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: CUST R COUNTY R PUBLlCAn
I By D. M. AMSBERRY.
I BROltEN BOW. . . NlmIlASKA
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I I Brief Telegrams
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Lord Curzon Is fmld to he OliO ot
the most economical dressers In the
Urltlsh peerage.
'rho 'roldo correspondent oC the
I"rankort Zeltung says that the VI ad-
I Ivofitole squudron has returncd to
I Vladlvostolc.
I The drouth hns almost dcstro'ed
I the mnle crop In Roumanla Illld the
I government hus prohIbIted the eXllor-
I tatlon ot mal1. ( ! .
The BrItish museum contains over
two million vohlms ! ot prlntecJ IJOoles
nnd mnnuscrlpts , which are stored
upon fort ) ' mllcs of shelvIng ,
Christening ot a Filipino ho ) ' , horn
on .Jul ) ' G , at whIch President 1"l'Ilncls
acted as godfather , too It pIneo at the
Phlllpplno reservatloll , Worill's fall' .
.Judgo Parlcor's Invitation to Richard -
ard Olney of 1\IussachuseLts \ to visIt
Hosemount has heen aocepted , and
i\lr. Olney Is expected wIthIn a fort-
nIght.
Uoston ( orestry experts will mnke
an attempt to solve the forest prob-
10m oC the country and seek to promote -
mote the growth of timber In the
mhldlo west.
PresIdent Hoosovell refuses to con-
siller nny overtures for the national
settlement of the strlltc , on the
I ground that the trouble docs not aC-
fect the nation.
'rho father of Eugene Schumann ,
the assassin ot General obrllwrr ,
governor general of FInland , hils been
sent to St. Petershurg under an es-
I cert oC gellliarmes.
Dr. C. H. 'I'ILtman , chlot oC the coast
and goodetlc survey , Is about to start
fl1r Alaslm to InSIJOct the worle of the
surveyors oC the houndary In hehalt
of the UnIted States.
In the last few weelcs slncu the
planting oC trees on the government
forest reserve In the Diamond HIveI'
, 'alley In Nebraslm. began : :00,000 :
trees have heen plantel' ' .
At East Hampton , Maas" Rov. , J. D ,
Stoops reslgnClI the pastorate of the
FIrst Congregational church , ho havIng -
Ing accepted 0. ooll to the chaIr of
philosophy In GrInnell college , Iowa.
Corwin Spencer , one of the largest
operators In the St. LouIs grain mar-
Itet , sa's ho will no longer trade In
St. LouIs , followIng the fight over
the settlement of the July wheat cor- !
ner. I
ner.Jacleson
Jacleson II. Ralston of Washington
has sIgned hIs final award aR umpIre
of the Itl1l1an Veno1.uelan commIssIon -
sIon and thIs completes the labors of
all the recent Venezuelan mIxed com-
mIssions.
After a weele of mental anguIsh ,
during whIch ho conLlnuall ) ' wOllt amI
prayed , I ranle Benedotto , who murdered -
dered hIs wlfo durIng a fit of jml-
ous ) ' , commItted sulcldo In l s cell In
the count ) ' jail at ChIcago by hangIng
himself.
The hlg battIeshlll OhIo , ono oC the
latest and most powerCul mOllel ot
fighting craft built for the UnIted
States government , 11011 her olllclal
trIal trhJ In Santa Barhara channel.
She feIl ShOl't of the government re-
qulroment.
Burlington crop reports for the
week show IJlenty of raIn over most
ot Nebraslm , but dry between Franlt-
1In and BloomIngton , Indlanola and
McCook , Atlnnta and Oxford , and on
the Imporlal line ,
G. K. Thompson has been appoInted -
ed general western llUssenger agent
of the West Shore railroad , wIth
lundquarters at ChIcago , For fifteen
'cars 1\11' . Thomllson has been ChIcago -
cage passenger agent of the WIsconsin -
sin Central.
The democratic state conventlQn of
'Vashlngton nomInated oxSenator
George Turner for governor amidst
wild enthusIasm.
Robert Garrett of Daltlmoro county
was nomInated for congress II ) ' the
ropubllcans of the Second 1\Iar'land
congrcsslonal dIstrIct.
Twelve humlrell worlmen : at the
Pullman car worlts have been laId oft
slnco Juno 1 because of laclt at busl ,
1106S.
