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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA L. BARE, Publisher
TERMS: $1.25 IN ADVANCE
NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA
A Boiling Down of the More Impor
tant Events Here and There
Foreign.
Tho town of Korlnchl, 185 miles to
tho southeast of Padang, wnn do
Btroycd by nn earthquake on tho
night of Juno 3-4.
Honry 0. Ide, tho nowly appointed
American minister to Spain, present
cd IiIb crcdontlnls to King Alfonso.
Tho report publlflhod recently In
tho London Dally Chronlclo that tho
Gorman nnvnl loriguo had expressed a
desire, for tho regular dlspntch of Oor
man warshlpfl to American ports Is
declarod' officially to ho wholly er
roneous. Chnnccllor Von UuoIow'b ncml
official nows organ Bays that no froBh
ngreomontB between 1 IttiBsla and
Germany will bo connldercd nt Uiq
mooting to take jllncu thin month In
the Gulf of Finland between Emperor
Wlllam and Emperor Nicholas,
Tho GroHH airship conducted a bo
rles of expcrlmontB over Borlln with
wlroloBB tolegraphy. Tho nppnratUB
wnB recently ItiBtallcd In tho nlrslilp,
and tho trials lasted for hoiiio hours
whllo tho craft nuinouvorcd over tho
city.
II. A. Chauchard, proprietor of tho
Magaslns Du Louvre, n big depart
tnent Btoro In 1'arls, Is dead. To
Americans visiting Parla tho Btoro of
M. Chauchard wuh ono of tho polnta
of interest.
Tho American lodgo of Freo Ma
r.ons, for Amerlcnn citizens In Lon
don, under tho grand lmrgo of Eng
land, was consecrated In grand lodgo
by Ixml Amphlll, provincial grand
master.
General.
Tho Btipromo court of Nebraska has
declared tho live Block law valid,
A syudlcato bought thu St. Louis
gas works for $700,000.
Senator Lafollotto got after Sonntor
AldrJcliwlth language bo Bovoro that
liojhad to bo called to order.
Tlio vlllago of Illllman, Mo., wan do
Btroyed by foroflt lire.
Tho Iowa Stato Manufacturers' as
sociation adopted resolutions a Indors
ing Sonatorn Dolllvor and Cummins
for tho Btand tho two Bonators- aro
taking In tho tariff discussion.
In a statement .Tamos P. Whltla,
fathor of Willlo Whltla, and Frank
Uuhl, undo of tho kidnaped boy, an
nounced thoy do not want to bo re
Imuurse'il for money expended In tho
rocovery of Willlo.
Henry Sinclair Greeley, cousin of
Horace Grcoloy, 1b dead at Frultvale,
Cal aged 71 years. Ho was known
to tourists tho world ovor.
Dr. PorniB rotalns tho portfolio of
inlnlntor of forolgn affairs in tho now
Peruvian cabinet announced tho othor
day.
Edward iaxorott Halo, chaplain of
the United States sennto, died In Kox
bufyMaBB., his homo, a fow days
ugo. '
Approximately 511,480 acres of land
lying , In tho McKlttrick-Sunsot dis
trict In California wore rostorod to
tho public domain by Secretary of tho
Interior Bulllngor.
Robert Uncon, former socrotary of
Btnto, will take up tho post of ambas
sador to Franco about January 1, next
Hu will succeed Henry M. White,
Taft school nt Watortown, Conn.,
was closed for tho school year owing
to the reappearance of diphtheria.
Charlos Taft, boii of President Taft,
was ti student at tho school,
Postmaster Gonernl Hitchcock has
decided to discontinue tho now greou
special dollvory stamp, mid return to
tho familiar blue stamp.
Tho body of Charles Ettlngor, a
noclullst agitator, said In former yonni
to have been ono of tho founders of
tho Speiicorinn college of Mllwnukeu
was recovered from Lake Michigan.
Tho Spoknno into case has been
postponed until fall,
A black hand plot to assassinate Po
liceman Longobardl of Chicago was
unearthod.
