THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUHE
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BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
rvatlonal, Political, Personal and Othar
Matter In Brief Form for All
Classes of Readers,
Congress.
Congress oxpcctB to adjourn about
tho lGth of August.
President Taft sent In a veto mes
sage of tho wool bill
The general deficiency appropria
tion bill passed the house.
Tho Oldflcld bill to revise tho patent
laws was favorably reported in tho
house,
Tho house nerved notlco on tho Ben
nte that the BrlBtow-Ixjdgo sugar bill
would not be accepted.
Senator Konyon's bill to compel
Jail sentences for anti-trust law viola
tors was placed upon tho calendar.
Tho Military committee of tho house
favorably reported tho bill appropri
ating 1100,000 for relief of refugees
from Mexico.
Tho houso ruloB commltteo receiv
ed a momorlal from Mrs. M. W. Lit
tleton urging congressional action on
tho purchase of "Montlcello."
Tho Drnndegeo amendment to Pnna
ma canal bill substituting a governor
for a commission of three to govern
Panama cannl and zone was adopted
y tho sonato.
Tho senate adopted amendments
p tho Panama bill admitting to
r.mcrlcan-owncd, foroign-bullt shlpB
fngaged exclusively In foreign trade,
Irovldlng lower tolls for ships In bal
last and frco tolls to American-owned,
foreign built ships.
The senato adopted tho nmendment
(o the Pnnnmn bill admitting to
American registry American owned
foreign built shlpB engaged exclusive
ly In foreign trade, providing lower
tolls for ships in ballast and free tolls
to American owned foreign built
ships.
Tho Panama canal administration
bill providing frco passage to Ameri
can ships, prohibiting railroad owned
vessels from using the waterway and
authorizing tho establishment of ia
one-mnn government, when tho canal
Is completed, was passed by tho Ben
ftto by a voto of 47 to 15.
General.
Tho progresslvo convention opened
In a harmonious manner.
At Reno, Nov., Mrs. Edna a. Hull
filed complaint against Henry Hull,
tho Illustrator, charging simple deser
tion at Now York since 1910. They
wore married in Now York In 1903.
Mrs. Mary HarBh of Creston, la.,
who died at Hopkins, Mo., was be
lieved to havo been Iown'a oldest wo
man. She was 102 ycarB of age and
had lived In tho state fifty-two yoars.
Formal announcement wnB mauo by
Governor Wilson that ho would not
resign tho governorship of Now Jer
sey during his campr.ign for tho pres
idency. The battleship Nebraska limped
Into Boston badly disabled as a re
sult of running Into nn uncharted
tthoal four miles west by south of
Point Judith light houso.
Twenty socialists, Including nine
young women, jailed in Pittsburg for
street speaking without n police per
mit, kept tho other prisoners awako
all night with cell oratory.
Evldcnco of tho growing anxiety of
the administration in regard to tho
revolutionary movement in Nicaragua
was shown when orders were Usued
to tho gunboat Tacoma to proceed
forthwith to Bluoflclds, Nicaragua.
Though Harry S. "Wade of Iown had
his eyes blown out nnd wns made
denf by an explosion on a westorn
Irrigation project, It being claimed
that tho accident was duo to tho gov
ernment's negligence, tho houso de
cided that $2,500 was sufficient to
compensate him for his Injuries.
Ousting of Senator Lorlmer cost the
Bonnto nearly $126,000, according to a
tentative estimate. Tho heavy ex
penses will necessitate a special ap
propriation. It was stated that At
torneys Healey and Marblo, who were
counsel for tho committee, would
each receive $10,000. No allowance
will be mado to Lorlmer.
By a voto of 30 to 19 tho senate
agreed to tho conferenco report on
tho so-called "budgot bill," containing
the provision abolishing tho com
'morce court, distributing the judges
now on that bench to various circuit
courts and tho amendment of tho
civil Eorvlco law to mako it cover
only seven-year periods.
