The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, June 18, 1897, Page 7, Image 7
Bwraww'WH735!w3Sw53S255!5Hi -. .w. -.- OtV" nyf" i'yli - - wcp-wwm ' -iwTyT-xn'ijJUWHyyPsylftftfl Cy v - J? - i m ' THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, JUNE IB !S97. 9 a i ty .. Cft PRESSURE OiN REED.i 3ANKRUPTCY AND MONE TARY ACTION WANTED rcKldrnt JlcKlntry unit Hcrri-larjr lni;o Anxious for Hie IMmhrc of it Monnt.irjr Comuiloalmi lllll 1'ri'o tl,rr Demo rti Will riKht It. Wamuxotox, Juno 10. The pre3i Mro upon SpbuUer Reed from Ropub llcan members of the House to Induce hlra to name at an parly date commit tees to enn-dder tlio bankruptcy bill, tho Cuban belligerency rclutlon unil o proposeil amendment for a mone tary commission, whloh, it is gener ally understood, will be introduced in both Senate and Hou;,o us soon ns the tariff bill shall bo out of the way, has been Increased. Mr. Reed has been strongly urged topcrmltconslderation of the bankruptcy and the monetary commission bills while the tariff bill Is pending in conference on the ground that both of theso moasunys are of prime importance and tinder the elr cumstnncss could not bo considered at interfering in uny manner with tht Vass.igo of the tariff bill itself. There Is u persistent demand from all portion of the country for the pas sage of a bankruptcy bill, and It is known that both Preiidetit McKittloy and Secretary Ongj ore anxious that a commission to formulate u bill for tho reform of tho currency shall bo se lected during tho extra session In or der that a mental ro of that character may bo brought before Congress wlten It shall meet in December. There are threats from tho free silver Democrats -of tho Svnnto that no monetnry com mission bill will be permitted to pass that body. These may possibly hi of avail, but It Is understood the presi dent Is anxious that the effort shall bo made and that tho responsibility for obstruction or defeat shall bo placed where it belong.!. Speaker Reed, it is stated, has de clined to glvo any assurance that he would permit theso subjects to bo brought beforo the House through re ports from regularly appointed com mittees. Republicans hesitate to antagonize tho speaker for tear that when the as signment of member.') to committees shall bo made tluy may find them selves at tho bottom of tho list o i un desirable committee t. It Is possible that Mr. Reed may find a way to por mit consideration of tho measures named without appointing committees to consider them previous to their be ing brought boforo tho House. WERE PAY ROLLS PADDED? Investigation UcKiin on tlio Hnntu Fo His; Hi'imntlon rromlneil. Kansas Citv, Ma, Juno 10. A ucn nation Is promised in connection with tbo pay rolls of the Santa Fo railway system. . Officials of tho company have sus pected for some timo that fictitious names and tho nnmos of dead men have been carried on tho pay rolls. They recently began an Investigation of tho timo books on tho entiro sys tem. The investigation Is now in progress in tho general otllces of tlio company at Tnpeka and will not be finished for sovoral weeks. It Is rumored that tho company has been robbed of thousands of dollars through "padded" pay rolls, and whon tho In vestigation Is ended tho discharge and possibly tho criminal proslcution of several minor officials is expected to follow. Tho investigation was brought about by tho report of tho secret servlco de partment of tho Santa Fe, which claimed to have sneurod proof that one official had robbed tho company of several thousand dollars by drawing tho salaries of sovoral fictitious em ployes who3o names appeared on tho pay rolls. The offi olal was quietly discharged after making gooi tho amount of bis shortage. It was then determined to mako tho investigation thorough and complote, covering the whole sys tem, bocause it was bolloved if tho company could be robbod by ono truito.l employo It might just as easily bo dofrauded by many othora Tho secret servlco department of tho Santa Fo is worlcing on the investigation