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EVENTS COVERING WIDE FIELD
Something of Congress, Political Gos
sip Here and There, and News and
Notes of General Character.
Political.
Governor Sheldon nddrcsKcd the Mc
Klnley club nt Omnha nnd told why
Nebraska should go republican.
Chairman Hitchcock mot western
niemborB of tho oxccntlvo conimltteo
In Chlcngo on Snturday to bo over tho
political sltuntlon.
Oovernor Wilson of Kentucky de
nied that ho had considered notifying
W 3. Taylor that after tho Novem
ber election that tho time had nr
rived for him to return to Kentucky
mid stand trial upon ludlctmouts
charging him with complicity In the
Goebcl murdor.
William H. llayward will go cast
Thursday to confer with Chairman
Hitchcock concerning tho assumption
of his duties na secretary of tho repub
lican national committee.
Tho rank and fllo of Now York re
publicans will say who shall bo nomi
nated for governor of tho state.
Tho Now York republican Btato con
vention will bo held about tho 15th of
Hoptember.
Congressman Sorcno E. Payne,
chalrmnn of tho house commltteo on
ways nnd means, donlcs that lie is a
candldato for governor of Now York
state.
Tho will of Sonntor Allison, loavoa
practically all of his ostato of $100,000
to relatives with n life annuity to his
honsekcopor.
General.
Hcrlous rioting at Springfield, 111,,
followed an nttnek of a negro on a
white woman. Oovernor Dunoon or
dered out severnl companies of sol
diers. Tho noxt convention of tho Clrand
Aerlo of Eagles will bn hold In Omaha.
Explosion of a balloon at Ixmdon
killed two and. Injured six.
Tho Joint tariff commissioners of tho
United States nnd Franco nro Hearing
a conclusion of their labors.
Judge Tnft refused to comment
tipon Mr. Drynn'a speech of accept
ance, but Intimated that ho may mako
It tho subject of a speech later In tho
campaign.
Democratic managers will appeal o
individual states for campaign funds.
A Los Angeles mnn killed his son
nnd daughter with an nxo and attempt
ed siilcldo nfter buying a lot In a
comotory nnd placing three tomb
otonos upon It.
Secrotary of State Junkln of Ne
braska ovorruled tho protest of Victor
Rosowator and permlttod Noblo'a
narno to go on tho ticket as a peoplo's
parly candidate.
Tho grand assessment of Nebraska
shows nn increnso of nearly $03,000,
000 in assessed or ono fifth value.
Hy ordor of tho stnto board of con
trol 120 head out of 100 milk cows at
tho stato hospital for tho Inanno at
Independence, Iowa, wero condemn
ed and killed ns being nrfllcted with
tuberculosis,
There was a big crowd In Lincoln
on Bryan notification day, ninny dis
tinguished democrats from nil over
tho country .being present. Tho whole
affair was of a non-pnrtlsan chnractor,
republicans and democrats nllko vie
Ing with each other to do honor to tho
democratic candidate for tho presiden
cy. Probably no.OOO HtrangorB wore in
tho city to partlelpato In tho oxorc.IsoH
whlrh passed off In tho most plensaut
inaunor.
Petition for rehearing of tho.caso of
tho government against tho Stnuduid
Oil company of Indiana will bo Hied
with circuit court of nppoalH Auguat
20.
Telegraphers on wostorn rnllrondH
have Invoked tho Erdman act in at
tempt to settle differences over inter
pretation of fedornl law limiting work
of operntorB to nlno hours.
Chnlnnan Hitchcock, nftor confer
ence with Judge Tnft, announced that
tho candidate will take no part In
politics of any Btato and that ho will
dn no campaigning otitsldo of Cincin
nati. Commissioner Leupp of the Indlnn
hurenu will havo chemists of Agricul
tural dopartmont roport on tho effects
of mescnl buttons being used by Win
nebago and other Indians.
President Roosovolt has appointed
four oxportH to study and report on
farm life.
