ga WWKws:-s,.i .-. v.---- a'j , k m iThe Chief C. B. HALE, Publisher RED CLOUD, NEBR FROM W TO DAY GENERAL NEWS AND NOTE8 FRE8H FROM THE WIRE. A WIDE AREA IS COVERED EmDrncing o Condensation or events In Which Readers Generally Art Interested. Washington. Washington I.00 Cnpps, Captain In ilio regular naval establishment Iiiik tendered his resignation to take cfreet October 1st. The ofllrlalB of both the state and navy departments nro closely watch ing the developments In the light of IjMlrada and Mndrl. forces in Nicara gua Tim secretary of thu Interior has restored to thu public domain several IraitK of land which had been with drawn In connection with the Irriga tion projects but which are not now needed by tho reclamation service. Trio text of tho long-heralded Man eliurlnu convention between Japan and llussla, signed July I at St. Petersburg, wan made public. It Ih one of the shortest Important treaties of modern times, being Just lilt" words in leni;tli. Major John M. Carson, chief of tho buieau of manufactures of the de partment of commerce and labor, has been selected to go abroad to look In to the general trades conditions and opportunities for American manu facturers. Bids wero- opened at the treasury for the construction of the public building at Columbus, Neb. The bid ders were as follows: J. II. Well of South Omaha, $68,81)0; Northwestern Construction company of Kearney, Neb.. JliS.noO; (Icneral Construction company of Milwaukee, f(;7,71f. Hurt lett W. King of Cedar Itaplds, ?('.t, HO. Foreign. It Is authoritatively announced that the Chilean government in September will ask for tenders in the I 'tilted States and Kuropo for the construe tlonof u battleship of 22.000 tons. At Monlvar, Spain, a bomb oxplod ( d under tho tablo or Senor Jullardo, a banker, 'luring a dinner he was giv ing to some political friends. Two of the quests were killed, thirteen wore injured, and the house partly de stroyed. MIbh Anlco I.ulu Stockes, daughter of Carrlngton Stockes a well known lxiulslnna cotton-Kroner and broker claims tho distinction ot beiiiK the on ly American Kirl who ever won from the bank at Monto Carlo a section of American land. The Wench foreign olllce 1ms sot August 18 ns tho date for the ceremo nies attending tho presentation, by the state of Vlrglnln, of the bronze reproduction of Iloudon's famous state of WashliiKton to the people of France. The statute will be located in Paris. There Is n bible in the royal li brary of Stockholm that Is .'!.'. Inches lout; and I!) inches wide. II lakes three men to lift the book. In which there are 1102 pages, seven having been lost. The book Is written on parchment made from the nklns or 1(1(1 asRi's. Australian diplomats am said to be displeased over tho conclusion of the llusso-Japanesu convention. General. President Taft has taken the con servation policy In bis own hands. Tho Western Union has discontln- duod sen ice to brokers in ten eastern cities. Some or tho railroads will ask rot extension of time to comply with safe ty law which is not plainly Interpret ed. Covornor SliallenberKer Is saiil to lie Mmiowhnt annoyed over (allure of Omaha officers to enforce daylight sa loon law. The directors of the Atchison. To peka and Santa -'o Hallway company declared tho regular quarterly divi dend of l 1-2 per cent. Officials of tho census bureau do dare they are paying as fast a pos slble tho anumcrutors who collected the statistics tor the thirteenth con- MIS. President Taft talked politics with Senator Crant of Massachusetts, At torney General Wlckersham and Se(!. rotary Nagel of tint department of commerce- and labor. A card torn from a freight car was Jlled in probate court at Pittsburg as the will or Jtohurt .1. MoHlroy after being fatally Injured by u freight train, scribbled on the card, "Mary, all that Is mine Is thlno." Import or wheat from the United Slates for tho twelve months ending with June, 11)10, showed a reduction of about 21,000,000 bushelh. Within tho next few days the old sloop of war Portsmouth, one of tho relicB of the old navy, will lie towed from lloboken to the navv yard in Hrooklyn and be put out of eoiuinls nlon. Important