TIE SEIi-WEEKLY TB1BUME
IRA L. BARB, Publlshor.
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TUP STORY IN 1 HUTSHFI I ASiSX
lilt. UIUIII
Embracing a Condensation of Eventa
In Which Readers Qenerally Are
More or Less Concerned,
Washington.
Sergcnnt-nt'Arms Jackson of tho
houso of representatives appointed a
delegation frpm that body to attend
tho funeral of Roprosentatlvo J. T.
l,atta in Tekamah, Nob. Tho delega
tion Included nil of Representative
Latta's collcagucB In tho houso from
Nobraskn, Kansas and Colorado, no
sides lloprcscntatlvos Pepper of Iowa,
Boohcr of Missouri, Floyd of Arkan
sas, Davonport, Korrls and Carter of
Oklahoma,
Interstate carriers nro responsible
in damages to shippers for loss to the
lattor through tho mtsroutlng of ship-'
inents, Thlo principle was laid down
by tho Interstate Commorco commis
sion in deciding tho caso of W. O,
Sterling & Son company of Monroe,
Mich,, against tho Michigan Contral
railroad and othor carrlors. Tho deci
sion practically roversos a previous
holding of the commission.
Arrangement!! for tho largest timber
Mlo over jndo by the government, In
volving 60,000,000 board foot of mer
chantable tlmbor, nlne-tonths of It yel
low filno, are being made by tho de
partments of agrlculturo and Interior.
Tho timber must bo sold to tho high
est bidder. This sale will bring tho
government from (1,500,000 to $2,000,
000, as no bid of lcs than $2.50 per
thousand will bo accepted for the first
five years of tho contract, nor less
than $3.00 per thousand for that cut
later.
General.
The strlko of Illinois Central shop
men ha been averted.
Cholera has a grip on tho Ottoman
empire from end to end.
Cheng Tu, China, la undergoing a
liege at the hands of rebels.
Tho high tldo of Intorest has been
reached In tho Canadian campaign.
The erater of Etna Ib emitting ashcB
and lava, and peolo In tho vicinity of
the eruption are In panic.
Reports from Malno indicate that
there Is a majority In favor of retain
ing prohibition.
Moving pictures of tho Boattlo trial
wero stopped at Jacksonville, Flo., and
teveral other places.
Premier Stolypln of Russia was shot
and probably fatally wounded while
attending an opera at Ktov.
Governors of states voted to unlto
In h protest to tho supremo court
against tho Sanborn decision.
Tho report of tho bothrothal of
Prlnco Arthur of Connuught to Prin
cess Irene, daughter of tho Grand
Duchees Xcnta Alexandrovna, who is a
sister of Kitipcror Nicholas, Is official
ly denied.
Fears for the health of MIbb Clara
Barton, founder of tho American Red
Cross society, who haa been 111 at her
home at Oxford, are not well founded,
according ttf a statement Issued by
her nephew, 8. E. Barton.
News waa brought by the Orterlo
that the Japanese naval authorities
have decided to abolish tho naval sta
tion at Port Arthur In favor of Chin
hal Bay, Korea. The ofllclals at Port
Arthur have been notified.
1 President Charles Barrott, of the
national famers' union, declared at the
union cotton growers' convention that
a France-German syndicate baa
guaranteed any amount of money up
to $75,000,000 toward financing the
eouth'H cotton crop.
Four men were killed and two sorl-
ouuly Injured by a dynamite explosion
In the atone quarry of the Elmhurat-
Chicago company, fifteen mile west
of Chicago,
Maaaafra, In the Italian province of
Leoce, where, according to Intorma
tlen, moba burned, tho cholera noepltal
and carried the cholera stricken pa
tlenta through the streets, was de
clared under martial law.
G. Applas of Napa Junction, Cal.,
was atrlcken dumb by a hallucination.
He Informed his family, in writing,
that he bad seen a terrlrylag specter
la his dream, standing by his bed
When he awoke hQ was mute.
