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Loup City Northwestern VOLUME XXVIII. LOUT CITY NEBRASKA. THURSDAY , JUNE 2. 1910.NUMBER 30, •••••••••••••••••••••••••a • # • # • * • # • # * • i OF A ! . 1 WEEK'S EVENTS 1 • .... • —— # j Latest News of Interest • J Bcued Dowti for the • • Busy Man. I ••••#••••••••••••••#•••••• PERSONAL. Theodor* Rooeeteit Lac added to -Re rm* of letters be Is entitled to write after tl* came tbe LI* D of ci-j-M** ?z*srtt cafmerslty. vtti qalet c*-r*mooie» tbe signal hoe '* trots one of tbe worid * oidewt and -«*t famous uateersitlee was be stowed -Jpca tbe former p-esideat Robed ib a white lace gown that *t Sli.bM. Mbs Matblid* Tow&ae&d. •"-me of :be bew-cccw-x girts Jr Wasb *Nins, t) C* daughter of Mrs. May »ooei Tow aaead. was married to Peter 4*t Gerry of New Tork. soo of Mr f end Mr* LZindge T Gerry of New York A Bustos i Mass ;a'r*. ~ er Steph en Higgins is ■no.rtmg a lot of tofcsg fro* bis felkfws because be mistook Thomas W Lawwoe far a secocd-story « rker tbe other tgtr and actually /•aptsred' 'be ficaccx-r H*cirtru right**® years ^ -i sew of May or A. R Heodrscks of rteriteg. ir. . Las started oe a tour around tbe woe-ld oc a motorcycle He expects to earn hi* exj-ecee* by paint rag sign* Mrs Ttoe-odo-» i. > sev*!l visited . tgLam paiao* aad Lad a -ccg cat wtsl AP-xacira tbe queen motfe rr Tbe call was mad* at tbe s-jg gaatcoa of her majesty. who. wbea sb* r»T*rv*d Mr Rnoasi ett. expressed tbe b-rpe that sb* magfc: see tbe lor » earned of gaMteRy tired of lame of newspaper praise aad abase. James A Par-t- tbe wheat and owttoa fctsg :* to retire wt;L bis m:'..joes 1-otx >s*. aes* July 1. Ccr r aaaer Robert E Pear re *e:*ed tbe bumarary aeg-e* of carter * .awy from tbe CsHortoty of E-lto b*gk The coefermeat was made be ■ re a MbW eoatpawj. wb.-eb gave the ArxrVmi explorer a cordial ««. Chore* p Taft of Cmc RaoXL broth *r «f Pre*Jd«*t Taft. «4H make ao Sgtt a Ohm th* year for tbe Verted Scat* senators*.!;:, bet instead wtL go - to rene leanag tbs Reid door for ^ * ;------ • :-tt A broeae statue of tbe late Samae. r>. **r first ; -endext of tbe Sootb era ,aslway. presented to tbe city of At-amta aad tbe state of Georgia by 3* dd ion in j mo of tbe railway, was -smelted a* AtkMk Mrs Hetty Green Las bees baled to tr„r :t a smlt toe- Rk is New York. ^ A sa_e aepoatt coseposy say* sbe ewes Y tae *_m as recta: ior hexes used to sure he.mgag to tbe estate at her lather A. pert J rst* sex .of tbe auitoo air* Amos J Sneii. whose msrder i-*r* ml--* created a widespread • 'Wirtte. wa> losand dead ta bed at a _ aj rouct-g beat a Chicago rTeoaiest Ur Mrs Taft CoL Tbeo tare i.jowit t Rig George ef Eag -tat Prewiaent Lfcai of Mexie* aad * - .tia . -rr rg* fcryax were made ■beta of tbe Varies 5_«tay 0 : tbe cooTest.ot * c &£SE#.*e news -• " h ._=j care * the ;ro*e-:ia« .'•sarat R. rseifce nitiary of the *** ptoywi ** ecsartrsss _hoer wwsgti** ~'=*op«rary trsaJ a be* Pn» :;3*“ erntted a* the A*oara - ■?*! - * -»• » r 'a* m »l :■»>-* Mpetaer. a» h?-A«tesneit at *J» « 'Heai_fcheT* car** wbw t-.aM aawths apt » a* eoa versmt of —» * -C-'t aid oectewecd »* -*» year* -a tie itsderai prtan Ovy E r Hatha a. C«. owe «f -he a**! ;««***» :-**»»**- firsa* a v« T«* «• *-*b«*ul«rc frea rmshee »*b <« h* Vew Tee* c-ct ♦ - -t,f :«r oar year tee haeraap rfcj|a:*d a •true* ait of the etch***- ts -;--x '**»> *rr»»* t* «H —a ferry hcee a the Ehp-t*: dm,: U* F>e*nh atnaara Plsrtooe mat raasaaed aa* eta* art a£ os. board Pionaoe carried a mew at ZZ ate* *a4 few <•«». aac all aa* flow* whet the teaoe-i tab* The etary at bow a bribe or j; w« *“ ... wjaa* C 'by o? ISteBi » erocs 1 c Tote foe the «K' Ofca* MB a the .ast Uimao *• ii«ra» ao*eaaM» <a toAd the s»-sr» r a emest- sttlsc 5w a: Sj’-r^rtek! t Eraeot A Serueu, uu u> k:!<f rest of the A*i Salute warae The Xhwtoslpfil Taller Hstorwa *** “* i • >JWb CHj. a. With a larve ax t edtaare. MocKcaxr S J. «*U tote sen Ti rvaj oa the aAopeaa af p* a.