developments in the mediation of the United States. Ar gentlne Republic and Urall in thu boundary dispute between Peru and Kcuudor nro expected within tho uext twp or three days. Heavy rains have broken the drouth in Oklahoma. Roosevelt will aid Senator Bcver Idgo In bis fight for re-election. Tho whent yield In states of the northwest will bo far below the nor mal. A now union station Is planned for Chicago which may cost $25,000,000. The first death for throe years from the bubonic plnguo ocurrcd nt Ilono lulu. Tho Pan-American Congress Is now In session and will hold for several weeks. The postal savings hank law Is ex pected to prove an aid to the treasury. President Taft signed orders for .vltlnlnnving more land from the pub lic domain. Forty millions In gold Is expected lo bo Imported from ICuropu by Christmas. Seven Cubans were arrested charged with conspiracy against the government. A female aviator In France suffered n fall of fifty meters and received ter rible Injuries. A man was arrested at Chicago who was thought to be gunning for Jack Johnson. Mrs. Ulla F. Young of Chicago was elected president of tho national edu cational association. A mob nt Newark, O,, lynched a young Jnlut-raider who had killed a restaurant proprietor. Solicitor McCabo says enforcement of the pure food law Is one cause for Increased cost of living. Senator Harrows, as tho man who must act, la bothered over the bribery ease of Senator Irlinor. Representative Polndnxter of Wash ington received comfort and en cotirngement at Oyster Hay. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen eral P. V. DeGrnw talked to Nebraska postmasters In session at Lincoln. Hon. Charles S. Rolls, an English nvlator, was killed by tho falling of his machine while making n flight. l.oob says he would rather remain at his post In the customs service than to be a candidate for governor. At Clinton, 111., Chief ol' Police John. Struble was shot about midnight by an unknown man and died in a short time. More tlinu twelve tons or frozen or desslcated eggs, shipped to New York from Chicago, were seized as unlit for human consumption. It Is stated that $2,000,000 or gold purchased for Oeriuany which has ar rived in London, has been engaged for shipment to New York. George Otis Smith, director or the geographical survey will bo tho first head In tho new bureau of mines, Just created by act or congress. At Hamburg Thlrty-IHe thousand ship yaid workers united En a de mand for an Increase ot 10 per cent, in wages and a (lfty-three-hour week. W. J. Bryan branded Nebraska state senators who have ionised to support the Initiative and referendum as un worthy or I ho party's confidence or votes. Only two members of President Tuft's cabinet are In tho capital "sit ting on the lid," as former President Roosevelt designated this summer as signment. Tho Hrbek monument wns unveiled it Cedar Rapids, la., and appropriate memorial exercises were held for the late processor or the University or Nebraska. Robert Prewilt Williams, state treasurer or Missouri during the ad ministration or Alexander Doekery as governor and a well known banker, died at his home at Fayette. One cannot be quite certain, but it is most probable that Secretary Hal linger's policy or blocking tho wheel or conservation with legal quibbles would have succeeded hut for I'inohot and Glavls. The sudden death of Chief Justice Fuller makes a change in a majority or the suproiMe court of tho United States during tho llrst term of Presl dent Taft, a possibility, ir not a certainty. Attorney tieneral Thompson advised Governor Shallenberger that the statutes of Nebiaska do not prohibit the exhibition of prize light pictures. llnrvard City, Clay county, Nebras ka, has the distinction of being the llrst Nebraska town whose population Is announced by the Census bureau Harvard City has a population ol 1.102. as against silt ten years ago. Telegraphic advices liom Poitland havo been received announcing the suicide or Major w. .1 Tucker in a Portland hotel. He was formerly treasurer of the Ilattlo Mountain sanitarium and government home at Hot Springs. S. 0 At Muskogee, Old., while reheais lug for a literary