AUTOS DOUBLE IN NUMBER County Assessors Report 9,286 Cars In State. MANY NUMBERS Dawet, Deuel and Gosper Return Four Times Many Machines as Last Year, Perkina, Greeley and Thurston Five Times at Many York County Shows Increase From 72 to 204. Lincoln, July 25. The number of automobiles returned by county as sessors to the Btute board of equaliza tion will be double tho number re turned in 15(a. la that year there were returned 3,611, hile with bIx counties not yet reported, there has been returned a total of 6,481. April 1 when the assessment wag mmle there were reentered In the office ot to e secretary of Btate a total of 9,286 machines and the year before a total of 4,877. Thin number, however, does not represent the total number of ma chines in the state, as numbers have been cancelled in cases where the license has not been renewed, and nat urally many machines have become useless or worn out during the last three, years. The total assessed valu ation of the automobiles h returned by the assessors last year was $384, 379, or un average assessed value of 1109.22. Keya I'ulia county's assessor did not give the number of machines in his report nor the average value, but re turned the total assessed value at $360. Many of the counties have returned twice as many machines this year than last. Dawes county returned four times as many this year and so did Deuel and Gosper. Perkins, Gree ley and Thurston returned five times es many this year as laBt year, while Rock returned six times as many and Sherman nine times as many more than last year. York county howg an Increase from seventy two to 204. ITALIANS USE SHOTGUNS Two Are Seriously Injured and Others Take to Cornfields. Osceola, Neb., July 26. A shooting affair occurred hero between tour Ital ians, employees of the Union Pacific railroad. The men were getting ready for dinner when a quarrel arose be tween four of tlie bIx men, as a result of which two of the llullans grabbed shotguns nud began shooting at the others, with the result that Frank De vi to Is wounded In the right side, his Injury being pronounced very serious by the doctors. Tho other man wounded Is Tony Mearzulbo, who received a charge of shot In his leg, the flesh being torn from the bone badly between the knee and ankle. Immediately alter the shooting the men escaped and they are now hiding In the cornfields In this vicinity. Mike Deslto Is one of the escnped men and the other Is Uosa Vesterto WORKMEN HAVE CLOSE CALL Big Derrick Collapses at Beatrice, Laborer Has Foot Crushed. Beatrice, Neb., July 25. Tho large derrick used in constructing the new addition to the government building collapsed while 1,000 pounds of rock were being hoisted and several work ) men came near being killed. E. II. Toomey, superintendent of construc tion, escaped by Jumping fifteen feet to the basement below and sustained severe bruises. David Hoover, a work man, had his foot crushed. The derrick, which was built to carry threo tons, was completely wrecked. Peru Boy Nearly Suffocated. Peru, Neb., July 25. Tho twelve-year-old Bon of Mr. and Mrs. Morrow of MlnersviUe, got Into tho bin of wheat as It was being loaded from the elevator Into tho cms nnl was soon drawn under tho wheat. Ills mother, in an attempt to Rave him, also got Into the wheat bin and only the grasping of n rod crossing tho bin saved her from following tho boy. Ho was finally released from his perilous position only by cutting a hole in the - side of the elevator and allowing tho wheat t run out on the ground. It Is thought the boy will recover. Bank Stockholders Guarantee Deposits Lyons. Neb., July 25. Something new In tho way of bank guarantee was projected here by tho Farmers' bank of Lyons. An agreement was en tered Into among the stockholders whereby they walvo the protection of all laws favoring corporations and place behind their guarantee nil their private property. Omaha Plans to Greet Roosevelt. Omaha, July 23. Tentative plan have been made for the reception of Coloned Theodore Roosevelt when ho Visits Omaha, Sept. 2, and these plans have been submitted to Colonel Roose velt by John L. Kennedy, secretary of the committee. Alliance Will Buy Light plant. Alliance, Neb., July 25. At a special meeting of tho city council It was final ly decided' to buy tho electric light riant fiom the present owners. Tho city I: .is maio n