THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA L. DARE, Publisher
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NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA
NEWS NOTE
A Boiling Down of the More Impor
tant Events Here and There
Foreign.
Moqt of the vIllngt'B In tho vicinity
of Marash havo boon destroyed by tho
fanatical Mohammedans, and tho scat
tored populations aro Hocking In
Marnsh. Up to tho present tlmo
14,000 pooplo havo como In and must
bo fed by tho relief committee.
A brief dispatch received at tho
stnto department front tho American
legation at Tangier repents a telegram
from tho consular ngent at Megador,
Morocco, who Bays that tho rumored
capture of American travelers near
Agadlr Is untrue.
Tho French Htoamer Admiral Hniiio
lln, arriving at Victoria from Ilavro
via tho Orient, brought iiowb of a
severe earthquako In Formosa, cnuB
Ing largo loss of life. Many villages
collapsed In tho northern part of For
mosa,' and reports wero coming In
from resident governors at Talpoh nnd
Kcelung of much Iobb of llfo In tho
various districts.
Ten thousand dollars has boon
raised by tho Turkish relict commit
too or which Amorlcan Consul Gen
eral Gabriel 13. Ravndnl nt Beirut, In
chairman, for affording usslstanco to
Americans In Turkey.
All tho governments oxcopt Ger
many which havo been sounded by tho
United States on tho subject havo nu
sontcd In principle to tho wish of
China for a conference to consldor tho
question of raising her tariff rates.
Tho parllmontary commission which
Is taking an Inventory of tho contents
of tho Imperial palaco at Ylldlz has
learned that Abdul Hamld deposited,
during rccont months, consldorublo
sums of money In Now York banks
through n confidential agent. It ap
pears that Abdul Hamld ban In tho
neighborhood of $10,000,000 In Gorman
banks.
Slnco tho proclamation of tho now
sultan thoro has boon a general fooling
of socurlty In Tarsus.
TJ9 HooBoyclt expedition Is still In
catnn 'on tho ranch of Sir Alfred
Fofiao. at a point near Machakoo. All
thd members of tho party aro well.
Fifteen hundred Japanese employed
on tho Honolulu sugar plantation went
on strike for higher wugeu, and It Is
oxp.ectod that tho movement will
Bproad to tho other plantations whoro
Japanese are employed.
According to a Holgrndo telegram
Prlnco Uurnholm Eddln, son of tho for
mor Btiltnn of Turkoy, Abdul Hamld,
intends to organize a rising In Albania.
General.
Tho chamber of deputies of tho now
Turkoy voted to Bond tho two Turks
to co-operate with an American com
mission of Inquiry Into Adnnn atroci
ties,
Sonator Bnlly In a llorly sonnto
speech declared that tho only way to
dlssolvo tho stool trtist Is to imprison
its ofllcors.
Tho International Aeroplane club
lias been organized at Dayton, Ohio,
tho objoct bolng to commemorato tho
homecoming of tho Wright brothers
each yoar.
Ex-Gov. Crounso, who died in Omn
ha last weok after a llngorlng illness,
was born In Schoharie county, N. Y.
Ho served during tho civil war as a
captain of light nrtlllory, bolng BO'
voroly woundod In notion. Coming to
Nebraska In 180-1, ho served succes
slvely ns a member of thu territorial
leglslnturo, Justlco of tho supremo
court, member of congress, assistant
secretary of tho treasury under Pros
ident Harrison, and governor of tho
Btnto, bolng olonted In 1893. Ho wns
n republican in politics. Mr. CrouiiHe
is survived by four chlldron: MrB. G,
M. Hitchcock, wlfo of tho present con
gressmnn from tho Omaha district;
Mr. William O. Crounso, associated
with Mr. Hitchcock In tho publication
of tho Omaha World-Hornld; Mrs
GeorKO Mclntyro and Miss Mario
Crounso, both of Omnhn. His burial
took placo at Ft, Calhoun, bcsldo his
wlfo, who died In 1S82.
Tho owners of tho Cnuon ranch In
ToxnB havo unlonded 10,000 shoop In
tho Iji Sargo pasturo nonr Kaw City.
