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lEWS OF IDE WEEK
CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
A BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and Other
Matters In Brief Form for All
Classes of Readers.
WASHINGTON.
An amendment revolutionizing the
conduct of the government roclama
tlon service was rltton Into the Irri
gation bill In the house by a vote of
178 to 40.
Information from democratic lead
ers In congress that adjustment might
be expected abou tAugust 25, led
President Wilson to begin laying
plans for his vacation.
Money from the federal treasury
will bo deposited In national banks
throughout the country again this fall
to facilitate the movement of crops
end promote business generally.
Members of congress aro hearing
from their constituents, urging them
to got through with their legislative
business as soon as posslblo and come
homo to look after their political
fences.
President Wilson hns nominated
Clarence W. Asnford of Honolulu to
be first Judge of tho first circuit court,
nnd William 13. Edlngs, also of Hon
olulu, to bo Judge of court of tho sec
ond circuit in Hawaii.
Secretary Bryan, with tho approv
al of tho president, has urged mem
bers of the foreign relations commit
tee to take favorablo nctlon on tho
Iwonty now peaco treaties sent to tho
enato last week.
Congress passed tho last two big
general appropriation bills of tho ses
sion, tho sundry civil and general de
ficiency measure!1. But two supply
bills, tho Indian and river and harbor
bills, remain to bo passed.
President Wilson plans to appeal to
the patriotism of tho managers nnd
employes of tho western railways to
avoid a striko In the face of a thrca'
cned gonoral European war and the
consequent paralysis of crop moving.
A now breathing spell was vouch-
cafed the homesteaders of tho semi
arid west through amondmonts made
In tho house of representatives to a
senate bill to extend tho time from
ton to twenty years in which to make
water right payments.
In order for tho government to
keep in close touch with the "war de
velopments in Europo and to have
prompt information about Americans
jiving or traveling in the affected
countries, tff Amorlcan ambaBsadors
and ministers abroad aro to bo kept
at their posts.
Satisfied that Paul M. Warburg of
New York will bo confirmed as a
member of tho Federal Reserve
board following his appearnnco before
the senate banking commlttco, Prosl
dent Wilson will proceed Immediately
to choose a successor on tho board to
Thomas D. Jones, whose nomination
was withdrawn.
Strenuous efforts being imde by
Austria nnd Sorvla to recall from the
United States for military service tho
many thousands of their cltlzonB who
are employed in American factories
haa attracted official attention and tho
question has boon raised" whether
buci activities are bolng carried be
yond tho limits prescribed by tho neu
trality laws.
DOMESTIC.
"Homo Run" Baker of Philadelphia
has pounded his way into a tlo for the
batting leadorBhlp of tho American
league.
A tour of South America this win
ter by tho Chicago American league
baseball team Ib contemplated by
Charles A. Comlskey.
Possibility of tho absolute with
drawal from ocean commerce of tho
uhipB of Great Britain, Germany and
other nations in tho event of a goner
nl war was thought by authorities on
export business to mean an over-production
of oil in California.
The Boston, Capo Cod and Now
York canal, connecting Buzzards bay
with Massachusetts bay and onabllng
coastwise vessels to avoid tho dan
gerous passago around wreck-strewn-"
Capo Cod, was opened.
Two thousand glrU, me labors of tho
bathing suit-makers' union of New
Ycrk, havo decided that a higher
wage scale must bo paid. Tho oxecu
tlvo committee of tho union at New
York voted to call a striko, tho de
mand for an increased wago scale
having been refused by tho employers.
With a crack four Inches deep ox
(ending from rail to wator lino in her
starboard bow, the Red Star liner
Iceland arrived at Now York bring
Jng a slory of a collision in a dense
fou la mid ocean.
A strike of 55,000 firemen and engi
neers on nlncty-olg'.it railroads oper
ating west of Chicago has boon set fcr
Friday, August 7, it was officially an
nounced at Chicago.
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Tho transport Hancock has eaiicd
from Norfolk, Va for Guantannmo,
Cuba, with 400 marines to add to tho
forco mobilized thero or possible de
velopments In Haiti.