Six men woro killed and fourteen
' badly Injured by nn explosion In steel
works at Wheeling, W. Vn. .
Tho Oreat Northern railroad his re
fused to nld tho Spoknno grand Jury
in tho Cordon prosecution,
J. p. Morgan & Co, havo announced
n proposed reorganization of tho Olif.
cngo Great Western Railway company,
Mrs. Annls, widow of tho man who
Cnpt. Haines slow, Is soon to be mar
ried to n prosperous real estate
broker.
Tho national Juno crop report shows
that spring wheat Is better than a
year ago.
There Ib rovlval of talk that tho
president will veto tho tariff bill If re
ductions aro not made.
Turkoy wants tho island of Crete
nnd It Is Bald will go to war for it.
Uy u voto of U2 to as tho sennto
voted down Senator Dolllvor's amend
ment striking out tho duty of 1 cent
a yard on inorcerlzod goods.
Tho demand has boon made that
Prof. Georgo H. Fostor of Chicago
uulvorslty withdraw from tho Unptlst
church.
PSITESI
! CONDENSED ;
,
Postoffico Inspectors claim to Imvo
discovered nt Marlon, O., tho head
quarters of tho black hand.
A faro of ono nnd n half faros tho
round trip 3 cents a mllo tho round
trip Is announced from Nobrnska
points to tho ntntc fnlr nt Lincoln by
tho Rock Island road.
The Indiana balloon ondurnnco race
was won by Dr. Link and R. J. lrvln
in Indianapolis. They were In tho air
about 22 hours.
St. Petersburg, Russia, faces an epi
demic of cholera.
President Tnft nppolnted William
A, Hnrr of the District of Columbia
as assistant attorney general of tho
United Slates.
Harrltnan arrived In London, alter
n voyage In which ho suffored from
sen-sickness.
Representative Rodcnburg of Illi
nois Introduced a resolution provid
ing for nn appropriation of $100,005
for participation by tho United States
In tho Brussels convention In 1910.
. Tho past year has been ono of un
usual prosperity for national banks.
Henry Whlto Is to bo displaced ns
umbassador to Franco.
The plant of tho Decatur Cereal
company at Docntur, 111., tho largest
corn mill In tho world, wnB destroyed
by fire.
Tho houso passed tho Porto Rlcaii
bill without nmendment.
Ignnelus McNnmeo, Notro Dnmo
university orator, who was disquali
fied in tho Intorstnto oratorical con
test at Apploton, Wis., for alleged
plagiarism, also was disqualified by
tho Indiana Oratorical association.
Tho convention of Iown registered
nurses in their sixth annual mooting
wont on record In opposition to tho
woman's suffrage movement in Iowa.
A portrait In oil of Senator Ellhu
Root, secretary of Btnto for tho
greater part of tho last term of Pres
ident Roopovelt's administration, lias
been hung In tho big diplomatic room
of tho Htato department.
Tremendous rains in III n gold coun
ty, Iown, did great dainngo,
OrdorB woro received from tho
treasury department In Washington
removing from oillco Deputy Surveyor
John M. Dlsliop, who has been in
charge of tho third division of tho
surveyor's dopnrtmont In Now York.
Ex-Mnyor Burton of Sioux City, la.,
died last wcok from cancer.
Eight persons were Injured In a
combination lrelght and passongor
train on tho Short Creek division of
tho Southern railway, which, toppled
into Black crook.
Lorlmor's election to tho sonata
moans doluy In tho doop wntorwoy
project.
Armenians and Syrians nro leaving
tho ravaged districts by tho scores.
Tho Philadelphia street car strl:e
has boon Bottled and called off.
Mayor Dahlman of Omaha has an
nounced that ho will bo In tho Hold
again and will muko tho raco for the
nomination of governor of Nebraska
on tho democratic ticket.
Edward Callahan, famous ns n Ken
tucky foudlst, was shot from ambush.
MerchnudlsQ from tho United States
forms a steadily increasing share of
I ho Imports of Canada, as shown by
figures from Canadian official publica
tions. Col. Hoosovolt umdo an address to
a missionary nssombly.
