THE ALLIANCE HERALD
T. J. O'Keefo, Publisher.
ALLIANCE,
NEBRASKA.
Prof, Pickering, however, hasn't
discovered any whlskors on tho moon.
Jolin Strnngo Wlnlor hag -written n
itory which la iloscrlbcd us "umiEunl."
Strange, In short.
A mnn In Berlin Is reported to havo
licen asleep four yenrs. Must bo a
Philadelphia!! In exile.
Rudynrd Kipling haBn't set tho
world on flro with his latest poem,
but it beats Alfred Austin.
Mrs. Ogden Goclct couldn't linvo
joen advertised moro extensively If
sho wcro going on tho stage.
If Port Arthur falls you con watch
Orcat Britain get out of Wolhnlwoi.
And you can keep on watching.
Mr. Schwab's occasional visits to
Monto Carlo show whether or not ho
Is slnccro In his wish y die poor.
Birmingham burglars now hldo tholr
nlundcr in churches. Probably on tho
ground that cops seldom go to church
In Philadelphia a hypnotist Is ac
cused of falling to put a man to sleep.
Probably neglected to wnko him up
first.
Tho Atlantic City lovers who liavo
been forbidden to spoon on tho beach
ought not to lack sand to resist tho
order.
Tho heat of tho earth Is said to bo
duo to radium. Not down hero It's
mostly duo to politics In this part of
the world.
A man In Now York who beats his
wife hns fallen heir to $1,000,000. Ho
won't havo to beat his creditors any
moro anyhow.
Tho now royal baby has been ga
zetted as tho ataman (or chief) of all
tho Cossack forces. Now will tho Jai
ancsobegood? Ono would think that tho Turk
might like to behave himself for n
whllo, If only for tho refreshing
chango it would involve.
A Philadelphia man named Few Is
trying to butt into Congress. That
pamo will certainly mako him tho butt
of tho pert pnragraphor.
"A man ain't drunk unless ho lies
down in tho gutter or goes to sleep in
I ho road,' says John L. Sullivan; and
surely John ought to know.
Tho timber In tho Philippines is
paid to bo inexhaustible. They have
said tho samo of tho forestsof every
country on earth. Chestnut!
Mary Anderson positively declines
to glvo any readings in this country.
Probably prefers to read botwe?n the
Hues of her husband's checkbook.
Auto smashing may yet become as
thrilling and popular a pnstlmo in tho
cast as Is broncho busting in tho wild
west, nnd somewhat moro expensive.
In tho accidents from overturned
boats tho most frequent offender is"
tho young man. Tho hand thatrocks
tho cradle Is too Bensiblo to rock tho
boat.
In Georgia a white mnn has been
caught stealing chickens from n cler
gyman. And yet Bomo peoplo say that
tho colored man's Influence is as
naught!
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Women cannot, It appears, beoomo
mall carriers without wearing "pants."
Tho womon will not bo much blamed
If they look In other directions for
employment.
A "problem play" has been written
to show up tho drink evil, but no
means havo as yet been dovlsed for
fencing In tho orchestra chairs be
tween tho acts.
Tho news from Amsterdam that o
Japanese nnd a Russian huvo beet)
shaking hands mnkes ub wonder 11
tho words for hand and fist- are all
tho sameo in Dutch.
George Washington's fnvorlto elm
trco has just been "felled to tho
ground" nt Morrlstown, N. J. Don't
see how it could havo very well been
"felled" anywhero else.
A Now York judgo has decided that
street car conductors must not strlko
nassengers In tho Btomach. Thoy
should continue to strike them In tho
immedlato vicinity of tho pocket.
In New York a woman who left
51 COO In a street car rewarded tho
coor but virtuous conductor who re
turned It with a whole quarter. Hetty
Green Is still operating incognito, wo
jeo.
A young girl was recently struck
Mind whllo promenading the board
walk at Asbury Park, In New Jersey.
Her mlsfortuno will render It impos
sible for her to seo tho sea scrpont
when he does his annual stunt oft tho
Jersey coast.
