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C. B.HALE, Publisher
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WEEK'S NEWS;
ings Told in Brief.
Most Important Happen
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Domestic.
Mrs. Jennie L. Horry of Dps Moines,
Iowa, mod in n light for tlio national
presidency of tho Woman's IlulluT
rorpH. After threo ballolB she wan
elected over Mrs. Hollo Harris of
Kansas by a voto of 213 to 90.
Saniiiol K. Van Sant of Minnesota
was elected conimnndcr-ln-chlef of tho
O. A. 11. at Salt Lake City.
In inos the packers of tlio Unltod
States (dripped 325,000 earn of pack
ing houso products and byproducts.
Tho freight charges vary widely ac
cording to destination and quality.
Average freight was not less than
$100 u car, so tho total freight bills
were at least $:i2,C0O.O00. In addi
tion, there wero shipped to tho
packers several hundred thousand
cars of llvo stock. Average freight
for llvo stock Is $55, or nbont half
the freight on tho dressed beef prod
list. Taking tlio packing Industry as
,a whole tho railroads reap a gross
business of not less than J50.000.000
freight yearly, or as largo ns tho total
gross receipts of such systems at St.
Paul, Now Haven or Southern railway.
The Chlnoso minister, u Ting
Fang, has boon recalled from Wash
ington and ordered to Peking for fur
it her assignment. His successor will
bo Chang Yin Tang, formerly charge
d'affaires at Madrid, and now deputy
vice-president of foreign nffalrs.
Harry K. Thaw has been sent back
to tho asylum, Judgo Mills deciding
his habeas corpus nso against him.
A lono bandit held up tho cashier
of tho bank at Franklin, Illinois, and
secured about $2,500 and made his
escape.
Kectlllers arc prohibited from mak
ing wlno niasti and using It for tho
production of compound liquors, In
an order Issued by tho noting commis
sioner of Internal revenue. Tho order
becomes effective September 1.
Night work has been begun on tho
nddltlon being built to tho executive,
olllres of tho whlto house. Three
shifts aro now working and there will
not bo an hour's let-up until tho addi
tion Is compelted.
It was learned that Gutzon norgluni,
tho sculptor, has received n commis
sion to mnko a bust of President Taft.
Mr. Iiorglum will return from a west-
ni inp witnm a day or two and It Is
understood ho will K to Beverly to
execute tho commission.
Tho fortieth annual convention of
tho Iowa Knights of Pythias grand
lodge opened with about C50 delegates
In attendance.
Aftor sixty-two years of continuous
practice In dentistry In Westchester,
Pa., Dr. Jesse Cope Green, ninety-two
years old, retired from the practice
of his profession. It Is said Dr. Green
is tho oldest dentist In years and point
of servlco In this country, and ho takes
dally rides on his bicycle about the
streets of tho town.
Manning C. Palmer, former presi
dent of the American Exchango Na-
flmmf linul? if i-
7, " n "' . ""lisp, a. i., was
discharged from Auburn prison on a
pardon granted him by President Taft
Palmer was convicted in lOOC. of mis
application of the bank's funds.
Tho seizure of about $500,000 worth
of whisky from tho warehouses of
tho Cascado Distilling company at
Nashville, Tenn.. will cost tlio com
pany $10,000 to obtain tho release
nf tho seized spirits and Immunity
"in inusi-i'uuon ror the wealthv dls
Posoy Hyan, charged with killing
his wlfo and daughter In n restaurant
at Cheyenne, Wyo., March 11, wns
found guilty of murder In tho second
degree. Tho defense made Itn light
on tho plea of Insnnlty. In tho early
days Ityan wns known throughout Ne
braska as nn Indian lighter and trndor,
Adolph Flolsclnnan, a wealthy fruit
grower of Los Angeles, Cnl., had to
pay tho United States customs servlco
$2,587 becniiHo goods that ho and his
wife brought with thorn on tholr re
turn from their wedding trip abroad
had been declared worth only $319.
