,u i - - lilcaliff,WWi i igaBiiEg 'A?X m-rt-m.. ., -S- " imitw&Kmmx-,. 'i ! IE The Chief C. B. HALE, Publiahar RID CLOUD IL NEBRASKA LA8T BUILDING AT FAR WEST HA8 BEEN REMOVED. OLD FICTION RESURRECTED Many Applications for Per Capita 8hare of National Wealth Ne braikan'i Research Worry ing British Librarians. Kingston, Mo. The destruction of a cnbln flvo miles north of hero him re moved tho Inst hiillillng from tho site of Fnr Weflt, onco n flourishing little city, which before the Mormons estab lished themselves In Utah, was chosen mb tho site for the headquarters of their church. Filed away mong the records of the Mormon church at Salt Lake City are tho original plans of Fnr West. The plans show that a v great city wns contemplated. Prep arations were made for tho building lof a temple In tho center of tho town. The work on the temple was actunlly begun a short time beforo tho Mor mons of Missouri decided to go to Utah. Research Worries British Librarians. London. Prof. CharleB W. Wallace, ihe well known American Shakespear ean scholar, has proved himself an especial terror to British keepers of public records In recent years, accord ing to evidence given before tho roynl 'commission on public records. Ills iflrst accomplishment was to sHow jthean that they knew nothing about 'their own treasures by making hln notable Shakespeare finds among sacks of unsenrched documents In tho record office of Chancery lane. Late lly, It seems from the testimony of Dr. It. R. Sharpe or the Guildhall record office, that Professor Wallace has been trying to Invado the priceless treasure house of the city of London. REVIVAL OF AN OLD FICTION. Uninitiated Apply for Share of Na tional Wealth. ' Washington. Apparently under the .Impression that the new administra tion will divide the nation's wealth , among tho peoplo of the country, sov cral hundred persons In letters re ceived by George E. Roberts, director of the mint, have applied for tho $34.72 which the treasury department estl .mates Is the per capita circulation of rtbo United States. It was n revival of an old story, Intended facetiously, which was repeatedly denied during 'the Taft administration, that $34.72 awaited every Individual In the conn 'try. Many of the applicants asked that the amount be forwarded by par cel post In pennies. Beatrice Boy Electrocuted. Beatrlcd, Neb. Grant, sixteen-year-old son of Archlte Schultz of this city, was Instantly killed here when lie. igrasped a live wire hanging from n, telephone polo near tho corner of, Eleventh and Lincoln streets. One 'hand was almost burned off and the head and back wero also badly in jured. Tho authorities were notified and the power was shut off at the station, but tho work of tho physicians was In vain. Rector of 8ame Church 53 Years. Chicago. 111. Bishop Charles Ed ward Cheney has just completed his. fifty-third year as rector or Christ's'. Reformed Episcopal church hero. He. celebrated Thursday tho anniversary' of his first sermon in the church, i Illinois Governor at Bryan Banquet. Springfield, 111. GoverW Dunne re ceived a letter from Secretary of State William J. Bryan stating that ho would fee In Springfield on Tuesday, March 18, on his way to Lincoln, Neb., where there will bo a reunion of tho Bryan 'family on Wfdncsdny, and Inviting Governor Dunne, who accepted the In vitation. A Joint resolution Inviting Secretary Bryan to deliver an address beforo the 'general assembly while In Springfield was passed by both houses. Sicilian Girl Shoots Fiancee. Omaha, Neb. Because Rosarlo Still luca, a Sicilian, employed at the smelts lng works, refused to mako her hta wire, Sortlna Sobistana, a pretty twcnty-one-year-old Sicilian girl, shot and instantly killed hor fellow country man. Sortlna and Rosarlo wero af- llancod. Both wero born at Carhmtlna, Sicily, and came to America on the. same steamer two years ago, ut which' time the betrothal was mode. Later Rosarlo's lovo cooled off, which an gered the girl and caused the. crime. New York. A steel rockot, confin ing Rodman Law, the "human lly," in which ho Intended to bo Bhot 3,500 feet Into the air, descending by a para chute, exploded when 800 pounds