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CUSTI [ COUNTY RPU [ UCAn
By D. M. AMSDERRY.
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BROKEN DOW , . . 'NEDHABKA
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I Bttief Telegrams
A dL'sllernto murderer hnll 11. , pltchod
hllttlo with pollco In the streotR or
1.ln.venworth , Kan ,
'rilO RUBslnn IIolllllntlon represent
110 nnUonnllUml , the three gront
litoc\a \ helng Flnnll , ' 1'nrtars anll Slavs.
011 : Mnrch , I , 190r. , 88,000 rell mon
Iii the IndIan 'l'er1'ltury wltl glvo up I .
/t'lhnl / rule antI become Amerlcnn clll.
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I'II)1' \ . 1 > lnry PIerRon Eddy or Beirut ,
SyrIa , Is In Wushlngton. Dr. Etldy Is
the only womnn over licensed to III'nc.
t leu ml.'dlclno In the Turldsh domln.
hinD ,
A J.llnnenpolh ; tn\'csU ntor Irellorts
whnt mny surprlso Homo peoplo-lhat
tho' milling IndusttT o ! the Unll.ell
H \l s Is the third Inrgest In the
CCIUII tr ) ' .
01 < < 1 omcerR of the North American
t ul'lwrbund were flileclnlly llOnored Ilt
the lIecond Resslon of the twenty.flrst '
CCJI1VenUOn of the orgnnlzatlon at
Pltl8burg. : :
l'nrta of the wrecle o ! the SlrhtR , the I
111'I\t \ Atenm vessel to cross UtO AlIlln.
t Ie , which Wllft lost ocr Dallycottoll ,
( 'oullty Corle , In 18,17 , 1111\0 jUt ! been
l'cruyerC ( ) ,
1.concavnll hns arrIved In Dorlln
with the mnnusCl'lllt of the opern "no.
land o ! Derlln , " which Emperor WII.
IInm commissioned hIm to comll080
some yenra ugo.
Colonel C. A. Smllh , a ml11lonalro
lumber dealer o ! 1\tlnnonlolls ) , hn an.
nounced thnt ho would gIve 100,000,000
feet o ! lumbot. to the Dethany college ,
at Llndsborg , nanlJas. :
Jean do Reszlto has set to worle on
his Paris sInging achool with uch
enthusiasm Umt ho Is not IIlwlt' : to ho
temllted to return to the stage by any I
salnry that may bo offered to him. !
The first annual meotlng or the So. ;
clety o ! Chemical Industry over held
In Amerlcn will convene In Now Yorle
on September 8. Members w111 lie
present from nll quarters or the globe.
The German Enllneers' nssoclatlon ,
now In sessIon at Pranltfort-on-1\Ialn ,
Ims , unnnimously conferred the Gras.
hot , mCal } on Messra. Pnrsons and De-
Invnl , the vloneers In turbine IIropul.
slon.
DIvers In 'tho ' Drltlsh navy , ' before
tieing passed aR proficient In the craft ,
have to bo able to 'Worle In twelve fntb.
ems oC water for an hour and twenty
fnthoms oC water for a quarter or an
hour. -
An attempt Is beIng made In Vlenn\ ;
to lJ.orsuudo servants to pay : ! O ents
tl month toward nn oldago Insurance ;
'Jut ' after three : t'ears of worlc the [ .um
ncoded , to start the enterprlso ha ! ! not
heen securel1.
American reshlonts o ! Lonl1on pro.
110sb to honor the memory or John
Hnrvard , founder or the famous Mus.
[ ! chusetts college , by a wIndow 111
St. Saviour's chureh , SouthwarJc.
where 1\0 was born.
The memory of John Adam Dagyr ,
who Is credited with hnvlng founded
the , great modern shoo Inl1ustry o !
Lynn , Mass" was honored on Dunl < er
Hill day by the unvolllng or a tablet
at his grave In West Lynn cometor ) ' .
President Roosevelt has appolntlld
Il'ar : Admiral Rohloy D. Evans , R.ar
Admiral Henry R. Manney , llrl nllier
General A. W. Oreely , Lllmtenrtnt
. fJommnnder Joseph L. Jat'no : nd Pruf.
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, 'illiR S. Moore , chle ! of the weathtJr
hUrl'nll , ns a bonrd to consl Qr the
q.H' . t(1n : or wlroless telegrnphl 1)1 the ,
cervlco o ! the national govornment.
