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IAITS MOVEMENTS TRIP INTENDED A3 OBJECT LES SON TO THE WORLD. CAPABILITIES OF THE NAVY Power to Protect Coasts of the Coun try to Be Shown in the Present Demonstration. Oyster Bay—The significance of Rear Admiral Brownson’s addition to the somewhat meagre information which has come from President Roose velt regarding the contemplated two ©cean maneuver of the Atlantic battle ship fleet, is regarded here as having been o’verlooked in the comment, ex pert and otherwise, which has been in dulged in on both continents. Admiral Brownson came 10 Oyster Bay Friday to take lunch with the • president, pro fessing entire ignorance of the ma neuver plans. When he left Sagamore Hilf to take the train for Washington the admiral had one thought which he wished to emphasize—that it was de sirable and important to demonstrate to the world how quickly the Ameri can navy could transfer its fighting strength from one ocean to the other. This was distinctly an addition to the president’s previous statements, issued through Secretary Leob, wherein the object of the maneuver was said to lie an exercise movement for the benefit of the navy, to perfect its training In fleet exercise on an extended .scale, the purpose and effect of the plan be ing for the benefit of the navy alone. What came from President Roosevelt through Admiral Brownson is decid edly different and of much broader de sign President Roosevelt has been consistent in advocating a large navy as the surest guarantee of peace, be tween the United States and all for eign powers. Heretofore a large navy has been reckoned solely from the point of view of the number of ships tonnage, armor, guns and fighting ca pacity. With this idea the American navy has grown steadily ship by ship. To the somewhat uninteresting ar ray of ships and tonnage President Roosevelt now proposes to give the world a somewhat startling demonstra tion of what the American navy is capable of doing to protect either or both of the extended shores of the United States. As Admiral Brownson said, "There is no time like the pres ent for such a demonstration,” a time when the United States is at perfect peace with every nation. Will Purchase a Navy. Mexico City—President Cabrera of Guatemala is negotiating for the pur chase of a navy to meet the antici pated attack of President Zelayaa of Nicaragua. It was learned from a high source here that Cabrera had recently secured $500,000 gold on a forced loan and that with this sum he will purchase gunboats. The Nic araguan fleet in the Pacific waters cnosists of three gunboats. She also has three gunboats on the Atlantic. Germany Scents a War. Berlin—The conviction of a ultimate conflict between Japan and the United States appears to be widespread in Germany. It is one of the subjects certain to be referred to wherever dip lomatists and military and naval offi cials and others accustomed to follow .International politics meet. The news papers agree that President Roosevelt is eamstly trying to satisfy the Japa nese requests. They agree also that Japan asks nothing unreasonable. ^ An Irrigation Project. Engelwood, Kas.—A corps of engi neers under Prof. C. S. Schlicter, gov ernment engineer of the reclaimant department, established offices here preparatory to the work of reclaim ing by irrigation 20,000 acres of land in the Cimarron valley in Oklahoma. NEBRASKA CROP'SUMMARY. Abundant Sunshine and Rainfall Gen erally Satisfactory. Lincoln—Director Loveland, in his crop circular, says: The week was mostly warm and pleasant, with abundant sunshine and light wind. The daily mean temperature aver aged about 3 degrees below the nor mal. The weekly average was about 72 degrees in the southeastern coun ties and 68 to 70 degrees in the northern and western. The maximum temperatures generally were not high, but on Monday and Saturday tempra tures above 90 degrees were recorded at many places. The rainfall was above the normal in most of the southern and extreme western counties, and below normal in the rest of the state. Thunderstorms occurred in the southeastern counties accompanied by high wind, more than an inch of rain, and in some places by hail. Scattered showers occurred in the state the last part of the week, but the rainfall was mostly light. Bombs Thrown at Train. Grodno, Russia—A number of bombs were thrown Sunday at a train carrying the Life Guard regiment to Tsarskoe-Selo. The bombs exploded with terrific force, but the train kept the rails and nobody was injured. 8t. Louis Lid Is Lifted. St. Louis, Mo.