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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. BARE, Publisher TERMS: $1.25 IN ADVANCE NOHTU PLATTB, - NEBRASKA flEWS NOIESl i CONDENSED! A Coiling Down of (lie More Impor tant Events Here and There Foreign. The English government has grant ed n pension of $2,500 aiinually to Lady Wylllo, widow of Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Wylllo, wlio was assassinated recently by Mndarlal Dhlnagrl, an Indian student nt the Im perial Institute. Mrs. William K. McCracken was nr routed In lxmdon and Ih held on In formation given by Dotcctlvo Jackson of KniiRnB City, Mo., to await tho nr rlvnl of ShoriiT John T. IJIrd of Guth rlo, Okla., who Is now In Frankfort, Ky with requisition pnficra charging tho prisoner with conspiracy to de fraud the Prudential Life Insuranco company out of $5,000. Sho collected 15,000 for her dead husband, who now proves to bo vory much nllvo. Signer Caruso has confided to a Parisian journalist that ho Is paid nt the rato of $300,000 for his singing, and that this remuneration will con tinue at least for tho next five years. This In considerably in excess of tho estimated earnings of Adclir.n Pnttl or any other singers of the past or present. Tho resignation of President Iloyos was presented to the Colombian senate and unanimously nccoptcd. August 3 was nxed as tho dato for tho election of his oucccssor to finish tho consti tutional period, which ends August 7, 1910. For reasons of their own tho Koo nlgsburg (Germany) pollco still de cline to roveal the Identity of tho American tourist who died thcro on July 21 from cholera. Tho pollco nro doing ovcrythlng to provont tho nows of tho death from becoming public, Princo Mlqucl of Bragnnza, eldest son of Duko Mlchaol, tho pretender to tho Portugucso throne, has re nounced forever his lights to tho throne of Portugal in order to marry MIbs Anita Stownrt, daughter of Mrs; James Henry Smith of New York. Tho prlnco's engagement to Miss Stownrt wnB announced on July 9. General. CJonoral Henry C. Worthlngton, for merly mombor of tho Cnllfornln legis lature delegate In congress from Novada, diplomat and. jurist, died nt tho Garllold hospital In Washington from cerebral hemorrhage. He was 81 years old. Governor Donaghoy of Arkansas and nil mombora of tho stnto capltol commission woro served with a notice to appoar beforo tho chancery court and show cause why they Bhould not bo punished for contempt In violating tho court's Injunction. Mt Is said Louisiana will havo a greater corn crop this year than over bororo in tho history of that Htalo. Samuel Gompers, president of tho American Federation of Labor, arrived in Ilerlln to study labor conditions, Oregon envos, or tho "mnrblo halls of southorn Oregon," are to bo pre served by tho government against vandalism of private ownera. Presi dent Tnft has signed a proclamation making thorn n national monument. Hon. W. J. llryan dnloB tho roport that ho Is permanently to leave Ne braska. Omaha is to be supplied with tho Do Forost wlrelesH telephone and tel egraph systein. Tho Cuban cabinet crisis which has for somo tlmo boon Impending reached a climax, whou all the ministers as well us the parliamentary secretary, Sonor Sastollo, signed tholr resigna tions, ' Madamo Lillian Nordlcn, tho Amor lean opera sljiger, wim married In Lon don to Gcorgo W. Young, a Now York bnnker. According to gossip In Washington Representative Mann oMIllnols will bo tho next chairman of 'tho Intor-stato commerce commission to succeed Col. Hepburn. Mrs. ThoiunB Apploton of Senttlo, "Wash., has been arrested on tho com plaint of tho proprietor of a hotel In Geneva. Swltzermnd, where Bho had been stopping, for failure to pay a bill Of $800. At Nowark, N. J., Mrs, Thomas Renwtck, 35 years old and already tho mother of tbrco children, gavo birth to (lvo Infants, four living and perfect ly formod, though very weak, tho llfth malformed and dead, Nono lived morn than fifteen minutes, Thero Is a grcnt rush of applicants for the Spoknno reservation lands. The drawing takes plnco August 9th. William H. Marker, cashier of tho First Natlonnl bank of Tipton, Ind., and brother of Noah Marker, tho inlaw ing assistant cashlor, who is charged with the defalcation of