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Loup City Northwestern LOUP CITY NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1910. ===== VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 35. FROM DM TO DM UkERAi. AND NOTES thesh faoh the wire II WIDE AREA IS COVERED M (*#»«* ReiSH* &cncr»!'jr Ar« It •«* at tli# Srriartmrft: o: }w*to* that tSrf# ar* aw is turn *«£pJttmm U) pr » to prp'rBt tfer rrmonsi of tar Oklahoma atat* rajrta !nm Cat r.rtr to (a'ztuaa Ci:j Farm*? fr»4»t: Ron**#*!: iH# r"»J»a*C fc*-r* to ErRnrwttiiH' ferodt of litkiii fast to *31 mafc* tine IUti*t t* m ** :> ;«r-.<a.;*rd »! U**o*at- ,*»>* oa Uoli; Aucoat J £ NcXaiT of Oklahoma d* titfM Roctiitljr tsa: ’-to titiitm t!r»S* 1tf Imta G rr r*-S« - .t£ up ue ia ta raaH.tiat (ttl tar Cbirka afca* isfed aad tows.-.:* car** art* aa*o #Sy ‘i.** I' «u r*j*«rf.*d tiiat a lane*' a*n»rd |«M< earryfss mafetosa at war lor tto Xatfrit fWOlMM it Xleafsp* n *-d lru» St#-* Ortram*. atsd that ft* Erfrada .ts-ur***; rrpirroratfe t *-• fear# aj;«*'<^l to tar t'*t.-*d S'atao to **-»d a orarsfedfe altrt her. 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AMTii.prate a KT.tot doltara For*»er Oot«rsj* Jafea H MrGri* * Vir. dm! at in* houte is Seattle B -** r s.'creti came< the da; ;s • —*r:s.g the ;«hasee of ret-lamaiioE project certificates. The petit ma tor a nr-haariac is tL* K.eoar. rfrrer me <aoe >at tied tty the railroads Coos' Ze^e’a u di*aj»>o:Et»d but M d.e> -traced user the amt of in* sashtp Ki'-ti i• rate roduetmas sere or dreed by the tstereatate rjguerir A *» ir:» sd -*n-pa:cs to raise <!• •*** oa the NWI City T M C A., loded with all the mtmey seeded sub »- nhrd J F M' hurra* declares he Is read; ■" ci*je* - the rlsarse* ausdr h* Sena tor <>rr» A pt'.'.ioa to the Tailed Stale* la late- :a " :.» N aracuat sat .1 r» fartoc >r ;•? ♦ Jaam* * rernsil a: Fort I'«e* Motto* «.-•• «iab«r!X tw«rj*t tto urac ■ kto < i»u t| a r.6r U .*. nLfaUat tat:- tto sal# of Jrsar iaatto a Tto PfciltjsjKtor tu -» i' '■to«Oi**M Us tto bue»-e by tto rttotoitiee CO titular a*a:r» CbarW* A *Iiu mr-raV-tK tu» fob «- tar ub fwtuonr Ua»4«y 0* ’J» Sfctlfeanr fat lactitole. a«ji»irT of r.«ry Mtatiti aorMtwa la tai* - »atr» amC Er«pr >ati author of asar'.i* or -er:#t ds*d tx. V. a»* t.jra* Mr Mu.oon'lt- GiKsrd f* a< t*«»t aad Ja«p*-» H Oatwrt are drc-iarcd by tto Oy»*e* Hay Kkar to to forattac a to* isa aaa pary Os a tod of *1 j» .«•» UK OlElra*o. n»i ii—n * Lawnitle ra..«ay a a# •tod to mac ntnarv.aic tto Ctoaa t**to a Oka* faihray Ac aitaar to «a»> to traaa » to IS tor *am to* too* cue* tto Xe* Toffc. Xeo K>>*» A Har-Jord rail nod ctoto Atom ZJSm Irtto »«! to C YoHm. (irnutosr to a bask at Hofdrtwa. ■»., aod tos a:*. R:_rtw-r. ««*» intoy totally ts jared. »:.«* tto tito «a ttoT awTowofrtte rajs.utod to a* «uto. U Tto '■•lire*- traitod law ye* aiH w>r tto KT*ra: i-xk aad e*-.wo» i - al <jat> taow* to *■* -T.n»*'E' .t and tto to*t tmo: at That u tto ot* atus to Atttotoy Cietora «\» to-rwtam Hi — Win of OSo re&^«>:c:.ted !*•■**.♦ «***r tto JaCrleeJ^saa-at tow Kale Matoto. a aett Kr ac raarae-i«r artneaa. war • -smiled to tto asaaa atylaa. at too Burs. O ftotole* Edward Rttaartt. euasar.s orster af too Toft ar*» nat!>«d lor Ktnumr as the Mate oamaMidB of tto Marty :* trkiamuadj *■13 otaie tutor n» ■to * 4»»t. Mrs. airiM'id am tto ttodsaaie for -ecue tary of Rto f-rtoarr «f Mar J M le-tt^at tad bittfiwr 0*tor»I funn i Ed oarto. -toe? of tto ‘. sraao to scalar ataura tailed fro* «aa Fratrirru ok tto to rawer Sttona tto tto Orw-ai ! t.*-- icitilk- buildings bill passe* <»<>• ► not tarry any Money approprta Uttn Senator Son s Brown lias expressed :..ms-lf as satisfied with tlie work ol roacreas The uo'j'e t-aas-d the bill providing ’or tfce continuation of reclamation projects Wheat aent up several rent* In Chi cago on reports of dryness in thn northwest, S-rretary of State Knox was coin men -met! orator at the University of Petinsyhama exercis-s s-hator Bur-nw s as the mac who tc - * bothered over the bribery , rare of Senate- laorimer The state department has sent • ►harp note in reply to the represent* ' tw«* of Prewieent Madriz Mr I: m —eie • made it plain to in .r rest and <ru»et and not to talk ■ owe. - oi pugilism believe the • t?r:e»-Johnstm mill at Keno will be the las: of the bi*t fights From the beginning the senate .n r> ,nto tb» tiu-i of high pra-es was a foreordained waste of money. A rej«.ri 1*. tn be framed by the h. : fee at a me- - g ‘c Vitneapuli- in A; tember. bait o: or >0 of ISOtsil »ts sold at auction in New York and •ric.gtt rents per ]«»ut)d last week. Representative Butler Ames of Ma-.