THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA L. BARE, Publisher
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IHENTIONEDJJIML SPACE
The Busy Reader Can Absorb In a
Few Moments a Good Deal of
Information.
Foreign.
The Nlow Cournnt publishes nn ex
planation of the dlHmiBHttl of Jose Do
J. Paul, tho Bpeclnl Venezuelan envoy
to Europo, declaring that Uie action
of tno vcnozueian government wan
due to Scnor Paul exceeding Ills man
dato In recent negotiations.
Tsal Chen, former president of tho
board of commorco, loft Peking for
Toklo. Ho will return tho official
visit of Prlnco Fushlml, who ropro
ftonted Japan at tho funeral of the
Into omporor.
Advices from Fez Indicate tho In
ternal pcaco of Morocco In again
threatened by tho depredations of tho
robol Roghi, to whom a largo number
of tho tribes aro roportcd iib (wear
ing alloglcnce- Another fnctor Is tho
series of raids conducted by tho
sultan's rebellious brother Mulal Ko
blr. A party of touristn, nlno in nil,
American nnd English, wore drowned
in Lowor Klllnrney lnko.
Special dlspatchos from San Fran
cisco to Japanoso nowspaporn aro no
worded as to indlcato that conditions
obtaining In tho Hawaiian lfllatids,
growing out of tho Japanese sugar
plantation laborers' strike, nro ex
tremely serious.
Great Britain has nuked America
not to press her clnlm for participa
tion In tho Hankow-Szo-Chuen rail
road loan of f27.500.000, which Brit
ish, German and French bankers stand
ready to tako tip, This request has
boon sent to Jamos nryco, tho Brit
ish ambassador at Washington.
The firing on tho British steamer
Woodburn by n Russian torpodo bont
in Pltklpas bay has not yet been re
ported to tho foreign offlco in London,
nnd tho ownors of tho vcssol nro
awaiting her return in order to ob
tain full details, whon thoy will nBk
for n comploto Investigation of tho
circumstances.
General.
Knthorlno Clommons Gould secured
n logol separation from hor husband,
with $3,000 a month alimony.
Tho heat wavo continues In tho
oast, causing deaths, prostrations
and much misery.
Tho govornmont suit against tho
Now Haven nnd Boston & Mi'.lno rail
roads has been dismissed,
Nebraska is to havo n prlcoloBs
work of nrt In tho Abraham Lincoln
monument.
Forty thousnnd tumors joined In a
pnrado in Cincinnati.
Forty persons woro Injured, sovoral
seriously, In a collision botwoon two
Bouthbond Cars on the Wilmington &
Chcstor lino.
Imprisonment for llfo Is tho ponnlty
which Hoprosontntlvo Konnody of
Ohio proposed Bhnll bo inflicted on
ngonts of tho black hand nnd kip
nnporo.
W. H. Haskell, wardon of tho Kan
naB ponltontlary, forwarded his rcs!g
nation to Governor Stubbs. The roslg
nation tnkos offect July 1.
At n dinner whoro Cannon was tho
guest of honor plans woro laid to boost
ship subsidy in form of Humphrey
bill.
Without debnto tho sonnto refused
big reductions on lumber rates nnd
Increased those placed by house.
Prof, Goorgo Burnham Foster was
dropped from tho roll of tho Chicago
Bnptlst ministers' conforonco.
The sennto committee on judiciary
has demanded papors boarlng on land
fraud cases In California,
A bill In equity hits bcon filed In the
federal court to tost tho Nebraska
bank gunrnnty law.
Mrs. Hownrd Gould, on tnklng tho
witness box, denied ovory nllogutlon
that previous witnesses had mado
ngalnst hor.
Tho lntornntlonnl pressmon'H con
vontlon, Is session nt Omnha, do
clared for froo p'npor,
Slnco tho first of tho year the
United States has oxportod $ii0,000,000
in gold, most of which went to Ku
ropo.
