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FLOOD COSTS 19 LIVES
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Folsom, N. M., heavily Dam-
aged by Cloudburst.
Searching Parties Have Been Formed
and It is Expected Many More
Bodies Will Be Found Property
Loss is $100,000.
Folsom, N. AI was swept by
floods, caused b a cloudburst. Sev
eral houses were swept away com
pletely and nearly every house In the
town was damaged. N'lnotcen bodies
have boun recovered. The advlce6 say
searching parties have been formed
and that It Is expected many more
bodies will be found
Tho known dead are: It. B. Wenger,
Mrs R, D. Wenger, Miss Dals Wen-
cer. Miss Lucy Crelghton, E V
Wheo'ler, Mrs T W. Wheeler, three
Wheeler children, Mrs. ltooke. T W I
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Wheeler's sister-in-law.
Folsom Is In the northeastern part
of New Moxlco. Its elevation is about
7,000 feet and It Is in constant danger
of Hoods, which sweep down from the
mountains whenever there Is a cloud
burst or heavy rain in the hills
The property loss is $1,000,000
HEAVY LOSS FROM FLOODS.
Damage of $2,000,000 at Augusta and
Sixty Lives Lost. I
Tho Hood at Augusta Is receding !
and it is apparent that tho loss had
been underestimated. In addition to
tho disasters already repotted, the
Rivet side mills, in damage to plant i
and loss of cotton which iloated away,
unstained a loss of $100,000. The Nob
son Morris k Co warehouse Iiuh col-' wmmuhuu mwutinimy h.uiuB
lapsed and Is being razed, the Augusta om alld '"cmc c')afel )0Jnta aml ut a
Grocery compares building was dam- ' southern centers. Some western
ngod to tho extent of $0,000; tho Na-" fltk? "ot evidence of new life In buy
tlonal Biscuit company's building was . "B 'nil and winter goods. Despite
wreekod. Two schools were damaged i the Improvement the volume of bus!
severely, lu addition to the flips nl- ' neas llol"B doea not W"al tliaf of P,ast
ready reported, ten smaller houses J -asons and conservatism and caution
Vuie burned In different sections of aro 8tl" lalblu Reta'1 lrade ls, du
tj)0 cjt,. ' the countrj over industry tends to
M the water goes down further It I lnise In activity, but current pro-
t fonr.,,1 thnt innrn .Inmn will l.,i ! UUCtlOlI 19 &UII below anticipation In
revealed. Twent-two bodies have '
revealed. Tvent-two Domes imvo
Dean recovered and corpse are being
found every bout or so. The captain '
or the river steamer Swan said ho
eavv on tho trip up the tlver nt leust
twenty-five corpses The Chronicle es
timates tho death list at sixty.
Tho known dead Include. Usury
Cnrr, bookceper for the NKon Gro
cerj company; Howard Wlngard. press
man for M. H. Williams & Co.. and
fourteen negroes.
Total damuge fiotn $1,000,000 to $2,
000,000. BRITISH STEAMER GOES DOWN.
Dunearn Sinks In Typhoon and Fifty
One of Its Crew Drown.
News of tho sinking of the Uuuearn
nnd the loss of all but two of the fifty-
three members of its crew In the ty
phoou which raged oft the pott of '
Goto, on the Island ol Ktuhiu lias
l cached Tokyo, The names of tho sur- Ing under direct supervision of the
v Ivors nre given as William Phillips, ' federal government the business of
nn engineer, nnd Johu Landon, a sea- fraternal insurance companies doing
man, both or H-bm were picked up business In the United States A reso
t)) the Japanoso - . rmer Sakott Muru. i lution was adopted recommending the
Tho Dunearn w-.. bound from Nlko- appointment of a committee to act
lalctok, Astatic Russia, to Singapore, with similar committees rrom the Na
and put In at th. port of Karatsu for Honal Fraternal congress and other
coal. Agnln putting to sea on Aug. 24, bodies In preparing a now table of
tho ship ran Into the verj center of a , mortalltv, based on statistics to date,
typhoon, which sent it to the bottom and to prepare a uniform bill to b
The two survivors are prostrated trom ' presented to the next congress author
exposure and hardship and a subscrlp- izlng the federal government to exor
Hon has hoerr taken up for them ctsf full control over the operations
among the crew of the Sakou Mam. ot sch insurance companies
r - Omaha Was selected lor the 1909
ANTHRAX NOW UNDER CONTROL.
