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l Jjf Bht-CharchiU" j F.G.Fricke&Co SOLE AGENTS Lincoln Business College Catalogue Free. Write I's. Special For Spring Tonic S Try a case of the Favorite .Mm Cunrl V N PEERLESS 8 - One of the Purest Beers on the Market N Call on Ktl Donat at tho lWless Sa- Q loon, or telephone 1 12 and Idl will do V the rest. All we ask is a trial for this Q popular brand and you will buy no M other h 8 8 8 S Try a Case To-Day. S 8THF.VPRRRI.F.SS jj ED. DON AT, "The Early Bird Catches the Worm" This is im old saying, but a very wise oik in many respects, nml serves to riminil those who nre on the lockout f..r Spring Suits For Men and Hoys That William Holly is prepared to -till the bill" in this lino to a dot, mid invites idl to cutne ami inspect his now arrivals and iM prices. Tit anil quality mmrantecd. and prices to suit the times. Also, a tine line of Men's and Hoys' Shoes of all grades. Hats and Caps, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Etc. Remember the place, William Holly East Room Waterman fllock Corner Fourth and Main Starts New Fabrics For Spring In suitings, trouserings and for overcoats are now to be seen in all the latest novelties from English. Scotch and American manufactu rers. We will make your Spring overcoat or suit in the best and swellest style and of artistic ele gance at a reasonable price. Frank McElroy Fifth and Main Sts. I'pstairs Then- In :i Ntciuly tliiiiMlid fur yoiuiu ami yinini; we turn ulni iin- tin .rouiiily traimil fi r liiislnrs. We pre pare youni; people In meet the demand. COURSES J Business, Shorthand and Typewriting. Preparatory and Telegraphy Features - I. Teachers of sucei-Nsfnl huslni'ss fxpt-rii'iifc .. i--nirii k-iuliini'uts. :t. tIiomusIi, ir:icllc'al rourvs. 4. Personal Interest III caii stndi'iit. .'i. Aslt imi'f In si'i'urliiL' employment. Lincoln Business College, Lincoln. Noli. Proprietor. JJ NEWS OF NEBRASKA. Lehr In Party Chair. Lincoln. May ;s. The Kopubllran state central committee reorganized for the campaign liy fleeting Henry F. Lehr of AlMun. chairman, hp I A. P. Allen of I.lnei.ln. pecretsry. It win decMeil to remove the headquarters of the ciunmtttei' tvem Uiuvtu to Omaha. Solditr Killed by Comradj. Crawfoiil, Neb.. June 1.- l'nvatf Walker of treoj) K. Tenth cava'.-y. of Fort Kohinson, was t-l'.ot mul kilUiI hy Frivate Wllst n of treop o. The two men were eareusiiii; In Crawford and the shoot Itn; follow eil a tls:ht he- twinn them Wilson escaiied ami Is still at large. Photographed His Scratches. Omaha, May Jil. A photograph of the back of his head procured William H. Heverly a decree of divorce. Ho Is a well known Insurance asent Mrs. neverly Is twenty-clmht, whllo Ile( rly Is seventy-seven. Tho photo graph plainly showed the scars made. according to the testimony, by Mrs Beverly's finder nails. Victim of Assault Is Dead. Norfolk, Neb., June 1 Five-year old Maude Stortz Is dead nt a hos pital here as the result of a disease communicated by Deli Sweet, a farm hand, at her home neur O'Neill. Sweet Is In jail at O'Neill under a serious chaw, which may now lie tnado on of murder. Fearing 1. nchlnK. Sweet has been n moved from the O'Neill Jail. His whereabouts are unknown to the public. Excitement is hUh. Cloudburst Causes Much Damage, Columbus. Neb., May L'tl. A cloud hurst lu the northwestern part of the county has caused much damage from hinh water. The passenger train from hpaldiiiK, on the Union I'acillc, Is tied up at Genoa, the truck being under water. I-o!t creek. Shell creek and the Looking Glass r!vT are out of their bnnks. At I'lntte Center water Is running through the streets to tlu depth of two fei't. Trains on the Sioux City branch of the Union I'a cillc are delayed. Boy Aeronaut Up Once More, Omaha, Juno 1. Willie Roberts, thrt boy aeronaut, made another ascension in sp.te of an Injunction obtained by his parents to restrain him from en gaging in the dangerous occupation. His father has relented and the Indi cations now are tho boy may resume his chosen profession. Roberts said that he had fully decided to follow the life of a balloonist and while he real Ized the dangers attending such a life, on the other hand he declared there was such a fascination with It that every ascension mils for another High Water in