Washington.
.Tho senate was canvassed to do
tormlno what would bo tho fate of a
proposition to place il tax upon divi
dends of corporations ns a substitute
for an Income tax, and it was de
veloped that thoro was an overwhelm
ing sentiment in opposition to such a
plan,
Attomoy Gonornl WIokorBhani ox
pressed hlmsolf as much gratified at
tho decision of Judgo Trlobor nt Llttlo
Rock, Ark., upholding tho constitu
tionality of tho new omployorB' lia
bility act. Tho case under considera
tion waa that of tho administered
estate of Watson ngaliuit tho Iron
Mountain Railway company and tho
llrst of n number In Which tho govern
ment had Intervened by permission of
tho courts,
Tho famous "Last Philippine party,"
so-cnllcd because President Taft, who
at tho tlmo of tho trip was secretary
or war, and Mrs. Taft chaperoned it to
tho orient and bnck with several sub
sequent marital results, showed Its
appreciation of Miss Mabol Boardman
by presenting hor with a diamond
studded wnloh and chain,
Congressman Burko of South Da
kota said after a conforonco with the
president, that Auditor for tho In
terior Departinont. Persons, who enme
from IiIb state, would not bo removed
at least for tho presont.
H. R. Smith of Lincoln, who has
been nssoclnted with Sonntor Burkott
for four years as assistant socrotary,
has resigned, to tnko offoct with tho
close of tho presont sosslon of con
gross. Mr. Smith goos to Lincoln to
assoclato hlmsoir with a manufactur
ing company of thnt city,
Personal.
An attempt was made to kldnnp tho
deposed miltnn of Turkey,
Samuol A. Daugborty of Lucorno,
Mo., editor of tho Standard at that
plnco, committed Biileldo by drinking
cnrholle acid.
A "Pooping Tom" arrested In St.
Joseph, Mo., proved to bo a preacher.
Ex-Gov. Folk, in his recont lectur
ing tour, traveled 25,000 miles nnd
cleaned up $20,000.
Hon. W. J. Bryan la going nftor tho
senatorial toga now worn by Boimtor
Burkott.
It Is said Now York bankora will
partlclpato In tho Chlneso railroad
loan,
Sonntors Burkott nnd Brown too'.,
opposite sides on some tariff sched
ules. Mrs. Goo. Shonh of Duluth, visiting
ndar Scottlo, WaBh,, lost $20,000
which uho had hidden between ahootu
In hor bod,'
I
CAPTAIN RAYMOND ATTACKED
DY CORPORAL CRABTREE.
A REPRIMAND OF THE UTTER
Dullot From Enraged . Man Lodgea In
Captain's 3plne, Parallzlng His
Entire Body.
Dos Moines, la, Corporal Llslo
Crabtroo Sunday afternoon fatally
shot Captain John C. Raymond, com
manding ofllcor of Troop B, Second
United Statos cavalry at Fort Des
Mollies, then shot nnd seriously In
jured First Sergeant James It. Wash
burn, and Corporal Elijah Such, who
attempted to disarm him, and shot
himself.
Crabtrco'a Injuries nro not n'ecos
carlly fatal, tho bullet striking u rib
above the heart and orushing It,
Crabtroo hud been reprimanded by
Captain Raymond because of his fail
ure to roport when his leavo of
absonco had oxplrcd in tho morning.
Ho had spent tho night in Des
Molnos nnd was to have returned to
IiIb barracks at 7 a. ni. Crnbtroo waa
summoned by Cnptaln Raymond In
tho nflornoou nnd questioned us to his
conduct, whereupon tho corporal hotly
InslHted ho hnd Iopvo of absenco till
7 o'clock Sunday night. Captain Ray
mond ncccptcd this explanation and
the Incident was considered closed
when Crnbtroo domnnded that ho bo
transferred to nnothcr department of
or the army, which Captain Raymond
refused to consider, tolling tho cor
poral ho could not do that ob long ns
ho was not n good soldier.
