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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. DAM?, Publisher. TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE, INOTH PLATTE NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DM GENERAL NEWS AND NOTE i FRESH FROM THE WIRE. WIDE AREA IS COVERED mbraoing a Condensation or fcventa j In Whloh Readers Generally Art N Interested. Waihlnoton. Roar Admiral Thomas II. Looker, n veteran of the civil war and (or many yearn paymaster general of the navy, died at his homo hero at tho fige of eighty. An outbreak of typhoid fever on throe Japanese battleships In Oriental waters has boon reported to tho public health and marine hos pital sorvlce. A safety dovlco which had been tested and found true, but failed in ono particular Instance, was tho causo of tho gun explosion In Battery Do Russy at Fort Monroo, July 21, when eleven artillerymen wore hilled. President Taft has approved the Appointment by tho Interior depart ment of J. A. Ockorson of St. Louis, 1o lnvcstlgato conditions in Iinpcrinl valley, Cal., whero serious damage Is threatened by tho Colorado rlvor breaking Its brinks. To tho falluro of a safety mo onanism to oporato when a sudden powerful pull was glvon by an ar tillerymen In attaching tho Lanyard, Is now laid tho responsibility for tho accident which cost the lives of cloven men at Fort Monroo, Va., dur ing the battlo practlco. Such Is tho conclusion of Qenoral Crozlor, chlof of ordinance, Just to show tho doubting Thomasos that they can wlthstnnd nnjc physical tost for army ofllcors, General Robert S. Oliver, assistant necretnry of war, Is to spend most of Ills months' vacation In tho sad dle Qenoral Oliver Is slxty-thrco years of ago. Ills first task will be n fifty mllo horseback rldo. Mies Oliver, his daughter, will accompany him. k ' " ' Foreign. Herr Dalwltz, Prussian mlnlstor of tho Interior, on recommendation of tho political pollco, has signed orders for tho expulsion of twenty-ono Mormon missionaries, most of whom nro Americans or Englishmen. Thoy woro conductod to tho frontlor. Franco appears to bo on tho ovo of ono of tho most colossal strikes that tho country has witnessed In recent " years. Tho onglneers and flromon af filiated with tho national railroaders union aro to moot to roach n final de cision on tho action of tho contrdl committee of tho union, which has al ready decided on n general strike. The workers demand an Incroaso in wages. Lydlo Lopoukhova, her brother, Feodor, and Alexander Vollnlne, tho famous Russian dancors who havo been ongagod by Charles Frohman for an American tour, snllod for Now York on th Oceanic. Tholr first per formances will bo glvon at tho Em pire theater In New York. Lydlc jLopoukhova, although she Is but eighteen years aid, has established a reputation throughout Europo and In St. Petersburg sho Is looked upon as tho only rival of tho famous Pavlova. General. President Taft Is pleased with tho result of tho Ohio convention. Senator Urlstow says Kansas Is not taking Speaker Cannon seriously. Nebraska republicans In stato con vention strongly endorsed tho Taft administration. Domocrats of Minnesota nominated John Llnd for governor, but It l.sald ho will not accept. Tho strike situation nt Columbus, Ohio, Is' so serloua that troops havo been called to quell rioting. Prosldeut Taft Is baok at Bovorly and will make no more Jaunts until ho goes to Panama in November. Tho government intonds to break up tho practlco of railroads selling foodstuffs spoiled In transportation. Pro?. Samuel RosBwIn, dean of Princeton university from 1803 to 1003, died at his homo In Prlncoton. In an autoraobllo ncldont at West hampton, L. I., Desmond Dunne, Jr., -on of Desmond Dunne, fornior com missioner of public work In Brooklyn, was instantly killed. Wm. 9, Mooro, slxtytsovon yoars old, a wealthy plantor and brothor-Jn-law of the lato Eckstolu Norton, for mer president of tho Loulsvlllo & Nashvlllo railway, shot and killed himself, The Tosurol Maru, plying botweon Kobo and Dalron, sunk off Chlndo, Korea. Tho stcamor had 240 pusson gorq aboard, of whom forty woro eavod. Moro than. $1,500,000 is being