Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXV
LOI P CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, l<K)s
NUMBER >7
IN CONGRESS.
Tin hou.se agreed to the conference
report on the army appropriation bill,
which now goes to the president. Of
tile fT.Obit.OOO provided for increased
pay enlisted men will receive approx
imate !y $3,000,000.
Five Republican congressmen were
named to prepare a financial bill
which recognizes commercial paper
through clearing house associations as
a safe ana logical asset for emergency
■currency.
The house voted against the re
establishment of the canteen in na
tional soldiers' homes.
The senate passed the Gallinger bill
to regulate the employment of child
-labor in the District of Columbia.
The horse committee, on banting
and currency tabled the new Vreeland
financial bill.
The house overrode the committee
■on appropriations, adding $250,000 to
the sum called for ia the civil appro
priation bill.
The senate passed the house resolu
tion appropriating 1250,000 to relieve
the recent cyclone sufferers in Ala
bama, Georgia, Mississippi and Louisi
ana.
PERSONAL.
P. J. Mnldoon. auxiliary bishop of
Chicago, was appointed bishop of the
new ttict/ese of Rockford.
Prince Philip Zu Eulenburg of
"Germany was arrested as a result of
the court scandai -exposed by Maxi
milien Harden.
Ore W. Paulson, former alderman of
Rockford, 111., pleaded guilty of brib
ery and was fined $.7>OOl
Wiiiiam Montgomery, cashier of the
Allegheny iPa.) National bank for
over 20 years, was arrested on a
charge of embezzling $429,000 of the
bank's funds.
Edward E. Brennan, a lawyer of
Btit’e, Aleut., was arrested in the office
of F. Augustus Heinze in New York,
charged with attempting to extort
SlO.irr. front Mr. Heinze.
Young Alanuel was proclaimed king
-of Portugal after he had gone through
the sc >mn and picturesque ceremony
of swearing allegiance to his people.
Secretary Taft was indorsed by Re
publican state conventions of Connec
tion and Alabama.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans re
sumed active command of the Atlantic
batik ski; Beet and the big vessels, fol
lowed by the torpedo flotilla, sailed
from Santa Cruz for San Francisco.
Calvin Demurest of Chicago won the
international amateur biiiiard cham
pionship at New York, defeating Re
rolle, French champion, in the final
game.
Rev. Dr. William. T. Manning, vicar
of St. Agnes chapel in Trinity parish,
New York, and assistant rector of the
.parish, was unanimously elected rec
tor of Trinity parish, to succeed the
late Dr. Alorgan Dix.
Sherman Cass, principal of the
Tolono (111.) schools, who whipped a
pupil, compromised an $1,800 judg
ment for $SO0, after seven months «n
jail.
GENERAL NEWS.
Secretary of the Navy .Metcalf re
viewed the combined Atlantic and Pa
cific fleets in San Francisco harbor.
Admiral Evans was unable to take
part in the ceremonw and later relin
quished the command to Rear Admiral
Thomas and left for Washington.
Dr. J. Sanderson Christison, a noted
alienist, committed suicide in Chicago.
Members of the Russian duma made
violent attacks on the Jews, urging
their exclusion from the army.
Fire in Atlanta. Ga.. destroyed two
uiocks c: uusiuess uuiicuugs, we loss
being $1,250,000.
The Wabash river levee broke near
Vincennes. Ind., and a serious flood
was expected.
School children of Chester, Pa.,
struck because two teachers rode on
street cars manned by strike-breakers,
and the school board ordered the
teachers to apologize.
The government's crop report for
May gives winter wheat's average
condition as 89 per cent, of normal.
Gov. Gooding of Idaho granted a re
prieve to Harry Orchard to July 2.
Secretary of War Taft and party ar
rived safely at Colon.
Fire in New Orleans burned out F.
F. Hansell & Bros., Booksellers. and
Stevens & Co., clothing, the loss being
$490,000.
Bert Devanev, a horseman of Wash
ington Court House, O., killed a col
ored girl and a man and committed
suicide after a company of militia had
surrounded him.
Burton Koch, a Denver fireman,
shot and killed his wife, wounded his
mother-in-law and committed suicide.
Two privates of the Porto Rico pro
visional regiment were shot during a
clash between soldiers and the insular
police, and one of the soldiers died.