in connection with the auditing office. Pro gress is necessarily slow, becauso whero any crookedness is suspected tbo dotoctives havo to investigate and ascertain if tho supposed fictitious names wcro tho names of employes actually in tho employ of .ho com pany. Tho padding of pay rolls is an old and simple method, which has fre quently been workod on corporations for years beforo detection came. SOMEONE $15,000 AHEAD. Wichita Coaatr, Baa., lias Baon Robbail of That Amaeot. Tor-KttA, Kan., Juno 10. It has just come to light that somebody has robbed the county of Wichita out of 119,000 in school bonds. Attorney General Boylo Is trying to find out who got the money, and If he succeeds there will bo a criminal prosocution. His success la doubtful, however, as tho transactlonoccurrcd eight years ago and the detail surrounding It arc not clear. Tarrltorjr Lumbar Plant Bora. South McAmuteh, I, T., Juno lrt. Tho plant of tho Klchardson Lumber company at Red Oak was destroyed by flre yesterday. The cause of the,flro was a spark from tho saw mill engine. The loss to the lumber, company will amount at tho lowest estimate to $13, 000; insurance. 113.000. To Cbaek Tasaa LyaoblagS. Ansm, Texas, June 16. In a special messago to the legislature yes terday afternoon, Governor Culberson asked for tbo passage of a bill sub mitted by bim to suppress mob violence. BECAUSE OF BIG LOSSES. Itcnami of Harney Hiniiln'n 8ul Icle Drln-ii Id l)ri;crtloii. Lo:;to.s, Juno lit. Driven to doipct r.tiou by tlio Ion of countless inilliotn of dollars in tliu Inst six mouth'), untl with only about Sl.l.OO.l.OOO out of :i fortune u.itlmalu.l a year ago at S.V'3. OOI.OU), P.arnoy llaruato, "tho Katllc kin j," committed suioLb by throwing himself from tho steamship Scott while it w.u on its way from Capo Town to ling ntnl. The first report of tho sulcldo of the ronowncil speculator enmo late Inst night from Funchal, Island of Made-la. and simply announced that ho hud leaped overboard and had perished b.'foru anything could bo done to res cue him, but tho body had been re covered. Th s morning tho officials of tho Union Steamship company, to whii'h the Htj.unor Scott bulongs, confirmed tho report of tlio suicide, and in con t.oquetico there was a great sensation in financial circles. His ofiico hero w.is besieged this morning by hun dreds of oagor inquirers, and oven then his firm lind not received con firmation of the news. Thro.rmorlon street was flUoil with cxolto.l crowds of brokers discussing tins news of P.arnato's death. His solf- de.struution is generally supposed to haw been tho outcome of his recent illness ut tho Cape, which, according to rumor upon tlio slock exchange, was in the nature of brain trimblo. The African market, as the result ot I'nrnuto's death, was depressed to-day, Rarn.ito's Consolidated was ;V lower, Johannesburg Investment wont down ,' .. Chartered company's securities foil 'yj; Do Room' mines went down 5-10 rind Rand mines wcro J lower. The I'all Mall Oawtto this after noon, commenting upon tho doath ot Rtriioy Darnato, says ho hnd been t:i -nta'ly unwell for ubout three month, and that ho hud been under cotiatunl surveillance. Xkw Yoiik, Juno 10. "Rarnoy h dead," were tho thrco words flushed last night under tho ooenn and over tho wires from Johannesburg to Mist Alice Holbrook, sister-in-law of liar inv Darnato, tho Kaffir king. The news of tho death camo from n stater who rnnk3 In ago between Mb liolbroo'iund Miss Darnato. She llve.i in Capo Colony. From Madeira, whero the ship touched, tho dcatli message w:; cabled to South Africa, whoro Darnato was best known. "Mm. Darnato is in London," said Miss Holbrook "and I Hhall go next week to join her. Sho is tho best sis ter that over lived, und sho needs my bympathy " Miss Holbrook was npparcntly un nerved by tho terrible news, but shu boro up bravely, and from thesa words, bpoken almost under her breath, it hliowcd that tho end, while unexpected, was not to bo wondered ut Sho said: "Ho has lost loads and loads and loada of