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PUTISHOUIH REWS-HERUb . 0. WATTERS, Busineis Manage! PLATT8M0UTH. NEBRASKA ooooooooooooooooocooooaooo u c o o 8 o 0 0 ft 0 o 0 .8 6 o o 6 O O O 6 Washington, Congressional, Politi cal and Other Events Briefly Told oooooooooooooooooooooooooo Foreign. A special dispatch from Teheran .-ays that despite It I m protests, Ahmed Miiv.a, the young sliuh of Persia, will In' utlicially id ail It tl Boon and that his household Is now being arranged. The sl.iili U 11 yearn old. The 111 lie shah did not commit suicide, as was re ported. Oscar Malmros, American consul at Rouen, France, is dangerously 111, ne- routing to a dispatch received at the .-tate department iu Washington. Mr. MaltnrcM has been In the consular service for many years, having been appointed In 1S05. Me is from Minne sota. A special dispatch from Teheran mi.vh that Mohanmied All, the deposed hah of Persia, will leave the country August 17, and that the young shall, who Is his favorite son, Is downcast at the prospect of a separation from his parents. He has no desire to he a ruler. .Madame It. F. Gayan, the wife of the Argentine consul general at Duda pest, In a midden lit of nindnesa, iidnvned two of her children In the ea at Cirkvenca, lluiiKnry, and was lestralnod with dlfllculty from putting an end to the life of her third child and herself. The Duke of the Abruzzl has estab lished another record In mountain rliiublng. He ascended Mount Godwin-Austen to a height of 21,601) feet. Perfect weather was enjoyed during the ascent. William Sterne, the long distance Mvlmnipr of Manchester, attempted to (wlin across the English channel from South Foreland, England, to the French coast, but wan obliged to rIvo up on account of seasickness. Mon I ague Holbein will make the attempt. General. Occasional tnrents nre heard of n tariff war between the United States and France. No postal savings bank legislation can ho expected of the next con press. President Gomez has Helected n new cabinet for Venezuela. A boy of 18 was drowned in the Niagara whirlpool after making a desperate fight for lire. Kleven deaths attributable to the beat occurred In Omnha. The late dry and hot weather Is wild to have cut down former esti mates of the corn crop. Prince Albert Leopold, heir to tho Belgian throne, nrrlved at Antwerp on his return from tho Congo, and was given an ovation. titistnve Hering, sr., n bookeeper, hhot and Instantly killed bis wife, Louisa, probably fatally wounding his on. Gustavo Hering, jr., und then killed himself nt their home In Chi i ago, While driving to church nt Flisbee station, Mo., five children of H. A. Hyde, a farmer, were killed by St. Louis and San Francisco train No. 811, which struck the wagon on n crossing a mile east of the Hydo home. Near beer was voted out of nearly half the state of Georgia by the legis lature when a few minutes before Joint adjournment the scnato high license bill was passed by the house 81 to 77. In the veterans grand review at Salt Lake there were nineteen Nobras kans, twelve of them being from Lin coln. The Intense heat kept many veter ans out of the ranks iu the parade at Suit Lake City. The National Association of State and Mnpiclpal Itoiler Inspection De partments was organized at Detroit to promote a uniform inspection of boil ers. A. C. Van Sunt, the new national commander of the G. A. R bus a brother living In Omaha. A number of Nebraskans and lowans were successful In the land drawings nt Spokane. Members of the Omaha Grain ex change nre Inclined to dismiss ns un true stories of damage done to corn and wheat in Nebraska by the recent hot wave. Arthur Hale Smith, third son of Joseph Smith, who founded the Mor mon church, died at Montrose, Ia where he was attending tho conven tion of Latter Day Saints. Secretary Balllnger and Clifford Pin cliot hold radically different opinions on the question of conservation, Two men were killed and property to the amount of $25,000 was destroyed In arj explosion at the Aetna Powder mill at Aetna, Ind. Allen Newton, aged 24. of Helena, Mont., drew No. 1 In the Spokane re servation land drawing. David C. Ruhl, of Ord, Nebr., drew No. 41. Nine nre dead and fifty Injured in a head-on collision on the Denver & Itio Grande near I lusted. Col. Mlstnk lng the headlight of an engine on a switch for a section of another train was the cause of the accident. Ohio republicans are looking about for a strong man to run for governor. Pill 10 ft! PARAGRAPH I 0 j Driving up to the Valley bank of Santa Clara, Cul.. In a hired automo bile, two youths covered Cashier Blrgo and bis assistants with shotguns and, after securing 7,no, fled in tho ins chlu. Tho extra seion of congress cost J. -,110.0(10. The Inst shadow of the trouble be tween the street railway companies of Chicago and their employes, which threatened to lead to a strike of great proportions, passed away labt week. At Brisbln. ArUonu, A. T. Hoy