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S5nS5SSSS: i ' ij, - Jy wk p iV I" W-ftKMiWPMWflM Trjr j 'ft Vr' " " 2 S4M THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRrDA.;rUNEll 1397. M '? r& L5W L . dU i 1 -7 a SHERIFF CW THE ROT. URBANA OFFICER -SEEKS SAFETY .IN FJJGHT lie rirrt TTrnt to RirliiRllcll, hut theRe portof n ll llrntr llliu to Ilnjrten Worernor Kvnliiirll Tullot.uf ithe Tragedy Kxcltoiunit Kuan High. Colcmwb, Ohio. June "7. A spcdlrtl to tlie Dispatch from Urbana say,.thnt the town ibis morning lias resumed , its normal condition ami everything Is ' quiet Itistcud -of (i negro idaugllng from a tree oa the most prominent street corner, nn excited .populneo thronging the streets, military and a sheriff hiding Id the county jail, a sheriff Is lleelng, a captain of inllltta cannot be iound, and members of a militury company .are .keeping out of bight. Nothing in positively known.of tho whereaboutR of Sheriff McLaln and Captain Leonard. It is the general belief that the sheriff drove to Spring Held, and only Captain Leonard's im mediate friends know where thetcnp tain is. It was reported thai .a mol .of 1G0 men had organized to go to 'Spring Held after the sheriff, and Biich word went to Springfield, liavlug the. effect of driving him to Dayton, lie is uni versally condemned by tho peoplo and held responsible for the shooting .of citizens by the militia. The citizens insist that ho should fenvo refrained from ordering out tho troops. Governor ItiuhneU was asked what, if anything, ho desired to say about the lynching of the negro at Urbana jalL He said: "A sheriff, by he laws of Ohio, has cower to call on the fitato troops in his county to protect persons and prop erty. The law of Ohio Is peculiar in this respect. Tho sheriff at Urbana called the local company into service. Word did not come to me until 11:15 p. in. Thursday of the impending trouble o. Urbauu. "I was at a banquet of tho Sons of Veterans at Wooster Thursday night It took the messenger twenty minutes to find me. The request for military aid was from Captain Leonard, in com mand of the Urbana company of statu troops in the jail in which the negro was imprisoned. Captain Leonard said the sheriff wanted help. I did not look upon the message of Captain Leonard ns being from the proper source. The telephone people at Woo3tcr were In bed. They were se cured by 11:45 p. in. and I got Slicriff McLaln at Urbana by telephone, 'lie told me he had forty men. I told him he ought to bo nblo to protect the prisoner and property with forty men. (I have since learned ho had fifty -five , men.) He said he would do the best he could, but public sentiment was , dead against hi in. t told him he had , nothing to do with public sentiment His duty was to obcytholaw. lie did not ask for help. I loft the telephone , office at midnight The shooting by the Urbana company occurred after , that conversation. "At 3 o'clock n. m. a message camo f.frpm Sheriff McLain saying his forco -.was inadequate und for me to send .help. I Immediately telephoned Cap- ; tain Bradbury, company 11, Third Ohio , Infantry, Springfield, to report with his, company to Sheriff McLain at Ut- t.buna. At the bamo time I telephoned '-Sheriff McLain that Captain llradbury -.would report to him. Captain Brad- (bury arrived at Urbana at or before 7 f o'clock a. m. Colonel Anthony of the .Third Ohio infantry, to which Is at- it ached tho Springfield and Urbana .corupanlM, says Sheriff McLaln told illim thai Captain Bradbury of Spring- field, reported to and talked with him l(the sheriff) and was directed by the chcr iff to return to tho train or to Springfield. Tho lynching occurred not .more than thirty minutes later, according, , to tho best information I have;" The goyornpr said tho sheriff did not inform. him of tho existing trouble until it had reached its climax, al though tho thing had been brewing several days. Ho had been assured by all classes of people in Urbana that the sheriff dono