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THE SEK1-WEEKLV TBIBUHE HIA L. BARB, Publisher, TERMS, $1.26 IN ADVAJKJH. NORTH PLATTE, . . NEDRA8KA fc FOR THE BUSY HI NEW3 CPITOME THAT CAN OOON DE COMPASSED. MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED Home and Foreign Intelligence Con densed Into Two and Four Lino Paragraphs Political Notes. President Taft predicts victory for republican party next month. Supporters of Prcsldont Taft in Ca lifornia aro plainly dlBfranchiHed. Gov. Wilson, it is said, will make no more Bpccchcs during tlio cam Dufgn. Governor Johnson acciiBed Governor Wilson of hedging on tlio triiHt ques tion. Soon after tlio election, President Taft 1b contemplating a trip to the Panama cunul. Suit in behalf of Colonel RooBovelt liiB boon started against, a Michigan editor for alleged libel. . Governor Marshall twlttet Gover nor Johnson on having such a bad electoral law in California. Eugene V. DobB, socialist candidate for president, is on a speech-making tour throughout the country. In 11 letter to John Wannmakor, Prceldont Taft argued against a (banco in ndmlnlHtrativo "policies, In tho opinion of Senator Cummins Iho progressiva party principles nro tioroly advanced republican ideas. I HepublicatiH filed an injunction fgalnst the socrotary of Btato of Ix)ul8lana to provont liirn placing pro gressive eloctors on tlio offlclul bal pt for tho Novombor election. nopresentatlvo Henry of Texas an nounces that in his Informal stato ' ment of campaign oxponses sont to Washington ho had certified ho did not spend a cent bithor In tho pri mary or gonoral election. Governor Wilson and his advocates bavo misrepresented tho attltudo of tho progressive party toward tho trustfl was charged by Oovernor John eon of California in a speech in tho Auditorium at Harrlsburg, Pa. Socrotary Hester in a statement of tho world's vislblo supply of cotton BhowB an increase for tho week Just dosed of 310,117 bales against an In crease of 32.4G0 bales last year and An increase- of 257,319 bales year be fore lest. CharleB Nagol secretary of com morco and ' labor, In an address at Canton; Ohio, defended Prcsldont Tuft's policies during his administra tion with a recounting of variouB pro gressive laws which woro secured through his activity. United States Sonator La Toilette, In a speech at La Crosso, Wis., de clared that ho would vote for neither HooBovolt, Taft nor WllBon. Ho com pared tho suppression of competition through tho trusts, to a huge cancer, tho removal of which roqulros great skill, Making his last address In Now Jor coy during tho prosont campaign, Gov ernor Johnson sharply crltlclBod Gov ernor Wilson for his failure to do a littlo truBt houso cleaning by driving tho Standard Oil, Tobucco company find, thirty or forty .othor trusts, of Which Now JorBoy is tho mother, out of business, Contributions to tho presidential campaign fund of tlio democratic par ty this year totnllod $078,364, accord ing to tho sworn statement of Treas urer Itolla C. WollB of St. Louis, filod with tho chlof clerk of tho houso of representatives. Expenditures ag gregated $5G2,G18.21, Including $120, 000 8en,t toj headquarters at Now York, and thoro aro outstanding obll Cntions of $56,149. General. SerlouB troublo is feared in Cuba In connection wltli tho Cuban olec- lion. Tho United Statos will ndhero to Ita policy of non-intervention in Moxtco Governor Johnson says Roosevelt made rich men his enemies by plead ing tho cntiso of tho downtrodden. Tho men who tried to run a ten v million dollar cotton corner havo a chnnco to escape government proso cutlon. Tho London Times understands that both majority and minority reports of tho dlvorco commission will recom mend that tlio sexes bo equal bofore tho law in tho mattor of dlvorco. Tho general eloctlon in Norway Is going strongly against tho government. Out of 123 seats tho roturns for ninety flvo aro complote. In tho case of forty eeven of theso tho results aro Induct Nlve, requiring nnothor election. Tho atoamship Asiatic Prlnco which arirvod at Now York Friday from Brazilian ports, roported tho roscuo of thirteen men. from tho burning