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lrlf Mantlen f What Is Tmnsflring
In Various Sections of Our Own
and Faralfln Ceuntrlee.
Washlnptnn,
Nothing further doing In congroHS
tmtll (ho lint Monday In December
next,
A counterfoil ft! Mil on tho Fort
Dearborn Nntloiml bunk of Chicago
Iiiin boon brought to tbo attention or
Hit) treasury department.
Hoorolnry Wilson loft Washington
for n fow weeks' rest-nnd rccrontlon
In tho wost, Much of tho tlino will ho
spent ut liln (own homo. Ho probably
will not return to Washington until
Homo tlrno In October.
Moro first class poKtorriooa wore do
nlgnntcd by Postmaster General
Hllohcook n postal savings bank,
They woro Pino Muff, Ark. lm An
gules, CiiI.j Htnmford, Conn. Ponsn
cola, Ma, Mneon, Co., and Fremont,
Nubr.
Tho Arlronn-Now Mexico statehood
resolution wna signed by Vloo Presi
dent Hhorman and wita iiont to PreHl
dent Taft for approval, A nuiubor ot
cltlxcn from Now Mexico and fitho
nn woro among those who witnessed
tho signing,
For tho purposo of controlling tho
nnxt democratic national convention,
'with tho vlow to tho nomination of n
progressive candldnto for tho proHl
dency, together with tho adoption ot
R progressive platform, tho domo
oratlo federation of precinct elubu was
organised In Washington.
John It. Kcatly, tho alleged lopor
whoso enno cnusod tho hoallh nulliar
Hies, horo much trouble sovornl your
ro and created a dlsputo ovor tho
diagnosis between various Now York
Ktid Washington physicians, has up
piled for a renown) of bin pension for
Hurvlcon In tho Spnnlsh-Amorlcun war.
, President Taft will decide If tho
llfovernment, under tho tonus ot tho
national bank not, can permit national
banks to own Interosts In other bank
In Institutions. Attorney General
Wlokersham and georotary MnoVeagh
have not agreed on tho question,
which w rale.d hy the attorney gen,
eraVs investigation ot tho relation
of tho National City bank of Now
York to the National City company,
General, .
Next year' Grand Army reunion
will bo held In Los Angeles.
Htreet car troubles nt Dos Molnoa
have been satisfactorily adjusted,
Plana for Presldont Taft'a western
trip have been completed,
Tho census bureau Issued a roport
on tho vnluo ot Nebraska, farm ani
mal. A mob at Purcoll, Okln,, burnod n
itogro nt tho stako on tho main titroot
of tho town,
Revon men mot death and tlirco
others wcro aurlously Injured In a
Are. nt Kty, Nov.
Itobert Clmstcon, city marshal ot
Ulltn, 111., was shot and killed by un
identified persons,
Judge Trlmbol of Illinois la now
commander-ln-ohlot ot tho Grivud
Army ot tho Republic,
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
named as a postal savings bank tho
Topeka, Ka postoWco,
Atwood was forced to dosoond for
repair for hi aeroplane within
five wile et 'New York city.
Tho census report shows that In ten
areata Ntraka haa lost heavily la
th numb? ot farm animals kept.
v H, Price's name may w on the
dmortlc ballot at the primary next
nming for United itate aeaator from
Nebrawka,
PUr to reelv tkelr pay checks
at a anolA4 tlw oaus 1H7 meoltKH'
if in the Kanms City, Mexico ft Orl
nt rallreMl akon Ut Wichita to walk
out.
JCxOovernor X, P. Savago of N
mtmna hi 4KKvrou)T 111 with append
kttl at hla homo V Tacottta, WashH
awordtas ta a vKaRo rocelv4 by
ItlMCOlK fmntls,
It Is rtKKt4 on good authority
that Lor lawoya ot KnRlaml ami
Miss MlHrwt Sherman. daUKhtcr ot
William New York will bo married
in Nor fork, early next winter.