Ex-Governor Crounso of Nobraska
died at Omaha nftor a llngorlng 111
noss,
Illshop Charlos II. Galloway of tho
Methodist Episcopal church died at
Jackson, Miss., of pnoumonln,
At u mooting of tho Ynlu chapter of
Phi Ilota Kappa at Now Haven Robert
A. Tnft, son of President Tnft, waB
elected president.
Diplomatic relations botweon tho
KOVornmontB of Colombia and Vono
zuola havo boon roaumed nftor n break
of Bovoral yonrs.
A big poBtal strlko Is on In Paris.
Sponkor Cannon snyB It will tako
100 dogrco temperature to got action
in tho senate on tho tariff bill.
President Tnft attonded tho funornl
of Mrs. Mnry LouIbo Dalzoll, wlfo of
Representative John Dalzoll of Pitta
burg, Pa., who dlod in Washington.
Paris strikers nro under control of
tho military authorities who aro pre
pared to mass 50,000 troops In Pnrls
in a day,
5!
DEN5EDI
Patten, tho wheat operator, has re
turned to Chicago from Colorado and
will again buy and sell wheat.
Speculators aro taking advantage of
government effort to Irlgato arid
regions of tho country and aro now
buying up land wherover tho govern
ment decides it will run n ditch.
Twenty persons aro missing, nnd all
of thorn nro belloved to havo been
drowned when a gasoline launch sank
In tho mlddlo of tho Ohio river nenr
Schoenvlllo.
Schuyler Rolloy Logansport, Indiana,
set a death trap for chicken thlovos
and met death from his own dovlco.
Dr. Manuel Amador, first president
of tho republic of Panama, died re
cently nt tho ago of 75.
Congressman Klnknld of Nobraska,
lins received Information that tho
O'Nolll postonico will bo advanced to
second-clnss on tho first of July, and
that tho Morrill ofllce, In Scott's Muff
county, will bo ndvnnccd to third-class
at tho snmo tlmo.
A training school for snddlors and
battery mechanics In tho army will bo
established nt Rock Island, III.
About tho only hope for changes In
tho tariff bill Is through tho president.
llrnd D. Slaughter, army paymaster,
died in Omaha at tho ago of GO.
James K. Hnckot, tho actor, Now
York, filed a voluntnry petition In
bankruptcy, giving his liabilities nt
$120,457.
President Tnft hns appointed Tho
mas J. Aklns as postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., to succeed Mr. Wymnn.
Mr. Aklns 1b assistant treasurer of tho
United States at St. Louis.
Tho electrical show nt Omaha was
opened by President Tnft by wlroloBS
mossngo sent to Fort Omaha.
Earnest offorts to got clear of tho
government's clutches for nllcged
violations of tho oleomargarine law
aro bolng mnde by tho Cudahy Pack
ing company.
Washington.
Ex-Governor Charles Magoon of
Cuba was at tho capital to suy good-
byo to Sonator Ilurkctt nnd other
friends In congress and loft for New
York, from which port ho will snll for
Antworp to travel through Europo for
tho next few months. Governor Ma
goon, on tho advlco of his physician,
will tako tho waters at Nauholm, and
after a course of troatmont thoro will
visit Italy and tho Vlvlora, returning
to Amorlcn late In Soptombcr.
In nil probability Postmastor Gon-
oral Hitchcock will bo in attendance
ut tho mooting of postmasters of No
braska to bo hold at Lincoln Juno 8, 9
and 10.
Persistent hainmorlng on tho part ot
the so-called progressive senators,
aided unexpectedly by Senator Root,
brought an admission from Sonator
Aldrlch that tho schedulo relating to
wlndown glass ought to bo rocon
structed, and at tho end ot tho speech
by Sonator Burkott tho chairman of
tho finnnco committee asked that tho
schedulo bo passed over for purposes
of revision.
Manufacturers will not bo ablo to
put any fictitious nnmo upon tho ar
ticle which thoy manufneturo It n bill
Introduced by Representative Camp
boll of Knnsns becomes n law. Tho
measure provides for a lino of $1,000
and an lmprlnonmont penalty for
ovory violation for each caso In which
a manufacturer places any other but
his own nnmo on an article that ho
produces.
