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KILLED BY A BOMB1 ” RUSSIAN MINISTER OF THE IN TERIOR IS ASSASSINATED. i WAS ON HIS WAY TO SEE CZAR Assassin Makes Attack Upon Officer on Busy Thoroughfare of City— Coachman Also Killed and the Horses Fatally Wounded. ST. PETERSBURG—Minister of the Interior von Plelive was assassin ^ ated while driving to the Warsaw sta tion to visit the Peterhof. A bomb was thrown under the min.-1 ister's carriage, completely shattering it. M. von Plehve was terribly man gled. The crime was committed at 10 o'clock. The coachman was killed, and the w ounded and maddened horses dashed! wildly away with the front wheels of the carriage, the only portion of the vehicle remaining intact. Immediate- i ly there ensued a scene of the wildest j confusion. Police and gendarmes hur- j SUNK BY TORPEDO. ■ i ■ Russian Boats at Port Arthur Sent to Bottom. " GHEE FOO—8 p. m.—Russian refu gees who have arrived here report that the Lieutenant Burkuoff and two other Russian torpedo boat de stroyers were torpedoed and totally destroyed by the Japanese on the night of July 25. TOKIO—In a daring night attack against a Russian force estimated at five divisions, with 100 guns. General Oku succeeded in driving the enemy from their strong line of defence south of Ta Tche Kiao. Advancing on Sunday. General Oku found a superior force confronting him and that a heavy artillery fire from the enemy was checking his men. He thereupon decided to hold the positions he then held and to at tempt a night surprise. This was suc cessful. the Japanese troops hustling the Russians into retreat to Ta Hche Kiao. The Japanese had only 80rt cas ualties. No estimates of the Russian losses are given. The Takushan army did not partic ipate in the fight, it being located to tbe east of Ta Tche Kiao. Moving to the northwest, this TakushaD force ttej up from every direction and vast -crowds gathered about the spot where \the mangled body of the minister lay Welttering in his blood. 1 The Associated Press correspondent was at the scene of the tragedy within jptve minutes after it occurred, ii. von ■feehve’s shockingly mangled l>ody was j Bgng in the middle of the road. It had Hp^en partially covered with a police | ^officer’s overcoat, with the left arm. j ’H$k* bone of which was broken off. ^fcjecting. A policeman came tip and ] ■Ised the overcoat in order to rear-j Hinge it. revealing for an instant the i Htrong features of the dead minister, Hjfeose hf*ad was battered almost be Hftntl recognition. ^^The roadway was strewn for 100 ^Krds with the wreckage cf the car ^Hge. and pieces of the red lining of minister's official overcoat. A few JHrds from M. ton Plehve’s body lay ^Hhapeless heap of the coachman's re HM. von Plehve was said to be on his tnty to visit the “inppror. The trag ! occurred on the Zalakonski pros t. a broad thoroughfare leading up he Warsaw depot, where the road ns sharply to the left toward the tic railroad station. The exact t at which the outrage occurred is t before the bridge spanning the rular canal, on the other side of [ch both stations are situated. 'he bomb thrower must have known fectly well that Minister von i Plehve would pass the spot, for the ^minister makes his report to the cm* Kperor every Thursday. The infernal machine was thrown f with deadly accuracy, and the assassin I was favored by the fact that the traffic I here is always of the heaviest, owing [ to the crossing of lines of surface cars and the continuous stream of heavy trucks. M. von Plehve was always apprehensive of attempts etxm his life, and used to drive as rapidly as 1 possible. The coachman, however, I was compelled to go slow at this point. i ne assassin, in laying his plans. L evidently foresaw this circumstance, land while the minister's coachman [ slowed down, threw the bomb. The 1 explosion*was terrific, and practically ■annihilated the woodwork of the car wriage. The horses tore off. dragging Athe axle and the front wheels. The ■ animals, though infuriated by the ■ wounds they had sustained, had not 1 galloped far before they fell, with F pools of blood under them. It is reported that six men are im f plicated and that five of them fled into a little hotel adjoining the scene of the assassination, and only one, who was wounded, having b°en cap tured. The hotel was surrounded by the police and all its inmates were arrested. The wounded man. who is said to he a Jew. was taken to the Alexan der hospital, so dazed as to be uyaule to speak. His condition was account ed for by the fact that he took poison immediately after throwing the bomb. American Among the Injured. SAN SEBASTIAN. Spain—Fourteen persons were injured here on Sunday in the panic at the fight between a tiger and a bull, including Countess Podras Liza Ritury. Deputy Urnqui jo, the Marquis Pidal, vice president of the senate and former Spanish am bassador at the Vatican, and an American whose name is given a3 Liverstone of New York. It Is said that the American will put