'i SWT&P. Mi. .v-o BED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF I i?: HE WILLNOT RESIGN PRESIDENT HUERTA WILL BROOK NO INTERFERENCE. FEAR A MUTINY IN CANTON Chinese Situation Still Remains Seri ous Carnival Winds Up With , Tragedy Omaha Day at , State Fair. Washington. Ofllcinl Washington read with keen. Interest tho dcclara tlon of Aurellano Urrutln, tho Mcxl can minister or the Interior, that Pro visional President Huertn would not resign and moreover would brook no Interference on the part of foreigners In his administration. While no plan that the American government has under serious consideration involved nny direct Interference In Mexican af fairs, tho admitted ntltudo of the ad ministration hero Is one of unaltcra fclo opposition to tho recognition of the Huerta regime. Tragic Wlndup of Carnival. Wllber, Neb. His throat slashet ind his body lying near n dance hall where ho had spent tho evening drink ing and flirting with maudlin women who camo hero to attend tho closing festivities of a three days street car nival, Rosa McKlnsey, a young farmer residing near Dorchester, was found here shortly before midnight Saturday night, lie died a few moments after wards, without regaining conscious ness. Shortly before noon Sunday Clarence Clawson of-Lincoln was nr listed In that city charged with tho murder. Clawaon conl jed to tho crime and was brought here to attonn the Inquest held over tho victim's body. FEAR MUTINY AT CANTON. Soldiers Patrolling 8treeti at Police Are Unreliable. Hong Kong. Tho situation In Can ton remains serious and people are fearful of u mutiny. Trains aro packed with refugees. A siege of Canton Is expected with the arrival there of Gen eral Lung Chi-Kuang, commander of the government forces In the province of Kwnng-Su, who is moving south ward on tho city with his nrmy. Sol diers aro patrolling tho Btrects of Canton, ns tho police there aro unre liable. Soventy traitorous soldierB were Bhot In that city Friday. A re ward of $60,000 has been offered for the head of Governor Chan of Canton. Men with guns fro in British and French warships aro guardlnc thn shnmen or foreign quarter of Canton, where valuables worth millions of dol lars are stored. Omaha Day at State Fair. Lincoln, Neb. Preparations for a myriad of do luxe events are being made for Omaha and South Omaha day at tho state fair. Friday, Septem ber 5. It Is Intended to make the af fair tho most pretentious day ever held and Lincoln people, following their trip to the Ak-Sar-IJen nt Omaha Inst weok, aro taking more Interest In tho matter than they have In the past. Half a dozen bands, three or four com panies of stato troops and parades through tho business section of town fire to be Included In the day's pro cram. Against Rate Increase. Springfield, 111. Representatives of tho 150 local branches of tho Tribe or Ben Hur in Illinois are assembled in convention hero to mako formal pro test against tho decision of the head officers of tho organization, which Is a fratornal Insurance society -with a largo membership In the middle west, to increase tho rates of assessment. It is probable that the protest will be followed by a court action to restrain the head officers from putting their plans into effect. Explosion Wrecks Coal Mine. Tower City, Pn. Eighteen miners were killed and several seriously hurt In a double explosion that wrecked the deepest shaft of tho East Brook sldo colliery of tho Philadelphia and Reading mines here. That more wero not killed Is duo to the fact that tho mlno had ohut down for tho woek and moBt of tho minors had left tho pit. The Western Nebraska Method. Llncolnt Nob. Sly western Nebras ka sportsmen, who aro also auto moblllsts, havo discovered a way to fool game wardens. A report mado to tho department by a deputy game warden says that prairie chickens are "being killed against tho law and then taken Into town concealed In empty extra tires, which are carried on tho cars. Tho deputy arrested one man and discovered the hiding place after four other cars which ho had searched lhad gone on their way and tho occu pants had given him the laugh. Argentina Fighting the Trusts. Buenos Ayres, Argentina. The gov eminent of Argentina has Introduced a 1)111 Into congress on tho lines of tho Sherman law, declaring unlawful all trusts and combinations In restraint or trade and production. Congress Is Called Off. Kansas City. Tho Mississippi com .tncrclal congress, sot for Wichita. 