The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, July 19, 1901, Image 8
THE NEBRASKA TAXES Total Valuation for Assessment ia Heavly Three Million Mure. fIGl'RES FOR 1900 AND 1901 tartias; a Xeir Industry In Bolt Coanty Plait Coaatjr a floneer In Road Fpriakllag Other ebraka Matters iiara aid There. LINCOLN. Neb.. July 17. The to tal valuation upon which state taxes will be assessed this year against tax able property in Nebraska will be ap proximately $174,432,000. or f2.6S3.00J greater than the assessed valution last year. These figures have been com puted from the official reports received from eighty-nine of the ninety coun ties. Wheeler, whose report has not l?en received, had a total assessed valuation of 5293.237.40 last year and it Is believed there will be no material change in the figures this year. Following is a comparison of the as sessed valuation of property for the two years: i I A l ir-is Aniciop .... lia-iner l:tai:: ISii -2 Uutt.j .. 1--U .H row it ):ur.t:o Hurl Heti.r .- ""ia.r C"li.-!e ....... 'h-rry .'!. yenne ... Clay t'oli.il Vli.TT.Z t'ustor Dakota Ihllei i'asnon .. lenl J'uoc Iuas V!g'a , luniy KSIlntoro Kraakilu .... Frontur Ktinus iV ilf Jjr:!trI.l tleiflor ;r..:it irH..y Hall Hamilton, H a rl :i n iiaes Ilinhtock .. Holt lloo!;r ....... Hn:irJ J-ITt-ii Jiir..-n ..... Kciru-.'' Kt ith Keva. (fuh:i 2.7i;.53rc. $ i..v.2.77o.5o, 2w54o.ot lV.M'i.TSj i.TM.-iaai f4l.N.'.-i. 4-,1.21'I.OOj 65.4j1.47 5.76.t.y.rj.37 2.545.4".31. 2.251.K2.10! 4.413. 15. 05 2.4 7.344 0i tKV43.2 1.3 '.UV.2I l.J'1.5iV14 2.412. loi9: l.i;.414.20; 2.234.55.57i 3.342.2V$.S: l.;Vo.2e2.15j l.A.y.447l 1.7iv&;').&2, fr'.'S.l'U.bbj 1 2i. 01 i 3.1:W.b. Sslj 21.715.972. 64; 644.ya2.3:i ;.:;7.1!.j:7 1.1 43-J.O' 1.174.3;.2'! l4t0,").65, 5.312.73 57, 247.52. S0 wi.rs.a -M7VS.1 2.677.!4 77 l.5.5H.O"i 1.3''l.i5o.fib 4.!4 Wl U.77.'.i 2.3M.Ptil.j! 124 ("M M 1.3o J.!.)! 2.717.15C.0O 1.. "72.7j-1 il32.2. 1.6:4. 5..Yo'i 7Sj.734.mj t.!51. 7;.125.J 2.707.725.M 2.7S4.2el.U7 2.223.1.W.SJ 4 "5.50j.3 2.7:-2.2l7.H thV.:nt.M 1.930.64VJ" 1.5"3.42. 2.419.17S.2J 2.oe-4.M"7.o.) 2.247.57.'-) 2.441. M. IS 1.6on.25!.0) l.VJV.703.50 1.074.5isi.::i tM. 114.6s 1.72.4:'2-4 3.1, ".2.74. i s.'.'j'i.Tyit'S d.V.26-'i.Cl 2 25.173.n 1.13 549.1& 1.1'7.4:.9.i l73.!i.V.O 5.3.S.if4.-;3 2."4.4.v 753. !... 474.270.3. S.4-jl.:l 2.5t.037.aJ l.Mij.MS.'.'i 1.2v.417.v. 44 ."4't l I l'l3-il 2.327.. l.'.-l 144.!.79 1.:K.V1:.2.11 2.5."4.u.!.0. 2.1).11' :. 5 1.32 '.5-19. .2 N"4.!-7.o2 4 i..477. M b27.6i.cl 1.S54 2!7." .Mr..37r..6l l.W7.1!h.b8 23 .' . 27 lV..140.i ) 2.3I-2.21X Vt . 1.M4.4W.M l.1.4''l.('v 2.707.477.S3 2.2G7.71").:.; 4il. ! 2.644.rJi. 5."l.i.U 1.2-?.2T4.-;.l 1.516.473.M S.MK.rtM.l'l 1.311.2'."?.7 1.2ti3.710.75 J :.:n:.4.x. .-i.i'?; ; 1 2.31 ;.:.2, 1.33 i.WJ.hOt 7?5.3!v$.",j 4 11. 030. OV 623.415. 1. 1.5.1.2! 9 27-5S.47. 2. C4.774.M; 2J.5"2.t"i l'iO.9".!.0i 2.251. S4.53i - 121.Olf2.e4x 1.J04.H9.51 i.2r.o.''! 2.7CT.370.3SI 2.257.570.oo( 4.67O.0l.2O: 2,5ul 17'J.Ol: C23 ",'v0"! 1.3C.11.53! l..!.H5.3"l 2.3?f7.::0.77, 21': 0. :KT.S3T7. b'.ii. 427.30 I 4"s.2!4.3'-: 2.250.235.77 3.44.5.745 25; 4".1.:,4.' 2..V.4..7o'32 1 3'vn 2.". .,i.7vM . 41S. ''. 7: 1.44.245 1H 2 2.V..T4.79 l."i.?JS.!7' :.4s. 47' !7",47!' " 2.3tt ! 31' l.S;5.5"2.C0 1. v;.3v6o; 2" 237.40 2.319.541.14 . .... i Kmiuull . Kmiii j?ias;(r J.ii.i-oiu ....... l.K-tn Ijuup Al.-vtison Mri'h.TsOn ... Merrick N.i.icf Ne:nph. Nrvk.ilW 4toe- la vmc I'-rUn Fhelj.s fierce l"-att olk 1:-J Willow .. Ktr l arrjsun ... K.i.k ta:irs Kit r jy .n. mlt-r Sou's Bluff .. S-w.rd Sti-rt.!.in r!;-rnvii eiioox Sm'itor. Thayer Thcn.i Th'irlrn Vaiiey Vajit.iJiptorj .. Vayne Webster Vheltr York ...I 2.4!6.714 2.279 7:n'..v 3.41.27S.- '. ir, 1.54 ;.o,!'k!"i 1.177.7-"0.'' !79.-4S? i 5I2.:-.47." 1.473 42-iM 2.373 l-n.'-ii ll H3.54 55ii.lS:."0 W-0..V, :.4 I 2.3."J.fi23.17 1. !'!. 7 ' 1.723.SM.2- 2M.H7.! Totals 1171.747.593.41 $174.432.f7k.- Tope the Omaha Market. GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. July 17. The topping of the Omaha market by Pai l Frauen. a local stock breeder, feeder an! shipper, recalls that the Chicago market for the year has been topped twice in the past twenty-five ye-trs by Nebraska, a Tekamah man receiving the honor accompanied by the cash once, and Mr. Frauen re ceiving it in 1S92. Mr. Frauen has just put In the nucleus for a herd of thoroughbred Shorthorns and Here focia. Porter's C'ae Submitted. LINCOLN, Neb.. July 17. The suit of the state against William Porter, ex-secretary of state, and his bonds man, was argued before District Jude Frost and submitted. The state asks for fl.500. claimed to be due as a re sult of funds collected and retained by Porter without constitutional author ity, it Is alleged. C. J. Smyth of Om aha appeared for the defendants and