Tho flrat woman ovor to enter the
diplomatic sorvlco of any country In
the world Is Mis Clotttlldo Lulse,
who haa been appointed by tho prcsl
dent of Uruguay as an attacho of tho
Uruguayan legation at Brussels, Bel
glum,
Congressman Latta of the Third
Nebraska district, died In the hospital
at Rochester, Minn., where ho had un
dergone au operation, Ho was 67 yoara
years old, His successor will be chos
en at the November election. Burial
took place at hU home in Tekamah.
The convention of the national ae
rostation of mutual Insurance com
panles choae W. B. Straut of Lincoln,
Near., as president.
Rodney J. Dlegle, former sergeant
nt-aras of the Okie senate, who was
convicted ef aiding and abetting al
leged bribery, waa given three years
In the iHHUtentlary.
Progressive democrat of Illinois
are" trying to got control of tho party
machine.
United States Senator Poracrenc,
who haB boon confined to his homo by
an acute attack of kidney trouble for
cevcral days, Is much Improved.
Trade roportfl show conditions to be
only fairly active
Admiral Togo returned homo from
his tour around tho world.
Admission Is made In Peking that
tho Chlnoso rovolt Is serlouB,
Tho death was announced at Brus
sels of Imbart do la Tour, a Belgian
tenor.
At this writing over 100,000 men
arc engaged In army maneuvering Id
W, h..rJl.d 1ttt n hsnWilf VflW
Westminster, IJ. C, of over aquartci
mllllimtfloiiaVft.
Carl Morris, tho whlto hope, was
outfought in his ten-round battle with
Jim Flynn at Now York,
John D, Tlockcfollor's protest that
tho appraisal on his Forest Hill es-
tato is too high was Ignored,
In an extended review of tho case,
President Taft exonerates Dr. Wiley
and finds no causo for his resignation,
Swindler 8, A. Potter Is bcllovd to
have had a plan to catch London men
for half a million by n "salted" mine.
Directors of the, Rubber Goods Man
ufacturing company declared a quar
terly dividend of 2 per cent on the
common stock.
W. S. Ovorton of Sarpy county.
Nebr., Is bcllovcd to havobcon mur
dorcd and robbed of $4,000 about a
month ago near Omaha, ,
Paul F. Bradley of Illinois, a law
clork of tho Interstate coinmcrco com
mission, was appointed assistant at
torney gcnornl of Porto Rico.
At Sydney, N. 8. D Jack Lester of
Cleelum, Wash., dofcated Rill Land,
tho Australian heavy weight, for tho
championship of Australia,
Colonel John Jacob Astor nnd
Madeline Tnlmago Forco, both of Now
York, were married at Brcachwood,
tho Bridegroom's Now port houso.
Flvo thousand Spanish troopa havo
received ordcrH from tho ministry of
war to rolnforco tho Spanish gnrrlson
at Mclllla, on tho Rift const of Mo
rocco. Armed with an umbrella filled with
long pins, Miss Grace Bassctt of Fre
mont, Nebr., avenged a slight on tier
reputation by beating M. T. Sankey
of Lincoln, a city omploye.
Tho United States Steel corporation
onnouncod that tho unfilled tonnago
on tho books on August 31 was 3,695,-
085 tons against 3,584,058 tons on
July 31.
Tho will of Olo Cloven, a bachelor
fnrmor or Iown, just made publlo,
leaves $50,000 for tho erection of a
homo for nged poor In tho ccntor of
his large farm, Only $1,000 la left to
relatives.
The death of Congressman Latta
means that at tho coming November
election his successor must bo chos
en. Had tho Tokamah man's death
occurred within thirty days of tho No
vember election the placo could havo
been filled by appointment by Govern
nor Aldrich,
According to tho orders of tho
Iowa commission of health, Iowa llvo
Btock will bo protected from dlsonso
In tho future by tho moat stringent
sot of ruIeH in forco In tlto U. S.
The appointment of Gcorgo Bakh-
inotlofC a Russian ambassador to tho
United States to Bucceed Baron
Rosen, wns officially announced at
Petersburg. Ho was formerly ambas
sudor to Japan and was at ono time
secretary of tho Russian logatton,
Ending unromantlcally u courtship
of sovoral months, Mrs. L. J. Sporry,
a widow aged 05, filed suit In tho dis
trict court at Lawrence, Kansas,
against James D. Faxon, GO years old,
alleging breach of promlso and ask
ing $10,000 damages.