Three persons were injured when a
five-inch shell, a civil war relic and
supposedly harmless, explode?, in
Armory hall in Riverside. CaL
Five bodies of persons supposed to
have been murdered by Mrs. Belle Gun
ness were dug up near the house, a
mile northwest of Laporte. Ind., where
she and her three children recentl.v
perished in flames. It is believed she
also caused the death of her two hus
bands. Ray Lamphere is suspected of
having been her accomplice.
Four more bodies wrere dug up in
the barnyard of Mrs. Guinness' farm,
near Laporte, Ind., making nine
found so far. The mystery of the
“death house” is growing deeper,
though there is evidence that the
bodies were shipped to Mrs. Guin
ness. probably from Chicago, in
trunks and boxes which draymen tell
of carting to her house.
Another of the bodies dug up on
the farm of Mrs. Guinness near La
porte. Ind.. was identified as that of
Ole B. Budsberg of iota. Wis., whom
the woman lured there by a matri
monial advertisement. New witnesses
against Roy Lamphere were found.
Another body was dug up on Mrs.
Guinness' farm near Laporte. Ind.,
making ten found. More incriminat
ing evidence against Ray Lamphere
was obtained.
Seventy-two men who for more than
2-4 hours had been facing death in the
raging sea near Fire island, were
rescued from the crumbling hulk of
the big German ship Peter Rickmers.
Charges of rioting against Univer
sity of Michigan students were ail dis
missed after the boys bad reimbursed
the county.
P. b. Sullivan was burned to death
at Glenwood. Minn.
Juan Durand, one of the leaders of
the recent abortive revolutionary
movement in Peru, and ten of his fol
lowers, have been captured.
The Euclid Avenue Trust company
of Cleveland. O.. made an assignment
to the Cleveland Trust company, in
the insolvency court.
Eight thousand men from tie com
bined Atlantic and Pacific fleets pa
raded the streets of San Francisco, es
corted by thousands of men of the
regular army. National Guard and
civic societies.
One hundred men were in great
peril on board the stranded steamer
Peter Rickmers on the Long Island
coast which was going to pieces in a
gale so violent that life-savers could
not reach the vessel.
Train robbers who boarded Denver
& Rio Grande train No. 4 at Castle
Rock, Col., shot to death Express Mes
senger Charles H. Wright, aged 60.
and looted a small safe in the baggage
car. from which they took less than
$100 in currency.
W. E. Loueke, his wife and baby
were killed at Reedlev. Cal., when
their automobile was struck by a
train.
t'tah Republicans declared Roose
velt their first choice and Taft their
second choice. Taft instructions were
given by the Republican conventions
of Wyoming and Kentucky.
Massachusetts Democrats instructed
their delegates-at-large for Bryan.
Irene Doiph. 17 years old. was sen
tenced at Clinton, la., to eight years
in prisou for killing her husband.
Aldermen Carty and Reynolds of
Rockford. 111., pleaded guilty of ac
cepting bribes and were fined.
Gov. John A. Johnson carried thb
Minnesota Democratic primaries
against William J. Bryan.
President Roosevelt and his family
and guests went to Pine Knot, Va.,
for a brief outing.
Four persons were killed and 12 in
jured in a fire believed to have been
of incendiary origin, and which de
stroyed a five-story tenement house in
New York.
The famous Pequot house at New
London, Conn., was destroyed by fire.
Led by the Connecticut, with Rear
Admiral Evans on the bridge, the bat
tleships of the Atlantic fleet passed
slowly through the Golden Gate and
anchored in the harbor of San Fran
cisco. while many thousands of people
watched the magnificent spectacle.
Democrats of Iowa nominated Jnd
son Harmon for governor and elected
Bryan delegates.
Prof. Gilbert M. Gowell of Orono,
Me., a famous poultry expert, commit
ted suicide.
Political prisoners at Alexandrovsk.
Russia, attempted to escape and seven
were killed.
Sixty Afghans were killed in a fight
with British troops in the Khyber
pass.
Gen. Domingo Yasqufez, former pres
ident of Honduras, denied that he had
been organizing an insurrection
against the government of that coun
try.
uov. narns or umo oraerea Aajt.