and William Rockholtz, linotype operators, of the Dally Review, were murdered while at work. William Pfancuck en tered the office and, without a word, drew a revolver and opened fire. After killing the two he nlso fired at Migual Avareta, a printer; h boy helper nnd at Jay Wllmonthe, a special officer, wounding the latter. Harry K. Thaw's latest attempt to gain his liberty met with defeat when Supremo Court Justice Isaac N. Mills dismissed the writ of habeus corpus and declared that the release of the petitioner would be dangerous to public peace nnd safety. ' Standard Oil company will have to pay a duty of about 10 per cent ad valorem on oil since the new tariff bill became effective, although oil un der that measure Is admitted into the I'nlted States nnd the Philippines free of duty. Almost the entire town of Milton, Delaware, was destroyed by fire early on Friday. Nearly 100 houses, a lum ber yard and a bank building were de stroyed. Tho loss will exceed $100.- ooo. Joseph Furay of Warsaw, lnd., who drew No. I In the Flathend land distri bution, Is apparently not excited over his good fortune, although he has been Informed that his allotment Is worth $10,000. The district attorney of .ew York la confident of uncovering wholesale crookedness in the stock mnrket. The natlonnl Irrigation congress wants nation to Issue billions In bonds. Chnrles V. Curry, secretary of stnto of California, has announced himself as n candidate for the republican nom ination for governor of that state. Receipts reached on Tuesday from the operation of the new tariff law amounted to $930,944 as ngainst the receipts under the Dlngley law for the same day last year amounting to $070,578. Former Governor Van Snnt of Min nesota was elected comniander-ln-chief of the Grand Army of tho Re public. Gifford Pinchot charged at the Irri gation congress that n water power trust was being formed. Reports nre in circulation of seri ous agitation in Albania ngainst the attempt of Greece to annex Crete. Washington. Senator Gore In an address on "Lo cal Duty" nt a Chnutauqua assembly hero highly eulogized Senator A. I). Cummins, saying If the new tariff bill proves good It will elect Taft again, but If not then it will elect a thorough ly progressive republican such as Al bert II. Cummins of Iowa. Tremendous cheers followed the assertion that Cummins Is the Insurgent who in surges. Much Interest was manifested In Washington by Interior development officials In reports from Denver, Colo., that a hearing In Seattle, Wash., next month will disclose proof of gigantic frauds In connection with coal lands in Alaska. Senator Norris Brown of Nebraskn, author of the Income tax amendment, believes that the legislatures of three fourths of the states will Indorse tho measure. Since Alabama leads the al phabetical list of states he regards Its Indorsement of the measure as an omen of success. Ratification by a majority of both houses of tho legis latures of three-fourths of tho states Is necessary for the constitutional amendment which will ndmlt of tho tax. Rules governing the Philippine tariff act were sent to customs of ficers. Tho names of the more than 300 su pervisors of the thirteenth census to be appointed by President Taft will be mnde public In a few days by the president. Throughout most of the country there will be a supervisor for each congressional district, but In large cities ono supervisor will be ap pointed, regardless of the number of congressional districts. The report sprend abroad thnt Count Zeppelin is dead proves to be unfounded. Van Sant. the new national com mander of tho G. A. It., was twice gov ernor of Minnesota. Personal. Mayor t.uase announced the appoint ment of Leroy T. Steward, superin tendent of city delivery of malls In the Chicago postofflce. as chief of police to succeed George M. Shlppy, resigned. President Taft may meet In New Or leans on his visit there about Novem ber 1 President Obaldlu of Panama nnd President Gomez of Cuba. Rear admiral Judah Thomson, U. S. N. (retlder), died nt Providence hos pital In Seattle, Wash., after a long ill ness, aged 67 years. In view of the precarious henlth of King Menellk, full powers of regency have been granted to Ras Tesama, the guardian of Prince Lldj Jenssu, the heir presumptive to the Abysslan throne. It Is reported that the young Shah of Persia attempted suicide. Gov. Shnllenberger of Nebraska, ac companied by his staff, has gone to tho Yukon exposition. One hundred "undesirable' students hnve been dropped from the University of Chicago. Seventy-five ore fresh men and tho remainder second and third-year men. WftNT BETTER RATES FREIGHTS MUST BE LOWERED IN THE WEST. AS TO THE RECENT ADVANCE Trans - Mississippi Commercial Con gress Likely to Be the Scene of Vigorous Contest. Denver, Colo. Coupled with tho possibility of renewed hostilities be tween the Pinchot and Balllnger forces, the Trans-MissUslppl commer cial congress, In session