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By D. M. AMSBERRY.
DR01EN DOW. . . NEDRA8KA
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Colombln'o now nntJonn1 nnthe. . :
" 1 don't want to piny In your ) 'o.rd. "
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The Jat new thing 1ft words Is
"syzygy. " , Sounds 1l1to a Uungarlnn
melodY ,
VerT likely n flying mnchlno Utnt
cost only $10 would fly Just n.s wo11 o.s
any otbGr IdruJ.
Perhnps wo have all bcon unjust to
Uncle Russell Snse. Maybe ho can't
aftord to t.lIUJ a vncaUoo.
Also be It remembered .thnt the
Ynl-lIarvlU'd teems 9l'0 not by nny
m : ms the pick 0' our colle.go nthlotes.
No tenrs will be sbed over tbo
woundl ! at'thoso SVMlnrds who , vero
imrt'bllo goading II. bull nnd 0. tiger
to flgbt.
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Th ( ) czar doesn't pIny palter any.
way , Itut even It ho did , you. cou1lln't
pcrsnlt.do him that four at II. kind bents
obo'heir. .
Thnt New Yorle woman who swore
thnt her husband hnd bcnhm her 1,040
tlm1f ! certainly bas a. strl1dng tnlent
for figures.
'rho Savnnnah Press snys tbat "h
woo plants a tree plants love. " Love
unforlunntely happens to be n. 111ant of
alow growth.
Helnzo , the Montnnn copper king ,
111ls .beon sued for $5,750,000. Even
the well.to-do are not exempt from
petty nnnoynncelJ ,
New Yorle Is to hnvo a liquor sbow.
'Evidently thnt town hns , given up nll
hopes of eyer being nblo to cavturo a
prohibition convention.
Even It Oem Paul Kruger did lenvo
a fortune at $5,000,000 to the lucltY
Eloft family , 110 was nevertheless an
obJeot4for universal sympathy.
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How tlmo flIeB I In a month or so
all the little Gcorgo Dewey Smitbs
and George Duwey Drowns wtn bo
celebrating their slxth ; b rthdays. .
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'A freale ot fashion has mooo calico
g wns the 'popular thing : but Ii lot ot
pesslmlstlo married men tear Ul t tbo
situation Is too satisfactory tD last.
1'l1at Eastern profcssor wbo says
, we all cat too much doubtless bas an
II1Esured Income and a good appet to.
Or perhaps bo's ltCelllng his wito's
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In t1lree months the rnllroads ot t e
United states have killed nearly 1,000
, persons. Traveilng Is becoming al.
most as q ngQrous n.s celobratlng tbe
'Fourth. . ' ,
J A new InvcntloA,1mown as the telo.
crlptograpk reproduces In print can.
vers tlons' over th upopbone. A gOOt1
, many ot 'em wll have to bo barred
! from tbo malls.
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Kurold and Iuropatldn may b (
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merely holding ort the bIg battle tI1
Ithey 'can find some plnco with ' [
wholly now nnd unpronounceabll
name to flght it. In.
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The people who bOIled for natlona
tbeater are dlsapp lntcd to disco vel
thllt Mr. Carnegie Is not out on a fev
ertsh chase for any project tbat Is sus
ceptlblo of endowment.
The evangelists who are laborlrn
for the moral and eplrltual oovntke
ment of New Yorlt city point hope
fully to the circumstances that th
400 have been reduced to 200.
Those at us wbo aren't In the leas
alarmed by the reports of counterfel
) $100 notes begin to pride up our car
w-hen wo read that bogus qunrter
and half.dollars are In circulation.
Tho' American Domestlo Leagu ,
cllllmB that It turns out flncoolt \ [
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not one ot those cases vhero''O' '
sllQuld "hIde your 11gbt uD.dor a bust
el , "
I It Is just beginning to dawn on I { (
rea that the Japanese are 1I1\e othe
phllantbropists-wllllng that the K (
Ireans Sl10Uld haV ( ) what Is left at , thel
own country after Japan has bad "he
It wants.
The ChIcago bl1degroom who r
tbo altar said IINo ! " and then fled wi
, probably find a variation In bls cas
lot tbo old .proverb , thnt ho wbo court
and runs away will go to court eom
'other ' day.
I Drazll and Peru threaten : to oott :
n. dlsputo by war. They haa b.ettl
walt until Japan settles her contI'
versy with RUlsla. It tbey start \I
their performance now they will pIt
to empty benches.