nioro than $100,000, has resigned. Tho Kansas wheat crop is estimat ed at 78,000,000 bushels. Cornelius P. Shoa, tho formor labor leader, was sentenced to prison for at tempted murder of a woman, Tho uow Persian government is pro pared to offer Mohammed AH Mlrza the ex-shah of Persia, an annual pen sion of $25,000 on condition that ho loaves Persia without delay. Kansas City is to get a $20,000,000 depot. Tho Chicago and Northwestern rail way has In contemplation, It is officially stated, tho construction of several branch linos In South Dakota to opon up and devolop new wheat farming lands. An nppoal to the United Stutes supreme court from the decision of Judge Smith McPherson in tho Mis souri railroad rato cases was filed by Sanford H. Ladd, representing tho state in the United States district court nt Kansas City, Clarko M. Babbitt, a broker from UufTalo, N. Y., nnd A. Y. Bartholomew, drlvor of a Pierco car In tho (Hidden tour, were held up In the western part of Colorado by two women band Its nnd relieved of money and valu ables. - The sennto and Iioubo conferees report on tho tariff bill in not satis factory to President Tnft. A strike has been dclared at Barce lona, Spain, as a protest against the war In Morocco. Rev. William It. Huntington, rector of Grace Episcopal church, Now York city, died n few days ago after a lin gering Illness. He was soventy-ono yenrs old. A campaign against questionable theatrical productions the first by the now pollco head. Commissioner Baker was started In Now York. Tho cotton report made on the con dition up to July 25 by tho national glnners association gives tho general nverage ns 71.7. Republicans, democrats, populists nnd prohibitionists held convention? In Lincoln, Neb., solectcd stnto central committees nnd adopted platforms. Roy Blake, a traveling photographer known as "Blondlo" Blake, was or rested In Cleat Creek county, Colo., and is being held until a dctcctivo ar rives from Bollovllle, III., to tako him thero to answer n chargo of murdor. Tho Ice nxo of I)r. Spitz of Baltl more, who wnB killed by an avalanche. In 1870, wnB found nt tho bottom of tho Bossons glacier at Chamonlx, Switzerland. Tho axo bears tho name of IJr. Spitz. At Portland, Ore., Dr. R. A. M. Col lins, a prominent physician was shot and killed fry his wlfo at tho homo ol Captain J. II. Slnden, whoso bouso they woro to occupy for tho summer Jealousy was tho ciibo. Pollco Inspector Edward C.'McCann nr Chicago was indicted, charged with malfeasance In onico In tho nllcgcd collection of "protection" inanoy from lllognl establishments of tho "tender loin." In Now York, Deop Sky, a Sioux chief, obtained license to marry Adolo Rowland, n pretty Now York girl, twonty-ono yenrs old. Deep Sky halls from South Dakota. Secretary of Stato Knox Is to nego tiato now naturalization trenties with foreign governments. MrH. Maria Rook, an American, aged 12, dropped dead on board the Red Stnr lino steamer Kroonlnnd as tho vcssol wob lonvlng Antworp for Now York. Washington. William B. McMastcr, the Amorlcnn vlco consul nt Cnrtacoim. wns ntt.iekmi and seriously WOUIldod bv u Cnlnmhlnn nnd a strnnger, according to n ills- paten to mo stato department from tho legation nt Bogotn. Tho attack was without apparent motlvo. "Of Into tho arresting and doporting of nitons has Increased enormously, and a tendoncy is noted In somo cnBoa to sncrlllco quality of w.ork to quant ity, nils win not do. Thero must bo no merely superficial Inquiry In any case, Ofllccrs must not submit m commendations for arrest upon irre sponsible, uninvestigated accusations." tiiib was tho robuko ndm nlstored in Instruction which havo iust boon sunt out by tho bureau of immigration to nil coniinlBslonors of Immigration nnd inspectors In chnrgo. Secrotarv of Statu Knox will snnn Initiate proceedings with numbor of foreign governments looking to n re construction of treaties. Almost lm- mediately upon his arrival In Con stantinople Mr, Straus, tho now am bassador, will take up tho question of a naturalization treaty with Turkey. Prosldont Taft's plans for his wost orn and southorn trip in tho fall gradually aro tnltlng shape. Ho has decided that ho will mako tho trip down the Mississippi river from St. Louis to Now Orleans late in October, ns