saved anually to tho citrus fruit growers' association of California ns a result of experiments being conducted by tho department of agriculture. Census roturna Issued show that Brownsvlllo, tho southernmost city In Texas, Increased its population 08.3 per cent in tho last ten years. Its populatlott is now 10,017, as compared rwlth cnoc in 1000. Theodore Roosevelt lino no desire to pose ns a political' dictator. A now party has boon born In Pcnri' sylvanla and n stato ticket nominated. Congressman Campbell of Kansas, standpatter, calls Insurgents icono clasts. Senator Cummins declares Cannon nnd Aldrich aro driving the country townrd socialism. Ohio republicans selected Mr. Hnr ding for governor, the Taft following thus winning out, The mayor of Columbus, O., made an appeal to tho governor for troops to cope with strikers. Tho Rusk party of mountain climb ers failed to reach the summit of ML MfcKlnley, in Alaska. A Chicago newspaper charges that a hrlbo fund was raised to return A. J. Hopkins to tho senate, Tho explosion nt Fortress Monroe is believed to havo been duo to n de fective devlco on tho gun. The supreme court of Oklahoma says tho capital must remain for a time, at least, at Guthrie. Chairman Yoakum, of tho Frisco railroad, discussed good roads at tho Niagara Falls convention. Twenty-five persons perished In a flood that followed a cloudburst at tho town of Decs, Hungary. Senator Crano will make a trip through tho west to slzo up tho poli tical situation for President Taft. Mrs. Margaret Darcha, a brldo of less than a year, was found shot to death in her homo at Chicago Heights. Cardinal Gibbons was 76 years old Saturday. Ho spent tho day at tho country homo of a friend near West minster, Md. Nonconformists wcro successful In tho British commons in having ex punged an obnoxious clause In tho pending king's accosslon bill. Tho French government has accept ed a bronzo copy of Houdcn's statuo of George Washington, which was presented by tho stato of Virginia. At Hamburg Thlrty-flvo thousand ship yard workers united in a de mand for an lncreaso of 10 per cent, in wnges and a flfty-thrco-hour week. Co-operation between tho federal nnd stato government in tho good roads movement was advocated by speakers at tho Niagara Falls conven tion. Copious rninB which fell ovor tho Central nnd Southern sections of Iown, thoso portions of tho state which needed it most, Bavcd tho corn crops. Mnjor Genornl Frodorlck Dont Grant lins left Chicago to assume commnnd of tho Department of tho East, with headqunrtors at Governors Island, N. Y. Laura Joanne Llbbey tho author of "When Ills Lovo Grow Cold," "Lovors Onco, but Strnngers Now," nnd moro than fifty other similar novels, will mnke hor dobut on tho ctage. William Tubbort, C2 years old, and William J. Tubort, 48, cousins, died at Syracuse, N. Y., within a half hour. The former was ono of tho best known sporting men In Central New York. Elovon men wero killed nt La Taqua, Quebec. Ono of tho mon was opening a can of powder with an nx when an explosion occurred which sot fire to a train of powder leading to a tunnol In which flftcon men woro working. At Pittsburg, Pa., a federal food In spoctor armed with legal papors and a clothespin clnpped ovor his noso seized 125 'cans of Nebraska eggs, which woro marked "canned fancy mixed and frozen," and yot guaran teed puro and frosh." A motion asking for a now irial In tho bleached flour caso In which n Jury recently returned n verdict favor able to tho government, wns filed In tho United States district court nt Kansas City by attorneys roprosont Ing tho Loxlngton Mill & Elovntor company of Loxlngton, Nob. Personal. Republicans nnd populists of No braska declare for county option. Colonel Roosovolt will bo a visitor In KanwiB City from noon until mid. night on Soptomber 1. LouIb I), Colo, n prominent con tractor living near Mount Ploasant, Mich., wan killed when hla automo bile overturned. Thoodoro Roosevelts first speech of a political nnturo slnco his return to America, may bo dolivered in St. Louis, October 11. Erwln WIldeT lu being Bought by tho pollco In conectlon with tho dis appearance of bonds from tho Russo-Chlnoso