THE O’NEILL FRONTIER O. H. CRONIN. Publish*!-. XNEILL, NEBRASKA Aleal E. Stevenson, formerly vice president of the United States, Is fond fef telling an odd experience lie had Shortly after the civil war. At that time David Davis was much talked of fcs the man to run against General Grant for the presidency. A con ference was held In Mr. Stevenson’s feslderce* many leading Illinois and pther democrats being present. A good Beal was said about the possible candt Bacy of Mr. Davis, but no one happened to mention his first name. After the conference broke up, Mr. Stevenson Brew an old farmer friend into the cor ner and asked his opinion. He said: •'Well, you know, Adlal, I’ve followed your lead In politics for a good while, and I’m going to do It now. But, hon est, Adlal, don’t you think It’s a little mite early to nominate Jeff Davis?’’ A lake of quicksilver, covering an irea of more than three acres and 1 laving a depth ranging from ten feet o fifty feet, has been discovered In he mountains of the state of Vera ?ruz, Mexico. The value of the pro luct Is estimated at millions. This lake has been known to the Indians for many generations. It Is situated far up In the mountains In an almost Inac cessible position. Its surface Is partly covered by stones. It Is believed that Volcanic action in the mountains above ■melted the quicksilver out,of the cln ii&bar ore and that It ran down and filled this depression. A tunnel will be driven through the base of the moun talE. and the quicksilver will be brought down by means of gravity. A. M. Chalmers, the British consul In North Formosa, says In his last re port to the foreign office that the num ber of opium smokers In his district appears to be slightly decreasing, there having been 123,650 at the end of 19W, against 131,272 In December, 1906. This decrease, however, appears to be main ly among the poorer classes, as among tmokors of first-class opium there has een an Increase, and there Is little diminution In the actual value of the opium consumed. It Is estimated that 4 per cent, of the native Chinese are ■mokers. the proportion In the two sexes being one male In every fourteen and one female in every one hundred. Without exaggeration it may be said that the Hon. Thomas Bent, premier or Victoria, is one of the most remark able men who has ever occupied the post of premier of a colonial govern ment In Australia he is popularly known as the "Singing Premier," In consequence of his habit of singing comic songs in the middle of his poli tical speeches. A word or a phrase strikes a chord of memory, recalls some half-forgotten melody and then the premier bi+aks forth Into song. Mr. Bent began life as a market gardener, and onoe it was a common sight to see him driving his cart through the streets. Visitors to Japan are usually Im pressed with the many curious uses td which fans are put. The umpire at wrestling and fencing matches uses a large fan, the various motions of which constitute a language that the com batants understand and promptly heed. Men and children, as well as women, use fans at all times. The servant has a flat fan, made of rough paper, to blow the charcoal fires with, or use as a dustpan. The farmer has a stout fan to winnow his grain. Still another variety Is made of waterproof paper, which, dipped In water, creates a pleas ant coolness by evaporation without wetting the clothes. A tine looking young woman, the constant frequenter of the corridors, re ception and dining rooms of a fam ous Now York city hotel, eumo under the suspicion of the hotel’s detectives a few evenings ago. She was followed to her domicile, a modest boarding house, and compelled to give up $4,00C In silver, rugs, small tapestries and ibrie-a-brao, which she had at various times purloined from the hotel. Noth ing was said after she gave up, foi Jt wasn't a very pleasant episode foi the hotel detectives to contemplate. It ;was rather too much of a grind or them as detectives. A young architect was puzzling over the plans of a building which he wished to make of distinctive appearance, "Just do something to the windows and you’ll be all right," advised ar older architect, "ft is the windows Eiore than anything else that give a ouse a character of its own. Take a trip around New York and make a Study of the houses that hit you square In the eye the minute you look at them, and you'll And In nine cases out oi ken that there