Owing to tho fnlluro of congress to
provide funds for tho construction of
n gns plant and boiler house at the
Fort Moyor aorodomo, General .Tamos
Allen, chief oillcor of tho Slgnnl
corps, has been forced to chnngo his
plans for tho aeronautical trials and
tests nt Fort Mycr this summer.
The commissioner of tho gonoral
land olllco hns issued a proclamation
doclarlng that tho Bollo Fourcho land
district, with olllco nt Hollo Fourcho
S. D., will bo rondy for business July
1. This will bo ot great bouoflt to
farmers under tho government project
as thcro is a great deal of business
with tho land olllco on account of
nmondlng entries to comply with farm
unit mnps, payment ot wnter rights
nnd application for water.
Preparations nro being mado for tho
guarding of Prosldont Tnft'u summor
homo at llovorly Cove, Mass., while
tho president Is thoro this summer.
Porsonal.
Prosldont Chnrlos W. Eliot ot Har
vard university, wnB Invested with
Insignia of tho Order of Rising Sun
bestowed upon him by order of tho
emperor of Japan.
Nominations sent to tho senate by
tho president included tho names of
Oscar S, Straus ns ambassador to
Turkoy and W. W. Rockhlll ns am
bassador to Russia.
Dr. Maurice L. Egan, Amorlcan
mlntstor to Denmark, will retain hi
place.
A political report of Interest to tho
Third district ot Iowa 1b that A. I).
Sumnor of Wntorloo will bo a candi
date for momber of tho houso to suc
ceed Representative Charles Pickett.
At tho roquest of tho Atlantic Un
ion, Whltolaw Rold, tho Amorlcan nni
bnssador, and Mrs. Rold will boou glvo
at Dorchoster houso London, n big
rocoptlon for Australians.
Tho highest hotel In tho world Is to
bo built In Now York City. It will bo
thlrty-ouo Btorlos, and cost $2,000,000.
Wilbur nnd Orvlllo Wright, tho
American noroplanTsts, havo roturned
from the sconos of tholr European
trlumphB.
Capt. HaliiB ot Now York, who killed
Win. E. Annls last August, was found
guilty ot manslaughter.
A guard will bo provided for Presi
dent Tatt at his summer homo nt
Hovorly, Mass,
Tho Illinois legislature continues
balloting for United States senator
without results.
Tho coromony of girding tho aword
for tho now sultnn of Turkoy occurred
ou Sunday at Stamboul.
AFT IS GUEST
OF CHARLOTTE
PRE8IDENT ATTENDS MECKLEN
BURG CELEBRATION.
HE MAKES TWO SPEECHES
Anniversary of "First Declaration of
Independence" Is Occasion of Threo
Days of Entertainment In
North Carolina.
Charlotte, N. C President Taft.by
lis prosenco and participation, gave
his Indorsement to tho celebration of
to the one hundred and thirty-fourth
nnnlvcrsnry of the Mecklenburg
declaration of Independence, nnd con
sequently tho ontlro stato is rejoicing.
Tho chief cxccutlvo camo on tho last
of tho thrco days of celebration, nnd
his address was a main fenturo of tho
carnival program.
Military mancuvors nnd drills, band
concorts, athletic nnd baseball con
tests and numerous addresses onter
tnlncd tho swarms ot visitors from nil
parts of this and adjoining states.
Tho Charlotte flro companies opened
tho affair Tuesday noon with an ex
hibition, and then a troop of regular
cavalry drilled nnd n bnnd concert
wns glvon. Baseball followed, and in
tho ovonlng tho Charlotte drum corps
and threo bands amusod tho crowds.
Governors' Day Program.
Wednesday was designated as gov
ernors' day and tho main ovent was
tho delivery of addresses by Gov.
Kltchln of North Carolina and tho chief
cxccutlvo of several other states, nt
tho fair grounds. Theso wero pro
ceded by a big nthlotlo moot nnd fol
lowed by a cnvnlry drill, mllltnry
mnnouvers nnd bnnd concorts, with
nnothor ball gaino thrown in for good
mensuro.
