauco n a building belonging to him which was destroyed by flro. Bandits Sentenced to Hang. Chicago, Joe Constanz, Antonio Lo fez and Sam Seprapo woro sentoncod by( a Jury ,to be banged for the mur der of Anton Varehotto In a holdup on January 15. The convictions raised tho total death sontoncos Imposed in Chicago this month to ten. Embargo on Sugar Near. Washington Tho eenato agriculture commlttoo ordered a fayornblo report a the McNary bill providing for an embargo on sugar exports. Tho com attteo believed this would holp roduco Ike retail prlco of sugar. Flour Up Again. Minneapolis, Minn. Flour prices ad- iced 25 centa a barrel ut all local ffllllB. To Flflht to IBttor End. Chicago. Outlawed by tho regular labor ..unions and denied recognition by the United States railroad labor beard, Insurgent railroad strikers have amalgamated their forces to "fight to the death," according to H. K. Reading, organizer and leader of tfyi recent outlaw strike. The amal gamated nrganlzatipn, which has not been given a title, has a motnbershlp of 250,000 railroad employees, Read slag said, He said all are on strike. The amalgamation was made, he said t a pecrot meeting of outlaw leaders. NAVY MB D The Household r4frl UNITED STATE8 HAS FIRM GRIP ON THE OIL SUPPLY Ambaesador to U. 8. Oeclarea Hl Country's Foreign Policy Is Di rected Against No One. Now York Swooping denial Hint Great Britain was seeking to monop olize the worlds fuel oil Hiipply was made horo by Sit Auckland Goddos, British ambussador, speaking At the Pilgrims dinner. Statoinnntu that GVout Britain had such intentions, bo nddod, woro n completely without basis, In fact, as charges that Britain today was moved hyj militarist Im pulses. "I Huy without fear of Impending criticism," Sir Auckland declarod. "that British foreign policy is directed against no man, but Is InspIrotTby tho iloBlto to seok peace, to bring order out of chuos, to oxtond tho boundaries of freedom, to Improve tho lot of the oppressed nnd to Incroaso tho material prosperity of tho world That Is our program; theso aro tho principles by which I, as British representative In tho land, urn guided from day to day." Tho ambassador touched also upon reports that tho lirltlsh government was trying to pool the war debts of Kuropo. "nnd to drag you (tho Unltod Stutes) Into tho pool." "Ynn tnnv Riek far and wide for ovl- donco on which that statement could bo based," ho said. "You will not find It, If you look olosoly you will find my governmont trying to pour .oil on tho troubled waters of F.uropo, and you will also find onlooltorn who selzo tho oil as It Is poured and throw It on tho flros of nntlllrlttsh feeling here. "I renllze that tho traditional hatred und undent grudgoB din hard. I think I can mnko full allowance for tboso things, but I do plead with oach and nil to rcallzo that If they havo oil to pour thoy will hotter serve tholr day and gonoratlon and tho causo of all humnnlty by selecting troubled wators, to recolvo tholr libation and avoid smoldering fires." In answering what ho characterized as "wild duck" publications as to tho British purposes, tho ambassador dealt with tho British navy, saying that while mora than a thousand ships, In cluding four bnttla cruisers, were uni dor construction when tho .armistice was signed, ono crulsortVtj Hood, too fur advancod to persJT cancellation, was tho only moj ship complotod. "Wo havo rC nt prosent n slnglo capital shX building or completing and not ono ship, largo or nmall, has boen -fald down since tho armistice." Interchurch Supporters Win. Philadelphia, Pa.Aftor an all-day debate, the general asBombly of tho Prosbytorlan church In tho Unltod States voted down tho proposal of tho' oxocutlvo commission to withdraw support of tho lutorchurch world movement, unit voted to recommit tho whole tuattor to the commlBBlon for n revised report to be mndo aB soon as possible. All proposed umondments and substitute 'resolutions woro sont back to tho oxocutlvo commission. Schooner In Distress. San Francisco. Naval authorities hero ordorod two destroyers to pro ceod to tho aid of tho schoouor Oceania Vnnco whon tho steamer Humboldt roachod horo and reported having spokon tho craft off Point Arguollo.- about 200 miles south of horo In a water logged condition. Tho captain's wife, Mrs. Charlos Soxon, nnd two bublos aro aboard the Vance In addition to the regular company of eight. The Humboldt reported that tho Vance refused to accept a tow. Sugar Too High by 50 Per Cent. Washington Retail sugar prlco can be reduced 60 per cent. J. II, McLaur In announced hero following a confor onco held with Attorney General Palmer, 8anta Fe Train Wreoked. Albuquerque, N. M Santa Fe pas senger train No. 808 was wrecked at LnJoya, titty-two miles south of haro, duo to soft track resulting from high water, according to a report received bore. Tho ouglnoor and fireman ware killed and about thirty passengers in jured. All of tho cars aro reported to be lying on tholr sides In tho water. A special train with doctors and nursoB had boon ordorod to the Bcone from Socorro and the wrecker has boon ordered from Belon, which will also tako oil available doctors. WUKKKiaSKmWiIjk . "CqE, jfW?