1106S.Dr
Dr , Dowlo slves a new solution for
the cause ot warm weathor. Ho says
the humid and oppresslvo heat Is due
to the pres nco In the all' at mJ\\lons \ \
at IIttlo dovlls , sent hero by the evil
ono to annoy sInners ,
President Oscar Murray at the Dal.
tlmoro & OhIo rnllroad sallOll for Europe -
rope , after 0. conCerenco wIth the vlco
presidents and the heads at dOJUI't- ]
monts regardIng the present conditions -
tions and future lllans at the rand.
Intormatlon have been receIved at
the World's Call' state buildIng that
Judge and Mrs. Alton D. Parltcr ha\'o
accepted the InvItation at National
CommItteeman Norman E. Macle to
bo his guests on Now Yorle day , October -
ber 4 ,
Seven ] Jersons were Injured In a
wrecl ; : on the LoulsvJ\\o \ \ & Nashvlllo
railroad near SlaughtorvJ\\e. \ \
The homo rule territorIal cOI1\'en.
tlon ot HawaII nomInated Chnrles
Notley , a halt whlto , for delegate to
congress. The ] Jlatform adOIJtod de.
mands statehood tor HawaII.
FOl'est fires In the Gila forest re ,
serve , Arizona , whIch 110ve raged Cor
the IJast two months , dOf'lngall of ,
forts at forest rangers amI dovastat'
tng an area at fifteen sQuare miles 01
fine thnbor , havc be < > . n put out by
b avy rains.
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STOCKMEN WANT ,
.SEC. WIL.SON VISITS THEM TO :
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IS SEtH BY THE PRESIDENT I
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Spenks of Work of His Depnrtment-
Discusses Problems That Hnve to
Be Met-As to Tnklng Part In I
Butchers' StrIke.
DENvmt , Colo-Secretary .1.omes
Wilson of the dcpartment of -
turo nnd Dr , I . Salmon , chIef agrlcul-1
bUl'l1u oC animal hlfhllltry , arrIved In
DenvM 'I'hursday aUlI met wIth the
specIal lallli comrn Ilslon ! and the rep-
reselltallvc8 of the Nl1.tlonal Llvo
Steel , aSRoclation for 11. dIscussIon of
the grazIng lanll and forest reserve
queRtlolI.
At the first sosslon Secretary Wilson -
son made IIn address. There were
200 llelegates present.
In his adllress Secretary Wilson
Emlrl ho had como to Denver as the
relrcsentatlvo ] of the JJresldent to
learn what wall agltatln [ ; the cattle-
11lOn , anll declarell It to bo the poInt
of both hIs department nnll the ad-
mlnlstratlon to brlnIIbout / maI'o cordIal -
dIal and pleasrmt relations hetween
the officIal government UIU the stocle
growers of the countr ) ' .
1\11' . Wilson 81JolO ot some of the
prohlems hIs department has hall to
deal with ; of questions pertaIning to
the breedIng of horses , oC the need
of water , the rights ( JI stocltmen anll
the necesslt ) ' of forest reservos. He
] JoInted out that the hul1cHng ot great
levees ulong the MIssIssIppi at New
Orleans was the outgrowth of the
wIpIng out of the forests In the coun-
tr ) ' hIgher lip. 'I'h ! ) llestructlon of
the trees , he saId , hall rumoved the
only means for holdIng hacle the
snow In the hills , with the consequences -
quences that sreat deluges resulted ,
and these hl1.d cost the government
and people countless 'thousands In
the destruction of property.
'rho nfternoon session of the conference -
feronco of stoclm1Cn and federal land
commIssIon WIlS do\'oted to dIscussions -
sions on grndn : on government lands
and the necesslt ) ' for the enactment
at laws regulating or governIng the
same.
A commltteo on resolutions was ap-
polntod , among the mom bel's hqlng
Mortimer Level'lng , Indlanu : C. E.
Adams , Nebraslm , ul\(1 1\lurdo \ l\Ic-
1\.en1.lo , ' 1'exas ,
] n nn Intervlow Prosldent Hagon-
harth of the National Llvo StacIe assocIation -
socIation , dIscussing the report that
the western caWell1en Ilow In conference -
feronco In Denver with government
olllclals woulll attelllilt to breal , the
ChIcago butchm's' strllcc , Is quoted as
sayIng : "Wo have troubles at our
own , and whllo wo would 111\0 to see
the strJlto seWed , there Is nothIng
for us to do In the matter. "
CORTEL.YOU MEETS PRESIDENT.
