The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, September 27, 1912, Image 2
( I u THE SEMI-WEEKLY TB1BUHE i ii k IRA L. BARK, Publisher. TERMS, $1.26 IN ADVANCE). lORTH PLATTE, . . NEBRASKA FOR THE BUSY NEW8 EPITOME THAT CAN SOON BE COMPASSED. MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED Homo and Foreign Intelligence Con densed Into Two and Four Line Paragraphs. Political Notes. President Taft doclured himself a convert to Ilia budget system. South Dakota republicans and progreBBlvns may work In harmony. Champ Clark opened the Kentucky campaign with a Bpoech on tho tariff. Governor JoluiHon Bald between Taggart and Kenllng Indiana was boaa ridden. RooBCVelt, prgroHBlve candidate for president, spoke In Omaha on the SOth. In bin apeech at Denver Roosevelt replied to flvo questions put to him by Bryan. Mr. Dryan, in a speech at Boze man, Montana, denounced tho Rooao Volt ambition. Governor Wllaoli has given his ap proval to tho formation if a Wilson republican loaguo Tho high cost of living was declared by Governor WIIhou at Columbus, O., to be tho real campaign issue. Woodrow Wilson replied to tho cbnrgo of Former Senator Bovorldgo that bo was boBB-controlled. Governor .Tohnaon made the pre diction that President Taft will bo third In 1l;e presidential race. Through Ohio and Indiana, Govern or Woodrow WIIbou did Impromptu campaigning that was as vigorous as It was unexpected. Theodore Roosevelt mode a three hours' stop In Lincoln In Ills trip ac cross Nebraska and also a lengthy talk at Omaha. At Mitchell, S. D., a state conven tion of republicans adopted resolu tions In which Roosevelt and tho pro. gresaivo candidates In South Dakota wcro sovoroJy denounced. A series of conferences to discuss tho political situation In ench of tho central states will bo held at the re publican campaign headquarters In fJcago. Governor ThodaB R. Marshall of In diana, tho democratic vlco presiden tial candidate, uitido his first earn, palgn speech In .Missouri in St. Jo Jeph. General. Governor Wilson Is to speak in Omaha In tho afternoon of October Cth. Tho Mexican government Is prepar ing a mora vigorous campaign ngalnst tho rebels. EvatiBVllle, Ind., was selected ns thu next meeting place of tho national rural lottor carriers. Georgo, Undorwood, an aviator, who was Injured when his blplano turned turtle during an oxhlbltlon flight at Calloa, Mo., died from his Injuries. Mm Mary Leigh, tho suffragotte, wno released from an Irish prison on nccouut of 111 health duo to her refusal to-cat and having had to bo fed ford, bly. Claims for $3,000,000 resulting from depredations on Ainorlcan proporty in Mexico, havo been tiled against tho Madoro. govornmont. Mooro aro apt to come. Formor Congressman .f. Adam Bedo of Mlnnesotu, and John llarlau of Chicago, following Theodore Roobc volt through Arizona In tho Interest of ProBldont Taft spoko In Tucson. A portion of tho books nlul records kept by Cornelius N, Bliss, ub treasu rer of tho republican natlonul commit, too in tho 1904 presidential campaign probably havo been located, Goyernor Woodrow WlUon struck tho trail of Colonel Roosovolt for tho first tlmo In Uio campaign whon ho whlrlod through a program of Bpeech os nnd receptions in Minneapolis and BL Paul. Hankora nro applying to tho Treas ury department for drpnsltu of public money to bo usod in connection with financing tho big crops. Applicants, It Is said, however, havo not yot rais ed tho cry of stringency. People 'crowded so at the funeral In Chicago of tho white wife of Jack Johnson, that tho police wcro called to clear tho sidewalk In front of tho house. Several thousand people were In the street whon tho pollco arrived. At Pittsburgh, Pa., two little girls Kirls dreBsod to represent nngelB, were hung suspended by ropes ovor an Im. provlBcd altar at n churchfost, and now tho fathers aro under arrest for cruelty. Dora Rodriguez, an 18-year-old Am. ntordam girl, reached Washington, on tho ,!nBt lop of her walk around tho world, Sbo wnlks alone, carrying i revolvor on lior hip. She says alio wnB novor uccoted by any