of powder behind it was fired. Law was hurled twenty-five feet from his seat In tho rocket, but was unhurt. Belgrade, Scrvla. It is reported here that fifty soldlors wero killed on the Servian transports at San Giovan ni Dl Medua on tho Adriatic coast by shells from the Turkish crulBer Haml-illeb. on cr BTAUTIES1N WRECK UNION PACIFIC HAS TWO BAD REAR END COLLISIONS. BAD STORMS IN SOUTHLAND Toll of Death in Tornadoes In the South Many Want to Witness Execution of Convict Prince. Omaha, Neb. Two disastrous rear end collisions, occurring on the main lino of the Union Parlllc railroad In Nebraska at about the same time Fri day morning, caused the death of nlno persons and tho possible death of one more. Twenty-two people are known to have been Injured, and It Is feared that this list, also, will be swelled. Thc first disaster was directly In front of the pnssenger depot at Goth enburg at 3:37 a. m. Union Pacific passenger train No. 12 ran past two automatic block Signals and crashed Into the rear of passenger train No. 4 both east-bound. Four wero killed and twenty-two Injured. The second collision, occurring at almost the .same time, was Identical In character with the llrst. Extra east-bound freight No. flOl drove Into the rear of east-bound fi eight No. fi04 at Mcrndon station, twelve miles west of Sidney. Conductor Hay Phillips anil Ilr.ikcman C. M. Cradlt, both of Cheyenne, of No. f04, and three stock men wore killed. As an indirect result of tho Gothen burg Wreck Flagman Dorchor of Grand Island may have lost his life. A report from North Platte s.'iys It Is believed he was blown Into the Plaits river bridge near that place. Commission to Investigate. Lincoln. The Nebraska state rail way commission was Friday morning notified by Edsnn Rich, general solici tor of tho Union Pacific, of two wreckB on Hint road, one at Sidney and tho other at Gothenburg, and was requested to make an Investigation at once. Commissioners Clarke and Hall, together with U. G. Powell, the com mission's accounting expert, left Im mediately to visit the scenes of tho wrecks. But Few Will Witness Execution. Lancaster. Warden Fenton of the. state penitentiary has been flooded with requests the past week from peo plo who wish to bo admitted to wit ness tho hanging of Albert Prince. Unless Governor Morehcad Intervenes, Prlnco will be hanged on Friday of this week between the hours of 11 o'clock In tho morning and 3 o'clock In tho afternoon. Because of the num ber of persons who ask to bo admit ted, Warden Fenton hns decided t admit only those prescribed by stat ute. Accordingly tho only persons that will bo present will be six doc tors, and tho necessary state officers HIT HARD BY STORM. Loss of Life and Property Thought tc Be Great. New Orleans, La. Meager reportE reaching here of the storm which swept southern stntcs Thursday, tell of thirty-three deaths, and the loss of property estimated nt several hundred thousand dollars. Wire service is de moralized and It will be some time be foro definite news Is received from the towns where the storm struck hardest. Tho latest reports said flvo persons wero killed at Atlanta. Miss. Other towns In Louisiana. Texas, Ala bama, Mississippi and Tennessee vis ited by tho terrific wind and rain sur fcred heavy losses or liro and prop erty. New York. Ernesto Madera, for mer minister or flnnnco In tho Mexi can cabinet, who arrived here last week, has Issued a stntement on br lialf or himself nnd tho members of the Madera family. Mr. Madera de clared that It was tho Intention of tho Mndero family to refrain from par ticipation In the politics of Mexico Ho said it wns tho hopo or all thr Madcros that peaco would soon comi to the southern republic. Lincoln, Neb. John II. Mnrhlo. ont or tho newly appointed members ol the Interstate commerco commission was a student of the stnte university here Trom 18S(i to 1S0D. and while In school was the roommate or Thomas S. Allen of this city. These two stu dents, with E. s. Wlggcnhoru of Ash Jnnd, wero the only democrats In the university nt that time. Washington. Several congressional lenders are preparing to Introduce bills for tho repeal of the Canadian