Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1909)
- S The Chief C. B. HALE, Publisher RED CLOUD, NEBR WWWWWVWWWWVWW Epitome of the Most Important Events Gathered Frcm All . Points of the Globe. "fttttirtrCftiitfCitrii'r(i-(tt4tiiifCtirti Domestic. Atlantic City. N. J., was selected by tlio sons of veterans lis the place for holding the next annual eneampmoat of thn organization, and Goorgo W. I'nllllt of Patterson, N. J., was elected rommandor-ln-ohlef. Tlio next en campment will lio held at the same tlrno fiH tlio national onrainpniint of tlio Grand Army of tlio Republic. President Theodore Komo of llllonhi Wosloyan university received notice that A ml row Carnegie had given 30, 000 to tlio university for a now scl once building, Woaloyan having raised nn endowment fund of 00,000. Tlio cotton manufacturing plant of tlio York Manufacturing company of Snco, Maine, was Kliut down Indell nltcly In consequence of n wage fltrlko. Two thousand operatives wore thrown out of work. Tho Chicago Record-Herald prinls n dispatch from Mexico City asserting that United States Ambassador David iB. ThoinpHon has bought for approxi mately $10,000,000 In gold the Pan American railroad, the only lino run ning rrom Iho north to the Central American border. Tho dispatch Bays that Ambassador Thompson will re main in Mexico permanently, although ho lias announced IiIh Intention of re signing JiIb diplomatic post. Acting Hecretary of the Interior PJoreo designated G0.-1S0 acres inor. land na coming within tho enlarged homeiitcad art In the state of Mon tana, malting the total up to date ZC.0S0.C.10 acres so designated In the Btato of Montana. At the suggestion of the state de partment Instructions hnve been Is nucd to consular agents by Acting Secretary Mellarg of tho department of commerce and labor, to make col loctlonu or commercial laws of all tho Central and South American re nubllcs. Thnso laws will be printed an English and distributed In this country for tho purpose of encourag ing trade in Centra and South America. Instruction in first aid to the in Jurcd will bo given by the national red cross to thousands of employes of largo corporations, first among which will bo Uioso of the United States Steel corporation and the Pennsylvania Steel company. During tho last two yearn tho lied Cross has met with such success In UiIh work among corporation employes that It 1b proposed to pursuo similar methods on n much larger scale. Within the noxt month more than 20,000 em ployes of tho steel corporation will bo instructed. President Taft, In an Interview at "Beverly, Kays ho will urge congress to establish n postal savings bank system. Tho general land office announced that LeUcau, S. D., would be ono of tho places of registration for tlio sur plus lauds or the Cheyeune river and Staining Hock Indian leservations to ho opened to settlement. A party of over twenty members of congress, tlio luot of them accom panied by Uieli wives and members of tliolr families, sailed on the steam ship Siberia for Honolulu The trip Is made in response to an Invitation ex tended by tho Hawaiian legislature, which made an appropriation to cover all expenses of the jaunt. Eighteen days will bo spent In Hawaii, during which time the four largest Islands of the en up will hi' visited. With a delegation or five thousand negui men and women from every bUUo in tho union, the Mipromo lodge of Negro Knights or Pythias opened at Knusas City for n four day session. Among the delgates are doctors, law yers, bankers, merchants, clerks, and thoso from every profession, trade and business followed by negroes. Tho del egates nro quartered In a tent city. Tho supremo court of Calantho will bo presided over by John W. Struther of Giecnvillo, Miss. In this meeting ivory phase ot the negro question will bo discussed. Tho annual challengu gold cup races of tho American Power Boat associa tion began at Alexandria Hay, N. Y. After a career of nearly fifty years of faithrul and efficient sorvico in tho navy, Hear Admiral William T. Swln buruo waa placed on tho rotlied list for ago. Hoar Admiral Swinburne is a native or Ithodo Island