-**-;* ‘ art rnc-xrwana« ptaa t, *?e«d f :i«M lor a “rsy aawaufai - *—*«? MacVeacb at the rreasen »-*a aa. rcai dirty paper ainwi i ** The ponce asthaoxueo at Mode* S*a c after carwfat aienotiat art <* ofdaaa -has the boat, explode* •a tba* r#j May 22 oaa iueMtd fa The Standard OU company has In creased the wages of its workmen from C to 10 per cent. The order is retroactive and became effective May 1- It is estimated that the company will add from $6,000,000 to $10,000,000 to its annual pay roll expense The new ecaie affects employees engaged 3* the company's works and factories, hut the office men will not be bene fited by this increase. Most of the employees who will get the Increase are laborers, and the advance applies to all the subsidiary companies in the United States The company has ap proximately 70.000 employees. The Standard is one of the very few big concerns of this country which has never nad a strike among its employ ees. spitaer former superintend ent cf the dorks of the American Sugar Refining company In Williamsburg, ex l earned in court at New York why ha etc not confess Curing the trial which er.aeC last February with his being sentenced to two years at Atlanta Such a confession he declared, would have carried him to a cemeteryIn oll.tr words, be would have Implicated a eead man. Henry O. Havemeyer. late bead of the sugar trust. After he had mowed the g-ass on own burial kx in preparation for Memorial day at Battle Creek, Mich . W LIiam E Parmless. seventy-five ?ears of oid- fell dead, rake 1n hand. Commissioners of the Presbyterian general aaaanbv at Atlantic City. N J . object to S;—aker Cannon having the power of appointing the proposed federal commission for the investiga tion of the liquor traffic in the United State* Motion for a new trial for Dr Hai nan*- t' emtnsor. con-, icteo of the mur <i-r of his wife, was overruled by Judge McSurley at Chicago A motion th arrest of Jti tgtnent was granted and sentence deferre-i to allow appeal A ujbJow of washerwomen has been formed at Orange X J with a mem b-rshtp of 3<k. The officers announce that the standard of wages will be raised from. $1 31 to *3 a day and the tours of .abor will be reduced from nine to eight nines* of a son of H. Clay Pierce it St Hctu-s prevented Pierce from be ing prratmt to testify IB the ouster -*ed by Attorney General West of •. ‘k.ahoma against the Waterw-Pierce OH company and the case was eon ti*s*ed until June 1» After falling four stones down an •levator shaft and landing in four feet of water. In which he was nearly d-rwned. John J Sloggart. a carpen ter of ,V« York city. t.--aped with a broker arm and many scratches As a result of what the Chicago J*H:ce targe was a fight among thieTes oxer the dirlsras of their spo-Is one man was shot and killed, another is believed to have been wounded, and a third is under ar~est Brttes by fcis pet dog. w hich he had be**n '-astng Jackson Edwards seven ty-focr years old. of Denver. CbL. be came alarmed over the though: that - * bobta might set in. Two hours later he was dead Dealer - -■ a woman with a cusp:.or ** a rtvliaig-pia Louis Grmtch. a burger teB out cf a third story win dow in a New Tork house which he ha entered and was dashed to death Delie Moor* the negress convicted ■* N*w 1 rk of placing two girls for tmtnora. purpoaea. was sentenced to the Auburn prison for women for not ■ -- tnan t« ■ years and six month* nee more than fire years Sat- s Attorney Mag:.! has sum moned at army of witnesses in the r—.k isand ill grand jury investl |v' x c: frm'ernal tnsti-ance scandals It is now said that M.lk members of the societies involved are affected by :♦ al.—c-«- embezz emetts The s'ate s i" "nev Vs coahdent that Indict- | art s an. <wktio*s will follow the grand jury mvestaganoc James A Patten was forced to Take the cocn- in owe cf *he liveliest boats n* has ever had with the bears on the --rag-- board of *-ade The bog spec Mater acknowledged defeat by ■ trow mg or the market seeer a Mi .haw bushels of Septemier wh*at a: qaotati-xjs said to aver sg*- fnilv tow newts a bushel under the purchase price Many of his follow ee» ,;aewise suffered leases which in ‘he - am- -x-.