Madison, Norfolk, Neb., May 110. A steady rain fell here all night.. Much of tho land between hero and Columbus is tinker water and tho Union l'aclflc tracks were inundated. The trains are moving, but go slowly through the water. Northwestern section men were called out at midnight to work on the bridge ovct the Elkhorn at Flattie Creek and prepare it to with stand the fl(K)d. The worst rpjKirt comes from Hat.tle Cm'k, where the Elkhorn is out of its banks and threatens to carry away tho mill and dam. The rain Is the heaviest ever known In this pnrt of the state. ARGUE DENNISON EXTRADITION. Applicants Contend Accused Man Should Go to Iowa for Trial. Lincoln, June 1. Governor Mickey for several hours heard arguments from Iowa officials urging him to hon or the requisition of Governor Cum mins of Iowa for Thomas Dennlson of Omaha, who is accused of complic ity in the Pollock diamond robbery. Governor Mickey took the case under advisement and will render a decision tomorrow. While not Indicating plain ly his intentions, the governor Inti mated that, he would not grant the requisition. United States Marshal Thomas represented Governor Cum mins and County Attorney Fallon np peared for Harrison county, whero Dennlson was Indicted. Dennison was not represented. DOLLAR AN ACRE PAID DOWN. Fee Will Be Required In Securing En try to Rosebud L?nd. Omaha, May 2C officials of the land office and others who would be supposed to have exact information regarding the time and manner of opening the Gregory county, South Dakota, Rosebud Indian reservation lauds to occupation are receiving very many letters from people think ing of registering for homesteads. The official proclamation of l'resldent Roosevelt opening these lands has bocn roci'lvisl and gives some Infor mation not before made public. 1'erliApa tho most interesting is tho fact that tho lucky imrsons in tho drawing will bo required to pay on tho day of entry togother with tho land ofllcy foes the turn of fl fur every acre, or f 10. This applies on tho et price of (4 an acre, tho rent of the money being paid, 75 cents an acre hi the end of two years, 7." rents within three- ynars, four years ami Fix month u-fter the expiration of the fifth ymrs. No oiie can sell bin chance of claim. HeglnnlnR July i'S. at Chamberlain, a drawing will fake jdaco which will determine the order in which tho winners will he, allowed to gelcct their land for tiling. Then Aug. H, those who have drawn tho numbers from one to and Including H'li, will be con-shir-tod and allowed to file In order for the lands which they desire. Aged Man Shoots Hlmse'f. Falrbury. Nb, May 3i Luke K, committed suicide by shoot in g Mmseif through the bend, dyln In aliont an hour after flrltn the nhot. He was seventy three yer-i old, and lor Mime nine n. been in oor health and despondent. Norfolk Get Tcurn.'.mrnt. Norfolk. Neb. Viy i:s Ncbi-eLa firemen decided t,. h.dd their annual tournament in No-felk some tm.e the latter part or July, lhe bvirname: t will continue fer three iliivs and it l.i expected that ln.eee r..,,t,le w ill he drawn here by the ccr.i. Charged With Sccre cf EurtjUrirs. Kalamazoo. Mich, May 'Jv wd Quinn was an-estea lu Fremont. N, '. . at the request of Sheriff Shlpinan ef Kalaniaoo, (.Jmnii. alias ejuu-. Is charged with ImSicat .un !n twniiy burglaries, a jail delivery and a dar ing escape from a sheriff at Grand Rapids. Mich. Biggest Broom Factory In the VVcrld. Deshler. Neb., May :h.- The new Deshb r broom factory, now In coarse of construction, will be the Inrgest In this country, if not in the wirld. The walls or the main building are of massive brick and 3:11 root h tip. from fifty to ninety feet la width and fhlrty to thirty six feet high. Wh n In full operation from -Jimp to ,'iiin men will be employed and a capacity or one carload of brooms and whisk Is expected. Probes Into Beef Trust. Omaha. May lis During the last five weeks Thomas M. Robert son, a Ferret agent of the bureau ot' corpora tions of the department of comnierce and labor of Washington, has ben Investigating the South Omaha pack ers. He left for Kansas City to com plete his mission. It Is hinted that the secret agent curries away from South Omaha with him a volume of Information which will go far toward proving that there Is a combination among the