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I' . -- THE SEMI-WEEKLY TR1BUSE , -11 JUA. L. BARB, PubllBhor, TERMS, $L25 IN ADVANCTU. fcORTH PLATTE, . NEBRASKA HEWS OF THE WEEK COMPENSATIONS OF GREATER On LESSER IMPORTANCE. A BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS Ivatlonal, Political, Personal and Othsr Matters In Brief Form for All Classe of Readers. Political Notes. Woodrow WIlBon upoko at Buffalo, Now York, Labor day. Tho progressives won In California by a narrow margin. IowaiiH havo put a progressive ticket In tho field. Col. Roosevelt has stnrtod on a political tour to laBt a inontli. Democratic managers aro planning n national business men's parade. Governor Johnson, progressive can didate for vice-president, spoke at Lincoln. Tho candidacy of Colonel Roosevelt was attacked by Senator Sutherland of Utah. Roosevelt said Governor Wilson was n tool In the hands of tho democratic bosses. , Governor Wilson is to take a hand In tho Now Jersey senatorial cam paign. Tho Nebraska progressive party in Btato convention endorsed tho repub lican ticket. Chnlrman HIIIcb insists that Roose velt electors got off tho Pennsylvania leubllcan ticket. Missouri judicial candidates may withdraw from tho ticket if required to lino up for Taft. Oscar S. Straus" wao nominated for governor by tho Now York progress iva stato convention. Colonel Roosovclt marked tho div iding lino between progressive and reactionary votors. Eugcno V. DobB, socialist candidato for tho presidency, nddrcsscd a largo crowd In Portland, Oro. Thoro was no cholco in tho Ver mont election and the legislature will havo to sottlo tho matter. Roosevelt, principal speaker at tho Missouri progressive convention, as sailed Wilson and Arohbold. There waB no majority for governor Jn tho Vermont election and tho leg its lature will havo to dccldo it. Qencral. A largo throng at Lincoln, Nob., witnessed tho unveiling of tho Lin coln stutuo. President Taft mado a talk to fed eral employes on making appoint ments and tho civil sorvlce. Acting Democrat Chairman McAdoc Bees no prospect of tho presidential election going into the house. Governor Woodrow Wilson weighs 177 pounds, a gain of seven pounds slnco the time of his nomination. Tho United Statos Railway Mall Service Mutual Benefit association re elected John F. Bradley of Ttlanta, Ga., president and W. S. Corning of Chicago, Bocrotary-troasurer. Governor Woodrow WIIboii intimat ed that ho would probably tako part In tho senatorial light in Now Jorsoy In which formor United Statos Sena tor JamoB Smith, jr., has again bo como a candidato. James 11. Brady, former govornor of Idaho, for next president, and Wichita, Kan., for tho noxt meeting placo of tho TransmlsBisslppl Com mercial congress, woro at tho Salt Lako convention. Charles E, Dant, a wholosalo lum ber dealor of Portland, was tho only witness oxamlnod when tho federal Investigation into an alloged combina tion of retail lumber dealers was ro Burned at Portland, Oro. Plans for a national Wilson and Marshall business mon'a parado on the same day and hour in ovory largo I city from tho Atlantic to tho Pacific woro made at tho democratic nation al headquartorB in Now York. Oscar S, Straus, former minister to Turkey nnd formor secrotary of com morco and labor in the cabinet of 'President Roosevelt, was unanimous ly acclaimed tho nomlnco for gover nor of tho progresBlvo party of New York. At Flint, Mich., In the presence of hundreds of persons, fourteen-year-old Chester Betts, was accidentally caught by tho guy ropo of a balloon nnd carried about 2,000 feet In tho air boforo tho ropo untangled and hurled him to his death. Mrs. Frank Lankford and her thrco children, John, 21 years, Mabel, 12 years, and Francis, 4 yoaru old, wero drowned threo mlleB below Lansing, Iowa, when their boat was upset In a collision with a gasoline launch driv en by a youngor Bon. MIsb Annlco Dorothy Nixon, 22 yoars old, tho daughter of Richard B. Nixon, finantlal clerk of the United States senate, was drowned at Colo nial Beach, Va., in a vain attempt to rescuo nor swimming companion, Franklin W. Wiseman, aged 20. Ofllclal ordcra for tho dispatch of Company I, United States Signal corps, to El Paso woro received at Fort RusBoll. A private tolegram from Sebastopol reports n mutiny of tho crews of tho Black sea squadron, uccordlng to the Constantinople corespondent of the London Chronicle, Tho women of Ohio failed on Tues day in tholr effort to gain the ballot according to early returns. Mexican rebels havo surrounded Cananea, whore many Americans aro located at the copper camps, nnd an attack Is Imminent Tho businesB portion of MalHtono, a town in Fergus county, Montana, wa destroyed by fire. Funds for circulating petitions for the recall of Governor Oswald