money lately. No wonder he com mitted suieldo." Miss Holbrook says that Barnato's fortune at tho timo of bis death wai ubout 815,030,003. WRECK ON THE 'FRISCO. lrour People Hark by an Aeeldaut to an Accommodation Train. Jort.iN, Mo., Juno ID. An accommo dation train on the Galena branch of tho 'Fri3co railroad wns wrecked four mllo3 oast ot Joplia at 11 o'clock yes terday and three passengers and a brukeman were injured. Tho roar trucks of a box car loaded with lum ber oroke, causing that car and thr passenger coach to leavo tho track, and botti rolled down a six-foot em bankmant; E. D. Sharpnack of this placo re ceived an ugly gash In top of head and his left shoulder was badly bruised; J. L. Coleman of Aurora, Mo., sus tained a fractured rib and wound in forehead; O. L. Ingledue of Marshall town, Iowa, traveling for R. P. Smith & Son, Chicago, was thrown across tho car as It toppled over, receiving several broken ribs, hurt -across shoulders nnd sustained Intornal in juries from which ho may not rocovor. DISPLACED BY JAPANESE. Clilncte Hiving- Way to Their Rivals In tho California llaet Fields. San Francisco, Juno 16. State Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald, who has just returned from a personal in vestigation of the labor employed in tho beet fields, says: "I find that be tween 05 and OB per cent ot all the labor used In the boot fields of Cali fornia is Japanese nnd Chlncso, with tho Chinese fast going to tho wall as against tho competition of tho Japan ese. Tho cano fluids ot Hawaii havo over 14 per cent of white labor, while tho best fields ot our own Cullforniu show but 5 per at present The Jap anese bosses in the fields told mo that next year thoy will handle tho entiro Industry. Thoy say, too, that they expect to bid against tho whites in rontiug tho land." rnreo Children Cremated. IlAununa, Ark., Jane 10. The house of a negro named Dunn, fifteen miles from here, took flro last night at 3:30 o'clock. Tho dwelling was occupied by the negro, his wife and thrco chil dren. Tho thrco children were ere- mated, Onion I'renmsn In Convention. Drthoit, Mich., Juno 10. About 100 delegates to tho international press men's convention and mora than that number ot union pressmen, who are not delegates, were present this morn ing at tho opening smlon of tho cout ventlon in tho city hall eo.inoll chain- bar. tapped bjr the l'olloe. New Yohk. June lrt. Tho bout be tween DickO'Urlon of Doston and Fred Lang of Indianapolis was stopped' by tlio pollcfe last night after tho first round, eighteen men wore arrested aud taken to tho police station. A SLENDER THREAD i-r ru ttc a oi met) i-tr t nuLUO c- l ncnouni.n jwu BARTLEY TO JUSTICE. Ill, l.nwytrs t'lnliii r.nilierrlrinpnl. If Any, W of tlsiik frrillt Onl Drnlln Itlun of Mniiry un tiniortnnt I'm-tor .IuiIkh Huyn It U n "Serloun yupntlou." The state In tho cinbcz.lptnont paso at OmuJiu against Joseph S. Hartley, rested Its caco Monday nftornoon und the ease now hangs practically in tho hands of Judge Duller, to whom Is be ing submitted the question formerly raised by tho defense, that Hartley cannot bo held tiut'er the present In formation, which charges him with tho embezzlement of money, wiureus tlio cvldeneo shows the embivs'.tcineiit, if any, was of n bunk credit. Tho menu lug of the term "money" Is tho hanging point which is to dotcrmini- whether or not Alio euso will ever get to the jury, and ,$dgo Raker calls it a "very serious" quest'on. The argument on the question, which was raised by a motion by the defense to dlcmiss the ciso by Instructing the jury to return a verdict of acquittal, was resumed f iipsnfiy morning, having been started lute Wednesday afternoon. It was on tlio meaning of tho term "money" that Attorney Mahonoy ar gued beforo Judge Raker, his talk last ing from 4:30 to rt p. ,n. He went Into history, early and lato law and the ac credited dictionaries to show tliut no where has a bank deposit been de scribed ns money nnd that tho term litis not been Mtlllelcntlv strained to permit jf that interpretation. He said that in ill tlio transactions between Hirtley und the bank there was no evidence to ihow that a cent of monov passed through tliu ex-treasurer's lnnd'i. When Mr. Mnlioney concluded Coun ty Attorney llnldrlgc, to get tin idea of how deeply ho would li.ivu to go into u counter argument, askeil Judge Raker if lie hud Investigated tliu question raised by tho defeuo to any extent. Jm'gj Raiser replied: "I have ex amino. 