T. E. Murrny, n supervisor of the
Indian department, arrived at Ash
land, Wis., to tuko chnrgo of tho In
dian offlco of tho Bad River reserva
tion. Commissioner Valentine haB
notified Major Campbell of his suspen
sion. A record price for cattlo was estab
lished at Chicago when a carload of
Dtecrs from Tuscola, 111., sold for
110.10 a hundred.
Marines from Panama havo been or
dered to Nicaragua to supplement tho
force of' bluejackets now In Managua,
guarding Americans and their property.
The strike of freight handlers on
tho Northern Pacific docks at Duluth
ended.
President Taft formally accepted
tho resignation of Federal Judgo Cor
nelius Hanford of Seattle, who re
signed whllo being Investigated.
An American food famine Ib tho
prediction of agricultural exports.
Right Rev. P. A. Ludden, Catholic
bishop of Syracuse, N. Y., Is dead.
No action will be taken by tho son
ate at this session on the omnibus
claims bills.
Negro contesting delegates were
not allowed to sit in tho progressive
national convention.
Congress Is to grant President Taft
absolute control In government of tho
Panama canal.
John W. RubscII nnnounced that
Harry K. Thaw is suffering from ptc
maino poisoning.
The Martin eight-hour bill was fa
vorably reported by the house com
merce committee.
Woodrow Wilson was formally noti
fied of his nomination for president by
the democratic party.
Woodrow Wilson explnlned thnt
omissions in his speech of acceptance
did not mean opposition.
Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram W.
Johnson woro nominated for presi
dent and ylce president," respectively,
by the progressive party.
Senator Robert L. Owen was re
nominated for United StateB senator
from Oklahoma by the democrats in
the state primary, defeating former
Governor C. N. Haskell.
Mrs. Daisio Oplo Grace, acquitted
of tho chargo of having attempted to
murder her husband to obtain $25,000
life insurance, is on her way to
Philadelphia to mako her future
home.
Dr. Gcorgo Ernest Morrison has
been appointed political adviser of tho
president of the Chinese republic for
live years. Dr. Morrison is t'.:e corre
spondent In Peking of the London
Timos.
Near Watertown. N. Y., Mrs. Gor
don Priest, .'12, wife of a farmer, was
found murdered with a hatchet Her
head and neck were gashed, and a
sleeping baby, lying beside the body
unhurt, was spattered with blood.
Nino boy scouts woro drowned by
tho capsizing of a cutter off Shippy
Islund. A largo party of boy scouts
wns proceeding at tho time to thoir
summer camp on tho Island. Several
other holiday fatalities were roported.
W. J. Morrill of tho United States
forest service, stationed at 'Wash-,
lngton, has been appointed to tho po
Bitlon of professor of forestry at tho
University of Nebraska., according to
an announcement mado through tho
chancellor's office.
Francis Vernon Willay of Bradford,
England, son of Francis Willoy, for
merly lord mayor of that city, was
arrested in Boston on a chargo of
conspiring to bring English opera
tives into UiIb country In violation of
tho contract labor law.
A. D. Wolf of Chicago, son of a mil
lionaire shoo manufacturer, has sued
for reinstatement in the Illinois Ath
letic club. Wolf alleges that ho waB
expelled on account of his remarkB
about club olllcors. His attorneys
said ho was thrown out because ho is
a Jew.
Charles Hlllcs, republican national
chairman, has challenged Governor
Wilson to stnto hlB position on the
leading political issues. Hlllcs de
clared that tho fight was between tho
reupblican and democratic principles,
and not between Taft and Wilson.
Representative Levy of New York,
democrat, Introduced n bill in tl.a
houso authorizing tho secretary of tho
treasury to use nt his discretion tho
money In tho treasury In tho general
fund, to reduco tho tariff on articles
of goneral consumption and so reduco
the cost of living.
