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FIND MUCH VALUABLE PAPER
Search of Old Envelopes Opens Big
Field.
Council Bluffs, ln.f Aug. 2. Four
teen hundred dollars In checks, drnftB,
money orders and other formB of com
mercial pnpor found in envelopes
that wore thrown away wore returned
to their owners by tho members of
hoso company No. 4 of tho Council
Bluffs fire department.
The quesUon Is how much paper of
this kind is lost yearly, for which
perhnps many a clerk or offlcor Is
charged with tho responsibility?
Tho boys or tho hoso company con
ceived tho idea of papering a room
in tho hoso house whero No. 4 has Its
homo with postngo stnnipB, and to so
euro them received gratis from tho
banks, wholesale houses, offlces and
other business places old envolopos.
The finding of a draft jn tho first
batch of envelopes received, which
was qulto by accident, led to a sys
tematic search of all tho envelopes
they received, resulting In their find
ing and returning commercial paper
of tho value named.
IOWA FARMER IS MISSINQ
Friends Unable to Find Trace of J. F.
Rutt of Morning Sun.
Morning Sun, la., Aug. 3. No trace
has yet been found of J. p. Hutt, tho
young farmer who wanderod away
from his homo, near Cairo, Wednes
day night, although tho ontlro neigh
borhood Is aroused, and from ono to
two hundred men have been searching
almost ovory squnro foot for miles
around. Practically no work Is be
ing dono In that neighborhood, nnd all
are assisting In tho soarch. Tele
phone messages have been sent to
all surrounding towns and settlements
and bloodhounds wero sent for and
used. Many rumors nnd possible clows
have been run down, all without ef
fect, and Mr. Itutt's djsappearanco re
mains tho same mystory as when ho
was first missed.
TO OBSERVE LINCOLN DAY
Aug. 13, 1859, He Visited Council
Bluffs.
Council Bluffs, la., Aug. 2. Friday,
Aug. 13, will bo the fiftieth anniver
sary of the visit of Abraham Lincoln
to Council Bluffs. On that date, 1850,
Lincoln made Ids memorablo stop In
the Bluffs and viewed the surround
ings from tho summit of what over
since has been known ns Mount Lin
coln, the bluff tho top of which Is
reached' by Oakland avenue. Inasmuch
ns It was on this vlelt that Lincoln
got tho Impression which determined
him a little later as president to fix
the terminus of the Union Pacjflc road
nt this point, tho event stands ns an
Important ono in tho history of Coun
cil Bluffs.
COADJUTOR FOR BISHOP KEANE
Head of Catholic Archdiocese at Du
buque to Have an Assistant.
Dubuque, Ia Aug. 3. There will
bo a coadjutor bishop appointed for
Archbishop Koano, rumors to that ef
fect having been current for two
years past. Formal announcement
was made from St. Paul, where Arch
bishop Keano Is now visiting tho Irre
movable rectors of tho archdiocese,
that the rectors will meet In Du
buque Aug. 17 to nominate a coad
jutor, the selection to be finally mado
by the holy see. Archbishop Keano's
health has been poor for many
months. There is a strong belief lo
cally that Bishop Carroll of Helena
will bo named.
Y. M. C. A. FOR CHARLES CITY
Campaign to Raise $30,000 Success
fully Closed.
Charles City, la., Aug. 2. Tho pro
moters of the Young Men s Christian
association building succeeded in rais
ing tho required amount of $30,000
and the institution Is assured. Pros
pects are when returns afe all jn that
an amount considerably beyond $30,
000 will have been subscribed. Tho
campaign lasted twenty days, closing
with great enthusiasm. The campaign
has been In charge of Carl H. Smith
of Ann Arbor, Mich., graduate secre
tary of tho University of Michigan
Young Men's Christian association.
WATERLOO MAN SHOT
Robbers Fire on Victim Who Was
Slow About Holding Up Hands.