formal offer of $14, Tener Out of Congress Race. ITarrislurj:. Pa., July 28. Congress man John X. Tener, who was renomi nated for congress from the Tw nty fourth Pennsylvania district and later was nominated by the Republicans for governor, sent to the state ("epartment his formal withdrawal as a congres sional candidal". Burke for presie'ent In 1912. Fargo, N. D, July 2S. Governor John Burke of North Pakota was in dorsed as the Democratic nominee for the presidency in 1912 at a meeting of Democrats of the state beld here. WHOLE COUNTRY STI LLSVELTERS Man; Cities Suiter Tempera tures ot Over 100 Degrees. CLIMBS TO 106 AT WICHITA. Three Prostrations Are Reported at St. Joseph Thermometer Mounts to 104 at Omaha, Breaking Heat Record for Nine Years Mercury Soars to 105 at Lincoln. Chicago, July 28. Nine of tho eighty-two cities throughout the Unit ed States from which returns were re ceived at the local weather bureau re ported temperatures of 100 degrees or over. Thirty-six of the eignty-iwo re ported temperatures of 90 degrees or over. Such an ar'ay of "maximums," Indi cating a heat spell covering the entire country, it was Bald, has not been seen in the last ten years. Objections to its being called a "heat wave" were made on the grounds that a wave moves, while the present torrldity Beems to have settled like a great blanket over the country, with Wich ita, Kan., and its record of 106 as a center, with the 90 degree lines reach ing to the Atlantic coast at the south and as far north as Canada In the cen tral west. The Pacific coast, shut oft by the Rocky mountains, appeared alone in its escape from the severity of the sun. The thermometer climbed above tho 100 mark over most of Kansas. In Wichita It is the fifth successive day tho thermometer has passed the 100 mark. There was one heat prostra tion In Wichita and three In St. Jo seph, Mo. In Omaha the mercury stood nt 104, breaking all records for nine years. The thermometer regis tered 103 tit Lincoln. CROPS NEED MORE RAIN Sunshine Last Week Made Growing Weather, Bulletin Says. Washington, July 28. Sunshine lo tho great corn and winter wheat grow. Ing stntes during tie last week was beneficial to the development of grow ing vegetation and for harvest pur poses, according to the national week ly weather bulletin issued by the de partment oi agriculture. Rain in many portions of the spring wheat regl( i temporarily relieved tho drought, bin much more rain is need ed. The bulletin also says: "In the great corn and winter wheat growing states the lack of rain is becoming serious, especially in southern Kansas and the adjoining portions of Oklu homn, and rain is needed also over much of Iowa and in portions of Ohio and Indiana, but over the remaining corn growing states there Is generally sufficient moisture in the soil. In the spring wheat region the soil is Btlll dry to an unusual depth and much more rain Is needed to put It in normal con dition." STRIKERS WRECK TRAIN Mob Derails Sx Freight Cars Near South Bend. South r.end, Ind., July 28. Mob at tacks' on a freight train, ending with tho ditching of the entire train of six cars, nnd an unsuccessful effort to kidnap tho nonunion members of n passenger crew were the chief hap penings in tho Btrlko on the Grand Trunk railroad. Angry crowds nutn- berln? from 500 to 2.000 persons gathered' at tho Grand Trunk station throughout the day ami the police had to be on the alert every minute to pre vent outbreaks of mob violence. COAST GUARDS SHOOT WELL Artillery Corps Breaks All Existing Records In Practice at Sandy Hook. New York, July 28. All previous records for service practice with 3- Inch guns were broken nt Sandy Hook by tho gunners of the 135th company, coiiHt artillery corps, commanded by Captain Carroll Power, stationed at Fort Totten. This coin puny held the record for lust year's practice, and bettered It, milking eleven hits In eleven seconds, attaining a figure of merit of 150. This wns nearly twice that of lust year. Shooting Follows Car Strike. Columbus, ()., July 28. Although there were threo shooting affrays con nected with tho rioting In connection with the street car strike, the police have tho situation in hand. Scores of rioters were arrested. Three motor men shot Into crowds which annoyed them nnd one man on the street re ceived a wound In the leg. Mayor M.mhnll hns not asked