Tho customs olllclnls appraised thorn
at $1,GG7, and seized thorn for under
valuation. One hundred and forty-seven thou
sand soven hundred and slxty-nlno ap
plications for lands In tho Coour
d'Alcnc, Flathead and Spokano reser
vations, whero 700,000 acres will bo
opened to settlement by tho govern
ment, were reported by notaries at
the close of Hip ninth day
A notable appreciation of the offforts
of tho United Stntes In behalf of
peace and orderly government oc
curred at Asuncion, Paraguay, on tho
departure from that placo on Sunday
of Edward C. O'Hrlen, the American
minister, snys a dispatch received at
tho state department from Vice-Con-sul
Piatt at Asuncion. About 2.000
students and members of non-political
associations made an Impressive and
unprecedented demonstration In tho
minister's honor.
A strike of street laborers In Pitts
burg, Pa., which has been of small
proportions for some days, has beeomo
widespread, and gangs of tho men aro
parading tho streets. Stops, It Is said,
have been taken to form nn organiza
tion nmong tho 15,000 Italian workmen
of Allegheny county.
Gen. P. P. Johnston,
oral of the Kentuck
was held to tho grand
nssault on Denny B. Goodo, editor of
u weekly publication In Louisville.
Genernl Johnston resented a referenco
to him ns "General Peacock P. John
ston," In an editorial. ,
Dr. Robert J. llurdetto, who Is 111
at his summer homo nt Cllfton-by-thc-Sea,
was reported Monday as being
much bettor.
Tho sheep men of South Dakota
report tho best wool crop ever known
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
'NEWS NOTE8 OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
STATE ASSESSMENT
EVERYTHING ARRANGED EXCEPT
IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON THERE A DEADLOCK APPEARS
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Pollt-
leal and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
Johnson county has decided to hold
ft fair this year, sometime In October.
tne state railway commission re
fused to authorize tho ten cent rate
of the Nobraska Traction and Power
company between Omaha and Rnlston.
Hy the will of Mrs. Mnrio Steinbeck
of Grand Island, which has Just been
probated, tho Nobraska Children's
Homo Society receives $500.
Tho first annual old settlers' re
union for Cass county was held at
Union and was attended liv tiw,,mr,,iu
of poople.
At Weston Will Warren's four-year-old
girl was badly bitten about tho
face by n dog which It Is believed has
hydrophobia.
At Lincoln donth enmn Inulnntlu ,.
Maurice Laughlln, n young lineman
In the employ of the traction com
pany. He was killed by n shock whllo
on top of tho hurry-up repair wagon.
City delivery service will be estab
lished on November l nt Aurora with
three letter carriers, one substitute
cnrrler, twenty street letter boxes and
one- combination box.
T. S. Koltner of Wagner, who hnd
been attending to some business in
THE NEW BANK LAW.
Attorney
for
Files Hit
Without Douglas County the Total Val
uation of the State Is Given
as $363,230,066.
tillers. Actin (.'Attorney General Wade
Kills fixed this sum as the amount re
quired to reimburso the government
for tho amount lost In internal reven
ue tax.
An eastbound Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe train was wrecked by a
broken rail near Gorin, Mo. Knglneer
Coulter was burled under the locoino
tlvo and killed. Fireman Harvey Wal
ton wns badly hurt and Hrakeman
Kdward Monroe had an arm broken.
After marrying his llvo thousandth
couple, according to his own computa-
.... wr. k. a. Winstar was taken ill
at oungstown, Ohio, and died.
Tho second American Esperanto con
gress Is In session nt Chautauqua.
Isaac C. Wolfe, aged seventy, of
Paducah. Ky.. was killed by an auto-mobile-
on tho highway near Hellove
dere, 111. Tho machine was driven by
t. A. Nott and his son, C. A. Nott
oiiln hmV", !h0lr WM' t0 ,h0 AIKon
quln hi 1-cllmbIng contest. Wolfo was
a prominent Mason.
Klla Glngles, the young Irish laco
maker whoso trial In Chicago for lar
ceny from hor employer attracted na
t onal attontlon because of her sensa
tlnnal chargo that an an attompt had
been made to force her Into " wllte
savory" sailed for he,- homo In ire-
rtm e steamer Campania.
Officers aro searching for the mur-
Forelgh.
The striking workmen of Sweden
continue to return to work. Tho
stevedores of Gothenburg are tho
latest to resiimo and tho foreigners
taken to Gothenburg to fill tholr
places are being returned to their
homes. Out of a total of 400,000 work
men engaged In Swedish Industries
exclusive of agriculture and the rail
road service 2S5.7C2 are on strike,
but small groups of those mon aro
continually returning to tholr labors.
