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THE ALLIANCE HERALD T. J. O'Kcefe, Publisher. ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA. n A Philadelphia widow has inherited $50,000,000. London papers plcaso don't copy. The Paraguayan rcbols seem to have reached the "nothing to arbitrate' stago of their fight. Dogfish aro being oaton ns canned salmon In Now York. In tlmo Gotham may become an Igorroto village. Tho eastern war has demonstrated ono thing, and that Is tho crying need of a good roads movement In Man churia. Money that was URcd In tho yenr 600 D. C. lms been found. llussoll Sogo will probobly want to know why It was used. Tho rumor thnt Russell Sngo paid his respects to a friend the other day has been confirmed, but ho parted with nothing else. If tho Dime Novel trust will put up tho prlco to 15 cento tho act will havo tho happiest effect in limiting tho out put of boy bandits. "In summer gowns," says a fashion wrltor, "thcro aro somo exceedingly pretty things." That's right. Evon tho men havo noticed It. Carnegie, who says It Is nn easy mnttor to get rich, .probably was brought to that opinion by his ex hnustlng efforts to got poor. Think of anybody's losing $140,000 worth of Jowclry by tho burning of nn Adirondack camp! Aro wo "going back to naturo" In evening clothes? The czar, owing to tho birth of his son. will remit $68,500,000 taxes. Ho ought hereafter to bo ablo to get tho tax-dodger voto without much trou ble. Cotton Is going up. But ulnco only thoso persons who stay out all night havo acquired a tasto for cotton it really cuts Httlo flguro ns a breakfast food. And still thcro aro numerous mar ried couples right here, not ono of whom would consider for an instant a proposition to swap their baby for tho czar's. Tho news that ex-bandlt Colo Young er Is suffering from stomach trouble shows thnt oven a man who leads an actlvo outdoor Hfo Isn't certain to avoid dyspepsia. Thoso Logansport girls who com plain because tho young men of tho town do not spend monoy on them aro Jn a fair way to got an awful rebuko from Undo Russell Sago. Mark Twain advised people nover to go to bed, because frtntlstlcs provo moro peoplo dlo In bed than anywhere elso. But thlB won't bo truo much louger If tho railways keep on. Ono by ono our prized ldenls fall. Now It Is tho Britons' cleanliness, for lo! It appears tho poor Briton knows not tho use at tho tooth brush I Tho bath tub delusion will go next. Fifty Cincinnati telephone girls havo been discharged for flirting on tho wires. They deserved what they got. Girls who can't conflno themselves to flirting fnco to face are not entitled to any sympathy. Russell Sago announces that he doesn't bcllovo any mnu can mako $50,000,000 a year honestly. It Is Bafo to concludo now that "Undo Rus sell's" annual Incorao doesn't reach that figure. Tho Paraguayan minister of war has been captured by revolutionists, who report that thoy will tako tho Paraguayan army dead or allvo as soon ns thoy find tho bed undor.whlch ho Is located. I A man In Tacoma, Wash., has a pair of Siberian fleas which ho ex pects to sell to Baron Rothschild for $5,000. It is comforting to know that nt such a price as that tho baron can not afford to turn them looso. Another, flro occasioned by the care less disposal of a lighted cigar stub must serve as a reminder that to tho cost of tho amount of tobacco annu ally burned In this country must bo added the raluo of a good many build ings Incidentally burned by and with It. An enterprising postmaster suggests to tho government that ho bo permit ted to employ women to carry tho malls. There are somo crusty cy!cs, bachelors, of course, who are ready to declare (thnt woman now exercises al together too much control over tho males. Certainly tho Japanoso havo luck as well as pluck and Intelligence and en ergy and enterprise nnd Indomitable persistency. Witness tho discovery on government property in Jnpan of gold fields with an estimated yield of $500, 000,000. Imagine tho surprised Interest of tho citizen who passed to a bottor Hfo fifteen or twenty years ago If ho could come back to this world of care and trouble to-day and read how Lebaudy's runaw ay airship in Franco was caught bv chasing it in automobiles THE FLEEJ SAILS GOES ON ITS LONG VOYAGE TO THE FAR EAST. THE SHIPS 111 THE SQUADRON Four Cruisers and Several Torpedo Boats and Oestroyerc To De Join ed Later at Llban by Twelve Trans ports. CRONSTADT The Baltic fleet sail ed Sundny for tho far east. Tho ves sels of the fleet aro tho battleships Souvaroff, Vice