Oen. Critchlield to send state troops
to protect the towns ot Aberdeen and
Higginsport. in the Burley tobacco dis
trict. Threats had been made to burn
these towns, as a result of the tobacco
war.
By the explosion of a charge of dy
namite in the gangway of the Draper
colliery at Pottsville, Pa.. Andrew Cav
alage was tilled and three foreign la
borers were so badly injured that they
are not expected to recover.
Loss of several lives and much dam
age to property were caused by violent
wind and rainstorms in southern Illi
nois. Missouri, Arkansas and Missis
sippi
Judge Ball of Chicago held that mar
riages of divorced persons within one
year after the decree is granted are
invalid in Illinois, even if the cere
mony occurs in another state.
The business districts of the towns
of Walkerton, lnd.. and Coalton, O.,
were destroyed by flames.
Peruvian insurgents are reported to
have gained possession of Cuzco.
The Atlantic battleship fleet was
united once more, at Santa Cruz, when
the ships of the second squadron ar
rived from Monterey and the flotilla
of six destroyers joined it from San
Pedro.
FRISCO ! I
—
NEBRASKANS WERE IN LINE SAIL WiTKIN GOLDEN GATE
ACCORDED PLACE OF HONOR IN
THE BIG PARADE.
Eight Thousand Blue Jackets March
With “Fighting Bob" at the
Head of the Line.
San Francisco.—Included in the big
parade which took place here Thurs
day in celebration of the safe arrival
of the Atlantic fleet after its trip
around the Horn was Governor
Sheldon of Nebraska and his staff.
They were given a prominent posi
tion in the procession, and as their
carriages appeared word went down
the lines that the visitors were com
ing. “A cheer for the guests,” shout
ed an enthusiastic man in the grand
stand and in an instant a shout went
up from every person in the crowd.
Nebraskans along the line of march
recognizing their home folk kept up
the cheering and for a moment they
i shared honors with Admiral Evans
I and the men of the cruiser California.
The governor and his staff attended
the official reception and ball given
the night before at the Fairmont ho
tel and their handsome uniforms even
in that brilliant assemblage attracted
a great deal of attention.
Eight thousand bluejackets and ma
rines—the largest armed , force the
American navy has ever put ashore in
time of peace or war, were landed
Thursday from the combined Atlantic
and Pacific's fleets, now lying in the
harbor, and inarched through the
streets of San Francisco in the most
notable parade the city lias ever
known. For four miles and a half,
along streets lined and canopied with
colors and in review of a never-ending
crowd, the fighting men of the fleet
made tlieir way to the martial tunes
of their shipmates’ hands, to the
cheers that began with the first com
mand to march and ended only when
the sailormen had again embarked ia
the small boats that returned them to
the battleships and armored cruisers
in the roadstead. Twenty-five hundred
soldiers of the regular army in full
dress array graciously acted as an
escort to the visiting men of the sea
and were liberally applauded. Rear
Admiral Evans, commanding the
fleets, and the six other rear admirals
in command of squadrons and divi
sions, rode in carriages. Admiral
Evans was quickly recognized by the
thousands in the immense reviewing
stands and bowed a constant recogni
tion of the cheering as his carriage
slowly moved at the front of the
marching columns.
Secretary --of the Navy Metcalf.
Governor Gilette of California and
Major Taylor of, San Francisco rode
| in the parade and afterward reviewed
it as it countermarched down Van
Ness avenue.
Airship Flies Thirty Miles.
Norfolk, Ya.—The Wright brothers,
aeronauts, who are experimenting
with their aeroplane at Kill Devil hill,
near Manteo, N. C., made their third
successful flight covering thirty odd
miles and ascending to a considerable
height. The absolute control of the
machine shown by the aeronauts was
the feature of the experiment. It
glided easily from the ground, the
aeronauts taking a fifteen-mile dart
seaward, probably going 2,500 feet in
the air, circled and followed an el
liptical course back to the. sta-iing.
Child Labor Bil! Passed.
Washington—The senate passed a
bill prohibiting the employment with
in certain hours of children under
14 years of age in the District of Co
lumbia in any factory, workshop, etc.
Canning Stock is Scarce.
Kansas City—Being amble to get a
sufficient supply of canning stock the
Armour Packing company will shut
down its canning department. This
will throw 225 men out of employment
temporarily.
Cleveland Still Improves.
