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NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
BRYAN'8 TOUR OF NEDRA8KA
Makes Two Addresses at Valentino,
Both on Religious Themes.
Valentino, Nob., Juno 1. Thoro was
littlo rost for W. J. Bryan on bis
week's tour of Nebraska. Notwith
standing this trip is within bis own
Etnto, Mr. Bryan la meeting many peo
plo who are strangers to him and his
presence horo brought noarly 2,000
persons to this frontier town to hear
two aildrossos. both on rollglous
themes. Valentino wna orowdod with
people as It probably nover was be
fore. Ranchmen camo from points
surrounding tho town for a radius of
nearly a hundred mllos, and many
overland Journeys of from twonty to
forty miles wero mntlo by farmers' and
stockmen, mauy of thorn cowboys and
Indians, who camo In all sorts of con
veyances and raado a day of it.
Mr. Bryun arrived In Valentino long
after midnight from a slxteon-hour
trip along tho northern boundary of
tho Btato, but was up by 8 o'clock.
Ho was tho guost while horo of A. M.
Morrlssey, who Is a district dologato
to tho Denver convention. Elaborate
arrangements had been made for his
reception nnd a largo crowd met hlra
desplto tho lateness of tho hour.
Tho Revs. J. Robert Dealo of tho
Presbyterian and C. E. Oonnell of tho
Methodist church had arranged for a
Joint service In a largo tent erected
for tho purposo and Mr. Bryan was
the speaker both morning and after
noon. At tho former ho delivered his well
known lecturo on "Tho Prince of
Peace" and in tho afternoon spoko on
"Signs of tho Times."
RAILROAD EMPLOYES PROTEST
Claim Aldrlch Bill Makes Burlington
Lose Money.
Lincoln, May 29. Railroad em
ployes io tho number of soventy-flvo
appeared beforo tho state railway
commission to protest against any re
duction in freight rates.
Former Ropresontative George An
derson of Havelock, ono of tho com
mittee, addressed the commission. Ho
said the Burlington road In NobraBka
had lost 4261,580 in live months under
the operation of tho Aldrlch law. .No
railroad, he said, could' continue to do
business on that basis. On the wholo
system, ho asserted, 18400 men had
been discharged and the reduction in
the payroll at Havelock .amounted to
515,000. He said tho employes ap
peared in itheir own Interests and not
for the roads.
At the loso of his aAdross, Com
missioner Williams and Mr. Mecom
ber. chairman of a commlltoo of con
ductors at Grand Island, had a contro
versy which was squelched' by Chair
man Wlnneit. Mr. Williams told An
derson he had heard that Mocomber,
In a speech nt Grand Island, had ao
cued him (Williams) of saying ho fa
vored a 50 per cent reduction of all
freight rates. Mr. Williams declared
he had not right to mako this charge,
that he had never sold ho favored
such a reduction and that it was en
tirely false. He said he was for any
rate that was determined' to be right
after a fair hearing.
Mr. Mecomber, who was present,
defended his statement b saying ho
had read it in a report of Williams'
speech published In the State Journal.
VETERAN FIFER DROPS DEAD
W. Allen of Geneva Dies While Play
ing "Dead March."
MInden, Neb., Juno 1. Exhausted'
by the march to tho cemetery. W. Al
len, an old soldier who came hero
from Geneva to participate In the Me
morial day exercises, fell to tho
ground while playing tho "Dead
March" on his fife, and died shortly
afterwards.
The sad tragedy cast a gloom over
tho large crowd which had gone to
the cemetery to honor tho soldier
dead. Allen was old and feeble, and
was urged to accept a seat In a car
riage, as It was feared tho walk would
be too much for him. Too proud to
admit his fulling utieugth. the old
man Insisted in taking his place in
tho line as ho had done year after
year. After reaching tho cemetery he
started' to play tho "Dead March," and
when half way through he sat down
and complained of pains. He died a
few minutes later.
Allen leaves a wlfo and three daugh
ters. The body was sent to his homo
at Genova for burial.
Game Warden Is Fined.