-a< husett.- has publicly aanouno eh h.» candidacy for the United State* si. sate Fight l*rt«UK.*er Ri. Ward has a fain: '■ ’:'t*e that G©’ ernor Gillette of Oali : hi may r* hut and et the fight gc on in San FYaaciaco. t L S_U an visited the Jeflr es "a . ts .after* twice in one day and a *• »t. ! • 01 was efi. .-ted iietween the two < tiampions. JuMic- V\ . Fuller o: • : ■■ —d SUiles supreme c.mr: mas . -r :-d p~. . d«nt of Uie Harvard I-a» > ■■ ‘ ‘ AssOf sat; 'B A i: him (i<i|'»rs mas received at tfce treasury rat unlay for the corpor ation tax Tli* total paid to date on that a' '•uut agregates $4.239.4m2. As Representative Charles F. Boo uer oi Savannah. Mo., mas leaving a fra.E at St Louis h:s pocket mas P‘> s*-d of and a draft lor $2e E H Terrel, a meal thy business man of SaaAc m.o. and former Unit ed States minister to Belgium, is dy ■®g at tis horn- n San Antonio. Texas., Half a a. m dollars a day is the twraat that > :. cacoans are spending this maria mealier in the effort to keep cool by drinking cooling bever ages. Beginning My I. conformably mlth am there vill be organized a divi sion of corporations in the office of the commits ice of international rev | enue. The Scon ant.-option bill to re s tnct cotton exchange transactions mnich do not involve actual delivery of the commodity mas passed by the boose Tte penile building bill, carrying f: !• .Tbs it- authorizations J — in .reasing cos. of public buildings, etc, bet ces $ -5 mg tor continuing con tracts. was passed by the bouse The bouse ronlerees receded from the.r d.sacre men: to the senate amendment n the campaign publici ty »... and the act mil! provide for publication cf contributions after elections The Spams# government has re ceived by telegraph another note from the Vati-an in mh:ch it is stat ed that the Vat.can will reply to the governments proposals mhich have now arrived. A valuable national asset is de s r -.-d tn a bulletin issued by the I •ejjartmeBt of Acrira’ture prepared y Prof V H Wagsaman It is a me ent:&c review of the phosphate Sc.us of Idah x Utah and Wyoming The New York World s Work has !*eet making a po‘l of its subscribers on the question as to whether they masted Theodore Rooseevlt to be j r»n> ptnmden* again Out of 27 f. an swers received. 21C. coming from ev .-v stale n, the Union expressed ’be wish that Mr Roosevelt should run again for presidency Pe<-*o'-.al. rotator Dannie! of Y.rginia died ;in * the 3*th at Jua« In Hyde at Kansas City, has been d-n:* d a near trial Cannon says republicans »i!l ■ ae nr at congress. C< . at-1 R'»»»>W( vent to Cam • ndp«- lor the Harvard commeace wWtL :> -as'er our. *ok Count Zeppelin's aisle making: a tri;. during a aard sale in H f Wiley, riurf of the bureau tun-try. is to tie doprited of a part of his datk-L Lawyer SJ- dut-ay of Oklahoma say* iw- is :u(tr* ent of sreagdsa: in the Indr.n land leal Attorney Crn-*-al Th imp*on of Ne braska *:II be the fit »• solicitor o; the rensury at tt'*?h:n«toa Senators Onllirer and Burkett have * filed on Ike senate desks of Senator* i Hale and Aldrtcfe. resnecrnefy. i a*. Praii*ke. an nseo ‘ ate of Vr. •'jo*, ia- • -ought suit aratos. Cam t-ander Peary its a Oeratan court. — ..it >" La Fol t'e ha', a < ot v-r Vi*a K-e.r-.vel*; they talked ' pc’ :: s and tile senator is hapy-v K* lis-rd V, fo.iree of Ohio, i ; treasurer of ?S:»r® province in the 1 ; .ms in th< islands J.me : us. • » • • a f. rmul ie-saeat •r *!. • rra. tion o. Porter Cbsriton. «’< • af. - G* *eral Hitch«...fc de 't*t be v ii push rapidly the . * ration the postal savings harias system. I _3 77£H J=OCWOS" or otMr <tw&jm£z> jr/so/f xzziz Yfouz.v :vT/jWy Msec ^ VWEZ£ Z.OADSZ? sesvzzs &TZ.4S4E12, HE American girl of all ages, from seven to