steam ship FagundoB Varolla, off tho Brazl llan coaBt October 7. Tho ship caught 11 ro from chomicala In its hold. Enough lottora will bo on hand be foro tho Jury In tho "dynamlto con spiracy" trial to keep witnesses busy for n weok Identifying them. Tho Klmmol olalmunt again waa mlBsing when tho suit to recover from nn Insurance company of Now York 920,000 on tlio-lifo of Goorgo A. Kim met was called In a St. Louis court. Australian promotors of pugilism will have nothing to do with Jack Johnson. Tho conviction of Charles Docker for iriurdor In tho first degree Is a Btartllng event In American criminal history. Two military ofilfTlcorB, followers of Diaz In Mexico, woro shot by court martial ordor. Tho first groat battle, In tlio Bal kan states Is expected to bo fought at Adrlanoplo. Efforts to ovnngellze tho Moham medan Inhabitants of Mlndlnas are said to bo u failure. Voggomen blow open tho Bafo in tho Grump grocery Btoro in Richland, Iowa, Hccurlng $175. Bulgarians captured tho Important, Turkish city of Klrk-KIIIessoh after a thrco dayB' battle. Tho United States has placed an ordor for nary sheila abroad at a considerable saving. Pollco Lieutenant Charles Bockor won found guilty of murder la the first degree at Now York. Fire which swept a portion of tho business district of Unnlcv, Sask., caused a loss of $100,000. Rebels at Vora Cruz, Mexico, woro led to bellovo tho federal forces in tended to Join tholr standard. Secretary of Agrlculturo James Wilson declared tho tariff was tlio only Issiio in tho present campaign. Goorgo W. Perkins, aa a witness boforo tho sonato committee, became vchomnnt In liln denial of charges. Important witnesses wanted In tho prosecution of tho Jack Johnson-Lu-cllo Cameron nffalr havo disappeared. Fight thousand dollars In pay cjtocks woro stolen from a messenger boy and partly cashed at Minneapolis. A national marketing association for farmers was advocated by B. F. Yoakum nt Dallas, Texas, in an ad dress bofore tho convention of South. western growers. MIbb Mildred Kolly, a young white woman, was shot in Now York and probably fatally wounded by Charles E Leo, a negro, who was formerly hor chauffeur. Leo then killed him Boir. Women of republican headquarters In Now York nro exhibiting tho pro tective tariff doll, In lnco and finery, to show that tho avorago woman can havo such an outfit, in spite of tariffs, for $25. Jack Johnson, pugilist, will not bo allowed to appoar on any vaudovlllo stago in KanaiiB City,, If Mayor Jost can prevent It, becnusd of his part in tho alleged abduction of Lucllo Camer on. Attorney Gonoral WlckorBham has aoked tlio supreme court to decido which branch of tho United Statea courts shall enforco tho recent decrco In favor of tho government in tho St Louis torminnl case. Ono million tickets printed in prep aration for n proposed "progressive tag day" In New York City, probably will bo wasted bocauso tho authori ties rulod that tagging la technically begging on tho streets, Josoph WatBon Ingalls, boatswain of tho liner Sonoma, en roitto to Australia, was washed ovorboard and drowned when a hugo sea broko over tho ehlp'H bow In a galo mot by the vossol C50 miles out from San Fran cisco. A pollco woman's conforenco open-. od Its cessions in Portland, Oro., with leproBontatlves of Washington, Orogou and California cities In attend ance The dologatca to tho confor ouco nro womon actually in police work. i J. C. Morcoraus, president of the Morcorau Brldgo and Construction company, and Goorgo West, a civil on glnoor, woro killed when a motor car in which thoy woro riding droppod 150 feet off a declivity In tho Mallbu mountains bovou miles from Colaba sas, Cnl. Findings of thox general court mar tlal acquitting Captains Jowltt and Hondorson and fivo enlisted men of tho Stato National Guard of charges growing out of tho killing of three citizens during tho Augusta street car Btrlko woro approved by Gover nor Brown of Georgia. Roar Admiral Southorland has re ported -to tho Navy department that tho mounted American marines and bluo-Jackots making excursions through tho Boctlona of Nicaragua re cently torn by tho revolutionists, found