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8 EVENTS BOILED
Persons!, Political, Foreign and Other
Intullloenco Interesting to the
General Reader.
Congress.
Tho houso elections committee or
dered roportB Beating Representative!!
Bartholdt and Lcgare.
Tho eenato adopted resolutions to
Inquire into tho purchase of Monti
cello, Jefferson's old homo.
The scnato agricultural committee
authorized favorable report on tho bill
to create a horticultural commission.
Representative Duckloy Introduced
resolution directing tho senate to
causo a thorough Investigation of tho
pension bureau.
Tho Iioubo passed tho Clayton con
lompt bill, providing Jury trial for
persons accused of indirect contempt
ef a federal court
Tho houso elections commlttco vot
ed to declare Ropreeontatlvo Catlln's
election Illegal and Boat Patrick F.
0111, the contestant.
Senator Overman Introduced resolu
tion for an exhaustive Investigation of
oxpondltureH In tho forest sorvlco by
a special committee.
August Belmont testified before
tampalgn funds Investigating commit
tee he contributed $250,000 to the 1904
lemocrntic campaign.
Tho hoiiBo military affairs commit
leo favorably reported tho bill to
transfer Fort Thomas, Ky to tho
bavy for niarlno garrison.
Senator Bailey Introduced a resolu
Von condemning attempts of tho pre
sident to lnfluonco votes of senators
upon any question of any Bonator'B
right to a seat.
Tho Bonato foreign relations com
mltteo authorized favorablo report on
resolution to Investigate tho foment
ing of encouraging of Mexican revolu
tion or in Cuba.
Representative Hull Introduced a
bill to amend tho Sherman anti-trust
law so as to provldo as a llxcd penal
ty for violation a fine of one-half mill
on ovory dollar of tho capital Btock
for every violation.
Secretary Wilson categorically
denied before the agricultural com
mittee Representative Aiken's charges
that lila bo:i wnB connected with an
Irrigation project because of tho sec
retary's official position.
Tho Impeachment case of Judge
Robert W. Archbald was called and
Archhald ordered to answer tho
chargoa July 29, tho houso to presont
It rebuttal anBwer AuguBt 1, and sup
plementary answers to bo In by Au
gust 3, when tho caso Is required to
bo complete.
The senate by a vote of 40 to 34 or
crcd tho Panama canal bill placed
n tho calendar na tho unfinished
UBlncsB. Great Britain had request
d that tho measure bo delayed until
t had nn opportunity of presenting
ts note protesting against froe tolls
o American ships. The senate ro
used to hold up tho measure
General.
Tho flood loss at Denver amounts
to over two million dollars.
August Belmont admitted contribut
ing $250,000 to tho democratic cam
paign fund in 1904.
A protest has been mado on tho ma
jority report of tho houso steel trust
nveutlgatlng committee.
Representative Snbath Introduced a
bill to prohibit transmission of racing
newB by telegraph, mall or otherwise.
Grand IlapldB was hit by a tornado
bat Injured forty or more persons
nd did thousands of dollars worth of
vumage.
The national convention of tho pro
gressive party will be held at Chicago
. on or about August 1, it was an
nounced by Senator Dixon.
The senato postofllco committee,
finishing postofllco appropriation bill,
agreed to a parcels post provision and
to bar sending any second class mall
by freight
Tho Tonnessco adherents of Theo
oro Roosevelt called a convention to
ake place August 2 and to nominate
andtdates for governor and railroad
ommlBBlonors.
Near Chorokco, la., John Hardy, an
aged man, was killed, and his grand
ton, Harold Dougherty, aged 10 years,
seriously Injured in nn automobile ac
cident. Heavy penalties for gambling In
cotton "futureB" aro provided In tho
Boall bill passed by tho houso by a
vote of 95 to' 25. Tho bill yet must
go to tho senato.
The president bgk bgk qb gkqvbg b
it 1b President Tnft'a wish that he bo
notified of his nomination at tho
white house in Washington.
