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The Chief C. B. HALE, Publisher RED CLOUD, NEBR ; OF A i I WEEK'S EVENTS I Latest News of Interest 2 Boiled Down for the Busy Man. Forelon. Tho French court has ordered tlio llssolutlon of tho trades union wlilch tho postal, telegraph and tolcpliono employes formed during tho strike In Paris Inst May holding with tho law of 18SI ns Its authority, that work men's unions do not apply to stnto employes. Tho University of Lolpslc conferred tlio dogrco of doctor of lawn on Thco. doro Hoosovelt. Among thoso to re ceive degrees wero King Frederick or Saxony, Count Ferdinand Zeppelin, aeronaut; Oerald Hauptmann, author, and Porf. Fritz von Undo, tho Gorman painter. Tho rovolt In Spain Is being taken under control. A sevoro oarihquako was felt In different parts of Mexico Friday and scleral pertons nro reported killed. Madame Lillian Nordlca, and George V. Young, a Now York banker, wero married In London. A heavy storm Is rnglng In tho North soa. Tho Hnmhurg schooner Hans nntl an unknown Dutch sailing vessel havo hoen wrecked near Ncu work. Many fishing and other Btnnll craft aro reported to havo been lost. Gcnoral Kafaol Reyes has an nounced thnt ho has received official notification of tlio accoptanco by tho Columbian congress of his resignation as president. Samuel Oompers, president of tho American Federation of Labor, ar rived In Berlin to study labor con ditions. Hmporor Nicholas and Empress Al fxundrla, of Russia nro making a visit In Prussia and will visit England bo rons their return to Russia. Tho big navy campaign has won the day and four additional super-Dread-noughts aro to bo added to tho cur rent year's ship-building program. Reginald McKonna, first lord of the admiralty, otllclally confirmed this In the houso of commons. Tho new Persian government Is pre pared to offer Mohammed All Mlrza, I ho ox-shah of Persia, an annual pen sion of $25,000 on condition that ho loaves Persia without delay. Prlnco Miguel of Braganza, eldest sen of Duko MIchnel, tho pretender to tho Portugueso throne, renounced for ever his rights to tho throno of Por tugual in order to marry Miss Anita Stewart, daughter of Mrs. James Henry Smith of New York. Tho Pilnco's engagement to Miss Stewart was nnnounccd on July 9. Domestic. Ono hundred and forty-seven thou sand seven hundred and slxty-nlno ap plications for lands in tho Coour d'Aleno, Flnthead and Spokane reser vations, where 700,000 acres will bo opened to settlement by tho govern ment, wero reported by notaries at the closo of tho ninth day or registra tion. Tho Georgia sennto has voted to lomovo from ofllco Chairman of tho State Railroad Commission S. O. Mc London. McLendon was rocontly sus pended by Formor Governor Smith on chnrges of being too lenient with the railroads. J. Garnet Wood, general agent of tho Dos Moines LIfo Insuranco com pany at Llttlo Rock, Ark., foil from the eighth-story window of tho South ern Trust company building at an early hour Friday and was Instnntly killed. Ho had spent tho night In his olllro nnd nil indications point to nn accident. Onoxzlmo Thomas and Emllo An tolno, negroes who wero being brought to Jail at Opelousas, La., by two deputy sheriffs, woro taken from the officers lata Fridny night and shot to death near Grand Prairie, In this parish. Andrew E. Leo, former governor of South Dakota, obtained a wnrrant In Chlcngo for tho arrest of E. Nllos, said to bo a broker. Tho former gov ernor charges that ho was swindled by means of n confidence game. The amount involved Is said to bo $10,000. So great is tho rush of applications for Indian reservation lands, to bo drawn August I), that tho land depart meat olllclals placed nn order for 50, 000,000 moro registration blanks. With Ittlo moro than half tho tlmo for reg Istratlon passed. Superintendent Wit ten has received 118,955 applications. Harry C. Piilllam, president of tho National Longuo of professional base ball clubs, commlttod BUleldo In New York. I'hllo, Illinois, (i village In Cham palgn county. waB almost wiped out hy flro. Half tho -busings section ft3 destroyed. .Loss, ? 