Admiral Rojosvcnsky's flagship; the Navarln, Slssol, Vallky, Borodino, Alexander III, Orel Oleg and tho OsIIabia, Roar Admiral Vocl kersnm's flagship; tho crulserB Ad miral Nnkhlmoff, Dmitri Donskol, Au rora and tho Almnz, Rear Admiral En qulst'a flagship, and several torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers. Tho fleet will morelv touch at LI hnu, whore It will bo Joined by twclvo transports, colliers and supply ships, already waiting there, and will Uien proceed direct to tho orient. Tho sceno on tho departuro of tho fleet wns an Imposing one. At dawn tho first anchor was hoisted on tho swift cruiser Aurora, which, accompa nied by two torpedo boats, slipped out of tho harbor. Tho town was awnk enod by tho booming of tho guns of the forts ns the Aurora sped towards Llbau In advance of tho main squad ron. At 2 o'clock in tho afternoon, the time set for tho departure of tho re mainder of tho fleect, tho Imperial yacht, with tho emperor, Grand Duko Alexis, the high ndmiral and other naval officers on board, put out from Poterhof, on tho other side of tho bay, with nn escort of thrco torpedo boats. Admirals Rojestvensky, Vool korsam and Enqulst went on board tho imperial yacht and personally said fnrowoll to tho omeror. Then, with tho destroyers nhoad and abeam, tho Souvaroff led tho squadron down tho Finnish gulf. Tho water front nnd tho piers and forts woro crowded with spectators. Tho cnsIgnB on tho forts and yachts wcro dipped and tlio guns of each chain of fortR across the bay joined in nn admiral's saluto, whllo from tho sig nal masts abovo the forts fluttered n string of colored flags reading: "Good luck to tho Baltic fleet on Its long voyngo." IN SPITE OF THE FLAMES. Japs Get Vast Stores and Ammunition at Lino Yang. TOKIO The genornl staff has not yot mado public tho details of tho battlo of Llao Yang, Tho peoplo aro still colobrnting tho victory, but thero Is considerable speculation over tho official sllctnco respecting Gonoral Ku rold's movements since Sunday. It Is reported that tho Japanoso, notwithstanding tho rnvages of fire, capturod vast accumulations of Rus sian stores and ammunition at Llao Yang. Tho report that Lieutenant Tera ouchl, Bon of Lieutenant General Ter oouchl, minister of war, was killed In the fighting beforo Llao Yang Is de nied. TWO ARMIES ARE AFTER HIM. Kurokl and Oku Are In Pursuit of Kuropatkln. ST. PETERSBURG A dispatch from Gencrnl Kuropntkin, tlmod G:30 o'clock Wednosdny evening, was re ceived Inter In tho day. Ho reported that General Kurokl's army was about twonty-sovon miles eastward of the railroad nnd that Gen oral Oku's army was twenty mHos weat of tho railroad. The gonoral staff expects that a big battlo will bo fought. - At 0:28 p. m. Genornl Kuropatkln reported that ho did not loso a gun during tho retreat. Tho best information of tho war of fice "Indicates that Gonoral Kuropatkln lost about 17,000 men during tho ten days' battlo at Llao Yang. Teamsters Return to Work. CHICAGO All probability of com plications nt the stock yards was re moved when the packing house team sters voted to return to work on Mon day morning. The offer of tho packers to tako back now ns many toamstors as are needed an dto hire tho others ns necesblty demands was mado known through a committee that had visited tho packers, and the proposi tion was accepted without opiosltlon. The packers wore at once notified that the men would report for work at 9 o'clock. Attendance at the World's Fair. ST. LOUIS The nttendanco at the World's Fair for tho week ending Sep tember 10 was 875,947. Total since tho opening of tho exposition, 9,994,510. Tragedy In New York Hotel. NEW YORK Warren J. Ferguson, 38 years old, a theatrical advanco ngont, Is dying in a Now York hos pital from a bullet wound rocotved during a quarrel In tho Metropolitan hotel, In Broadwny, nnd a young wo man, who gave her name as Mrs. Gcrtrudo Roberts, though acknowledg ing It to be fictitious, admits that sho did tho shooting. Sho nllegos that Ferguson attempted to assault hor, thnt sho pointed the revolver at him to frighten him and that during a scuffle tho rovolvor was discharged. AGAIN HEAD OF IRISH LEAGUE. jaw jt iNzerr Tho United Irish League of Ameri ca at its session in Now York con ferred nn honor on John V. Flnorty of Chicago by re-electing him to tho ofllco of prcsldont. Patrick Egan, who was elected, first vice-president, re sides in New York. Ho was formerly minister td Chili. Both Mr. Finerty and Mr. Egnn aro among tho lcaguo's most earnest workers. FINDS A VOLUNTEER FLEET. Orders of