entertainment in a piny requiring a gun play. Jacob Winklur, was shot and Instantly killed it Stone Hluff by Ids chum. Kverett Olden. Olden used a shotgun, which he asserted he had piovlously e. ainlned and found not loaded. Personal. Pinchot will help the Insurgents In ihe California campaign. Charles S. Rolls, the noted English aviator, was killed In England. W J. Hryan Issued an extonded statement defining party duty. James R Garfield is in accord with progressive republicans In Ohio. Win. I.oob may mako tho raco for governor of New York on the republl can ticket, Roosevelt and Hughes held a eon reienco over the political situation In Now York. President will not bo in a hurry about filling tho vacancy In the su premo Judgeship. Roosevelt declares ho has as yet taken no stand regarding the "regit lar" and "Insuigent" factions KILLED Bj FLUSH HOLDREGE FARMER WAS STRUCK DOWN IN FIELD. HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE What Is Going on Here and There That Is of Interest to the Read ers Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity Holdrege. During the severe elec tric storm accompanying Tuesdav lilght's rain, Rudolph Vollinau, one of Phelps county's most popular farmers, was struck by lightning and instantly idlled at his home, nine miles north of this city. Vollmati, who was out In the storm, wns Just passing from his large burn (to a recently finished setting of stacks when ho was struck. His failure to return to the house later caused a nearch to be mado for him by the nonibcrs of his family and the finding fif his body was the result. York May Buy Water Plant. York. In 1912 tho franchise of the York Water company expires nnd the city council has been negotiating for Homo tlmo with the company for the purchase of their plant or for more liberal terms for hydrant rentals. The franchise now in force allows $12 per hydrant a year, being sixty or Jglnnlly, and now Increased to about Hlnoty. The new agreement llxes the price at $.12 a hydrant per year tqi to ninety and above that number the rate will be $25. Some Costly Dykes. Fremont. Tho Bum of $12,010 has 'been expended in building the dykes nnd levee southwest of Fremont for tho purpose of preventing overflows of tho Platto river, according to the re port of Secretary Hanson. It is be Jloved, however, that the south part of Fremont has been effectively pro jected from periodical Hoods and that the rise In land values, will offset the Increased taxes. Wheat Yields 42 Bushels. Auburn. Alfred Aldrlch was-the llrst man to thresh wheat this year. Ills crop of thirty acres yielded forty two bushels per aero and tested sixty three pounds to tho bu&hel. The wheat was bought by L. L. Coryell, who pro nounced it the best wheat he ever bought In the sixteen years he has been buying; grain. The price paid was ninety cents per bushel. Impose Occupation Tax. Cambridge. An ordinance (o Impose- an occupation tax upon all the In surance companies doing business In tho village of Cambridge, Neb., has been passed and approved by the vil lage trustees. This ordinance imposes a tax of $5 per year on every company and agent engaged In the Insurance business in this city. To Become Regimental Band. Kearney. Word has been lecelved to tho effect that Kearney musicians will bo mustered in as the second regiment band of the Nebraska na tional guard. More than enough men havo expressed a willingness to sign up enlistment papers. This gives the city of Kearney one company of mill Ha and a regimental baud. Proposed Ditch Approved. Madison. At n session of the board of county commissioners all opposi tion to the proposed ditch near Nor folk was amicably adjusted and bids for Its constiuctlon sent to the pub lisher. On August 8th bids will be opened and the contract let. I IWI BID r '."osum .