On recommendation of both Nobrns
ha sonntors, Dr. W. H, Pllzor was np
pointed ponslon oxnmlnlng surgeon nt
Norfolk, Nob., vlco Dr. Alexander
Bear, resigned i nnd Dr. F.' II. Morrow
at Columbus, Nob., vlco Dr. Anthony
Cnuloy, roslgnod..
A special dispatch from St. Potors
burg says that M. Palltzln, his wlfo
and Count Rostoffstoft nil woro killed
In n balloon accldont thero.
Many cltlos nro declnrlng for a Bnno
Fourth of July.
It Is reportod from Uskub, Turkey,
that Djavld Pasha hns suffered n son
ous defeat nt tho hnnds of J-1,000 Al
bnnlnn troops near Potch, In n vain
attempt to dislodge thorn from n nar
row pass.
Six porsons woro killed und scores
injured In the collision of cars on tho
Eoiith Shoro Electric lino in Indiana.
Accompanied by tho mmuborB of his
family, 15. H. Hnrrlmnn loft Vlonnn
tor tho Somniorliig, a mountain rosort
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Emll Tilly of Bar Harbor, Me., shot
and killed his father, John Tilly, fol
lowing n series of quarrels. It Is said
tho cider man had hit his son on tho
hend with a club, Young Tilly mado
n statement saying ho had killed his
father to save himself and his wlfo
from death.
.Six nnd a half tons of virgin geld,
tho largest slnglo shipment over sent
from Alnskn, nrrlved nt Sonttlo on tho
stoamor Jefferson from Juneau.
Tho railway firemen and tho west
ern federntlon of minors purposo to
erect a monument In honor of John
H. Murphy, formerly counsel for tho
organizations named, nnd who died In
Denver recently.
Indicted mon plonded guilty In North
Platto federal court session much to
tho surprlso of prosecuting officials.
Ambassador Naubuco of Brazil dc-
llvorcd tho baccalaureato address nt
tho University of Wisconsin.
A Htntcment Issued by tho bureau
of statistics says that It Is now appar
ent that tho exports from tho United
Stntes In tho fiscal year which ends
with tho present month will fall ma
terially below thoso of 1908 unci 1907
nnd slightly below thoso of 190G.
When tho International Christian
Endonvor convontlon opons In St.
Paul, July 7, overy visitor vlll find ac
commodation nt n hotel or bonrfllng
house. Tho arrangement committees
announco that for tho first tlmo In
tho history of tho Christian Endeavor
movemont no delegate Vlll bo obliged
to II vo In n tont.
Mombors of tho sennto conferred
with tho president on tho proposed
corporation tnx nmendmcnt.
Washington.
Sonator Brown received n telegram
from tho Intcrnatlonnl Printing Press
men nnd Asslslniits' Union of North
Amerlcn, which supported IiIh Btatc
monts on tho floor of tho Bennto that
mon who work on American papers
wnnt duties on pnper nnd pulp ro-
duccd.
Tho nppcal of tho government from
tho decision of the lower courts In
tho St. Louis Terminal company case,
and tho Oberlln M. Carter enso was
filed In the olllco of tho clerk of the
supremo court of tho United States.
Tho right of the government to. Car-
tor's property and tho control of tho
Ends brhl go nnd tho Merchants! brldgo
across tho Mississippi river by tho
terminal company nro tho two points
Involved In tho two cases.
Another retired officer of tho navy
who has been performing nctlvo du
tlos Civil Engineer Mordocal T. En
dlcott, who holds the rank of rear ad
miral lino boon detached from the
service and ordered homo.
FrlondB In this city of Commander
Uobort Edwin Pcnry, U. 8. N., tho ox-
ploror who loft tho United Statos last
July for tho frozen north, sny they bo-
llovo Ponry hns by this time reached
tho goal of his ambition, and has suc
cessfully planted tho Btnrs nnd stripes
at tho north pole. No news has been
rocelved from Peary since ho loft
Etah, August 17, 1908, In tho staunch
ship Roosevelt, for a dash as far Into
tho Ico bound sens as that specially
built vossol wpuM carry him for be
ing frozen In by the wlntor'H cold.