Tho fact that they nro having lots
of trouble with a new reptile called
tho "cabbage snako" down in Tonnes
seo Is strong prosumptlvo ovldonco
that tho moonshlnors thorearo turning
out an unusually potont brand of en
couragement this season.
THE EASTERN WAR
THE FALL OF PORT ARTHUR
SEEM8 NOW IMMINENT.
report Issued by tho woathor bureau
REPORTS OF CORRESPONDENTS;8 n follows:
. ! Tho drouth prevailing In portions
Japs Are Now Within Main Defenses of tho central valleys In tho provl
and Their Guns Command Town I ou wook lm ,)ccn ren0vcl by noun-
capture All outlying horxmcauona. ,
i nvnnM ni, rt,.nr. nln'a nnrrn. I
JjUllilun 1HU wi.viiiwv cr v.
r.pondont with General Kurokl, cab- ,
ling under dato of August 24, via Fu
san, August 25, says: "Tho fall of
Port Arthur Is imminent. Tho Japan
ese arc now within the main dofensoa
and their guns command the town.
Desperate fighting occurs night nnd
day nnd tho losses on both sides nro
enormous.
"Tho Itusslans arc making curious
counter attacks, but the .lapaneso uro
clinging to tho positions they have
won at so great n coBt."
LONDON Tho Dally Mall's Kobo
correspondent, In n dispatch dated
Saturday last, says: "Following is
tho position of Port Arthur: Tho
Japnncse havo captured all tho out
lying lortlflcations, but tho Itusslans
Btlll hold tho citadel on Anteshan,
Golden Hill forts and tho forts on
Tiger's Tnll nnd LlaotI mountains.
Tho .Inpancso nro In possession of
tho parade ground nnd barracks un
der tho Anteshan fort on tho out
skirts. "Tho fall of Port Arthur Is believed
to bo imminent. It Is believed that
the garrison will mako a desperate
cortlo boforo the enU comes."
LIAO VANG Tho Itusslans retired
from Anshnnshan yesterday after a
fight which began on thv morning of
August 20, nnd continued In a desult
ory manner all day and night.
Arrangements for a battlo had been
completed by night time, when tho
order to retire was given on account
of tho situation to tho cast.
Tho order was received with dis
appointment by tho troops. Tho re
tirement was mado In an orderly man
ner. Tho plain between Anshnnshan
and Hal Chong was covered with Ja
panese troops, who burned tho bridge
nnd shelled tho railway station after
tho Russian retirement. Tho Itusblan
losses amount to 300.
Tho Jnpancso aro advancing with
great rapidity,'
Tho position at Kaofeng3hlk nt 2
o'clock this morning was unchanged.
CHRISTENS HEIR OF RUSSIA.
Elaborate Ceremonies Mark Services
at Church of Peterhof Palace.
ST. PETERSBURG A wave of re
lotclng and festivity swept over Rub
sin with tho rising of the sun on tho
christening day of tho heir to the
Russian throne, .culminating when tho
lo den m, softly chanted In tho beau
tiful little church of Poterhof palace,
announced tho, ceremony was accom
plished and tho news was heralded to
tho world without by thp crash of can
non and tho chiming of Innumerable
;hurch bells. Notwithstanding tho
momentous events paslng nt tho front,
the whole population turned gladly
for the time being from the moro seri
ous considerations to partlclpato In
tho day of glittering ceremonial and
pageantry at Peterhof, where tho tiny
successor of tho great white cznr re
ceived al tho hands of tho church tho
namo of Alexis Nlcholaovltrh, from
which ho Is destined to pass In course
nf tlmo to tho dignity and responsibil
ity of autocrat of all the Russlns.
THE MOON BECOMES SPOTTED.
Observations of Prof. Pickering
of
Lowe Observatory.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A telegram
hns been received hero from Prof. W.
II. Pickering, who Is at tho Lowe ob-'
sorvatory, California, tending to con
firm nn observation of a spot on tho
moon, mado by him last month. He
saw a hazy patch In tho largo lunar
crater, Plato, which hnd not beon de
tected before. It was again scon on
August 2 nnd 3. It had then grown
dark, measured about two Inches In
diameter and resembled a smnlll cra
ter. Tho object i snid to coincide
in position with n previously record
ed cratorlet, hut is apparently larger.