-c to a ia-g ■a -ceer.ec a; N« York from A--acta. Ga is irate* that Ctarin W Mora- tbe convict banker is in and has beta removes. to the hospital •f tie* ieeai ;<nson He is said to t> - mfrrns* from kidney trouble Fir* illliwteil the con-rrom-n car hnrtss at the Cit» Ba: nay company at i*es Hose la burning 2* street cars and crippling -fce service Tbe loss is Slid <•» i she refused to g:i« her ar* be osaw taker. Ulna Sarah F ***ct *-»d >t th* oam epantnent ^ I iks coiiene has been indicted by ; gras- jar- in *3* railed Stales dtsme: court at Lincoln. Neb lames It Anderson iormerty con «dectia> secretary o Emil Winter premdent of tbe Workingmen s Sa * ,E*‘ Beisk and Truss* com [any ol Pitts bar*, mho p.ended nolle contendere in lb* recent graJ; r*—- sras fined S25t> and costs He *u all eg* 3 to have mutilated tbe tank a books Thousand* at persons marching in 3t»»We file or either side of the cata ■ Aid lie on nfcicA rests the ccilEn o; Ed • ard VII passed through Westminster I hail, and sben the doors * ere closed n n*gbt there — net seemingly mites o< them still in line Tbe mother queen. \i-xandra. re em<ed Vr Roosevelt at Buckingham pauace The two had a long chat, during shicb her majesty took occa sAoc personalty to tell the former president hoe much she appreciated •-k» sympathy exhibited for her la America at the time ot her bereave US 10 610 RATES _ I STATE RAILWAY COMMISSION IS* ' SUES AN ORDER. - *■* I WANTS A CUT IN CHARBES A (Report to the State Railway Com m Isa ion on Physical Valuation of the Union Stock Yards. The State Railway commission has J Issued an order In the complaint of i the Omaha Grain exchange against ! the Burlington and Union Pacicfi rail roads. by which the exchange sought to have the rates to Omaha on corn and grain ao reduced that it would be placed on an equally with Kansas City, which has a differential rate of ; 3 to 5 cents per luO pounds to the j south and southwest. The order reduces the rate on corn ; and grain and gram products taking the corn rate, but suggests to the ex- ! change that it should go before the Interstate Commerce commission in the matter of the differential in favor j of Kansas City to southern points. | The exchange of Omaha asked j practically that grain shipments to these two cities be placed on the mileage basis, but while recognising the distance is a factor in the making of rates, as that is a question to be decided In another case wherein the commission is to promulgate a rate , classification, this question was not 1 passed on The commission, however, said the showing made was sufficient ! to demonstrate that the rates com plained of are excessive, and ordered a reduction ranging from 1 cent to '. $S cents. The action was brought by tbe exchange because of a reduction in rates put into effect by both roads to Kansas City. The rates promulgated by the com mission are as fotiows: BURLINGTON'. Cents Armour .7.1 i '. | .... . 7.2 j Kinney .T-3 j Wymore .7.4 j Krider .7.5 . 7.5 L*tnham .7.5 Hardy .11.0 Putman .7.3 Blue Springs .7.4 UNION PACIFIC. i Blue Springs . Blue Springs Jet. . Stone Crusher . Stone Quarry ... . Taylor . Bameston . The Rate Yard Case. E C. Hurd, engineer in charge of the physio*: valuation department of the State Rai'.way commission, has made a report to the commission showing the valuation of the Union Stock Yards at South Omaha. This report will be passed upon by the commission and then used in the hearing on the application of the stock yards to increase rates. Mr Hurd reported the present scale of the company's property to be 31. 727. 7l$.«$ and the reproduction value new 3: .$16,452 4? The value as re ported by the company is as follows: Present value. 32.5$1.7$'\57: re prod uc t on value. 