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Washington.
The population of tho island of
Torto Hlco Ih 1,118,012, nH Hhown by
the complcto returns of tho recent
census. This Is n gain of 104,799 or
17.3 per cent us compared with tho
census of 1809. San Juan Is shown
to be the largest town In tho Island,
Its population being 48,710.
Modesto Darrlos and Sebastian
Rallnas, special ambassadors of tho
Mndrlz faction In Nicaragua, paid an
omclat call at tho stato department
nnd presented their credentials.
Three lottera In Spanish addressed
io Secretary Knox were also present
ed. These were turned over to trans
lators. Tho contents aro not known.
Moro regiments of Infantry, a gen
eral servlco corps and a system of re
tirement for nged employes of tho
war department aro tho recommenda
tions to tho adjutant gencrul by Brig
adier General C. L. Hodge, command
ing tho department of Dakota. Troops
returning from tho tropics should
liavo at least four years In this coun
try to recuperate, Genoral Hodges
rays, and ho bclU'veB thero Is no
jirobablllty that will be possible un
lesB tho Infantry Is Increased.
Foreign.
Fighting continues In Formosa, ac
cording to advices received from
China, and popular subscriptions aro
being collected to supply tho Japaneso
toopB with comforts.
Tho Spanish ambassador to Franco,
Ecnor Perez-Caballero, declares that
alio report that King Alfonso Is show
ing slgnn of montal weakness Is a ma
lclous Invention of the clerical press
Baroness Vaughn, who was reported
to have been tho Morganlc wlfo of tho
lato King Leopold of Belgium, has an
nounced her approaching marriage
with Emmanuel Durlux, n rotlred
merchant living at Neullly-Sur Seine.
A catch-aB-catch-can wrestling
match for 91,000 a sldo was contested
t a London music hall between
the American wrestler, Dr. B. F. Rol
ler and Qama, tho champion of India.
Gama won tho first fall In 1:40 and
tho second fall In 9:09,. winning tho
match. . -i- J zpf'rr
HTHr' ,i
y General.
Democrats of Minnesota nominated
John Llnd for governor, but It Is said
be will not uccopt.
Congressman Carter gave Important
testimony beforo tho congressional
committee nt McAloster.
Automobiles will bo fifty por cont
cheapor next spring. Unsold thous
ands nro being stored away by manu
facturers to provent tho public from
realizing tho true conditions of tho
market. Thousands of 1910 models
will bo dumpod on tho market next
year as modolB of 1911, and at ono
half tho present prices. Sovernl of tho
largest automobile manufacturers aro
laying off men in all directions; two
or threo factories already closed.
Many dealers who started In last
spring when tho boom was on, are
now out of business.
Balllnger reached Portland and re
ceived callB from prominent republi
cans. Senator Aldrlch repllod to the
charges made against him by Senator
Hrlstow of KniiBfiR.
Major J. 10. Hanson, nged 73, presi
dent of tho Central of Georgia rail
road, Is critically 111.
John Mitchell was suggested to Mr,
Jtoosevolt as good matorlnl for tho
New York governorship.
Tho steamor Princess May was lost
In Alaskun waters, but tho passon
Cora and crow wore saved.
In their state convention Oklahoma
flomocrats endorsed tho administra
tion of Governor Haskell.
Representatives of tho Mndrlz fac
tion In Nicaragua called on tho state
department at Washington.
Vice President Sherman rolteratod
Mb provlous dental of any connection
with Indian land contracts,
President Taft and ex-Presldcnt
Jloosovolt sent sympathetic tolo
grams to Mayor Gaynor of Now York
over his attempted assassination.
Sixty farmers from Auburn, Neb
have Just become aware that they are
victims of a land fraud In which they
Vro losers of $110,000 cash, as tho re
4ult of lax methods of tho Utah Stato
Land board,
Tho population of Kansas City, Mo,
is 248,381, an Increaso of 84,629, or
51.7 per cent, as compared with
303,752 In 1900.