Russian Government Com municated. ZANZIBAR, Islnnd of Zanzibar Tho British cruiser Forto early this morning tound the British volunteer fleet steamers, St. Ptersbnrg and Smolensk, within the three-mllo limit and communicated to them the orders of tho Russian government to desist from interference with neutral ship ping. Tho communders of tho Rus sian vessels said they would forthwith proceed to Europe. A report was brought In yesterday by tho Gorman stcamor Krlnprlnz that tho St. Petersburg and Smolensk woro conllng in territorial waters. The Forto Immediately proceeded to search for them, and eventually found tho Run3lan vessels. They wcro not coaling, Lut after tho orders of tho Russian government had been delivered to them tho Sholensk and St. Petersburg Joined a German collier and proceeded to Dar-Es-Salaam, on tho African coast, twonty-flve miles south of Zanzibar. AMERICAN COLONY IS SAFE. Consul Reports Many Victims of the Massacre. WASHINGTON Tho American consul at Harput has reported to the stato department that he has visited Bitlls and is now In Moush. Tho consul states that tho district of Sassun is tranquil and pacified and tho strategic points aro garrisoned by infantry detachments and permanent barracks erected. The survivors of tho massacre nro in n destitute condi tion, but are attempting to rebuild their ruined villages with a little gov ernment aid. Tho consular corps at Bitlls estimates the number mnssa cred and dead from exposure and hun ger, etc.. as 3,500. Tho Amerlcnn col ony at Bitlls appears to be In no pres ent or prospective danger. Sues Secretary of War. WASHINGTON Major Poter R. Egnn, surgeon In tho United States army, brought suit against W. II. Taft, secretary of war, to compel him to remove from tho record of court martial proceedings, adjudging him (Major Egan) not guilty on charges of neglect of duty, tho Indorsement on tho court's finding of Colonel Sanno, tho rovlowlng officer, then command ing tho department of Colorado, which Indorsement tho complainant says Is In effect punishment for allerred of fenses of which he was found not guilty at Fort Douglas, Utah, in De cember. 1901. Emperor Issues Some Orders. .LONDON Tho Dally Mail's Sin mintan correspondent cabling under dato of September 11. says: "General Kouropatktn has returned to Mukden nfter Inspecting tho fortifications nt Tlepass. work on which was not well advanced, but which Is being hurried along. At the same time costly offort3 to delay tho Japanese advance aro be ing made. I learn from Russinn sources lhat this is the outcome of the emperor's orders and that tho emperor oven peremptorily commanded Kouro patkn to retake Llao Yang." Conditions In the Balkans. ST. PETERSBURG Prince George I r.f Clrvinnn li1f.fi rnmmiqnlntinr nf tho protective powers In the Island of Crete, wll arrive here Mondny. It Is understood he will report to the em peror on tho conditions prevailing In tho Balkans. Offers Prize for Automobile Boat. PARIS The Auto announces that C. L. Chnrloy, tho automoblllst, has offored n prize of $10,000 for tho first automoblo boat which successfully ac complishes a voyage from New York to Havre. Serious Anti-Semitic Riots, ST. PETERSBURG Anti-Semitic rioting took plnco nt Rovno, in the government of Volhynia, September 4, durins which, It Is said, many per sons wcro Injured and shops pillaged. A similar outbreak occurred at Smela In tho government of Kloff, whore tho troops were callod. Ninety-olght houses and 145 shops were plllnne-d and sovoral persons seriously and many slightly wounded by tho troops. Many of the rioters wore arrested. Tho affair lasted for two dayB, Sep tember 4 and 5. SAFE ATJVIUKDEN RUSSIAN ARMY DODGE8 THE JAPANESE. RETREAT WITHOUT FIGHTIKQ Terrlblo Experience While on tho Forced March Floundering Through tho Mud Along the Mandarin Road Hospitals Taxed by the Wounded. ST, PETERSBURG It seems to bo definitely established that Field Mnshal Oyama'u tlrod troops aban doned on Wednosdny tho attempt to head oft Genoral Kuropatkln, whoso army lias arrived safely at Mukden after frightful experiences In flound ering through mud and mlro over tho Mandarin road. Somo descriptions of the scenes along the lino of retreat aro almost Incredible. Thoy tell how tho mon lay down In tho mud and Slept In a drenching rain. It is evident that the lost deter mined effort of tho Japanese to bring Kuropatkln to bay was mado on Tuos day, but tho Russian commander-in-chief faced about and two corps with nrtilllery beat off tho Japaneso, whllo tho remainder of tho troops continued tho