bank. Pror. A. Harry Thurston Peck of Columbia university is being sued for breach of promise by Miss Esther Qlnn of Cambridge, Mass. Dccauso they wantod to bo "bnd mon," John Warnor and Ray Motcalf, each 11 yearn old, of Columbus. Ohio., committed GOO burglaries. President Taft has put himself on record as subscribing absolutely to tho prlnclplo that a prosldont of tho Unit od Stntes should not talk politics. John S. Overton, nn old-tlmo actor Who playod with Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrot nnd other fnmous stnrs, died In St. Louts at tho ago of CO yoars. ' Young Roosovolt's honeymoon is over and ho has begun his duties ns carpet making oxport. At Rldgwny, Va., formor Mayor A. II. Bouamnn, was assassinated by n dnamlto bomb which was thrown from tho street under a hammock In whloh ho was lying. Lived Through Four Wars. Brazil, Ind. Mrs. Sophia Johnson, believed to be tho oldest resident of tho county, who died at her homo In this city nt tho ago of 00 yoars, was n romarkablo woman. Sho remem bered distinctly four wars, LETS FILINGS STAND DEMURRER OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 18 8USTAINED. A RULING BY JUDGE FROST Courts Will Not Go Co Far as to Interfere With Political Party Rulings. Because the attornoy general had ruled that tho payment of only ono filing fee Is necessary for a candidate for office to have his name placed on one or more primary ballots, Judgo Lincoln Frost of tho district court sustained tho demurrer of the attor ney general in tho primary ballot Bult instituted by Victor Rosowator, repub lican national committeeman. Mr. Rosewnter sought an Injunction to prevont Secrotary of Stato Junkln from certifying to the various county clerks the names of thoso candidates who had filed on moro than ono bal lot and paid only ono filing fee. As sistant Attornoy Gonoral AyreB and John J. Sullivan and T. J. Doylo, democratic attorneys, who nnnmrnri for Mr. Junkln, filed n demurrer to tho petition filed by John O. Yolser for Mr. Rosewnter. In sustaining' Mm ilnmnrrnr .Tnriira Frost dl8oussod tho points raised In tho caso brlolly. holdlne that a court in oqulty would tnko Jurisdiction in mattors involving nolltlcal rlehta. but that the courts would not go so far as to Interfere with rules of nnlltlrnl parties Such as wero formerly in vogue. Rut in cases whore tho mat ter is controlled by statute, as In this caso, tho court rules do not apply, ho said. Tho secretary of stato has cer tain specific duties to perform and If ho doos not perform them, then there should bo Bomo way to mako him. Continuing. Judsre Frost said ho would not rest a decision on tho de murrer, but without nolntr Into tho caso any farther ho would sustain tho demurror. Ho did this, ho Bald, be causo the attornoy general had given two decisions to tho effect that only ono foe was required of candidates who desired to illo on moro than ono ticket, nnd that tho secretary of state had boon acting In accordance with thoso decisions. Therefore, ho would not overrulo thorn. In reading tho stntute, howovor. tho Judge said It could bo Interpreted two ways and thero was n question whether tho opinion of the attornoy general waa correct, but ho preferred not to over rulo him unless ho was absolutely suro that ho was wrong. Tho members of tho su tire me court. oxcopt Judgo Roso, nro out of tho city, bo Mr. Yelscr cannot appeal tho caso in tlmo to havo tho ruling passed on before tho prlmnry election. Autos Double In Number. Tho number of automobiles re turned by county nssossors to tho Stato Doard of Equalization will bo doublo tho number returned In tho year 1000. In that year thero wero returned 3,011, while, with six coun ties not yet reported, thoro has been returned a tdtal of 0,481. April 1, when tho assessment Is mado, there wero registered In tho ofllco of tho socrtary of stato a total of 9,280 machlnos and tho year before n total of 4,877. This numbor, howovor, does not represent tho total number of machines In tho state. New Postal Cards. Blue postnl cards havo gone on sale nt tho Lincoln postofllco, In place of tho old white onos. A shipment ot tho now skytlnted cards, numborlng 