tho guest of tho deep watorways convention. Tho democratic congressional com mittee will booh begin Its campaign work. Its offort will bo to win n majority In tho next congressional election. Tho executive commltteo hnB Just boon announced by Chairman Lloyd, ns folows: Ralnoy, Illinois; Flnloy, South Carolina; Johnson, Ken tucky; Hitchcock, Neb., and Palmer, Poniviylvnula. Porsonal. Andrew 13, Leo, former governor of South Dakota, obtained n wnrrant In Chicago for tho arrest of 13. NUos, said to bo a broker. Tho formor gov ernor charges that ho wnB swindled by menns of a confldonco gatno. Socrotary Nagol of tho department of conunorco and labor rules that an alien must have $25.00 or stay out of this country. President Tnft triumphed In his light for lowor duties on lumbor, rough nnd pinned, gloves nnd holsory. Mrs. NIcholnB Longworth has bo como an enthusiast on aeronautics. Mrs. Ella FJagg-Young . has boon placed nt tho head of tho Chicago schools, II. "C. Pulllam, presldont of tho Na tlonnl uaaobnll loaguo, dlod as tho re sult of n self-inflicted wound. Mrs, Mary S; Dlckerson of Kansas City, aunt of tho wlfo of Vlco Prosl dont Shormnn, left no will, and her estato, valued at $1,500,000, is now In chargo of the publlo administrator1. POLITICS IN Republicans, Democrats, Populists and Prohibi tionists Hold Conventions. ALL HAVE GOOD ATTENDANCE Proclamation of Principles as Set Forth by the Leading Political Organizations. The republicans, democrats, popu lists and prohibitionists held conven tions In Lincoln on tho 27th, with good representations nt all of tkicin. Thero wore upward of 800 delegates In tho republican convention. C. O. Whendon of Lincoln was chosen chairman and J. M. O'Neill, secretary. Resolutions herewith set forth tho principles of tho party. Tho democrats met in Representa tive hall nnd ndoptcd a platform to which only one delegate objected. Chris Quonther 'was nominated for Chairman of tho Stato Central com mltteo, but declined. Tho matter of filling tho pluco was left to tho state committee Gcorgo L. Loomls of Fre mont was chairman of the convention and W. II. Smith of Sewnrd, secretary. The prohibition stnto convention consisted of (lvo delegates, which at tended to tho necessary business. D. B. Gilbert of Fremont was elected chairman of the stato committee, J. P. Hcnld, secretary, nnd J. L. CZntlln, vlco chairman. Resolutions denouncing tho liquor traffic and favoring n law and placing tho referendum in full force and ef fect wcro ndoptcd. In tho populist convention nt tho oonato chnmber It wns unnnlmously agreed that tho party organlnztion bo maintained. Chairman Manuel called or nn expression on this question as soon ns tho convention waB called to order. B. A. Walrath of Polk, was mndo secretary. Webster, Boone, Dix on, Stanton, Polk, Saundors, Burt, Adams, Washington, Kearnoy, Saline, Hamilton, Buffalo, Valley and Hownrd counties woro well represented. Republican Platform. Spanking for tho republicans of Ne braska, ns their delegntos In ntnto con vention nssemhlod, nnd reaffirming tho declarations of our tuilloiml nnd stato platform of.lilOS, wo cnrlgrntulate the country on tho mnenltlccnt republican vic tory which tins Klvcn us for our chief executive that Ilrrn and courageous states man, pre-eminently lUfed for hi cxnlted nfllrp. William Howard Tnft. When we assembled ono year ago wo were facing a presidential campaign In which our op ponents, wun customary omggnuocio, paraded a falsa confidence In their cause nnd proclaimed loudly that republican ascendency In tho nation 'xfn nt an end: hut again nt the ballot box cnino the. In ilubltnblo proof that no strongllv en trenched In tho hearts of tho peoplo nro the principles nnd nchlevcmeptn of tho republican party, and ho discredited are the fallacious doctrines nnd so districted tho leaders of the democratic party, that the third dofeat of the democratic stnnd-nrd-benrer wns more signal and decisive than before. We see only encouragement for future republican, success In the conditions con fronting us In Nebraska today. In spite of tho tremendous handicap bv which wo woro required to combat a distinguished Nebrnnknn appealing to home pride to support him for president, nnd notwlthi standing tho flagrant deception by which