Nebraska Newspapers

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NEWS ttlil TOLD
INTELLIGENCE HERF GATHERED
COVERS WIDE AREA.
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Inglodoa What la Going On at Wa»lv
lagtcMt and In Other Sactiana ef
th« Country.
Pottical Notea.
Woodrou Wilson spoke at Buffalo,
Ke» York. Labor day.
f'ol Ruoaete!; has started on a
political tour to last a month
Governor Johnson, progressive can
didate ‘or vu*~president, spoke at
Lincoln
The Nebraska progressive party in
••ate eonveei'ion rndoraed the repub- '
liras ticket.
Eugene V Ilebe. socialist candidate
for ike presidency, addressed a large
croud is Portland. Or*.
Roosevelt. principal speaker at the
Missouri progressive convention, as
ao’Wd Wilson and Arrhbold
There uaa no majority for governor
In the Vermont election and the ley
H 1st ore mil have to decide it.
Maine a upon the last seek of the
campaign preceding the state elec
>oa os September 9. when state < ffi
i -r» and four members of congress
till be chosen
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A large tarose mt UbtcIb. Neb.,
witnessed the unveiling of the Lin
coln statue
The i tilted State* la expected to
refuo* to arbitrate the canal dispute
v-i.b Great Britain
President Taft made a talk to fed
eral employe* on making appoint
ments and the civil service.
Acting Ieiucrni Chairman McAdoe
sees no prospect of the presidential
•lee- mmi going into the house
tisirrsor Woodrow Wilson weighs
ITT pounds, n gain of seven pounds
Move the time of his nomination.
There are only half n dozen state*.
Colonel Roosevelt said, which he be
lieve* President Taft has a chance of
earrviag One of these, be said, is
Two an t»r» burned to death In :
the Central hotel at Bellevue. Idaho,
when tor of them upset a kerosene
lamp The fire destroyed an entire
Idoca at building*.
rres.a--! Jiaoeru telegraphed his j
congratulations to President Taft on
escaping injury at Columbus, (j. when
n woman armed with a knife lay in
wait for him
John SeaH president of the Mag
aolia Petroleum company, charged in
aa Indictment returned at Dallas
with'notation of the federal anti-trust ’
law issued a statement denying the j
allegation
A complete disapproval is given by
f * Britieh 'oresga office of the so
called official announcement -hat the !
British government would formally
demand arbitration on the Panama
canal foUs question.
Jan.es H Brady, former governor •
of Idaho for nest president, and
Wichita. Kan. for the nest meet,tig |
glare of the Trabsmissiastppi Com- j
mrrc-ai congreg*. were at the Salt j
Lake convention.
It is possible That the American
cavalry along the Mexican border line
will base to be increased, according
to a dispatch received at the War de- \
partment from General S:sever, com
■landing tbe Department of Texas
The declaration that the protective
lar.fi system was directly responsible j
for campaign cotunbution* from cor
porations was made at a democratic i
rally m Bangor. Me., by Governor
Thomas If Marshall of Indiana
"la sixty days we will base' edu- ;
rated the people of the (’sited State*
S quarter of a century is advance of
where they have been before.** said (
Governor I!tram W. Johnson of Call- •
forma in aa address in Salt I-akr
City.
At FI.at. \2.cb . in tW of ,
hundred, of persons. fourteen year-old '
Cheater Betts. ass accidentally j
caaght by tbe guy rope of a balloon
aad carried about 2.0*0 feet in the
air before tbe rope untangled and
buried him to his death
Mrs Frank Lankford and her three
children John. 21 year*. Mabel. 12
year*, and Francis. 4 years old. a ere
drowned three miles below Lansing.
Iowa, ahea their boat aaa upset in a
collision *:th a gasoline launch driv
en by a younger aon
•’ M Wood, president of the
Amecwan Woolen company, pleaded
not guilty in the superior conn at
Hcaam to aa mdic’ meet charging him
with conspiring to distribute dyna
mite in t .a ■ fence during the textile
strike la that city last winter.
John A Flack, defaulting cashier of
the AbUene t Kansas >. State bank, ar
med from Ne» York and was ar
raigaed oa a charge of forgery,
waived extradition and mas bound
over for trial In the district court.
Flack ass released on tk.MNi bond.