Lakewood. N. J.—"Mrs Cleveland
says that the former president con
tinues to improve in health and'that
his condition is in no way alarming,”
said Manager William Becke;- of the
Lakewood hotel.
THE BIG FLEET GIVEN GREAT
RECEPTION IN 'FRISCO.
Thousands Upon Thousands View
Grand Soectacle and Extend an
Enthusiastic Welcome.
Saa Francisco.—Through the tower
j ing rocky portals of the Golden Gate.
: heavy laden with the romance of the
j centuries, into the harbor of the city
| of a hundred hills; into a new San
j Francisco risen from the ruins of two
years ago. the Atlantic battleship fleet
steamed on Wednesday in review of a
multitude unnumbered. It was the
same imposing pageant of immacnlate
white ships that sailed from Hampton
Roads nearly five months ago in the
wake of the president's flag, but with
rhe splendid accomplishments of i
record-breaking cruise of more than
14.000 miles and three weeks of . won
derful target work behind it. The
white-anchored, four-starred blue flag
of the secretary cf the navy, flying
from the mainmast of the trim little
gunboat York tow;., fluttered the wel
come of the navy, while the governor
of California, the mayor of San Fran
cisco and the people cf- a hundred
towns and cities voiced the greetings
of the enthusiastic west.
San Francisco. Oakland and other
cities nearby all took a holiday to wit
ness the coming of the feet. There
was a complete cessation of business
and the streets jn the downtown sec
tions were absolutely deserted. Mote
people came into the-city last night
and this irornir.s than left during the
terror and homeless days following the
fire.
A few remaining scars of a city
shaken and burned 'appeared' rose
tinted in the joy of general celebra
tion. A welcome sign spelled in let
ters fifty feet high topped the heights
of Telegraph hill.
The sun. which all morning long had
been obscured by heavy gray clouds,
broke through just as the ships were
passing by the gateway and shone in
noonday brilliance on the pageantry of
fighting craft.
Th“ battleships, having the right of
line, were first to let their anchors go.
The sixteen veterans of the Atlantic
cruise, augmented by two battleships
recruited here for the remainder of
the trip around the worlds— the Nebras
ka and Wisconsin—occupy the two in
side lines of the four columns of ships
now in the harbor. The armored
cruisers of the Pacific fleet have.: the
line nearest the Oakland shore, while
the little black destroyers of both the
Atlantic and Pacific fleets are berthed
close in toward the Saa Francisco
wai er front.
PASS DOES NOT EXEMPT ROAD.
Conductor of Empire State Express
Gets Big Judgment.
New York—The view that a rail
road employe v. ho is riding on a pass
is entitled to damages if injured, has
been upheld in the supreme court-1n
White Plains. Damages of $17,500
were awarded to James A. Halley,
formerly a conductor in the employ
of the New York Central Railroad
company, who was injured in the
Brewster express wreck on February
18. 1007. Halley had been a conductor
for more than forty-four years and- at
the time of the accident was con
ductor of the Expire state express.
Taft Welcomed at Color.
Colon—The United States auxiliary
Prairie, with Secretary, of War Taft
aud the members of his party on
board, arrived here Wednesday. The
secretary was welcomed by Officials.
BILL FOR LEASING COAL LAIRDS.
Hall Introduced Measure-Providing for
Payment of Royalties.
Washington—Representative flail of
.South Dakota introduced a bill provid
ing that all public, lands and lands in
cluded in a national forest reerve con
taining workable deposits of coal are
to be classified coal lands and shall
only be disposed of by leasing. No
person or corporation shall acquire a J
lease upon more than 2,560 acres.
BIG MEN ILL MEET
GOVERNORS TO MAKE HISTORY
AT CONFERENCE.
WILL BE MUCH DISCUSSION
Expected to Overshadow All Other
Gatherings. Rivaling Adoption of
Federal Constitution.
Washington—History will be made
at this week’s white house conference
on natural resotuces. unless all signs
fail. For history making the condi
tions are remarkably favorable. Never
before has a president of the I'nited
Slates conferred with all the gov
ernors of the states. Nevet before has
the white house, with its long record
of social and state functions, sheltered
a large convention called for the con
sideration of a great public issue. And
never before has the whole broad
question of the conservation of this
country's natural resources been
brought before a great deliberative
body as the sole subject of its con
sideration.