Authorities Hope to Soon Have the
Disease Entirely Stamped Out.
Governor Crawford bus returned from
the antltrnx affected district irr the
touthein part of South Dakoln, and says '
tho dlseabo is being gotten under con- i
trol. The quarantine of that part of
Yankton county west of the Jim river j
vlll bo lifted at once, but continued
cast of that fetream for a time Deau
animals are now all being burned and
the federal and state authorities are
working together to stamp out the dis
ease 8t as early a date as possible
it was decided to be unsale to allow
stock, to bo token out of the district
jor show purposes and that section
will not have representation at the
fairs this fall.
Loss Will Reach Millions.
The great freshet, which, starting
In the Piedmont section of the state,
has swept through South Carolina
lenvinc mined farms and irlmiled rail
waj lines In Its wake, has now passed
Columbia and ls moving toward the
lower part of the state The railroads
aie making strenuous efforts to re
ttore linos of communication and have
bircceeded In orue measure King -
lle Is under seven feet of wntPr nn.i
overy house In the town is deserted
and the water ls still rising The
damage will run vvoll Into the mil
lion. The brunt of this loss falls on
tno farmers, who have lost practical
I) all their bottom laud crops
Ad Men Pick Officers.
' The fourth annual convention of tho
Associated Advertising Clubs of
America came to a close at Kansas
City Friday after tho election of ofll-
cer ami the selection of l.oulsvHle,Ky.,
for tho meeting place next August
The officers elected for the ensuing
ear were: James Glbbs of Chicago, i
president; A G Samuels of St Jo
eeph, Mo., vice president; W E
Emory of Minneapolis, secretary, ana
Leo Landau of St. Louis treasurer
"LID" 13 ON AT ATLANTIC CIT
Governor Fort' Battle for tho Law
is Succeti'ul
A real blue Sundo came to AtlanMc
g; J'ITZZ S
been Inclined to doubt the possibility
of such a tbina, but every ona of tho
220 saloons ond hotel bars were
closed. They were closed alike to
bona fide guests as well as to Strang
ers just arrived within the gates. It
la said that this was the fourth time
In the flfty'four years of Its existence
that a drlnkless day had been ex
perienced In Atlantic City. A bulletin
posted at pollco headquarters stated:
'Saloons all closed No troops In town."
Governor Fort's proclamation of lust
week containing his 'hrent to send
tioops to the seashore in the event of
a further violation of the Sunda clos
ing law had Its effect Saloon keep
ers and hotel men reluctantly accepted
the advice of the mayor and of tho
more conservative members of the sa-
n men's organization and closed
their plnces of business as tightly as
1. . .. t...... 1..-. nn ..! nil nfna Mint
they knew how Boardwalk cafes that
on Stmdajs past have been thronged
to their utmost, serving liquors and
food, were all but deserted A visit
during the height of the afternoon
crush on the boardwalk to one of the
most widely known cafes facing the
seashore disclosed the fact that not j
a single person was in me place me
proprietors declared that the loss of
the drink privilege had carried with
it a nearly equal loss In the salo of
foodstuffs.
BUYERS MORE IN EVIDENCE.
Business Hac Expanded at Leading
Western Point3.
Bradstreefa says: Uuyer3 are more In
evldence?and as a result business has
mnn-v, '"stances. Lumber production
', - ; ;;.
has however, shown expansion at the
fouu! and " lhe raclllc .coast tono'
"Ub ut,B"" l" uo" l" " ,u,m lu
move uto crops rngn grnue cummer
cltil paper Is in notablv light supply,
on evidence that new mercantile oper
ations are being governed by conserv
atism Ciops generally have mad
fair progress toward maturity
Failures for the week number 232.