Fin originating in tho car building
wr ,valr tnom of tho Cudnhy Pack'
liue c,owp0r'a plant at South Omaha.
."aus a m of StriO.wi to the Coda
ly property and less than $5,000 to
the Union stock yards. Tho loss Is
fully oovowl by iusurauco.
President Taft was tho guest ot
fcaor at a tunoheon nt tho Country
eiuh In 'WaahlnKtoa, 'lco President
hrHMH and a scoro of republican
teafera yn tho eonato and house et
S5?rcMttlvs woro alio present
Mnatvr Kooi of Now Ywk waa host
A family ot three, waa found mur
Wr4 and otto ot tho oaa has bu
armttfd ami charged with tho crime
ttt Dooavllie. Ind.
Kms City will got tho iota cor
vUv ot tho Loyal Order of Moose
Mtordlmt to tho vt takon at tho
toYkH) a tWe ttOl irdr now
tMia hfM at LMrt
Tho Industrlnl uphavnl in Great
Britain Is grnrlnally Abating.
President Taft nomlnfltcd WJIIInrn
K. Chaplin rculstrar of tho innd of
fice and William C. Kdwln receiver or
public moneys, bolh nt Choyenno,
Wyo.
Husliicss ondltlons generally ovor
Iho country show Improvement.
Opponents of rocfproolty nro making
a lively campaign In Canada.
Further strike complications havo
Appeared At Liverpool, England.
A frtvornblo mnjorlly roport on tho
arbitration treaty was made In tho
KUfiOtO.
Bonafor La FollcttO in a spcch
tinted federal wupervlalon of utilities
In Alaska.
Tho program for tho governors'
meeting nt flprlng Lake, N. 3,, has
boon outlined.
A 1,600 trophy is tho prlzo for tho
host peek of whont exhibited At tho
Minnesota statu fair.
At least thli'lysovon persons woro
klllod and many Injured In n wreck
nonr Manchester, N. Y.
Tho United atntos exported liovcn
million dollors worth of mrdlclnos
during tho past year.
Tariff revision Is to bob np ngain
when tho regular session of congress
convenes In December.
President Taft talked to Grand
Army votorrtns nt Itochestor on tho
ovlla of concentrated wealth,
Workmen of Lincoln will colobrnto
labor day with n picnic nt which Gov.
Aldrlrh will mako nnd address.
Vlco Prosldont Krnttschnltt of tho
Harrluinn Hues gayit that tho matter
of a strike In up to tho omptoyos,
Tho cotirso In tho negotiations con
corning tho Moroccan dispute was ap
proved by tho French cabinet council.
Hocrotnry Wilson ndmlttod In his
testimony In tho Wiley honrlng that
his department was somowhat upset.
Chicago's population is now 2,201,
184, according to tho uuoniincemout
mndo by tho publishers of tho now
city directory.
Krlonds of Mrs, Grover Cleveland
announced that they woro authorized
to deny that her dnuRhtor, MIbh
ttthol Cleveland, Is ongnged to marry.
Lieutenant Whlttlor, cxocutlvo of
floor of tho United Btntos rovonuo cut.
tor Androscoggin, died nt tho roller
honpllnl in lloston of InJurlOB sustain
od nt tho hands ot thugs,
Congressman J. P. Latta ot Nobran
kn nnd Itln son.Kd accompanied by his
physician, Dr. Lukon, linn gono to
Itochestor, Minn., whoro ho will prob
nbly tindorgo nn operation.
Mnrtln Dowoy La Pollotto, eighty
four year of ago, died at Mnrlotta, 0.,
of paralysis. Ho wns a noted crlmln
ologlst and Jurist nnd wns Judgo or
tho Ohio uuproino court from 1883 to
1800.
Joso Marin, managing editor of tho
paper Cuba nt Havana, nnd Ills
nophow, Manuol Vlllovorde, nn cdltorl
al writer on tho Culm, woro nolzod at
the renldcnco of tho former nnd
placed on a, steamer and- deported, to
apRln.