The r.tcunor Do\'or , the first t croat !
. the Paelt1c occan under her OWlI
steam , In 1831i , lying ' vrecltod at thc
mouth of Vancouver harbor for twelv"
years , Is to bo raIsed by the city 01
Vancouver nnd plnced on oxhlbltlo\ }
Stanley parle , with a lllacard recl\lnp
the historical event In which she tOOli
part.
,
ThloveR worked a successful schem (
for the robbery o ! a gambling hous (
at 1Ioullton , Tex. About 8' o'clocl. r
picco oC dynamlto was exploded undel
a llolcor tnble nnd tltQ crowd of 100 In
mates Immediately mndo a rush fOI
the mdt. During the excitement som
ono 'grnbbed UtO bank roll at the fnl'l
table , getUng between $1,200 and $1 ,
500 out o ! the drawer ,
Secretary Arthur l"rancls oC th. .
trans.1IflsslsslplJI Commercial Can
! ; ress , hns Issuell the cnll for the l\Jt
nual convention to be heltt In St. LOI1
Is September 10.17. 1t Is 1)3 tlnmtCt
that 2,000 delegateR witt bo In attend
ance. A movement Is now on fee
muon , ; officers oC the COII reS9 anci 0
the paUonal IrrIgation C(1nro ( s tc
ll'ld n joint session. 'fhe IrrlatlO1 :
congress Is scheduletl for m PUSf
Tex. , Imt E1 PMO 11COl110 nro ! Jolni
3 1ed to permit the change.
An ex1t1lusUvo report on the Oellort'
Slocum disaster In Now Yorle mnlte
It certain thnt : the death list from th
burned steamer will reach 1,000.
Senator Falrbanlts , tbo now repul
IIcan ylco presldentlal candldato , wn
Hlven nn enthttslnlUc welcome to hI
homo by the city on Indianapolis.
'fho transport Kllpatrlcl" having 0
board 400 l'orto Ricnns , sallod trot
San Juan tor Doston , and the Sumne :
with 200 teachers , sidled tor Ne1
Yor ) ; . 'rho teachers will spol1l1 tw
months In educational Institutions I
the UnitAl ! Btates.
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GERMANY TRADE
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MEMORIAL PRESENTED D THE
MANUFAcTURERS' LEAGU
:3AYS : OUR POnTS DISCRIMINATE
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Compll\lns that Detention Occurs
Even When Dond or Security Is
Volunteered-Protest Is Offered' to
the Present Methodo.
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D UUN-An hnportnat ' memorial
on the AmeNclln customa admlnlstra.
tlon and ( termun trn.do has been pre.
flonted by the Loall1e of Oonnnn
Manuacturers to Chllncellor von
Uuolow , Daron von lUchthofen , sec.
retary of foreign n.ffnh's : Herr Mool.
ler , Prusslnn mlnlstm' o ! commerce
nnll Industry , nnd lIerr Duenz , Oer.
lUnn consul general at Now Yorle ,
who Is now In Derlln.
The memol'lnl Is bnsed on material
which the lellguo collected In accord.
anco wIth , 11 resolution adopted In
H)03 ) nnd was written by the Saxon
manufneturer , A\red \ Petzschow , who
was scnt to the United States , to col.
lect Information among Importers.
'l'ho league summnrlzea Its views . In
the following flvo poInts :
1i'lrst-'flte American government
should bo provalled upon to accept
German mnnufaeturers' declarations ,
'sworn to lleoro American consuls , as
evhlenco of vnluo In all cases.
Second-It Is necessnry to relntro.
duca the former privilege of I1ppel\l.
ling t1lrectly to the Amorlcan treas.
ury department becnuse , under the
presenl practlco , decision rendered
lIy the genernl appralsors cannot ho
overthrown even when the courtse find
It to 110 erroneous.
'l'hlrll-Tho general appralsers
should be required to communlcato to
the Importer sentenced the Ilennlty
nnd duty , ant1 the reasons for the
bonrd's decision , so tbat the importer
enn defend blmsof. )
Pourth-Tho practlco o ! classing
German goods 80)d ) In the United
states as consigned and subject to
special leglslnttons merely because
the Invoices are not mndo out In 'dol.
Inrs nnd cents should cease.
