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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF A te- ft P& I. .v law READY FOR OPENING REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN OCTODER THIRTEENTH PRICE OF RANSOM UNKNOWN Chinese Brigands Holding American Missionaries Nebraska Man Pardoned From Federal Prison. Valentino Noli. Judge James W. Wltten, of tho Interior department of Washington, I), C, superintendent of the sale of public lands of the United' titnteB. Ib in Valentino preparing for tlio formal opening of tho abandoned Fort Nlolirara military reservation. Forty-four thousand, four hundred and eighty acres of tho land to be thrown open under the lottery system Is that which wax held former ly for Fort Nlolirara, and three hun dred thousand acres ot tho land Is that of the forest reserve In Mcl'hcr on nnd Grant counties. The rcglstra tlon for thlH land will begin Sunday nixht, October 13, at midnight, simul taneously at Vnlentlue, North l'latte and Broken Dow, and cloueH auto matically Saturday night at midnight, October 25. Two days after the regis tratlon closes, tho drawing will take place at North l'latte, beginning at noon, October 28. Tho 'Niobrara ' lands arc situated In Cherry county, and adjoining Valentine on the ndrtu. President Pardons Splcer of Shelton. Washington. Tho president has pardoned Kdwnrd H. Spicer of Shel ton, sentenced to a five-year term In Leavenworth for misuse of fundH of tho National bank of Shelton. Tho pardoned man had nerved about ono year of his term. The application for pardon has been beforo the depart ment of Justice and the president for several weeks. Edgar Howard of Columbus recently catno to Washing ton and took the matter up personally with President Wilson in Spicer's be half. Tho Intter nan been In very poor health for sonio time. PRICE OF RANSOM UNKNOWN. Chinese Brigands Still Holding Missionaries. Peking. Tho American missionaries at Fan Cheng, In reply to nn Inquiry from Edward T. Williams, American charge d'affaires bore, have telo graphed that the amount of the ran som demanded by the Chinese bri gands at Tsao Yang for tho rclcnBO of the Americans and (Norwegian mission aries In captivity 1b not yet known. The Rev. C. Stokstad nnd tho Rev. Mr. Johnson, who wont toward Tsao Yang to communicate with the brigands, have not returned to Fan Cheng. A dispatch from Hankow sayB that tho brigands nt Tsao Yang number 2.000 and tho government troops surround ing them total 3,000 men. Alliance Gunman Captured at Lincoln. Lincoln, (Neb. Archie Kdwurds, colored who killed his wife and wound ed Officer Jordan nt Alliance Wednes day, was captured by the Lincoln police force Sunday noon, after a re volver battle In which OIHcer II. A. Burns wbb shot through tho groin nnd seriously wounded and Herman Mc Curloy. colored, shot through the right leg. Wednesday Olllcor Hen Jordan, colored, arrested Mrs. Edwards In front of hor home In Alliance. Ed wnrds ran out of tho house and began hooting. Ono shot killed the woman and others passed through Jordan's hand and foot. Cholera Experimental Station. Tecumseh, Neb. Determined to find an effective remedy for hlg cholera In Nebraska and other states, the federal government has announced that au ex perimental station will bo established at TocumBoh for tho prevention and treatment of tho disease if tho location desired can bo obtained. This will bo tho fourth station of the kind in tho United States, the others being nt Montgomery, Ind.; Dallas county. Iowa, and Pettis county, Missouri. Appro priations of $70,000 havo been mndo by congress for tho four stations, tho money being nvailablo since July 1, 1913. Tho station will bo under tho direction of the board of nnlmnl In dustry, French Town Devastated. Orobcre, France. A terrific thun derstorm, which raged for twelve hours, has spread death and ruin .throughout this city. Fourteen per sons are known to havo been killed and thirty Injured, but thero are many missing. Sioux City, la. Triplets, two girls and a boy, were born to Mr. and Mrs. J.' It. Franklin of Verdel. Nob. All are living. Tho boy nnd ono girl weighed four pounds each nnd the other girl Is a two-pounder. Manhattan, Kan. Farmers through out Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa are warned against pasturing In shock tields -or feeding dry fodder, to their