Renowod scrutiny In tho Inst fow days
reveals tho continued exlstenco of tho
feature, which now measures threo
miles ucross. Two other tiny crater
lets and a dark spot on tho floor of
Plato, not previously roparted, also
aro announced by Prof. Pickering.
Money to Aid Irish Cause.
NEW YORK John E. Redmond,
tho Irish lender, and those who camo
to America with him, Captain A. J.
C. Donolan, Patrick O'Brien, Connor
O'Kelly nnd Mrs. Redmond, wcro
tendered a reception Sunday night In
Cnrneglo hall by tho New York Muni
cipal Council of tho United Irish
League, of America. Mr. Redmond,
Captain Donelan, Mr. O'Brien, Mr.
P'Kelly and W. Bourko Cockran
Bpoke. Ten thousand dollars was
cither subscribed or paid In cash to
ward tho Irish fund.
Cable to Alaska Completed. i
SKAiiLK, wasn. Amiu tno encor
ing of 300 men and women, tho
shrloking of whistles and tho play
ing of tho national anthom, tho final
splicing of tho Sltka-Alaska govern
ment cnblo was mauo Sunday In tho
harbor ton miles out of Seattle. Ton
rnlnutos lator Major Balllngor of Sc
attlo cut tho rope holding tho Joined
ends of the wires aboard tho United
Jtatos sh'p Burns ido, nnd with n
splash tho completed wire apnnooUng
tho United States and Alaska fell to
tho bottom of Pugent Sound.
THE CROP REPORT.
Abundant Raln3 Have Fallen tn Corn
Belt.
WASHINGTON Tho weekly crop
, ,.in,.n in
rains,
.." .J, UU W.WI.... .. Wfc ...
I central and
tuuiiui aim nuaii-iu i uwiuccx-u uuu
Is beginning to bo felt In tho middle
gulf states and over a considerable
part of Texas. Tho central and north
ern Rocky mountain districts nnd tho
north Pacltlc coast region nro also
Buffering from drouth, tho prevalence
of forest fires being reported from
Idnho and Montana. Tho latter part
of tho week was too cool In tho lake
region nnd unseasonably low temper
ntures occurred In tho northern
Rocky mountain districts and upper
Mississippi valley on tho 21st and
22d, but elsewhere east of tho Rocky
mountain district tho temperature
has been favorable.
Tho principal states havo experi
enced a week of good conditions,
abundant rains having fallen through
out tho corn bolt, except In portions
of Ohio nnd Nebraska. Corn hns
mado satisfactory progress In most
of tho Missouri valley and In gener
ally Improved in tho central Missis
sippi and Ohio valleys, although a
considerable part of tho crop In ' tho
Ohio valley has been Injured beyond
recovery. In tho mlddlo Atlantic
Btatcs and lower Missouri vnlloy
early corn Is now partly matured.
Spring wheat hnivcst Is generally
finished, except In North Dakota and
northern Minnesota, where rust is
continuing to cause great , Injury.
Rains in North Dakota in tho latter
part of tho week interrupted harvest
ing. Harvesting is also nearly fin
ished on the north Pacific coast.
Reports indicate a general scarcity
of apples in tho greater part of the
mlddlo Atlantic states and central
valleys, but In New England, Now
York and tho lako region tho outlook
Is moro favorable, a good crop being
promised in the two last mentioned
sections.
Tho reports jespectlng potatoes In
dicate a good crop is generally prom
ised in tho moro prominent potato
producing states. Drouth has Im
paired tho outlook in portions of the
Ohio v alloy, however, and rot and
blight are increasing in Pennsylvania.
Throughout tho central valleys and
mlddlo Atlantic states the soil is in
lino condition for fall plowing, which
work is in general progress and well
advanced In some places.
JAPS GETTING VERY CLOSE.
Chinese Say Assailants Have Reached
the Home of General Stoessd.