Hebron, Neb., June 1. Taking ad
vantage of the high water, due to tho
heavy rains, Deputy Game Warden
Fred Magrew and fourteen other citi
zens wero tempted to draw a few fish
from a bayou of tho Little Blue, when
State Garao Warden E. Hunger of Lin
coln dropped In on them. The local
warden was fined $25 and costs and
four of the other citizens paid a line
of $5 each In addition to tho costs.
Throws Himself Down Well.
McCook, Neb., Juno 2.-Jacob Crock
er, a well-to-do-farmer, living about
ten miles southwest of McCook, threw
himself headforemost down an aban
doned well on his farm, 150 feet deep,
and was Instantly killed. He leaves a
wife and seven children. He had a
hallucination that the wprld was about
to come to an end.
Blue River Out of Its Banks.
Beatrice, Neb., May 30. A rise of
eight feet in tho Blue river has flooded
the country between here and BarneB
ton. Seven hundred feet of Union
Pacific track are washed out between
Barneston and Oketo and the track Is
under water for miles between Oketo
Uliu iuuuimuau, ivuu.
SURE CURE FOR HOQ CHOLERA
Remedy Evolved at Conference of
Veterinarians at Ames.
Omaha, Juno 2. "A euro for hog
cholera has at last boon found, pro
vided tho animal be treated soon
enough," said Dr. A. T. Potors of Lin
coln, head of tho department of an
imal pathology of tho University ot
Nebraska.
Dr. Peters roachod Omaha from
Ames, In., where ho attended tho con
ference of veterinarians of ntno west
ern states, in which tho disease Is
making serious Inroads and causing 8
tremendous loss to farmers. Hog chol
era Is prevalent in sovoral Nebraska
countlos now, and If tho Btato bureau
at Lincoln was ready to send out the
now serum great benefit would result.
As It Is, Dr. Peters thinks tho regents
of tho university, who are deeply In
terested, will mako an appropriation
this month that will enable the distri
bution of sovoral thousands doses this
year.
The discovery of Dr. N. Dorsott of
the blochemic department of tho bu
reau of animal Industry, Washington,
appears to have solved' tho problem.
Tried in thirty or forty herds through
out Iowa, whuro experiments havo re
cently been made, It has cured well
established cases of tho disease It
consists of the Injection of tbo blood
of an affectod animal into the circula
tion of one not under tho Influence of
tho disease. This must bo combined
with tho Injection of tho scrum of an
animal already immune. Tho produc
tion of a vacclno by meanB of Infected
blood Instead of artificial cultures ot
tho germ Is tho basis of tbe euro.
VALUES OF TWO ROADS GO UP
Union Pacific and Burlington Ad
vanced by Stato Board.
Lincoln, May 30. Tho Etato board
of assessment, which concluded its
deliberations earlier than expected,
left all .railroad valuations tho same
as in 1907, except those of tho Union
Pacific and Burlington. Tho Union
Pacific was increased by $583,000 and
tho Burlington $720,370. Tho total
valuation for all railroads was fixed
at $260,814,799.
Governor Sheldon and .Secretary of
State Junkin favored greater In
creases in both roads than wero made,
but the other threo members of tho
board State Land Commissioner Ea
ton, Stato Auditor Scarlo and Stato
Treasurer Brian overrode this mo
tion. Tho Increase on tho Buxlington was
made on tho Ashland and Sioux City
branch, and was $25,000 io $32,000 a
mile; on tho Union Pacific the in
crease was levied on tbo Central City
and tbo O'Eallon branches, 'tho former
being advanced from $20,000 to $30,
000 a mile, jind tho uattex ironi $17,
00 to $20,000 a mile.
Citizens' Company Loses Franchise.
Lincoln, Juno 2. Notification was
received that tho United States court
of appeals at St. Paul hod Bet aside
tho salo of the old Home Street Roil
way company to the new Citizens'
company of Lincoln. Tho effect of
the decision Is to doprlvo the CitlzenB'
of the franchise permitting tho use of
the istreets of tbo city. A defect in
the confirmation of the sale of the old
company Is tho basis for tho ruling.