I)Vpi:ty Attorney General Norris Urown and hi3 assistant, V. B. Rose, for the state. Fatal Sun Stroke. SCRIBNER. Neb.. July 17. August Steuhaner. a young German employ ed on the farm of John Haum, south ot Fcnbner. was overcome by heat and died from the effects thereof. Tn Xebraskao Released. SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. July 17. Two prisoners have just been released from the Sioux Falls penitentiary, their terms of imprisonment having expir ed. They are Frank Kelley and Fred K. Moore, each of whom served three years, less good time, for robbing a postoffice in Nebraska. Upon being relea-e.I they departed for Oregon, where they have relatives living and where they claim they have positions awaiting them. Startlac ?Tew Industry. O NEILU Neb.. July 17. A new In dustry ha3 lately been started in Holt county. Omaha parties are "operating a dog ranch two miles north of O'Neill and have In training about llfty hunting dogs. Young dogs are shipped in and taken to the "ranch," where with great care and Job-like pa tience two men start them in training. Iitrd3 are plentiful) and a pee-wee Is. as good as a chicken for a dog learning the "setting" prrtess. MILEAGE Of THE COUNTIES. Kcbraaka I ndaatrtal Department Tlgar Railroad Facta. LINCOLN. Neb.. July 15. The de partment of labor and industrial sta tistics has completed a compilation showing the number of square miles of territory, date of permanent or ganization and number of miles of rail road for every county In the state. This Information was obtained from various sources. The railroad statis tics were compiled from the official records of the auditor's office, the fig ures relating to square mileage from the state survey and the dates of or- ganiaztion from histories, county and judicial officials and early settlers. The dates of county organization comprise an entirely new feature of Nebraska statistical information. It was necessary for the compilers to consult every source of information tc get the correct dates, and very often these sources gave conflicting accounts. In Knox county, for example, the first organization was destroyed by In dians and the next establishment be came confused with the military force stationed in the county. In such instance the date of permanent or ganization was accepted. The figure3 given in the report have been verified and they will soon be officially pub lished by the state. MUTUAL INSURANCE C0MPAMES. Court Itecldes that They Cannot Limit Liability of Members. LINCOLN. Neb., July 15. The su preme court has decided that mutual insurance companies cannot limit the liability of its members. This opinion is delivered in the case of Morgan against the Hog Raisers' Mutual In surance company. Morgan had a con tract with the company which limited his liability. An epidemic caused the claims against the company to exceed the assets by flS.000 and the officers sought to collect this sum, notwith standing it exceeded the total limit of liability. The court says that members of a mutual insurance company are obli gated to pay all assessments necessarr to liquidate losses and expenses of management and that it is the duty of the directors. to make an assessment whenever necessary, and, further, that if this assessment is not paid within thirty days suit may be commerf(S. under the law. The court holds tat there is no merit in the contention of the objecting members that be cause the contracts are limited as to liability they cannot be held liable for the full amount of the losses. 0 THE Git AYE Of HIS WIFE. Christopher Anderson Shoots Himself and Cannot Recover. NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. July 13.' Chri.-topher Anderson, an old resident of this city, who moved to Lincoln about two years ago. shot himself urcn the grave of his wife in Wyuka cemetery in this city. The weapon used was a 32-caliber revolver, the muzzle of which was evidently placed in his mouth. The ball passed up ward and lodged in the brain. Dr. Neal probed for the ball, but could not locate it. The physician states that the man cannot live. Anderson came to Nebraska City thirty-five years ago and lived here up to the time of the death of his wife two years ago. when he moved to Lincoln and took up hi3 residence with his son. He was a mer chant tailor. He came here to visit a son and seemed In the best of spir its, although his health had not been good lately. His family consists of two sons and a daughter. Mast Serve Life Sentence. LINCOLN. Neb., July 15. After six years of legal controversy, the supreme court h2s settled that John W. Ar gabrlght of Nemaha county must abide by the sentence to serve a life term in the penitentiary. Argabrigbt was convicted of the murder of Wil liam Smesler on the