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BRIEF NEWS NOTES FOR THEBUSr MOW MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. / - 9 ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest from All Parte of the Globe—Latest Horn# and For eign Items. THE PRESIDENT’S TOUR. President Roosevelt in a speech at St. Louis declared it the nation’s duty to restore the Mississippi river to its proper place as a great artery of com merce. and termed the proposed 14 foot channel from the lakes to the gulf a “national task.” He warned against plans which might “entail reckless extravagance or be tainted with jobbery," but urged a liberai waterway policy. President Rccsevelt delivered a characteristic speech at Keokuk, la., before a large assemblage in which were governors of a dozen states and many members of congress. He then started on his steamer trip dowti the Mississippi. President Roosevelt made a speech at Cairo, III., in which he advocated the building of a strong navy. He then continued his trip down the Mississippi river to Memphis, where he addressed the deep waterways convention. The Lakes to-ihe-Gulf Waterways association began its second annual meeting in Memphis. President Roosevelt addressed the gathering and then departed for Lake Provi dence, La., for a hunting trip. President Roosevelt announced that he would call a convention to be held in Washington January 3 next, to ad vocate the preservation and conserva tion of the natural resources of the country, including coal, water-power, oil, etc. MISCELLANEOUS. An omnibus contract, whereby the Standard Oil company obtains from every steamship company operating between New York and all ports in Africa a rate for the shipment of lubricating oil that is about one-half what its competitor, the New York Lubricating Oil company, pays, was ' produced in the hearing of the federal suit against the alleged oil combine. James H. Farrand. superintendent of delivery in the Davenport (la. * post office, was arrested charged with opening registered mail. Soon after, he committed suicide. Miss Katherine Rittenhouse, a stu dent at Northwestern university, in Chicago, has fallen heir to an estate worth 120,000 by the will of Col. Isaac Wing, who was rejected by her moth er when a gil l. Owen V. Anderson, recently ap pointed to a lieutenancy in the United States army, was blown to atoms at San Antonio, Tex., while handling a bottle of uitro-glyeerine. Ambassador Tower has written President Roosevelt asking that he be permitted to retire from the diplomat ic service next spring. The captain of the steamer Fred Hartweg imperiled the lives of Pres ident Roosevelt and his party on the steamer Mississippi by reckless navi gation and on order of the president his license was suspended for 90 days. The -immense cotton shipping busi ness of New Orleans was tied up by the strike of S.000 members of the Dock and Cotton Handlers' union. Herbert R. Morton of Australia,' a millionaire, slipped on the steps of the Vancouver opera house and fractured his skull. John £. Daley, United States sur veyor general, slipped on the stairs in the Selliug-Hirach building in Port land, Ore., and broke his neck. Clarence S. Darrow, the spectacular genius of the Chicago bar and of Chi cago politics, lies seriously ill in a hospital at Boise City. He went through an operation for tumor on the brain. A tremendous forest fire in Sonoma county Cal., burned over thousands of acres and did vast damage to prop erty. Three American Mormons have been expelled from Germany as the result of persisting, despite final warnings prohibiting them-from spreading their propaganda, in conducting river bap tisms and making converts. The Union Pacific in federal court at Omaha, Neb., pleaded guilty and confessed judgment to the indictment of violations of the safety appliance laws. Prince Peter A. Kropotkin, the so cialist leader, has been arrested at Luga. Russia, on the charge of par ticipating with a band of revolution ists in the robbery of the country house of the metropolitan Antonius. Illinois sheriffs met at Springfield to form a state association. Mrs. Russell Sage gave $20,000 to the St. Paul Young Woman’s Chris tian association toward its new build ing. The next congress of the National Drainage association was called for November 25-27 at