Throe young man nro in the regi
mental hospital ut Springfield, HI.,
and a Sangamon county agriculturist
is in the guard houso aB a result of
tho war game played by tho Fifth
Infantry, Illinois Nutional Guards. Of
ficers of the regiment refuso to give
names or details.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Is inter
esting himself in tho Rosenthal case.
President Joseph Smith of tho Mor
mon church said that all Mormon wo
men and children had safely reached
tho United States from Mexico, hut
that tho men of two colonlns, Colonel
Juarez and Dublan, had armed them
selves and would not depart.
Government discrimination In de
signating banks as depositories for
federal funds Is gradually being cor
rected under a change of policy by
Secretary MacVcugh, who Is increas
ing tho number of depositories with
out augmenting the nggrogato of the
government's deposits, This is being
dono especially In small cities. In
towns with only two banks, tho sec
retary Is dividing tho government de
posits In them to avoid discrimination.
Jronal.
Rebels In Mexico appear to bo
about ready to give up,
Congress will probably reimburse
Lorlmer for expuuse of his trial.
Senator Owen and C. N. Haskell
concluded their cumpatgn In Okla
homa. Progressiva party loaders outlined
their plans for the campaign.
Colonel Itoosevelt was uccusod of
shitting on the steel question.
William S. Cowherd Is tho probable
nominee of the democrats for gov
ernor of Missouri.
An exceedingly long declaration of
principles comprises the platform of
tho progressive party.
Mayor Harrison Is offering his help
In settling street car striking d I fa
culties. General Leconte, president of the
republic of Huytl, wus burned to
death In the palace ut Port au Prince.
IHE GUARANTY LAW
BANKER 8AYS ENACTMENT DOES
NOT CHANGE CONDITIONS.
THAI THEY ARE NOW IDEAL
Up to Present Time Law Has Not
Been Detrimental to General
Banking Business.
Tho following letter sent out by V.
B. Caldwell, vice president of tho
United States National bank of Oma
ha, Is given out by Secretary Royse
of tho Btato banking board. It re
lates to tho guaranty law and Is In
response to an inquiry from u banker
of Seattle:
"Tho guaranty law in this state
seems not to have changed prior con
ditions. Tho national banks in the
state cannot trace any appreciable
loss of business to the guaranty law
and up to the present time tho law
has not been In any way detrimental
to the general banking business.
Personally, I am opposed to such a
law. Tho law has not been In opera
tion long enough to really test Its
efllcacy. One reason for ItB apparent
success here Is that banking condi
tions in this state aro unusually
sound and banking ability throughout
tho state far above the average. Be
fore tho depository law wo had an
excellent state banking law and had
then and havo now a most excellent
department. That tho measure haB
not operated to the disadvantage of
legitimate banking is almost entirely
duo to fhe olllcacy of the state bank
ing board, good banking laws, close
supervision and tho general excellent
feeling prevailing between tho state
bankB and the stato banking depart
ment. "Tho department has never In any
way been mixed up In politics or used
its Influence to discriminate between
btato nnd national banks. Operating
under these almost ideal conditions it
will bo a long time beforo n really
valued opinion can bo oxpressed, as to
tho results of the law. It haB not
served hero as a cloak for speculative
or impractical bankers; a condition
duo to the banking department.
"Tho law Imposes nn unjust nnd
burdensome expense upon good bank
ers. Theoretically and In principle It
Ib absolutely unjust. In this state
It Is not working out to the disad
vantage of general banking condi
tions because of tho caro exercised
by tho state banking board and be
cause of tho intelligent nnd generally
high character of tho stato bankers.
"This looks like a wishy-washy
opinion, but I bollevo It fairly repre
sents tho conditions hero a bad law,
but In its practical application work
ing out bettor thnn any of its oppo
nents anticipated."
The July Weather.
For the first time this year Uncoln
cams Into Its own In tho lino of torn
porature during tho month of July
when tho thermometer reglstored 104
degrees on July 9. Not only did It
warm up once during tho month but
the mercury passed tho hundred mark
four times nnd tho average for tho
months was 2,6 above normal.