and entered Jo?.,,mvnl m;uil,,y t Annapolis In Army ofllcerH having In charge the selection of a site for tho erection or a 3,000-mllo wireless telegraph sta tion am now considering several pro posed locations near Washington. Of tho sites considered, ono at (leorgo town, a suburb of Washington, la most likoly to bo solcctod. NEWS OF A WEEK ITEMIffijjlM ! By requiting letter carriers to "double up" their routes during tho di II season of July and August, in stead of employing KitbHtltutcn, Post master Clenernl Hitchcock expects to same tho government not losa than $250,000 In the cost of carriers' vaca tions during the present fiscal year. While bathing In I lie Menominee river, Milwaukee, Joseph Hrllz, 402 Clark street, and Harry Weldner, 498 Clark street, aged fifteen and thirteen vears, respectively, wero drowned. Tho bodies wcro recovered. Sheepmen cannot range tlulr herds along the limestone country on the South Dakota-Wyoming boundary line, a part of tho Black Hills national for- est reserve. TIiIh wns the decision of Chief Forester GlTord Plnchott. The entrance of sheep, he declared, would endanger tho young growth of tho forest. Calvin Johnson, Richard Pines and Eugene Horsey, negroes, sentenced to be electrocuted at Richmond In September for the murder or Walter R Sehultz, a Chicago artist, have been respited by Governr Swanson until October S, 15 and 22, respec tively. James J. Hill, president of tins Groat Northern, sent a $ 10,000 check to Mornlngsldo college, a Methodist In stitution of Sioux City. This gift com pletcs tho $150,000 endowment fund which was necessnry to securo tlio $50,000 offered by the American edu cation board several years ago. Superintendent James W. Watten announced that the Cheyenne river and Standing Hock Indian lands will be opened in October. This Is tho largest compact area of Indian lauds lert unopened, containing approxi mately 2,018,000 acres in South Da kota and 217,000 acres In North Dakota. Heglstratlon days have been fixed between October 4 and October 2;t at Aberdeen, Plerro, Lemmnn, Le L'oau adn Mohiidge, In South Dakota, and Bismarck, North Dakota. Judge Burdette, In tho circuit court. Issued an Injunction restraining tho state and county oillclals or West Vir ginia from enforcing tho 2-ocnt fare law against the Norfolk &. Western railroad. The court holds tho law Is unconstitutional and is confiscatory. The couiI'h order requires the road to issue coupons for tlio excess over 2 cents a mile collected until a test case pending In the ntato supreme court is decided. Senor do La Harm, Mexican am bassador, expects to lcavo Boon for Kuropo. probably early in September. Tho ambassador's wife, who with her two sons, Is near Paris is not well nnd her condition lias given Senor do La Hurra much concern. He hopes she mny return with him to tho United States. The one hundred and thirty-second anniversary of tho battlo or. Ben nington, when a largo party or ma rauders rrom Burgoyrto's army waa routed by the New Hampshire militia under Colonel Stark, waB observed as a legal holiday throughout Ver mont Monday. Peru has not Bent to Bolivia nn ultimatum in tho matter or tho boun dary dispute between the two coun tries, nnd trom all reports It appeara that both governments aro approach ing ono another la this matter in a spirit or sympathy and good under standing. Foreign. Several suspected cases or cholera have been reported In Rotterdam since the dlscovory or the disease, notably among tho occupants of a barge on board which a child had died previously. All the suspects have been quarantined. An explosion In thn Weiss cartridge factory at Budapest resulted in tho death or five men and tho serious Injury or ton others. The capture or HI Roghl, tho rebel lions subject or tho sultan of Morocco, has been olllclally announced and fetes have been organized to cole hrato the event. Tho text of the agreement between Japan und China relating to the South Manchtirlan railway, Involving tho loans for construction or tho lino rrom K rln to Clung Chun and rrom Hsln Mln Tun to Mukden, has been pub lished For construction or the stretch between Klrin and