Tho wildest scenes In the wheat pit
of tho board of trade at Chicago slnco
the opening of the twentieth century
wore preclpatcd by Austria's declara
tion of war against Servla-
War In Europo would threaten tho
mining Industry in Pennsylvania and
adjoining states if oven a majority of
tho subjects of those countries likely
to receive a mlltary call responded.
Tho first body of Austro-Hungarlnn
reservlsta and volunteers In tho
United States are assembling in Now
York preparatory to Milling on the
first liner bound for Austrian ports.
Stago coichcs of four of tho larg
est transportation companies operat
ing In Yellowstone park were hold up
by two men near Gardiner, Mont
Tho 1C5 passengers oil tho stages
wcro 'robbed of $3,000.
About 7,000 members of tho Inside
Iron Workers union In Now York
City havo gone on strike, demanding
a wage Increase of 20 per cont, a
fifty-three hour week Instead of sixty
cr sixty-five hours.
Transatlantic service of passenger
and freight steamships with sailings
between Germany and American ports
has been practically suspended for an
Indefinite period, owing tg the interna
tional situation abroad.
Tho supremo council of tho Loyal
Order of Mooso, moeting at lUlwau
keo, decided that when an adjourn
ment In taken hero It will bo to meot
In Baltimore September 7 at the timo
of tho Star Spangled Banner celebra
tion, when tho new Mooso homo will
bo dedicated by VIco President Mar
shall. Tho convention of tho western fed
eration of miners went on record in
favor of amalgamation with the united
mine workers of America. Action ta
ken by tho cconventlon provlde3 that
a Joint commlttoo of three from each
organlzaztlon shall prepare a plan of
merger to be submitted to tho mem
bers by referendum.
Armed with repeating rifles and fir
ing volleys in the air, eighteen former
employes of Young Buffalo's Wild
West Show seized tho entire equip
ment of tho recently disbanded com
pany and drove off a train crew
which attempted to tako twolvo of the
show cars out cf the railroad yards
at Alton, 111., near St. Louis.
FOREIGN.
Every military preparation short of
mobllizzation has now boon mada in
Franco.
Fifteen coal minora were klled at"
Dortmound, Gormany, by a fire which
broke out in tho Hanscmann pit.
Canada Is making preparations to
aid England with regiments should
the mother country become Involved
In tho European conflict.
Madamo Henrletto Callaux of Paris
was accqulttod by a Jury In tho court
of assizes of tho wilful murder on
March 16, last, of Gaston Calmetto,
editor of tho Figaro.
Jean Leon Jaures, tho noted social
ist leader of Paris, was assassinated
whllo dining In a small restaurant
near tho bourse Tho assassin was
arrested, but refused to disclose his
idontlty.
Tho British Transport Workers
federation of London Is planning tho
organlzaztlon of a special aerial
transport workers' union. It predicts
general employment of noropIane3
for this purpose.
Tho newspapers of tho Portuguese
capital lnvo reminded the public that
the troaty of alliance between Portu
gal nnd Great Britain requires Portu
gal to furnish 10,000 troops to Eng
land whon it Is at war.
Tho Gorman emperor has made a
war speech to the peoplo of Berlin In
which ho expressed the hope that if
ho was unable to induce his opponents
to maintain peaco he would wield tho
sword and show his enemies what It
means to provoke Gormany.
Tho headqunrtors of tho Women's
Social and Political union, tho mili
tant suffragette organization, lm sent
n proclamation to nil Its branches in
tho United Kingdom ordering tho cos
satlon of all nets of militancy during
tho continuance of tho International
crisis.
Inquiries at tho tourist agonclea
In London show that American trav
elers havo not been Influenced by tho
wnr scaro and continue to book con
tinental tours, trusting to oicapo In
tho event of conflagration In Europe.
Tho maneuvers of tho British im
perial troops in South Africa havo
been canceled and the soldiers order
ed to return to tholr posts In conse
quence of tho critical situation in Eu
ropo, Special precautions havo boen
taken for tho protection of the porta
and tho naval station at Btmonstown.