in a claim for damages. The managers of the fight are severely blamed for what occurred. foucht and won a separate action on Friday. July 22, at Panling. losing thirty-one men. On Sunday morning at 9 o'clock the Japanese right had reached a bluff a little less than two miles from Tai ping mountain. At 5 o’clock in the afternoon the Russiau batteries post ed in various positions on the high ground opened with vigor, shelling the advancing Japanese line. The strength of the Russian gradually de veloped during the day. The Russian fire prevented a general advance and determined General Oku to decide to adwait the advent of darkness to de liver a night assault. Suddenly, at 10 o’clock Sunday night, the entire Japanese rignt was ourled against the first Russian po sition ea^t and west of Taiping moun tain and easily captured it. At mid night the second position was at tacked and by dawn the Japanese oc cupied the eminence to the east of Shanchiatun. The Russians were in retreat toward Ta Tche Kiao. At 7 o’clock Monday morning the Japanese seized Chenvshishan without resist ance and pursued the Russian force toward Ta Tche K»ao. PEACE EFFORTS AGAIN FAIL. Conference Between State Board and Packers Results in Nothing. CHICAGO—“We had an agreement with Mr. Donnelly’s organization and the allied trades which they failed to live up to, and under the circum stances we do not care to make any further agreements with them.” This is the statement which was signed by the representatives of the packers and handed to the members of the state board of arbitration Wed nesday nigh* at the end of a confer ence between the two bodies, held at the request of the state board in an endeavor to bring about another meet ing fer the settlement of the butch ers’ strike between the packers and the strikers. The packers received the state board courteously and listened to its. arguments for a peaceable adjustment of the difficulty. The announcement that the packers were opposed to any further peace negotiations with the strikers was handed to the board by Arthur Meeker and Thomas Conner, both of Armour & Co., who represent ed the packers. Found the Town Afire. TOKIO—The Russians abandoned Ta Tche Kiao at noon on Monday, July 2J, retiring before the advancing army under General Oku. They ap plied the torch to Ta Tche Kiao and the surrounding towns and when the Japanese arrived they found the ; flames still raging. The Japanese 1 pursuit extended beyond Ta Tche Kiao and the Japanese leit wing occu pied Yin Kow. The positions held by the Russians Sunday night south of Ta Tche Kiao consisted of nine miles I of trenches and fortifications. Demands Will L-e Moderate. WASHINGTON—The state depart * ment has addressed itself to the Rus sian government through Spencer | Eddy, the American charge at Et. Pe tersburg. on the charge of the seizure of the cargo of the Arabia by the Vladivostok squadipn. The Hamburg American company undoubtedly will appeal to the German government to .secure the release of its ship and com pensation for the delay in her cruise and other items of loss. It is deemed highly desirable to take conservative action and avoid irritation. NOW IK THE TOMB FUNERAL OF VON PLEHVE HELD AT ST. PETERSBURG. EVERYWHEREW BELLS TOLL Impressive and Impcs'ng Services— Notable Characters of Russia Stand with Bowed Heads About the Flow ered and Caparisoned Bier. ST. PETERSBURG. — M. von Plehve, the minister of the interior, who was assassinated Thursday morn ing last, was buried Sunday, and in every city of this vast empire church bells were tolled and masses and prayers said for the repose of the soul of the murdered minister. The services here, which were ac cording to the rites of the orthodox church, were of an impressive and im posing character. At 11 o'clock high mass was said in the stately chapel adjoining the ministry of the interior. Emperor Nicholas and the dowager empress stood with the broken-hearted widow and the children at a great mound of flowrers on which rested the casket. To the right, on gold-embroid ered cushions, before a mass of wreaths banked to the ceiling, were ranged the decorations which had been won by the statesman during his not able career. To the left were the metropolitan of St. Petersburg and the offloia'/jg bishops and priests in their gold-em | blazoned vestments. A screen of flow ers concealed the famous imperial boys’ choir. Among those present were other members of the imperial family, the foreign representatives. including Spencer Eddy, charge d'affaires of the American embassy; ministers of the empire, generals, admirals, nobles, governors of distant provinces, like those of Astrakhan and Irkutsk; in fact, all high officialdom, not even omitting Genghis Khan, a lineral de scendant of Napoleon, of Aliia. who is now a major general in the Russian service. The entire assemblage was in full uniform, and on the arm of each one present was a badge of mourning. All hell lighted tapers throughout the ser vice, and the air was