—Despite the “lid" which has been battened down on 6t. Louis for many months, beer flowed freely at one place Sunday, with the consent of Excise Commis sioner Mulrihill. Washington—“There is no Buch thing as, an 'American Dreadnaught’ nor is any projected,” said a distin guished • naval officer. He was re ferring to the two great 20,000-ton battleships, contracts for which have Just been provisionally awarded, and which were mentioned in the .congres sional debates as the “dreadnaught”, . class. . “The aew ships > should be * called ‘The Delaware’ classy tor with out knowing what the second ship is to be called, the first vssel of the kind usually fixes the name of the class. MOVEMENT OF THE FLEET. All Details Worked Out By the Naval Board. Washington—Details of the vast movement of th Atlantic fleet to Pa cific water have been theoreticallly worked out weeks in advance by the naval general board. But these details are necessarily subject to constant change resulting from the withdrawal of battleships from active commission on account of having been declared antiquated or in need of repairs and the substitution of other ships just go ing into commission and fresh from the builders’ hands. There is in the Navy department scarcely any one authorized to afford any information as to the contemplated fleet movement. Secretary MetcrJf is in California, Assistant Secretary New berry is at Watch Hill, R. I.; Admiral Brownson, chief of the navigation bu reau, who is next in line, has gone to New York, and the acting secretary of the navy today is Rear Admiral Mason chief of the bureau of ordanance. The opinion of the officers on duty is that the route most feasible fo * the big ships is by way of the straits of Magellan. The route across the Atlan tic and through the Mediterranean and Suez canal is oj>en to the objection that it would bring the big ships al most . in Japanese waters and the movement might consequently be re garded as a menace, which Secretary Metcalf has stated has never been con templated. The Suez route, too, is longer by a thousand miles that, the Magellan route. This, according to the best calculations and allowing for short visits, to ports not on the near est sailing route is about 13,000 miles in length. The battleship Oregon covered, the dirtauce froth San Francisco to Jupi ter in.’et, Fla., in 1898 in sixty-three days. But she was handicapped by the company of the little gunboat Marietta, which was scarcely able to make more than eight knots an hour, and also by the fact that as a precau tionary measure the Oregon was sent around the West Indies, sensibly lengthening her route. FLOUR MILL MEN COMPLAIN. Missouri Pacific and Other Roads Charged with Spitework. Washington—A serious charge was made in a complaint filed with the in terstate commerce commission against the Missouri Pacific and a number of other western roads by corporations, partnerships and individuals engaged in the flour milling trade of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. It is alleged that an advance in rates on flour was made by the defendant companies in revenge against the com plainants because of a petition which was filed with the interstate comnerce commission less than a month ago, alleging that the railroads charged un just and unreasonable rates to the At lantic markets, as compared with the rates on flour and wheat products from Minneapolis and other north western points. Favors Director General. Norfolk, Va.—At a conference be tween Secretary of the Treasury Cor telyou and the board of governors and officers of the Jamestown exposition, Mr. Cortelyou suggested the appoint ment of a director general. Secretary Cortelyou was especially encouraging in his assurances that the exposition would ultimately be a success, despite the criticisms, which, he said, charac terize every exposition in its early stages. It was explained to him that all of the governors were in favor of a director general with similar powers to those managing other expositions. Twenty-one Dead in Storm. St. Paul—Twenty-one persons are now known to have been killed In the tornado which swept a path 100 miles long and from a mile to a few rods in width through the counties oi cen | tral Wisconsin on Wednesday night. Details of the damage done by the tor nado are still coming in very slowly and it is believed that the death list will be somewhat increased when all points visited by the tornado are heard from. Sioux City Double Tragedy. Sioux City, la.