man, ex cept in Now York. Promotion for 13,000 railway postal clerks on October 1 will bo provided in orders Issued by Postmaster Gun enil Hitchcock. Two poreonB wero killed, two sor lously hurt and several others slightly injured whon a Union Paclflo train hit a street car at a grado oroBsiug in Denver. I Colonel Roosevelt nccused Governor Wilson of being a novice. Farmers in the Houthwnst will no ablo to Bhlp corn Into Movlcn treo of duty until tho end of this year. Governor Glasscock huB started his Inquiry into strlko conditions In West Virginia. Eugene Chaflln, prohibition candi dal for president, Invaded Delaware on a speaking tour. Mrs. Helen Pierce Gray was ar rusted In Washington at the behest of the Indian office. Governor Wilson twitted Colonel RooBovelt about the alleged growth of trusts during his administration. Tho Bale of the New York Press, a morning newHpaper, by Henry L. Eln stein, to Frank A. Munsey, s an nounced. Forage poisoning, which has caused heavy mortality among tho horsea of Kansas and Nebraska, Is reported prevalent In South Dakota. Tho party of American geographers touring the United States accompan ied by members of the American geo logical society, arrived at Sun Fran cisco. Immediate withdrawal of tho armed forces of tho United States now In Nicaragua Is demanded in a circular drawn up by resldonts of San Jose, Conta Hicn. Tho (Irst stono of a monument to Victor Hugo was laid at Wateroo, Iiolglum, on tho battlefield immortal ized by tho French poet and novollst In "Los MlBorables." Oyster bods in Jamaica bay. Long Island; and tho Potomac river, seventy-five miles down from Washington, aro endangered by typhoid germs, ac cording to the secretary of agricul ture . Major General .Tamos Shipton, CoaHt Artillery corps, now stationed at Angel Island, Cal., was designated military attacho of tho American le gation at Buenos Ayre3. Argentine Republic. Thirteen million bushelB of grain received In thirteen business duys In Minneapolis was the crop movement which shuttered ull records after tho railways had reported In 1,543 curs of grain. Arinod with a stout club Woldon B. Cooke, an avlutor of Oakland, Cal., defended his wrecked aeroplano for several hours in Chicago against a crowd of soveral hundred souvenir hunters. An amateur parachute Jumper was killed at tho column of victory in Ber lin. Ho was a paper hanger named Blttnor, who climbed to tho nummit, of tho column to experiment with a Helf?luvented uppuratuB. At Springfield, 111., tho early homo of Abraham LInegIn, Governor Thom as R. Marshall of Indiana declared that the martyrod president was a de mocrat at heart. His declaration startled his nudience. Tho postal authorities in Russia have called a conference to formulate regulations for government supervis ion of wireloss stations nnd for tho use of wireless telegraph on foreign ships in Russian waters. Fifteen Mexican rebels wero cap tured on Amftrican territory thirty miles southwost of Tucson, Ariz., by deputy shoriffa. Tho rebols wero be lieved to havo boon on thoir way to Casa Grande to obtain ammunition. Washington during all of this week will bo tho health mecca of tho world. Thoro havo guthorod from nil quar ters of the globo thousands of experts on health and vital statistics to at tend tho fifteenth International Con groBB on Hygieno and Demography. Secretary MaoVeagh Is wrestling with tho question or whether to admit freo of duty food for usj on board American Bhlps under the amend mont to tho Panama canal act abol ishing duty on all ship building ma terial and equlpmont Imported Into tho United States. Plans for an advertising campaign In bohnlf of tho Panama canal havo boon formulated. Secretary of tho Navy Meyer announced that with tho crulso of the Atlantic floot to south ern wators this winter, ho will arrango tho sohcdulo so that all sailors and pfllclals will visit tho canal. Mrs. Helon Plorco Gray, known ns a champion of Iudluns before con gress, has been arrested on a charge of concoallng public records. Mrs. Gray admitsthat alio took tho Crow trlbo allotment