Wheat exports for the week are tho
largest since last February, aggregat
ing 4,523.503 bushels. Corn exports
i for the week are 39,109 bushels
FAVOR FEDERAL CONTROL.
Fraternals Would Place Insurance Un
der Government Supervision.
The eighth annual meeting of the)
Associated Fraternities of America at,
the closing session at Chicago Frl-1
day went on record In favor of plac-
meeting and the following otllcers
elected. President, J. C Root of Orna
ha; vice piosident, 11 W Donovan of
Detiolt, secretary and treasurer, Cap
tain C II Robinson of Washington.
D C.
BAR SAILORS FROM DANCE HALL
Men From President's Yacht Refused
Admittance to Pavilion.
Several sailors from the president's
yacht Slph, which Is stationed at
Oyster Day, under command of
Lieutenant Roger Williams, for the
president's use during his vacation
were refused admittance to a dancing
pavilion In the village. The pavilion
is attached to the lnnside Inn, O.vster
Ha.v's only seashore hotel and Is open
to the public The announcement of
tho opening of the pavilion had been
advertised about the village by post
ers and eveione was invited There
were a large number of persons danc
ing In tho pavilion when the sailors
from the Sylph in uniform appeared
j Tlie' Inadc a" apt B on le
"oor. uul wpre l'eveuieu worn uom3
i t0 by an attendant, stationed at the
I Iiallton entrance. A long argument
I followed, the sailors claiming that th
1 uniform of the United Suites navv
I should not bar them from any ptace
' The men ot the president's yacht are
i al1 DieKod men and no lrob,e naa
nee" Merrenceu aere uu summer
Burial of Baron Von Sternburg.
With solemn ceremonle. the body
of Baron Speck von Sternburg. late
German ambassador to the United
States,, wan placer) in the family mau
soleum st Castle leutscltona The fn
neral service, which was characterized
by marked simplicity, took place in
I the drnin room of the castl
George P. Rowetl Succumbs.
Georpe P Rowel! of New York, prom
inent for man years in the newspaper
advertising business, died at the Po
land Springs hotel, Maine, fojluwlag
an Illness of more than a mouth
VETERANS AT TOLEDO
City Decked Out for Annual En
campment of G. A. R.
Nebraska Man is Among the Candi
dates for Commander-in-Chief -Atlanta,
Ga,( Delegation is After the
Next Reunion.
What wim the marvelous Illumina
tion of the downtown streets of To
ledo Monday, tho "Venetian Night ' on
the river, and tile public reception by
the local committee and Commander-in-Chief
Durton, and numerous other
attractions marking tho formal open
itig of the forty-second encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
the downtown stieets were well nigh
Impassable It Is estimated 30,000 vis
itors are In Toledo. Street cars, with
windows full of the protruding shol
dcrs of pent up passengers, moved at
snail's pace within a few feet of each
other. Automobiles were no less
hampered, for the streets were allvo
with them. Fife and drum corps, brass
bands, arriving delegations and squads
of tlghtseers blocked the pavements
from curb to curb. Street orators,
sideshow b, catch-penny devices and
tne uk0 gathered their crowds
Tlieie will bo a pretty light on the
convention floor for the oillce of commander-in-chief.
The candidates are
H. N. Kevins of New Jersey. L. T.
Dlckason of Illinois, former Governor
Van Sant of Minnesota and General
Adams of Nebraska. All hnvo opened
headquarters and are proseljtlng
among the delegates.
The Atlanta (Ga ) 'delegation wants
the next reunion.
Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief
Scott, n citizen of Atlanta, is among
the active exponent j of further ce
nfentlng the friendship of the blue and
the gray by bilnglng the veterans in
blue to the southland. Salt Lake,
Pittsburg, Kalamazoo and Seattle ate
also listed among the aspirants for the
honor of entertaining the Grand Army
men
POLICEMAN KILLS NEGRO.
n,cl, War is Narrowlv Averted at
Re War Is Narrowly Averted
Parsons, Kan
A race war was narrow lj avetted in
Parsons, Kan., Suudaj, when Po
llceman John Vtlllant shot and
killed Matt Mathews a nero
Alter the killing the negroes began
to gather in Glenwood park and plan
vengeance against the police and city
olhclals. The better class of the ne
groes at once took the affair in charge
and persuaded the leaders from any
rash action and the mob was dis
persed without trouble.