sev enty, Is tbe original and the real Candy Kid, From morning till very late In the evening she constant ly munches sweetstuffs of a thousand different varie ties and flavors. Strong men have ransacked the world to find a new flavor, a subtle tang that will appeal to her taste in her Dext and latest box of candies. Somew here be tween sunrise and sunrise of every twenty-four hours over twenty-four big carloads of candy are eaten with in the boundary lines of the United States. When Miss America is a very little girl she is contented to eat the sim pler kinds of confectionery. But as she gets a little older her tastes grow more esthetic and her sense of flavors gets more subtle. She carries her box of sweets across the lawn to a chum's house and tbe two sit de lightedly building up day dreams aid ed by tbe delicious flavors of their favorite brand. When she enters the schoolroom she must have a small box at least tucked away handily. Otherwise she would never be able to get through the strenuous duties of a school day If she goes out driving or motoring a box of candy is as much a part of the equipment as tbe gloves or the gasoline And tbe habit grows on her as sbe gets older. She must keep a few pounds of her favor ite confection in her room when at home. In her bag when traveling and In the hampers when starting out for a motor tour. One of the commonest and possibly one of the most beautiful of the maga zine covers of the future will be a drawing of a beautiful young woman at the steering wheel of a swift aero plane. one hand on the w heel and tbe other poising a piece of divinity fudge a few Inches from a pair of divinely scarlet lips Government Collects Statistics. The government has gone to some trouble to collect statistics on the The boarding schools have attempt ! od to cut down the candy allowance 1 of the young ladies under their charge, with very indifferent success. The | iact that it is forbidden seems to make the candied lumps all the more alluring. It adds a spice to the taste . from the very fact that It is forbid den. Candy smuggling has become one of the recognized sports In these institutions aud it is a game that never grows stale and wearisome. ' -Mothers’ clubs everywhere are listen j ing to the reading of Instructive pa . pers on the spread and the menace of j the candy habit, but so far the con ‘ fectionery and the department stores have noticed no decrease Is the amount disposed of All Through Life. Miss America never arrives at an age when a box of candy is not an effective bribe. When she was very, very small a box of candies would heal the most stubborn case of heart ache. For a few bonbons she would I consent to swallow most any sort of I nauseating medicines. When she be gan to fare forth iDto the world it did not take her long to find her way to the nearest soda fountain and candy store It soothed the heart burnings of her maidenhood and con soled her for many a shattered hope. Later on in life she received the daily or weekly offering of a glorious box of subtle flavors as a merited tribute to her charms. SilTl later on a box of ; candy presented to her by an erring 1 spouse always softened her heart and took away any Just bitterness that she might have felt over his pecca dilloes. Candy eating Is rather a modern ' growth. It has become one of the ; luxuries that we are sure we are un able to do without. It is one of our ! latest necessities. When our great grandparents felt the craving for solid lumps of sweet ness the only way the desire could be satisfied was to munch a cake of ma ple sugar or buy a few pounds of the old-fashioned, dark sugar from the Louisiana cane fields. In western j WtZZAT Gvfpy /or CHfLDHOOD /i cwrrrws amount of candy oaten by Miss Amer icas of all ages The statisticians realize that any figures obtained are bound to be far below the real facis in the case. A few dozen of the great er factories turn out millions and mil lions of pounds of candies annually, but the most prying of ihe men with the government blanks are unable to get at the amount of sweetmeais that are turned out annually in hoardtng schooi dormitories, home kitchens and over the flame of