The captain and fifteen of tho crow
of tho Gorman bark Thokla v(hlch was
wrecked last July On the rocks ot,
Staten Island, near Torra Del Fuego,
arrived at Punta Arenas Chile, on
board a transport. They had spent
nearly two months on a desert Island.
Senator Thomas P. Gore of Okla
hoiua, requested tho Associated press
to say tho story that ho has been In
vited by Premier Laurlor ot Canada
to assist In the campaign for reciproc
ity Is entirely without fundation.
Tho minister of education, M.
Hatha, carrying out tho new govern,
ment's policy of Interior development,
announced that two now imperial unl-
verallloa accommodating a total of
1,000 students would bo opened In
Japan.
Tho wooden steamship Ratnona ot
the Pacific Coast Steamship company,
bound for Skagway from Seattle, with
paseengora and freight, went ashore
on one ot the Spanish Ulands, oppo
Btto Capo Decision, Alaska, a total
loss.
Rallo 11. JackBon of Newton, la
filed a complaint with, the Interstate
Commerce commlBftlonagatnst the Chi
eago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
company, complaining against charges
oxacted on a carload ot poultry from
Newton to Chicago.
Personal. v
Tho tariff board Is working hard to
tnako up lta report.
Aviator Fowler left San Francisco
on his transcontinental trip.
The president, on his long trip, will
talk on many subjects.
David Smith, an early Omaha pio
neer, died In tlto east,
Womon aro gradually forclug their
way Into the field ot aviation.
The conference ot governors showed
strength for the rlghta of states.
A delegation of New Euglaad tsM
mm men visited rrcsiuent Taft At
Beverly and promised him support.
In a speech at Dea Moines, Senator.
Cummins, disclaiming attempts at
discord, lauded Senator La Follette.
Li IS II PUZZLER
PURE FOOD ANDSTOCk FOOD ACT
UNDER INQUIRY
DISPOSAL OF FEES AN ISSUE
Can the Food Commissioners Uae
All
Funda Paid In Without an.
Appropriation.
State officials, nro facing several
plizzllng questions ns to tho enforce
iijcnt ot tho pure seed and commer
cial stock food law and the Hordes
accounting act, moasurcfl put' f upon
tho books by the last legislature.
If the food commissioner la allowed
to draw from tho stato treasury all of
tho feci) of his department, will ho bo
nblo under the Stato law, to hire an
oxtrn chemist and onforco tho law?
Docs tho Gcrdca bill allow the ex
pcudlturo of funds after it 'haB pro
vided that all of tho stato funds shall
be collected nnd paid Into tho stato
treasury by tho heads of each de
partment? If thlB can be done, may cuclv of tho
departments of tho Htate government
withdraw all of the funds It collects
and spend these amounts of' money
within each blonnlum?
Food Commissioner W, R. Jackson
has written Auditor pnrtnn ns fol
Iowb: "Tho Inst legislature passed a pure
seed and comtucrctut stock food law
and placed the onforcoinont of It
under this department. ThlB law pro
vides for tho analysis of seeds nnd
stock foods by. tho department and
tho collection of cortaln fees. These
fe'oH under the name law In Iowa
amounted in elghtocn months to
$28,000. It io safe to iiBHtimo that Ne
braska will collect at least one
third of this amount. In passing this
law the legislature made no appro
priation for Hh enforcement and tho
law must become u dead letter unless
the, department Can use ouch of the
iripuey collected as Jb necessary to fit
irp a need laboratory nnd employ a
seed nnnlylflt and an assistant chem
ist to haudlo tha wqrk necessary for a
proper enforcement of tho act. The
attorney gonernl Informs mo that
under houso roll No. 571 we can use
tho money collected In fees from this
law, but w do not wish to enforce
tho law unless you aro willing to
draw tho wnrnmtB agalnBt this
money after It has been deposited
witji. tho state treasurer. If you can do
thlB nn lmmediute reply will lie ap
preciated or tho law Is etfectlvo Oc
tober 1, J011."
