Ss51SS : '?iiS!tmiirimxmsmwT ) waM1" r rf -ViJJ.-lT,ltv.,. J h,i .mn '. t ER SELECTED TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN OF DEMO CRATIC CONVENTION. STOCKGROWERS IN CONVENTION Great Interest Manifested by Convicts In the Chicago Convention Spo kane Bar Association Turns Down Hanford. Baltimore, Md. Former Judgo Al ton D. Parker of Now York wnB Thurs day selected as the temporary chair man of the democratic national con vention by tho arrangements commit tee. The cholco of Judge Parker was inndo over the protest of W. J. Uryan, whoso friends on the committee sub tntlted the names of four other candi dates. Eight of the sixteen votes of tho commltteo wont to Parker, while (Representative Henry of Texan re ceived thrco votes, Senator-elect Olllo MISS JANE ADDAMS Miss Addams, the famous head of HullHouse, In Chicago, Is making a peaking tour of Wisconsin and Is be Jng greeted by large audiences. James of Kentucky three otes. Sena .torn Keru of Indiana one and Senator O'Gorman of Now York one. Convicts Watch Convention. Lancaster While Lincoln and No oraska arc in tho throes of political excitement there is no place in the country so convention mad as the in terior of tho Nebraska state peniten tiary, says Warden Mellck. "The in mates are following every angle of the convention proceedings, and we have some of the finest political prognostic cators In tho country out here," he said. Every Inkling of nows of the convention that trickles into the prison from the city is eagerly snatched up and passed along from cell to cell and tier to tier. Robber Is Killed. Mammoth Springs, Ark. Sheriff M. C. Caruthcrs, warned that nn. at tempt to rob tho Citizens Dank of Mammoth Springs would be made, se creted himself and three doputles in a room in tho rear of the bank and surprised three masked robbers after they had forced the woman cashier Into a vault and whllo thoy raked tho cash into a gunny sack. Ono of the robbers was Instantly killed and tho two others captured. Refuse to Pass Resolutions. Spokane. Dy a vote of two to one the Spokane Bar association Is on rec ord as refusing to pass a resolution expressing sympathy for United States Judge Hanford of Seattlo, against whom an Impeachment indictment hn been filed, following his action in re voking the naturalization papers o Leonard Olsson, and whose official acts are to be investigated by a con gressional committee Eighty law yers were present. 8tock Growers Meet. Alliance, Neb. The Btock growers' convention opened hero Thursday with the largest attendance on record. In tho evening the town was ablaze with electric lights and Alliance hand ed the key of tho city to her guests. The visitors number over a thousand, Including a large delegation of stock men from Omaha. Captures Young Coyote. Lincoln. A young coyote, running loose, but nppr.rently too tame or too scared to resist capture, was caught on the state house lawn by Deputy Secretary of State Marsh. Tho coyote had escaped from some local fancier of animals and was taken In tow by tho state official without trouble, v Indictment Dismissed. Omaha. Tho bribery Indictment ro turned ngainst Mayor Trolnor of South Omaha has boon dismissed. Suffragettes Assault Official, London. As Lloyd George, chancel lor of the exchequer, Thursday was about to open tho Welsh bazaar In Claxton hall, ho was savagely assault ed by a mob of militant suffragettes. His hat was knocked off during the riot, In tho course of which ho was hustled from the hall. Sovoral womon were arrested. Annual Rowing Contest. Now Iondon, Conn. Tho forty-sixth Harvnrd-Yalo rowing rogatta will be held on tho Thames Friday. THEY fc7l " I 1-niAMkll V SUM I VuaABUWCNI BJ J 'm. AHfjkf,, CHAPa I ITHW- i naP.94b I V.- 3 1 II I ' I ' - ' fC8.TNI VuMCH V ' f O scvV-TfsA TM ... 