Fifth-Shipments of goods and
samples should not be detained In
11ubllc stores as hitherto until the
buyr.rs 1'efnso to talto the goods be.
cause too Into dollvery and the sam.
pIes are no longer , nvallnblo for the
npproachlng senson ,
The memorial complains that such
detention now occurs oven when bender
or security Is offered , It concludes
with reference to the Importnnco of
tbo Gormnn marleet to American ex.
porters as being , much greater thnn
tbat of tbo American marltot to Oer.
many and argues , therefore , that it
Is only a question o ! how the Oer.
man government acts In the matter
$ hlch will dccldo the response : of the
American government to the wishes I
of the Oerman manuncturers. :
CABINET MEMBERS STEP OUT :
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Secretary Morton Will , Not Get to
Work as Soon as Others.
W ASIIINGTON.-Atlorney General
Kno" nnd S cretary of Commerce and
Lahor Cortelyou toole leave of their
: ) ablnet associateD at Tuesday's meet.
1ng. ThCjr ! successors , Secretary
Moody and Victor H. Metcnlf , nro ex.
{ lected to talto the oaths oC their new
ffices Friday , the begInning of the
now fiscal year. Paul Morton , Secre.
tary Moody's successor In the Navy
department , probably will not as sumo
the duties until next Mondny.
Mr. Corteh'ou , whllo ho leaves the
cabinet , taking up the dutlos of the
1)halrmnnshlp or the republlcan na.
110nal commltteo , will remain In close
touch wah the l1resldent and cabinet.
rIo nnd Secretary Dover will have
Iteadquarters at the Arllngton hotel.
Campnlgn headquarters will bo open.
cd In Now Yorle nnd Chicago about
August 1 , but It Is not expected that
the cnmpalgn worle will be In full op.
eratlon beoro September 1 ,
CLAIM CAPTURE THREE PORTS
Unconfirmed Report Alleget : Jap1nese
Success Near Port AI'thur.
TOKIO-It Is unomclallj' rell01'ted
that tbo Chile Wan Shan ChUan Shan
I\l\It So Cho Shan forts , liomhol\-t : ! of
thllt part of the Port ArUm ' ( leren os ,
were aptured on Sundny nft ( Jr an 1111
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t111t. : fight , beginnIng with an urtillery
duel. So Cho Shnn , It Is added , was
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fiu.t cnptured and the OU10" forts fell
soon aftorwnrd. The BuGslan'1 ro.
treated west , leaving forty denl' ' , aud
the number o ! wounded ha'3 not Men
uDc rtnlnel1. The JnlJaneSQ force can'
slsted of all branches o ! the st'vlce.
' ) fJto Japanese lost three o lcori : und
, . LOO men 1l\le ; : \ or wount1etl and cap ,
, . Lured two guns and II. quantity of am
munition. The officials ho.o do nol
confirm the relJort.
Jap ArmIes Form a Juncture.
'LONDON-Tho Toltlo correspontt ,
cnt of the Morning Post snt's : that th (
JalJanese second army has effected IJ
, uncturo with the first arm ) ' and thnt
the 'Yholo force now has a fightln ( :
trent oC 120 miles.
BrIgham Dies Suddenly.
W ASHINOTON-Nows has been re
celved hero o ! tbo denUat Delta , O.
of Colonel Joseph D. Drlghnm , assist
ant secretary o ! ngrlculture. Colone
rlghnm was chairman a ! tllO government
ernmont board at the St. Louis ox po
sltlon. Ho had let here Tueslln )
ovenlng tor St. Louis to attenl I
meotlng or the bonrd and had stop
ped are at Della for II. sbort visit
For many years ho has been l1roml
not In Ohio 1101IUcs antI has OccUIJlel' '
his IJresont position tor a number 0 :
yenrs.
WON DATTLI ! OF KINCHOU.
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Japanesc Commandcr Has Deser..cd
Well of His Country.
Oen , Olm , comn\nnder \ o ! the army
lhat toole Klnchou , atormed tito
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GEM.i'f1L 0Il77
heights of Nnnshan lilli , and drove the
Russlana before It , Is a veternn o ! the
Chlno-Jnpaneso wnr and for several
: rears wn ! : ! a member o ! the 1\l1Jmdo'a
'eupremo military council.
WEST RN CATTLE RAISERS.