Mathews was a train porter on the
Missouri, Kansas artd Texas railroad
between here and Kansas City. The
trouble began when he resisted the ol
fleer. Mathews was considered a bad
man. He killed a negro In this city
four jears ago and was known as a
prize fighter and bully.
JAIL SUICIDE END Or TRAGEDY.
Man Who Slew Wife and Wounded
Son Kills Self in Cell.
Insane as the result of having slain
his wife arrd fatally wouuded his sou
In error, Julius Turner, a farmer, corn
committed suicide Irr the county jail at
Cla Clt, III. He hanged hrmselr
with the sheets from his cot
The shooting or Mrs Turner ana her
sorr occurred on June 29 The murder
was the result of Insane Jealousy on
the part of the husband The son was
mHiaken for a rival and he and his
mother were shot while they were
standing In the dark just outside the
village church.
Turner, who was sKty-rrlne years
old, had been separated from his wife
for home time He was reputed to be
wealth, owning several large tarms
in this vicinity.
HEALTH ASSOCIATION ELECTS.
Dr. Schwartz of Rhode Island Is
Chosen President.
At the closing session of the Amer
ican Health association ut Winni
peg, Friday, Dr. Schwartz of
Rhode Island was elected president;
Dr. R. M. Simpson of Winnipeg, first
vice president; Dr. Jesus Chlco of
Mexico, second vice president. Major
Charles F. Mason, U. S. A , third vice
president, Dr Charles O. Probst of
Columbus, O.. secretarj ; Dr. Frank W
Wright ot New Haven, Conn, treat,
urer
Yield of Wheat in Kansas.
According to the report of the secre
tary of the state board of agriculture,
the total leld of winter wheat In Kan
sas this eur is 73 000,000 bushels
This Is 372.CO0 bushels more than In
1907. The condition of corn is given
as 08 7, which Is 5.3 less than in 1907.
Corn acreage this ear Is 7.052,415,
which ls an increase of 243 Oun acres
ovor last vear.
Bodies Taken From Mine.
Two additional bodies have beer,
brought from No. 1 mine at Hanna,
Wyoming, those of John Cook
son and Sarrr McCornrlck. Titer re
main in the mine twent.v-sK bodies,
and as the are utrder water below the
ninth entry it Is Improbable that the
will ovor be recovered Thlrty-threo
bodios have been taken frori the mine.
Find Body of Murdered Woman.
The decomposed bod of Mrs. Alice
Donohue of Oakland, who dlcnp
prarod from her home Juno 1 last,
was found In the vicinity of her homo.
Gus Alsted has been arrested by tb
pollce on the charge of murder.
TAFT AT MICJDLE BASS ISLAND.
Republican Candidate Will Put In
Week Fishing and Playing Qolf.
William H. Taft and party are at
the Middle Bass club. The fourteen
speeches which Mr. Taft delivered In
the unexpected campaigning ho did on
the trip through his native state from
Virginia Hot Springs left their Im
press on his voice, but aside from the
hoarseness and his declaration that he
felt a little tired, he said he was little
tho worse for wear.
While the week on the fishing
grounds is primarily for rest, It is un
derstood several political conferences
will bo held J. Warren Kelfer of Ohio
Is at the club. On Wednesday Mr.
Taft will go to Toledo to address the
national encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic. This speech
will not be political.
The small Island on which Mr. Taft
will finish his pre-campalgn vacation
Is quiet and picturesque, one of a
group lying about twenty miles off
shore, midway between Cleveland nnd
Toledo. One end of the Island In
owned by the fishing club, where am
plo accommodations for Its sovernl
hundred members are provided with a
club house nnd a number of cottages.
The Taft family ls quartered In one
of these cottages. The candidate will
divide his time between fishing for
bass, which Is done from smnll boats,
and playing, golf.
NEW ORLEANS HAS $2,000,000 FIRE
Flames Break Out While Firemen Are
at Annual Picnic.