Johns Hopkins uni versity, Baltimore. Announcement was made of the or ganization at Halifax, N. S.. of the Aerial Experimenting association, with a membership including Prof. Alexan der Graham Bell, the inventor, and Capt. F. W. Baldwin of Toronto, aero naut The association will carry on Prof. Ball’s aerial experiments. Seven indictments were found by the special judge in the Cuban con spiracy cases and the men indicted 4 were held in default of $10,000 bail _ each. A young woman was beaten to death in/a New York rooming house, her murderer escaping. Attorneys general in convention at St Louis formed a permanent or ganisation, adopted a memorial to congress asking , a law to curb the federal courts and put In the hands of • committee the drafting of a scheme for anti-trust litigation. SENATOR BORAHNOT GUILTY ACQUITTED OF CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD GOVERNMENT. Boise Greets Verdict with Cheers, Bells Are Rung and Band Plays “Hail to the Chief.’' Boise, Idaho.—United States Sena tor William E. Borah was acquitted Wednesday night of the charge of con spiracy to defraud the government out of valuable Idaho timber lands. The case was submitted without ar gument on the part of the defense j and the jury was out just long enough to take one ballot. The verdict was greeted by cheers and applause which the court officers made no effort to restrain. This demonstration in the courtroom served only as a beginning. As soon as the news reached the out side bells were rung and the lire de partment made a spectaculer run through the principal streets, stop ping eventually at the Idaho hotel, to which Senator Borah, surrounded by several hundred of his fellow citizens, was escorted. A brass band appeared as if by magic, as the senator reached the hotel steps, and played “Hail to the Chief.” The streets about the hotel were I blocked by a cheering throng, whose ■ shouts mingled the screech of the | fire engine whistles and clanging of ] trolley car bells. Senator Borah thanked the people | for their demonstration and for the confidence they had reposed in him throughout the trial. “I have felt the humiliation deeply.” he continued, “especially because of the manner in which the name of my dead friend. Frank Steunenberg, has j been brought into the case, i am glad I to say' I was his friend—the friend of ! a man who gave up his life for his i state and his country. Political cap-! ital has been or tried to be made out i of my indictment, but I am glad to: say some of my staunchest friends during this trial have come from the other side. The only reason I was j indicted appears to have been that 1 was the friend of Frank Steunenberg.” The demonstration over the acquit- j tal continued until late in the night, ; with street parades, band concerts, I fireworks and general celebration. TRAMP DID NOT BURN BOY. Story Told by Mrs. Hathaway of Oquawka Is Proved False. Burlington, la.—It is now believed that the story told by Mrs. John Hath away Wednesday that a tramp tied her son to a fence post and burned him to death because she had refused to give the tramp food is untrue. The Hathaways liver near Oquawka. 111., and the woman’s story had produced intense excitement in that neighbor hood. The coroner's investigation devel oped that Mrs. Hathaway had left her j children alone while she went to a neighbor's, and it is thought that dur-1 ing her absence the boy set fire to his clothing while playing with matches. The officials at Oquawka believe that Mrs. Hathaway invented the tramp story in order to placate her husband. The coroner s jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Daughters of America Adjourn. Cleveland. O.—The annual conven tion of the Daughters America closed Wednesday with the election of offi cers and the adoption of a resolution j protesting against the indiscriminate j immigration of paupers and criminals, j Next year’s convention will be held at Chattanooga, Tenn. I “Hold-Up” Play Is Fatal. Oxford. Pa.—Edward Kauffman, aged nine years, was shot and instantly killed at Nottingham,‘near here, Fri day by his brother, Harry. The older boy recently won a revolver at the county fair. Armed with the weapon he went to meet his brother and pre tending to be a highwayman, he held the little fellow up at the point of the pistol. The weapon was discharged and the bullet penetrated young Kauff man's brain. The brother was exon erate! from blame at the inquest. Thaw Alienists’ Bill Is $23,000. New York, Oct. 3.