reci procity act at the coming oxtra tes IBlon or congress, Whether thu final .action will ho In n sepnrate measure lor as an amendment to Uie new tariff .legislation has not been decided. Bills for tho snmo purpose railed or pass age or approval at tho last congress. Home for'Confederate Veterans, Washington. Announcement li mndo by the Southern Rollcf society ithat tho homo ror conrodornto veterans would bo oponcd hero April 15, Mrs 'Georgo Dowey, wire or tho admiral ol tho navy, was among tho first tc .pledge herself to furnish nnd equip a hospital room, and a number of othei iwomen, prominent In social and official life, made slmllur promises. Tho home 'will be open to destitute or sick "wear ers ot the gray," their widows and orphans. MAKING OVER THE OLD MAP Sx' riTTaeuft pirATt.n VvX... REBELS WIN BATTLE HUERTA'S ARMY DEFEATED BY REBELS AT NOGALE8. FOUND DEAD IN AUTOMOBILE John Boyle iof Scotttbluff Found Dead In Automobile at Greeley, Colo. Anniversary of Penitentiary Outbreak. NogalcB, Ariz. Colonel Kostorlltz ky, commanding the federal garrison nt Nogales, Souora, has surrendered to General Obregon, the rebel command er, urter a battle which lasted through out the day. Nogales. Ariz. Constitutionalists overthrowMhe federal garrison at No gales, Sonorn, Thursday and are In possession of the border town, after a fight which continued with little abate ment for1 twelve hours. Casualties are estimated at 100 dead and twice as many wounded on both sides, though accurate count has not been made. Anniversary of Penitentiary Outbreak. Lincoln. One year ngo nt 2 p. m. Friday, Shorty Gray, John Dowtl and Charles Morloy shot nnd dynamited their way out of the state penitentiary. As a result of that outbreak six men died, and Morley alone of the trio Is alive. Tho outbreak took place during a terrific blizzard, and the convicts after killing three men succeeded In getting away unhnrmed. They were overtaken near Gretna on Mnrch 18 and Gray waa killed and Dowd killed himself. . C FOUND DEAD IN AUTOMOBILE. Sudden Demise of John W. Boyle of Scottsbluff at Greeley, Colo. Greeley, Colo. When nn automobile pnrty of four men arrived at a garage here one of the party, John W. Boyle, aged fifty, n wealthy cattleman of ScottsblufT. wns round dead. Mem bers or the party had not tnlked with Boyle during the last rew miles or the drive nnd thought he hnd rallon asleep. Artor n coroner's Investigation It wns announced that death was duo to heart failure. Boyle leaves a widow, who resides on his 5,000-acre cattle ranch near Scottsbluff. The automo bile party was en route to Denver, where Boyle Intended to enter a hos pital. E. L. Griffith of Kimball, Ncb wna with the party. Appointments Up to Mr. Bryan. Washington. Senator Hitchcock will call on Secretary or Stnte Bryan to present to him applications rrom Nebraska ror appointments In the dip lomatic and consular service. Scnn tor Hitchcock will mako no recom mendation respecting the applicants ror theso nppolntments. Under the rulo laid down by Presldont Wilson those appointments would be neces sarily taken up by Secretary Bryan anyway.; "Mr. Bryan conies rrom Ne braska and Is well Inrormed regard ing tho merits of those who aro ask ing for places In the diplomatic and consular sorvlce, and 1 shall therefore make no recommendations," said Sen ator Hitchcock. Hunt for Pre-hlstoric Men. Pern. ProfeBsor Duncan of tho Peru normnl school rnculty has re ceived an inItatlon rrom Prorossor Stern or Hnrvnrd college to cooperate In a two yenrs' campaign In the search ror pre-hlstorlc. men along Jhe bluffs of the Missouri river. Reserve Regiment of N. N. G. Lincoln. Neb. Organization of n re servo national guard regiment 'in this stuto to bo composed of former univer sity endots and one-tlmo regular army officers and privates Is to bo under taken at onco by Adjutant General Hall In accordance vlth a plan worked out some tlmo ngo. Tho Sixth regiment auxiliary to tho regular reg iments now in tho guard service, will bo the first organization effected un der tho skeleton plan and that will be followed later by the organization of the Seventh regiment. ARSON WAS CHIEF BUSINESS