FOUR POWERS OF
EAT
GERMAN ARMIES HAVE CROSSED
THE FRENCH FRONTIER TWO
FORCE8 MAKING THEIR WAY
TOWARD PARIS.
RUSSIANS CROSS LINE
INTO GERMAN TERRITORY
Czar's Column Accompanied by Artil
lery Passes the Frontier
Americans Stranded in
Lont'on.
London. Four great powcrB of
Europo Austria-Hungary, Russia,
Franco and Germany are now en
gagod In actual warfare, but two of
them Germany and France not only
have not declared war against each
other, but havo not even severed dip
lomatic relations! This In despite the
fact that Germany's ultimatum to
Franco Ins either been Ignored or re
jected.
The explanation of this would ap
pear to bo that Germany and Fiance
aro each seeking to throw upon tho
other tho onus of beginning tho war.
In fact, whllo tho nations of Europo
aro flying at each other throat's, they
aro vying witli each other in protest
ing their desire to maintain peaco,
and thoy ropudiato the responsibility
for plunging the continent into blood
shed. London. The German Invasion of
Franco has begun, according to
authentic Information received In Lon
don without, so far as is known, a
declaration of war having been made.
Two German forces aro now con
verging from the east in tho direction
of tho French capital. Gorman troops
havo crossed tho French frontier at
a point near tho village of Clroy, be
tweon Nancy nnd Strassburg, and th
Gorman soldiers have Invaded the
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torrltory bctwoon Belgium and Ger
many, are marching on tho French
fortified town of Longwy.
The German forco which came Into
Franco near Cirey, which is forty
miles from Nancy, wcro repulsed
with hoavy losses. ,
Repeats History.
Apparently, tho Gorman army Is
.duplicating tho first movement of the
Franco-Prussian war. It was on Au
gust 2, 1870, forty-four years ago, that
tho French and Germans clashed in
tho first battle of that war at Saar
bruckon, where tho prince imperial,
undor the orders of tho emperor, re
ceived hls famous "baptism of flro."
It would appear that Germany is
taking- the fullest possible advantago
of Its supposed superiority in rapid
mobilization over France, nyjio plan
of tho German emperor, according to
military observers horo, Is to vanquish
or uttempt to vanquish Franco In the
Interval before Russia will bo able
to create sorlous trouble on Its north
ern frontier. It IB supposed that Rus
sian mobilization will take about
thro weoks.
Russians Cross Border.
Berlin. A Russian patrol has cross
ed tho German frontier near Elchen
rold, In Poson, and attacked tho Ger
man guard at tho railroad bridge near
tho Wartho. Two German soldlors
were slightly wounded.
Accompanied With Artillery.
Tho Russian column which crossod
the frontier at Schwinden, was ac
companied by nrtlllery.
Italy May Become Involved.
Rome. Tho war situation so far as
Italy Is concerned is considered
grave. Tho censorship has succeeded
In suppressing nil news oxcept a
short, colorless official statement that
"Italy Is cahn and will" not nrobHtze,
but will conform her conduct to
troaty obligations."
This statement Is interpreted differ
ently hero. Acordlng to tho opinion Df
some Italians tho neutrality of Italy
Is assured, whllo others believe thai
Italy will participate in tho conflict
anly in caBO tho general powers Bus-
Two squadrons of Russian Cossacks
aro riding in tho direction of Johan
nesburg in East Prussia, fifteen mit'ea
from the frontier.
The Prussian Bquad which entered
near Elchenrold, attacked the Gorman
guard at tho railroad bridge over the
Wartho. Tho attack was repulsed.
Two Germans were slightly injured.
Time For Action Has Come.
Loudon. Germany having invaded
France It is felt in Ldhdon that tho
time for action on the part of England
has arrived. ,
Thero Is reason to boliovo that Eng
landB preparations aro completed for
such Instant action as the circum
stances may demand.
Calls Naval Reserves.