32 744,527$ $4 Mr Hurd's pres-er: valuation is 37k5.k7$ $$ less than the value placed on the property by the company. The value refers onlv to the railroad property. The item upon which the engineer ar2 the company differ mostly, is the rrht-of-way. Mr. Hurd valued the the right-of-way and the station grounds, at 3*71.4$$ and the company returned it at •-.273.SP' Mr Hurd treats Th» rails in his report as being new when :a fact, he said they were second hand for the reason the rails were no new from the mill as repre sented in price by the Stock Yards com pane s report _ - utBnet-i wmmjnstr appoints. John F Diener of Syracuse, reseat - ly elected commander of the depart cer of Nebraska. Grand Army of the Republic, has announced the fob lowing appointments L. M Scothom. Lincoln, assistant adjutant general; Joel Hull. Minden. judge advocate; I. E Alien Geneva, department inspect- j or. D W Bird, Nelson, chief muster ing of refer; Brad P. Cook. Lincoln, j patriotic instructor; J. S. Koaglaad, North Piatt senior aide and chief oi staff Pt>ys<cal Valuation. The pbys cal valuation department of the State Railway commission Is getting along toward the finish of the j ' a: nation of the Northwestern. Min- - neapolls a Omaha and the Missouri Pacific railroads. The department will i place a value on the physical pro perty of these companies and while the tabulation is by no means com pleted indications are the figures will show a higher valuation than the valuation fixed by the State Hoard of Assessment. Should this be true the work may be reviewed. Serving Their Sentences. Threv men were witnesses before the federal grand jury are now begin ning to serve their sixty day sent ences in the county jail in lieu of pay ing IlftO nfles for bringing liquor on to the Iowa Indian reservation near Ruio Neb Tbe men indicted were Virgil Redick, isert Joslin and Dave Ogden The indictment followed up on the publicity following a Christ mas celebration at the home of one of the Indians. Prank Dupuis, an old Indian, had his hand shot off by Thomas Lightfoot, another Indian. NO NEWSPAPER MILAGE. Member* of the Pre*e Cannot Use the Same. It has been held Illegal by the su preme court for a ralroad to issue mileage to newspapers in exchange for advertising. The court gave this decision in the case where the at torney general brought an original action to restrain the t'nion Pacific railroad from carrying out certain j contracts It had with newspapers to exchange advertising space for mileage. The court had heretofore is sued a temporary Injunction and this has been made permanent. The opinion was written by Judge Letton and was concurred in by the court except Judge Rose, who did not sit. Judge Letton in his syllabus says the railway commission act, anti-pass and 1-cent fare acts must be con strued together. He said: 'Xnder the law. in this state a ralroad company or other common carrier may not ex change transportation for services or property by way of barter, uniformity of charge being required. To procure uniformity there must be a standard measurement. The only standard measure possible in order to insurs absolute uniformity in the charge is money. A contract waicn proviaes lor transportation to be issued in ex change for newspaper advertising or for services the vaiue of which is in determinate and which permits the amount to be paid for such services to be fixed by agreement of the parties, leaves the rate charged for the transportation a variable quantity. "A contract by a railroad company to furnish to the proprietors of a newspaper, as requested, transporta tion at the statutory rate under cer tain limitations, restrictions not re quired in ordinary tickets in payment for advertising to be furnshed at ! agreed rates, which agreed rates are not specified in the contract, but which are to be selected by the parties themselves, by another agree ment. is in violation of section 14 of the Railway Commission act. Section 10i»S2. amended statue 1909. which prohibits common carriers from charging one person a greater or less compensation than another, and which prohibits charging "other than the rate fixed and established." "If the proprietor of another news paper may be selected by defendant to receive transportation in return for such services while the proprietor of another cannot avail himself at bis option of the privilege of auch con tract. then, equality'and uniformity of charge do not exist. "Such a contract contravenes the intent and purpose of the statutes, which prohibits unjust discrimination and which seek to preserve to every individual an equal right to the trans portation service of every common carrier within the state upon equal terms with every other individual.