large meat packing con cern ;. H. A. Dabcock Passes Away. Dincolu, May 3d. While talklni; with his wife at their homo here death came to II. A. llahcock, deputy state treasurer. For wome weeks Mr rtahcick has been finding 111 and for sever:. I days tins bun almos t con stantly confined to his home, but his death was not looked for by bis fam ily or friends. Two days before bis death he was down town and ex pressed himself ns feeling lietter. though very weak. If Is supposed that heart trouble resulted from bis Flck ness and was the Immediate cause of his demise. Stockmen Will Quiz Klnkaid. Alliance, Neb., May He. Elaborate preparations nre being made for the reception of tho Nebraska Stock Growers' association convention, which will be held in this city Thurs day and Friday of this week. Con gresnnan Klnkaid will be one of the principal speakers and great Interest attaches to Ms address, for It Is n matter of discussion In the minds of many stockmen whether his ue-.v f.4o acre homestead hill has In It nil the meTlts for stockmen it Is claimed. Tho commission firms of South Oma ha, and also of Denver, will be fully represented, a special ear mmlng from South Omaha on Thurs-day. Flood Damage in Nebraska. Lincoln, May UK. Division Super intendent I'.lgnell of the Iiiiiilngtun re turned from the flooded regions In Greeley and Nance counties and said that thousands of head of stin k wore drowned and three persons were drowned or Ftnnk by lightning: Trains were tied up from washed out tracks and some of Vu smaller towns have been without mall since Tues day. Twelve Inches of rain fell, over flowing every creek and small stream In the two counties. The known fatjib Itles are: John Pollard, drowned: Edward liennendor, drowned; Will iam Ray, killed by lightning. For three days the town of Greeley wart without mall, telephone or telegraph communications. Mutiny at Fort Riley. Junction City, Kan., June 1. Alxnit. noon nineteen soldiers of troop K. Eighth cavalry, at Fort Riley, re bellisl on account of an insM' tioti that was ordered for the afternoon. They camo to Junction City and paraded on the streets in defiance of the of ficer who was sent to take them back to the post. A detail of men was sent from tho iost to assist In the capture of the mutineers and all but four of them are in custody. Only seven of the men resisted the patrol and it in probable that they will N: charged with mutiny when they po before a court-martial for trial. Williams Found Guilty. The Dalles, Ore., May 2S. After d- liberatlng for four and a half hours, tho Jury found Norman Williams pillty of murdering Alma Nohbltt, near H'nmI River. Ore., March 8, ID'"). Tho penalty for the crime Is death. Williams' attorney Immediately asked for time to file a motion for n new trial. Miss Nesbltt nml her mother ramo from Omaha four years agn to take up a claim. IVoth disappeared and It was not until a short timo ago that discovery was made that they had been murdered. Engineers Fill Two Offices, lion Angeles, Cal, Juno l Tho sonvcntlon of the Urotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers elected McAdlu of Smlallii first assletant grand chief engineer. E W. Hurley of 1 lout on wan elected second assistant grand chief engineer by a large majority over M. II. Hhtiy. It In thought that tho convention will be In session until next Tui sd.iy. ORT ARTHUR IN BAD PLIGHT. Famine Prices Prevail and Cost of Provisions Increasing. London, June 1.- The D.iuy Mail's corresHudent at New Chwung fa.-: ou;e Chinese fugitives from I'ort Ar thur who arrived here describe the bittiaMou ef the ii.h al itun's t hi re a. iio: 1 1 rate. Famine prices t lai The cost of proilMons Im I. a.-ci. weekly. Mar.y person am ledured to catit.g Chinese t h i.l. and ccn that Is ib-ar. Millet Hour costs )ii a bag Who.e tree'. and several ;m!dic luildiiigi l.a' been wrecked by Ja ,ll:-'si shell fire. The ho.-.p:ia!s are parked with s'e k ai d wounded. The work of repair li.g the damage to the warships has lei ii shopped. All civilians have been given military duMes. '.he g. n t ral healih of the Inhabitant.