for troops. TELLS OF ILLINOIS CENTRAL GRAFT Former Inspector Outlines Mil lion DoL'ar Conspiracy. CHARGES BRIBERY AND THEFT. Railroad's Employees "Fixed," Its Ma terials Stolen, Witness Claims, and Double Prices Charged for Work Done Roofs for Coal Cars and Doors for Flat Cars. ' Chicago, July 29. Details of the methods by which the Illinois Central railroad was defrauded out of over $1,000,000 In padded bills for tar re pairs by a conspiracy between its of ficers and employees with officers of the Independent tar companies were related in a deposition given before Master In Chancery Mason. Tho statement was made by Harold A. Sims, a formtr car inspector for the railroad. He said he was induced by a higher salary and Important per quisites as his share of the "graft" and the persuasions of his superior officers in the Illinois Central to be come superintendent of the Memphis Car company. After a year of "easy money" he be came dissatisfied with his share and later made a full confession to the Illinois Central attorneys. Bribery of the railroad's Inspectors and charging the road for materials stolen from Its own cars and store houses were only the slmp'er aspects of the vast system of fraud', accord ing to the witness. ' He laid this to the former Illinois Central conductor, Henry C. Ostermann. It was Oster- mann's sudden rise to affluence and his spectacular methods of displaying his money, such as lighting cigars with $50 bills and tipping waitresses with handsful of silver, that first called at tention of President Harahan to the waste In his car department. No mention of the late Ira G. Rawn nor any of the "men higher up" was made by the witness. Charges Made at Hearing. Among the startling statements re lated by the witnesses were: i Car repair bills were padded almost at will, according to the guess of the car company officials. The railroad's own material was used without stint to make the actual repairs which formed tne basis of tho charges. , Materials taken from the Illinois Central tars were used almost exclu sively to build the extensive plant of the car company. When the car company lacked ma terial to perform certain parts of tho repairs required, the almost aban doned, but well equipped, shops owned by the railroad Itself were called upon to do the work, and the Items were included In tho hill Just as If the Memphis company had done It Itself. Illinois Central cars were rolled on to a spur track entering the plant, rilled of supplies and materials to be used In repairing cars already re ceived on which the price would be llberully boosted, and then In turn made whole at the railroad's expense. Inspectors of the railroad were ' bribed nnd went through the form of checking up the work done In such a manner bb not to cut down the profits of the men who had bribed them. They paid no attention while the al reody excessive bills were still fur ther boosted by the insertion of items which could not possibly be added to the cars In question, such as roofs for cool cars und doors for flat cars. A uniform charge for from ten to fourteen gallons of paint was Included in the bill for each car, whereas many of (he tars only required two or three gallons. "We Just tore up the cars as we saw fit and the Inspectors let us do what we thought proper," declared the witness. NAVY GETS M0N.T0R LOG Officer of "Cheesebox," Growing Old, Presents Department With Relic. Washington, July 119. The log book ff the Monitor, covering the period of Its engagement with the Mcrrlmuc in Hampton Roads on March 9, 18C2, was given to the navy department to be preserved among Its historic records. The restoration of the log to the tie pnrtment was due to Captain Louis Stodder of the United States revenue cutter service, now living in Brook lyn, nnd an oiricer on the Monitor dur ing Its entire Bervlce. For yenra he has treasured the log among his most valuable possessions, but ns he has reached old age he de sired to see It placed where Its preser vation might be assured. He forward ed It to the library of tho navy de partment. Three Children Die In Barn Fire. Oconto, Wis., July 29. Two daugh ters, aged four nnd two, of Michael Cnsper, and tho two year-old sen of John Burg were burned to death when Burg's bnrn, In which the children were playing, was destroyed by fire. Ban on Yorkshire Cattle, Waahlngtcn, July 