Is some original feature about the windows that gives the place Its note of distinction." A. few miles from Stellas. Mo., Is a novel livestock establishment. Brows pr,g about In perfect contentment In to deer park Is a herd or beautiful deer, (This deer park consists of fifteen acres and at present there are seven deer on the place, eleven having been sold this season. The young deer are sold each year and bring 135 a pair. They are shipped In August or September. A Mr. Rosoberry has been raising and •Belling deer for fourteen years, having as many as twenty-five on hand at one time. The herd usually doubles in ■number each year. In England much Interest has been •hown of late by the army and navy authorities In a now method of pre aerving flour by means of compression. With hydraulic pressure apparatus the flour is squeezed Into the form of bricks and experiments are reported to have Ohown that the pressure destroys all forms of larvue life, thus preserving the flour from the ravages of insects while tt Is equally secure from mold. Three hundred pounds of compressed flour occupy the same space as 10C jxsunds of flour in the ordinary state. « w.,. iuiuusii wfutna me traveler •ee» thousands of mountains covered with eternal snow, rivaling the Alps In grandeur: great geysers and Innumer able mot wells; waterfalls, one of which —the Gullfoss—in second only tc Niagara in size and beauty; crystal ■treams and lashing rivers; lava beds Of fantastic figures, covered with mos‘ that glistens In the sun like hoar frost ««nd, as a crowning glory, the atmos phere is so brilliant that objects over *fty miles distant appear close at hand The value of the farm lands along tin Union Pacific increased by more that *2 ,500,000,000 in the five years loco tc 1905 The United States census figures an aggregate value for seventeen state' In 1905 as IS.241.7S2.S04, while in 1000 il ■ was only J5.692.230.S72. This Is an ad vance of nearly 45 per cent. Gen. James H. Baker, of Mankato Minn., who was commissioner of pen ,alone under President Grant, is vis.aint 'Washington for the first time in mam lyears, and has been entertained by : tnumber of old veterans whose pensiot , .certificates he signed nearly forty ycai juo. MURDERER, SCARED NEARLY TO DEATH, SPIRITED TO COURT Higgins Brought to Pender in Baggage Car, Admits Everything. , Pender, Neb., July 10.—Loris P. Hig (glns, the murderer of Jcr. and Mrs. rVVulter H. Copple, of Rosalie, Neb., (was brought to Pender this morning land waived Identification In Justice J. b. Downs’ court and Is now enroute to lomaha via West Point. [ Higgins was brought up from Omaha .this morning by Sheriff Young and .Deputy Newell. The party rode in the (baggage car and was spirited up a back ^street to the Judge’s office., where Hlg fglns, pale and nearly scared to death, •waived the reading of the complaint, |adinitted that he was the man charged 'with the crime and was bound over to the district court without bond. Driven Out of Town. A carriage was close at hand and the ! party Immediately left for West Point j LORIS P. HIGGINS. to take the train to Omaha. It was not until he was well out of town that any- I one knew that the murderer had been ] ithere. Judge Graves says just ns soon as '' ;the proper papers are filed In district J, leourt he will call a jury and give Hig- , Igins Immediate trial. This will proh- ! ably be the last of this month. There ;i is no sentiment here other than to let, . /he law take Its course. , 'i Higgins killed Mr. and Mrs. Copple l| for whom he worked, and left the bod-. i| lies where the hogs partially devoured! .them. Children of the couple found the bodies. Higgins’ only defense, when] ( •later arrested, was he was drunk. j CANDLE FINDS GAS >, LEAK; 1 KILLED, 1 HURT * , Plattsmouth, Neb,, July 10.—S. Grass- , (man was Instantly killed and E. O. Wurl seriously injured last evening by - an explosion of gas In the basement of the building occupied by them as a (grocery store. The floods of the last day or two had caused a leak In tho ,gus pipes, and the two men, with Fred McConley, were searching for the leak hvith a lighted candle. The explosion ' jset fire to the building and before the r (Arc department could extinguish the ' flames two other explosions practically I 1 demolished the structure. 2 The body of Grossman has not yet *’ been recovered. The loss Is about v $25,000. V -- 1; CHICAGO OPERATORS DELAY STRIKE A WEEK <’ .