School Fair Exhibits.
Instead of tho model school scheme
heretofore; UBed in the educational ex
hibits at fho Btato fair, a picture
show will bo put on showing tho dif
ferent work In tho Bchools. At 9
o'clock each morr.ing tho work of tho
Koarnoy State normal will bo shown;
nt 10:10 that of tho rural schools; at
10:50, tho Peru normnl work, and at
11:30 tho University of Nobrnska.
This program will bo repeated In tho
afternoon of each day.
Another Bank Failure Suit.
Lancaster county for tho second
time will bring suit against the state
for $5,000.40, bolng tho nmount which
tho county treasurer had to tho credit
of tho state deposited In tho Capitol
National bank at tho time of tho fail
ure In 1893. Tho suit will bo brought
In the district court of Lancaster
county.
Appeal to Supreme Court.
Stephen Shultz has appealed from
tho Adams county district court from
a Judgment for $481.55 given In favor
of Charles R. Burgeson of Holdrege.
Burgoson as dealer In automobiles de
posited $500 and later sued to have
the money refunded to him.
A Steady Worker.
"SpeaklnR about vacations," said
Secretary Royse of tho banking board,
"I havo taken only one vacation In
twelve yearB. The last one' I took was
In 1902, and when I got back to the
office I discovered that three banks
had gone to tho wall whllo I was
away."
Railway Commission Hearings.
The railway commission held many
hearings during July nnd will hold
none during August If It can escape
doing so. Tho commissioners now
havo enough cases under considera
tion to keep them busy writing
opinions during the month of August.
Some of tho cases pending, Including
tho request of Grand Island for lower
rates southeast on tho St. Joseph
rotd, a request for a joint depot at
Plulnview and a complaint of ship
pers against tho South Omaha stock
ynrds, aro deemed of Importance.
INDIANS MAKE GOOD.
WlnnebagoeB Developing Into Suc
cessful Farmers.
Assistant Attorney General Edgcr
ton, Bays an Omaha Beo correspond
ent, returned a few days ago from a
trip into Thurston county and says
that the Indians up there aro going to
havo good crops this year and aro
developing Into very successful farm
ers. On his return he took up tho
matter of having the Indian farmers
mako an agricultural exhibit at tho
otato fair this year with Secretary
Mcllor of tho State Agricultural
board, with the result that Mr. Mellor
has asked A. H. Kneale, superintend
ent of tho Omaha and Winnebago
agencies to take chargo of an exhibit
which will be made.
Speaking about the success the In
dians have made along agricultural
lines, Mr. Edgorton said: "Can an
Indian farm? Will an Indian farm?
"For a quarter of a century the In
dian offlco has been asking theso
questions and haB boen anxiously lis
tening for an answer.
"The WInnebagoes In Thurston
county are answering thlB year. With
12,000 acreB of waving corn growing
on their own land, the product of
their own labor, the braves of this lit
tle tribe answer In tho affirmative.
"Yes, an Indian will farm. He will
work and sweat In his fields like a
whlto man. And when the WInne
bagoes harvest a corn crop this fall
worth $200,000 whlto men will admit
that an Indian can work.
"Tho WInnebagoes have a reserva
tion of corn land. No part of tho
stato has In past years had a moro
plentiful supply of rain when needed
by tho growing corn than Thurston
county. The soil Is rich in tho ingre
dients that produce the golden crop.
"About three years ago, tho Indian
office decided to make a determined
effort to get the Indian at work on his
own land. Commissioner Valentino
and his assistant, Fred H. Abbot of
this state, Bet out seriously to con
vinco the rod man that ho ought to
mako his own living on tho fertile
land still loft to him. Tho lirst step
was the appointment of expert farm
ers on the reservations. Tho agricul
tural schools of the country wore
scoured for men learned in expert and
practical farming. Tho Indian office
wanted men for this Job who knew
how to buy horses for the Indians;
men who knew how to select seed and
how to plant It; men who could show
the Indian how to care for his crops
and harvest them, and, with it all,
men who could enthuso these wards
of tho government into believing that
thoy really wanted to work and make
their own living.
