Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXVIII. LOUT CITY NEBRASKA. THURSDAY , JUNE 2. 1910.NUMBER 30,
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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
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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
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&£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
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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
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STATE RAILWAY COMMISSION IS* '
SUES AN ORDER.
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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
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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.
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