10,000. SUMMARY Six Uvea wore lost by n Wabash passenger train plunging Into tho Mis souri river thirty miles east of Kansas City. Tho strlko ot tho Standard Stool Car coinpnny's plant at, Butler, Pa., has ended nnd 2,000 men invo returned to work. Tho Gllddcn nutomobllo tour onded at Kansns City Friday. , An oxamlnntlon or tho nffnfrs of tho First National bank of Tipton, Ind., was begun by Miller Weir, examlnur-nt-largo for tho treasury department, to dctcrmlno tho exact amount of tl'o losses Incurred in tho Institution of which Noah R. Marker was the assis tant cnBhler. Marker disappeared lust Satlirdny. SlxtV thoilRnnil dollar In cash was missing after Marker's de parture An nppoal to tho United States su premo court from tho decision or Judgo Smith McPhcrson in tho Missouri rail road rnto cases was filed by Sanford P.. Ladd, roproBentlng tlio Btnto in tho United States district-court. In his decision Judgo McPhcrson declared thnt tho Missouri railroad passenger and freight rato law was confiscatory and unconstitutional. Tho cotton report made on tho cost dltlon up to July 25 by tho nation glnners' association gives tho gencis! averago as 71.7. Colorado Springs passed from nn eloctivo city government under stnti Jaw to one under charter rule. Tho western federation or miners by a largo vote decided not to take $1 out of each initiation fee for tho Min ors' Mngazlno, but they did instruct the executive board to print Bociallst llteraturo in a number of languages for distribution purposes. Whilo rounding n curvo near Glen wood, Ala., a Central of Georgia passenger train was wrecked, twenty four persons being Injured, six very seriously. Five thousand persons witnessed tho hanging or William Mack, a negro, nt Brandon, Miss. N. Y. Ellis shot nnd killed N. P Willis In tho court room nt Little Rock, Ark. Rev. Will In in Huntington, rector ol Graco Episcopal church, New York, men .Monday. Georgo Allen Ilenty, tho conrcssed bank robber, who looted the First Na tional bank at Monrovia, California, ot $29,700 last December, nnd was cap tured in Dayton, O., wns sentenced to servo eight years in Folsnm nonitnn. tiary. At Chicago tho jury cleared Ella Gingles from tho charge of stealing lace, but tho story sho told on tin witness Btand of being a "white Slav" victim was denounced ns untrue. A gnlo at Galveston, Tex., docs con siderablo damage to shipping nnd tin city nnd ten porsons loso their lives. A Michigan court has permanently enjoined the city of Kalamazoo, Mich., from enforcing tho ordlnanco which requires tho union lubel on all city printing. A grand Jury has been called to in vestigate the murder or J. D. Saylcr, at Crescent City, Illinois. On Salem, Mass., common tho ancient municipality presented to the scout cruiser Salem n beautiful silver service, a bronzo replica ot tho seal of tho city, to bo mounted on somo part or tho hlg ship and n big phonograph. A cloudburst In northern Wisconsin dnmnges property to tho extent of over hair a million dollars. No loss of life Is reported. General Carlos Garcia Velez, Cuban minister to tho United Stntes, received a cablegram from President Gomez ot Cuba authorizing him to say thatthoro was no truth In tho rumors ot a dis ruption or tho Cuban cabinet and that ho nnd his brother, Justo Carlos Velez, who Is Cuban secretary or state, would no retained nt their presont posts. Ono thousand men aro Idlo as tho result of a Btrlko or puddlors at tho Montour rolling mill department of tho Reading Iron company, tho pud dlers alleging that ono ot their num ber had been discharged because ho hud been overcome by tho heat. James G. Purvis, the non-union marine engineer who killed two strikers. Injured ono other and was menaced by strlko sympathizers last Saturday night, was discharged by both tho police and county coroner. Cornelius P. Shen, tho rormer Chi cago labor leader, waB sentenced to not loss than five, nor moro, than twenty-tlvo yours In prison for tho nttempted murder of Alice Wnlsh. with whom ho had been living. Washington. Commissioner of Indian AfTnlrs Val entino has taken steps to rollovo moro than twelvo hundred Indlnns In Wis cousin who wero loft without