tho democratic presidential electors mns nucrnded on tho ballot n second time ad populists, the domocrntlc lender, for whom was confidently predicted n 25,000 mnlorlty In his homo state, was grievously disap pointed to And that he had saved himself In Nebraska by n bare 1,000 plurality. Tho election at the same tlmo by sub stantial majorities of the entire republi can stnto ticket, with only two places excepted, gives us tho right to regard the result as a republican victory. Wo npprove, commend and uwiunllflcdlv Indorse tho stand taken by President Tnft In the mntter of tariff revision. Wo nro counting on him to see to It that the party's platform promise of revision Is redeemed by tho enactment of a tariff hill ncceptnblo to tho peopl". and we would npnrovo the exercise of his veto on my bill thnt doen not conform to his con struction of tho platform plcdgo which ho has said means "revision downward within tho limitations of tho protective principle." Wo look to our senators nnd representatives In congress to sustain tho president In this position, and w com mend them for. their efforts In support of tho party's pledges und tho president's policies. Wo npprove and Indorse tho IJrown resolution ndonled by enngrews submitting to tho several states for their action a proposed constitutional amendment em powering tho federal government to levy nnd collect tnxes on Incomes. Tho republican party In this state stnnds upon Its record. Whllo providing for iv generous maintenance tinder eco nomical administration fur the various state Institutions we extlnt'iilshed a state debt of more than $2,000.(100. Wo abo. Ilshed tho evils of corporate dictation In rolltlcs nnd abrogated tho freo pass sys em under a renubllrnn administration, Passenger, freight nnd express rates have beetl reduced nnd an elective rnlhvav commission provided for speedy adjust ment of differences between shippers and carriers nn.l tho regulation of the same. Wo provided for n more Just nnd equit able nssessment of nil kinds of property for tnxntlon nnd tho assessment of rail way terminals for local purposes nnd re moved the bar niTolnst recovery of ade quate dnmnges for personnl Injuries. Wo commend tho consistent oourso pur sued bv tho republican mlnorltv In the last legislature In resisting with energy nnd nblllty the unwlso nnd unconstitu tional measures of the democratic ma jority We nolnt with pride to the records of the Judges who for many venrs have been elevated tn the bench In this state ns re publicans, bat who as Judges haveknnwn neither personal favoritism nor political partisanship but havo fenrleislly nnd lm partially declared the law nnd held the scales of Juitlco ovon between rich and poor, high nnd law. republican, democrit, populist, prohibitionist and socialist nllke. We denounce the eleventh hour nrotcmic of devotion to the Idea of nnnunrtlsnnsiilp by the Into democratic legislature, after running n riot of partisanship for three months nnd ruthlessly legislating repub licnns out of olllco hv the wholesale order to mako room for democratic otllcc-seok-ers. If the passage of their so-called non partisan Judiciary act wns Intended to Old Corn on Hand. Kobraska farmors and others hnvo on hand 10,981,034 bushels of corn, moro than tlioy did at tho same tlmo Inst yoar. As shown by tho reports of tho various county assessor), tho corn on hand last year amounted to 30,550,810 bushuls, nnd this year tho nmount on hand Is 41,535,874 bushels. Tho notlceablo incroases nro shown la tho following counties; Adams, 397, 291 bushels; Antolopo, 3C0.1C0 bush, els; Booue, 2G1.G32 bushels; Buffalo, 290,859 bushels; Dixon, 352,191 bush NEBRASKA charge by Innuendo thnt republican Judges "m i".ni,,. be ,,rus,,,i 10 Perform their oillclnl duties without political bins ac cording to their oaths of omee, we resent tho imputation. It will become tho demo crats to prnto nbout a nonpartisan Judici ary when the record shows, that, when they had elected two of the supreme Judges n few yenrs ngo, they left no stono unturned to elect the third and make the court consist wholly of their own partisan Judges. Democratic Platform. Wo, the democrats of Nebraska, in state convention assembled, rcatllrm our faith In, nnd pledge our loynlty to, tho princi