4r sA2s' w 1 oh wr, er My. J fes U3t &tZf p"!? t FORMER NEBRASKAN DROWNED TWELVE KILLED BY EXPLOSION IN COLORADO MINE. Dr. Doxey's Body Found In Tennessee River -Mexican Rebels Taken Prisoners Charities Con vention Ends. Trinidad, Colo. Twelve is the veri fied death toll of the explosion in the new mine of the Victor American Fuel company Tuesday at Hastings. The first body was recovered shortly be fore 4 o'clock and later four more were tukqnout. All were badly burned. Tho mine officials believe the explosion wus caused by a "windy shot," which set off a quantity of gas. The explosion took place in tho new slopo or the mine, 3,000 feet from tho mouth of tho mine, whore develop ment work Is in progress. The four teen men who were In tho night shift were shot-firerB and ontrymen. Former Nebraskan Drowned. St. Louis. The body of Dr. Loren B. Doxey, whose wife. Dora Doxcy, was ucqultted in St. Louis of murder ing William J. Erder and is, to be tried at Clayton, Mo., on a char go of big amy, was found In tho Tennessee river at Clifton, Tenn., Wednesday, after he had been missing for several hours, according to a dlspatchrecelved here. Dr. Loran B. Doxey and his wife were residents for a time at Colum bus, Nob., at which place thoy were arrested on the charge of murdering William Erder, tho former husband of Mrs. Doxey. Orders an Investigation. Washington. The Interstate com merce commission, upon Its own initi ative, haB ordered an Investigation Into tho rates, practices and regula tions which apply to railroad trans portation of hard coal. All tho anthra cite roads embraced in tho so-called "hard coal trust" will bo respondents In the proceedings. Peace Advocate In America. Now York. The Baroness Bertha von Suttner, who has boon head of the Austrian peace society for more than twenty years, has arrived from Eu rope. The baroness Is on her way to San Francisco to address the confer ence of women's clubs of America. She Intends to remain In the United States until autumn. Long Automobile Journey. York. Neb. After traveling 2,280 miles In an automobllo, Mr. and Mrs. Joel H. Humpfman. their daughter, Nancy, and Mrs. Nola Berry of Tuc son, Ariz., are in this city, the guests of friends. They have spent ono month in making the trip from Tucson to York. They were forced to camp at several points along tho route be; cause towns were so far apart. Mexican Rebels Executed. Tucson, Ariz. Thirty-two Mexican Insurrectos and one federal soldier was killed in a prolonged engagement south of Topic, June 16, according to reports received here. The rebels numbered 400. Tho federals num bered 150, led by General Castillo. Six federals were wounded. All rebels taken prisoners were executed on the battlo field. Notice of Election. Lincoln. H. E. Gooch of this city received notice from U. S. Senator Hitchcock Wednesday of his election as alternato to the democratic con vention at Baltimore. Chicago. More than a scoro of men and women among tho Georgia Tnft delegation to tho national convention wcro Injured, somo seriously, in a col lision between a Pennsylvania passen ger trnln and several empty coaches in tho yards of tho union station horc. 'Cudahys Are Reconciled, Kansas City. John P. Cudahy, tho packer, and his wife, who became estranged whon Cudahy attacked Jero S. Mills, the banker, at tho former's home, slashing him with a knife and disfiguring him for llfo, nnnounce that they havo become reconciled, London. Italy has agreod to a con feronco of tho powers for tho settlo mont of tho war with Turkey, accord ing to a dispatch from Rome. If Tur koy is willing, an armistice will be speedily arranged, DID WAfCH CHICAGO CONVENTION NEBRASKA DELEGATION STILL CLING TO ROOSEVELT. Democratic Council at Baltimore Awaiting Developments Bogus Tickets at Chicago Conven tion Much In Evidence. Chicago. Casting its solid vote .for the Roosevelt candidate for temporary chairman, Governor .McGovern of Wis consin, tho Nebraska delegation does not yet believe that Colonol Roosevelt haB lost control of tho convention. "That 0G8 voteB for Root Is Tart'B maximum strength," suld Don L. Lovo. "It includes a number of otes he will uever get for tho nomination. For Instance, ho will not get these votes from Illinois. Roosevelt la not beaten," "From my observation," said J. C. Hurphum, "this Is a death Btruggle of old time politicians to return to tho old system of running conventions, to stand pat until what they regard as a wavo of radicalism Is passed. It Is still possible that Roosovelt will con trol the convention." Democrats