** Damages Against a Newspaper. The case of Thomas Dennison against the Daily News Publishing company of Omaha for libelous publi cation. in which the district court found for the plaintiff, has been affirmed by the supreme court. Plaintiff is awarded $2,000. Injunction Refused. Judge Frost of the Lancaster coun ty district court refused to grant to Ira E. Tash of Alliance an injunction forbidding the state board of educa tion locating the new normal school at Chadron. The restraining order was dissolved It is understood the Alliance people will appea to the su preme court. License Issued. A license was issued to the Wood men Fire Insurance company, a newly-organised Lincoln company The corporation begins business with $19©.W0 paid-up capital and a $2.x 000 surplus About fifty men. mostly Lincoln residents, are in the incor poration The Nebraska Press Association. The Nebraska Press association, in session here, elected officers as fol lows: A. B Wood. Gering. president; J. M. Tanner. South Omaha vice president; C. C. Johns. Grand Island, secretary-treasurer; Miss Annie Vio Gates. Nebraska City, corresponding secretary. The executive committee comprises N. J. Ludl. Wahoo; Ross L Hammond. Fremont; T. W. McCul lough. Omaha: E. P. Purcell. Broken Bow; A W Ladd. Albion Money for Public School*. State Superintendent Bishop haa certified to State Auditor Barton the amount of the semi-annual school ap ponjonment and the amount due each county in the state. The county o! Garden is not included in the list, be cause the state superintendent has no official knowledge of the school census in that county. So the amount due the school districts in the new county has been accredited to Deuel county and when the school census is taken for Garden, the amount due will be paid it by Deuel county. No Power to Fine. Because the police judge of Lincoln had no authority to fine Gus A. Jugenheimer JItX> for violating a rule of the Lincoln Excise board the supreme court has dismissed the petition in error. The district court i had alfirmed the judgment of the > police judge and none of the lawyers called atention of the supreme court to the fact that the police court had no jurisdiction and that the affir mance by the district court was a nullity, but as examination of the re cord disclosed that condition. CUMMINS' PLAN REGULATING IN CREASE TURNED DOWN. TAKES POWER OF COMMISSION Iowa Senator Sought to Prohibit Until Same Was Approved by the Board. Washington.—Through the defeat in the senate of a number of amend ments offered by "insurgent" repub licans and democrats, the way was paved for an early vote on the ad ministration railroad bill. It Is ex pected this will come at once. The regular republicans maintained a firm bold upon the situation during several votes on Important features, notwithstanding the fact that the in surgents and democrats united their votes on several occasions. More was accomplished during the closing hours of the session than in any one week during the three months the bill has been the pending business. Not until 3 o'clock was anything done beyond listening to discussion of the measure, but when at that time senator La Follette concluded his two days' speech in opposition to the bill the voting proceeded rapidly, with the following results: The Cummins amendment requir ing the approval of the Interstate Commerce commission of ail in creases in railroad rates before they become effective was voted down 39 to 43. The Martin amendment requiring the committee to reach a final deci sion on increases within six months was defeated. IS to 54. An amendment by Mr. Clarke of Arkansas to defer increased rates un til passed upon by the commission, but putting them into effect after six months, pending a final decision, was reejcted. 