Immediately Crnbtroo pulled a ro
volvor from his pocket nnd began
llrlng. Sorgonat Washburn Jumped
to hjs feot nnd grappled with tho sol
dlor, receiving a bullet in tho hand
nnd ' ono In tho Jnw which shattered
the bono. Captain Raymond had
seized tho man's arm and was nhout
to disarm him when a bullot struck
him in tho neck, lodging In tho aplno,
nnd ho dropped to tho floor para
lyzed. A bullot struck Corporal Such in
tho loft nrm. Crnbtroo then fired a
bullot Into his own body.
Captain Unymond is the Bon of Bri
gadier Gonornl Chnrlos W. Raymond,
retired, formerly or tho engineers in
chargo of rlvors and harbors and Bta
tloned'at Now York. Ills brother Is
Major Robert Rnymond of engineers,
stntloned at Now York. Captain Ray
mond is 38 years old and a momber
of ono of tho most well known mili
tary fatnllloa In tho east. Ho was
commissioned from Pennsylvania.
Captain Raymond is resting fairly
well, though Buffering somo pain. Hos
pital physicians say that though his
condition Is oxtromely critical slight
hopes aro entertained for his ro
cqvery. Leopold Talks About Congo.
Antworp King Leopold mndo a re
markable Bpeoch horo on tho occnslon
of tho fostlvltles In connection with
tho nnnoxatlon or tho Congo Independ
ent stato. Ho said that tho gift of
Congo to Belgium wnB tho groatcst
astlsfactlon In IiIb life Ho doclnred
thnt Congo would play a most Import
ant part In tho expansion of Belgium.
Tho now tariff walls or her nolghbora
hnd placed Belgium in a position
whoro a merchant mnrlno and now out
lots for its products woro Imperative.
Seventeen Are Dead.
Tohornn A roport recolvod horo
from Tabriz says that nn nltercntlon
botwoon tho British counsol at Salinas
and gondarlmerlo led to a conflict with
tho Turkish troops, in which tho Per
slnns lost twolvo killed nnd tho Turks
Kovon killed nnd a largo number
wounded.
Kill Five Thousand.
St. Petersburg. A dispatch to tho
Novoo Vromya from Astnra sayn that
tho Shakhsevan trlbosinon aro ravag
ing tho Ardnbll district In Azorblajan,
tho most northwesterly provlnco of
Pernln. According to tho dispatch
5,000 porsons havo been killed.
Taft Promises to Talk.
Wnshlngton. Presldont Tnft, nftor
a conforonco with John Mitchell,
Samuel Gompers, John Hayes Ham
mond, Prof. J. W. JonkB and R. M.
Easley. reprcsentlnc vnrlous Inioi-ostn
, accepted nn Invitation to address tho
riiHuonai conierenco to no hold horo
In January to aid uniform legislation.
Financing Chinese Railway.
Washington. Administration offi
cials vlow with much sntlsractlon tho
stops taken by tho grent banking In
torests In Now York, whereby thoy
nro to bo represented In tho financing
of tho Hnnkow-Sze-Chuon railway in
China, for thoy boo In thnt a start in
tho direction which will be helpful to
tho American government In tho far
eii3torn polloy In more ways thun
ono.
Paris Likes White.
Purls Tho Figaro and Temps, apro
pos of tho reports that Robort Bacon,
ox-Bocretnry of stato, Is coming to
Purls as American ambassador, print
highly ouloglc editorials rogardlng the
prosont nmbnssador, Honry Whlto, in
which thoy rocnll tho particular gratl
tudo which Franco fools for him on
account of tho rolo ho played at Algo
elras and tho high osteom In which ho
Is hold In official and Boclal clrclos.
They bluntly express tho hopo thnt ho
will not bo roplnced by tho American
government.
EARLY CLOSING LAW.
When In Effect, Is Now tho Para
mount Question.
When does tho 8 o'clock closing law
go into effect? This is a momentous
question for "wjt" towns, but of no
interest whatever to thoso that nro
"dry."
Prlvnto Secretary Furse of tho gov
ernor's ofllco has decided that this law
and nil othor laws not having nn
emergency clanso go Into offoct July 2.