ATTORNEY GENERAL SWAMPED BY APPLICANTS. Admits Starting of More than Twenty Fires Woman Suffrage Defeat edRebels Capture Town of Agua Prleta. Washington. Office seekers have pressed Attorney General McReynoldB to the point where he hus been obliged to order tho department of justice closed to all visitors at 4:30 p. m.. senutors nnd representatives Includ ed. Applicants for federal judgeships and United States attorneyships have been pretty active, and their appeals have swamped the new attorney gen eral. A continuously open door would consume his entire time, It was de clared, and therefore he was obliged to reserve the period after 4:30 for the transaction of government busl ness. Woman Suffrage Defeated. Lincoln. Woman suffrage was de feated In the house Wednesday by a vote of forty-five for the bill and fifty against It, while a hundred or more excited and deeply Interested women from Omaha, Lincoln and other points looked down from the galleries and watched their hopes being dissipated. And when It wns all over these wd ment, accustomed to this reception rrom legislatures, loft good-humoredly, with the avowed Intention of Invoking some method of presenting their mat ter to the voters of tho state. ARSON HIS CHIEF BUSINESS. Organized on Scientific Basis by Chi- l cago Man. Chicago. The statement or John Daniels, alleged to have been chler or the so-called "arson trust," In a con fession has been confirmed by First Assistant State's Attorney Frank John son. Daniels, according to Johnson, named forty members of the arson ring. Including the nnmes of several men "higher up." Daniels admitted that bo had set more than twenty fires In Chicago. Tho confession Is said to be even more stnrtllng than that made by Benjamin Fink, who confessed com pllclty in 100 incendiary fires. An ag gregate of $."00,000 Insurance wa3 col lected rrom tho Daniels fires, accord ing to Johnson, who Bald that forty warrants for business men. public fire Insurance ndjusters and actual Incen diaries named by Daniels will bo Is sued. Took Only Contraband Munitions. Nogales. Ariz. Pnnora rebels de clined to tako $11,000 worth or silver bars rrom E. B. and W. E. Holt, two American miners, whom tho rebels held up thirty miles south or here and relieved or their arms and ammuni tion. Tho Americans wore driving with their silver from Cumeral, So nora. to this city, when 2!i0 constl tlonallsfs Intercepted them. It was Impossible to hide tho bullion, but Bernnbe Onlundo. lender of tho band. Informed the Americans flint his men hnd no desire to rob them, but would take thoir inunlllons or war. which the state or Sonorn had declared con traband. Capture Town Without Firing a Shot. Douglas. Ariz. Agua Prletn has rnllen to constitutionalist sympathiz ers who crossed tho border trom Douglas. Not n shot was fired, and General OJedn, commanding tho fed eral gnnlson, with about GOO men evacuated tho town. Department Will Test Seeds. Lincoln. State Food Commissioner Harmun announces that his depart ment Is now prepnred to mako analy sis or seeds under tho puro seed law, Tho food commlslson has dono little or nothing In this direction during the past two yours on nccount of lack of appropriation to pay .for an expert seed analyst and 'for equlpmont. Fees from the stock food provision of tho puro seed law have como In to such an extent that the food department now feels nble to test seeds. MHIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA The next meeting of tho Ncbrasks rctallorn will bo held at Lincoln. The Nebraska federation of women's clubs will meet at York In October. A Methodist brotherhood was organ ized In tho First Methodist church' of Seward.. Tho annual state convention of tho Woodmen of the World auxiliary will be held In Beatrice " Tho largo farm house of Jacob Fruhm, about three miles from Prague, was totally destroyed by fire. B. B. Gillespie, a Lincoln business man, was slugged and held up near tho city library Saturday night. Tho farm house or Kato Thomas, one mile west of Indlnnolu, burned to tho ground. Nothing was saved. Tho village board,, of Peru refused to grant a license for a shooting gal lory at Its regular