Tho auditor has referred tho matter
to tho attorney general. ' ' '
The Alfalfa Crop.
Farmers In IjtncnBtor county aro
much plensod with their alfalfa crop
of the past month or more and are
witnessing another, crop grow up with
tremendous strides since the rains of
tho past ton days or more. The quality
of the. crops so far harvested haa
been uniform and ot goood length.
Bid Yields of Wheat.
Thrashing mnohlno men state that
in the southeastern corner of tho
state, particularly Otoe county, somo
big yields of wheat nro reported
threshed from tho stack. Several havo
reports of yields as high as fifty
biiBhoIs to tho acre. Yields of twenty
flvo to thirty bushols havo been fre
quently chronicled In the eastern half
of tho state.
Bio Pair 'a Winner.
Tho Nebraska state, fair for 1911 Is
rated a tromendoua success, the at-
"tendance- for tho week oxcedlng that
ef any previous fair by 45,000, an In
crease of nearly 40 per cent, ovor last
year.
Suit Against Base Ball Club.
The Lincoln base ball club and
Special Officer M. W. Bly were made
defendants in a $10,000 damage suit
filed In district court by R. W. Hnn
sen ot Lincoln. Hansen declares that
he was following Olllcer Bly ns the
latter escorted an umpire from the
ball park on August 12, following. n de
monatratlon by tho crowd against the
official. He had not taken part In the
demonstration, he asserts, and with
out provocation, he declares, 131y
struck him over the head with his
club, inflicting serious Injuries.
Work Not Yet Done.
"I will order a prosecution for tho
removal of Dome members ot the fire
and police commission of South Oma
ha," said Governor Aldrich. "1 do not
know yot whether the whole commis
sion will be attacked or not. Pos
albly only two members will be prose-,
cuted. I am still conducting my In
vestigations and am not prepared to
opcclfy the Individual defendants un
til my Investigation Is completed."
Against Trading Stamps.
County Attorney M. A. Hartlgnn ot
Adams county has filed u protest
with tho socretary of state-asking
that officer not to relnstato In good
standing In Nebraska tho Sperry &
Hutchinson Trading Stamp company
on the ground 'that the company Is
violating the trading stamp law
pasaod .by the last legislature Ho haB
also filed a similar protest against
Stela Brothers ot Hastings, a com
pany that Is working In connection
With a big trading stamp company,
REFORM AT MILFORD.
Governor Lays Down Law In Em
phatic Words.
Reports that tho prcs-nt officers of
tho'sofdleVs' hbme'at Mlfford have not
treated their recently appointed suc
cessors courteously have been far
from pleasing to Governor Aldrich, ac
cording to roports at the state house.
Mr. Hilyard of Superior, who is to
be commandant, visited tho homo re
cently accompanied by his daughter,
Mrs. Snum, who is to bo matron. They
desired to familiarise themselves with
tho plant and tholr duties. Command
ant Howard nnd Matron Walsh are
said to havo refused to extend these
courtesies.
"When the new officers go on duty
Monday," sntd Governor Aldrich, "f
intend to havo a notlcu posted on tlto
walla of tho building warning bid
soldiers that the first ono that cornea
Jhto tho homo intoxlcntod or who
brings Intoxicating liquors Into the
homo will bo summarily fired. Tho
home'' will also contain n warning
against inle bearers and thbso Inmates
who encak round and backbite the
management In tho hope of creating
discord. Thero aro about live old
soldiers In the homo whom I am anx
ious to dlschnrge at tho least provoca
tion, Their names will bo made
known when they aro bounced for
creating disturbances. Somo of that
bunch appenr to think that I will do
anything they want mo to do Just be
cause 1 havo mado ono chnhgo in tho
management of the Institution. I will
show tffenVtuat they niusrbohavo llko
men If they desire to retain the shel
ter of a state Institution.
'Another chance for tho benefit of
tfio old soldiers that I Intend to have
mado Is the employment of Janitors to
caro for the halls nnd rooms. ThlB
work has been done by detail from
among tho Inmates, but the old sold
iers aro not able to work and tho la
bor Is not well done. If possible I In
tend to have the homo conducted as
If It were a big hospital."
The President's Vlalt.