General von fleering, commander of
the Second army corps, was appointed
by Emperor William to tho position
of Prussian minister of war In suc
cession to General von Elnem, retired.
Following tho election by congress
of Vicente Comoz. tho acting presi
dent, to be provisional president of
the republic, It was announced that a
new cabinet and a completo reorgan
ization of tho Venezuelan government
could bo expected.
The amalgamation of the MIguells
tn and Zuylsta factions of tho liberal
party, which ahs been In progress
fiinco the election of last year, was
accomplished at a conference of tho
oxccutlvo committees of tho two fac
tions. Senor Zayas was unnnlniously
elected ehnlrman of the united party,
which will be called tho national-llber-ey
party.
General Marina, tho Spanish com
niandor In Morocco, now hns a total of
3S.O0O men at his disposal, and Is com
pleting his preparations for a con
certed movement against Mt. Guruga,
the center of the Moorish positions.
Emperor William conferred tho
crown order of tho first class on
Charles W. Eliot, former president of
Harvard university; tho crown order
of tho second class on Sir Casper
Purdon Clnrke, director of tho Met
ropolitan museum of art. Now York.
and Hugo Heislngor of New York, and
the red eagle of tho third class on Ed
ward Hoblnson of tho Metropolitan
museum of art.
With deep religious solemnity tho
sixth anniversary of tho corona
tion of Popo Pius X was celebrated
In tho Slstino chapel Monday In tho
presence of tho pontiff, tho Sacred col
lege, tho papal court, archlblshops,
heads of religious ordors, members of
tho diplomatic corps and tho Roman
aristocracy. Cardinal Merry Del Val,
tlio papa secretary of stato, officiated
at tho mass.
It Is olllclnlly reported thnt 103
deaths from bubonic plague and 35
from cholera occurred in Amoy dur
ing the two woeks ending last Satur
day. Conditions In tho interior dls
tricts aro greatly Improved.
Adolphus Buseh of St. Louis re
turned from Carlsbad a fow days ago
to ins villa In Lango Schwalbach. Ho
has a severe cold and lias been or
dered to stay In bed. but his condition
does not give occasion for sorlous enx
lety. General Von Einom, the Prussian
minister of war, retired from office. Ho
will at once tnko up his new duties
as commander of tho Seventh army
corps.
Tho Inbor strlko at Stockholm,
Sweden, Is showing signs of a col
lapso, Reports nro current In yachting cir
cles that King Alfonso of Spain Is a
possible challenger for tho American
cup.
General Charlos Louis Trcmeau has
been appointed commander In chief
of tho Fernch army In succession to
General do la Croix.
The Duke of the Abruzzl has cstab-
, nijitnnt gen- the land olllce at llroken Bow, was
v stato guard, fu,i dead ln ,,0(, ,Jt (he , JJ
id Jury for an m. Amsborry. with whom ho wns stop
ping. Death was duo to honrt failure.
Tho county commissioners of Otoo
county have given notice to all farm
ors to comply with the law lu tho
matter of cutting weeds about their
places and unless It Is done and tho
roads kept clear the work will be
done nnd chnrged up to their property.
Pioneer day will bo celebrated Sat-
unlay, August 2S. at the public park
In Florence by tho old settlers of
Douglns county. The civil war veter
ans of Douglas county hold an en
campment of four days at Florence
oeRinning August 25 nnd ending with
Pioneer day.
Patrick Duncan of Rulo found n
body on n snnd bar five miles north
of Hulo left there by the high water
of the Missouri river. There wns very
little left of the body but the skeleton
nnd no trace of the Identity of this
man could be discovered by Coroner
uuneuer.
A separator belonging to William
Leonard of Odell was burned on tho
farm of Frank Burger, ten miles
southwest of Beatrice, while the har
vest hands wore entlng supper. It Is
believed to be the work of an incen
diary. Hloodhounds wero taken to tho
Hurger farm to assist In ferreting out
tho case. The loss Is placed at $1,000.
Charles IJumgard and Clnrn Pmvnrn
who eloped from Sabetha, ICnn., wero
nrrosted nt Falrbury nnd lodged in
Jail. En route west they stopped off
at Rockford In tho same county, but
upon learning that tho ofllcers were
after them, left on the first trnln be
fore a warrant for their arrest could
be Issued.
