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Something of Conareso, Political Goo
alp Hero nnd There, and News and
Notes of General Character.
Political.
With the roturn of. Secretary Taft
lo Washington, polltlcK lm taken on
renewed intorost In vlow of tho ox
treme dlfllculty Mr. Tnft Ih having In
i.ettllnjj tho national chnlnnnnHhlp. It
Ih widely assorted that nolthor Hitch
cock norVorys Is llkoly now lo not
tho chairmanship and that a third
man will ho plckod.
Tho fight over tho anti-Injunction
))hmk In tho democratic platform Is
not tho only strugglo In which tho
commlttoo on resolutions, nn.l pos
sibly tho convention Itself, may ho In
volved. It dovolopod that tho prohibi
tion question Is to ho brought to tho
front, and that a dosnarnte effort will
ho made to hnvo a plank declaring 1"
Its favor placed In tho platform. Tho
prohibition movomont will bo hoadod
by Gen. JnmoB IJ. Weaver of Iowa.
' I havo nothing to add about poli
tics," said 8onatar Forakor, "to what I
already havo paid, except that there Is
no foundation whatever for tho stories
that havo been appearing In tho news
papers nbout negotiations on tho part
of our mutual friends lo sccuro Sec
retary Tnft'a support of mo for my ro
turn to tho uenato In return for my
support for hint ub tho republican can
didate. It will bo tlmo enough to con
sider tho senatorial question after wo
havo secured tho republican legislature
of Ohio, I am hot bothering nbout
that question now."
Mayor McClolIan of Now York won
out In tho recount of votes In Now
York. It cost him $10,000 to defend
his tlto to tho mayoralty,
It Is said Judgo Orny of Dclawaro
can havo second plnco on tho demo
cratic ticket If ho bo desires.
Indications nro at this writing that
tho democratic national convention at
Denver will havo somo dllllculty In
framing a suitable Injunction plank.
General.
Bryan men at Denver say that
Judgo Parkor's resolutions lauding
tho record of Mr. Cleveland are In
tended ns n direct slap at Mr. Bryan
and thoy havo token stops to provont
their introduction,
Stnto Tronsurer Ilrlon of NobrnBka
has bought $500,000 worth of Califor
nia bonds for tho school fund.
Eighty men were klllod and many
moro wounded during tho lighting yes
terday at Tabriz, Persia.
Now York City hns oxporlqnced
very warm wcuthor nnd records many
fntalltlaa.
Tho Hnntn Fo Railway company lot
contracts for terminal buildings at
Canadian, Tex., In tho sum of $150,000.
In ordor to test tho right of Dr, R.
L. ColTor, who Is in chnrgo of tho
murino hospltnl servlco at Honolulu,
to act as president of tho territorial
hoard of health, It Is prohablo that a
suit will ho brought.
Two fast Missouri Pacific trains mot
In a fog near Knobnostor, Mo., and
Bovcn were killed and many injured.
Murnt HalHtead, former proprietor
of the Cincinnati Commercial, died
last weok, aged 7l.
A call for $15,000,000 of money In
depository bankB has boon made by
tho treasury department.
Thu Missouri Pnclllo rallwny appllod
to tho Nobrnuka railway commission
for nuthorlty to put Into forco a 3-cont
passenger rnte. Tho company also
asku permission to Install a 15 per
cent advanco on freight rates.
At Portsmouth, N. II., life long 111
crnry friends of tho Into Thomas
linlloy Aldrlch took part in tho tlu.ll
cation of tho former home there of tho
poet nnd author as a memorial mu
Bourn.
A grent business revlvnl Is to bo-
gin with July 1, nccordlng to forecasts
of commercial oxperts. In ono day
(the 1st), thoro will bo distributed
throughout tho United States a totnl
of $105,000,000, imido up Jargoly of
Homl-nlinu.nl pnymontB by public cor-
pnrntlouH, such as railroads, largo In
ditstrlal companios nnd bankB,
At Chicago Illicit F. Rhodus, Ed
ward F, Rhodus and Thomas Rhodus
organizers of the Contrul Life Sueur
itloa company and n hnlt dozen sub
aldlnry concerns, wore nrroatod
charged with using tho malls In
rchomo to (lofrnud,
Bovcn persons woro killed and
twonty-flvo seriously Injured by a tor
nado at Clinton, Minn.