__ ,.'i Chicago, July 10.—The operators em- 1 ployed by both telegraph companies in £ [Chicago will not strike for a week at [i, least. At a meeting called for the pur- C ,pose of voting on the strike proposi tion. it was decided to postpone uction, ^ , WHAT KING EDWARD I CARRIES IN POCKETS ,v * 1 a London. July 10.—Fierce Is the light that e [beats upon a throne. King Edward Is al-i t Bowed to have no secrets from his faithful c (Subjects. An English society journal v claims to have discovered just what ha s carries in his pockets, and spreads the in-, t ivantory before Its readers In this fashiont v "IJke every man who values the looks! |Of hts cloths. King Edward carries very 1 little hi his pockets besides a handkerchief i g Jn his waistcoat pocket he carries a gold d pencil case, a cigar cutter, a Utile pass a key, a gold watch, carefully regulated by Greenwich time, and half a dozen sover eigns. In hts coat pocket he carries a tiny f, notebook, and In the winter he puts hla 1 gloves In the pocket of his topcoat The h Iking never carries a cigar case, except u (gold case which holds one cigar, but he al- i, .ways has a small box of lozenges. Unlike a •his nephew, the kaiser, he never carries a t fountain pen In his pocket.” J WOMAN IS HANDED 11 BABY IN PACKAGE r! - s Paris, July 10.—A girl baby came into tht) hands of a poor peasant woman near Lou- f ulon in such a sadden way that she has * scarcely yet got over her wonder and Stupefaction. However, she is pleased on the whole and will do her best by the tins creature. She was sitting in front of he.' cottage oil the highway when an uutomos «. bile came along and stopped. The chauffeur got out and handed her a, r* package, asking her 10 accept it and say- ! ing she would get regret it. The good IV woman took it into her hunds wonderingly and wanted to ask some questions, but be-l fore a word was out of her mouth tin! . chauffeur had jumped buck into his seat i, and the motor car went off at full speed. j, 1 he woman opened the package and i found it contained a beautiful baby, i wrapped up in rieh linen, to which tour , bank notes cf Saw were pinned. She adopt- ,, ed the child on the spot. PAIL OF WATER PUTS " FIVE IN THE HOSPITAL New ^ 01 (t. July 10.—A pail of water thrown from an upper window and ' upon the heads of a group of Italian hoys who had disturbed the quiet of a i, colored woman incited a riot on "San < Jinn hill” that landed five men one dying 111 a hospital, made several’ men e. prisoners and terrified the peaceably t inclined among the 10.000 persons of all nationalities who reside in West Sixty- ,, first and Wes'. Sixty-second strebtr. beg Ii tween \,cst Lnd and Amsterdam ave nues. a BRINK FARM IS VISITED BY TWO LIGHTNING BOLTS Valuable Property Destroyetf and Superstitious Folk Say “Wrath of God.” Ponca, Neb., July 9.—Superstitious persons who do not look with favor on | the release of Frank Brink after three ^months’ detention, for the murder of I Miss Bessie Newton, whom he loved and who wus to wed another man next day, are saying that the two destructive visitations of lightning at the Brink home this morning were more than likely Indicative of the wrath of the .Almighty. At 4 o’clock this morning during the progress of a terrific storm In this vi cinity lightning struck and set fire to the fine large barn on the farm of M. F. Brink, father of Frank Brink, neai here. It war, one of the largest barns 1.’ Dixon county and was entirely de stroyed, together with all Its contents. The latter Included two valuable cows, 1,600 bushels of grain, several sets of harness, some farm machinery and other tools. Second Bolt at 6 O’clock, The fire had scarcely burned itself out when another blinding flash struck the chicken house on the Brink prem ises and this too was burned to the ground. A large number of chickens perished. The loss will reach about $3,000, practically covered by insurance. Frank Brink Is still at home. He came to town on the Fourth for a lit tle time with his father hut saw few of his old friends. An effort is being made to prevent the revival of gossip over the sensational case. During ti.e storm this morning fully Luo inches of water fell and this town ivas partially flooded although little lumage was done. WIDOW CLASPS HAND OF MAN WHO SLEW HER HUSBAND Lincoln, Neb., July 9.—Mrs. J. A. 