A temSe eieetneal and rainstorm
aver aeotent Pennsylvania tied up
traffic ai d crippled wire communics
Uoa at many points
Secretary of State Phliander C.
Knot, aba stopped at Honolulu en
(•ate to Japan vat enter*ained at a
roreptiee by Governor Krcar. at the
tatters home.
George C Perkins. Cnlted States
senator from California, announced
aa bts ret am from Washington hia
Intention to ret ire from political life,
•failing health and the tsCrwliies due
to oNI age were given aa the reason
Cor this decision
Former Vice President Charles
Warren Fairbanks of Indiana will
take tbe stump for President Taft
early hi September
Belated dispatches received at tbe
Plate departn.«at told of tbe failure
to establish telegraphic and railroad
nommaalratioo hetwoaa Managua and
the aeacoaat towns.
Mrs. Edna Hutt, wife of Henry
Hutt, the artist, was denied s decres
of divorce in district court in Reno.
Mexican rebels have surrounded
Cananea. where many Americans are
located at the copper campp, and sn
attack is imminent
The women of Ohio failed on Tues
day in their effort to gain the ballot,
according to early returns.
The business portion of Malstone. a
town in Fergus county, Montana, was
destroyed by fire.
Funds for circulating petitions for
the recall of Governor Oswald West
of Oregon are being sought in Port
land.
An expedition to climb Mount Me.
Kinley next spring has been organ
ized by C E. Rusk, an editor of
Prosser.
The American Rid Cross society
allowed fl.Wt for the purchase of
food supplies for the suffering people j
in Nicaragua.
Further evidence was introduced in I
the government's anti-trust suit j
against the lumbermen's association i
of the northwest.
The balloon Kansas City II. John
Watts, pilot, won The ballon race for
the Antlers' trophy which started
from Colorado Springs.
Colonel Roosevelt »ill be in Omaha
on September 20. remaining over
meht. according to advices received
at the offices of the Burlington.
Mrs Anita Calvert Bourgeoipe of
St. Louis, attorney, genealogist, bio- j
grapher and suffrage orator, will en
1st as a campaign speaker for Wood- ;
row Wilson.
Accompanied by Empress Augusta !
Victoria. Emperor William celebrated ■
the eve if Sedan day by attending di- I
vine service held in the’open air in j
'he Tempelhofer Fold.
Governor Woodrow Wilson talked !
abouT trusts with Louis D. Brandeis
of Boston and expressed himself on
immigration before a delegation of
Italian* from Essex county. New Jer- |
sey.
To prepare for the opening of the j
Panama canal, the coast survey has
made a thorough examination of the
Pacific entrance to the waterway and
the charting of the harbor will be un
dertaken at once.
President Gomez sent a lca*t apolo
getic cable dispatch to President Taft j
■n connection with the attack on Hugh
> Gibson, the American charge
d'affaires at Havana by Enrique Ma
ta. a newspaper reporter.
As a result of several conferences
between the officials of the Chicago.
Peoria A St. I.ouis railroad and a
committee of carmen the railroad
company granted an advance of 2
cents an hour in wages.
Salomon Luna, millionaire banker
and sheep owner, for sixteen times
republican national committeeman for
New Mexico, was found dead in a
dipping vat at hi* sheep ranch, sev
enty miies from Magdalena. N. M.
Five detectives returned empty
handed last night after following sev
eral false clues as to the where
about* of "Gyp the Blood" and "Lefty
Louie." the two missing gunmen
wanted tn the Rosenthal murder case.
Secretary Knox refused on his ar
rival at Honolulu to make any com
ment on Theodore Roosevelt's denial !
that he had ever said in the presence
of Mr Knox that letters to George B.
Cortelyou were written “to make good
the record.”
Emphatic demands upon the Pan
ama government to control the Pan
ama police and put an end to the
gross brutality with which Americans,
soldiers, sailors and civilians, have
been treated, have been issued by the
American state department.
In an interpretation of the contract
eight-hour law Attorney General
Wickersham has decided that the
government may enter into contracts
"Without restricting the hours of labor
for the purchase of supplies and
other articles exempted by the act.
Two secret indictments were return
ed b> the Suffolk county grand jury
in connection with the alleged con
spiracy to distribute dynamite in
1-awrence during the textile strike
there last winter. One indictment
contained the name of one man, and
the other named three men.
