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olp Here and There, and News and
Notes of General Character.
Political.
Chairman Hitchcock, after an ex
tended conference with republican
1 ad'-rit In New York, announced that
the national committee would taks no
liiiri III selecting candidate for gover
nor In Now York or any olhrr stato.
C'hnlnnan Mack of democratic na
tional committor han announced the
nppoint nioiit of subcommittees.
To hold the Democratic state con
vention August 20 and tint Iloinihlican
convention AtiKiiat 21, the two opening
days of tlio Iowa stnto fair, la u plan
submitted hy Secretary John Simpson
to the two state party committees.
Unlike hi distinguished opponent,
who refused to accept an elephant aa
a mascot, Mr. V. J. Hryan, In response
t i a lotlor from tho Agricultural So
ciety of Mlnneaotii, telegraphed that
ho would ho delighted to avail
ticlf of their otter to send lilin an
ontod" mule as a niaMcot.
Hearst's Independent league
him-
"edu-
SUOS
no hope in idd partloa and dcclarea
for reforms on Its own hcdialf.
Attorney Oonorul Honupiirto and
legal exports are laying vhius to puah
tho prosecution of tin, Standard Oil
company.
Hrynn will nuiky a fow apeochoa at
central locations and will remain nt
liomo moat of the time during October.
The national convention of tho In
dependent party nominated Thomua
h. Msgon and John Tomplo Graves
for president nnd vlco prualdont.
Judge Taft In an nddresH to tho
Ohio republican committee gave IiIh
endorsement to tho work of loader In
that Hlato and ndvlsod workers against
ovor-conlldencn.
Wllllnm It. Hearst In hla apoech
opening tho convention of the lndo-
pendonco party ndvlbcd orgunlzntlou
)f n new national party that will work
for IntoioMtH of tho people. Independ
ent of all other oiuuniziitloiiH.
W. J. Bryan tho presidential can
illdale, wa Initialed Into tho Ak-Snr-
Den at Omaha In tho presonco of u
large crowd.
At tho Union railway station In Now
Orleans there arrived on n Southern
Pacific train a largo shoo directed to
"Hill Taft, Washington, I). C." The
kIioo, which la about a No. 1 1 In size,
In reported to havo como all the way
from Sail Francisco.
General.
The New York, Now Hnvon & Hart
ford rond has uttacked the uluo-hour
law affecting railroad oniployos.
The llrst test of Henry Famum's
aeroplane in New York wan n success.
Diiu'h rovlow of trade says tho job
hliig biiHlncHH In western cltlus la I in
proving and that the production of
factories Is Increasing.
Prof. P. O. Holduu of the Ames
(la) college says the reason for low
corn yield la that too many stalks aro
doing nothing,
Mr. Hryan'u notification will take
plno August 12th and it will bo strict
ly nonpartisan.
Relations between Honduras and
Undo Sam are not altogether lovely
The Nebraska state hoard of equall
gallon tentatively raised tlio assess
lr.entH on laud In thlrty-clght counties
and lowered It in eight counties.
Judge Tart han all hla campaign
plans laid out ami will not dinuge
them.
The old ago pension hill passed the
house of lords on tho Hist tilt. In the
form adopted hy thu house of com
1II011H, ,
Tho American Lumberman bus been
Investigating the condition of (he
building trade In Nebraska, and after
netting llguros on material and lumber,
in comparison with last year, It says
that now Is a good time to build.
Fires in the "millionaire colony" of
Nt w York summer homos are boconi
lug of almost dally occurrence.
It Is unllkoly that Cortelyou will
lnMxo tho raco for the republican nom
Inution for. governor of New York
Wllllnm J. llryan declares that the
Independence platform Is an Imitation
of the democratic, but not nearly as
good.
Judgo Taft has been ninde a mem
her of the dredgonien's brotherhood.
ProMldout Roosevelt declared him
self pleased with republican' prospects
over tho country.
The suit brought by Count IJonl d'
Cntoilano against his former wife
who Is now Princess do Sagan, for the
possession of his three children has
hern postponed until tho fall torni of
com t.
Samuel Oompors denied that he
said he could deliver tho labor vote.
It U estimated that forty pur cent
of the automobile In tho Nebraska
uio not assessed.
