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- . 4 A, . . . WWW .7"" II V3 Vol.19. No. 950. SHELDON FOR GOVERNOR Norris Brown Nominated for Senator on Sixth Ballot by Republican State Conention Republican Ticket : For Unitefl States senator Norris Brown, of Buffalo. For governor George L. Sheldon, of Cass. For lieutenant governor M. It. Hopewell, of Burt. For railroad commissioners H. J. Winnett, of Lancaster; Robert Co well, of Douglas; A. J. Williams, of Pierce For secretary of state George Junkin, of Gosper. For auditor Ed. M. Searle, Jr., of Keith. For superintendent of public instruc tionJasper L. McBrieri, of Fillmore For treasurer Lawson G. Brain, of Boone. For attorney general William T. Thompson, of Merrick. For land commissioner Henry M. Eaton, of Dodge. In the republican state conention Wednesday it required six ballots to nominate Norris Brown for senator and George L. Sheldon for goevrnor was nominated on the second ballot The convention named a new resolu tions committee and sent it out to frame a platform', making Charles B Anderson of Saline chairman. Con gressman Hinshaw who moved the ap nointment of the committee, was named as the member from the Fourth district. W. E. Andrews, formerly of Hast ins, and now of the treasury depart ment at Washington, was temporary chairman, and was later made per manent chairman. His speech was well received by the delegates, but was shortened somewhat because of the heat. The auditorium was packed during the afternoon session, and the big crowd remained until after 10 o'clock at night. George L. Sheldon The republican nominee for gov ernor is thirty-six years of age. He was born on a farm near Nehawka in Cass county, and grew to manhood on the old farm. Mr. Sheldon is state senator, having been a member of the senate from Cass county for two terms. He attended the university of Nebraska, being prominent in all mat ters pertaining to the school as a stu dent, taking the degree of B. L. in 1892. Later he attended Harvard uni versity, graduating there with the de gree of 13. A. He was commissioned ! "A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO POLITICS, AGRICULTURE AND HOME Lincoln, Nebraska, August 23, 1906 i , : . captain of Company B, Third Nebras ka regiment, in the Spanish-American war an dserved with his regiment in Cuba, Senator Sheldon has stood for railroad rate legislation, anti-pass legislation, for the direct primary law and other measures endorsed by the last republican state convention. ' "I am a farmer," said Senator Shel don. "I live on the farm where I was born, although I rented it this year in order to look after my campaign for governor." WHOLE ISLAND IN FERMENT Conditions in Cuba Represented as Being Critical A dispatch to the New Orleans Picayune from Havana, says: "In spite of government denials the rev olutionary movement in Cuba has as sumed formidable proportions. The whole island is in a ferment over the uprising and it is impossible to SUBSCRIBE NOW THE INDEPENDENT contains all the news of the State, the Nation and the World in condensed form. The Agricultural Department is unsurpassed, containing ail the latest up-to-date matter from highest authorities. Thor oughly reliable. Indispensable to farmers and stock raisers. POLITICAL The Independent is an exponent of democratic principles as taujrht by JEFFERSON and applied by BRYAN. They contain the solution of all ques tions that can arise in our politics. Interference with the SOVEKEION WILL OF THE PEOPLE by corporations is treason, and cannot be tolerated. A department devoted to the HOME. Best MARKET REPORTS. Seven Subscriptions from now until after election for only One Dollar. Single Campaign Subscription 25 cents. Published Weekly. Sample Copies Free. Send for Samples. Subscribe Now. Address, THE INDEPENDENT, Lincoln, Nebraska. predict at this time what the final result will be. The government claims that it will be able to suppress the revolution within two or three weeks, but people who have been watching closely the drift of events do not believe that the revolution can be crushed so easily." THREATENS TO ABDICATE The Czar of Russia Threatens to Ab dicate Unless Other Powers Lend Assistance London. From a semi-official source it is reported that the letter sent by Emperor Nicholas to King Ed ward stated that the ruler of Russia intended to abdicate unless the other powers come to his assistance. It was also stated that since the meet ing of King Edward and Emperor William assurance have been forward ed to the emperor of Russia to pre: vent his taking such, action. It was said that King Edward