Two events mado tho ovonlng not
able Tho llrst waB a May musical
festival at tho Auditorium which en
listed tho services of n number of
excellent soloists nnd n largo and
woll trained chorus. Tho second was
an illuminated pnrado given uy tho
Order of Red Men.
President Taft Arrives.
Just nt ton o'clock Wednesday
morning tho booming of a 21-gun sa
luto by tho Chnrlotto artillery noti
fied tho people that President Tntthad
arrived on his special train. Nearly-
all tho inhabitants nnd tho thousands
of visitors wero at tho station, and
SB Mr. and Mrs. Taft alighted from
tholr car they wero grootcd, with a
jnlghty roar of applause A special
rocoptlon commlttoo took tho distin
guished guests In charge and conduct
ed them to tho Solwyn hotol, whoro
thoy woro welcomed by Gov. Kltchln,
Senators Simmons and Overman and
tho mayor of Chnrlotto.
After mooting nil tho committeemen
nnd tholr wives, Mr. nnd Mrs. Taft,
togothor with Mrs. Stonomall Jack
son, tho governor and mayor and oth
er distinguished visitors, woro escort
ed by n guard of old soldiers to a re
viewing stand nnd witnessed n
grnnd pnrado of nil tho mllltnry nnd
civic organizations that could tako
part In tho colobratlon.
Mr. Taft Speaks Twice.
A second lnstnllmont of tho music
festival In tho Auditorium was gracod
by tho presonco of tho city's guests,
nnd thon all roturned to tho rovlowlng
tnnd, whoro President Taft delivered
fin auarcss. his worus woro listened
10 wan cioso attention and iroquontly
.elicited loud applause.
Lator In tho afternoon tho prcsldont
mado a spooch to tho colored peoplo
and tho students of Blddlo university.
From 8 to 9:30 In tho ovonlng Mr.
and Mrs. Taft held a public rocoptlon
In tho parlors ot tho Solwyn hotol
and shook hands with thousands of
people.
Mllltnry drills, band concorts and
other entertainments wero provided
for tho crowds nil Wcdnosdny otter-
noon and evening, and tho great cclo
bration closed In a blnzo ot glory.
Old Controversy Renewed.
Tho pooplo of North Carolina,
whoso proudest boast has boon that
their ancestors woro tho first Amer
icans to throw oft tho yoko ot Urltlsh
rulo, now rojolco In tho fooling that
Prosldont Tnft has recognized tho
Justlco of tholr claim, but tho century
old controversy has broken out afresh
Many historians rofuso to nccord to
;tho plonoors of Mocklonburg county
tho honor that is thus accorded thorn
Theso historians ulludo to tho story
as "tho Mocklonburg myth," nnd there
by nrouso tho anger of North Caro
llnniiB.
According to thoso unblnscd Invos
tlgntors who havo looked most deep
ly Into tho mnttor, tho Mecklenburg
ors did hold n public mooting on May
31, 1775, and did adopt resolutions
qulto abreast of tho public sontimont
of that tlmo, but not venturing on tho
Held of independence furthor than
to say that theso resolutions wero to
romnln In full force till Groat Ilrltnln
resigned Its protonslons. In 1793, or
enrller, somo of tho actors In tho pro
coedlng8 ondenvored to supply the rec
ord from memory, unconsciously In
tormlngllug somo ot tho phraseology
of tho Declaration of July 4, which
gavo tho resolutions tho tone ot
pronounced Indepondoncy. Probably
through nnothor dimness of memory
thoy nfllxed tho dato of May 20, 1775
to thorn.
Case for Mecklenburgera.