This decision Is based on the docl;
slons of tho supreme court In n mur
der case In ICth Nobrnska court ro
port, und In tho court's decision in
tho mnttor of Gov. Sheldon's veto of
tho upproprlntlon for n now wing nt
tho Kearney Normal school. Mr.
Furse says that all laws without nn
omorgency clause go Into effect July
2 unless somo ono goes to tho trou
bio to contest tho matter In oourt, and
In such nn event they will got a docl
filon that tho law questioned goes into
effect July C. So if tho saloon keep
ors desire to renp tho rich profit of n
day nnd a night or sales on tho na
tlon'a birthday, July 4, thoy may havo
a good defense by showing that the
legislature did not adjourn until April
I, although It agreed to adjourn on
April 1. According to tho decisions
of tho court Mr. Furse believes tho
record of nn adjournment April 1 will
stand until proven false. Tho legisla
ture transacted business April 4, as
the records will bIiow, in tho fnco of
nnothor portion of tiio record that
sayB tho final adjournment wns taken
April 1. Tho courts hold that laws
without an emergency clause go Into
effect threo months nfter tho adjourn
mont of tho legislature. In tho ICth
Nebraska tho court held that as tho
legislature adjourned April S, the law
In question changing tho penalty for
murder becamo effective July 9. A
man was hanged under this decision.
Saloons In overy town must cIobo
at 8 p. m. nftor tho lnw goos Into ef
fect. As to whethor or not tho llt'onso
of a saloon man can bo taken from
him for disobeying tho law may de
pend upon tho local ordinances or up
on his conviction of a violation. If
tho city council or licensing boards
wilfully disobey nny law that It is
their duty to onforco thoy may bo re
moved from ofllco.
Rock Pile Favored.
Lincoln la to havo a rock pile. Tho
police Judgo and tho pollco havo tired
of hobos stopping ovor for n fow days
and getting bonrd nnd room rent freo
while resting up .for a chargo on somo
other community, so thoy havo decid
ed to put overy living drunk and hobo
to work pounding rock.
Postmasters of Nebraska.
Tho postmnsterB of Nebraska, in
convention horo, elected officers as
folio wb: F. It. Slzor of Lincoln, presl
dont; B. F. Thomas of Omaha, C. Hoi
llngsworth of Beatrice, J. M. Tower
or Sutton nnd W. B. Cox or Wnco,
vice presidents, nnd W. J. Cook or
Blnlr, Bocrotary. Tho convention next
year will again bo held In Lincoln.
Warning to Ice Cream Men.
Food Commissioner Mains has Is
sued a warning to tho lco cream men
or Nebraska. Ho says: "Tho stand
ard for lco cream established by tho
food, drug and dairy laws of Nebraska
Is at least 14 per cent buttor fat in
tho finished product und 12 per cent
buttor fat for fruit cream. Tho at
tention of manufacturers and retail
ors is called to this section or tho law,
ns the commissioner oxpocts u strict
compllnnco. Manufacturers and re
tailers of Ice cream cones, pop and
Blinllnr beverages are warned against
the iiso of snccharlno ns a sweotonor.
It being a coal tar preparation, tho
uso of It Is prohibited oxcopt whoro
the per cent used Is placed upon tho
lnbel of each Individual bottlo or con
talnor." Valuation of Railroads.
Tho distribution of vnlues of rail
road proporty directed by tho state
board of assessment has been com
pleted by. Secretary Honry Seymour
and will bo tnken up by thu board for
llnnl adoption nt Its noxt meeting. Tho
total valuo of railroad property Is In
creased $5,742,405. This means an In
creaBO of about $7,000 taxes to bo paid
annually by tho railroads to tho stnto
If tho stato lovy Is the same us hiBt
year.
Dr. Clark Quiescent.