53 to 49. An amendment composed of propo sitions by Senators Jones and Yayn ter was accepted. This provision pro vides for the extension for a period of six months of the 139-day suspen sion of new rates and regulations for the hearing as to their reasonable ness if not concluded in that time and for refunding of the difference between rates if the new rate is found to be unreasonable. This amendment was adopted unanimously An amendment by Senator Hughes str;k:ng out the capitalisation clause of the bill was adopted with prac tical unanimity. Senator Burton cast ing the only negative vote. Of ail the votes of the day the one on the Cummins amendment was by far the most important. The vote on this amendment was by no means so close as had been predicted by it* friends and feared by its opponents. Three days ago the advocates of the bill, as suggested by the administra tion. had been apprehensive of the success of the Cummins provision, but during that time they had been extremely active, with the result that while they made important conces sions they scored the defeat of the provision. PRESIDENT TAFTS EXPENSES. Sharp Debate Over Same in the House. Washington — President Taft's traveling expenses and the fact that he has already owerdrawn his allow ance of $55,900 a year voted by con gress led to acrimonious debate in the house Thursday and to a refusal to permit him to use the next year's al lowance to meet the deficiency As reported from the house com mittee on appropriations the item of 335.099 for the fiscal year beginning July l nest would become im mediately available except for tbe protests of democratic members. The words "immediately available" finally were stricken out by the action of Mr. Mann of Illinois, the occupant of the chair, in sustaining a point of order made by Mr. Macon of Arkan sas. a demo-rat It wras the western and southern trip made ty Mr Taft last fall that exhausted the White House traveling fund. Miss Harriman Weds. Arden. X. Y-—Miss Mary Harriman. daughter of the late E H. Harriman. and one of the wealthiest young wo men in the country, was married here Thursday to Mr. Charles Cary Rumsey of Buffalo. Miners Returning to Work. Kansas City.—Fifteen coal operat ors and representatives of about 3.500 coal miners of District Xo. 14. em bracing all of Kansas, except Leaven worth. came to a working agreement here and in Pittsburg. Kas. Bleached Flour Case. Kansas City—Attorneys for the mil lers in the "'bleached flour cases." filed a petition in the T'nited States district court to have that portion of the governments’ allegation charging false branding stricken out. on the grounds that even if the flour was bleached by the Alsop process, that calling this “high patent” flour does not constitute false branding. The petition was filed by Edward P. Smith of Omaha, and Bruce S. Eliott of Kan sas City, representing the T-«»-i"y*cn Mill and Elevator company. NEBRASKA (N BRIEF. News Notes of Intsrsst From Vari ous Parts of Stste. Citizens of Wymore are asking tfco B k M to put in a new depot. Land in the vicinity of Scotia re cently sold for $108 per acre. Robbers entered R. G. Hall's hard ware store at Fairmont and carried off quite a collection of goods. Catherine Murphy, five years old. of Johnson county, fell upon a stick and lost one of her eyes. Bernard Swanson. 19 years old, of Polk county, lost his life by being caught in a gasoline engine. F. W. Watson of Alliance died in Kansas City. In the past three years Mr. Watson had three deaths in his family, all of them by violence. In the Fremont police court, Wm Morton, having admitted that he bought booze for another party, was fined $100 and costs. The June term of district court convening at Beaver City has US cases on the docket, eleven of them be:ng divorce. vjv » . auu <u > e. gcr cur brated the twenty-filth anniversary of their marriage, on which occasion members of his staff gave to the cou ple a chest of silver of ITS pieces. While riding one of the cap stones to place on the First National bank building at Columbus. J. H. Brock -* reived injuries that may prove fatal. The chain broke and he fell twenty five feet. The supreme