Watch Convention Closely. Baltimore, Md. Democrats in coun cil here gave pause to follow affairs at tho republican convention. With the leaders of all candidate for tho presidential nomination here there were quiet conferences to prepare plans for capturing the uninstructed, delegates. Former Judgo Alton B. Parker of Now York is said to bo the likely choice for temporary chairman, with Representative Olllo James as the next Btrongest candidate. W. F. McCombs of New York, campaign leader for Governor Wilson, an nounced that Senator Goro of Okla homa and Representative Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania would second the nomination of tho Now Jersej governor. Bogus Convention Tickets Being 8old. Chicago. Whllo tlckotB to' tho con vention wore quoted at $100 each, with the demand greater than the sup ply, hundreds of counterfeit tickets wore sold to unsophisticated visitors at $5 each. Tho swindlers did a thriv ing business with the fraudulent paBtcy boards. A Scholze presented ono of the counterfeit tickets, and when he was refused admittance, created a dis turbance and was arrested. 8upreme Tribe of Ben-Hur. Crawfordsvllle, Ind. The supreme tribe of Ben-Hur, a fraternal organiza tion with national headquarters in this city, began its eighth biennial session, here Tuesday with a largo attendance of delegates. The officers' reports Bhow that the ordor now has a total of nearly 125,000 members, scattered over thirty-two states. More than 3. 000,000 has been paid In death claims since the order was founded. Bubonic Plague Near 8an Juan. 8an Juan, Porto Rico. Five deaths which have occurred since Friday last, In the vicinity of San Juan, have been diagnosed by the insular board of health as cases of bubonic plague. Seven suspects have been confined and placed under observation. Norfolk, Neb. J. E. Caldor, twenty five yeara old, wob Instantly killed Tuesday as tho result of a shock from a live wire. Pioneer Lincoln Woman Dead. Lincoln. Mrs. Kate Martin, a pio neer resident of Lincoln, died at her home hero Tuesday. She was seventy two years old. She was stricken with paralysis Saturday and her condition at once became critical. Mrs. Martin was for many years tho owner and manager of the St. Charles hotel, nf terwards known ns the Boyd, located near Eighth and O streets. Sho camq to Lincoln In 18G4, forty-eight yean ago. Lincoln. Nebraska has more than 1,300,000 acres of land subject to homestead entry, according to Infor matlon sont to Lnbor Coinmisslonei L, V. Guye. The land is listed ns roll Ing. sandy grazing land, and th greater' share of It can bo enterod un dor the Klnkald act, allowing enct homesteader 040 acres. All entrlei ran bo completed or proved up within thrco years and from each year tho homestonder Is allowed flvo months absence. Personal Investigations bj the state labor bureau tvL'I 1m made. LOST LIFE III BELT DEDICATE "CHRISTIAN ASSEM. BLY" CHURCH AT FRANKLIN. NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE What Is Going on Here and There That Is of Interest to the Read ers Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. Fairmont. Elmer E. Spahr, propri etor of tho local coal and feed store here, wns Instnntly killed Friday by getting caught In tho belt of his gaso lino engine while grinding feed ot his place ot business. An employe work ing with him ut tho time shut tho engine off and got help at once, but It was too late. Tho employe, who was tho only witness of the accident, can give no accurate account of how It huppetiud, but thinks Mr. Spuhr stopped backward into the bolt. Franklin. Tho "Christian assem bly" people dedicated their new church here Sunday. This Ib a new denomination that has sprung up hero within the past year under tho leader ship of Rev. F. Frederick Flske, an evangelist and former pastor of the Christian Assembly chinch In Mlnuu npolls, Minn. They bolluvo In holi ness, divine healing ami lnw much stress on fulth In "the whole gospel." At the dedicatory services an Immense crowd was present. Good Peat Near Mllburn. Alllnucc, Neb. A sample of peat found near .Mllburn, this county, was recently sent to the office of tho stato