Dr. A. W. Clark, Buporlntondont of
tho Child Saving Inotltuto of Omaha,
who soveral days ago Informed tho
Stnto Board of Public Lands und
Biddings thnt ho would resort to pub
llclty unions tho board accepted as an
inmato of tho Homo for tho Friend
less a boy now In the Instltuto, has
accopted tho decision of tho board not
to tnko tho boy and hnB so written to
Sccrotnry of Stato Junkln.
Dr. Clark wroto that ho had ro
colved a lottor from Mrs. Johnston,
superintendent of tho homo, In which
sho asked that Dr. Clark wait until
tho chnngo Is made In tho homo July
, when tho now law goos into ofToet.
At thnt time, ho said, ho would again
tnko tho matter up with tho board.
Undor tho new law tho board will
havo nothing to do with tho Homo
Crounse Memorial Services.
Momorlnl services woro hold In tho
supremo court for tho Into Lorenzo
CrounBo, formor Judgo of tho supronio
court and formor governor of tho
stnto. Resolutions which hnd bcon
prepared by a committee composed of
Byron G. Burbnnk, Georgo B. Luke, E.
Wnkoloy, O. A. Abbott and It. A. Bat
ty, were road by Mr. Abbott and or
dorod spread upon tho records of tho
court by Chief Justice Reoso. Tho
resolutions recited tho lengthy public
Borvico or Judgo Crounsu and gave to
him credit for tho work,
NEB I B
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
Omaha cadets spent a weok in
enmp nt Ashland, !
Valentino hnB voted bonds to put
in a water system plant.
Valley will probably havo a bond
election to voto $20,000 . for electric
lights nnd water workB.
Tho city council of Nebraska City
will provido n rock pllo for offenders
that cannot pny fines.
Rnlns In some portions of tho Btnto
have bcon so oxcesslve as to Interfere
with corn cultivation.
Returns show that Hastings has
well on toward ono hundred nuto
mobiles. Children Bet flro to James Crom
well's bnrn In west Geneva nnd his
outbuildings were burned with sohio
hogs.
John, tho 8-yenr-old son of Christo
pher Spllker, living northwest of Pick
roll, was bitten twlco on tho foot by
n rattlesnake. At last accounts his
condition vas alarming.
Sovon Mormon oldcra arrived In
Poncn and held meetings on tho street
They reported that thoro havo boon
seventeen Mormon olders In Nebraska
slnco last October.
Mrs. Norrls Brown, wife or Sonntor
Brown, has returned to Kearney, nnd
Is stopping nt tho homo or Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Fcss preparatory to
establishing tho family in their own
homo when tho senator returns.
Tho record or fines paid In Merrick
county during tho Inst- olghteen
months Bhows a total nf $1,499. This
Includes nil cash fines paid into tho
district county and pollco courts.
Two boys botweon tho nges of 15 to
17, originally from Omaha, who had
been hold in tho county Jail at Lexing
ton awaiting tho action of tho district
court, broko Jail and escaped.
Albert GtiBtafson of Osceoln, who
has been in a private asylum in Lin
coln for a short tlmo, was last weok
adjudged insnno nnd ordered commit
ted to tho stato -hospital for tho lh
sano at Norfolk.
John Kukla, n section hand, was run
ovor by a string of four cars at Colum
bus nnd had both legs cut off below
tho l:nees and a portion or ono hand
cut off, besides other bruises. His
recovery Is not looked for.
Omaha gets cheaper cabbago and
onions. This Is tho result of tho ac
tion of tho stato railway commission
in chnnglng tho carload lot rates from
Bayard, Mlnlnture, Haywnrd Siding,
Scottsbluff, Mitchell nnd Morrill.
J. H. Abshlre, living four miles
west of Sutherland, wns seriously in
jured in n runaway. He sprang from
his vehicle, striking tho ground in
such mnnnor that both of his logs
woro broken near the ankles.
Chler Justice Reese of tho supremo.
court has gono on a European trip,
to bo gono for nt least threo months.
Tho court mot and selected Ju4go
Barnes to bo tho chlof Justice during
tho absence or Judgo Heese.