court has reversed the case against Samuel C. Nelson, who was under a five years" sentence to the penitentiary for embexxlement ! from the York Milling company. Tie case will probably not be retried at the present term of court. John Brun of Elk Creek found a tarantula in a case of eggs In his grocery store. It is presumed the spider was shipped in a bunch of bananas An alleged horsethief. giving tha name of Frank Ward, was captured eight miles east of Broken Bow. Ward had only recently gone to work for U D. Evans, a liveryman at Seneca, and while the proprietor was at din ner took a fine horse and equipment from the stable and disappeared. The school board of Allegheny. Pa., is contemplating the sending of some of its teachers to the summer school in the University of Nebraska during the coming summer. The state championship for 1$0S 1S10. of the sixty-school Nebraska high school debating league was won in a hard fought, high grade contest by Marie Douglas of Plattsmouth. Second honors were awarded to Van Webster of Hastings, and third honors fell to Jessie Ertel of Geneva. Mr. and Mrs D C. Blackburn, liv ing near Holdrege. celebrated their golden wedding last week, over one hundred friends and neighbors being present Thomas Duncan, who resided on a farm near Dunbar for the past twenty-five years, but who recently moved to Oklahoma and purchased some land, writes that he has struck an oil well on his land, which shoots a stream of oil thirty feet higher than the derrick. C, E. Dwyer, horticulturist and manager of the holdings of the Mon ton brothers, in the way of farms and orchards and Arbor Ixxlge in Otoe county, has been making an inspec tion of the apple crop at Arbor Ijodge and says that this big or chard will not yield seventy-five bushels of apples this season, where last year the crop from this estate alone was lO.oOfi bushels. A traveling man giving his suss as Curt Weber and traveling out of Chicago and having his headquarters at Omaha, complained to the sheriff of Otoe county that two card sharks with whom he got into a game on the Missouri Pacific train going south, had robbed him of $40. They dealt nun a hand containing five aces and when he displayed all of his money, one of them grabbed it and jumped from the moving train. Word was received at the govern or's office from the state department at Washington that the British con sul at Calgary had granted the extra dition paper* for the return of Frank Shireman to Qgallala. this state Sh: reman is wanted on a charge «f obtaining money under false pre tenses. a snort nearing was new relore Governor Shallenberger regarding the pardon of Anton Krupicka sentenced to the penitentiary for life for killing his stepfather It is said that there were extenuating circumstances con nected with the killing and that Kru picka s guilt was not proven beyond doubt.. The convict is a young fellow. It is believed that the governor win issue a conditional pardon. News has been received in Nebras ka City of the death of H. B. Martin and Miss Eva S. Wheeler at Thermcr polis. Wyo. They were smothered by the fumes of sulphur down in a sul phur mine where they had gone to take flashlight pictures. Mr. Martin was born and reared in the vicinity of Nebraska City, being the son of the late John Henry Martin. Mrs and Mrs.. Postle of Albion cele brated their golden wedding. They have lived in Boone county twenty five years. Prof. Herbert Brownell, who was re cently tendered a position in the stata university, has decided to accept and will accordingly leave Peru at the close of the summer school about August 1. The home of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Bonney of Fairbury. was quarantined on account of one of their children be ing afflicted with scarlet fever. This is the first case of scarlet fever to he reported in Fairbury this season. A PANIC J WHEAT may values drop three CENTS IN CHICAGO MARKET. LATER HOWEVER RALLY COMES Longs Unloading and Bulls Who Followed Big Leaders Sell Hold ings and Pocket the Losses. Chicago.