heavy with the perfume of flowers and incense from the censers. At the most solemn moment, when all knelt and many were affected by tears, the widow was overcome and fainted. The emperor came to her as sistance, and she was carried out by gentle hands. The emperor was vis loly moved, and upon the conclusion of the mass he followed the casket, which was taken upon the shoulders of ministers and borne down the broad marble stairway to the street. j The funeral procession was formed j and the body was placed in a great white open hearse, drawn by six coal black horses, which were blanketed from their ears to their tails in som ber trappings. A black-garbed groom stood at each bridle, and in advance went sixteen similarly clad lantern bearers. Behind the hearse walked the members of the nfinister's family, and then came a long and distin guished body of mourners, it being the Russian custom to follow the dead to the grave on foott. The emperor himself walked a short i distance, but as the Novodevicky j monastery, where the burial took i place, was over five miles away, and because of the condition of the em press. his majesty soon entered his carriage and returned to the Peterhof palace. At the end of the procession came four white chariots filled with the floral offerings. The cortege proceed ed slowly through the avenues and streets, preceded by a squad of mount ed police, and passed within sight of theplace where the tragedy occurred. TIGHTENING UP THE LINES. Strikers and Packers Preparing for Another Week of Struggle. CHICAGO—Both the packers and the strikers spent Sunday in strength ening any weak spots that could be found in their defenses, preparatory to terms. Notwithstanding that it was Sunday all the plants were oper ated uring the forenon in order to get rid of the live stock that had been left over from last week. The re mainder of the day was spent by the employers in installing new men in the strikers’ places and arranging many of the small details which had been overlooked last week during the heat of the conflict. Over one thousand new men were added to those at work in the various plants. Among the arrivals were many skilled laborers, something the packers have been sadly in need of ever since the strike started. The employers have experienced little dif ficulty in procuring all the unskilled men necessary to operate the plants to their full capacity, but there has been a decided scarcity of skilled workmen and for this reason the by products of all animals killed have been let go to waste. Successor to Van Plehve. ST. PETERSBURG—The far-reach ing character of the machinery of the ministry of the interior and the urgent necessity for dealing with many pend ing matters of importance render it imperative that the emperor select a successor to M. Von Plehve immedi ately and it is considered certain that he will do so in a few days. Influ ences hostile to M. Witte, in spite of his acknowledged great ability and the general belief that he is the man for the position seem to render his ap- j pointment increasingly impossible. Finlanders Sent Into Exile. HELSINGFORS. Finland — The father of Eugene Schumann, the assin of General Bobrikoff, governor gen eral of Finland, has been sent to St. Petersburg. Prof. Gemmerus of the University of Finland has been exiled to Russia, being the fourth professor from this institution to be exiled since the murder of General Bobrikoff. Noth ing is known here of Legla, the al leged name of the assassin of Min ister Von Plehve. though rumors are afloat that he was here three weeks ago. NOTIFIED OF HIS NOMINATION. - National Committee Calls Upon the Republican Nominee. OYSTER BAY, N. Y.—President Roosevelt was notified formally on Wednesday of his nomination for the presidency by the national republican convention. The ceremony took place at his country home at Sagamore Hill, three miles from this village. In ac cordance with the president’s wish, the ceremony was made as simple as possible. The formal notification of the action of the convention was made on behalf ; of a committee representing every I state and territory in the I'nited States by Joseph G. Cannon, speaker of the house of representatives. The day opened with ideal weather and arrangements for the ceremony were completed early. The wide ver anda of the house at Sagamore Hill, extending almost entirely around the house, was decorated with American flags hung from pillar to pillar. In addition, many houses in the neighborhood of the Roosevelt home and in Oyster Bay were draped with the national colors. . Across the main street of the village there hung a large Roosevelt and Fairbanks ban ner. Only three of the members of the committee were absent. Included among the invited guests were men prominent in all walks of life. Those present numbered about 125. Speaker Cannon delivered the speech of notification, to which the president responded at considerable length. ALLIED TRADESMEN TO GO OUT. Packing House Mechanics at South Omaha