meeting this week. The Methodl3tB of Falrbury have had an architect working out plans and specifications ror a Methodist church. Tho Snundors county case against Sheriff Hyers In connection with the killing of Roy rtlur:i hna been dis missed. Ten horses were burned to death In a tire that destroyed the Link-Tumor livery barn nt Scrlbner. Saturday morning. Nellgh has voted bonds In the sum of $30,000 for a new high school build lng. The proposition carried by sixty sl majority. At a congregational meeting of tht Baptist church at North Platte the resignation of Rev. R. B. Favorlght was accepted. Over one hundred delegates were In attendance at the state convention of the Woodmen or the World nt Bea trice last week. A men'H rederatcd brotherhood, with n membcishlp of forty on tho charter has been organized by the Christian, church at Dlller. II. Y. McCloskey sold a quarter sec tion of Jefferson county land near Falrbury to Joseph McCord for a con sideration of $20,000. The Monarch Bridge company or Falls City has been awarded the con tract for the bridge building In Otoe county for the coming year. E. R. Duuwoody of Auburn, an aged ,nnd Infirm veteran of the civil war. (at tempted to stop a runaway team nnd was knocked down and run over. A move has been launched In York to organize a country club. Present plans contemplate the purchase of a forty-acre tract southeast of tho city. A movement has been put on foot by the Kearney Commercial club to secure for that city the meeting of the Nehraska Educational association next year. Robbers who have been entering Lincoln business houses at will re cently, broko Into the Shatnp Imple ment company's building for the third time within a week. A mall pouch containing registered mall ' from Omaha to Denver was Btolen from the depot platform at North Platto and was later found empty In an ndjacent yard. The county jail at Beatrice, which has been quarantined on account of smallpox for tho past two weeks, will bo fumigated. The prisoner suffering from tho disease has fully recovered. At a recent meeting ,of the stock holders or the King Alfalfa mills or Nebraska City, whoso plant was de stroyed by tiro during the winter, it was decided to wind up the affairs of tho association A young man by tho name of Meyers was struck on the head with n club 'by an unknown man Sunday evening as he was leaving the Chris tian church nt Beatrice with two young women. His assailant escaped. Tho members of Company D, Ne braska national guard, at Hastings, were entertained nt a banquet given by the winning sldo of the member ship contest which closed that week. Fifteen new members wero enlisted and Captain Lovoll's team won from Captain Arnold's. Tho Rev. II. W. Cox of Denver has been called by tho Baptist churches of Oxford and Wlnsonvllle nnd has ac cepted the call. Reports from along the Platto Indi cate that diickB are plentiful this year and many hunters are planning to try their skill nt tho birds. Church Howo was nominated by ac clamation for mayor or Auburn. Until recently he wns United States consul at Manchester, England. Tho question who will be the next postmaster at Farnam will be left to tho decision or thu .patrons of tho office nt a special election. The pupils of the Dlller high school under tho direction of the principal, Miss Darlo M. Taylor, presented the four-act dramn, "The Noble Outcast," in tho city hall. Tho Platto river was out of its banks Mondny between Fremont and Morcer, flowing ovor a mllo wldo In places. Great chunks of Ice were being carried down stream. The board of supervisors at Beatrlco Is making plans ror the construction of good dirt roads In the county, It the bill passes the legislature providing that the Inheritance tax money can be UBod ror this purpose. While llttlng his baby brother rrom bed, the three-year-old son or Helnrlch Bauer or Hastings fell with the infant, sustaining a fracture of the hip. . Several lemons, ono of them measur ing thirteen Inches In clrcumforenco nnd nine Inches through from otem to tip, wero raised In the greenhouse of ,tho state orthopedic hospital at Lin coln. Tho new $35,000 First Christian church of Kcnrney