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Have Thirty Advisers _
WASHINGTON - Hopllbllcan National -
tional ChaIrman Cortelyou arrl\'ed
hursday from ChIcago , He called
on Pl'esldent Roose\'elt for an hour ,
The conference related largol ) ' to de.
tails of the openIng of th'3 cumpalgn
headquarters In ChIcago and the political -
litical sItuation In western states ,
ChaIrman Cortolyou declined to be
Intm'vlewed for ] lIIbllcatlon regardIng
the campaIgn or un ) " of his recent oh-
servatlons , Ho ex II res sed } Jleasure I
that the national executlvo commIttee -
tee , the pOl'sonnel of whIch he announced -
nounced two days ago In ChIcago , hall
met wIth sllch general allJro\'al.
Mr. CUI'teb'ou wl\1 \ not announce ,
perhaps for several Ilays ) 'et , the
composItion of hIs campalg-n advIsor ) '
commIttee. Thllt commltteo WIll consIst -
sIst of promInent republicans from
varIous parts of the countr ) ' . Its
number Is not limIted r\lld It ilia ) '
Include thIrty mombers.
f'ACKERS SEE THE END.
Declare Everything at the YardB Is
MovIng Along Swimmingly.
CHICAGO - 1'he meat l'H\clwrs ,
whoso union emllo'es ] are on strllco ,
claim to bo In a hetter posItion now
than at an ) ' time sInce the struggle
bogun. When asled : for the 1111.clcors'
sldo at the sItuation Arthur Meelcor ,
general manager for Armour , saId :
"Tho strll\O mo. . ) ' bo saId to ho near
an en(1. At the I'uto wo are sccurlng
ompo'es ] It wl\1 \ he only 0. matter of
a short tlmo now until ovorythlng
w1l1 bo In normul condition with'us
oncQ moro , When the butchers and
worlemen repudIated tholr agreement
and renewed the strJlw , after sIgnIng
an agreement to submIt all grlovances
to arhltratlon , wo made a spoclal effort -
fort to win the fight and wo have
, been great deal maI'o successful In
our eftorts than the IIIost sangulno
ot the emJlorerl3 ] had hoped for. The
other emllo ] ) ' < > . s' places have been filled -
ed so pron1\ltl \ ) ' thnt very tc\v of the
strllcors wl\1 \ over bo able to got bacle
theIr old places , nnd those who do
will como bade us Inlllvllhmls. "
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Stockmcn May Intervene.
DENVER.-'I'ho News Bays that 1\
movement to Intervcno In the great
puclcers' strll\O In the east wl\1 \ I'CflUlt
from n moetlng of IIvo stocl ; : men from
011 ] larts at the west whIch heglns
hero. Stacie growers from ] lractlcnll ) '
every stnte west at the : \lIssourl river
wl\1 \ bo In Denver , anll because of a
lacl ; : at demand tor theIr cattle , the ) '
will start a cnmpal1\ ( the Indepoml.
ent l1art ) ' to secure an Immediate set.
I tloment of the strl1O. The atoclmen :
have been called to moot federal am ,
clals nnd to dIscuss grnzlng.
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HAS SUNK MORE THAN ONE SHIP
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Vladivostok Squndron Returns to Port
and Tells of Action. I
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VI..ADlVOS'I'OK-'l'ho
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cruIser dlvll'llon ' returned to port nt
,1 o'cloclt ) 'esterdllY aftornoon. The
cruIsers were III perfcct condItion ,
'l'hey captured , durIng theIr cruIse , the
stenmer Arabia IInd destroyed some
schooners , n slllull .Jalanoso ] steamer ,
ono Gerllllln steamer and ono BrItish
Hteamer. 'I'ho laot.mentloned two
were carr'lng contraband materIal ,
and h011 neurl ) ' reuehcd their destlnn-
tlon-Yoltohama-hut were almost
without coal , and It was thereroro 1m-
pOIHilhlo to senll them to Vladlvostoe. ]
' 1'he cl'IIlsors steamed up and down
In ( rent of the Japanese capital , hut
faw ! nothIng of the onemy's warships.
AllhouJh the RUHslan vesses hud only
three oors through whIch to get homo
-tho straltR ot Corea , La Perouso
straIt and Tsugaru 8tralt-whlch ap-
] larently could el\slly III\\'e heen barred
hy Vlco Admlrnl Kamlmurn's vessels ,
bad luclt ] 1IIr8uell the .1alllneso ] admiral -
ral , and the Husslan cruIsers had no
dIfficulty In eludIng hIm.
FUSION IN KANSAS _
Populists Accept Offer of Democrats
to Divide Offices.