Order Promulgated In March Works a
a HardshIp ,
WASHINGTON.-Dy an order pro.
mulgatod In 1\Iarch by the secretart. :
o agrlculturo It Is requIred tl at an
cnttle west of the 1\IIssIsslppi river
Intended for shipment should bo
"dlppcd" In 11 llrepnratfon prescribed
by the department for the pUl'110Se of
absolutely exterminating the sltln dls.
order , Imown ns the mange , wlilch hns
oxlated to 11 IImltod extent for mnny
years In that section. This order , If
rigidly enforced , would requlro thnt
all beef cattle , whether nffected by
the mango or not , should bo dIpped
twlco before shipment. As it has
been found Impossible to mnko prepn.
rations and round up and dIp the
cattle within the limited tlmo allowet1 ,
numerous petitions have reached the
depnrtment prnying for a relaxal10n
of 'the order. Today a delegation IL\ \ > '
peared before the secretary of agrlcul.
turo and later called on the preshlent
requesting the order to bo so nodll1cd
so as to o"bvlate the dipping of beef
cattle before shipment , and In lIeu
thercof to Instltuto rigId government
inspection at the point of shipment
before the cnttle are loaded on the
cars. The dolegatlon consIsted o !
Pormer S nator Carter , Representa-
tlvo Dixon and Hon. Comnd Kohrs of
1IontlnlMr. . Duoll of the Union stacIe
ynrl1s of Chicago nnd Joseph Rosen.
baum , representing the Chicago com.
mission houses.
The subject , which Is regarded as
p ! the first importance , will he given
careful consideration by the president
and Secretary Wilson.
RUSSIANS APPLY THE TORCH.
Burn Numerous Dwelling Ho'uses In
Koreiln Towns.
SEOUL.-A telegram recelyed here
from Gensan , Korea , relorts that Rus.
sian troops have burned Jlutnel'out !
dwelling houses In the towns of Kllju
nnd Hum Houng , nnd that at the lat.
ter place women were subjected to III
treatm nt.
Ono thousand Russian troops are
commandeering live stocle fool1s and
cnrts from a wldo area In northwest.
ern Korea. These men are on their
way to Vladlvostole and will cross the
Tumen river by means of recently
constructed brll1ges.
There are thrce cases or cholera
here. The men afectell are natives ,
and the disease hns not appeared
among the Jnpnnese troops.
MInister to Santo Domingo.
W ASHING'l'ON-Tltomas C. Daw'
son , the newly apllolnted minister to
Santo Domingo , cabled the state de ,
i1l1rtment \Vednesday notice of hlB
nrrlval at Puerto Plata. 'Insteat1 01
proceeliing directly to the capital 01
nnto Domingo to present himself te
President Morales In his capacity 01
minister to succeed Mr. Powell , tll (
1l0W minister will o talwn abonrl' '
the Newnrl" or If that vessel Is occu
III ed , then on the llancroft or Scor
pion , anll wl11 ylslt the llrlnclpnl portE
o ! Santo Domingo.
Child Falls Into Well.
IIUMllOLDT.-Cora I1obIJi ! , a 12
) 'earultl daughter o ! Taytor HJOln : c
this cltt' : , in nttemptlng to draw I
bnclwt o ! water , lIpped and was pre
clpltated twenty feet to the bottom 0
the well. Portunntcly the f'\H 11111 Ill'
stun her so ballh' but that she wa
nble to hold the 1'0110 until she wa
rescued.
Decrease In Fine Sliver.
W ASIl1NO'rON-The qunrterh' Of
Umato of the 'yaluo of foreIgn 'coln
Issued b ) ' the director o ! the mln
shows thnt there has been a deereasl
slnco April 1 , 190 , lthe vahte a
silver of .2197 cents lieI' fine ounce.
Clillm Cilpture of Three Forts
TOKIO.-It Is uno } claUt' : relJOrte
, thnt the Chile Wnn Shan , Chltan 81m.
. nntl So Cho Shl1n forts , southonst c
thnt part of the Port Arthur defence !
. were capturelt on Sunday after nn al
. da ) ' fight , beginning with nn nrttller
duel. So Cho Sbnn , It Is ndded , wn
first captured I1tHI the other torts fe
soon alo\'ward , The Russlnns rl
. treated west , leavIng fort ) . deall , an
. the llumber o ! wounded hns lOt bee
aocortalned. ' 1'ho Japanese forC'O COI
slsted o ! aU branche ! ! o ! the sorvici
The Jnpnneso lost three officers.
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RUSH TO GET LAND
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THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOM.
EN FILE ON TRACTS.
ORDER PREVAILS EVERYWHERE
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Crowds at the Land Office Stand In
Line All Night In Order to Be on
Hand In the Morning-Mias PItta
Gets Firat Chance.