Chang Chun a loan or $1,075,000 Is author ized, the bonds to bo offered at OH and to be redeemed In twenty-five yeais. A loan for $100,000 for a ro iled of eighteen years Is provided Tor that portion or the lino between Hsin Mln Hun and Mukden. Tho French aviator, Paulhnn, broko the world's record in a wonderrul Might or two hours. Ilfly-tlireo minutes and twenty four seconds, at Hheims. A petition signed by women rrom nil classes or society has been presented to the king or Sweden begging him to Intercede to bring nbout arbitration or the dlsputo botween tho borers and their employers that resulted in the strike now almost n month old. Tho ministry or tho interior hns sent telegraphic Instructions to all locnl governors to tako drastic measures to protect tho laborers who have re turned to work. Emperor Nicholas has accepted the post or patron to tho noro club or St. Petersburg, which consequently will hereafter bo qualified ns "Imperial." He haB donated a largo sum of money to tho club, at tho same Unto permit ting rour or tho grand dukes to bo enrolled as honorary members. Tho end or tho labor troubles which became acute In Shockholm the enrly part or this month Is In sight. Tho leaders or the various unions have opened negotiations with the omrloy. rtre ii.l4t. 41. nl.t . i. i .i ..o r,n4i uiu uiijL-ci ui uavuig laomen resume work. Hlotlng occurrod at Gothenburg, -a 1 TO SEITLE IT START ACTION TO DETERMINE WATER APPROPRIATIONS. HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE What Is Going on Here and There That Is of Interest to the Read ers Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. Goring, Neb. Tho most Important court action involving Inigntlon rights that tho courtB ot Nebraska have ever been called on to settle was Initiated hero when attorneys tor the Enter I rlso Irrigation district filed a suit In district court this week, tho object or which is to determno the priority or water appropriations rrom the North Plntto river or the Trl-Stute Land company nB against boiiio llftecn other irrigation companies of tho North Platte valley. Tho plalntirfs petition nlloucs thnt the TrI-Stato company Is claiming a water right ot 1,112 cubic rect per second, or enough to Irrigate nbout 80,000 acres or land, and Is preparing to build u dam across tho river tor the purpose or diverting this amount or water. This claim, tho plaintiff asserts, Is unfounded. Tho plaintiff maintains that tho Tri-Stato Land company has never acquired a right to appropriate rrom said river any amount of water whatsoever, except a Biifllciont amount to Irrigate about 2,000 acres of land, or twenty-eight cubic feet of water per second or time. Tho plalntirr company alleges that the averago flow of tho river during tho latter half or July and tho entire month or August, which Is the height or the Irrigation senson, is only 875 cubic toot, or considerably less than tho Trl-Stato company claims aa Its own, thus depriving all the other ditches or any water at all in case tho Trl-Stnto company's claim should bo upheld by tho courts. Pioneers' Annual Reunion. Tho Nebraska territorial pioneers tvlll hold tholr annual reunion at Lin coln, September C and 7. Tho meet ing will open tho evening or the 0th with a memorial service nt tho Tom pie theatre, at which tho principal Bpcakers will ho Mayor Don L. Love, Judgo T. L. Norvai, Dr. P. C. John son and Rev. Hyron Heall. On the morning or the 7th at 10 o'clock a session will bo held at the university rami with addresses by Governor Shallcnbcrger and Judge Allen W. Field, and short Lnlks by several mem bers or tho association. Headquarters will bo at the rooms of the Nebraska State Historical society, University library building, where visitors may register and recelvo badges. Evorv body la Invited. THE MIDWEST LIFE. Insurance in forco $1,7:10,705 N. Z. Snoll.v President Dr. H. B. Davis, Omaha. .Vice-President A. J. Sawyer Secretary II. S. Freeman Treasurer Dr. M. H. Everett.... Medical Director C. It. Easterday Actuary J. I.. Mockett. Jr Supt. of Agents The Midwest Life iEPiies all tho standard forms ot In surance. Local agents wanted In ev ery