geological survey at Lincoln, and it was pronounced to be the best re ceived by that oillcu. According to residents of that district there Is a flno deposit that promises to be of much initio. Burned by Gasoline Explosion. Spencer. Mrs. T. G. llts put a quantity of gasollno Into u boiler In which sho was "boiling" clothes on washday. When cho attempted to re move tho boiler from tho stove the gasoline exploded, severely burning her face, shoulders und arms. Lightning Strikes Church. Wabash. Tho Baptist church at this place was Btruck by lightning Wednesday, and tho belfry and In terior of tho building were torn up. This Is tho third time tho church has been damaged by lightning In tho past few years. STATE BASE t BALL NEW5 $ MMM"M-' Fremont defeated Hastings Tuesday making It three In a row. Tho Y. M. C. A. at Hastings has or ganized a "Twilight" ball club. Fremont won an exciting see-saw game from Hastings at Fremont Mon day. Left Fielder McGlbbon of the Grand Island team was married recently to Miss Grace North ot that placo. McLear, ono of Grand Island's out fielders, has boon released. His weight prevented him from hitting his usual stride. Bechtold of Kearney waB put off tho field and fined ten dollars at York re-, cently for wrangling with Umpire Collins. Seward's athletics put tho kalso mine brush over Grand Island Mon day by a score of 2 to 0, and with this victory thoy won fifteen out of seven teen games played. No late suppers and a little argu ment with the wife In the Western Canada league. Games In the W. C. L, start'at 6:15 p. m giving tho fans a chance to feed before taking in tho frolic. Harry Miller of Beatrice has "caught on" as pitcher with the Htldreth, Neb., amateur ball team, and Ib making good. The other day he pitched a fif teen inning game .against Wilcox and won by the score of 3 to 2. The Polk County Baseball league has been organized and startol play Tues day, four teamB being In tho leaguo, Stromsburg, Polk, Osceola and Shel by. In the first game of tho season, Shelby defeated Polk at Shelby by tho score ot 3 to 1. Eighteen members of tho house of representatives played a game of baseball at Washington recently, the gate receipts of which were devoted to hospital and children's play ground funds. At tho closo of the Fremont-Grand Island game at Fremont Wednesday, Umpire Collins, who Is a giant, pulled off hlB coat and Invited his tantallzers to "como on." A rush followed and ho was surrounded, but tho police In terfered and hustled him to his hotel In a back. Pitcher Canine had Superior entire ly ut his mercy Monday, whllo Colum bus hit Gibson at will and won oaslly 12 to 0. Nobraska City took the first game of the series from Beatrice at Nobras ka City Monday by a scoro of ,'t to 0. Jones of Nebraska City mado tho first score of tho game, knocking a homo run. Kearnoy and York battled for ton Innings at York Monday, the former winning 4 to 3. York outbattcd tho visitors, but numerous errors wero costly. Kearnoy played a brilliant garni In the field. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Dodgo county Improved farm land has been assessed as high na ?3G0 an acre. The State Health association will convene In annual meeting In York Juno 2i, A Nebraska alumni association Is to bo formed at Salt Ijiko by former graduates, Tho Crete Commerlcal club has fllod articles of Incorporation with the sec' rotary of stnto, Chris Whltmelor, 74 years old, has mysteriously disappeared from his homo near Lorton., Tecumsch Is experiencing a short age In wntor, tho old well on Clay street being about dry, J. W. Hillings of llcalrlco wns run over and seriously Injured by an auto mobllo on tho streets of Omnhn. The old settlers association will hold a picnic In York Saturday, Aug ust 10, If present plans nro carried out. The Junior normal at Alma has nn attendance of 140 teachers and In cludes many prominent educators ot tho state. Doshler Is arranging to mnko nn au tomobile trip Thursday, Juno 27, boosting for the big Fourth, of July celebration. The German Lutheran society of the Ncbinska and Kansas district held a celebration called n volkfest nt Hebron Sunday. The annual meeting of