Waterloo, la., Aug. 3. While going
home shortly before 10 p. m. Samuel
Doren was accosted by two masked
men on tho Park road, who command
ed him to hold up his hands, at tho
same time shooting Win twice through
the left thigh. Though a large num
ber of citizens wero on the scone al
most immediately, the men escaped.
Finds No Trace of His Son.
Harlan, la., Aug. 3. John G. Honey
well, father of William It. Honeywell,
has returned to Harlan following a
search In Omaha and Council Bluffs
for his son. Tho father believes thnt
his son committed suicide by drown
ing In the Missouri rivor, basing his
conclusion on tho fact that tho son
had written to tho father expressing
his purposo so to take his life.
Starch Factory Scorched.
Cedar Rapids, la., Aug. 3. Fire In
tho kiln rooms of tho starch works of
Douglas & Co. ruined 400.000 nounds
. of starch, but was prevented from do
ing much damage to tho building. Sev
eral firemen wero sont to tho hospital
as the result of smoke, hut will re
j cover. The loss will bo about $15,000.
I Sioux City Editor Dies Suddenly.
' Sioux City, la.. Auk. 3. Clavtmi j.
Bailey, managing editor of tho Sioux
City Tribune, died suddenly In Min
neapolis. Ho was a well known news
parer man In the northwest.
NEBRASKA NEWS
Nearly Eight Hundred Thousand
on Hand at End of July.
GARR IN ROW WITH UNCLE SAM
New Secretary of State Board of
Health Is Charged With Opening Dr.
Schward's Mall Figures Compiled
by Rate Clerk of Railway Commis
sion Shows Rock Island Ticket Cales
Exceed Freight Earnings.
Lincoln, Aug. 2. Tho report of
Treasurer Brian for tho month of
July, showing tho transactions of his
office for that period, shows that tho
balances on hand tho first of tho
month nmountcd to $9G2,604.89; re
ceived during tho month, $379,301.67;
paid out, $558,722.59; balance on lmmi,
$783,083.97. Out of tho pormauont
school fund thcro was expended for
bonds $317,337.60, leaving a balance
on hand In that fund of $378,018.
There Is cash on hand nnd cubIi Items
amounting to $182,583.97 and $600,500
cash on deposit.
Dr. Carr Arrested.
Dr. K. Arthur Carr, secretary of tho
new stato board of health, was ar
rested on a warrant sworn out by As
sistant District Attorney Lane, charg
ing him with opening mall belonging
to someone else. Tho specific charge
is openjng two letters addressed to
Dr. E. J. C. Schward, secretary of tho
old board. It is said ono of tho two
letters was in tho naturo of a per
sonal communication, though It was
addressed to Dr. Schward as secretary
of the board. Dr. Carr mado n copy
of it and sent it on to Dr. Schward.
Dr. Carr went before United States
Commissioner Marley and was re
leased on his own rccognlzanco to ap
pear tomorrow. Ho BayB In his de
fense that aftor his appointment ho
went to Assistant Postmaster Hager
and' was told by hjm that ho had a
right to open all mall addressed to
tho secretary of tho board.
Rate Clerk Powell of tho railway
commission has mado a comparison of
the business dono by tho railroads In
tho month of April In tho years 1908
nnd 1901). Tho detailed reports show
tho ticket sales of tho Rock Island
amounted to about $2,000 more than
the revenue 'from Its freight business.
Tho revenuo from less than car lot de
creased, while tho revenuo from tho
shipment of car lots increased In
froight forwarded.
HAIL CAUSES IMMENSE LOSS.
Damage to Crops In Vicinity of ProB
ser Estimated at $200,000.
Hnstlngs, Nob., Aug. 2. Latest re
ports of the damage dono by tho hall
storm place tho loss nt $200,000, It
devastated a wldo strip of land from
the Plntte river to a point several
miles south of Prossor.
All growing crops within the area
wero ruined, one horso was killed
and much live stock was .injured and
windows without number wero broken
in farm houses and in Prosser. Earl
settlers say tho visitation of hall was
the most terrific ever seen in this or
adjoining counties. It fell for hnlf
an hour or more and covered too
ground to a depth of several Inches.