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Gabriele d'Annunzl , the Italic
drl1matlM , replies to all requests fl
his autograph that he will be de11gh
cd to furnish It , but only upon a COI
or' hIs worlts. Slg , d'Annunzlo clear
possesses more than ono kind ot go
Ius.
The new Duchess of Roxburghe
rClOrted to bo winnIng golden opl
101\s lu Ensland on account of h
contrlb\'Uona to cbarltles. Evident
! bo hl1 1'\1nd that purchasing a duli
let .Is nflt enough to get ono Into tl
cholccst ot society ,
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I All ARE ANXIOUS
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NOTHING HEARD FROM THE PORT
ARTHUR SQUADRON.
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FIGHTING RUMORS COUFL CTHIO
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Russian ! ; lit Port Arthur Sald : : to Bo
Short of Ammunition-Another
story Afloat that the Port Has : :
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LONDON-Rumors that Port Ar.
thur hns faJcn ) are again current , hut
appnrentlr there I no further wnrrnnt
for them than on previous occasions.
It Is j'egarllc as Impossible thnt Port
Arthur cnn hold out much longer , hut
tbere no fUl'ther news ctUwr con.
cernlng the fortrclJs or the fate of the
P01't Arthm' lIt.luad . on beyonll. the
statlment ! from Chco Fee that the pro-
teetelcrulaers Alllwid nndl Novlk hnvo
entered the port ot Klanchnu , which Is
Gcrmau leascd territory ,
According to the Cho Fee corre-
IJpondent ot the Telegram the , Taps
tried to hlow up the Rusllan : ! torpC < ! o
boat destroJer Rl shltelnl and her
crew had to sw m for their lIyes. The
Banio eorrcspondent states that Lieu.
tenant General Stocssel , the com.
mander of the military forces at Port
Arthur , perBonall ) ' commande the
forces In the fight for the POBBooBKm
ot the Tnku mountnln , which was ac-
companaled by fel1rful carnage , ' 1'ho
correspondent adds :
"The Russians are Rhort at nmmu.
nltlon and the garrison Is excited b '
Inc06sant lIghtlng. If the Ja mnese
continue their asaaults with tresh
troops the worst may hallpe . "
CHE FOO-Accordlng to the latOJJt
Informntlon obtainable the Russian
squadron has not returned to Port Ar.
UlIlr.
On the nIght ot Ausust 9 ' 1lenvy
cannonadllng was heartl atse 'ln the
direction of Port Arthur. Advlces
from the fortress sny that the Japan.
ese bombarded the town , placing their
batteries In dense kaolin fields , where
Uler ; were etrectlvel : ) " masked , The
shells dropped mainly In the western
basin , where the sQuatlron was an-
cbored. Ianj ot Ute shells fell upon
the battleship RetYizan , but no serious
damage was done elUter to the town or
the fleet. Later the forts cot the
range ot the Japanese field batteries
and drove them out from their shel.
tel' In the kaolin flelds.
On the mornIng of August 10 the
squadron put to sea , where hea'can. .
nonlltllng was heard for seyeral hours ,
The result ot the battle Is not known
and nothing deflnlte has been learned
regarding either squadron.
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NO WORD FROM LEISHMAN YET ,
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State Departme Heard Nothing
I Froln Minister.
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I WASHINGTON-The state depart.
ment has heard nothing from Minister
I Leishman at Constantinople slnco last
, Monda ' , when he cabled that the Ilortc
had promised to ( ) e thllt ho received
by today the sultan' answer to hl
representations touching the rights 01
, AmerIca ! } , citizens In Turlwy. It to.
dny's pnagageml'nt Is not kellt the dc ,
l1art.mrmt prob'abl , will send adlHtlon ,
al Instructions to 1J.Unlster . LclshmaI1
n.s .soon as he ofllclalb' reports the n
dlt\onal \ breach of faith , In that. event
he Is expected to go to Sm'rnn tr
communIcate personally with : .dnlh'u :
Jewell , commanding the Eurolleor
squadron , nnd perhaps to taltc up hI !
quarters aboard the flagshIp lymvlll
thus marltlng a diplomatic crisis.
FOREST FIRE IN NEWFOUNDLAN [
St. Johns Is Threatened and Blu
Jackets Aid CltlzenlS.
ST. JOHNS , N , F.-The rages 0
I ) forest fires along the outsldrts of St
Johns' continuo and threaten the sO { :
tlon In which the nsyJllm for the 111
sane , contaIning 200 patlonts , Is slt\l
ated. A force of 1101lce , with a < letacll
ment of blue jacltets , from the cmlse
Char)1ldls and the } i'rench wnrshl
TI'o\H10 , have gone to the scene In a :
cl1leavor ( to prevent the' fire from d (
stroylng the nR'lum n.nd other buill :
I , IngB. The confiagratlon Is so extcr
slve that rallroal1 trains nro' unable t
penetrate the forest.
