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C. B. HALE, Publisher
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STORY OF JE WEEK
ITEMS OF GREATER OR LESSER
'MPORTANCE OVER THE STATE.
NEWS FROM HOME AND ABROAD
Doings of the Busy World Which May
Be Read In n Few Momento Na
tional and World-Wide Events
of Importance.
Foreign.
King AlfotiKo inaugurated the re
filnnl exposition nt Vnloncla.
Extensive docks nnd wnrnhouses
were destroyed by flie at Lille, France.
The olllclal estimate of tho Punjab
wheat crop for 1000 Ik 2,723,099 tons,
an Incrcuso of 22 per cent over tho
crop of 1908.
Tim earl of Grnnnrd was Invented
with the Insignia of a knight or the
order or St. Patrick, at Buckingham
palace by King Edward. This appoint
ment wa made to fill the vacancy re
sulting from the death or tho carl of
Howth. The earl of Oranard was mar
ried to Miss Heatrlco Mills of New
York In January this year.
A decision was rendered by a Judge
of the criminal court In Caracas dis
missing tho charge against Former
President Castro of complicity In n
plot to nsassslnato Juan Vicente Go
mez last December. Senor Gomez at
the time was acting president of the
republic, having been left at tho
head of tho government by Castro
when lio sailed for Europe.
The superior council of the navy has
decided up.jn a program that Includes
bringing tho number of French battle
ship. up to thirty-eight, a total that
would Insure France fourth place
among the naval powers of tho world
It Is proposed to lay down In 1910
two 21,000 ton vessels of an enlarged
Danton typo. The armament has not
yet been decided upon, but the council
Is in favor of twelve 12-lnch guns In
jil turrets, those aft to bo superposed.
The naval artillery experts, however,
have brought forward arguments in
favor of sixteen 10.8-Inch guns In eight
turrets.
Florence Nightingale, who has just
entered her ninetieth year, has re
ceived numerous congratulatory mes
sages and bouquets. She Is very fee
ble and is now confined at all times
to her rooniH.
Domestic.
Tho "big bat bill" failed or passage
when it was called uji on third read
ing In tho Illinois house. Tho house
passed tho bill requiring nine root ho
tel bed sheets and providing for rope
lire escapes.
The ladles' auxiliary of tho switch
men's union of North America, elected
the following officers: Mrs. Barbara
Strang, of Dulutb, Minn,, unanimously
reelected president; Mrs. Mary Stow
art, Cleveland, tlrst vice-president;
Mrs. Henrietta Clark, Kansas City,
second vice-president; Sarah T. Jack
son, secretary and treasurer. The old
board of directors was also unanimous
ly elected.
Kills W. Nlles, former receiving
teller of the First National bank of
Minneapolis, Minn, and conressed em
bezzler or $20,000, was sentenced to
.servo five years In the penitentiary at
Stillwater.
An alarming death rate from tuber
culosis among the Indians on reserva
tions in New York State, who number
about 5,000 os reported by Dr. Kugene
11. Porter, state commissioner of
'health. Unsanitary conditions are
everywhere apparent, according to tho
report, and the susceptibility of the
Indian to the vices of civilization has
assisted in his downfall. Tho report
recommends that efforts be made to
encourago better methods of living.
White Face inn, on tho west shore
of Lake Placid, one of tho host known
hotels in tho Odlrondack region, was
.burned to tho ground. The loss Is
estimated at $150,000.
While Mrs. Marlon McCormtch or
Herrln, 111., waB was rrom homo
,the house was fired by children play
ing and a boy aged 2, a boy aged 4
and a girl, aged .", were burned to
death.
The task of piloting the gunboat
Nashville up the St. Lawrence river
and through the Great Lakes to Chi
cago, was begun when the 1,371 ton
Iwurshlp left the Charleston navy
.yard, manned by a delegation from
the Illinois naval brigade. Tho Nash
.vlllo will be used as a practice ship
arter sho reaches Chicago.
llolpha Rogers, aged 10(5 years said
to bo the oldest resident or Iowa,
is dead. Whan a boy her father wns
a servant In General Washington's
army. Sho was born In West Virginia
nnd before moving to Iowa lived in
northwest Missouri.