Tho sennto resolution providing for
tho continuance of unexpended bul-
nncos In connection with certain river
and harbor Improvements nlso was
ndoptcd In the house.
Availing themsolvos of tho prosenco
of a quorum, tho house leadorB ob
tained action on sevornl Important
mattors. Principal among thoso was
a conforonco roport on tho bill pro
viding for tho tnklng of tho census.
The state department has rocelved
roports Indicating evidence of unrest
In Honduras, but the dispatches lack
Bpcclflc detail both as to locality of
threatened trouble, nnd as to what
may bo oxpocted. Tho gunboat Pa-
ducah Is being kept In Honduras
waters.
Maurlco Connolly of Dubuquo hns
written to Sonator Dolllver to Invito
Prcsldont Taft to attond tho banquet
of tho International Carriage Manu
facturers' association In that city Oct.
21. Tho president hns boon Invited
by Sonntor Dolllver, but does not yet
know If ho can attend.
Personal.
Oscnr Lowlshon, husband of Edna
May, tho uctrcss, Is roportud killed In
n Europoan nutomobilo nccldent.
Tho wedding of young Bryan took
plnco out of doors, undor a big tree.
Sonator Balloy defended his action
In voting for a duty on hides, lumber
and iron ore.
Ex-Prosldont Roosovolt has . now
turned his attention to Buffnlo, having
recently klllod throe.
Mrs, Hownrd Gould is to havo $3,000
n month from hor former hubby.
Tho houso naval committee Is go
ing to Hawaii to Inspect Pearl liar
bor.
Tho president sent to tho simato tho
nomination of Samuel G. Mortlmor to
bo receiver of public inonoys at Hollo
fourche, S. D.
Ambassador Thompson of Nebraska
says ho will soon quit his job In
Mexico,
Liquor mon of Omaha nro asking
for lighter assessments In view of tho
forthcoming 8 o'clock closing law.
Conflicting roports aro nbroad rc
gardlng the henlth of Hnrrlmnn, tho
railroad magnato.
Tho president Is Interested In rollof
for Nobraska water users.
Ambassador Thomas J, O'Brien and
Count Koniurn, th Japanese foreign
minister, have oxchanged friendly
notes regarding the approaching visit
of a largo delegation of Japanoso busi
ness mon to the United States.
Medals from the national govern
jjient woro uwarded to the Wright
brothors at Dnytqn, O.
Mrs. Hownrd Gould's dlvorco suit
linH brought out tho fact that Hhn was
often lu hor cups.
A slnglo bnndlt, in broncl daylight,
roUbpd a Fori Worth, bnnlc of $M00.
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WILL BE REACHED IN 8ENATE IN
A FEW DAYS.
MEANS THREE WEEK'S DELAY
At Least That Much Time Will Be
CnnsUmed Before Tariff Bill la
Voted on by Senators.
Washington. Tho corporation tax
question will receive the attention of
the scnato this week. When tho sub
ject is to be taken up depends on tho
tlmo to bo devoted to the considera
tion or tho houso schedules yet to bo
considered In connection with the tar
iff. They lncludo tho questions of cot
ton tics, cotton bagging, binding
twine, steel mils and structural steel.
The southern sonntors will mako n
determined light In favor of freo bag
ging and ties, contending that If bind
ing twlno is to go on tho undultnblo
list to satisfy tho farmers of tho
northwest, the articles in question
should bo glvon tho samo trontniont to
gratify the farmers of tho south.
With those Hems disposed of, tho
senuto will begin consideration of tho
rorporntlon tnx quostlon, In connection
with tho Income tnx quostlon previously
offered by senntor Bnlley. Tho corpora
tion tnx provision of President Taft
will bo presented ns a Biibstltuto for
tho Balley-Cummlns amendment and
tho light will turn largely upon tho
comparative merits of tho two pro
visions. The oupportors of tho administra
tion nro confident of success. They
sny Hint but eight votes for the cor
poration will bo lost from among tho
republican senators. Tho democrats
will genorally vote for tho Incomo
tax, but with thnt out of tho wny,
ranny of them will glvo their ndhor
onco to tho provision for levying trlb-
uto upon tho corporations. Estimates
of the tlmo required for tho disposition
of this question vary all tho way from
ono week to two weeks.