SIDNEY , Neb.-Tho streets 111lCkc
with people from everywhere , any.
where and all other directions charac.
terlzed the opening hero or the Innd
to settlement under the new Klnlcn.hl
homestead bill. 'l'ho grnd nl gatber.
Ing of pcoplo ! r several days past
preparatory to the opening steadily
grew unlll with last evening's gor.
ge : > us Betting oC the Wcstern Nebras.
1m sun there had assemblcd in Sidney
an approximation o ! 1,000 land 10'
cnters. As denser fell the shadcs oC
the Sidney nIght , so n.lso closer grew
UtO ranIs and lines o ! the Cheyenne
homcseelters ,
Deds wore an utter Impossibility ,
and the future settlers coalesced into
long and serried columns , which oc.
cupled city streets and sldewall { ,
these columns reaching from cuburba
to the nIght-closed doors of the cen.
trally located land omco In the Obor.
feldeI' blocle. The night hours passed
rapidly wIth the jol\1ty \ of ngreeablo
concourse nnd comradeship and the
jubllanco o ! the next dny's assurance
of the ownership of wldo and rich
acres. .
The dawn llroadened to the daylight
and the daylight burst into th ( ) sun.
. light With tho' ' rising oC the sun the
long , IIno of waiting homeseckers
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steadlel ( 'themselves anew , and wIth
the opening of the land office doors
III 9 o'clock ere apparently as fresh
as If they 1ll1d counted no long and
wcnry periods o ! tho. waiting night.
Dllrlng the lagging hours or the
dare ) watches 1\IIss Nettle PItts had
been o.'brlght particular star , shedding
a cheerf l and constant radlanco from
ono end of the waiting line to the
oUlOr , nnd when at last the doors of
the land office w ro open , she and her
venerable father 'w re , by a unanimous
and hearty vote , given , Irrespectlvo of
any rotation In the IIno of land 10-
cnters , the first two land filings In
Cheyenne cQunty under the new Ktn.
Itnld homestead law , Jo1lss PItts quick.
ly filing on 0. superb 480-acro home.
stead nnd her father at once following
her wIth a 480-acro location. These
two locations starled the rush , and
from thence to 4 p. Ill. the filings fell
thlel" and fast , running at tfm.C9 as
high as one per minute , wIth 400 loca.
tlons reglsterOI for the dny and a
cash land omco amregato of $5,000.
The locations of tol1ay will aggregate -
gate 200,000 acrcs , whllo tomotTow
w1l1 see , the , filing on of at least 150 , .
OOQ acres adl1lfonal. The third day
will be handsomely represented , and
It Is expected that tbese three days
of Initial location under the Klnknld
homestead act will bring a total settlement -
tlement approximating liOOOOO acres
In the Sidney land district.
The Sidney lanll ofilco officials ex.
press the confident opinion that the
worle of locations of the first three
days will bo continued on a sumclent
scale to , prnctlcallt' : exhaust the entire
850,000 acres avallablo under the 1ln-
lcn.ld land act In lIlls distrIct wIthin
the next three months.
MORAL STANDARDS ARE LOW.
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Fashlonilble SocIety of the CIles Ar-
raigned.
AMHERST , Mass.-At the commence.
ment "exercises at. Amherst collegge
the baccn aureate sermon wus dellv.
ered by President George Harris , D.
D. Ho said , In part. :
"Tho fashionable society of onr
cities Is a society o ! the wealthy. The
vie with another In the
I rich ono expensiveness -
pensiveness of food , drinks , clothes
and decOl'ations. 'I'helr moml"stand.
ards are low. Dlvorco docs not reall
, a rich man 01' woman out of fashion-
I able soclott' : , They are the degener.
, ates of the cities , Dut not nil the
wealtht' : rush Into this silly scramble
oC vulgarity and sensuommess. There
are many who use wenlth to secure
. hlghcr Ideala. How othel'wlse coull1
I there bo culture , science , art , music ,
phllnnthropht' : , colleges , schools amI
ehut'.ches ? "
Cilpture Jap Provisions.
VLADlVOSTOK-A large Japanelc
1 schooner laden with provisions ha
ibeon br(1ught Into .port. Russian tor.
petlo boats hnvo destro'ed 11. . number
o ! other .Japnnese sailing crafts , loall ,
etl with fool1 , along the coast. oC Ja'
llan.
Wee It's Attendance at the Fair.