War vosfiolB nro kept busy In prop
aratlon for tho long journey ahead
from Ban Francisco. Tho Btart will
toon bo mado.
Gon. David Vlckors, a volornn of th
civil and Spnnlsh-Amorlcnn wars, and
ndjutuut genornl of tho Idaho national
guard, dlod Inst wpek.
Tho plant of tho St. Louis Plato
Glass company nt Valloy Pnrk, Mo
employ lug 1,000 men, Biispendod opera
tlonB for two wooks.
A tornado struck tho town of Puk
wann, S, D., and practically wiped R
out. Proporty loss wob sryxt, but no
neoDio woro union.
0 1 E MENTION
Allegations made that a bargain ver
dict was reached In the land fraud
trial at Washington.
Washington.
Tho navy dopartment opened bids
for tho purchase of three steam col
liers of American registry, 7,200 tons
.lend weight, maximum cost, $625,000
Of tho four bids received the Massa
chusetts Steamship company of IJos-'
ton offered to sell Us colliers, tho
Evorott, Maiden and Molroso, for
$325,000, nnd tho Now York Ship
bnlldlug company of Camden, N. J.,
o construct three vossels, 7,450 ton-
nngo, at $139,000 each.
After July I flags made for tho use
of tho government will contain forty
six stars in tho field or union, to con
form In number to tho tnts. Tho ad
ditional star follows tho admlslon of
Oklahoma lo tho family of states, nn
act of congress In tho early part of
the eighteenth century requiring Hint
on tho admission of a stnto one star is
o he ndded lo tho union of the ling,
o take effect on tho fourth of .luly
next succeeding such admission. Okla
homa enmo Into tho union Nov. 10,
It hus been redded thnt the commit
tee nppolnted at tho Chicago conven
tion to notify Judge Tuft of his nom
ination for tho prostdoncy will moot
him In Clnolunnli on Tuesday, July 28.
ludgo Tnft will go to Cincinnati from
Hot Springs,' Va., for tho purposo of
receiving tho committee's notification
and will roturn directly to Hot
Springs.
Mr. Taft received n cablo announce
ment of the dentil In London, Eng
land of Wllllnm T. Gilbert of Brook
lyn, N. Y., a member of Judgo Taft's
class of '78 of tfnlo.
There Is a possibility that Unltod
States troops may bo called on to nr-
rost any of tho Moxlcan revolutionists
who mny cross tho bordor In tho offort
o oscnpo from tho Moxlcan author
ities.
Senator Forakor loft on Tuesday
for Cincinnati, whoio ho will romatn
probably about ten days and then re
turn to this city. Dofgro leaving tho
sonntor denied roports regarding ncgo-
latlons ho Is said to havo mado with
Taft.
Ambassador Thompuon, at tho City
of Mexico, informed tho department
of stnto that tho aupromo court of that
country held for extradition William
Walker, tho New Britain banker
whq nbscondod nlmoBt a your ago and
was captured In a mining camp whllo
u disguise.
Tho United Stntos will do whatever
s Its duty In suppressing tho Mexican
border troubles.
Thoro Is much talk of tho selection
of Frank U. Kollogg for chairman of
tho republican nntlonnl commlttoo.
Foreign.
Dr. David Jayno Hill, tho Ambassa
dor to Gcrmnny, gavo his first recep
tion In honor of tho diplomatic corps
at Berlin. Tho reception was lurgoly
attended.
Tho mobilization of al British war
ships In homo waters available for
Immedlato servlco was completed for
tho annual naval maneuvers, and, Ad
miral Lord Chnrlcs Borosford finds
himself In itupromo command of a to
tnl of not less than 301 ships, with nn
nggregnto of 08,000 olllcers and mon.
Tho French Journal Dob Dobas this
afternoon unya that tho Wright broth
ers of Dayton, O., havo Hlgned a con
tract with Lazaro Wolllor, who Is act
ing for a nyndlcato wl)Ich offorn tho
Wrights $100,001) for tholr patenta pro
vided, first,' that tho arooplnno, with
two persona on board, lllos thlrty-ono
miles In nil enclosed circuit, nnd sec
ond, that It ropeatB this porformnnco
within eight duysi in tho presence of
a committee.