—Ten of District Attorney Jerome's alienists in the trial of Harry K. Thaw, it is an nounced, have rendered bills for their services. The total of these bills is sligh'.ly in excesB of $23,000. Police Arrest Entire Society. Warsaw,—The police Wednesday took Into custody almost all the mem bers, together with 60 chiefs of dif ferent local branches, of the society fatyown »» the "Ruddists of Hol land.'* TOWER WISHES TO RETIRE. Ambassador to Germany Wants to Re turn Next Spring. Berlin.—Ambassador Tower has written President Roosevelt „ asking that he be permitted to retire from the diplomatic service next spring. Mr. Tower's reasons ace understood Ambassador Tower. to be that, having been abroad for nearly 11 years, he desires again to live In his own country in order to have a home there tor his sons, who are now nearly ready to go to Harvard college, and to give his personal at tention to his extensive financial, min ing and railroad interests. LICENSE ORDERED SUSPENDED. Steamer Fred Hartweg Causes Trouble on President’s Trip. Evansville, Ind.-*-United States In spector of Hulls Williams for the lo cal port Friday afternoon received a telegram signed by President Roose velt directing that the license for the steamer Fred Hartweg, carrying the Pittsburg delegation in the present river trip, be immediately suspended. The telegram follows: “Memphis. Tenn., Oct. 4.—On Board It. S. S. Mississippi.—Supervisor In spector of Vessels, Evansville, lud.— I direct that the license of the master or whoever is responsible for. the 'Fred Hartweg' during The present voyage be suspended at once for 90 days. I wish this done by telegraph, wherever the boat may be, if such pro cedure is possible. Col. Sears can give you the details of the misconducL which has been of serious nature and might have at any time caused an ac cident to this boat as well as to other boats.—Theodore Roosevelt.” The steamer Fred Hartweg’s home port is Cairo and it is inspected at Evansville. % Theaters on Ocean Liners. Liverpool.—It was announced Wed nesday that the Cunard Steamship company had accepted the offer of Charles Frohman to give theatrical performances on the big liners by reg ular players, who, for the time being, may be traveling to and from the' United States and England. The com pany is now planning specially de signed halls for plays and concerts on board three of the ships of the line. Other transatlantic line /companies are considering Mr. Frohman's prop osition. Wild Trip for Ballonist. Coshocton, O.—Caught in a gale of wind. Frank Fuhr, a Coshocton aeronaut, was driven a distance of 40 miles, 5.000 feet above the earth and ianded safely ten miles north of this city at seven o’clock Thursday night. Fuhr had been showing the Coshocton airship at the Licking county fair and at 4:30 in the afternoon ascended for an exhibition flight. St indent Falls Heir to $20,000. Lincoln, Neb.—Miss Katherine Rit tenhouse, s. student at Northwestern university, in Chicago, has fallen heir to an estate worth $20,000 by the will of Col Isaac Wing, who was re jected by her mother when a girl. Arrested, He Kills Himself. Davenport, la.—Janies H. Farrand, superintendent of delivery In the Dav enport post office, was arrested Fri day morning, charged with opening registered mail. Soon after he com mitted suicide. Made Postal Agent at Shanghai. Washington. — Postmaster General Meyer Thursday announced the ap pointment of John M. JDarrah, for merly connected with the American consulate in Shanghai, China, to be United Stides postal agent at that place. More “Dry” Land in Kentucky. Owensboro, Ky.—Another county has gone “dry,” in local option elec tion. In McLean county temperance people were victorious Thursday by a majority of 1,055 votes. ' • ><- -••• OATES FAVOR TRUST STEAMER TARIFFS ON OILS TO AFRICA NOT UNIFORM. CONTRACT IS PRODUCED Ida Tarbell’* Brother Telle of His Troubles with Standard—Hear ing of Miesouri Ouster Suit Set. New York.