all that could havo been done under tho circumstances. THE UJRBANA SHERIFF FLEES. Cincinnati, Ohio, Juno 7. A Times Star special from Dayton, Ohio, says: "Sheriff McLain of Urbana arrived in Dayton at 8 o'clock last night and was quietly conveyed to tho homo of his brother-in-law. Great effort was mado to keep tho presence of tho sher iff in this city a socret, and even after it became known that ho was hero it was with great .difficulty that ho was located. "He explained .his secrecy was to avoid interviews, but said ho, had left Urbana at tho solicitation of friends, who feared for his Bafety, and that, while he had no fear, ho deferred to their wishes in the matter. After E. C. Battler. Kansas Crrr, Mo., Juno ,7. Elmer C Sattlcy, one of the.chieJt wreckers of tho defunct Kansas City Safe De posit and Savings bank, who was par doned clandcntlnely by Governor Stephens, May 24, Is in Chicago is the employ of lib ' brother, ond an effqrt will bo made1 to bring him back to this city as soon as he can bo arrested to itand trial on one or more of the nu merous indictment! whluh were found tgalnst him. ( Judge Becker of EedaUa Dead. Eedat.ta, Mo., June 7. Jodgo WW- (am Boekor died of dropsy last rdght at his homo near Smlthton. aged 77 years. Judge Boeker was ono of tho pioneers oi rettis county, Having re sided near Smlthton for the past fifty wo jaws. Monot Vemvloi lo Erupttoa. London, Juno 7 A special dispatch from Naples saya Mount Vesuyjus is '.n eruption. An urea of 2,000 yards long by fiOO wldo is covered with lava, tcit it Is dangerous to approach within tOQ yards of the principal crat 'LONDON '.IS JUBILEE MAD. 'Vhe'Prc Warns 'Asrthist IDIimtSei Waal 'AtneiiriMi Itobbnl 1ondon, tfuno7.-?ltls ?.rpWil!Hl escape tho jubilee. Alrcody every 'thing is turning upon tho celebration dress, decorations and entertainment1), 'while there is n-chorus from the presi "Warning everybody Against all imag inary dlsnstcrs which, it is claimed, are. likely to.ensuo. lit is oven pointed i oat that '.Mio proposed bonuroi nri likely tto not tha whbloaountry in.c blaze, whlloiother correspondents ure so impressed with the importance of tho jublleo that they are uol satisfied with tho name of England ot Britain, and want England to be re christened Wlsoland, tho llrstfour let tcrs being 'tho Initials of Wales, Ire land, Scotland nud England. This it capped by unothcr correspondent, whe wants tlicetnplro to bo. called Euwls colla, so as do bring In 'the colonies od England, and that nil subjects .of tht queen bo called Enwiscolinns. Jublleo scats swindling is. rampant Slmrpors are meeting iiho incoininc steamers at IPort Said, llrlndsta and Qucanstuwn ond aro selling lunexist ing scats to -unsuspicious 'passengers. Many Americans, huvo beenwlctlmlzcd inithls manner at Queenstown. BUSSIA TO HONOR FRANCE MORE. Paiiib, June 7. Tho Figaro to-day announces that n vote for a -credit tc defray the expenses of .President Fautc's iauproaching .vlslt to fit Petersburg-will bo asked during the last day of the session of parliament in ordct to avoid disagreeable discussion. The Figaro adds: "The government is ex' erclscd owing to Emparor William de siring to send 1'rinco Henry of 1'russla with a Gorman flcct.to meet the French squadron and salute President Faure.'' M. L'Uaslle, a radical deputy, rep resenting tho First .district of Polt crcs, who has just returned from St Petersburg, says he was told by M. DeWlttc, -tho Russian , minister for finance, that the visit .of President Fauro to the -capital of Russia is re garded at .St. Petersburg as being -of considerable importance. Tho deputy adds that naval and military rcviowi will be held In Ills honor, whllo Em peror William of Germany, whoso visit was timed prior to President Jfauro's, will not witness a revlow. 