Japan regards the United Stntos aa
thnt eountry'n good friend.
Two persons wero killed and two
mora Injured In fhe explosion of a
steam automobile near Patuestnwn, O.
Thousands of pooplo attondod tho
funernl of tho lato Senator Allison,
many congressmen, senators and oth
cr distinguished men being present.
Wright Bros.' neroplanu nt prellml
nnry test In Franco mndo two com
ploto circles at a rate of nearly a, nillo
a minute.
Desplto denials tho Great Wostorn
nunouncoa a now tariff on grain, which
opeitH tho Omnlin mntket for all No-
brnskn towns,
The cnll for (lie 1908 session of lh
trans-Mlsslsslpiil commercial congress
has been Issued.
New Zealand papers speak of the
visit of the American fleet as bring
ing the ties between the United
Slates nnd Great Urltaln Host in tho
event of war with the far east.
States are benefited by the new Inw
requiring part of tho forest money to
bo turned over to them.
The Canadian Pacific Jior completed
plans for housing 1,000 men In the
plant during the strike.
A stock company has been organized
to build nn Interurbnn road between
Dch Moines and Council Bluffs.
Moses V. Wetmore of St. Louis has
been appointed chairman of the domo
emtio committee on finance. Senator
Culberson will be chnlrman of ad
visory committee.
The Stnte Hoard of Equalisation as
sesses Nebraska land, bringing total
valuo to $55,000,000 more than at pre
vious real estate valuation.
Striking mlnorH fired on a train
bearing non-unionists nt Illocton. Ala.,
killing three and Injuring several oth
ers. That the crop conditions In tho
United States wore In tho aggregate
Bomewhnt better (2 per cent), on Au
gust 1 lasl, than they woro a year ago,
but slightly (1 por cent) below a ton
year avorogo condition on thnt date,
Is tho opinion expressed by (ho crop
reporting board of the department of
agriculture, Washington, In a supple
mental report Issued on Monday. Hay
and winter wheat nro abovo avorogo.
A voluntary potltlon in bankruptcy
was filed In the United 8tntes court
nt Pittsburg by Attorney Charles
MorschniiHcr, representing Hurry K.
Thaw.
Foreign.
At LemnnH, Frnnco, Wilbur Wright
of Dayton, O., made tho longest nnd
most successful flight of the series of
noroplano trlnlH which he haa been
conducting there, remaining In tho
nlr threo mlnutOH and forty-four
seconds.
A speclnl raco meeting was given nt
Auckland In honor of visiting Amer
ican naval olllccrs and men.
Mr. Plllsbury had a long conference
In London with tho other directors of
tho Plllsbury-Wnshlliirii Flour Mill
company, at which tho flnnnclnl situa
tion of the milts was discussed. It Is
understood that tho directors npprovo
of Mr. Plllsbury'a action pending n
settlement or tho difficulties.
The sultan of Turkey has mndo
known his intention of defrnylng tho
entire cost of building a now Iioubo of
parliament, nnd hns given orders thnt
plans ho prepared. Tho general at
titude of the sultan with regard to tho
new ordor of things In Turkey Is giv
ing great satisfaction.
Returns from tho municipal elec
tions in Manila show that Simon Villa
carried tho southern district of tho
city, being elected uldcrmnn by n
largo plurality, whllo Ramon Dlokno
was triumphant for tho similar ofllco
In the northern district.
Nino persons were klllod nnd mnny
Injured In a collision between a pas
senger train and a train of ompty enra
on tho branch lino running between
FleiiBburg and Kiel, Germany.
Ofllcers and men of tho Amorlcnu
bnttloshlp lleot wore roynlly enter
tained by tho people of New Zealand.
Mohmed AH Boy, Turkish minister
to tho United States, hns boon re
called. Said Pasha, tho grand vlzloc, nnd
tho newly formed ministry have re
signed. Tho sultuu Invited Lomnl
lediu Effondl, the Sholk ill Kslnm nnd
Klnmll Pasha to form n now cnblnot.