'Kan,, next October, has been called off becauso tho national congress la In (Session at that time. The next meet lng will bo held In 1914. DOINGS INJONGRESS WHAT LAWMAKERS AT WASHING. TON ARE DOINQ. Result of Deliberation on More lm- portant Measures Given In Condensed Form. Friday. -The Senate Resumed general de bate on tariff bill and Senator Gronna continued his attack. Lobby committee continued cross examination of Mnrtln M. Mulhall. Senator Catron opposed freo wool and reductions In woolen manufac tures. Sub-commlttoo debated Smith ' fu lures cotton bill, but debate was post poned. Committee favorably reported bill for separato legations to Paraguay and Uruguay and elcvntlon of lega tion ni Aiauriu to an embassy. Representative Murray (Mass.) In troduced resolution for Investigation of hard coal trust. Representative Neoley Introduced a resolution directing banking commit tee to Investigate McAdoo charges mat wow York bank3 had depressed price of government bondB. Foreign affairs committee discussed Mexican situation and voted to havo Ambassador Wilson return and nro- sent his views. Senator Sutherland introduced reso lution calling on secretary of the treasury for information on goodB placed In bonded warehouses to await passago of tariff bill. The Houso Secretary Bryan asked appropriation of $100,000 to caro for Americans made dcstltuto by Mexican revolutions. Republican Leader Mann concluded Dlggs-Camlnettl debato with hot at tack on administration and Attorncv General McReynolds. Adjourned at 1:35 p. m. until noon Tuesday. Thursday. The Senate Resumed bate on tariff bill. general de- Senator Gronna attacked tariff bill, saying It would not benefit consum. era because It would injure If not de stroy the producers. Senator Thornton, democrat, as sailed democratic party's determina tion to put sugar on freo list In 191G. Suffragists from all btates presented petitions urging woman's suffrage constitutional amendment. Cross examination of Martin Mul hall began before lobby committee. Considered nominations In execu tive session. Adjourned at C:12 p. m. to noon Friday. The 'House Not in session: nn..t Friday noon. Knights of Columbus Boston, Mass. Preparations have been mado for tho entertainment of the delegates and visitors who are ar riving here from all parts of the United States and Canada for the in ternational convention of the Knights or Columbus. Besides the usual church ceremonies and parade there will bo a banquet, a r.rand reception and bnll and numerous automobile and boat trips to places of Interest In Bos. ton and vicinity. Readjusting Working Hours. Lincoln. Thefomalc labor law of Nebraska, which wcut Into effect July 18, has made It necessary In many In stances to readjust tho working hours of women In establishments affected by the law In order to conform to Its provisions. Tho penalty for a viola tion or the law Is a fine from $20 to $60 for each offense The law declaios that no female shall work more than nine hours a day or flfty-four hours a week. Elephants on a Rampage. Winnipeg. Man. During a severe electrical storm hero n herd or eight elephants with a circus broke loose from their keepers, wrecked half of the circus tents, damaged a numbor of small buildings In the vicinity and caused a panic In tho neighborhood. Squads of pollco wero summoned, but waited until trainers subdued the anl male. Seed Wheat Shipments Free. Topeka, Kan. Tho public utilities commission has granted the railroads In tho state authority to transport seod wheat freo of freight charges between points In Kansas. This was dono In responso to the petition of a commit tee or citizens In tho southwestern part or the state, a district that has been seriously affected by tho dry veather. v To Aid In Moving Crops. Washington, D. C Twenty-flvo to fifty, million dollars of government funds will bo donosltod tn n nn. tlonal banks of tho south nnd west at. onto oy secretary McAdoo to faclll tato the movement of crops. Panama Without a Foreign Debt. Washington. Panama, which claims the distinction of being the only coun try In tho worfd without n foreign debt of any kmd, will havo a balanco In Its treasury or about $000,000 as soon as tho first annual Installment of $250,000, Just .paid by tho United StatcB for tho tiso of tho canal zono has been deposited. Effective controlJ over its revenues has given tho JUtlo republto