"Albert IL Kneale was superintend'
ent of the Omaha and Winnebago
agency. Ho had made good with the
Sioux and with the Slioshones before
ho came to Winnebago. He caught
tho spirit of the Indian offlco, and set
out to get every ablobodled Indian on
his own farm and working It.
"This year, thero are 184 WInne
bagoes farming. Of these, just threo
have mado complete failures. The corn
and small grain of the other 181 Indian
farmers average every bit aa good as
that of their white neighbors in
Thurston county. Tho cornfields of
some of the whlto men show failures.
This Ib becai)so of poor seed or lazi
ness. "Tho best field of corn in ThurBton
county belongs to Anson Yellow
Cloud, a full-blood Winnebago. Ho
has 100 acres of corn, all of it averag
ing up to that of his whlto neighbors.
Walking Priest is fanning 400 acres
this year, some of It being leased
land. Willie Sun has a splendid field
of corn. John Hunter has raised
good crops for Boveral years.
New Bridge Order.
Acting upon a moasuro of tho legis
lature tho Burlington railroad will In
tho future construct all bridges over
running streams so that the opening
under tho bridge will be sulliclent
to carry all water at extreme high
water stage.
Legislators File Information.
Assistant Director W. E. Hannan
of tho state legislative bureau reports
that a large number of the prospect
ive lawmakers of the state for tho
noxt session have filed Information
with tho department relative to their
political history and pertaining to
measures which they may lntroduco
or legislation in which they aro partic
ularly Interested. A total of over 300
letters asking for this information
wore Bent out two weeks ago by Di
rector A. E. Sheldon. The Informa
tion will bo collected, and when the
nameB of the successful contestants
for legislative seats have become
known their biographies will bo
printed In tho legislative blue book.
Reappointed' to Position.
State Auditor S. R. Barton has re
ceived notice that ho haB been reap
pointed a member of the executive
committee of the national association
of Btnto Insurance commissioners. His
term of ofllce as state lnsuranco com
missioner expires next January and
ho did not care to serve another
torm.
Fifteens Years' Service.
Miss Jennie B. Adams, secretary to
tho stato superintendent of public In
struction, has Just completed fifteen
years In that position. Sho was given
a present by the superintendent and
tho offlco force Joined In a littlo jolli
fication in honor of the event. Miss
Adams began her duties with Super
intendent Jackson and has become so
efficient that nono of the superintend
ents Blnce cared to dispense with her
services. Sho is very popular with
all who transact business in that department
CONGRESS HEAR END
LENGTHY SESSION MARKED BY
IMPORTANT ISSUES. '
MAY FINISH OP THIS WEEK
Much Work Is Yet to Be Done, Some
of Which Will Certainly Go
to Next Session.
Washington. Congress Is about to
terminate a session that has now run
ver 250 days. Slnco tho organization
)f the government there have been
but seven continuous sessions of
greut length. Measured by the stand
ard of tho new laws enacted, this one
has not been fruitful of much general
legislation; but from tho standpoint
of great issues fought out and greut
policies outlined, It has been of more
than usual interest.
Political activities havo helped to
prolong It; and political differences
between the house and senate, the
one democratic and the other con
trolled by an Independent element of
the republican party, havo served to
tie up appropriation bills and Impede
tho progress of much general legisla
tion. Many hugo nnnual appropriation
bills that should havo become effect
ive July 1, aro still at Issue between
tho two houses. Minor legislation,
and Important questions of general
Intercs are to he laid aside in an ef
fort to bring about adjournment by
next Saturday, or at the latest by tho
end of tho following week.