Washington.
Down In tho elsthmlan cnnnl zon
BtopB havo boon tnkon for tho muzz
ling of dogH, there having boon sev
oral casos of rnblos bIiico tho first of
Muy, particularly thoso of members
of tho corpB, which havo been bitten
wnilo in tho cnnnl zone dur m: tho re
cent election und nro now in tho nnval
hospital nt Washington for treatment.
unptnln Thomas S. Baldwin mndo
tho first official Bpood trial of his mili
tary dirigible balloon boforo tho army
noura nt Fort Myor. Wlion within n
mile of tho finishing lino a secondary
wire connecting tho coll of tho englno
with tho commutator broko nnd tho
motor Btoppod. Tho nlrBhlp was
brought down In' a cornfield nnd after
Mr. Curtlss repaired the motor tho
flight wna continued,
Personal.
Mrs. LouIbo Chnnlor Moulton, the
well known authoress, died at her
home In Boston,
Sccrotnry Wilson of tho dopartmont
of ngrlculturo and Secroatry Oscar
Straus of tho department of commerce
nnd labor, havo both promised to
mnko apoochos in tho republican cam
pnlgn In Vermont.
Sonntor Allison's will lott $1,000 to
chnrity. Tho ostato Is valued nt about
$100,000.
Wilbur Wright made a long nnd suc
cessful flight In his aeroplane at Le
mans, France.
Tho funeral or Sonntor Allison was
largely nttendod by homo people and
thoso from abroad.
At Auckland tho government gnvo
u banquet to Rear Admiral Sperry and
tho officers of tho American battle
ship fleet anchored In the harbor.
Secretary or War Wright said that
he would In n tiny or two mnko nn
nnnoiinconieiit which would dispose
of tho casos of tho eight West Point
cadets who wero recently recommend
ed tot dismissal.
Chairman Clayton of the notification
committee (a enthuslnstlc over pro
apectB of democratic success.
WobI Virginia republicans will meet
with Judgo Tnft In nn effort to net
tlo tho statu factlounl Hunt.
GUARDED
Ml
OVER FOUR THOUSAND TROOPS
PATROL SPRINGFIELD.
INCIPIENT RIOTS SQUELCHED
Crowds Gather but are Quickly Scat
tered by State Militia Ordered
to the Capital.
Springfield, III. With tho nrrlval
hero or tho Second and Seventh In
fantry regiments, Illinois National
guard, nnd two squadrons of tho FlrBt
cavalry, nil from Chicago, the entire
Nntlonal guard of Illinois, with tho
exception of tho Sixth Infantry nnd
the Eight Infantry (colored), wns on
duty In the dlot-rldden districts Snt
duty In the riot-ridden districts Snt
tho city.
Two deaths due to the violence or
Frldny and Snturday occured nt St.
John's hospltnl. Wllllum Donnlgnii,
the aged colored man whoso throat
was cut last night, expired nt 11 a. m.
Frank Delmoro, who wn shot through
tho lungs on Frldny night, passed
nwny nn hour Inter. This brings tho
list or violent deaths during tho race
troubles up to five.
A council or wur wnH held nt tho
capltol at 4 o'clock Snturday after
noon by Governor Dcnecn, Major Gen
eral Young, Adjulnnt General Scott,
General F. P. Wolls and Colonel J. 13.
Sanborn. At tho meeting a plnn was
adopted which it la believed will ren
der further demonstrations improb
uble. Colonel Sanborn wns given com
mnnd or n provisional brigade, constat
ing or tho First nnd Second Infantry
regiments, with Instructions to pro
Borvo the pence In tho territory west
of Seventh street. Tho two regiments
established headquarters on tho cnpltol
grounds, their Bheltcr tents bordering
tho stnto hoiib'o on threo sides. Gen
oral E. P. Wolls was placed in com
mand or n second provisional brigade,
consisting or nlno companies or tho
Fourth lnfuntry, three compnniea of
tho Third Infnntry nnd two companies
or the Firth Infnntry.
