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Loup City Northwestern - \ VOLUME XXV LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , JULY 2, 1908 NUMBER 34 PERSONAL. The body of Grover Cleveland was buried at Princeton after brief but im pressive services which were attended by President Roosevelt and other notables. Secretary of War Taft went to New York from New Haven, and met a number of friends, including Booker . T. Washington. William 11. Pettis, treasurer of Sac county, la., was arrested on a charge of embezzling the county funds. H. W. Tiers, former discount clerk of the First National bank of Pitts burg. Pa., was arrested on an informa tion made by National Bank Examiner Colds, charging him with the abstrac tion of about $51,000 of the bank's funds. James S. Sherman, Republican vice presidential nominee, ill at Cleveland, continued to improve and his physi k cians advised that, as soon as he re gained his health, an operation should be performed for the removal of the gall stones. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of Pres ident Roosevelt, was given his bache lor's degree by Harvard university, after three years of study, having taken extra courses. John D. Rockefeller is to write his autobiography for a New York maga zine. United States Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin announced himself a can didate for re-election. Secretary of War Taft was the cen ter of enthusiastic doings at YTale. marched at the head of his class and saw Harvard defeated on the ball field. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., is said to have taken a position for summer em ployment with the United States Steel corporation. William J. Barnett, charged with embezzling securities from the Colton estate, was convicted at San Fran f cisco. John Mitchell, former president of the Miners' Union, refused to run for governor of Illinois or vice-president. GENERAL NEWS. Mexican revolutionists attacked the town of L< s Yaeas, on the Rio Grande, but were repulsed by troops after about f>0 men had been killed on both sides. Three delegates to the General Fed eration of Women's Clubs at Boston were seriously injured at Newport, R. I., when a tally-ho coach was upset. Another delegate. Mrs. Sarah Shute of Coon Rapids, la., died of heart fail ure. Over a million dollars in property was consumed within two hours at Duluth by a fire which razed elevator D of the Consolidated Elevator com pany and destroyed a dock and sheds of the Northern Pacific. Fifteen persons were killed and 270 injured in a collision between an ex press and a freight train on the Bom bay & Ban,da railway near Baroda Mulai-Hafid, the usurping sultan of Morocco, summoned the raids to his palace at Fiz and peremptorily in structed them to raise an army of 18,000 men from the neighboring tribes. The Democratic state convention of Vermont refused to instruct its dele gates for Bryan. The sultan of Turkey has conferred the order of Chefakat on Mrs. Theo dore Roosevelt add Miss Roosevelt. Three children were burned to death in Cleveland. O.. when fire destroyed r the home of William Klimacks. The father and mother were badly burned. Raymond Wells, son of a Chicago bank president, fell from a fourth story window and was killed. The White City, an amusement re sort about eight miles from Indianap olis. was burned, causing a loss of be tween $150,000 and $200,000. Eleven Mexicans were arrested at El Paso. Tex., charged with foment ing a revolution against a friendly power on American soil. The ehamber of commerce of Mil waukee filed charges against five rail roads of discrimination in favor of Chicago in grain rates. Pope Pius has been presented with i wireless telegraph apparatus which will be placed on top of the cupola of St. Peter's. One man was killed and two were fatally hurt by the explosion of a locomotive boiler near Imlay City, Mich. William Muiholland of Springfield, Mo., killed his brother-in-law, M. C. Sappington, and shot Mrs. Sappington because his wife had left him and was with them. One person was killed and many in jured in a tornado near Mountain Lake, Minn. Two sets of twins and a set of trip lets were born in the neighborhood 4 ** of President Roosevelt's country place in Albemarle county. Virginia. It was announced that both Presi dent Roosevelt and Secretary Taft would see the Yale-Harvard boat race on the Thames at New London. Conn John Welsh, a farmer, fatally wounded his wife at Colfax, Wis., by stabbing her with a pair of scissors. Henry Miller, aged 104 years, grew tired of life at Harrodsburg. Ky.. and committed suicide by taking paris green. Five persons were killed in a wreck on the Chicago & Northwestern road near Chadron, Neb. Harvard won the 'varsity boat race from Yale. Griswold, the Yale