—Wheat »as iirn * allied Friday. To Thursday s slump of from 44 cents in September of » rents in May the market at the bot tom shortly before the close, showed extreme losses of 14 cents in Sep tember to 34©34 cents tn May The close showed an average rally from the bottom of about 14 cents This was due largely to the fact that the market was sold to a standstill The market was violent at the open ing and registered further declines during the first hour and a half of trading. The pit fairly seethed Price# of the same option varied simulta neously in different parts of the pit by a cent in September and a cent and a half in May May wheat, clos ing last night at 91 Ob© 1.054. fell to 11.03 as discouraged longs of lesser magnitude unloaded and pocketed their losses July and September were sold in immense quantities to an extent by foreigners. September, closing Friday night at S3 cents, drop ped to SI \ cents, a loss since Wed nesday of 5 4 cents. July sold at S34 cents, as compared with S54 cents ax the close yesterday, a loss of 34 rents in two days The bulls have been whipped by >lc Mother Nature, as traders put i: Bulls loaded up with wheat early ta the season when prospects as viewed by them looked dubious tor adequate world crops. But in the United States the rains descended and the sun shone to such purpose that the gloom was lifted from apparently blighted pros peels. Kurope predicted unusual crops, and even faraway India took arms against the bulls, with predic tions of a record-breaking harvest. It Is almost axiomatic among spec ulators that the trader who cannot execute a quick, right-about-face, in . pace witk shifting development*, wit: not last long it any market. The big bulls in wheat seem to hold this rule, having lost time in pouring oat they holdings when nature pointed the way. FARMERS SHOW BIG GAINS So Say* Senate- Smoot Add-ess *>g the Se-ate Washington —Presenting a series of tables. Senator Smoot Friday ad dressed the senate with reference to the condition of the farmer's of the country as compared with their con dition in "While the prices of practically all commodities have shown some advance during the last few years.” he said, "the products of the farm show a much greater ad vance than do the prices of the pro ducts of mines and factories. Girt Aeronaut Ha* Tumble. Bristol. Tenn —“Tiny'* Boradwta. a Hyear-old girt aeronaut, who was making a balloon ascension and drop ping from a parachute daily during carnival week here, descended upon the roof of a railL and fell two stone* to the ground, breaking her left arm and receiving other injuries Danish Cabinet Res jn. Copenhagen —The resignation of the cabinet, whose policy of defense failed to receive support ta the recent election, was placed before Kiag Frederick by Premier Zahte Friday I World* Record Brohen. Norfolk. V*.—A new worlds record for big guns sheeting which inci dentally emphasises the superiority of United States naval marksmanship, has Just been made by the new bat Uesship South Carolina With Its ter ward turret twelve-inch guns it made sixteen "bull-eye target hits out of sixteen shots tn tour minutes and fifty-on* seconds. KOCH DIES IK GERMANY. Famous Bacteriologist Won Renown by Research Work In Tuberculosis. Baden-Baden—Prof Robert Koch, the famous bacteriologist, died here from disease of the heart. He was bom at Klausthall. Hanover. Ger many. December 11. IS 43 Prof Koch became distinguished as an ta : vestor of micro-organisms, but pro bably gained most renown as the dis coverer of the bacilli of tuberculosis and cholera He was graduated in IS66 from University of Gottingen Vigorous Speech by Dolllver. Washington.—Senator Dolliver. in a vigorous speech in the senate, spoke for control of railroad capit alisation. He presented his amend ments on this question and urged af firmative action. Holding that in calculable injury had been inflicted on the American people by failure to control railroad security Issues, he declared it Important to regulate, and that the power of the government was ample. He denounced the scheme of consolidation of railroads at Urn expense of the people. — —.. «