CHE FOO Acordlng to Chinese ad
vies brought here from Port Arthur
by a Junk tho Jnpaneso were hotly
pressing the Russian center nlong the
railway and tho Russian right in tho
vicinity of Golden HUI. Tho Chineso
declnro that tho Japanese occupied
Taiplngtse and penetrated along tho
railway to General Stoessel's resi
dence on August 21.
As this roport would Indicate that
Port Arthur had all but fnllen the
Japanese export attached to tho locnl
consulate received tho Information
with great reserve. The Information
Is accepted, however, as a confirma
tion of previous reports that tho Rus
sians havo been driven fiom Itshau
and that tho Japanese aro very close
to tho southern forts and the eastern
defenses.
Tho local Japanese, under tho lead
ership of their consul, are subscribing
money and preparing to celebrate the
expected fall of tho fortress.
LETTER NEARLY FINISHED
President Roosevelt Putting on Fin
ishing Touches.
OYSTER BAY L. I. During tho
next threo or four days President
Roosevelt will put the finishing
touches on his letter of acceptance.
It probably will be placed Mn the
hands of a printer; on September 10.
Tho letter will contain approximately
12,000 words. Tho date of Its publi
cation has not been determined de
finitely, but very likely It will be on
Monday, Soptcmber 12.
Tho president hns not received the
representations said to have been for
warded to him by tho attorneys for
tho western federation of miners urg
ing action by the national government
In tho matter of deportation of citi
zens from tho disturbed district In
Colorado. The department of com
merce and labor, through Carroll D.
Wright, commissioner of labor, and
his agent, has made an exhaustive
Inquiry Into tho Colorado labor situa
tion and is keening In constnnt touch
with It Tho president Is thus en
abled to havo practically first hand
Information on the subject. As tho
matter stands now It Is understood
to bo entirely lmprobablo that any
action will ho taken oy tho national
government.
Officeholders.
WASHINGTON In view of tho
approaching election, tho civil service
cLinmlsslon has addressed a letter to
tho heads of all Kovernmont depart
ments and bureaus, calling their at
tention to violations of the civil ser
vice law which havo occurred In tho
last political campaigns and inclosing
n circular containing a warning
ngalnM the demanding or paying of
political assessments and partlsia
activity of officeholders, Prosecu
tion nnd punlshmont will follow vio
lations ot the law.
STRIKE JO GO ON
THE CONFERENCE TO SETTLE
MATTERS AVAILS NOTHING.
HO CONCESSIONS FORTHCOMING
Strikers Have Not Changed Their Po
sition and the Packers Prepared tc
Offer Only Such Terms as They
Have Offered Before.
CHICAGO Conferences of tho
committee appointed earlier In tho
week to nttempt n settlement of tho
stock yards strike, with tho partl03
to tho dispute, resulted In nothing.
There is no present prospect that they
will result in anything in tho future
nnd tho chances of an agreement be
tween tho packers and strikers appear
very meager.
Tho strlko leaders appeared beforo
tho committee and stated their Bide
of the case. They did not suggest to
tho nldermanlc commtttco that it
mako nny overtures to tho packers,
but simply gave their view of tho sit
uation. Representatives of tho packers
then appeared before tho committee.
After n session that lasted threo
hours Mayor Harrison said:
"Tho packers have said Just what
they have said boforo; that thoy aro
running their plnnts nnd havo nothing
to nrbitrato, and that there is no rea
son why they Ghould confer with tho
men.
"Wo heard a review of tho entlro
strlko trouble and tho packers say
that In every city except Chicago and
Omaha the strike Is over and they as
sert that with 70 per cent as many
men as they employed in Chicago bo
foro tho strike they arc now turning
out 82 per cent of tho normal output."
Labor leaders tonight announced
that In all probability tho butchers'
strlko would bo settled pcacenblybe
foro next Wednesday. They declined
to explain tho cause of their belief,
but wore positive In their statements
that tho strike would not bo called
off.
President Donnelly of tho butchers
has called all the members of the
butchers' executive board to meet in
Chicago next Wednesday.
Unloli leaders and packers con
ferred with the committee appointed
by the city council to seek terms of
settlement of tho stock yards strike.