Ottawa, Ont. Tho royal naval re
serves havo been called upon by tho
British government admirallty for
service. The Canadian government
was officially notified of tho call. The
call Is enterpreted as meaning that
the British army will be engaged
shortly.
Tho royal naval reserves aro o(H
cerB and seamen of tho morchant ser
vice, who have taken a special course
of training in the British navy, have
received a certificate of competenes
and havo pledged themselves to an
swer a call to serve in the navy. They
are scattered all over tho word, there
now being many thousands of thorn In
the port of Now York and other
American cities.
This is the first tlmo that such a
call has over been made and it Is con
sldcred most slgnlgcant.
U. S. to Aid Americans.
Washington. Consuls In Europe
havo been instructed to have orders
for transportation homo for stranded
Amo'ricanB honored by European agen
cies. Relatives hero may deposit
funds with American agents of the
transportation companies.
Leave Baggae Behind.
Antwerp. The American tourists
who are endeavoring to return home
aro in a panicky condition. The steam
er Kronland has sailed with a full
complement of passengers, many of
whom left their baggage behind
rather than remain in Europo.
Members of tho Chicago Railway
commission visited tho pert and ter-
nilnals, but they fear they cannot con
tinue their tour Tiwlng to conditions
in Germany and Austria.
Business is completely paralyzed.
The authorities are seriously con
sidering tho adoption of an emergency
act to stop specie payments for a
time. It is feared that not enough
money will be a'aHable If the run on
tho banks continue.
Jam of Americans in London.
London. Nofovon nt the height of
tho tourist season are there more
Americans in London than now. In ad
dition to those who aro spending o
holiday hero and the crowds coming
from the continent to get away from
th inconveniences of war, thero is
another contingent which has arrived,
consisting of tourists who, armed
with passports from tho Amorlcan
embassy, started for the continent In
tho last few days, but found it impos
sible to got further than Calais.
Diope and other coast townB. As a
consequonco steamers from France
and Belgium aro crowded with what
might be termed refugees.
In escaping from the dangers that
now beset the travelers abroad, they
havo encountered a lessor danger
which, however, they find inconveni
ent and embarrassing. Although the
pockets of many of thom "are full of
American and English bank notes and
Amorlcan oxpress companies' bills,
they might Just as well have nothing,
for only gold and silver are taken
anywhere.
tain u reverse.
Meanwhile all prefects In tho king
dom havo warnod the press not to
publish any military news or move
ments of troops.
The warships of tho kingdom are
under the samo penalty as in the
Italo-Turklsh war. Apprehension is
felt at tho lack of coal owing to Italy's
supply bolng entirely English. Efforts
aro being made to secure Amorlcan
coal.
Riga, Russia. Martial law has boen
proclaimed pver Boldonui.
BANK TAXES LOIR
Actual valuation decrease
- OVER $3,000,000.
ARE NOW UNDER STATE LAW
Four More Nebraska Banks Have
Quit the National System and
Become State Banks.
Lincoln. With no report from Gage
county tho records of thp state board
of assessment show that the assessed
value of state banks has decreased
$321,347 and the assessed value of na
tional banks has decreased $382,235,
a total decreaso of $70(5,582 in the as
sessed value of nil banks in Nebraska
during tho past year. As the nssesed
value Is one-fifth the actual value of
property the total decreaso, actual
value, Is $3,532,910, with no report
from Gage county. If Gago county
this year reports the same as laat
year, $104,707 for both state and na
tional banks, the total decrease will
be $3,009i"075 actual valuation.
The number of state banks has In
creased during tho year and yet there
Is a decreaso In nssessed valuation of
Euch banks. Both state and national
banks are assessed in the same man
ner under the state law. They aro
assessed on capital stock, surplus and
undivided profits. Under a decision
of tho suprom ccourt, as Interpreted
by assessors, banks are allowed to de
duct mortgages from capital stock,
and this Is alleged to be the principal
cause of the decrease in the assess
ment of bank stock as reported by as
sessors. Real estate owned by banks
is assessed separately and as mort
gages aro deemed to be an Interest in
real estate, they are deduced from
capital stock. In some counties no
deduction was asked for by banks.