rolls, Involving lands worth $100,000,000, becnuflo sho was afraid they would bodoBtroyed. Housewives of Philadelphia aro en Joying tho lowest prices In produco known thoro for years. Produco Is abundant, cheap and of high quality. Market exports declare tho potato crop 1b larger than In ten yeura; apples tho best aluco 189(i, and on ions aro four times as plentiful as over boforo. At RIohmon, Va., Charles O. Berry, president or the National Leaguo of PostmnBters, In an address before the convention urged an Increase of sal aries In third and fourth class otll cob. "The olllclal register." said Berry, "shows that out of IU.S17 fourth claaB olllces. 25,817 pay loss than $200 a year. In the Third district 6.1S8 pay less than $100 per year, and in the Eighth district. 905 puy less than $100 a year. Nebraska building and loan asso ciations havo $30,000,000 of tho poo plo's money In their keeping Personal. Hon. W. J. Bryan characterizes RooBovelt ub a dangerous man. President Taft celebrated his ritith birthday by a visit to Aunt Bella Tor rey. This weok Gov. Wilson will make BpeuchcB in Iowa, South Dakota aud Minucsotn. Governor Wilson has called upon of. fleers to investigate ulleged vlco In Newark, N. J, DISEASE SPREADING HORSE MALADY GOES TO NORTH PART OF STATE. LINCOLN M0N1ENTACCEPTED Statue Coot, All Told, 536.C0D, All of Which Has Been Paid But About $2,000. Dr. Brostrom, atato veterlnarlun, reports the horse disease spreading to the north .part of tho state. Ho Is of tho opinion that it la a bacterial disease. Ho eayu there Is no doubt that tho brnlu and spinal cord of horses aro highly inflamed and he pronounces it spiuul meningitis though this condition can be pro duced by at least three causes. Tho government theory that it Is a fungus, poison in thu pasturage or hay or grain, Is not accepted by Dr. Bro strom. Ho admits that tho germ may bo found In grass or hay, but that does not prove it to bo a fungus poi Bon. Tho government's theory that tho poison comes from a fungus growth In pasture and its growth is fostered in damp places Is not borne out by tho fact that tho disease up pours in both damp, low ground along tho Missouri river and also In the dry sand hill region whero grass is too short and tho weather has been too dry to promoto such growth. ' Dr. Davison and his assistants or the government service are atlll in vestigating In Nebraska and have assigned to new Btatlona. One went to Shelton, Elm Creek and Lexington, another to York, Thayer, Brndshaw und other towns in York county. An other wont to Fremont and Dodge county towns and another has been sent to Beaver City, Wilsonvllle, Red Cloud and Superior. Accepts Lincoln Monument. The board of public IiukIb and build ings formally uccopted tho Lincoln monument and returned a bond to Daniel C. French, tho sculptor, to gether with commendation of his work nnd tho work of Mr. Bacon, tho architect who designed tho architec tural feature of tho monument. Mr. French recoived $20,000 for tho sta tue of Abraham Lincoln and subcon tractors received various sums mak ing a. total of $36,000 paid out by the monument commission. The commis sion has at its dispoaal $34,000, being mado up of a stato appropriation of $20,000, an appropriation by tho city of Lincoln of $5,000 and private dona tions amounting to $9,000, leaving a balanco of $2,000 not provided for. It Ib Bald private parties will subscrlbo this sum and perhaps tho legislature will be called upon to reimburse them. Tho resolution adopted by Land Commissioner E. B. Cowles, Secre tary Addison Walte, Slate Treasurer Walter A. George and Attorney Gen eral Grant Martin, Is as follows: "Resolved by the bourd of public lauds and building that wo accept on behalf of tho stato of Nebrasku, tho statuo and monument on tho stato houso groundB in memory of Abra ham Lincoln, and commend the work of Danlol Chester French, tho sculp tor, for his excellent statue of the martyred president, nnd commend nl bo tho architectural design of tho ac cessories by Mr. Bacon and tho secre tary of thoboard, Ib boreby instruct ed to forward