1 Into It sufficiently to have found tl.nt it Is u very sjrlous question." Tito on tiro morning Tuesdiy was spent in the tirgumeut of tlio motion to dismiss, anil at tlio conclusion of tho argument of the counsel for tho state, Judge Da It or oerrtilcd the motion This left tlio defense nothing to do but proceed with the ovide ucu. Stuto Treasurer Mesorvo was tho first wit ness called. The defense proposes by him to show that SM.OOO of Otoe coun ty botids und $70,001) of Saunders coun ty bonds wcro purchased with tho funds alleged to have been emberled. Illtr.olt mil Hli.-r.ml. Word was revived from Springfield Wednesday morning that the Illinois bill appropriating 815,000 for nn iwhlb it at tlio Umahu exposition was finally a law, Governor Tunner having signed tlio bill. Tho signature of tliu gover nor was attached several days ago, but he withdrew his approval almost im mediately on learning of a dl.scropency of about half u million dollars in tlio state assessment. Ho was urged by Illinois' rcprc.oututivcH in congress nnd Chicago business men to sign tlio measure. Tho money is to be spent under tho direction of a commission of twenty, ono from euch congrovsloual district. Had III I.-c MxuBled. Tuesday ufternoou Dwight Hamilton attempted to board a freight train go ing ut tlio rate of twenty miles un hour between the stations of Cairo and St. MitcliMcl, mLssed his hold and fell under the wheels and his right foot was crushed und mangled. Tlio train wus stopped and tliu unfortunate man taken to Ravenna, where his leg was amputated just below the knee. Hamilton says his people live in Wy oming and are well-to-do. Ho u about twenty-ono years old. A Oeclilon Doubtful. Attorneys who are interested in tho Inany suits involving tlio validity of tho Omaha charter arc in Lincoln in attendance at tliu hitting of the su premo court. Thoy hope tho court will hand down decisions iu some of tho cases They propose to bo on hand if anything of interest develops. Those who came from Omaha have gulned the impression that tlio court will de cide tho Lincoln charter into, but it is hardly probable that a decision will bo handed down at tills sitting, Uovernor lfnlromb Invited. Governor Holcomb lias received a printed invitation to speak in New York at tho Fourth of July celebration the ono hundred imd twenty-first anni versary of tlio Independence of tlio United States und tliu governor is in vited to make un address or send his views appropriate to tho unulversury. BREVITIES. Tho Lancaster county teachers' in stitute is in full swing ut Lincoln and tho rogistntion is lurgo. C. J. Rash, tlio Wnyno murderer, has been adjudged intuitu nnd takeu to tho asylum nt Norfolk. Masons from all parts of tho state are In Lincoln in uttendunco ut. the school of instruction and on tlio grand lodge which convened Tuesday. The barn aud sheds belonging to A. J. Shidner nt Stromsburg wero burned Monday, tho flro being caused by sorao diildrcn who had bceu playing in tlio barn Karl Marvin, son of tho Doutrlco postmaster, had his pony killed under hiin Monday night by un oleetrlo wire. II ! was passing ou Sixth street near ihe oiil car barn when ills pony stopped upon tho wire. Tim pony wno Icillcfil Instantly and as hu foil tho boy nar rowly escaped tho wire. When tho mlillo was removed tlio smoke cose as if the pony had been baked. ! May cause trouble. lllll In Hrcnrit In tlio lliinir for the Frlrniln-4 Mny i'.nntn t,ltl;ittliin. The tleeisii n of tho society of tho homo for tho frieadlnssto remove from tho building now occupied us n home, has broug.it up a f.prlnus