TOPEKA , Kan.-After midnIght
thIs mornIng the populist state convention -
vention , which had spcnt the nIght
dlscussln the ] n'oposnl to fuse wIth
the democrats In the stuto campaIgn ,
decIded to accept the democratic offer
of n division of the ticket. 1'ho mId-
( tleftheroad faction of the IJOlU- ]
IIstR at on co announced dIssent , withdrew -
drew from the hull , organized nnother
convention and adjourned unUl 10 a.
m. , when It Is oXlectml they wJ\\ \ \ nomInate -
Inato 0. straIght tlclJt. The fusIon
forces nomhmted Davl M , Dale for
governor _
Roosevelt SendB an Inspector _
CIIICAGO.-Inslector ] Carroll , the
specIal representatlvo of the United
States department of commerce and
lahar , who ohtalned the C\'ldence for
the government on which nn Injunction -
tion was Issuell about two years ago
by .1udgo Peter S. Grosscup of the federal -
oral dIstrict court , enjoinIng the
larger ] JI1cldng companIes from combIning -
bIning In mallng : the ] 1I'lces , eIther as
bu'ers of live stocle or sellers of meat ,
was In the stocle yards here thIs afternoon -
ternoon Investigating condItions. The
Inspector's presence Is hy dIrection of
the delartment ] of commerce and ] n-
hal' , actuated , It Is stated , b ) ' dIrect orders -
ders from PresIdent Roosevelt , who Is
anxIous to obtaIn exact Information.
Wheat Makes Sharp Advance.
CHICAGO-Under the Influence of
a buyIng furore whIch had been grow-
In ! ; tor some dn's , ] Jrlces for wheat
mndo sharp advances here Tuesda ) ' ,
September ut one tlmo 1) ) ( lng 2c.
nbovo Satmda"s closIng quotations.
The excitement was basell largely on
alarming reports of rust damage to
the sprIng wheat crop In the north-
west. In addItion to pessImIstic domestic -
mestic advlces , the condItion oC much
of the continental crop was saId to bo
had as n result of drouth. Sept em her
OIJtlon oJCned ] with a gnln of % @ % c ,
to 1 , @ % c. , at 2 % @ 2c , . sohl up to
9.1c. and closed at 9194 4c.
Another Rush for Lmd.
DEVIUS I..ARE , N. D.-Nearl ) '
1,000 persons arrIved Thursda ) ' to
await the beglnnln oC regIstration for
the reservation opening. mong the
first to arrlvo uro alio Iowa men , most
of whom registered In the Rosebud
opening , but failed to drnw a farm.
The first bIg rush Is expected on Saturday -
urday , when n specIal excursion traIn
wl\1 \ arrlvo from the east. Arrangements -
ments have been IJerfected to mala :
the same rates for the vIsitors to the
lake as to Grand I"orls and this no
doubt will swell the crowds ,
Violate L.ottery L.aws.
nOSTON.-.John l\IUI'lIhnlI Dal'rr
nnd Prancls \Vebster , officers of nn
organl1.atlon Imown al ! the NOl'tl1
AmerIcan Trust , were arrested on
Thursday b ) ' UnIted States olllcors on
n chal'go of conspll'ln to defraud the
public. ' 1'he ) ' are nlso accused of r n-
ductlng a buslnoss In vIolation at the
antl.lottery laws. The concern has
branch ofilces In n number of cities.
In .Juno l\Inssachusetts \ olllcers Instituted -
tuted ] Jroceollings agaInst the can-
corn , and the supreme court allpofnt-
cd Bllrton P. Gray as receIver.
Meat Inspector Goes Insane.
CEDAR RAPIDS , \Ia-Drlvon \ In-
snno b- news at the butchors' strllw ,
Alfred Day , meat Inspector for the
pactlng ] house here , committed sill-
chlo here by hanging , Day's hallu.
clnatlon was that the strllco hall extended -
tended to Cedar Rnplds , and that hIs
1Ifo was endangered because ho dIll
no& go out wIth the stl'lI < ors.
European Squadron at Sea.
TRIESTE , Austrla-'rho Amerl'an
bl\ttleshh1 and EllrolJOan squadroll ! !
unller the reslectlvo ] commands of
Rear AdmIral Balcer nnd Hoar Admiral
I Jowell sailed SII\1IIay for Flumo.
I Successor to Van Plehve.