town In Nebraska. Good commis sions aro paid. Write the president, N. Z. Snell, Lincoln, tor nu agency. Dadly Durnt In Explosion. Central City, No b. Wednesday evening about C o'clock whllo T. B. Hord and J. H. Wilhrow wero trying to remedy nn escape or gas in tho collar or the former's home. Mr. Wilhrow, not thinking about tho es caping gas, lit a match, causing an oyt'.ision. Both were severely In Jurcd. Mr. Hord was burned on tho race, neck, hands nnd one kneo, and Mr. Wilhrow, who was the more seriously In lei el or tho two, was burned rrom head to foot. Neither or them sus tained any injury to their eyes. Noirlv overy physician in town re sponded promptly to a hurryup call. Inu Iloorlng In tlio rooms above tlio cellar wero forced up nnd tho fur ulturo or tho homo was thrown about. Tlio force of tho explosion was felt several blocks away. Mr. Herd's residence was lighted by acetylino gas. Tho fire company made a hurried run, but tho ilames hud been extinguished. Old Settlers' Picnic at Wayne. Wnyno, Neb. Tho Wnyno county ploneof and old sottlors' association picnic was hold on tho courthousn grounds Thursday. Tho mooting was called to order by Prosldent J. T. Dressier. Judgo Jacob Fawcctt o.' Omaha dolivered an address. At noon tho picnic dinner took place on tho grounds. Not to Forget the Patt. Kearney, Nob. At a meeting or a number or old sottlors In Whlto Hrldgo park, four miles northeast or this city, plans wore Inaugurated for tho organization or a historical so ciety in the county or Buffalo. Many reminiscences or old times wore dis cussed nnd Judge W. D. Oldham de livered a spirited address. S. C. Bis Belt or Gibbon was chosen as chair man or tho noelety and ho Is to choose fa 1b own secretary and work an he chooses. 111! NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS. STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON. DENSED FORM. A farmers' elevator company has been organized at Pool, In Buffalo county, and subscriptions amounting to $10,000 have been received. Civil service examinations will bo held September 25 for rural letter carriers at Benson, Bertram!, Leigh, Lincoln, McCook nnd Randolph, Neb. Kenrney business mon nro pushing the corn exposition In Buffalo county nnd expect to hold their preliminary show In October. A paid secretary has been engaged. By a veto or 71 1 to 143 tho special election hold nt North Platte, pro viding for the issuing or V 100,000 in bonds for a waterworks plant, was carried. Thero was much rejoicing over the result, Tho sum of $100.75 has already been subscribed for tho benefit or tho orphan children or Joseph Richardson who wns slaycd last week near Doni phan. Tho father loft a home for the children but this waB encumbered with a $.100 mortgage. This amount will be raised by popular subscription. Tho apple crop around Fremont Is larger than It has been in years and formers aru regretting the scarcity ot cider presses. Apples havo been sold on tho Fremont markets for 25 cents a bushel tho last few days and farm ers complain that they aro unable to dlsposo or tholr supply at that low price. John Shlvely, who was seriously hurt a year ago last Juno in a tor nado, was dangerously injured while working on a ham on tho form of Joo McDonald, six miles cast of Ge neva, Ho fell from near tho top of tho building, breaking his shoulder and three ribs. Ho wns also inter nally Injured. Will Prowott, Jr., aged twenty-one, of Fullerton, has been In tho Philip pines sluco last November. Ho has been engaged In the treasury doriart- nient nt $1,200 per annum. Word wiib received this week that ho has al ready been promoted to tho govern ment bank with an Increaso of $S00 per annum In salary. Representatives of the labor and fraternal organizations of Fairbury held a mooting and took tho Initiatory steps for u big picnic to bo hold In Fairbury on Labor day, Monday, Sep tcniber 0. Oflleers wero elected and correspondence was at once sent out tor speakers ot state-wido reputation in both labor and fraternal circle.?. Loomls, the first station west of Holdrego on the Cheyenne branch or the Burlington road, is now an incor porated