General Wolls, with headquarters
at tho county Jail, Immcdlntely posted
gunrds to cover tho city cast of Sev
enth street. Troops I) nnd G or tho
First cavalry wero dotalled under
Major Frank Bush nt division head
quarters under Mnjor General Young.
Tho Second Inrnntry reached this city
at 3:30 p. m., under command or CoL
John Onrrlty. Tho mnnnor in which
n line of skirmishers wus thrown out
ns tho gunrdsmen debarked from tho
train gained upplauso from tho crowd
which had gathored at the railroad
station to wntch the nrrivnl. Tho
khnklclad militiamen marched to the
capltol to tho beat of n flfo nnd drum
quickstep nnd then assignment to
Colonel Sunborn's brlgndo followed.
As It was nearly midnight when tho
Sovonth Infantry nnd tho First cavnlry
troopers arrived, no brlgndo assign
ment wns given thorn, they probably
will be detailed as rolnrorccmenta to
tho two brlgndea nlrondy rormed.
Oovernor Dencen snld that he wished
to so protect the city that tnc negroes
who fled will return. "Wo can pro
tect them here nnd wu enn't when
they scatter about the country," Bald
the governor. "If thoy will como bnok
we will give them food and aholtor In
government tenia."
WRIGHT WILL COME TUESDAY.
One of Famous Brothers Will Reach
Washington with Aeroplane.
Washington Mondny the board of
Signal corps ofllcera who hnvo been
conducting tho airship tcstn nt Fort
Meyer will pubs finally upon tho Raid
win motor bnllcon, which fulfilled the
onduranco requirements Snturdny.
Orvlllo Wright Is oxpected to ar
rive hero Tuesday with his noroplano.
It Is expected that ono or two prelim
inary flights will be made during tho
week. Tho Wright brothora' contract
with the government Is for n heavier
than air flylug mnchlne. For n spaed
of rorty miles nn hour, twice thnt re
quired or tho dirigible, the Wright
brothers will receive $25,000.
Captain of Coepenlck Out.
Berlin William Volgt, notorious as
"Tho Captain or Cooponlck," has been
liberated rrom prison by ordor of tho
emperor. Volgt on December 1, 1900,
wns sentenced to Borvo four yonra
In prison.
AIRSHIP STANDS FINAL TE8T.
Baldwin Machine Stays Aloft Two
Hours and It Accepted.
Washington Tho Rnldwln nlrship
nt Fort Meyor made a flight which
broko all records for airships In this
country. For two hous nnd live mln
uton tho dirigible How back nnd forth
nonrly flvo miles of n course. Tho
nlrship Is now tho property of the
Hlgnnl corps or the United Staton
nrmy, a row rormnlltles only remain
ing to bo gone through boforo Uald
wln turns It over,
General Wardwell Is Dead.
Tombstone, Ariz. General D. K.
Wnrdwoll died Saturday afternoon
whllo In qunruntlno with his lopor
wire. Her BufforlngB from tho com
bined effects of leprosy nnd tho norv
ous strain following tho attending no
toriety of their caso has destroyed
her reason and slip Is totnlly unaware
that her husband Ik dend( Genornl
Wnrdwoll wnsi n veteran of tho Mexi
can and. civil wars. Efforts to doport
Mrs, Wnrdwoll to tho lopor colony
hubo brought mnny complications, It
1 Is probnblo tjho wl r?Wnla hero.
THE STATE CAPITAL
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL
CITIZENS.
LIVE STOCK IN NEBRASKA
The Total Ascned Value as Fixed by
the State Board After Much
Deliberation.
Live Stock Values FUid.
The total assessed value of all tho
cattle in Nebraska as fixed by tho
State Hoard of Equalization Is $10,298,
K01, against an assessment of $ 1 1 ,502,
87(5 In 1907. Tlio totnl nsaessod value
of all tho horses in Nebraska Is $11,
890,017, agnlnst $12,253,470 In 1907.