Join the Strikers. SOUTH OMAHA—In response to orders received from Chicago all the members of the allied trades employ ed at the packing houses in South Omaha walked out at noon Tuesday. By this walkout the ranks of the strikers were increased by between 1.000 and 1,100 men, making nearly 6.000 in all. These craftsmen quit work: Steamfitters, firemen, engi neers, machinists, car repairers, box factory workers, electricians, carpen ters and coopers. Orders for the walkout were re ceived by President George Sterrett late Monday night and the word was passed around among the men at the plants. When the night force of men quit Tuesday morning they took their working clothes with them. The day shift men did the same when they j quit at noon. Good order prevailed during the walkout, the men leaving the plants quitely. Many went di- I rectly to their homes, while others drifted towards labor headquartres to hear the latest news. Ih speaking of the mcehanical ' workers’ walkout General Manager Murphy said: “We are glad the mat ter is settled. For a time the men kept telling us they would not go out and led us to believe they were sat isfied to remain while negotiations for the new wage scale were pending. Now that these men have gone out we know just exactly where we are. As I have stated before, we are fully prepared to* fill the places of the men who went cut. and smoke will con tinue to pour from the Cudahy stacks.” POLICE KNEW OF THE PLOT. The Assassination of Von Plehve Was Matured Long Ago. ST. PETERSBURG—The police have not yet established the identity of the assassin of M. von Plehve or of his accomplices, though it has been as certained that the former is little Rus sian. which accounts for his notice able accent. The accomplice is a Jew. It has developed that the police for some time past have been aware that a plot was maturing against the czar, and had advised one of the ministers that a party of fifteen anarchists had arrived in St. Petersburg. Several ar rests were actually made several days before the assassination. The bomb which the accomplice dropped in the canal after the assas sination was recovered by the police. It is of foreign make, though it is be lieved to have been loaded in St. Pe tersburg. It is small and melon shaped. and is believed to be fully as powerful as the one that killed von Plehve. FLEET NEARS JAPAN. Viadivostock Squadron Seen to East ward of Kazusa Bay. TOKIO—The Russian Vladivostok squadron was seen to the eastward of Kazusa province at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon. It was seen steaming to the east. Kazusa province is on the east side of Tokio bay. The British steamer Chinan has ar rived at Yokohama with the crew of the British steamer Knight Command er, that was sunk by Russia's Vladi vostok squadron off Izu. The Knight Commander’s cargo was a general one. Its European passengers were detain ed by the Russians and its crew of twenty-one was transferred to the Chi nan. which also reports that the Rus sians sunk two Japanese schooners. Packers Get Better Service. CHICAGO.—As a matter for protec tion of office employes and non-union workers, who, instead of taking up their abode in the barracks provided by the packers, desire to go home at night and come to the stock yards in the morning, the packers have ar ranged with the Lake Shore & Michi gan Southern railroad for a large in creased number of trains to the stock yards. The new schedule provides for trains running directly to the various packing houses inside the yards, thus avoiding the pickets. White Mob Kills a Negro. KANSAS CITY.—A special to the Times from Austin, Tex., says: John W. Larrimoie, a negro school teacher and republican politician of state prominence, was taken from his home at Lockj?ort. thirty miles south of here, by a mob of eight white men and shot and killed. Mrs. Larrimore shot at the members of the mob with a pis tol’ and she says she wounded one of them. No arrests have been made. Larrimore is said to have made an of fensive remark which caused the at t*“*dt or him. RUMORS OF FIGHT _ ONE IS THAT PORT ARTHUR HAS , BEEN CAPTURED. ——— ~~ —— THE NEWS IS NOT CONFIRMED Associated Press Dispatches and Other Reliable Sources Deny the Rumors—A General Assault, How ever, Seems to Have Been Begun. LONDON.—A Shanghai corrtpsond i ent, in a cabregram, says: "Various telegrams received here from Che Foo | announce that the Japanese have cap tured Port Arthur. This report is re garded as confirmed by news just re I ceived from Wei Hai Wei that the i British fleet returns there. It is also stated that the Japanese casualties numbered 11.000." CHE FOO.