—An omnibus contract, whereby the Standard Oil com pany obtains from every steamship company operating between New York and all ports in Africa a rate for the shipment of lubricating oil that is about' one-half what its competitor, the New York Lubricating company, pays, was produced Friday in the hearing of the federal suit against the alleged oil combine. This contract was placed in .evi dence and Philip Harrison, a manager of the New York Lubricating Oil com pany, declared that his company was forced to pay double the Standard rate, notwithstanding his protest to the steamship companies. Mr. Harrison said that by reason of the freight discrimination the Standard could place its products in Africa at less than the cost price of the oils of his own company, and that to maintain African trade the New York Lubricating Oil company was forced to purchase from the Standard the cheaper grade of oils which it sold to Us customers. The witness declared that he wrote a letter to the steamship agents demand ing equitable rates for the company, but no change was made. W. W. Tarbell, of Philadelphia, treasurer of the Pure Oil company and of the United States Pipe Line com pany. related the difficulties his com panies had encountered in competition with the Standard. Mr. Tarbell stated that the business of the Pure Oil com pany was placed in district's selected with a view to avoiding business rela tions with certain railroads whose rate discriminations, he said, were more feared by the company than the opposition of the Standard in open competition. Mr. Tarbell is a brother of Miss Ida Tarbell, who has written much about the Standard Oil company and John D. Rockefeller. Jefferson City, Mo.—It was an nounced late Friday that the Stand ard Oil company ouster suit has been set for hearing before the, supreme court en blanc October 23. The case is to be argued on the report of the special commission which is alleged to have found an illegal combination of the Standard Oil company, the Wa ters-Pierce company, and the excep tion filed by the companies to the re port. “LITTLE BLACK BOOK" P. OEE. Minneapolis Lumberrr.cn Accused of Scheme to Badger Firms. Minneapolis. Minu.—Several Minne , olis and Chicago firms engaged in the mail-order business of sash, doc • and blinds expect to fasten on Minne apolis lumbermen the blame of pub lishing and distributing the “Little Black Book." They hope to show tlf* connection of these men with the Lum bermen’s association. The investiga tion was begun before the federal grand Jury in Minneapolis Tuesdry. These firms contend that the distri bution of the "Little Black Book” was part of the scheme in a conspiracy to defraud by the use of the mails. The fraud, they say, consisted in the in structions in the book, that the re cipient carry on a correspondence with certain listed firms, causing an noyance and cost, but transacting no business with them. Fifty witnessc., from Minnesota, North and South Da kota and Iowa have been subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury. UNITE TO FIGHT LOW FARES. Railroads of Northwest Begin Action for Permanent Injunction. Sioux Falls, S. D.—AH leading rail roads having lines in South Dakota Thursday afternoon commenced a united action in the United States court, this city, for a permanent in junction pieventing the state board of railroad commissioners from put ting into effect October 15 an order re ducing passenger rates in the state from three to two and one-half cents a mile. The commission was tem porarily restrained from putting the new rate into effect pending a hearing from Judge Garland October 29 on the application for a permanent in junction. Young Women Quit Germany. Hamburg.—Several hundreds of young German women left Hamburg Thursday on board the steamer Fled marschal, bound for German South west Africa, where they will take positions with the families of the Ger man settlers and government officials. Whole County in Meat Strike. Augusta, Me.—Nearly 1,200 of the people of Kennebec county are in open revolt against the high prices de manded for meat and have pledged themselves to abstain from all meat for ten days, . - i Army Lieutenant Blown to Pieces. San Antonio, Tex.—Owen V. Ander son, recently appointed to a lieuten ancy in the United States army, was blown to atoms Friday while handling a bottle of nitro-glycerlne. The house was wrecked. Rev. James M. King Dies. Phi)adeh>hia.