Throughout the strjeken area tho hall
drifted and made hjgh piles. Tho hall
area is about eight miles long and
two and a half miles wide.
ImmonBo fields of corn wore mown
down and left with a covering of hall.
Hardly any vegetation escaped com
plete destruction or serious damage
TWO END LIVES AT LINCOLN
Mrs. T. 8. Paxton of Nellgh and Ed
gar Stahley Commit Suicide.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 2. Mrs. Thomas
S. Paxton, wife of tho cashier of the
Atlas bank of Nellgh, Nob., committed
suicide by hanging herself In her
room Jn n Lincoln sanltatlum. She
had been In 111 health and despondent.
Her husband had just visited her and
Intended to take her to her homo noxt
week.
Edgar Stahley, one of tho best
known young men In tho county, killed
himself near Lincoln, Ho left a noto
saying ho did not care to live longer.
Veins of Coal and Iron.
Bloomflold, Neb., July 31. At a
depth of about 600 foot the drillers
In chargoof tho prospective oil wolls
horo struck u soven-foot vein of Iron
ore, which was pronounced 85 per
cent pure y tho geological depart
ment in Lincoln. At a depth of 927
feet .another vein of two feet was
struck and at a dopth of 930 feqt tho
heavy bit passed through a six-foot
vein of coal of excellent quality.
Body of Farmhand Found.
Omaha, Aug. 3. Tho body of David
Olson, the young man who disappear
ed Friday from tho farm of J. G. Fer
ron, three miles east of this city,
whero ho was employed, was discov
ered In a pond on tho farm of R. A.
Smith In Garner township. Indications
are that Olson committed suicide, but
the motive for taking his own life, as
far as is known, Is lncklng.
Harvard Man Dies of Injuries.
Harvard, Nob,, July 31. Horace
Hunter died from tho effects of nn in
jury received n week ago whllo rak
ing scatterings In the wheat flold In
fighting flies his horse got over the
tongue, broakjng it, thon running
away and throwing Mr. Hunter sev
eral feet, dislocating his shoulder and
causing Internal injuries.
FLOATER' MAY BE PHILIPS
Slayer of Hamilton May Have Drown,
ed Trying to Swim River.
Omaha, Aug. 3. Whllo Sheriff Bral
Icy and his officers nrc making a thor
ough search for James Philips, nlloged
slayer of Marshall C. Hamilton, In
Omaha and In tho vicinity of Flor
ence, Mrs. James Philips, wife of the
hunted man nnd the woman over
whom tho trouble originated that led
to tho killing of tho mill owner, re
turned to Omaha to glvo up what In
formation Bho has, Sho has been vis
iting a sister of her husband at St,
Paul, Nob.
In the discovery of a floater at
South Omaha by somo boys Sunday
tho sheriff thinks thoro may bo a pos
sible clew to tho murderer, and he
will await Identification of that body,
as ho thJnkB It may bo tho body of
cither Philips or his brother.
The fact that tho boyB who found
the ilonter declare they saw a second
body go down tho stream, but wore
unablo to get It, has brought out n
theory to tho offect that tho two Phil
ips brothers, after tho murder, tried
to swim across tho Missouri at Flor
onco nnd both wore drowned.
BOY8 ADMIT HORSE THEFT
Two Youths From Mlnatare Rush
Stolen Animals Into Wyoming.
Bridgeport, Nob., Aug. 3. Constablo
McElwco of Mlnataro brought Ralph
Stoffensmloro and' Hubert Woods of
Scott's Bluffs county to Bridgeport
under arrest for Hteallng bIx head of
horses from Mllo Martin of Bayard,
and turned the prisoners over to Skor
lff Boldon of Morrill county.
Tho accused are, moro boys, Stof
fonsmlero being eighteen nnd Woods
twonty-ono years of ago. They took
tho horses from Martin's pasturo on
tho night of July 13, and rushed them
through Scott'B Bluff nnd Sioux coun
ties Into Wyoming, changed tho brand
on them nnd turned' them looso on tho
Wyoming rnngo. Their work was of
such coarso nature the officers had no
difficulty in tracing them, and tho evi
dence was so strong ngalnst them that
thoy confessed to tho thoft.