The reception accorded this project
indicates that the people of the coun
try expect definite results of a far
reaching character. But no cut-and
dried program will be presented for
the consideration of the governors and
delegates. After hearing from experts
the condition which the country is fac
ing the members of the conference
win themselves decide wa?tner any
thing ought to be done, and what.
Some have suggested the advisability
of forming a great national organiza
tion to carry forward the plans ori
ginated in the conference. The prob
ability is that, at the least, tome basis
will be laid for future co-operation be
tween the federal and state govern
ments in a vigorous policy of con
servation. for one of the things which
will be shown most forcibly at the
conference is that neither the states
nor the federal government can make
satisfactory headway independently.
The present situation is much the
same as was faced just before the
adoption of the federal constitution,
and the more enthusiastic believe that
the coming conference will have just
as far-reaching results, and become
unite as historic, as those meetings
which led up to the formation of the
constitution. They recall that the
whole question of a constitution had
its direct origin in a meeting promoted
by George Washington for the consid
eration of the control and develop
ment of the Potomac. That confer
ence met at Alexandria in 1785 and
consisted of representatives from Vir
ginia and Maryland. But it was de
cided that the questions involved were
too extensive for two states to handle,
and so'another conference was called
to meet at Annapolis in 1780. More of
the states were represented here, but
still not enough. And so the third
conference was called to meet the fol
lowing year in Philadelphia. This con
ference. at watch all of the states were
represented, developed into the con
stitutional convention and became the
most important meeting in American
history.
SUPPLY BILLS NEARLY READY.
Indications That Congress Will Ad
journ by May 25. ,
Washington.—The supply bills of
congress, in which appropriations are
to he made for the suuport of the gov
ernment for the next fiscal year be
ginning on July 1. are in such condi
tion in both houses that if no com
plications arise in connection with oth
er legislation it will be possible to
reach a final adjournment by the 25tli
inst. There are fourteen of these gen
eral measures, carrying an aggregate ,
of almost $1,000,000,000.
Water in Big Horn Canal.
Basin. Wyo.—Water was turned
through the entire fifty-four miles of
the Big Horn county canal for the
first time Saturday. It will irrigate
30.000 acres of land on the west side
of the Big Horn river. The canal cost
400.000 and it required three years to
construct it.
Bryan Will Go Eastward.
I.incoln.—William Jennings Bryan
will leave Monday for an extended
eastern trip. He expects to he in
Washington. D. C.. May 12. 12 and 14.
May IT he will he in Chicago. He will
sneak in Baltimore. May lit and at
Hagerstown. Md.. May 20.
Aurora Boy for Annapolis.
Washington.—R. A. Hail of Aurora.
Neb., who was nominated by Senator
Brown as midshipman at. Annapolis,
has passed both his physical and men
tal examinations, and leaves for Ne
braska for a month’s leave prior to
beginning his studies at the Naval
academy.
Montana 3ad Man Killed.
Willistown. N.D.—“Pigeon-toed Kid.”
one of the few remaining bad men of
eastern Montana, was killed by Deputy
Sheriff Calderwood at the Bonnable
Tanch in Valley county, Montana.
Death of Frederick K. May.
Newark. N. J.—Frederick H. May.
formerly vice president anfi general
manager of the American Rapid Tel
egraph company, died at his home in
this city.
Russell Takes Vacation.
Willemstad.—W. W. Russell, the
American minister to Venezuela, sailed
from here Saturday on the steamship
Caracas for the I'nite-d States, where
he will spend his vacation of two
months. I
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SILVER SERVICE HANDED OVER.
i
1 Gov. Sheldon Presents It to the Ship
Nebraska.
San Francisco.—The generally ac
cepted theory that the people of the
interior were lacking in enthusiasm
regarding the United States navy was
almost eliminated, when 200 repre
sentatives of the state of Nebraska,
headed by their governor. George L.
Sheldon, presented to the battleship
Nebraska a beautiful silver service,
j the state and national colors and a
large Bible.