60,000 WJTH GOMEZ. Major Smith Says the Insurgent Arm) Is la Good Conditio. Washington, Jane 7. Captain W. D. Smith of the (jbban army spent con siderable timo again yesterday with tho Senate committee on foreign rela tions. In a brief Imtcrvlcw he said: "The Cuban army Is now- In better condition to resist the Spaniards and to maintain the fight for independence than it has been since tho beginning of the war. Genoral Gomez' hm a well disciplined army- of About 60,000 mrn who aro determined to hold out until their efforts shall bs crowned with victory. Our soldiers aro rapidly procuring arms, and every day aerves to' but them oa a better footing id this respect , Oarf'tropps enjoy a vast advantage over the Span iards, in that they are not injuriously affected by tho ollrcato. I may say that I have not seen a case of yel low fever or smallpox among tho Cuban soldiers since I have been on tho island, and that I have not been sick a day myself. Further mo ro, wo havo no difficulty in feeding our troops. In the portion of tho country in which the Cuban troops aro in control, the provisions are protect ed, and we draw our supplies from this source. Our commissary is, there fore, regularly renewed and our sup plies are received in quantities quite sufficient to meet all our wants." In reply to a question, Captain Smith said: "All talk about autonomy and of Spanish roforms for Cuba is so much breath wasted. There is not a man in tho Cuban army who will agree to ac cept anything Bhort of absolute inde pendence." WEYLER CERTAIN TO CO. Doth Parties In Spain Weary of tha Iinteher. Madrid, Juno 7. Everyone la con vinced that the main question at issue in tho present crisis is the selection of a new govornor of Cuba capable of convincing tho people that Spain is earnest in the matter of colonial re forms. The crisis is likely to be pro longed, but there is a significant change of tone visible in the Conserva tive papers, which are beginning to hint that tho futuro fate of tho Con servative party is not altogether de pendent upon Captain General Woyler. Tho Impression gains ground that rather than see tho Liberals in ofllco, tho Conservatives would consent to recall Weyler, and it is believed that Marshal Martinez Campos is willing to replace him. Big Chicago Receivership. Chicago, Juno 7. -After passing through much litigation, tho stone firm of Dolcso & Shepard went into the hands of a receiver to-day,- The assets are placed at 81,250,000, and tho liabilities at 9730,000. Tho plant of tho concern is, however, heavily mort gaged. The Arm did a large business, and until it became tangled up with the courts Its profits were over 170,000 a year. Oreece llgos an Armlitlee. Athens, June 7. Tho cabinet de cided to sign a sea armistice on the following conditions: "The Greek fleet will quit Ottoman waters. Ves sels under Turkish or neutral flags, bound to or returning from Turkish ports and vossels north of the armis tice lino will not bo examined. Ves sels carrying troops and munitions for the Turkish army will not be allowed to enter ports north of tho line. The Turkish fleet must not leavo tho Dar danelles. The dispatch of reinforce monta to garrison towns in the Archi pelligo U nrohiljltcd. BIG .BLVtOZEATLDAVUXCITY. f.lcotrlc'I.lcliri'lunt -niM drain r.lcvator Toil!y'lrtrojMt. 'At'DavldiCity Sunday morning a fire alarm called the department to tht grain eluvutor..und electric light plant of James Hell, located, on the Union Pacific road. This elevator was one oi the largest in ,tho Ktatu outside ol Omaha, having a capacity of 150,000 biiRhels. The uleetriu light plant was 3. part of the building ami Its destruc tion will leave .tho city in darkness. Tho loss is ulxnit SSS.OOO.nnd insurance 57,000. It wils only the htlllticKs of the morning and most heroic efforts of the lire, company that Wells' lumber yard was saved. Hud this not been con trolled the entire business portion of tho town would havo been burned. Two of the fireman were badly burned ou their hands ami faces. Tho lire started in the boiler .room ami the urlglu Is unknown. BROKE THE'RECORD. Aha llnlfcy, u I.lerolu 'llykrr. Makes 800 Ml In. In till IU. iMvu Halley of Lincoln broke-the 200 mllu record Sunday, lowering It from 17:.T. to 10: ill. He left Lincoln at 4:12 In the morning and made tho M-venty-three .miles to Ouriha, getting there at iWO. Tho record for this trip held by Ora Ward Is 4:15. The return from Omaha was begun ut fl. o'clock ami ho arrived in Lincoln at l:03 p. in., fresh and smiling. Ho had but one puncture during tho whole ride. Ho made up I... 