The president of the United States
and the president of Chill met nt Bov
erly with an exchango of formalltlos
that wero cordially Informal,
Tho Pananmn congross at Buonos
lAyros approved a resolution recom
mending all governments of America
to create a Panaman commission and
the" application of tho decisions of
tho third congress relative to the
natural resources, commurco and
monetary systems.
Inspector Dow denies a report that
Dr. Crlppcn had confessed.
Tho standpattors wero badly defeat
ed by tho Insurgents In Kansas.
Postmaster General Hitchcock Is
cutting down tho deficit In his depart
ment. '
The corn crop of tho counttry 1b not
up to tho ten-yenr average.
Speaker Cannon Bays ho Is not wor
rying over tho result In Kansas.
Joseph Wondllng, alleged slayer of
Alma Kelner, reached Denver on bis
way to Louisville,
President Tnft helped dedicate a
monumont (o the pilgrims who landed
at Provlncotown, Mass.
Wholesome legislation for Indians
Is expected to follow an expose of tho
charges of Senator Gore.
Tho papal nuncio at tho Spanish
court has been wnrnbd to niako ready
to depart on short notice.
Claude A. Swanson has been np
pointed U. S. Senator from Virginia In
place of Daniels, deceased.
At tho meeting of railroad men at
St. Louis tho decision was reached to
demand an eight hour day.
Representative Bird McGuIro of
Aklahoma sa"s Senator Goro Is not
much better than a slanderer.
With tho coming election Cuba Ib
facing ns serious a crisis ns hna yet
confronted tho young republic,
Swarms of locusts recently Invaded
Athens, rendering tho strcots slip
pery with their crushed bodies.
Tho total population of tho United
States under tho last census will
hardly bcknown before October.
Serious floods continue throughout
Japan. Thousands of houses aro sub
merged and many lives wero lost.
One of the first duties of tho United
States supremo court will bo to pass
on tho KnnsaB bank guaranty law.
Sweeping authority Is given tho
commerce commission by tho Inw
which Is to tako offect August 17.
Secretaries Wlckcrshnm nnd Nngcl
are keeping out of tho Alaska
quarrolNvhllo visiting tho territory.
Tho establishment of a national
home for tho deaf at Colorado Springs
was urged nt tho world'B congress of
tho deaf held there.
Tho prohibitionists opened their
campaign nt Liberty, Mo In tho In
terest of tho statc-wldo prohibition
constitutional amendment.
The funeral of Bishop Dunno of Dal
las, Tex., who died at Green Bay, V1b.,
was held at Chicago in tho Church of
the Immaculato Conception.
An nrmy paymoster's safo contain
ing' $G,600 was stolon from tho maneu
ver camp at Polo mountain, twenty
five miles west of Cheyenne.
Fritz Mcrgenthalcr, son of tho In
vontor of tho linotype machine, was
killed at Capo May, N. J when an
express train ran into his automobile.
Tho Carriage Manufacturers' naso-
elation of tho United States In session
at Louisville resolved to advanco tho
prlco of vohlclcs for the season of
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Lionel Waldron nnd Jules Pages,
tho American artists and Alexander
Garfield, tho American explorer of
Africa wero decorated with tho loclon
of honor.
The Nebraska Stato board of oquali-
zatlon told Omaha bankers they enn-
nht ilndurt $121ir.ni full volitn f rnm I
assessed valuo of capital stock on ao
count of prospective bad Joans.
Acting Secretary Plorro of tho In-
terlor department appointed a com-
mission to determine tho competency
of Indian allottees on tho Santeo In-
dlan reservation In Nebraska.
The supremo lodgo Knights of Pyth
Ins has decided not to tako ovor tho
Ijib Vegas, N. M sanitarium for tu
borcula'r patients now under tho Juris
diction of the Knights of Pythias.
John Wilson, Jr., long absent from
his homo In Johnson county, Nobr.,
Aiturncd and established Ills Identity
as right to the $30,000 estato loft by
his father, who died five years ago.