Republicans of North Carolina came
to the parting of the ways and two
siate conventions were held, one by
'he supporters of President Taft and
another hv the followers of Colonel
Rtiosevelt. As a result of the clash
•here will be two electoral and two
state tickets in the field.
• losing hours of the Missouri stats
progressive ronvention at St. Ixiuis ,
witnee.~ed a sharp debate over the <
nomination of three non-partisan
candidates for the supreme court. I
The matter was finally settled with
the nomination of progressive candi
dates. along -with a full state ticket
beaded by Judge Albert D. Nortoni
of the St. Ixrnis court of appeals.
An offer of support from republi
cans of Missouri was rejected by
Colonel Roosevelt. It was learned, on
the terms under which It was ten
dered. The offer was that if Colonel
Roosevelt would induce the Missouri
progressives to refrain from putting
a full state ticket in the field and
would endorse the republican candi
dates the sunoort from republican
woirres would be given.
The conditions in Nicaragua are re
assuring with ‘Rear Admiral Suther
land in supreme command.
Personal.
President Taft is not going to make
any speeches during the campaign.
The body of Gen. Booth lay in
state two days before burial.
Woodrow Wilson is in favor of the
public using school buildings for
meeting places.
George C. Perkins, I'nited States
senator from California, announced
his intention to retire from political
life.
The people lend too ready an ear
to demagogues, says Senator Suther
land in address before bar associa
tion.
Woodrow Wilson advises people to
use school houses for community
gatherings.
Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin,
reported quite ill, has started on the
road to recovery.
P C. Dodge, head of the linotype
trust, has been granted a divorce
from his wife, who deserted him.
President Taft has ordered an in
vestigation of the board of general
appraisers.
PROGRESSIVES MEET!
ASSEMBLE IN LINCOLN AND EN
DORSE REPUBLICAN NOM
INEES.
NAME TWO NEW ELECTORS
But the Six Said to Be Opposed to
President Taft Are Given
Endorsement.
Lincoln.—In a lengthy session, in
terspersed by a long recess and by an
eloquent address on the issues of the
day by the progressive candidate for
vice president, Hiram Johnson of
California, the progressive party of
Nebraska figured out what it consid
ered its salvation, says the Lincoln
Journal. It endorsed, or renominated
as its candidates. Congressman G. W.
Norris for United States senator.
Chester H. Aldrich for governor, and
the entire republican state ticket, re
gardless of the fact, known to the con
vention, that four of the candidates
have a personal preference for Presi
dent Taft. It endorsed six of the re
publican candidates for presidential
electors, those said to be opposed to
President Taft and who are said gen
erally to be ready to refuse to vole
for him if elected, and named in place
of the two Taft adherents on this
ticket two known progressives. It
presented a platform which aided in
cementing the progressive faction of
the republican party by embodying
in this declaration of principles most
of the planks of the republican plat
torm adopted on July 30, and adding
Just a few new ideas.
Called nrst to oraer snoruy a:>er
noon Tuesday the convention did not
adjourn until almost midnight. A:
one time during its deliberations the
floor reserved for active participants
in gathering contained about 800 per
sons. a number of w horn were women
who could not legally be counted as
having a voice. Many of these left
the hall at the conclusion of Gover
nor Johnson's address, and the real
business session was transacted by a
number which towards the end was
reduced to not more than 250 persons.
The gathering was conspicuous for
the intermingling of persons of differ
ent former political faith. There were
men who had been most active in the
pre-primary republican fight, several
of them having been delegates to the
Chicago convention. There were pop
ulist who have many years have been
closely identified with the fight of
that party, such being C. B. Manuel
and John C. Sprecher. There were
democrats not far removed from act
ive effort in that party. E. O. Gar
rett, democratic candidate for lieuten
ant governor in lb08. took an active
part in the debate.
Henry C. Richmond, democratic
candidate at present for state auditor,
was mingling with the delegates in
the lobby of the hotel, attended the
non-partison reception to the chief
speaker of the day. and was an inter
ested onlooker at the convention. Sev
eral republican candidates for state
office visited the hotel at times dur
ing the day. Two or three of them
watched proceedings from the galler
ies. The candidate for lieutenant
governor, S. R. McKelvie, was wear
ing a bull moose badge during the
day although he was not present in
the convention hall. E. R. Bee of
Fairbury and other members of the
present state committee of the repub
licans were onlockers. and in appar
ent sympathy with the movement.