a bnlanco In Its budget amounting to $3,114,341 annually, its total Invested capital Is $7,085,000. HARVEST TIME OF THE FUTURE i I rii i, JEjmjL ill iu'l'ttiixZ N RECEPTION TO METCALFES MANUFACTURERS OF COUNTRY SILENT ON TARIFF BILL. Will Be Nebraska Room In Governor's Mansion at Ancon To Prevent Further Agitation Over Revolution. Washington. Tho manufacturers or tho country have Ignored tho list or questions sent them by the senato finance committee In regard to their Industries and the probablo effect upon them of the democratic tariff re vision. Senator LaFollette told the senaio mat only sixty-slx replies had been received to the 2,500 sets of ques tlons mailed by tho committee to man uracturers who had protested against proposed rates or duty and suggested that the manufacturers must be con fident or not being hurt by the new tariff or else were not altogether frank. Tr Prvent Unnecessary Agitation. Washington. Lato developments In the Mexican situation wero confined to efforts on the part or tho admlnistra tlon to prevent unnecessary agitation over tho revolution. So far as the United States Is lnrormed both the rederals and constitutlonallstB are complying with tho desire or the American government for the protec tion or foreigners and their property, and there Is a hopeful feeling manifest in official circles that efforts of Infln. entlal Mexicans to bring about peaee' way oe successrui. RECEPTION TO METCALFE8. Will Be a Nebraska Room In Gover- ' nor's Mansion. Washington. -A reception tendered Richard L. Metcalfe, governor or Pan amn, by the Nebraska association Fri day at tho home or W. E. Andrews, auditor of the treasury, was employed by Secretary or State Bryan to-give the rullest expression to his desire for friendly relations between tho United States and Panama. Secretary Le Fevero or tho Panama legation was present and the words or tho secretary or stato took on a quasl-ofilclal sig nificance when he praised Governor Metcalfe as ono whose character and sympathies would make him a desira ble representative or the United States at a post nearer than any other to all the South American republics. Governor Metcalfe was presented with the flag under which the speeches were made and It will bo unfurled from the mast of the mansion at An con as soon as he arrives there. Gov ernor Metcalfe announced that there would be a Nebraska room In the man sion and that he had asked the com-, merclal clubs of both Lincoln and Om aha to send trophies to grace the chambers. To Nominate Ruler for New State. London. The ambassadorial confer ence has settled tho status of new Al bania. A prlnco will bo nominated six months henco to rulo over the now stato. In the meantlmo n commission or control, composed or ono represent ative or each power will organize the administration, with tho aid or a Swed ish officer or tho gendarmle. Seattle Responsible for Damages. Seattle, Wash. Mayor George F. Cottcrlll baa submitted to the city council claims for damages amounting to $3,047 because or the losses suffered by socialists during tho rioting by United States soldiers and sailors on the night of July 18. Tho mayor. In his communication, says the city of Seattle Is responsible Tor the destruc tion or the property because It was the duty or the pollco department to protect such property rrom destruc tion, no matter who the destroying agents might be. Kansas City. Dynamite was used here in an attempt to blow up the main flow lino that carries tho water supply of KatiBas City, Kan., from the Quln doro pumping statlou, five miles west of that city. Had tho attempt been successful it would have cut off tho water supply of Kansas City, Kan. Tho city hns been viewed as a tres passer by Mrs. Katherlno Burke ever since It laid Its flow lino across "Cinder road," which Mrs. Burko maintains Is her proporty. The flow line waB blown up by dynamite In 1912. COTTON PLANTER3 NEED CUR RENCY RELIEF. Postal' Savings Banks Declared a Boon to Poor Man Present Women's Suffrage Petition. Washington. Senator Tillman, in a public statement Thursday, declared that unless congress provided currency relief within sixty days southern cot ton planters would bo "robbed or a hundred million dollars or moro," on account or the inability of southern bankers to get money from New York "pirates." He urged that some kind or a resolution be put through Immediate ly to afford temporary relief, and thnt