With hor throat cut from ear to
nnr. thn linilv nf Mm. .Innnnli Wnlfo.
, -. . ..... '--
ageu til, who oi a uenmson, iex.,
contractor, was found by hor daughter
lying, fully dressed on a bod In hor
home.
Robert Black nnd Miss Margaret
Fltzpatrlck, who wero among those
Injured when an automobile
was
wrecked by a Southern railway train
at Birmingham, Ala., dlod Monday,
bringing tho total dead to four.
Becnuso of tho raco riots at Gray,
Jones county, Georgia, Govornor Jo-
soph 13. Brawn was requested to Im
mediately Bpcnd troops to that vicin
ity, tho request coming from tho sher
iff of tho county.
With an armed guard on each side
of him, Dr. Crlppon attonded dlvlno
services in tho Catholic chapel of
the provincial Jail at Quebec. Miss
Lenevo declined to Join tho protea-
tnnt iirlunnnra nt thla anrvlnn
Personal.
Nebraska was well represented at
tho Knlisht Tomnlnr ,.nn,.iv., in
ChlcnKo
The iiollco of Clnvlnnd. ni.tn -
. . . - -"i --
convinced that Lawyer Rico was kll-
leu ny tiuovoB.
joim i). urimn, one of tho best
known comedians on tho stage, for
years a favorlto in vaudovllle, died In
Provldonco.
Jacob 11 union accused Congressman
Croager of soliciting a bribe from
Lawyer McMurray.
Congressman Crenger of Oklahoma
explained tho charges against him
mado by Jako U Hamon.
Thirteen wero killed and twelvo
Injured in a train collision botweon
Han Francisco ami aanta Hosa.
Attorney General Wlckersham says
there Is no law to warrant the ro-
movnl of tho statuo of Robert B. Leo,
A man believed to bo W, J. Mugfur
ot Ishpomlng, Mich., was found doad
In tho hydraulic elevator tank on the
roof ot a hotel In Chlcngo.
STATE ASSESSMENT
THIRTEEN MILLION INCREA8E
OVER LAST YEAR.
T OF TAXES
TO PAY
Five-Mill Levy Will Bring Two
Million Dollars Into trie State
Treasury.
The assessed value of all tho prop
erty owned In Nebraska Is $411,958,
361. This Is an increase over last
year of $12,072,530, the assessed valuo
for 1909 being $398,985,819. Tho
amount of taxes tho people Nebraska
will have to pay into tno general fund
or the stato and Into the university
fund on the live mill levy is $2,059,
791. The amount paid last year was
$2,194,421.
At Its final meeting, tho board or
dered the various counties to restore"
to tho assessment rolls deductions
that had been mado by banks for bad
paper or bad securities held. This In
creased tho assessment of Douglas
county some $1,200,000 and affected
slightly several other counties.
The following tnblo Bhows tho as
sessed valuation, which Is ono-flfth
of the actual valuo by counties for
tho yearB 1909 and 1910:
1909.
Adams 6,498,362
Antelope 3,975.415
llnnncr 352,063
Uliilne 397,439
Hoone f. 6,021,073
Hox Htltto 1.743.738
Iloy.l 2.614,305
llrown 1,128,971
llllffiilo 7,107.519
Hurt ri.6')n.331
1910.
6,640,391
4,165,517
378,146
435,474
6,192,301
1,777,376
2,618,297
1,262,324
7,241,112
5,719,319
7.007,005
8,060,610
6,737,579
1,055,645
2.909.461
2.188,179
6.817.620
6,109,431
6,455,025
7,386,813
2.015.01.t
2,010,593
6,419.847
836,669
4,127.800
8,606,211
37.689,387
1,443,628
6,900,406
2.720,661
4,267,703
11,060,146
748,123
644,342
2,173,734
702,885
2.194,317
6,821,081
0.602,225
3,706,722
765,767
1,889,326
3,729,452
437.367
3.798.4C9
6,781,841
4,280,424
4,140.872
2,022,237
882,125
1,366.961
4.960,404
20,393,197
4,931,661
mil
$
Ulltlcr 0,857,001
CllHH
K.0O7.fi
5,495,849
974.057
2.67C.7S8
2.125,310
6,675,029
Cedar ...