that good ordor prevails as tho date for tho election, November 3, approaches, Thoro may bo some reasons for anonymous authorship In Bpeclal cases, but there seems to bo no good reason for anonymous manufacturing, yet, notwithstanding, it appears to bo practlsod n great deal, bo much bo that a bill was introduced in tho last congress which provldcB that every artlclo placed upon tho markot for Interstate or foreign commorcco nhall bear tho natno and address of tho manufacturer under a penalty of n fino not exceeding $1,000.00, or bIx months' Imprisonment, or both. Why should not that also bo n wholcsomo provision for domoBtlo commorco to protect our own people, ns so many articles nro now being offered under prlvnto brnndB without tho maker's namo, and thoroforo cannot bo dotor mined to what cIbbb thoy belong? Infantllo paralysis has apponred among tho KsklmoB of Alaska for tho first tlmo of which thoro is known rocord. r Personal. Vlco President Sherman mado a contribution to tho campaign. Attorney Gonoral Wlckeraham opon ed hlu four days' spoaklng tour of Ohio. Prcsldont Taft and family havo ro turnod to Washington. Woodrow Wilson expects to make a few more campaign spoechos. 11 DEAL II POLITICS STATE SUPREME COURT HAND8 DOWN TWO DECISIONS. ' RIGHTS OF VARIOUS PARTIES Taft Men Placed as Republicans t nd Roosevelt Admirers Will Be on the Ticket as Progressives. Tho Btato Biipromo court handed down a unanimous decision holding that tho six Taft electors choson by tho republican state committee, to gether with tho two republican elec tors chosen at the apring primaries who remained loyal to Taft aro en titled fo tho designation "republican" on tlio ballot In tho general election and to a placo at the top of the- bal lot. The decision of tho district court in a enso brought by tho Taft men seeking to deny tho Roosevelt men tho ubcb of tho name "republi can" wao uphold by tho Bupremo court. Secretary of Stato Walt order cd tho county clerks of tho varioua counties to proceed with the printing of the baliota for tho general election and placo tho names of tho Taft electors at the head of the list with tho designation, "republican." Tho Roosevelt electors choBen In theatato primaries go at the bottom and aro labeled "progressive." The Morrlsey Case. , Tlio court also handed down a dp cision in tho Morrisoy case. The low er court is upheld and the right given to tho third party for a place on tho November ballot. Thus all parties will now bo given opportunity to vote for those who will represent their wishes In regard to tho presidency of tho na tion. Signers of Statement No. 1. Of tho. candidates of the two' big parties for tho legislature, 233 havo signed statement No. J, agroelug to voto for tho popular cholco for Unitd States senator. Where tho other thirty Btnnd is not known, ac cording to information from tho Of fice of secretary of state, Btato legisla tive referenco bureau and headquar ters of tho two political parties. Of tho thirty thus denoted only two members nro In tho list of candidates for tho Btato senate, T. T. Linkhart of Coleridge and Peter .Tanson of Beat rice. Tho latter was in th last ses sion of ilie state legislature and went through his campaign without signing this Btatcment. When Senator Hitch cock wan formally elected ho voted for one of his follow townsmen for tho pluco. Both of tho senatorial candidates who havo not signed, are republicans. In tho list of candidates for tho houso thoro nro slxtoen republicans who havo failed to notify any.of the local sources of their 'action upon the etatomont. Eloven democrats aro in a similar position. Of tho total of thir ty who havo not yet sent In their de cisions, there aro twenty-four seats repreBonted, or nlno districts whero both candidatoa havo failed to give wide-spread expression to their views of tho nenatorial statement. Union Paclfic'3 Report. Tho annual report of tho Union Pa cific railroad for tho fiscal year end ing Juno 30, 1912, Just filed with the state railway commission, shows that Nobraskn business of this road fell off considerably over the flBcal year of 1911. Total passenger earnings for