—Refugees who have just arrived from Port Arthur confirm, pre vious reports that a general assault has been begun by the Japanese on that fortress, and they declare that the Russians are sanguine that Jap anese could not succeed in capturing the place, even though they had twice as many troops. The Russians, ac cording to the refugees’ story, are still hoping for succor from General Kou ropattkin. They are unwilling to be lieve the reports of his defeat at Ta Tche Kiao. The refugees further con firm the reports that the Russian fleet is in a state of repair, but say that the fleet is unwilling to attack that of Ad miral Togo on account of the mines which the Japanese place nightlyjat the entrance to the harbor. It was be lieved at Port Arthur that if the Vladi vostok squadron or reinforcements from General Kuropatkin should arrive the Russian fleet would take the risk of going out. Ammunition is said to ne growing scarce and the large fort guns are not often discharged. Attempts to manu facture ammunition in Port Arthur are reported to have been failures. All public buildings are being used for hospittals. The sick and wounded are being well cared for by volunteer nurses. The wounds made by the Jap anese rifles are not dangerous except when vital spots are reached. Hun dreds of badly wounded have quickly recovered from their wounds. An American named Holt reports that Lieut, Newton A. McCullv, the American naval attache now at Port Arthur? is well. The Russian have erected a new wireless telegraph station at Che Foo. but they are unable to obtain any,re sults. owing to the fact that Japanese auxiliary cruisers fitted with wireless telegraph outfits are constantly cruis ing in the zone of communication and interrupting the currents. LONDON.—No further news of the j reported fall of Port Arthur or war news of any kind has reached the Lon don morning newspapers. NEWS OF THE ASSASSINATION. Does Not Cause Much Surprise in Washington Circles. WASHINGTON—The first official information received here of the trag edy at St. Petersburg came in a short cablegram to the state department from Spencer Eddy, the charge d'affaires of the American embassv in the absence from that capital of Ambassador McCormick. The mess age read: “Secretary of Interior Plehve and several others killed and some wounded by explosion of a bomb.” The cablegram was promptly for warded by Acting Secretary Adoo to Secretary Hay at Newbury, N. H., and a proper expression of condolence will be directed through Mr. Eddy. Although the assassination is deep ly deplored here, it cannot be said that it has caused much surprise in the circles here best informed as to the conditions in St. Petersburg. M. Plehve was regarded as a reactionist and was particularly severe in his treatment of the radical element in Russian politics. He was able to en force his policies through his absolute 1 control of the secret service and po lice. TAGGART CHOSEN CHAIRMAN. " He Is to Be at Head of Democratic National Committee. NEW YORK.—Expectations were fulfilled Tuesday, when Thomas Tag fart of Indiana was elected chairman of the democratic national committee. Indorsed by nearly every member of the committee the day after the con vention adjourned al St. Louis, it has been known that only the decree if Judge Parker in favor of another, or the consent of Senator Gorman to ac cept the place could prevent the se lection of Mr. Taggart. Neither of these contingencies arose, and the In diana man was unanimously chosen to a place for wrhich he has long aspired. Although the vote was unanimous, it was not until after it was actually in progress that opposition to Mr. Tag gart's selection was withdrawn. Winner Is in Washington. LINCOLN. — William McCormack, who w’as first in the Rosebud drawing, is not now a resident of Lancaster county, as telegrams first reported. He is employed in the treasury depart ment at Washington, and until recent ly his people lived in Clay Center, Neb. They now iive in Missouri. Mc Cormack formerly attended business college here. It was reported that he was a barber, employed in the Pioneer shop, but this report grew out of the fact that a soldier who registered works there. Reds Were Wild with Joy. NEW YORK.—Five thousand per sons, all that could possibly crowd into Cooper union, cheered themselves hoarse on Thursday night over the death of the Russian minister of the interior. The great hall was dotted with anarchists, who, in frequent fren zies of excitement, waved red band&n nsa and voiced their approval of the assassination of Plehve. At every men tion of the bomb thrower there was a din that lasted several minutes, and cries of Legio!” echoed through the hall. w V > •%***' -- ^ NEBRASKA STATE NEWs] _;__i NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. The Foster Grain company has just completed a new 16.000 bushel ele vator at Germantown. The V M. C. A. secretaries of the state will meet in Fremont October 1 to 4. The local directoral board held a meeting to plan for their recep tion. Robert Mehaffey found the body of a well dressed stranger in the Platte river two miles east of North Bend. The body at this writing has not been identified. Articles of incorporation for a new bank at Famam have been filed, tion to her work as secretary. She is a graduate of the state university in the class of 1900. The farmers near