'orry, widow of the man who was ihot and Instantly killed at Hallam ast Monday by Charles Gloe, met the (layer of her husband today in the of ice of the Lancaster county Jail. There vas no show of bitterness or resent- ' nent. On the contrary, when the two vere introduced, Gloe offered his hand, vhich was grasped by the woman. Neither uttered a word. Gloe stood vlth downcast eyes, the pain and sor ow which Is weighing him down, being ilalnly indicated In his face. A friend of the Corry family, who tad accompanied the widow and two roung men relatives to Lincoln, said: “It is too bad. Too bad on account if both families.” In a low voice Gloe inswered with the single word, "yes.” Mrs. Corry burst into tears and left he room, sitting down on the front teps of the jail until she could con rol her feelings. The party then re urned to the office of the county at orney. The meeting was at the re luest of the woman. The ordeal was a most trying one for Hoe, who is a big, rugged appearing nan, but plainly realizes the awful css of his act and its necessary re ults. He maintains that he acted sole V in self defense, !ind that it was .ecessary for bin * to shoot Corry in rder to save his own life. TORNADO DAMAGES NEBRASKA TOWNS Long Pino.lNeb., July 9.—Long Pine ’as visited by a tornado Saturday U;ht and heavy damage was done. Vith but few exceptions all the fronts f slorc buildings were blown in. The Ii thodist church was demolished, the >of of the Northwestern roundhouse at; blown off and trees in the streets ere blown to shreds. The Diamond vi ry barn was demolished. The roof f Berger's department store was torn , If and much damage done to his stock , f goods, especially in the dry goods , nd grocery departments. All the oard fences in town are down. Great umnge was done to Kyner’s mill, evernl runaways occurred at the be Innlng of the storm. Three persons were hurt, but In only 1 ne case are the injuries of a serious * laracter. Thomas Wright was stand- J lg in the city meat market when the ont was blown in and Mr. Wright f as cut badly by the glass. The phone 1 nes are all down and streets are just 1 mass of trees, fences, barns, etc. The 1 ity fire station was blown over and ie city Jail demolished. The railroad 1 xi 1 chute is partially destroyed. The 1 hid was followed by a terrific hail :orm. which demolished practically all 1 ie windows that the tornado had left hole. Heavy damage is reported done by lis hailstorm to the crops. Small rain is practically destroyed. The 1 (image done to Long Pine by the wind < nd hail will be In excess of $100,090. Best Business Houses Wrecked. 1 Folk. Neb., July 8.—This little town, funded only last September, was bad- ( ' wrecked by a combined wind and ‘ ail storm which descended Sunday } (orning. The best business buildings * i the town were demolished or dam ped and crops over a considerable dls ince ruined. Four business houses ere so badly torn up as to be nearly Seless and their stocks exposed to ' ' le rain and hail. The Baptist church as wrecked and two residences taken ' om the'r foundations. The only per- . >n injured was Mrs. Lee Miller, slight. ' IMAHA CONTRACTOR j : TAKES STRYCHNINE - i - Omaha, Neb., July 9.—Contractor " cDonald, a well known business man « ?re, took strychnine and was dead be >re physicians arrived. , , ERCHANTS MAY ATTACH I - MISSING MINISTER’S GOODS Lincoln, Neb., July 9.—Merchants of ' niversity Place this morning asked' „ •r writs of attachment against the Joks and household goods of Rev, W. - • Ferguson. Tho latter has left for - le east and there are rumore of grave ■nndal. The whole matter has been irned over to Presiding Elder Wright. ' 1 ARK TWAIN DENIES THAT HE IS ENGAGED London, July 9.—When a report that ! ark Twain was engaged to marry his < scretary, Miss I. V. Lyon, was men- 1 oned to; Mr. Clemens ho was rpecc.h- J He went to his desk and, after tev- 1 "il moments’ thought, wute out i..* illowtr. : "I have not known and chat! never uow anyone who could idiI the p. n o, ,o wite I have lost, i shall not i .a . , fa::-. h. V;e..ie..a.' , CHURCH F'APER OBJECTS TO BULLDOGS AT WEDDINGS} London, July 10.