More than eighty democratic room
era of the houso signified their In
cntlon of Joining the ofllclal houso
Ugrlmago to Seagirt, N. J to call
lpon Governor Woodrow Wilson.
The flagman and dead euglneor aro
tield Jolnly responsible for tho Bur
lington wreck at Chicago.
Two whlto men and four negroes
vrero killed In an explosion in the
mines of the Gayton Coal company,
fifteen inllen from Richmond, Va.
fill,
M
POINTS
William L. Bullock of CorBlcana,
Tox., a midshipman of six weeks'
standing nt the naval academy at An
napolis, was killed by falling from the
top of the mainmast of tho Hartford
to tho deck. H1b neck was broken
and ho died instantly.
Senator Works Bays It is not tho
tlm for the organization of a third
party.
American residents of Mexico may
bo warned to leavo tho country.
President Taft will not compromise
with Roosevelt on electors In any of
the states.
Postmaster General Hitchcock told
of contributions to the Taft campaign
fund In 1908.
New York authorities have adontcd
a new line of Inquiry Into tho murder
of Gambler Rosenthal.
The Benato river and harbor appro
priation bill, carrying $33,000,000,
agreed to in conference.
Senators took a bold stand on the
right of the United States to run tho
Panama canal as It pleased.
It 1b President Taft'n wish that ho
bo notified of his nomination at tho
White- House In Washington.
In a cloudburst at Reno, Nevada,
twenty people were drowned. Not all
of tho bodies have yet been recovered.
Sweeping reductions In exprcsB
rates will follow an Investigation by
tho Interstate commerce commission.
Tho civil service reform commlt
tco of the house favorably reported
a bill to prevent political activity on
tho part of postmasters and federal
officeholders.
Democrats In tho senate were de
feated In an attempt to havo the wool
tariff bill considered and began a
filibuster against tho sundry civil ap
propriation bill.
FIro at Akron, O., destroyed tho
Schumacher block on Main street,
causing a loss estimated at between
$300,000 and $100,000. Several firemen
wcro Injured.
At Havana no further cases of bu
bonic plague havo been reported, and
tho sanitary authorities are encour
aged especially because no Infected
rats have ,bcen discovered.
With a view to utilizing every mln
uto of tho remaining time before ad
journment tho houce ndopted a spe
cial rulo providing for nn ambitious
program of legislation.
rrosent class freight rates from
Galveston to Wichita and Oklahoma
City wcro ordered by tho Interstate
commerco commission to bo mater
ially reduced by September 1 next.
Jacob Datsenan, a wealthy fnrmor,
and his wlfo w'ero killed Instantly and
throe children were Bllghtly Injured
when their automobile turned ovor
near Fowler, Indiana, na they wcro
returning homo from church'.
Tho conference report on tho now
wireless law, framed from tho lessons
of tho Titanic disaster, requiring
wireless operators on duty constantly
nboard ships, was adopted by the
house and now requires only the pres
ident's signature to mako It law.
Sentcnco upon John Mitchell, con
victed of contempt of court with
Samuel Gompors and Frank Morrison
of tho American Federation of Labor
for violation of an injunction In tho
Buck's Stovo and Rnnge boycott caso,
was again postponed In the district
supromo court.
Tho detailed answer which Presi
dent Taft's advisers will mako to
charges that his nomination nt Chi
cago waB obtained In illegal fashion
waa one of the first subjects that greet
od Carml A. Thompson of Ohio when
ho assumed tho post of secretary to
the president.
Mnrked division appeared betwoon
tho houso and senato over tho tlmo
for conducting tho Impeachment trial
of Judge Robert W, Archbald of tho
commerce court. While senato lead
orB havo virtually agreed, to delay tho
caso until November, Chailman Clay
ton of tho houso managers, reiterat
ed his Intention to Insist upon an im
mediate hearing, i.
Three deaths occurred Sunday In
tho suburbs of San Juan from bubonic
plague. One suspect haB been found.