200,000, was recolvod from Washing- ton. They contnln McKlnloy's pic- ture, like thoso they supersede. Valuation of Live Stock. Tho state board of equalization listened to a dozon or moro county as sessors In regard to proposed changes in tho valuation of llvo stock. Tho changes mado from tho returns of tho nBsosaors as finally divided aro as fol lows: Horsos, Dodge. Douglas, HayoB, Kearney, Morrill, Perkins and Wayno, 10 per cont. Incronso; Butler, 6 per cont. Incroaso J Boyd and Val loy, 10 por cent, decrease. Mules, Fillmore, Kearney and Morrill, 10 per cent, increnso; DougliiB and Wayno, 20 per cent. Increase; 'Bonner, 25 per cent. Increase; Hooker, 100 por cent. Increase; Boyd, Perkins and -Valltiy, 10 per cont. decreuso; Grant, 20 per cent, decrease Cattle, Porklns, In creased 10 per cent.; Thomas, 30 per cont. lncrense; Cass, Nanco, Nuckolls nnd Valley, 10 por cont. decrease; Hamilton and Boyd, 6 per cont. de crease. Hogs, Garllold, 20 per cont. Incronso; Holt, 30 por cont. increnso; Valley, 10 por cont docroaao; Kear ney, Hayes and Gasper, 15 por cont. decrease; Phelps, 20 per cent In croaso; Whoelor and Hitchcock, 30 per cont. decreaso; Boyd, 40 por cent, decrease. Assessment of Hogs. Tho assessment of hogs nnd pigs enmo up before tho Btato board of as eossment In sonio places a sow. Is as Bossed at so much and no account Is taken of tho llttlo pigs. In other places a certain valuo Is placed on a eow and oloven pigs. As n result, tho average valuo of pigs In tho vari ous counties shows great variation and the state board of equalization Is in dnngor, according to tho assessors protesting, of making unwarranted changes' In an (attempt to equallzo widely disproportionate values. TO OUST OFFICIALS. Governor Takes Action Against Omaha Officers. Governor Shallonbcrgcr hns di rected tho attornoy general to bring quo warranto proceedings to oust from ofllco Chief of Pollco Donahuo of Omaha, Fred Hoyo, William J. Hunter and William F. Wapplch members of tho Omaha Firo and Po llco board, for falling to enforco tho liquor laws in Omaha. Tho governor acted upon a complaint filed with him by Charles J. Karbach, membor of tho Omaha Firo and Pollco board. In tbo complain It Is charged that houses of prostitution to tho number of 205 havo taken out government licenses to sell intoxicating liquors nnd hnvo no city llcenso, nnd that thoy sell beer at all hours of tho day and night and on Sundays. Karbach alleges that ho personally visited tho red light district nnd wns solicited to en ter the houses by girls, and that ho Informed Chlof Donahuo of what ho saw. Tho reply tho chlof mado to tho complaint, ho says, was this: "Your a liar and don't know anything about it." Karbach calU attontion to tho fact that Mayor Dahlman, In n speech on Juno 22, said that tho 8 o'clock law was being violated all ovor tho Btato. Ho said that tho mayor, as oxofllclo member of this board, has knowledge of tho conditions in Omaha. Govornor Shnllenbergor'a lotter to tho attornoy genoral directing tho Inttor official to begin action against tho threo mombers of tho flro nnd po llco board and 3hlef Donahuo fol lows: "Dear Sir: I am enclosing you horowlth copy of a complaint -filed In my ofllco by Charles J. Karbach 'against John J. Donahuo, chlof of po lice, and Fred Hoyo, William J. Huntor and William F. Wapplch, members of tho board of flro nnd po lice commissioners, city of Omaha. Nraska. "This is tho third complaint that has beon filed against these officers, tho charges all bolng Blmllar, within tho last year. Tho ovldenco adduced upon tho former complaints showed that thero woro violations of tho liquor lawB In the city of Omaha, but upon the express promiso of tho chief flf police thnt such violation would bo discontinued if thoy woro given an opportunity to enforce the laws, I withhold taking any steps to remove such officers at that tlmo. During tho past two months my attontion hns beon called to ropeatcd nnd con tinued violations of tho liquor laws In tho city of Omaha, nnd I nm con vinced beyond a doubt that thoro Is no offort being mado on tho pnrt of thoso whoso duty It Is to sco that tho laws aro onforcod In that