stroke, collapsed a mile and a half from the finish. Secretary Taft and the family of President Hoofiov-Jt were among ihe spectators. The list of konois accorded on the occasion cf the official celebration of King Edward's birthday was issued. Four new peers have been created, ten new privy councilors, 11 baronets and 25 knights. Two hundred armed and mounted men believed to be revolutionists, at tacked and captured the town of Viesca. state of Coahuila, Mex. Three persons were killed and several wound ed in the fighting. Five persons, including a mother and her three children, perished in a fire in Chicago thai followed an ex plosion in a eehmieal works. The United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America decided to erect a new ladies' hall at St. Olaf college, Northfield. Minn., to be c-alled 'Mohn Hall.' in honor of the late Rev. Prof. Thorbjoru N. Mohn. wno was the first president of St. Olaf. Every claim set up by the state of Illinois against the Economy Light and Power company in the litigation over the Desplaines river dam was knocked out by Judge Mack at Chi cago and the injunction dissolved. While temporarily insane Mrs. Au gust P. Johnson drowned her four chil dren in the cistern at their farm home, near Ida Grove, la. Max and Theodore Klopfer. partners composing the firm of Klopfer Broth ers, bankers, of Munich, committed suicide, despairing of their ability to meet heavy obligations. Reports from Teheran said nearly 500 persons were killed in the two days' fighting in the streets, and that the reactionaries were in control. Two men arrested at the Sheeps head Bay race track for violating the New York anti-betting law^ were dis charged by Justice Bischoff. Papers nave been served upon Frank J. Gould in a suit for absolute divorce brought by his wife, who was Miss Helen M. Kelly. Eighty-five persons are believed to have perished when the steamship Earache sank near Muros, Spain. Iowa Democrats in convention at Sioux City indorsed the state ticket and William J. Bryan for president. The Locke anti-rating bill was signed by Gov. Sanders of Louisiana and is expected to put the race tracks out of business. Two burglars blew the safe of a grocery in Springfield and took $2.1 SO, but were caught. The corner-stone of the new capitol of South Dakota at Pierre was laid by the Free Masons. Fighting was renewed in Teheran, the Cossacks storming and looting the residences of grandees. The shah de clared the city in a state of siege. Over 100,000 barrels of oil consumed by fire, three valuable oil refineries destroyed and an estimated loss of about $500,000, were the results of electric storms which passed over western and northern Pennsylvania. The schoolship Nautilus, the first Spanish naval vessel to enter a Cuban port since the relinquishment of Span ish sovereignty over the island, ar rived in the harbor of Havana, and wms hailed with delight, by the entire Spanish colony of the city. Iowa Republicans in convention in dorsed Gov. Cummins, progressive leg islation and Senator Allison. Miss Jean Reid, daughter of the American ambassador to England, and Hon. John Hubert Ward, brother of the earl of Dudley and equerry-in-wait ing to the king, were married in Lon don. The ceremony took place in the Chape] Royal of St. James' palace, and King Edward and Queen Alexandra witnessed it from their private gal lery. The United States now has no diplo matic representation in Venezuela, the legation's affairs being cared for by the Brazilian representative. Jacob Sleeper, secretary of the American le gation and in charge during Minister Russell's absence, has left Caracas, presumably because of the disputes with President Castro. The Toledo Ice and Coal company pleaded guilty in the United States court on three counts to receiving re bates from the Ann Arbor Railroad company and was fined $1,250 on each count. The Spanish steamer La Rache went on the rocks near Muros, Spain, and was sunk It was believed a number of lives were lost. H. D. Everett, a government for ester, T. R. Wakely, a teacher, and four Filipinos were kilted by hill tribesmen on the Island of Negros. Meyer Newman, a New York dia mond salesman is supposed to be held for $10,000 ransom by kidnapers. George Willoughby of Milwaukee pleaded guilty to a charge of wife murder and was given a life sentence. Mrs. Mary Whitecamp. aged 48 years, wife of Henry Whitecamp, one of the wealthiest landowners in Madi son county, Illinois, committed suicide because the Mississippi river floods had greatly damaged the Whitecamp lands. Democrats of Georgia elected an un instrucied delegation to the national convention at Denver. Cholera has broken out among the troops at Camp Gregg, near Manila. Three scouts and one civilian have died from tho disease and the camp has been placed under quarantine regulations. CITY TAKES REST BEFORE COM ING OF THE DELEGATES. FEW POLITICIANS IN THE CUT Most of Those Who Have Thus Far Arrived Go Into the Mountains for Sight Seeing. Denver. Colo.