The decrenso in the nKscasnicut of
both horses and cattle Is supposed to
be due to the decronso In number. Tho
decrense In tho number of cattle Is
supposed to be occasioned by tho high
price of corn nnd feed stuff and tho
high price of cattle, causing owners to
sell. The figures on the number,
however, nro not yet nvnllable.
The board Increased the assessment
or horses In sevonteon counties nnd
decrensed tho nssesment In two coun
ties. Those wero Hnmllton, reduced
10 porccnt, nnd Merrick 10 per cent
In tho nssessment or chttle twenty
four counties wore Increased nnd ono
county reduced Nuckolls 10 per cent.
The nssessment on horses wns in
creased ns follows: Hannor, 10 por
cent; Rox Hutte, 30; Cherry, 15; Col
rnx. 15; Douol 20; Dixon, 15; Douglas,
20: Fillmore. 5; Franklin, 15; Grant,
10: Hooker, 25; Johnson, 10; Mcl'hor
Hon, 7C; Nnnco, 10; Pierce, 5; Saline,
10; Thomas, 30.
The nsscEsmont on cattle was In
creased ns rollowa; Buffalo, 10; But
lor, 10; Cedar, 10; Colfax, 10; Custer,
(); Dakota. 10; Dawca, 10; Douol, 10;
Fillmore, 15; Frontier, 10; Hayes, 10;
Hitchcock, 2G; Hooker, 15; Johnson,
10; Keith, 15; Knox, 10; Lincoln. 15;
McPhcrson, 25; Porklns, 50; Rock,
20; Saline, 10; Suundors, 10; Thnyor,
5; Thomas, 15.
Writing Insurance Illegally.
John L. Pldrce, Insurance deputy,
gnvo out tho following statement:
Informutlon has Just boon received
by tho Insurance department that
ngents nro operating In Nebraska for
tho Druggists' Indemnity Exchange
of St. I.ouIk nnd thnt such ngenta are
soliciting and securing flro inaurance
risks In that Institution.
Tho Exchange ia nn Inter-lnauranr.o
Institution Bomewhnt of tho character
of tho Lloyda, where Individuals, firms
nnd corporations ns subscribers inutu
nlly Insure ench other. Ah this con
corn refuses to glvo out aufllclent in
formation to the reporting ngonclcs
of its financial standing It Is Impos
sible to estimate intelligently whether
Utt policies nro desirable or not, but
oven If they wore, tho Indemnity Ex
change ia not licensed to do business
in Nebraska und whatever business Its
agents secure hero is unlawfully se
cured. In fact, Its policies are mndo
void by tho statutes of this state,
For the protection of the companies
and agents that have complied with
the law and that nro paying their por
tion of tho stnte taxes this depart
ment will prosecute any ngent of this
or any other unauthorized company
when proper complaint la mndo.
Soldiers' Homes.
Governor Sheldon haa received $7,
727 as tho qunrtorlj paymonl from tho
government for tho support or tho
stnto soldiers' homes In NebrnBku for
tho quarter ending Juno 30, nt tho
rate or $1,000 for each member of the
homos. Thero wero 205 members In
the Grand iBlnnd homo and 104 In tho
Mil ford homo.
Seeks to Dismiss Appeal.
The legal department or state has
illod n motion nnd brlor with tho su
preme court nsklng that tho appeal or
Dr. J. T. Mathews bo dismissed. Dr.
MnthowB wns charged with a criminal
oporntlon nnd nfter a hearing his
license to prnctlco medicine wns or
dered revoked by tho Stato Board of
Health. This decision wna sustnlnod
by tho district court of Lnncnator
county und Dr. Mathowa then nppoalod
to tho supremo court.
As Presidential Elector.
Secretary of Stato Junkln has ro
celvod an opinion rrom Attornoy Gon
oral Thompson bearing on the protost
ngnlnst the placing or tho nnme or
Noblo on tho prlmury ballot as can
dldato for presidential elector In tho
Second congressional district ns a
domocrut nnd populist. Tho sccro
tnry of stnto will glvo nn opinion soon.