Manuel Quozon, tho Filipino assem
blyman, hla Becretnry, Mr. Rogors,
and Mr. Knlaw, editor of tho Manila
Renaclulmcuto, havo ilnlshed their
study of tho Duma and havo left Bt.
Petersburg for Uorlln and Paris.
Irlshtnou lu England resisted tho at-
tltudo of tho clergy on political matt
tors.
Thu uprising In northern Moxlco ban
become an international Incident, part
of tho allegod bandits having csdiped
Into Texas.
Tho trial of Prlnco Philip Zu Eulon
burg began on Monday. Ho Is
charged with perjury and Inciting
nnothor person to commit perjury. Tho
public lnterost In tho enso Ib vory
keen,
Tho Shnh of Persia Is forcing his
subjocts into BUbmlsslon.
Light penult Ioh only woro Imposed
upon tho participants In tho- Jewish
mnsBacro nt Blalystok.
Personal
Socrotary Tnft tumod his oftlco over
to Govornor Wright and received
delegation of Ohio iiolltlclnns. He
announced thnt tho now republican
chnlrnian will bo solootod at a moot
lug of tho subcommittee at Hot
Springs, Va., July 8.
At White PlnliiB, Now York, Ellhu
Root. M'crotnry of state, bogan at Mul
doon's sanltarluniMi courso of phyBlcal
training Intended to put him In a
physical condition for nnothor year of
hard work Jn Washington.
At Omaha three old comrades (jreot
cd General CaiTlngton, of tho Fort
Phil Kournoy massacre ovor forty
yeara ago.
Chniieollar Androws of tho Nobras
kn university pralsos both candidates
for tho prosldoncy, but ho will voto
tho democratic ticket.
Dlshop Henry C. Pottor of New Yorl
Is regarded by his physicians as being
In a critical state of health. The
bishop has boon 111 for bohio tlmo wltn
etomncli nnd llvor trouble.
Mrs. Taft Is making nrrnngQtnont.
for tho breaking up of houBokooplnj
in Washington.
People Pouring Into Denver by- Thousands
from All Quarters
NOISY SUNDAY IN THE CITY OF THE PLAINS
Bands, Marching Clubs, Streamers and Stirring En
thusiasm for Bryan Features that
Characterized the Entire Day.
Donvor Tho convention throngs
hnvo been pouring Into tho' city by
ovory train. It has been a noisy, belt
torous Sunday, with bands escorting
arriving delegations through tho
Btroots, with ttoadlly swelling crowds
In tho hotel lobbies and with lenders
and delegates button-holing tho now
ni rivals and holding private confer
ences on candidates and measurer.
Most of the loaders and mora thnn
half of tho delegates arc now hero and
tho tldo of humanity which comes to
look on nnd cheor Is now In fill movo
mont toward tho city. Tho weather Is
almost porfoct, warm, but not un
hoarable, with a cloar sky and a brisk
mountain breeze, just the sort of
weather to bring comfort to a con
vention. Many of thu delegates havo
emrnccd the opportunity of a Sunday
lull for a trip to tho nearby Rockies,
othors havo enjoyed tho moro excit
ing diversion of tournamcntu whore
tho broncho busters nro presenting a
picture of real western llfo.
Tonight tho crowds nro turning to
tho splondld nudltorlum whoro tho
convention will bo hold. Tho vast
amphitheater Is lighted and open to
tho public for tho first tlmo for a band
concert and tho brilliant sceno within
tho enclosure hung with flags nnd
pneked to Its full capnclty suggests the
Ihronghs which will soon gather for
tho convontlon. A fonturo of tho
ovonlng Ib tho nppenranco of Chnrlos
A. Towno of Now York, ono of tho
lending vice prcsldontlnl candidates',
Whllo theso outward ovldonccs of nc
tivItlcH havo been going on tho lend
ers who havo been shaping tho affairs
of tho coming convention have been
holding meetings In tho upper cham
bers of tho hotels, arranging their
final plans.
Tho chief Interest of Hho day has
centered In tho movement of tho al
lies to galvanize tho opposition to
Bryan Into Bomothlng llko a definite
nnd formidable movement. Rut their
best offorta, begun yestordny, havo
not boon entirely successful. Chief
Murphy of Tnmmany, on whom tho
hopes of tho "nlllcs" havo been con-
torcd, will give on sign committing
his forces against TJryan. Ho Is too
shrowd a politician for that when tho
tldo nocms to bo sotting toward Bry
au. On tho contrary, IiIb lloutonnuts
nro passing the word nround today
thnt Now York's voto will be for Bry
an. However, tho nlllod opposition
Btlll contends thnt tho fight will bo
continued. The Uryan manngors havo
at no tlmo Bhown any nervousness
over tho renowod activity of tho al
lies. AN INJUNCTION PLANK.