—This city took its last political slumber for at least a fortnight to come. The democratic politicians of prominence who have already arrived for the national con vention left for a pleasure trip into the mountains. They will straggle back, from day to day. By the time they are all back once more the ad vance guards of the state delegations will be here or on their way. and there will be an over-increasing act ivity until the red fire has flickered out and the curtain has been rung down on the final scene of the demo craitc national convention. There were more departures of poli ticians Sunday than there were arriv als and consequently there was dear h of happenings in the political sense. The out-and-out Bryan men were highly pleased over the easy manner, in which Theodore A. Bell of Califor nia was named temporary chairman. There were reports before Mr. Bell had been selected that a fight was to be made on him by Thomas Taggart, chairman of the national committee, and Roger C. Sullivan, the national committeeman from Illinois, but the promised struggle did not materialize and the wishes of Mr. Bryan regarding Mr. Beil were carried out without a sign or sound of dissent. This fact was taken by the Bryan men to mean that all opposition to the wishes of their leader had disappeared, ar at least will be of only comparatively slight in fluence througnout the convention. They are now counting confidently on the selection of Henry D. Clayton of Alabama for permanent chairman, as serting that it will be brought about, as easily and with no more opposition than was that of Mr. Bell at the meet ing Saturday. No particular opposition has been made to Mr. Clayton and there Is no present signs of any fight against him. Other names have been men tioned. but none from the south save that of Sena'or Joseph W. Bailey of Texas, and it seems to be practically certain that he will not be able to at tend the convention because of ill health. It is said that Mr. Bryan de sires a permanent chairman from tne south, and the Bryan men believe that with Senator Bailey eliminated, no man other than Clayton will be con sidered. Very little talk has so far been heard concerning the platform, hut it is generally believed among the re cognized leaders here that the- fight over the ‘•injunction” plank in tne republican resolutions committee may find a parallel when the democratic platform builders are fairly at work. It is generally understood that, in the event of the Bryan people securing control of the resolutions committee, the declaration of principles will fol low closely the “Lincoln platform.” Events of political Importance so far have been few. Not a single headquarters has been opened as yet. and it wrill probably be Thursday of this week before events are in full swing. STORM WRECKS TOWN. Pukwana. S. D., Almost Wiped Cut of Existence by Tornado. Mitchell, S. D.—The little town of Pukwana, in Brule countv, about fifty miles west of Mitchell on the Milwau kee road, was nearly wiped out of ex istence by the visitation of a tornado, which covered an extent of about a quarter of a mile wide. The storm struck the place about 11 o'clock, when the people were sound asleep, and it came with terrific force. lasting about five minutes, but the damage was awful. The tornado came from the northwest, leveling houses in its pathway. Between twelve and fifteen business places and resi dences were absolutely destroyed, while there is not a house in the towu but what was wrecked to some extent. People were driven from their homes by the fear of danger that threatened, but they had no place to go, and with the darkness that enshrouded them made the scene all the worse. MAKE LIGHT OF IT. Mexican Government Says There Is No Revolution. City of Mexico—Stories emanating from border towns in the United States, which declare that important towns in the northern portion of Mex ico are in danger of atack from revo lutionists are declared here to be non sense. It is declared that there is no organized force in the north. Expenses Exceed Receipts. Washington—The forthcoming state ment of the treasury receipts and ex penditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, will show a marked falling off in government receipts as compared with the year 1907, and a large increase in the expenditures. The excess of expenditures over re ceipts for the year will approximate $80,000,000. which has been exceeded only twice since the civil war. In 1694 there was a deficit of $89,803,000, and in 1899 there was another of a little over $89,000,000. CLEVELAND AT REST, Body of Distinguished Ex-President Lowered at Sunset. Princeton, N. J.