The Citizens' company claims, how
ever, that this merely sets aside the
sale, but that under a decision of the
supreme court of Nebraska It cannot
be driven from the streets. Compli
cations may follow, because stockhold
ers In the old Homo company may In
tervene and claim right of way.
Unsettled English Estates.
Lincoln. May 29. H. C. Lindsay,
clerk of the supremo court, has re
ceived a copy of tho last edition of
tbe London Gazette, accompanied by
a letter from Church Howo, American
consul at Manchester. Consul Howo
is evidently weary of answering let
ters from Nebraskans who dream that
they have vast estates awaiting them
in England. So ho has sent tho Ga
zette, which contains a complete list
of all unsettled claims now in chan
cery in England, to be filed In tho
stato library. Some of these cases
wero begun as far back as 172G.
Nebraska Wins Field Meet.
Lincoln, May 30.- Nebraska won
the track and field meet from Minne
sota by S4 points to 28. Two stato
records were broken and one equalled.
McDonald of Nebraska clipped two
fifths of a second from tho best pre
vious time In the 120-yard hurdles,
covering tho distance in 15 4-5 sec
onds, and he lowered tho 220-yard' hur
dles by three-flfth3 of a second. In
tho 220-yard hurdles Wildman of Ne
braska equalled tho record of 22 2-5.
Nebraska got twelve firsts and eight
seconds In tho fourteen events.
Ask Pardon for Crlgger.
Lincoln, June 2. Governor Sheldon
received a request from citizens of
Knoxville, Tenn., among them Snerlff
Reeder of Knoxvlllo, that ho pardon
Albert Crlgger, whose homo is there
and who is serving a sentence of two
and a half years In the Nebraska peni
tentiary for horse stealing. The plea
is made on the ground that Crlgger's
aged parents are dependent on him;
that his record heretofore has oeen
good, and that companions led' blin to
commit his first crime.
Order In Lumber Case.
Lincoln, May 30. The supremo
court has made its order in the case
brought by tho state against the Ne
braska Lumber Dealers' association,
following tbo decision handed down
some weeks ago. The order taxes tho
cost, which has not been figured, but
which will amount to about $2,500, to
the defendants enjoined. The opin
ion is the one about which both sides
I expressed satisfaction.
JAMES IK. JONES DEAD
PASSES AWAY IN WASHINGTON
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS.
Acted as Chairman of the Democratlo
Natlopal Committee During the Bry
an Campaigns of 1896 and 1900 Fu
neral In Washington.
Ex-Senator J. K. Jones ot Arkansas
died at his resldcnco In Washington
after an Illness ot a fow hours, aged
sixty-nine. Ho waa ono ot tho loading
Democrats In tho sonato from 18SG to
1903 and was ono of tho strongest
supporters of Bryan, having acted as
chairman of tho Democratlo uattounl
comtuttteo during tho campaigns of
180G and 1900. Slnco leaving tho son
nto In 1903, ho has conducted a law
prncttco In tho capital and has not been
nctlvoly engaged' In politics. Tho lm
modlato causa of death was heart fail
ure A native of Mississippi, whoro ho
was born In 1839, James Klmbrough
Jones rccolvcd a classical education
and fought as a privato soldier in
the Confederate ranks throughout tho
civil war. He was elected to tho forty
seventh and tho two succeeding con
grcBses nnd In 1885 succeeded to tho
seat of James S. Walker In tho Unit
ed States sonato, where ho served
threo terms, retiring In 1903. Senator
Jones was a delegate to tho national
Democratic convention In 189G, which
gavo Mr. Bryan his first nomination,
and as cholrmnn of tho commlttco ou
resolutions ho reported tho 1C to 1
plntfonn. Ho was made chalrmnn ot
tho national Democratic commlttco
after tbo convention nnd ns such con
ducted both of tho Bryan campnlguB
for the presidency.
8. P. INDICTED FOR REBATINQ
Grand Jury at Los Angeles Returns
Three True Bills.
The federal .grand Jury at Los An
golea, Cal., returned a largo number
of Indictments, including tlirco ngalnst
the Southern Pacific company for al
leged rebating in violation of tho Sher
man anti-trust law. Twenty-nine
counts wero contained in tho threo in
dictments and specific instances wore
cited -of alleged unlawful refunding of
charges to customers. Tho officials
of tho company wero cited to appear
in court on June 15 and mako answer
to the charges.