heep or cattle. Dr. D. F. Luckev, tate veterinarian of Missouri, declares that corn stunted by drouth has de veloped a polBon that resembles prus Jo acid and that all sheep or cattle eating that kind of corn will die. Farm era nre warned to allow all com left In the shock to dry thoroughly bcfo feeding and under no circumstances tc turn stock Into the cornllehls where there Ib foddor. BRIEF NEW8 OF NEBRASKA, Htromsburg Is to havo a new city park. Dlllcr boasts of having tho best roads In the state. Polk It, to havo u water and electric lighting system costing $10,000. Wymoro Is making efforts to secure a sewer system for that place. Tho magnificent $30,000 athletic park at Ileatrico was dedicated last week. York will compel Infractors of the city ordinances to work on tho streets hereafter. J. W. Dodd, a Falrbury laborer, fell while pushing a wheelbarrow nnd bit off his tongue. Tho fortieth annual convention of tho stnto W. C. T. U. will be held In Omaha next year. Mrs. It. J, Woodworth of Wnlino suf fered a broken wrist when she fell off tho porch at her home. A charter has been received for tho organization of a lodge of the Knights of Columbus at York. MIrh Alice Cleaver of Falls City Is soon to start for Paris to spend tho year studying painting. Mhrlu Strauch, throe years old, wns burned to death at Lincoln when her clothing caught on lire. Thomas O'ftormnu, coroner of Hall county, was fatally Injured In nn auto accident near Wood Illver. J. L. Sloctim has sold the apples In his twenty-acre orchard near Shubert to St. Joseph buyers for $1,700. Mrs. Mary Flyiiu. 81 years old, wns found dtad In bed nt Howard by rela tives who had called to visit her. Tho Iowa-Nebraska Public Service corporation at Norfolk has been ad Judged a bankrupt In federal court. Frank Worthlngton, a Ileatrico boy was killed at a lire at Hillings, Mont., by being run over by a hose truck. Chicken fanciers of Fremont are planning on holding the biggest county show ever held In Nebraska In Decem ber. Tho vestry of the Episcopal churcfc at Central City has extended t call tc the Rev. F. W. Henry of Pittsburg, Kan. Attorney Henry Nunn of St. Paul, who accidentally shot himself In the foot whilo hunting, died from blood poisoning. Prizes of $30, $20 and $10 nro offered at tho Oermau day celebration at Lin coln for out-of-town clubs marching In the parade. Tho commercial lighting ordinnnco wns passed by the Lincoln city com mission without a dissenting voto and without comment. A vicious dog nttneked a six-year-old girl at Falrbury, nnd toro several bad gaBhes In her faco and armB be foro It was beaten off. Many of tho Nebraska booster edi tions issued throughout tho state were a credit to tho publishers nnd th offices putting them out. James Weeks accidentally shot off two of his fingers and n portion of his left hand while hunting ducks on the Elkhorn river near Nellgh. Frank Mnnloy, a conductor on tho Union Pacific, was held up In tho resi dence portion of Grand Island and re lieved of n diamond ring. Lylo Jackson, a former Beatrice boy, died nt his homo nt Houston, Texas, Inst week of blood poisoning caused from a plmplo on Ills neck. Tho mld-stato poultry association will hold Its annual show nt Scotts bluff In connection with tho annual corn show, December 10, 11, 12. Accidental dlschargo ot n shotgun which ho wus carrying on his lap In a wagon cnused tho Instant death ol Wm. Scott, aged 35. near Valentino. Helen Do Under, a tlvc-yenr-old llroken How girl, was killed when she slipped under the wheels while trying to climb upon tho rack of a moving wagon. John McCauloy. ono of tho nrl Bettlers of Saunders county, died at his home near Ithaca from tho effects of a kick by a horso received several weeks ago. For four days Mrs. Fred Wagner of Johnson suffered pain In her right arm after n fall in tho yard, but sho did not realize the arm was fractured until sho consulted a physician. Valley county, according to figures complied by tho state board of agricul ture. Is jiorlinps tho leading pop corn growing county In tho United States. Tho crop has proven profitable. Frank Hartos, an Omaha printer. Is the best cotton crochet laco maker In Douglas county. Ills display of laco wns awarded tho blue ribbon In tho fancy work exhibit at tho Douglas county fair. Probably the oldest man In tho state Is Thomas Morris of