ST. LOUIS , Mo.-Tho total aUentl
nnco at tllO 'Vorlll's fair for the weeli
ending Saturl1ny nlsht , , Juno 25 , af
officlnlly announced , was 540,485 , alJ
Increase o ! over G5OOO over the pro-
vlous weolt nnd 402,777 over the totaJ
attemlance tor the first weclc.
Missouri Wants Cockrell.
JOPLIN , "lo.-\1Issou1'1 democrat !
will meet In convontlon here Wednes
day to elect thlrtt'-slx : delegates to lit (
natlonnl convention nt St. Louis. The )
wl11 lI1telt. : be Instructed unanlmousl )
to wore for the nomination o ! Sena
tor l"rnncls 1\1. cocter611 for president
United States Senator William J
Stone , Oov. A. M. Docltery and Con
gresSnml } Champ Clare ) and D. A. D
Armond 11.1'0 . In the lead tor delegate
at.large , although there Is a move
ment to malto ex.Senator George 0
Vest ono o ! the bIg tour.
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II NEBRASKA ST A T NEWS II :
NEDRASKA IN DRIEF.
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Lightning strucl" the fnrm reshlenc ( !
of Oeorgo McFarland , just north of
Alma , burning It to the ground. No h.
In ! ; ' was saYed. It was pnrtlnlb' In.
! ! urcd.
Jolm E. Carlson , a single mnn , ngod
20 , residIng near Malmo , WM ndjudr ; '
cd Insnno by the examining bonrd and
was talcon to the hospllal for the In.
sane at LIncoln.
The assessor's returna ahow thnt the
nssessed valuation oC AdnmR county
property , excluslvo of rallrond , this
year la $4,012li83 , as against $2,101 , .
82J : , the vl uation last : t'ear. 'fhls Is
a gain of ! )9 ) per cent. Whllo the valu.
atlon given has not yet been equal.
Ized , It Is not expccted that the fig'
ures will be materially changed.
An Ogalalla dIspatch says : Mat
Daugherty came In on the train from
the west yesterday and was shallng ; :
hands with his many Crlends. Ho wus
met here by his brother , nnd thot' : went
to their ranch In the North riveI' coun.
try for a mcatlon. 1\Iat 13 living at
Salt Lalce , and the western country
seems to agree with him , as he Is
looking fine ,
Roy Osborn and Dan Danum are the
names of two youths , 19 and 18 years
old , respectively , who are mallnt ;
their way from Denver to the \Yorht's
fnlr In 11 slxteen.foot bent , five feet
wide , passing Orand Islund last wece.
The lads expect to' reach the l\tlssonrl
before the water falls' materially nnd
withIn two days. They have been on
the way three weeles. I
At the urgent request of thc city I
bonrd of Papllllon , R. F. Darton , city
clerk , has resigned his position , This I
request followed upon the examination -
tion of the booles and the discovery , era
a shortage In the accounts. Tllero
were two warrants , amounting to
about $25 , which , It Is alleged , had
boon forged by Barton , also another
warrant that had been raised several
dollars above the original figures.
I The acceptance by Paul Morton
second vice president or' the Atchison ,
Topelel1' & Santa Fe railway , of the
I position of secretary of the na..y , was
11. complete surprise to bls many
friends In Nebraslm City , where he
was born and reared , He has repeatedly -
edly stated to them that he dId not
want nor would not accept any public
omce , and desired to bo left out o ! all
political combinations. I
Dallas Fortner , an Insane man cap. !
I
t'lred near Falrmont Decoration day ,
was brought to Oeneva and pl < 1.ce1 In
jail , It was found that ho had been. .
In the asylum In Iowa , from which ho. . .
had een paroled some tlmo ago. Sher-
tit Plge will tal < c Fortner to Omaha ,
where he wlll meet an omcer from
Jaclcson county , lown , who will talce
charge of th'o man /lnd return him to
the Iowa asylum.
The 1\lInlsterlnl association oC the
United Evangellstlcal church , Lincoln
district , which closed a three dars'
session at the church In Dawson , se.
lected officers as follows for the com.
ing year : Presll1ent , Rev. S. J. Shupp
of Lincoln , vlco president , Rev. W. L.
Dillow , Dawson : secretary , RCG , P.
. Netherly , Deavet. Crosslng. , Imm -
dlately after the adjournment of the
1\lInlsterlal assocIation the K. L. C. E.
conventton opened and held an Intor-
estlng session.
