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Second ClnM Matter.
PAUL C. PHARES.
Editor
PROBING OHIO CASES
OHGANIZE TO OVERTHROW LIFE
INSURANCE MANAGEMENT.
Richard Olney of Massachusetts Is
Elected Chairman International
Committee Isbuc3 Address Outlining
Ito Plan of Action.
Now York, July 10. Tho Interna
tional policyholders' committee, or
ganized to overthrow tho present
management of the New York Life In
surance company and the Mutual Lire
Insurance company or New York, ef
fected a permanent organization at a
meeting hero, ltlchard Olney of Mas
sachusetts was elected chairman.
Tho general committee formally
added to tho list of Its members tho
names of Lord St. Oswald and Har
wood Rannard, M. P., to represent
the English policyholders. After tho
electing the committee Issued an aC
dress to policyholders In explaining
the inception or tho committee and
outlining Its plan of action.
Reciting thnt tho voting power has
gradually been transferred from the
policyholders to a few of the execu
tive ofllcers centered in New York,
tho address says that It Is necessary
for tho 1,200,000 policyholders to or
ganize without delay, as this vcar. nn-
dor tho law recently enacted, affords
tho policyholders their only oppor
tunity to obtain complete control In
one election, while hereafter only half
the director-, can be chosen In any
ono election.
CENSUS ON BLIND AND DEAF.
One Person In Every 1,200 Blind and
One In Each 850 Deaf.
Washington, July 0. About one per
eon In every 1,200 was blind and one
In every SCO persons was deaf In the
United States in 1900, according to a
speclnl census report on the blind
and deaf In tho United States in that
yar, Just issued by the census of
fice. Tho Inquiry was conducted un
der tho direction of Dr. Alexander
Graham Bell. The total -number of
blind in the United States In 1900
. was 64,7(53, of whom 35,3(55 were to
tally blind and 29,118 partially blind.
These figures, however, the report
says, can be only considered as tho
minimum, as an unknown proportion
of tho blind were not located by tho
enumerators. Of the total blind, 37,054
wore males and 27,708 females. Blind
ness is chiefly a defect of adult life,
almost 65 per cent or tho blind be
coming so after twenty years of age.
About one-tenth of tho total number
of blind was born so. The number of
blind 'per 1,000 of population was
greater among tho negroes than
among tho whites nnd greater among
tho foreign born whites than among
tho nativo whites. In about 5 per
cent of tho cases of blindness reported
the parents of the blind were cousins.
Deafness, on the whole, the report
says, Is more common iu the north
ern part of tho United States than in
tho southern and there are more deaf
males than females. The total num
ber of deaf in the United States in
given as 89,287, of whom 37,426 wero
totally deaf and 51.SC1 partially deaf.
Rose Granted Writ of Error.
Kansas City, July 10. W. W. Rose,
mayor of Kansas City, Kan., wis
granted a writ of error by David J.
Brewer, justico of tho United State3
supremo court, which reverses tho do
clslon of tho Kansas supremo court
and stays the judgment of that body
in lining Mayor Rose $1,000. and de
manding that ho relinquish his offlcc.
Mayor Rose will continue to perform
his ofllclal duties as mayor until tho
case is acted upon by the United
States 'supreme court, and it Is be
lieved his term of office will explro
before that tribunal decides the case.
Bar American Tinned Meats.
London, July 10. As the result of
the refusal of one of the ships of tho
British Atlantic fleet to take on Amer
ican tinned meats during the recent
naval maneuvers, tho admiralty di
rects that ships' companies bo sup
plied with Australia or Argentine
brands In lieu of Amerlcnn. Tho re
mainder of Amerlcnn tinned meats
now on hand Is being roturned to tho
victualing yards and will bo no long
or a compulsory ration 'or the navy.
Recommend Capital Punishment. I
Chicago, July 10. In an effort to
stop the brutal criminal attackB on 1
women and children which hnvo been
so prevalent In Chicago recently, tho
city council unanimously passed n
resolution recommending capital pun
ishment for such outrages. Tho com- I
mltteo on state legislation, to which
the resolution was roferred, will pre- 1
pare a rcrort to hv tran-mitti i fo t'io
legislature at Springflelil next winter.
Kidnaped Boy Murdered.
Francis, 1. T., July 10. The mu
tilated body of olght-year-old Harry
Prlcster of West Tulsa was found In
a St. Louis and San Francisco wheat
ear. The boy had been abducted by
a tramp last Thursday from his homo
and Is supposed to havo been mur
dered and his body placed In the car
to hide the crime. The body was lit
erally cut to pieces. There Is no clue
to the murderer.
Strike Tics Up Grain Elevators.
. Chicago. July 10. Tho grain elc
1 ator business in the suburb of South
I Chicago was brought to a standstill
when 3i"0 employes of tho elevators
! there went on strike, demanding an
' Increase of wages to .'IB cents an hour
I from the present scale of 27 cents to
32 cents. It Is not believed that tho
trouble will extend to Chicago proper.
NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
Increased Valuation.