Bholtci and food ns the rosult of tho rccont series or cloudbursts In that state near Odanah. Prcsldont Tart welcomed L. A CoromlliiB In his now capacity as envoy oxtrnordlnnry and minister plen Ipotontlnry or Greeco nt Washington. Mr. Coromllns hns been hero for a year and a hair as minister resident. General Henry C. Worthlngton, delo gato In congress from Nevada, diplo mat and Jurist, died at tho Garfield hospital hero from corobrnl hem orrhago. Ho was 81 years old. Ropalrs to cost $500,000 will bo mndo on tho battleship Kentucky, now In reserve nt Philadelphia According to Senator Warren, the story that beef packers nro cngnglug extensively In tho tanning business nnd will be tho principal bonollclarlos of a duty on hides, has been used by tho "freo hldo lobby" In tmmufao tilling sentiment against tho protec tion ajued by tho cattlo Industry. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF NEW8 NOTE8 OF INTERE8T FROM VARIOU8 SECTIONS. ALL SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON Religious, Social, Agricultural, Pollt. leal and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. Judgo Thomns II. Saunders, ono of tho pioneers of Ncbrnskn, died nt Co lumbus nrter nn Illness or nenrly throo monins rouowing n rail down tho steps of tho Masonic templo. Frnnk Burgess, manager or tho Bos ton Ideal Opern compnny, playing an ongngoment in Beatrice, is suffering from n spider blto on tho lower lip which may prove sorlous. Ho Is re ceiving trentment nt n locnl hospital, having been forced to give up his work on tho Htnge for the present. Corn is king nnd cooks nro queens Is tho nnnouncement mndo by York County Boys' Agricultural nnd Girls' Domestic Science associations, who will hold nn exhibition at York, com mencing Tuesday, November 23 and ending November 27. Tho best of tho exhibits will bo taken to tho Omaha Corn show. A largo amount of now wheat Is be ing hnndled In tho locnllty of Beatrico nt present. In two dnys 10,000 bushels of this year'B crop havo boon deliv ered at tho elovators at Pickrcll, tho grain bringing the top price, $1.02 per bushel. No loss than eight threshing outfits have been Buppllylng tho eleva tors nt Pickrcll. Building operations In Beatrice aro being pushed. Locnl carpenters, plas terers nnd masons nro oil busy. Among tho buildings now In progress of construction nve the new Kllpatrlck office building, tlio Beatrice Automo bllo company's garage, and John L. Schick livery barn, llrcmcn's head quarters nnd Dole Flornl company's block. Tho plans nnd Bpoclflcatlons for n now brick court houso to bo built nt Bridgeport nro now bolnir ndvorHsoil for. The court houso. will cost & . 000. A bond Issue of $15,000 hns Just been voted for this purpose nnd this with the $10,000 cash donntlon of tho Lincoln Land compnny, will secure ono of tho finest court houses in the west for Nebraska's youngest county. Tho 7-yenr-old son of Otto Stark, who lives flvo miles west of Martins burg, wns gored by a bull. Tho boy was badly bruised with a rent flvo inches long on tho right side which ponetrated tho intestines nnd nnother in tho bnck, besides being trampled nil over. No placo aa largo as a hand on his en tiro body escaped. It Is thought ho will recover. Certain members of tho Nebraska fltnto Historical society havo protest ed to Stato Auditor Barton to prevent tho payment by him to C. S. Pnlno salary as secretary of tho society at tho rato or $1,500 a year. As n result Mr. Barton will pay no moro salary vouchors for Mr. Palno until tho mat ter has been passed on by tho legal department of state. After ton days of activity, tho 1,200 Nebraska national guardsmen, con stituting tho First brigade, loft Ash land for their homes, leaving In camp only a little guard in charge or Major E. II. Phelps, who remained over to conduct the target practice of tho team that goes to compete In tho na tional rifle tournnment nt Camp Perry, O., tho middle of August. Tho camp was Bald by overyono to bo tho best over hold In tho state. The early npplo crop, says a Ne braska City dispatch, Is exceptionally good and sovernl enrs havo been ship pod out. Tho crop will bo