Great preparations are being made
for the. annual agricultural fair at
Calaway, the dates for this year being
September 21, 22, 23 and 21. This fair
was organized nnd is supported ex
clusively by the business men of Cnl
laway and tho farmers of the com
munlty, and no financial heln Is re-
celved from either the state or
county.
Frank Larson, who received a Car-
neglc mednl about two years ago for
saving the life of little Earl Delaney
at Exeter, Is to marry the mother.
One day when young Lnrson was firing
on tho road ho saw a child on tho
trnck ahead of tho onglno which wns
moving at the rate of forty miles an
hour. He climbed out of the window
nnd mnde his way to tho cowcatcher,
where ho pushed tho child away from
the trnck and thus saved Its life.
In nnswer to tho request of tho rail
road companies for a postponement
of tho hearing on tho classification of
freight rntes Bot for the latter part of
September, tho State Railway commis
sion has made tho roads u proposi
tion to tho effect that If tho railroads
will furnish a transcript of nil the
evidence taken before the court for
tho ubo of tho commission It will con
sent to u postponement until Decem
ber 1.
Jntnes J. Hill, chnlrmnn of tho
board of tho Great Northern, has
offered $2,500 ln gold ns prizes to bo
awnrded for the best grains and grass
es grown In tho territory nlong his
lines to bo exhibited at tho Natlonnl
Corn Exposition ln Omnlm December
G to 18. Tho money Is to bo divided
Into 200 prizes by Prof. C. P. Hull of
tho Minnesota Agricultural Collogo
nnd Prof. Thos. Shaw of the Dakotn
Farmer. Thoro will bo about 40 first
prizes for whent, oats, barley, corn,
clover, timothy and alfalfa hay, as
well as prizes for speltz and field pens.
John Palm, a painter from Omnlm,
secured work temporarily on tho farm
of Charles Smith over on Whlto Rock
crook south of Superior nnd whllo on
tho windmill lower, oiling tho genrlng,
ho lost his bnlnnco nnd foil, breaking
both legs.
Joseph Wnckel, the 19-year-old son
of Nicholas Wackel, a well known
fnrmer of Cuming county, committed
sulcldo by blowing tho top of his head
off with n shot gun. Tho hoy has beon
sickly for somo tlmo nnd wns parti
ally crippled.
At Monowl, Frnnk Jura, In 111 health,
Kiilclded hv shootlnc
The determination of Secretary of
State Junkln to force an incrense ln
tho valuation of tho merchandise of
Douglns county or socuro a reconsid
eration of the notion of tho stato board
of equalization In Incronslng the vnlue
of bank Btock, hns delayed action on
Douglas county's assessment, until
the return of Stato Treasurer Brian.
Even then It Is possible no ngreement
can bo reached and that It will bo
necessary for the board to dofor nctlon
until tho governor gets back from tho
northwcBt. Auditor Burton has re
turned from the east, but ns Land
Commissioner Cowles nnd tho secre
tary of state do not agree about Oma
ha merchandise or banks the auditor's
voto would not settle tho question.
So Secrctnry Henry Seymour wns In
structed to proceed to certify out the
vnluatlon of nil the other counties, to
gether with n statement showing the
amount of money each county Is ex
pected to pay In taxes.
Without Douglas county the total
valuation or tho stnto Is $303,230,080.
Tho levy of 4A mills for the general
fund will rnlse $1,G34,535; tho unlvcr
slty 1 mill levy will rnlfio $303,230,
making n total of $1,907,705, tho total
stato and school tax to be paid by nil
tho counties except Douglas.
Tho total appropriations to bo paid
out of tho genernl fund nmount to
$3,970,969. It Is estimated that of this
sum $G00,000 will bo renllzed by fees
paid to the stato and money received
from miscellaneous sources. This will
leave n total of $3,370,909 to be raised
by lovy. One-half of this to bo raised
tho flrst year will be $1,088,484.
The total assessed value of the Btate
is approximately $399,000,000. The
lovy for the genernl fund on this sum
Ib 4 mills. This will realize $1,795.-
500. It Is estlmnted that 95 per cent
f tills will be collected, or $1,705,725.
Herefords at the State Fair.