the nouse banking and currency com mittee "stop squabbling" and permit currency legislation to be enacted. Present Woman Suffrage Petitions. Washington. ;From all over the country supporters or the "votes for women" cause came to Washington to plead their, case before congress. The senate, the only body or congress in session, left off Its sober tariff work and listened to the suffrage argument. Delegations fro mevery stato In the union presented to each senator on tho floor petitions urging the support of the Chamberlain resolution to nmend tho federal constitution to confer suf frage on women and practically every senator presented the petitions to the senato. 8Y8TEM HAS COME TO STAY. Postal Savings Banks Declared a Boon ' to Poor Men. Denver. "Banks under government supervision have come to stay. They have not Interfered with the savings departments or other banks, but hnve brought millions from hiding places." These declarations were mado by Charles H. Fullaway, assistant director or tho United States postal savings banks, In addressing the annual Con vention or tho National Association or Postmasters Wednesday. Ho present ed statistics to substantiate his state ment aud said that the postal banks had been "a boon to tho poor man." Opposed to Recognition. Washington. President WJlson haB made It clear to those who discussed tho Mexican situation with him that he has not been swayed In the least degree by the arguments or Ambassa dor Henry Lane Wilson In recognition or the Huerta government In Mexico. He has not yet announced what his policy will be, but he Is emphatically an.d unalterably opposed to the recog nition under any circumstances or tho government set up by Provisional President Huerta through tho events In which President Madero and Vice President Suarez met tragic deaths. Train Delayed by Grasshoppers. Dodge City, Kan. "Train No. 664 delayed forty minutes; stalled by grasshoppers," was the report received at tho Rock Island station here Thurs day. Tho train was coming out of Ford when It struck a deep cut, which .always causes a snow blockade when there Is a snowstorm. The wind had blown dead hoppers over the rails In such numbers that the engine wheels slipped and spun round, leaving the train motionless. The train crew scooped tho hoppers off the track and sanded tho rails before the train could proceed. Falls City, Neb. J. T. Swan of Au burn, a leading orchardlst, says there will not be more than half as many ap ples raised In Nemaha county this year as there were last. While some orchards aro quite full, others. have a very light crop. Weaver Brothers of Falls City say the hot weather has done no special damage In their culti vated orchards, where Is as .good a prospect for a heavy crop as there was last year. Mystery Still Unsolved. Hastings, Neb. Tho mystery of his Identity still unsolved, tho body of tho man who killed himself on tho Bur lington railroad near Halloran Satur day was burled here Monday, tho ex penses being borne by the county. Tho man's n4mo was thought to bo D. B. Hill, but nothing la known or his rela tives or where he came from. He was between 50 and 55 years old, weighed 170 pounds, had blue eyes and small hands nnd feet. His complexion was put down In tho record as "sandy." He was five feet eleven Inches tall. BRIEF NEWS OP NEBRASKA. Sunday baseball was defeated at Ansley. Havelock wilt hold her annual gnlo day Saturday, August 23. City fathers at Smlthfield have pur chased a new flra engine. The Gage county fair will be held Septomber 22 to 26, Inclusive. The Falrbury Baseball association dedlcatod Its new ball park Tuesday Beatrice drug stores will close from 1 to fi o'clock on Sundays hereafter. Facilities for feeding the crowd nt tho state fair will bo greatly Increased this year. W. J. Bryan Is on tho program foi a speech at tho Seward Chautauqua August 11. Enterprising citizens of Auburn havo put in a freo public Ice wntot drinking fountain. The automobile exhibit at tho Ne braska state fair will bo tho best in the history of tho state. Tho Grand Army or the Republic district reunion will be held In Green wood, August C, 6, 7 and 8. A. C. High had rour ribs and hit breast bone broken when his automo bile overturned near lngleslde. Special athletic training In baseball football, basketball and other sportf lor Doys will bo ono or the special fea tures at the stato fair this fall. The body of George