The foundation of n federation or
democrats club of tho country nt
largo was laid In Washington In tho
adoption ot a charter and by-laws.
Tho organisation In nndor tho gold
anca of Senators Owon ot Oklahoma
und Chamberlain of Oregon nna
Ooorgo II. Shlbloy of Mississippi.
A bag of Amorlcnn mall matter
which was lost overboard whllo bolng
lnudod from tho Hamburg-American
lino atcamor Kaluerln Augustolc
toria nt Plymouth, August 11, woh
picked up in tho Hclford rlvor nonr
Fnlmouth. Tho mall bag was swept
nwny from tho steamer by n wave.
Tho bishop of Padua has Isflticd n
pastornl letter addressed to nil tho
clergy undor hla Jurisdiction, wnrm
exhorting thorn to uso tholr In
fluenco to tho end that women and.
especially fashionable women, should
adopt moro docont nud decorous
modes ot dressing on thoso hot sum
mor days.
A now comet reoontly illscovorcd by
Dr. W, H. Urooks, director ot obsorvn
tory and profcaaor of astronomy, Ho
bart collt'go, and named by him tho
Urooks comet, hna bocomo so bright
as to be soon with opera klusscu or
small telcscopo and will soon bo visi
ble to tho naked oyo. '
Governor Kborhart of Minnesota
waa subpoonaod to appear before tho
atato board ot control to tostlfy In
the hearing ot tho chargo rf cruelty
preferred against Superintendent
Whlttler ot tho ltod Wing training
school.
Tho president probably will loavo
llovorly Soptointwr 17, ruturulug oast
about November U Ho will go west
through Iowa, Kansas, Nobrat-ka,
Colorado and Nevada to tho coast.
Moat o? tho big nttlett In thoso atntos
Including Dos Moines, Kansas City,
Omaha, Denver and Salt Lnko City
will be visited, but tho plans tor tho
trip contomplatos stops at scores ot
smaller places na well.
Personal.
Secretary Wilson will apeak at Lin
coin tJopUuubor 6,
Congiosamun lttn ot Nobruakn
operated upon, -will pnea tho crisis lu
twolvo days.
Senator Owon offered a reaolutlor
tor nn Investigation of tho panic ot
1007.
Deportation of editors at Havana li
atlrrlug up much o&cltcmeut,
Prosldont Tfttt will for nbout tot
doya deny hlmsolt to all callers.
lioury Swanson ot omano wn
envshod to death muter u bam ho was.
moving,
Mrs. Orover Clovchmd denies that
hor daughtor is vugaged to bo uiar
rled.
Kler llardlo vnado nn nugry protest
lu the houso ot commons over th
terras ot strike seUlemont.
A last ttoanloN of the praldeat'i
caVlMt tor wvHrl mttnthb to com
waa held at tho White house,
S
MCBTIWO TO CONSIDER MATTERS
CONNECTED THEREWITH.
TO BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER
Validity of the New Lsw May At
tacked Other Mstters at the
Ctate Capital,
Tho fltnto Hoard of Public Lands,
nnd Ilulldlngfl lu laying plans prepara
tory to meeting with tho regents of
tho stflto university ubout, Soptomber
1 for tho consideration of mattom con
noct'id with carrying out tho provls
ions of tho ISantmaii agricultural
school act panned at tho lato Honslon
of tho loglslaturo. At that tlrno It Is
tho tnirposo of tho Htuto Hoard of
Public Lniidg nnd DulldlngH to confor
with tho regnntfl especially upon tho
matter of signing bllla Incurred by
tho first named honrd lu purchasing
ground for tho building of tho agri
cultural rtohoot at Curtis.
In commotion with tho discussion
of tho bill thorn J much talk that tho
validity of tho now law will bo at
tacked by Influoncoa not in harmony
with tho act from tho tlrno It wan in
troduced In tho lowor houso, utrongth
oncd, It In snld, by representatives
from several of tho townn which wcro
dofuntiMl when tho matter of location
enmn up for doclslon Mny 110.