here, prom ises to become the battlefield of -n fight for better rate regulation for the west. Assertion that the fight on railroad rates jnay break any time nnd become a predominant factor in the delibera tions of the congress, was made by Colonel Ike Pryor, of San Antonio, Tex., cbnirman of the executive com mittee. He declared Galveston and Denver business men would bring In a resolution demanding euultable re vision of rail and ocean rates be tween New York nnd Denver. According to Colonel Pryor's state ment, the ocean rate between New York and Galveston has been low enough to provide Denver shippers an Incentive to bring their goods to the Texas port for shipment over local lines to Denver, thus obtnlning a re duced rate. It is now charged that tho lailwnys have Increased tho local rail rate between Galveston and Den ,ver to a point where It la a matter of choice whether goods are brought via ocean or entirely by rail. Thomas P. Walsh, and John Barrett, director of the bureau of American re publics, were the principal speakers of the afternoon. Mr. Walsh made a plea for opening vast tracts of west em land to the eastern farmer and city-bred maj. He believed that the answer to crowded tenements lies In tho irrigation of tho arid west. Mr. Barrett spoke of improvements In reclamation nmong the Latln-Amer-Jean countries. Lnverno W. Noyes of Chicago, presi dent of tha National Business league of Amorlca, spoke on the American consular service. He told of tho value of the consular agent to the American shipper In producing a market. Truman G. Palmer of Chicago spoke of the sugar beet Industry. Insuunce was the topic at the even ing session nnd the principal address was delivered by Samuel Bosworth Smith of Chattanooga, Tcnn., presi dent of the American Life convention, lie said tho people of the middle-west nncV Trans-Mlsslsslppl states paid in premiums to llfo insurance companies, $171,000,000. He attacked the tax laws proposed in various states and particularly the tnx on corporations pioposed by President Taft. Returns of Primaries. Lincoln. Returns from tho state primary nre very mengor, only 133 out of a total of 1.7C7 precincts In tho state having reported. The Int hour at which tho polls closed, the complicated ballot nnd the few of flees over which there were contests detracting from the Interest, so that the country precincts were slow In reporting. At tho republican head quarters at Lincoln It was considered that tho returns received Indicated the nomination of Barnes nnd Sedg wick ns two of the republican caudl dates for supreme Judge, with the third place in doubt. UNION STATION FOR CHICAGO. New Structure Costing Twenty-Five Millions to Be Built. Chicago. The 61d Union ' railroad station, Adams and Canal streets, will bo replaced by a $25,000,000 structure according to an announcement. Tho now building will be erected on plans harmonizing with the "City Beautiful" and will be opposlto tho $20,000,000 terminal which the Chicago & North western railroad Is building. Tho rail roads planning the project are the Pennsylvania, owner of tho present Union station; the Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and tho Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. Thaw Back to Asylum. White Tlalns, N. Y. Harry K. Thaw packed up his grips In tho county Jail here Tuesday preparatory to his re turn to Matteawan Wednesday. He had to purchase an additional grip In order to house all his belongings. As It was, he threw out several hundred of letters, most of which were from cranks nnd women. Trust Is Sued for Million. Norfolk, Va. Alleging Illegal prac tices by the tobacco trust, designed, it is charged, to destroy the plaintiff's In dependent business, the Ware-Kramer Tobacco company has brought suit In the United States circuit court nt Raleigh, N. C against the American Tobacco company, claiming $1,000,000 damages. Burial Societies Illegal. Jefferson City. Mo. Tho nttorney general In nn opinion declared tho for mation of burial associations was Ille gal. Superintendent of Insurance Kenulsh will advise prosecuting at torneys to proceed t dissolve such assoulut!ai. Steward Is Now Chief. ChUago.- Chicago nldurrucn it tie olal session confirmed tho appoint ment of Colonel LeRoy T. Steward, as chief of police to succeed George M. SUippey, resigned. NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES. Items of Interest Taken From Here and There Over the State. The achool levy in Hastings has been considerably reduced. Louisville will bold a merchants' carnival from September 1 to C. Tho building going forward in Alns worth amounts to a veritable boom. Enraged because he had been Jilted Harry Bliss of Portsmouth. IS years old. shot and fatally wounded Miss Minnie Clarke, aged 17 years. The best yield of wheat reported so far In Gage county is on the farm of C. A. Reel, 22 acres threshing out S52 bushels, or 38 bushels to the acre So many cows