'im ,t!it.- I., .t.lt.tn. n,-.i.tifl Ot.mhfi ... s..w ,vn . , ..t..4 t,.'i...i. w... and Council HlufTs. Ills time wus checked tit all stationK, t-o.tlu.rc is no question about its accuracy. DROWNED WHILE -SEINING. .fwo Mew Walk Jnto Ilrep .Water In (lotlii'iilturt; l.ukiv A fatal accident occurred -Sunday morning at Gothenburg, resulting in tho drowning of two citlzeus, John An derson nud Andrew JoIiiihiou. They ami several other men were seining fish in Gotheuburg lake. Anderson ami Johnston were wading with the net when both walked into deep water, which filled .their rubber boots and prevented tlwjm from rising. After searching two liours the bodies wore found. The wrauer decided that an inquest vras unnecessary. Anderson Waves a widow nnd two children Jahufaton was a hlngle man. RELIEVES CAPTAIN BECK. Sew Agent For the Winnebago Initlaas nt Ills rout. The newly appointed agent of the OmaliA und Winnebago Indians, Lieut. W. A. Mercer, has arrived nt the Win nebago agency aud relieved Captain Heck, the former agent. He enter upon his duties without any special in structions from the department of the Interior. Ho has just completed u five years' service as agent of the Chippe wa Indians at Ltipointu agency, Wis. Captain Heck has been appoiutedagent ut Ouray agency, Utah. Sunpcctril Niilclilr. Wes Pickens, a prominent grain lniyr of Daykin, Jefferson county, myster iously disappeared last Sunday night. A letter was found in his bedroom di rected to Ills wife in which ho said he intended to commit Miicidu and that it would bo needless for them to search for his body, as they would not find it. He was tracked to the river nnd about a hundred men are dragging thu stream, but nothing has been foil ml as yet. Pickens was known to be in fiuaucial trouble, which is thu only cause for his rash act. 1'rlntlng Cmitrarta Awnnlcil. The state printing board has award ed tlie contracts for stnto printing. All tho large jobs, three in number, were awarded tho State Journal com pany, as the lowest bidder, nnd seven Binall jobs wero awarded to Jacob North & Co. Tho prices range consid erably lower than heretofore. lllves delimit Hatlsfactlon. S. J. Weekes of O'Nell has received notice of his appointment as register of the United States land ofllco at that place, vice John A. Harmon, removed. This nppointment gives general satis faction to the republicans. Trying to Itoopen. Tho depositors of tho Merchants' bank of Lincoln, held a meeting Satur day and expressed confidenco in tho honesty and integrity of tho bank offi cials, and advocated steps to reopen thu defunct Institution. Another Hunk Quits HuHlnrna. Owing to the lack of business tho stockholders of the First Hunk of Lush ton decided to quit, nnd havo notified depositors to call und got their money. lluil Fire on a Ilunrlu The sheds nnd stables at tho Low ry sheep farm, near during, were to tally destroy destroyed by flro. Sev eral horses and buggies wore lost. Uenth nf a llaetlngs Veteran. Wm. McDonald, a tinlon veteran, died nt thu home of his son in Hastings at thu ripe old ago nf 83 years. BREVITIES. Adjutant General Harry is conflnod to his room by sickness. Governor Holcomb is unable to ap pear at his ofliee on account of rheu inatism. Tho state pharmaceutical association convened in sixth annual session at Pluttsmouth Monuay. A five-year-old son of a farmer named Summers, living near Hradshaw, died Monday from injuries received in a run away Saturday evening, Tho'Adaroson Sugar company, a now enterprise with headquarters at Heat rice, filed articles of incorporation Monday wth Sppretory of