Tho enso for tho Mocklonburgors 1b
sot forth nB followo: In 181S thoro
nroso a groat rlvnlry between Masaa
cluiBotts and Virginia as to which com
monwonlth should recelvo credit for
thu Philadelphia document, und t'ho
controversy was brought up In con
gress. It wns nt this tlmo that David
son, n representative In congress from
North Carolina, announced that Meck
lenburg county hnd declared her in
dependence 13 months beforo tho pro
mulgation of tho document in Phila
delphia, i
While tho statement created some
surprise It resulted in an invoivtlga
tlon Into tho fncts as to tho Mocklon
burg declaration. This inquiry was
mado by Nathaniel Macon, who ropro
scntcd North Cnrollna In tho sonnto,
and through Gon, Josoph Graham
and Representative Davidson Sonr.tor
Macon recolvcd from Dr. Josoph Mc
Knltt Aloxnndcr a full account of "tho
ovent," which Dr. Alexander said ho
had "copied from papers loft by his
father." This statement, which in
cluded tho May 20th declaration,
Senator MaconNsent to Raleigh, N. C,
and It was published In tho Register
on Friday, April 30, 1819.
Dr. Alexander's Story.
Dr. Alexander rotated at length how
tho farmers of Mecklenburg county In
tho spring of 1775 had called a con
vention to bo composed of two dele
gates from each settlement in tho
county to moot May 19 to dovlso
moans for tho assistance of tho "suf
fering peoplo of Doston and to extrl
cato themselves from tho Impending
storm." "Official nows, by oxpress, ar
rived of tho bnttlo of Lexington," ac
cording to Dr. Alexander's report to
Senator Macon, and tho inlluenco of
tho nows from Lexington, ho added,
rcsultod In tho unanimous adoption ot
tho Mocklonburg declaration ot inde
pendence. Tho declaration as wrltton by Dr.
Urevnrd, and approved by tho conven
tion on May 20, 1775, reads:
"1. Resolved, That whosoovcr di
rectly or Indirectly nbottod or in any
way, form or manner countenanced
the unchartered and dangerous inva
sion of our rights, as claimed by Groat
Britain, Is an enemy to this country
America and to tho inherent nnd
Inalienable rights ot man.
"2. Resolved, That wo, tho citizens
of Mecklenburg county, do heroby dls
solvo tho political bands which havo
connected us to tho mother coun
try, nnd heroby absolve ourselvos from
nil ullcglanco to tho British crown nnd
abjuro all political connection, con
tract or association with thnt nation,
who havo wantonly trampled on our
rights nnd liberties nnd inhumanly
shed tho innocent blood of Amorlcnn
patriots at Lexington.
Declared Themselves Free.
3. Resolvod, That wo do hereby de
clare ourselves a free nnd Independent
peoplo, are, and of right ought to be,
n sovereign and Bolf-govornlng asso
ciation under the control of no pow
er other than that of our God and tho
general government of tho congress,
to the malntonnnco of which lndo
pondenco wo solemnly pledge to each
other our mutual operation, our
lives, our fortunos nnd our most
sncrcd honor.
"4. Resolved, That as wo now nc
knowledge tho cxlstonco nnd control
of no lnw or legal olllcer, civil or mil
itnry, within this country, wo do hero
by ordain nnd adopt, as a rulo of llfo,
each and ovory ono of our former
laws, whoroln, nevertheless, tho crown
of Groat Britain novor can bo consid
ered ns holding privileges, immunities
or authority therein.
"5. Resolved, Thnt it is also further
decreed that nil, each and ovory mill
tary ofilcor In this county is heroby
reinstated to his former command and
authority, ho acting conformably to
thoso regulations. And that every
momber presont of this delegation
shall henceforth bo n civil officer, viz.,
n Justlco ot tho pence, In tho character
ot a 'committeeman,' to lssuo process,
hear nnd dotermlno all matters of con
trovorsy, according to said adopted
laws, and to prosorvo peace and union
nnd harmony In said county, and to
uso ovory oxortlon to spread tho loyo
of Uio country nnd flro of froedom
throughout Amorlcn, until a raoro gen
ornl and organlzod government bo es
tnbllshcd In this province."
More Light.
By tho extraordinary contortions of
hor nock ho concluded that she was
trying to got n glimpse of tho back of
her now blouso; by tho tonso lines
and scintillating Hash about her lips
ho concluded thnt hor mouth was full
of pins.
"Umph goof suff wuff sh off-
spog?" sho nsked.