.Tho resignation of Lieutenant Com
mander James E. Wallor, U. S. N., re
cently forwarded from Gaum, whoro
ho was stationed for n Bhort time. h,i3
been nccopted.
C. K. Heed of Ottumwa, la., wen
elected principal of the Council Bluffs
high school.
Alexander Harjo, a brother of
Crazy Snake, was captured at Deep
Fork charged with stealing a span of
mules. Ilnrjo Is said to be wanted in
Indiana and Tennessee.
Tree-planting and public school ex
crclses marked the observance of
arbor day throughout Montana.
Nord Alexis, deposed president of
Hnytl, will soon come to Peru, Ind.,
for a visit as the guest of James Tur
ner, colored. Turner Is wealthy nnd
has Invited the cx-presldont to spend
the summer In the Pnlted Stntes with
him.
In a quarrel over a dog Alfred F.
Johnson was killed by Henry Price nt
Venice, 111.
Thirty women Immigrants from
England, converts to Mormonlsm, ar
rived at Montrenl en route to Utah.
Unjust discrimination between white
nnd colored passengers paying the
same fare Ib not legally permissible by
a railroad, according to n decision of
tho interstate commerce commission.
The eighty-eighth Joint voto for
United States senator in Illinois
showed no material change.
Announcement Is made that 3,000
employes of Iron and steel companies
having headquarters In Pittsburg will
receive nit a lvnnce In wages averag
ing 10 per cent the first of Juno or
tho first of July. Some manufacturers
already have posted notices of the
Increase, and others, It is said, will
do so in a few days. It is nlso said
that arter June 1 the Independents
will not accept any orders Tor steel
nt the present prices.
The annual tournament or tho Iowa
trap-shooters' association opened at
Hurllngtnu.
Clergymen and others of promin
ence took pnrt In n celebration of
tho ono hundredth anniversary of
the Connecticut Hible society.
Tho Wisconsin nnsombly concurred
In the senate bill which makes It Im
possible for a man to be garnished
for liquor debts.
Richmond Dean, general manager
of the Pullman company, nnnounced
thnt $3,000,000 would be spent In the
Improvement of their car shops at
Pullman, Illinois. This means the
employment of 12,000 men. Tho ca
pacity of the plant Is to bo Increased
two-thirds, entirely for the work of
steel car construction. Ono or tho
first ordors will bo 300 all-steel cars
for tho Pennsylvania railway.
With an attendance representing
the entire state, the annual conven
tion of tho master plumbers of Penn
sylvania assembled at Wllkosbarro.
Luther J. Hrown, bend of the de
tective bureau of the United Rail
roads, Snn Francisco, charged with
the alleged kidnaping in September,
1907, by Fremont Older, managing
editor of the Bulletin, against whom
a warrant for criminal libel by Brown
hnd been sworn out In a Los An
geles court, was acquitted.
The sennte of the Missouri legis
lature passed the house resolution
submitting an amendment to tho
constitution Increasing the pay of the
legislators from $5 to $10 a day.
Tho resolution wns amended by In
creasing tho length of tho session
from seventy to ninety days.
Washington.
The publication required by law.
giving the totnl of appropriations mudc
by congress each session, was Issued
showing that the last regular session
appropriated a grand total of $1,044,
401,857. In nddltlon to tho specific ap
propriation, contracts wore authorized
requiring future appropriations of
$20,080,875. These Includo fortlflca
tlous In the Philippines, battleships,
colliers, torpedo boat detsroyers. sub
marine torpedo bonis and Improve
ment or rivers and harbors.
Ensign Edward Guerrant Hnrgls, of
the United States navy, a nephew of
the noted Judge Hnrgls, of Kentucky,
wns declared by a jury to bo af
Dieted with "depressive Insanity." He
must be taken care of by his father,
Alexander Hnrgls of Kentucky nnd
his wife, a daughter of Hear Admiral
Hawley. U. S. N.. retired will get
$100 a month out or his allowance.