Committees which will have charge
of President Taft's rocoptlon, October
2, havo not yet been appointed. Tho
matter has been held In abeyance
partly on account of tho absonco of
Former Senator Burkott from the city.
Tho reception committee will havo a
hard task confronting them to arrange
the many details which are required
by the men who are preparing tho
way for tho president's Journey.
Flege Case In Supreme Court.
The supremo court ot Nebraska will
convene Monday and contlnuo In ses
sion all weok. Tho Flogo murdor enso
will be argued. William Flege of
Dixon county, convicted of tho murder
of his sister, and who Is now at liber
ty, pn a $26,000 bond, has appealed for
a reversal of tho Judgmenet of tho
lower court and Jury.
Building Associations.
In his nnnual report of building and
loan associations In Nebraska, E.
Royso, secretary of the banking
board, condemns the policy of tho as
sociations In trylug to build up tho
number of non-borrowing stockhold
ers, Baying, "It is the most apparent
Inherent weakness in these associa
tions. Tho report shows that tho us-
.sots of these associations aro now
$24,885,000. Ten years ago tho nssota
wero about $4,000,000.
Corporation List Published.
Tho governor's proclamation con
talnlng n list of corporations that
have not paid tho annual occupation
tax to the state says the corporations
named are delinquent nnd that their
charters will be forfeited unless pay
ment of tho fee is made by Novem
ber 10.
$65,672.40 Taken at Fair.
Treasurer Dlckman if the State
Fair board has reported as to tho
amount ot money taken in each day
In tho different classes of admissions.
Tho total admissions at the gates and
In tho grandstand and tho bleachers
amounted to $05,072.40.
Invited to National Capital.
Labor Commissioner Guye has re
ceived an invitation to attend the
meeting of state Immigration agents
to be held at Washington on Novem
ber 10 and 17. Tho conference has
been called by the national Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor.
Reports Must Be Made.
Labor Commissioner Guyo has
again sent notice to corporations, fac
tories and shops that reports of ac
cldouts nniBt be sent to blm undor tho
provision of a law pnsaud last winter.
Street car companies nro among tho
corporations that do not send In re
ports. Mr. Guye has obtalnod from
nowspnpers clippings showing that elx
ratal accidents havo taken placo re
cently, Up has sent theso .clippings
to tho corporations in whoso plant the
accidents havo occurred and request
ed tho managers to mnko reports on
blanks- which ho onclosos,
The Penitentiary Report.
Tho report of Warden Dolahunty ot
the state penitentiary for tho month
of August Bhows n prison population
ot 462. During the month twenty-one
wero discharged, ono paroled, two
pardoned and three remanded, for
trial.
Entertainment' for President.
President Taft Is to be accordod a
noonday luncheon ou his visit to Lin
coin, at the Lincoln hotel, after which
he will be escorted to the Auditorium,
where he will deliver an address.
RIOTER
F RED
SAVAGE STREET FIGHTING IN
AUSTRIAN CAPITAL.
A SOCIALIST DEMONSTRATION
High Food Prices Given as the Cause
for This Most Serious
Outbreak.'
Vienna. Traceable to tho high
prlco ot tho necessaries ot life riots
broko out Sunday and many persons
wero killed or wounded. Troops flrcd
on the mob, which had erected barri
cades in the streets. Thero was a
flerco exchango of bullets and tho boI
dlers wore pelted with all sorts of mls
sllca. . ,
Following a' huge socialistic demon
stration Outside tho Rathhaus, held
for tho purposo of protesting against
the high price of food, it became nec
essary to call out troopB to dispense
tho rioters. In the early clashes fifty
of tho. rlotera wero wounded fend 100
arested.
Fifty thousand persons were present
at tho demonstration nnd fiery speech
es wero made, demanding that tho
government permit tho Importation of
foreign meat and tako other measures
to remedy tho conditions which havo
resulted from the prohibitory Increase
In the price of food products.
After the meeting a largo procession
marched to tho parliament buildings,
cheering for revolution and Portugal.
Revolvers wero fired In the air and
then tho mob began Btono throwing.
The windows of many public and pri
vate buildings, restaurants and train
cars and street lamps wero smashed.