After tho corporation tax will come
the administrative foaturo of tho bill,
the maximum and minimum rate nnd
drawback provisions, and other re
lated questions. Only extremely hot
weathor can force action on tho bill
within less thnn three weeks' tlmo.
Tho houso has nothing before It and
probably will ndjourn from Monday
to Thursday and again from Thursday
without nttomptlng nny leglslntlon.
FOUNDER OF GRAND ARMY.
Statuo of Stephenson to be Unveiled
In Washington.
Wnshlngton. Ono of tho greatost
events in tho history of tho Grand
Army of tho Republic will occur when
tho statuo of Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Stophonson, founder of tho organlnz
tlon, will bo unveiled In this city ofi
July 3.
There will bo a pnrado and all avail
able United States military and naval
forces and tho district mllltln. Presi
dent Taft will deliver an address, fol
lowed by Representative J. Hampton
Mooro of Pennsylvania, who will bo
tho orator of tho day.
Tho triangular Hhaft Is of granite,
about forty feet high. On each side Is
a group In bronzo. tho thrco repre
senting tho cardinal principles of tho
G. A. R. Fraternity,' Charity and Loy
alty. On tho western side Is a bronzo
Idealized medallion of Dr. Stophonson
In tho uniform of nn officer of tho civil
war.
MINNESOTA BISHOP IS DEAD.
Rev. Joseph B. Cotter, Prominent Ro
man Catholic, Succumbs,
Wlnonn, Minn. Tho Rt. Row Josoph
B. Cottor, agod (15, head of tho Catho
lie dloceso of Winona, Minn., which
comprises tho entlro southern half of
tho state, died nt his homo hero at
midnight ot a complication of heart
trouble and Brlght's disease In tho
oaiiy '80s ho was, for several years,
prcsldont ot tho Catholic Total Ab
stinence Union of Amorlca, and In 1S87
ho did duty In tho capacity of locturor.
Samuel Gompers- In London.
London. Samuel Gomoors. nrost
dent of tho American Federation of
Labor, nrrlved In London Sunday. U
wns met by Davis J. Shnckleton and
Jiuucs A. Soddon. both members o
the houso of commons, and'othor labor
leaders.
Pretender May Live.
San Sobnstlnn, Spain. A private
dispatch received hero from Vnroso
says that notwithstanding the recent
sorlous operation performed on Don
Carlos, pretender to tho Spanish
throno, hopo of his ultimate rocovory
has not been abandoned.
Five Horses Killed by Lightning,
Sturgls, S. D. A heavy electrical
storm visited this vicinity. A groat
nmount ot rain foil and lightning
Blruck tho M troop stable at Fort
Mend nnd killed four cavalry horses
In tholr stalls, but did Httlo damago to
tho stable. ,
Mrs. Roosevelt to Europe.
Now A'ork. Mrs. Theodoro Roobo
volt sailed for Europe Saturday on tho
stoamor Cretlc with hor daughter
Ethel, nnd her two sons, Quontln nnd
Archlo. Tho first month of tholi
trip will bo passed nt Mrs. Robsovolf
sister's, Miss Carow, in the lntter
villa near Rome, qjio romnlndor
tho Stay abroad will bo snout In
ol
tour of Franco, which wns doslgnnted
especially for Miss Ethel's benefit
Mrs. Roosevelt plnns tcVroturn ,to the
II.. I I 1 . 111 1 1 !
itimea man's witn iiQ iproe cniiurcn
THE WHEAT OUTLOOK.
Prospects Are of a Very Encouraging
Character.