It
Is Drawn by Former Mayor Dunne
, of Chicago.
Donvor. Hero Is a plank drawn by
former Mayor Dunno of Chicago and
which ho will prosent to tho Donvor
convontlon. Ho Bays Uryan requests
his membership on tho commlttco of
resolutions. It Is bollovod, thoreforo,
hla plank moots Hryan's approval:
"Tho right of a court of chancery
whoro proporty rights nro involved to
intervene and protect tho statu quo bo-
tween lltlgnnts Is unquestioned, but
no such writ should Issuo ox-pnrte,
and without notlco, oxcopt whoro It Is
clearly mado to appear that Irropar-
ablo Injury will result unlchs tho writ
Issuo Immediately and without notlco,
and In such enso tho motion to diR
solve tnich Injunction shnll tnko preco
doncu of nil other legal business In tho
court Issuing such Injunction and
shnll bo hoard nnd determined boforo
uuy other business Is considered In
such court, In all cases whoro In
junctions aro Issued, with or without
notlco, an ample bond Bhull bo exacted
of complnluuut sufficient to cover all
dnmngon resulting to dofeudnnt from
tho Issunuco of such a writ, Including
rcnsonablo attorney'8 foos lncurrod In
moving to dissolve snld writ. In all
proceedings for contempt for violation
of an Injunction, enjoining tho com
mission of any act, which at tho com
mon law, or by Btntuto Is amcd a
Four Hundred Buildings Burn.
Port Au Prince, Huytl A serious
flro broko out hero Sunday afternoon
In the vicinity of tho pnlaco and son
nto building. Tho flames spread
quickly, there blng a high wind, and
neon ronched alarming proportions.
Four huudrod buildings wero burned,
Including tho court house and tho
prison. All ot tho prisoners, who In
cluded a number of women, woro
tnkoti to other qunrtcr boforo tho
building took flro. Sparks woro car
ried to tha nrsonal, ,whlch was rtlso
burned.
crime and which Is not committed In
the presence of tho court, tho defend
ant shall bo entitled to n jury trial up
on tho Issue of fact nB lo whether or
not he has committed such crime, and
thus vlolatod such Injunction.
"We favor tho passage of. a law
amending tho chancery practise bo as
to secure theso roBiiIts."
AT FAIRVIEW ON SUNDAY.
No Banners Displayed and No Note
From Brass Band.
Lincoln, Neb. William Johnlngs
Bryan, at Fnlrvlew, Sunday received
a personnl compliment moro flattering
thnn tho gift of official powor, a com
pliment unspoken nnd unpremeditated.
Delegation after delegation udvnnccd
on Falrvlow, shook hands with tho
commoner and went on their way.
BnnnorB they carried, but they woro
not Haunted In tho sight of mon. Pen
nnnta woro numerous, but thoy woro
not unfurled. Unlformednnds nccom
panled tho travelers, but no Instru
ment was hoard. Enthusiastic woro
the democrats, but not a cheer dis
turbed Lincoln's peaceful streets.
Street cars packed with optlmlstls
democrats whirled along avenues
adorned with hundreds of nrynn pic
tures. Not a sound escaped their Hps
which was not' In kcoplng with tho
Snbbath.
W. J. Urynn Is uncompromising in
his religion. Ho will not talk politics
on Sunday. visiting delegations
censed their demonstrations ns soon
nB thoy cntored tho cltyllmits nnd re
frained from furthor outcry until Lin
coln wnB left In tho dlstnnce. Tho per
sonality of tho grent leader seemed to
dominate them.
PLATFORM TALK CONSERVATIVE.
Injunction Plank 8ald to Be
Only
Radical One Contemplated.
Denver. Conservatism has boon
tho provalllng not of tho discussion
of tho democratic national platform.
This discussion linn been Indulged In
freely among prospective members of
tho resolutions commlttco nnd nmong
loaders of tho party gcnorally and Mr.