29. Owing to the discovery of ti c lovt r.m mouth dis ease ni'ioug r.ittle In " -1 r 1 1 ro, F.n gland, thr !trortatl m ef rp.t?V from that country 'i"o tV I'r.itii Sirtvs has been Milted. UK? I bt 19 TO UhlVc A0T0 Attorney General of New York Inter prets Law Passed by Legislature. Albany, N. Y, July 28. No person under eighteen years of age will be permitted to operate an automobile In this state after Aug. 1 unless accom panied by a licensed chauffeur or the owner of the machine. Secretary of State Koenlg has re reived numerous Inquiries as to wheth er a person under eighteen who is the owner can operate a motor vehicle un der the Callan law upon the public highways of the state. Attorney General O'Malley, in an opinion, holds that the legislative In tent is plain that a person should be at least eighteen years of age before he has Judgment, experience and dis cretion sufficient to quality hlra to drive a car. MEAT TRUST UNDER FIRE Sensational Testimony Given Before Federal Grand Jury. Chicago, July 28. Aaron Buchs baum and Arthur Block, New York butchers, testifying before the federal grand Jury investigating packing concerns, declared Chicago packers had cut prices and undersold the New York Butchers' Dressed Beef associa tion at a loss of $2,000,000 in order to obtain control of a New York concern. DETECTIVE PASSES QUARRYJNJVIIDOGEAN Dew in Hailing Distancs ot Ves sel Supposed to Carry Crlppen. Montreal, July 28. Inspector Dow was at noon possibly within hailing distance of Dr. Hawley H. Crlppen of London and the doctor's typist, Ethel Clara Leneve, if the latter are aboard the westbound steamer Montrose. This Is the calculation made here by officials of the Canadian Pacific and White Star Steamship companies. It was stated that the Montrose of the former line and the Iaurentic ot the latter were at that hcur abreast of each other on the Atlantic at 27 de gree3 west. On the Montrose are two passengers, suspected of being Dr. Crlppen, wanted in London in connec tion with the disappearance of his wife, Belle Elmore, and Miss Leneve. The Laurentic bears Inspector Dow, sent out from Scotland Yard to investi gate the identity of the passengers, who are reported to have registered at the Antwerp booking office as John Robinson and John Robinson, Jr. Offi cials of both steamship companies are positive that no attempt will H made at sea to transfer Inspector Dow to the Montrose. They state that there will be no action until one or the other of the , vessels reaches Father Toint, Quebec, where a pilot Is taken aboard to guide the vessels through the St. Lawrence. Browne Trial Begins Monday. Chicago, July 28. Circuit Judge Kersten, sitting In the criminal court, ordered a special venire of 100 drawn for Aug. 3, for the second trial of Lee O'Neil Browne,' minority leader, In dicted on charges of bribery and In which the election of United States Senator Lorimer is involved. The trial will open Monday, Aug. 1. Berlin Denies Mutiny Report. Berlin, July 28. It was officially de nied that a mutiny, growing out of dissatisfaction with the mess, had oc curred on the German armored cruiser Blucher during the cruise to Norway, as was reported In a dispatch from Kiel to the Vorwaerts. Auto Turns Turtle; One Dead. New York, July 28. In an automo bile accident at Westhampton, L. I., Desmond Dunne, Jr., son of Desmond Dunne, former commissioner of publio works in Brooklyn, was instantly killed. His automobile turned turtle. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League. At New York: R.II.E. New York 000 00 600 06 10 2 Philadelphia ...0 2000000 02 12 2 Wlltse Myers; Foxen Dooln. At Cincinnati: R.II.E. Cincinnati 2 00 1 0 0 00 14 9 8 Pittsburg 10010330 08 12 2 ! Gasper-McI-enn; Cnninitz Gibson. At St. Louis: R.II.E. St. Louis 000 008 00 08 14 1 Chicago 12100 10106 17 1 Lush-Bresnahnn; Brown Kllng. American League. At Philadelphia: R.II.E. Philadelphia ... .2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-4 6 4 Washington ... .0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 05 9 3 Dypert Thomas; Gray-Bcckendorf. At HoHton First game: R.II.E. Boston 1 03 0 1 0 0 0 5 7 0 New York 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 11 1 Clcotte Carrigan; Hughes-Mitchell. Second game: R.II.E. Boston 0 1 0 1 0 1 000 003 8 3 New York...0 1 00 000 2 00 3 6 10 4 Smith Kleinow; Ford