n heavy ono nnd ft is found that those orch ards which have boon sprayed nnd properly looked nfter havolborno fruit that will bear shipping, whilo those thnt havo not been cared for nre not fit to ship, being very defective. Tho lato crop will bo very light and only In sprayed orchards will It amount to anything. Harvesting In this section, Bays an Arlington dispatch, Is about finished nnd somo threshing Is being done. It Is claimed that wheat will make be tweon twonty nnd thlrty-llvo bushels por aero and tho test will bo from sixty to sixty-two. Oats aro ratljor n light crop aa n whole, owing to tho lato freozo, but Borne fields will make a good yield. Tho elovators nro offering to contract wheat at $l per bushel, and many of tho farmers will sell direct from the freshing machine The last roport of tho weather bur eau for NebraBjca, for June, Indicates that that month hail rather moro than tho usual amount of rain. Tho precipi tation was 4.20 inches, which Is moro than n quarter of nn Inch greater than tho nvorago for tho month during tho past thirty-four yearn. West Point was favored with 9.94 inches. Tho temperature was rather greater than normal for tho month, standing ns an averago at C9 ('egrces. Tho high eat temperature at any tlmo during tho month wns 108 degrees at Boaver City. Tho attorney for Mrs. Mnud Moron it Nebraska, City, wlfo of Attorney W. F. Moran, who nfter n hearing cover ing flvo weeks before tho commis sioners of Insnnlty wns declared In snno, has gono beforo Judgo H. D. Travis and secured a writ of habeas corpus. Tho hearing it sot for Aug. 2. Two boys ran away rrom tlio Indus trial school ot Kenrnoy last wcok.' They woro helpers In tho kitchen and wero sent in the kitchen nhoad of ono or tho officers to do somo work. When tho officer arrived tho boj'H hnd disap peared nnd, although tho country was scoured, tlioy aro still mlsslnp POLITICS IN Republicans, Democrats, Populists and Prohibi tionists Hold Conventions. ALL HAVE GOOD ATTENDANCE Proclamation of Principles as Set Forth by the Leading Political Organizations. Tho republicans, democrats, popu lists and prohibitionists held conven tions In Lincoln on the 27th, with good representations at all of them. There wero upward of 800 delcgatea in tho republican convention. C. O. Whcndon of Lincoln was chosen chairman and J. M. O'Neill, secretary. Resolutions herewith set forth tho principles of tho party. The democrats met In Representa tive hall and adopted n platform to which only ono delegate objected. Chris Guenther wrts nominated tor Chairman or tho. State Central com mittee, but declined. The mnttor or filling the placo was loft to tho state committee. George L. Loomls of .Fre mont was chairman of the convention nnd W. If. Smith of Sownrd, secretary. Tho prohibition stnto convention consisted of flvo delegates, which at tended to tho nccesBnry business. D., B. Gilbert of Fremont wob elected chnlrmnn of tho stnto committee, J. P. Heald, secretary, and J. L. Clnfiin, vice chnlrman. Resolutions denouncing tho liquor traffic nnd favoring n law and placing the referendum In full force and ef fect woro ndopted. In tho populist convention at the senate chamber It was unanimously agreed that tho party organlnztlon be mnlntalncd. Chnlrman Manuel called for an expression on this question ob soon ns the convention wob called to order. E. A. Walrnth of Polk, was mndo secretary. Webster, Boone, Dix on, Stnnton, Polk, Saunders, Burt, Adams, Washington, Kenrnoy, Saline, Hamilton, Buffalo, Valley nnd Hownrd counties wero woll represented. Republican Platform. Speaking for tho republicans of Ne brasko, ns their delegates In stnto con vention assembled, uml rcalnrmltig the (let-In rat Ions of our national nnd state platform of 1908, wo congrntulato the rountry on tho magnificent republican vic tory which hns given us for our chlof executive thnt llrm and courageous states man, pin-eminently fitted for his exalted olllce, William Hownrd Taft. When wo assembled ono yonr ngo wc wero facing a presidential campaign In which our op ponents, with customary braggadocio, p. i railed n fnlso confidence In their onuso nnd