—Rev. James M. King, LL. D„ executive head of the board of home missions and church exten sion of the Methodist Episcopal church, and known throughout the world of Methodism, died Thursday. Firm Falls far $245,3*7. , Pittsburg, Pa.—H. J. McCracken & Co., the oldest wholesale produce commission firm in Pittsburg, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the United States court The liabili ties are placed at. 9*45,387.47. OIL JUGGLED BY TBUST PRICES CHARGED BY GAL&NA COMPANY NOT UNIFORM, Refund vOver Maximum — Pennsyl vania Road Bought Lubricating Oil at Less Than Cost, New York.—That the Galena Signal: Oil company, a subsidiary of the Standard Oil company, controls 97 per cent, of the lubricating oil business with the railroads of the United States and that the prices for its products are not uniform with all railroads was written in the record of Thursday’s hearing of the federal suit against the so-called oil trust. C. C. Steinbrenner, an accountant for the Galena company, told is detail how contracts were made with rail roads whereby they were guaranteed a maximum cost for the- lubrication of the road,, based on mileage • for en gines and cars, and when the maxi mum cost was found at the end of cer tain periods to fall short of the stand ard invoice which all railroads paid when they received the oil, the Galena company made a refund of the differ ence. From statements compiled from the Galena company books, Mr. Kellogg was able to show that in some cases the amount of the refund' was nearly iiO per cent, of the. invoice- price. Mr. Steinbrenner testified that the libri cating oil furnished to the Pennsylva nia railway was solid at a< loss. One of the railroads that the Galena company did not supply with oil, Mr. Steinbrenner said, was the Tidewater railway, owned by Henry H. Rogers, vice president, of the Standard Oil company. The witness said the Ga !ena company had tried to obtain the contract with the Tidewater railway, but tailed. Mr. Kellogg suggested that perhaps Mr. Rogers thought he could get better oil elsewhere. TAFT RECEIVED BY MIKADO. - I Private Audience Followed by Lunch- J eon with Japan’s Ruler. Tokio.—William H. Taft, American secretary of war. officially bade fare well to Japan at 6:l"i Wednesday even ing and left the brilliantly decorated Shimbashi railroad station for Kobe amid the firing of an artillery salute and a great display of fireworks. At noon Mr. au'd Mrs. Taft, accoru pauied only by Brig. Gen. Edwards, chief of the bureau of insular affairs. ; and Frederick W. Carpenter, Mr. j Taft's private secretary, drove in an Imperial carriage, escorted by a troop of cavalry, to the emperor's palace, with all the ceremony surrounding a royal reception. Entering the audience room, ac- j compauied by Gen. Edwards, Mr. Taft j was greeted pleasantly by his majesty, t who invited the secretary to accom ) pany him to an adjoining room, where ; they conferred * in private, with the i aid of an interpreter, for ten minutes, j after which they returned to the audi- ! ence room. While the private audience was in progress Mrs. Taft was received by j the empress. Both their majesties i showed groat cordiality in their re ception of the American visitors. After the audience Mr. and Mrs. ! Taft called on the crown prince. Yoshihito Haiunomiva. and upon Prince Fushimi, the emperor's cousin, and then returned to the palace. On j their arrival there they were ushered } into the banquet room, where a lunch- ! eon was served, and emperor and era- j press sitting on one side of the table j with Mr. and Mrs. Taft opposite them. | _ 1 f W|HERE THE C'AGH 13 KEPT. Clanks in Whicfi Nebraska Money la « Depositid, NhfTcinaT 'bank. Ashland.:.-.... $ 3,009.00 Alliance National ... 1.000.00 Citizens State. Arapahoe._ l.OoO.OO Citizens State. Aina worth. 3.000.00 First Nations 1. Blue Hill.... 1.000.00 Battle Creek Valley hank..' l.000 00 First National. Ba-.ile Mills.. 1.500.00 Citizens State.* Blair.. 5,0<ht'.#>:» Bloomington State . 1.000.00 Custer National. Broken Bow' l.OOO'.OO Security .State. Broken Bow. , 1,000.00 Central City National. 1,000:00 First National. Cliadron. f,000:00 State hank. Cornlea. 2.000.00 Craig State hank. ... 2.500.00' State hank. Curtis. 7... 1,000.00 Dakinebrog State . 1,000.0.1 First National. Dodge. 3.000.80' Elgin Slate hank. 3,00«:C0 Bank of Gicnville. 1.500.00 G-eeley State bank. 2.000.00 1'nion State. Harvard. 