West of Oregon aie boing sought in Port land. , Mrfl. Anita Calvert Bourgcolso of St. Louis, attorney, genealogist, bio grapher and suffrage orator, will en list as a campaign speaker for Wood row Wilson. Accompanied by Empress Augusta Victoria, Emperor William celebrated tho evo of Sedan day by attending di vine service held in tho open air in tho Tcmpelhofcr Fold. ( Tho International Association oi Elcctrotpycrs in convention in Chica go decided on a policy of arbitration of labor troubles through national committees In order to avert strikes. Five unidentified men wero killed and two Injured In tho wreck of a Great Northern freight train near Macon, Mont. All of tho men wero beating tholr wny and wero riding In a car of lumber. Five detcctlvcB returned emptj handed last night after following sev eral false clueB as to tho where aboutu of "Gyp tho Blood" and "Lefty Louie," the two missing gunmen wnntcd In the Rosenthal murder case. Solomon Luna, millionaire banker and sheep owner, for Blxteen times republican national committeeman for Now Mexico, wan found dead in n dipping vat at his sheep ranch, sev enty miles from Magdalena, N. M. President Gomez sent a long apolo getic cable dispatch to President Taft in connection with the attack on Hugh S. Gibson, the Amerlcnn chargo d'affaires at Havana by Enrique Ma za, a newspaper reporter. Taking of testimony In tho govern ment's suit to recover possession of 2,000,000 acres of land In western Ore gon valued at $100,000,000, which tho federal government gave to the Ore gon & California Rallroud company In 18CG, was resumed. Shocking reportB of famlno and sickness, brigandage nnd brutality In tho rebel zono In Nicaragua, sent to tho outsldo world by couriers, aro be ginning to reach tho Stato depart ment and aro boing referred to tho at tention of the American Red Cross. Tho Navigation bureau ofllcers woro surprised Sunday to learn thnt a woman wireless operator had been discharged from tho steamer Mari posa, on a transpacific lino on tho ground that tho government wns op posed to such employment of women. Tho Minneapolis Civic and Com mercial association appealed to tho IntcrBtato Commerco commission to correct what aro alleged to bo dis criminations by a number of western railroads against its commercial In terests in favor of Chicago and St. Louis. Republicans of North Carolina camo to tho parting of tho ways and two stato conventions wero hold, ono by tho supporters of President Taft and another by tho followers of Colonel RooBovelt. As a result of the clash thoro will bo two electoral and two stato tickets in the field. Tho possibility of a great conflagra tion threatens every big city In tho country It wan declared by Richard L. Humphrey of Philadelphia, a structur al materials expert, at tho closing session of tho International Associa tion for Testing MatorlalB In New York. James B. McNnmara, serving a life Bcntonco in San Quentin penitentiary for murder in connection with the dynamiting of tho Los Angeles Times building, was operated on Tuesday at tho prison hospital for appondlcltis. This becamo known Sunday, with tho announcement thnt ho would recover. C. W. Berlin, former land commis sioner of tho Southern Pacific, testi fying in tho Southern Pacific land foreclosure honrlng at Portland, Ore., blamed tho Booth-Kelly Lumber com pany for tho Hnrrlmnn oror of 1903 withdrawing 2,300,000 acres of tho Oregon and California grant lands from entry or sale. Tho Panama-Pacific international exposition, which will bo held In San Francisco In 1915 to celebrato tho completion of tho Pannma canal, will bo ready on tlmo. This was the positive assertion of ltB president, Charles C. Moore. Aftor months spent In preliminaries the perfected plan has been adopted by tho direct ors, and orders havo been given to go ahead immediately. Belmoro Brown, renownod for hi ascents of Mount McKlnluy with Prof. Ilcrschel Parker, underwent n dangerous operation Sunday at Taco. ma to savo tho llfo of a young woman who was virtually a stranger to him. Tho explorer heard MIsb Ethel Mad don, a friend of ono of his neighbors, was dying of nnemia. Ho volunteer ed to undergo an operation for trans, fusion of blood from his volno to that of tho patient. Tho oporation occu pied twelve hours and has beon pro nounced successful. Tho. American Red Cross society allowed $1,000 for tho purchaso of food supplies for tho suffering peoplo In Nicaragua. Personal. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, retired ar my offlcor, died suddenly In Milwau kee. Woodrow Wilson 1b in favor of tho public using school buildings for meeting places. Charges of horsey woro made against Rev. J. C. Handy, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Mexico, Mo, DISCUSS OE BUDGET ACTION DEFERRED ON AMOUNT TO. DE A8KED FOR. PROFESSORS STRIKE A SNAG Board Decides that Instructors Who Desire to Teach In Summer Without Pay May Do So. Tho Board of Regents of tho state University Informally discussed tho budget which will bo presented to tho legislature when it comes next Janu ary, but deferred dellnlte action un til a later day. No statement was mado of tho amount of money which tho university intends to ask tho leg islature to appropriate. University professors ran on a snag in the matter of easy leaves of ab sence when tho board of regentB pass ed a ruling prohibiting them from ap plying summer school service toward leave of absonco on full salary. Tho board adopted as Its policy that horoafter any professors who desire to teach in the summer session with out remuneration may do bo, and should tho question over arise of granting leave of absence, such serv ice will be taken into consideration. President Allen found support among tho board members against charges arising from the suit of the Omaha Structural Steel works, In which statements were mado reflect ing on th6 integrity of the president. Tho company asserted in its suit that undue Influence had been brought to bear in the awarding of ono of tho sub-contracts for a now college build ing. Tho board directed that a letter to this firm bo drafted outlining tho board's attitude and tho results ot Its investigations. This letter, when drawn up and submitted to the mem bers of tho board for approval, will be given to tho press for publication. Two claims against tho Omaha Medical college appropriation wero paid, ono for grading tho site of tho new building and tho other for taxes to tho city of Omaha. Tho following ad Interim appoint ments woro confirmed: C. W. Smith, Instructor in physics in tho school of agriculture: Harry E. Bradford, prin cipal of the school of agriculture; L. F. Seaton, adjunct professor of agri cultural engineering; G. C. White, as sistant professor of dairy husbandry; Rachael E. Holmes, fellow in botany; Mattlo Allen, adjunct professor of education; W. J. Morrill, professor of forestry; Alice Loomls, professor of homo economics; Anna M. Olsen, ad junct professor of homo economics; B. F. Rnber, assistant professor of mo chanicnl engineering. s Tho following new appointments wero made: Miss M. M. Hoxsey, clerical assistant in agricultural bo tany; R. K .Bliss, professor of animal husbandry; Everett N. Bowman, do tailed by tho War dopartmeut as com mandant of cadets. Tho board confirmed tho extension of tho leavo of absence without salary of Prof. C. W. Wallace Prof. Wal laco has for the last three years been conducting Shakesprearean research es among tho archives of tho British museum. Ho was expected to return to tho university this fall, but early in tho Bumrnor it becamo apparent that without moro tlmo ho could not finish tho work ho had under way. Ho was accordingly given nnother year. Notarial Commissions. J. II. Presson, record clerk at the govornor's ofllco, has Issued 1,005 notarial commissions slnco Septem ber 1, 1911. Of this number 180 went to Douglas county and 107 to Lancas ter. j Auto Fees Go to County. yi apparent conflict in tho statute regarding tho place of payment of foes for tho registration of automo biles lias been passed upon by Attor ney General Martin. Tho statute ap pcara to bo In conflict In that one sec tion provideB for payment to tho coun ty treasurer of the county where tho owner lives, while another nppears to requlro payment to tho secretary of state In enso of transfer of ownership. Tho nttornoy general holds that all Buch fees must bo paid to the county treasurer of the county where tho owner lives and that In case of trans fer of ownership tho ownor muBt pre sent tho county treasurer's duplicate rocolpt to tho secretary of stato and the later will register the ma chino without pay. Infantile Paralysis Appears. Infantile paralysis has appeared at tho town of Nollgh, according to word received by Dr. W. H. Wilson, In epqetor for tho state board of health. Ho has been notified that the opening of tho public schools will bo deferred on account of the disease. Broadwell Suit Appealed. Tho caso of Douglas county agnlnBt Frank A. Broadwell, ex-clerk of the district court ot Douglas county, which sues for fees claimed due tho county and not turned over by Mr. Broadwell, was appealed to tho su premo court last wook. Tho county Bues on tho bond of Mr. Broadwell, which waB Issued by tho American Bonding and Trust company, for fees covering four years beginning Janu ary 4, 1900, and extending to January 3, 1904, which amounted to $41,525.82. A L08S OF HORSES. Strange Disease Is Carrying Off Many Animals. Moro than 500 horses havo died of a Btrango disease In tho stato of Ne braska within a fow weeks, according