march to Mukden. After that tho Japanoso could only hang on to the flanks and try to shell tho retreating columns from tho hills. Th outposts aro still in contact, but they aro not ovon .exchanging shots. A Into Associated Press dispatch from Mukden describes tho horrlblo plight of the tentless and sheltorless soldiers. Tho detailed statement of tho Rus sian losses, which It Is promised will bo Issued on Saturday, is awaited with lntcnso Interest. Tho general expectation Is that tho losses will ap proximate 20,000, as against 30,000 for tho Japaneso. Tho work of burying tho dead was left for tho Jnpanese, who wero forced to attempt the task as a matter of Belf preservation, but it was an im posBlbJo undertaking. Tho awful rains have handicapped the work of cremation, on which tho Japaneso re lied, nnd only shallow trench burials wore posslblo In most cases. Not only Is such burial ono of great dif ficulty, but it is almost valueless from a sanitary point of view, tho storms undermining soon aftor it 1b accom plished. Tho caro of tho wounded has taxed the hospitals to the utmost Ono cor respondent says that 12,000 wounded havo passed through tho Mukden hos pitals up to Sunday and only the most severe cases could bo attended by tho nurses and surgeons. Many there fore had to bo left to tho rough, but well-meant care of their comrades. Now that tho battlo of Liao Yang is history officers of the genoral staff aro more disposed to discuss some of tho phases of tho fight, but they still lack specific Information, mak ing it impossible to speak on many points. General Kuropatkln'o army at Llao Yang consisted of twenty battalions ot Infantry, 147 squadrons of cavalry and 700 guns, approximately 10S.000 bayonets, 15,000 sabers and 10,000 gunners. Portions of two European corps and ono Siberian corps had ben left at Mukden and a number of thoso wero brought Into tho fight. Tho slzo of tho Japanese army hns not been definitely established, but itB actual fighting force Is supposod to havo had a superiority in numbers of from 50,000 to 00,000 men and a con siderable superiority in artillery. Ono of tho chief advantages pos sessed by Field Marshal Oyama, ac cording to Russian experts, consisted in tho greater elasticity in move ments. JAPANESE INSPECT THE NOVIK Find Russian Vessel Sunk Within .Six Hundred Yards of the Shore. TOKIO Tho officers commanding th Japaneso expedition sent in to ex amlno tho wreck of tho Russian cruiser Novlk roport that it Is beach ed 900 yards Bouthwst of Korsakovsk lighthouse. It has a 30-dcgroo list to starboard, nnd with tho exception of a small portion of its bow It 1b en tirely submerged. Even on Its upper dock tho water Is knee deep In tho most shallow places. Its conning tower and upper works were heavily damaged by tho Japaneso shell fire. It Is impossible to ascertain definitely tho extent of the damage under the water, but evidently it Is consider able. Russinn land forces fired on the Japaneso expedition whllo tho ex amination was being made, but tho oxpcdltion retired without sustaining tny casualties. Big Fire at Juarez, Mexlcoo. EL PASO, Tex. The city of Jaurez, Mox., across the rlvor from El Paso, Is threatened with destruction by fire. Already one block of tho boat business houses has burned and all efforts of tho flro department have thus far been futile. Tho loss Is heavy. Confesses His Complicity. TOPEKA, Kan. B. F. Slagel, alias Robert Romalno, a deported Colorado miner under arrest hero for burglary, has confessed to tho county attorney to complicity In tho Independence de pot and the Vindicator mlno explo sions In tho Cripplo Creek district last Juno by which fifteen non-union minors were killed outright and oth ers Injured Romalno says ho helped to place tho dynamite and wires run ning beneath tho depot and by which tho charge was set oft with sysh dis astrous results. nsHEWS IN CONVICTS IN GREY CLOTH. Warden Bccmer Rewards Good Pris oners. LINCOLN Warden Beemer Is rap Idly Inaugurating a chance In tho uni form of tho convicts In the Nebraska penitentiary. The average number of tho prisoner there Is nothing to gust was 323. Warden Beemer re ports that 150 havo been given the new uniform. This conslstB of cloth of a solid black and whtto stripes. Tho number of tho convict wearing tho new uniform Is fastened to the Inside of his coat out of sight. When tho warden asks for a man's number tho prisoner pulls back tho right side of his coat and exposes the figures. Tho coat Is then dropped to Its right ful position and from the appearance of the prlsono rthcro