CIlllRt' ...
Cherry . .
Cheyenne
Clny ....
(,'olfnx ..
4.901,337
Cumlnir C.338.945
Custur ,. 7,119,629
Dukotii 2,571,035
DfiwcH ,. 1,952,442
Dawson 6,283,445
Doiiel 1.437,504
Dixon 4.012,768
DortKB 8,307,478
Douplas 35,765,733
Pumly 1,426,172
Fillmore 6,790,640
Krunklln 3.513.803
Frontier 2,699,435
FurniiH 4.222.963
(Iiiru 10,091,416
Otmlen
Oarrtcia 487,007
Oospcr 2.143.4DU
(Iriint ,672,420
Oreelev
2.100,717
Hull ,nsi.ioo
iiS""..: y.WV.'. K??o
Ilaym
749.105
".y IC0CK
1,848,470
3,616,2KS
39H.160
3.712.207
6,691,653
I looker
Vi'"!'1,,
Johnson
4.306.8-2
Kearney 4,043,92a
i n.ir. too
Kevn rViiia '829!oig
H!mI",n V255'?I5
ttiaister 2o!oo9.'i99
Lincoln
269.262
Madison
0,054,702
230,2.13
4,251,770
Merrick ....
Morrill
303.154
4.365.170
867. S74
1.091.557,
N""mj,ft"! o'.337!?5
6,421,002
6,449,129
NuckoiiH
6.340.813
in"veo"
8,444,589
4,923,400
1,051,755
4,603,589
4.039,3tfi
7.641,939
S,M(i,7X2
5.040.087
Perkins
1,150,899
4,664.888
4.176.212
jIiJ.'JJ,''
Plntto
7,763,898
Polk
4.852,410
2.305.302
b.uni.utM
riod Willow
3,349,179
HIchnnlBon 6,902,399
7.004.221
Hork
837,373
911,68
Bullne 7,200.774
7.367,762
3.803,449
9,628,992
1,871,805
7,005,632
2.484,059
2.761,606
1,165,004
3,824,672
5,724,155
482,599
2,006,84 1
3,061,629
6,228,134
4,177,600
4,427,063
635.300
7,908,812
Horny
3,825,101
9,302.236
1.626,625
6,828.297
2,28G,044
2,069,326
1,051,220
3,701.1136
6.64S.602
457,368
1.670.494
2,947,103
6.0.13,143
4.419,619
1,328.42't
472.468
SiUIIUlOlB ...
Kcott'n Murr
Kewnnl . ...
Kherlunn ...
Hhcrmiui ...
Stnux
Stanton
Tlmye.r
Thomas
H''wn
w-Milimton
Wayne
WpIisIiT
wheeler
York , 7.693,679
Total $398,983,819
$411,958,351
llicrente, $12,972,535.
rho amount to bo paid Into tho gen
eral fund this year Is $1,795,130,
against $1,G47,833 paid .In last year,
Tho State Board of Equalization,
fixed the assessed valuation as above
As a whole the taxes to bo paid aro
less this yoar than last, because tho
board reduced tho levy from 0 mills
to 5 mills, of this 4 mills Is for the
genoral fund, Tho university 1 mill
levy 18 fixed by law. While moro
money will bo paid Into tho gonoral
fund for tho purposo of paying tho
expenses of the state government, yet
the total amount to be paid for stato
and unlvorslty purposes Ib decreased
a total of $134,030.
I rt l rt.tll II
uecr oiyps omi up.