to-reportB received at tho office of tho stato veterinarian. Half a dozen ex perts aro out trying to check Its rav ages, and the stato department haB ordered more men Into tho Hold. Tho disease resembles fungus poisoning and Is Bald to bo duo to the lato growth of pastures following the late summer rains. Horsos aro dying by f ho dozen in a dozen scattered coun ties. According to tho Btato veterinarian, the horse afflicted with the disease, appoare to bo normal In ovory way except that it apparently loses its reason within six hours after show ing slgnB of being affected and la dead within forty-eight hours. At this writing no new complaints had been received, but ovory effort will be mado to gather information so that the epidemic, if such it is, can be stopped beforo it reaches largo proportions. Complaints at present have como from Franklin, Hastings, Merna and ono or two other towns, and InspectorB who havo Investigated tho matter think it la caused by a sort of fungus poisoning from tho lato growth of grass caused by the rain, which haB fallen abundantly. Horses that havo been fed upon dry feed do not seem to be troubled by tho disease and It Is only thoBti animals which havo been allowed to feed upon green grass that havo been afflicted. A Merna veterinarian describes the symptoms of the disease as follows: Tho horso has an anxious look oi expression and appears at the outset to suffer a loss of appetite. It is not inclined to movo savo when it has to, and in ton or twelvo hours after be ing attacked by the disorder It begins to stagger around and to seek to lean up against any convonient thing which It can find. Its breathing is practically normal, Its pulso Is nor mal also and Its tomperature Is from 103 to 105.3 degrees. As time goes on the animal gets moro stupid and seeks to go through the fence, man ager or whatever lies in its path. It pays attention to nothing. Some cases havo como from tho pastures and others from tho harness. The horses llvo from forty to sixty hours usually and previous to death tho limbs of tho unlmal tremble violently and continually. Work of the Stork. Tho total number of births In the stato between January 1 and July 31 of tho present year was 15,450, ac cording to figures given out by Secro tary Wilson of tho stato board of health. Tho number exceeds tho births for tho same period last year. Pay for State Troops. Tho payroll of the state troops at tho recent Second regiment encamp ment at Grand Island totalled $4,426. All of tho money was forthcoming from tho fedoral government and was not backed up dollar for dollar by a like amount from tho stato treasury. Assessors Are Slow. Only a few of tho fourteen counties which failed to properly report data for tho stato 1912 assessment roll, havo replied to letters sent out by Secretary Henry Seymour of tho as sessment board, asking for tho infor mation. Until this is sent in tho grand assessment roll will be incom plete. Danger from Glanders. Tho stato votorlnarian department waB exhibiting several pictures of people who had been afflicted with glanders contracted while taking caro of horses Infected with tho same dis ease. Efforts will bo mado to educato tho peoplo along tho lino of tho dan ger of contracting tho diseaso by those handling tho animals. Rule for Normal Schools. Tho now rulo mado by tho stato normnl board for all stato normal schools is that a flat rate of $1 a sem ester Bhall be charged for tho use of books, Instead of a deposit of $3 and tho rebato system. Tho singlo tax ot $3 for lecture, athletic and other pri vileges adopted by tho state board 1b merely voluntary. If students de sire to do so, they may buy tlcketa to lecture courses and other privileges as they need them as heretofore at a total cost of about $7 a year. Tho state normal board will meet some tlmo in October for holding a busi ness session. Goods Not Yet Found. Stato Food Commissioner Hansen baa not yot found, trace of tho valu ablo platinum cups which wero stolen from tho laboratory of his depart ment. 'Ho has written letters to deal ers In this motal to look out for tho stolen goods. In reply, ono firm said it had received word of nine differ ent robberies of tho same kind, all committed by the samo man. Receive Maine Relic. Tho navy yard officials at Washing ton havo sent to Adjutant Genornl Phelps a powder tank which was takon from tho wreck of the Maine at the tlmo tho battleship was taken from the mud in Havnna harbor. Tho tank is about thrco feet long and nlno inches in diameter and shows the ef fect ot tho explosion. It does not Bhow much effect from its long sub mersion In the water only having an occasional scaly crust on tho sides. The relic will be presented to Span ish war veterans in Lincoln. AFFAIRS IN MEXICO UNCLE