Urynn has been quoted nB being In
harmony with tho Idea. Tho ono radi
cal plank which seems to bo conceded
will go into tho documont will bo tho
expression on tho subject of injunc
tion ns applied In labor disputes. Thnso
who oppose strong language on this
subject nro conceding that their In
lluence will not bo potcut to provont
tho adoption of a plank which will
plego tho party to nn amendment of
tho law which will innko notlco of tho
IsHiinnco of a prollmlnnry Injunction
Imperative, also that provision will bo
mado for tho hearing of tho enso bo
foro a different judgo thnn tho ono Is
suing t lip Injunction and for a hearing
of tho facts in tho enso beforo a Jury.
INDIANA WILL. PRESENT KERN.
Delegation Disregards Hlo Rejection
of Second Place Offer.
Omaha Notwithstanding tho posi
tive assertions of John W. Korn ot
Indiana thnt ho will not he a candi
date for vlco president undor nny
consideration, tho Indiana delcgaton,
150 strong, went through Omaha Sun
day morning onrouto to Donvor with
tlin uvmvnti Intention ot nlnclni? his
nnmo beforo tho convontlon for tha
nomination for tho . second plnco on
tho ticket.
Orchard's Sentence 'Commuted.
Uolse, Idn. Tho stato board of par
dons commuted tho sontonco of Hnrry
Orchard, who was under nentonco to
liMig noxt Friday for tho murdor of
formor Govornor frank Stounonborg,
to Imprisonment for lifo.
Pickens at Rold Reception,
linden Chnrlos Pickens nnd fam
ily wero guests Saturday of Ambassa
dor Reld at Marlborough Houso. It
was the annual Fourth of July recep
tion nnd drow many distinguished
Amorlcnns to tho Loudon homo.
Bishop Potter May Yet Recover.
Cooperstown, N. Y. With each suc
ceeding hour hope brlghtsns for tho
rocovory of Bishop Honry Codmnn
Potter, who Is seriously 111 hero from
a complication pf stomach and llvor
troublo. His physicians x now havo
much hope.
Bonl's Boy Sees Grandma.
Paris Tho Btatomont given public
ity that Count Uonl do Cnatollano, tho
former husband of Mine Anna Gould,
kidnaped his threo chlldron from Ver
sailles g Inaccurate.
NEBRASKA NEWS AND I.OTES.
Items of Greater or Lesser Impor
tance Over the State.
Lightning struck tho Dodgo county
court houso without doing material
damage.
At Saronvlllo Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Chnltborg celebrated tholr golden
wedding.
Dnnley Freeman, Nebraska's first
homesteader, has recovered from a
vory Berlous illness.
Tho wagon bridge ncross tho Blue
river between Ueatrlco and Holmes'
vlllo went out from high water.
Congressman G. W. Norrls arrived'
homo Inst week from Washington nnd
hns taken up affnlrs in his district.
Farmers havo been working over
time in tho flolds to mako up for
rainy days whon no man could work.
Moro than a hundred Nebraska ed
ucators went to Cleveland to attend
tho moctlngH of tho National Educa
tional association.
Mrs. E. M. Mungcr, proprietor of
tho Lender goncrnl morchnndlso Btoro
lu Reaver city, fell down a flight of
stairs at hor rcsldonco nnd sustained
serious Injuries.
"FItz," tho ppllco dog, who for near
ly twenty years has done pollco duty
in company with tho various ofllcors
of McCodk, has been killed for biting
several children .
Mrs. Mario Colby, wlfo of General
L. W. Colby, has purchased tho Pad
dock hotel and opera houso at Beat
rlco from John Telford and John Wat
son of Chicago for $150,000.
Tho stato railway commission hns
granted tho Missouri Pacific railroad
a further extension of tlmo of one
week In tho settlement of tho Wa
bash telegraph service complaint.
Tho death list as a result ot tho
Northwestern freight wreck near
Chadron now reaches ten. Threo
trainmen and seven trnmps wero kill
cd, and two trainmen nnd threo
trnmps Injured.
A heavy hall storm Btruck nortn
ot Schuylor nnd caused much damage
to tho corn nnd smnll grain. It cov
ered a strip moro than two miles wldo
and moved eastward.
Mrs. Jano D. English Smith, a true
dnughtor of tho revolution, died at
tho homo of her daughter , Mrs. C. F,
Sownrd, In Tecumsch. Had Mrs.