According to reports gathered by
tho grain denlors In Lincoln from tholr
branches throughout tho state, tho
prospects aro that the wheat crop this
year will bo fully as good, If not bet
tor, than It was last year. Thore Is
very llttlo smut reported, and the
several grain dealers InteFvlowcd yos-
torday know of not a slnglo locality In
which chinch bugs or any other Insect
were Infesting tho flolds.
Tho Central Granaries company ro
ports prospects throughout the entire
wheat area of tho state very favorable
except In tho oxtrcmo southwestern
portion, and oven there they look for a
better crop than was produced In that
aron last year. In tholr opinion tho
harvest may begin by tho first of next
month If the weather continues warm
and dry, A small sheaf on exhibition
in tho office, brought from Adams,
Gage county, shows unusually long
heads and a heavy kernnl.
Tho South Platte country has a
bright wheat outlook, according to tho
statement of the Wrlght-Leet Grain
company. Roports from tho branch
eloVators In that district say that in
dications point to an average yield of
from twenty to twenty-flvo bushels
per aero. Tho usual amount of smut
hns been found In all wheat fields, but
at tho present tlmo thlB has practical
ly disappeared. What llttlo there was,
was tho common smut found sporadic
ally In every wheat Held, and not of
tho more destructive "ball smut"
which Is so much dreaded by tho
farmer, A fow spoara of wheat
brought lo tho olllco from Russell
county, Kansas, Bhow n full, well
rounded kernnl; but the stand In tho
fields thero Is said to bo thin, owing
to dry weather.
Wheat as far west as Lincoln county
is in good shape. Tho H. O. Barber
company, which does spmo of Its busi
ness In tho vicinity of North Platte,
says that tho great production of
wheat in Lincoln county Is largely due
to tho scientific mothods of conserving
soil moisture practiced there, nnd to
tho old English custom ot fallowing
Introduced thore some years ago. Mr.
Barber snyB thero aro conflicting re
ports In rcgnrd to crop conditions In
Pnolps county. Somo report thorn
good and others roport them unfavor-
nolo.-
As to the Crops.
Reports from the stnto Indlcato that
tho crops aro flourishing. Wheat
throughout the central section is fully
up to tho normal. It Is fully headed
out, nnd tho heads aro largo and well
filled for this stago of growth. Corn
which has been held back on account
of tho wet cool spring, Is now well
rooted nnd Is expected by farmers to
make a phenomenal growth during the
rest of the month. Considering the
trouble farmers havo had getting onto
their ground to cultivate, the corn is
notweedv.
Campbell Soli Culture.
The Campbell soil culture theory
hiiH received encouragement from
foreigners. Tho Cnmpbell Soil Cul
ture company of Lincoln has been or
ganized. A communication has been
received from tho Department of Ag
rlculturo of tho Moxlcan government,
asking for the conditions under wnlch
tho company will establish ono or
more of tholr demonstration farms In
that country, and the land owners' as
sociation of Pressor, Wash., has asked
tno compnny to undortnko for thorn a
demonstration farm In what Is known
as tho Horse Heaven section, In south
east Washington. Tno company nlso
hns under consideration tho establish
ment of a fnrm for tho East Oregon
Land compnny, and tho supervision of
some farms for tho D. B, Johnson
Land company in North Dakota. The
company decided to amond tho ar
ticles of Incorporation, Incronslng its
rapltnl Btock from $100,000 to $150,000.
Hov. E. von Forol of Scotts Bluff, Nob.,
ex-regent of tho Nebrnskn stnto uni
versity, has boon secured by thecom
pany to take ehargo of Its educational
department, and will spond tho sum
mer months preparing a course of
study, which will bo taught by corre
spondence. Increase In Deposits.
State, prlvnto and Incorporated
banks havo Increased their deposits
aenrly $10,000,000 In tho last year, ac
cording to tho roport. Of Secretary
Koyso on tho condition of business on
Mny 22. Deposits In stato bnnks show
a deorenso ot 1511,000 from tho Fob
runry report. This Is attributed to
the fact that two stato banks, tho
Grand Island Banking company and
tho Mlndon Exchango havo become
national bnnks In tho Intervening
tlmo. These banks had deposits of
$910,000. State banks have Increased
about $40,000.