to Mp. French, his bond given to tho Btato for tho satisfactory fulfillment of tho contract." Bank Incorporated. Tho Farmers' Stato bank of Tal mago has been incorporated with u capltul atock of $20,000. Tho ofllccrs aro B. C. Marquurdt, president; Adolph Rlttor, vice president; E. G. Spencor, cashier. Morrill to University, rrof. Walter J. Morrill, for several years In tho forest service of the govornmont In Colorado, hn been solected to head tho department of forestry at tho stato university. Ho nrrlved In Lincoln a few daB ago and has been getting acquainted with tho work hero preparatory to tho be ginning of tho school year. Prof. Morrill Is a graduate of the Maiuo nnlverBlty and of tho forest school at Yale. Cattle Also Dying. Governor Aldrich received a mes Bago from ox-Mayor McConaughay of Holdrego saying that olght head of cattto had died u fow miles from that place with a disease which had ull the symptoms of tho horse dlseaGO that Is raging in Nobraska. Suppressing the Horse Disease. Peter Youngers of Geneva, accom panied by Mr. Brown, called at tho office of tho governor to ubIc for aid In suppressing tho epizootic In Fill more county. From forty to fifty horaes have died dully , Care of Insane Patients. , Douglas county is anxious for tho Btato to tako care of inaauo patients in that county who aro now kopt In tho county hospital. Robert Smith, clerk of tho county Insanity bourd, has written Land Commissioner Cowles that thirty four mon and nlno tuen lusano woman aro in tho hospital and recently several lusnno killed thomselvcs. This self destruction, tho clork suyB, waB simply bocauBo tho county has no moaua to give them proper caro. When now buildings are ready patlentB will bo recoived. WILL COMBAT CLAIM. Attorney General Says The State Owea Nothing. Deputy Attorney General George W. Ayres Is prepared to go Into the su premo court at tho next session to combat the claim of Sam Patterson of Arupuhoe. who sued the state tor $0,000 salary alleged to be duo ' m because Governor Shullenberer -a-pointed him secretary of tho e .e banking board when the former wus in oflice. Because the new bunking law was suspended by the circuit court of the United States Mr. Pat terson did not get to serve. In thu district court of Lancaster county the state won, and the suit has been appealed by Patterson to the supreme court. Basing Its argument on tho admitted facts In tho cuse the state contends: First. Thut Edward Royso was either the de facto or the de jure sec retary of the state banking board during ull the tlmo for which tho plaintiff claims the emoluments of that office. Second. That having paid him tho Balary of such office, the stato is not compelled to pay same a second tlmo to another. Third. That Irrespective of tho pay ment of the salary of said office to said Royse, tho plaintiff, in view of the peculiar wording of his appoint ment and in view of the fact that he performed none of tho duties of tho office, is not entitled to recover com pensation therefor. Deputy Attorney General Ayres says In his brief. "It will be remembered that plain tilt's cqmmlsslon fiom the governor to hold the office of secretary of the state banking board names no specific date at which his term of office shall commence nor how long it shall con tinue. It merely states that ho Is appointed to said office for the term beginning from and after taking ef fect of said act 1909 for such time as ho shall satisfactorily perform all tho duties imposed upon such officer by law, not to exceed, however, n pe riod of two years. "Innsmuch ns the law to which ref erence is made in the plaintiff's cer tificate of appointment never became effective, so far ob the carrying out of its provisions was concerned, until long niter the plaintiff haa withdrawn his bond and virtually abandoned all claim to tho office, and Inasmuch as he never, even for an instant, per formed any of the dnties of Buid of fice, it is clear that he Is not enti tled in any event to recover a salary as such officer. To hold otherwiso would he to hold that the law took effect at