Tho more Important developments
that have marked the session, many
of them outside the record of general
legislation, aro:
Tho decision of tho senate that Wil
liam Lorlmer had not been legally
elected senator from Illinois.
The beginning of Impeachment pro
ceedings against Judge Robert A.
Archbald of the commerce court.
Abrogation of the Russlnn treaty
following tho agitation In congress
over Jewish passport question.
Substantial defeat of the amend
ment of President Taft's arbitration
treaties with Great Britain and
France.
Notice to the foreign nations that
this nation will permit none to ac
qulro Bites In the western hemi
spheres for naval supply purposes.
Approval of a legislative amend
ment for direct election of senators.
Decision of both hoises in favor
of free passago for American ships at
Panama, in fnco of Great Britain's
protest that this would bo a violation
of treaty rights.
Admission of New Mexico and
Arizona to statehood.
Veto by President Taft of tariff
bills passed by democratic-progressive
alliance.
Creation of a children's bureau in
the Department of Commerce and La
bor. Increase of civil war pension
through tho Sherwood service pen
sion law.
Questions Yet to Be Decided.
Important questions remain to bo
settled this weok between the two
houses, between congress nnd tho
president. Many of them, Incorporat
ed In tho annual appropriation bills
aro:
Proposed abolishment of the tariff
commission and tho commerce court
Battleship building program for
1913.
Reorganization plans for the army,
partly rejected by the president when
ho vetoed the army appropriation bill.
Establishment of a parcels post
system.
DotallB of tho Panama canal admin
istration law.
Crusade Against Rats.
Washington. Tho government is to
become a modern competitor of the
Pied Plpor of Hamlin ob an extermi
nator of rats. But tho magic of the
Pied Piper's flute Is to bo displayed
by the most Improved, modern, double
action, Bteel Jawed rat trap that
American inventive genius can fur
nish. Battleship Nebraska Damaged.
Rockport, Mass The battleship Ne
braska arrived here Sunday after hav
ing been damaged slfghtly Thursday
by running on an uncharted shoal
near Point Judith.
Sultan Intends to Abdicate.
Rabat, Morocco, The abdication of
Mula Hafld, the sultan of Morocco, Is
practically an accomplished fact He
probably will loavo Raba Rabat bound
for Franco.
Army Prize Fight Forbidden.
Sparta, Wis. A prize light schedul
ed for Camp McCoy Sunday and In
which thousands of regulars and mili
tiamen were taking great Interest
was not allowed to tako place.
Accused of Stealing Manuscripts.
Springfield, 111. Two plays, entitled
"Tho Coward" and "Kate" proved so
attractive to Walter Klocker of Chi
cago that ho took them with him to
St Louis. Lieutenant-Governor Ogles
by issued a requisition for his return
to Chicago
Bully for Boston.
BoBton, Mass. Tho "Hub" claims
(mother record. Four days ago Mrs,
F. H. Seeley of Rochester presented
her husband with quadruplets all
girls and all healthy.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Petitions aro being circulated In
each of tho precincts of Saunders
county for tho purposo of submitting
to tho voterB at tho noxt gonoral elec
tion tho proposition of abolishing tho
ofllce of county assessor.
Julius Zimmerman, wifo and fam
ily; Mr. and Mrs. William Zuhlke.and
William Roth, all well known old set
tlers of Cuming county, will embark
at New York on the steamship George
Washington for a visit to Germany.
Despite tho fact that he was struck
by a ,38-callbre bullet fired from a
gun only a foot and a half away and
received the bullet squarely on tho
frontal bone of his skull, H. L. An
thony, a negro burglar Bhot by H. B.'
Milder In Omaha, will live.