J. A. Dclfeldor, president of tho
Wyoming Wool (Iiowoih' association,
1 UevoH tho National Wool Growon'
association will locate their big: ware
ONLY BR
E III
house In Omaha
Onvunor Haskell of Ok'-'ionia will
be tronmirer of the democratic nation
al committee.
Shippers In session at Chicago de
cided to tako no action against th
proposed Increase In freight rates un
til after conference with the prsldnls
of the eastern trunk llnea.
Tho Irish university hill was pawed
In tho House of Commons hy 207
votes to IP. nmld loud cheering,
In which the nationalists took thfl lead.
Hy a votf of 74 to 6 ft. the del
egates In the Seventh Iowa district
republican convention1 nominated
Judge S. 1 Prouly for congress river
Congressman .1. A. T. Hull.
Cotton grower of Mississippi have
organized and will hold the crops until
belter prices iwevall.
The Kansas national guard will he
the only state troops to stay the full
leu daya at tho army maneuvers nl
Fort Itlloy In August. Nebraska will
not send its troops at all.
President Roosevelt orders that Im
mediate steps he taken for a rehear
ing of I he Standard Oil case.
Governor Charles f!. Ilughoa of New
York will accept a renomlnntlon If the
republican parly of that atate desires
him again to be Us candidate.
Promulgation of the new constitu
tion In Turkey was received villi little
enthusiasm In Constantinople, but It I
believed that It murka a step forward.
President Roorsvelt In an extended
ad ross to naval ollleers nt Newport
said the United Slates necda a large
and strong navy, bocauso of Its pe
culiar HitiiHtloii and many International
obligations.
Foreign.
,The sultan of Turkey haa appolntod
a special council to put the now con
stitution Into offoct.
President Castro of Venezuela do-
inaudK an apology of government of
Hie Netherlands.
The Thomas car In tho Now York to
Parla race crossed the frontier nt
noon July .10 and reached Pnrls at 8
o'clock in the evening.
Delegates to the universal peace
congresH were tendered a banquet at
London.
The French government will prose
Cute leaders In the labor demonstra
tion nt Vlgnenx.
Demonstrations over the new Turk
ish constitution which was promulgat
ed July 21 continue. A crowd of over
200,000 persons gathered outside the
palace in Constantinople uud cheered
the Hullnu.
Rev. 15. C. Dinwiddle of Springfield,
Ohio, legshitlvo superintendent of tho
National Antl-Buluon League, has ac
cepted an Invitation to conduct a par-
llaineiitury campnlgn In England for
local option after tho American plan.
The armored cruiser Milwaukee haa
been ordered to HoudiiruH on account
of unsettled conditloiiH there.
Washington.
"Tlio report that I havo said that' I
would or would not deliver tho labor
vote to any political party is an in
famous lie," said Samuel Gompors,
president of tlio American Federation
of Labor today. "Organized labor Is
not only honest, but Intelligent
onotigh to choose tho party for Its
support which will best represent Its
Interest."
Frank H. Hitchcock, chnlrman of
the republican national committee, de
voted his tlino chlolly to correspond
ence and to making preliminary ar
rangements lu connection with the
headquarters work at Now York
which was done by . tolophono. Mr
Hitchcock has arranged with Francis
Curtis for the printing that Ih to bo
done.
Tho Appalachian national forest as
sociatfoit unanimously elected D. A
rompkliiH of Charlotte, N, c, as
president. This Is snld to signify re
newed efforts on the part of southern
people to make a great untlounl forest
of thu Appallachtaii uud White mouu
tains.
Attorneys for the government have
doturiuluud to make application for
rr.nrguniont and inodlllcatlou of deel
slop of court of appeals lu Standard
Oil case. It was also agreed to push
Din nthnr rimes notidlnir lumlnst nl'
corporations,
Acting Secretary of the Navy Now
berry announced that none of the bids
submitted for colliers under the pro
vision of tlio naval appropriation ad
of tho last session of con gross arc
satisfactory and all of them were re
Jeoted.
Represoutallvo Lloyd of Misslourl
chairman of the Democrnllo congres
alouul committee, Indulges lu prod It:
tlou that his party will carry tho noxl
house.
Personal.
Wllllnm H. McKluley of Illinois will
succeed James S. Sherman us chair
man of the republican cougrusslonal
campaign committee.
lllsgeu and GravoH were nominated
for president nnd vlco president by
the Independence party. 1. S. Shopnrl
of Kansas, who iiHomped to nominate
Hrynn. was escorted from the hall
to prevent personal Injury.