was fittingly dedl cpted Sunday with an all-day service, 'in charge of the pastor, tho Rev, Mr. ZInk, and tho Rev. Mr. Snlvely of Beatrice. NOT HIS STYLE. &rri "I thought you said tho colt could win in a walk?" "Well, they went and entered hlro In a running race." A GRATEFUL OLD MAN. Mr. W. D. Smith, Ethel, Ky., writes: M have been using Dodd'a Kldnoy Pllla. for ten or twelve years and they havo done me a great deal of good. 1 do not think I would bo nllvo today if It were not for Dodd'a Kidney rills. I Btrnlncd my back about forty yearsi ngo, which left it vnl-v U'nnlr I wno p;WRiMki'JJ troubled wlthlnflam- ll ' R ' tnntlnn of Mip hlnit- W. D. Smith, dpi-. Dodd'a Kidney Pilla cured me of that and tho Kidney Trouble. I take Dodd'a Kidney Pill now to keep from having Backache. I am 77 years old nnd a farmer. You nre at liberty to publish this testimonial, and you may use my picture In con nection with It." Correspond with Mr. Smith about thla wonderful remedy. Dodd'a Kidney Pills, GOc. per box at your dealer or Dodd'a Medicine Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. Write for Household Hints, also muntc of National Anthem. (English and German words) nnd reci pes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free. Adv. Where It Happened. A seven-year-old colored boy was beforo Judgo Taylor In Juvenlla court not long ago ror shooting at his play mate with a rlflo. As Is customary In all such cases tho attorney in ques tioning tho boy asked: ' "You wero In tho state of Indiana, Marlon county, when this huppened, wero you not?" Tho little fellow studied a minute and then answered: "No, sah. Ah was on th' rront po'ch." Indianapolis News. Equally as Good.. A Sunday school teacher In tho mid dle west asked all or Ler pupils who wished to go to heaven to hold up their right hands. All did but one little girl. "Why. Mary." said the teacher, "why don't you hold up your hand to day, Just as you did last Sunday when I asked tho samo question?" "I know," said Mary, "but papa hna Just got tickets ror Los Angeles." Anyhow, Boy Had the Right Idea. An overgrown schoolboy who found English grammar entirely beyond him was given the sentenco "The girl pur chased a hat" to diagram. "NOW. Of what word In 'hat' thn nh. ject?" asked tho teacher, encouraging ly- "Hat Is the object of girl." stam mered the youth. "Perhaps you're right," replied the toacher. IN A SHADOW. Inveterate Tea Drinker Feared Par alyala. Steady use of cither tea or coffeo often produces alarming symptoms as the poison (caffeine) contained la these beverages nets with more po tency in Borne persona than in others. "I wob never a coffee drinker,"" writes an 111. woman, "but a tea drink er. I wob very norvouB, had frequent spells of sick beadacho and heart troublo, and was subject at times to severe attacks of bilious colic. "No end of Bleeplesa nights would have Bpella at night when my right Bldo would get numb nnd tingle liko a thousand needles wero pricking my flesh. At times I could hardly put my tongue out of my mouth and my right eye and ear were uffected. "Tho doctorB told me I was liable to become pnralyzed at any tlmo, bo I was In constant dread. I took no end of medicine all to no good. "Tho doctors told mo to quit UBlng ten, but I thought I could not live without It that It wuh my only stay. I had been a tea drinker for twenty five years; was under tho doctor's, cure for fifteen. "About six months ago, I finally quit tea and commenced to drink Postum. "I have never had ono spell of sick headache since and only one light attuck of bllloua colic. Havo quit hav ing thoso numb spells at night, sleep woll nnd my heart is getting stronger all the time." Namo given upon re quest. Postum now comes In concentrated, powder form, called Instant Postum. It b prepared by stirring a level ten spoonful In a cup or hot water, adding sugar to tasto, and enough cream to bring tho color to golden brown. Instant PoBtum Is convenient; there's no wustc; and tho flavor Ib al ways uniform. Sold by grocers every where. A B-cup trial tin mailed for grocer's name and 2-cent Btnmp for postage. Postum Cerenl Co., Ltd., Bnttlo Creek.. Mich. M '$? V '