-"- Fremont Is tioubled with "hoboes." Heatrlco wants the coursing meet held there this fall. Nebraska sheriffs wore in session at Kearney last week The Fnli-bury hospital has reopened after being closed tor several weeks. Nebraska . City thinks she ha., struck oil In the big well now being bored nt that place. Arrangements have been practically completed for rebuilding up tho dis trict destro.ved by lire at Wjmoro two weeks ago. The power house and electric plant of the Lexington Mill and Elevator Co., was di-MroyuI by lire Friday afturminu. The Shrluers or Lincoln will hold a basket picnic nt Soward, August 20. The day's program will consist or ad dresses and sports. , Work will begin on the new Union Pacific depot at North Platte this fall. This building Is to be erected at a cost of $80,000 John Rys, aged 12 .vears, was shot In the lower jaw by bis playmate, Conrad Slefert, aged 11 yeais, while tho boys were shooting on Stevens Creek near Hnvcloek Saturday after noon. Until reside nt Havelock. Thero Is such a demand for harvest hands In the vicinity of Sutton that farmers are offering from $2.50 to $1.00 per day. Seventy-five men could And employment at once to liolp enro for tho hnrvest. Henry Moore, pobtmaster nnd mer chant at Proscr, died ut his home In that place Sunday night. fiS&m ife- -V" - Mg rasra Charles Wray of York has been elected prlnclpil ot tho Dnvld City high school. The Rock County Stato bank nt Newport has Just been bought by Fre mont Interests. Wlnslow Is to have Its first church. It will be of the German Lutheran de nomination and tho building will be located in the south part of town. Work on It Is now In progress. Archie Hhepard of Ansley, while playing baseball nt Mason City Tues day nfternoon, was run Into by Dr. Paul Carothers and his left leg was broken between the foot and knee. The board of education at Beatrice havo selected Prof. H. N. Souder of Maryvllle, Mo., as principal of the high school to fill the vacancy crented by the resignation of Prof. F. R. Doors. Frank Do Witt Tulnuge. whose father was known as one of tho most eloquent prenchors and lecturers In the country, is to appear at the Kp worth assembl at Lincoln this year. For some time past Hroken How ban been Infested with hoboes and tramps of about ever-, description. Especially wero the "trouble making" hobo and tho sneak-thler much In evl deuce. The H-yenr-old daughter or Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Meyers, residing near Pick rell, fell from a second story window to tho ground, a distance of fifteen feet, sustaining only a few minor bruises. The child wus playlug upon tho bed near the window, when she pushed the screen out and fell out. J. W. Armstrong, one of the oldest men In that :iart or the state, celebrat ed his ninety-first birthday anniversary at Nebraska City one day last week. He la also one of the oldest pioneers in that part or the state, having como there In I85fi nnd has since made It his home. Collapsing walls or the burned building of the Nebraska Mercantile company at Grand Island killed I-uvv-rence Grady and Clarence Van Valxcr, two workmen, and several other per sons had narrow escapes from death. The men were at wor kreniovlng salv The men were at work removing salv Wymoro lias adopted as a rule for boarders at the city Jail that all who won't work don't eat. As a result tho expenses for hoarding' have been re duced to 1.1 cents per day per man. A loaf of bread and lots of water con stitutes a meal for those who don't care to cut weeds or work on tho streets. Lillian A. Hrunson, an eccentric and miserly recluse who had for several years resided near Davey, passed away recently and a schedule of the pertonal property which she left showed that the woman was the own er of property of tills class to tho value of $7,770. list year she re turned for assessment personal pi op erty to the value of $85. In the present session or tho sum nu r school at the Cnlvorsltj or No hraska nearly a hundred principals and sin -rlntendeiits of city and vil lage -ihools are registered. Stato Food Commissioner Mains has filed a complaint against L. A. Dennlsoii. proprietor of the Midway hotel at Kearney, for serving oleo In his dining room without displaying tho signs on the walls that are required b law. The Fanners Mutual Canal com pany barf asked lor an extension of threo years' lime in which to com plete the Columbia canal In .Morrill county. Persons having laud subject to Irrigation under the ditch havo pro tested to the boaid agalust this