night of February 9, 1S94. Sme-sler was his father-in-law, and the tragedy was the result of a family quarrel. Itlne Springs Girl Appoluted. WYMORE. Neb., July 13. Miss Edith D. Mattoon of Blue Springs ha3 been appointed by Commissioner Vance to assist with the Nebraska ex hibit at the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo. She started Monday to en ter upon her duties. Wheat Turning Ont Well. CERESCO. Neb., July 13. The threshing of fall wheat is progressing rapidly and is yielding from twenty five to forty bushels to the acre and some testing as high as sixty-one pounds to the bushel. Death to Orasshopper. LINCOLN. Neb., July 15. The na tive grasshoppers, which have been more or less troublesome in different parts of Nebraska, will now be com pelled to battle with the South African locust disease. Prof. Lawrence Bru ner of the university is prepared to supply a limited lot of this disease and he hopes by the experiment to do something toward reducing the num ber of these pests. According to re ports, grasshopeprs are in spots. Receivers Mast Make Reports. LINCOLN, Neb., July 13 Secretary Royse of the state banking board ha3 mailed to all state bank receivers in the state a bulky package o? blanks for their quarterly reports. Under the new law that went into effect Jnne 28 re elvers of banks are required to make a full report to the banking board quarterly. If the work of the receiver it not satisfactory to the board he must be removed at ltj request. ML HARTLEY PAROLED Ex-State Treasurer Will Have Liberty for Sixty Days, at Least REQUIREMENTS MIST BE MET rha Sixty-day Furlough Will B Eztend- d on Certain Condition Total Valu atlona of Taxable Property in Nebraska Miscellaneous State Matters. LINCOLN, Neb., July 16. Former State Treasurer Joseph Bartley. under sentence of twenty years' imprison ment for defaulting in the sum of ap proximately f223.000, has been par oled for sixty clays and it is intimated by Governor Savage that his freedom may be made permanent if he meets certain requirements. Governor Sav age authorized the parole after a long conference with C. O. Whedou of this city, who agrees to stand as Bartley's sponsor. The executive order to the warden of the state penitentiary was served at 8 o'clock at night and immediately Bartley was informed by Warden Da vis that he could leave the institu tion. Although not an entire surprise the announcement deeply affected the prisoner, but he made haste to ex change his prison garb for citizen's clothes. He was then joined by hi3 wife and family and together the party were taken in a carriage to the Bart ley residence at Seventeenth and C streets. A few minutes after he ar rived at his home he called Gover nor Savage by telephone and thanked him for the clemency shown. Governor Savage was asked by a re porter whether or not the parole would be made permanent. "That depends entirely upon cir cumstances," replied the governor. "I have given Bartley a sixty-day fur lough, but whether that time will be extended remains to be seen. I have imposed some pretty hard require ments upon Bartley and I shall im pose some still harder ones. If he does what I ask him to do I will let him out of the penitentiary, but if he des not then he will have to go back. I don't care to say just now what these requirempnts will be, but I am confident they will meet the approval of the people of the state." NEBRASKA GAINS MILLIONS. Ufllelal Reports from Alt Counties Show -Assessment Increase. LINCOLN, Neb., July 16. A con servative estimate, based upon official reports from nearly all counties, places the total valuation of taxable property in Nebraska at approxi mately $173,000,000. In round num bers this will be $2,000,000 greater than the valuation upon which the taxes were levied last year. The State Board of Equalization will meet July 15 to adjust the valuations and make the annual levy. "Reports have been received from all but a few of the counties and they show a general increase in total val uation," said Deputy Auditor Anthes today. "We cannot determine the ex act valuation of the state until the remaining counties are heard from, but it is very likely the valuation of last year will be exceeded by at least $2,000,000." Nebraska In Washington. WASHINGTON, July 16. Lieuten ant R. B. McConnell of Superior, who has been in Washington some days looking after a commission a3 lieu tenant in the regular army, left for his home in Nebraska, greatly en couraged. During his sojourn here McConnell ha3 ascertained from a member of the board of examiners that he was found deficient only in grammar, but that his splendid record in the Philippines would easily off set that deficiency. He believes he will get the appointment. Heat Drives to Salclrle. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb.. July 16. John Fajman. while temporarily de ranged from the heat, sent a bullet into his breast with a revolver. He was an employe of the Burlington shops. He had drawn his wages, in tending to visit his parents at Law rence, Neb. Handsome New Courtlionse. VALENTINE. Neb.. July 1C. The corner stone of Cherry county's new court house at this place has been laid. Music was furnished by the La dies' Cornet band. Colonel A. L. Towle made an address. When com pleted the building is to cost $20,000. Reception for Chnrch Howe. AUBURN. Neb., July 16. The date of the reception to Hon. Church Howe has been changed from July 25 to July 30. Great preparations are being made for the event. Green Corn Kills Cattle. DEWITT. Neb., July 16. A herd of cattle belonging to Mr. James Kle, two miles east of here, got into a field of young corn. Three died as a re sult. Roomers to Oklahoma. HUMBOLDT. Neb.. July 16. A crowd of twenty Oklahoma "boom ers" will leave for the strip in a day or two from Humboldt. Colonel E. Fraker, the First ward councilman, sold his residence property and tin shop and announces his intention of moving to Oklahoma to begin the tin ware business. Mr. Franker has been a lesident of the city for several years and the leader of the temperance forces. FARM LAND IN NEBRASKA. Taloatlon of the Same aa Shown by Fig ares of Assessors. Deputy Labor Commissioner Wat son has just completed a compilation of the value of farm lands in Ne braska, based on the figures returned by the county assessors. This is the first time any such compilation has been undertaken. The figures are as follows: 1 r2. : E a- Counties. F"-4 Adams Alitt'iup IJunm-r S35.(N'.$tO.O!l $25. 001 llirt.OO $20.00 --I 2UXKa 3o.Kt 3.5'K.i 4.CK! S.lKKii- lo.ooj 30.WKVI 50.1MI l I l.-..Hf.z 2tUM h.Mtv i.l' 3Mrtl 40.(M tW.mfd 75.WI 4it.(i',( 30.WII CK.IKi'il. StMtoj 3i'.0"ti 40.CKJI r..Xi'.. 1.IM 2.5iKr 5.00 2.U0W 3.4JOI 3MX'.( 4').IH 4'.0O'j WWi 45.Ki'i CO.Oti' 1U.CKI 15.00 45.1i r,:MX: 20.00'J' 35.00j 15.IW 20.OI .('' 1'.I 14.00'(i 20.0O 12.00 2.'0 5.00 ...I 1.256 3.50 4.0ffi) 7.50 Hlnitie KooJie l'sox Butte... lioyd Urown lUi.r'ulo Hurt Uutler Cass Ceilar Chuse Cherry Cheyenne ... L'lay Colfax CumtnR Custer Dakota 1 taw ex 1 tawson Ieut IMxon Dotlse IVmirlas Itituly Killmoro .... Franklin ... Frontier .... Furnas 20.00'tr 35.UO, 'e I 10.001' 15.00 15.00 li.'Vr Hi. 5') 6.00 20.00 3.001) 5.oO 20.00'it 30.00 45.0IVOJ 50.COJ 25.0O''ti 40.ooj 40.0011 55.001 35.00 40.00 TpO.oO 25.0O'ii 30.OO! 3.tM'fi) 5.to 1.50'fD 2..'Oj 1.27fii 2.0O iS-OO-ir 30.0.1! 30.0OW 4O.0OI 35.00ff 45.001 ti.OO-'U' 10.OO, 25.ioi 40.00 1.50'ff 2.501 12.0va lN.uoj 3.00'f O.OOi LVOOIt) 20.001 2V0O'i 40.Oi.' 50.0v,ii wt.ooj 4.00'fl) 7.001 25.004 1' 30.00! lo.OoffD l.YOoj 7.00,a) 12.00) lo.ooTt 20.(M); 30.0071 40.00! 5.NK.I) 12.00 X.IKffi) 12JJO I lO.Oifa) 20.00 20.0-kTi: 35.00! 20.0fyft 25.001 lo.otwr 20.00 2.00-H 4.0o 4.000 ;.th)! 5.004H 7.501 2.504 3.1H! 15.K1' 20.00! 2,1.0041" 30.00! 30.0041' 40.10 15.0"f(t 20.0O! 2.504D 3.51W 2.504D 4.0oi 4l I 10.004D 20.001 27 rj 10 ;) 10C) 20.0J 20. M 4S.il 45.0-1 20.0 J 40.:l 1.50 30.O K.00 2.0r 35.tl 5.o''i K-IHfil 4'i.mi c:.k.' SO.Otlt 15.01(1 20. .fO 40 0 50.0' 10.00 30.-K) 3.-,.(H 45.(! 20.00(1 40.001 llUNWf 2O.0H' 35.CKV,i 4H.(k' 40.i 55.00! 15.0(K(i 20.0' 20.n0'i: 35.001 'tl !. 2.".VI 4(.fi; 25.011 ."O.OO .it.iHVit 5-1.0''l 2n.itt 45.0"; 5 tK"ii lo.cut; S.(wv( 10.0O! McV7r 12.00! 3.0i. 5." 20.00ft' 35.001 :S0.0or 45.(M 40.VJi O.0O! 23-WJi: 35.00! 5.('Ki X.OOj r.ii' s.oo 3O.0 55.00!. 30.000: 45.00 40.0ii(ft r.o.ooi 15.ij 30.00I J.ori lo.oo; 25.0.r 30 "Oi So fiCft 5O.0M! S.OOOi o.ooi. 40.i"ii 55.00j 7.-0 25. ) 5..C) !are 27.5 irlleld 1O.00 7.00 23.00 10.00 ( iospcr Cirant cireeley tiail Hamilton ... Harlan 10.' 30.0 I 20.-1) Hayes Hitchcock .. 2.0- 4.'t Holt 10. .10 Hooker 3.' 22.50 IS. 00 40.00 IS. 10 Howard Jefferson ... Johnson .... Kearney Keith Keya Paha.. Kimball Knox Lancaster .. Lincoln 10.0") 10.0) 2.50 25.0 25.0) 25.fflJ 30.00 3. 0 iff H.0OI 5.004 8.001 15.0041' 20.00: 25.00W 20.00; i ! 25.0OVD 30.001 25.0041 3O.0( 5O.0offj) 60.001 15.) Lojran 10.0C 30.00 30.00 7.50 Loup Madison Mcpherson . Merrick 25.0 Nance 35.00t 50.IV.I KO.Oofj 75.00 25.Hi'u 35.0Oi fiO.0lf ! 0.0O 55.0O 70.00! fl 2.50. 2.O0i 35.0t' AOMT'ii 45.00! 40.x! 55.O0' SVMft 50.001 3ilXi 45.00! ffl.iHKit 5.o0 in.oy.j 15.00 44t.rtVfi 70.OO' .th.iWi 75. Oil I t-MiO'a 75.(c! 1V0"I 25.00! 40.00-n tiO.Ct! in"0'.- 20.OOI 25.0lffr 35.00' r I. ..".Offfi 45.001 30.00'fr 45.O0! 5.(ffl 10.0O 35.IH7i 5O.00! 25.NK! 40.O1V 45.u;j KO.im; 45.f' 55.001 251K 4 .00l S.OOIt IV 00 1 50.0O 20.) :;5K) Nemaha . Nuckolls ... 15.007f 25.00 43.001' f5.' 20.f) Otoe 40.') 40. 