proclaimed loudly that republican nsconuency in uio nntion wns nt nn end; but ngnln nt tho ballot box came tho in dubitable proof that so strongllv en trenched In tho hearts of tho people nre the ptlnclplcs nnd achievements of the republican party, nnd so discredited nro tho fallacious doctrines nnd bo distrusted tho lenders of tho democratic pnrty, thnt the third defent of tho democratic stnnd-nid-benrer was more signal nnd decisive than beforo. Wo seo only encourngement for future republican success In the conditions con fronting us In Nebraska today. In splto of tho tremendous handicap by which we were required to combat n distinguished Ncbraskan appealing to home pride to support him for president, nnd notwlth stnndlng the flagrant deception by which tho democratic presidential electors mas queraded on tho ballot n second tlmo ns populists, tho democratic lender, for -whom wns confidently predicted n 25,000 majority In his home stnto, wns grievously disap pointed to find Hint ho had saved himself In Nobrnska by a bare -1,000 plurality. Tho election at tho snmo tlmo by sub sttintlnl majorities of tho entire republll con state ticket, with only two places excepted, gives us tho tight to regard tho result ns a republican victory. We npprove, commend and unqualifiedly Indorse the stand taken by President Tnft In tho mnttcr of tariff revision. Wc nre counting on him to seo to It that the party's platform promise of revision is redeemed bv the enactment of n tariff bill acceptable to tho people, nnd wo would npnrovo tho excrclso of his veto on nny bill that does not conform to his con struction of tho platform pledge whloh he has said means "revision downward within tho limitations of tho protective principle." Wo look to our senators nnd representatives In congress to sustain tho president In this position, nnd wo com mend them for their efforts In support of the patty's pledges nnd tho president's policies. Wo approve nnd Indorso the Ilrown resolution ndontod by congress submitting to tho sovernl stntes for their notion a proposed constitutional nmen.lment em powering the fedcnil government to levy iiimi culled uui-i un incomes. Tho republlcnn party In this state stnnds upon its record. Whilo providing iimla i.F.nn 11a vAnnpl YTT1. Ifn n ! .11.. ! wr a HL-in-riiiiH inumicnnnco minor eco nomical administration for tho various stnto Institutions wo extinguished n. stnto rtebt of more than $2,000,000. Wo nbo llshed tho evils of enrpornto dictation In politics nnd nbrognte.l the free pass sys tem under a republican administration. Passenger, freight nnd express rates havo been reduced nnd an elective railway commission provided for speedy adjust ment of differences between shippers nml carriers nnd tho regulation of tho snmo. Wo provided for a more Just nnd eqult nblo nsfOHsment of nil kinds of property for taxation nnd the nssessmont of rail way tormlnnls for locnl purposes nnd ro moved tho bar ngnlnst recovery of nde quote damages for personal Injuries. Wc commend the consistent courso pur sued bv the republlcnn minority In the last legislature In resisting with energy nnd ability the unwise nnd unconstitu tional measures of tho democratic ma jority. Wo point with pride to tho records of tho Judges who for ninny venrs have been elevated to tho bench In this stnto ns re publicans, but who ns Judges hnvo known neither personal favoritism nor political partisanship but havo fearlesslly and Im partially declared tho law nud held tho scales of Justice even between rich and poor, high nnd law. republlcnn. democrat, populist, prohibitionist nnd soclnllst nllke. Wo denounce tho eleventh hour pretense of devotion to tho Iden of nnnpartlsnnshln by tho lato democratic legislature, nfter running n riot of partisanship for three months nnd ruthlessly legislating repub licans out of ofllce by tho wholesale order to make room for democratic ollW-seek-ers. If the passage of their so-called non partisan Judiclnry net wns Intended to Old Corn on Hand. Nebrnskn farjuors nnd others havo on hand 10,981,034 bushels of corn, inoro than tlioy did at tho snmo tlmo last year. Ab shown by tho reports of