village, tho county board at Its meeting this week having granted the petition or its citizens asking tor Incorporation. Tho first trustees, upon tho request of tho petitioners, wero nnmed as follows: Charles G. Youngqulst. P. A. Brodlne, W. E. Gnmel, F. E. Young and A. G. John son. Loomls has a population of 200. A party of young folks rrom Dorchester, while on their way to tho river to spend the artornoon, met an automobllo In a draw and tin horses becamo rrlghtcned, broko the tugs and tongue, nnd pulled the driver Trom tho Beat nnd dragged him tip an embankment. The young man man aged to keep hold or tho linos and tho horses wore stopped. Tho driver or the machine foiled, It Is said, to sound his horn as he camo around tho curve. Tho boy was slightly Injured. The Midwest Llfo or Lincoln offers a good commission contract! to agents to represent It locally. This is what Best's Insurance Reports. Llfo, 1009 edition, says about Thn Midwest Llfo: "Its rollcy contracts nro liberal and fair. It WliteS both nnrt!nlnn!ri on.l non-pnrtlclpating pollclos. Tho cost or management Is extremely moderate for a now company, and tho not cost or Insurance Is low. The Investments nro or good character and yield a good return. The taxpayers of Phelps county aro to have tho prlvllego or saying by tholr voti whether or not they want to bond the county in tho sum of $100,000 for tho purpose of building a now courthouse, tho board or su pervisors at their mooting this week submitting tho proposition. Petitions containing tlio requisite number o( signers wero prosented. and this coupled with tho report of tho recent grnnd Jury that tho present wooden building was unsafo and Inadequate for tho present needs of tho county, has brought about tho desired submis sion. Tho hoard nnd county clerk rocontly visited various other county seats In tho stato. and upon their return It was decided that a $100,000 building should bo built. It Is not nntlclpnted that much opposition will appear against tho proposition, ns Phelps county doesu't owo a dollar and has money in tho treasury. This, with an $85,000 government building across the street from It, will add much to Holdrego's goodly number of handsome buildings. With assets amounting to $9,SG0 nnd liabilities of only $132.55, Charles Green Rainbow, an Indian police man upon tho Winnebago reservation, has Hied a voluntary petition for bank ruptcy in tho United States district court. JCoarnoy's city council has taken notion on tho speed ordlnanco. Tho present ordinance limits tho speed of tho nutomobllo to bIx miles por hour and this was thought to bo too slow. A new ordlnnnco wns drawn up and passed which will placo tho limit nt ton miles an hour. DEATH LIST GROWS FATALITIES AT MONTEREY NOW PLACED AT 1,200. DANGER IS REGARDED AS OVER Fifteen Thousand People Homeless, and Property Loss Esctlmatcd as High as $20,000,000 Many Acts of Bravery. Monturny, Mex. At noon Sunday it ceased raining for tho first time since last Thursday, and some Idea or the horrors or tho Hood or Friday night and Snturday could be obtained. It was nt first reported that 800 lives wero lost in tho disaster, but. Sunday shows that that the number of dead will reach 1,200 and perhaps moie. Tho river has fallen considerably, and whllo still high tho danger Is over. Seventeen and a hair Inches of rain foil Is the olllclnl record during Fri day, Saturday nnd Sundn. Tho rain was a steady downpour, and at ono t lino approached the status of a cloud burst. The river was higher than it evor has been in the history of Mon terey, and one time tho Plaza Zaro gosa, tlio highest part of the city, was Hooded to a depth of about ono foot. This was early Saturday morn ing, mid only lasted until tho ap proach on tho south side or tb" Santa Loulslta bridge wns washed out. Fully 15,000 people aro Homeless In tho Hood and are being cared for by the city government In the best way possible. At noon fully 5,000 people wero given bread, colt'eo anil soup at the municipal ouicos, but there aro many on tho south side of the river still out of reach of aid on account of the still overflowed river. Conser vative estimates