New State Banks'
Four national bunks have Incorpo
rated under the state banking law as
follows:
Citizens State bank of Diller, capital
stock, $25,000; A. H. Colman, presi
dent; Thomas P. Price, cashier.
Citizens State bank of Cedar Rap
ids, capital, $25,000; Robert Allerton,
president; A. C. Thompson, vice pres
ident; James A. Gleason, cashier.
Security State bank of Spalding,
capital, $30,000; H. Allerton, pres
ident; A. C. Thompson, vice presi
dent; John P. Dunning, cashier.
Sargent State bank of Sargent, cap
ital $20,000; Andrew F. Philips, pres
ident; Clifford S. Lomnx, cashier.
The Fort Calhoun State bank is a
new bank filing incorporation papers
with the State Banking board. Tho
bank Is situated in Washington coun
ty and has a capital of $50,000. Tho
incorporators are; Henry Rohwer,
William Slevers, Jacob J. Slerk, Wil
liam P. Cook, William Slerk, C. A.
Schmidt and Lee Smith.
Date Set for Rate Case.
Lincoln. The state railway com
mission set October 8 as tho date for
hearing of tho South Omaha Stock
Yards company In the matter of yard
age rates. Tne complaint for a re
duction was brought by the Nebras
ka Farmers' Co-operative society. R.
B. Howell recently asked for a phy
sical valuation In connection with
the complaint, but the commission
has not granted the request.
Tho state railway commission has
canceled tho dato of hearing on dis
tillery products from South Sioux
City to Omaha. Distilleries no longer
exist, so the hearing is not necessary.
Will Delay "Valuation.
Lincoln, Nob. Officials of the en
gineering department of tho state rail
way commission are not likely to be
seen on tho streets of Omaha and
nearby cities and villages within the
near future, making a valuation of the
prop'erty of tho Omaha & Council
Bluffs Street Railway Co. For the
state supreme court, which has had
undor consideration tho question of
tho railway commission's right to
compel such a valuation did not rule
on the matter previous to summer
adjournment. That means that the
opinion will be stayed until fall and
that after it is rendered there will be
the customary legal delays for filing
of motions for rehearing and other
turns in the litigation.
Has Hard Task Ahead.
J. S. Baer, clerk of tho district court,
has been quite busy for the past few
days making up lists of judges and
clerkB of elections, who "aro to serve
at all general and special elections,
and primaries for the next two years.
Thoso lists aTO made up from names
submitted by the county chairman of
the parties roWm? the highest and
second highest votes in the county.
Takes Trusty Back to Iowa.
C. McClaughry, warden of the Iown
stato reformatory, called at the office
rf Goornor Morohead for tho purpose
of securing papers for tho return tc
tho reformatory of Frank Johnson, s
trusty, who had been working on the
road in tho Ames prison camp with
a couple of dozen other prisoners.
Johnson had beon sent up for at
tempting to blow the safe of the
Green Bay Lumber company at Har
lau, la. He was serving a sentence oi
ten years. Ho is now In tho hands, ol
the chief of police In Grand Island.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
A new high school bulldlnu' Ib being
eroded nt Exeter, at a cost of $40,000.
Lightning truck a stack of wheat oa
Peter Younger'B farm Just east ot
Poneva.
J. H. Arends and son, Harvey, or
Syracuse, have returned from a trip
to Canada.
Andrew Hatfield of Palmyra ha
eold his grocery store to Grant Flor
ling of Humboldt.
Charles Richardson, who lives near
Hastings, was kicked by a horso and
sustained a fractured leg.
The wheat yield In tho vicinity of
W'est Point is averaging 20 bushels
and oats 40 bushels to tho acre.
Smallpox has broken out In Hart
ington, threo families in town and one "
in tho country being quarantined.
Rev. S. W. Wlttenrncker of Hor
ton, Kan., has been elected pastor of
tho BaptiBt church at Nebraska City.
John Cottlsh, a Spaniard, is in jail
at West Point, charged with burglar
izing the farm houso of Joseph Golser.