"Quito so, my dear," ho agreed. "It
looks very nlco."
"Ouff wun so gsph mf ugh
Ight?" was hor next romnrk.
"Perhaps It would look better
you did that," ho nodded; "but It fits
very nlcoly nB It Is."
Sho gasped and emptied tho pins
Into hor hands.
"Pvo asked you twlco to ralso tho
blinds so that I can get more light
Jnmes," Bho exclaimed. "Can't you
understand plain English?"
Angels on Horseback,
Thoro aro many ways of cooking
oystors. "Angels on Horseback aro
woll known, but I Bhould hope not
very woll liked. It Ib a barbarous con
Junction, thnt of bacon with oysters
n tremondous cnmpllmont to tho ba
con. it 1b true, but an Insult to tho
fish.
Nor can I pralso tho steak and oy
sters so dear to ninny. But ns nn
ingredient in a beefsteak plo nothing
but pralso can bo spoken of tho bi
valve. Thero nro oysters In that
most delicious of pies, tho ono thnt
cooks for 24 hours nnd keeps n man
up alt night to boo that it does not
leavo off boiling. Nood I sny that
1 rotor to tho world famous pudding nt
tho Chcshlro Cheeso? Tho Gontlo
wqtnnn. Woman Rules.
"This la tho womnn'a century," says
a suffragette. As ovory century has
bcon slnco the nppuarauco of Evo.
THE RATE IS VALID
Slb;y Law Is Upheld by Referee Sul
livan. Tho 25 per cent reduction In express
rntes made by tho Sibley lnw Is hold
valid by Roforco John J. Sullivan In n
roport filed In tho Bupromo court of
Nebraska. This sustains tho conten
tion of Attorney General Thompson on
bohalf of tho state. Tho roforeo finds
that the Sibley act Is not confiscatory
as npplicd to the business of tho
arlous oxpross companies and as a
conclusion of lnw recommends that
udgment bo given for tho stato. The
roforeo Is also master In chancery tor
tho federal court at Omaha In suits
ponding In that court arid ho will fllo
tha samo roport with Judgo W. H.
Mungor.
if the supromo court adoptB tho re
port It will mean n Bavlng of about
$370,000 a year to tho peoplo of Ne
braska and little or no reduction In
tho profits of tho express companies.
Tho II vo companies doing business In
this state last year collected from tho
pooplo of Nobraska $735,000.
Tho Sibley act was passed by tho
leglslaturo of 1907. Attorney General
Thompson sought to enforce the law
nnd filed an nppllcatlon for an Injunc
tion to restrain tho companies from
violntlng Its provisions. Tho com
panies took tho enso to tho federal
court and it wns romnnded by Judgo
T. C. Mungor on the ground that tho
stjto wnn the boIo party nt Interest
nnd therefore tho federal court had
no Jurisdiction. Tho supremo court
granted n temporary restraining or
der against the companies April 15
nnd slnco thnt tlmo the net hnB been
in force. Tho Bupremo court appointed
Judgo John J. Sullivan referee to tako
testimony nnd roport findings of fact
nnd conclusions of law. Tho refcreo
hold hearings In Lincoln, Omaha nnd
Now York City.
Attorney General Thompson will fllo
n motion In tho supremo court for
Judgment upon tho referee's roport.
Tho companies will probably fllo ex
ceptions to tho roport nnd tho caso
will then havo to bo argued beforo tho
court or submitted on briefs. This
may occupy considerable time. In tho
mcantlmo if tho federal court should
lUnd for tho companies tho nttorney
general will havo a strong point in
roservo In tho supremo court of tho
United Stntes. Ho will assail tho
Jurisdiction of tho federal court on
tho ground thnt tho statx is tho solo
party at Interest nnd thnt therefore
tho stnto court nlono hns Jurisdiction,
There nro llvo Identical cases, In
volvlng tho Adams, Amorlcan, Wells
Fargo, Pacific and United States Ex
press companies. Tho finding by Judge
Sullivan in all Is tho samo. In tho
Adams caso his finding concludes:
"My conclusions of law nro as fol
low:
"First That tho Sibley act, so far
ns it affects tho business of tho Adams
Express company, 1b not confiscatory,
"Second That n Judgment on Us
merits should bo entered in favor of
tho stato and ngalnst the company."