tho various county assessors, tho corn on hand last year nmountcd to 30,56C,8-I0 bushels, nnd this yonr tho nmount on hand is 41,535,874 bushels. Tho notlcoablo Incrcnsoa are shown in tho following counties: Adams, 397, 291 bushels; Antelope, 3G0.1CG bush els; Boone, 201,032 bunhols; Buffalo, 290,859 bushels; Dixon, 352,491 bush NEBRASKA charge ly Innuendo thnt republican Judges nm.?,W. b0 t.n.,B,ct' to perform the"? Jrtinl,Hu,icVvUhout l'olH'cnl bins ac cording to tlielr oaths of olllce, wo resent ho Imputation. It will become tho demo tints to pralo about it nonpartisan Judlcl- ihvwihe? "" re.cord S,,'H tl a, when V hnd -letted two of tho s iprcmu o01ACnOUJrut.hVer"'t Wh0"y ?"'' Democratic Platform. We, tho democrnts of Nebraska, in state convention assembled, renlllrm our faith n. nnd pledge our loyalty to tho prlncl. Pics of our party as sot forth In the Dint. Uorn,onf"lJo8.l Uy th Ue"'Uc connl n-n.il1.0.l!2i,'l1ce U, "'Puhllcnn tariff bill ns n shameless consummation of the fraud deliberate y planned by tho republican !!E2cir"wlie.n !,uy Promised revVsoi in ioCthfnJSM,.,!ct!0I.l.! nmJ wu cn" attention ,.Vi i ?.fafil tl,Ht U confesses the truth of '"'that tho democrats lwve charged as l0wiei!!SUlt,e".0.f " ,,lKh tariff system! ,Wo ca" "Pccnl attention to tho fact that ono plnnk contained In both tlio f"inn!,,Uo B,n.t0 nnd ""tlonal platfon S &l.il!0MilJR?mPl? th. p,,,Mk lwiionilliiB n constitutional amendment speeltlcnlly in dorsing tho Income tax. has since been Sin0".?? ,y a rt'''lcnn president, sen n! n.n.ai ),ollso ,of representatives ,i that such ninendment'has been submit ted to the stntes for ratification. fi IllfMlirn flirt llnmAntll.. ... u . nfTim. tn?si,"t '!' "e-i"-lng'ratincntlon V.V.irt,1'.t.tVnc"llnV,nt..nll(1 to that end wo ......v.""-1""' nimneuucrgcr to call n special session of the legislature at n early day, that Nebraska, a pioneer I tho ndvocacv of nn Income tnx. may havo tho honor of being tho first statu to ratify the amendment. my thnVUM!!;'ri,Tl.,,,.,I'l,r,X.ln(,orso tl10 1'iGposttlon by popular vote " Bcnulo,'s bo cl"ted J'rJ"e'.'i' 'ny conditions In the sennto emphnslzo tho importanco of this re form. Believing that the pcoplo bnvo a right o have what they want In government. Wnnf,kW"? S!"'1"1"8'"" "t the next ses "0, th(? legislature of n constitutional ?nii ",1'""t , Providing for tho Initiative nnd referendum. Reasserting our purpose to glvo the peo pl0w,.,thP Hl".,.c ?f Neliraqlc.1 n guaranty fln b"'VA V,":f,l.V ,,,w- wo 'call attention to tho fact that tho suspension of that law by tho federal couit emphasizes the posl tlnn taken by the democratic party of Nebraska In Its 190S platform, when it faond tho enactment of such laws as 'Aay. ip. 1n,0CP.ssn1rv to compel corporations to submit their legal disputes to tho couits of tho states In wlilch they do business befurn Inklm. .,,. .,,.,.., i . ..: United States courts. wo indorse tho successful business nd innilstnitlon of a demoerntli- f-nv.imn.. .,...1 commend tho governor nnd u Jemocrntlo legislature for tho enactment of specific leniocrnllc platform pledges Into law. The democrats of Nebrnskn. however. 'Irect the nttentlon of nil good citizens 1 ,11.1 ,"lil"ii ino stnto election to be Ileld tills fall In flir til,. nnrnn. .. !... ng three Judges of the supreme court and inrco regents or the university. No other offices nro involved. The democratic party, through Its legis lature and governor, sought to lift these pns tions of great trust and dignity out or the embroilment of pnrtlslan politics, to take them out of tho hnnds of pro fessional politicians, ta raise them nbovo the reach of the interests such politicians serve, and place them permanently and securely on a non-partisan basis. But tho republican pnrtv held otherwise. Through Its lenders and Its press It ns salled the non-partisan Judiciary law. Through its stato organization It ar ranged surreptitiously a palpably Insincere but successful attack upon It. Wo submit that this presents nn Issue or gieat nnd far-reaching Importance. Wo are coming to bo more nnd more n people governed by our courts. The courts nro tho bulwarks of our