The company is charged with the
rebntlng on shipments of oranges and
lemons from Riverside, Cal., to vari
ous eastern cities and also on ship
ments .of rlco from San Francisco to
local Chinese merchants and on ship
ments of hides from Texas and Art-
xona polntB to Los Angeles. Several ad
ditional indictments wero returned
Against various Individuals in con-
section with allogod land frauds in
ttho Imperinl valley, San Dlogo coun
ty. Three .men in Los Angeles and four
othorB, living In different parts of tho
country, wero indicted for using
dummy entrymen in mnking filings in
the Imperial valley under the desert
land act-
BREAK IN GOULD LINK
Pittsburg Terminal, Unable to Meet
Payments, Passes to Receivers.
Jua'go J. S. Young of tho circuit
court appointed receivers for tho Wabash-Pittsburg
Terminal Railroad com
pany, the Gould lino over which tho
Wabash system gained entrance into
Pittsburg several years ago, and an
importnnt link in tho proposed Gould
transcontinental system. Tho receiv
ers nro Henry W. McMosters, general
superintendent of tho Wabash-Pittsburg
Terminal, and Francis H. Skeld
ing, president of tho First National
bank of Pittsburg. Tho bond of tho re
ceivers was placed at $100,000 and
was furnishod by tho American Surety
company of Now York. They were im.
mediately placed In charge of tho rail
road' aud Its auxiliary properties, with
orders from the court to keep tho rail
road nnd all of tho other properties In
use, tho Bamo as they havo been used
heretofore, but In such operation to
pursue such a courso as will best
servo tbo interests of all concerned;
to pay the employes; to buy such sup
plies and equipment as may bo need
cd; to pay taxes and similar claims,
and to prosecuto all suits in which
tho Interests of tho company are con
cerned. The application for tho recoivership
was made In a bill of equity, filed for
the Wabash Railroad company by At
torneys James Bealos of Pittsburg
nnd Arthur J. Shores and T. L. Chad
hourno of Now York city. With theso
attorneys appeared in court Attorney
Willis T. McCook of Pittsburg, repre
senting the terminal company, who, on
behalf of tho compnny, accepted the
bill of complaint and acquiesced In
the proceedings for a receivership.
Inability to meet $590,000 Interest
duo next Monday on first mortgago
bonds is the immediate cause of tho
company's embarrassment. There aro
also other pressing engagements.
Celt Wins Brooklyn Handicap.
Cheered by 25,000 persons, Celt, a
three-year-old colt bearing the popular
colors of James R. Keene, won tho
twenty-second running of tho Brook
lyn handicap, one of the classic events
of tho American turf, at tho Graves
end racetrack. He made a new rec
ord for the race, stepping tho distance,
ono mile and a quarter, in 2:04 1-5.
Fair Play waa second and' Master Rob
ert was third.
89 Chinese prisoners Drowned.
A large bargo laden with Chinese
prisoners has been capsized in tho
Amur river and eighty-nine persons
drowned.
" THE WATERMELONL T
Africa Is ths Original Home of This
Lutolous Fruit.
Tho humorists nlwnys assocluto tho
African with tho watermelon, assum
ing thnt the taste of tho colored man
for hla favorite dainty nrlscs from hia
llfo In tho southern stntcs, whero tho
melon vine grows llko a weed.
As a fact, however, tho African tnsto
for tho wntcrmelon Is hereditary. Tho
vino is n native ot Af ricnt where It Is
found wild In tho great central plains
of the continent, nnd has nlso been
cultivated for many nges.
In Egypt tho melons grown along tho
Nile rival thoso of southeastern Mis
souri. Tho melons mentioned by tho Israel
ites ns being nmong tho good things
they had In Egypt wero undoubtedly
watermelons, for In tho wall paintings'
about tho time of tho exodus the melon
vino Is reproHcntcd, rind in ono case a
long procession of slaves is depleted,
each bearing on his shoulder a hugo
dark green wntarmelon.