—Says the Church Times: ‘ Tne growing practice of turning! weddings into fancy dress performs antes and raree shows should be dis couraged. "We continually read of proceedings Which are quite unfit for a religious function and a church," continues the, newspaper, and it quotes the recent case of an Exeter lady who was fol-J lowed to the altar by her large white' bulldog, sporting wedding favors. "On the same day, says the paper, came news of a Brooklyn wedding par ty, at which the happy couple, 6001 guests and the minister were all mount ed on roller skates, and the nuptial knot was tied in a skating rink to the' strains of "Waiting at the Church.” BARON, WHOSE WIFE SPIED ON EMPEROR, IS SENT TO JAIL Vienna, July 10.—Baron Schonberger, the husband of the Hungarian coqrtj beauty, who was paid to spy on the emperor, has been condemned to six months' imprisonment for forging the name of his wife on bills. Before his marriage the baron ruined' himself by extravagance and finally, became a cab driver. His wife assisted1 him financially for a time, was separ ated from him. and now declares that! she is herself ruined financially by the' failure of the Hungarian government) to recoup her for the heavy expense) she incurred at the Viennese court. WIG AND CHIFFON COVER “LADY GODIVA’S” CHARMS Coventry, July 10.—Coventry has com promised on Lady Godiva’s costume at the coming pageant. , The agitation against the costume, or, rather, the lack of costume in which it was proposed that La Milo as Lady Godiva should ride through the city of Coventry, has been successful. The! mayor, who threatened to resign from' the committee if the costume were not modified, has consented to remain a member of it in consequence of the following messages received by the or ganizers from La Milo: "Kindly assure the mayor and all others they need have no misgivings. A| large wig will practically cover all the body, and a plentiful supply of chiffon will leave only the arms and ankles’ showing. Please contradict report about appearing in enamels. Full pink combined attire will be worn.” The trouble was caused through sen sational dispatches published in the United States and republished here, to, the effect that scarcely any costume would be used. SCANDAL STANDS IN GOULD CASE Judge Refuses to Thus Disarm Mrs. Gould in Suit for Separation. - i New York, July 10.—Supreme Justice McCall today denied the application of Delany Nicoll, counsel for Howard 3ould, whose wife is suing for separa tion, to strike from Mrs. Gould's com plaint the scandalous matters. JNWILLING TO STRIKE WOMAN, IS FINED Chicago, July '.—A tine inflicted for not triking a woman after receiving a blow n the face at her hand, is the latest vrlnkle in municipal court Justice us ad ninistered by Judge Crowe at the Harri on street court. Paul Feldman, 50 years old, and em iloyed by a tailoring concern at 210 Mar Let street, was arraigned on a charge of ilsorderly conduct preferred by Mrs. Lena lunger, 2093 North Ashland avenue. - eldman and Mrs. Hunger became en :aged in an altercation in the factory where both arc employed over tile man icr In which Mrs. Hunger was dlscharg ng her duties. ‘T was telling Mrs. Hunger of her mis akes and she became enraged and struck, ae in the face,” Feldman testified. "Are you sure you didn't strike her?”, squired the judge. “1 did not,” was the reply. "liven after she hit you in the face?" "Not even then." "Well, I'll have to fine you for not strik-' ng her," was the court's rather puzzling ommenf. "You are lined $5 and costs." Later Judge Crowe explained that he was only "joking." "I lined the man for disorderly con-, uct," he said. "It was rather hard to uakP him understand, and my remark to' he effect that I fined him for not strlk ag the woman was made in jest," ► UNITED STATES X >- SECURITIES BREAK * ► ALL RECORDS ♦ ► 4 - New York. July 10.—The amount of 4 ► securities created in the United 4 ► States the first half of 1907 has never 4 ► been paralleled. 4, ► The grand total authorized is $1,- 4 ► 278,028,500, and already $799,442,100 has 4 ► been Issued since Jan. 1, 1907, leav- 4 ► ing $479,286,400 of this year's output 4 ► to be sold in addition to the large 4 ►- carry-over from the previous year. 4 ► The railroads have applied' in six 4 ► months for $979,446,600 exclusive of 4 ► $242,0.,0,000 announced by the Hill 4 ► roads and the St. Paul last Decern- 4 t ► her. The industrial needs have 4 I ► been less pressing, yet not so light 4 ► as the total of $299,281,900 would in- 4 ► dicat e. 4 ► The most prominent feature of 4 ► 1907 iinancing to date is the un- 4 1 -■ prece tented heavy offerings of short 4 ► notes, paying very generous returns 4 ! »• to Investors, from 5 to 8 per cent. 4 |r ► and, in exceptional cases, even 4 ' ► more. Altogether $503,651,000 of this 4 | l1 ► form of security has been put out. 4 MAYOR REMOVES COUNSEL. Now York. July 10.