Tho original ounctmont provided
Hint whllo tho board nhould mako tho
Foloctlon of tho alto for tho new stnto
Institution and should provide for tho
building of tho hcIiooI und nil ox
pctiPOfl relatlvo to Its cstubllshmcnt,
tho Hoard of Regent) would Imvotto
cortlfy tho vouchors before tho money
would bo paid out of tho stnto trons
ury. After tho Institution Is lu run
ning order tho ICuHtmnn net provides
that the ttoliool shall bo undor tho
control nud oBtnbllHhment of the
Hoard of Publlo Lnndn and nulldluga,
Want Unearned Premiums.
Sheriff Uonglnnd bus received from
tho district ronrt for tho Fifty-third
Judicial dlfi'rlct of Texan n aummons
nnd copy of n voluminous petition for
sorvlro upon Home officer of tho de
funct t'urmoiH und Merchants Insur
nnco company. Tho plaintiffs in tho
uttlon arc u half dozen pavtlcs who
Imvo received from sovornl hundred
policy-holders In tho Fnrmorn and
MerchnntH Insurnnco company bh
HlgumontH of tholr claims for unearn
ed promliimH und tiro losses, Implead
ed as defendants with tho Tarmera
and Merchants., company are tho
United StUtoa Kldqllty and Guaranty
company ot Ualtlmoro nnd tho South
woHtoru Surety Inuurnnco company ot
Durnnt, Okln. It In alleged that tho lat
ter uompnnloH rolnsurod the Farmers
and Morchnntu company And guaran
teed to protect policy-holders.
Terminal Figures for State,
Tho valuation of physical proporty
and rolling atook ot all of tho princi
pal rallrondu In tho ntnto, for tho pur
poses of city and village taxation, or
terminal taxation, Is somewhat hlghor
thln yenr than lust year. Only tho
Minneapolis & Omahn and tho Mis
souri Paclllo uhow n decrooso In tlilB
kind of proporty. Tho grand total of
tho luxnblo proporty for city and vll
logo purposes of nil tho railroads In
tho atato la 10.851,192.
Approved by tho Governor.
Tho rocommondntlonfl ot tho advis
ory board of pnrdonB that Alfred T.
Stnloy, bigamist, nnd Harry Sponco,
convicted or tho theft ot $30 from his
employer, bo' paroled nnd that Calvin
HnrrlH, Colored, serving eight yearn
for n Htntutory crlmo, bo not found
nn object of oxocuttvo clomonoy, wero
approved by Governor Aldrlch.
Does Away With Bonds.
ccordlng to an opinion rendered
to tho county treasurer of Lancaster
county by County Attorney Strode,
bankH designated-as county depositor-
loa and which haVo compiled with tho
now offectlvo bank guaranty net will
not In tho future bo requlrod to fur
nish n bond for tho county funds
which thoy havo on deposit.
Products of State Ground.
The fourteen acres of potatoes
planted at . tho soldlorH homo in
Grand Island will probably yield 100
bushels per aero. It Is sutd that tho
potato patch at' tho Lincoln asylum
will yield mora than sixty bushels per
aero
Nominated by Three Partlei,
Judgo Hruno O. Houtotlor ot Kear
ney haa Informed Soorutury of Stato
Walt that ho accepts tho republican,
democratic nnd people's Indppondent
nominations for tho office of Judgo of
tho district court in tho Twelfth Ju
dicial district.