a tlmo when all the officers churged with its execution were en joined by a court of competent Juris diction from enforcing any of its pro vislona and that tho plaintiff was per forming all tho duties of said office in a satisfactory manner when in truth and in fact he was not perform ing or even attempting to perform any of them, being enjoined there from by the order of a court of com petent jurisdiction. Employes' Company Appeals. Tho National Employes' association has appealed to the supreme court from the district court 'of Lancaster county. Tho association Insures Ub policyholders against loss of work. As this does not come under tho regular Insurance law, tho auditor denied thorn a license to do business in this state Tho lower court sustained the act of tho auditor. Believes Worms the Cause. Worms in lust year's corn crop are belioved by ono Lincoln man who owns a Inrgo number of valuable horses to bo the cause of the disease which Is carrying away so many horses In the state. He has spent more than a hundred dollars during tho past year in having his corn care fully sifted and tho ends of all tho ears cut off before feeding the corn to his horses. August Weather. August, according to tho report of tho weather bureau, was a cool and wot month. The mean temperature wob a trifle over 71 dogrees and al most a wholo degree less than tho average acquired In tho thirty-seven years that records have been kept. In the southeastern portion of tho stato the mean temperature rose ubovo the normal, but this was offset in the western part of tho Btute, whero tho averago was two and three degrees lower than tho thirty-seven-year aver ago. Tho warmoBt period of tho month was tho lust nlno days, when In several parta of the stato the mer cury mounted to tho 100-degreo mark. Asks Release of Property. A motion to hnvo the United StateB marshal roleaso property belonging to Campbell Bros.' circus on tho ground that It Is still In the hands of tho state courtB waB filed before Judgo T. C. Mungor. Several days ago an action was brought by a lith. ographing company of Knnsas City to collect a bill for $9,000 from the cir cus. State University Filling Up. If tho registration of students tho llrst day at tho State university Is any Indication of what tho attendance will bo this year, tho record will bo broken by a considorablo margin. Tho llrst day's registration this year shows tho healthy number of sovonty two, whllb last year tho first day only 29G roglstorod. This year thoro nro only four days for registration pur poses, whllo laBt year llvo days woro given to tho work, which may pos sibly account for tho rush on at this time. LUG GOSI RISES WHAT IS DISCLOSED BY A RE CENT INVESTIGATION. GATHER STATISTICS IN CITIES Fifteen Articles of Food and Coaf Considered, Potatoes Being tho Worst Offenders. Washington Marked upward trend of the cost of living la disclosed In tho federal bureau of labor's report of nu Investigation of prices for the last ten years conducted In the Important In dustrial centers of thirty-two states. Fifteen most Important urtlclos of food, as well as coal, comprising two thirds of a worklngman's needs, wero investigated. In many cities the in vestigators gathered statements of merchants on the cost of living and specimens of these are published in tho report. On Juno 15, 1912, tho report shows, fourteen of tho llfteen artices of food were higher than a year before, ahd ten had advanced in the last ten years more than 50 per cent over the, aver ago retail price for the ten-year pe riod, 1890-1899. During tho last decade prices of po tatoes changed most and sugar tho least. Their advances wero 1.9 and 8.5 per cent, respectively. During tho last year bacon, which decreased Just one-tenth of 1 per cent, wus the only one of the llfteen principal articles of food that showed a decline in price, while nino of tho llfteon advanced more than 10 per cent, varying from 2.4 per cent for milk to 18.6 for round steak. Of the fifteen, only eggs, but ter, milk and sugar were lower, but tho prico of threo of these four is nor