Mitchell. Western League. At Denver: R.II.E. Lincoln 0 000O000 00 2 3 Denver 0 0020000 2 6 0 Knapp Kruger; Olmstead-Weaver. At St. Joseph: R.II.E, Sioux City 0 1 3 11 2001-9 15 2 St. Joseph 00000300 36 10 8 Alderman-Miller; Swlft-Frnmnps. AtTopekn: R.II.E. Des Moines. ..".0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 06 11 I ropeka 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 n S 11 Mitchell Clemmons; Jackson Boles, NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed proposals will be received by the city cltrk of Die city of J'latti mouth, NehraMka, until eight (8) o'clock p. m., of Monday, the Hii day of Aug ust, 1910, fur furnishing material and constructing curbs and pavement for the city of I'lattsmouth, Nebraska, in accordance with the plana and specifi cations on file in the office of the city clerk of Hlattxmouth, Nebraska, and in the office ef the engineers, Omaha, Ne braska. Approximate estimate quan tities: rating. (A) District 5577 s. yds. (B) Intersection 1 4 tt q. yds. Curhtnit (A) District :'J1 lin. ft. tbj Intersection 42 lin. ft. liimslfl-a(IoD. Curbing. Class A Six (6) Inches thick, twen ty :'0 Inches deep; $0.65 per lin. ft. Class U Six (t inches thick, twenty-four CM) Indies deep; $0.60 per lin. fit. I'm lug. Class A Vitrified brick block as specified. Base, concrete, depth four (4) Inches, sand on concrete one and one-half 1 Inches. Sand filled Joints. 2.10 per mi. yd. Class It Vitrified brick block as specified. Base, concrete, depth, five (a) inches, sand on concrete one and one-half Inches ( lty ) inches. Sand filled Joints. IJ.25 per s. yd. Kuch bid to be accompanied by a cer tified check for five hundred dollars (1500.00). Any one desiring a set of plans and specifications for personal use may ob tain the same by application to the en gineers and a payment of five ($5.00) dollars per set. The city reserves the right to re ject any and all bids. T , J. P. Sattler. . R. Klster, .Mayor. City Clerk. The Consolidated Engineering com pany, engineers. No. tHO Bee build ing, Omaha, Nebraska. I.KGW, NOTICK. NOTICK TO UNKNOWN HKITiS AND UKVISRKS AND NON-RESIDENTS I ' E V KXD A NTS. To the unknown heirs and devisees of Lewis Johnson. iWenMei) tho un. 1 known heirs and devisees of Margaret Johnson, deceased; the unknown heirs and devisees of Seth Johnson, deceased; the unknown heirs and devisees of John Q. Johnson, dereased; and to Solomon Borhee, Mrs. V. B. Leach, first name unknown, wife of W. B. Leach; Mrt. Wllllum Johnson, first name unknown, wife of William Johnson; Frederick L. Eaton; William T. Eaton; Simon P. Eat on; U. It. Henry; Greensberry R Henry; A Lazenby; Ambrose Lazenby, and Mrs. Ambrose Lazenby, first name unknown, wife of Ambrose Lazenby, non-resident defendants: You will take notlr ttiat on the 12th day of April, 1910, (JeorKe M. Porter, plaintiff, filed his petition in the dis trict court of Cass county, Nebraska, In vhlch you with others were named as defendants. The object and prayer of said peti tion Is to quite title In said plaintiff In and to lote ten (10) And eleven (11) in block thlrty-elffht (38) of the city of Plnttsmouth, In Cass county, Nebraska, and to exclude the defendants from any Interest therein. You are required to answer said pe tlnn on or before the 25th day of July, fleorpe M. Torter. Bv Burkett, Wilson & Brown, and E. F. Snnvely, Ills Attorneys. l.KO Mj -NOTICE. IN THE PISTUIOT t'OL'KT OP CASS COUNTY. NEBRASKA. In the mutter of the guardianship of Donovan A. Walling, a minor. Notice Is hereby Riven that In pursu ance of an order of the Honorable Har vey I). Travis, Judge of the district court of Cass countv, Nebraska, made on the 20th day of June, 1910, for the sale of real estate herein after des cribed, there will be sold at the south door of the court house In the city of I'lattsmouth, In said county and state on the 28th day of July, 1910, at 11 o'clock a. m., nt public sale to the lilKhest bidder for cash, the following described real estate, to-wlt: The undivided one-third (1-3) lnter- i est In fee simple title In nnd to lots 12. 1.1, It), and 17, In West Greenwood, diss countv, Nebraska. Dated tills 2uth day of June. 1910. 