ST. PBTBRSBURG-Tho faNeach-
Ing character of the machInery of the
mllllstry ot the InterIor and the urgent
necesslt ) ' fOl' dea1lng wIth man ) ' pendIng -
Ing matter ! ! of Importance render It
Imleratlvo that the omleror ] s < > . lect a
flUCCOSRor to 1\1. \ Yon Plehvo hnmecll-
ately and It Is consIdered certaIn that
ho will do so In a few days. Infiu-
onces hostllo to M. WlttQ , In splto rf
, hIs aclmowlellged great nblllty and the
I general be1l0t that ho Is the man Cor
, the posItion seem to render his all-
4 IJolntmnt ! 1.I crea.sngl ! ) ' In posslble.
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REPUSlE OF JAPS
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AS TO THE LATEST ASSAULT ON
RUSSIAN STRONGHOL.D ,
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Russians Declare That Port Arthur
Will Never Fall-They Expect ,
However , Great Destruction of
Property In That Stronghold.
CIIE FOO-The steamer Wuchow ,
whIch hns just arrIved hero from New
Chwang , brIngs further clotalla of UlO
latest Japanese assl1.ult on Port Ar-
thur. When nearIng Cho Fee the Wu-
chow como upon a junle carryIng
Reven men , Cour women and a boy ,
who left Port Arthur yesterday. The ) '
reported that the fighting' north at
the city of Port Arthur occurrell at
WeIr 11111 , and was sl1.nguhmr ) ' , resulting -
sulting In the relmlso of the Japaneso.
ThIs hIlI Is sltuatod near the railroad ,
and eIght traIns were Icept busy bringIng -
Ing the wounded soldIers Into the city.
The wounded men Cram east forts
reached Port Arthur In all kInds of
vehIcles , man ' , however , comIng
afoot , draggIng shattered limbs.
The RussIans unltted In declaring
that the fortress will never fall , but
they eXIJect that scnrcely a buildIng
will bo left in the cIty , where there
now Is scarcely a whole pane at glass.
' 1'ilo 'Vuchow confirms the statement -
ment thnt the fl htln ; abatcd during
the night at Jul ) ' 28 , but had not completely - \
pletoly subsided when the refugees
loft.
loft.Tho
The Russian fleet , from Its anchorage - ;
age , shelled the advancIng Japanese ,
after returning from what seems to
have been a reconnoIterIng mnneuver.1
The Chlneso arrivIng here tonlghtl
sa ) ' that the .Japaneso actually captured -
tured two IIghtl- garrIsoned fOl'ts on
the east shore , but abandoned them
when thoh' comrades were repulsed
from the other posItions. The Hus-
slans , however , InsIst that thIs Is un-
trlle.
trlle.The
The forts at Port Arthur brlstlo
with guns , Including many of 8-lnch
caliber , but the naval artl11er'men
are alleged to hl1.vo Infilcted the h9av-
lest loss on the .JaJ ] neso.
The present unusual exodus from
Port Arthur Is duo to the granting of
IJOI'mlsslon to leave the besieged cIty ,
which heretofore the RussIan olllclais
have withheld. In most Instances the
refugees are people of the bettcr class
who al'o comlolled to pay oxorbltant
prices for junles , which are scarce ,
The .Japanese , while repulsed , 111\vo
by no means been beaten , and n renewal -
newal of the fighting was expected
when the junk departed yesterday
from Port Arthur.
A second junle which left at the
same time , enrr'lng the officIals of
the DanIsh East Asiatic company nnd
their families , has not yet arrived at
Che Foo.
COUNT KEL.LER KIL.L.ED.
Japanese Shell Ends the Life of Russian -
sian General Near L.lao Yang.
l\1UKDEN.-It \ Is reported that Lieutenant -
tenant General CQunt Keller has been
1,1II0d east of Llao Yang.
LONDON.-A dIspatch to a. news
agency from St. Petersburg confirms
the report of the death of General
Keller , sayIng ho was 1.llIed b ) ' a fragment -
ment of n Japanese shell nt the tlmo
he was OPIJoslng the .Japaneso advance
along the railway near Hal Cheng.
Lieutenant General Count Keller , at
the oponlng of the war , was In command -
mand of the Second SIberian Army di-
vIsIon. Ho was 64 ) 'ears old , and resIgned -
sIgned the go\'ernorshlp of Elcaterl-
nostarr In order to go to the front.