Crops In Nebraska,
Tho Chtcngo Roeord-Hornld con
tained tho following on Nebraska
crop comllttoua: "Nobrnska corn is
being offered horo moro freely aluco
tho ralua have Jmprovod tho now crop
outlook. Sovornl lota woro purchased
In that atato by local houses. Kvl
dontly crop conditions lu Nobraskn
nro much moro favorable Tho Hur
llngton railroad Issued a roport call
mating the condition ot corn In tho
state at 76, a compared to 60 two
Week ago,
FARM SCHOOL PLAK
VOTE IN PRIMARIES,
Net Much Change From Earlier
Rcporte,
With ovor 100,000 votes reported,
representing eighty-four counties nnd
122 scattering precincts, there Is tittle
change In tho results of tho lato. pri
mary election. Tho only placo where
the early returns forecasted a spirited
contest, that of third position on the
democratic Judicial ticket, has boon
practically settled and tho remaining
counties nro not cxpoctod to affect
the rexultn materially. For this placo
Albert Is In the roar -of Judgo Stark
by C2'i votcn, the lead for tho latter
having crawled slowly upward. In tho
returns of tho last forty-olght hours,
Dean nnd Oldham Imvo tho two high
places aafoly won In tbo order namod.
In tho republican raco for tho boncti
nornlnatlouH Homer, Lotton and Itoso
havo tho positions sccuro. Tho death
tjf Judgo Cobboy nt Beatrlco put nn
end to tbo contest for third honora
nnd noot, tho fourth man, Is ovor
.1,700 votos bohlnd his present follow
momber of tho supremo court.
For tho republican nomination for
railway commissioner Hall has gono
steadily forward until ho loads Hoobo,
his closest opponent, by mOro than
4,200 votos. Noun of tho other candl
datcu Is within tho danger zotio with
respect to first placo. Harmon's Ion'
ovor Furso, which decreased oarly
yesterday, went up Inst night, and he
now holdo tho honora by 2,721 votos.
Slmms and Upton nro far behind tho
two southwestern candidates.
For tho rcgoncy of tho stnto univer
sity Miller and Knnpp aro far lu tho
load, Miliar maintaining first position
with n total vote of 21,320. Following
la tho losult, showing offlclnl roturna
from eighty-four counties nnd 122
scattering precincts:
.Supreme JuilftrN,
KoUowIdk uro tlio tatuls:
It-publican
MucKitrlumt 18.R54
Humor 26,938
Lottnn ., 28,463
Cobboy , 24,003
Itoio 26,778
Hoot 2.1,0(4
KppcrBim , 17,592
Davidson , 17,720
Democratic
Albert 19,097
Penn ; . 22,633
ICvrmon 13, nil
Oliltmm . 20,3r7
Htnrk 19,714
West 13,954
IIhIIuii)- ConiiiilNnloHrr.
llopubllcrin " ,
llprbo 10,534
KnKor 14.84R
Unit i 14,84.-,
hanger ., C.772
McUrow 9,970
Iltmsoll , 9,469
Democrat le
Kurso V 11,510
Itnrmnn 14,231
Hlmmri 8.88C
Upton 6,610
Unlvrrxlty ItFiccnt.
Itopubllcan -No compaction.
Domocrutlc -
AnUorHon 14,598
Knnpp 18,790
Koutnuu 11,884
Mlllor V.. 21,326
i To Speak at the Fair. ' '
Congressman Gcorgo W. Norrls will
speak at tho Nobrnska 8tato fair,
September G, according to a tolegram
received hero by Frank Harrison
Congressman Norrls' talk, which It la
believed will bo upon his attitude
toward reciprocity, will follow that o,
Secrotnry of Agriculture James Wil
son, tho latter having accepted nn In
vitation to speak horo Tueadny, Sop
.tembor G. Tho lown member of Presi
dent Taft'a cabinet, it is said, Iiob also
Indicated that ho would talk In tmp
pbrt of tho reciprocity mcasuro.
Voters Want to Know.
Secretary ot Stnto Walt has ro
celvod n letter from Logan county
nsklng him whether or not County
Clork Georgo Iltgbeo exceeded his nu
thorlty when ho plnced his own name
on throo tickets at tho primary elec
tion. Mr, Hlgboo wob a candldnto foi
ro-oloctlon ami ho plnced his namo on
throo tickets on hla own porsonnl re
quest, thoio bolng no potitlon frotr
twonty-tlvo voters or any of tho throe
parties asking that his numo be
plnced on tho tickets.
The President's Itinerary.