Secretary lloniiparto mid nsslstants
will moot to decide on details of legal
light against the Standard Oil Co,
Norman Muck decides to open dem
ocrat la headquarters In Auditorium
Annex In Chicago.
The Sultan of Turkey thanks tho
poople for tlio manifestations follow
lug the grant of the constitution.
Win. Rniulolph Hearst, who recontly
nrrlvod from Kuropo, says ho cannot
he a candidate for tlio prosldoncy on
the Independent ticket.
Notification of Judgo Taft of hi
nomination as republican standard
hoaror was made a general holiday In
Cincinnati. Ceromouies Incident to
(ho occasion begnn early in the day
and lasted unul late lu tho evening.
HUNDREDS ARE LOST
LARGE AREA IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA DEVASTATED.
TOWN COMPLETELY WIPED OUT
Up to Last Accounts Seventy-four aro
Dead, With Many Casualties Yet
to Be Reported.
"Winnipeg. Man. A a result of bush
Urea, the town of Ferula. H. C, la
wiped off the map as a child cleans u
slnle; Michel, fourteen miles distant
is In flames, and the fate of Homer,
Olson and Spnrwood. Intervening
(owns, Is In doubt, they being cut off
from all communication. Ovor 100
lives are known to have beun lost,
Deventy-four of them In Fernle. A ter
ritory of 100 square miles in extent Is
a seething mass of flames. Through
It are scattered hundreds of lumber
men and prospectors, so that the
actual loss of life will not he known
for days.
The properties of the Canadian Pa
nlllc and Great Northern rallwnys nr--
destroyed the bridges and rolling
Mock burned, so that It is impossible
to enter or leave tho burning area.
Tho Inhabitants of tho towns have
Hod to open districts in the vicinity
in the hope of safely. The railway
companies have placed all available
trains nt their disposal and unless
there is a change of wind within the
next twenty-four hours the whole of
the Crow's Nest Pass county will bo
left to the (lames. There Is no pos
sibility of estlmntlug the loss of life
especially which will result, for the
flumes am driven hy a hard gale, mak
ing It Impossible to put up a' fight
against their advance. The conflagra
tion is the greatest which has even
been witnessed lu Canada and rank
only with the San Francisco disaster.
For tho last mouth forest flrqa have
been raging in tlio mountains of (he
Kill river valley country, hut they
have not been considered serious.
Saturday morning a heavy wind
sprang up from the crest of tlio
fountains to tho wost of Ferule.
They ran down tlio west anjl early
In tlio afternoon tho llnmcH appeared
ovr the mountain side, and before a
(Ire gunrd could bo organized had
entered the town. Within an hour
tho town wiib doomed and tho'lnhnbl-
tautH sought safety in flight, leaving
their all hohlud them. All night and
lu the morning tlio exodus continued,
thu destination belnii a small prnlrlu
in tlio valley threo uillea south of
the town. At pr.oscnt 3,000 people
aro camped (hero In tho open, their
only protection being shelters built
of brush or blankets, wnlle a eon-
stnnl shower of Bparka from tho burn
ing iirVii kept failing through the pall
of smoke. For a timo communication
with towns to the east was kept open,
but with the burning of tlio brldgca
ncross tho K'k river this way wan
closed. Scattered through tlio valley
are many small prairies nnd nil of
these havo their groans of refugees.
I lie mils In all directions aro a
oethlng iiiasH of llamos, cutting off
ovory avenue of escape. Tho lire
sproad w'th unprecedented rapidity
anil it is feared that novoral partloa
who tried to got through tho pass
have boon cut off. Families have
lieon separated and there la at pres
ent no nioaiiB of checking up tho fa-
talitloa.
At present the lire Is fololwlng the
crest of tlio mountain chain above
Spnrwood, cntlng down into tho vnN
loyH on olthor side. It Is traveling nt
a tremcndouH rate and unless there
la u chnuijo of wind will cross tho
bouudarioft into Montana within the
next twelve hours. Tltoro are thou
sands of mines and prospectors'
clalniB nl the track of tho fire, nil of
which aro in peril.
Price of Glass Advanced.
Pittsburg. Pa. The prico of window
glass wan advanced Aug. 1 hy thrt
American Window GIuh company, the
Increase being 20 per cent on slnglo
strength nnd 33 13 per cent on dnuhk)
itreiigth. Tho ndvnuco, It Is said, w
he followed by an onrly resumption of
operations In most of tho glass facto
ries.