0) 1.50 Pawnee Perkins Phelps Pierce Platte 40.0O7 50.00 4i I.Sol 13.00fi 30.00 IS.") 23.00 40.00 30 00 30.00 35. '0 5.'li 15.0K'f 25.00i 30.07i 40.00- 25.0ff. 35 00 i 5.0O41- lo.ot-; 30.0K7(S 50.001 5.004e 10.fOj .0iW 40.00' 35.0fa 50.0OI 35.00 50.0O! lO.OOffT 15.00! Sl.OOfr 40.00! 2.0fV'r 5.0n! 10.001 20.0O' Polk Red Willow, Richardson . Rock faline Sarpy Saunders Seotts Bluff.. Feward Sheridan Sherman Sioux Stanton 27. 50 40.00 35.0-t IS..") 35.O0 10.0 l'i.C-0 7..V) 25.01) 2O.0') IO.O) 45.0) 20. .) 40.00 45.M 17.5 !' 24.004 i5.0fV(f 35.00' 30.00' Thayer Thomas Thurston 3.tvXir n.fiO! 35.0")i 25.04' 15.0r Valley Washington . Wayne Webster 25.00' 35.001 45.O01 2H.CY-1 40.0o lS.OSii 25.o0j 3.0i' G.y SO.ivxr 40.00; Wheeler 10. York 30.00 (Srancl Army Reunion. HASTINGS. Neb.. July 13 Mana ger J. J. Buchana of the local commit tee selected to arrange for the coming state reunion to be held here in Au gust is receiving favorable replies from many of the noted statesmen of the nation, who promise to attend and deliver addresses. Strong efforts are making to secure Vice President Roosevelt. Will .loin Urike Faculty. MT. PLEASANT. Ia.. July 13 Dr. Hoffman, the pathologist of the state hospital, has resigned to accept a $4.- 000 position in the faculty of Drake tmiversity at Des Moines. He was a very valuable man here, but he could not remain here under the salary giv en. He will leave about July 15. IUjt Crop of Peaches. WYMORE, Neb.. July 13 The work of harvesting peaches on the orchard of J. M. Russell & Son, south of town. will be begun in a few days. There are forty acres in this orchard and the yield is estimated at 25,000 bush els, lhe fruit is or a superior qual ity. Hoy Steals Fremont Horse. FREMONT, Neb., July 13. Guy Mc Carthy, a 9-year-old boy, yesterday stole a horse and buggy belonging to S. D. Lydick of this city and drove to Valley, where he was arrested. H. C. Kitchen Killed. FARNAM, Neb., July 13 Harry C. Kitchen was killed at Holyoke. He was a brakeman on the B. & M. His body was brought here for burial. Reception to Chnrch Howe. AUBURN, Neb., July 13. Prepara tions are being made to give a recep tion to Hon. Church Howe, who is to be in Auburn July 25. Corn In Kansas and some portions of Iowa has been seriously injured by drouth. Goes to the Philippines. AUBURN. Neb.. July 13. C. A. Pierson, until recently a teacher on the Pacific coast, who has been visit ing with his parents in this city, will leave in a few days for the Philippine islands, where he goes as an instruc tor. Mr. Pierson is a graduate of the State Normal school at Peru. He has taught several years in this county and for two years held the office of county superintendent. His appoint ment was unsought. Celebrated Fourth Too Lonr. SEWARD. Neb., July 13. The 12-year-old son of Henry Faiman, a far mer living near Seward, is dead and his brother fatally injured as the re Bult of a second Fourth of July cele bration. The boys were playing with a couple of toy pistols upstairs. The younger snapped one near an open can of powder, causing it to explode. The younger boy was hurled to the ceil ing by the force of the expl'tsion, re ceiving fatal injuries. CORN IS PURELY KING It Makes Another Big Advance on Chi cago acd New York Markets. BROKERS SWAMPED WITH ORDERS Farmers Become Balls When Profession als Begin Realizing Wheat Conspicu ous lij Giving Corn a Close Race In the Advance. NEW YORK, July 13. There was a scene of great excitement in both the wheat and corn markets at New York today, the trading aggregaating one of the largest day's totals in a ysai or more, especially as to corn. Prices jumped 2 5-S cents during the day in corn, making cents advance for the week. Orders poured into the market so fast that the brokers could scarcely execute them at the prices de sired and the usually small crowd around the corn ring was increased to such an extent that at times it al most outrivaled that in the wheat pit. The farmers have taken the bull side into their hands and in the face of heavy realizing on the part of profes sionals have kept prices going until the cry is for CO-cent corn in Chicago. Where the present bull movement will end depends a great deal on weath er conditions in tha leading corn states. Wheat also took an extraordinary jump today and from being in a posi tion almost entirely friendless at once leaped into popularity with the bulls and gave corn a close race for leader ship in the advance for the day. Prices in New York closed 2 and 3 cents higher than yesterday and prac tically at the top price. Professionals were caught in this bulge in wheat and some of them lost about all the money they have made by selling long corn to the bull public. For weeks and for months wheat has been ham mered persistently by everybody in the belief that the crop would be