Fire which broke out In tire center
of the commercial district of New
Orleans Sunday .swept over portions
of three blocks, destroying a large
number of wholesale houses, manu
facturing plarrts arrd small stores.
Originating at Bienville arrd Chattres
streets, tho flames worked their way
west towards Roal. causing a loss of
nearly $2,000,000 before they finally
were subdued.
At the time the alarm was turned
In the New Orleans firemen were In
tho midst of their annual picnic at a
suburban park and the engines and
patrols responded with a mere handful
of men. It was nearly an hour before
the department was able to make any
thing like a successful fight against
the fire, and even this handicap was
added to by an Inadequate supply of
water.
WU TING FANG TO RETURN.
Chinese Government Embarrassed by
Attitude of Its Minister.
China is considering the recall of
Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister
at Washington, on account of recent
disclosures on his part which are be
lieved to have been Indiscreet.
The government for some months
past has been enrbarrabsed by Mr.
Wu's platform and other utterances
and by his attitude as a public charac
ter Irr America. Liang Htten Yen, as
sistant secretary of the board of for
eign affairs, ls the leading candidate
tor the position at Washington In suc
cession to Wu Ting Fang
Gala Day at Melbourne.
The streets of Melbourne, Australia,
on Tuesda night were filled with
srrrging, good-humored crowds, num
bering hundreds of thousands, all out
to do honor to the visiting Americans,
who arrived there on Saturdaj aboard
the sixteen great battleships, and the
scene challenged comparison with that
of arr Hectlou night In New York. The
crush lu the principal thoroughfares
was so great that manv women fainted j
and several persons were injured Tire
entire day was set apart to jollifica
tion and the day will ever live In the
memorj of the Inhabitants ot Victoria.
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS!
Features of the Day's Trading and
Closing Quotations.
Chicago, Aug. 31. The wheat mar
ket waa strengthened today by local
purchases of the September deliver
by elevator interests and predictions
of frost tonight In Nebraska and
South Dakota, and closed at net gains
of VjC to ,bc. Corn, oats and provisions
also closed strong. Closing prices.
Wheat Sept.. 95Vic; Dec, 95ftc
Corn Sept., 77Tc; Dec, G7'c.
Oath Sept., 49&c; Dec, 49c.
Pork Sept., $14.72'..; Oct., $14.87j.
Lard Sept., 9.55; Oct., $9.47k-
Ribs Sept., $8.92i2; Oct., $9.05.
Chicago Cash Prices No 2 hard
wheat, 94'J4(&97c; No. 2 corn, 78'j(S'
79c, No 3 oats, 47j?i48c
South Omaha Live Stock.
South Omaha, Aug 31. Cattle Re
ceipts, 7.U00. steady, native steers,
$4 00S7.25, cowo and helters, $3.00!p
4.25; western steers, $3.50(g'5.50; Tex
as steers, $3 004 0. canners, $2.23R
2 90, stockers and feeders, $2.75S14.G0;
calves. $3.005,25. bulls, stags, etc,
$2 25(g3 25. Hogs Receipts, 3,000, 5c
higher, heavy. $0 45C.C0; mixed,
$0.50B,t.55. light, $0.40C70, pigs,
$5.50G25, bulk of sales, $0.30(56 65.
Sheep Receipts. 2S.C00, stead, 10c
lower, earllngb, $4.25(04 75, wethers.,
$3 76(54.20; ewes, $3.000 4.00; lambs
$5.40S'5.80.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Aug. 31 Cattle Receipts,
20,000, strong, steers, $4.757.S0.
cows, $3.405 25, heifers, $3.uu
6 75, bulls, $3.75'ff'6.00; calvos, $6.00(5'
7.50, stockers and feedors, S3 G0C 4 CO
Hogs Receipts, 23,000, 510c high
r. choice heavy shipping, $7 0007.10,
butcbors. $7 00(5710; light mixed
$G.604TG.75; choice light. $6.80(57.00,
packing. $0,40G85; pigs. $3.7500.25
bulk of sales. $G.706 80. Sheep Re
celpts, 35,000; steady to 10c lower;
sheep. $4.50(54.65; lambs, $4.7506 25;
yearlingB, $4.45'54.85.