Fears Trouble With Navajos.
Denver, Colo. Goneral Karl D.
Thomas, commanding the department
of Colorado, has been Instructed tit
dispatch immediately six troops of
cavalry to tho Navajo reservation. Tho
order came from the war depart niout-
and was Induced by tho fear that rene
gade Utos will Induce the NavnJoB to
rebel.
Curtis Moves to New York.
Washington The republican nation
al and congressional commit tee's lit
erary bureau which has noon con
ducted In this city under the direction
of Francis Curtis, bus been closed, tho
furniture and documents Bhlpped to
New York.
-Indian chief Slowly Dying.
,Menoinlnoo, Mich. David Crotch,
head of the once mighty Pottawatto
mle Indians. Is slowly dying at the In
dian reservation or his tribe at Her
manvlllo. Tho ngod Indian chief hi
said to bo close to 80 years. He Is
said to ho a descendant of the chief
who signed the treaty with tho United
States lu 1S33. In his youth and prime
ho was considered one of the most
powerful Indians In this section and
his will was law. For the last two
years Ills health has failed and he haa
hud few well days bIhcc.
TIE STATE CAPITAL
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL
CITIZENS.
THE SCHOOLS OF NEBRASKA
Reports of Superintendents for tnc
Year 1907-8 Being Rapidly Filed
In Mr. McBrlen'e Office.
Nobraska School Mmtters.
Reports of county suirlntendoiitK
for tho year 1907-S rtp being flll"d
quite rapidly In the ofllco of State Su
perintendent McHrlen. Reports from
Seward. Sarpy. Cedar, Stanton and
Garfield were received. J. L. Jenkins
of Garfield Is the first superintendent
lo report from a western county. A
number or tho schools of this county
shared In the appropriation mnde by
tho last legislature to weak school dis
tricts. The wisdom of making such
an appropriation is shown by Super
intendent Jenkins' report. In lOOH-7
out of thirty-one school district five
hold school for a term of threo
months or less. According to the
1008 report, every district In Garfield
county except one hold seliool six
months or more; during tlio last year.
Harwell, the only graded school In tho
county, collected ? 110.25 for nign
school tuition.
Superintendent K. H. Hoch of Sew
ard county reports for malo teachers
an average monthly snlnry of ?7!.20
and for female teachors $12.08. Tho
report from this county lust year
showed $01.22 for males and ?3!l.S!J for
female teachers. Under the high
school tuition law Seward county col
lected $1,707.90. or this amount Heav
er CrnHBlng roeolvod $333.25; Mllford.
$101.25; Seward. $510.25; Utlca, $383.
25; Gorniantown. $13.50; Staplehurst.
$30.70; Cordova. $139.15; Tamora,
$09.25; Hoe. $01.
According to the report of Super
intendent C. S. Coney of Stanton coun
ty, quite an Interest hns been shown
lu the now library law passed by tho
last session of tho legislature, $553.81
being set nslde hy the rurnl districts
or Stanton county for tlio purchase
of referenco books. Tho average
monthly salary paid to malo teachers.
as shown hy Superintendent Conoy a
report for tho year 1907-8, was $59.77
and fomnlo teachers $15.2 1. Tills is
about $4 higher than wns paid the
provlous year. DlHtrlct bonds to the
amount of $15,000 were Issued by
Stanton county during the lnst yenr.
According to the roport niado by
Superintendent H. A. Collins, seventy-
kIx teachers were employed In the
Bchools of Sarpy county last year.
Filings for Primary Election.
Tho following- filings have been
nindo by tho republican, democratic
and populist pnrtlos:
COVHHKOR.
Republican GeorKO U Sheldon, Nn-
huwkn. . , ,
Democrat nnd People's Independent
Ashton C. Klmlleulierger, Alma; Georco
XV. Hurgo, Lincoln.
Democrat James i uaiiminn, umuim.
UKUTHNANT GQVKHNOK.
rtepubllcan M. 11. Hopewell. Telawnnh.
Domoernt and Vcoplo's Independent
13. O. Oarrett. Fremont.
HHCUKTAKY OF STATU.
Republican Georgo C. Junldn. Smlth-
flclil. , , ,
Domoerat nnd People's Independent
John MntteB, Jr.. Nebrnskn City; Dr. A.