Separate sessions wero arranged.
President Donnelly of tl)0 butcher
workmen, Matthew Carr of tho allied
trades conference bonrd and Organ
izer John J. Fltzpatrlck of tho Chi
cago Federation of Labor were se
lected to represent the unions. Presi
dent Donnelly was hopeful.
"It Is a gamo of checkers," Bald
Mayor Harrison at the- end of an
hour's conference with President Don
nelly's committee. ,
"Tho strikers have not changed
their position," said tho mayor, "and
tho meeting resulted only in the al
dermen being given a full explanation
of what that position Is. President
Donnelly told of tho history of tho
original strike, tho agreement to re
sume work and the strikers' side of
tho renewal of tho Btrlke."
WANTS AMERICA TO LEAD WAY
London Newspaper Thinks United
States Should Act at Shanghai.
LONDON Tho afternoon papers
hero tako It for granted that if In
tervention is necessary at Shanghai
tho powers will act together In up
holding the neutrality of China equal
ly against both belligerents.
Tho Westminster Gazetto says: "If
tho American government will lead
tho way in this matter it will be doing
a service to nil tho governments, for
It is high time that tho neutral powers
come to an understanding about tho
meaning and limits of China's neutral
ity so as to bo ablo to act together
and arrive at a solution of tho com
plicated situation."
Tho Pall Mall Gazetto considers
that tho powers should follow at
Shanghai tho correct precedent bo set
by Germany at Klao Chou and insist
on the obedience of the Russians to
the order to leave or disarm without
dclay and thus settle tho whole ques
tion of neutral Chinese ports for tho
remainder of ,-e war.
MICKEY WILL GO TO SEATTLE.
Nebraska Executive Will See
New
Battleship Christened.
LINCOLN, Neb. Governor Mickey
nnd twenty-five invited guests will go
to Seattle to witness tho christening
and launching of tho battleship Ne
braska. A Nebraska girl, probably
Miss Maria Mickey, will toss the bot
tle of champagne against tho hull of
tho vessel. However, the governor
may object to any member of his fam
ily handling Intoxicating liquor, and
In that eent the honor will fall to
some one else. Tho governor has no
tified the shipbuilding authorities that
he will be present.
Those who will accumpany him will
be stato officials and politicians.
Japanese Minister Visits Adce.
WASHINGTON Mr. Takahira, tho
Japanese minister, called upon Act
ing Secretary of Stato Adeo to talk
of tho settlement of tho questions
connected with the presenco of tho
two Russian warships In tho harbor
of Shanghai, The minister oxpressod
gratification at the outcomo of tho ne
gotiations in tho agreetnont to dis
arm the vessels and lay them up dur
ing tho war, but regarded it as es
sential that tho completeness of dis
armament of tho ships bo established,
to Japan's satisfaction.
;
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Threshing mnchlno men havo de
cided not to mako any oxhlblt at the
stato fair.
Tho citizens of Hooper havo taken
preliminary stops for organization of
a commercial club.
Wages of county teachers in Lan
caster county havo been considerably
Increased, still good instructors aVo a
ecarco article .
Just now a groat many western
sheep aro being shipped into Johnson
county to bo fed the coming fall nnd
part of tho winter.
Imposing ceremonies will attend tho
laying of tho corner stone of tho new
postofllco building at Lincoln if pros
ena plans aro carried out.
Whllo traveling from Wisconsin
and whllo asleep in tho Oranha depot,
Salem Twist, a resident of Callaway,
was robbed of a blllbook, which con
tained a draft for qulto a sum of
monoy, besides his pension voucher
and other valuable papers
Patrolman R. C. Joergcr of tho Lin
coln police force has sued tho Lin
coln Traction company for tho sum
of $5,000. Tho suit Is a result of tho
polico-street railway war, tho com
pany having withdrawn all free ttns
portatlon from tho policemen.
In the Justice court at Seward John
I. Goeggors was uound over to the
November term of the district court
In tho sum of $500, charged with im
personating nn officer. Defendant 13
tho young man who tried to gain nc
cess to funds of tho Tamora banl: by
claiming to be a bank examiner.