Custer county, who was born at Ilerrew, North Wtiles, In 1794, nearly 120 yenrs ago. llert Marts, the Hock Island brake man who was shot and killed by a tramp at Llmon, Colo., was a Falls City boy, the son of Sam Marts, the chief of pollco In that city. At a public sale of dairy cattle on tho Wallaco Townsend fnrm near Ilea trico, eleven milch cows sold nt nn av erage price of $77.C3 a head. This le said to bo the highest price ever paid for common milch cows In Gage county. Mrs. Maggie Johnson, wlfo of the man whoso dismembered body wat found in Snlt creek at Ashland a week ago, is under arrest charged with the crime. Abraham Nichols, a peddler, was Instantly killed Wednesday morning when a nurllngton passenger train struck his buggy at tho main crosslnp of numham, near Lincoln. Sylvia Kramer of Syracuso was probably fatally burned and tho fam ily home demolished by the exnloslnr of n gasoline lighting plant resulting from n visit to the cellar with a light cd lantern. AUTUMN flpJ now "Af summv ggSBBWSW pCtf ACROVi -rue LAKC, WKfSffXSt 0&3 amusement PAfttt. fWlmmS y$Mj&L vacation, TcM arc wSXmmSSmtk Wa over l' Cam Swz WmjSmSaKi j tun 111 ltJJmMrJjWis ' iBA ts9"B CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Ill II II III I II' - ' UUVtKNMtNAL nWNFKSHr1, -.......,..... V...W.... I PRESIDENT SIGNS "UNDERWOOD- SIMMONS TARIFF BILL. Bill to Take Over Telegraph and Tele phone Foreigners Being Mal treated by Chinese Brigands. Washington. Surrounded by the lenders of a united democracy, Presi dent Wilson signed the Underwood Simmons tariff bill nt 9:09 o'clock Fri day night nt the White house. Simul taneously telegrams were sent to cus toms collectors throughout tho country by tho treasury department, putting Into actual operation the first demo cratic tariff revision since 1894. A happy group of legislators, mem bers of tho cabinet and friends en circled the prcsidont as he smilingly sat down and slowly nfllxcd his signa ture with two gold pens. He present ed to Representative Underwood the pen that ho lind' written tho word "Woodrow" nnd the one which had completed his name to Senator Sim mons, both of whom bowed their ap preciation. In impressive silence the president delivered in easy natural tones an ex temporaneous speech that brought prolonged applause. lie said that the lourney of leglshitlvo accomplishment bad only been partly completed; that p. great service had been done for the rank nnd fllo of tho country, but that tho second step In the emancipation of business wns currency reform. Ho earnestly called upon his colleagues to go "tho rest of tho Journey" with fresh Impulse. Chinese Brigands Mistreat Foreigners. Peking. Tho American legation horo hns received n report from J. Paul Jameson, vice consul general at jShanghnl. stating thnt an American child had been killed and other for eigners wero being maltreated by Chi nese brigands at Tsao Yang. The lega tion fears that tho Chlncso government troops nro neither capable nor zealous enough to accomplish tho release of Iho American and Norwegian mission aries In the hands of tho bandits at Tsao Yang and thnt ransom alone can pave the lives or the foreigners still In captivity. FOR GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP. Bill to Take Over Telegraph and Telephone. Washington. Government owner ship of telegraph and telephone lines Ja to bo proposed In bills Representa tive Lewis of Maryland is drafting for Introduction In the house probably within a month. Although tho mens ures which would havo theso public utilities taken over as a part of the postal service havo not been made an ndmlnlstrntlon policy, tho president Is known to havo dlscusiK-d tho Idea with Jteprescntatlvo Lewis and others In terested in the project. Mr. Lewis has f-'ollccted a mass of data on the subject of telephone nnd telegraph oporatlon, nnd has prepared estimates as to their cost to the government, their avnllabll Jty as a sourco of revenue and cost of maintenance nnd also has worked out n tentative plan for their acquirement nnd operation as government public utilities. Clovcland, O. With tho nrrest of Vco Tung, immigration officials be lieve they have discovered tho route ,by which many Chinese havo been smuggled into the statos along the lakes from the Canadian border. Nominated as Sullivan's Successor. New York. George W. Loft, a man