T. Gntowootl, Arnpuhoe.
AUDITOR.
Hepubllenn II. U Conk, St. Paul: John
Ij. Pierce, Lincoln; Robert A. llnyneH.
College View; Ueoruo Aiitues, uiimna;
Silas A. Itarton, Grand Island.
Democrat anil IVonte'H lnuoponneni
Wllllnm 1). Pi lee, Lincoln.
Democrat lidwln II. I.ulKlinrt, Tlliion.
TllKASCRKU.
Republican 1,awon G. Rrlan, Altilo.
Democrat nnd Peopln'H Independent
Clarence Mackey, Anslev.
STATU SPPHItlNTKNDENT.
Republican George D. Carrlngton, Jr.,
Auburn; James K. Delzoll, Lexington; S.
II. Martin, St. Paul.
Democrat and People's independent
N. C. Abbott. Telmmah.
ATTOHN K Y G ION URAL.
RenublU-an Wllllnm T. Thompson.
Central City.
Domoerat and People H Independent
Meuzci Warren Terry, lleatrlce; L, D.
QunekenbiiHh. Auburn.
I .A ND COMM 1 SHION Kit.
Republican .1. M. Shlvley, Fremont;
Wllllnm Iluxrnettpr, Llnwnod.
Democrat and Peotilo h Independent
W. H. KiiHtlmni. Ilroken How.
RAILWAY COMMISSIONER.
Republican S. M. Wallace. Clay Cen
ter; J. A. Williams. Pierce; .1. A. Yui
WoKenen, Pierce; K. II. Abbott, Aurora.
Democrat and People H Independent
William II. Cowglll. lloldrege.
lVmocrat CleorKe O. Ilrophy, Omaha.
Change In Freight Tarlffo.
Tlio Union Pacific railroad haa boon
granted permission to change Its
atono and commodity tariffs to con
form to the national and state laws.
In most Instances tho change makes
n reduction lu tho present rate.
Mellor Back from Fair Meeting.
W. R. Mellor, secretary of the State
Fair Hoard, roturned from Chicago
where ho attended a mooting of rail
road men and urged reduced rates to
tho state fair Tlio railroads agreed
to a rate of one ond one hnlf faro for
tho round trip.
Scarcity of Automobiles,
With sixteen counties not reporting
the number of nutoinoDiies, tno ic-
ports of (lie county assessors indicate
that these otllcors this year have
shown a remnrkahle poor nose for
gasoline. Thero wore registered lu
tho olllco of Socrotary of State Junkin
April 1 of this year, 2.3S2 machines
The nsrogeors have returned a total
of 1,700 machlnoH with the number
from sixteen counties missing and in
this list Is Gage county, where every
body Is rich and should havo an auto
mobile.
LIVESTOCK VALUES IN STATE.
Comparison of Counties Shows Reduc
tion In Average.
From figures In the hands of the
state board of equalization tho values
of live stock have hcn uniformly low
ercd this year from what they were
last year. This assessed valuation has
dlfforcd materinlly In the different
counties of the state. Lancaster coun
ty has not stood to the front so well
in the matter of live stock as it has
in real estate. On tlio average assess
ment on horser it Is sixteenth on the
list of counties, and on cnttlo It Is
tenth. Douglas county stands far be
low It In the valuation of horses hut
stands first In that of cattle. In both
Instances Lancaster has adhered more
nearly to the value of last year than
has Douglas. On horses it has re
duced the average $1.33 while Douglas
has reduced It $3.30. On cnttle Lan
caster has lowered the assessed valu
ation six cents and Douglas haK lower
ed the assessed valuation 55 cents.
Appeals to Suoreme Court.
Tho case of Trulo Colllstor against
Arthur Rltzhaupt lu which the dis
trict court of Frontier county found
him guilty of bastardy comes to the
miprenio court on appeal of the de
fendant. The brief of the defendant's
attorneys sets forth four causes why
tho decision of tho lower court should
he set aside, nil of them being dis
crepancies of testimony and the al
leged falluro of the court to Instruct
the Jury properly. Martlia L. Wllklns
of Johnson county appeals' from tho
decision of tho district court wherein
Robert Wllklns, her husband, was
granted divorce on the ground of de
sertion. In that decreo the court al
lowed the defendant the custody of
the one child until it Is eight years of
ago and the plaintiff-husband Is re
quired to pay $75 a year for the main
tenance of the child. The grounds of
appeal are that tho decision of the
court Ib unreasonable nnd that though
the husband Is worth soveral thousand
dollars the allowanco for the main
tenance of tho child is excessively
small. The defendant maintained in
the trial court that tho husband was
;ruel nnd forced hor to leave hor
home.