Is nothing to suggest that ho 13 a convict. Warden Beemer does not give the now uni form to ail who come to his doors. Each prisoner must wear stripes for six months. If his sentence is six months he will never wear anything but stripes whllo he Is In the peni tentiary. After six months, If a pris oner shows a disposition to obey all rules of the prison ho has the right to don a grey uniform. He is also given two soft white shirts. Usually each prisoner removes his outside whito shirt when ho goes to work. Tho warden believes the men are well pleased with the change in dress. Ho declines, however, to abolish the lockstep. Ho says very few prisons hnvo abolished It, and ho is of tho opinion that It is retained solely be cause tho mon move much moro rap Idly in the lockstep movement than In any other way. He says they would have to bo trained to keep the proper distance, tho samo as soldiers are trained, or tliry woinu lag and Btragglo whllo In lino. Ho believes ho can move 1.000 men In the lock- stop more quickly than he can 300 without tho lockstep. Warden Beemer bellovcs the opposition to the Iock step Is founded mostly on sentiment rather than on any practical reason. About 200 yards of the old striped cloth still remains in the warden's tailor shop, but ho believes it will bo used to clothe men serving their first 6lx months. Of tho 323 convicts in the prison during the month of August, 185 were employed by the Lee Broom and Duster company, tho only firm that holds a contract for convict labor. During August ten wero received and ono was returned from tho asylum. Twelve were discharged by reason of expiration of service, five were pa rolled and ono was remanded by the supremo court, leaving the count 320 at the end of tho month. Y McKinley Window In Church. AUBURN The ceremony 0f laying the corner stor.o of tho now Meth odist church occurred here. Dr. Smith of tho First Methodist church of Omaha preached the dedicatory sermon. Tho services wero impres sive. Tho church when orccted will cost $10,000. Hon. Church Howe ad dressed tho congregation and mado nn appeal for tho placing In the church of a McKinley memorial win dow. Ho started the list by subscrib ing $25 for this purpose and in a few minutes he raised ?1C0 for that pur pose Wife Wants Damages. LINCOLN After flftr-flve years of pobriety tho husband of Mrs. Ida Younggren was last month enslaved by liQiior, so she declares In a $10, 000 damage suit against several sa loon keepers. A little smile today may be worth tho most eloquent funeral sermon to morrow. Escaped from Hotel. ALBION Some day ago Chief of Pollco Wnrlng received a telegram Mbntana requesting him to arrest one Avery if ho should appear here. War ing arrested a party under that name and has boon holding him pending tho arrival of tho Montana sheriff. Last night tho man went to bed In an upstairs room In tho Central hotel, whero the officer supposed him to bo safo from escape, but this morning tho bird hnd flown and the Montana sheriff is hero and will bo compelled to return alone. It Is alleged the man was guilty of highway robbery. Wman Is Ca'.ise of Two Deaths. BUTTE Henry Toler. a merchant r.t Anokn, nnd wife, wero fntally burn ed br what was said to bo tho explo clon of n can of coal oil that Mrs. To ler was startinr a flro with. Mr. Toler died and his wife is lven up by the physicians in attendance. Be. foro dying Mr. Toler refused to say how tho accldont occurred, but since his death his wlfo has said that they woro quarreling and sho set fire to l.orsolf. Her husbnnd was burned by putting out tho Cro. Culver is Investigating. LINCOLN Adjutant Cor.eral Cul ver Is still Investigating tho charges preferred against soldiers of tho Na tional Guard, who aro accused of mis conduct by the rcslderts of David City. In one instance n soldier is sa d to have knocked down n man who was walking alon tho stroot with a young woman. Aftor this ho marched off with hor. Tho details nnd tho r.amos of tho men are sup posod to be known by the authorities with authenticity enough to warrant court martial proceedings. NEBRASKA THE STATE AT LARGE. Tho races at Wymoro will bo. held September 21. 