The ceremony of presentation In it
! self was without note, differing in no
wise from other gifts of a like charac
ter; but the attention was attracted
by the remarkable enthusiasm of the
donors, the spirit of loyalty and
patriotism which permeated the entire
occasion. The whole was rampant
Americanism, i hey spoke of ‘ our”
navy in a manner almost truculent, as
if defying any living man to take from
them one iota of the glory of American
citizenship. They were emphatic in
their demands for a bigger and better
navy and. what in some instances
might have been considered as spread
eagleism. they accepted as simple
truths, applauding with the vigor of
the prairie-born. It mattered not that
but a few had seen ihe sea before and
fewer still had trod the decks of an
American warship. They claimed their
own with an inspiring tenacity.
A sharp bugle call opened the cere
monial. The Nebraskans, who had
been looking ovpr the ship, took up
their positions on the front deck and
Governor Sheldon stepped forward to
make the presentation.
\\e rome wan greetings irom Ne
braska." said he. "with greetings to
the officers and men of the battleship
Nebraska. It is a great event for us
of the interior to see this wonderful
armament lying around us and from
the sight we received impression
which will make us better citizens.
"I was somewhat surprised to hear
at a recent banquet in San Francisco
that the people of the interior were
lukewarm toward a bigger and better
navy. I say here that as far as the
people of Nebraska are concerned we
desire to see a navy strong enough and
big enough for any and every purpose,
but primarily of the great purpose of
insuring peace. I feel sure that the
state I represent is with me in my
utterance and one of the most pleas
ing things I have learned since com
ing to San Francisco is that the sail
ors hailing from the interior rank
among the best in the T'nited States
navy. Should the need arise I am
confident that my countrymen from
Nebraska will give their full quota of
recruits to the service.
"This silver service." lie continued,
“is a token from us. ' It is to remind
you that the people of Nebraska are
thinking of you and that you will be
in their thoughts on your trip around
the world. If. when ypu make use o7
it. the remembrance of the well wishes
and deep interest of the people of my
state will give you any pleasure then
it will have served its purpose.”
Capt. Nicholson, commander of the
battleship, responded to the address
of the governor.
"Your present." said he, “will serve
as a reminder that the thoughts of the
people of the state are with us on our
cruises, and we will endeavor to war
rant the confidence placed in us. I can
assure you of one thing and that is the
name of Nebraska will never be tarn
ished through the battleship.”
MUCH WINTER WHEAT KILLED.
Seventy Thousand Acres of Winter
sown Has Been Destroyed.
Springfield. 111.—The buletin of the
Illinois State Board of Agriculture on
the crops, shows that the May 1 con
dition of winter wheat in this state
was very goiod. the average condition
in the state being 98 per cent of the
normal. There are 1.248,671 acres for
harvest, but 70,800 acres having been
winter-killed or destroyed by floods.
WHEAT CROP IS OFF.
Estimate for May 1 Shows 4.2 Per
Cent of Acreage Abandoned.
Washington—The department of
agriculture in its summary of the
May erop report places the total area
of winter wheat standing < n May 1 to
be harvested at 29,751.Oi'O acres which
is 4.2 per cent, or 1.318.000 acres less
than the area reported as sown last
fall and 5.8 per rent or 1,610.000 acres
more than the area of winter wheat
harvested last year.
The average condition of the grow
ing winter wheat on May 1 was 89
per cent of a normal as compared
with 91.3 per cent on April 1 and
82 9 per cent on May 1. 1907.
In rye the average condition of the
crop was 90.3 per cent of a normal
as compared with S9.1 on April 1
and SS per cent on May 1, 1907.
Mrs. Sage Offers $500,000.
New York—The American Bible so
ciety has received from Mrs. Russell
Sage an offer to contribute $509,000
toward a permanent endowment far
the society on condition that an ad
ditional $500,000 be contributed.
Victor Bender Takes Stand.
Washington—Victor E. Bender, pub
lisher of the Daily Nonpareil. Coun
cil Bluffs, la., was the only witness
examined by the special committee
of the house that is investigating the
wood pulp and print paper question.
He testified that ten years ago he
paid $1.70 per 100 pounds for paper
delivered in Council Bluffs and that
his present contract called for $2.50.
The committee left Washington for
Corinth, N. Y.. where they will inves
tigate the Hudson Paper mill and ex
amine some of the operatives there.
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NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious. Social. Agricultural. Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
Business men of Adams will hold
a picnic and carnival August 11th.