State Por MOORE CASE IN COURT EX-AUDITOR UP FOR BEZZLEMENT. EM- Argument on Demurrer ami Motion t Qoauli Clnims He Whs Not Authorized to Collect anturwnre Feet Amendment! Hid Not tarry. Saturday in district court In tineas' tor county Judge Hall listened to ar guments on the demurrer und motion Wo quash filed by Eugene Moore, to tho information charging htm with embezzlement. The principal conten tion of the defense was set forth In the a4-gumuts on the lU'iniwnn- to three of tlie nine counts In the Infor mation which charge Moore with em bezzling money In his oflldal capacity ns auditor. Moore's attorneys alleged that he is not responsible for tht money, ns nowhere in the statutes ii the auditor authorized to receive fees or perquisites for any purpose. The motion to qunsh served the Mime pur pose as a motion to make more specific nud certain. It was not l gued at .carefully as the demurrer. During the arguments of Moore's at torneys, Judge Hall several tluuw In terrupted thum with questions. He asked Attorney llromc If, iidmlttlnp for the purpose of argument that tht auditor hud no right to taho thu money, he did not havo a duty in com mon law to turn over what monej came ln,to his possession ns an olllcla to a party authorized to receive it? The court cited the exact wording ol tho statute governing embezzlement and asked what diffureuru it made how Moore got the money. The demurrer, he said, admits that the defendant hat possession of it. Tho statutes defluo an olllcer who Is puulshablo for em bczzlemcnt as any ofllcer or other per son charged with the "collection, re ceipt, safe keeping, transfer or ills bur&cmeut of the public money." The court usked what dilTcrcncc it would make in the present caso If till words but "safekeeping" were stricken out. Would not tho defendant's caso bo in cluded then? Attorney-General Smyth closed for the state, lie maintained that tho li censes issued by Moore asauditor would be good if the state never got a cent oi the fees. Ho commented on tlie pro vision in the constitution that feel must be paid in advance nnd said that in .certain .cases it -was necessary to put a very liberal construction on the law. In closing, he said that the crimt of embezzlement is unknown to com anon law. When tho elements have been alleged, tho crime has been de fined. Judge Hall said he would give his de cision on Tuesday. AMENDMENTS WERE LOST Bapreme Court Decides Thty Did Not Re- colre Enough Vote to Carry, The supreme court has decided that the constitutional .amendment increas ing the number of judges of the court from three to five was not adopted at tho election last fall. This decision waa hauded down last Thursday be fore the court adjourned for the sitting. Tlie question was raised ih a banking case from Johnson county und thu court has passed upon it, holding that a ma jority of all votes cast at the election on nny proposition Is necessary for ndoptlon of a constitutional amend ment. The court rendered practically the sarao opinion in tho suit instituted by W. J. Hrynn to prevent thu city of Lincoln from issuing gold bonds. The question of udoption of tho con stitutional amendment was raised by attorneys in tho case of tho Tecumsch National Hank vs. Anna H. Saunders, error from Johnson county, on a mo tion for a rehearing. Tho attorneys gavo several reasons for asking a re hearing. Ono reason that tho caso was reversed by the action of two judges, Chief Justice Post and Judgo Harri son joining in nn opinion fpr reversal sue Judgo Norval for afllrmauce. The sttorneys alleged that before the court rendered un opinion a constitutional intendment increasing the number of Judges to five was udopted by a vote of the people and therefore two judges of the court could not render an opinion for tho court, the necessary majority of tho court bolng lacking. The court has overruled the motion for a rehearing, Commissioner Ilyan writing tho opinion. Judge Norval dissents, but concurs in thut part of the opinion