tho Nchrns kn Methodist Episcopal church will be held at Beatrice this year, beginning September II. Henry Wnltomnth, a prominent business man of North Platte, broke his right arm In attempting to crank his automobllo. Tho Fullerton Electric Light and Power company has Just completed a new Ico manufacturing plant with a capacity of ten tonB per day. Work has been commenced on tho temporary bridgo that Is to span tho Platte river south of Fremont until tho permanent structure can bo built. This Is tho coldest Juno experienced In Nebraska for Bomo yenrs. Notwith standing tho low temperature, voota- tlon seems to bo making good head way. hX C. Haines, tho Jockey who was seriously Injured In tho llve-clghths mllo running rnco at tho old settlers' picnic at Palmyra, died Saturday morning. Wild nnlmnls nro not extinct in Nemaha county, ns Is ovldonced by the fact that tho county clerk has Is sued vouchers for 101 wolves klllod In tho county this spring. Tho Womon'B Civic Improvement club at Fullerton Ib Improving a part of tho public school grounds for a park. Flowers havo been planted and scats will be arranged. A. A. Wick, an employe at tho Bur lington round house at Alliance, lost his right hnnd undor the wheel of an englno Wednesday. He was doing some repair work on the engine when It was started suddenly. Two preachers at Table Rock, Revs. Wlmberly and Young, havo boon noti fied by an anonymous letter that un less thoy discontinue their fight on the saloon they will bo shot. Tho Nebraska association of work ers for tho blind nro in session at College View. Delegates from various parts of tho stato will meet to par ticipate In the question which will bo discussed. Children's day exercises at Howe were held at tho Mothodlst church Sunday. The Rev. Chenowoth of Uni versity Place had chargo of the pro gram. About fifty children took part In the exercises. Tho Rosalie water plant Is well un der way. The well has Just been com pleted to a depth of 161 feet and Is considered by experts to Insure excel lent water and an Inexhaustible sup ply. I Miss Charlotte Lowe, Instructor at the state normal school of Kearney, who went to Ballantlno, Wyo., on a vacation, was seriously Injured at that place when she was thrown from a horse. v. . Hungry, worn out and well nigh dis couraged, a family consisting of a mother, father and little girl, reached Lincoln Friday after walking nearly 200 miles. Tho party started from Goodland, Kan., with Lincoln as their objective point. By actual count It takes 5,400 Lin coln files to weigh an ounce. This figure was reached Saturday, after some careful work on the part of Art Haysel, snnltary inspector of the health department, who has charge ot counting the files In the "swat" cam paign which started this week. Tho Nebraska chiropractic college Is tho name of an organization formed in Lincoln for the purpose of equip ping and operating colleges and In firmaries. Articles of Incorporation havo been filed with tho secretary of state. Tho State Sheriffs' association will meet In Lincoln on July 9, and Sheriff HyerB expects practically every sheriff In the stnto to be present. On the evening of tho 9th tho Commercial club will tender the visitors a ban quet. John Peters, vlco president of tho First National bank, died at his homo In Albion Saturday after a period ot poor health covering soveral years, A. A. Campbell, a former resident of West Point and nt ono tltno a largo land owner there, died at his homo In San Diego, Cal., Monday at the ago of 81, Mr. Campbell sottlcd In West Point In 1870. That it will rcqulro $30,000 to put up a dyko and loveo system at Fremont that will protect tho town from Platte river floods in tho future Is tho esti mate of the Farmland, Fremont and Railroad Drainago district. IOWA WOMAN WELL AGAIN Freed From Shooting Pains, Spinal Weakner , Dizziness, by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ottumwa, Iowa. "For years I was almost a constant sufferer from female trouble in all its dreadful forms; shooting pains all over my body, sick headache, spinal weakness, dizziness, depression, and everything that was horrid. I tried many doctors in different