Tho onlnlou of tho attornoy general
hhlclH that no candldato hns the right
to place on tho primary ballot unless
tho party ho represents cust one per
cent of the vote In tho congressional
district nnd thnt ono elector Im (o be
nominated In each congressional dis
trict. Grand Assessment Roll.
The grand assessment roll or No
braska as fixed by tho Stato noard of
Equalization Is $392,107,814.00. Last
year Nebraska property wns atssoraod
nt $329,113,310.32. This Is nn Incrcn.io
or $r,2,75l,4(JG.2S. Tho assessment !h
ono-llfth or tho nctunl value. There
will bo Bomo chnngo in tho total giv
en for this year and It will bo Bllghtly
Increaaod by reason of an Increase m
tho valuo of horsos, muloa nnd bank
stock In Douglns county.. In tho totnl
for 1908 the returns made by tho ns
tcsbor arc tnl.on u official.
TAXES LEVIED IN STATE.
Total Amount to Be Paid by the
People of Nebraska.
Tho total amount of taxes to bp paid
by the people of tho tato on the 190S
nsBcssment for state, university nnd
redemption purposes amounts to $2,
448,729.40, nitalnst $2,305,803.91 paid
this year, The following table shows
tho amounts levied for the threo
funds for the two years:
1907. 100S.
General fund. J1.047.007.IS $,r,6S,13K.99
Univ. fund... SS9.41X3S 391,090.70
ncil'p'n fund.. 329.413.38 391.79fi.70
The levy taut year was G mills for
tho general fund nnd 1 mill oach for
tho university nnd redemption funds,
'ihls yenr the general fund levy was
reducod to 4M mills, while the lovy
ror tho other two Muds, which Is
fixed by statute, remnlnod tho immt
The total amount or taxes to bo
paid on this year's vnluntlon will bo
slightly Increased, owing to nn In
cronao In Douglns county. It will not
nfTect the taxes to bo paid In any oth
or county, however. The board hns
not yet decided Just what to make tho
value of the capital stock of stato nnd
national banks in thnt county, nnd It
Is probnblo Secretary Schavland will
mnko n trip to Omnha and personally
investigate boforo final notion Is Ink-en.
Who Got Bryan'o Plate.
Somowhero In Lincoln or olscwhoro
some man la running around with a
pinto under his arm which docs not
belong to him. Not nn ordlnnry plate,
but a nico hand painted affair upon
which a woman did lotH of hnrd work.
That plato belongs to Wllllnm J.
Hrynn nnd It wns prcsontoS to the un
identified stranger by tho woman who
mndo It. She becninc singe struck at
the critical moment und not being on
speaking terms with tho democratic
candldnto presented tho plate to tho
wronx mnn. And ho accepted it.
Tho womnn took n position nt tho
east entrance to tho state houso on
the day of the notification und thero
waited the coming of tho cnndldato.
Frequently alio inquired of bystsndcra
the Identity of peoplo entering tho
building until finally tho procession
hove In sight. A Inrge sized mnn
walked Into flic capltol nhead of tho
procession. "Ia thnt Mr. Hrynn?" she
inquired. "It a," somo ono nnswercd.
Quickly alio thrust tho plate in his
hands nnd the mnn marched off with
It. Then tho "real" Mr. Bryan enmo
in nnd the woman recognized him.
Hut her plate was gone
Ruling or Poll Books.