tifacturer, has been nominated by the democratic congressional committee of he Thirteenth district as the party candldnto to fill tho vacancy caused by 'ho death of Timothy I). Sullivan. For Beef Trust Inquiry. Washington. Hepresontntlve Kin kald of New Jersoy has Introduced a resolution directing tho house Judi ciary committee to Investigate tho "beef trust" and Its alleged control of Australian and Argentine beef. earth shocks at panama LEAVE IT UNINJURED. Nebraska Indian Girl Has' Had Varied Career Sensational Dynamite Outrages Revealed by an Arrest. Colon. The highest officials of the Panama canal at Culebra and Ancou In reply to telegraphic inquiries stated that they havo not received any re ports Indicating damage to the canal at any point from the earthquake, and this was corroborated by Colonel Goe thals. Tho Colon pollco reports Indi cate that no damage was done to build ings and property In this city. The frame houses of Colon rocked with oacb motion of the earthquake, nnd tho peoplo hearing the timbers creak ing rushed Into the streets half clad. Many camped In the city parks until morning. The Inst serious earthquake on the isthmus occurred in September, 1882, when In Panama City the muni cipal building nnd cathedral were dam aged and fissures In the earth occurred at Colon. Confesses to Dynamite Outrages. New York. Dynamite outrages that rivaled the exploits of the McNamara brothers and of Ortie McManlgal have been confessed by George E. Davis, a union Iron worker. Davis, who was arrested here, was the George O'Don nell who figured In the trial at Indian apolis that resulted In the conviction of Frank M. Ryan, president of the In ternational Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, nnd thirty seven of his assistants. His arrest re sulted from the efforts of the federal government, started more than two years ago, when the dynamiting of bridges and steel frame buildings all over tho country became a national scandal. 13 IN WANT IN CALIFORNIA. Daughter of Sitting Bull Has Not Thrived in Golden West. San Diego, Cal. Sitting Hull's daughter Is in San Diego, and in need, according to n written statement to Chief of Pollco Wilson by the young woman. The daughter ot the old Sioux chief told Chief Wilson that she was seeking an employment that would yield hor a livelihood. According to her nccount, she has had an Interest ing career. Captured nnd recaptured a dozen times, she finally was found on tho battlefield of Wounded Knee, strapped to tho back .of her mother, who had been dead for threo days. Gonernl L. W. Colby of Deatrlce, Neb., adopted her and cared for her. Sho was graduated from tho Beatrice high school, the Downer collego In Milwau kee nnd the University of Kansas. Instantly Killed at Crossing. Lincoln, Neb. Abraham M. Nichols, a peddler, was Instantly killed at Burn ham Thursday morning when a Bur lington passenger train struck his wagon. Tho body was hurled a num ber or feet. His head was badly cut nnd both legs wero broken. Texas Flood Demoralizes Business. San Antonio, Tex. With tho San Antonio river out of Its banks nnd overflowing tho down town districts or this city to a depth In some places or five or six feet, business In San An tonio is demoralized. Tho damage probably will reach several hundred thousand dollars. So far as known no lives were lost. Hurt In Football Game. Lincoln, Neb. For the second time In his collego athletic career, Loft Halfback McCandless of the Wealeyan football team had his ne"k dislocated In a game against Omaha university. Tho player was unconscious for fifteen minutes, during which time his coach and trainer worked energetically In nn attempt, to readjust the misplaced ver. tebra. They were finally successful, and after tho bones had been snapped back Into place tho doughty backflcld warrior resumed his place In the game. FARMER DATES FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from Re liable Sources and Presented In i Condensed Form to Our Readers. C. W. Pugsley, superintendent of agricultural extension work at tho stute university, has announced the following farmers' institutes for tho month of October and the dates there of: Holbrook, October 6; Hartley, Oc tober 7; Lebanon, October S; Waunc In, October 0; Chnmplon, October 10; Wallace, October 13-11; Dickens, Oc tober 1I-1D; Somerset, October 