—Grover Cleve land’s body lies buried in the Cleve land plot in Princeton cemetery. At 6 o’clock just as the sun was sinking in the west a distinguished company silently watched as the body was lowered into the grave. Then the simple burial service of the Presbyter ian church was read and when the last of the carriages in the cortege had driven up to the path leading to the grave the benediction had been pronounced and the members of the family. President Roosevelt and otn ers who had gathered about the grave were leaving the cemetery. Many of the personal friends of the dead statesman lingered about the spot which was to mark his last resting place and each in turn was permitted to cast a shovelful of earth into the grave. Agreeable to the wishes of Mrs. Cleveland the services both at the house and at the cemetery were of the simplest character. An invoction. script ual reading, a brief prayer and the reading of a “William Wordsworth j>oem. "Char acter of the Happy Warrior." consti tuted the services at the house, while the reading of the burial service at the grave was brief and impressive. Although the funeral was of a strictly private nature, those in at tendance numbered many distingu ished citizens, including President Roosevelt, Governors Fort of New Jer sey. Hughes of New York, Hoke Smith of Georgia, former members of Presi dent Cleveland’s cabinet, officials cf the Equitable Life Assurance society, -members of the Princeton university faculty and friends and neighbors. Mr. Cleveland was buried with all the simplicity and privacy that he himself might have wished as a pri vate citizen rather than as the for mer chief executive of the nation. There was nothing that savored of the official and the military element was injected solely as a measure of pre caution in protecting President Roose velt. The president arrived at 4:38 p. m. and was met at the station by Gover nor Fort. President Roosevelt. Gov ernor Fort and Secretary Loeb were driven at once to Westland. Upon his arrival at the house the president went to Mrs. Cleveland, offering his sympathy and expressing keen regret at Mr. Cleveland's death. NEW LAND DISTRICT CREATED Office Is to Be at Lemmon, S. D.. and E. G. Coleman Is Receiver. Washington—A new land district to include certain lands in North Dakota and South Dakota, with offices a’ Lemmon, S. D., will be established on August 1 next. With a view to having the boundaries follow out township section lines, the new district is taken from the Dickinson and Bismarck dis tricts in North Dakota and the Rapid City district in South Dakota. Edwin C. Coleman of Flandreau. S. D.. has been appointed by the president to be receiver and Cyrus C. Carpenter of Sisseton, S. D., as register of the new office. AMNESTY PROCLAIMED BY SHAH. Action Taken in Effort to Restore Or der in the Persian Capital. Washington—In a further effort to restore tranquillity in the city of Te heran, the scene of recent riots in Per sia, the sbah has proclaimed a gen eral amnesty, according to a cable gram received by General Morteza. the Persian minister. The message is from the Persian government and tlm proclamation is dated June 2C. Dover Opens Headquarters. Washington.—Elmer Dover, secre tary of the republican national com mittee, opened the committee's bea 1 quoraters in this city Friday and be gan the preliminary work so far as it can be entered u’ton before the ap pointment of a chairman to conduct the campaign. Will Marry Anna July 7. Paris.—The Matin's Loudon cor respondent telegraphs an interview with Prince Helie de Sagan, in which the prince says that his marriage to Madame Gould will take place about July 7, and will consist of a religious and a civil ceremony. Nebraska Soldier Killed. Watertown. N. Y—The dead body of Private Wlardron Russell, Company K. Twenty-fourth infantry, was foun i | floating today in the Black river near Great Bend and about two miles from the headquarters of Pine camp. Ho was a native of Lincoln. Neb. Prohibition Meets Defeat. Baton Rouge. La.—By a vote of 20 j to 14 the senate defeated the state referendum and prohibition bill. Thin will probably end the fight for prohi bition in Louisiana at this session of the legislature. A similar measure was recently defeated in the house. VERMONT NOT FOR BRYAN Motion to Instruct for Nebraskan Voted Down. Burlington, Vt.—The democratic state convention adjourned after an animated session devoted to the elec tion of delegates to the national con vention at Denver, the nomination of candidates for state officers and the adoption of a platform. A resolution instructing the delegates to vote for William J. Bryan for nomination for president was tabled VICTORIOUS WITHOUT A PER CEPTIBLE STRUGGLE. THE ME STROKE COLLAPSES A Tremendous Crowd Witness the Contest, Among Them the Re publican Nominee for President. New Haven, Conn.