—Mayor McClellan, 1 ernoved William B. Ellison, corpora-' < ion counsel, from office today, giving s his reason that he did not have full onfldence in the counsel, which the in ert, st of the city demanded. Differ-j ll nces of a political character have ex- 5] led between McClellan and Edison for \ ora: time. » MURDERER'S HEAD CUT OFF. i i Pankow, China, July 1C—The governor f the province of Nganhawei was mur- ’< ere 1 yesterday by a student. The di- 1 ector of th** police seized the assassin i n<2 decapitated him on the spot. id FLYING EMBER BURNS GIRL WHO WATCHED FIRE FROM DISTANCE | >M iss Fern Adams Probably Fa* tally Injured in a Cur ious Way. ...... __ *. Auburn, Neb., July S.—The residence of B. Mellott, with all its contents, ►was destroyed by fire and Miss Fern [Adams, the lS-year-old daughter of A. J. Adams, who was sitting in a buggy la block away, watching the fire, was seriously and probably fatally burned |by a falling ember, which set fire to ,her lingerie waist. Her waist and most of her clothing was burned from her rbody, from her hips up, and before the jfire was extinguished she was fright fully burned on her breast, shoulders, [face and arms. , The fire was caused by the explosion iOf a gasoline stove in the kitchen while jMrs. Mellott was preparing the noon ;meal. Mrs. Mellott's sister and daugh ter were the only members of the fam ily present at the time, and before as sistance could arrive the fire w^s be [yond control. The loss to Mr. Mellott is estimated at $4,500. The property was ■only partially insured. ' (4 STOMACH TROUBLE 4 '4- DUE TO DARNING 4 4- NEEDLE; TAKEN OUT 4 4- 4 4- Belgrade, Neb,, July A large 4 4- sized darning needle, broken at the 4 teye, was yesterday removed from 4 the thigh of B. F. McBride, an old 4 4 civil war veteran. 4 4- Mr, McBride has no knowledge as 4 4 to how it came there, but was for 4 4- years a sufferer from stomach trou- 4 4- ble which puzzled the doctors. 4 4- Lately, howeve*, his health had 4 f4 been much hotter. It is supposecome an artist, us she has great talent.” ^ Last stimmer Homer Lind went to At- ? antic City. By chance he stolled into one 1 if the big summer hotels. As he did so his * nusieal ear was attracted by the tones of ( I violin. lie watched the pretty soloist 1 ind learned to love her. f 3IGARET LIdHs I NO GO IN CHICAGO Chicago, July 5—Lucy P^ige Gaston, ounder of the National Anti-cigaret v oague, prominent as the foe of the little 1 paper pines,” must do her work nearly 5 II over again in Illinois, for the stinger 1 t’hlch she had inserted in the law passed f •y the past legislature has been thrown * ut by the local corn*-, and Chicago and * llinois cigar and tobacco dealers are sell- ^ ng the little paper pipes at the same old ( tand and in the same old way, s CUPID AS A JAIL BREAKER PROVES A BUNGLER AT LINCOLN Prank Wilson Steals Tear* From Girl Who Freed but Spurned Him. Lincoln, Neb., July 5.—Frank Wilsont Is the sorry hero of a little police court romance. A few weeks ago Clara Gaum, who conducts religious services at the city jail on occasions, found in Wilson, then serving a short sentence, a brand ready to be snatched from the burning. He proved to be desirous of leading a new life, and Miss Gaum -and her co-worker, Mrs. Parke, becoming Interested, got him out and started him on a job. Wilson rewarded Miss Gaum’s inter est by falling in love with her, and af ter he had pushed his courtship for a few weeks asked her to marry him. She declined because she did not be lieve that he had become fully re deemed. Wilson was despondent for a few days, but yesterday he went to the Parke home while the family was away at a camp meeting, and getting their team brought it down town. He sold the wagon and the harness and turned the horse loose. He was arrested, soon afterwards, and is again in jail. VvEATHER DURING WEEK SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL Lincoln, Neb., July 5.