New Rates at Grand Island.
Tho Stato Hallway commission has
given tho Union Paclllc pormtsslon
to install a rnto of 10 cents for tho
round trip from Grand Island to the
stock yards cast of thero. Tho com
mission granted tho permission be
cause It Is n reduction from $50 for a
special train which made tho yards
twice a month, so Intoroatod parties
could attend the horse sales,
Data For Railroad Valuation.
A number of railroad mon again mot
with the Stnto Railway Commission
and Englneor Hurd discussed tho ro
ports tho onglneer will want in finding
tho physical vnluntlon of the railroads
The railroad men objected to the forms
preparod by Mr. Hurd because they
were morn numerous than tho Mln
iieBota officials required. Mr. Hurd,
liowover, oxplalned that whllo thero
woro moro forms no more Information
was asked for, but ho hnd divided tho
forms so that tho matter would bo
innrf' "pnyBnIilt unndlft '
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTERE8T FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON
Rellglois, Social, Agricultural, Pollt
leal and Other Mattsrs Given
Dun Consideration.
A high wind at Lyons blow much
fruit from tho trees.
Fifty-two banks in Nebraska hnvo
signed to contest the constitutionality
of the guaranty bnnk law.
The now Catholic church at Kena
saw was dedicated last Sunday.
Woodmen of tho World will put up
a fifteen-story building In Omnha.
John Emerson of Greeley Camp wa
working In tho field ono day; ncr.l
day ho was dead from heart disease,
The telephone mon ore making wnr
on squirrels at Nobraska City because
of tho fact they havo ruined a largo
number of cables during tho past
month.
Daniel Chester French ot Now York
has boon selected to construct the
monument to Abraham Lincoln to be
placed on the state houso grounds nt
Lincoln.
Tho Buffnlo County Corn nnd Agri
cultural exposition launched by tho
Kearney Commercial lib, is now an
assured event for the second weok in
October.
- The Midwest Llfo of Lincoln wants
a locnl agent to represent it In every
town in Nobraska. For particulars
write tho company. It pays good
commissions,
Frank Hrchcn, a farmer in Custei
county, wns killed by lightning on tho
F. W. Toby ranch, whllo mowing al
falfa. One oof tho horses ho was driv
ing was also killed.
On account of the bank guaranty
suit, ex-Senator Allen, who Is retained
in the case by tho banks, has boon
compelled to cancel his speaking en
gagement on the occasion of the re
union of his regiment, the thirty-second
Iowa infantry, at Eldorn.
Tho Central Kennels is a growing
industry that exists In Central City.
Lately sovcral English pointers have
been shipped to other states, and the
demand for them Is increasing.
The Commercial club of Kearney,
has undertaken n thorough investiga
tion of the Kearney-Bololt railway pro
ject known as the Dakota. Kansas &
Gulf, with n view to boosting the en
terprise. Tho merchnnts -are planning an ar
rangement wherpby more trade mny
bo Induced to come to Hastings. They
proposo to pay tho railroad fare ol
persons In the surrounding territory
who come to that plnco to do theh
trading.
Tho contract for tho building of tho
now opera houso and lodgo hall in
Butto wns let Inst weok to E. E. Shorl
of Sioux City, who also has tho con
tract for the now Catholic school In
that nlace.
In Omaha tho passage of tho day
light saloon bill Is being urged by the
browers nnd wholesale liquor dealers
as argument against the porsona'i
property valuation returned by them
being Increased by Assessor Shrivel
and the Board of Equalization.