the alcohol lamp that runs the chafing dish If Miss America's annual candy sup ply were loaded on one train of cars of the fullest capacity there would be something over f>,000 cars full of boxes, buckets and glass jars. This load of sweetmeats for the sweet tooth of the American girl costs the con sumers about $: 25.000.000 every twelve months Of these loaded cars of candy, it may be said that they contain fully as much nourishment as a similar train of beef or wheat No one dis putes the food value of the candy, the sugar and the creams, and the fruit Juices that compose it are all supposedly pure. Hut the doctors and the authorities on dietetics are get ting a little worried over the future effects on the figure* and the general health of our confirmed ' candy Sen ’s." They are of the on’nion that a li’tle temjerance agitation along tfct lines of checking the consumption of bon bons Iran*mallows and fudge would not bt amiss. I America it was almost unknown. It was thought to be beneath the dig | nitv of any person, man or woman. who had attained the age of maturity ! to be seen eating candies or anything of the sort The children had ah the candy to I themselves, and at that there was ; not much to have. The big candy fac tory »fg as much unknown as the ■ i steel rolling mill. There was no de- i mand for the product and there was no attempt made to create one. In 1800 ail the candy that was made ! in this country would have sold for! the paitry sum of $3,040,671. Xo one j j Paid much attention to the candy busi- ■ ness- It was being produced in small shops and by a few workmen only. : | People were entirely too busy with i sterner things during the days of the j war between the states to pay any at tention to the amount or the value of the candy that was being eaten bv the waiting wives, mothers and sweet-' | liearts of the soldier boys at the front. i Statistics are lacking for the few years w hen bullets were more popular than bonbons and :he caisson was of more importance than the confection ery. When the piping times of peace returned the candy maker went back to his kettles and pans. In 1870 the candy shops of the United States 11 rneo out 115,S12.64.j in taffies, cream oand:c barber-pole stick and brown :'at | ieoes of the well-remembered "lioas i.uund." Miss America was be to sit up and kibble gcutl^ it ' the cai.tiy situation. Another decade elapsed and the candy business more than doubled in value. People were getting prosperous and the candy shop and the push cart were just beginning to reap the harvest that was to be theirs. They were not overparticular as to what they put into the candies in those days, using among other things sev eral tons of white earth or terra alba, a little sugar and some strong color ing matter in the manufacture of that delight of the urchin, “barber-pole stick." But candy was candy even in those days, and in spite of the taste less earth used in the poorer kinds, the business began to grow by leap* and bounds. In 1880 the candy valua tion was placed at $33,714,770. Fifteen years later the business had become a gigantic thing and the latest crop of boarding-school damsels were burning the midnight oil and elec tricity in the laudable ambition to cre ate new and more delicious kinds of candies. This was just about the time of the beginning of the great candy craze, that has never been checked since it started to sweep over the country. For a time it was most demoralizing Track teams and foot ball squads all over the country were utterly ruined when it invaded the co-education colleges. The fair stu dents lured the athletes from their dormitories, fed them the insidious fudge and the demoralizing chocolate cream until they became stale, slow and sluggish. Many men acquired the habit in the beginning of the craze and have never freed themselves from it. In 1903 the candymakers of the Vnited States were selling nearly S90, 000.000 worth of confectionery every year. The rise in the volume of busi ness has been steady since the first figures were obtained. So far. we are not exporting can dies to any great extent. It is keep ing us busy to provide the filling for the American sweet