Award of State Printing.
A majority of tho stato printing
board has awarded contracts. In each
caso the lowest bidder received what
ho wanted. Tho bids wero opened
somo tlmo ago, but official awards
wero not mado till last week. All of
tho big Jobs- oxcopt tho report of tho
Btnto board of agriculture go to print-
orB out of Lincoln. Tho houso Journal
was awarded to Clallln ot University
plnco, tho sonato Journal to tho ork
Blank Book company, and tho session
laws to Tim Sedgwick's company of
York. Tho Ord Quiz received two con
tracts.
After Bird Killers.
Doputy Gamo Warden Gcllus has
started on a campaign against foreign
ers who slaughter song birds. Rail
way laborers, ho claims, kill tho song
and insectivorous birds tor food.
Saloons Out of Business.
All saloons In Lincoln closed downed
In accordanco with law, on Monday
night. Most of tho barrooms woro
dismantled early In tho ovonlng. Ac
cumulated stocks will bo shipped back
to wholesalers. Tho saloonkeepers
who remnln In Lincoln, say they will
unlto with ofllclnls In striving for tho
enforcement of the prohibition law to
tho lottor.
His Organs Reversed.
Tho caso of Charlos Schuppol, a la
borer In tho brick yards at Yankeo
Hill, hns mystified Lincoln physicians.
His heart Is on the right side of his
chest, whtlo his liver is on tho left
sldo ot tho abdomon. Ho Is 40 years
of -ago and In excellent health.
Clubs Given Dry Notice.
Chlot of Police Coopor notified all
tho clubs of tho city that after Juno 1
thoy must discontinue to sell intoxicat
ing llquorB nnd that thoy must not
havo any stock on hand after that
date. This action Is In accordanco
with Instructions from the oxclso
board.
Contest for Mayoralty.
T. J. Doylo, attorney for Robert Ma-
lone, said that as soon hb ho could
consult his client ho would begin a
suit to contest tho olection ot D. L.
Lovo for mayor.
Burlington Man Promoted.
II. E. Byrnm, genernl superintendent
of tho Burlington railroad for tho Ne
braska district, has received notice of
n promotion In tho form of n transfer
to Chlcugo hoadquartorB as assistant
to Dnnlol Wlllnrd, second vlco presi
dent of tho systom. Ho will bo suc
ceeded horo by W. B. Troop, now gen-
oral superintendent of tho Iowa dis
trict with hcadquartors at Burlington,
In his now capacity Mr. Byram will
bocomo a faqtor In tho operation of
tho whole Burlington oystem. His Ne
braska oxperlcnco will bo of help.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
NEWS NOTE3 OF INTEREST FROM,
VARIOUS 8ECTION8. '
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
Androw Carnoglo notified tho Nor-;
folk library board that ten thousand,
dollars is available for tho construe
tlon of a public library thcro.
At tho farm of Frank MteDermott
In Cameron townBhlp, Hall county,;
barnB and contents to tho vnluo or
nbout $1,800 woro destroyed by lire.
Insurnnco 1b only partial.
In sontonclng two drunks Pollco
Judgo Ellis ot Beatrlco, stated that
from now on parties brought beforoj
him on tho chargo of indulging two
frcoly will bo given tho limit in tho
mnttqr of fines.
C. M. Chamberlain of tho defunce
Chamberlain banking houso nt Tocum-j
sch appeared in dlBtrp,t court nnd
gavo bond In tho sum of $1,000 for
IiIb nppcaranco nt tho October term
of court.
For sovoral months tho merchants
of Republlcnn City nnvo been missing
from tholr Btores, grocorles, Bhoes and
clothing. After n quiet watch two
men wore nrrcsted who woro found
with tho goods In their possession.
Superintendent W. P. Stockdalo.
who has boon nt tho head of tho WIs
ner city schools for tho last eight
years, has been elected superintend
ent of tho schools nt Madison at a
snlnry of $1,250 for tho first yenr.