Socrctnry of Stato Junkln has writ
ton the following letter in reply to nn
Inquiry nbout tho number of poll books
to be used:
"Answering your letter of tho 8th
Inst., copy of which Is herewith at
tached, will atatb that when tho mat
tor or froloctlng poll hooka for tho
primary election was taken up by
tho attornoy general and myself we
thought It wna our duty to mako tho
provisions of the primary law as plain
to the Judges nnd clerks of election
as possible. So many Inquiries hud
come to both departments In regard
lo tho tallying of votes wo felt that
unleso wo specified a poll book for
:h pnrty that a great many voting
precincts would count the ballots vot
ed by two parties for ono candidate,
provided the one namo appeared on
both ballots, which would bo contrary
to tho provisions of tho primary law,
Therefore, wo recommended that the
poll books be soparated and of dlf
feront colors. Printing establishments
told ua nt tho time of mnklng this or
dor that It would practically mnko no
difference In cost whether tho books
wore bound separately or all under
ono cover.
"Wo sco no reason why n county
clerk cannot order his books nil bound
In one volume If ho chooses, keeping
each party's poll scparato therein."
Roado Withdraw Fair Rate3.
Tho rnllronds entering Lincoln havo
withdrawn tho excursion ratos adver
tised by them ror the stato ralr at Lin
coln, August 31 to September 4. Tho
Rock Jslnnd hnd already made tho an
nouncemcnt or the rates, while tho
ngonts or the other roads wero ready
to do so. Inrormatlon reached them
that tho Wostorn Pnssonger nssocia
tlon had reconsidered Its net Ion to
grant these rates.
Nebraska Looks Good.
"With corn belling for 70 cents In
Nobrnskn in the middle of August
nnd In demund nt thnt figure the Idle
corn land In western Nebraska looks
more vnluablo than it ever did bo
fore," saya Labor Commissioner Ry
dor. "This bureau last December figured
tho corn crop of Nebraska as being
worth $72,985,140.55. at 13 cents u
biifhol, the fair average price at that
time. But tho groat bulk of tho corn
crop Bold for much more than 43
cents. Somo went at 50 to 55 cents,
many thousands of bushels at 00
cents, and about nil that was held nt
tor 00 conta wns reached brought 70
cents or thereabouts.
"Figuring tho Nebraska corn crop ot
1907 nt 00 rents, Its total valuo was
$101,839,831 or $28,851,590.45 greater
than the bureau's published figures.
Lumber Men Complain.
Complaint has been filed with the
Railway commission by wholesale
lumber dwilors or Omaha ngalnct four
rnllrond compnniea, nlloglng discrimi
nation In favor ot Lincoln nnd ngulnxt
Omnha In the matter or lumbar ratos
to points In tho stnte. Tho com
plnlnanta nro tho Chlcuso Lumber com
pany. Bradford-Kennedy Lumber com
pnny, C. N. Doltz, Updlko Lumbor nnd
Coal company. H. F. Cndy Lumber
company, Bowman Krnnz and Goorgo
A. Honglnnd. Tho dorondants are aov.
oral Nobrnilff , railroads.
liSi FOB
STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON
DENSED FORM.
THEPRESS, PULPIT AND PUBLIC
What Is Going on Hero and There
That Is of Interest to hte Read
ers Throughout Nebraska.
Four buslnosa firms in Tecumsch
woro victims of forged checks.
The Presbyterians of North Plutto
will erect a $19,000 structure.
Rnllroada leading to Lincoln did a
big business on Bryan notification day.
The ohiof or police or Nebraska City
has resigned nnd gone Into tho saloon
business.
The gas company or Bontrlco will
horeartor pay taxes on $52,500, Instead
of $35,950.
Tho mnyor of grand Island wlol'ded
tho big stick, discharging n ntimbor of
policemen.
Chicken thieves have of lato boon
operating quito successfully In tho
vicinity or Groshnm.
Cnthcllc churches In Nebraska City
will merge nnd build one flno atructuro'
to accommodate all or thorn.
Nebraska City's Chautauqua thin
year was a great success, (he nttond
nnco being double thnt or lust year.
$1,850 worth of grain mlaed nnd
threshed from one quarter section of
lnnd ia tho record made by J. L. Titter
lngton, a young farmer n inllo from
Cnlro.