—Nicholas Deidrich, a laborer, shot and seriously wounded Chris Johannsen, a widow, who had refused to marry him. Deidrich fled along the river tank, pursued by a po liceman, shot himself and leaped into the river. American Soldier Killed. Havana—During a clash wii:h police at Holguin, Santiago, resulting from the alleged refusal of four American soldiers of the Eleventh infantry to pay for drinks, Corporal P. J. Green was shot and mortally wounded and his companions were arrested. Earthquake at Bismarck. St. Louis—Advices were received from Bismark, Mo, seventy-five miles south of here, that two distinct earth quake shocks were felt there Fri day afternoon. The vibration was suf ficient ot shake buildings and rattle windows and dishes. No damage was done. Department Orders Inquiry. Washington—The department of justice on Friday directed the United States district attorney for Aiizona to make an investigation into’ tie al leged kidnaping from Douglas, Ariz., Into Mexico of Manuel Saravia, an al-. leged Mexican agitator, reported to have been connected with a Mexican newspaper published in St. Louis in the interest of the revolutionary party. The inquiry is undertaken at the instance of friends of Saravia, but so far nothing has been heard from the territorial authorities. Kuroki Entertains Wright. Tokio—General Baron Kurok, the Japanese imperial envoy to th James town exposition, gave a luncheon in honor of Luke E. Wright, the Ameri can ambassador. Field Marshall Oyama representing the army, expressed him self hi the most appreciative terms of the magnificent and enthusiastic re ception accorded General Kuroki and his party everywhere In the United 8tates. His phraseology was one long chaliuof superlatives of gratifying ap preciation in .which the Japanese lan guage is particularly rich. T«t§ v.. ACCIDENTS OH RAIL DETAIL8 OF INFORMING PUBLIC PUT INTO EFFECT. UNION PACIFIC TAKES THE LEAD On All of the Harrlman Lines Full Particulars of Wrecks Are to Be Furnished. New Yorjc—A policy of informing the public of the deatiis of all acci dents on the railroads comprising the Harrlman system was put into effect Monday by order of E. H. Harrlman, according to an official announcement made by the Union Pacific Railroad company. It is stated that Mr. Harriman has ordered that full reports shall be made and promptly given to the press con cerning all accidents on the Union Pa cific and Southern Pacific systems and on the Oregon lines. It is also announced that it has been decided, as an experiment, to invite outsiders, of local reputation and standing, to be present and to participate in the company’s hearings of the company’s board of inquiry into accidents, mak ing formal reports, either agreeing or 'disagreeing with the findings of the .board. The statement quotes the reports of the Interstate commerce commission Ito the effect that over 70 per cent of the serious collisions on American railroads in the past five years were (due to negligence of trainmen and enginemen. On lines protected by (block signals 94 per cent of the col lisions are attributed by the Commis sion to negligence of trainmen and Signal operators. The plan to make public full details concerning acci dents follows a suggestion made by Julius Kruttschnitt, a director of main tenance and operation of the Harri man lines, who said: “Personal responsibility for acci dents, whether of officers or laborers, should be known to the public. must bring about closer observance of the rules and greater respect for dan ger signals than we now get from our employes. This can be done only by the widest publicity of the details of accidents.” The Union Paciflo also announces that its steel rails fqr. delivery next year will be made by the open hearth process, which, it is expected, will de cidedly lessen the number of break ages. * NO FRICTION ON CANAL ZONE. Cablegram Setting at Rest Rumors of * Trouble There. ' Washington—vVhat would appear to be a conclusive contradiction of the reports recently published In this coun try to the effect that the army offi cers engaged in the work of construct ing the Panama canal are endeavor ing to be relieved of that task is con tained In the following cablegram re ceived at the War department today from Panama: Everything going well and harmon iously. Report of dissatisfaction and desire tb withdraw absolutely false. (Signed.) GOETHALS. RECORD FOR BANK NOTES. Largest Sum Outstanding in History of Currency Department. Washington—The monthly state ment of the comptroller of the cur rency shows that at the close of busi ness June 29, 1907, the total circula tion of national bank notes was JG03, 788,609, which is the largest amount of circulation outstanding in the his tory of the government. Omaha as Grain Market. Omaha—A phenomenal increase in receipts and shipments of grain is shown by the semiannual report of the Omaha Grain exchange issued Monday. T9ie increase is of a size which, if continued a few years longer, will make Omaha the leading market for grain shipments. For tjje first six months of this year, the total re ceipts at Omaha were 21,339,400 bushels as compared with 19,019,100 bushels for the same perioa last year. The total shipments for fhe first six months of this year were 24,214,500 bushels as compared with only 19, 3S2.900 bushels last year. They Meet Upon the Level. San Francisco—An important legal point developed by the earthquake of a year ago was settled when Judge Seawell decided that contractor and property owner were put on a level by the act of God and neither could recover from the other in cases of misfortune resulting from the earth quake. Prudential Quits Texas. Newark, N. J.