of tho propory loss placed the figures at $20,000,00 throughout the city. All through the day ami up to late Sunday night tlio bodies have been taken from tho debris and ruins In the path of the Hood and over 500 havo boon recov ered, rue greatest loss ot llfo oc curred Saturday morning botween the hours of !) and 11, when tho largo buildings on the south side of the river commenced to crumble and fall. Many of tho houses had from 100 to 200 people on their roofs and all dis appeared in tho flood. In ono school building on the south side of the river ninety women and children wens drowned when tho walls or the building collapsed. McHarg Will Retire. Beverly, Mass. The resignation of Ormsby Mcllnrg, assistant secretary or the department of commerce and labor will bo accepted. Secretary Nagcl, head of the department, had an extended conference with Presi dent Tart Sunday nnd discussed with the chler executive the subject of a successor to Mr. Mellarg. Secretary Nagel received a letter trom the as sistant secretary saying that ho niuht adhere to his first intention of remain ing in tho department only for a porlod or six months. This term of duty will expire Soptembor 4, and by that time Secretary Xagel hopes to bo ready to announce the choice of a new assist nut. Mr. Mcllnrg announced some time ago that ho soon would leave the gov ernment service to engage In private business. In his letter to Secretary Nagel ho reminds him of his intention to leave the sorvico, but says that ir a successor cannot be found by Sep tember I ho will continue in office until October 1. Mr. Mcllaig's for mal letter of resignation will follow. Loses Life In Car. Oinahn, Neb. Sunday morning W. S. Kenneth, of Duliith, Minn., trav eling halosman for the Patten-Whlto company or that city, was killed in the passenger elevator at the Koine hotel. Tlio elevator had been sig nalled rrom the fifth floor and was on its way up. As it passed tho third floor Kenneth, who was standing In tho hall, attempted to jump in through tho open door. Ho slipped and fell across the floor of the car a portion of his body hanging outride. Before the conductor could stop the enr, It reached the fourth floor. Hero Kenneth's body was crushed hot ween tho car and the floor and dropped down tho shnft into tho basement. When parties reached tho bod, life was extinct. Rebellion Is Serious. Belgrade, Servla. According to In formation received bore the Alblan rebellion Is extremely serious. Tho number of rebels Is growing dally and the wholo region botween Prlstina In European Turkey and tho .Monte negrin frontier Is In a stato of revolt In a domand for a complete reinforce ment ot tho shorlal laws. Crisis Begins to Subside. Athens, Tho crisis In political af fairs here, which reached Its height in tho mutiny of the local garrison and the formation of a new cabinet, baa subsided. A decree was pub lished Sunday granting amnesty to tho troops concerned In tho military movement and those who have Loon encamped outsldo of the clt for the past twenty-four hours, nuni'a in if 518, returned Sund ty afternoon to their respective barruoks. The now cabinet lias Issued a statement prom islug compliance with public opinion. NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL CITY ITEMS OF INTEREST AROUND THE STATE HOUSE. Primary Expenses. Judgo Fawcctt, republican nomlncr for judge of tho Hiiprcmo court, has filed an cxponso account with tho secretary of sLito showing that ho expended $2G8.38 in thn primary elec tion campaign. J. E. Cobboy, de feated republican cnndldate, has filed an affidavit Btatlng that ho oxponded $300.75. Judgo F. G. Hnmcr, republican can didate for judgo of tho Biiprenio court, has filed a statement with tho secre tary of Btato showing Unit ho spent $459.50 In his primary campulgn, not' counting traveling expenses und hotel bills which tho law says need not bo reported. Ho oxplalmi that this does not cover his expenses In complying with the non-partisan Judiciary law which requires C.OOO petitioners, a law which the supremo court declared In valid. Ho spent $100 for postage, tlio Bamo amount for a clerk and $153 