Report enmo to Ponca laBt week
that John Cozno, n formor resident of
that placo, now nt Burbnnk, S. D., was
shot by an Itnllan nt Burbank. Cozno
Is ono of Poncn's formor citizens who
went out of business nnd out of town
when Poncn wont "dry."
Rona Hunter hns brought suit In
federal court against Goovgo Lehman
of Columbus, Neb., for $50,000. Sho
wnB employed as a pastry cook nt a
hotel at Columbus, owned by Lehman
and operated by Dan E. PenBley. Sho
alloges that on January 25, 1909, sho
was badly burned by tho explosion of
acotylono gas.
A highly odoriferous package re
ceived In tho mall at Central City
throw n big surprlso Into tho post-
ofllco employes and caused a grand
rush for tho open nlr. Tho packago
was found to contain a coyoto scalp
In a very poor stato of preservation.
Contrary, It Is said, to post regula
tlonB, a farmer- at Silver Creek
mailed it.
William Barnott of Boncsteol, S. D..
who was arrested upon n Northwest
ern passenger train near Lynch, Nob.,
nbout six weeks ngo, charged with
stealing ton hend of horses from
formor Senator O'Neill of Holt county,
pleaded guilty to the chargo of horso
stealing nnd was sentenced to sovon
years In tho penitentiary at hard
labor.
Tho Masonic Grand Lodgo of Ne
braska has choson officers ns follows:
M. Dowllng of Omaha, grand master;
Harry A. Chenoy of Crelghton, deputy
grand master; Honry Gibbon of Kcnr-
ney, grand senior warden; James R.
Cain or Stolln, grand Junior warden:
J. B. Dlnsmoro or Sutton, grand treas
urer; Francis E. Whlto or Omaha.
grand secretary.
Tho committeo in chnrgo or tho'
Fourth or July colobratlon has re
ceived notlco that Charles B. Landls,
congressman from Indiana, has ac
copted tho ongugomont to deliver tho
Fourth of July speech In Fnlrbury on
July 5.
Tho Jury In tho caao of Frank Hoff.
mnn, administrator of tho enstato of
Georgo V. Glover, returned n verdict
ngalust tho Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad compnny for $20,000 In a suit
brought ngalnat tho railroad company
for $30,000 for tho dentil of Glovor,
tried In district court at O'NolIl. Tho
caso camo from Dawson county.
NEBRA8KA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items of Interest Taken From Her
and There Over the 8tate.
1 Gov. Shnllonbcrger mado an addreBS
nt tho York commencement exorcises.
A mnn in tho Loulsvlllo Jail set flro
to tho structure nnd narrowly escaped
bolng burned alive.
Citizens of AliiBWorth havo com
pleted nrrnngenientB for installing nn
electric plant.
Emellno HUdobrnnd of Juniata, 74
years old, was committed to tho stato
hospital nt Lincoln to bo trented for,
dipsomania.
Harry Martin wns drownod In tho
Missouri river at Florenco whllo
swimming. Ho wns caught In n whirl
pool nnd sucked undorneuth.
Word was received at Hastings of
tho death of Miss Jennlo Louden of
Omaha In Missoula, Moiit. Miss Lou
den was an early sottlor of Hastings.
Rovb. J. W. Merrill and A. E. Perry
of Nebraska City nro circulating peti
tions to havo all of tho places of bus
iness in thnt city close on Sunday.
Forty-five business nnd professional
men or Cook mndo a tour of several
towns in that vicinity, ndvortiBing
their town. Tho trip was mado In
nlno automobiles.
Tho mysterious animal that has
been killing live stock in parts of Cus
ter county for several months is again
in ovidence. It wnB scon early last
week noar Ed Stukoy's ranch, about
17 miles Bouthwost of Broken Bow.
J. II. Cain, Jr., president of Group 1
of tho Nebraska Bankers' association,
has issued notlco of tho annual moot
ing of tho association for Juno 1G at
Lincoln.
Paul Donza, a former Beatrice res
ident, was struck by lightning nnd
killed at Colby, Kans. Four horseB
which ho was driving wore also
killed.