question which the stuto uMckils may find trutiblpsuttip. The hind ou which tlio building stands was deeded to tho state of Ni'biMska "for the use and benefit of tin home for the friendless aud in tlu stiteof Nihruku." Theso tiro tlio words tise.l in the deed. As tlio courts Ii.im held that tho society Itself Is iu fait the homo for tin friend less, it Is believed Ihat tho propel ty will rightfully retort to tliu belts of Sullit N. l-'runkltn and husband when ever tho soi lety dNeontliiuos to use it or derive benefit from it. Lawyers who art looking into the matter say cllluu this must bo the case or tlio so ciety it entitled to bo rehnbur.M'd for tin funds of Ih own Invested In tho property. Tin last legislature recog nized no vested right of the society, but on the contrary passed a bill title lug the control of the homo from tliu society nnd placing it in tho hands of the governor und hoard oi' public lauds and building., It is claimed by friends of tin) organization that tlio society originally invested equally us muuh as tho bt'ito. Other Interests are ut stake. The city of Lincoln, when John R. Wright was mayor, put in a bid for tho locution of tho homo, The amount oil'orod by tin city was S'J.000. There was no other uiil, und It was nceupioti by tho board of public hinds and build ings. If tho society should change its & elsion to remove from tho building und commence u suit to test tbi validity of tin act of the last legislature an Inter csWng question uotild arise for tho courts to decide. Some believe tho law Is Invalid because It deprives the society of vpAid rights. ILLINOIS' APPROPRIATION. tiuwrnor Itok'onib I'trim Onvfraur Tan ner tjNIcn tho lllll. Tlio legislature of Illinois appropria ted 8tr 0J0 for tho Omaha exposition. Owing to it d'scjcrt-'iiey Iu the tux levy In that slate there is a detlcleucy of revenue amounting a half million of dollars, and for this reason Governor Tanner hesitutso tosign tin appropria tion In. I. Governor Holcomb urges Governor Tanner to sign tho bill, his letter being ns follows: "I trust you will not consider mo obtrusive in venturing to express nu earneat hope that you may find it com patlblo with your sense of public duty to approve bill providing for represen tation by your state for t runs-. Missis sippi exposition at Om.ilut, which I ntn ndvis?d you have under consideration. Our people are working with might nnd main to malto the project a suc cess. Nebrasku is linked as closoly to Illinois, socially and commercially, as to nny other state. Our state is peo pled largely by sons and daughters of lllinuju. and wi look to your metrop olis u'ntl other cities as natural trade, contort, for eommerrial intercourse, rurticlpntiou in tho exposition would more firmly cement those tlusaud boot mutual benefit to both. The oxpcndlt ttre I am sure would be quite small when compared with the substantia1 beneiit gained," A WOMAN TAKES POISON. Wife of a Herman Farmer Flndi the Hat tie of Mfo Ton Hnrd. Mrs. John Alder, wife of n Gorman living a mile and a half northeast of Fulrliurv, committed suicide Mouduy evening by drinking carbolic neid. The deceased hud apparently enjoyed tlio U'.stof health aud gave no evidence of lifing mentally unbalanced. Tho fntnlly, however, wus very poor, and therf were some thirteen children, and It is presumed she grow tired of the unequal struggle for an existence. N. K. McBrlde, a former resident of Fulriniry.shot hlmsolf, while in a fit of destpiidency over a lovo affair, at Deskler Monday. rrnctlralljr Admits Oullt. George Russell of Tckumah, charged with criminal assault, was, upon ex amination, bound over to tlio district court. His bond was placed at 31,000, unl ho being unable to furnish tho saiie was returned to tho county juil tohwnlt trial. It iscliargod that Rtts sel erimlnnlly usuaulted Mury Dittter fiijld, a seven-year-old child, nt Oak land hist Saturday evening. Ho has made u confession in which ho practi cally admits his guilt. A Woman Dim pudilenljr. fEosallo, tho good wifu of John Knf