tho year reached tho sum of $5,188,137, aa compared to $5,264,881 for tho previous year. Freight earn ings on stnto business foil oft from $13,511,055 to $12,098,307. Total oper ating revenue was reduced from $19,059,477 to $17,554,540. Shubert Wants New Station. Tho peoplo of Shubert havo pott tlonod tho railway commission for bet ter Btation facilities at that town, which Is situated on tho Burlington railway. Thoy also want two passen ger trains each way. Thoy complain that there Is no agent on duty when freight trains arrlvo In tho night. Memorial Services. Memorial services woro hold In tho supremo court In momory of E. C. Calkins, a former supremo court com missioner, who died recently nt his homo in Kearney. Judgo Calkins was appointed supremo court commis sioner April 1C, 1907, and served in that capacity about two years. Upholds Thrasher Case. Tho supremo court handed down an opinion In tho caso or Thrasher against Stato, tho caso having been nppenlod from tho district court of Scott's Bluff county, whero Thrasher had been convicted for tho murder of a 17-year-old girl who had died from tho effects of a criminal oporntlon. Tho caso wus affirmed. Adjusting Telephone Rates. Tho readjustment of telophono ratea, following tho elimination of competition in thla stato has sot tho railway commlBBloncrB to tho partic ularly arduous tuBk of finding a basis upon which thoy may dotermlno tho investment returns to bo allowed com panles. Tho companies assert that they havo been pared to a point where tho returns wero too moagor whllo tho oltlzonB of many of tho communi ties bellovo thoy havo been suffic iently recompensed for what they havo provided. NEBRASKA A LliADER, What Secretary Mellor Says of tt Commonwealth. W. R. Mellor, secretary of tho Ne braska Stato Board of Agriculture, has tho following to say of Nebraska: The census flgureB reveal somo striking facts about agricultural pro gross In Nebraska. During tho last decade Nebraska has leaped to fourth in rank In the total amount of farm property, now being exceeded only by Illinois, Iowa and Texas. In Its per capita wealth for the peoplo resident on tho farmB Nebraska ia now second In rank, being led only by Iowa, which has $2,425 per capita, whllo Nebraska has $2,300. When compared with other states, Nebrasi'B farm wealth assumes astoundlnfe propor tions. Tho per capita wealth of tho people on the farm In tho United States aa a whole Is $830; for the groat geo graphical sub-dlvlslona of tho country it is as follows: New England, $790; middle Atlantic, $129; east north cen tral, $1,172; west north Central, $1,743; South Atlantic, $324; east south centrul, $5C2; mountain statos, $1,042; Pacific states, $1,53G; Nebras ka, $2,3G0. As compared with tho corn-belt statcB Nebraska farmers havo $1,455 more per capita than- those of Ohio, $554 moro than Illinois, $1,198 more thanthan Indiana, $1,083 more than Missouri, and moro than twice as much as tho farmers of Kansas, who can count but $1,775 per capita, ac cording to the 1910 census. Nebraska farmers now have more property than those of all New Eng land with tho addition of New Jer sey, Maryland and Virginia; during tho last ten years Nebraska farmers have Increased their wealth 119 per cent more than thoso of Ohio, 93 per cent moro than those of Indiana, 83 per cent more than Illinois, 121 per cent more than Michigan, 104 per cent moro than Wisconsin, 90 per cent moro than Minnesota, 7G per ,cent moro than Iowa, 80 per cent moro than Missouri and 42 per dent moro than Kansas. The census bureau figures tho pop ulation of all towns under 2,500 as "rural population;" excluding tho pop ulation of the small towns, Nebraska had G28.408 peoplo on its farms in 1910; the percaplta wealth of these peoplo actually on the farms of Ne braska is $3,G00, or $18,000 per fam ily of five persons. This is $11,410 per family moro than the average wealth of the United States. ' Tho accomplishment of this stu pendous result by a little over 500,000 peoplo on tho farms of Ne braska is a veritable marvel. Tho soil of Nebraska Is a great reservoir of fertility; tho average valuation of farm land Is less