Lewis Nixon's Mysterious Trip.
ST. PETERSDURG-The Associate
Press learns that LewIs Nixon ot Ne'
York , who has been In St. Petersbur
for severnl da's , came hero at the . . .
Quest of the RussIan admiralty nn
that negotiations 'aro progressing bl
tween the admiralty and Mr. Nixol
but whether for the snle of ships , 1111
chln ry : 'r what Is .not nscertnlnabll
Mr. NIXt ; a Is going to Sebnstopol Fr
da ' to confer with the commander (
the mack sea fleet.
Stork Nearing the Pltlace.
ST. PETERSBURG-Dr , Rott , tI1
, Imporlal accoucheur , was hurrledl
summoned to the Vllle A1exancler I
Peter hot thla afternoon Md announc
ment thence Is expected hourI ) ' .
Fierce Japanese Fire.
m LIAO Y ANG-Dctnlled reports a
Jr riving nt hcalllluarters show that U
t. right wing of the Japanese army he
1' $ the hardest fighting during the bntt
Iy of last Sunda ' . A scnsatlonal fOD
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u Ufe occurred nt Chobaldo pass , tI
miles from the Motlen l1as8 , A brl
ado conaututlng a center column I'll
Is IXI with two Russian regiments fl
n. the possession of Ul ( summit CO }
or mandlng the Hlisslan finnIc , The .To
ly . anese fired as the ' ascended , dlslod
: e. Ing the Russians from the roelts al
: to klllln or wounding 1,000.
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DIE IN RECK.
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on ne Hundred Passengers
Snuffed Out.
I I'UJ tJl ) , Colo.-ThEJ wreck of the
World's I.'alr tlyor on the Dcnyor &
Rio Grande railroad near EIen ! , seven
mlles north lIf Pueblo , Sunday ovon.
Ing proves to bavo boon one of the
rcntcst rnllrond disasters In the hIs.
lory of the oountry. Two crowdoo
pasBengor enrs and baggage car
were cngulfod In the torrent thnt taro
out a. trestle spanning Stoolo'll Hol.
low , otherwlso lmown na Dry Creele ,
end , 80 far ItS Is known only three of
UIO occupn.nts of these cars eSClllled
death. l rtunately , two sleQ1Jlng
cara nnd a diner , completing the train
remained on the tracle at the edge of
the abyss and none ot those on boartl
were killed or Injurc < 'l.
How many perished probably wlU
neVQl' be definitely known , for the
trMcllerous sands are drlttlug over
t1 bodies. Searching for the dead
was hegun about midnight on an ex.
tenslvo scale autl Is stili In progres ! !
t.onlght. All bodleR found were
brought to Pueblo and plnced In foul'
morgues ho1'o.
At 8 o'clock Monda ' e'enlng soven.
ty.slx bodies had bc < > . n recoverell and
of these fifty had been Itlentlfied , DurIng -
Ing the day bodIes were recovered all
the day along Fountain river from
the scene of tbo wreck to this city.
At 1 o'cloclt MonlIuy afternoon t o
bodies were takcn trom the slream
at First strect , PlIeblp , moro than
eight miles from the point where the
dlsaBtJr occurred and lt Is probable
that acme may be recovered even further -
ther down stream. None of th bod.
les are hady mutilated and all ere 111
IIlIch condition as to bo reoognlzable.
Mnny Identlfioatlons hnve becn made
b ' articles foul1lon t110 bodies , no
persons who viewed them recognizing
the features.
Two carloads of human freight
plunged Into the rasing torrent that
destroyed the trestle over the usunllY
dr ' arroyo lmown nB' Steele's Hollow ,
near Eden , about 8 o'clock Monday.
Two sleeping cars and the diner
stopped at the brink ot the hungry
chasm filled with a boiling current
that qulc1dy snuffed out probably 100
lives. So qulelly had the catastrophe
been enneted that the occupants ot
the tbree cnrs remaining on the tracle
did not reallzo that an aecldent had
oecurred until the ) ' alighted from the
train. Then they were utterly power.
less to render ooBlstnnco to the Victims -
tims'ho had disappeared In the 1 ush.
In ! ! waters. .