ex tension. Chancellor Samuel Avery of tho state unlversltj has gone to North Platte. He was accompanied by Re gents Allen and Coupland and Deun Hurnett. Thoy Intend to Inspect tho agricultural sub-stations or North Platte and Scotts Hlufrs. The sta tion nt North Platto contains 1,800 acres or more than tho stnte agricul tural school. The one nt Scotts Uluffs has recently been established In co operation with tho federal govern ment. The appropriations wore made at the last session of tho legislature. The monthly mean temperature for tho state, as determined by records from eight -nine stations was GO.O do grees which Ib verj near the normal, The dopuriinc from normal nt mosl stations was small but In general there was a slight cnccbs in tho north, ern counties and a deticiency in the southern. Tho highest teniperaturo oc currod between June 15 ami 2.1, when tho maximum each day wus ubovo 0( very generally, and the extreme foi the period was nearly 100, belnE above 100 at several placet). The. rainfall waB below normal In nearl all parts of the state, but a few placet show an excess. A meeting of Nebiaska millers will be called within a short, tlmo to con Hlder the situation brought about bj tho successful government prosecu tlon in the blenched flour ease a' Kansas City and make plans for car rying the case up to tho United States supremo court. Secretary II 11. Smith or the South Platte Millers club will soon Issue a call stating tho time nnd place. Tho Security bank or Nollgh has secured a charter from tho stato bunking board. The new institution has a capita! stock of $25,000. Si S SPRUNG CANNON AND PINCHOT ATTEND BANQUET TOGETHER. IS GIVEN ROUSING RECEPTION1 Former Forester Declareo There Is No Need of New Part-, Both Must Combine to Put the Interests Out. Kansas City, Mo. A surprise was sprung upon tho members or tho Knlfo and Fork club In this city when "Uncle Joo" Cannon, Hpct.er of the house of representatives, ap peared at tho entrance of the club's banquet hall beside Clifford Pinchot, tho club's guest of honor, nnd the principal speaker. The two men were given a rous ing reception as Mr. Pinchot offered his arm to the speaker and slnrted toward the guests fable. "Uncle Joe" gently pushed Mr. Pin chot ahead, declining his arm, deslr in" to emphasize the fact that he re alized the ex-forester was the special ly Invited guest of the evening. 'Mr. Cannon's appearance nt the dinner wns accidental, lie snW. He arrived hero nt (i o'clock and left four hours later for WInileld, Kas. where ho will begin a speechmakiiiK tour of the state. It was before the Knife and Fork club that Speaker Cannon made a Bpeeeh attacking the Insurgents a fow months ago. Bishop in Command. Washington. K. C. Bishop, state superintendent of public instruction or Lincoln, Neb.. Is at tho head of the school teachers' delegation from his atatf. who are In the capital on n sluht-seelng trip. All are on the way home after attending the nation al teachers' convention hold In Ron ton. Their itinerary includes visit!, to several cities and places of Inter est In the east. They havo alroad visited New York and traveled from thiit city to Norfolk by sea. Tho next two days will be spent In little jour- neys to 'Mt. Vernon, the capltol, the library and other centers ot interest In the national capital. Mid-west Aviation Meet. Omaha. Fort Omaha Is throbbing with activity preparatory to Its part In the mid-west aviation meet. Tin Baldwin army war dirigible No. 1 i' being ovei hauled by a force of men who are putting the gas bag in shape for Inflation, while other soldiers of the blgnal corps are working on the great bydogen generator and its tank. The grand stand of the Crelghton field is already assuming proportions nnd is being erected so that the spec tators will hue a clean sweeping viow of the course at all times. Jt will have a seating capacity of 10 000 when completed. A Tornado Hits Missouri. Sedalla. Mo. Several persons were Injured In a tornado that struck cen tral and western "Missouri I-'iiday morning. Louis Carpenter, a fannei was struck by lightning and rendered unconscious, but he will recover. Clydo Kvansand and his wire