EQUALIZING NEARLY OVER
State Board Hopes to Get Through
Next Week.
Lincoln, Aug. 3. Tho stato board of
equalization has notified a number
ot county assessors to bo present at
a hearing to bo hold In tho ofllco of
tho governor Aug. 9. Tho assessors
notified nro of thoso counties whero
the board contemplates making in
creases In property vuIucb.
Immediately after tho board passes
on thoBo counties In which changes
will bo made, It will likely mako tho
levy for this year. Whether thoro
will be any reduction In tho levy us
compared with last year doponds upon
tho stato debt on tho day the board
decides to mako tho lovy. While
thoro is no debt at this time, tho debt
will begin to run up this fall, nnd
thcro Is no money at this tlmo coming
in to tnke caro of tho bills.
WOMAN FOILS NEGRO ROBBER
Farmer's Wife With Gun Marches In
truder to Sheriff.
Omahn, Aug. 3. Mrs. Henry Moisln
ger. llvlnc on a farm two miles east
of Springfield, in Sarpy county, proved
herself a brave woman by dofendlng
her home against a dosporate negro
who entered her house whllo hor hus
band was absent and sho was In the
garden. Sho frustarted his attempt
to rob tho house by pointing a re
volver at him and marching him a
short distance to a neighbor's houso,
where ho was held until Sheriff Spear
man of Sarpy county tooit him nwny
and brought him to tho county Jail
In Omaha. Ho gave his name as Will
iam Williams.
JEWELERS GATHER AT OMAHA
Retailers and Wholesalers Assemble
for Annual Convention.
Omaha, Aug. 3. Retail jowelers,
wholesalo jewelers, presidents and
vice presidents of watch companies
and ofllclals of other manufacturing
companies In tho trade all poured into
Omaha to attend tho fourth annual
convention of tho American National'
Retail JewelerB' association. In every
respect tho conventjon has already
proved to be tho largest In the history
of tho organization and the number
In attendance will near the 1,000 mark.
Brothers See Boy Drowned.
Omaha, Aug. 3. Homar Viele, tho
eight-year-old son of Officer W. D,
Violo of the Omaha police force, was
drowned In tho Missouri rivor In tho
presence of his two brothers. Young
VIole was In swimming and was about
fifty foot from the bank when ho was
caught in an eddy, opposite the foot
of, Martha street, and drowned bo
fore help could reach him.
, Telephone Rates Changed.
Omaha, July 31. The railway com
mission has Instructed tho attornoy
general to begin proceedings against
tho Johnson County Homo Telephone
company for changing rntes without
pormlsslon. Tho company put In a
measured rate of 1 cent a call for cer
tain of their patrons.
Aged Woman Hangs Herself.
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. z, Mrs. Eliza
beth Harpster, an old resjdont of Lib
arty, committed suicide at tho homo
of hor daughter at that place by hang
ing hot self. Ill health is assigned as
the cause.
Mrs. Knapp Improving.
Madison, Neb,, Aug. 2. Mrs. Knapp,
who was shot by hor husband, ap
I.oars to bo steadlly lnlprovlng. Knapp
is in a very critical condition, with
little hopo of his recovery.
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HAVE YOU PAID YOUR
PERSONAL TAX?
Taxes are due Nov. l. Personal
taxes delinquent Dec. i. Land tax
delinquent May i. Interest io per
cent from date of delinquency. Real
estate advertised for sale the first week
in October and sold for taxes the first
Monday in November. In all corn
tnunications relative to taxes, please
give description of property.
Fred Mollrjn'g, Co, Treasurer.
Repair Work
' Sewing Machines and
Organs.
Have secured the services of a prac
tical mechanic and can guarantee all
work done by him. Don't trust your
work to travelling repair men. This
man will be here permanently. Re
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