Homesteaders near Morrill havo ap
pealed to Gov. Shallonbergor ,for pro
tection against tho alleged misdeeds
of tho ranchmen. Thoy claim that
fences are being torn down and crops
destroyed.
Prof. Simoon M. Moss, a graduato
of the University of Nobraska, has
been elocted to tho Buperlntendoncy
of tho WlBiier schools, succeeding
Prof. W. T. Stockdnlo, who goos to
MadlBon.
Tho Woman's club of Nebraska City
ontortalned Chancellor Avery nnd
wife, Mrs. A. C. Shnllonbcrger nnd
others from Lincoln at tho Instltuto
for tho blind. Mrs. Shnllonbcrger
mado an address.
John Buhr of Paulino was trampled
to death by a horso. Ho was at
tempting to hold it by a short ropo,
which becamo wrapped nbout ono
wrist a number of times bo that. ho
was unablo to unloose it
County Attorney Gower Thomas of
Harlan county filed nn notion for al
leged libel in district court ngalnat
Peter W. Shea for $5,000 on account
or an article wrlttoh by Mr. Shea that
appeared' In the Orleans Chronlclo.
Tho stato auditing dopartmont, un
dor tho supervision or J. W. TumoB,
assistant stato nuditor, found that L.
C. Parrls, deputy treasurer of Dawson
county, is short $1,420.41. His father
mndo good tho amount.
Mrs. Tibbels, 82 years old, blind
and an invalid for tho last year, was
instantly killed when tho walls and
roof of hor sod houso caved in on hor
without wnrntng. Sho lived about 15
miles northeast or Dickons.
Burlington train No. 89 struck nnd
instantly killed Frank Prasock, ono
mllo nnd a hair cast or Crete. Ho waa
n section hand, nnd wns riding his
three-wheeled velocipede when tho ac
cident occurred in a deep cut of tho
road.
A largo numbor of persons at tho
Electrical Show In the Auditorium
building, Omaha, recently witnessed
ono of tho most rcmarkablo demon
strations of "wireless" energy hereto
fore mado In any country In fact, n
feat not accomplished before in tho
world'B history, so far as is known
when Dr. Fredorlclc H. Mlllener, ex
perimental eloctrlclnn, Union Pacific
Railroad company, Omaha, turned on
tho lights In tho building, tho Impulso
being sent from tho Fort Omnha wire
less tower, six miles .distant. This
demonstration was mado possible
through tho courtesy of Colonol Glass
ford, Signal Corps, U. S. A. Tho
wireless Impulse operated on n spe
cially constructed cohoror (which Is
very dollcato and will rocelvo tho
faintest Impulso) similar In construc
tion to that used about a year ago on
tho olectrlcally controlled (by "wire
less") truck In tho shop yards of tho
Union PaclHc, at Omaha. By moans
or a largo solenoid switch, which 1b
closed when tho impulse passos
through tho cohoror, sovonty-flvo horso
power woro turned on nnd tho Audi
torium lighted. By means or n simi
lar mechanism tho power was turned
off nnd tho operation repeated soveral
times In othor words, tho Iocnl cir
cuits In tho Auditorium wero closod
by wireless Impulso from Fort Omaha.
Tho public Is boglnnlng to renllzo tho
Immensity nnd tho importance of tho
work bolng done by Union PncMc rail
road in its offorts to safeguard the lives
of Its pnssongors and tho property of
snippers, via its linos, and, by reason
of tho oxporlmentnl work being dono
by It, what an Importnnt factor it is
In this country's progress.
At Box Elder, nbout ton miles north
of McCook, Bryan Doylo, aged 14, son
of Daniel Doyle, was dragged and
kicked to death nftor having bean
thrown from his horso, his foot hav
ing caught in tho stirrup.
Tho Commercial club of Kearney Is
planning an agricultural show in that
city this fall that will surpass any
thing ever attempted horo. Tompo- .
rary buildings largo onough to hold
nil tho farm product oxhlblts In west-
em Nebraska aro to bo built in the
stroots nnd theso nro to bo filled with
corn, potatoes, llvo stock und evory
tiling produced on tho rami.