4 George W. Wall In or, As guardian of Donovan A. Walling, a minor. NOTICE TO C'HKDITOHS. State of Nebraska,) Iss. Cnss Countv. IN T1IK MATTER OF THK ESTATE OF ANN M. DAVIS, DECEASED. Notice la hereby given that the credi tors of said deceased will meet the ad ministratrix of snid estate, before me, county Judge of Cass county, Nebras ka, at the county court room In Flatts- mouth, In said county, on the 30th day of July, A. D., 1910, and on the 1st day of February, 1911 at 9 o'clock a. m., eaeh day, for the purpose of presenting their claims for examination, adjust ment and allowance. Six months are allowed for the credi tor of said deceased to present their claims, nnd one year for the adminis tratrix to settle said estate, from the 30th day of July, A. D., 1910. Witness my hand and seal of said county court, at I'lattsmouth, Nebras ka, this 28th day of June, A. D., 1910. (Seal) Allen J. Heeson, Hnnisey & Hnmsey, County Judge. Attorneys. Mr. and Mrs. Will Streight and Rev. L. W. Gade autoed out to Cedar Creek this morning, leaving about 5 a. m., while the day was yet cool. It is safe to guess that Will may bring home a fine string of fish, as he won't have the nerve to "cuss" any In the presence of h!3 wife and the preacher. SWATCH THE FARM DEVELOPMENT IN WYOMING! THE RICHEST DEVELOPED STATE IN THE WEST GO WITH ME on one of our personally conducted landseekers' excursions to THE BIG HORN BASIN the first and third Tuesdays of each month, and see what the farmers are doing on these new lands where the Burlington Railroad is building new lines; where new towns oiTer splendid business op ening in all lines of trade and profession. EXAMINE THESE LANDS PERSONALLY with me. I will help you to pick out the best. I am employed by the Burlington Railroad for this purpose. OUR HOMESEEKERS' TICKET allows you 25 days with stop overs every where in homeseekers' territory; ample time to examine the lands and spend a few days fishing in the mountain streams if you like. See the irrigated lands where the ditches are built by the Government and also by private companies, and the Mondell C20-acre FREE homesteads all on ene trip. n. Herman Groodcr, Graduate Veterinary Surgeon (Formerly with U. S. Department Agriculture) Licensed by Nebraska State Board Calls Arswered Promptly Telephone 378 White, Plattsmouth. J.W. HUGHES Live Stock and General Farm Sale AUCTIONEER Five years successful selling renders me thoroughly competent ot handling your sale. Referfence from those I have sold.'for. Graduate from Missouri Auction School. Gee me at PerkinB Hotel. MEN AND MEN WANTED The Goernment pay Railway Mail ' Clerk. $800 to $1,200, and other em ployee up to $2,500 annually Uncle Sam will hold examinations throughout the country for Railway Mail Clerks, Custom House Clerks, Stenographers, Bookkeepers, Depart ment Clerks and other Government positions. Thousands of appointments will he made. Any man or woman oyer 18, In City or Country can get Instruction and free information by writing at once to the Bureau of Instruction, 79 J, Hamlin Building, Rochester, N. Y. Notice to Fanners. Ve are now in the market for all the chickens, ducks, geese or any farm poultry that you might have. We also have the akency for the Bloomer Creamery at Council Bluffs and will buy all the cream you hring in. Pay you cash and test it the same day you bring it in. Try and sell your cream one month and see If it is isn't easier and more money in it than to make butter. Also, our auto delivery is out in the country every day. Call us up and get your meat or groceries for threshing. Always call us the day before you want the goods so we will get the order before we start as we start early In the moving. Tele phone No. 4. Yours For Business, Hatt & Son. For Sale. A good $125.00 organ, at your own price. Easy payments, as low as fifty cents per week. Inquire of W. M. Bogard. Avoca, Neb. Farm for Sale. SO acres of well improved land, one mile from Avoca. If Interested, call or write George D. Maseman, Avoca, Neb. G. A. Meisinger of west of the city was looking after business matters in Plattsmouth today. Do you want an . AUCTIONEER? If you do, get one who has Experience, Ability, Judgement. Telegraph or write ROBERT WIKINSON, Dunbar, Neb. Dates made at this rflice or the . Murray State Bank. Good Service Reasonable Rate PROGRESS OF! Special prepared Wyo.nlnj literature just eft the press. Write for it today. D. CLEM DEAVER, General Agent, Landseekers' Information Bnreau. 1004 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb. V