than $50 per acre; why should farmerB leavo Nebraska for Canada, tho northwest or south west In search of opportunity? Lower Court Upheld. Arthur M. Nixon, who was con victed In Richardson county of Boil ing liquor without a license, was de feated in ills efforts to secure a re versal In the stato supremo court. That tribunal upheld tho action of the lower x court setting out that if the liquor "looked like whisky and tasted like whisky" it was sufficient to sustain a conviction despite the fact that witnesses sworo that it had caused no Intoxication. Stallion Registration Board. Tho first apnual report of tho Ne braska Btallion registration board haa been issued. Under the new law this board inspects animals used for breeding purposes and cortlflos as to thoir pedigrco and soundness. Dr. Bostrom, state veterinarian, is presi dent; W. R. Mellor, secretary of tho state board of agriculture, is secre tary, and A. E. Nelson'ts assistant secretary. Tho report contains illu strations showing many common blomlshes In bones and feet of stnl HonB that aro transmissible to off spring and a discussion of the various diseases of animals, etc. Application has been filed with the Stato Banking Board for tho incorpo ration of a now bank to bo called tho Stato Bank of Omaha, located at Omaha. Hog Disease Follows Horse Malady. Farmers In many sections of the Btato havo lost hogs from tho epide mic of cholera which is now raging following an outbreak which dates back to tho middle of August. Profes sor Gains of the department of patho logy of tho atato agricultural experi ment Btation tins many calls for hog cholera sorum and assistants nro kept busy sending it to localities whero the dlseaso Is found. Tho Borum is de clared to havo proven effective ob n preventive. Professor Sturdovant, as sistant to Professor Gains, stated that tho epidemic Is worao this year than for fifteen years. Calls for 6erum have como from David City, Thomp son, Stromsburg. Ord, Dodge, York, Beatrice, Cortland, Leigh, Valparaiso, Adams, Soward, Ong, WIsner, Am liorst, Fnirileld. Eagle, Norfolk, Mc Cool, Weeping Water and many other places, Fighting Telephone Rates. Flvo citizens of York county who nro making preparations to fight tho ralBO of telophono rates there called upon tho state railway commissioners in an offort to obtain information which will help thorn in tho action. Thoso who called were C. F. Gilbert, John Doran, A. S. Myers, T. II. Clif ford and Charles Myers, They de clared that tho present rates earn a rcnoonablo return for tho ownora of tho telophono company und that tho return will bo oven bettor when tho proposed consolidation takes effeoL SENTENCE OF DEATH DIAZ, LEADER OF REVOLUTION, MAY DE EXECUTED. PENALTY AS VET UNCERTAIN Madcro Opposed to Clemency, Saying that Mercy Would Be Regarded as Sign of Weakness. Vera Cruz. General Felix Diaz, lender of tho recent revolt hero, and Major Zerate, Colonel Antonio MIgou and Lieutenant Lima, ofllcors under Diaz in ills attompt to overthrow tho government, wore condemned to death by court-martial. Lieutenant Camn nho, Captain Mnyen of the rural guard', and Captain Hormillo Martinez wero sentenced to ten years' imprisonment nnd Gabriel Ramos, customs collector, and Hot nan Arostegul, censor of tele grams, wero sentonced to ono year's imprisonment. Nino other officers and civilians wero allowed to go free. Tho court martial, which waB pre sided over by General Davila, sat In socrot session from 2 o'clock Saturday mornlug until 3:15 o'clock Sunday morning. Tho sentences caused a sensation. A great crowd, including relatives and many friends of tho nc cused men, gathered outsldo tho build ing, whero tho court sat, and waited for hours for tho findings, notwith standing a heavy rainstorm. , General Davila refused to acknowl edge the ordors of tho district Judgo to suspend tho proceedings in tho caso of General Diaz and Major Ze rate. General Deltran, military com tnandor of tho zone, however, accept ed a writ of habeas corpus and suspended tho executions, leaving tho prisoners temporarily at tho disposi tion of tho district court. U Is thought probable that Colonel