General Keller toole part In the three ;
campaIgns of the Russo-'rurlclsh war ,
In 188 he commanded the ImperIal
Hlllo regIment and later was director
of the corps of ImperIal pages , hy
whIch I < eller came In contact wIth
the members of the ImperIal famll ) ' ,
with whom ho was In great favor. Gen-
I ? 1"1\1 Killer was consldercd to be the
possessor or cool judgment and to bo
n fine strateslst. Though a strIct dIsciplinarian -
ciplinarian , Keeller was a Iclnd and
careflll olllcer and pOlmlar wIth his
men , Ho were n short gray beard ,
had I < oen blue o'es and dressed In
lehalcl.
GRAFTING IN AMERICAN NAVY.
Board Investigates Report That Petty
Officers Are Selling Rating.
NEW YOItK.-A nnval hoard Is Investigating -
vestigating reports thnt certain petty
ofilcers on the receivIng shIp lIan-
coel" stationed at the Drooltlyn 11OV ) '
'ard , have been selling ratings or promotions -
motions to sailors tor cash. The reports -
ports were started by buojackets ] who
tal1 < od freely of the mottoI' ashore ,
When the commissioned omcers em
the shIp and , In the 'ard heard at
these reports they reported to the
nnvy department , and a board was de-
tulled to Investlgato the rumors.
A now bluejncltOt recently appeared
on the lIancocl ; : . It wns saId thnt he
had heen transferred from the WashIngton -
Ington navy ) 'ard. On the I1ancocle , It
Is alleged , ho had a talk wIth n petty
officer nbout hIs ratln ! ! ; and paId $26
for un advancement.
Winner Is In Washington.
LINCOLN. - Wl1\lam \ McCormacle ,
who was Ilrstln the Rosebud drawing ,
Is not now a resIdent ot Lancnster
count ) ' , us telegrams first reported. Ho
Is emllo ] 'ptl In the treasury depart-
1I1ent at WashIngton , and until recent.
I ) ' hIs ] JCollo ] lived In Clay Center ,
Neb. The ) ' now IIvo In 1\Ilssourl. Mc-
COI'01Ucl : formerly attendoll business
collcge horo. It was reported that ho
wus a barboI' , ell1llo'ellln ] the Pioneer
shoJ ] , hilt thIs report grow out at the
fact that a. soldlrVh ! ' registered
works there.
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THE STATE AT L.ARGE.
Worl ! Is r'Jpldly progressIng on
West Polnt'a new pas smigel' depot.
The four-weelts-olcl child of11' .
ancl Mra. Fred CarroIl of Nora was
found dead In hed.
Lancaster county has Irnugurated n
"an movcment for the l ol1ectlon at
dollnquent personal taxes.
Premont gardeners report potatoes
rottIng badly on account of the wet
weather. 'I'ho quality Is good nncl the
yIeld fall' . Sweet corn Is rather baclt-
ward.
1\1lss \ Cathr.rlne Woods , who taught
In Plattsmouth for two years , has
been appointed secretary to Prof. J.
W. Crabtree , new presIdent of the
Peru Normal.
.James W. Scott , a farmer livIng D-
Cow miles north of Humboldt , lost
two valuable mille cows as the 'result
: If a strolee of lightning , both animals
beIng Instantly Idlled.
WillIam McCormack , who was first
In the Hosebud drawIng , Is not now
resIdent of Lancaster county. Ho Is
employcd In the Treasury del10rtment
it WashIngton , and until recentl ) ' his
people lived In Clay Center , Neb. 'fhoy
now live InlIssourl. .
Thrcshlng of wheat Is now the order -
der of the day In .Johnson county.
The cro ] ) Is very poor , many flelcls
hardly beIng worth the cutting.
30me few flehls will yield Cram twelve
to eIghteen bushels IICI' acre , but ten
bushels per acre Is a more common
thing.
Major Church Howe , UnIted States
onsul genernl at Atnwerp , Belgium ,
9.rrlved home In Nemaha count ) ' reo
; IOn tI y , looldng hale and heurty. The
major Is glad to return home and
greet hIs old Nomaha county frIends
mco more. Ho l1lccs his work and
Ute nt Antwerp.
Henry SchneIder , proprietor of n
meat market at Danbur ) ' . was found
: Jead IR bed. The top of his he d haIL
been shot off from the dlschnrge of a
shot gun. It Is the general belief
that the man committed suIcide. He
obtained a divorce from hIs wlfo at
the Juno term o ! court.
Armour's pacldng house at Lincoln
has been closed down and will not be
reopenell , 1\1. \ 1\1. Eearle , who has
been the resIdent manager , will open
up huslnes in the same locality on
his own responslblllt ) ' . The Armour
firm employed fifty-two men , who will
be thrown out of worle.