Nebraska Has Small Department.
Deputy Insurance Commissioner
Plerco Is receiving roporta from tho
similar departments of twenty or
thirty states. Ho Is getting this ma
terial for a comparison with Nebras
ka, which facts may be used before
iho state legislature next year. Tho
comparisons will show the number of
employes In the department, the sal
aries paid, tho total expenses, and to-
tal receipts both from taxes on Insur
ance comprtny business, and fees.
Thore aro 320 companies doing busi
ness In Nebrnskn for which 15,000
agonts' licenses havo been issued
since February 1. The total tax paid
by theso companies for business dpno
was $GIJ,3M. Missouri with the Biunn
number of compnnlcs approximately
receives In tftxes $532,191. This comes
partly "through more business done
and partly by moro rigorous revenue
laws covering that line of business.
is to tho number of persons employed
in the department reports already re
ceived show that Illinois has 25, Mis
souri 9, Minnesota 9, Kansas, C, Wis
consin 11 and Nebraska 3.
Resolution on Fair Rate.
Secretary W. R. Mellor received
from the chairman of tho transporta
tion commltteo of the American As
sociation of Stnto Fairs and Exposi
tions tho following copy of tho resolu
tion which was adopted by tho mom-
bers of the Western Passenger asso
ciation nt tho meeting July 23:
"Recommended, thnt a rate or ono
and onohalf faro for tho round trip
he mado for tho state fairs In Illinois,
Missouri, Iown, Wisconsin. Minneso
ta, Nebraska ad Kansas for tho sea
son 1908, with such minimum as lines
in interest may deslro to establish foi
each occasion, dates of salo and other
details to ho arranged Inter."
Tills will bo tho first reduction
granted the farmers slnco the two
cent faro took effect. Politicians.
Shrlnors nnd tourists have boon fa
vorod and now tho fnrmer will bo nblt
to attend his annual outing at the
state fair, August 31 to September 1-
on reduced railroad rates.
Rain Unevenly Distributed.
Tho week, according to tho weather
and crop service, was partly cloudy,
with a mean temporaluro a littlo
above normal nnd the total rainfall he
low normal for tho state as a whole.
Tho dally mean temporaturo was bo
twoon 72 degrees and 78 degrees. The
last two were the warmest days. Tho
llrst days of the week wero moderate
ly cool and pleasant. Tho rnljirnl! was
very unevenly distributed through tho
state. In most or tho central counties
and In some northeastern and western
sections, the rniufiill was nbovo nor
mal. In tho southeastern counties,
nnd In the wost, ns rnr as tho reports
r.fielved indicate, tho rainfall was
light. Falls exceeding an Inch wero
roportod from some localities in tho
central portion on Wedncsdny.
No Word From Taft.
No word has boon received by the
board of mnnngors of tho stnto fair as
to whether Mr. Taft has decided to
cancel his date nt the folr. Tho re
port rrom the east Is that ho has can
colled nil his fair dates. Chairman
Hitchcock said whon ho passed
through Lincoln that Mr. Taft would
mnko no sptochos away from homo.
Tho board has rolled on a promise
given Govornor Sheldon nt, Chicago
by Mr- Taft that ho would como wost
and spoak at tho Nebraska fair while
on the trip.
NEBRASKftPOlNTERS
3TATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON
DENSED FORM.
THEPRESS. PULPIT AND PUBLIC
What 13 Going on Here and There
That 13 of Interest to hte Read- ,
ers Throughout Nebraska.
A Masonic lodgo has been estab
lished nt Franklin.
The Hnstlngs Chautauqua was a suc
cess financially and otherwise.
Tho poach crop In Pawnee county
surpasses all expectations and mo
quality Ib excellent.
State Superintendent McBrlon says
ho 1-nowB of no school houses' In Ne
braska that have boon abandoned bo
causo of want of tenchers.
The one-year-old baby of Mr. and
Mrs. Piatt of Tacumsch fell from a
second story window but wns not
soveroly hurt.