Botanists say thnt varieties of tho
melon nro found In southern Asia, and
some even claim thnt tho plant grows
wild In central and South Africa, but
Africa Is no doubt tho original homo
of the melon, nnd in ids preforenco
over every oilier kind of vegetable or
fruit tho African merely displays a
tasto that has becoino fixed In his raco
by thousands of years of Indulgence,
for In central Africa ripe watermelons
nro to bo had uvery month In tho year.
Detroit News-Tribune.
HORNET SENTINELS.
It Would Soom That These Inaeota
Keep Guard Over the Neots.
Is a hornets' nest guarded by BcntA
nclB, after tho manner of ant hlllflr
It 1b not so easy to decide, for their
prlvnto habitB do not Invito familiar
approach. But boiuo experiments
seemed to point that way. No noises,
however near or Btrldent, had tho least
effect upon the workers. Blow on
divers instruments ns loudly and
shrilly ns I would, they poured In nnd
out of tho gate or labored on tho walla,
intent wholly upon their own affairs.
But at tho slightest Jar upon tho win
dow or Bhutter, out Hew a bevy of
Jrnte insects nnd flung themselves
ngalnst the wire window screen with
an angry -"bump" thnt showed iiow
.good was tholr intention at least to do
fond their home. It was nlwnys so. X
squad of workers, free and ready for
.aggresolvo duty, seemed to bo lurking
inenr tho gato, prompt to Bally forth
upon alarm. Even nt night u few kept (
nenr by, nnd, nlthough their port had
Qost Its vicious swing and they moved
about with sluggish pace, llko sleepy
'watchmen, ns doubtless they wero,
they left upon tho observer tho Impres
sion thnt they -wero on sentinel serv
ice, In which tho community was never
lacking. Dr. II. O. 'McCook In Har
per's Magazine.
Repartee of tho Shop. '
"I nover was bo Insulted in my life!"
said tho girl with tho brown eyes In
dlguatitly. t
"Explnln further," was the request.
"Why, you kuow FIdo chewed up tho
muff to that set of gray furs of mine,
and so I went Into a shop today to boo
If I could find n muff that would re
place It. I told the clerk what I want
ed, no couldn't find anything that
would suit, bo he called another clerk.
This ono hunted high nnd low, ho drag
ged out mufTfl till they heaped tho coun
ter, but he couldn't find one thnt would
mutch. Finally he called the proprie
tor, a fat, Btuffy mnu, who camo wad
dling down tho aisle and said, 'What is
the trouble V
" 'I can't make a match,' I Bald al
most tearfully.
" 'Why. thnt's funny,' ho snld in n
hatefully patronizing manner. 'Wbafa
tho matter with tho men?' "Now York
Press.
Michelangelo.
Michelangelo stood in the front rank
both ns painter nnd Bcuiptor. In
both arts ho was worthy of the high
est praise. Tho fresco of the "Last
Judgment" in tho Slstino chapel is
cousldcrcd the most wonderful picture
In the world, showing the omnipotence
of artistic science and the fiery daring
of conception that but few other paint
ings can even approximate. In sculp
ture the "Moses" nnd the "Slaves," not
to mention other pieces, rang nmong
the finest creations of the art und pro
claim Michelangelo to have been ns
mnsterful with his chisel as ho was
with his brush. New York American.
A Surprise.
Teacher Freddy Fangle, you niny
give tho German nnino of tho river
Danube.
Freddy Duiino.
Teacher Douau! That Is right. I
am glad you have studied your lesson
so well.
Freddy Is surprised, but keeps still.
Exchange.
Jolting the Grandad.
A fond grandfather and father wero
admiring the new baby. Fond Grand
fatherI declare! That youngster Is a
great deal more intelligent than you
wero at bis age. Insulted Father
Naturally; ho has a great deal brighter
fatherr-Lifo,
A Mere Painting.
She Why, no. Tbe stolen Gains
borough was not a hat It was a pic
ture. Her Husband Oh, I thought
from tho value that it was a hat
Town and Country.
Sttiko from mankind tbe principle
of faith and men would have no more
history than a flock of sheep. Lytton.
Never wns good work done without
much trouble. Chinese Proverb.