belonging to Omaha dairymen have been condemned by reason of tuberculosis that the pries of milk Is going to be put at ten cent! a quart. Etta Johnson, the little daughter oi Mrs. W. J. Johnson, living northeast pf Beatrice, died from Injuries re ceived by being crushed against tho manger by a horse. Ed. G. Maxfleld sold his farm, which was one and a half miles north east from Dorchester, to Andrew Kra mer for $121 an utre. This is the highest price paid for land there for some time. Although uninjured, Arthur Allen, formerly prlvnte secretary to ex-Cov. Mickey, was a passenger on the Den ver & Rio Grande train which wa wrecked at Husted, Colo., when nine were killed and fifty or more Injured. H. II. Stine, a farmer living two miles north of Hastings, was seriously Injured in a collision with an automo bile at tho outskirts of the city. He wns driving home with his daughter, when a touring car ran Into him. Mrs. Gertrude Seymour of Pender received a telegram from the sheriff at Davenport, Wash., stating that her son, Hiram, aged 30 years, had been killed. No details were given, and further Information Is awaited with unxlety by the family. Tho new Edholm Grain company of Schuyler, composed of farmers, have had such a prosperous season that they will celebrate their success by holding n picnic. A noted Chicago speaker will bo present to entertain and instruct. Frank Marsh, living eight miles northwest, of Beatrice, has an orange tree growing In his yard which will hear considerable fruit this year. A branch of the tree containing about sixty peaches tho size of "plums was exhibited In Beatrice : "Sod" Reynolds, the young man from Humboldt, who drew N'o. 909 in the Coeur d'Alene land allotment, Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Reynolds, pioneers of thnt section. He has spent the last few yeMS traveling through the west. The 7-year-old son of Henry Moelle, of Custer county, found a pistol and some cartridges. He loaded the gun and then by some moans fired It. How he did it is not known, for the ham mer of the old pistol was broken. The bullet entered his chest, proving fatal In a few minutes. W. G. Templeton of Omnha, secre tary and treasurer of the Union Loan and Investment company, recently re ceived from the United States treas ury department a certificate for $14.43 for back pay due when he was a sol dier of Uncle Sam during the civil war, nearly a half century ago. Chas. Knapp of Madison county, charged with shooting his wife with Intent to kill, and who was bound over until the fall term of the district court In the sum of $2,000 bail, which was given by his brothers, Jake and John Knapp, has engaged the services of Allen & Dowling of Madison to de fend him. County Attorney Will G. Ramsey of Cass county has filed a complaint in county court charging Charles J. Ba ker with bigamy. It Is charged that Baker deserted his wife and children at Ashtabula, 0 and came to Tlatts mouth and married Mrs. Lillian Vro man without first securing a divorce from his former wife. News has reached West Point of the death nt Meeker, Okla., of Mrs Edgar N. Sweet, tho wifo of Judge E. N. Sweet, formerly of West Point The deceased was well known there, her husband being a former county Judge of Cuming county nnd the founder of the West Point Republican tho oldest paper In the Elkhorn val ley, which he established In 1870. C. L. Hoover, who recently re turned to the United States from the Philippines, and who has been ap pointed United States consul to Ma drid, Spain, Is a sturdy defender of the work done by tho Americans In the Islands. Tho parents of Mr. Hoo ver's wife live In Lincoln, and he has spent recently some time with them Ho will sail for Spain next month, after a short visit in Washington. D. C. The county board of York county, in attempting to compel nn estate tc pay taxes on property it clalins to have been hid and not returned for everal years. When the estate was probnted It was learned that from $50,0u0 to $100,000 had not been re turned for valuation. The county at torney nnd leading attorneys In York after investigating nnd looking up do clslons, refused to take the case and advised no good action could be brought and held good. Dr. G. W. Weeter of Grand Island Is plaintiff in a suit against the Union Pacific, tiled In the district court, asking for ,j0() damages nl leged to have been sustained by him In nn accident whllo crossing the company's tracks, While attempting to board the way car of Burlington freight train nt lie bron, W. G. Smith of Alvlo, Mo., had both of his feet cut off near the nn kles. He was a passenger on the freight and when It arrived Ilebror he left the train. When it started tc leave he missed his footing and fell under the train. THE OCCUPATION TX JUDGE 6ULLIVAN TO FILE SUIT TESTING SAME. E NOT YET PAIO Secretary Junkin Has Under Consid eration an Amendment to the Revenue Law. John J. Sullivan Is going to flic a suit in the