All arrangements have been perfect
ed for the three-day base ball tourney,
to be held at Eustis August 12, 13
and 14.
The $2,0Q0 barn on the Henry Ben
sel farm, south of Cambridge, burned
to the ground when lightning struck
It.
A bond issue of $2,000 for the addi
tion of two large rooms to the high
school building has been approved by
tho voters of Ayr.
A young child of Mr. and Mrs. Joo
Paulsln, living near Lindsey, drank
carbolic acid by mistake, and died
several hours afterward.
Sheriff Aldrlch of Falls City has.
caught the negro, LouIb prown, who
is alleged to have held up and robbed
William Rossler at Salem.
Tho large catholic church six mllea.
east of Garrison burned and is a loss,
of over $12,000, with $6,500 insurance.
The origin of tho flro Is unknowu.
Warner Brand of Fontenollo suf
fered a fractured ankle and was other
wise Injured when he was pinned be
tween "a wagon and a corn crib.
James Bellows was found doad In
a pasture near his home, five milea
southeast of McCool. It Is supposed
bo was a victim of the excessive heat.
The Peru Canning company ex
pectB to start operations August 1
and Is now employing many laborers.
Tho tomato acreage near Peru is
large. , '
Miss Minnie Schlote, 14 yeais old
of West Point, shot herself In tho left
leg whon she was playing with a .32
caliber pistol that she believed v;as
empty.
An enterprise has been undertaken
by Merrick county, at Clarkson,
which, in the opinibn of many, will re
volutionize tho bridge question on the
Platte river.
The Nebraska territorial pioneers
will hold their annual reunion at
Omaha September 30 to October 3,
and all Nebraska pioneers aro invited
to attend.
S. F. Gairardet has sold his general
merchandise business at Weeping Wa
ter to John and Henry Crozler, who
have sold their confectionery store to
G. H. Olive. . -
Lieutenant Governor S. R. McKel- .
vie has left for a trip to New York,
Philadelphia, Boston and other east
ern points. He expects to bo gone
until September 1.
A large barn belonging to D. N.
Burroughs at Beatrlco was destroyed
by fire. Several tons of hay. wero
also burned. The loss is estimated
at $1,500, with $700 insurance.
JosIiub Peek, a young farmer living
four miles southeast of Burr, wan
struck by a bolt of lightning during a
recent storm and paralyzed from the
waist down. He will recover.
Lightning struck the plant of the
Nebraska corn mills in Beatrice,
which was totally destroyed by fire to
gether with 50,000 bushels of corn
and a large amount of cereal products.
Tho power and engine house of tho
David City water works was par'tially
desroyed by fire. Tho fire is sup
posed to have started from the ex
haust pipe. Estimated damage Ib
about $2,000.
Equal suffrage, national prohibition,
tho recall, a constitutional convention,
municipal homo rule in matters of
taxation tand a minimum wago law
wero strongly approved by the pro
gressive state convention at Lincoln.
There was a large attendance of
contestants and propononts at tho
hearing in Grand Island by Stato Rail
way Commissioner Taylor over tho
proposed change In train service by
the St. Joseph & Grand Island rail
way. James Coon sustained an ugly gash
In the head and was soverely. brulwd
about the body when a derrick used
in hoisting brick and other material
on the new theater building now In
courso of construction at Beatrice, fell
upon him.
A large barn on the farm of Edward
Fram, seven miles west of David City,
was struck by lightning and burned to
the ground. Eight hundred bushela
of wheat, 200 bushels of oats and 200
bushels of corn stored In tho barn wa
destroyed.
Fritz Drowell of Brock lost about
thirty-live acres of wheat by fire,
caused by the burning of a straw
stack.
Work Is progressing rapidly on a
new stone crushing plant at tho He
son .quarry, a mile and a half west of
Weeping Water. One of tho two
crusher beads that are to bo Installed -is
already in, tho 125 horsepower
steam engine is partly installed and
a part of tho frame jwork up. The
plant Is to have a capacity of 500 tons
dally and is to be in many respects
one of the most unique plants of its
kind anywhere,
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