Mrs. Mnrgnret McKcrnahan of Bolle-
vuo, who was a tornado victim a year,
ago and was mentnlly deranged by her
physical Injuries and tho loss of her
homo, attempted sulcldo by sotting
flro to her clothesr Sho died of horl
burns a fow days lator.
Arthur Gricss, tho 12-year-old Bon
of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Grless of
Sutton wns bitten by a dog. By its,
actions it was fcarod tho dog was;
affected with rabies. Tho child has
boon taken to tho Pasteur Institute
In Chicago for treatment.
Tho houso occupied by L. WJ
Huddlcson northeast of Ponca nboutl
ono mile, wns destroyed by lire. Tho
wind was blowing n galo and carried
tho flro to the barn, which was con
sumed also. Thcro was no insurnnco
on Mr. iluddlcsons goods.
After nn inquiry lasting all night,
tho corner's Jury at Hastings failed to
fix responsibility for tho death of 9
year old Tommy Stoetzol who was,
killed with a shot from a rusty nrmy,
musket In tho home of his fathor,
Thomas Stoctzel seven miles souths
west of Holstoln.
Flro of unknown origin totally de
stroyed tho electric light plant oft
Cambridge. All tho machlnory, dyno-j
mo3, motors, switchboard, Webor gas)
producer and engine aro totally do
stroyed and turned into scrap metal;'
also tho storage batteries that sup
plied tno daylight current.
At Grand Island Mrs. Jnnoy Jay,
who shot Frank Koehler, alleged In!
solf-defcnso, nnd seriously wounded
him, was arraigned on tho chargo ofi
shooting with Intent to wound and
bound over to tho district court
waiving preliminary examination, la'
tho sum of $500.
Arrangements have been effected byi
which Fairmont will havo tho advant- '
ago of n chautauqua tho coming sum
mer. A group of business men and!
farmerB voluntarily subscribed Bums
to bo used as a guarantee fund in caso
tho salo of tickets does not meet tho
necessary expenses.
Tho 3-year-old daughter of Bruce
Mansfield nt Arlington, while playing
in tho kitchen whero her mother was
washing stepped backwards and
not noticing a tub of boiling water
behind hor, fell over tho edgo of tha
tub receiving Injury that It Is thought
will prove fatal.
Bill Hicks, tho man who has boon
In jail In Clny Center charged with,
assaulting nnd robbing Robert Mc
Keown, n bncholor farmer living two
miles north of Saronvillo on tho night
of April 22, nppcarod in district court
and pleaded guilty. Judgo Hurdf
sentenced him to tho penitentiary for
sevon yenrs.
An employe of tho Pullman Car
company refused to sell W. H. Cowglll
a seat ticket from Columbus to Omaha
for CO conts nnd tho purchnser was
obliged to pay $1.50 for a ticket. Tho
agent did not know that tho pur
chaser was ono of tho stato railway
commissioners, or did not caro if ho
did know it, but In roturn his com
pany reaps a suit for violation of tho
stato law.
Chief of Pollco Lowell of North)
Platto has gono to San Francisco, tak-
Ing with him Henry Jones, n deserter
from tho "United Stntes nrmy. Sov
ornl wcoks ngo ho was captured thoro
and taken back by Sheriff MUtenborg
or, who rocolved a reward for bo do'
Ing. Jones again mado his escapo by
lenvlng tho U. S. Intrepid and swim
ming nshoro. Sovoral shots wero
fired at him, but nono took effect. I
Tho month of April was tho record
month In tho Cuming county trensur
or's office In tho collection of taxes,
ovor $83,000 having been paid In dur
ing that tlmo.
The grand lodgo, Ancient Order oC
United Workmen In session at Lin
coln, elected ofllcors as follows:
Grand Mastor Workman, A. M. WnlN
Ing of David City; Grand Poroman,
W. E. Lounsberry of Aurora; Grand
Ovorsoor, Goorgo S. Havvley of Re
publican City; Grand Recorder, Fred
C. Whittlesey of Grand Island; Grnnd
Rocolver (Treasurer), Robert P. Falk,
tier of Hustings.