An exhibitor of Hereford cattle liv
ing In nnother state has written Sec
retary W. R. Mellor that ho has not
shown ln Nebraska for soveral years
and does not like the premium list
which provides that If there Is no com
petition only one-hnlf of the premium
shall be paid, but he thinks ho will
come with his Herefords. Secretary
Mellor has written him that ho Is
likely to find a little competition in
his line and ho promises to make It in
teresting for him. The reluctant ex
hibitor will find when he arrives at
the state fair that he will havo to com
pete with Hereford herds entered by
soven different exhibitors nlone will
havo herds aggregating more thnn 1 19
nnlmals, which wns tho total number
of nnlmals In this class exhibited last
year at tho Nebraskn Btato fair.
Cash Prizes for Hustlers.
The Union Pacific haB hit upon tho
novel Bchemo of giving cash prizes to
Its stntlon ngentB for expediting the
shipment of grnin. This Is one of the
methods adopted In tho effort to handle
the enormous grain crop. All rnll
rads nro confronted by the task and
aro preparing In various ways to meet
It. For somo months they have been
hustling cars needing repair to tho
shops bo they might be ready for tho
rush when It came. The new system
Is ono of merit for agents during tho
months or August, September and Oc
tober. V
Emergency Rate on Machinery.
Tho Burlington rnllroad has secured
pormlsBlon from tho railway commlB
nlon to put In nn emergency rato of
25 cents per 100 pounds for hauling
the machinery and building material
of tho Ames sugar factory In Scotts
Bluff county, the rate to bo effectlvo
until February 28. Tlio railroad Bald
this rato Is not n compensatory rate,
but ln order to help out a Nebraska
Industry It Is willing to put In the low
rato.
the State
Brief.
Judgo I. L. Albert, attorney for the
state ln tho defenBo of the banking
law enncted by tho late legislature,
has filed In the federal court hlB brlof
In reply to the brief of John L. Web
stcr nnd William V. Allen. It is be
llovcdnn early decision will be handed
down.
In discussing the right or the state
to limit the banking business to In
corporations and tho right to Issue
notes ror circulation, Judge Albert
said:
"CounBel concedes that tho right to
to Issue such paper Is no longer a
common law right, to be exerclBcd nt
tho pleasure or tho citizen, but ono
thnt rests on a grant rrom tho atato.
Now we havo nlrendy Bhown thnt it
Is one or the incidental rights which
accompanies the right to engage ln
banking generally; thnt It is bo es
sentially a part of banking that an
Institution without tho power to Issue
Biicn pnper is not a bank. Tho court
will tnko Judicial notice of tho fact
that there is nothing ln tho federal
constitution which prohibits tho Issu
ance of such paper and that It is pro
hibited by no act of congress. If It Is
true, then, as counsel concede, flint
the right to Issue such paper must
rest on a grant from the state, and,
that the right to engage In banking
generally carries with It tho right to
Issue such paper, does It not follow
thnt the right to engage In banking
genornlly Is no longer a common law
right, but ono lawfully exercisable
only under n frnnchlso from the state?
Does it not also follow that the legis
lative act under consideration, which
deals with banking generally, Is to bo
regarded ns one designed, not to regu
late the exercise of a common law
right, but to fix the terms and condi
tions upon which a frnnchlso may bo
ODiameu and enjoyed.
"We como now to tho gunranty foa
turo or tho law. Counsel call atten
tion to the brevity of our argument on
this branch of the case. Speaking
for himself, the writer would say that
one of his excuses Is thnt his argu
ment was prepared exclusively for
this court nnd not for distribution
among lnymen. For that reason ho
nssumed that elementary principles,
matters of history and or common
knowledge would be noticed without
nn elaborate argument or citation or
authorities. For like reason he re
frnlned from any nttempt to answer
tho arguments based on the Dart
mouth college case, never doubting
that the court would tako Judicial
notice of our constitutional provisions
which render them wholly innppllc
nblo. Another nnd stronger renson
Influenced him In this respect, nnd
that Is, that when he felt that he had
shown that the right to do a general
banking business is no longer a com
mon right, but a right dependant on
a grnnt from the state, tho validity
or tho guaranty reaturo would rollow
as a logical conclusion. Ho Is or the
opinion thnt he has established that
proposition. Tho validity or Ills con
clusion enn be tested by any standard
history of banking."