city to In uny way oradlcato tho ovil or remedy tho existing conditions. ' "This last complaint having been filed by ono who Is a member of tho board of flro and police commission ers, convinces mo that tho de fendants named In this complaint aro not acting in good faith with refer ence to doing their duty In this mat- tor. I am not satisfied that these of llcors aro unable to bring about an obsorvanco of the liquor laws in the city of Omnlm, but on tho contrary am thoroughly convinced thnt they havo no desire so to do, nnd nro in fact wilfully neglecting nnd refusing to enforco tho law. "You aro therefore directed to Insti tute nnd prdsecuto quo warranto pro ceedings In tho supremo court, as by law provided, against tho defendants named herein, for tho purpoEe of oust ing said defendants from tho official positions so hold by them." Attornoy Genoral Thompson will begin his suit nt onco. Although tho supremo court will not bo In session again until Soptomber tho taking of testimony in tho caso will begin at onco. A majority of tho supromo court wlU bo called together to ap point n roferee to tnko testimony. Isaac Pankhurst Killed. Isaac Pankhurst, aged 19 years, re siding at Belmont, this county, was instantly killed by tho explosion of a trnctlon engine. Tho traction onglne, which belonged to Nick Krnmor, wns working on tho farm of Mayor Lovo, five miles north of tho city. Tho top of tho young man's hoad was blown off. Stato Not to Pay Building Permit. Land Commissioner Cowlos hns ad vised Superintendent Stewart of tho Btnte school for deaf not to pay the city of Omaha $28 for n permit to build a building on stnto land. Ho believes the stato should not bo re quired to pny any fee when It desires to orect buildings on Its own lands. The Institution Is within tho city lim its of Omaha. Withdraws His Name. Smith Kotchum, democratic cnndl date for tho stato sonato from tho Twonty-thlrd district, which compris es Thayer nnd Jofferson counties, filed n withdrawal of his name with tho socrotary of state. Kotchum gave no reason for tho withdrawal of his name. Supplies Are Rejected. Recently ennned goods delivered to tho soldiers' homo at Grand Island on contract wero refused on tho cround thnt thoy woro not equal In quality to tho sample bid on. A qunrtor of a ton of coffco furnished by tho same contractor to tho mu..o Instltuto hns now boon rejectod as not bolng equal to tho kind contracted for by tho Btato. A samplo from tho homo and Bomo of tho coffoo delivered wero sont to Land Commissioner Cowlos, and after ho compared tho two he approved commandant's decision. GRIPPEN IS SEIZED HE AND GIRL COMPANION TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. PASSENGERS ON MONTROSE Dentist Cool and Collected, But Steno grapher Collapses When Con fronted by Officer. Father Point, Que. Dr. Hnwlcy Harvey Crippon nnd Ethel Clara Lo Novo, his stenographer who lied from London after tho dlsappoaranco of Bollo Elmore, tho doctor's wlfo, wero arrested horo Sunday aboard tho Canadian Pacific liner Montroso, at the command " of Inspector Dew of Scotland Yard. The identification of tho long sought fugitives on board the fog shrouded steamer by tho English de tective, who hnd raced across tho At lantic ahead of tho Montrose, marked tho culmination of ono ot tho most sensational flights In roccnt criminal annals. Accompanied by two Cana dian officers ho boarded tho vessel at 8:30 o'clock In the morning, nnd fif teen minutes Inter both man nnd girl wero locked In their stato rooms, Crippon, broken In spirit, but montal ly rollovcd by tho relaxed tension; tho girl, garbed In boy's clothes, sob bing hysterically. Thoy wero no longer tho "Rev. John Robinson and son," as booked at Antworp, July 20. After a brief de lay tho Montroso continued her 1C0 mllo Journey up tho river towards Quebec, whero Jail awaited the pair. Crippon Is charged with tho murdor of an unknown woman, believed to have been his actress wife. Tho girl Is hold as an accessory. In charge of Inspector Dow, they will be taken back to England for trial on Royal line steamer Quebec on Thursday next. Seldom has thoro been a scene sur rounding tho pursuit of