tooth. We are importing some of the richer com pounds of Europe, but as a rule the continentals have not the sort of goods we desire in that line. Their flavors are a little too elusive to suit the rather catholic taste of the Amer ican candy fiend. Some change has come over the situation since so many women and young girls became wage earners. There are hundreds of women who lunch daily off a few pieces of candy. It is cheap and nourishing and all that, but some way it fails to do the complexion any good. In a few months the diet of candy, hot chocolate or coffee begins to do queer things to the natural col oring. If the diet is persisted in a long vaoatlaa is sure to be necessary some time within the near future, $125,000,000 for Candy. Three years ago the millions we pay for candy annually had risen around and over the century mark. When the reports were tallied up It was found that the land of pork, beef and western wheat had eaten some thing over $101 000.000 worth of heav enly hash, penoche, cream caramels and a thousand other dreams of the confectioner and the boarding-house maiden. That was in 1907, only three years ago. The returns for 1909 are not completed as yet. But it is cer tain that t'ncle Sam's candy bill will amount to more than $125,000,000 for that year. •» »»»'■« “U «‘ U.; 1/10, C\o a U1UU* era military division to turn out the sticks, cubes, drops and lozenges of sugar and fruit juices that disappear down the throat of the American girl every day in the year. Her daily al lowance of sweets would sink a ferry boat. There are over 40,000 confec tioners' shops in the United States, and no one knows how many shops where candy is carried as a part of the stock. A very large part of the yearly sugar production of the world is turned over to the candymakers. The human body is so constituted that it demands a large amount of carbons In childhood. The hunger for sweet things is almost overpowering in the growing child. Candy can be eaten at any and every hour of the day, and it does not seem to pall upon the appetite. But there is a limit to digestive powers, and the crude sugars that are often used by the confection er are not always easy for the child ish stomach to assimilate. Hence there are times when the doctor's services are In demand. Unlike a per son of greater age. such an experience does not give the youngster a distaste for candies. Even when there is a distaste created, it does not last long. The body still continues to cry out for carbons and the appetite returns. Has Its Bad Side. It is in the growing age that the lad and the lassie are apt to be caught raiding the pantry in search of the sugar jar or the jam pot. But the ab normal appetite of the average Amer ican woman for candies Is an un natural one. It leads to the building up oT fatty tissue, so fatal to modern j ideas of beauty. Sugar is fattening 10 the last degree, and the plantation hands on the southern sugar planta tions always get plump and fat when the sugar mills start up at the end of the season. In Turkey the ladies of the harem are fed upon honey and ' candied fruits in order that they may become plump and exceedingly lovely in the eyes of the Musselman beauty lover. Despite the fact that candy is fat tening and that fat is the most dread ed thing in the modern social world, womenklna persist in eating all man ner of sugary things. The appetites of their childhood heightened by a sort of nervousness keeps them nib- j bling and munching at the contents of the bonbon box. Piles and piles of delicious looking fudges, chocolates and taffies are stacked in the win dows of the confectioners for the al lurement of weak women THE POSTAL BANKS TRUSTEES HOLD MEETING TO AR RANGE-OETAILS. MANY APPLICATIONS RECEIVED Numerous Banks Asking That They Be Made Government Depositories for Funds. Washington.