Smith llvod until winter sho would
hnvo been 92 yenrs ot ago.
Tho greatest event In that part of
tho stato during tho summer will bo
tho second annual Incoming nnd old
settlers' picnic at Alexandria on Au
gust 1. Dnso ball will bo ono of tho
leading features of tho sports.
Charles Uurroughs, a woll known
farmer residing north of Hastings,
lost n valuable team of matched driv
ing horses from tho streets In Donl
phnn, nnd thoro is ovldonco thnt thoy
wero Btolen by thieves who mado
good their oscapo.
Ernest S. Konnlson, sentenced to
twenty-throe years in tho ponltcntlnry
for tho murder ot Snm Cox, has been
iccelved at the penitentiary. Ills
term, full time, will end Mny 18, 1931,
and if given good tlmo ho will havo
served his Bcntcnco February 18,
1924.
A cablegram from Prof. Delzell at
Llvorpool, announces tho safe arrival
at that place of tho Nebraska Euro
pean party which left Peru two weeks
ngo. The cablegram states that nil
aro well and enjoying themselves.
Prof. Delzell of Peru Is In chnrgo of
tho pnrty.
In nn address at tho University of
Nobraskn Chancellor E. Uonjamln An
drows reaffirmed his alloglanco to tho
democratic party. Ho predicted that
tno election this year will turn on Is
sues rather than men, tho lenders ot
tho two parties being men without
roproach.
A stranger driving a automobile
passing throug West Polnti fright
ened tho team of Louis .Zoplln, a dray
man, who was in the act of loading
cream cans. Tho team ran away,
with tho result that ono valuable
horso was killed and tho cream spill
ed and lost.
Rov. L. J. Mcdlln, for two years tho
pastor of tho Methodist church at
North' Platte, has resigned and re
moved to Lincoln whoro he has ac
cepted tho position oi superintendent
of ngonclcs for a llfo lnsuranco com
pany, Mr. Medln retires from tho
ministry because of throat affection.
Nowport (R f.) dispatch: Mrs.
Henry Winn of Mnldon, Mass., who
wns Injured by tho overturning of n
tallyho coach whllo on a plensuro ex
curslon hero with delcgntes to the-
convention of tho Genoral Federation
of Women's Clubs In Uoston, died of
her Injuries. Mrs. Holon C. Sundonn
of Lincoln, Nob., who was injured nt
tho samo tlmo will recovor.
In8urnnco Deputy Plorco has Just
finished n tabulation ot farm mort
gages hold by tho old-lino lnsuranco
companies In Nebraska. Tho total
valuo of farm mortgages hold In tho
stnto by twenty-thrco ot tho forty
two llconsed to do business is $29,
000,100. Tho Union Central of Cin
cinnati has loaned $6,852,232 in tho
state, and Is the largest owner of
Nebraska farm mortgages. Noxt
comes tho Mutual Ronofit of Nowark
with $5,151,350, nnd the Aetna com
pany of Hartford ranks third.
Whllo Edgnr Manning, a 10-year old
boy of Schuyler, was omptylng the
Chamber ot a 22-callber rlflo at tho
slough whoro moro than a dozen boys
had gone to spend tho afternoon, a
shot got caught In tho bnrrol and
whllo ho was extricating tho shot tho
jrlggor wont off. Tho gun was point
.ed at tho back of Frank Schloy, who
wns undrosslng to go lu swimming.
Tho bullet enteral tho boy's back
and wont strait;' t through his body,
cutting tho main artory. Ho died
uoforc a physician could arrive.
NEBRASKA
8TATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON
DENSED FORM.
THE PRESS. PULPIT AND PUBLIC
What Is Going on 'Here and There
That Is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout' Nebraska.
Many bridges in Otoo county arc out
bocause of high water.
Tho Paddock hotel at Hcatrlco has
been purchnsed by Mrs. Colby, wlfo of
Cfcn. Colby, tho consideration bolng
$150,000.
Tho Red Willow county court hnd a'
narrow escape from flro, which orig
inated In tho court room and partially)
destroyed tho second floor. I
Tho Nobrasku stato band Is plan
ning to hold a largo convontlon of
bauds in Crclghton some tlmo In tho
near futuro and expects about six to
ten bands from tho stato to partici
pate Llttlo Emma, tho two-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. U. Hub
bard, who live seventeen miles south
of Rushvlllo, wandered away from
homo nnd her body was found two
hours Inter In the Niobrara rlvor,
where bIib had fallen In and drowned.