New Haven , Conn. , dlspntch : An.
nouncement will be made tomorrow
at Yale university of the senior np.
Ilolntments , and the list will Inclmle
thirteen for philosophical era lIonil ,
twentt'-five : for orntlons , twenty-nIno
for dIssertations , fifteen tor dlsputefl ,
thirty for second disputes , twenty-nino
for first colloquies and thirty-five sec.
end colloquies. Among the wlnnC/s :
In philosophical oratlorls Is Ouy n.
Morrison , LIncoln , Neb ,
Sherlfr Dauman or Dodge county
toole Gottlieb Zlnl1er to Lincoln. Ho
was before the board of htsanlty and
found a fit subject to recolve attention -
tion at the state hospital.
A mnn who gave his name anl1 I'm ; ! .
denco as John Dunleley , 1\Ianltnto ,
I 1\lInn. , was found lying about 1liO feut
east o ! the stocle yards chutes with
both legs crushed between the Ime < Js
nnd the bodt' : . The accident probably
occurred shortly before midnight. HI }
was trying to beat his way enst on
extrn 1881 , which regIstered out nt
11:45 p. m. No one , so fnr as can he
I ascertaIned , Imows nnythlng about the
occurrenco. He died from his WOI111I1s.
The residents o ! the vicinity of Ott'3
pond , near Orund Island , were awal .
en cd the olher nIght bt' : a decp roar
as o ! 11. cnnnon. They Imow 1I0t what
It meant , but as there was no recurrence -
renco o ! the shot nothIng moro was
thou ht of It until , on the next mom.
lng , dend fish by the scores were found
upon the shores of the la1te , contain.
Ing about seven acres o ! water. It Is
pt'esumed to bo the worl , of some ono
for whom the sport of fishln/ / ; wIth the
hoole , though oven thIs wns forbldl1en
on the llrlvato grounds , was too slow.
The 3.year-ohl child o ! , John Ogle ,
I a 'farmer a few miles east of lIum.
boldt , was severely and perhaps fatnl.
Iy scall1ed as the result of llt1l11ng a
l11ug from a washing mnchlno operated
by Its mother , COl11Illotely drenching
. tlte lIttle one with boiling wator.
Word has been received In Nebras.
. Ita City of the dentll of S. S. Howard
nt the home o ! his son.ln.lnw at Atlnn.
) tic , 111. He wns an ohi reshlellt the1'o
. ancl ono o ! the pIoneers. 110 left Ne.
. brnslm City nbout eIghteen months
, ago , hoping thnt the change would
benefit Ws fnltlng health.
SUGAR BEET BOUNTIES.
Judge Cornish Declares that They Are
Unconstitutional.
UNCOLN-Sugal' heet hounUm ; n.ro
unconstitutional. So declared , JltIlgo
Cornish In the district court , nnd JJO
sustained the ( lcmurrcr Of the altor-
noy general , who nglthnt the Btills
of UIC Oxnnrtl Sugnr C'Otn nllY nnd Ul
Norollt Sugar company ought 10 bit
dismissed. The two concerna nllwd : ! f
for 11101'0 thnn $50,000. , f t
The claims or the compnnies l.JIW
been bOo1'e successive leglslntures anil
permission was given at the Inst session -
sion tor the sugar mnnufacturers to
: 'suo the state and 'establish' the yn.lIdltt- :
I
i of their ebling ,
The companIes claim that tbo Rlato
promised a 'bounty of 1 cent' ] 'Iounel ,
In 1885. Betwecn the yenrs vf JtlU ! !
and 189(1. ( the companlc.s clnlm , ] , tIUO-
000 was Invcsted , with the undcrslnntl-
Ing that bounties would bo lm1l1. 'l'ho
act was repcaled In 1889 , but tlto Chro-
panles ch\lm that three-quarters or n.
cent wns'otel1 to rorelgn comptmtes , .
In 1891i. After the bUis were udltell
the attornet's : for the con1l1antcs statu
\
that the olllcials refused to ] 'Iny ' , asserting -
serting thnt the state lnckCll 1"1111118.
'l'hey argue that legislatures bav.o en. t
dorsed tbo claims and the last ODO dl- '
rected that suit be brought. " ,
Attol'lley ( Jeneral Prout argued'tlJ t
sugar beet raising was not' a lJt1bJl un- '
dortaltlng and that the leglslnturo b:1I1 \
no rIght to approptiate public money ,
1'01" such a purpose. 'l'he court lIphe(1 }
his contention. 'l'ho case may be tll'
pealed. I
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SECURES AN ANCIENT RELIC. !