Harry Sackett of Beatrice, prominent
in republican politics of his county,
made an especial trip to watch the
convention, and to take part in the re
ception to Governor Johnson.
As the progressive ticket will be
made up when it is presented to the
secretary of siate for a place on tho
November ballot and for a party des
iui.aron tb.eieon, it will contain the
names cf tnese candidates for ^lect
ors: A. \. v>ease of Faubury. W. J.
Broatch of Omaha. W. E. Thorne of
Bladen, A. R. Davis of Wayne. lien
Johnson cf Fremont. George S. Flory
of Daw-nee, City. W. O. He-iry of Oma
ha. and O. G. Smith of Kearney. The
latter twe will not have the republi
can designation after their names,
they having been named as progress
i\es aione to take the plac?3 cf Wes
ley Wilcox of North Platte and A. C.
Hennery of Omaha, republican elect
oral candidates who are for Taft.
Aside from these two changes the
ticket will be identical with the re
publican state ticket. Pau! Clark was
nominated by the progressives of the
First district as their candidate, but
no other congressional conventions
wpre held.
These decisions did not come with
out a lively tilt, which apparently end
ed without any sore spots. A com
mittee on nominations had been nam
ed shortly after noon and was in ses
sion most of the afternoon. It recom
mended to the convention the action
California Primaries.
San Francisco.—Figures received
at this meeting from primary election
indicated that Taft congressional
nominees had carried the Third.
Fourth, Sixth. Seventh and Eighth
districts. Roosevelt republican can
didates won in the Second. Fifth,
Ninth and Tenth districts. The First
•and Eleventh are in doubt. In 588
precincts the total republican vote
was 30.066; democratic, 3.874; socia
list, 1,606 There were democratic
contests in only four districts of the
state.
Mr. Leavitt Again Marries.
Fort Recovery, O—W. H. Leavitt,
divorced husband of Ruth Bryan
Owen, daughter of W. J. Bryan, was
married here Sunday to Miss Ger
trude M. Leeper, daughter of Rev.
Edward Leeper, the bride's father per
forming the ceremony. Only the
bride's family was present. Miss
Leeper is a graduate of Oberlin col
lege and formerly taught sjnusic at
Houston, Tex. Mr. Leavitt, who gave
his residence as Newport, R. I., was
exhibiting his painting “The Last
Supper,” when he met Mias Leeper.
that was finally taken. John C.
Sprecher of Schuyler, & member of
the provisional executive committee,
led the fight to secure the passage of
a resolution asking the six electors to
withdraw from the republican ticket
and to run as straight progressives.
The committee recommended the
endorsement of Governor Aldrich and
Congressman Norris. Approval was
secured without debate and without a
dissenting voice. It recommended
the rest of the state ticket in a lump.
Mr. Van Deusen. who was opposed
to this, said that he had been asked
to see the state officers and find out
their positions. He reported that Ad- i
dison Wait, Grant G. Martin. W. A. j
George and W. B. Howard were Taft i
men, and that the others favor Roose- |
\elt. The Taft candidates desired the
progressive endorsement and admitt
ed that without it they had little
chance of election. They promised j
to remain neutral as candidates and '
to give financial aid to the party. Van
Deusen said that personally he was
against Mr. Howard, but That he
thought the entire ticket should he
nominated. This statement led G. L. j
Klingbe’.l to read a telegram from Mr.
Howard in which he admitted he was
for Taft, but promised to be neutral
during the fall neither giving aid to
Taft nor fighting Roosevelt E. O.
Garrett rose valiantly in defense of
Grant Martin, telling of the progress
ive fights he had made with the at- ;
torney general when both were popu
lists and Bryan men.
The resolutions were adopted with
out a dissenting voice and without de
bate. Chairman Don L. Love read
them and received only a reasonable
amount of applause as he made the
points. The preamble expresses an
abiding faith in the national platform
of the party and in Roosevelt's con
fession of faith, and pledges the par
ty in, Nebraska to aid in carrying
them out. The plank relating to in
surance was amended from that of j
the republican platform in that prom
ise was given state insurance com
panies of legislation to protect them
from the inroads of foreign com
panies.
For the most part the platform was
so similar to the republican state
platform that it contained the same
language. These planks are new in
the progressive platform as compared
with the republican platform:
Offifficial publicity pamphlets.