Maps of tho itinerary ot President
Taft'a western trip havo boon pub
lished and distributed throughout the
country. Thoso maps show that tho
president will go rrom Topoka, Kan.,
to Lincoln and thonco through Ne
braska Into Iowa. Lincoln Is marked on
tho map with n dot and tl)o name ot
the city.
Cut Rate to Fair,
The Minneapolis & Omaha Rail
rnd company la tho first to apply to
tho State Hallway commission for pen
ralsstn to reduco rates to Lincoln dur
ing the atato fair from 2 cents n
mile to ono and ono-hnlt faro for tho
round trip. Tho railroads' usually
make such a reduction during the
state fair,
Guye Sends Out Letter.
Labor Commissioner Guye issued a
8tntoment to owners of shops and fac
tories urging them to mako propnrn
Mono Immediately for tho new fac
tory Inspection law which was put
Upon tho statute books at tho lato
session of tho stato legislature,
Must Allow the iond.
The aupromo court has issued a
wrt ot mnndumuH compelling Judgo
Hnrrr Dungnn of tho Tenth Judicial
district to allow n supersedeas bond
In the Injunction suit ot tho Mlnden-1-MIboh
' Kloctrlo Light company
against tho city ot Mlndon. That city
aomo time ago voted $16,000 of bonds
tor tho purchase ot construction ot n.
city lighting plant. AVhon this hunt!
proportion carried, upon Its aubtula
slon to tho people, the lighting coin
puny restituted proceeding for con
testing the validity ot tho bonds.
CANADA IS AROUSED
MUCH ACTIVITY IN THE MATTER
OF RECIPROCITY.
PREMIER ON THE FIRING LINE
Grounds Taken for and Aflnlnst Re
ciprocity Coming From XI Sec
tions ef Dominion.
Ottawa, Ont. Hoporta coming In
from nil parts of Canada show tho In
tensity of tho election strpgglo, which
Is now under full headway, nnd thoy
rofloct also tho position and progress
ot tho various elements on tho main
issuo, reciprocity botweon Canada nnd
tho United States.
Although tho campaign comes whllo
harvesting Is at Its height, conven
tions nnd polltlcnl meotlngs nro draw
ing nudloncos unpnrnltoled for slzo. It
Is conceded that a greater percentage
of votes will bo polled than ovor be
foro In Canada.
Reciprocity han continued tho domi
nant Ibsup slnco Premier Lauricr and
Opposition Lender Hordon mado tholr
initial addrosncB. Slnco then Mr. Hor
don has remained in Ontario, speak
ing dally, whllo Promlor Laurior, n-fter
ono Ontario meeting, has swung over
to tho French-Canadian prdvlnco of
Quebec, whoro ho line been addressing
from ono to two meetings oach day,
including Sunday.
Meantime, tho premiers of various
provinces and other lenders havo been
ranging themselves on tho firing lino.
Promlor Whitney of Ontario, Promlor
McDrldo of British Columbia and Pro
ralor Hnzon of Now Brunswick, havo
taken tho Btump In opposition to rati
fication of reciprocity and in opposi
tion to tho return of tho Lauricr can
didates. Clifford 8ifton, formerly n
momber of tho Laurior ministry, Is
holding moetlnga In Ontnrlo, at
which ho donounceo tho reciprocity
ngreemont and tho government for
having mado It
Tho grounds takon for nnd against
reciprocity aro shown In tho reports
coming from nil Boctlons. Tho fight
against reciprocity is mado on both
economic nnd sentimental grounds by
tno opposition Bpoakors. Thoy declaro
that ngrlculturo in tho United States
is so much beottr developed than it
Is In Canada that tho Canadian farmer
will bo Bwnmpcd by tho arrival of
food products from tho United States,
uno sontlmcntnl ground raised
against tho roturn of tho government
Is based on tho roport of Prosldont
Taft, in which ho. Bald that Canada
had como to. "the partine of tho
ways," ad Justification for having
pushed tho reciprocity agreement
through congress.