a record one and more than enough to make up the foreign shortage. The result has been a huge short interest, part of which was caught in yesterday's big advance. The remainder is in a state of anxiety as to what the out come will be, realizing that a much greater upturn must mean the covering of a big line of wheat. Today bull were still further encouraged by re ports that wheat in the Red river val ley was being injured by excessire heat after recent wet weather. CHICAGO. July 13. Today's advice to the Eoard of Trade grain compa nies are to the effect that the beat and drouth in the southwest are un broken. It is said that the damage outside of Kansas and Missouri is com paratively slight, but that unless there is relief within the next ten days the corn crop situation will approach a calamity. A message from Topeka, Kan., says the prospects are for a crop of but 50,00,000 bushels of corn, although last year's crop was 163.000,000 and the year before 237.000,000 bushels. The loss of hay and potatoes is also great. second only to the loss cf corn. It is estimated that the farmers of Kansas and Missouri have already lost $50,003, 000 by the torridity and drouth. The straits in the corn crop Is said to be owing to the intense heat and lack of moisture and is reflected fn the course of prices of that cereal on the Board of Trade. Corn for Sep tember delivery at the opening today sold simultaneously from 52c to 52e, compared with the close yesterday at Gl&HlVtc; shortly afterward It was quoted at 52"8c, or 9 cents higher than the price one month ago shortly be fore the heat and drouth began to arouse misgivings as to the future of the crop. El Reno Crowd Is Thinnln". WASHINGTON, July 13. Secretary Hitchcock said that reports from the Oklahoma registration showed the crowds in that country had digested thoroughly the president's proclama tion and realized that there was no chance for speculators, intruders, tres passers or gamblers. "The people," said the secretary, "realize that the lands are being opened in good faith to everybody qualified and that what Is given them is not transferable." Hon. Richard Ilnbbard Dead. DALLAS. Tex.. July 13. Hon. Rich ard B. Hubbard, a former governor of Texas and during President Cleve land's administration United States minister to Japan, died at his home in Tyler, Tex., today. Its a Manageable Balloon. PARIS, July 13. M. Santos-De- mont's cigar-shaped balloon, driven by motor, had a trial from St. Cloud across Paris, around the Eiffel tower and back to St. Cloud. The papers say the trip was quite successful and that the balloon ascended and descend ed apparently at the will of the aero naut. Tomorrow he will make an ofn cial attempt to win the prize of 100,000 francs offered by Henry Deautscb. for a manageable balloon. City Will Pay Mo-c Interest. PHILADELPHIA, July 12. The city council today passed an amended ordinance increasing the interest on the $9,000,000 loan to improve the water supply from 3 per tent to 3 per cent. The mayor, who is now so- ourning in the Allegheny mountains. will sign the measure. ins cniei clerk will leave here tonight with the bill and it is expected the mayor will affix his signature tomorrow and that the new loan will soon be advertised. THE LIVE STOCK MAR.KET. luteal Quotations Front South? Omaha and Kansas City. SOUTH OMAHA. Cattle There was a Knerous run of cattlti, and as advices from other poirnts wera none too favorable, the tendency on the part of packers was to buy their supplies lower than they did yesterday. They did not succeed In all cases, how ever. There was something over 100 cars of beef steers on sale, and as several of the trains were late in arriving, the mar ket was slow lit opening. Buyers went around and picked up come of the mom desirable bunches at good, steady prices, but there were not many of what might be called choice cattle on sale. They did, not take hold in very good shapt: of ths other grades. There were twenty-five or thirty cars of cows in the yards, but they were mostly on the commcnish order. The few good to choice dry lot cows ami Jieif crs offered brought good, steady prices, but the others were slow salo and lower all around. Hulls brought about steady prices if they were at all good, but they were slow and weak if common. There, were a, good many stoi-kers and feeders in tho yards, but the reports of rains in some sections gave ;t little better tout; to the trade. Several commission men had a numbt-r of orders to buy cattle, so tliat prices did not show su much change. Hogs There was the heaviest run of hogs of any day so far this year, and. iu fact, this was one of the big d.iys of the year. July 31, ISl'l, holds the record, when there were 20."