A man, giving tho nnmo Charles
Murphy, who la a hostler and roust
about with ono of tho race horses
there, was arrested at Tecumsch on a
serious charge. Murphy had been
treating llttlo girls during tho day and
It Is said ho attempted to assault tho
C-year-oId daughter of Emll Pfelfor.
George McAullffo, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John McAullffo, the family homo
being near St. Mary, In Johnson
county, attempted Btilcldc. In a fit of
dospondency ho took a razor and cut
n gash in his throat almost from cur
to oar. It was not deep enough to
sover tho Jugular vein. McAullffo Is
nged nbout 30 years and has a wlfo
and child. Ho had lost his crop in tho
flood along tho Nemaha rlvor.
Clinton R. Leo of tho Leo Broom
nnd Duster company, Lincoln, sub
mitted nn amended proposal for con
vict labor to tho stato board of pub
lic lands nnd buildings. Ho offers to
pay about $2,400 per annum,"plus tho
cost of light. This is in addition to
his offer of 50 cents a day for con
vict labor. Tho Btato board has ln-v
slsted on 75 cents a day. When tho
members mado this demand Leo
turned tho convicts oft and thoy hnvo
been ldlo over slnco.
Farmers who wero in Fnirbury told
of tho hnvoo wrought by tho storm of
Snturday night In various parts of tho
county. In mnny section tho wind
seemed to assume tho form of a1
cyclone nnd great damage was dono,:
buildings being blown down, nnd many,
movablo things carried for consider
ablo distances beforo tho forpo of tho
wind. J. F. Lnslour.snys tho path of
tho storm In Ills neighborhood was
several rodB wldo and that everything
In the path of tho storm wns wrecked.
Tho qualifying oxamlnntlpn for tho
Rhodes scholars to bo elected for 1910
will bo held toward the end of October,
1909, Instead of In tho month of Jan
uary as heretofore. It Is bolleved
that an examination held in October
will interfere less than ono held lu
January with tho regular work ot
American university students, and
that tho earlier olectlon will glvo bet
ter opportunity for tho selected schol
nrs to direct their work on linos most
ndvnntngeous for their courso at Ox
ford. Tho .Tonkins mill at Stcelo City was
compelled to shut down on nccount of
high water. Tho shutting down of
this mill closes ono of tho historical
business enterprises of that section of
Nebrnska, which has been Identified
with tho growth of tho country from a
tlmo dating back to tho advent of civ
Ulzntlon into NobrnBka. Jonklns' mill
.was one of tho supply stations on tho
old overland trail, nnd nil tho early
pioneers who traveled that route In
tho search of now homes nnd for
tunes secured their supplies for tho
contlnunnco of tho trip nt that place.
The mill hns been In constnnt opera
tion "from that tlmo until It wns closed
down after tho rccont flood.
Tho weekly crop report says: Tho
week averaged, for tho Btato ns a
whole, Just nbout normal for tempora
turo, rainfall and cloudiness. Tho
dally moon temperature was between
70 nnd 74 degrees In tho contrnl nnd
eastern countloa, which Is Just about
tho seasonnl average. It was botween
lltJ to 09 degrees In tho western coun
tlos, which Is about three degrees bo
low tho normal, Monday and Sntur
day wero genorully tho wnrmost days,
with a maximum temperaturo near 90
dogrocs. The rnlnfnll was abovo nor
mal in most of tho state. It oxceoded
ono Inch In most of tho central nnd
onstorn sections, oxcopt In somo north
onstern counties, whoro it was about
one-half an Inch.
Mrs. John Lonnors, living six miles
north of Beatrice, gavo birth to trip
lets, ono boy and two girls. Ono of
the girl bablos died soon nftor birth,
but tho othor two aro strong and
healthy.
A tolegram received by Dr. S. W.
Dodgo of Falrbury, stated that his son,
Dr. G. L. Dodgo had boon accidentally
shot at his homo In Bnsln. Wyo., nnd
was not expected to Hvo, Tho Falr
bury man Dtnrted at onco for '.lie bed
side of hla Bon, he having besu gono
but n fow hours when tho second tolo
grnm came stating that hla sou was,
dead.
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