liberties as well ns tho harbor to which special privilege tiles In everv storm, and the lnstrumentul Itles through which It nsserts, with grow ing arrogance. Its power to defy the peo ple's legislatures nnd tho people's execu tives. There never was a time when tlio necessity for keeping courts, Invested with or asserting extrnordlnnry powers, on a piano nbovo suspicion of reproach, picsented itself moro forcibly than It doeB now. Wo urge tho peoplo of this common wealth tn take this question homo with them. Wo urgo upon them that tho Issue in this state election Is one, not of pnrty or platform, but of men. Wo urge alt Nebraskans In voting for supremo Judircs and for im-oniu tn ii. nsldn party preiudlco nnd tics. AVo hope no (lemocrnt will vote ror a candidate for either of theso ofllces merely because the candidate is a democrat, and that no re publican will vote for such a candidate because ho Is n republlcon. Wo urgo each and every votor of nil parties to vote for the man wlmn im goes to the ballot box this full nnd not ior mo pnriv lanei. RCSOlVCd. That WO lirco tlin rlnmnnrnlln members of congress nnd those from Ne braska especially, to uso their best ef forts to secure ns speedy a completion ns possible of tho government ditch project. now but nartlallv oomnleto.l In wonrUrn ixi'iiriiniui, iiMMiriiiK inose seiners who havo homestended lands under said pro lect thnt tho government will keep good faith with them, nnd thnt right soon. Whnt Is hero mid with reference to the administration of the courts upplles like wise to the administration of tho state university. This noblo Institution hns grown and prospered under the efllclent management of regents elected ns re publicans, freo from tho Intrusion of no Hwnl Partisanship or tho application of political tests. In shnrp contract with tho tlmo when under a fusion hoard Its man agement wns notoriously, partisan. The reasons, therefoie, nro not heard to find why. for moro than a third of a century, but for one brief trial peilod, tho peoplo of Nebrnskn havo continuously preferred to entrust their highest court of Justico and their highest Institution of learning to ofllcers presented as candi dates by th republican party, nnd these reasons hold good todnv. Tho nominees of tho republican party for these respons ible positions this year will bo compe tent and trustworthy, nnd should com mnnd tho support nnd votes of nil good citizens who bellcvo In honesty. Justice and fidelity nnd hate hypocracy, deceit nnd faithlessness, ti. ,... .. . , .. ... Runaway Accident Fatal. Sutton. Dennis Lyhenuo died nt his homo, southwest or Sutton, from tho effects of injuries Buffored In a runaway which occiircd n llttlo over a week ago.- Mr. Lyhonno wns 07 y.ears old. Prosecution Under Food Law. Tho deputy food commissioner has nsked tho county attorney of Sallno county to prosecute Albort Fritz for tlio salo or flvo or six dozen rotten eggs. This practice Is ono that Com missioner Mains Intends to atamp out. State Board of Equalization. Attorney (Jeneral W. T. Thompson hnB given an opinion holding tho Stnto Board of Equalization htiB nuthority to ralso or lower tho valuation of real ostato belonging to railroad companies STRUGGLE NEAR END TARIFF BILL SHOULD BE OUT OR t WAV TMla Weei -- - V hb.t LOOK FOR STRUGGLE THURSDA Aldrlch Not to Talk Much Hlrru 6elf, and Oratory Will Bb j Left Mainly to the Op- g;a position 8lde. .V)4 Washington, D. C Unless Borne thing happons to provoke heated dis cussion of political character, tho now tariff bill should bo enacted Into law and tho extraordinary session of congress ndjourncd before tho end of thfs week. Inquiry anions senators opposed to tho adoption of tho confer- enco report on tho Paync-Aldrich bill Indicates that tho dobato will not be as extended as it threatened to be beforo the conferees reported. The scnato will meet at 10 n. m. Monday. Tho session probably will begin at that hour and will continue to C or 7 o'clock p. m. dally until tho report is adopted. If It is found that moro senators desiro to speak than has al ready given notice it is possible that night sessions may bo held. Senator