FIRST BATCH IS OUT
PRESIDENT SELECTS SOME CEN.
SUS SUPERVISORS.
Cattle Destroying Crops.
Hooker county homesteaders have,
petitioned Gov. Shnllenberger to come
to their assistance nnd save their
crops from cattle, which are being
grazed without being herded. In n
letter signed by twenty-four home
steaders It waB set out that tho own
ers or the cattle hal been nppenled
to through employes, but no effort
had been mnde by them to save tho
crops of tho settlers. Some tlgo ago
another complaint wns received by
the governor, who turned tho com
plaint over to Deputy United Stntes
Attorney Lane.
FOUR NAMED FOR NEBRASKA
Frank E. Helvey Selected for First
District, Saunders In Second,
Hays in Third and Bross
In Fourth.
novorly, Mass. In a letter ad
dressed to Secretary Nagel, or tho do-
iia.wiieni or commerce nnd labor.
President Taft served notice that any
man engaged- in the taking or the
thirteenth census of the United States
who engages In politics in any way
will immediately bo dismissed from
the service. Outside of casting their
votes, tho president believes that cen
sus supervisors nml -...
should keep clear of anything that
savors or politics, national, stato or
local. The president orders that tho
secretary or commerce nnd labor and
the director or tho census embody
more, regulations governing tho taking
or the census in accordance with the
rulo so forcibly laid down in his let
ter. Mr. Taft says that ln appointing
census supervisors It has been found
necessary to select men recommended
if tKpVltors and consressineii in their
He says he realizes that this
method of selection might easily bo
perverted to political purposes, and it
it to take the census out of politics-,
so far as the actual work Is concerned
that ho has explicitly expressed his
desires as to tho regulations.
President Taft has told the repre
sentatlves and sentators who havo
urged various men for census places
that he would insist that no active
partisans should bo named, and that
on attempts should be made to build
up a political machine in any stato or
district throiinh tlm iiiBriin,in.,
the census patronage.
Mr. Tafts task is a little more thnn
half completed. Practically oil of tho
appointments havo been agreed upon,
but somo nro being held up tempor
arily on account of protests.
Tho census supervisors announced
include:
Iowa-First District, John W. Row
ley; Second district. Asa A. Hall;
Seventh district Cambridge Culbert
son. Kansas-First district. William II.
smith; Third district. Charles Voe
Nebraska First district, Frank E.
Helvey; Second district, Charles L "
Saunders; Third district, Joseph Al
bert Hays; Fourth district, Philip F.
Bross.
North Dakota First district, Carl
N. Frlch.
Brewer Complains of Rates.
Tho Hastings Brewing company has
complained to the rnllwny commission
thnt the railroads have been charg
ing It n rate of 40 cents when the
Omnha rato Is 30 and ns a result It is
losing most of its business in tho
towns near Hastings. The rates on
Hie with tho commission do not show
a 40-cent rate for Hastings nnd if tho
brewing compnny produces bills or lad
Ing showing that price was charged,
the commission will Institute proceed
ings ngalnst tho rnllroad companies.
Pullman Rates Reduced.
The Stato Rnllwny commission Is
sued an order reducing Pullman rates
In Nebraska. Tho minimum of $2
wns cut to $1.50 and tho maximum
rrom $3.50 to $2.50. Instend or seats
being 25 cents, 50 cents and on up nt
a Jump or 25 cents, 5 cents was tho
unit.
Many Fine Stock Entries.
Tho fine stock entries for tho Btato
fair are coming In fnster thnn ln nny
previous year, thero being 240 entries
to date with prospects ror at least G3G
before tho fair opens. This number
will Just fill the now llvo stock barn.
Entries made before August 15 will bo
listed In tho official catalog or the ralr.
To Make Fish Secure.
Heavy, halMnch glnss is to bo
placed In the catfish tanks ln tho
fisheries building nt the stato fair
grounds. This will bo done on the
recommendation of Superintendent
O'Brien, of tho stato hatcheries. Ho
says that a fairly bulky catfish, given
n swimming stnrt of eight feet, can
splinter an Inch plno board. This is
tho reason that thin glass will not do
for fish tanks.
Reward for Phillips.
Governor Shnllenberger hns offered
a reward of $200 ror tho apprehension
or Jnmes Phillips, who Is charged with
having murdered Mnrsh Hamilton In
Omnha.