—The Prudential In surance company announced that fol lowing the example of a number ot other life insurance companies it would withdraw from Texas, consider ing it impossible to comply with the law recently passed in that state. War Practice Will Begin. Newport, R. I.—Preparations for war practice began Monday at the coast defenses of the Narragansett district, in obedience to orders from the war department at Washington. The program, which extends over two weeks, ending Monday, July 15, in cludes the encampment of eight coast artillery companies at Fort Adams and five at Fort Greble, which will later be augmented by the state mi litia. Both the regulars and volun teers will go into camp, and the strict est discipline will be maintained. • I_ Queen Receives Delegates. The Hague—Joseph Choate and other heads of delegations to the peace conference were received in audience by Queen Wilhelmlna on Monday in the great reception hall of the royal palace. Prince Henry of the Nether lands, the prince consort, accompanied the queen, who was surrounded by the | court dignitaries. Dr. Van Teta Van OoudrUn, the minister of foreign af fairs to the Netherlands, introduced the delegatee to her majesty, 'who ex changed n few words with each ot them. DEATH IN THE STORM’S WAKE FIFTEEN PEOPLE KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED. A Tornado Sweeps Through Western Wisconsin With Disastrous Results. St Paul, Minn.—It Is now believed that at least fifteen lives were lost in the severe storms which swept over a portion of western Wisconsin Wednesday evening. Numerous other jpersons were injured and much dam age to farm property and to dwell ing houses Is reported. According to reports received here the little town of Oakdale, on the Milwaukee road, near Camp Douglas, was entirely wiped out. Four persons are reported ;to have been killed there. 'At Grand .Rapids, Wis., there are said to be five dead as a result of the storm, but communication has not been re-estab lished with this place and the extent of the calamKy cannot be ascertained. I Miss Wensel was driving a horse and buggy along the road when the storm struck her. The vehicle and horse were blown away and have not been found. Miss Wensel was blown into the top of a tree, from fchich she was rescued in an unconscious condition. Many farm houses and outbuildings in the vicinity of Neillsville were de stroyed and much stock was killed. Wires were prostrated in all direc tions and it has been difficult to learn details of the storm. The Poll district school near War rens was blown away and a summer resort near Tomah suffered much dam age. Most of those killed dr injured were caught in the ruins of their falling houses and crushed by the heavy tim bers. At the home of Lyman Charles near Neillsville a social gathering was in progress when the storm struck the house. The host was caught beneath the ruins of his house and fatally in jured, dying while being taken to the hospital. One of his guests also was probably fatally injured, while several were severely hurt. Cent a Mile for Harvestsrs. Omaha.—The railroads have respond ed to the call for help for harvest hands in Kansas and have made a rate oi 1 cent a mile for parties of five or more for points within the state of COMMANDER FOR NEBRASKA REGGY NICHOLSON IS GIVEN CHARGE OF BIG FIGHTER. Comes From a Distinguished Family and Will Honor the High Posi tion Assigned Him. Washington—The new battleship Nebraska, which has recently been accepted from the builders, Moran Brothers, Seattle, will be put in com mission this week. It will be under the command of Captain Reginald F. Nicholson, and that means that one of the ablest sailors in the American navy will control this latest addition to Uncle Sam’s fleet of battleships. Captain Nicholson comes from a fam ily distinguished in the naval history of the United States. But he does not have to go back to his ancestors for his record. He created that record for himself. Everyone who has any recollection of that little scrap between the United States and Spain, commonly known as the Spanish-American war, will recall the wonderful trip made by the battleship Oregon from the California coast to Santiago, when it was believed that every available in the American navy would be needed in Cuban waters. The Oregon made the record trip for speed. Its engines were crowded to the utmost limit and it was brought around to join Samp son’s fleet, and the announcement of its arrival was greeted with the shouts of 80,000,000 peole. ‘‘Reggy” Nichol son was the navigating officer on that trip. To him was assigned the duty of getting the big ship around on time. He performed