A BOY SHOUT8 FIRE.
The Result of Which Is, that Twenty-
live Mre ueaa.
Cnnonslinrtr. Pn.-.Twont.oiT
sons wero suffocated or trampled to
death, twonty-flve wcro seriously In
jured and thirty wero less severely
nun oaiuruny nignt in tuo senseless
pnnlc nt n moving plcturo show In tho
Canonsburg oporn house, according to
revised figures. How foolish the fatnl
panic was dovolopcd moro fully when
thoso Involved returned to their sens
es onough to relate lust what had
happened, It transpired that thoro
waa no Ilro. Tho fatal rush for tho
exit was duo alone to baseless foar.
Hospital Corps Lacking.
Washington. Tho United Stntes
army In ense of war would lw nnri.
ously hampered becauso qf au In-
nucuuato number of men In tho hoa-
pltal corps, according to Major Gen
oral Fredorlck D. Grant. In this
branch or service no progress has
been mado, ho says, inco the out
break of tho Spanish war.
President Speaks In Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo.Prosldent Taft
will addreBs tho National Conserva
tion congress In Kansas City on Sep
tember 25, This Information was con
voyed in a telegram received nt tho
hondquartcrs of tho congress from
Henry Wallace, president.
Lawson Held for "RaffllnQ."
Boston, Muss. Charged with "Vio
lation of tho Massachusetts lottery
law by "raffling" off a horso and
phaotou at a countyfnlr, of which he
Is chlof officer, Thomua W. Lnwsou,
financier, waa served with a summons
to appear In tho Plymouth county
court to nnswor tho chargo.
Clfjarets Cause Suicide.
Chicago, Ill.-Forty empty clgnrot
boxes woro found near tho body of
Gaylord Thomas, who committed aul
cldo by shooting hlmsolf. A rovolvor
was found near tho corpso, Thomas'
wife told tho pollco that her husband
had boon nn Invetorato smokor nud
that this hnd unhinged his mind.
DISCHARGES ARE PURCHASED.
Reasons Which Prompt 8oldlers to
to Seek Release.
WnshlngtonItcnsons which prompt
soldiers to seek relenso from the
United States army by purchaso of
tholr discharge aro Inexplicable to
Major General Fredorlck D. Grant. Ho
commanded tho Dopnrlmoat ot tho
East during tho last fiscal year, and
In a roport to tho War department
says that 023 applications for dis
charge by purchaso woro acted upon
by hlB department during tho year.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News Notae of Interest from VarlotM
Sections.
York school bid scheduled to open
Monday, Roptembe'r A.
A wind storm did much damage at
Onndy and vicinity,
Hnlirood will run tome special
trains during big days of ike stato
fair.
A good loads mooting was held at
North Plntto with much Interest man
ifested. Tho Plflttflfnouth Construction com
pany will do $22,000 worth of paving
at Shenandoah, la.
Both P, Mobloy, rormcrly of Grand
Island, whoro ho was a publisher, ro
contly died in Manila, P. 1."
Tho gnng of Greeks who tiro lay
ing tho doublo track at Robcoq got
Into a dlBputo nnd ono Greek Bhot hnd
klllod another
So far thoro la no cluo to Hcssc,
tho doublo murderer of Tccumseh
though telegrams havo been sent in
all directions.
Julius Zulow, a well known horse
mnn of Lincoln, was found lying dead
under a tnblo nt hia rooming house.
His body boro no signs of foul play.
Charles Viall, proprlotor of tho Mid
land hotel of Fremont, wns Bhot and
killed by a negro dishwasher named
Earl, Tho murderer is under nrrcst.
Two ono-hundrcd-foot towers- will
support tho wires from which 'wire
less mosoagos will bo sent to For
Crook during tho stato fair at Lin
coin. Tho Grand Army of tho Republic
of York filod a complaint against C.