ples of pur party ns set forth in tho plat form ndopted by tho democratic conven tion of 1408. We denounco tho republican tariff bill ns n shameless consummntjon of tho fraud deliberate y planned by tho republican lenders when they promised revision In stead of i eduction; und wo call ottentton til (lit. fnnt flint If ....... - m V .if i i ,lcmocrntn hnve charged as ' ; ,v .. . . '"Kit inrirr system. Wo mil special attention to tho fact that one plnnlc contained In both tho lomocrKtio stato nnd nntlonnt platforms for 190S. 4iamrly, the plnnk dcninndlng n constitutional amendment spccincnlly In dorsing the Income tax. 1ms hIiico been no cptcd by a republican president, sen ate and house of representatives, nnd tlmt such amendment has been submit ted to the states for ratification. Wo pledge tho democratic party in Ne braska to usslst In securing ratification of that amendment nnd to that end we ask Governor Shalletiborger to call a special session of tho legislature nt an early day, that Nebraska, a pioneer In the ndvoency of nn income tax, may havo tho honor of being tho first stato to ratify the amendment. .iY..parAlr.uInrly. Indorso tho proposition that tho United States scnutors bo elected by popular vote. Present day conditions In the senate emphasize tho lnuortunco of this re form. llellcvlng that the peoplo havo a right to have what they want In government, we favor tho submission at tho next ses sion of tho legislature of a constitutional nmen.nnent providing for tho Initiative nnd referendum. Henssertlng our purpose to give tho peo ple of tho stnto of Nebraska a guaranty or bnnk deposits law. wo cnll attention to the fact that tho suspension of that law by the federal court emphasizes the posi tion taken by the democratic party of Nebraska In Its 1908 platform, when it fn vn riM tlin ti ii ii i f t ...... i . ui aul ItlWB US may bo necessary to compel corporations iv, minimi muir icgni uisputes to tho courts of the states In which they do business before taking nn nppeal to tho L'tiUed States courts. Wo Indorse the successful business ad ministration of a democratic governor nnd commend tho governor and a democratic 1 p I I K 1 : 1 1 1 1 r i f.ic Mm i .1 n , ... .. , A i it democratic platform pledges Into law. ui.- tieiuui-niiH ui rnuurnsKn, nowevor, direct the attention of nil good citizens the fact that the stato election tp bo held tlllX fnll In fni- 11m .i.rr,o r Ing three Judges of tho supremo court and miii; ii-m-iun ui ine u a i versi iy. f,o other ollleen nrc Involved. Tim i1iitnnimtti. nnrri I Lpmiftl. n t .... i.. lature and governor, sought to lift these ,i.ioiiiuno ui Kii'iu irum una iiigniiy out of the embroilment of pnrtlslnn politics, to tnko them out of tho hands of pro- fl.jlfimnnl tlnlll Inlnnu in ral.n the reach of tho Interests such politicians sorve. arid pluco them permanently nnd securely on a non-partisan basis. But tho ii:uiii,iii:,iii ,iin iv firm uiiicrwise, Tlirnilr-h Ita lnn,U-o ., .1 l,M . I . sailed tho noti-pnrtlsan Judiciary law. Through its stnto organization It ar ranged surreptitiously a palpably Insincere ..... aiivirnniiii iiiiiii'ii UI.HJJI 11, AVl fltltimlt th.lt tlila nrn, In MH I nr great nnd far-reacblng importance. Wo nre coming to bo moro nnd moro a nonniA r-nvnrtinil l.v m i nmtwta mi,. , It ' . k , ' s v v n . .ii, iim vvilli in arc tho bulwarks of our liberties ns well nn inn iinruur in which special privilege Mies In every storm, nnd tho Instrumental ities through which It asserts, with grow- ...n .vn.."wv', .... f.utiv, in uriy iiiu lieu- ple's legislatures and the j)eoplo's exocu- ioub. . niciu iinvcr wns a umo wnon tan tll!.Hfl1t V fltf IrAAtllm Anuria l..,A,M4 " ' ' . ' " ' 11 IIIYCBIl'tl Willi fit n UUni'l I II rr Avl,.nOln,. ........ u ...... ... ...ib " ....Ulllllllll J. 1U1Y17II-, on n piano above suspicion of reproach, presented itself moro forcibly than It lllii'nHUW. We urge tho people of this common wealth t tako this question home with them. We urge upon them that tho issue In this stato election is one. not of party or plat nrm, but of men. Wo urge nil Nebrasknns in voting for MHlde party projutlico nnd tics. Wo hope nr. .1 , ...III . . n . . . r.. 11 . i . in. ii .'ii.. I., i iiin luiti im u uiiiiiiiuaio lur either of these offices merely becnuso the candidate Is a democrat, nnd that no ro- pumicnn win voio tor sucn a canufdato becnuso he Is a republican. wp urge encn una every voter of nil nnrllnfi in vntn frtf tl.n . n . i.n ,... ...... ... . Illllll IVllCll 1IU pnfin in llin tmllnt linv tlila fnll n.,.l .. for the party label. Jiesoived. That wo urge the democratic members of congress nnd those from Ne braska especially, to uso their best ef forts to r.seure ns speedy a completion ns possible of tho government ditch project iiimv inn I'.iiiiiiiiY i hi 1 1 .i v n ii in weniern ValiiiiDl((i iitiunrltip. 1 1 1 . pnlit.w. ...I . r.o,. imuiiiiiit, miiai; ni'iuuin WIIU have homestfnde.1 lands under said pro tect thnt the government will keep good iiii'ii wun iiii'in, nun inni rigni soon. Wlint lu lit.riY ...nl.l tt.llli ...-...n.... I r. ... . ii,,., . ...v v.ll.13 iu luc administration of the courts nppllcs llko- wihii in inn niiiiiiiiiBiraiioii oi ino state university. This noblo institution has grown und prospered under tho efficient monngement of regents elected ns re publicans, free from the Intrusion of po litical partisanship or tho application ol polltlcnl tests, In sharp contract with the tlmo when under n fusion board Its man agement was notoriously partisan. The reasons, therefore, nre not heard to find why, for moro than a third of a rniiiiry, uiii nn inn? iirifi iriai penou, the people of Nebraska hnve continuously .i..a....i1 In inilp.ml iIiaIh 1.I..1... ... ......... I" .in . , " i.ii iiivii iiiKiuni I'uui i of Justice nnd their highest institution of Inn riiltiii- I r rvfl I trva vtmaivn I .l ... ..II dates hy tho republican party, and these rmianna linl.l rr.ln.1 Inilnv iPl.n ... I .. .. n ....... ....it.,,, 1 HQ iiijiiiiiii;i.-!1 of tho republican party for those respons ible positions this year will be compe- ,. n..il tfllattttnt.!.., nn.l ..I.A..11 ...... lUlll Hlt.UIUIlHH uiiu nillilll.l 1.UII1- inn ml tho support and votes of nil good citizens who believe In honesty, Justice nn.l tlflollfv rf 1 III lintn liimniiMnii .1 I , ...... ........ ll'.'.MIV,) Ul'l.VIl and faithlessness. , Runaway Accident Fatal, Sutton. Dennis Lyhonno died nt his homo, southwest of Sutton, from tho effects of Injuries suffered In a runaway which occurcd a llttlo over n week ngo. Mr. Lyhenno wns C7 yoars old. Prosecution Under Food Law. Tho deputy food commissioner has asked tho county attorney of Snllno county to prosecute Albort Fritz for tho salo of llvo or six dozen rotten crks. This prnctlco Is ono that Com missioner Mains intondB to stamp out. State Board of Equalization, Attorney General W. T. Thompson has glvon an opinion holding tho Stnto Board of Equalization has authority to ralso or lower tho valuation of real estate belonging to railroad companies NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES. Items of Interest Taken From Here and There Over the State. Six men are willing to servo Merrick county in tho capacity of sheriff. By vote, Sutton defeated the propo. sltlon to extend tho water works sys tem. A forger operated nt Beutrlco, mulcting business men to tho extent of about 50. Threshing now going on In Hamil ton county shows a wheat yield oi from 25 to 35 bushels. At Fullerton Harry Campbell got caught In tho belting of tho roller mill nnd hnd his arm badly crushed A. J. McDonald, a pioneer citizen of Weeping Water, C5 years old, while painting tho roof of a building, lost his balance nnd fell a distance of ten feet. His Injuries will probably prove fatal. Nows reached Auburn of the denth of Alberta ltedlng, wife of Thomas Reding, a farmer living six miles north, from tiio effects of headache powders that sho had taken to got re lief. According to the annunl report of County Superintendent King, there nre twenty-two male and 143 fomnlo teach ors In Ofoo county. There was paid to mnlo teachers last year $13,025 and females f C2.105.25. General Manager Sturges of tho Omaha Corn show has gono west In tho Interest of tho coming exhibit, which Is expected to bo' far ahead of last year. Tho Fremont police found Mrs. Jnmc3 Bland and her Infant daughter In tho union passenger station, nnd Mrs. Bland explained that sho had been thero for two dayB without food. Sho said her husband had deserted her. At Central City a