On the 2Cth day of April, 190G, The
Midwest Life wns authorized by the
Insuranco department of this stato tc
do a general life insurance businosi
on tho level premium, legnl reserve
plan. Tho stockholders aro Ncbraskt
peoplo, associated together to Insure
Nobraskn peoplo, nnd thereby to keer
within Nebraska tho premiums paid
for their insurance, Tho buslnesi
mothods of The Midwest Llfo an
clean. It sells and always has sold
life Insuranco as life insurance. Home
office 1007 "O" street, Lincoln. N. Z
Snoll, president. Write for an agency
A heavy eloctrlcal storm visited th
section about Praguo during which th
barn of Vac Frnnn, a half mllo west ol
town, was struck by lightning and con
sumeci by flro, togcthor with eight
head of horses, three sots of harnesi
nnd n large supply of oats and hay
Joseph llrnbee, nn aged farmer ol
Min nnrnrmlntl vli'lnltv. fJnpfi Pflnnfv
attempted suicide. A neighbor named
A. M. Ecknrt found Brnbcc hunglnj
nt the end of n rope In his barn and
cut him down. Ho soon revived. Brn
bee. It Is snld, hns been despondent
for some tlmo over domestic troubles
Tho recont rulings of tho Nebras
kn insurance department, through tin
nudltor of public accounts, the Hon
S. R. Barton, did not affect The Mid
west Life in the slightest degree, h
had never used "estimates"; soli
"special" or "board contracts"; placet
misleading "statements" on tho fnc
of Its policies or elsewhere, as to how
or In what manner Its policies woro so
cured; or sold "stock, bonds or so
curltles" of any Insurance or ngency
company ns nn Inducement to tak
llfo Insuranco with It." The rullngi
ngalnst such practices aro In harmonj
with tho position publicly taken bj
The Midwest Llfo over since its or
ganlzntion. H6mo olllco 1007 "O
street, Lincoln. N. Z. Snell, president
Write for nn agency.
Mrs. John O'Connor of Lyons, while1
sowing, ran tho tnachluo needlf
through her finger nnd was held fag;
by It, not being ablo to oxtrlcato hor
self. Tho chlldron woro all away fron
the house, and her cries for help were
In vnln until she attracted somo oni
passing In tho street.
Domestic troubles seem to havo beet
tho causo which prompted Josoph Bra
hoc. a well-to-do farmer of Gago coun
ty, to try and end his llfo. Brnboc Ii
tho man who recently brought sul
ngalnst his wife, charging thnt durlnj
tliu hut nlno years slio has admluls
fprfijj f him e. Viatinw nnr.a i month
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items of Interest Taken From Here
and There Over the State.
Catholics of Kearney nro about to
build a now church.
Mrs. Carrlcker, aged 97 years, Hav
ing been confined to her bed for four
years, passed away at Sutton last
week.
While returning from a flsnlng trip
on Lone Tree creek, Harold Kass nnd
Hal Dyham of Chadron lost n livery
team whllo trying to cross the stream,
which had become swollen by recent
rains.
Flrq totally destroyed Michnol Mnal
gan's store In Weston with Its con
tents of windmills, pumps and supplies
and a lnrge gasoline engine, entailing
a loss of nearly $1,200. The cause of
the flro it unknown.
Smallpox has broken out nt Byron.
Three families hnvo bcon quarantined,
children nro being vncclnntod. It wan
first supposed to have been chicken
pox, but a physician later pronounced
it smallpox.
A charter was granted for tho third
bank at Newman Grove, with a capital
Btock of $15,000 to bo known ns tho
Shell Creek Valley State bank. Tho
Incorporators are i nomas O'Shea,
John J. O'Shcn, Molllo O'Shea and
Mark O'Shea. Thomas O'Shea Is tho
president of the Farmers' National
bank of Mndlson.
Tho Norfolk "boy dlmo novel ho
roos," victor Little, Perry Emory,
Forest Emory, Guy Storms and Ches
ter Housh, wcro tried In tho district
court at Chadron nnd tho Jury re
turned n verdict of guilty as charged
In tho information against all excopt
Guy Storms.
If expected reductions ,aro made tho
total tax levy for Adams county for
1909 will be tho lowest for many year.1.
Tho city lovy has already been re
duced from twenty-four mills to twen
ty. A alight reduction may be mndc
In tho school district lovy.