no. of Logan township, uear West l'cint, died very suddenly nt her home while washing dishes, last Monday morning, and wan Interred under Cath olic uusplccs last Wednesday. Mrs. Kafka was a halo and hearty woman of sixty-niuo, and attcuded mass In West Point tho day boforo her death. Heart diseaso was tlio cattso of her taking ofi. Hniall drain Krorlliifr Itatii. A Into special from Rhtirsuys; Rain tins been threatening for the pust wei'li, out uoue has fallen. Tlio ground is rather dry and small grain is suffering somewhat. Tho nrr.sunt hot weather, following tho cold snap makes dully changes in tho appearance of tho fields. Tho frosts this spring did no damage in these parts and fruit win oo ratseu noro in great abundance Weary of Living. Fred Henrich, b German tai'.or; aged lifty-tliroo years, was found Sunday nftornoon 'n Rlverslilo park. Omnhit, by Dan O'Connoll, who thought him usleop and tried to waken him. lie discovered that Henrioh was dead. Coroner Rirkctt was notified ami the remains wero taken to tho morgue. A ratal Afrrny, Henry Clausen-und, Chris Reed, em ployes of tho- Willow Springs distillery tit Omaha, got in a druukon quarrel, aud as a result ono is fatally wounded and the otluir is nut uypected to live. WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. riirnlnlioil hr Dm lint eminent Crnp and We il lift II I re. m. Oeat. cj 3fcu. -XniVta D B 0 i I OorX "Uu'v Vi ll tmz. Lincoln, Xcti., .In nn ID, 1807. Tlio punt week has boon nhoiit il lo-trni-H cooler tlinti itstinl in tliu Mentern (utilities utu! nbout '2 degree:? wanner tliitu tiHiiul In tlio eiifterii count let; tlio. iivcrugn for tlio state as a whole litis J breu about normal. Tim rninliill has boon below normal in the northern unil eastern counties nnd uliovii normal in tlio greater part ol tho iMiitrul counties unil the southern eouu tiM west of Pun ins. Tlic punt week litis lipeu tlio bent growing nek of tin Mention. Small grain iu parts of UieeiiHtcni portion of tho stuto litis k ifferod slightly lor tho luck ot rnin, but .tierally gtnlu Is Iu ini'Mvllniit coudl t on. ityo is beginning to ripen nnd tho iiiirvpiit will soon begin. Winter wheat x iii full linul and protnW.s n full crop 1 1 iliuHoiitli-rntitrnl ootintiffl. Corn litis uiiiili) good grow tli but ItRtlll very buck ivunl. Somn little teplaiitliig is still be iu done. liven with tin replanting thut 'us been done the slutnl ot corn is gen e.'ttilv poor. Tin altalfa harvest l:ns In en 'Itliiveil n ml some diiiuiign ilonu to the crop by tin heavy ruins. CVrrlm and stiuwherrlrn are rlpo uud nro gen erally mi excellent crop. Apples lire blighting couxlilerahly and the Indica tion now seem to bo the crop will bo be low the average. RKPOHT 1IY COUNTIES HUUTIII'AHTKIIN M'tTIOX. Itutlcr Winter wlient unil r.vn in full ii in; huiiio r.? will be cut ihlx week; com doing fulrly well; cherries ripitiuig. Cum, Coin tins niiule good growth, si uud generally poor; wlu-nt am oats good color uud looks well; rain woukl be Itetlllll'lal. Clay Oats look well; winter whunt litis ntpriived; corn looks Juirly well hut I lute; pntutoett good; pastures und inend- o lllll'. Killiuorr Stnnll grain lieaillnc; point tnlinitlotiH of rust on wheat; com a little plow beeuiise ot cold weather; plenty ol clifrrlrtt. Gage Wheat In lull hundj rvo begin ning to turn; early onts begftinlng to liead vrr.v hort; corn a poor stum). Hamilton Good growing week, outs good und wheat extra gooi) although tlieru Ih some runt on wlient; stand ut corn light. iMfei noil Corn is growing fast ant potatoes doing nicely; now potatoes on the market; oatt) doing well; cherries urn ripe. Johnson A good stand of corn has not hfoii obtained oven by replonting; ci rn has grown rapidly; wheut heading; oats look good. Lancaster Corn smalt for tho son on; cutworms bad; rain neodod, pspec iull.y for small grain; onts doing fairly well. Nemnlia Sotnn corn being plantr-il and some being cultivated Heroud time: a good crop of alfalfa, boing cut; good crop of Htrnwlierrlt's. Nuckolln Wheat, oats