!4 hogs on sale, so that to day's supply is not far behind the record. Other markets were weak and a dime lower, and owing to tin; big supply here buyers took oif fully a lim-. The long string sold at $5.C5, with the bulk goini; from $5.H2'.'j to J5.t;7'j.. as against yester day's bulk from $5.75 to $5.x. so that the market toilay might be iuoted 1o1j: lower. Shee There was a. good run of sheep and lambs, and although Chicago was re ported weak and a dime lower, the mar ket at this point ruled active and just ubout steady all around. Idaho grass wethers sold at J3.65 and Jdalm ewes brought as high as $3.25, and Idaho Iambs sold up to $5.C5. The common and half fat stuff was, of course, more or less neglect ed, but a.lfie from that everything was sold in good season. KANSAS C1TV. Cattle Market generally 15425c higher; choice export and dressed beef steers, $5.0' 7i ."..SO: fair to good, $4.551 4. !'5; stoekers and feeders, $3.ot)4j 1.25: Texans ami In dians. $3.Ktj i'.H); Texas, cows. $2.Uo4i3.'); native cows, $2.5v'n 4.10; heifers, $2,2544.75; ci'.nners. $L50i2.4O; bulls, $2.254; 3. 75; calves, $:!.0Vf3.25. Hogs JIarket 571 10e lower; top. $5.35; bulk of sales, $5. 5oi 5. S5 : heavy. $5,8545.!."; mixed packers, $5.5oi55; light, $5.30115.70; Pigs. $4.405.25. GOVERNMENT RAIN REPORT. Chief Moore- of Weather Bureau Makes Official Statement. WASHINGTON, July IS. At the re quest of the Associated Press, Prof. Willis Moore, chief of the weather bu reau, today prepared a statement of the rainfall throughout the drouth-stricken region covering the time since the data were collected for the special weekly report which was promulgated yester day by the bureau. That report closed at S o'clock Monday and the state ment now made covers the forty-eight. hours from 8 o'clock Monday morning to S o'clock this morning. The state ment ia as follows: "During the forty-eight hours ending 8 a. m. this morning, the 17th instant, scattered local showe.'s mostly very light in limited areas, have fallen in southeastern Texas, western Arkansas, southeastern Nebraska, over the great er portion of the Dakotas and Minne sota, in northwestern Iowa, central and northern Missouri, central and south ern Illinois, central Indiana, southern Michigan and central and southern Ohio. The only stations reporting amounts exceeding two-tenths of an inch in the forty-eight hours ending at 8 a. ni. the I'Ui are: Beeville. Tex.. .94; Brenham. Tex.. .4t; Beaumont. Tex.. .81; Russellville. Ark.. .24; Tex arkana. Ark.. 1.26; Ann Aror, Mich., .42; Flint, Mich.. 2.2a; Peoria, .58; Ran toul. HI-, .20; Streator. III.. .44; Cam bridge City and Farmland, .46; Jeffer son City, Mo., .40; Hillsboro, III.. J36; Mount Vernon. 111.. 22; Toronto. Kan.. 1.16; Owensboro. Ky.. 24; Grand Mead ow. Minn.. .34; New Ulm. Minn.. .22; Mitchell. S. D.. 1.08; Storm Lake. Ia., .20; Stillwater, Okl., .20; Muskogee, I. T.. .24." SENOR ERRAZIRIZ' rlNERAL President of Chile Laid at Rest With (ireat Pomp. SANTIAGO DE CHILE. July IS. The body of Sencr Errazuriz, the first president to die in office, was taken to the cathedral from the hall of the chamber of deputies, where it haj been lying in state, and from the cath edral to the cemetery. An immense gathering of people attended the ob Eoquies, including the high officers of the government, and ministers of for eign government. The funeral pro cession was most impressive. Dis patches of condolence have been re ceived from all parts of the world. Senor Anibal Zartu, the vice presi dent will ndministtr the executive functions of the government until Sep tember 18, next, when the new presi dent will be inaugurated. England's Drouth Continues. LONDON July 18. While Scotland and Ireland have recently enjoyed thunder storms, there Is no prospect or rain in the middle and southern parts of England, and a steady in crease of heat for several days Is pre dicted. Sunshine is everywhere greatly in excess of the avorage, the temoerature is above the mean and the rainfall is below the average. London has not been rain-washed in weeks. Strokes of apoplexy are frequent. lovin is Master at Arms. PORT HURON, Mich., July-18. The supreme tent. Knights of the Macca bees, today elected the following offi- cers: uomancier, u. i . aiu.vn.Ky, run Huron; lieutenant commander, S. W. Trussler, Ontario; record keeper, Geo. J. Siegel. Port Huron; finance keep er, J. D. Thompson, Port Huron; chap lain, Grant A. Robbins of Missouri; sergeant. S. W. Hall of California; master-at-arms, F. W. Marshall of Howa. t BRIEf TELEGRAMS. Alonzo If. Stewart, doorkeeper of the United States senate, was married at Atchison, Kan., to Miss Graco Bliss. Colonel George Quick, 88 years oldr of Freeburg, III., has brought suit for divorce against his wife, also an octo genarian. The United States army