Lincoln, July 0. The total assessed
valuation of the sixty-six counties
i which havo reported their assess
ments to the state board amounts to
$1,032,4(51.'. It is estimated that there
will bo about a $7,000.0. 0 increase
over last year's total, which was $304,
000.000. Lucy Lloyd Cocs to an Asylum.
Nebraska City, Jul;' 5. Miss Lucy
Lloyd, the young woman who killed
her sister, Delia, by choking her to
death, was taken to the asylum. Whilo
being oxumined by the commissioners
she became very hysterical and would
not talk. She confessed to the crime,
but would not tell anything about it.
Officer's Blows Fatal.
Alliance, Neb., July 9. The marshal
of Bridgeport attempted to arrest a
young man named Jack Anderson In
the rear of a saloon and an alterca
tion arose, when tho officer adminis
tered several heavy blows on the head
of his prisoner. The young man, as a
result of the blows, died and the mar
shal has been held to answer for his
doings.
Englneer Dies With Engine.
Fremont, Neb., July 7. Elmer E.
Cole, nn engineer on the Great North
ern, was killed at the Northwestern
crossing, five miles north or this city.
When his train, which was a special
construction train or Hat cars loaded
with cinders, bound north, approached
the crossing tho semaphore was set
for the Northwestern. Cole did not
stop and his train went on to the de
railing switch at a speed ot' from fir
teen to twenty miles nn hour. It was
too late to stop and the engine went
off the track. The fireman jumped
from his side of tho cab and escaped
with slight bruises. Colo jumped rrom
the right side and ho had no sooner
struck the ground that the locomotive
rolled ever on top of him into tho
ditch.
Two Burglars Caught.
Lincoln, July 9. Charles Gloe, with
the assistance of Alfred Rolfsmeyor
and Marshal Wenz or Hallam, cap
tured two burglars in the act of rob
bing the office of the Rosenbaum Ele
vator company at that place. Gloe,
who runB the hotel there, saw two
men in the office or the elevator com
pany. Calling the other men to his
assistance ho made a rush for the of
fice. One of the men on the inside
shoved a revolver in Gloo's rnce and
a rough and tumble fight ensued, re
sulting in the two men being overpow
ered and tnken to jail. Gloo was bad
ly bitten on the hand by one or tho
men, while ono or the burglars was
badly beaten. The arrested men gavo
the names or James Murray and Jack
Wilson.
WITNESS HAD TO COOK DINNER.
So Justice Rlsser Adjourns Court at
Lincoln.
Lincoln, July 11. Legal proceedings
in tho Carder-Meserve ease In Justico
RIsser's court were abruptly stopped
when Anna Williams, witness, abrupt
ly left the court room.
"Ah can't stay any longer," she said.
"Ah have to get dinnah for Mistah
Church and It's 11 o'clock now."
The constable attempted to stop
her as she reached the door. She
angrily declared that she had her
work to do and she wasn't going to
bo delayed by "hot air talk and non
sense." This latter was directed at
the attorneys who had been making
arguments. Tho negress tripped down
stairs nnd the Justice announced that
the case would be continued. Anna
Williams was supposed to know a few
mntters relating to tho alleged assault.
She Is a cook Tor Oil Inspector Ed
Church.
OMAHA WINS GRAIN CASE.
Interstate Commerco Commission De
cides 'Frisco Rate Is Illegal.
Omaha, July 5. A decision which
menus a great deal to tho importnnco
of Omnhn as a grain market has just
been mnde by tho intorstato com
merco commission In tho matter of a
proposed discrimination in favor of
Kansas City.
Tho Omaha Grain exchange hqs re-
r Ivcil a telegram from Martin A.
Knapp, chairman of the intcrstato
commerce commission, stating that
tho commission had decided that tho
reduction in tho grain rates to south-
ern points, recently made by tho
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ruBuo iino, was megai anu mat tne
railroad had been notified to that effect.
The reduction was made at tho in-
stance of the Kansas City grain men ',
and was designed to draw the grain
fiom the South Platte country In Ne
braska to tho Kansas City market.
The 'Frisco, now a part of the Rock
Island railway, notified the Omaha ex
change that a 4-cent per 100 reduction
had gone into effect on July j. and
the exchange at once took the matter
up with tho commission.
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LABGK AHE V OF CORK
INCREASE IN ACREAGE OP ABOUT
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1,524,000 ACRES.
...
Averane of Star nn and Writer Wheat
Combined Is 87.8, as Compared
With 85.8 on July 1 of Last Year.
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O-its Show Up Poor.
Washington, July 11. The crop re
porting boaid of the bureau or statis
tics of the department of ngrleulturo
llnds from the reports of the corre-
c,w.,fo .i .. ..
,...... .... b. u. ...I- uua-uu i.u niertt. Co., Uingliamton, N. Y. When
lollows: Preliminary returns show writing mention reading this generous
the acreage ot corn planted to bo ' offer in this paper. Don't make any
about 95,953.000 acres, an Increase of ""'stake, but remember the name, Swamp
about 1,524,000 acres, or 1.(5 per cent, P"1' Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root, nnd the
as compared with the estimate of tho ?1I,,C8S' BuiSuaiut. N. Y., 011 every
ueiungu jiiiiiuou lasi year.