Migoni and Lieutenant Lima will be shot without much moro ado. Tho proceedings of the military court have been criticised generally as being very deficient. Public opinion haa been strongly against a military trial for General Diaz. It Is openly as serted that the prisoners had an in adequate defense, and no investiga tions have been made so far as to why the federal troops entered the city with white flags flying and the greet ing, "Long livo Diaz." Mexico City. General Felix Diaz, leader of tho revolution, recently In augurated in Vera Cruz, and three of his confederates havo been sentenced to death by tho court-martial before which thoy wero tried in that city. At tho samo tlmo word of tho ver dict against Diaz was received, came a report that the military court had de cided to recognizo tho ordor of suspension of sentence upon tho revo lutionary leader, granted by tho dis trict court pending investigation as to whether the trial of Diaz should be by military or civil court. Nineteen Persons Struck Blind. Anderson, Ind. Nineteen persona aro reported to havo been struck blind as a result of gazing at a light caused by workmen welding electrical appliances on trolley wires, according to local physicians who woro called out of bed to treat tho cases. Sev eral who saw tho light were not btrlcken until a few hours later. 350 Democratic Speakers. New York. Tho democratic na. tlonal committee announced that 350 speakers would bo put on the stump in Now York state this week, for the conclusion of tho presidential fight. Each of tho three leading parties aro to havo a demonstration in Madison Square Garden during tho week. President Back at Capital. Washington. President Taft got back to Washington nftei' an ab Bcnco of nearly two months. With tho exception of engagements in New York and Newark, and one in Cincin nati, tho president has nothing in prospect to tako him away from tho capital. It la probable ho will spend much tlmo hero after election in writ ing his annual message. General Morris Dead. Portland, Me. Brigadier General Charles Morris, U. S. A., retired, died at his home hero aged G9 years. Ho was in pommand of tho Presidio at San Francisco at the tlmo of tho earth quako in 190G. Decision In Merger Case. Washington. Decisions In either tho Unlou Poelfic merger, ljard coal trust or Btato rato cases aro expected soon in tho supromo court. Llpton May Not Challenge. Chicago. Sir ThomaB Llpton who arlved In Chicago for a short visit among" lako yachtmen, said ho would not challengo again for tho American cup unless tho rulo Is changed. Sought to Wreck a Train. Tulsa, Okl. An attempt to derail and, It Is believed, to rob a north bound Midland Valley passenger train, failed, when tho train was brought to a stop within a few feet of an obstruction of railroad ties plied on tho track. Strikers Renew Struggle Bingham, Utah. Sheriff Sharp and his posso of 200 doputles returned to Bingham after n frultlos search for tho gang of thirty strikers who fired on a deputy sheriff. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF1. Tho Mannercholr Boclety of Colum bus havo dedicated their $15,000 homo. f Two children nt Republican City .voro badly burned by the explosion of an oil atove. Burglars havo been breaking Into Plattsmouth churches. In one thoy secured three dollars belonging to tho Sunday school. Hurled through a plato glass win dow, while wrestling with Joo Nor man for a 50-cent bet, John Ryan wub bo badly cut that ho died at St. Jo seph's hospital in Omaha. Charlie Gibson, 8 years old, son of T. L. Gibson of' Hastings, was acci dentally Bhot Sunday through tho right foot Tho bullet passed clear through and may provo serious. In Bluo Springs there was held a good fellowship supper for ministers attending a district conference in that city. Tho principal dish on tho bill of faro was pot pie, in which 115 squlrrols wero used. The supromo court of Nebraska has handed down a decision which wins the final battlo for the friends of tho working girls homo in Omaha, 'or which Count John A. Creightou loft $50,000 in Ills will. Tho decision saves the gift for tho girls and what tho