nnd grnm nil right; considerable clover und alfiilla cut hut not secured because ot rain; corn lindly wnshml by rnin. Pawnee Wheat and oats enntinuo to do wt II; replanting corn donu uud most over once unil some twli:. stand poor. Polk Hitiitll grain looking well; corn not marly plowed over tlrst time; rain is beginning to bo tioedciljiipplcH blighting some. R'cnnrilftou Wheat doing well, black sen beginning to turn. Corn bus made rapid growth; onts look well, largo crop; cherries being gathered. Hnline Small grain dolnur fairly well; irood week for corn; second cultivation commenced by some; straw berries and cliprrifs nro riwt. HntinAVrs Onta vory short; wlipnt heading quite short; ryo good crop and harvest begun, pastures und grnWH good; corn txrowlng slowly. Sowurd Winter wheat aud rye look fairly will and are filling; most corn plnnod for tho first time; good week for oorn, Thiiyir Good week for all kinds ot ve.otuilon; corn commencing to grow and small grain doing well; fruit onlv fair. York Small grain doing woll; corn Improving with warm weather but Is still very small; nearly all corn culti vated first time. NOUTIIKAHTKHN HIXTIO.V. AnWop' Corn growing slowly and mnst of It has been cultivated tho first tiiiip; rain n ended , Royil Corn backward but good atnnil; wheat tlniiitf fulrly well hut will bo short iinlt'sH rain comes soon; ryo short nnd thin. Hurl Corn hns started growing nnd tlinenrly planted nhoiit nil worked tho first time; pnsturos nnd hoy lands in plhdld shapn. Cedar Most corn looks good nnd is growing rapidly;riiltvntlnti in progrrs.'"; meadows and pastures full of grass. Colfux Cool, dry week; till crops nro in fair condition. Cumltig Smtill grain nnd beats pro grensing well but rorn not doing so weU; corn small and a poorstaud. Dixon Cultivation well along for first timo but plant small and much n thin stand; sinu'l gruln and grasses doing wll. Doilge Goneral condition of small grnin good; sninu stands of corn good: irthor poor; urowth fain rnin niH)dJ. DoiiuIhh Onts, ryi, nnd grnsews dolntr "'ll; eoru vwry bnrktvurd und as o gen- Mi tiiim tii'i'ds rain. oil Torn growing wnll; smnil grain I. 1 1 well; much com replanted bocnii'" it oivnues ot cutworms uud gopuei; p 'aloes a good stand. i Knox Crops are looking better; smnl1 uriilu niHds rain; coin U being plowed tl "Hint time. .Mmli-oii AM crops are mHidlng rain but -till nro itoliiL' f,.irl.v uel ; torn n fair stui.il; bets doing "ell, Plrrce Small grain mnoh itnprbvrd by rain, good coin wrek, crop lieimr well worked unil replanted coming up but stand poor. Piattu I'tirly plnnt'il corn Improve' by hot weather; other crop ineil rain. 1'iirly eheiTiiM Hpp; einii a fair Htautl, lli'.d very eleiui. Stiintoti Wheat nnd oats Iu e.xrollent uoiiditioti, vvnrlii weittlier has helped com nnd It Is growing fust but need iiiln Thurston Small grain und urn iiond; corn a in, or stand but i m tklng u uotiil growtli uud is btlngculilvatui), Washington Wheat and oatsfhont ing fair liritilf; corn corning on slowly; nil grain needs rain; tipples light crop in prospect; hurries fair. CCNTIlAb MKCTION. Doono Favorablu wiH-k for tho growth of corn; gettiiiir quiti dry. llufftiln Temperatiirn and rain'all nil that could bo ilt'slrml; potato crop Huh und tier mi no large; straw brrrits and clinrrios are rlpn. Custer Somo Holds of small urain nrn burning badly, others am looking fairly well; everything nis'ils rain. Dawditn Crops looking wnll nxeopt rorn, evurythiug growing fast; potatoes line. Hall Light sliownrsnnd worm days havn pushed corn forward; small grain looks vory lino und a good show for heavy ylcldn. llowardVcry llttlo winter wheat; spring wheat will soon show hnad; alf alfa rt'ttdy to cut und rye tieurly ready; potatnns splendid, Loup I'arly sown gruln doing woll; cutworms havo taken what tho frost left In gardens. Merrick Good week for corn; ouU bending out short. Nannt Wheat looks well; oat look welt hut ticiid rnin; pastures uooil: oarly planted corn looks well, lato ptauti'd not so good. Slierinnii