Those cases wcro not reported. Since
tho outbreak of tho plaguo there havo
beon thirty-seven caseB and twenty-six
deathB throughout Porto Rlco. Tho
Hnffkine vacclno haB been administer
ed to all porsons residing In the in
fected districts.
Robert Klnsella was drowned on
the top of a twelve story building In
which ho lived in East Slxtocnth
Etreet, Now York. Ho hnd gone to the
roof of the building and found a foot
and a half of water which hod collect
ed there after the drain pipe became
clogged. He ran his right arm down
Into tho drain pipe nnd as ho released
tho rubbish the suction of tho rushing
wnter cjuight him.
President Taft sent n messngo tr
tho house stating that congress bo far
had appropriated $3,451,925 for the
Philippine Islands. The houso In a res
olution had asked to know the total
expenso resulting from tho occupa
tion of the islands. Tho president
stated that aside from tho direct ap
propriations It Is lmposslblo to esti
mate accurately any exponses In
curred. He doclarcd It an open ques
tion whether tho army In tho Philip
pines costs more thun It did at homo.
Tho flood Iobb at Denver amounts
to over two million dollars.
Adjournment of congress may como
nt an earlier day than expected.
Personal.
No presidential slate has yet bocn
mado up by the prohibitionists.
President Taft Is to mako a number
of appointments In Ohio.
Herbert Knox Smith is to quit tho
Taft administration nnd join hands
with Colonel Roosevelt
Republican state candidates In Illi
nois must declare for whom they
stand Taft or Roosevelt,
III FINE coin
SECRETARY ROYSE FINDS NE
BRA3KA BANKS DOING WELL.
DEPOSITS ARE MUCH URGED
Totals In Report Submitted for the
First Time Run Over the Hun
dred Million Mark.
Tho secretary of tho State Bank
ing board haB made Ills report for
the month ending June 14, 1912, which
shows a commendable lncreaso In tho
right direction. For the first time
in the history of tho banking board
tho totals havo run over tho hundred
million mark. Following is tho re
port: "Number of banks reporting, C81.
"Number of depositors, 250,188.
"Average reserve, 30 per cent.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts... .$71,250,080.26
Overdrafts 505,210.38
Bonds, securities, Judg
ments, claims, etc 830,941.54
Due from national and
state banks 20,925,722.29
Banking Iioubo, furniture
and fixtures 2,694,C5G.85
Other real estate 273.G98.15
Current expenses, taxes
and Interest paid .... 1,288,037.21
Cash Items 36,517.32
Cash 4,605,589.66
J
Total $102,416,459.60
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In.... $13,169,740.00
Surplus fund 2,800,840.74
Undivided profits 2,825,525.31
Deposits 82,825,356.02
Notes and bills re-discounted
09,769.23
Bills payable 348,140.54
Depositors' guaranty
fund 367,081.82
Total $102,410,459.66
"Since tho report of March 16,
1912, deposits have Increased $2,496,
380.26 and loans havo Increased
$1,474,104.94 nnd thoro has been a
gain of ten In tho number of banks.
The reservo Is tho same, being 30 per
cent, doublo the amount required by
law.
"Compared with a year ago, Juno
1, 1911, tho lncreaso In deposits Is
$10,948,872.86 and the increase in
loans amounts to $8,251,076.58, and
nn Increnso of twenty-three In the
number of banks reporting.
"With deposltB tho highest In tho
history of tho stale, an average re
servo double tho amount required by
law and a reduction of $63,000 In
notes and bills redlscountcd and bills
paynblo during the Inst year, a very
satisfactory showing for tho banks of
Nebraska is presented at this time,
nnd indicates a most safe and sound
condition, a substantial growth In bus
iness, and tho cnreful' and conserva
tive lines upon which they aro being
operated."
Unveiling Lincoln Statue.
Tho members of tho Abraham Lin
coln monument committee met nnd
discussed the program for the un
volllng which is to take place Septem
ber, 2. As that is Labor day and a
legal holldny and tho first day of tho
state fair, a big parade of clvlo so
cieties and labor unions may precede
the unveiling ceremonies.