2,100.27 Harvard State bank. 1'.500:00' Farmers Zi Meeh . Havelock 1,800.00 First National. Henderson.. 2.000.00' First National. Holdrege.... 2.517.48 Bank of Commerce, Hastings 3.000.00' State bank. Jansen. 1.000.00' Central National. Kearney... 1,000.00' Islington bank . ... 1.000.0a City National Lincoln. 14.487.00 Farmers- .V Merch., Lincoln 4.433.79 Nat. Banli of Com.. Lincoln 15,020.78 First National. Loomis. 1.008.00 Loup City State bank. 2,072.33 Security bank. Meadow li ve 1,500.00 Newport’ Stale bank. 1,500.00 Norfolk National bank. 1.000.00 Nebraska National, Norfolk. 1.000.00 First National. North Bend 2.500.00 Antelope C. bank. Oakdale.. 3.000.00 Citizens State. Ogalalla.... 1.008.0 J. I,. Braudels Zi Sons. Omaha 2,991.32 Farmers State, Orchard. 1,500.00 Bank of Petersburg. 3.000.00 Pierce State bank. 1.000.00 Rising City hank. 3,000.80 South Omaha National bank 13.433.58 First State bank. St. Paul.. 1.000.00 Silver Creek State bank.... 2.500.00 First National. Spalding.... 4.000.00 Spalding Citi bank. 2,500.00 First National. Scott's Bluff 1.308.93 First' National. Superior. 1.000.00. Sutton National btink. 2.000.00 Hunk of Syracuse. 1.224.18 First National. Valentine. . . . 1.009.08 Vaie.ntine State bank. 1.000.00 Saunders Co. Nat.. Wahoo... 1.000.00 Farm. Z. Traders. Wakefield 1.500.00 First National. Wayne. 1,000.00 West Point National. 1.000.00 First National, Wisner. 1.000.08 First National. Woibacli.. .. 1.500.00 First Nat.. Weeping Water. 1.000.00 Wisner State hank. 1.000.00" City National. York...._ 1.000.00 First National. York. * 1.000.00 Total .$154,570.44) CREAM RATES IN NEBRASKA. Injuction Will Have to Be Amended Before November 1st. Lincoln — The federal injunction granted to the creamery companies in Chicago by Judge Kohlsaat will! have to ne amended belore November 1 or t{ie new cream rates of the Ne braska railway commission cannot go into effect, as some of the points cov ered by the federal injunction are in cluded in the Nebraska schedule. The attorneys of the Wells- Fargo Express company have notified the commissioners of the complication that is about to arise and have asked tor advice. They do not want to obey the I Nebraska commission if they are to get into trouble for disobeying a fed eral injunction. The question involved in this case | illustrates the conflict that is con stantly taking place between the state and federal jurisdictions. The federal judge granted a "blanket in junction" covering a number of states, prohibiting any change in rate. The stare commission sets about to fix in tra-state rates and now runs squarely up against a federal injunction. Kearney Hog Man Wins Prize. Kearney-—L. W. Hamilton, the Po land-C’hina hog breeder, returned from the Internatkmad Live Stock show held at St. Joseph., where he won first on junior yearling boar and grand champion on his hog, Nebraska Special. He naturally feels elated [ over his success, considering the fact that this is a very fine stock hog. in which he had to compete against hogs from Michigan. Iowa, Missouri, Ken tucky and Kansas in his class. Texas Fever in Kansas., McCook—Inspector W. F. Jones of this city, of the United States bureau of animal industry, ran onto a- case of genuine Texas fever in a herd of cattle in Cheyenne county, Kansas, notwithstanding this point is 400 miles north of the quarantine line. Thirty 1 two head have already died and the owner of the herd stands to lose many more, as the disease is fatal. The disr-iso at present is confined to- one herd. Came cn Andy's Ship. Hastings—Samuel Nichols, aged 78, one of the men wrho received an an nuity of .600 from Andrew Carnegie, died at his home in Wanda township.. The annual allowment was made to men who came to this country from Scotland on the same s-hip with Car negie, and Nichols had received the annuity for five years. / Test of New Pure Food Law. Lincoln—State Food Commissioner Johnson, through the county attorney at Lincoln, began a test of the pure food law of Nebraska. Complaint was filed against a firm at the town of Raymond, charging the merchants with selling packages of butter with out putting the specific weight on the package. Roads Go to Highest Court. Lincoln—Judge W. D. McHugh noti fied Attorney General Thompson that the railroads would present