Open school houses for public meet
ings.
state-wide registration.
Limitation of use of money in cam
paigns. and stringent "corrupt practic
es.
Continuing, the platform embodies
the following:
"We believe in the principles
brought forth by our great leader,
Theodore Roosevelt, in his confession
of faith before that convention, and
we pledge ourselves to embody those
principles in the statutes of the state
of Nebraska, as far as it is possible
to.
"We believe in a permanent non
partisan tariff commission, and we
demand that tbose schedules of the
present tariff which have already
been proven exhorbitant be imme
diately reduced.
“While we believe in the strict en
forcement of the Sherman anti tax
law. and the prosecution and impris
onment of all violators thereof, we
do not believe that this will settle
the trust problem, and we believe
that non-partisan industrial commis
sion should be created, with the same
point over the monopolistic trusts
that the interstate commerce com-;
mission did oVer the railroads, be
cause we do not believe that the
common people of the nation will per
manently permit any set of men to ,
control the output of any commodity,
as well as the price.
“We believe that the people who
elect presidents have the right to
nominate them, and we call upon con
gress to speedily enact a general pres
idential primary law.
“We believe in the direct election
of United States senators.
“We can not ignore the fact that
all over this land there is a growth
of distrust of the federal judiciary,
and we demand that congress enact
a law limiting the power of inferior
federal courts to set aside statutes of
sovereign states, and we advocate the
passage of a law that will require
the president of the United States in
sending to the senate a nomination
for federal judge, to send therewith
all the endorsements, written or oral
of said candidate and objection there
to.
*"We believe in a thorough revision
of our public road laws, looking to
a more efficient system of road admin
istration. to the end that the farmers
may b? *ster means of transporta
tion from their farms to the markets.
“We believe in equal suffrage of
women, and we pledge the progress
ive party of Nebraska to do all in the
power to bring it about.
“We favor the enactment of a uni
form marriage and divorce law.
United States Senator Newell San
ders of Tennessee, who obtained his j
place recently by appointment, an
nounced he would not be a candidate :
for re-election. |
Big Fire i« Beach Resoi'w.
Los Angeles.—Fire, which originat
ed from a defective flue at the Casino
j cafe on the pleasure pier at Ocean
park caused one death- and property
loss estimated at $2,250,000. For a
time it threatened to devastate the
twin beach resorts of Ocean park end
Venice, eighteen miles from Los An
geles. High wind spread the flames
so rapidly that seven men were
caught at the end of the Frazier pier,
on which the Casino was located and
were forced to jump into the breakers
to save themselves.
Thirty-seven Believed Lost
Lens, France.—Thirty-seven coal
miners are believed to have been till
ed in an explosion of Are damp Tues
day afternoon in the Claence coal
mine near Bruay, in the department
of Nord. The explosion badly wreck
ed the mine. Seventy-three men were
working in the pit at the time. Thq
work of rescue was started without
delay, but proved extremely difficult,
as the passages of the mine werq
filled with a dense black vapor and
the wall were about collapsing, mak
ing the situation dangerous.
Ml STATE TICKET
IOWA PROGRESSIVES CONCLUDE
TO GO IT ALONE.
J. 1. STEVENS FOR GOVERNOR
Col. Roosevelt. Beirg in the City,
Spoke to 15,000 People in tns
Coliseum.
Des Moines. Ia.—The progressive
party of Iowa gave Roosevelt a big
demonstration Wednesday, pledged
support to him and nominated a part
of a state ticket, with Judge John L.
Stevens of Boone, member of the
national committee, as candidate
for governor. Others on the state
ticket are: W. S. Bemis. Spencer, !
lieutenant governor; H. A. Morey,
Waverly,' secretary of state; N. F.
Baker. Chariton, treasurer; C. J. My
er. Elkader. auditor; John S. Ste
vens, Mason City, railroad commis
sioner; Henry Michel. Dubuque, and
E. J. Stason, Sioux City, for supreme
judges. No nominations were made
for attorney general or state super
intendent.
The matter was fought in conven
tion at length and the opposition to
a state ticket made a desperate ef
fort to prevent action, but was de
feated overwhelmingly. About 501 j
delegates participated.
Selection of the ticket was made
by a select committee, which reported
the name3 of Judge Stevens and O.
J. Moore of Sioux City as available |
for govenor. but a telegram from 1
the latter declining left it to Stevens.