Whllo n number of pupils from tho
government school wore In bathing
In tho Loup rlvor nt Genon, Edgar
Marshall, n 16-year-old Indian boy, was
caught In somo rapltls.was seized by
cramps and beforo his companions
could reach him ho was drowned,
I. W. Bowling of North Platto, 70
years of ago, on Union Pnclllc train
No. 0, decided to leavo tho train thoro
and tako tho Burlington to Lincoln.
Ho Jumped after the train hnd gotten
under headway, rolled for somo dis
tance nnd was badly bruised.
unarles Lombnrd, n fnrmer living,
near Barnoston, was drowned whllo
bathing In the Blud river two miles
north of that place. A dozen "other
men woro in thcriver with hlra whon
ho wns drowned. Ho was u poor
swimmer and became oxhaustcd nnd
went down in n deep hole.
Charles Bourn, 20 years of ago, was
drowled. He and three other com
panions were fishing in a boat in the
back waters of tho Missouri river
about twenty miles northwest ot
Bloomfield, when the boat was acci
dentally capsized nnd the young man
lost his life beforo his companions
could rescuo him.
Tho clerk of the district court of
Otoe county hns rccolved word, bo
cnuso of tho Illness of Judge H. D.
Travis nnd his wife, that the June
term of tho district court will Btand'
adjourned until such tlmo as ho is
ablo to attend his duties. The petit
jury has been oxcused until they nro
again called. Judgo Travis has been
unwell for somo time.
Tho body of Charles Svonsen of
Arlington was found in tho doorwny
of his Jewelry ropnlr shop, tho other
morning, by Frank Hadloy and Oscar
Clnycomb, who woro returning homo
from a danco and saw tho body lying
In the doorwny as thoy wero passing
by. Svcnsen had ovldently been dead
some time, as tho body was cold whon
found. Ho died of heart disease.
iho city council of North Phitte hold
a special mooting to meet Avith Mr.
IIoffmel8ter to discuss settlement of
tho water works question. Ho offered
to havo a special engineer mako an
nppralsal of tho plant In this city, but
this tho council declined ns tho city
englneor had mado an appraisal, i no
council then passed a formal resolu
tion offering $00,000 for the present
wator works plant and mnklng tho
offer good until July 0.
Andrew Simpson, one of tho heavy
feeders ot Johnson county, is homo
from St, Joseph, where ho hnd two
cars of very cholco short-fed steers.
Tho steers wero romnrknblo on ac
count of the extremely largo gain
mado on tho light cattlo. Thoro woro
thlrty-nlno bond and thoy averaged
70fi pounds whon Mr. -Simpson began
feeding them on Janunry 1, After
handling them for 1G5 days thoy aver
aged 1,115, a net gain of 109 pound
to the steer.
According to statistics Just com
piled by County Assessor C. H. Fohl
man, Jefferson county is much richer
than last year. Tho total valuation
of laiitis, lots and improvoinonts for
this year is $22,718,825, which is nn
increase ovor Inst year of $282,280.
Tho increaso In personal property Is
$274,285, tho figures of 1909 being
$5,7G0,205 against $5,485,9o0 for last
year. Jefferson county farmers have
on hand 315,000 bushels of corn, 17,500
bushels of wheat, 1,985 bushels of rye,
28,000 bushels of oats and 24,975 tons
ot alfalfa.
For more than four weeks. Mrs.
Thomas McCoy of Tecuniseh, has been
suffering from the effects of a squirrel
blto on each of her hands, but it Is not
thought rabies will result as the tlmo
has long slnco gone by for such n
termination of tho Injuries. Tho
wounds havo caused Mrs. McCoy much
suffering and worry.
Although about soventy years old,
Mrs. Jacob Moore, of Auburn, peti
tioned for and was granted a dlvoruo
from her husband In district court.
Mr. Mooro Is about tho samo ago an
his wlfo, Mrs. Mooro wns given ali
mony and tliq uum of $000j