Brigadier General John D. Korr, re
cently detnehed fro mcommand of the
mounted sorvlco nnd post nt Fort
Rlloy, Kus., wns placed on tho retired
list of the army on his own applica
tion. Ho will be succeeded by Gen
eral W. S. Edgorly, now eommnndlng
the department of Dakotn at St. Paul,
who in turn will bo succeeded by
Brigadier General Charles S. Hodges,
recently detached from command of
the department of the VIsayes In the
Philippines.
Mlbs Helen Tnft, daughter or the
president, has accepted an Invitation
to unveil the monumont erected nt
Gettysburg, Pa.. In memory or tho sol
diers or the regular union nrmy, who
participated in the Gettysburg cam
paign. Tho ceremony will take placo
on the 31st Instant, and 2,000 regular
troops will attend.
In executive session tho sennto
confirmed the nominations of Oscar
S. Straus of New York and W. W.
Rockhlll of Washington to be am
bassadors to Turkey and Russia, re
spectively. Publication of a woman's picture
In connection with n whisky adver
tlKoment, is basis for a suit for dam
ages, according to the supremo court
of the Pulled States, which decldod
the case of Elizabeth Peck vs. tho
Chicago Tribune company In favor of
the former,
"Not guilty." was the plea of both
John C. Davis, ? Washington attor
ney, and his brother, .Martin T. Davis,
secretary of the Potomac building and
lonn nt-soclatlon, when nrarlgned
on charges Involving financial Iran
actions variously ebtlniated up to
$150,000 '
CAPITAL CITY NEWS
ITEM8 OF INTEREST AROUND THE
STATE HOUSE.
NEWS OF THE STATE CAPITAL
Doings of the State Officials and
Other Happenings That Are
of State-Wide Im
portance. How Much for a Railroad.
The state board of assessment has
before it tho task of valuing rallrond
property Tor assessment nnd also pass-J
ing on values undor tho tonnlnal tax
law, nn act taxing railroad property
for local purposes In cities and vil
lages. First tho board must value
railroad property for general taxation.
This work has commenced In earnest.
All of tho roads will aslc for reduc
tions or for an Increase In tho value of
real estato nnd personal property on
tho ground that railroad property Is
valued higher In proportion thnn other
property. The law contnmnintna Mint
nil kinds of property shall bo taxed at'
its actual worth and tuxed at one-fifth
of this amount. Tho Union Pacific
with n main lino valued nt $107,050 n
milo for taxation, is expected to make
tho hardest light for a reduction of its
proporty or increase in other property.
Tho other railroads also ask for a
change, but thus far no rumors havo
Indicated any material change in tho
valuation or rallrond property.
Soft Drink Canteen.
During the next annual encampment
of tho guard tho canteen whore soft
drinks and tobacco nro sold will bo
conducted by tho guard instead of by
tho Lincoln Y. M. c. A. Tho profits
heretofore have been considerable and
havo been used by the Lincoln Y. M.
C. A. If thero is any nraflts frnm tho
next army canteen, they will bo ex
pended for tho payment of expenses
for nmusement for tho officers and
men in camp.
Col. Gcorgo A. Eberly of Stranton,
recently elected commanding officer
or tho first regiment, Nebrnska nation
nl guard, has appointed tho following
Btnff officers whose selection has been
approved by the governor, commander
In chief: Joromo A. Llllle, Omaha,
regimental adjutant; William E. Kel
so, WIsner, reglmoiital quartermaster;
Dell F. Lough, Omaha, regimental com
missary; Rov. Fletcher M. Slsscn,
Nebraska City, chaplain.
Must Label Ingredients.
Deputy Food Commissioner S. L.
Mnlns recently nnnounced that tho
state law requires- a statement of tho
ingredients of all food compounds to
bo placed on the label. H0 is now
supported in this position by Attorney
V.U..U.UI iuomnson and the Intter in
answer to a question, has held that
when food packages are nccompnnleA
by gifts, promlums or prizes, such
packages nro to be deemed mlsbrandod
under tho law. Prlzo packages wore
not permitted by the former food com
missioner, but tho question has again
arisen and the same ruling Is made
by tho food commissioner nnd the at.
torney general.