A large party from Wymore went to
Snn Louis valley to be present at 'jr.o
land drawing there. About seventy
live In that place havo Invosted in tho
lnnd scheme.
Howard Toncrny, n former Fremont
boy, Is lying at tho point of doath lit
a Denver hospital as fhe result jnt the
drunkon escnpado of Dnnlel Dolnncy
of Denvor.
Tho coroner from Wnhoo was
called to Rescue to hold an Inquest
over the remains of nn old Bohomlnn
by tho name of Anton Volehn, about
slxt years of ago, who had dlotl sud
denly from ptomaine poisoning.
Tho Wl'stern Union Telegraph com-,
pnny of Nebraska City was ordered to
move Its lines from tho principal '
streets nnd tnko down nil polos. Suit J
bus been Instituted to enforco tho or
der. J. T. O. Stewart of Omaha, a travel
ing representative of tho coming na
tional corn show In Omnha, has been
in Johnson county working up interest
In the show. Mr. Stewart says some
thing llko $75,000 In prizes will bo
given for tho best corn.
Jnmcs Burke and Frank Smith,
strangers, who cntne to Central City to
attend tho reunion, nro in jail ponding
tho Investigation ot a robbory that or
cured on tho grounds. Tho sum of
$05 and a couple of watches 'were
stolen.
James Brott of Beatrice, who was ar
rested somo tlmo ago on a chnrgo of
bootlegging nnd discharged for a lack
of ovldenco, has filed n suit for $5,000
dnmngos ngalnst members of tho civic
lenguo who caused his arrest and Im
prisonment. Fred Ileitis of Horshoy poatofllco, on
his fnrm seven miles south of Horahay,
raised twenty ncres of winter wheat
that threshed out forty-four bushels lo
tho anro. His neighbor, Charles Mclnko
of tho aamo place, raised twonty ncren
of winter wheat that threshed out
forty-one bushels to tho ncro.
Tho initial mooting of tho NobraHka
Travelers' association, an organization
that Ib tho outgrowth of tho South
Plntto HuBtlors' association, will bo
held In Prospect park, Hastings, Sep
tember 18 nnd 19. Tho Tnrvolers' as
soclatloii is purely a fraternal order
and has no Insurance feature.
Lon Tuttlo of Palmer has perfected
a machine for cutting tho grass along
unballasted railroad tracks, which has
been tried with tho greatest succoss
by tho B. & M. It Is built similar to
a mowing mnchlno with a flvo foot
sickle, and tho wheels nnd nxlos wero
taken from a handcar. Ono horso
draws it with ense, nnd It does the
work of many men.
Tho main program of tho State
Teachers' association meetings nt Lin
coln, Novembor 4, 5 and C, Is nearly
complete. Wednesday, November 4.
will be tnkon up with tho oxerclses of
the superintendents' and principals'
association, which is a part of the
main association. These oxorclHua
will be unusunlly vnrled and interest
ing this year.
In order thnt Ills funeral may not b
too olnbornto und unnecessary ex
pense Involved. D. S. Gardner, a mrm
or living near Archor, has purchased
his coffin. Tho cost of tho casket
which he seloctod nnd ordered re
sorved for him Is $50. Ho explains
that he did not enro to go abovo this
amount, becauso ho wished his aon
lo havo a Iftrgo an Inheritance ti(.
possible, and did not enre to have
money wnsted on an oxponatvo funernl
The Wnhoo Chuiitnuqun cloned with
Cnpt. HobBon nB Its drawing card.
Tho Farmers' olevator nt Benedict
is one of the successful and prosperous
farmers' olovntors In Nebraska which
has beun doing a most profitable bust
nogs for sovernl yenrs. It success la
due principally to the fact that the
farmors and stock holders nr0 In
earnest nnd are assisting tho ofllcura to
mako It successful. Tho furmors havo
hm a great doal to contond with ns
olevutor nftor olevator owned by trusts
and larjco corporations hnvo pnrahaBod
houses at Denudlct, but thora la no
dissension umong the farmers.