The $40,000 school bonds which
were voted In Hastings July 6 for the
construction of 0. new high school
were sold at public auction. The
bonds were bought by Noble , 1\1oss \ &
Co" of DetroIt , 1\1lch" \ through the
Exchange National bunk of Hastings
'
nt premium of $1,050.
Bernhart H. Schweln has filed hIs
petition In the distrIct court of Dodge
county preying to have hIs name
changed to Schrlne. Ho wants the
change because the old ono doesn't
sound god In English and nlso be.
cnuso ho Is a student In theology ,
soon to bo ordaIned as a clergyman.
John D. Pope of FrIend ] eft for his
new home In Chicago. On til0 eve of
hIs departure nhout five hundred of
the leadIng cItizens of Friend and the
surroundIng country gnthered on the
lawn of 1\11' \ . A. n. Sanders In order to
hId farewell to theIr csteemed cltl1.en
and frIend , and ] Ire sent hIm with a
tolwn of theIr apprecIation.
At Falls CIty on circus do ) ' D , S.
Hurrnall at Rule came to town to see
the show and at the sarno time nttend
to some busIness. nelng townshIp
treasurer at Rule he drew $465 or
pUblic money and retul'I\ed home on
the afternoon traIn , The traIn was
crowded. A short tlmo after leavIng
the traIn te 101 < cd for hIs monoy. It
was gono. It Is thought his poc.et ]
was ] ) Iclwd.
The whent ) 'Iehl In Pawnee county
Is saId to be very satlsfnctor- .
! The corner stone Cor the 11Omo or-
I fico buildIng of the Ro'al Highlanders
wns successfully laid at Aurora ,
An accident occurred upon the
streets of Cedar llilplds , by which
WillIam Sterling of that IJlaco lost
hIs life. He was engaged In moving
n largo Crame buildIng , usIng blocl ,
and four horses for motlvo power.
Whllo he was driving the horses a
double-treo broke and the end of the
taliI' horse evener beIng releascd ,
came bacl ; : nnd struck him In the 1'00
glen ot the stomach , resllltlng In hie
death four hours later.
Thomas Roane , a colored soldIer
from the Twenty-fiCth Infantry , who
hnd gene Insane atter servlco In U1Q !
PhilippInes , passed through Platts- I
mouth from Fort Creole to WashIngton -
ton , D. C" accompanied by two members -
bers of the hospital corps , The un.
fortunate man's hands were fastened
together and hIs feet were shacleled ,
and to prevent nlm from talltlng In-
cesantly In Sl10nlsh and English at
the top oC his voIce It was necessar ) '
to keep n cloth drnwn through Rnd
ever his mouth.
The city of Osceola used to have a
wenther service , but on account of
neglect It got Into dlsreputo rmd was
abandoned , nut through the good worl ,
of Congressman HInshaw , the seetlon
cllrectOl' and JUdge Salll1llers n weather -
or sen'lco has bcen e tabnsned again.
'rho remulns at John Weden were
founel deea'ed In hIs home at DartIoy.
Ho had been In poor health fa I' sarno
time , At the cOl'on < > . r's Inquest It was
founel that ho llled from naturnl
causes , He was an old soldier , very
eccentrIc and lived alone In his own
bome. '
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ROSIZWATER FIL.ES PROTEST.
Appears Before State Bonrd of Equall.
zatlon.
LINCOLN.-Edward Rosewa'tcr of '
Omaha appeared before the state
board at equall1.atlon and spol < o of
propert ) ' valuations In the stato. 110
10111 down the general proposItion that
the railroads huvo been assessL"Cat
from 25 to 30 per cent below theIr a :
tual value. : "
After rnaldng an address to the A
board , Mr. Hosowater filed the follow
Ing protest :
"To the Honorable State Board at
Equall1.atlon.
"Gentl men : In behalf at the , tax.
pa'ers of Nc1J'raslm 1 woulcl respect.
fully represent to 'our honorable
body-
"First , That the ral1roada In the
state of Nebraslm represent fully , If
not more , oIH .fifth of the taxable
wealth of the state.
"Second , That the assessment of
railroad prolorty for taxation during
the year 1904 approximates $236,000"
000 , or from $65,000,000 to $80,000,000
less than theIr true value , based either
on their call1tall1.atlon or upon tl1elr
earnIngs.