Charged With Catttle Stealing.
On Information received from an
Oklahoma sheriff, Detective Schmitt
arrested Crocket McHenry, colored,
on tho chnrgc of cnttlo stealing. Mc
Henry had been omployed for the
past week at tho Commercial club
dining room.
Legislative Reference Bureau.
Assistant Director Hnnnan of tho
legislative reference bureau 1 col
lecting election data and figures from
Btato records for publication In tho
blue book which Is to bo ready for
members when they arrive In Lincoln
enrly In January for the 1912 session.
Primary and general election figures
for several years past will bo given
by counties and for all of the offices
voted upon at each election. Tho In
formation will bo n small part of gen
oral duta relating to the operation of
the stnto government nnd designed to
give the Incoming legislators ready
roforonce to mattera which are likely
to come up during the session.
Headquarters at Lincoln.
Lincoln will have the democratic
state headquarters during the com
ing campaign. A decision to that ef
fect haB been arrived at by candidates
on tho democratic state ticket and
their wlshoB in the matter will bo
followed by the new state central
committee to bo chosen at the com
ing convention nt Grand Island.
Bids for Printing.
Secretary Thomas of tho state
printing bureau has advertised for
bldB for tho printing of fifteen bien
nial and annual reports of state de
partments. Bids will bo recolved up
to noon of July 29. This 1b tho nn
uuol lotting of printing contracts that
formerly took place In tho month or
April. Tho fiscal year of the state
closes November 30 and reports of
departments will close on that date,
but contracts can bo awarded this
month and much of tho copy can be
sent Immediately to the printers.
AG TO VACANT LAND.
Deputy Labor Commissioner Sends
Out Circulars.
LouIb V. Guyo, deputy labor com
missioner, aftor a personal Investiga
tion of the lands open to homestead
entry In Nebraska, has lsBued the fol
lowing circular letter, which Is being
sent out to all who havo mado in
quiry, regarding tho matter of home
steads. In reply I wish to Bay that my de
lay in answering has been caused
owing to tho fact that 1 have been
making a personal Investigation of
the entire district having lands open
to homestead entry. I havo pursued
this plan as tho means of furnishing
to those interested in taking up lands
reliable information based upon actual
observations. ,
Generally speaking, I find this land
to bo quito sandy, well adapted to
stock raising, dairying and poultry
raising with tho valleys fairly good
farming lands, especially for the root
crops, potatoes, etc.
The majority of the land Is under
fence, being used as range by the
large ranches. Tho land yet open to
settlement Is equally as good as that
which Is taken, but, naturally, it is
farther from the railroads, ranging
from five to twentyflve miles. Each
claim, which consists of 640 acres, Is
capable of caring for from fifty to 100
head of stock. Tho rancher very
readily leases all land, not pastured
by tho homesteader, paying about 25c
per acre per year. Deeded sections
aro selling for $2,000 to $4,000.
Rural mall delivery and telephone
lines extend In all directions. Sctjools
aro rarely found outside of the small
towns, and I would advise only that
class to make settlements who have
no children of the school ago, or who
may be ablo to place their children in
tho town schools.
Tho climate Is very healthful; wa
ter good; an Inexhaustible supply be
ing found at from ten to fifteen feet.
Cattle and horses live on tho range
tho entire year round without shelter
or food, although, In my Judgment,
such Is necessary as a guarantee of
perpetual success.
As a class tho homesteaders of this
section appear to bo exceptionally
prosperous, their success being ob
tained with but slight effort. The
ranchers as a rulo seem to be very
willing to assist the earnest home
steader In making a success by sell
ing him Btock on time, etc. One
should bo possessed of a few hundred
dollars to Invest In stock as a means
of assuring success, otherwise help
will bo necessary or his progress will
bo slow.