Big State Fee In Sight.
Tho MacArthur Bros., company, a
brokerago and construction company
incorporated In Now York and New
Jersey, has filed nrtlcles of Incorpora
tlon with tho fiocrotnry of stato and if
the company pays tho necessary feo
tho nrtlcles will bo recorded. Tho fee
will bo $1,500. This Is based on a cap
ital stock of $3,000,000 which 1b set
forth in the nrtlcles of incorporation.
In addition the company will havo to
Day $200 a vnnr timing 1,
:. . " " w,u ouuu occu
pation tax and possibly a feo of $50
under tho law providing for tho ap
polntmont of agents upon whim legal
sorvlco may be had.
$50,000 Fee of Union Pacific.
Tho state still has a bono to pick
with tho Union Pacific In tho matter
of fees. Tho Union Pacific railroad
company increased Its capital stock
$100,000,000 by filing amended articles
in the stato of Utah. If this Increase is
requirod to be filed In Nebrnska, as
nro original articles, the Union Pacific
will havo to pny Nobraska a feo of
$50,000 for tho increase. This it has'
failed to do although itB attention has.
been called to tho matter by Socre
tary of Stato JunklnB.
New Bank.
Tho Farmers and Merchants bank
of Trenton received a "charter" from
tho state banking board. It has a paid
up capital stock of $10,000 and will
soon join tho banks that will bo su
pervised by stato authority under tho
guarnnteo doposlt law. Tho Incorpora
tors nro John M. Burton, Potor Haegi
en, W. S. Britton, A. L. Hlldreth,
ThomaB II. Briton, A. H. French, W.
W. Randall nnd G. W. Cnrter.
Grants Pardon.
Gov. Shallcnbergor Friday morn
ing granted n pardon to Angus Martin
bocauso ho is afflicted with incurnblo
disease. Martin was sont from Doug
las county on a conviction for grand
larceny. Ho wan recelvod nt tho pris
on July 28, 1900, and with his allow
ance for good deportment would havo
discharged March 30, 1910. Dr. Lowry
examined him and recommondod thnt
ho bo released,
Martin has saved about $50 from his
work In tho prison. Ho says that ho
will go to a St. Joseph hospital when
ho in pardoned
NEWS OF NEBRASKA
ITEMS OF GREATER OR LE88ER
IMPORTANCE OVER THE STATE.
PRESS.PUTFORM AND PULPIT
What Is Going on Here and There
That Is of Interest to the Read
era Throughout No
braska. Nebraska Fields Wet Down.
Three and 11-100 Inches of rain
fell in Lincoln during tho storm thnt
began Friday arternoon and ended
Saturday morning. Croto reported
threo inches and Denton six inches.
Othor reports received from nnrllnir.
ton and weathor Bureau sourcos were:
Endicott, 2.G Inches; Strang, 2.C5;
Rod Cloud, heavy; Renubllcan CItv.
1; Clay Center, 1; North Platto, .14;
I'jRUsnioutn, i; Columbus, 1; Oxford,
juinaen anu Kearney, light; Denied
man, light; Superior, .17; Odell, 1.21;
Byracuso, .90; Blue Hill, .71; Concor
dia, 2.&0; Tecumsoh, .95; Chester, i;
Nomaba, 1.20; Ashland, 1.34; Au
burn, 1.0C; Columbus, 1.09; Culbert
eon, .07; Falrbury, 1.87; Fairmont,
1.14; Grand Islund, .42; Hartlngton,
.35; Hastings, .30; Onkdale, .05; Tck
amah, 1; Hebron, 1; Omnhn, 1.44.
8evere Storm at Carlton.
Ono of tho worst winds that ever
Visited thnt section of tho state struck
Carlton and vicinity nnd a great many
buildings nnd windmills wero blown
over. Ono woman sustained a brok
en arm In the storm. Every light In
tho houso of John Stockman, which
is being bnullt on the farm of John
HoatBon south or Carleton, was brok
en. The wind was accompanied by
n hoavy rain.