The first annual pet stock show i'
Lincoln was a great success.
Five proprietors of meat market- in
Heatrice were violating the pure food
law.
A negro who broke out of jail at
Valentine, returned and Mirren. re i
himself.
A seriea of revival meetings have
commenced in Tecumseh and will last
three weeks.
Mr. Gore, elected county sun ;- it
last fall in Johnson county, lias re
signed^ his office.
Ainsworth people are preparing ; >
give Hon. W. J. Bryan an enthi «
tic reception May Hath.
A number of meat dealers In i:.
rice have been rounded up for using
preservatives in food products.
All saloons in Elgin have been
closed. Pool halls will be permit'* !
to run.
wortv nas open resumeu on in*1
Young Men's Christian association
building at Fremont
At Beatrice Henry Frerichs is ma i ■
defendant in a breach of promise ■ uit
for $20,000.
Two Omaha boys have started for
San Francisco on bicycles. They ex
pect to arrive about July 1st.
A prominent fruit grower at Ne
braska City gives it as his opinion
that fruit prospects have been greatly
lessened by cold weather.
The Nebraska state eclectic societv
indorsed Dr. G. H. Brash of Beatrice
for reappointment of his ]>osirion on
the state board of health.
Lightning struck the large barn on
the John Majures’ farm, one-half mile
northwest of Rulo and burned it to
the ground.
J. P. I-atta. a democratic politici;'*i
of Tekamah. has announced It is can
didacy for congress for the Third c u.
gressional district.
Jubilee exercises in honor of tl; •
fiftieth anniversary of the Firs: Pres
byterian church in Plattsmouth were
held last week. ■
Railroad employes are being fined
up in opposition to lowering of freigh*
rates. They were given the hunch
some time ago that they must b*
and about their employers' busine
A shooting affray occured Sutuiav at
the Dave Jock farm, two miles .-imrh
east of Brcck, in which Emile M . or
was killed by his brother-in-law. I.nfc
Huttcn. The shooting was th nr
come of a family feud.
The Belmont Irrigation Canal an!
Water Power company which now lias
27.000 acres under irrigation, wi
headquarters at Bridgeport, has ap
plied to the state board of irrigation
for additional water.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad com
pany and the Western I'nion Tele
graph company both deny responsibil
ity for the closing of telegraph offices
along the lines of the railroad in Ne
braska so far as such stations are
closed to commercial business.
W. D. Fleak of Chicago, a represen
tative of the "cigarette trust." was in
Lincoln trying to “work tip trade.”
He argues that the law passed by th -
last Nebraska legislature forbidding
the sale of cigarrettes is a dead letter
and that no effort is being made to en
force it.
THE MIDWEST LIFE of Lincoln
sells life insurance at as low a cos:
as the same kind of insurance can he
bought anywhere in the i'nited S'ate
Patronize an old line Nebraska Com
paq* and keep the money in this
state to develop cur own enterprise
and business interests Lo^al ae-nts
wanted in every town in Nebraska.
Write for an agency.
A. O. Wilson of Lincoln, who
president and general solicitor for the
Nebraska association for the promo
tion of the instruction of the blis 1
intends to ask the next legislature to
provide a new state institution f "
the blind. He has the recommenda
tion of Principal J. T. Morey of the*
state school for blind at Nebraska
City for the proposed state insti'a
tion.
Frank Larson, a Northwestern fir
man of Fremont, has received a medal
from the t'n'ted States government for
his bravery in saving the life of a
year-old boy near Exeter. Neb., in Jan
uary last. The medal is of silver, and
accompanying it is a gold button to b**
worn bv the holder. The medal and
button were received together with a
letter of transmission from th<
secretary of the Interstate Commerce
commission under date of April 27.
1908. and also a letter from President
Roosevelt.
Thirty-four school districts of Rich
ardson county have risen up in their
might, and in a meeting held at Falls
City raised $170 to test the constitu
tionality of the present high school
law* which allows all schools to attend
city high schools, their tuition being
paid by the district from which they
come.
Pictures of a bust of Abraham Lin
coln by Charles Henry Xiehaus of
New York City have been received by
Secretary Wait of the Lincoln monu
ment assicoation. Mr. Niehaus is one
of the sculptors who is willing to
make a Lincoln monument for $25,000.