mally lower during summers than during winters. Specimens of tho statements of merchants in various cities, published in tho report follow Now York Meat3 In general aro so high that if prices continue much longer will bo obliged to closo up business. Havo aready lost about $200 since advance In prices. Chicago Jobbing price on flour has advanced 80 cents per barrel and un less thoro Ib a decllno in tho near fu ture retail prices will advance. Boston First: Cheap Birlolns aro so high and poor that I am not cut ting any at present. Both grades of cattle havo gono up and tho above prices Just about let mo out without profit. Second: Beef, especially on cheaper cuts, 10 to 20 per cent higher. Third: Tho high prico of meats is causing ub to close our place of busi ness on or about July 4. . Salt Lake City: Everything seems to bo at tho top, but nothing shows any decline. IT MAY MEAN WAR. Ulster Unionists Will Rebel Against Asquith-Redmond Bill. London. On Saturday, September 28, unionists of tho northern counties of Ireland propose to register their formal defiance of home rule. Gather ing In halls and market places, even in churches, tho men of Ulster will sign a covenant pledging themselves novor to submit to any government from Dublin, which may bo imposed upon tho country by tho Asquith-Redmond homo rue bill passed in tho House of Commons. "Ulster day" is the designation chosen for this re markable political sacrament. Allen Trial Soon On. Roanoke, Va. Handcuffed and guarded by ten detoctlves, Sidna Al len and Wesley Edwurds, arrested a week ago In Dos Moines to answer for their part In the Carroll county court hoiiBo murders, wero taken to Hlllsvlllo Sunday. They will be ar ralgned there Monday. It is probablo a change of vonuo to Wythevllle will bo ordored at tho request of tho com monwealth. Face Severe Investigation. Chicago. Chicago's pollco depart ment is facing tho greatest upheaval in its history as a result of tho scan dal growing out of tho recent escape of two Canadian bank robbers from Lieutenant Burns in a Wabash uve nuo saloon. Believe Italian Has Leprosy. Washington. The health author ities of Spokane, WiibIi., havo appeal ed to tho public health service to is olate the family of Antonio Volcane, an Italian, oni the ground thut Vol cane nnd IiIb 11-year-old sou are suf. ferlng from leprosy. A Suffragette In Hospital. Dulln. Mrs. Mary Leigh, tho suffra gotte hunger-striker, was transferred from her cell to the prison liospltal dangerously ill us a result of forcible feeding. School Boys on Strike. Baltimore, Md, Because negroeB woro given, thoir building and thoy wore compelled to walk longer dis tances to school, boys of school 91 went on Btrlke. Thoy marched to tho city hall, told tho mayor about It and Invaded school headquarters. Killed By Bootleggers. Coffeyvllle, Kas. Two officers were killed nnd two wounded In an ambush by bootleggors. Tho ofllclals in an auto were patrollng roads over which lie quor is Illegally carried. NEBRA3KA IN BHlEF. Tho grand assessment roll of N braska this year is $403,371,889. Tho horso disease hao taken about thirty heud In tho vicinity of Dunne brog. Norman Parks of Custer county If accused of burning property to col lect Insurance. Young men of Lincoln have formed a Tuft club and will boost big Bill to bcut the baud. The slate university Ib expected this year to break tho record in tho mutter of attendance. Douglas county pays F. O. Johnson $5,397 to remove the old court house and gives him the material therein. Miss Elsa Huberlc of Nebraska City and Miss Edna Flnley of Belle vue, have gone to Porto Rico to en gage In teaching. Thomns Fred, an elghtoon-year old employe of tho Kearney canning fac tory, was killed on the railway cross ing by a switch train. Oliver Phillips, a Beatrice black smith, attempted suicide in Omaha, where he had gone to effect a recon ciliation with his wife. Authorities of Washington aro atlrred up over the horse disease o prevalent in Nebraska nnd will do all posslblo toward stamping out the malady. Four young loafers In Omaha, nono of them over 