were dangerously Injured near Uruswick when a barn in which they ft ad sought refuge, was wrecked. Six members or a family living near TVYVltt were Injured. Their homo was wrecked. Telephone wires are down ami It is Impossible to get detailed reports from interior towns. Forest Fires Grow Worse. Missoula, Mont. Slnco Thursdnj night the fires in tho Lolo, Hitler Creek and Missoula forests In this district have assumed Immense pro portions. The Quartz conflagration seems now to hao passed beyond all control nnd nn extreme effort Is be ing mado to secure flro lighters. Nu merous buildings havo lieon burned nnd Immense pn I'erty holdings of tho Big Blackfoot l.umbor company aro threatened. Another bad lire broko out during tho night at Stark, and on tho l.olo forest reserve. Celebrate in New Orleans. New Orlenus. A quiet Fourth ot July found a marked enntrnst here In the celebration of the French colony, Flags and streamers bedecked the streets of llm city, and sounding tho Jlnrsolllais, led long parades and a feto In ono of tho local parks ended the festivities. Arrested for Shooting Elk. Dcs Molnos. J. C. Nichols wus ar rested "by Pulled Stntes Marshal Bid well, charged with shooting three elk In Yellow stono park a number of months ago. Although ho bioke his nnkle In his flight, Nichols escaped from Wyoming officers at tho time of tho shooting. Honduras May Have War. Mobile, Ala. Another revolution In Central America Is imminent. This time Honduras Is to be the battle ground and President IlnvIIa Is to moot in combat his old opponent nnd former president of tho republic, Man uel Bonlln. This Is tho firm belief of tho entrnl Amoiican colony In Mobile, members of which wero stir red by tho Hailing from 'Mobile of tho Norwegian stenmer Uteteln, with 113 cases of ammunition and other wnr material. MORE PINKHAM CORES Added (o the Long List due to This Famous Remedy. Oronogo, Mo. "I was simply a ner voud wreck. 1 cotild not wnlk ncroR tho tioor without my heart tiuttering ailll I could not. nvm rccelvo a letter. Evory month I had such a bearing down sensation, as if tho lower parts would fall out. Lydia E. Pinkhnin's vegeta ble t'omnnmul linn dono my nerves a great deal of good mid Imanlanrnllnt-inl thG, llP.nrlnir llmi'TV T wnnmmnn.tn.l H to somo friends nnd two of them havo been greatly benefited by it."- Mrs. Mae McKnight, Oronogo. Mo. Another Grateful Wnmnn. Bt- Louis, Mo. "I was bothored terribly with a fomalo weakness and j.iuu uacHiiuuu, waring uown pains and pains In lower parts. I began tnking Lydia E. PliiklianVs Vogotablo Com pound regularly atid used tho Sanntivo wash ntid now I havo no more troubles that way." -Mrs. Al. Hr.nzoo, 0722 Prescott Ave, St. Louis, Mo. Hecauso your caso is a diillcult ono, doctors having dono you no good, dp not continue to suflcr without giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound atrial. It surely has cured many cases of fomalo ills, such as in. flammation, ulceration, displacements, fibroid tntnors, irregularities, periodio pains, bac.kacho, that bearing-down feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner vous prostration. Jt costs but a triflo to try it, and tho result is worth mil lions to many suffering women. KSS HEAVY IRON CULVERT TTPES Oitiii- nml M'- tlii-m Wiiitar expin If Jim luir. Western Uollur I'l-io Co. JUouuioutli, 111. HE LIVED IN THE CITY. r 11-7 Papa Why can't wo soo tho moon in the daytime? .limmle "Cause they don't light it up until after dark. Incorruptible. Tbn lady of Ihe house hosltatod. "Are my answers all right?" sho asked. "Yes, madam," replied tho ccnbiia man. ' "llidn't bother you a bit, did 1?" "No, madam." "Feel under some obligations to mo, don't you?'' "Yes, madam." "Then, perhaps you won't mind tell ing me how old the woman next door dalms to be?" "Good day, madam." said tho census man. Confused impressions. "Of course, you know tho story of William Tell," said tho serious citi zen. "To tell you tho truth," roplled Mr. Cunirox. "I'm not clear about him. I can't exnetly rcniombnr whether bo was a grrat marksman or n fnmoun opera singer." It Would Depend. 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