relating to the constitu tional question. All members of the sourt and tho commissioners concur In that part of the decision and in Judge N'orval's opinion so far as it relates to the constitutional question. Thu syllabus of Commissioner Ryan's opinion is as follows: "A reliearing will not be grandad when it is clear that no other conclusion thun thut already reached, is possible. "A proposition to amend the consti tution of this state can only bo sub mitted nt a general election at which there is elected senators and ropre icntatives. "To affect the adoption of nn amend ment to the constitution of this state ,'t must receive moro than one-half the highest number of votes cast at such general election, whether such highest number be fof the filling of an ofllco or for the adoption of a proposition." Insana I'atlent Escapes. It. Klnman, an inmate of the asylum for tlie incurable insane at Hastings, scaped some days ago and made his 6omu near Osceola, The sheriff of Polk county took Mm into custody and tas taken him back to the asylum. Htoro llqrgtarlied. Ilurglars broke into O. Haler's gener ll merchandise store at Nchawlyi and itole about three dozen pairs of pants, they gained entrance by breaking a vindow pane at tho back end of the itorc. WBEKL'Y CROP BULLETIN. furnished by the Government Crop and -Weather Bureau. i vtaVa 3Va1.u IOi B Oht ft. 011 yV ftbl l on' Lincoln. NVbr., June 8, 1807 Tlio pint, week has been cool nud cloudy. Tim dully menu temperature for tho stute luis iivenmed 7 degrees bo low thu normal, the deficiency vnryltig Irom 0 degress In the western suction to I) along thu Missouri rlvrr. The iiiiiilnll Im been below tho nor mal In the southeastern section, about normal in thu u. router part of thoeoiitral portion ot the state, uud nbovu normal In the northwestern section, whore from l.nOtoli.r.O inches fell. The punt week Iiuh been u good ouo for the advancement of riiiull grain, uud al though In somo iiiMtniiecH the the stand ot rye is tulu, wheat, rye und cntH ure generally in good condition. Tho cold weather litis been vnry unuiv orublo for corn, nnd It lias made very Mov'uroivtli; in koiiio localities itls turn ing yellow nud generally is not a good In all hy color. The stand ol corn Is thin uud won no nnd squirrels havo done moro thun tho iiHiml amount of diimiiKc, caus ing nn iiuiiHiilly large amount of replant ing. Cultivation of corn is in progrenH, hut lu iiiuiiy localities the plant is still rather hiiiuII for working. Corn everv- where needrt warm weather nud inmost cnuutlfH more rain. Fruit Ih gonrrully promising u fair crop, lvurly cherries nnd strawberries ure ripening In thu smithvru counties. Thu cutting ot the first crop of alfalfa has commenced hi thn guiitliwetrn section und thu irop is much ubovo the average ItEI'OIlT IIY COUNTIES HOUTIICAHTKIIN SUCTION. flutter Wheut, onta and rye doing nicely; too dry nnd cold for com; ninny fields ot corn will huvo to be replanted Cuss Small grain looks fine; corn growing slowly nud dumagod by cut worms, moles nud squirrels, making much replanting necessary; potatoes splendid; pastured good. Clay Week unfuvorublo for corn but good for wheat aud potatoes; small pur cent ot replanting corn completed; fruit prospects good. Fdmore Smnll grain good;some head Inn .ut; too cool lor com; much replant ing done; potatoes nxcellout; pusturcs good. Gage Corn linn not udvnncod much the past week hut wheut and oats huvo grown well; more hot weather needed. Hamilton Smnll grain, potatoes and grasses doing well; too cool for corn; worms cutting corn badly, mnuy fields replanted, stand thin. Jefferson Wheat heuded, promises lull crop; oats doing well; pastures good; cherries turning; struwberrios ripe; too cool for corn. ' Johnson Week good for wheat und bad for corn; stand of corn poor and color bad, sorao is bolng- planted for the third time. . a-anenstor Cold, cloudy week; corn has grown slowly: small grain doing wall; early cherries beginning to turn red. Nuckolls