young man who refused to glvo his nomo pleaded guilty beforo Judgo Poterson to having s:olen ninety-six bottles of beer from n Union Pacific car and was sentenced to ten days in tho county Jail. Dennis Lyhonno died nt his homo southwest of Sutton from tho effects of injuries suffered In a runaway which occurred a llttlo over a week ago. Mr. Lyhenno at tho time of his death was sixty-seven years old. He leaves a wlfo, three daughters and five sons. S. N. Doats, a Missouri Pacific brake man on a local freight train running between Auburn and Omnha was ground to pieces nt Talmage. Ho was switching cars and In some way fell in front of tho enrs and beroro tho train could bo stopped his body was cut to ploccs. Tho Nebraska Bankers' association will meet in Omaha and tho conven tion will be held September 8 and 9. Secretary W. B. Hughes is now work ing out tho dotalls of the meeting, which Includes speakers and a plnco of meeting and entertainment for tho bankers while In the state's metropo lis. Three sales of public land were mado at tho United States land offlco In Lincoln last week. One, a tract of forty acres In Chaso county, brought 1.25 an acre. A tract of olghty-two acres In Dundy county sold for J3.C0 per ncre, and SCO acres in Chaso coun ty sold for $1.25 per acre. All of the land sold was grazing land. John Head of North Bond was prob ably fatally Injured and Fred Dunker had a narrow escapo from death, when a bridge botween North Bend and Plcasaut Valley which tho two men attempted to cross with a threshing otuflt gavo way, precipitating tho en gine with tho men on board Into tho creek. D. C. Proper of Nebraska City, a contractor, met with a peculiar acci dent whllo doing somo work about a building which ho was repairing. Ho had occasion to tako off a door, and not thinking It was held very fast, ho tried to wrench It off. Tho door gavo way partially, some of tho nails pull ing heads through the lumber. The door sprung back Into place, and ono of the nails, head-on, was driven through tho nnll of ono of his fingers, nnd Mr. Proper was held fast for somo tlmo, until his cries for help brought assistance. Tho wound Is a serious ono nnd may cause him to lose his finger. C. E. llosenberger, a largo land hold er south of Hcmlngford In tho vicinity of what was Nonpareil before the ad vent of tho railroad, has sued persons from Colorado for tho recovery of notes aggregating $20,000, secured by six of tho finest quartor sections in Box Butto county, worth $25 per acre. If tho plans of tho committee ap pointed to propose them nro ndoptcd uy mo ueuoruranz society, Grand Isl and will another year havo n fine au ditorium, seating nenrly 3,000 people. Tho socloty has an entire block of rcnl estato freo from all Indebtedness and contrail) located only one-half of which It Is occupying with Its own ex clusive hall. John P. Mlchclson, a wholesnlo liquor denlor of Nobraska City, was over in Iowa a few days since In his auto. Somo farmors set two dogs on him as ho passed In his machine nnd as tho road was rough nnd ho hnd to travol slow ono qf tho dogs grnbbed .tho front wheel and ditched tho ma chine. Mr. Michelson shot tho dog, after righting his machine, nnd a war rant hns been issued for his arrest at Shonandonh. Threo well-dressed men, riding In an auto for which they wero paying $30 per day to tako thorn around to 8oo the farmors, attempted to con tract wheat from 90 cents to $1 per bushel for futuro delivery. Androw Meyer, nrrested In Lyons a few days ago for wlfo beating, and Jailed In Tekamab, committed suicide In prison by hanging himself with straps from his suit case. Ills wlfo had taken tho suit caso to him tho day beforo. When ho pleaded for aid to bo released sho told him he was safer In jail, as sentiment was vory strong against him. OVER TARIFF STRUGGLE EXPECTED TO END IN A FEW DAY8. SENATE TO ACT ON REPORT Some Statesmen Will Make Speeches Explaining Their oVtes, but That Is About All. "Washington. Unless something happens to provoke heated discus sions of n political character, tho now tariff bill Bhould be enacted Into law and the extraordinary session of congress adjourned beforo tho end of this week. Inquiry among senators opposed to the adoption of tho conference report on tho Pnyne-Aldrlch