a motion in federal court asking for a modifies- i tion of the order prohibiting the roads from enjoining the promulgation of grain rates. Purpose of the modifica tion is to permit an appeal to the 1 rnil:ed Staw supreme court. This will take the Nebraska railroad com mission’s rights into the highest court, if permission is granted. Judge Mc Hugh represepts the Burlington, and was spokesman.for all the railroads. Bill for Maps of State. The voucher for the 20.000 maps is sued under the direction of the State Railway commission has been filed. The cost of the maps was $1,257. This is the first map of the kind issued in Nebraska since the days of the old Board of Transportation. Admiral Longnecker Sued. Lincoln—Edwin Ixmguecker. an ad miral now or recently in the United State* navy, iKmade defendant In a Bolt which will be tried at the next term of the district court at Lincoln, i BUSHS I BRIEF I NEWS NOTES OF INTER'E'SfT FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS^ ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON Religious, Sceial, Agricultural; Poflt* ical and Other Matters Given Due Considerable** A York county boy trfed a shot at . % bog belonging to James Rea. Hr bit the hog, but the shot cost him I fttUff. Frank Reynolds, Jr., livlrtg east of Arlington, has some fine tobacco plants which are pronounced equal ir* quality to the finest varieties wTilcb grow ia Kentucky. . The Russians in Jefferson - county are paying ccns.derable attention to the raising of silk worms. They cul tivate very extensively the Russian mulberry, which is essential to the production ot the worm. Peter Theis son will ship about two hundred dol lars’ worth of cocoons to Philadelphia Arnold Martin. Pawnee county’s ■ fa mous "20-aore farmer,” is to have an exhibit at the com contest to be held in Chicago the first of next month. It was under Mr. Martin’s supervision that the Pawnee county exhibit' was collected and managed at the state fair this fail and which was awarded third place. In the district court of Bodge county Martha Martin was granted a decree of divorce from Archibald, who is a Northwestern brakeman. Archi bald pitched her out of the bed room window at 3 a. m. about a year ago inflicting various bruises and injuries. She gets the custody of their 3-year old child and $10 per month for her support. These recent sales give an idea of the present value of Valiev county land: Thomas J. McClatchy to Ja cob J. Beehrle, 100 acres in section 18, Ord township. $3,900. George W. Rogers to John H. Fellows. nel4 sec tion 24, Vinton township. $9,600. El mer E. Dowhower to John Ctochot!, 33-4 acres in northeast comer .nw’4 section 36. Elyria township. $375.' At Farnam fire was discovered in the building which was occupied by J. O. Martin as a residence and store. At the time of its discovery the fire was beyond control and the entire block south of Martin’s was de stroyed. Martin lost everything, stock of merchandise and household goods, with some insurance. A carload of flour just received was also burned, with no insurance. Edwin Longnecker. an admiral now or recently in the United States navy, is made defendant in a suit which will be tried at the next term of the district court at Lincoln. His brother, Gustavus A. I-ongnecker, is the plain tiff. and seeks satisfaction of a claim for $17,300. The action grows out of an alleged contract between the broth ers by which Gustavus Longnecker w'as to prospect for iron ore. The Garret post, Grand Army of the Republic, 105. Arapahoe, celebrated a flag raising and gave a dinner to the veterans from Holbrook, Edison and adjoining towns to the number of 300. There was an address by Rev. Mr. Ebhart and an interesting pro gram of entertainment. Inquiry as to the age of the veterans at time of enlistment developed that they were nearly all minors or under 21. Consul General Church Howe, who expected to spend his sixty days’ va cation at his home In Auburn, received a message from Washington request ing him to meet a delegation of Eng lish manufacturers, who will arriva in Washington on October 4; and aivotn pany them to the International Cot ton Growers’ and Manufacturers’ conv vention at Atlanta, Ga., October 6 to 9, as a representative of the Depart ment of State., Registration at> the state normal at' Peru began