Whllo the youngest child of Rev
H B Smith of Falls City, who lives
upstairs over a grocery store, was
playing about tho back door the
screen was pushed open and tho child
fell to the platform below, a distance
of about twenty feet, lighting on its
head and receiving injuries that are
likely to provo fatal
Olney D. Smith, alias Brent A. Neal,
a young man who, it is alleged, suc
ceeded in defrauding several banks
of Beatrice and private citizens in
amounts aggregating about $2,000 by
forged checks and misrepresentations,
was arrested on n charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses. Ho was
bound over to tho district court
Charles F. Junken, an old soldier
and a carpenter, 70 years of ago, met
with a serious accident at Bancroft.
Ho, with some other laborers, wcro
engaged in raising a roof on n dwell
ing ,a section of which dropped nnd
caught Mr. Junken, ono leg being
crushed at the knee, one arm was bad
ly torn, besides being badly bruised
on tho body. Ho is not expected to
recover.
Doputy Gamo Warden Hunger has
reported tho arrest and conviction ol
threo prominent citizens of Ord, Neb.,
for violation of tho stato gamo l,aws.
Mr. Hunger was at Ord and arrested
T. Rockford and C. II. Patrldgo for
having In their possession ten young
prairie chickens which they had slain.
Thoy wero assessed $50 and costs
amounting to $5.90. When tho two
men wero arrested thoy at onco sent
out mounted messengers to nollfy
others hunting In tho vicinity of Ord.
Frank Barker who Is under sent
ence to be hanged September 2, is at
work wheeling cement for workmen
within the wallB of tho prison. Ho is
not compelled to work. Tho warden,
out of deference to tho usual custom,
would rather keep the man In seclu
sion because of the nearness of the
day for tho execution, but ho wa3
obliged to accedo to Barker's request
for work Tho man pined away when
shut up in his cell for threo days and
now the workmen witness tho unusual
spectacle of a fellow laborer whose
life is drawing to a close on tho gal
lows working along contentedly at
their sides
At Decatur Art English killed
James Hansllp in a quarrel over a
horso trade, choking him to death.
Both mon had been drinking. English
was arrested and Is now in Jail at
Tekamah. Hansllp Is a harnessmak-
er and has lived in Decatur tnirty
years. Art English's homo Is in Lin
coln township, Monona county, Iowa,
and his father Is a well-to-do farmer
there.
A brand new barn on tho premises
of Mrs. Catherine Duval in East Te
cumseh was burned to tho ground.
Children and matches wero tho cause
For tho first time In the history of
that institution has a general farming
campaign been mado on tho Grand
Island soldiers homo farm the ef
forts hitherto being confined to stock
purposes, and hay more particularly
This year, however under tho direc
tion of Adjutant Bowen, Blxty acres
were also put into corn and qulto an
acreage to oats and both have yielded
well The home has sufficient oats in
tho threo glistening stacks for Its own
use, 600 tons of alfalfa hay, 200 more
than needed, and will nave 30 bushels
to the acre of corn
At Auburn William Flack was ar
rested for deserting his wife and child
Eome 2 months old. Flack was ar
raigned beforo Justice Horn and took
a thirty days' continuance and his
bond was placed at $500, but ho has
not yet furnished suretios.
Monday evening at Tablo Rock a
neighbor of Mlko McCork, on going to
his home on an errand, found him In
a dying condition, and in a short tlmo
he was dead Ho was about 70 years
of age and unmarried Ho lived by
himself for many years and had $8,000
to $10,000
MOREMONEY FOR SCHOOLS.
Varlons Counties In State Are ln
craeslng Amount for Education.
LINCOLN Tho school returns,
which are being mado to tho otllco of
tho stato superintendent show that
many of tho county school authorities
havo mado decreases in tho average
levies, but in most cases tho decreas
es In tho rato of taxation nro not
equal by several por cent to tho in
creases in tho valuation, and tho re
sult will bo that tho aggregate of
shcool taxes will bo in excess of tho
totals for last year.