In spite of the fact that Lincoln
has boon without saloons now for
nonr,y yenr ,u,d n ,mU thero nre
B'' a low ocer signs nanging "nign
I nna "r ovur 1,18 81(10 "oor8 i Places
wnere tno wet goous wore formerly
i .ii i
u,Di,u"auu
Nebraska's Poultry Wealth,
The noultry In Nebraska Is valued
nt 2,309,895. This Is un Increaso from
$1,839,485 In 1909, as reported by the
county assessors.
Increase In Switching Rates.
Frank Ransom, attorney for tho
Union Stock Yards conuwuy. tiled a
brief with tho state railway comtuls-
Blon In defense of tho Increaso In
switching rntos which the stock yards
company wants tho commission to up-
prove. Tho Updlko Milling company
hod previously raised the objection
that tho switching affecting them had
boon put Into effoet by tho stock yards
company voluntarily and It was there-
fore to be presumed that the rate was
tatlsfnctory. Ransom urgueH that
I u uot a proper presumutlon.
CL08E OF SESSION8.
Tho Junior Normals Through With
Their Work.
x.c JU...U. -..u-.
locuieu ni. Alliance, viiuu, uiunvu
Bow, Geneva, McCook, North Platto,
O'Neill and Valentino, closed their
eight weeks' sessions July 29. Tho
totnl number of students enrolled was
1,414, Including 557 enrolled for In
stitute. Tho total nttendanco was
twonty moro than tho nttendanco for
1909. Tho first week or first two
weeks of the session was designed
us institute1 for thd counties in which
the Junior normals were located, ex
cept In tho case of Lincoln county,
wt.lM. tinVnnil tli'n tnaf ivnrtlr nf Mm
North Plntto Junior Normal ns In-
stltutu week.
At tho Alliance Junior Normal,
nrnnt ttnnW ntni Sinn rmintipq
united with Box Butto county for tho
Institute; Blaine and Thomas coun-
ties united with Custer county nt the
Broken Bow Junior Normal; Hitch-
cock countv with Red Willow' county
at the McCook Junior Normnl, nnd
Porklns and Keith counttlcs with Lin-
rnin rnimtv nt Nnrth pinttn. At
these, and nt tho Oenovn Junior Nor,-
mnl. snoclnl Instruction was clven In
domestic science and nKrlculture. tho
counties uniting nnd bearing tho
greater part of the extra expense.
The lecture course nt the Junior
normals this year wob mado self-
aitatnttilncr 'Tim nt-lnMntil ntifl Innnl
county Buperlntendont of each school
was responsible for whntover was
provided In the way of entertainment I
and lectures. Tho plan proved very
successful In that while good servlco
wus given the students In theso spe
cial featureB tho state was not called
upon to use any money for such puis
poso.
Tho work of tho Junior normals nt
McCook was seriously interfered with
by quarantine regulations for nn epl
domic of scarlet fevor. Regular ses
sions of tho school were discontinued
for about threo weeks, but tho In
structors romalned on duty and mot
Individually all students who cared to
remain and complote any line of
work. Much credit Is due tho fac
ulty at McCook for the satisfactory
way In which tho situation wns hand
led during bucIi critical Mnie3.
A number of students completed
tho Junior normal training course nt
Homo of tho schools and appropriate
graduating exercises were held. These
graduates have all attended tho Jun-
lor normal schools not less than four
aessIonB, nnd have completed the re
quired course of study, for which
credit Is given at the state normal
schools.
Tho appropriation for Junior nor-
mal schools for tho blonnlum ending
April, 1911, was $20,000. This ap-
propriation has been sufficient to
meet every need and tho Junior nor
mals closo their second session of the
blennlum with nil accounts fully
paid.
Good Place to Sell Goods.
Sometime ago a muchlnery firm
wrote Secretary of the Stato Fair W.
R. Mellor, asking for n lot on which
to make an exhibit. Mr. Mellor re-
plied thnt all tho machlnory lots had
been assigned, but If they wished to
that thoy would place him some-
whoro on tho grounds. The following
reply was received.