SAM'S ARMY COULD MOVE ON SHORT NOTICE. THE RERELS CONTINUE ACTIVE Officers Are Apprehensive of the Situ ation but Hope There Will Do No Intervention. Washington. Intervention In Mexi co and the possibility of Presldont Taft calling a special session of con gress to determine whether American troops should bo sent across the line, wore widely discussed hero by public men and in diplomatic circles. It Is known that tho government has been prossed on many sides to tako such a step, and various ac counts of what influeuccB wero being brought to bear and tho objecta sought to bo accomplished aro related among thoso Interested on both sides of tho question. President Taft and tho Btato de partment, however, aro holding to the principle that no such action should bo taken without authorization ot congress. That American soldiers have been sont Into China, or that American na val forces now aro actively engaged In Nicaragua without authorization of congress should not bo a precedent for sending troops to Mexico. In China American missionaries were besieged and in danger of tor ture or death. In Nicaragua tho re bels had shelled the American lega tion and endangered lives of Ameri can cities by bombarding an unforti fied city, in violation of rules of inter national law. No such situation haB been report ed In Mexico. Tho news that President Taft con sidered tho situation a grave one, and has given thought to tho expediency of putting It up to congress, is expect ed to bring out tho usual crop of re ports ,of troopB under orders to move and plans completed by the general Eta ft of tho army for campaigning in Moxlco. Tho general staff has complete plans for any such emergency. Should It arise, somo war department offici als could wako up at night, and llko Von Moltko, at tho outbreak of tho Franco-Prussian war, send to tho tele graph wlro in a moment a sheaf of or ders that would put an army a-horso and a-foot in battle array. So it ia perfectly proper to say tho war department 1b ready to lnvado Mexico at a moment's notice, but it is no more ready to invado Mexico than it Is to repel invaderB from acroBB tho ocean. It has standing orders with tho principal railroads and steamship lines by which it can begin moving an army within twenty-four hours. A Motor Crash Nowark, N. J. Eddie Hasha of Waco, Tex., holder of several world's records for motorcycle racing, plung ed over tho rail of the course at tho new Nowark motordomo into a crowd lato Sunday afternoon, causing tho death of six persons, including him self, while six are dying and thirteen aro badly injured. Tho only two of tho six dead posi tively identified- up .to a late hour wero Hasha and Johnny Albright, a Denver motorcyclist, whd was riding third In tho race. The other four dead were boyB and young men nmong the spectators Five thousand epectators were wit nessing tho finish of a four-mile free-for-all race when the daring Texan rider, doing ninety-two miles an hour, took his fateful plunge. The New Battleship. Washington. The new battleship Pennsylvania, tho only one author ized by congress nt tho last session, will bo fully as large as tho great battleship which the British govern ment baa just ordered, according to plans of the naval general board. Wilson Out Against Smith. Sea Girt, N. J. Governor Woodrow Wilson, democratic presidential nomi nee, declared against Warner J. Smith, jr., a democratic candidate for United States senator from New Jor soy, an office which he hold during President Cleveland's second ad ministration. Bernhard Zlehn Dead. Chicago. Bernhard Zlehn, said to have been one of the foremost authorities- of the country on musical theory, died at his homo hero Sunday. His Money Melted. Chicago. Thomas Ballard, a farm er, kept 500 $20 gold pieces in his corn crib, which burned, and tho money was melted Into an entact sol Id mass. Tells All He Knows. . Preston, En. Thornna Coupo, New York Elks' club clerk, who saw tho Rosenthal murdorors fleeing, and' aftorwardB camo to Eugland, because ho wns afraid ho would suffer for "knowing too much," haB sunt a sworn statement of nil he knowa. Watching for Cholera. Washington. Surgeons havo been warned to oxamlno Immigrants for cholera carriers, until the outbreak In southern Sardinia and Italy and In Blerut, Syria, subsides. NEBRA8KA IN BRIEF, Nearly CO.OOO peoplo attended the cUto fair on the third day. School opened Monday at Alnsworth with a total enrollment of 278, oi which G4 wero In tho high school. Tho Flllmoro county fair assochv tlon and the business men of Geneva have employed a professional dec orator to beautify tho streets and business fronts during tho fair. Mrs. Lcona JoncB, a bride of but a few days, was shot in tho neck with a rifle ball at tho hands of a lad named Moore, who stopped