-, is good, except that the Chinese ire dvii'.g ,f s'arvaMon. Theft bus hi on made punishable by death The railway was completely destroyed as far u K'.n Chou and there are frequei ' raps In It between Kin Chou and Wa f.ingtlen. At Wal'ai.gtien th. ie ar IS, (ion Japnuese ti-mips. tut no sign of troop farther north lir!tig 'I -fighting at Kin Chou ihlrt Chinese were killed by the Japanese llnv The Tohlo correspondent of the i nronicie felegraptm: Rinslan stra' egy has undergone another chnnge Ytn Kow Is to be again fortified. Four guns have been brought from New- Chwang, the garrison lucre ised and the harbor p.dned. Togo Sends Report. Tokio, June 1 Four gunboat, two destroyers and two torpedo boats sent to l'ort Arthur early on Monday tin ru ing by Vice Admiral Togo fleeted a careful reconnolssance, facing a heavy fire from the land batteries. They discovered B lew Russian searchlight station and one or two new forts on the l.hio Tien Shan promontory No. H gunboat was struck by a shell, which killed one petty ofllcer. Injured three men and d, imaged one or Its guns The other boats escaped without any damage WOOD RETURNS TO MANILA. Remains of Officers and Men Killed by Moris Interred In Mindanao. Manila, 1'. I., Juno 1- Maor Gen eral Leonard Wood has returned from Zambontiga, Island of Mindanao, where he I. as been organizing a puni tive expedition dispatched In pursuit, of the datto. Alt, and his baud of Moms from the Rio Grande, who on the l'Jth Inst, surprised arid massa cred tlfty-thren Filipinos, men, worn, en and children, employes ot the gov ernment at Camp Overton. I'filted Slates troops are now trailing All, de termined to either capture or destroy him and his followers. The remains of the officer.-; and men of the Seventeenth Flitted States In fantry, recently ambushed and killed by Moros, have been Interred at Cota bato, Mindanao. The ambush took place May h nt Slmnatem, on the east shore of Lake Llguasan, bland of Mindanao, when Lieutenant Wlnfleld Harper and thirty-nine men of the Seventeenth Infantry wen- attacked by several hundred Moros Those killed In the nmuush were First Lb'ti tenanf Harry A. Woodruff, Second Lteiitirant Joseph H. Hall and fifteen men of the regiment. PLAN FOR ROSEBUD OPENING. Three Registration Places at Cham berlain to Care for Big Crowds. Chamberlain, S. D., May Ihi. Agent Hunt or the general land otlli u at Washington Ih in the ci'.y arranging for the details a'tending the opening to settlement of th Rosebud lauds lying In Grt gory rttunty. He has se cured the court house as the registra tion place for the general public, tho Congregational church for w t men, wtilie the old settlers will record their names at the United States land of flee. In dividing up tho work In this way it Is exported that a'.l trouhlo may be avoided, no matter how largo the crowd may lie. Interest Is growing as the time art proachi s for the r ViKtratlon, as the land officers as well as business men are dally receiving hundreds of In quiries regarding the matter from nil over the United Stf.tes, and the ad vat ( tide has already reached the rl'.y. Five fast steamers will ply be tween Chamberlain r.nd the lands to bo ojiened, so that all may have a convenient means of examining the land. Hy this means a person will be able to reach any portion of the lands In a few hours. FUNERAL OF SENATOR QUAY. Remains of Distinguished Pennsylva nian Are Laid to Rest. lleavcr. l'a, Juno 1. All that Is mortal of Senator Matthew Stanley Quay was carried Ui tho little burial plot In Heaver cemetery and burled beside, the bodies of his children. The services w re its simple tu It wan pwslhle to make thorn, as the diiul statesman had reqmi-d. Hut the presence of tho executivo hiiul of the eoiianonwi'nlUi which ho had helped to make great, of representatives of the high law-making body in which he had played so prominent a part and of the national government lent to tho services an air of iximp that could not be prevented. Heaver wim crowded with prominent men. Nearly all of thm were permmtil acquaint atiees and friends of the tlorefiscd senator, nearly all had known him In life ami had witnessed thosi displays of political acumen and generalship which stamped him as ono of the haul ers cf Ms agt. It waa a representa tive gathering. There were men from all the walks of life, each anxious to show his mned of respect to those vir tues of tho dead senator that cannot te denied. I Gray Hair "I have used Aver's Hair Vigor lorovcr tinitv vears. It has kept my scalp ft re from dandruff and ha prevented mv hair from turn nil? gray." Mrs. -. A. Soulc, Hilling, Mont. There is this peculiar thing about Aver's Hair 'ior it is a hair food, not a dye. Your hair does not suddenly turn black, look deall and lifeless. Hutgraduallythe old color conies back, all the rich, dark color it used to have. The hair stops falling, too. SI 00 a botllt. All druuUli. If )'"iir iliiiKtint rniuint mi,ljr yon. ml u mm i.,ll.,r nu, u will i-ier.