residuary clnuso added to it and Interest makes tho total amount for tho homo $175,000. Charles H. M. Rosecrans of Papll lion disappeared In 1903, and has been declared legally dead, and his wifo has obtained a Judgment of $2,000 on a life Insurance policy In the Modern Woodmen of America. The Insurance organization has appealed to the su preme court for a reversal of the judgment. Rosecrans lived at Papll lion, but worked at his trade in South Omaha. Defying tlio doctor's instructions, that a "75-year-old kid" couldn't fast for moro than a day or two, George P. Bemift, ox-mayor of Omaha, fasted for 15 1-2 days, and says that ho fools two hundred per cent, better than he did before. "In all that time I did not eat a .thing, only drinking water," ho said. "I just wanted to get the clinkers out of my system, and I did it all right. Tho now St. Francis hospital at 3rand Island an addition which how ever, is larger than tho entire insti tution as built up for the past twenty-five years was dedicated last weok and thrown open to public in spection. Bishop Tlhen delivered the dedicatory, sermon. Tho addition was erected at a cost of $90,000 and tho ontlro Institution now represents In' buildings an investment of $145,000. Tho Nebraska Stato bank, the only 6tato financial institution to do busi ness in tho metropolis, has been granted a charter by tho Btato bank ing board. The capital of tlio bank is given at $300,000, whllo $12,000 in ono sum has been set aside for tho guaranty deposit fund. A. L. Schantzi is president of tho new institution, A.'( S. White the vice president and J. L.5 Svoboda, cashier. Tho bank will open its doors November 1. That oil and natural gas abounds in Scotts Bluff county not far from Ger-' ing, was tho statement mado by let ter to tho. Lincoln Commercial clnb by George Sowerwine, a ranchman living in that part of tho state. Sow-, orwlno is attempting to got Lincoln capital interested In promoting the work of bringing the oil to tho sur face. This is the Becond communica tion recoived at the club from him within tho past few months. Three staple articles of food are, says tho Lincoln Journal, now selling lower than a year ago. They are Hour, sugar and potatoes. Flour Is 25 cents a sack cheapef. Potatoes, which retailed last year from $1 to $1.25 a bushel, are now selling at fr6m G5 to 80 cents a bushel. Sugar was selling for $2 more a sack twelve months ago. Onions are 25 cents a bushel cheaper, while turnips and cabbage aro tho samo price. Apples aro from 25 to 50 centa cheaper. Meat ia 1 to 2 cents higher. Saturday morning tho Burlington depot at Shubert was discovered on firo and such progress had it made that nothing was saved. All tho books nnd papers, aB well as a large amount of merchandise nnd express, wero burned. Agent Joe Birch cannot ac count for the origin of tho fire, and some think It was of incendiary orl gin. L. F. Lnnghorst, William Langhorst, William Waters and Edwin Jorry, all of Elmwood, had a narrow escapo from a sorlous accident whllo motor ing homo from Omaha. The roada wero slippery after tho recent rains and tho car turned entirely around, breaking one of tho wheels, which provented tho car from turning turtle with disastrous results. A man thought to bo John F. KernB of St. Josoph, Mo., was killed beneath tho wheelB of Union Pacific fast train No. 11 in tho yards at Valley. The body was so badly mutilated that it was impossible to idontify him, but papers In his clothes Indicated who ho was. His head was severed from his body, which was otherwise badly cut and bruised. The Wymore volunteer fire depart ment has recommended to tho city council that another Hobo cart be pur chased, to bo placed In the west pari of the city. Tho city may buy a chemical engine for use in tho busl ness district. E. S. Galloway, under arrest at To cumaon on tho churgo of dosortlng ills wifo and 18-yoar-old daughtor Id Des Moines, la., has asked Governor Aldrlch to glvo him a hoarlng bofor tho governor acta on a requisition bj tho governor of Iowa. Tho charge li mado that ho loft his wife and daughter In destitute clrcumstancea ' j(- ft- t " rAY r,ry -V-A ,1 A N