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Morton History Picture of the
First Nebraska Mlnslon. I
LINCOLN-C. S. I'alne , manager or 1
the Morton llIEt01'Y of NebraskuJ has l
secured a picture or the old JcllCVtto i
mission , the 11rst mission mrtabllsJcII ! ;
In Nebraslm 1'or the conversion of 1ho
Indians , 'l'he plcturo Js In watel eLII- I
aI's and was secured trom Mrs. 3. 'J' .
Allan of Omaha. Ir. Allan had ( : omo
west about 1848 to seele his fortune ,
and had this picture painted to senll
bacle to his sweetheart In tlio CIWt
In order to give bel' an Idon. of IJer
future borne ,
The old mission was located in 'al-
most the very spot where llcUCV1m
college now stands. It was built 101'
the purpose of dealing with the Omn-
hl1 and Otoo Indians , nnd was the center -
ter o ! civilization and trade unUl Omaha -
aha was founded In 18li4. It was limIt
of hewn cottonwood logs faced on tb ( }
,
outside and Inside and was two stories
high , Later the mission waa converted -
ed Int.o a betel , and as the "llelltlv1w
house" was used for that IlUrll0SC tor
mnny : t'ears.
Official Harvect Opening.
I..INCOLN-Don C , Despain , Jllesl- ,
dent or the \Vestern Association" or
Free Employment bureaus , says tbat
the yield of wheat In the southern
counties of Nebraslta will be exceOlI-
Insly heavt' : , The wheat harvcst 'wla
begin July 7.
Sale of Lilnd Ordered. ,
.
The sale of several tl1ousalacrl'fl
of valuable hay and grazing lanl. In
McPherson county , own ell by tbo VII-
ley Land and Cattle company. was ordered -
dered by JUl1ge Munger In rel/eral /
tourt at Omaha.
Sarpy C unty Farmer Robbed ,
P APILLlON-1'hlcves stote u tmun
o ! mulcs and a buggy from tbo barn oC
L. Heacock , between Hprlngl1elrl : md
Oretna , in Harpy county. ' 1'ho prow
erty at this writing M , not bcon rc.
covercd.
Dillon In Path tlc Plight.
LlNCOLro.-'Vllllam Dillon , formerly
n. well ) mown Lincoln gra n dealer ,
sl1ent the other nlgbt In the city jn.lJ , 1
He was fonnd asloeI' In a hallway aUlI J
later taltOn to the station , His home
If' ' ! In Ch.cago , but he has como to l.in.
coIn to try to collect some bills , , , hleR
have long been ouUaweli. Ho seeml >
I
to be laboring \mder the delusion tlmt
'
many people owe him money and that
he must collect It. He has a 80n fmll :
other relatives In Chicago.
I f :
Bought Nance County BondE.
I I.INCOLN-mate 'l'rensurer Morten. : !
se'11 purchasC'd 'l , O U oC Nanco counly '
1 bonds Rnd the permanent scllOOI 1unll I
was reduced to , : ! USUUU. County col.
lectlons are slow at present , but UlIJ
stale treasureI' eXl1ects a l1vely move.
ment in court house and ) 'CCunl1tng
bon < 1s.
Easter \ Killed by Lightning. !
HAS'l'lNGS-urlng a thUndc.r .
storm lightning strucle and 1nsta-ntly
) ; l\1etl \ Frank Easter. a farmer JIvIng
' .1Orth of Ayr , Ho wn.s cnlUvaUnt ; I
corn In his field.
,
SOilrch for Boy's Body.
NORl < 'Ol.K - After l\orslstnJltly \ ,
searchh\g for two dat's : and two nlHhts
I divers have fallelt to locate tllO belly , . /
I of Wllllo Stl tl , the 14'enr-ohl lad \ . \
wlto was drowned In the } 1Idtorn rlvor
hero Sun1ay afternoon. } ) ynaU1lt1n
the river did not , as hntl been hOPII ) ,
bring the hOlly to the Rurtace , nnd the
8wollen chnnnel stili l'e alns the JlCe.
less term of the lad who swam Into a
whirlpool , His mother , a widow wtJo
IIvcs 11 ere , bas bl'en In a "ery serlons
condttton nlnce the shocle n.nt ! Jms :
been Itept undo : , chloro"ol'm constantly.
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