district court of Douglas county to test the legality of the oc cupation tax act passed by the late legislature. Judge Scllivau called up on Attorney General Thompson ami announced to him that the suit would be filed within a short time. Up to this time 1.105 corporations have paid the occupation tax, tho fees amounting to $29,150. Of this sum $2,425 has been paid under protest. This money paid under protest, how ever, will go Into the state treasury with tho other, as there Is no law by which it can be held out. Tho fact that it was paid under protest, how ever, may help Jho corporation to get it back should the law be declared unconstitutional and the matter is taken up with the next legislature. There nre still about 5,0)0 corpora tions which have not paid the tax. Of the letters sent out 2,000 have been returned because the corporations have gone out of existence. Under tho law the tax must be paid by September 1, or a penalty of $10 is tacked on. If not paid by Nov. 1, then It is the duty of the state to can cel the license of the corporation and prevent It doing business in Ne braska. Proposed Change in Law. Secretary of State Junkin has un der consideration an amendment to the revenue law which he believes will be good. His amendment pro vides that the State Board of Equali zation shall have power to equalize values of tho various counties solely for state purposes, leaving to the county boards tho authority to place a value on the property for county purposes. Delay, then, on the part of the state board would not affect tho coun ties to any great extent because the officials could go ahead and extend their levies for county and school purposes, while waiting for the state board. The levy for state purposes Is always small compared with the levy for county and city purposes, and the secretary believes there would bo no objections to the work of the state board, w hether the values were high or low. As It is now, lie says, persons are vitally interested in the work of the state board because It is. on the values fixed by this board thnt county and city levies are made. The board has no right to change the assessment of an Individual, but merely equalizes values between tho counties, so he believes this valua tion so fixed should be used solely for realizing taxes for state purposes. Contractor Gets Stung. The contractor who Is drilling the holes on the granite pedestals at the state house through which electric wires are to be run, got "stung" when he thought he was wielding the stinger. When the bids were opened It was discovered that the successful contractor had bid 25 cents a foot., while others bid as high as $1.75 a foot. The successful contractor, sev eral days later, when asked why he put In such a low bid, laughed at the board and Informed its members that the pedestals were hollow. When he examined these same pedestals, how ever, he discovered he was badly mistaken. There are four pedestals to be drilled through, and they are about eight feet high, which makes $2 each. Two men working constant ly got the hole through one pedestal in two and a halt days. Big Race Expected. Secretary Mellor of the state fair board has received inquiries regard ing the twenty-five mile relay race to be pulled off at the fair from South Dakota, North Dakota, Missouri, Kan sas, Colorado, Montana and Nebraska, nnd the Indications are a big number of horses will be entered. Horses will be changed at every mile nnd five miles a day will be run. The prizes are a 3 follows: $900. $100 nnd $200 For tho derby eight horses have al ready been entered and for the Nebraska-bred 3-year-olds six horses have been entered. These races are as follows: 2:30 trot, $500; 2:25 trot $500; 2:18 trot, $500; 2:25 pace, $500; 2:18 pace, $500. Illegal to Deliver Beer. District Judge Stewart has upheld the decision of Police Judge Rlsset thnt It is illegal to deliver beer In Lin coln, and the fine levied ou Robert Barrett for doing this, he holds, was proper. The case will be taken to the supreme court. Estimates on Lands Vary. Engineer Hurd, who has charge of the work of finding the physical valu ation of railroads, has sent out cards to prominent or posted citizens In the various towus asking the value of real estate adjacent to the railroad right-of-way. The antwers show a great difference of opinion. From one town, one party said land next to the right-of-way of the railroads was worth per acre for the best $125, nnd $90 for the poorer. Another party who should be equally us well posted said the land wns worth $90 and $75. THE STATE ASSESSMENT. Everything Arranged Except in DougJ las County. Tha determination of Secretary of State Junkin to force an increase In the valuation of the merchandise of Douglas county or secure a reconsid eration of the action of the state board' of equalization In increasing the value pf bank stock, has delayed action on, Douglas county's assessment, until the return