Tho chief drawback to the pioneer
life in tho sandhill country under tho
Kmknld law is its monotony, Isolation
ana desolation mado certain owing to
the' fact that tho minimum sized
farm la 040 acres, which places neigh
bors one mile apart. To those who
can ndjust themselves to the condi
tions of pioneer life I can cheerfully
recommend this country as affording
opportunities never again to be se
cured under the homestead laws of
this or other states.
Four Pins Cause Disturbance.
' Four common pins were tho cause
of a great disturbance n't the stato
university convocation. During a
piano recital by Prof. Johannes Ma
gendnnz of the music faculty tho pins
began to mako know their presence
on the inside wires of tho instrument
whenever a high note wns Btruck.
The discords caused quite a little
amusement, and the obstructions had
to bo removed before the recital could
proceed.
For Maneuver Camp.
About 500 Nebraska National
guardsmen start July' 29, for their
maneuver camp at Pole Mountain,
Wyo. They land at Laramie and
march eighteen miles northeast to the
camp. They will be away from home
ten days. The first regiment and
companies G and K of tho Second
will go.
Wheat on State Farm.
Land Commissioner Cowles has re
ceived a report showing that the seventy-five
acres of wheat on the Btato
farm at the soldiers' home at Grand
Island will yield about thirty bushels
to the acre. It 1b being sold as fast
as It Is threshed for 88 cents a bush
el. Tho crop may bring nearly $2,000
to the state Institution. The state
pays $175 a month for farm help, but
tho men employed do other work be
sides raise wheat.
Burlington Prepares Ballast.
Tho Burlington railroad 1b prepar
ing to ballast 100 miles of track with
burned gumbo, manufactured from
soil to be taken near Its track close
to HaYelock, about six or eight miles
from Lincoln. Tho railroad company
purchasod the land several years ago.
Barton Goes West.
Auditor Barton loft for Seattle,
where he will atttend the annual
meeting of the state insurance com
missioners of the United States. Ho
will advocate a reduction of lire in
surance rates and a more uniform set
of laws throughout the country.
Treasurer Buys Bonds.
State Treasurer George has bought
$18,000 of municipal bonds from Cnm
brldjpe, $8,000 from Rosalie and $7,000
from Beatrice and has notified sev
eral other towns nnd school districts
that are on the waiting list that ho is
ready to buy their bonds. Tho bonds
which he is prepared to buy aro an
follows: Benson, $23,000; Brlstow
Bchool district No. 30, $1,500; Supe
rior, $4,500; Hebron school district,
$20,000; Hayes Center, $2,000; school
district No. 10, ScottsbMf county,
j'$l,500.
ME H
ATTACK ON A TRAIN FILLED
WITH HORROR8.
TO THE SLAIN
The Dead, So Far as Reported, Is
Elghty-Four, with Fatalities Yet
to Come.
Mexico City. Tho dead as a result
of an attack by Zapatistas on the
Mexlcan-Cuernavaca train near Parres
on tho edge of the federal district,
now number eighty-four.
A second rollef train which roached
Mexico City early Sunday brought
twenty-three passengers who had es
caped the butchery and made their
way Into Trea Marias, a few miles
away. Eleven were accounted for
Sunday night.
It Is estimated that tho train car
ried approximately seventy-five pass
engers In addition to tho fifty soldiers
of the escort. Forty-three soldiers
wore killed. Nino bodies of passen
gers were found near the wreck. Of
the remaining thirty-two a majority
are believed to havo been killed or
wounded and consumed in the burn
ing cars, which were fired with oil
taken from the tank of the locomo
tive Before the attack on the train be
came known the ' Zapata horde had
routed a small garrison of federals at
Parres. Many women of tho camp fell
into their hands and were subjected
to Indescribable barbarities. Tho wife
of tho chief of the detachment was
found dlsembowled and otherwise
horribly mutilated.
Captain Rosendouncz, in charge of
the escort on the illfatcd train, is said
to have fought heroically. After ho
had received three wounds he con
tinued firing until a fourth bullet
pierced his heart.
Tho Zapatistas robbed the dead and
living and looted tho express car.