his duty without fuss or feathers, and his only reward, aside from the gratification which he felt, was the acquisition of the big flag which flew at its peak when it went into action in Santiago. That flag was presented by Captain Nicholson to the Bohemian club in San Francis co and was probably destroyed during the earthquake last year. Captain Nicholson is one of those officers of the navy who have been as signed all sorts of service. He has seen duty on the old sail-driven vessel, On the modern cruiser, gunboat and battleship. He has had setvice in the hydrographic department and the va rious mechanical bureaus of the navy, Battleship Nebraska, Now in Commission. Kansas. The wheat crop of Kansas has grown to such immense propor tions that the resident population is absalutely unable to handle it iu the short period in which it must be takes care of, and for some years it has been aecdssary to import outside labor. Protection for Maclean. „ London—The British government has demanded of the Moroccan gov ernment that prompt steps be taken to insure the release of Caid Sir Harry MacLean, commander of the sultan's bodyguard, who was captured by Ra suli, the bandit chief. Boycott of American Goods. Tokio—In well fnformed quarters there is an inclination to smile at the denial of tiie associated chamber of commerce of an intention to inaugu rate a boycott against American goods. 'While there is no doubt that the chambers of commerce would not, as such, take any action of that na ture, yet in this connection, however, it is necessary to remember that pub lic bodies like chambers of commerce do not give out positive information in a ma tter the consummation of which requires great secrecy. Went Away With New York—A reward of $2,500 was offered by a surety company for the capture of Chester B. Runyan, paying teller of the Windsor Trust company, who, it is charged, on Saturday after noon walked oat of the truat com pany’s omcb with |»M17 of the bank’s money staffed swpy la his dress au$ ease. The theft was deteeted ifoaday morning. It h*ft b«on Me**K*iwtth a boldness as startling an the deed ) and is regarded as one of the most efficient men wearing the uniform of Uncle Sam today, so that it is felt that in assigning him to command of the Nebraska the Navy department has given that battleship a command er who will make good in any posi tion in which he mar find himself. Washington—The Navy department is informed that the new battleship Nebraska was placed in commission Tuesday at the Bremerton naval sta tion on Puget sound, making the only American battieship. in Active service in Pacific waters. Western Trip Mapped Out. Oyster Bay, L. I.—The details of the itinerary of President Roosevelt's west ern trip, which Is to begin at the ter mination of his summer vacation, was announced by Secretary Loeb. The president will leave Oyster Bay for Canton, O., September 29. He will make an address at Canton at the ded ication of the McKinley national monu ment September 30, and leave Imme diately for Keokuk, la. From there he goes to St. Louis, Cairo, UL, Mem phis, Tenn., and then hack to Wash ington, where he will arrive Oct 5th. Governor Names Johnson. LlnCbln—Joseph W. Johnson of Lin coln has been appointed deputy food commissioner by Gov. Sheldon. The position pays f 1,300 a year. Since the resignation of Food Commissioner Thompson a year ago. State Chemist Rodtern has been Siting the place. The last legislature increased the sal ary from HJW and provided a apiary of I1.M0 far the chemist. A stenog rapher and chemist are jot to be ap pointed to complete tils department, hut It is presumed Mr. Redfern will con JAP BOYCOTT AGAINST AMERICA. First Step of Retaliation Likely to Be at Tokio. Tokio—The impression is growing here that the anti-Japanese feeling and demonstration in San Francisco are the outcome of a deeply laid plan based upon racial hatred, and the re cent developments apparently support this impression. The newspapers here, which had special correspondents of American nationality in San Francisco, have ceased to rpceive news from them. No explanation was offered for the dis continuance of news dispatches, but the impression here is that pressure was brought to bear upon the corre spondents in San Francisco not to serve the Japanese papers. The fear is expressed that the dan ger point will soon be reached. Al though war is not dreamed of, the mu tual feelings of good will and friend ship will be seriously alienated if prompt measures are not taken to al lay the general indignation here against the latest discrimination in San Francisco, which, according to Japanese contention, is a flagrant vio lation of treaty rights. Apparently certain measures of re taliation are seriously being contem plated by influential men in political and business circles. Just what action will be