of State Treasurer Brian. Even then It Is possible no agreement! can be reached and that it will be necessary for the board to defer action until the governor gets back from the northwest. Auditor Barton has re turned from the east, but as Land Commissioner Cowies and the secre tary of state do not agree about Oma ha merchandise or banks the auditor' vote would not settle the question. So Secretary Henry Seymour was in structed to proceed to certify out tha valuation of all the other counties, to gether with a statement showing the amount of money each county is ex pected to pay in taxes. Without Douglas county the total valuation of the state is $303,230,086. The levy or V.i mills for the general fund-will raise $1,034,535; the univep sity 1 mill levy will raise $303,230. making a total of $1,997,705. the total state nnd school tax to be paid by all the counties except Douulas. The total appropriations to be paid out of the general fund amount to $3,976,9C9. It Is estimated that of this mini $000,000 will bo realized by fees paid to the state and money received from miscellaneous sources. This will leave a total of $:,376.W9 to be raised by levy. One-half of this to be raised the first year will be $1,088,484. The total assessed value of the state? is approximately $399,000,000. The levy for the general fund on this sum la 4 M. mills. This will realize $1,795, 500. It Is estimated that 95 per cent of this will be collected, or $1,705,725. State Fair Athletic Meet. The State Fair association will hold its third annual track meet at tho state fair this fa if. The meet will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 7. as follows: Weight events, 4 p. in.; Held events, 5 p. m.; track events, fi p. m. Because of the danger to spectators the weight events will be held at an appointed place outside the fair grounds, tho field events will be held in the circle of the race track, and the athletic events will be run on the track in front of the grand stand. The board offers the following in ducements to athletes: Gold, silver and bronze medals to the winners of first, second and third places in all events except the relay tests, and the team winners in this event will be given four gold medals. Contestants are given admission to the fair grounds on the day of the meet and succeeding days of the fair. Out-of-town contestants will be given hotel expenses on the day of the meet. Herefords at the State Fair. An exhibitor of Hereford cattle liv ing in another state has written Sec retary W. R. Mellor that he has not shown In Nebraska for several years and does not like the premium list which provides that if there is no com petition only one-half of the premium shall be paid, but lie thinks he will come with bis Herefords. Secretary Mellor has written him that he la likely to find n little competition In his line and he promises to make it In teresting for him. The reluctant ex hibitor will find when he arrives nt the state fair that he will have to com pete with Hereford herds entered by seven different exhibitors alone will have herds aggregating more than 149 animals, which was the total number of animals in this class exhibited last year at the Nebraska state fair. Cash Prizes for Hustlers. The Union Pacific has hit upon the novel scheme of giving cash prizes to its station agents for expediting the shipment of grain. This Is one of the methods adopted In the effort to handle the enormous grain crop. All rall rads are confronted by the task and are preparing in various ways to meet It. For some months they have been hustling cars needing repair to the shops so they might be ready for the rush when it came. The new system is one of merit for agents during the months of August. September and Oc tober. Pullman Rates Reduced. The State Railway commission is- sued an order reducing Pullman rate3 in Nebraska. The minimum of $2 was cut to $1.50 and the maximum from $3.50 to $2.50. Instead of seats being 25 cents, 50 cents nnd on up at ft Jump of 25 cents, 5 cents was tho unit. Many Fine Stock Entries. The fine stock entries for the state fair nre coming In faster than in any previous year, there being 210 entries to date with prospects for at least 030 before the fair opens. This number will just fill the new live stock barn Entries made before August 15 will be listed In the official catalog of the fair Tho Albion Chautauqua was suc cessful throughout. Tangle Over Normal School. A delegation called at the state house from Dawes county to get infor (nation regarding the proper steps to take to get a state normal school lo cated at Crawford. As there are two hoards, each of which claims to be the real board with power to net In the matter of the selection of a site for the new ,,orinal H,.ll()((li townf) )n the west end of the state that nre anxious for the school are nt a loss ust how to proceed. The delegation, I,,1(1'1 hy C. F. Coffey, paid IU re' sports to the governor.