Engstrom ol bloux City, who was drowned then Sunday, was found near Decatur. The assessed valuation of Gage county for 1913 will fall about $200,000 short of tho assessed value of 1913. The annual reunion of tho pioneers nnd old settlers of Burt county will bo held at Tekamnh Friday, August 22. A barber shop, complete In all de tails will enable stato fair visitors to "spruce up" right on tho grounds this year. 1 A man known to the police ns David B. Hill was run over and Instantly killed by a Burlington train nt Hast ings. Little Ralph Brown, ono year old, of Cook was badly scalded when he pulled tho plug from a washing ma chine. Rev. Wilson Talt has resigned thf pastorate of the Tecumseh Presby terlan church to accept a call at Ran dolph.' Frank Westcott, while riding a mo torcycle near Dunbar, was Btruck by a Missouri Pacific train and Instantly killed. The Shubert I. O. O. F. lodge has purchased a lot and expects to erect a two-story brick building In the near future. Dana Mutz, editor of the Utlca Sun, has sued the Tamora Lyre for $10,000 for alleged libelous articles In tho lat ter paper. Farm Demonstrator Lelbers Is busy teaching Gage county farmers how to get rid of the grasshoppers that have Invaded that territory. There will bo a model nursery on the state fair grounds where mothers may leave the little ones In charge of experienced attendants. A. W. Horner, a bricklayer, died Tuesday evening at his home In Bea trice after an Illness of only a few days of ptomaine poisoning. Mrs. Johanna Caroline Holmes, mother or Mrs. P. A. Nelson, Is dead at thohomo of tho latter In Harvard at tho ago of nearly ninety-nine years. Seventy farmers selected at ran dow throughout Saunders county, who havo threshed wheat, havo an nverago yield of thirty-four and one-half bush els per aero. Ward Gardner, a 14-year-old Cort- lanu ooy, was severely bruised up when tho lumber In a car in which ho was riding was shifted to one end during tho switching or a train In the yards, pinning him up In a nar row space. The Beatrice city commissioners have passed an ordinance extending tho limits or the city south-to take in Chautauqua park. The park be longs to the city and the purpose of the ordinance Is tf extend police au thority anJ control over tho park. R. B. Schneider, a well-known Fre mont citizen, dropped dead In his au tomobile while on his way to his doc tor's office. Mr. and Mrs. James Mullen, long time residents of Weeping Water, celebrated their golden wedding anni versary Thursday. York Thirteen stacks or wheat, were destroyed by fire at the homo of F. W. Kcllums, two mileB northeast or here. It Is estimated that 2.000 bushels or wheat were burned. It is thought the flro was started by the son or Mr. and Mrs. Kellums, who wab playing with matches at tho time. Floyd McDanlel, a Plattsmouth milkman, was badly cut by broken glass when he attempted to force a wooden stopper Into a bottle. While the carpenters and painters were at dinner the fine new $12,000 country residence of George Powell, near Superior, caught fire and burned to the ground, together with the old houso and all the outbuildings. "The Schcnberger Home for Old People of tho Platte River Conference of tho United Evangelical Church" has filed articles of Incorporation with the Gage county clerk. The home will be located at Blue Springs. The 'agricultural-horticultural hall af tho state fair grounds will be com pleted In timo for the opening of the big exposition, September 1-5, Louise, tho year and a half old daughter or H. F. Johnson at Lincoln, had a miraculous escapo from death Saturday when she fell from the sec ond floor or a porch to the ground and suffered no broken bones. Tho now art building at the fair grounds at Albion Is completed. The old ono will be used for school ex hibits. The prospect Is good for an other record breaking fair September 16 to 19. GROWING IN VALUE GUARD ENCAMPMENT TO BE LO CATED NEARER TOWN. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from Re liable Sources and Presented In Condensed Form to Our Readers. Tho total assessed valuation of th state, Just compiled by tho state board of assessment from reports of county boards and assessors, shows an In creaso of. $7,478,991. As tho assessed jvaluo Is one-fifth or tho actual value of property, the actual Increase in value or property 1b $37,394.1155. Last year tho total assessed value or all prop erty wbb $403,371,889. ThlB year It la $470,850,880. On this valuation all stato levies are to be based by the .stato board or assessment and equal ization when It meets the latter part or this week. Tho board in equalizing may lower or incrcaso the value of anj class of property In any county. Change Location of Encampment. Nebraska guardsmen, who were looking forward to tiresome hikes be tween thejr camp and tho nearest town, aro due for a pleasant surprise. Adjutant General Hall has announced that the military board had determined upon a change nnd that Instead or being located five miles south or Waterloo, tho camp will bo a quarter of n mllo north of that-place. The change was mado after tho guard offi cers hail taken an accounting of tho cost of transporting their effects to the more distant spot. Tho saving will amount to several hundred dollars. At tho new location there wfll be an abundnnco or wood, Bhade and water and the guardsmen will have a large .swimming pool, where they can have plunges when the day's activities are over. Doom of Public Drinking Cup. The public communion cup la doomed to pass away rrom churches or the state under regulations pro mulgated by secretaries' or the state board or health In conformity wlHi the public drinking cup law enacted by tho last legislature. The regula tions wero agreed upon by tho sec-re. tarles and to be formally adopted must be. approved by tho state health, board proper, consisting or tho gov ernor, attorney general and stato su perintendent. Saloons as well an churches must obey phases or the new order. Other institutions specifically affected are railroad trains and sta tions, private and public' schools, theaters, playgrounds, parks, stores, hotels, offices and offico buildings, fac- tones and manufacturing establish, ments. The prohibitory features like wise extend to "all public places what soever." Places of refreshment, such as saloons, drug stores, soda foun tains, restaurants and cafes, aro re quired to "thoroughly cleanse all drinking vessels after uso by each am every customer." New Live Stock Commission. Tho Btato sanltnry llvo stock com mission met Thursday afternoon at the stato houso for tho first timo since It camo into legal existence, July 17. The? members of the commission wero ap pointed by Governor Morehcad, and they aro charged by law with the en. forcement of all laws relating to vet erinary medlclno and surgery through tho office of tho Btate veterinarian. The commissioners are Alexander Burr. ' Palmer; John A. Berg, Pender; H. J. Prltchard, Falls City; F. C. Crocker Flllcy, and J. H. Bulla, South Omaha. Mr. Bulla presided at the meeting. Dr. h. A. Klgln of Lincoln, newly appoint ed deputy state veterinarian, was pres ent to assist the board In Its first dis cussion or matters affecting the Inter ests or owners or live stock. He ot tered to do anything within his power to make the administration of the new law successrui. Banks of tho state may be prohibit ed from accepting money for pay ments of Insuranco for their patrons under a provision of the now effective code Insurance law unless they first tako out regular agents' license's. Tho matter has Just been called to the at tention or Commissioner Brian and he will ask tho commission proper for an interpretation of the provision. Between now and August 12 thirty high schools or the state are to be designated by tho state superintend ent's office as agricultural training schools and each of the Institutions .'a to receive $500 from the state for fur therance of branches taught in con nection with this study. Conditions under which application for this atd must be made are JuBt being sent out by Superintendent Delzell. According to the rules promulgated, each school must have at least seven pupils In each of the agricultural, home eco nomics and manual training classes General Hall and headquarters staff nave been vaccinated with typhc-bac-tela for prevention of typhoid fever ami It Is to be given to all national guardsmen. Cases containing 2,000 treatments wero received by Major Blrkner or tho sanitary troops and these will likely bo administered to tho men at once In order that it may take effect before tho men gather for their summer maneuvers. Deshler, Florence, Hyannls and Rlverton will become postal savings depositories after September 1. A .m v i i, , , , m,.,., ,. ,n,, ,, , , ,, - vTUw. aj. V- A-- - fc iAv CU,. ,, i- ifc Jth