-UV VWhxJWT&W Pet Up a Tree wji'iaw itst" Y.iAwavaMcmasv) ': Vr rafjtfir uTtiWit' 4 a &!Kffl W.fts HUERTA NAMED NEW HEAD BY THE MEXICAN CONGRE88 Balloting for His Successor Postponed from July 4 Until Septem ber 5. Mexico City. President Vemlstlano Curranza committed suicide rather than bo fakon prisonor, according to a tologram given out at tho headquar ters of Gon. Gonzalez. It purports to havo boen sent from Ccrro Azul, state of Puobla, tho morning of Thursday, May, 20. by Col. Ilodolfo Herrera. who, provlous reports havo stated, was ro sponsiblo for Sonor Carranza's death. Adolfo do la Huerta, of Sonora, was named president ad interim of Mexico by tho extraordinary aesBion of con gress. Ho received 224 votes against 28 for Pablo Gonzales. Gen. Antonio Vlllaraal was tbo only other candidate. Aftor one hour and a halt of balloting, Gov. Do la Huerta received the nocos sary two-thirds taajority. Tho new incumbent holds office un der tho "Agua Prlota plan" and has already postponod tho presidential olectlouN from July 4 to September 5, under authority of the "Agiia Prieta plan," which makes him supreme chief of tho liberal constitutional army. Ho exercised tho same authority in calling the extraordinary session of congress. King Muat Give Up Morganatic Wife. Paris. IClng Alexander, of Greece, is reported to havo been married morganatlcally to Mademoiselle Ma nos, daughter of a former aide do camp to his fathor, ex-King Constan tino, Tho Greek legation In Paris has refused to confirm or deny this roport. King Alexander's marriage Is said to have boon the culmination of a boyhood friendship and occurred boforo ,ho was in direct line to the throne. The king and his wife are living nt tho aamo hotel hero. Carranza's Body Met by Few Faithful, Mexico City. A dingy Uttlo train of three wooden coaches brought the re mains of VcnuBtlano Carranza, mur dered president of Mexico, back to his former capital. Drav.n by a rusty crip pled engine, tho train slowly, puffed Its wny into tho city ou the narrow gauge railway. Not more than 160 persons wttnesBod tho arrival of tho body. Tho faithful watchers Included most of tbo forolgn diplomatic corps. George Summerlln, Aroorican charge, was conspicuous In a high silk hat. Would Revive War Rail Control. Chicago. Reorganization of war time management of railroads for tbo purpose of making a short cut to wards relieving railroad congestion was proposed at a hearing of officials of 30 railroads, operating out of Chi cago, horo. A commlttoo of three, lepreseutlng railroads, shippers nnd tho government was appointed to work out a general plan and lay It butoro tho railroad officials ut a mooting to be held in a fuw daya. French President Falls from Train. Montnrgls, Franco. Paul Deschauol, prosidont of tho French ropubllc, fell from a window of his train when It was a shoit dlstnuco from here The train was moving at tho time, but aftor his full M. Deschunel wnlked a mllo and n quarter lu tho darkness un til he mot a track worker. Tho work mnn accompanied tho prosidont to a signal station nearby and telephoned to this city for an automobile which orrlvod within half nn hour. Sugar Up Again, Now York. Tho American Sugar Refining company advanced tho prlco of sugar 1 cent to 22Vi cents, mark ing the third advance of Its kind within a week. "Tho necessity for this advance arises by reason of tho (ncreaslug coat to the compuny of raw sugar," the company statement said. Glass Plant Burns. San Francisco, Cal. Tho plant of the Illinois-Pacific Glass company hero was destroyed by fire. Officials of tho company estimated tho loss at $1,000,000. Three flromen wero in jured, nono Boriously, lu fighting the blaze. Wet Bill 8lgned by N, Y. Governor, Albany, N. Y. Tho Walter bill gallzlug tho manufacture and salo of boor containing not more than J.76 por cent of alcohol by weight was signed by Gov. Smith. TROOPS HALT PLAN TO LYNCH VIRQINIA NEGRO Trouble Follows Alleged Killing by William Turner of Morgan Moore, Naval Employe. Washington, D. C. A detachmont of cavalry from Fort Myer was callod out to disperse a mob of more than 1,000 porsons which surrounded the Jail at Alexandria courthouse, twelvo miles from tho limits of the District of Columbia, attempting to obtain pos session of William Turner, a negro. Arrival of tho cavalry which had been requested by tho Bherlff of Ar