An example is tho case of -Otoe
county, which scored a GO per cent in
crease in tho taxable valuation, tho
average lovy for all tno districts was
reduced from 8 to GV6 mills, a de
crease of 18 per cent, or slightly moro
than one-third of tho increaso re
ported In tho taxable valuation. In no
case reported bo far has tho levy de
creased at tho camo rato as tho in
creaso In tho valuations. Tho follow
lng tablo shows tho changes In levies
and tho rato of Increase in tho valua
tion of each of tho reporting counties
as compared with Inst year:
Inc.
Levy Levy Vnl.
County. 1003. 1304. Pr Ct.
Sarpy 13 9 33
Polk l'J 11 161
Platte 12. 7 115
Jefterson 1G 12 C4
Johnson 13 . 10 35
Saunders 14 9 207
Antelope 21 17 C5
Butler 17 11 97
Dixon 1G 12 7C
Gage 13 9 CS
Greeley 17 13 C3
Harlan 19 15 , CO
Kimball 13 14 33
Hamlin 12 8 62
Otoe S G,& 50
Saline 1G 10 75
Hamilton ... 17 12 72
Thayer 15 13 43
DISPOSITION OF STATE LANDS.
Recommendation That They Be
Leased at 3 Cents an Acre.
i
In response to an Inquiry from Glf
ford Plnchot, head of tho United
States bureau of forestry, Land Com
missioner Follmer has recommended
that tho public lands In tho western
section of tho stato, not homesteaded
under tho terms of tho Klnkald law,
bo leased at not lcs3 than 3 cents an
acre, or as much mare as It will bring
at a competitive bldutng or auction.
This It is believed would help tho
stato in disposing of tho leases of its
school lands.
"I am unable to see," ho says,
"where the stato would receive any
greater value by exchango or consoli
dation with tho national government
other than co-operation regarding the
leasing of public land."
This last response was in answer
to tho query ot tho head of tho for
estry bureau as to tho possibility of
somo kind of a Joint management or
national control of tho public land in
tho west Tho proper method of
handling tho problem Is tho leasing
of tho vacant United States domain
at not to exceed 3 ceats an acre.
Work on Normal Delayed.
LINCOLN Tho work on tho Kear
ney Normal school ?s making slow
progress. According to tho statement
of an official who has Just returned
from that city, tho footings for tho
walls havo not yet been completed, al
though It is moro than threo mopths
since tho contract was let. Thecon
tractors aro at work preparing tho
cement blocks which aro to enter into
tho construction of tho building. Somo
delay was experienced in securing
the necessary machinery for the con
struction of tho blocks of the two
sizes needed.
Girl Killed by Wagon.
HEMINGFORD Harry Wildy and
Miss Hcrrlck wore rdlng in a lumber
wagon when their horses took fright
and bolted. Tho wagon was loaded
with timber and tho Jolting threw
Miss Hetrick Into tho wheel, where
she was so badly crushed that she
died within a fow minutes.
Child Drowned In Well.
GREELEY CENTER The 2-year-old
son of John Foster was drowned
In a well. Tho father had gone to
town, two miles distant, and the
mother was powerless to save tho
child.
Erstwhile Lover Arrested.
FREMONT Miss Lizzie Renter of
Scrlbner has had Otto Schweitzer ar
rested and put under a peace bond.
She says he has threatened to bodily
Injure or kill her. Tho pair formerly
kept company, and finally had trouble.
Mr. Rodger Tattorsall and wlfo
celebrated their golden wedding anni
versary at their homo In Boone last
week.
Domestic Is Burned to Death.
NEBRASKA CITY Miss Henrietta
Staack, a domestic in tho employ of
A. F. Kendall of Syracuse, was fa
tally burned by an explosion of coal
oil. She had built a fire in the
kitchen stovo, and as It did not burn
well sho took a can containing a gal
Ion of coal oil and commenced to put
tho oil on tho flro, when the explosion
occurred. Hor clothing was saturated
by the burning oil. Mv. Kendall heard
tho girl's screams and hastened to
her assistance, but Bho was so badly
burned that death ensued.
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