"Mr. W. R. Mellor. Secretary, Lin-
coin. Neb. Dear Sir: Your lotter of
Hi i J Mi nt li n ii ri n 1 1 1 vn Innrn with
deep regret thnt the spaco on tho ma
chinery ground Is all assigned. You
stato that you can sandwich us In
some place in tho machinery depart
ment. Now, If you can do this wo
will certainly consider It "worth
whllo." Last year wo sold more ma
chines on your grounds than nt any
other fair, and from the point of act
ual buying tho Lincoln stato fair Iuib
always been a prize-winner.
Gage County Assessor Delinquent.
Tho state board of assessment and
equalization decided to wait no longer
upon County Assessor R. C. Hemphill
for nn abstract of tho assessment ot
Gago county. Under the provisions
of tho Btntuto tho board decided to
send a messenger to get the abstract
and chargo tho cost to tho county
For Hydro-Electric Plant.
Burdette Boyes of Seward has ap
plied to tho state onglneor for tho wa-
ter right requisite for tho erection of
a hydro-olectrle plant on tho Bluo riv
er, threo mlleB below Mllford.
Nftui nanW chartered.
Th li-nmiom' Stntn lmnk i.f Sar
gent. Custer county, has received
chartor from tho stato banking board,
Tho new organization starts with
nuld un capital stock of $25,000.
t...
Nebraska has this summor been
t,anntlnnnllv frnn frnm tni'iimloOB.
n.v.,.v." , .. ----
Tim lr.Pi.1 ntntlnn nf Mm witnt her bit
renu has practically no reports so far
A Rhnuilnn at thn Fair.
rr,r ,. honn nBt onmii?h nf
nunr nrnn .lnmnun in Nnhmskn
thlH yoar to mako It highly desirable
that n showing of crop successes lie
o n.,,in tn fnii- it will
help every Nobrnskan. It will stlmu
late prldo as well as Increaso bual
ness to havo a demonstration made
of tho producing power of fill of tho
leading countleB made at this exposl
.i ,u!ii tu. wnrtt. whiin to mnkp
n showing of the fruits of tho Held
.v..u v,.r nnrnmnnipn i.v tho rtcord
Mifn Mnri, 1.
TAFT TO ROOSEVELT
LLOYD GRISCOM
CONFERS WITH
COLONEL AT 8AQAMORE.
RELATIONS WILL BE DEFINED
Western Trip of Ex-President Will
Be Entered Upon Tuesday of
This Week.
Oyster Bay. N. Y. Ex-presldont
Roosevelt announced that Lloyd C.
Orlscom, chairman of tho New York
republican county committee, will
co,no to Sagamoro Hill Monday morn
lnB for a conference. Mr. Grlscom
8Pent Sunday night with President
Tnft a Ueverly, nnd although Colonel
Roosevelt would not Bay so, it Is
known that Mr. Grlscom will como to
sngamoro Hill ns tno nearer ot an
Important messngo from President
Tnft. Tho conference, therefore, will
" ot mora than usuat Importance.
The colonel would ndd nothing to
tho baro announcement that Mr.
Grlscom was to comd oxcopt to say
that he had read with raro lntorcst
tho dispatches from Beverly, Intimat
ing that the president Is expecting
Secretary Balllnger to resign, and
that Senator Aldrlch and Speaker
Cannon In the futuro aro to be in less
direct contnet with the administra
tion. He refused to give his views on
this subject or to say whether tho
message which Mr. Grlscom bears
constitutes another step In the ad
ministration program for readjusting
conditions within tho party. It 1b be
lieved here, however, that as a result
of Mr. Grlscom's visit the exact rela
tions between tho president nnd the
ox-presldent will bo moro clearly de
fined even though no public an
nouncement bo mado.