Rev. Sturdovant of tho Baptist
church at Tectimsch desires to go t'i
another field nnd asks that his resig
nation ho accepted.
York will soon have nn $80,000 post-
office building that will bo strictly up
to date and ono of the Intest nnd most
beautiful modern structures of its
kind In the west.
Nearly 1,500 pooplo nttendod tho
third day's session or tho Wayne Chau
tauqua, held at tho Assembly grounds.
Gov. Hanley or Indiana was the princi
pal speaker.
While Tlios. Power, Jr., living nenr
AInsworth, was hauling hay tho wind
blow .a barn door shut nnd caught
Rower's head. Two pieces of his skull
wero taken out nbovo tho left eye at
tho hospital. He may not live.
The York Count" Telephone com
pany, ono of tho lnrgeat Independent
companies In the west, has purchased
the copper trunk Independent toll
lines between Columbus, Seward nnd
Grand Island, and Is going to build
to Ravenna, Nob., and other points.
Willie raking hay Georgo Funk, a
well known young farmer living north
west of York, was thrown -from tho
rako and ono or the stool rako teeth
entered tho left leg, tcnrlng tho ten
dons and causing a fracturo of tho
bono.
poputy Gnmo Warden Hunger ran
up against an experlenco out in Loup
county which netted the stato two
fines, where only ono had been con
templated. It was n case whero tho
complaining witness nfter sticking tho,
dcrendant, became tho defendant in
tho same case, and also got stuck.
Passenger train No. 15, west-bound,
picked up, betweon Dawson r.nd Salem,
a stranger lying alongside tho tracks
with his logs cut off. The man was or
pilddlo age and evidently a tramp, who,
It Is thought, fell from a passing
freight on which he was stealing a
rldo nnd wns Injured by tho wheels of
tho train.
Western Douglus county fnrmers
have at last arrived at tho conclusion
that tho only way to Bucccssfully com
bat and correct tho existing bad con
ditions Is by nn offlc!cnt drainage sys
tern, and to tills end thoy aro prepar
ing to orgnnlzo themselves Into drain
age' districts.
Rev. Eraanuol Hartlg, who has been
pastor of tho St. Benedict Catholic,
church of Nebraska City since 18(51,
has been sent to Atchlsonn, whoro ho
will enter tho St. Bencdlctlno homo.
Ho has becomo quite feoblo nnd had
to he, replaced by another priest.
C. C. Jones of Beatrice has re
covered his two greyhounds which
wero stolen from the kennol. Tho dogs
wero found with a fnrmor near Pick
roll and arrests aro llablo to follow.
James Brott, nn old resident of
Beatrice, was arrested by Sheriff
Trudo on tho charge of bootlegging.
Mr. and Mrs. John Shlvoly and Ed
ward FiiBscl, victims or tho tornado In
Fillmore county In Juno, nro nil ahlo
to bo out, although Mrs. Shlvoly Is
lame, and her husband's fnco is still
bandaged. As noon iib thoy arc able,
thoy will go oast to hnvo his nose
treated. Mr. Shlvoly's watch, which
was in hla pocket, was badly dented
niul the fob was gone.
F. M. Hall or Lincoln has accepted
tho Invltntlon to bo chairman or a com
mlttoo to select nn artist to mnko tho
Abraham Lincoln monument to bo
erected on tho stntehouso grounds by
popular subscription. Mr. Hall was
selected bocauso ot tho great experi
ence ho has had In matters of this
kind and because of hla knowledge of
artists and their work.
There Is great activity at all tho
stone quarries anil sandpits along tho
Platte rlvor between Ashland and
Plattsniouth. Full forces or men nro
at work at all or the Lonlsvlllo and
South Rend quarries und ninny car
loads of crushed stone are being ship
ped dally. Tho Burlington snnd drodg;
os have beon at work constantly slnco
the high water receded along the
Platte.
Tho contract for tho now Odd Fel
lows' hall at Harrison has boon let
nnd tho work will hogln nt once.
A flro hroko out at WJnsldo. but tho
Jlromen got control before much dam
ago was done.
Jack Hanley, tho Cornlnnd hotel
night clerk at Lexington, who escnpod
with tho funds from tho snfo or tho
hotel, was captured In Cozad.
Complaints havo boon filed under
the stato yturo rood law against alx
Lincoln druggists for tho alleged sale
or headache powders, containing ace
tanllldo nnd not branded ns the law
ooulrc.