22, have been arrested for holding up people at tho point of the pistol. They'll have tlmo to think it over in the bfg stone pen. A Blair business man and his wife have suddenly disappeared, which is nil right with the exception that they left a lot of unpaid bills that have started creditors hot on their trail. For the Nebraska Teachers' con vention in Omaha on November 8, the Mendelssohn choir secured through tho publicity bureau will give a con cert, with Marion Green, tho Chicago baritone, as soloist. Whllo William Delgan of Raymond was driving homo from town with a load of coal when one of tho horses was suddenly stricken with cerebro spinal moningiti8, falling to the ground and ho was unable to get tho animal to his home. Dr. D. II. Udall, professor of veteri nary medicine nt the New York state veterinary college, affiliated with Cornell university, arrived In Omaha to conduct an investigation of tho so-called horse meningitis epidemic in Nebraska and Kansas. Ho was brought to the statu by tho Union Pacific railroad company. Forty bushels of wheat, weighing sLty-two pounds to tho bushel, is a typical yield per aero In tho so-called "dry-farming" area of western Ne braska, according to H. W. Camp bell, apostlo of dry farming, who is in Omaha. "I don't like to call It dry farming," said Mr. Campbell. "It isn't dry farming. It Is merely sensible, spientiflc farming. And it is getting results." Edward Evans, a student of Sherl dan, Wyo., committed suicide near Nornlal. Leaping from the second story window of his bedroom, Evans, clad only in his night clothes, made his way to the barn and thore finding a short piece of rope, hung himself from the rafters. His body was found a short tlmo afterwards. Evans was about 27 years of age. For sev eral months the young man has been affected with a peculiar mental dis ease and has tried on several occa sions to take his own life. Citizens of Louisville, says a dis patch from that town, are investigat ing stories that a young man, 27 years of age, who has been watchman for Hugh Murphy in the quarries, was in reality a Mexican of high birth. He disappeared three days ago and whon he left It was said his real name was Pedro Diaz. Living with him here has been his brother, Joe, 12 years of age, who not long ago ran away to Des Moines and was brought back by the brother. Pedro, it Is said, re ceived a monthly draft of $100 from Mexico and the boy ono for $50. Fire destroyed the store In G ion over at 3 o'clock In the morning, tho building burning to the ground with the entire stock of groceries. The building belonged to tho Lang Brothers nnd tho loss Is fully covered by insurance. A passenger coach filled with or phans from an institution in New York city arrived in Burwell. The lit tle oneB, whoso ages range from two months to threo years, were placed in homes, in that vicinity. Tho orphans wero in charge of several nurses whllo muklng tho trip from the metro polis of the country. The loss of between thirty and for ty head of mixed stock belonging to J. H. Benny, Henry Hartman and Roy Dolan, who reside in tho north part of Stanton county, has been reported to Albert Fickler, captain- of tho north Nebraska live stock protective asso ciation. Ho reported it to Sheriff James R. Stucker, who occupies the office of chief captain of tho associa tion. The officers Immediately began a thorough investigation. Tho trail ended with tho recovory of twenty tow head of tho stock taken allvo and hides und brands for tho balance. Cupid is a buBy body in these pros perous Nobraska days. It is mar. ring efro mone end of the state to the other, with the big marital harvest yet to come, ns the days grow colder and the nights longer. Tho water shortage problem which has been vexing tho city of Weep ing Water for u number of montliH has been solved by tapping an arte Blan wall, dug boiuo tlmo ago by the Missouri Pacific, but now unused. Tho well is 480 feet deep and from all Indications will servo its purpose us an emergency well for alf time to come. - J-qHH-S--".fc.w ijrww. .A.".. .- ,.,,wfcw. jm--