Wheat, oats and grass ex tra good; cherries, plums and peuctivs poor; corn growing very slowly; pota toes fairly good. Otoe Corn not doing Well, much be ing replanted; cultivation in progress; amall grain doing well; strawberries be ginning to ripen. Pawneo The weather has been al most too cool and cloijdy for best re sults; some, corn replanted because washed by heavy rains. Polk Too cool for corn, thin stand, caused by cutworms, squirrels and poor seed; wnent nearly all Headed; potatoes good; pastures excellent. Richardson Wheat looks better; grass nourishing; frnit and berry prospects good; oats doing well; favorable meek for working conn Saline Corn has made little growth nud much has been replanted mainly be cause of worms; small grain baa dono fairly well. Saunders Corn coming slowly and aueveuly; rain and warmer weather useded for more rapid growth; corn on upland looks good. Seward Plowing corn the order ot the day; corn small nnd growing slowly, mall grain looks good especially wheat and rye, Thayor Small grain doing well; nl falfa in blonni;too cool for corn and cut worms doing much damage; good rain needed. York Corn growing very slowly nnd nn unusual amount has been replanted; winter wheat headlsg; nlfulfa being cut; pastures good. MOIITHKABTKRN SUCTION. Antelope Corn up and some culti vated; rye handed nut but Is thin and shost; everything improved by rain ol 1st. Hurt Early plnnted corn is being cul tlrnteuVund Ih three inches high; a large acreage ot millet put in; smnll grain looking firm. Cedar Very beneficial rain on first, smnll grain growing fast; flnx an millet seeding in progress; ryo well headed; alfalfa looks good. Colfax Too cool for proper growth ol corn; other crops doing well; some com plaint of Injury to corn by worms. Cuming Small grain looking well but corn needs warmer weather, Dixon Too cool for corn and the plant in small and yellow, much roplant lug done; rain good for grain and grassei. Dodge With very little rain nnd cool weather vegetation Is slow; complaint very general ot poor stand ot corn. Dnuglaa Oat, ryo nnd curly wheat til in good condition; rain is beginning to be needod; too cool for vegetation. Holt Ityo in bloom nnd looks very nice; some corn being cultivated; corn backward, buttloliigwcll; pastures-good; grass flue. Knox Everything looks better after the rain: iHHt planted corn just com lug np;wild nay excellent. i a i ' V" 1 fJ I if sT afi " Madison Corn about two-thirds stand: utworins nnd squirrels very nctlve; inull grain doing fnlrly well: beets fair in good stand mid doing well. Pierce Smnll grain Improvod by fine rain; too cool for corn. Pliitti Small grain nnd grass tonklng fxcellent; rye bending well; corn not do ng well, stand thin nnd sotno planting over. Sarpy Uvo turning; corn growing very flow; warm weather and more rain wanted. Stanton Small grain In flue condi tion: corn is up, hut stand poor, und much replanting will havo to ho done. Thurston Weather cool uud cloudy. Washington W heat and tints looking fairly woll; ton dry nnd cold, (or corn; some corn cultivated aud much replant ing done. Wayne Too cold for corn; wheat and oats improved hIiicp tho rnln; corn two thirds average stand und Intent that. CIINTIIAI. HICTIO.N. lloone Corn a poor stand; somo cul tivating done; rnln needod. Iluffalo Corn a poor stand nnd a largo part being replanted; spring wheat looks woll; all small grain would be helped by ruin. Custer llye and lull wheat heading out; corn yellow and growing slowly, stand generally good, but some being replanted hocattro dnmngnd by ctit worms; corn cultivation hns commenced. Dawson Cultivators busy In corn, some complaint of light stand; alfalfa growing slowly, somo winter klllod; Hpring grain gnttlng weedy, Orcoloy Corn looking yellow, some not up yet owing to drouth; although too dry and corn too small somo are cultivating. Hall Small grain looking fine; corn coming on slowly; grass will bo heavy; prospect for n good fruit crop. Howard Corn growing