Stock Judging Building to Be Erected
Klleld By a Train.
man by tho name of Petor John
Bon was run over and killed by the
west bound Schuyler train. Mr. John
eon had been fishing In tho Mctzgar
lako about one-fourth mile east of
Cedar Creek. When the storm camo
on ho was running on tho track for
homo and did not hear the approach
ing train. His body was badly man
gled. Ho wns a Spanish-American war
voternn nnd was thirty-five years old,
Ho leaves a wlfo and ono child threo
years old living In Cedar Creek, Neb.
Tho trainmen did not know that
they ran over tho man.
Enticed Young Girl Away.
Sam Bristol, tho young man whoso
homo is in St. Joseph, Mo., wns bound
ovor to the district court in Septem
ber upon his arraignment beroro the
county Judge upon a chargo or en
ticing fifteen-year-old Violet Scott
horn from her home in Falrbury. Bris
tol pleaded not guilty when brought
before tho county judge, but tho pre
liminary hearing brought out what
was deemed enough evidence to Justi
fy tho court In holdimr the nlleirnd
abductor to the district court. Falling
to secure bond Bristol is confined In
tho county Jail awaiting his trial.
Get Two Years' Sentence.
Andy Potts nnd Charles Osborn,
two Omaha confidence men, who got
$250 from Chnrles Drossier by tho an
cient oxprcss package garao, pleaded
guilty in district court and were sen
tenced by JudKo Hnllonbeck to two
yoars in tho penitentiary.
Tho wives of tho two men paid
back tho $250 to Dressier. The wom
en were forced to borrow a part of
tho money and they aro to pay the
indebtedness by working.
Pleased With Building.
The building for the new municipal
wator and light plant nt Fremont is
nenring completion. Tho city coun
cllmen who Insisted upon locating It
in tho heart of tho city, eight blocks
from tho railroad track, aro pointing
to its handsomo appcaranco to offset
tho criticism which hns been offered
their action. The building looks more
like a city hall than llko a power
plant.
Rev. G. W. Croft Dlea Unexpectedly.
Rov. G. W. Crofts, D. D., pastor of
tho Congregational church at West
Point, died at tho parsonage nt an ad
vanced age. Ills health had been
falling for somo tlmo but his death
occurred unexpectedly. Tho doctor
camo to West Point two yenrB ago
from Beatrico and was popular in tho
community. Ho wns a man of learn
ing and possessed tho factulty of mak
ing frionds everywhere by his cor
dial nnd unaffected manner. Ho leaves
nn norcri wldnw nml n. mnrrlnil ilnnch.
ter. Tho body will be taken east ror
Interment.
A, 1! . i , .,-.
NEBRASKA HAPPENING8.
State News and Notes In Condensed
Form.
Broken Bow has nt least decided
to celebrate tho Fourth of July for
tho first time in six years.
L. D. Boltzer hnB purchased the
Brndslmw Republican. The paper ap
peared this week with the new nnme,
"Monitor."
Tho Chndron Chronicle Is the name
of a new weekly newspaper Just
started In Chadron by Editor Brew
ster, formerly of Crawford.
Slnco two Fremont men wero fined
In police court for hurboring dogs in
which tho license feo had not been
paid, over two hundred licenses hnve
been Issued.
Tho Farmers Lumber company oi
Unadllla has been Incorporated with
a cash capital of $25,200 nnd Thomas
Rodaway Is president and J. W. Bns
sett secretary.
The death of Julius Ottersteln, a
well known pioneer Bottler of Cuming
county, occurred at tho Fremont hos
pital Wednesday. The deceased had
been in poor health several years. Ho
leaves widow.
Haverfie'ld's barber shop at North
Bend was damaged to tho extent of
$150 by n lire which broke out about
11 o'clock Snndny forenoon. Tho fire
probably started from a heater In
the bath room.
J. G. Miller, city engineer at the
waterworks plant, was crushed to
death In a gasoline engine at Edgar.