Lincoln need more help. They are offering from $1.25 to $2 per day, or from $25 to $6o per month, but the demand for harvest hands is decidedly greater than the supply. During a thunder storm at Monroe last week a telephone girl received a sho°k while answering a call that nearly cost her her life. Her face was seriously burned and she was par tially paralyzed. Reports from reliable threshers in Platte county place the yield of wheat at from twelve to fifteen bush els per acre, and the quality is- said to be somewhat poorer than was gen erally expected. James t’arr. who killed Charles Best at Sarpy Mills on the Fourth of July, had his hearing at Papillion and was held to the district court without bonds. He was charged with murder in the first degree. Gilalmous McCarty, a carpenter, has sued the Lincoln Traction company for damages amounting to $20,000. McCarty was injured by a fall from a street car on May 25 and since then has been unable to walk. President .1. W. Crabtree of the Peru State Normal school has begun making his appointments and has se lected M!8s Katherine Woods as his secretary. Miss Woods will teach one of the advanced Latin classes in addi Edith Adams, a young woman of 19 years, living one mile north of Elba, shot herself with a 22 calibre revolver. The ball entered her abdo men from the left side, ranging in ward and passing out near the back bone. She cannot live. She says the shooting was accidental. county cierk v\. CJ. Hirons has giv en to the public the valuation of Pierce county for this year as com pared with the year previous. This year real property was valued at $1. 708.080.90; last year it was valued at $1,046,420. Personal property this year. $526,040.01; last year, $237,971. Chester Weeks, a farmer living near the Merrick county line, has a curiosity on his farm in the shape of a peach tree. The tree is eighteen year? old and has‘never before bore any fruit nor even blossomed, but this year it is fairly loaded down with peaches. Mr. Weeks set out four other peach trees^ near this one last fall, but whether that gave any impetus to the old tree or not remains for some scientist to explain. County Superintendent Charles O. Stewart of York county has just com pleted his annual report of the schools of York county. This shows that the total indebtedness of the district has been reduced by more than $2,000 during the year; that the value of district property has increased by about $1,500; that there is a total of 6.130 school children in the county. 3.101 boys and 3.029 girls: that the total enrollment for the past year was 4.587; that the lowest wages paid was $25, while the highest was $50 in the country schools. Captain W. W. Lyons and Ella C. Button, two early settlers of Adams county, died last week. County Judge Basler of Burt county thinks it is a mistake for courts to allow one man to pound another to a jelly, and then by pleading guilty of assault and battery to escape with a small fine. He fined his last pris oner on this charge fifty dollars and costs. I wo young sons of Henry Ebke of DeWitt narrowly escaped death when a buggy in which they were riding was struck by a northbound passenger train and was demolished. They were thrown out and severely injured, al though it is thought they both will recover. At Weeping Water thieves stole a team of mules from an oil dealer by the-name of Wallace and a light wag on from L. E. Davis. They then drove one mile north to the farm of E. F. Marshall, put the mules in his barn and took a team of horses and it is supposed a harness. They then set the barn on fire, leaving the mules In it. evidently hoping to cover up the second theft, thinking that the re mains of the mules would be taken for those of the horses. The Payne Investment company of Omaha has ordered its local repre sentatives in Grand Island to proceed with the matter of putting up the buildings necessary for the manufac ture of a new stock food from alfalfa, meal, salt and syrup, and it is stated that $25,000 worth of machinery will be put in. The fifth annual session of the Ful lerton Chautauqua assembly will be held at Fuller’s park, August 5 to 15. The park has already been put in splendid condition and wired for elec tric lights. The corner stone of the beautiful new Sacred Heart Catholic church of Greeley Center was laid last week. Twelve visiting priests, with the resi dent pastor, Father Flanagan, and Bishop Keane of Cheyenne, took part in the ceremony. More than 800 peo ple were present. Property owners are reminded that the law requires the w'eeds along their roadsides to be cut by August 15. Otherwise it becomes the duty of the road overseer, and he is allowed four dollars a day for his time at the ex pense of the property owner. --- , -» MEASURING NEBRASKA TREES. Government Men from Washington at Work in the State. NEBRASKA CJTY’—F. G. Miller, in | charge of a party of government men from the department of forestry at Washington, D. C.. has been here for the past four or five