—Amid a deaf ening din of steam whistles and horns and the shouts of collegians, the Har vard ’varsity eight shot their boat over the finish line Thursday night, winning from the crippled and dis tanced Yale crew that classic of American college aquatics, the Har vard-Yale boat tace. But instead of a race. Harvard finished the last mile and a half alone, while far behind Yale limped along with 'but seven men at the oars, with Griswold, the stroke—the man who had been relied upon to set the winning pace—bent forward, limp and faint from the ter rific strain of the opening two miles. Cp to this unexpected climax it had been a strong struggle, worthy of the best traditions of the old antagonists and with the fitting setting cf a ma rine spectacle such as has seldom been equaled along a regatta course for brilliancy and magnitude. For the first time too. the president of the United States was ’aking keen and active interest as a champion of the crimson colors, and although compelled by circumstances to ab sent himself today, the spirit of his enthusiasm was evinced by the Roose velt family, who witnessed the con test from the deck of the presidential yacht. Yale was more fortunate in having her distinguished champion. Secre tary Taft, present in reality, the cen tral figure of a group of collegians aboard one of the observation trains, who shouted encouragement to the Yale crew as they passed over the early reaches of the course and then lapsed into glum dismay as Griswold was seen to fall over helpless in the Yale boat. The race was rowed under the most favorable racing conditions just as the sun was setting over the picturesque Thames with the water broken only by ripples, a cloudless sky and a light northwesterly breeze. V'ith the final stretch almost in sight suddenly commotion was ob served in the Tale boat, as Griswold, the stroke, fell forward on his oar and ceased to row. ('ass. Yale’s cox swain. had already been dashing wa ter into his face. For nearly a min ute—it seemed ten—the Yale stroke sat motionless, bent down as. if life less. Then he was seen to straighten tip and bend to his oar again and a great shout went up from the Yale cohorts as their crew was seen to pick up the stroke and rally for an other effort. But they were now six lengths behind, hopelessly beaten. A few strokes anti Griswold was seen to collapse again, and then the whole crew, disheartened at the fall of their leader, quit their work arid sat dejected at their oars. Yale was beaten. Ownership Not an Issue. Lincoln.—The Denver platform prob ably will declare for strict railway reg ulation. Friends of Wiliam .1. Bryan predict that no government ownership plank will be inserted. Six months ago Mr. Bryan issued a statement de claring that government ownership would not be an issue in the cam paign. Norman E. Mack and other close friends of Mr. Bryan do not be lieve that government ownership will be discussed in the democratic con vention. Burns Himself to Death. Columbus, O.—Charles Rench. aged t8. for years well known circus clown, committed suicide by burning. He had been in ill health. He piled papers on the floor of his room, applied a match and then lay on the flaming pyle. His sister, Mrs. Kalecleaver, with whom he lived, ran to the room and at tempted to drag Rench to safety, but he resisted and she was badly burned before she abandoned her efforts at rescue. Iowa Prohibit onists United. Des Moines, la.—With perfect unity and intense enthusiasm, one of the most sweeping platforms ever framed by an Iowa political party was adopt ed by the prohibitionists BELL'S SELECTION IN DOUBT Mr. Bryan Refuses to Discuss Choice of Temporary Chairman. Lincoln—Whether Theodore Bell of California will be selected as tempor ary chairman of the national demo cratic convention is a question which William J. Bryan refused to discuss. Mr. Bell has been endorsed by the California state convention for the place and is regarded by Bryan’s friends as an excellent man for chair man. Taft Sees the Boat Race. New Haven. Conn.—Secretary Taft Thursday sustained his first defeat since his nomination for the presi dency at Chicago. He witnessed from the observation train the loss of Yale’s aquatic prestige on the Thames at New London, and the besting of the Blue' by the Crimson. After the Yale crew had s opped at the end of the third mile, the secretary remarked re signedly: “It always appears to be my luck to witness the defeats of Yale. In seventeen years wo have been de feated but twice.” GROVER CLEVELAND IS DEAD. Former President of United States Passes Away at Princeton, N. J. Princeton, N. J.