Finally a squadron of dragons and a
detachment of Infantry appeared on
the scene. They charged tho rioters
and dispersed thorn. Tho mob reas
sembled, however, In tho suburb's
which aro occupied by tho working
slass, where they wrecked more prop
erty. Tho troops wero retained
throughout tho day guarding tho Im
perial palace and government build
ings and holding all approaches to the
Inner city.
Tho rioting was of a most doter
mined and savago charactor. Tho mob
was especially Inflamed by the appear
ance ot troops on tho scene, and al
though an official account states that
only ono person was killed by a bay
Dnet thrust, several wounded by a vol
ley and about sixty seriously Injured,
It Is believed that tho casualties were
much higher. .
Former Senator Carter Dead.
Washington. Former United States
Senator, Thomas Henry Carter of
Montana, for many years a notablo
and picturesque charactor In national
politics, once chairman of tho repub
lican natlonnl committee, and since
last year chairman of tho American
section of tho International commis
sion, died at his homo Sunday of In
fection of tho lungs. Ho was 57 years
old. Mr. Carter had been under tho
cars of a physician for months, but
not closely confined.
Big Hall 8tone3.
Osceola, Nob. A heavy hall storm
at 4 o'clock this afternoon damaged
corn In this vicinity and broko sev
eral plate glass windows In Osceola.
Somo of tho hall stones were nine
Inches In circumference. Neighboring
towns suffered llttlo.
Kills Man, Attacks Woman.
Jacksonville, Fla. Cicero Thomp
son, .a carpenter, aged 45, was killed
and a woman companion, whom he
was accompanying home, was at
tacked by a negro at Ortego, a suburb
of. this city.
Death-Dealing Automobile.
Syracuse, N. Nino persona wore
killed nnd fourteen Injured, somo of
them sorlouBly, aa tho result of on
accident during tho closing miles of
a fltty-mllo automobile race at tho
stato fair track Saturday, when a
Knox car, drlvon by Leo Oldlleld,
leaped from tho track, crashed
through tho fence surrounding It nnd
plunged into the throngs thnt lined
the other stdo ot tho speedway.
Presbyterian Report.
Chicago, 111. Tho anuual roport ot
the general nssombly ot tho Presby
terian church, Just Issued, gives the
following statistics on tho Nobraska
synod; Presbyteries, G; ministers,
183; churches, 231; communicants,
20,279; baptisms, 859; Sunday school
membership, 20,225.
Milwaukee Girl Elopes.
Milwaukee, yls A , Milwaukee girl
played a Joko on her parents by elop
ing to Chicago and then sending her-
Binnll brother to the newspaper offices
to lot her father know through them
that Bho Is a wlto.
Train Kills Four.
Milwaukee. Four mombers of tho
family of Frank Kloln, postmaster
and notary publlo of Rockllold, 'Wis..
and a aorvnnt ot tho family, wore
killed when Soo road passenger train
No. 202, duo In Milwaukee at 0:50 p.
in,, atruck tholr doublo buggy.
Five MlllIrT Dollar Fire.
Rio Janolro. Tho national printing
works wore destroyed by flto Sunday.
Other valuable property was burned
and tho damage is estimated at
$5,000,000
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Newt Nott of Interest from Varloue
Sections..,
Headquarters of -tho republican
state central committee has been lo
cated In Omaha.
Nebraska schools opening all nlong
the lino report Increased attendance
over tho previous year.
Tho rabbits for the coursing fu
turity meet to be held at Friend Oc
tober 2 to 7, nro arriving nnd are
being trnlned.
William J. Bryan will spond
sixteen days campaigning throughout
the state In the interests of the dem
ocratic Btato ticket.
Mrs. Sarah McCain, Dawson
county, 68 years old, has been ad
Judged Insane and will be taken to
tho Hastings asylum.
While doing a cowboy stunt Theo
dore, tho 12-year-old Bon of Wllllnm
Adams of Red Willow county, was
thrown from his pony and died.
John Potty, Jr., tho 12-year-old son
of tho Into John Petty of Springfield,
wns drowned In tho Platte river four
miles south of Springfield. Tha body
was recovered.