15-10; Stockvllle, October 17. Spalding. Oc tober 20; Hartlett. October 21; Eric son, October 22; Davis Creole church, October 23; Wiggle Creek church, Oc tober 21; Falrbury, October 23-30-31. Short courses: Ilershoy, October C 10; Paxton, October 13-17; Utlca, Oc tober 2-21; Farnam, October 27-31. Will Stand Heat or Drouth. Discovery of corn thnt will with stand hot winds and grow despite of drouth Is believed to have been made by Curator M. II. C.llmore of the state museum as a result of experiments conducted on the advice of an Indian tribo which formerly lived in this Btate. The seeds for the corn weio sent to Mr. Gilmoro by Sitting Hear of tho Arlkara tribo, now in Wiscon sin. The locnl man planted the corn Jn June and left It to its own re sources. There were no rains to help Jt along in its growth, but while plants nnd vegetables around It wero .withering up this corn flourished and ripened. Its hardness nnd tendency to grow without moisture and general adaptability to Nebraska cpndltlona nuch uh prevailed In many sections during the season Just closing, nre looked upon as poIntH that will com mend It to tho average Nebraska farmer. Federal corn experts have become Interested in the plant nnd state authorities will nlso look into the matter. It Is likely that a bulletin -will bo put out on tho subject within a short time. Tuberculosis in State Cattle. Dr. Klgln, stato veterinarian, has completed an inspection and test of dairy cattle nt tho Hastings asylum or tuberculosis. Ho found forty aoven tuberculars out of 120 head tested. In order to demonstrate tho ravages of tuberculosis he dissected tho carcass of one animal, which proved to toe affected throughout tho entire system. Tho animals that show signs of the disease will be sold sub ject to Inspection, after they nre '.slaughtered. Where the dlseaso Is local tho meat is approved fof sale as food. Dr. Klgln reportB the Btablo at the Hastings nsylum In very poor con dition from a sanitary standpoint. It ,is poorly lighted nnd badly ventilated and has been crowded most of tho time. Ho heartily approves tho plan ot tho board of control to build a new up-to-date sanitary dairy barn. Dr. Klgln killed two more glandered .horses at Mlnden. Five were killed there recently, but he does not expect the disease to appear again In tho same locality. Alfalfa Best Ever Harvested. Phenomenal cropB of nil kinds in Itho North Plntto river valley nre re ported by Deputy Stato Auditor Minor, who has Just returned from a trip to iMorrlll and Scottsbluff. Farmers on lands under the government ditch havo Just finished their third cutting pr alfalfa, which was tho best they ever had, and stacks are waiting In tho fields until balers can get to them. Tho hay Is selling for $8.50 to $9.C0 on board freight cars at shipping points. . Tho monument marking tho Oregon trail at the point where tho trail en tered the stato of Nebraska will bo formally dedicated soon, though tho date has not been set since It was postponed on account of tho weather. Tho location of tho monument Is two miles west or tho town or Lanham, Nebraska, at the point where the lino between Jefferson nnd Gage counties Intersects the Kansas state line. The opening of tho buttcrlne senson was signalized Wednesday by the-application or elghty-ono firms for the ifood commissioner's permission to sell that product In this state. Previously .about 200 firms had been granted tho ,Bame privilege under tho existing law. -Total receipts rrom this class or por mils havo amounted to $2,007 slnco July 1. Thomns Blley of Omaha has been appointed by tho governor as stute bank examiner, succeeding Eugene Moore of St. Paul, who resigned some time ago. Must Not Overtest Cream. If a buyer of crenm desires to rniso his price and outbid a rival for busi ness he will In tho futuro bo com pelled to openly nnnounco that ho will pay more than his competitors Instead of trying to get business by over-testing cream nnd In this manner pay moro than his rival nnd nt tho same tlmo make producers believe his rival Is making nn unfair test. It Is against the state law to overtest or to under test cream bought for commercial pur poses. This law Is upheld by a de cision given by the supreme court fruit mm FOR SICK CHILD "California Syrup of Figs" can't harm tender stomach, liver and bowels. Every mother rcnllre. nfter giving her