Word was received from the scene
ot the wreck at 5 o'clock t1lat sixty
bodies have been recovered and that
no more are now In sight. The
search continues and bodlos w1l11n all
probability bo talten out further down
the stream , where they were washed
and covered by the mud and sand.
DEMOCRATS AND POPS. FUSE.
Both Parties Will 'Support the Same
Ticket In Nebraska.
LINCOLN-The democrats and
, popullst.a both held their state conven.
tlons hero the sarno day. Each made
nominations , the popullstg' convention
naming five and _ the demoOl'atc roe
of the state officers , ns follows :
For Governor-GEOHGE . BERGE ,
l populist , of I..lncoln.
l < 'or Lleutennnt Gov I'nor-DR. A.
'fO\VNSEND , democrat , of Franltlln
county.
For Stnte Tru3IlUrer-JOHN l\t. OS-
BORN , populist. or Pnwnc oounl ' .
For Scoretary or Stntln , E.Y A TZ-
In : : , democrat , or Hlchnrdson c ) unt ) ' .
For Audltor-J. S. CANADAY , popu-
, list. , or Kcarney county.
l < 'or Attorney Genernl-ED'V AnD
'VH'ALEN , democrat , ot Holt cClunty ,
) For Lund Commissioner-A. A.
WanSLEY , populist , or Boyd county.
} 'or Superintendent of Public In-
Btructlon-ALBERT SOFTLEY , populist -
list , or Pertdns county.
E h party has a sellarate electoral
. . tlclet In the field and both presented
platforms , I
The conventions were In sosslo , ,
many h.lrs , nnd for awhllo It seem
us If barmonlous action could not \J
had , but nn II ) ' tl/e / two bodle3 sot
together and agreetl upon candidates
as above Iven.
T. H. Watson , l > OllUJst ! nominee for
preshlent , was an attenl1ant UDon thJ
llOll\Jst ! llrocecdlngs.
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RussIa Is More Lenient to Jews.
ST. PE'l'EHSBURG-As
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ot the Increasing lonlency for thl
Jaws , the exch\slon ot , Tews from th (
ranlts of barristers , followed 81ncI
1889 , Is becoming less "rigorous , Rnl
It Is considered probable that I\ . com
plete removal ot the dlsabUities wll
result. The present restrictions havl
mimr drawbacks. The Jews , llnablj
to become barristers , monopollzo tllj
posts of la w 'ers' office .asslstants Rnl
are gradunlly attracting most of till
business to themselves , emilloyln !
barrister ! ! to rellrellent them In court
Reyes Saye There Is No Revolutlol1
CARACAS , Venczuela-A cabl (
10 grnm reoolved here from DOb"Otn , dnt
Iy cd August 4 , an signed b ' Onern
It Rafael Re 'es , sa's thnt the rumqr
0that a revolutlOl\ has brolten out 0
contemllateli are false. .
Refrlgerator Shop B'urns.
r. ST. LOUIS-The relmlr shops (
Ie the Amerlcnn Refrlgorator Transl
Id . comlmny , Inch1lIng ! , slxty.five refrh
Ie eratoI' cars , were bU1'l\1.(1 Tuesday , 01
Lt. tailing a' loss estimated at $ : lOOOOj
m fully 'coverell by Insurance. The 0
g. Igll1 ot the fire , which Is 110t II0S
iC' tlyoly lmown , Is sUI1POOed to llav
or boon from n sparle of a passing el
n. glnel ' 1'ho cnrs destrol were va
, pued nt $1,000 each. In the Imlldhll
19. whloh was . large one.stor ) ' shel
rid there wus oonslderablo valuable m
I r.hlnory and o ls. which were rulne ,
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TO SINI ( OR SAVE
GREAT BRITAIN GETS REPLY TC
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RUSSIA'S RlOUT TO DECIDE
Vessels of PIIeutrttls Caught with Con.
traband Will l1c Treated According
to Discretion of Captors at the Time
of Being Overhnuled. '
ST. PETERSBURG-The Russian
reply to. Great Drltaln's represe.nta'
tlons on the sUbject ot the Drltlsh
steamer , the Knight Commander.
sunk by the/Vladlvmlt01 squadron ,
whll < ! couchc < In tbe friendliest terms ,
doca not recede from the Russian position -
sition as sqt forth In the prize regu.
lations In regard to the exercise of
the right to destroy neutrall vessela
carrying contraband In caS06 of
emergency , reserving the question tor
discussion o.fter the war.
At the same -tlmo Russin. assures
Great Drltaln that the extreme resource -
source to sinking neutral vessels , lIB
announced , will not bo resorted to
unless clrcufU3tances rcndor It hnPO&
sible to take them to 0. prlzo court.