—The weather summary for Nebraska for the week ending July 1, follows; Tlie week, was mostly warm and pleasant, with abundant sunshine and light wind. The daily temperature averaged about 3 degrees below the normal. The weekly average was about 72 degrees in the southeastern counties and 68 to 70 degrees m the northern and west ern. The maximum temperatures gen erally were not high, but oil Monday and Saturday temperatures above 99 degrees were recorded at many places. The rainfiiH was above the normal ini most of the southern and extreme west-! ern counties, and below normal in the; lest of the state. Thunderstorms oc-! cur red :'n the southeastern counties Monday afternoon, accompanied by high wind more than an inch of rain, and in some places by hail. Scattered showers occurred in the state the last part of the week, but the rainfall was mostly light. The rainfall fos the week was less than half an inch in most of the northern counties. The total rain fall from April 1 to date in most of the state is between one-half and two thirds of the normal amount. NEGRO TO PRISON FOR EIGHT YEARS) Lincoln, Neb., July 5.—Clavin Harris,; a burly negro, convicted of licentiously! abusing his young stepdaughter, was, this morning sentenced by Judge Frost to eight years at hard labor in the peni tentiary. When asked if he had any thing to say why sentence of the court should not be pronounced, Harris re plied that he was innocent. LITTLE BOY KICKED IN HEAD BY HORSE, DIES Oakland, Neb., July 5.—While play ing in the yard the little 5-year-old son of O. P. Danielsons, living north west of Oakland, was kicked in tha head by a young horse and killed. —f BURLINGTON RAIROAD CHANGES RELIEF DEPT. Lincoln, Neb., July 5.—It has been mly a short time, comparatively, since die Burlington began to concentrate ts departments in Chicago and handle :he business of the big road entirely from the Windy city instead of having i double set of officers, one set east of die Missouri river and the other set ivest. In this time, however, a number of lepartments which were run independ mtly west of the river have been ab sorbed by the Chicago end of the great :runk line. Tlie last change is in the landling of the relief department. After August 1 Dr. T. P. Livingston, if Plattsmouth, will not wear the title if medical director of the system west if the river. The entire management if the relief department will be in the lands of Superintendent Redfern and Assistant Superintendent Denny at Chi ago. Officers of the operative depart nent will not have any jurisdiction1 .hen. A The medical and surgical corps of the ■eiief will not be paid salaries in ransportation after this date, as is the iractice now, but the fee system will irevail. There are something like seventy sur-' reons and physicians in the service of he road west of the river now, and) nany of them have little to do. The utter were given transportation in! ila.ee of cold cash for their services, < The relief department of the Burling-! on was organized in 1899, and has been) n existence over eighteen years. Dur ng this time it has paid out $5,572,061 u benefits. The department has nearly 4,000 members, which is a little over r per cent, of the number employed on) he whole system. It is explained that he per cent, of membership is kept! lown because of the numerous changes i. some departments of the road. Be* ides section workers and quite a large lumber of elderly employes are not list id or. the insurance rolls. i :LAN TO COLONIZE THE WEST WITH JEWS * New York, July 5.—Israel Zangwill, las written a letter to the Jewish Ga t-tie of this city, explaining the colon isation work that the Jewish territorial: rganizatlon, of which he is president, ,opes to do in the western part of the* 'nited States. The letter, which is in ended to correct a mistaken impression! if the organisation's plans, says; “There is no particular desire to lo-’ ate Jews in Texas, but merely to open, or Jews the whole splendid west of th* 'nited States. Here is a region half! f lar.ye as Europe, full of endless! realth, filled with new, rising towns, •et containing only 100,000 Jews, or as) nany ns pour Into New York in a ingle year. Why should these hun-1 reds of thousands continue to pour nto a single city? Let them pour all ver America." S WEALTHIEST WOMAN ’ , IN GREAT BRITAIN Tfomlon, July 5.—Britain's wealthiest oman is Miss Emily Charlotte Talbot, an nrr.arrled woman but little known out iae her nrtive Wales, where she owns ivo magnificent estates. Miss Talbot ip erited from her father all his real estate? 1 Wales, wh.ch is said to be worth over ’.O'O.mO. She lives very quietly on her m lsh property, rarely visiting her Eon on house, and dispenses charity in a plenCid manner. i