The latter has said he would not ac- I
cept. but a'ter the nomination, took
it back and will make the race.
A platform was adopted affirming :
state and national platforms and de- !
glaring that a fall state ticket should
be supported.
Kooseveit speaks.
Colonel Roosevelt spoke to 5.n00
persons who filled the Coliseum, de
voting most of his time to the man
ner in which he says he was cheated
out of the nomination at Chicago and
answering the statements of Penrose
and Archboid as to contributions.
He expressed pleasure that Senator
Cummins had come out in his favor,
hut declared that the progressive
party is to be a permanent party.
Congressional candidates were
named by caucuses for five districts
as follows: v
Second. Herman J. Zeueh. Daven
port; Third, R. E. Reach. Independ
ence: Sixth. J H. Patton. Grinnell:
Seventh. George C. White. Nevada;
Eighth. R W. Ratighlin. Mount Ayr.
H. B. Beatty of Davenport was
permanent chairman of the conven
tion .
The convention was preceded by
the holding of the caucuses and they
proved to be stormy ones. In every ;
caucus th“ question of whether or
not a state ticket should be named
was brought up and a hard fight fol
lowed. for those who cnposed a state
ticket were determined in spite of
the fact that the convention had been
packed in the interest of an entire
state ticket. A compilation of the
votes taken in these caucuses where
votes were taken showed 434 for a
state ticket and 301 against.
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OUTCOME IN VERMONT.
Not Much Change From Figures That
Were First Reported.
Whie River Junction. Yt.—The full
report of the balloting ia Tuesday’s
election in Vermont was compiled (
Wednesday without altering to any :
material degree the general figures as 1
indicated by the early returns. The :
unofficial total vote for governor
reached 65,033, the largest in a state
election in a presidential year since t
1904. There was no election by the :
people, but a sufficient number of re- '
publican members of the legislature i
were chosen to insure the seating of j
Allen M. Fletcher in October, as well
as the remainder of the republican
state ticket.
State Fair Visitor Killed.
Minneapolis. Minn.—Frank Andre,
aged 55. a state fair visitor from j
('harles City, la., was killed in a fall
from a third-story window of a local :
hotel while seeking relief from the ;
heat.
Dozen Persons Missing
Los Angeles. Cal.—Twelve persons.
Including one woman and the six chil- .
dren of S. J. Zarde. a wealthy sum
mer resident, have been missing since j
outbreak of the flames that destroyed
the entire amusement section of
Ocean park.
Dead From Eating Fungi.
Posen. Prussia.—Seven persons are
dead and four more are dying as a
result of eating poisonous fungi, gath- i
ered as mushrooms. All the victims
were of two families.
Welcome for Speaker Clark.
Bowling Green. Mo.—Speaker
Champ Clark, who arrives with Mrs.
Clark and their daughter tomorrow
for his first visit home since his de- |
feat for the democratic presidential
nomination, will he given a rousing ,
welcome by the “home folks.”
Peterson Is Made Candidate.
ravenport. la.—Walter H. Peterson
of Davenport was nominated for con
gress at the congressional convention
in the Second Iowa district. There
was no primary candidate.
Suicide in Chicago Hotel.
Chicago.—H. H. Adams, ?>5 years
old. whose home was in Macon. Ga.,
committed suicide at a downtown ho
tel by shooting himself in the right
temple. He left a brief note asking
that his father. C. M. Adams of Macon,
Ga., be notified.
Many Miners Are Killed.
Lens, France.—Thirty-seven coal
miners are believed to jiave been
killed in an explosion of fire damp
Tuesday in the Clarence coal mine
near Bru&y, department of Nord.
State Oil inspector Husenetter has
received scores of letters during the
past few weeks protesting against
what the writers say is gasoline short
age in the state.
Labor Commissioner Guye has gone
to Chicago, where Le will head a
homeseekers' excursion which is to
leave there September 3 for the pur
pose of looking over Nebraska home
stead land.
State Veterinarian Bostrum is in
Indianapolis. Ind., where he will at
tend the meeting of the American
veterinarians’ association. The Ne
braskan is secretary of the organiza
tion.
In company with Labor Commis
sioner L. V. Guye. the governor will
head a special land seekers’ excur
sion which is to leave Chicago on Sep
tember 3, running over the Burling
ton to the North Platte and sand hill
territory of Nebraska.