bill Indicates thnt tho dehato will not be as extended ns It threatened to be before the con ferees reported. Tho sonato will meet at 10 a. tn. Monday. Tho session probably will begin at that hour each day and will contlnuo until Cor 7 o'clock p. in. dally until the report is ndopted. If It is found that moro senators desire to speak than have already given notice It Is possible that evening ses sions may be hold. Senntor Aldrlch Is determined that tho conference report shall not be car rled over Into next week, Ho does not expect to occupy vory much tlmo himself. He said that ho would not speak longer than an hour or two, and that other members of tho committee would occupy comparatively llttlo time. It Is probabllo that senators who wcro opposed to tho placing of hides on tho free list will havo something to say on that subject, and that all of tlio republicans who voted against tho bill when It was on its passngo In tho sen nto will tnko occasion to explain their action. Somo of theso sonators will speak for the adoption of the confer .once report, and some of them aro ex pected to vote In the negative. Senator Culbertson, leader of tho minority. Is authority for tho state ment that tho democrats will debate tho conference report thoroughly, but will not filbuster against its adoption. Sonators Daniel nnd Bailey, members of the committee on finance, will speak at length against tho ndoptlon of the conference roport and take tho load In voicing democratic opposition to tho new tariff bill. Somo of tho senate leaders predict that a vote will bo had on tho con ference report as early as Thursday and that the special session of con gress can be brought to a close or. Friday. President Taft will not leave Wash Ington until tho tariff bill becomes a law. After signing tho bill tho presi dent will leavo for Beverly, whore he will havo a stay of something more than five weeks before starting on his, long trip through the west and south. Tho senate having retained the ap propriation of $25,000 in tho urgent deficiency bill for tho president's trav eling expenses, only one obstacle re 'malns as a posslblo bar to tho trip. That Is Mrs. Taft's health. If sho con tinues to Improve as steadily as Bho has done since taking up her resldenco at Beverly, the president's trip will bo nssurcd. WEALTHY MAN KILLS HIM8ELF. Retired Merchant Leaves Auto and Goes Into Woods to End Life. Asbury Park, N. J. After fastening n note on the floor of his nuto, telling of bis Intended suicide nnd directing searchers to his body, Edward White, a woll-to-do retired merchant of Plain Held, N. J., left his machine standing hy tho roadside, went Into tho woods nearby and shot himself through the right temple. White had been suffer ing from insomnia for somo time. His body was found as ho said In tho note. MOB DECLARES NEW REPUBLIC. Revolutionists at. Barcelona Proclaim Intention to Upset Government. London. A dispatch received here by a nows agency from Cerbere, France, reports that tho revolutionists hnvo procjalmed a republic In Barce lona and thnt the fortress Montjuiclt Is constantly firing upon tho district occupied by them. Breeders Meet In Omaha. Washington. W. M. Hnys, secre tary of the American Breeder's asso ciation, has sent out a notice an nouncing that tho Blxth annual meet ing of the association Is called for De comber 8, 9 nnd 10 at Omaha In as sociation with tho National Corn Ex position. Shoot Chinese Consul. Now York. Dr. Luk Wing, Chinese vice consul at Now York, a graduate of Lehigh and Ynlo universities, who married an American girl sixteen yoars ngo, was mortally wounded in his onico on tho fifth floor of No. 18 Broadway, by a Chinaman, who gives contradictory reports of himself In English. Dry Farming Great Success. Cheyenne, Wyo. Persons who do not believe In dry farming, or who are Interested in irrigated farming, woro given a setback when twenty-flvo lead ing .Cheyenne citizens went to tho stato dry farm, two miles east of tho capltol, and Inspected the crop3 of grains, grasses and vegetables. Tho farm is conducted by Prof. Cooko, tho dry farming expert. Tho citizens were astonished at what they saw, for in addition to tho grainB and grasses, thero wero large flolds of peas, corn, beets and other products,