Ho was working about tho engine
when the accident occurred. Mr. Mil
ler was well known and was promi
nent In tho Odd Follows nnd M. W. A.
lodges.
The Seventh Day Adventlsts nro
planning to Improve' their tract In
Hnstlngs, adjoining Heartwdl park,
In tho northeast part or tho city, by
constructing sevcrnl now buildings.
One of Uie things In prospect Is the
duplication of tho sanitarium on lots
Immediately east of the present struc
ture and tho erection of nn academy.
on Nebraska State Fair Grounds.
Mrs. M. M. Saunders has sold the
Calumet restaurant nnd rooming house
on Clay street In Tecumseh to E. L.
Borkey of Shlckley. Mr. Berkey took
possession of the plnce Thursday. He
Is an experienced hotel man.
After two weeks' drouth six Norfolk
saloons reopened having obtained li
censes at n stormy meeting of tho
council. Under tho ordinances seven
saloons can operate, but tho council
could not agree ns to the seventh
man.
Whllo engaged in flchtlntr the flrn
which destroyed his barn, granary
and corncrlcb, Gcorgo Lllllch, a far
mer living southwest of Tecumseh
suffered painful burns to his faco and
hands. It is thought thero will be
no disfigurement.
The Citizens Bank of McCook, tho
pioneer banking establishment of thnt
city, has applied to tho comptroller of
tho currency for a charter, which has
been granted and tho state bank
will shortly become a nntlonnl bank,
with the title of tho Citizens National
bank. Capital stock and official direc
torate will remain as at present.
Although unfavorablo conditions
havo prevailed, winter wheat through
out Adams county is superior to that
of any county In central Nebraska.
Observers of crop conditions say that
wheat here is fully up to normal con
dition, for this season and compares
favorably with any county in the
eastern part of tho state, whero thero
has been nn abundance of rainfnll.
Captains Walker and Smith of Lin
coln and Deputy Wilson of the Mod
ern Woodmen visited the Seward
camp tho laBt meeting. Thoy also In
spected the fair grounds park and
decided to hold the stato field day
meet or tho unirorm rank or tho M.
W. A. In Soward Juno 15. Hundreds
or the lodge men will attend and elab
orate exhibitions or drilling will be
given.
Julius Sclfert or Plcasanton was ad
Judged Insane by tho insanity board
Mondny and will bo tnken to Lincoln
immediately. Seircrt took a notion in
his head a Bhort timo ago that some
ono was trying to kidnap his children.
He would suddenly start rrom tho
field and run to tho house and find
all his children nnd seo if they woro
nil right. If ho found thorn lie would
becomo calm again.
Tho twenty-first annual commence
ment of tho West Point high school
will tako placo on Thursday, Mayv2?.
Tho class Is tho largest In tho his
tory of tho school, numborlng alxtptm.
For tho first tlmo, tho boys outnum
ber the girls.
Fremont's bank clearings forlhe
weok amounted to $352,192,50, an in
creaso or $81,000 over tho clearing
for tho same week a year ago. J
Tho contract has just been lot to
n Fremont contractor for tho erection
of a now brick bulldlnc bv tho FIrS
I Nntlonnl bank at Arlington.
it
TUFT THE ARBITER
If Houses Cannot Agree President Will
Be Called Upon to Decide.
CONGRESS MUST GET BUSY
Telegrams Pouring In On Congress,
Urging Speedy Action On
Bill.
Washington, I). C Presldont Tnft
Mil be tho final arbiter in fixing rales
In the now tariff bill.
After the sennto has passed the
measure and It is In the hands of
the conference committoo consisting
of representatives of both houso and
sennto, ir thero should bo any great
difficulty In reaching an ngreoment on
certain paragraphs or schedules, tho
matters in dispute will be referred
to tho President nnd his decision will
be nccopted.
It was learned thnt an understand
ing to this effect has boon arranged
among tho leaders of both houses. It
is for this reason that absolute cot""
fldonce Is expressed by Senator Aid
rich and his associates, that the bill
will not bo rctnlned In tho hands of
the conference committee for a great
length of tlmo.