—The first meeting of the board of trustees, consisting of the postmaster general, the secretary of the treasury and the attorney gen eral, which is to have charge of the organization and supervision over i the postal savings banks, was held Friday in Postmaster General Hitch cock s office. The board named a committee of department officers to work out the details of the system and submit a report to the trustees as soon as possible. Applications already have been re ceived from a considerable number of banks throughout the country asking that they be made government de positories for postal savings funds and from a number of postmasters re questing that their offices be made postal savings banks, but the board probably will not be ready to take up the matter for some time. Among the banks are the National Bank of Commerce, New York; the First National bank of Kansas City. ' Mo.; and the National Bank of America, Salina. Kan. Among others the following postmasters have asked to have their offices given the benefit of the savings bank system: Galves ton. Tex., and Louisville and other Kentucky towns. Theodore L. Weed, chief clerk of the postoffice department, was made secretary of the board of trustees. The committee to work out the de tails of the system, was named as fol lows, all of them being connected with the postoffice department; H. H. Thompson, superintendent of division of finance, chairman; Bayard Wyman, superintendent; division pay masters appointments; Basil Mile6. superintendent. division foreign mails; James P. Cook, chief, division of Inspection; C. E. Fullaway. as sistant superintendent, division of finance; C. G. Thompson, superin tendent division of supplies, and George C. Kimball, postoffle* in spector. THE NATIONAL TREASURY. It Is Shown There Is s Surplus of Over S9.000.000. Washington.—A surplus of $9,402 000 in the ordinary receipts of ex penditures against a deficit last year of J5S.734.000 was announced by the treasury department today. The total deficit over all which includes Paiama canal expenditures and the public debt, is today J35.SS4.000. against JUS.795.000 last year. The total ordinary treasury receipts today were J 13.300,000. total for the month $76,271,000 and for the fiscal year just closed J669,064.000. The corporation tax receipts, which are In cluded in the last named figures, ag gregated $17,362,000. The total ordinary receipts for the last year stand against J603.5S9.000 for last year. The customs receipts during the fiscal year reached $332, 785.000. against $300,711,000 last year, with internal revenue J267.S23.000, against $246,212,000 last year and 1 miscellaneous $51,093,000. aaginst $56. 664,000 last year. Coined $54,215,419. Washington—At the mints of the United States during the fiscal year just closed, the government made 18S.006.66S coins valued at $34,215, 419. Of this amount $47,578,875 worth was in gold. $4,297,567 in silver and $2t33S.S77 in minor coinage. Cannon to Meet Editor*. Saratoga Springs. N. Y — Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, has accepted an imitation to attend the annual con vention of the New York State Press association, which will be held Julv 6-S. Discuss Pardon for Walsh. Washington.—George T. Bucking ham of Chicago, counsel for John R. Walsh, the Chicago banker now in prison, had a long talk with Pardon Attorney Finch concerning the bank er's case. Venezuela Gets Excited. Caracas. Venezuela.—A cable dis patch received here from Senor Rojas. Venezuelan minister to the United Slates, in which he reported that Venezuela's delegates to the pan American conference, which will be gin in Buenos Ayres July 9. had ad vocated in Chile a Latin-American alliance agreement with the United States, has caused much excitement here. POE TO MOSQUITOES IS DEAD. Weeks. Who Started Campaign Against Insects. Passes Away. New York.—Henry Clay Weeks, the first man to start a systematic cam paign for the extermination of mos quitoes in this country, died Friday at hi6 country home at Bay Side. L«ong Island. He was 66 years old. and an architect by profession. Years ago he bgan pouring oil on swamp land near his estate. He leaves an estate valued in the millions. ALL OVER NEBRASKA Death in a Cave-In. Adams County.—A cavern of a ditch near the Hastings pumping and lighting piant. resulted in the death of one and injury of three men Dandy Crop Weather. Buffalo County—The warm weather of the last week has done much to ripen the fall wheat crop and before the end of June the harvest will be commenced and present prospects ire for one of the best crops of w heat which has been harvested for seit.al fears. Horse Thieve* Captured. Cherry County.