parts of tho United. States, but Lydia E. Pinkham's Vcgota- blo Compound has dono moro for mo than all tho doctors. I feel it my duty to tell you theso facts. My heart is full of gratitude to Lydia E. Plnkhnm's Vego tablo Compound for my health." Mrs. Harriet E. Wamtler, 624 S. Ransom Street, Ottumwa, Iowa. Consider Well This Advice No woman suffering from any form of femalo troubles should lose hopo un til she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a fair trial. This famous remedy, the medicinal In grcdients of which are derived from native roots and herbs, has for nearly forty years proved to be a most value bio tonic and invlgorator of the fe male organism. Women everywhere bear willing testimony to tho wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound. If yon want special advice write te Lydia E. IMnkham Medicine Co. (coal dentlal) Lynn Mass. Your letter will bo opened, read and answered by A woman and held la strict confldeaoe. Half a loaf Is better than a loaf of tho bread some bakers turn out. flnrflelil Ten, tlm A',tiurl Laxative Is made entirely of carefully selected puru herbs. Yet Solomon In nil hlB glory never wore an opera hat that would open and shut. Hardly Suitable. Settlement Worker Since meat Is so high why not uso vegetables T Mrs. Grognn They don't do a black eye no good. 1 Four Dollars for a Cake of Soap. Soap has never been considered an extravagance, but now that notion may change, since tho new French Imported soaps are costing from two to three and four dollars a cake. They are, however, dollclously scented, and one may take pardonable pleasure la using such toilet article. Each cake comes in a little box, and Is satin covered; they aro quite a suitable Item for the traveling bag of the bride, for which the most exquisite trifles ars always sought out. Clothes and the Man. A colporteur In South Carolina, walking many miles through mud, ac costed a passerby and suggested the purchaso of the Bible. Ho was re fused. The next day, says the Record of Christian Work, after a night's rest and cleanup, he set up his stand In town and had the pleasure of selling a Bible to the very man who had re fused to purchase the day before. "I met a muddy man yesterday with nibles," said be, "who looked like a Methodist tramp. When I buys a Bl bio I buys it from a Baptist gentle man." , DOCTOR'S SHIFT. f Now Gets Along Without It. A physician says: "Until last all 1 used to eat meat for my breakfast and, suffered with Indigestion until the meat had passed from the stomach. "Last fall I began the nse of drape Nuts for breakfast and very soon found I could do without meat, for my body got all the nourishment necesi sary from the Grape-Nuts and since then I have not had any indigestion and am feeling better and have in creaBtl in weight. "Since finding the benefit I derived from Grape-Nuts I' have prescribed the food for all my patients suffering from Indigestion or over-feeding and also for tbode recovering from disease where I want a food easy to take and certain to digest and which will not overtax the stomach. "I always find the results I look for when I prescribe Grape-Nuts. For ethical reasons please omit my name." Name given by mail by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. The reason for the wonderful amount of nutriment, and the easy digestion ot Grape-Nuts Is not bard to find. In the first place, the starchy part of the wheat and barley gees through various processes of cooking, to per fectly change the starch into dextrose or grape-sugar, In which stato it Is ready to bo easily absorbed by the blood. The parts in the wheat and barley which Nature enn make use ot for re building brain and nerve centers are retained In this remarkable food, and thus the human body Is supplied with tho powerful strength producers, so easily noticed after one has eaten Grape-Nuts each day for a week or ten days. "There's a reason," and It Is ex- plained in the little book, "The Road to Wellville," In pkgs. Kver rfd the nbnre letter? A sew one appear Croat time Urn. They are Kenalae, trae, aaa tall af hsauw imttreat. f K fl m f t y "H m "4 rxi rM 4 W K.'MAuAlMk mi ...'' j's- ' :