—Grover Cleveland, i former president of the United States, died suddenly at his home at West land here at S:4(i o’clock Wednesday morning. Death was due to heart failure complicated with other dis eases. The passing away of Mr. Cleveland was not immediately an ! nounced, but was delayed until an of : ficial statement had been prepared by ! the physicians who had been attend ! ing him in the various periods of his illness. The following statement, signed by | Drs. Joseph D. Bryant, George R. Lockwood and J. M. Carnochan, was j given out: “Mr. Cleveland for many years has ! suffered from repeat '“d attacks of 1 gastro intestinal origin. Also he had | long standing organic disease of the heart and kidneys. Heart failure com plicated with pulmonary thrombosis I and cedehma were the immediate causes of death. Mrs. Cleveland was at home when her distinguished husband passed away. The children are at the Cleve land summer home at Tam worth, N. H., in charge of Mrs. Perrine, Mrs. Cleveland's mother. The Clevelands came here from Lakewood, where the former president lay sick for many weeks, on June 1 and intended to go to their summer home as soon a? Air. Cleveland had gained sufficient strength to travel. Those at the bedside when the end came were Mrs. Cleveland and tne three physicians. The onlv other per sons in the house at the time were a number of servants. Mrs. Cleveland is prostrated and only a few of the sympathetic neigh bors have been able to see her. When the nearby friends heard of the ex president’s de-th many of them hur ried to Westland to render whatever assistance they could, but Professors West and Hibbin and the physicians had matters well in hand. The following bulletin was issued to the Associated Press: “The funeral of former President Cleveland will he held on Friday, June 26, at ‘Westlawn.’ Mr. Cleve land's residence on Bayard lane, Princeton, and will be strictly pri \ate.’’ Among the telegrams sent by Mrs. Cleveland to relatives and friends was one to President Roosevelt and one to Secretary of War Taft. Grover Cleveland, twenty-second and twenty-fourth president of the United States, was born in Caldwell, X. J., March 18, 1837. He was the fifth of nine children of Rev. Richard F. Cleveland, a clergyman of the Pres byterian church and a graduate of Yale college, and Anne Neal, daugh ter of an Irish merchant of Baltimore NEWSPAPER MEN IN LINCOLN. Bryan’s Home Beseioed by Press Correspondents. Lincoln. Neb.—Representatives from many of the big newspapers of the country are a.ready in Lincoln for the purpose of keeping an eye on Mr. Bryan. Fairview is literally besieged by correspondents. Most of these plan to go to Denver next week and to re turn to Lincoln after the convention. The courtesies 01 the Commercial club have already been extended by Secre tary \vhitten to the visiting newspa per men and like favors will doubt less be granted at the Country club and the Elks’ club house. The corres pondents were taken over the city in automobiles by Mayor Brown and some of the local newspaper men with the assistance of local automobile owners. New Bullet Not to be Used. Washington.—General Bell, chief of staff. LT. S. A., has ordered that the new special bullet being in an experi mental state will not be used in the national match this year. Another reason for this action is that the tra jectory of the bullet gives it greater accuracy and to utilize that bullet the rear sight would have to be re-gauged which could not be done accurately be fore the time for holding the matches. The new bullet being more pointed than the old one. meets with less air resistance. Hammond Gives $10,000. Chicago.—John Hays Hammond, re cent candidate for the vice presiden tial nomination, has subscribed $10,000 toward the sustenation fund of $125, 000 which Dr. Richard D, Harlan, spe cial representative of the “George Washington university movement’’ is raising for the enlargement of the new colleges of poitical science of that uni versity. Express Messenger Killed. Kansas City.—Northbound Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 130 col lided head on with east bound pas senger No. 532 be: ween Piper and Menager Junction, fourteen miles southeast of Leavenworth. Samuel Robinson of Omaha, an express mes senger, was killed. IN STATE OF SIEGE. Serious Condition of Affairs Exists in Capital of Persia. Washington.