Aldrlch la determined that tho conference report shall not be carried oVor Into next week. Ho does not expect to occupy very much time himself. Ho said Saturday that ho would not speak longer than an hour or two, and that other members of tho committee would occupy compar atively llttlo time. It Is probable that senators who wero opposed to tho placing of hides on tho freo list will havo something to nny on that sub ject and that all of tho ropubllcanu who voted against tho bill when it was on Its passage in tho Benate will take occasion to explain their action. Somo of theso senators will speak lor tho adoption of tho conference report, nnd somo of them aro ex pected to vote in tho negative. Senator Culberson, leader of the minority, is authority for tho state ment thnt tho democrats will debate tho conference roport thoroughly, but will not fllbuster against its adoption. Senators Daniel and Bailey, members of tho commltteo on finance, will Bpeak at length ngalnst tho adoption of tho conference roport, and tnko tho lead In voicing democratic opposition to mo now tarnr um. somo or tno senato leaders predict that a voto will bo had on tho conference roport as early as Thursday, and that tho special session of congress can bo brought to a close on Friday. A Good Season for Sheep. Bello Fourcho, S. D. Sheepmen ot this soctlon are about tho most satis fied set of men to bo round in the stato or South Dakota. The sheen season has Just closed hero and it has been the largest and most profit able ono In tho history of tho mnrkol at Belle Fourche. A total of ovoi two million pounds of wool has boon marketed hero at an averago or 22& cents per pound, or a total or approxi mately $150,000 and not a single man who dealt in sheep this season can tell a hard luck story. Tho gain over last yiear Is n sub stantlal ono as during 1908 there wai marketed 1,910,000 pounds. In 1907 I was 1.750,000; In 190G 1,500,000, and In 1905 it was 1,250.000, thus showing a steady Increaso each year. Most of tho wool waB sold outright here this year, only a few clips boinp consigned. Buyers from all over the country made UiIb their headquarters" Tho largest amount of wool shorn at any ono plnco In tills section wnt done by tho Mormon crow on Willow creek at tho Smiley rnnch where the men rrom Utah handled over 40.00C head of sheep bcioro returning to their homes. Tragedy In Chicago Home. Chicago. Marltlal troublo caused Mrs. Emma Michel to kill her two children, Meta, fifteen years old, and Gustav, twelvo years old, and commit suicide by means of Illuminating gas here Sunday. Tho two children wore found dead In bed with every gas jet In tho houso open, nnd Mrs. Michel, dead, seated In tho kitchen. In her mouth wns a rubber tube, ono end of which hnd been attached to a Jot. Mrs. Michel left a letter for Henry Fisher, a friend, in which Bho gave the reasons for her act Mrs. Michel, and hor husband, Louis, havo boon separated for threo months, and sho had started suit for a dlvorco. Pend ing n decision her husband was to pay her alimony, but failed to do so. Extensive Smuggling Plot. Manila. Tho government is press ing tho Investigation or what appears to to an extensive opium smuggling plot which was brought to light by tho discovery, and seizure of 4G0 pounds of opium nnd soventy-two ounces of cocalno ingeniously con cealed in a Bhlpment or mining ma chinery brought from Hong Kong. Louis Grnnt, an American business man of considerable prominence, has been arrested, charged with bplng Implicated in tho smuggling plot, nnd It Is believed that sovoral others aro being closely watched by the special agents. Twelve Dead in the Wreck. Spoknng, Wash. Tho number of dend no tho result of a headon col lision of two electric trains on tho Couer d'Aleno & Spoknno railroad Saturday ovening totnlg twolvo, nnd tho numbor of Injured nbout sovonty flvo. Tho wreck occurred at Cold water Idaho, a small station twenty five miles oast of Spokane. Many .por sons from eastern states woro on tho trains, having coma to Spoknno to register tor tho Indian land oponlng. Tho official list or dead aad Injured ois if I von out SuniUy, A