taken has not yet developed, but a boycott against American goods, it is believed, will certainly be one of the steps taken. Washington—For many months the bureau of immigration has had inspec tors Ih Mexico watching the trend of Japanese immigration. According to reports received at the department of commerce and labor, it is evident that hundreds of Japanese laborers who ar rive in Mexico have no intention of remaining in that country, but regard it merely as a stopping place en route to the United States. It is not believed by the immigration ment is a party to such an arrange ment as this, as it has discouraged immigration to the United States in every possible way. Thousands of Japanese laborers are known to be In Mexico, merely awaiting an opportu nity to enter the United States. The border is about 2,000 miles in extent, and as it cannot be adequately covered by the immigration inspectors, the smuggling of Japanese into this coun try is a comparatively easy thing to accomplish. PLANS FOR CUBA UNCHANGED. Secretary Taft Sends Cablegram to Governor Magoon. Washington—Secretary Taft threw some additional light upon his plans respecting the American evacuation of Cuba by sending the following cable gram to Governor Magoon at Havana: “I am in receipt of a cablegram from General Loiuaz Castillo as to some thing I have said with reference to the restoration of Cuba to the public. The plan for the devolution of the govern ment of the island upon the person to be selected by a fair election, as out lined in my letter to you, has not been changed in the slightest. The ques tion of the time within which that can be worked out, due to the doubt as to the time in which the census can be taken, is a mere matter of opinion. Please advise General Castillo accord ingly. TAFT.” FISH AND GAME WARDENS. Will Hold Annual Meeting in Yellow stone Park in August. Helena, Mont.—On invitation of Brigadier General Young, in charge or Yellowstone National park, the Na tional Association of Fish and Game Wardens has decided to hold its fifth annual meeting in the National park. President W. F. Soott has issued a call for the meeting to be held' August 9 and 10. Educator for Porto Rico. Oyster Bay—President Roosevelt approved the placing of Captain Perry Garst on the retired list with the rank of rear admiral. The president ap pointed Dr. Edwin Grant Dexter, head of the school of education of the Uni versity of Illinois, as commander of education of Porto Rico. He will as sume office August 1. Registration in Manila. Manila—The result of registration for the coming election has proved a disappointment. When the books were closed on Sunday only 7,300 voters, including -800 Americans, had registered. The native leaders antici pated that there would be about 19,000 voters. General Humphrey Retires. Washington—Upon his own applica tion, Brigadier General C. F. Humph rey, quartermaster general of the army, was placed on the retired list with the rank of major general, and Major James B. Aleshire, assistant quartermaster general, has been ap pointed to be quartermaster genera}. Coldest »une Ever Recorded. Washington, D. C.—The weather bu reau announced that the month closed was the coolest June on record in Washington, D. C., in the last seventy five years. Fear an Indian Uprising. El Paso, Ter.—Troops at Fort Apache, Ariz., it is announced, have been ordered to be in readiness to pro ceed to Fort McDowell, Ariz., where it is said an outbreak of Indians is feared as a result of the killing of Austin Navajo, an Apache, last Satur day by W. H. Gill, substitute agent at McDowell, who claims to have shot the Indian in self-defense. GUI has been warned by Indian friends .that it is not safe for him to remain on the reservation. ^ Beggars to Learn Trades. San Antonio, Tex.—A special to the Express from Saltillo,^Mex., says: A plan to rid the siirewalbs and pub lic gardens of the street beggars Is under advisement by the federal au thorities of Mexico. A commission Is to be appointed to investigate the mat ter. It Is the intention to compel all able-bodied men who are found beg ging to learn some trade by which they can make a Mvlng. Already ; there Is a law In Mexico prohibiting ! becking «■ certain days. NEBRASKA POINTERS •TATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON* DEN8ED FORM. THE PRESS, PHLPiTAND PUBLIC What ia Going on Here and There That is of Interest to the Readers Throughout Nebraska. The Methodists of Davenport are building a f12,000 church. Smallpox patients at Beatrice art getting well, and it is thought therj will be no further cases. Congressman Conner of Iowa haa bought the O’Keefe ranch near Al liance, paying $68,000 spot cash there for. At Fremont the Chicago ft North western is enlarging and re-arranging its yards on account of the construc tion of a new freight depot. A voluminous