County Attorney Hawxby of Nema
ha county has filed a complaint of
threo counts against Herman Barbery
near Julian, charging him with violat
ing four provisions of the automobile
act. On the night of the German
American picnic at Auburn, Barber
ran his auto into a team belonging to
James Parsons, who sustained a brok
en leg and had one of his horses crip
pled. Governor Osborne of Michigan haB
asked for extradition papers for Gil
bert Hart, now serving a term in the
Nebraska state penitentiary for tho
theft of a horse in Dodge county.
Hart is a man of more than 50 years
and he was on a parole from the
Michigan stato prison when he was
convicted of the crime in this state. A
similar offense brought about his un
doing In the Wolverine state.
Just now the Burlington Is rushing
refrigerator cars to the fruit growing
regions of Colorado, where one of
the largest crops ever raised will
soon be ready for shipment. A rush
of fruit from that state, destined to
markets in this territory und" farther
east, is looked for. Railroad reports
indicate that this movement will bo
heavy and that a large number of cars
will bo required.
Tho report of Food Inspector Han
son for tho months of May, June and
July show tho following Inspections:
May, 721; Juno, 834; July, 790, mak
ing a total for tho three months of
2,345. The amount of fees collected,
May, $262.50;. June, $281,38; July,
$2,080.50, making a total collection
for the threo months of $2,624,38.
Thero were 129 complaints filed and
eight prosecutions made.
Tho first of the range stock ship
ments from tho northwest havo
passed through Lincoln, says the
State Journal, and these will grow in
volume until about the middle of the
month when It Ib expected the heavi
est part of tho business will be mov
ing. The volume of live stock ship
ments from the rangers will be less
this year than usual, owing to winter
and spring storm losses and the
smaller number of cattle taken to the
ranges for grazing.
Lancaster county is to make an
other attempt to recover from the
state of Nebraska $5,000.40 which waB
through error and inadvertence paid
by the county treatATer to the sta,te
treasurer after the failure of tho Co
lumbia National bank in 1893. At
that time the county had on deposit
In the Columbia National $39,660.62,
of which $5,000.40 had been col
lected nnd was held for the state.
The receiver for the bank afterwards
paid a dividend of $7,022.88, leaving
the net loss $22,637,74.
An appeal from the district court of
Custer county was filed In the su
preme court by the Central Telephone
company of Broken Bow, which had
been sued for $10,000 by the father of
William F. Coen, a 9-year-old boy who
It Is claimed by tho father had been
killed by coming In contact with
wires of the company which had be
come sagged so that tho horses on
which the boy was riding rnn Into
them, causing him to run awayv and
fall down an embankment on top of
tho lad, killing him Instantly. Tho
district court found for Coen In the
sum of $1,750.
With only a meager description
and name to guide them, Detectives
Edward Fleming and John Dunn of
tho Omaha police department arrest
ed Charles W. Smith of Grand Island,
wanted for tho attempted criminal
assault upon the 9-year-old daughter
of a prominent citizen. Smith admit
ted that ho was the man wanted, but
denied that he had committed tho
crimo.
General Manager Holdrege of the
Burlington haB received from the
several superintendents of the lines
in Nebraska what Is practically the
final report on the small grain cror.
for this season, so far as Nebraska,
is concerned. This report covers
flfty-slx counties of the state, taking
In the greater portion of the grain
growing area and gives the state a
better showing than had been antici
pated, especially with roference to
the wheat. Railroad officials and
grain men look upon the Burlington's
report Just given out as being very
close to correct as special pains were
taken In gathering tho data. All
agents were Instructed to secure thoir
figures from farmers and grain deal
ers In their localities.
Oscar Carlson, a young farmer liv
ing near Wausa, suffered a broken
leg, when a horso fell on him.
That contractors who furnish sup
plies for the state may need watching
Ib evidenced by tho fact that Colonel
Teeters, commandant of the Soldiers'
home at Milford, brought to the food
inspector some samplo cans of
peaches furnished the homo and they
failed to como up to tho required test.
The peaches are required to contain
25 per cent syrup, but those fur
nished the homo and which the sam
ples were taken from only tested 6
per cent.