for a stenographer and other help and $04 for cutB and pictures. Judgo J. R. Dean, democratic can didate for Judgo or tlio supremo court, has Hied a statement showing that he spent $10 for a filing foo in Custor county and also $27.91 In securing a petition under the non-partisan Judiciary law. A. G. Wolfenbnrger, prohlbltionlBt candidate for judgo of tho supremo court, admits that $10 was paid for a filing fee, but ho avers that tills amount was paid by D. H. Gilbert and others and was not paid at his solicitation. The Complete State Tickets. As a result of tho state-wido pri mary election held on Tuesday, August 17, tho following candidates wero placed In nomination by tho vnrious political partlcB of Nebraskn and will be voted on at tho general election to bo hold In November: Republican: Judges of tho supreme court Samuel II. Sedgwick, John B. Barnes, Jacob Fawcelt. Regents or tho state university W G. Wliltmoro, Charles S. Allen, Frank L. Haller. Democrat: Judges or tho supreme court Benjamin F. Good, John J. Sullivan, James R. Dean. Regents of tho state university Charles T. Knapp. Harvey E. Now branch. 'Peoplo'n Independent: Judges of Jhe sujiromo court Benjamin F. Good. John J. Sullivan, James R. Dean. Regents or tho stato university D. C. Cole. Harvey E. Newbranch. Prohibition: Judges or the supremo court R. L. Staple, Andrew G. Wolf cnbargcr. Regents or the state unlvorslty John II. Von Steen, Frank E. Llnch. Socialist: Regents or tho stato uni versity William Wemmcr, Ernest Hecht, A. L. A. Schlermoyor. State Gets a Large Fee. Secretary of State Junkln Thursday received a too or $18,000 rrom tho Chi cago Great Western railroad. This foe, together with ono or $70,000 re ceived rrom the Missouri Pacific rail road, makes a total or $11S,000 received within a few weeks for tho filing of articles of Incorporation. The feo or the Chicago Groat West ern was paid by W. D. McIIugh of Omaha, attorney for tho road. Tho comrany filed articles of incorporation In tho stnto of Illinois August 11. It desired to become a democratic cor poration In Nebraska and therefore filed a copy or tho articles that were filed in Illinois. Ab tho capital slock of the compauy is $90,000,000 It was required to pay a filing feo of $48,000. Ono dollar additional was paid for recording tho articles. These fees havo nothing to do with the now occu pation tax which all corporators must pay. Tho occupation tax feo is only $200 for capital Block or $2,000, 000 or more. Tho Missouri Pacific paid $35,000 of Its $70,000 Too under protest, but tho Chicago Great West ern paid without reserving any rights to any part or the money. Room In, Cherry County. A bond for $40,000 or school district No. 117, Cherry county, was regis tered In tho office of Stato Auditor Barton, tho history of which Indicates that thero Is still plenty or sparsely settled land In Nebraska. This dis trict contains ono full township and sixteen sections more of land, mak ing a total or fiflytwo sections, or ": 289 vros, has sixteen voters, twenty children or school nge and tho assessed valuation Is but $8,570. Thero is nt presont no school building of any kind within the district, the spe cial election to veto bonds to build ono having been hold at the homo of one ot tho members of tho school board. Missouri Pacific Decreases. Tho values of property or tho Mis fiourl Pacific railroad In towns, sub ject to local taxation under tho term inal tax law, has decreased from $423, 571 to $411,892. Labor Day Proclamation. Governor Shallenbergor Issued his proclamation designating tho first Monday In September as labor day and calling for Its general observance. Fire Warden Causes Arrest. 13. C. Martin, a Jowulor at Boldcn. has been arrested on a chargo ot arson, as a result or investigations mndo under tho dlroctlon or Stato Fire Wnrden A. V. Johnson. Tho firo occurrod on July 4 and destroyed several buildings. Martin's store was located In one or them. It wns ns certnlned that ho carried $1,000 In suranco. The ovldonco haB boon Inld before tho county attorney, who thinks It will bo sutlkiont to Bccuro a conviction er- - i-iinni" i -q. VIM -. mmum