"Third , That It would be a gross via.
latlon of the unlformlt ) ' clause of the
constitution to assess real and personal -
sonal property at a hIgher ratio than
the property of ralll'oads.
"I < 'ourth , The assessment of rail ,
roads for 1904 havIng heen fixed at
from 25 to 30 per cent. below theIr
actual value , I would respectfully ] Je-
titian and urge 'our honorable body
to equall1.o the ; 1ssessment of nll real
and persona ] property returned by the
count- assessor as near as posslblo
to the ratIo of assessment made by
the board In the valuation of 1'11.11-
roads. "
MRS. L.IL.LIE FIL.ES PETITION.
States Reasons Why Rehearing
Should Be Gr mtcd.
LINCOLN , Neb-On amended petition -
tion for the rehearIng In the supreme
court ot the case of 1\1rs. \ Lena Margaret -
ret LIllie has been filed. 1\Irs \ , : r.1ll1 :
Is stili In jail at David CIty under an
extensIon of the suspcnslon of sentence -
tence of lIfo Imprisonment In the penitentIary -
tentIary for the alleged murder of her
husband , Harvey Lllllo.
The petition contaIns 119 poInts of
alleged error. Some of the chIef poInts
nre that Charles S. Cnrllslo and Joseph -
seph Hilger were not quallfiel to sit
as jurors In the origInal trIal In the
lower court ; that the suprema court.
erred In holdIng correct the experiments -
ments conducted by detectives during
the orlglnnJ trial ; that It erred In 1I0t
admItting new testlmon ) ' regardIng the
finding of 0. bloody shIrt near the
scene of the crlmo : thut It errell In
not reversIng and remandIng the case
because the prosccutlbn failed to find
and produce the weapon wIth which i
the murder was commItted , nnd that
) "
It erred In not remandIng because the
lower court refusell an Instruction to
i
the jury concerning the prevIous good j
character of 1\Irs. LJllle. \
The petition Is signed br 1\Irs. LJl- ;
lIe's attorneys , 1\Iatt 1\11I 11 er , Judge
Hamer and others. I I
Wanted In Omaha. 'w '
Governor 1\lIcl\Oy Issued a requlsl- ,
tlon on the governor at Missouri for
the return to the state of H , St , Clnlrc. i
alias 1\1. \ C. Warren , wanted at Omaha. ,
for forgIng the name of the Rees
Printing compan ) ' to 0. $50 check on
the Nebraslca Nntlonal bank. In the
I
complaInt nttached to the requIsItion
papers It Is alleged that St. ClaIm ' .
forged the check and then presented
It 0\01' the desk of the Merchants' hotel -
tel In pa'menl ot n. $22.71i bJll , taldng
$27.25 In cash to balunce the amount _
The man Is under nrrest at St. Joseph _
Harvest Hands Going North.
NORFOLK.-Tho rush of harvest
hands to the wheat fields of the Dako-
I tas has hegun. Through Norfollt a
I
score oC these men a da ' , and perhaps
many more , are passing. 'fhey 11.1'0 .
not mere tramps. The ) ' 11.1'0 . men wJll.
Ing to worIe , but they are beating their
wa ) ' on the railroads because It Is
cheaper t1la to p fare.
Elder Dixon M ets Success.
JOHNSON , Neb-Elder DIxon , pns-
tor of the Christian church at thIs
place , on last Sunday launched a
"sro\'e meeting" three miles north of
town. When the meeting wns four
days old the elder had secured nIne addItions -
dItions to his church memborshlp , ,
Chautauqua at Auburn.
AUnURN.-Tho board at management -
ment of the Auburn chautauqua has
about completed arrnngements for the
nssembly , to begIn on August. 13 , Spe :
clal trains will be run on "political
da ) ' , " August 18.
Ltg-htnlng strucle the stable at .Joe ]
Townsend , near North LOUII , nnd Icl\1. \
ed three horses.
Ncbraska Man L.ost at St. L.ouls.
ST , LOUlS.-After giving the ] lollco
twenty-Caul' hours of hard worl. , Franlt \
K. JanowslI , aged 76 , who disappeared " \
from the UnIon station after comIng .
Cram Ashton , Neb. , was located ,
Platte Count } ' Wheat Poor.
COLU\IllUS.-ReJorts : ] fl'om I'ellablo
threshers In thIs count ) ' ] llaco the
'Ield of wheat at from twelve to fif-
teen ushels per acre , and the quaIlt ) " i
Is saId to bo somewhat ] Ioorer than
was generally eXlected. ] The wheat
Is light and blighted.
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