-m you x Imtiii.. n ,,ir,. nml bu tlin iminn ef jour iiiirft )iri- ntlne. A ,1,1 r.-nn J '. A V h it CO., l,wi'll, Man! FOOT DRIDCE GIVES WAY. Four People Plunrje o Death Durina Memorial Exercises at Pueblo. Falldn. Colo, May ai.-While thi Ineiiiorlal exercises were at their height mid tho veti rims vveie casting Rowers on tl waters of the Arkansas liver In memory of the heroic dead, four people were suddenly plunged to death by tho breaking ol a footbridge spanning tin- river at the lower edgi er Kivcrtldo park. A number of oth cis were thrown Into the stream, sev eral of w hom are missing The p st narrowly escaped with their lives. The accident was wltucr-id by 1 . persons, who seeini d powerless to render assistance. The known dead are Mrs Clar etico Ti icphii.s, Hazel I.lrn s, F.-li.cr Morgan and I'enti llollani! Nora Anderson, aged thirtei n. Is milting an I the IkkIj- of a lioy. whoso mime has not been lenrm-d, w as s en floating two miles down the rivir. Tllil peoplo who Witnessed the acci dent declare there were twenty peo ple n the bridge at the time of the collapse. A wire netting bus been stretched to'tims the river nt Wells elite, sl mil. s below Salida It will require a day's time before It Is d' fl nltely known l.ovv many llvi were lost. NO BREAK IN DEADLOCK. Republicans at Springfield Expect No Nomination for Several Days . Sprlnglleld. 111., Julie 1- There is no subetantliil prosjH'i t that the guhernatoiial deadlock will end to day. It Is reported that liwib n will make another attempt to break lnl the Yates forces. It Is said that ho expects to get 1UU Vat.ee Votea, ::) from Hamlin, Till from Sherman and enough scattering votes to swell his total to l, eo, hoping that this will bn Hiillliienf to loosen enough Iioneeii delegates lii Cook county to nominate liow deii. Tin to bih'Uis small probabil ity that either Hamlin or Sherman will now shift their votes until It ap pears reasonably certain that by s doing they will be able to break tho deadlock. All of tlie candidates aro holding their forces together. New badges wito distributed to the Yalta fle legates tw Jiring Uie legend, "All tho world lov a lighter end iiates a quitter" All Is apparently qnlot In the Item n camp. The Iowdori Ileti Unants are actively at work, but It remains to lie proven that they are accomplishing Fuli5tantial result. Tho FUty-flrst ballot resultexl: Yati-a, 4H I ; Iiwden, :W-y, Heneen, 3N4V,; Hamlin, 11(1; Warner, 40; Sher man, r,l; l'ien'e, 2R. Prohlbs In Ohio Nominate. CnlumbuH, ()., Juno 1 Tho ITo hlbltlon state, convention notnlnateil a state tloki-t he;ull by Harold KIn llocklilll, for FinreUiry of state. Th platform deelares for prohibition and for woman puffrage. Startling Evidence. Fresli lest iinony in vrrcat i iiunti ty is constantly coming in, declaring Ir. King's New Iiisc.overy for Consiunp suinpt ion Couglis and (.'olds to lie une qualled. A recent expression from T. .1. McFarlanil, llentonville, Va , serves as exam pie. lie writes: "I liad bron chitis for three years anil doctored all the time without being- licnclittefl. Then I heg-an taking I r. King's New IMscovery, and a few bottles wholly cured inc." Kqiially cITcctive In cur ing all lung ami throat trouhles, con sumption, pneumonia and grip. Guar anteed hy F. ;. Fricke Co.. drug gists. Trial Imt ties free, regular sizes .Vic ami I. mi. Noes further, looks heller and lasts longer, l'alton's Sun I 'roof l'aint. (icrlng Co. agents. CONTINUE ' Those, who nre gaining flesh and Mrength by regular treat ment with Scott's Emulsion should continue the treatment In hot weithri omnller closo nndn little cool milk with It will do away with any ohlectlon which attached to fatty pro ducts during the huatod season. Srtiil ..r lre Mmpl. SCori ,Vi hOWNK. Ihemi.n. 4v-4is l'i'l Strrfl, Nrw York. y nd i.ai ; all ilmguu.