n criminal so pregnant with dramatic features as that enacted off this little settlement Sunday morning. Inspector Dew had spent a sleepless night at tho Mar coni's operator's side, communicating through the fog with tho liner that boro tho man and tho woman ho sought. Tho man had Hod to him In oLndon by fleeing the city with tho mystery of Belle Elmore's disappear ance unsolved, nnd a strong personal fooling entered Into the case, accentu ating tho detective's deslro to carry out tho task assigned to him by Scotland Yard. At 4:30 a. in. tho approaching ship's whistle was heard above tho bellow ing of the Father Point fog horn. Shortly after 7:30 o'clock tho Mont rose pushed hor nose through the fog and at 8:15 the pilot boat Eureka set out from shore. She carried a host of nowspapor mon nnd photographers and tho more fortunate townspeople" who wero ablo to crowd aboard. Four sailors quickly rowed tho ten der alongside tho Montrose and Dew and his companions stepped aboard. Crippon was Btandlng near the rail talking with Dr. Stuart, the ship's surgeon, and apparently calm. But that ho was nervous wns Indlpated by his glance and his remark to Dr. Stuart. "Thoro aro three pilots com ing aboard," he said, nervously. "Is that not unusual?" "Crlppen, I wnnt you," said Inspec tor Dow quietly, ns ho approached. Tho dentist recoiled Involuntarily as he recognized tho man who addressed him, then tho blood left his fnce, his breath camo short and fast and he gurgled Incoherently ns he was being led away to tho captain's cabin, whence ho was transferred later to his own stateroom, he said gratefully, "Thank God, tho suspense Is ovor nnd I am glad." Crlppen's arrest accomplished, Dew hurried to Miss Lonovc's stato room, whero ho found hor still dressed ns "John Robinson, Jr.," on tho verge of nervous breakdown. Hor apponrnnco whon confronted by tho dotectlvo nnd told that sho was under arrest was pltlnblc. All control thnt sho had fought so hard to retain throughout the voyngo loft hor. Sho cried out hysterically and became) so faint that restoratives wero administered. Shut In her room and restored to woman's dress, she was closely guarded as the Vessel continued Its Journey, for fear thnt sho would tako hor life or col lapse utterly. It was more than four hours after Bho faced tho detective that tho girl was able to sit up. Even then her condition was pitiful, and no ono saw her expect tho ship surgeon and the stownrdoss. Fire Threatens Records. Washington. Flro In a shoe Btoro In tho building occupied by the United States geological survoy, threatened to destroy tho records of tho survey, which could not bo re placed for less than a million dollars. Crlppen's Father III. Los Angoles. Myron A. Crippon, father of tho accused London wife slayer, was 111 In bod when reporters brought him nows of tho arrest of his Bon and tho lnttor's companion. The agod innn has been in poor health and In his weakened condi tion, tho Intelligence produced a vlstblo effoct upon him, "Hawloy may havo been nrrosted, but ho has not been convicted yot," ho rpmarkod after recovering composure. "I can not bellove thnt my son committed tho awful crim'o laid at his door." MHAUKA IN BRiC?. News Notes of Interest From Various. Sections. E. R. F. Starr has sold a quarlor section of land near Dlllcr to Peter Kentcn for $20,o6o. Ed Williams, tho man In whose pos session wero found sevoral pairs of klpp shoes which ho was trying to. dispose of during tho carnival nt Plattmouth, has, It Is said, confessed that ho was a car robber. A Scotts Bluff dispatch says tho hcadgates of all tho cauajs In the val ley aro now open again and tho dit ches are carrying a full head of water. Farmers from ovor tho valley who aro nttendlng the Chautauqua say that crops are looking fine again, and while no bumper crop is expected, the field will give hotter than tho average yield. N Arthur Nelson of Falrbury, tho Rock Island fireman, who was prostrated by heat July 16, near Clatonln, Is able to bo around ngaln. Mr. Nelson wns firing a largo 800-ton typo passenger locomotive on a passenger train wbea ho was overcome. Engineer John A. Cuykondall got a negro porter