Heavy Earthquake Damage.
Toklo Reports received Sunday
concerning the earthquake in central
Japan Saturday arternoon show that
there were a number or fatalities and
thnt great damage was done to prop
erty. The dead at present Is said to
be thirty, though It Is feared that tho
lainnties will be greatly Increased In
tho outlying districts when heard
from. The number or persons In
jured is eighty-two. Thus far 3C2
buildings, including many temples, are
reported to have been destroyed and
more than 1,000 other badly damaged.
The sohek occurred nt 3:30 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, nnd nffected a
wide area in the Shiga and Glfu pre
fectures. Tho town of Ozaku. ln GIsu
sufrered terribly. Tho banks or tho
Hldft river thore broke and tho sur
rounding country was inundated. The
people or the district fled to high
ground nnd remained In the open all
night. Shocks wero felt throughout
Saturday night and early Sunday
morning.
The mountain Ibukl. a short dls
anco west of Glfu, emitted smoke In
the early stages of tho earthquako
and then collapsed with n thunderous
roar. The formation or tho mountain
was completely changed.
Slight damage was done nt Nagoyn
to tho southward or Giru and neigh-'
boring villages.
Tangle Over Normal School.
A delegation called at tho state
houso rrom Dawes county to got Infor
mation regarding tho proper steps to
tako to get a stnto normal school lo
cated at Crawrord. As thero aro two
boards, each or which claims to be
tho real board with power to act ln
the matter or tho selection or a slto
ror tho now normal school, towns In
the wost end or tho state that aro
anxious ror tho school are at a loss
Just how to proceed. Tlio delegation,
headed by C. F. Coffey, paid Its re
asects to the governor,
Asked to Make River Trip.
Governor Shallenbergor has received
an Invitation to accompany President
Taft and the party or governors clown
the Mississippi river rrom St. Louis to
New Orleans October 25 to 30.
Missouri Pacific Pays Up,
Secrotnry of State Junkln received
a check for $70,000 from A. J. Shores,
attorney for tho Missouri Pacific rail
road, tho fee charged by tho state ror
filing tho amended nrtlcles of Incor
poration of tho consolidated company,
$31,000 of tho amount wa3 paid under
protest. Tho capital stock of the con
solidated compnny Is $240,000,000,
Tho attorney for the company In
sisted that ho should bo given credit
for tho feo paid on the capital stock
or $100,000,000 and he mado a nrof.
1 rer or $30,000. This was reused.
Governor Is Guest.
Spokane, Wash. Governor Shal
enberger or Nebraska, accompanied
by Mrs. Shnllenberger. Miss Grace
Shnllenberger nnd Lieut. Martin Shnl
lenberger or Fort Crook, wero guests
of Mr. nnd .Mrs. Robert II. Jones, 1S30
Pac flc avenue, during their stay In
Spokane, August 13 to 15, when tho
chief executive or Nebraska nttendbd
a conference or governors or western
nnd southern states and tho seven
teenth session of the national irrlga
tlon congress. Mrs. Jones Is Governor
Shallenberger's sister. Soveral enter
talnments wero arranged. Including an
nuto drive and a dancing party at
Liberty Lako ln honor of Miss Shal.
lenberger nnd Miss Eulnlla Zllg of
Milwaukee, who is also visiting tho
Jones family. .Mrs. Shnllenberger and
.Mrs. John Zilg of Milwaukee wero
among tho patronesses nt tho party
Mrs. Jones will accompany tho Shal
enberger and Zllg families to Yol
lowstono park, whore tlnv urin .,idi
ror soveral weeks, returning to Spok
nne early In September.
Kills Babies and Herself.
Chicago. Mrs. Mario Handsel
Sunday committed suicide nnd at tho
same tlmo nsphyxlated her threo hoy
babies. Sho had cnrofully dressed her
children and carried thorn Itno tho
bnth room whero sho bad closed tho
door and turned on the gas. The
smell of gaB awakened her husband
Joseph Handsel, oarly Sunday morn
Ing and when ho broko open tho door
of tho bath room ho found tho four
dead bodies. Tho twlna woro wrapped
in a quilt and placed In tho tub. whllo
tho older boy was clasped tightly in
his mother's arms.
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