intends send ing a special messenger to St. Peters burg with a view of discussing the present conditions in Russia with Em peror Nicholas. St. Petersburg The internal condi tions in Russia, instead of improving are gradually becoming worse. In Wat-saw Saturday an attempt at as sasination on the person of the gov ernor general failed only because the aisasin who threw the bomb was not close enough. The chief official of the city was walking from his carriage toward the palace, when a young man about 22 years of age, and looking to some extent like a university student, pushed through the crowd on the street corner and flung a missile to ward the governor and his staff, who were then passing across the lawn in front of the palace. As the conical shaned obiect struck the lawn it ex ploded with terrific force and the gov ernor and three members of his stair were thrown to the ground. Luckily, however, they escaped injury. A detachment of troops who were on guard on the premises immediate ly charged the crowd and a hand-to hand encounter ensued, in which half a dozen people weres eriously hurt. Advices received here from all parts of Russia indicate that serious riot ing is apprehended by the authorities there. All Poland is in a position where even the men who in the past have been considered loyal, are now under suspicion and secret police agents follow every one as they go about. In Moscow, Odessa, Sevasto pol and even in the city here, business ceases at dusk and only those bard presesd leave their homes between darkness and dawn. In this city Hooligans late Saturday attacked a dozen establishments con ducted by Jews, but in all but one in stance they were driven away. The anarchistic t.sment is making wild threats against the governor general and his staff and it is generally be lieved that street fighting will result if the troops attempt to keep the peo ple off the streets. LIFE Subscription $1.00 EARTHQUAKE HORRORS Dead in Valparaiso Put at 2,000 and Scores of Cities and Towns Are Reported Destroyed London Famine and suffering from exposure now hold in their grasp the cities and villages wrecked in the South American earthquake. Cables from Valparaiso, Santiago, and points in Peru and Argentina show that star vation, cold, want and terrible hard ships have followed in the train of the appalling disaster of last Thursday. Ample corroboration has been re ceived here of the accounts already printed of the ruin caused by the earthquake and it is now known defi nitely that scores of cities, towns and villages have been totally or partly destroyed. The death roll will reach into the thousands, while hundreds of men, women and children among the survivors have been maimed and in jured. The monetary loss will amount to hundreds of millions of dollars. Of the places devastated Valparai so has been much the heaviest suffer er and the conditions now being 'en dured there are comparable only to the situation after the San Francisco disaster. Cables from the Chilean seaport place the less of life at 2,000, while it is estimated that $250,000,000 in property has been wiped out. Sixty per cent of the city has been demol ished. Lack of food, water, clothing, blan kets, tents and medical supplies pre vails in Valparaiso and the suffer ing among the 100,000 or more des titute and homeless citizens is de clared to be indescribable. The sur vivors in the other devastated towns are facing the same suffering a3 pre vails in Valparaiso, while cablegrams from Santiago, the capital, state that large numbers of the poorer classes there are without sufficient food and shelter. In Valparaiso almost the entire sur viving population is encamped in the open, such tents and other shelters as were available having been erect ed on the near by hills, in the city parks and even among the debris In the streets. There are not nearly enough tents to meet the demands, while time or materials to build other suitable protection has been lacking. Hundreds of men, women and chil dren are thus living in the open air, with no covering save Insufficient quantities of clothine; and blankets. The weather, especially at night, has been excessively raw and windy, and thus far the keenest suffering has been caused by ecld. Famine, however now stares Val paraiso in the face. Food is becom ing extremely scarce and the water supply is running short. Unless as sistance in the form of tremendous quantities of supplies reaches the stricken city soon the death list is likely to be much increased. Meat is almost unobtainable at any price, while milk cost two Chilean dollars a litre and is excessively hard