from, tho trnln to flro tho locomotivo to Falrbury, thereby overcoming the delny. A young woman alighted from ono of tho trains at Wlsner and was try ing to find some place to stay for the nlght when she wns reported to tho city marshal and placed In the clty Jall. Her cries for water woro heard for blocks until after midnight Tho next morning sho was found dead on. the floor of the cell. The coronor's verdict was death by an overdose or cocaine. The big steam derrick used In the construction of tho addition to tho fiovernment building In Beatrice, col lapsed and came very near killing a. number of workmen. One thousand pounds of stono wero being hoisted nt tho tlmo of tho accident, and tho first Intimation the workmen had of a., break In tho structure was the snap ping of a cable which supported to !,stlff legs." Mrs. David Ireland of Falrbury re cently received word from her brother, John H. Mltchnm or Spokane,. Wash., that his homo and Its house hold goods were destroyed by flro July 10. It Is said that tho family- escaped with tholr night clothing nnd tholr 4-months-old baby wns rescued only by tho heroic efforts of Its mother. , The valuo of tho property- amounted to about $4,000. The office of the Tecumseh Milling-. company was broken Into as was also tho office at L. S. Crittenden's, grain elovntor. At the mill ofllco the-. Intruder or" Intruders got $1.75 la money from the safe and took a few llttlo articles sucn as a pocketknlfe, otc. Tho burglar, or burglars, were evidently not satisfied with tho haul for thoy took two bottles of writing" Ink, ono black and ono red, and smeared them ovor tho walls and desks. Peter Adam Young, aged 30. years. and tho son of John Young, one of the wealthiest of North Nebraska. luimuio, uo tlliuoitju 111 IMUUI&UII county on a warrant Issued by his father. charging the theft of $5,000 In. $90 gold pieces, from a metal pot, which tho elder Young kept In his home. Tho son recently bought an automobile, arousing the family's, suspicions, and whon they missed tho $5,000 In gold, ho was searched and n. qunntlty of gold found In his pocket W. H. Wheeler's tiow touring car. stolen from his barn In Stella was. found In n corn field owned by Arthur McGlnnls, four miles from Stella. Mc Ginnis was cutting weeds and was at tracted by a white object, and, as ho approached, found It to be nn open newspaper, and then found nn nuto- moblle, whoso presonco wns shielded by bolng covered over by freshly cut corn stalks. Thero was a man with the machine, but ho made his escape. afterward stealing n horso nnd buggy to make n quick and successful got. nway. Tho Bridgeport Electric Light antf Power company was organized with a capital of $50,000, all of which has been subscribed by homo people. Ati up-to-date plant will bo Installed at onco and the city will vote on n pro position to Issuo bonds for putting In a water systom. Jerry McGan, bettor known as "Wild Horse Jerry" nnd a fourteen year old girl named Thompson wore killed by some ono from ambush In Colorado south of Kimball, this state. Tho Thompson girl who was riding with McGan, was killed accidentally. Walt Rising, who wns suspected of tho killing, gavo himsslf up to the authorities nt Greoloy, Colo. News has reached Alliance of tho suicide of a well, known rosldent. Ed Eltor, a young man, who Is a favor ably known thoro, committed suicide at Denver by shooting himself Jn the head with a rlllo. Extonslvo proparn tlons woro being made for his mttr rlnge to a popular and wealthy young woman of Denver. Elter was very popular In Alllancot and nobody seems to bo able to conjecture the cause of his suicide. Christian Nuss of Clay county, whllo stacking hay on his farm, re ceived an Injury which may prove fatal. Tho stacker turned over' strik ing Mr. Nuss across tho chost. No bones wero broken but ho received Internal Injuries.. Nows has been received by friends that two Fremont boys woro tho losers by tho failure of tho First Na tional bank nt Billings, Mont. Ed Scolns had $850 deposited In the banlc and Will Smith, a son of Frank Smith had $200 deposited In It Tho boys went to Billings four years ago to work lu a sugar factory,