22 and 23. Somo cases of scarlet fever havo apr peared In Columbus and aro being quarantined. Lincoln automobllists aro talking of a big race meet to bo held at the fair grounds early In October. Omaha gets the meeting of tho Stato Teachers' association next Jan uary, and Lincoln retains the poultry show. Rudolph Schneider, aged 59 years, died at Lincoln presumably from tho effects of somo poison taken with sui cidal Intent. At a special election in Osceola, the bonding of the town for a system of water works to cost $25,000, was voted upon. Tho result was a majority in favor of tho bonds of over four to one. L. W. Garounte of Lincoln has been appointed to n position on the staff of Governor Mickey. Mr. Garouuto 1r a traveling man, and his appointment is expected to smooth out the Hayes incident. A boy employed in the drug store of Walter Bros., Beatrice, had his arm badly burned by sulphuric ncld, tho accident being caused by the bursting of n large Jug of the liquid, which he was handling in the cellar. Word has been received In West Point of the death, In Erie, Pa., of Robert Pallock, formerly cashier of tho First National bank of this place. Tho remains will be Interred In Erip, the former homo of tho deceased. Ho was CO years of ago. Incorporations at the secretary of state's ofllco recently were the Farm ers' Elevator company of Wilber, a eo-operntivo concern, with n capital stock ot $15,000, and the Elsomoro rlace company of Benson, Douglas county, a real estate firm, with a cap ital of $15,000. Following is tho mortgage report for Gage county for the month of August: Number of farm mortgages filed, 25; amount, $31,141; number of fnrm mortgages released. 19; amount $27,710. Number of city mortgager, filed, 24; amount, $13,381; number of farm mortgages released, 17, amount S8.223. The Otoe Preserving company has been running twenty hours a day for the past ten days canning sweet corn and tomntoes. The pack has averagod 90,000 cases a day since the plant be gan operations. The sweet corn crop Is unusually largo and of fine quality this year. Prominent farmers say the rop is the best they havo ever raised In this stnte. R. R. Kyd, as a taxpayer of Gago county, filed an injunction suit in tho district court and secured n tempor ary restraining order from Judge Bab cock enjoining County Clerk Plasters and his deputy, G. E. Emery, from ex tending the 5 per cent increase in val uation on both real and personal prop erty in tho county which was ordered by the state board. B. E. Fields, the nursery man, has a big Held of cabbage east of Fre mont which nro attracting consider able atention. Tho ground was planted to small trees last spring, but they woro drowned out by heavy rains. It was then planted to cabbages. The yield has been good and thero aro onough cabbages on tho tract to loan an average freight train of forty cars. Tho peach crop about Humboldt Is being harvested and as predicted early in the season the yield is ns fine as any reported by the oldest Inhabit ant, whilo the quality of the homo grown article is much superior to that of any shipped In so far this season. Farmers are suffering, however, from a iRck of market, thero being no buy er present, nnd thus far all efforts of the local Commercial club to interest somo buyer havo proven unavailing. Clark O'Hanlon. democratic nom inee for county attorney of Washing ton county, has sent his declination to Chairman Faber of the county central committee, and will not make tho raco for that ofllco his fall. Mrs. Bady of Grand Inland attempt ed suicide by taking sulphate of cop per. A physician was called and by the administration of n prompt antidote soon had the woman out of all danger. Mr. Bady and wife recently ramo hero from Kansas, where he hnd bean era ployed In a canning factory. Acting under the advice of tho state department of public instruction, tho various county superintendents aro sending out letters cf Instruction to rural school boards containing sug gestions for tho heglnnlng of the fall terms of school. The boards are asked to keep the school yards mowed, to renovate buildings nnd furniture and to take proper sanitary measures to prevent rontamlnation of the water supply and tno possible outbreak of disease. Tho directors also aro warned against patronizing representatives of bcok concerns not recognized as stand am by the department of public in struction. Farmers nbout Ord agree that corn Is- practically out of tho way of frost and aro now asking for rain to put tho soil Into condition for fall plowing. Richard Sampson, living one-hal' mile northwest of Soward, was awaU-, ened by sounds outside his houso On opening tho front door, ho found a three months old baby wrapped in a shawl, lying on tho doorstep, with a slip of paper fastened to the shawl, statins; tho birth of tho baby. Mr. Simpson has been unablo to ascertain who are tho parents of tho child or who left it on his doorstep. f 7 L 4 1 r l'-