days inspecting and measuring the timber here abouts. The party is composed of F. G. Miller, L. X. Godding. L. L. White. W. I. Hutchinson, J. L). Warner and G. \\. Peavy. AH are graduates of for estry in the universities of the coun try and are considered experts in that line. The party secured considerable data from trees in Arbor Lodge, where trees from nearly every por tion of the United States are grow ing and have been for years. Th^* company separated and took various routes from here and will drive to the Kansas state line, when they will travel north again to Lincoln and from there go into the northern part of the state. They expect to be at work in this state for the next two months. They were joined while here by Cooper Dunn of the Nebraska stati university. LEGISLATURE'S BAD GUESS. Assessable Property Will Not Total More Than $289,000,000. LINCOLN—When the final compu tations have been made the state board of equalization will find that the total valuation of the property in Ne braska will amount to about 5289, 000,00b. The last legislature based the ap propriations on the assessment of $500,000,000. The allowances have been made and in most cases the money has been spent, so the levy must cover the defect or the state must go Into debt. With the counties of Nance. Holt. Cherry and Cedar missing the assess ment of state property amounts to $279,840,462. The assessable property last year amounted to $180,299,665. Pay of Assessors. FALLS CITY—Under the old reve nue law assessors for the different pre cincts were paid $3 a day for the time necessarily spent, and last year the cost of making fcl»e assessments was $2,143.30 for the entire county. Under the new Law the deputy as sessors get a per diem of $.3 for not more than sixty days. The bills filed for making the assessment this year under the new law amount to $2,382. being nearly $150 more than under the old law. And when to that is added the salary of the county assessor, which is $600 per year, it makes th^ new law cost the county about $750 more a year than the old one did. Will Test Inheritance Law. PLATTSMOCTH—In the adminis tration of the estate of Barton W. Harmer, now pending in the county court, an interesting point has been brought out by J. E. Douglas, attor ney for the heirs, involving the con stitutionality of the inheritance tax law of Nebraska. The heirs, iu sup port of their application to have the tax against the estate set aside, allege that the inheritance tax law. which was passed in 1501, was repealed by the legislature of 19U3. when a new revenue law was enacted which pur ported to cover the entire system of revenue for this state, but did not men tion the inheritance tax. Killing Prairie Chicken*. LINCOLN—According to advices.re ceived from the western section of the state pot hnnters are remorse lessly slaughtering prairie chickens. The birds are too young to be ex eeptionally wary. The hunters are killing them to supply the eastern markets. Game Warden Carter will investigate the complaints. ARGO PLANT CLOSES. Wage Scale Said to Be Too High in Nebraska. NEBRASKA CITY—Superintendent G. C. Powers of the Argo starch plant has been transferred to Pekin. 111., where he will have charge of the large sugar plant at that place. The Argo plant is to be closed down as soon as the starch on hand can be shipped out and it is not known when it will open. The plant Is in charge of one of the other managers until it closes down. The officials of the trust say that the cause for the clos ing of this plant is that the unions demand too high wages and that the cost of making starch is too high, be cause of the wage scale, as compared to their other plants. It is thought that the plant will be opened this fall, if the wage scale can be adjust ed to their liking. Bought Tract of Land. LINCOLN.—The state board of pub lic lands and buildings purchased 20 acres of land from William Curr of Hastings for $1,000. This is for the asylum grounds. Getting Ready for the Fair. LINCOLN—An office has been open ed by Superintendent Bassett of the concession department of the state fair at the state house, with Food Commissioner Thompson. He will be at this office Saturday of this week. Thursday. Friday and Saturday of next week and from then on all the time until the fair opens. Mr. Bas sett wishes Lincoln merchants to no tify the concession department at once if they want the same places in Mercantile hall that they have had in previous year. Mistook Jimson for Coffee. NELSON—J. M. Hiatt and wife had a narrow escape from death from the effects of poisoning. In getting break fast Mrs. Hiatt mistook jimson weed seed for ground coffee and both drank of it, and only prompt use of the stomach pump and hard work on the part of two doctors were were there all day saved the lives of both. They are an elderly couple wha live alone, in the same yard, however, with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs Dan Erwin, who discovered their sick* before it had gone too far.