Among the first to fall was tho 10-year-old
daughter of Captain Hunez.
Sho was sitting near a window and
tho first volley from the aUacklng
band literally riddled tho child with
bullets.
"From tho tlmo the train stopped
until after the attack ended," said one
of tho soldiers, "there was a veritable
rain of bullets. At least 500 were In
the first volley and the car in which
we wore traveling was the target.
Most of tho bullets came through the
roof. The second lieutenant had
eighteen bullets through his body.
Tho first lieutenant was also wound
ed almost at the first shot
OMAHA MERCHANT PRINCE DEAD.
Hugo Brandels Falls to Rally From an
Operation.
Omaha. H. Hugo Brandels, young
est Bon of Jonas L. Brandels, pioneer
founder of all tho Brandels mercantile
Interests in Omaha, succumbed nt the
Wise Memorial hospital Sunday. His
wife, his brother, Arthur D. Brandels,
Mrs. Arthur D. Brandels, a few close
friends and tho attending physicians
were at his bedside when the grim
reaper beckoned.
Mr. Brandels gradually weakened
from the shock of an operation for ob
struction of the bowels, performed at
the hospital by Drs. Bridges and Jonas
last Wednesday, and after several
slight turns for the better had a
serious setback about 3 o'clock Sun
day morning when he grew restless
from want of sleep. His .condition
gradually grow worse and his rela
tives and friends were hurriedly sum
moned to the bedsldo.
Comes Home to Die.
Minneapolis, Minn. William D.
Washburn sr. former senator from
Minnesota, nnd pioneer In tho build
ing of the northwest, arrived Sunday
from Europe in a dying condition. A
quick trip from New York to Minneap
olis was made on a special train.
Two Million Dollar Fire.
Vancouver, B. C. Estimates of the
loss in tho fire at midnight in the
Main street warehouse district, placed
the damage at nearly $2,000,000. Three
warehouses, each valued at $250,000,
were destroyed as well as a number
of other smaller blocks.
Critic and Poet Dead.
Banchory, Scotland. Andrew Lang,
critic, poet and anthropologist, died
here Sunday. Mr. Lang died from
heart disease. He arrived at Bancho
ry apparently In good health last
Tuesday but Buffered a sudden seizure
Snturday morning and died soon after
midnight.
One Broken Heart.
Chicago, 111. Miss Londa Gowacka,
In her breach of promise suit against
Adam Kakwlz, submitted' an inventory
of damages' done in which she valued
"one broken heart $10."
The First Contribution,
What 1b believed to be the first con
tribution to the Taft campaign fund
a dollar bill enclosed In an envelope
addressed to Secretary Hllles, by a
country clergyman in New York state
was received at tho White house on
Saturday last
A Wholesale Thief.
Chicago, 111. Robert McGrath, 17,
held on a burglary charge, ia alleged
to haye stolen a piano, four electric
fanB, a moving picture machine and
a half bushel of films.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News Notes of Interest from Varlout
Sections.
Fire at Darr burned tho general
merchandise store of II. A. Glnn.
Orvillo Richard White, 19 years old,
sorvlng in tho United States navy, but
at his homo in Lincoln on furlough,
killed himself by shooting.
J. T. Maddox, agent for tho Chicago,
Burlington & Qulncy nt Dnlton, waB
found dead in front of his station.
Tho causo of his death was heart
failure.
Mrs. D. W. Sinclair of Hastings,
who received an Injury of tho spine,
when sho fell from a hammock, has
been removed to a Banltarlum. Her
condition is critical.
Slato "Treasurer Georgo haB pur
chased tho following bonds: Cara
1
bridge city bonds of $18,000; Beatrice
city bonds of $7,000 and Rosalie vil
lage bonds of $8,000.
Nels Hanson, ono of tho earliest
pioneer settlers of Burt county, waB
instantly killed in a runaway. His
,wifo and grandson wcro so seriously1
injured neither aro expected to live.