slowly nnd all vegetation suffering from drongth; ry nud winter wheat ntund thin nnd spind ling. Loup Lnto planted corn not comlng np well; pastures drying up. Merriek Corn somewhat backward and sninv cultivated; ryo thin: wheat (airly good; oats rather poor anil late. Nance Small grain stoollng well but growing very slowly; corn coining un evenly nud much replunting bolng done; cultivation of corn begun. Shermun Good rain on June 1 greatly helped small grain; corn needs warm wentlior and moro ruin; poor stand ol corn. Valley Small grain doing well; rather cool for corn; potatoes and corn coming tip unevenly; farmers tending corn and sowing millet. HOUTIIWKSTKIIN SUCTION. AdnniR All crops doing well; many fieluNofcnrn replnntod. Chase Fine week for smull grain, but too cool for corn. Dundy Onus on tho range and in meadows Ih imtnonse; good growing tlms for nil crops. Fsanklin First croo ol alfalfa being cut; replanting corn about finished; not nn extra good stand ot corn. Frontior Locul rains have revived corn wonderlully. Furnln Alfalfa bolng cut, a big crop; rye nnd pastures unusually good; pota toes fliio; corn seems to be doing fairly well. (lospor Small gralu looking fine; corn hns been damaged some by cutworms; too cool for corn but good for wheat. Harlan Small grain ueedH moro rain; first crop of alfalfa being cut; cborriea begining to ripen; corn cultivation in progress. Hitchcock Looil showers havovislted nearly ovory section of the country by reason of which crops show much iin provment. Kearney All small grain, grasses and potatoes have mndo steady growth;corn is tnrdy and a fair stand; too cold for corn. Lincoln Small grain helped by tha rain but more is needod. Perkins Crops look good but need rain; some corn being replanted. Phelps Corn up and growing nicely; rye heading out. Head Willow Crops ore nearly at a standstill on account of dry weather otherwise they look hoaltbv; rye mostly headed. Webster Corn growing vory slowly, much hns been replanted. WE8TKIIN AND NOftTIIWEBTnilN SUCTION Cherry Grass has dona well but too cool for corn. Kolth Corn coming an and doing' fairly well; small grain good. Keyn Pnha. Wheat doing well; grans splendid; very cold lor crops. Kimball. Small grain doing nicely; pastures fine; some alfalfa cut. Rock Corn very poor owing to cut worms, frosts and winds: much replant ing being dons; garden injured by froat; good rain on 1st. Scotta Bluff Crops all doing finely; alfalfa nearly ready to cat fer hay but a largo acreage will be left to go to aeed. G. A. LOVECaND, Section Director, Lincoln, Neb. Taa Baa Slowly Buralac Op. Sir Robert Ball, ibe astronomer royal of Ireland, says thero is a dis tinct limit to man's oxistenco upon this pluuot, and that tho length of that period will' be controllod by tbe final exhaustion of the sun. It sccraB, from, his figures, that the "great orb of day" has nlrcady, dis sipated four-fifths of tho energy with which ho was originally endowed, und that without being relnvigorated by somo extraordinary process, can not hold out moro thun 10,000,000 years'longor, and possibly not mora thiuHOOO.OOJ yoars. The scries ,o figures from which he doducos this, startling result may also be juggled, around in such a manner a to shbw? tho ugo' of our great luminary, ' which tho professor has" set do'wh"at l?,0J0,000yours St Louis Republic. The Light of the World. As the best light In tho world la (ho warm light of tho sun, so the best II-' lumlnatlon of Ufa Is not from tho moon like beams of human speculation, but from the love of God. That love, like tho sun, opens tho universe, turn's oven clouds into glory, and lifts death Itself to a mount of transfiguration. Titer Mar Curl their Front Hair, It has been decided that tho dea conesses of tho Methodist church shall wear black gowns, with gath-, ored or plaited skirts, bishop slooves. round waists, turn-down collars und white cuffs. Tuoy may "friz" thole hair if they desire to do -a 1-6:1 i- (i VI n .' tAA 4V, ' iiiittfirtJ