—William Arm and Joseph WhiteVance stole six bead of horses from the Rosebud reservation ind drove them over into Nebraska to sell. Arm was caught here and Whhets nee was taken at the Mis sion. They are both in jail at Rose Editor for Legislature. Merrick County.—H G. Taylor, editor of the Central City Nonpareil util announce his candidacy for the state legislature in his paper. He has made & good editor, and his friends Relieve that as legislator he will reflect credit on the profession. Both in One Grave. Jefferson County.—The funeral of Stephen and Forest Baldwin, the :»o brothers, eleven and thirteen rears of age. who were drowned in the Little Blue river Saturday after noon was held in Fairbury. Both were laid in one grave. Soldiers’ Monument Dedicated. Fillmore County.—The handsome Soldiers' monument of gran he and bronze, purchased by patriotic citi tens of Fairmont and adjacent ter ritory. was dedicated Sunday with appropriate sertve-es. There was a large attendance A Merry War On. York County.—The telephone war between tbe York County indepen dent Telephone company is on in rood earnest and both are writing articles for the newspapers The Bell company has been cancelling con tracts of the Independent company ind the Independent company is em ploying solicitors to take up the Bell contracts. Death in Peculiar Way. Madison County—M Williams, the Norfolk plumber who was burned by matches which were ignited in Ms pocket when he fell on his hip. le dead. He was hunting a cocJ place lo sleep in the woodshed when he fell. A bottle of alcohol in his hip pocket broke and the fluid was set ablaze, cooking hts body horribly. Senator Brown Home. Buffalo County —Senator Norris Brown arrived home direct from Washington in excellent health. Speaking of the work of congress he said: “For almost seven months the senate did little but talk about itself and Its own virtues, incidentally con flemning or criticising everybody else. But at last it surrendered to the Taft program and put through the laws he recommended t Deaf Couple Wed. Saline County.—The uniting of a deaf couple served as a party social function at Crete. The couple were Miss Laura Peterson and Richard tllngham Miss Lilliam Rassmusen acted as bride's maid and Mr. John O'Brien as best man: both being from Omaba and deaf persons Rev. Mr. Darby of Friend officiated and Superintendnt R. E. Stewart of the Omaha institution where all the parties had attended school, interpret ed the service Two hundred guests helped celebrate the occasion and partook of the weddtng dinner. Boy Dragged to Death. Otoe County.—The 11-year-oW son of Fred Royal, residing near Palmyra, started for home from the field with n team of mules. He had the lines under hi> shoulders. A passing auto mobile frightened the team and they whirled and ran over the boy. thus wrapping tightly about the bodv the heavy leather lines They dashed down the road, dragging the boy. They ran three-quarters of a mile be fore being stopped. The boy was Scad, being frightfully bruised. Was Reared in Nebraska. Kearney County.—This common ty Is much stirred up ahou t'.« murder -oniuitted and confessed *o by J a\ tv ebb of Seattle. Wish. Y.ss Lens Samueison was born r.n-1 rear *d In this county. She taarr'ed Weba hete t-efore tlwy left to make tl «dr home In Seattle. Her paren’s iive-l V -re un til a short time ago wise« *he> left to make their home tn Seat;'*- with :h* ir danghttr. The made- came to light by the trunk containing the !*ody of the murdered man ha’ pg t»een routed wrong. The murdered man was named Johnson. Suicide at Four-Score. York County.—Anton Heines. aged :4, committed suicide by '..anging Himself to an apple tree in the yard it the home of his son. southeast of dcCool Junction in the south part of lie county. Woriand's Suit for £20.300. Merrick County.—Claiming tannages from the result of being itruck by a train at Chapman. March 14. William Worland of Chapman has •ommenced suit against the Union ■'aciflc for that amount. .