—It was learned at the Persian legation here that the city of Teheran has been placed in a state of siege by royal edict. Owing to exist ing conditions the Persian minister said his government has detailed troops to safeguard the inhabitants against further attacks by the politic al clubs gathered at the Mosque of SepeValar and the Andiounan Azer« baibjian, revolutionary organization. STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON DENSED FORM. THE PRESS, PULPIT AND PUBLIC What is Going on Here and There That is of Interest to the Read ers Throughout Nebraska. Arrangements have been completed /or the Fairmont Chautauqua, which # will be held in Fairmont beginning August 7. We publish a list of Omaha business houses in another column. In writing or calling on them please mention this paper. As a result*of a favorable decision rendered at an adjourned session of the district court the saloon at Chap man has opened for business. Nebraska s oldest Old Line Company two and a half million assets, wants an agent in this locality. Good big pay. Address, Box 1195, Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln was unanimously chosen as the next meeting place of the Nebras ka Postmasters’ association, which closed its sixth annual convention last week. The large barn of Herman Lubeck living about five miles southeast from Alma was blown to the ground by a storm which passed over that section. Part of the barn on the C. T. Newaian farm was also blown in during the storm. William Aldridge, who was arrest ed in Omaha, charged with stealing horses, has worked on farm at inter vals near Fremont. There have been a good many horses stolen from that vicinity this year, one theft being of a $500 team from Hooper. At a special election Pender voted $7,000 bonds for an electric lighting" plant. This amount, with funds on hand, will give the board $10,000 to expend. The question. “Electricity or gas?" was also voted upon, the former w'inning nearly unanimously. Albert E. Stalder, a leading farmer and representative of Kichardson county in the last legislature, comrnit ed suicide by drinkiug carbolic acid at his home, ill health and loss from flooded farm land are supposed to be the primary causes of the deed. Adjutant General Charles F. Schwar z is negotiating for a five-year lease with the option of buying a tract of 120 acres lying along the Platte river two miles north of Ashland, to be used as a permanent rifle range for 'or the National Guard of Nebraska. Ben Pearson, an aged bachelor, who las been living alone in Nebraska City for many years, appealed to sheriff Fischer for protection, and was locked up in jail. He claims that sev eral women are trying to force him to marry them. It Is thought he is mentally unballanced. One of the Nebraska Wesleyan graduates who received his degree last week. Mr. H. A. Whitehorn, left tor San Francisco, to sail for the Phil ippines. where he has a position with the government in the public school system. Mr. Whitehorn was a clas sical student having his majors Latin and Greek. In conformity with an order by Judge W. E. Stewart, permitting the receiver to levy an assessment against the policyholders to the amount of the unpaid portion of the premium on each policy, a suit was brought in the district court at Lincoln by J. A. Ran dall, receiver of the refunct Nebras ka Mercantile Insurance company, against.about 800 policyholders. Postmasters, in convention at Lin coln, elected officers as follows: E R. Sizer of Lincoln, president; J. Cook of Blair, secretary and E. L. Howe of South Omaha, vice president, and the following vice presidents for the differ-* ent classes: First class, E. L. Howe of of South Omaha; second class, E. M. Wells of Crete; third class. J. H. Tower of Sutton: fourth class, Miss Olive P. Tracey of Florence. The Midwest Life is an old line life, insurance company—a Nebraska com pany with its home office at Lincoln. An ordinary life policy at age 30 costs in this eomapny the first year $23.74 and thereafter $18.60. The premiums after the first year may be paid quart erly at the rate of $4.93 a quarter. Write the home office for sample poli cies or for agency contract. Agents wanted. Write for particulars. A severe tornado swept over part of Custer county doing a great amount of damage. The residence of Fred Arthur, four miles southwest of Brok en Bow. was completely demolished. The family took refuge in a Ieanto and escaped serious injury. V. J. Stedrv, in the same neighborhood, lost a big barn and outhouses. On the farm of George Pelkey, ten miles southwest, a new cement block res idence and tine tarn were swept away the damage at this place amounting probably to $6,000 of $8,000. In the case of the remonstrators against the saloon petitions in Stellfi Judge Pemberton in district court de cided in favor of the saloon petitions and as the result F. M. Hinkle and D. C. Allen are preparing to open up iu the near future. Tki3 portion of the state, says a Callaway dispatch, has been receiv* ing its share of the moisture which has been well dis.ribtited over the country. From last October until the “id of last month no moisture fell here, hut during the month of May and the irst half of June of this year overj leven inches of rain is recorded.