at tha Jones farm, four miles west of tho soldiers' home in Hall county. Tho shooting was entire accidental. The wound Is an ugly, but not a serious one. Lloyd Bemls, who haa been employ ed on tho plledrlvcr crew on the Bur lington this summer, was badly Injur ed at Burchard. The chain on the plledriver broke nnd fell on him while working nbout the machine. Three deep gashes wero cut in the top of his head and ho waa knocked unconscious by the force of tho blow. Enraged because of his wife's al leged contemplated action for a di vorce and tho fact that aho refused to llvo with him, Steve O'Donnell of Omaha entered her room In a houso next door and destroyed with sul phuric acid her bedding and clothing and tho clothing of their 5-year-old son. Tho loss- is said to be $500. Grant Bailey, the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Bailey, ono mllo west of Osmond, Is dead as tho re sult of losing both legs by being caught by the sickle bar of a mower. Another son of Mr. Bailey was mow ing a field of millet, and the baby hid In the field, unknown to tho elder boy. Both legB wero severed at the ankles. Martin E. Kenney, labor foreman for tho Rock Island, barely avertod death when hit by a switch locomo tive in the Fairbury yards. Mr. Ken. ney was picking up a hose for the purpose of watering a passenger train and did not observe a locomotive coming up from behind. He was struck in the back by the pilot and thrown violently against tho ground. On thousand nnd five notarial com missions havo been Issued from tho governor's office by J. H. Presson, record clerk, slnco September 1, 1911. Ono hundred and eighty were Issued to people In Douglas county and 107 to Lancaster county people. The commissions are issued for a term of six years and each commission brlngB to tho state a fee of $1. Tho case of the state against Dr. F. W. Wildman of Blue Springs, charged with practicing veterinary medicine and dentistry without a li cense and advertising himself a. such, was called In Judge Ellis' court at Beatrice, and dismissed on a nolle pros, filed by the county attor ney. Tho case was tried recently In Justice court, and the jury failed to agree on a verdict. Frank A. Broadwell, formerly clerk of the district court in Douglas county, has appealed to tho supremo court from a judgment for $9,000 ob tained against him by the county. Tho county brought suit for the recovery of $11,525 fees, which it was alleged belonged to tho county and not to tho clerk of the court. Mr. Broad well alleged he was entitled to re tain a portion of the fees In dlapute. Casea of hog cholera are, aays a Deshler dispatch, reported in various parts of Thayer county and prompt compliance with tho law will help in checking the disease. Paragraph 587, section GO, page 128, of the ldll com piled statute of Nebraska reads aa follows. "Tho owner of any swine which shall die from disease or sick ness shall havo tho carcass of tho samo completely burned on the prem ises where the animal died within forty-eight hours after death. Any person violating this section shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not to exceed ten ($10.00) dol lars. A sensational romance coupled with tragedy occupied the attention of county court, at Fairbury, tho liti gants being Emll Kujath and Ed Her man. Kujath alleged that his nephew, Ed Herman, was paying improper at tentions to his daughter, and waylaid and assaulted him. Herman had him arrested and the caso taken into county court. F. L. Rain prosecuted. After listening to a number of wit nesses Judge Boylo decided that Ku jath was guilty and fined him. Tho Burlington weekly crop report shows a constant Improvement in the condition of corn. Hot weather and sunshine during the sevon days cov ered by the report has advanced tho crop rapidly towards maturity. Early corn 1b beginning to dent and thin meanB that the hardening or ripening procesa Ib going on. Over 50 per cent of the ground intended for seeding winter wheat has been plowed. Tho crop sown will bo the largest In many years. Dry weather, while a great help to corn, has caused somo dam. ago to pastures. A big apple crop nnd an averago potato crop is ex pectod. Tho production of sugar beets will bo very large. Just before tho close of tho Thay er county instituto at Hebron last weok tho students surprised Superin tendent A. T. Holtzen by presenting him with a handsome rocking chair as a token of esteem. At the eleventh hour the Tecumseh Hchool board finds Itself without a complete teaching force for the com ing year. Miss Greta Dunlavy of Bloomlngton, who had been secured as ono of tho teachers In th6 High school and who had accepted tho place, finds that Bho cannot como to Tecumseh. Tho board is looking for a teacher to complete tho force.