Since Colonel Roosevelt returned
from Africa ho has resolutely avoided
placing himself on record In regard
to the Taft administration. Ho has
seen tho president only once, and
then for a comparatively Bhort time,
during his visit to Boston for the
Harvard commencement. So far as
Is known no messages have passed
between them during that time and
It is believed President Taft decided
to ascertain where hla predecessor
stands, particularly In view of tho na
tlonal campaign which is soon to get
under way
Colonel Roosevelt's western trip Is
to stnrt on Tuesday of next week
During the trip it is expected that he
will place himself on record In regard
to a number of matters of great Inter
est to tho country and tho republican
party. Ono of them will be the con
servation ot national resources which
has been the subject of so much dis
cussion during tho months which
President Taft has been In tho White
House.
While it is believed that Colonel
Roosevelt will not have one word of
criticism of the administration In any
of these speeches, thero is good
ground for tho assumption that ho
will 1 not depart from tho vigorous
stand for conservatism which ho as-
sumed while he was president,
Colonel Roosovelt also announced
that ho had decided on a third long
trip. Starting some time In March
ne win go irom coast, xo const, on a
trin wnicn win occupy auoui
ono
month.
UNCLE SAM'S INCOME.
A Gain of More Than $50,000 a Week
Reported.
Washington. A gain of moro than
$500,000 a week In the government's
ordinary recolpts during the first six
weeks of the present fiscal year, as
compared with tho corresponding
period last year, was announced by
the Treasury department. The or
dinary disbursements for tho same
per0d show $1,000,000 less for tho
surrent year. The ordinary transac
tlonB ombrnce nil outside the Panama
canal, tho public dobt and mlscel
laneous transactions.
CROP REPORT TO BE OUT SOON
Time of Issuance and Scope of State
ment Made Public.
Washington. Tho tlmo of Issuance
Und scope of tho September crop re
ports of tho government wero mado
ready by tho Dopartmont of Agrl
culture. A report showing tho condl
tlon or tno crop on August. ZD will uo
... a nm til
Isstteil D.v ine crop Tenoning uuuru ui
I. . II 1 1 ..A
n hoon (eastern tlmo), Friday, Soptom
uer
Seismic Shocks Recorded.
WaBh ncton. The soismograpn ai
ijeorcetowu uiuvurBiij' lewium uu
earthquake shock which lasted twen
ly-llirOO minutes, uuBHlimiK "i
. . . , COT
- m. 1 no maximum Biiuun. o i.
and lastod for a minute and a half
Come tO TaKe rippert
n Quebec Hergeuni Mlicneil OI BCUl
land Yard and the two wardresses
from Holloway Jail, arrived here Sun-
nay 10 ixmv miu-
Hawley Harvey Crlppon and Ethel
- Claro Lo Nevo back to London. In the
- afternoon tho quartette drove to the
provincial ju.,, UMk
prisoners. Dow handed Jailor Maurln
a loner iur V... , , UUS"1
from London by Mitchell. Beyond
saying that It came from tho girl's
family In England, the Jailor would
reveal uothlng ot Its contents.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News Notes of Interest From Various
Sections.
Nebraska chautauquas aro now be
ing held all along the lino.
The Plntto river wagon bridge at
Fremont Is ngaln open for travel.'
Tho eleventh annual session of the
Fullorton chnutauqua assembly will
be held August 19 to 28.
Many portions of Nebraska have-
been short on rnln, but corn never
theless wears a promising outlook.
Of taxes to be paid to the stato
Douglas county Is chnrged with $188,-
440.94 and Lancaster county $101,
9G5.99. John Neary's house, threo miles.
west of Lyons, burned to tho ground
with all Its contents. Nothing oC
valuo wns saved.
Nino years ago 100 acres cast of
Fairfield Bold at $50 por acre. Last
week tho owner refused $120 per aero
for tho same land.
Rudolph Sns, son of Blair's most
prominent business man, a member
of Sas Brothers' firm, died recently
In Los Angeles, Cal.
Tho apple crop In Nemaha county.
which at one time was thought would
bo very light, Is turning out much
better than was expected.