transcript, contacting 645 typewritten pages was filed in the district court of Otoe county in tho Bernard Carls Dunbar saloon case from the decision of the Dunbar town board. Jttev. unaries i. wneeier oi Kan sas City concluded a successful series of evangelistic Meetings at Stockvllle. The meetings continued from June 8 to 30, Inclusive. About fifty conver sions are reported. Nebraska City did not celebrate this year, but is saving all its energies for the Chautauqua which will be held August 2 to 11, and the stock show and sale in September. The last will be larger and better than ever before. A- heavy hailstorm visited the vicin ity of Campbell which completely ruined crops in its path. The hail started southwest of Campbell, cover ing a strip from a mile and a half to two miles wide for a distance of some six or seven miles long tnd the crops were beaten into the ground. The sheriff of Smith county, Kansas, was in Republican City several days looking for K. Ferris, but was unable to find him then. The sheriff came again later, followe'd him to Alma where he caught and arrested Ferris on a breach of promise charge. He was taken to Smith Center, Kan. A plan is in process of incubation for a reunion of the Third Nebraska regiment of volunteers in Hastings some time during the later part of the summer. Judge H. S. Dungan, who was major in the Third regiment, will begin preparations for the event soon after the Chautauqua season is over. Austin Nutt, a farmer 77 years old, living about eight miles west of Ash land, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in a grove on his farm. For a number of years the old gentleman has been in poor health and since his wife died two years ago had been more or less mentalfy unbalanced. Some of the boys who are home, from school to spend the summer va cation, when passing the stars and stripes waving in the breeze salute it by lifting' their hats. Some may claim there is too much sentiment in this, but we think not; too much hon or cannot be shown the flag of this country, says the North Platte Tri bune. The State Board of Purchase and Supplies is buying the quarterly sup-1 plies for state institutions and it has worked a new wrinkle by picking out the lowest bid on seperate items. HeretoSore most of the buying has been done by letting the contract to the lowest bidder in bulk and this plan, it is believed, will save the state considerable money. Hail, reported in a special to a Grand Island paper, to have been as large as a base ball in some instances, fell over a strip seven miles long and from two to three miles wide in the extreme western part of Hall and east ern part of Howard. Mr. Claus Stol ley, a farmer, who was driving a fran tic team at the time, was struck on the head with one of the hail stones and was quite Dacuy bruised. At the rate of half a mile a day the Union Pacific is installing its new double track between Omaha and the west. This has now reached a stage where the road has a double track almost all the way to Grand Island with a few gaps to be filled. It is proving one of the greatest booms the railroad ever had, lor the business is increasing at such a rate that it is doubtful if it could be cared for at all without the double track for the en gine men and train men. The railroads which have filed their rate schedules with the State Rail way ccsnmission showing the 15 per cent reduction, in accordance with the provisions of the Aldrich maximum freight rate law, which went into ef fect July 5, have placed another ob stacle in the way of the enforcement of the law, by failing to reduce the rate on cement. The law provides for a reduction on “lumber or building material.” The railroads have Inter preted this to mean lumber, or laths, shingles, etc. Sarah, the 11-year-old daughter of Mr. David Gels, living t seven miles northeast of Culbertson, was thrown from a horse. She had a haltar strap tied to her arm and was dragged half a mile. She lived two hours. ; Jones Pilkins was killed at Battle Creek by the west bound passenger at the railroad crossing in the north part of town. He lived across the track and was going home to supper. He was intoxicated and tried to cross just before the engine. The body was bad ly mutilated. He leaves a wife and several small children. County Superintendent Matzen of Dodge County has received very favor able reports from the competitors in the school boy’s corn growing contests, which was inaugurated.two years ago with great success. There will be more contestants this year than last. Frank Brink, the Ponca young man recently tried for the murder of his for mer sweetheart on the eve of her mar riage to another man, and aquitted on the grouud of insanity, has been re leased from the State Insane hospital at Norfolk, just three months to a day after his entrance to the institution.