transport. Sumner, with convalescent soldiers on beard, has sailed from Manila for San Francisco. J. Pierpont Morgan ha.i just bought the Chilean section of the trans-Andean railway for ninety thousand pounds sterling. Christopher Andcsoa, the aged man who shot himself on the grave of his. wife in the cemetery near Nebraska. City, Neb., died. It now seems that there is small probability of an agreement being reached between France and Great Britain over the Newfoundland ques tion. The Massachusetts Republican state convention has been called to meet in Boston October 4. Governor Allen, of Porto Rico will be invited, to pre side. August Newman was biown to pieces and Henry lirnest badly hurt, by the premature explosion ot a bla3t of dynamite at the city quanier at Quincy, 111. The Retail Clerks' International Protective association of Buffalo pre sented to the International Association of Machinists the sum of $1,200- to aid in its strike. The Wabash Cooperage company's? plant was destroyed by fire at Terre Haute,. Ind. causing a loss of $20,000, with $9,000 insurance; $0,000 on build ings and $3,000 on stock. The budget committee after a pro longed and critical discussion at Mad rid, has decided to shelve for the pres ent the proposals of the minister of finance suspending the coinage of sil ver. John H. Bacon,, a Milwaukee news paper man, has accepted an appoint ment a3 vice consul and clerk to Con sul General Rublee at Hong Kong, and will leave for China in about three weeks. Richard S. Berlin, a well known rear estate dealer and manager of the Ber lin Investment company at Omaha. Neb., has filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. Liabilities, $31,900.62; as sets, $570. Safe Expert Charles Walze ha dis covered that the cashier's time lock of the vault in the mint, at San Fran cisco, from which $30,000 was stolen, does not operate and has been out of order for some time. At a meeting of the Leadville. Col., -A-City Library association a letter was read from the private secretary of Andrew Carnegie, dated from Skibo castle, Scotland, stating that he would give $100,000 for a public library for that city, provided the city would fur nish $2,000 a year to maintain it. The sales of coffee on the New York coffee exchange for the year ending June 30, aggregating 7.383,000 bags, against 5,879,500 bags in 1300. The sales for 1S99 were 4,0(50,500 bags. The transactions the past year exceeded those of 1900 by 1,503,500 bags, the gain being partly due, it is said, to the large crops abroad. The dead bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prange, of Omaha, were found beside a public highway, half a mile south of Lake station, St. Joseph, Mo., each with a bullet hole in the head. Clasped In Prange's right hand was a, revolver. It is supposed the man kill ed the woman and then took his own life. The win of Hugh- Tevis,. the yonng San Francisco millionaire, who died in Yokohama recently, of appendicitis, while on his wedding journey, has been filed at Monterey. It divides his estate, estimated at $1,000,000, almost equally between his widow, Cornelia Baxter Tevis, and his 9-year-old daughter. Alice Boa It Tevis. Capt. Putnam B. Strong, quarter master department, United htates army, San Francisco, announces that he has resigned from the army for personal and financial reasons. The managers of the Newport, Ky., racing track decided to declare off all further races until October 1. George C. Tilden, a well known mln erologist, while in Salvador went In- . sane and was committed to the Cali fornia state hospital for the Insane. John Costaln was killed near New Albany, Ind., by John Turner while trying to kidnap Mrs. Turner. Minister Rockhille has been instruc ted to support Japanese application for an enlargement of their Indem nity from 36.000,000 to 40.000,000 yen. Edward H. Martin, formerly a lieu tenant in the United States army, who pleaded guilty a few days ago to a charge of passing worthless checks, was sentenced by Recorder Goff, of New York, to one year in the peniten tiary. Robert H. Greely, secretary of the Spokane, Wash., chamber of commerce, was found dead. Lockjaw caused the death of W. C. Johnson, president of the state board of pharmacy, at Manhattan, Kan. He accidentally stepped on a rusty nail. King Edward, Emperor Nicholas and Emperor William will not only meet at the great review near May- "V ence about August 15," says the Ber lin correspondent of the London Standard, "but they will exchange vis its at Darmstadt." The census bureau has Issued a bul letin on the population by sex, gen eral nativity and color in 1900 In Il linois. Following is a summary: Males, 2,472,782; females. 2.238.7CS; na tive born. 3,8348Q3; foreign born, 956.- 747. i 0 rS r- - - "f" r