Tho Holdreg'o Woman's club is
busy making preparations to enter
tnln tho nnnual convention ot the 9
Stato Federation of Women's clubs
In that city October 9-13.
Alexander T. Butlor, a prominent
cattle man of Caser, Wyo was
found dead In a bathtub nt the Her
Grand hotel In Omaha. Ho had died
from apoplexy.
Captain L. Enyart, president of tho
Farmers' bank of Nebraska City, was
seriously Injured in a runaway near
Gallaway. In addition to having his
hip broken ho Is Injured Internally.
Charles Clems, a stone cutter of
Franklin, Is being held In tho county
Jail at Bloomington on tho charge of
murder as a result ot the death ot
Frank Smith, who was" shot in a room
over Clem's marble works.
Douglas county Is contributing
moro students to tho state university
each year. The registration this year
from Douglas county alone will' reach
250. In 1903 tho registration from
Douglas county was only 137.
In tho Lincoln office of J. J. Cox, di
vision freight agent of tho Burlington,
aro piled samples of corn from every
county In tho district ovor which Mr.
Cox has Jurisdiction. These samples
are being made ready for shipment to
Chicago, where they will bo. Inspected
by officials of tho road.
Following an altercation with his
son while under . the influence of
liquor, Vaclav Hercok, a Bohemian
aged 62, living six miles from Wllbcr,
In tho northwest part of Gago county,
was found dead. Tho coroner's Jury
brought In a verdict that the deceased
came to his death elthor by a blow
from the hands of his son or by fall
ing against tho corner of a dressor.
The poultry show at tho Nebraska
state fair, according to Secretary
Mellor, was tbo largest show of poul
try at any state fair In the United
Stntes. Thero wore 2,402 birds In tho
Nebraska exhibit. Secretary Mellor
has completed tho work of Issuing
warrants In payment of all premiums
In all departments of tho fair and in
payment of all claims that have been
filed against tho fair.
Abel Schaffer, a well known young
roan residing a mllo southwest of
Hooper, lost his life on tho North
western railroad track in town.
Schaffor'o body was so badly
mangled that none of his acquaint
ances were able to identify It. One
hand, an eye, tho jawbono with somo
teeth attached and fragments of scalp
and bouo wero picked up along the
track for a distance Of 300 feot.
Governor Aldrich has extradited
Mr. and Mrs. Rap Piper who aro
under arrest for passing forged
ohecks at Fort Dodge, hi. They are ac
cused of getting checks cashed at
stores, the checks purporting to be
issued by the Corn Belt Packing com
pany of Fort Dodge. One merchant
has filed an affidavit alleging that he
cashed n bad chock for $30 and
another merchant says ho contrib
uted $25.
Tho advisory board of pardons met
and after hearing testimony dccldod
to recommend paroles for Ralph NIe
man ot Sheridan county and 'Henry
Martin of Hall county. Tho former
had been accused of unlawful rela
tions with a young woman cousin,
and when ono of tho directors of the
school board by which NIeman was
employed accused him of Immoral
actions tho young school teacher shot
him without further provocation.
Tho biplane flights by Aviator
Walsh at Nellgh nearly ended
in disaster when, upon alighting,
after tho first flight the ma
chine was wrecked and tho driver
thrown, out. Just jas lie was about to
alight Walsh saw that ho must either
run inU tho crowd or a pilo of sewer
tile unless ho turned. In swinging to
tlfo left the piano -on that'slde' of the
mnchlno struck the ground and
1 tripped tho machine, throwing the
driver underneath. He was not much
hurt.
Louts Rogers, the vaudevllto actor,
who Is being held in Fremont on the
chargo ot having murdered tho Infant
child ot his woman companion, will
be taken to the state penitentiary for
snfo keeping.
C. H. Lee nnd others of Silver
Creek have appealed to the supreme
court from tho decision of Judge Hoi
lenbek. who. affirmed tho granting of
licenses in Silver Creek to Charles M.
Sokol, Nicholas A. Shue and Edward
Shank. The remonstrators alleged
that tho signers of petitions were not
all freeholders and that one member
ot the village board was not nuallfled.