Karly sown spring wlmnl looks wull; corn miltivatlon only fuirlv commeiimd; soino corn not up yet. alloy All mops growing rapidly; wheat never looked more promising; earn improving fust; cultivation otcoru Iu progress. SOUTH WKNTKIIN SUCTION. Adams Warm uud wet; small grain piospeoti improved wonderfully; corn growing finely, hoiiki weedy: somoalfultit cut and dntnnginl by tho rain. Chusc Ruliiy week; too cool for corn hut proxpii't for biggest crop ol small grain over raised In oounty; wheat head ing flnrly. Dundy Stnnll urain promlnns a fair crop; much ol tin corn tnueii by cut worms but mostly replanted; potatoes tin flrst-eliiH. Frontier When t never looked bettor; corn uud potatoes lining well. Furnas Small gruln greatly bnnn fitted by mine: poor week for cuttlna: al falfa and considerable iluuingm); grow ing week for rorn. Gonpr Warm weather has brought tlio com along; conn pieces ot ryo will do to cut In two weeks; all crops doing tliH'ly. Ilurlan Onts mul wheat improving; corn growinu iilily. Illtclieoek Small grain looking flee; ryu hemlod mil: corn backward. Kearney Wheat prospects aro for a full crop; com hns made rapid growth; showers havn benefitted small grain. Lincoln Corn, wheat, hurley, nnd rye much improved by rnin; wild grass do ing well; much com replanted. Perkins Splendid rain; crop prospects good. Phelps Corn plowing well along; small gruln looking well but not so far nlnng as usual. Red Willow Rain nbout nvnry day nnd iu southwestern corner accompanied by hull which did some damage to ryo and gardens. Webster Full wheat and ryo in hnad nicely; spring wheat making rapid growth; corn making a start to grow, potatoes lino. wi:stkii.s' and NoirrnwicsTKiiN skctioki llantier Wheut has mndugood growth; corn not growing very fast but coining up woll; nlfulfu nnd all grass doing well. Cherry Corn bnckward; it has been too cool; wheat coming nicely. KhIiIi .Good wesk for small grain; cutworms bothering corn. K-yn Palm Small grain good whero grn-liopnrs hnvo not taken It; corn grn ingslowly ; grussgood; rain needed. K ;nbnll Good growing week; first c op of alfalfa in stuck. Logan Crops helped by the rains but more, needod; corn nbout one third a s und; not much cultivating done, corn too small. Itoek Smnll grain doing well; corn growing slowly. Thomas Everything growing rerj slowly. 0. A. LOVE LAND, Section Director, Lincoln, ?M. The Strangest Dinner. Fcrhaps tho most remarkablo dinner on record was that glvon by an anti quary named Goebol, In tho city of Brussels. At tbo dinner were apples that ripened moro than 1,800 yoara ago, bread mado from wheat grown beforo tho chlldron of Israel passed through tbo Rod Sea, and spread with butter that was mado when Elizabeth was Quoon ot England. Tho repa3t was washed down with wlno that was old when Columbus was playing with, the boys ot Genoa. Tho apples woro from an, earthen jar takon from tho ruins of Pompoll. The wheat was taken from a chamber in ono of tho pyramids, tho butter from a stone shelf lnvan old well In Scotland, whero for sever al centuries It had lain In an earthen crock in Icy water, and the wlno was recovered from an old vault In the city of Corinth. There wero six guesU-at tbo table, and each had a raouthfuH'ot the bread and a teaspoonful of the wlno. und was pormUted to help him etlf bountifully to the butter, thoro be ing several pounds ot It. Tho apple jar held, about; two-thirds ot a gallon, .The fruit was Bweet and as finely'favered as it It bad been preserved but, a few month" i la Hwcct Hliiipllrlt. Truth In sweat slmpl.clty expresses 'he thoughts that bind and the wprd hat burn conviction In human under standing, and steadily, with unfailing ye, detects and discloses to tho brayo t.plr'.t that stands by what It believes. Ono has said that "truth, like light, Mveln In straight lines" that It is a Inc essence. Philadelphia Metho-i.st. nl , - i ': ?! I m f i 'i c -i i f !. It L i : 3 a v. i I, . ' y. , i .. JtSM il , 9'-r'V.'J . .ff" - , ',""8 ...i . . -., : 1 . n KfVW I .n JmjiAMMi 'ML- VJ-