children "California Syrup ot Figs' that this Is their Ideal laxative,, because they love Its pleasant taste and It thoroughly cleanses the tender little stomach, liver nnd bowels with out griping. When cross, Irritable, feverish or breath Is bad, stomach sour, look nt the tongue, mother! ir coated, give a teaspoonful or this harmless, "fruit Inxntlve," nnd in a few hours all tho foul, constipated waste, sour bile nnd undigested food passes out of tho bow els, nnd you havo a well, playful child again. When Its little system is full of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, indigestion, colic remem ber, a good "Inside cleaning" should alwnys bo the first treatment given. Millions of mothers keep "California Syrup or Figs" handy; they know a teaspoonful today Bavcs n sick child tomorrow. Ask at the Moro for n i0 cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has directions for babies, children of all ages nnd grown-ups-printed on the bottle. Adv. Worms Know Her Song. Mrs. H. A. Hitchcock of Canaan, nn officer of tho Litchfield County Equal Franchlso league, has made the fol lowing statement In n lotter to a local newspaper: "I tamed half n dozen angle dogs or wormB, and got them eo that they would como up out of tho earth and eat out of my hand. I fed them pump kins nnd bran' mash, but they thrive best on sauerkraut. It took mo some tlmo to tamo them so that they knew my knock on tho earth above them rrom the tap of nn old hen's bill. I rap softly three times nnd whistle. 'Oh, Promise Mo,' nnd up come tho angleworms. One day I discovered that tho biggest, fattest angleworm waB croBS-eyed." Wlnsted (Conn. Dispatch to tho New York World. ENDS K IDIGESli "Pape's Diapepsin" cures sick, soup stomachs in five minutes Time Itl . "Really doea" put bad stomachs In order "really doeB" overcome indiges tion, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and sourness In flvo minutes that Just that makes Pape's Diapepsin the lar gest selling stomach regulator In the world. If what you eat ferments into stubborn lumps, you belch gas and. eructato sour, undigested food and acid; head Is dizzy and aches; breath foul; tongue coated; your insldes filled with bile and Indigestible wasto, re member the moment "Pape's Dlnpep In" comes in contact with the stomach all such distress vanishes. It's truly astonlshlng almost marvelous, and. the Joy Ib Us harmlessness. A large fifty-cent case or Pape's Dia pepsin will give you a hundred dollars" worth of satisfaction. It's worth its weight In gold to men. and women who can't get their stom achs regulated. It belongs in your home should always be kept handy In case of a sick, sour, upset stomach during tho day or at night. It's the qulckest, surest and most harmless. Btomach doctor in tho world. Adv. Sadder Still. Discussing a recent political scan dal, In which an official was accused of dishonesty, Richard Harding Da vis, lunching with a number of theat rical stars at a fashionable roof gar den In Now York, snld, with a sigh: "Ho Is a man I would have thought lncnpablo of baseness. It Is sad to think thnt every man has his prlco." "Yes," said a comedian, "but a sad der fact still Is that half the time he can't get it." JUDGE CURED, HEART TROUBLR. I took about G boxes of Dodds Kid ney PIUb for Heart Trouble from which I had suffered for 6 years. I had dizzy spoils, my eyes puffed,. my breath was. short and I had chills and back ache I took the pills about n year ago and havo had no return ot the nalpltatlonB. Am now 63 years old able to do lots of manual labor, am and weigh about Judge Miller, rell and hearty 300 pounds. 1 feel very grateful that I found Dodds Kidney Pills and you may publish this letter If you wish. I am serving my third term as Probate Judge of Gray Co. Yours truly, PHILIP MILLER, Cimarron. Kan. Correspond with Judge Miller about this wonderful remedy. Dodds Kidney Pills, GOc. per box at your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household Hints, also music of National Anthem (English and German words) an-d re cipes tor dainty dishes. All 3 Bent free. Adv. J Against a Stone Wall. "My poor mnn, you aro tho picture of dejection," sympathetically declared tho prison visitor. "And a framed picture, at that," added tho convict. Buffalo Express. U. .ens bKL jsmV ( i Ar i: . "N tv MWsj)swoistejS:iYjli'Hi'i I "'"