lington county scattered the mob which had formed threatening to lynch the negro. Turner is accused of shooting to death T. Morgan Moore, an employe of tho naval torpedo plant at Alexan dria, Va and of having attempted to attack MIbs Pearl Clark, of Washing ton, Moore's fiancee and secretary to Representative Britten, of Illinois. The nogro, bearing two wounds, was arrested about two hours after Moore was killed. Turner later confessed, according to the authorities. Moore and Miss Clark, according to the report, made to Virginia nnd Wash ington authorities by the latter, were seated in an automobile near th6 Vir ginia end of the Potomac river bridge, connecting Washington and Virginia, when tho nogro approached them. Pointing n revolver at Mooro. Miss Clark Bald, the negro demanded money Whon Moore refused. Miss Clark said she became frlghtoned and Jumped from tho machine and negro started after her. Then Mooro, according to Miss Clnrk, seized a rovoher from a door pocket of tho automobile, ana fired at the black. In an exchange of shots Mooro waB shot through the heart and the negro struck In the log and hand. According to Mlsa Clark he continued to pursue her until she had given him some Jewelry,. Moore and Miss Clark, whose home was In Chlcugo were to hava married soon. Outbreak In Northern Italy. London. Troubles have broken out In the northeastern province- or Italy, according to Milan advices to tho London Times. In Carn'.a, the unem ployed sot up a Bovlat government which, however. laHted only a day. the troops re-establishing order. But as a protest a genera) strike wa9 de clared In the whole of Carula and ex tended to Fruit!. In Verona the strike is aggravated by the solidarity of the rallwaymen. Tho latost example ot what tho correspondent calls, the "strike mania." is prisoner? refusing to work and demanding an eight-hour day. Many Bands Under Arms In Mexico. Washington, D. C Advices from Mexico indicate that tho.rnvolutionlsts have much to do before a stable gov. ornment caa be CHtabHahed. Military loaders) are reported In various part? 6f the republic with small forces of mon under arms either still loyal to the Carranza regime or tor other rea sons hostllo to tbo de facto govern ment. TheBO groups aro recognized by Mexican observers here to bo possible nuclei for tho organization of new r volts. . Carranza Killed by Own Men. El Paso, Tox Vennstlano Carranza, president ot Mexico, and head of the Bovcnty-eecond government that coun try has had sinco 1821,. was assassi nated at 1 a. m., Friday by Col. Rodolfo Herrera and his soldiers at Tlaxcalt inango, Puobla, according to messages received horo from 'Gen. Alvnro Ohm gon. dated at Mexico City. "There went found six or seven morn bodies or tho mon In Carranza's party." said ono message from Obrogon. "It is uot stated who theso men might bo." Senate Acts on Approprlalton Bill. Washington. T. C Tho senate, passed tho animal nrmy appropriation bill carrying $415.91fl,000 and spnt It to conferonco. Tbo bill provides for an Incroaao of approximately S42.000.. 000 over the houso bill, but S353.000.. 000 Icbh than the appropriation for tho prosent fiscal year. Tho principal sen ate increase wns 112,475,000 for tho army nlr service, mnklng its total j in, ooo.ooo. Vegetables Drop In Chicago. Chicago. Prices of all vegetables dropped 5 to 35 per cent on tho Chi cago market In tho last ton days, according to commission merchants, who stated that cabbages woio selling at J3.50 a crato whero they were at $4,50 last wcok. Onions, thoy Bald, bad scored a 30 por cent decline, and oranges havo dropped 15 por cent. Now potatoes sold for 31.50 less than a week ago. Johnson to Get Oregon Delegation. Iortland. Oro. Practically com plete roturns from all counties of the state show Senator Hiram Johnson leading Major Gonoral Leonard Wood by 1.322 votos for the presidential endorsement at tho Oregon primary. Bad Storm In Minnesota. St. Paul, Minn. Ono person dead and more than ten injured was Uio toll of two tornadoes that swept Castle Rock, Minn., about fifty miles south of horo, and a strip of countryside near Red Wing, Minn. Five pqrsons were injured at Castle. Rock when a number of buildings in that town ot less than 200 population was struck, while the second twister wrecked the farm homo of Godfrey Swansnu. near Rod Wing, killing his 11-month old son and Injuring Swanson, bis wife and her alstajE. u. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF Timely News Culled From All Parts of the State, Reduced for the Busy. SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED Miss Emma Helmers, plucky tele phone operator nt Howe, proved her Bclf n heroine Mny 21, by notifying citizens of the town thnt tho Bank of Howe whs being robbed. The ex change Is across, the street from the bank. When Miss Helmers saw three suspicious looking men enter the build ing nnd draw the curtains, she sound ed the nlarm which resulted in the quick apprehension of the bandits and the recovery of the loot, snld to be nbout $10,000. In u gun bnttle be tween nuthorltles nnd the bandits, two of the latter wero mortally wounded, the other taken prisoner, nnd two of the officers were seriously hurt According to ndvlco In federal court circles nt Lincoln, nn effort Is being made by promliioit Lincoln nnd Omnlm nttoruoys to secure from Presi dent Wilson u pardon for Thomas L. Mutters, Omaha attorney, clmrged with violation of tho national banking laws In connection with the failure of tho First Nationnl bnnk of Sutton some years ago. The Pullman Co. has been granted nn Increase in Nebraska rates by the state railway commission amounting to approximately 'M per cent on berth, compartment nnd drawing room rates nnd u minimum charge of HO cents for seat rates, which now range from 25 cents up. The order Is effective until October 31, 1020. A leport Issued by a commute" of the Russell Siiro Foundation, .Vow York, after a lengthy study on com parative state school hystemv shows that Nebraska stands twenty-second among all states of the union, with n percentage of 57.1. Montana bonds the list. L. II. Earliart, mnnnger of the Omaha branch of the federal reserve bnnk, declared thnt the local branch at this time, despite the recent cur tailment of credit, is handling agricul tural and cattle paper equal In amount to one-third of its total rediscounts. A small tornado swept Pender and Utility, tenrlng down numero'is bains nnd cutbulldlngs and Injuring one man. Practically every window on tno west side of streets In Thurston were blown in and ciops in the district wee tlaiti tigcd. Owing to recent bnnk robberies in Nebraska nnd Kansns, business men of Beatrice are tnlking of organizing a vlgllancecommlttee to assist the ofll cers in running down this . brand of criminals. The town of Kwlng has brought le gal action to force voters of the sub urb of Croesus to vote in the town of Ewlng by bringing the suburb of Croesus within the corporate limits of Ewlng. Assistant Adjutant General Bross of the G, A. It., serving the last year under Department Commander Strode, has been reappointed to that position by tho new department comniasder, Josoph H. Presson. Dodge county officials are nt a loss as to what has becomo of Dan Cupid. For two weeks not a marriage license has been issued, breaking all records for paucity of romance. Nebraska druggists will assemble In Omaha June 15 for the thirty-ninth nnnual convention of the Nebraska Pharmaceutical association at Hotel Rome. Nebraska's assessment roll will totnl 770,000,000 this yeur, according to Secretary Osborne of the State Board of Equalization, an increase of $200, 000,000 over 1019: The Kearney Amusement park, which has become one of the attrac tions of tourists traveling over the Lincoln highway, opened May 22. Mr. und Mrs. John Johnson of WnTte- flelil are the proud pnrents of triplets, born one day last week. The babies weighed eight pounds ench. Hundreds. of people from adjoining counties witnessed the tractor nnd truck demonstration at Ognllola. Gossip around the stock yards at South Omaha indlcute.s that the car situation Is rapidly improving. Air mall service between Omaha and Chlcugo is being maintained stricily ou schedule. Government statistics show that the per capita bunk deposits lu Nebraska amounted to $302 at tho close of last yenr. This represented (lint ninount for every mnn, woman nnd child in tho stnte. Miss Anna Yokel, recently a candi date for the democratic nomination for secretary of state, will sever her connection with the board of control, whero she hns been employed ns book keeper for some time. Miss Yokel avers she wns dismissed for political reasons, while board members lny'It to capability. Corn planting In tho South Platte territory of tho state has moved along rapidly tho past ten days and the work Is virtually finished. Twenty-seven pnssengcrs were In jured and two trainmen hurt "when n passenger train plowed its way through two rear cars of a freight train on a switch at Trenton. J. H. Presson, Omaha, was elected commander of the Nebraska G. A. R. at tho forty-fourth annual encamp ment .ut Fremont. Mrs. Martha A. Carmony, Omaha, wan elected presi dent of the Ladles of the G. A. It. ; Beatrico High school won high hon ors in the eighteenth annual track nnd field meet of the Nebraska nigu schools nt tho State University, Lin coln, Mny 15. The Beatrice youths captured first place In the group three competition, Lincoln finished second and Omnlm third. Tho group two championship went to Wilbur, while Dewltt wus