The average condition of the grow
ing crop on July 1 was S7.5, as com
pared with S7.3 on July 1, 1905, and a
ten-year average of SG.4.
Tho following table shows for each
of the states havinb 1,000,000 acres
or upward in corn, the acreage com
pared with that last year on a percent
age basis and the condition July 1 of
this year, with the respective ten-year
July average:
Ten Ycnr
Suites. Aerpnge. Condition Av'hko
HIIiioIh 100 DO bH
Iowa KM no S3
Noliriivkii 101 84 83
Kmiikhs 101 85 8J1
MIhhouiI 100 8(5 88
Inillau Territory... 107 00 88
Oklahoma 10.". ; m
South liakota KM 87 87
Minnesota 1)9 SO 81
nA. ...... .. 1 A 1
The average condition of winter
wheat on July 1 was So.li, as comnared
with 83 last month, S2.7 on July 1,
1905, and u ten-year average of 79.4.
Tho following tabic shows for each
of the five principal winter wheat
states the condition on July 1 of this
year, with tlu respective ten-year av
erage: July 1, Ton Year
htiitos. HKKI. Average.
Kansas 7." 80
Indiana !H TO
Missouri 8(1 77
rwhraska 87 87
Illinois nn 70
Oklahoma 80 8.1
Tho average condition of spring
wheat on July 1 was 91.4, as compared
with 93 last month, 91 on July 1, 1905,
and a ten-year average of 88.2.
The following table shows for each
of the five principal spring wheat
states the condition on July 1 of this
year, with the respective ten-year July
average:
July 1, Ten Yenr
States. KtOO. Average.
Minnesota 80 87
North Iiakotn 03 81!
South Dakota 01 8!l
Iowa (14 02
Washington 100 01
Tho average condition on July 1 of
spring and winter wheat combined
was 87.8, as compared with 85.8 on
July 1, 1905, nnd 84.5 at the corre
sponding date In 1904.
Tho amount of wheat remaining in
tho hands of formers on July 1 is esti
mated at about 40,053,000 bushels,
equivalent to about C.6 per cent of tho
crop of last year.
The average condition of the oat
crop on July 1 was 84.0, as compared
with 80 last month, 92.1 on July 1,
1905, and a ten-year average of 89.4.
Thaw Issues Statement.
New York, July 11. Han y Kendall
Thaw, In the Tombs prison, gave out
his first formal statement since he
shot and killed Stanford White on
tho Madison Square roof garden. In
it tho young man utters a protest
against being regarded as Insane, and
declares his counsel assure him that
no such course as the appointment of
a commission to Inquire Into his men
tal condition is contemplated.
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Features of the Day's Trading and
Closing Quotations.
Chicago, July 10. Active Belling, caused
by the excellent condition of the American
carp, as Indicated by the government cro-i
report, caused a weak u weak close toduy
In the local wheat market, the dual quotti
tliuiK nu the September delivery being oit
9vc Coin was down Vic Oats wero un
changed, Provisions were 7,.4i','J'Jc high
er. Closing prices:
Wheat- July. 77e; Sept., 77c; Dec, TlVi.
Corn-July, ."ilftc; Sept., .V.'c; Dec, -10.
Oats-July, ilScj Sept., Ui'aMK; Dec,
US'jC
l'ork-July, S18.W); Sept., ?17..'0.
I.uril July, f8.U7"j: Sept., ?0.i:!V$. '
Itllis July, $0.i0; Sept., jfU.KJJj.
Chicago Cat-h Prices No. .' huril wheat,
7(!t'7Sc; No. a hard wheat, 711170c; No. U
oats, 37c
The fiitof. of Mo
" "e auSe Gt Many.
Sudden Deaths.
There is a disease prevailing in this
' country most dangerous because so decen-
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deaths are caused '
by it heart (lis-1
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure or
apoplexy arc often '
the result of kid-'
ney disease. If
kidney trouble is
allowed toadvance '
l Iff 11,1 fint-ti. n.
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NtieHT.ine-..- -i muou win at
tack the vital ortrntm r:iimi.tr inlnrr1i ,t
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves ,
........ ..v.,,.. ,nm huju; away cmi uy cell.
jMimuer iron )!(; n mui n travu ncni
from a derangement of the kidneys and '
R-tCTI .r ;,,S
i taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the
rV.'lL K iver aim bladder remedy.
n corrects inability to hold
11.141.1 n.i.t
scaldiutr naiti in ikissimk it. rmri ,,-....-
conies that unpleasant necessity of being
V.UUIJHJIH.-U iu gu ouen inroiign tlie lav.
nm to (mt m ..,,,.. :,,,.. .i. .:.... .if.
"Kllt- T-e mild and the extraordinary 1
V'"c'.c l owamp-Root is soon realized. ,
It stands the lnchi-nt fnr iio iv.n.i..r..i
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in fiftv-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You limy have a
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and a book that tells all about it,
""? irceiyinaii. Address, Dr. Kil-
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