The state of Nebraska reached 200.
000 people by farmers’ extension work
last year, and by an expenditure of
$15,000. according to Professor Pugs
ley. which is 13 cents a head. This
is less than the similar expenditure
of any of the other agricultural states.
Dr. Gaines of the animal pathology
department at the Nebraska state ex
periment station, and State Veterin
arian Bostrum will conduct an ex
hibit at the state fair. Considerable
attention will be given to hog chol
era. and information on the disease
and methods of {retention will fea
ture the exhibit.
Several county assessors neglected
to report national bank stock, tele
phone stock and other items of a like
nature to the state board of assess
ment. The error has been discovered
by the secretary and the information
has been asked for in order that the
books may be closed up and the re
ports completed.
The state food commission will have
an exhibit at the state fair, according
to announcement made by the head
of the department. The exhibit will
consist of products of common sale
in the state and will contain both
pure and adulterated matter along this
line, together with several exhibits
which are calculated to be object les
sons to those who view them.
Chancellor Avery has received the
report of ('apt. H. H. Tebbetts of the
I'nited States army, who inspected
the university cadets last spring. The
report is highly commendatory of
Captain Yates and the university
manag-ment. and states that the
cadets were neatly dressed and seem
ingly well fitted for the tasks of a
soldier.
The completed abstract of reports
of county assessors, compiled by Sec
retary Henry Seymour of the state
board of equalization, shows that the
assessed valuation of improved and
unimproved lands increased nearly IT
per cent under the valuation of last
year, while the valuation of lots in
creased a fraction over 11 per cent
and personal property decreased near
ly 3 per cent.
Tn order to obviate poor seed corn
next year, if possible, the state uni
versity and the publicity bureau of
the Commercial club of Omaha are
planning a seed corn selection week
this fall. Prof. C. AY. Pugsley, head
of the extension department of the
state farm, will compile the necessary
suggestions for the selection and
proper care of seed corn, and the
bureau of publicity will endeavor to
distribute this information to the citi
zens of the state.
I
There are 16.07S automobiles listed
on the 1912 state assessment roll, j
while records kept at the office of the '
secretary cf state show that the num
ber there registered exceeds 26.000.
deducting about 5.500 motorcycles
which are owned in the state. The
difference in the figures has been the
cause of much speculation over the
state and there have been a multi
tude of guesses hazarded as to the
reason for it all.
A more or less friendly controversy
between Superintendent Kern of the
Hastings hospital for the insane and
Warden Melick of the penitentiary
has arisen over the custody of “Faint
ing Bertha" Liebke. Dr. Kern be
lieves that Bertha, who was sent to
his institution in July. 1911. is nearly
cured and that she can safely be sent
back to the penitentiary, where she
was beginning a three-year term of
imprisonment. Warden Melick. how
ever. does not want the woman and
demurred when the matter was sug
gested to him by the Hastings man.
More information regarding the
state's assessment roll has been given
out by Secretary Seymour of the
state board of assessment and equal
ization. On the lt>12 roll, according
to the figures, there are 3S.094.777
acres of land, both Improved and un
improved. which has a total assessed
valuation of $249,269,045. There are
556.S40 lots, having a total assessed
valuation of $69,730,582 The 924.756
horses in the state have a value of
I13.51S.705 in the eyes of the assess
ors. while 91,690 mules are valued at
$1,652,992.
Secretary of State Walt has re
ceived official notice of the nomination
of W. H. Taft and J. S. Sherman The
notification came from Elihu Root,
permanent chairman of the republican
national convention, and Lafayette B.
Gleason of Delhi. X. Y„ secretary of
the convention. It is supposed that
the notice was sent to the secretary
of state for his information in making
up the form of the official ballot in
Nebraska this fall, but as the names
of the candidates for president are
not permitted on the ballot, the notice
will not be of any use to Secretary
Waite.
WERE NONEXPERTS
PECULIAR ACCIDENT THAT NEAR
COST LIFE.
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What is Going on Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Greenwood.—Cracksmen who blew
the safe of the Farmers’ Lumber &
Coal company here Wednesday night
and took sixty dollars from the cash
drawer were not experts. They left
plenty of evidence behind them to
prove that assertion. Nevertheless
they got away with the spoils. The
safe was blown with black powder, an
explosive that the professional would
not care to use. A safe in another
lumber office was inspected but was
not tackled, detectives believe because
it looked too formidable for a black
powder job.