We Want Your Money
AND YOU WAIST YOUR MONEY'S WORTH
For the next 30 days we will sell you for spot cash the
following goods at the prices made below:
F C String Beans, pr case.... $2.20
F C Early June Peas, prcase. . 2.20
F C Lima Deans, pr case 2.20
Sweet Corn, prcase 1.75
F C Sour KrHut, pr case . . . 2.25
Sweet Poratoes, pr case .... 2.85
Hominy, or case 2.50
F C Red Kidney Beans, pr case 2.30
Delta Plums, pr case... . .... 3.75
8 lb can Apples, pr can 35
8 lb can Apricots, pr can ...... .60
8 lb can Pears, pr can. . ...... .55
8 lb can Grapes, pr can 45
S lb can Green Gage Plums, can .45
Sib can Egg Plums, pr can ... .45
8 lb can Sliced Peaches, pr can .So
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210 Box Butte Ave.
HASTINGS COLLEGE, HASTINGS, NEB.
fO UNDED IN 1882
!i.t;q
Hastings rs the fourth crtj of Nebraska having a population of over.
12,000, and rs supplied with handsome public buildings, elegant resi
dences, metropolitan stores, arrd beautiful churches. It is also an im
portant railroad center, being located on the C. H. & Q- St. J. & G. I.,
C. & X. V. arid M, P. railwnvs. There are also three branch lines of
the Burlington route, so that access rs eav front arrv o.mrter.
cui.n
It consists of twelve cultured men and wuiu-n ".-presenting eight drf
feretrt untverertie and colleges. 1'ost-gruclii.ite work at Harvard, Chi
cago, Prince! jn, Vale, Berlin and Heidelberg ti.es their teaching arrd
scholarship unusual breadth and thoroughness.
;: ntmi:ts
I THE COLLEGE, ofierrng two courses for degrees, with mmy ele'tives.
ii. THE ACA0EMY, ofierrng high school training under college professors,
in THE NORMAL SCHOOL, tssiflnc teachers' certificates under state authority,
iv. THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, with courses in voice, piano, pipe organ, violin
and musical theory.
r.ni'iPMi:r
There are four buildings: Rr'rrgland Hall, a rrren's dormitory and re
fectory; McCotmtck Hall, tire principal recitation building; Alexander
Hall, a women's dormitory; Carnegie building, the library arrd scientific
laboratories. Faciirties for college and science work are unsurpassed
and all buildings have steaur heat and electric lights.
Next year begins Sept. S, igoS.
souvenir free upon application to
A. E. TURNER,
Roofing
Yffi
are practically unknown to those whose buildings
are roofed with Ruberoid.
Ruberoid Roofing requires no painting when laid,
but a coat of
TrU MuV Keg. L, S. Kl. 02.
after it has passed through a few winters, will im
prove and revitalize a Ruberoid roof and add years
to its life.
The cost is small Try it.
FOR METAL ROOFS, SPC Flexible Iron Paint
is a most effective preservative. It stops leaks and
prevents corrosion.
Manufocturel by THE STANDARD PAINT COMPANY. New York.
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The best tools you have ever bought at the same prices
ou have always paid. True temper, hand
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1908 Spud Digger Now Ready
Newberry's Hardware Co.
50 lb box 40-50 Prunes, pr box.J5.00
Pure Apple Cider Vinegar, gal. .30
Whrte Wine Vinegar, pr gal. .. .35
Grape Juice, pints .35
Gallon Catsup, 50
Flour, pr sack, 5 X Cream.... 1.40
" 4 X Patent.... 1.30
3X Extra 1.20
Japan Tea, Gaiety or Blue Bird .40
Gunpowder Tea 50
Stone Jars and Crocks, pr gal . .10
Bbl Salt 2.00
Rock Salt, pr 100 lbs .75
bchrum Fruit Jars, pints, per dozen,
(iOC, quarts per dozen, TOC, 2-qts
per dozen, 6JC.
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