last week Tuesday. The' faculty is all in attendance and la the same as last year, except that Prof. J. H. Aller. formerly of Franklin academy, lias charge of the music de partment and Miss Lueas of Boston has been elected to the department of expression. Prof. E. L. Rouse of Plattsmoutfr. Miss Lalley of Lincoln and Miss Louise Meats are added to the teaching force of the training de partment. Accurate statistics would probably show that the breaking up of the larger Nebraska farms into smaller farms is a steady tendency. This item, from a Benedict correspondent of a York paper is an mstance: Geo. W. Post sold his line farm of 560 acres on Monday for $49,200. Henry Fusby taking one quarter, a Hamilton county man the old Myriok homestead and three of Edward Blender’s boys bought 80 acres each. This is quite a surprise to the people of Benedict, as the farm is one or the beat in the county, and one of the best stocked farms. J. F. Jackson, of Fremont, received a dispatch from Hallam, Neb., stating that his son Harry had been acci dentally killed at that town. He had been working for the railroad there and his death is supposed to have been caused by some railroad accident. Superintendent Palmer of Beatrice received from the state superintend ent of schools his official recognition of the Beatrice High school as a nor mal training high school. This rec ognition carries with it an apportion ment of *350 for the year, whch will be - aid by the state to that district. Special Agent Jamc-s Malone from Lincoln for the Burlington road passed through Plattsmouth to Glenwcod, la.. With four prisoners, who lie asserts, have been robbing freight cars on train No. 77 between Pacific Junction and Louisville for six months. A wreck occurred on the Albion branch of the Chicago & Northwester.!* road between Petersburg and Lorettb. Two freights came together head on. Several of the train crew were eon o less Injured, but It is believed none fatally. The responsibility tor the bM Uslon has not been fixed. SUES PLATT FOR DIVORCE. • Miss Catherine Wood Takes New Tack in Her Litigation. New York.—Mae Catherine Wood, the former government clerk who has been suing United States Senator Thomas C. Piatt for several years. Monday brought action in the su preme court for absolute divorce from the senator, alleging that she had been married to him in the Fifth Ave nue hotel. New York, in 1901. .1. D. Lee, representng the plaintiff, announced the action as “Piatt against Platt,” and he said the motion was for the purpose of framing an issue. He said he wanted the details to become generally known. John B. Stanchfleld. who appeared for Senator Platt, asked that the mat ter be heard in private' by a referee. He said Senator Platt was never mar pied to Miss Wood, and therefore there was no ground for divorce. Jus tice Seabury reserved decision. Has Killed Fourteen Men. Chattanooga, Tenn. — D. D. Ed vards, ori trial for the murder ol Sam Brook, a negro, made a startling statement under cross-examination Thursday. He was asked by the at torney general if he had killed any one previous to the killing of Brooks ”1 have shot and probably killed 14 men in my time,” said Edwards. He said that a majority of the kill ings occurred in the Kentucky moun tains and during the labor strike in Chicago. Yseht Cruise Around World. New York.—Fifteen friends of Rob ert M. Thompson, financier, retired naval officer and lawyer, are to be his guests on one of the most remarkable yacht cruises on record. The yacht upon which they will voyage around the world is the S,000 ton steamer Mineola. The journey will occupy nine months and the estimated ex pense of the entertainment is half a million dollars. Among those invited by Col. Thompson to be his guests are i^ord Brassy and Admiral Sir Charles Beresford. Abd-EI-Aziz Counts His Army. Rabat, Morocco.'—Sultan Abd-El Aziz Wednesday held a “sarthe” or re-, view of his army for the purpose of as certaining the number of desertions. Seated in an arm chair with the grand vizier standing beside him, his majes ty counted aloud the Soldiers and beasts of burden as they trooped by, while the scribes entered the numbers. In this way it was discovered that 600 men, mostly foot soldiers, who re ceive less pay than the horsemen, had deserted with their rifles and cart ridges