F. Brown for alleged wearing unlaw
fully tho little brown button which
signifies membership in the Grand
Army -of tho Ropublic,
Orvlllo C. Wolcott, former general
agont or Omaha for tho Prudentinl In
surance Company" of America, who
sovornl weeks ago mysteriously dis
appeared and wns later arrested at
Norfolk, Va., by Plnkerton operatives,
At tho homo of U. F. Crook in
Plattsmouth was celebratod tho mar
riage of his daughter, Miss Mao, to
Ralph Stadler ot Salem,.- this being
tho fourth wedding whloh has taken
placo nt this homo tho last year.
Tho section around Arnpahoo wan
visited by tho most sovoro electrical
storm for many months. Tho largo t
now farm houso of John Michael' Just'
west of Arnpahoo was Btruck and
badly damaged, Tho plastering In
every room of tho houso was torn 'off
and every mirror was broken.
The state university board of ro
Scuta will meet during stato fair week
to consider a number of important
matters. -Some difficult matters may
bo noted upon nnd permanent campus.
Improvements aro to bo considered.
Plans for the now $85,000 dairy build
ing at tho Btato farm wll be present
ed for final approval.
BrplBcd and denuded, Httlo 10-ycar-ald
Lily Chrlstensen, of Cherry
county,, a farmer's daughter, was
found In tho yard dead by her smaller ,
sister. Tho two children wore homo
hlono and the younger one went out
qu the prairie and whon sho returned
she found her Bister, who had evi
dently been dragged to death by a
horse.
Tho funeral service for tho lato
ludgo Joseph B. Cobboy, held from
tho family homo in Beatrice, woro
very largely attended, n number ot
prominent men from various points In
the stato being present. Tbo mombors
of tho Gngo county bar, Masons and
other organizations, sent beautiful
flower offerings and woro well repre
sented at tho funeral.
Somo of the heirs of tho lato Peter
Nlos, the Gorman farmor, who was
killed In a mowing macbino accident
near Ellin n few weeks ago, are mak
ing an attempt to havo the will of tho
deceased sot nsldo on the grounds'
that ho was of unsound mind whon ho .
mado tho will because of tho cxcesR
Ivo uso ot liquor, and because It was
not properly drawn up.
Tho caso of Miss Alta Chambers
igalnst Dr. Broun of Western occu
pied the attention of county court at
Falrbury. Miss Chambers alleges that
whllo employed at Dr. Lynch's hospi
tal on August 8, In tho cnpnclty of
nurse, Dr. Brenn entered hor room
while sho wna asleep and mado an
r.ssault on hor. Ho was bound ovor to
district court to square himself.
John RccBe, tho Palmer young man
who is already under a serious charge
Involving his wlfo's young sjstor. Is
again In tho limelight, and it is his
wife that will bo tho chlof witness
thlB tlmo, Ills wife's father, James
Peck, sworo to a complaint alleging
that Reese had assaulted her with in
tent to do great bodily harm, and
that sho had to Geo for hor safety.
An automobile driven by Georgo W.
Mungor nnd Loulo Hoppol of Pllger
turned turtlo four mlloB oast of Stan
ton. Both men wore found dend a few
minutes after tho nccldont, Mr. Mun
gor undor tho cor nnd Mr. Hoppel by
tho sldo. Tho cause of tbo accident
was tho blowing up ot n tiro while tho
car was bolng run at high speed, a.
W. Monger wna a brother of Judgo
lungor of the fedornl bench.
Tho caso of tho state of Nebraska
against Harry Forbes, John Evnus and
Charles Taylor Tor robbery of tho Cit
izens banks ot Glltufer waa finished
and submitted to tho Jury. After be
ing out about forty minutes tho Jury
roturned n verdict or guilty.
Two prominent porsous broko tholr
arms In Hurt county last weook. E. D.
VVlgton of tho legal fraternity, Lyons,
wnlkod.ln his sleep and fell down tho
Jtnlrs, broaklug tho arm between the
shoulder and olbow. and S. P, Mlckol
son, a farmer east of town, foil from a
trco whllo picking apples and broke
his arm.