The Burchard postofllco was burg
larized by prying open a wlndowi
About $C0 wns taken from the safe.
which was not locked.
Georgo Stockhnm of Dorchester
was robbed of $44 In cash at the rail
road yards In Emerson by two hoboes,
whom he hnd Joined In a drinking:
bout.
A severe electrical storm visited
Red Cloud. Lightning struck n trco,
umped over to the electric light
wire, which It followed to the power
house, burning out the generator
and leaving tho city In darkness.
County Superintendent Vogltance
of Colfax county is busy getting out
notices and preparing for his summer
Institute which begins nt Schuyler on
the 22nd and runs for five days. He
has secured an able corps of assist
ants. Tho annual report of tho Omaha &
Council Bluffs Railway company, for
the yenr' ending Juno 30, Hied with
tho railway commission, shows that
the company after paying 400,000 divi
dends had a deficit from operation
amounting to $179,188.80.
Judge Grimes of tho district court
of Scott's Bluff county has dissolved
tho temporary Injunction secured by
the Goring irrigation ditch against
tho State Board of Irrigation to pre
vent the board from closing the head
gates of tho Irr'gatlon ditches of tho
upper North Platto river.
C. B. Norrls, a member of tho
Board of Education and former en
gineer of tho Union Pacific shops at
Grand Island, was thrown from his
buggy and received Injuries consist
ing of the fracture of a rib and the
dislocation of n shoulderblado as tho
result of a collision with another
vehicle.
Marshal Gates of Superior got word
by telephone from Red Cloud to be on
tho lookout for a young man, who It
was charged had stolen a watch, giv
ing the numbers of the case and
works. When Burlington No. 10 camo
In ho spotted his man and upon
searching him found tho watch upon;
his person.
A party of four business men nnd
two retired farmers went on a tour or
Inspection through Buffalo county for
tho purposo of examining tho corn
crop. They found coundltlons sur
prisingly good; In fact, they declaro
that tho crop will run 75 to 80 per
cent of a normal crop, which will bo
better than last year.
FIro from an unknown causo com
pletely destroyed the Nye-Schnelder-Fowler
grain elevator nnd coal shed
and damaged a livery barn at Pender.
Ernest Burturse, engineer of tho ele
vator, who was tho first to discover
tho (lames, suffered serious burns
nbout the left nrm when he burst Into'
tho blazing engine room and tried to
fight tho fire.
City bonds to tho amount of $17,
000 for n new city hnll and fire head
quarters and bonds In the sum or
$8,000 for tho extension of water
mains wero voted at a special elec
tion In Broken Bow.
August Jaeger, a farmer residing
some ten mlies northwest of Calla
way, has lost soveral hea'd of his cat
tle from something which puzzled the
veterinarians. The nnlmals would be
come mad when attacked by the
malady and had all tho symptoms or
hydrophobia, The veterinarians ap
peared to bo unnblo to do anything:
for them and four head had to bo
shot, while two of tho herd died.
County Judge Moore has asked the
county attorney of Red Willow coun
ty to proceed against Sheriff Hlgglnn
of that county for allowing a prisoner
to bo nt liberty contrary to the order
of tho county court. Some weeks ago
a woman was nrrested charged with
illegal liquor soiling. She pleaded
guilty and was bound over to tho dis
trict court and In default of ball was
placed In tho county jail. Subsequent
ly, tho sheriff gave her liberty and she
Is still out of Jail without ball con
trary to the order of tho court.
Alfred Hogon, an Inmate of the
Kearney Industrial school and a par
ticipant In a stealing scrape recently,
departed during tho night for parts,
unknown, taking with him one of the
horses belonging to tho stato of that
school,
Harry Joyco has appealed to tho
supremo court to reverse tho decision
of the district court of Pierce county
that he must spend twenty years la
tho penitentiary for dynamiting a
bank. Joyce was convicted of hav
ing blown open tho safo of tho Farm
ers Stato bank at Hadar and taking
therefrom $1,934,