Peculiar Accident.
Falls City.—Paul Fisher met with
an accident one night the past week
that nearly cost him his life. He
was riding on a wagon loaded with
fertilizer, and in driving to the side
of the road, the wagon overturned and
Fisher fell underneath the load, and
the team ran away, l.ater two Rulo
men in passing came onto Fisher.
When they dragged him out he was
unconscious and almost smothered.
Delegate at Lincoln’s Nomination.
Lincoln.—Secretary of State Wait
has received a letter from E. Al. Jenk
ins of Kenesaw in whiih the latter
stated that his father, now more than
91 years old, would likely be an at
tendant at the Abraham Lincoln statue
unveiling to be held here. The elder
Air. Jenkins was a delegate at the Chi
cago convention of 1860 when the Illi
noisan was nominated for the presi
dency. He was a prominent member
of the convention and was acquainted
with "Uncle Abe.” *
Circus at Sheriff's Sale.
Fairbury.—Action for the recovery
of $4,S00 has been brought in district
court by Lee Greer, one of the part
ners in the Campbell Brothers' shows.
This show was stranded in Fairbury
August 10, when John Heasty, trustee
for a number of creditors, filed a writ
of replevin on a $5,000 chatel mort
gage. Air. Heasty will sell this show
at sheriff's sale in Fairbury, Septem
ber 9, for the amount.
Crushed By Hay Stacker.
Cambridge.—Albert Brown, a farmer
residing two miles southeast of this
city, was killed while stacking hay.
The stacker, made of heavy timbers,
broke and in falling struck Air. Brown
on the head, killing h.m instantly. The
deceased was one of the pioneer set
tlers of Furnas county, having lived
here since 1874. He leaves a widow
and nine children.
Indian Powwow at Walthill.
Walthill, Xeb.—A large number of
Omaha Indians have returned from
Oklahoma, where they have been vis
iting for several weeks with the Pon
cas. They brought five carloads of
horses with them—gifts received from
the Oklahoma Indians. The last of
August will see the Omaha pow wow
and celebration open. It will probably
be held in the vicinity of Walthill.
Hildreth.—The harvest jubilee was
a success. Thousands crowded the
streets by 9 o'clock a. m. The parade
of the German soldiers. Germans,
school children and floats was the best
ever seen in Hildreth.
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Kearney at home Tuesday defeated
Fremont. 9 to 8.
Seward at home Tuesday lost to
Hastings, 8 to 3.
Hastings shut out the home town at
Seward Monday, 9 to 0.
Grand Island at home Monday took
the game from Columbus, 5 to 1.
Hiawatha shut out Auburn Wednes
day in a hotly contested game. 3 to 0.
Auburn at home Thursday shut out
Beatrice, 4 to 0.
Superior at home Thursday lost to
Grand Island. 7 to 1.
Beatrice at home Wednesday took
the game from Auburn, 13 to 1.
In an eleven inning game at Hast
ings Wednesday, Columbus was shut
out. 1 to 0.
In a double-header at York Monday
the home team won first, 7 to 4; Su
perior second, 9 to 4.
Pitcher Sullivan, formerly of Wichi
ta in the Western league, has been
signed by Manager Shaner for Hast
ings.
Falls City at home Tuesday lost to
Humboldt, 8 to 3.
Grand Island was defeated at Col
umbus Tuesday. 8 to 4.
York at home Tuesday took both
games from Superior, 4 to 3 and 6
to 1.
Kearney at home Monday broke
even in a double header with Fre
mont. 6 to 9.
In the annual game of ball between
the fats and leans of York the leans
went down in defeat before the heavy
weights, the score at the end of the
seventh inning, when the game ended,
standing 18 to 17.
Humboldt was shut out at Falls City *
Monday, 4 to 0.
In the final game of the series of
five games. Central City, at home Sat
urday. defeated Clarks by a s^ore of
7 to 1>
Beatrice at home Tuesday- lost a
double header with Auburn, the first
by the score of 6 to 4. and the sec
ond 4 to 3. Both games went ten in
nings.
Nebraska City at home Tuesday
won from Hiawatha, 8 to 3. Rumm
cleared the bases with a two base hit
to center in the fifth after two were
out.