At Beatrice Ben WllliaraB has beon
fined $50 and costs for furnishing
liquor to Charles Schantz, a harness
maker, who was unable to obtain in
toxicants at any of the local saloons.
Deposits reached tho highest point
In the history of tho state Juno 14, ac
cording to a report Issued by Secre
tary Royso of the state banking board.
Tho total upon that dato was exactly
$82,835,356.02.
A . government road expert was In
Ord making a preliminary examina
tion of the soil and drainage. Ho will
return in a couple of weeks and spend
a fortnight assisting the good roadB
committee of the Commercial club In
building a mile of model road.
More than fifty practicing physi
cians were In Fremont to attend tho
midsummer meeting of the Elkhorn
Valley Medical association, the largest
organization of physicians in tho
state, with tho exception of the state
association.
At Shelton a company was organ
ized and purchased the frame public
school building and one-half, being
the old part, was torn down, and tho
balance will be moved onto grounds
near tho railway and mado into an
alfalfa meal mill.
Peters & Richards of Plattsmouth
havo been awarded tho contract for
tho construction of the basement and
first story of a state building at Glen
wood, la., for $19,000. Tho building
when completed will cost tho stato
Df Iowa between $80,000 and $90,000.
John Dougherty, foreman In charge
of the new steel bridge being built at
Monroe, Platte county, was drowned
In tho Loup river at that place. The
accident occurred while the men
were crossing tho river in a boat.
Dougherty'B body was recovered.
Tho state printing commission
awarded tho printing of tho modified
statutes to the Lincoln Stato Journal
company, the bid of that company be
ing $1.31 per page. Tho Hammond
printing company of Fremont bid
$2.66 per page; Klopp-Bartlett of
Omaha, $3.09 per pago and the Recs
printing company of Omaha, $3.25 per
page.
That Merrick county la going to bo
able to match. right up with the best
records in the state when tho report
on the wheat harvest is all in, is very
evident from the report which has
been sent in by C. Ostcrman. He fin
ished threshing tho wheat from a
twenty-five acre field. The whole
crop was weighed and showed forty
three and one-half bushels to tho
acre.
More traveling freight and passen
ger agents work the territory covered
by the Union Pacific In Nebraska
than can be found along the llneB of
any other system. Tho reason that
agents make this territory more fre
quently Is found in the fact that tho
eastern terminus of this road is tho
Missouri river, and from that point
east the business is sought by many
other lines.
Over 200 boosters from West Point
made a trip of 103 miles in forty-two
automobiles, visiting Pender, Ban
croft, Lyons, Oakland, Craig, Teka
mah, Uehllng, Hooper, Scribner and
Snyder.
Tho body of Harry Williamson, a
farm hand, aged 22, was found in a
shallow place In Logan creek. Wil
liamson had been missing several days.
The fact that there are bruises on the
body may lead to an investigation by
tho Burt county authorities, who have.
taken charge. A farmer of the neigh
borhood mtide tho remark that ho
saw Williamson drown while swim
ming but that ho failed to report tho
matter.
After an extended illness with dia
betes, Charles Browning, one of the
prominent Jefferson county farmers,
pased away at his home In Falrbury.
For many years Mr. Browning had
been a progressiva farmer In Jeffer
Bon county, but last March, owing to
falling health, he retired and removed
his family to Falrbury. Ho had been
in a precaurious condition for several
woeks, and his family knew the end
wns coming. He leaves a wife and
two young daughters and a brother.
Two cars of westbound freight
train No. 45 wore derailed one mllo
west of Waco. Tho wreckage waB not
cleared away tintll after 1 o'clock In
tho morning. While train was run
ning twenty miles nn hour a draw
bar dropped from its place.
After warning his wife to bo care
ful in driving about the city, C. J.
Shumway of Lincoln was struck and
probably fatally Injured by a Burling
ton train. The accident occurred Just
south of tho state fair groundB and at
tho tlmo Shumway stopped on the
tracks Just nhcatf of tho Incoming
Omaha train.