The nuthorlty for these statements
Is a Republican smintnr iiiii t..
tho councils of his party, who evi
dently speaks from Inside Information.
He also optimistically added that
that there wero evidences that the
floods or oratory which havo deluged
the senate ror tho last month nre
about to dry up and that the prospects
aro good for a final adjournment of
congress by Juno 20.
This Is the date which President
Taft himself has predicted, after con
ference with the lenders.
An effort to hasten matters was
made during the last days of last
weok at tho suggestion of Senntor Till
man, who urged that tho rulo should
be enforced which prevents a senator
from speaking more than twice on the
same subject in ono day. The pro
posed limitation undoubtedly would
save considerable tlmo.
Real progress hna boon in nn.,i.v-
atlon of the bill during tho week and
Senator Aldrlch calculates that prac
tlcally throe-fourths of tho dutiable
schedules might bo-consldored ashav-
i..t, . t-en agreed upon. A good mnii
Of his COlIcnCllOR rnin,-,l Mil. ..
very optimistic, sininmnnt nni,...'.'.. -
is probably true so far as congress
-w...,11B lIlt. ucuin, number of para
graphs that havo been adopted and
hose upon which an agreement has
been reached. But there aro still the
lumber, sugar, woolen, cotton, silk,
oil and coal schedules nnd the income
HXn m ? ,ias?C(1 upon' ,10t tl men
tion the Important maximum and the
proposed changes In the ndmlnlstra
le features of all which nro bound
to be productive or lengthy debate.
Much Land Is Opened.
Washington. President Tnft w to.
ucd a proclamation nrm-Minn- r .,.,
opening up to sottlomunt nn,i ....
of about 440.000 acres of land in the
Flathead. Mont.. 220,000 In the Coeur
dAIeno. Idnho. and betwnon r,nnnno.i
100,000 In tho Spokane, Washington
reservations.
Registration, which will begin Julv
L nnd closes August 5. must ho exe
cuted and sworn to at either Kails
poll or Missoula, Mont., for the Flat
hoad land; at Spokane, for tho Spo
kane land, and nt Coeur d'Alene for
the lands in the Coeur d'Alene reser
vation. Applications for registration
must be delivered through the malls
only to the superintendent of tho open
ing at Coeur d'Alene, which will be
tho point of drawing for all three res
ervations. Tho drawing will begin nt 10 o'clock
August 9, and will continue until com
pleted. The time for making entries
has been fixed ns April 10. 1910, for
all reservations in order to ennble the
successful applicants to mnko personal
investigation or tho lands which will
be subjemt to entry.
Regulations regarding tho opening
or the lands will bo available aboC
June 1.
Union Pacific Train Held Up Near
Omaha.
Omnha, Neb. Tho Overlnnd Lim
ited on tho Union Pacific, eastbound.
rrom San Francisco to Chicago, was
held up about eight miles west or
here, between Seymour nnd South
Omaha, shortly arter 11 o'clock Sat
urday night. Seven registered mall
pouches, whose esllmntnil v.ninn iu
Inrge, were taken by tho robbers.
There were four bandits in the
hold-up party, all dressed in long
raincoats or ulsters. They made
their escape In nn nutomobllo nnd
nro thought to hnve taken a west
ward courso.
Throe posses headed by tho United
States marshal, tho Bhorlff nnd nn
Omaha sergeant or police, nro scour-
ng the country for traces of tho
bandits.
Building and Loan Men Elect Officers.
Grand Island, Nob. The eighteenth
nnnunl mooting of the Stnro AHRnrin.
tlon of Building nnd Lonn nssocln.
lions closed with tho eloctlon of the
following officers by unanimous voto:
C W, Brlnlnger, Grand Island, presl
dent; Elmer E. Rrysen, secretnry;
H. A. GrafT, Soward, treasurer; vice
presidents, II. A. Graft or Soward
nnd O. F. Gilmoro of Omaha.
An Invitation wnB recelvod from
tho city of Hnstlngs to hold tho next
stato convention In that city nnd the
'tfnmo wbr accepted,
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