victor in group one. Over 800 youths, representing more than , thirty schools, were on the track, tho greatest In the history of Nebraska track sports history. Changes recommended In Nebrnskn marriage laws by tho children's code commission Include: Physical exam ination of applicants for licenses, n period of five days between applica tion for nnd the Issuing of a license, consent of pnrents for persons under 21, and punishment by a term in prison for false affidavits.. Age of majority for girls is to lie raised to 21. Loyal Harmon, 5, was drowned, an 1 the little lad's parents, Mr. arid Mrs. Burch Hnrmon, farmers of Nemalin county, narrowly escaped dentil when an automobile driven by Mr. Hnrmon plunged Into a lateral drnlnnge ditch near Auburn. The rond bridge over the stream had been swept away by high water. The accident occurred after dnrk. 'A prulrlo dog "town" of more than four thousand holes, In Holt county, was destroyed on the Hopkins ranch northeast of O'Neill, by county Agent Lnncnsler. The animals were gassed" with carbon gas, one hundred pounds or ton gallons of gas being used. Joe Curtis, clmrged with implication In a cattle rustling band that wns broken up In Hooker county by the arrest and sentencing to the penlten tiury of Jesse Ingrum, was bound over for trial at the next term of district court at Mullen. Roy Dlnney. 15. was killed, nnd his brother, Albert Dlnney, 11, and Roy Anderson, 20, all cf Wakefield, were seriously Injured when an automobile In whch they were riding was struck by a Northwestern passenger train near Wayne. Citizens of Howell have subscribed more thnn $1,000 for the support of the Howells baseball team this senson. In a bnsebull game between Leigh and Schuyler,- Pitcher Wlglnton of the latter team struck out 21 Leigh bats men. Schuyler won G to 2. Another oil gusher has been struck near Osage, Wyo. It is controlled by Alllnnce men, who report oil men aro flocking to the field from all parts of the country and experts declare that the field will soon be the largest In Wyoming. Nellie Johnson, nn inmate of the home for feeble minded children at Beatrice, lost her life in the institu tion when a coffee urn full of boiling water overturned, scalding- the cfilld to dentil. North Bend is the first city in Dodge county to grant a bonus to teachers who have been on the force for tho past year. The school boerd 1ms voted each of the instructing force an addi tional $50. Tho sum of 015,000 wns spent for Improvements on the Lincoln highway In Nebraska during 1919. Paving wns laid on portions of the thoroughfare in Dodge, Hull, Dawson and Lincoln counties. Jack Prince, famous builder of au tomobile speedways, pluns to build another track at Omnlm, work to start on the venture next spring. The old saucer In the city wns torn down ,last year. The seed corn situntion In Nebraska and In fact over the entire country, is quite serious, according to Lawrence Coy of the Coy Seed company of Val ley. Potash' plants at Hoffland, Antloch nnd Lakeside, which have been shut down for some time, due to floods nnd lack of coal, are to resume operations in a few days. Many distinguished women from all pnrts of the country are expected to attend the Nebraska suffrage conven tion nt Omahn June 13. It Is estimated that Onuilin is short 2,500 houses and that it will require eight years to make up the lost time in building operations. A terrific wind and hail stqrra dam nged crops nnd outbuildings to n con siderable extent nt Sidney nnd the sur rounding district. Reports reaching stockmen at South Omaha indicate that the lamb crop of the west will be far below normal this year. Lester L. Dunn of Lincoln hns been nppolnted deputy state lubor commis sioner to replace J. H. Jeffry, who re signed. Lincoln nigh school won the Am herst cup when its debating team de feated Omnhn on the slate qupstlon, "Resolved,, That Congress Should Pro hibit Strikes on Railroads Doing Inter state Business." Tho contest -was held at Omaha. The Masonic lodge of Table Rock has purchased tho upper story of tho Huizda block, west of tho public square, and will remodel it to mnke them a permanent home. Their ex pectations are to mnke it ono of the most attractive lodgo rooms In the state outside of the larger cities. City commissioners of Kenreiiy are advertising for bids on ubout 30 blocks of paving. Overflow of tho Platte river Inun dated the low land around North Bend, Rogers and Schuyler, and caus ed some damage to bridges nnd crops. President Piatt of tho Crab Orchard bank, which was robbed the other night, reports that the loss of the In stitution would not be more than 200. A revival of political debating after the fashion of tho Lincoln-Douglas de bates of 1858 Is planned by women vot ers of Dodge county, h r J vV-"