Grcnt Drltaln's proposal that th
Drltlsh steamer , the Allen ton , captured -
tured Juyno 16 by the Vladlvontole
sqmJ. < lron , bo lIeberated hpon the deposit -
posit of security , has not been aocevt.
Cld ! , Russlo. replying that the docu-
'ments In this case a1'O already on their
way to St. Petersburg and wUl l1o.vo
to be submitted to the admiralty court
before further nctlon Is to.l\On. .
Russin has formally notified the
United states of the decision ot the
prize court In tbe case of the Port.
land and Asiatic IIno steamer , the
Arabia , captured by the cruiser Gram.
obol , of the Vlo.dlvostock . , squadron ,
but the statement from VladlvOftok : ! 011
the subject leaves Bome doubt as t.o
whether an the goods consigned to
Japanese ports were declored contra.
band or only the flour , and railroad
material. The Russian government
manifested a friendly dIsposition In
suggesting Its readiness to entertain
an appeal.
The correspondent of the AssocIated
Press learned Inter that nothtng was
confiscated In the cargo of the Arabia
" , 'hlch was not designated IlIJ contra.
band In the Russian declaration.
The Russian repb' In the case of
the Knight CommaIuler points out
that the prIze regulations under wblch
Hussla Is acting were promulgated
nloo ) " ars ago , nnd that Great Drlt.ln
did not enter a protest uutll after the
present war began.
'JUDGE PARKER CALLED UPON.
Committee Notifies Him of His Noml.
nation at St. .l.ouls.
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ESOPUS , N. Y.-The worst rain of
the summer marlted the advent of the
day on whleh .Tudge Parlwr was to be
notified of . his nomination to , the preSIdency -
Idency by the democrats.
The str ct" , , : ere deluged before
dayllsht. From the tops of the hills ,
where Uosemont Is sltuatlX\ , the
wato poured In torrent. Rain was
stili falllng slcp.df1y at 11 , o'clockj
Judge Parker was Iteenly disappointed -
pointed , as ho 1lad' hoped for a fine
day.
day.One
One thousand pel'BOnS wore on the
grouml when the judge's emplo 'cos
began the decoration of the spealters'
stand , Th committeemen found
places at jUty.threo seats reserved for
them -In the front of , the spealters'
stnnd.
.Judgo Parker's family was escorted
from the house to scats of honor by
committee composed of National
Chairman Tag-bart and Stllte Cbalr-
man Meym' . The same commlttoo ac-
companllXl the nominee , who leaned
on the arm of Champ Clarlc.
Chnmp CIRrI. , chairman of the DDtI.
I1catlon committee , delivered the notl.
ficatlon speech.
Judge Parltet was greeted with ap.
I 111au80 at evocy period In his speech.
He was given most respectful atten.
; tlO:1. I-Ie read the latter part of his
address. He spolto evenb' , seldom
raising , his voice above a conversa.
I tlonal tone. He I1nlshed the speech at
2 : O.
SENATOR VEST PASSES AWAY ,
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Aged Statesman Succumbs After Prolonged -
longed Fight for Life.
SWEET SPRINGS. Mo.-After lIn
get'lng tor weeks between IIfo an\1
. death t < ( rmer United States Seilatol
George Grahnm Vest 'Dasso < \ peace
fun ' away Tuesday. . He had beer
so n r death for the last three dnYf
thnt the end came without a struggle
He " , 'as conscious until about :
o'clock Sunday morning , wIlen he san1
Into " s ate of coma from wblch hI
. . never aroused , Ho lost the power a
speech Saturda ) ' morning , but fo :
I. several tlays hetore that he tantO !
very Imperfectly , and during the las
t11Irty.slx hours of his lIfo his breath
Ing was barely llOrceptible. The nut
ter at his pulse was all that showec
life stili remalnet1. The remains wll
bo tal\Cn to St. Louis for Interment
Citizen Forced to Leave.
VICTOR , Colo.-li'ormer l\Ia 'orV
J. Donnelly has decided to remov' '
with his family fro1t1 the Crlplll
l' Creole IUstrlct In consequence ot r (
) , lIeated wn1'l\ln s , "I believe my IIf
r. ' . .Is In danger and 1 fenr my store ani
I. hOllse will be hurned It I remain ,
' 0 anld 1\11' . Donnoll ' on Tuesdn ' . Th
11' objections to Mr. DOllrtelly's llrooenc
j. In the district nro from the foes ( ]
! : , the Westom Fedl.'ratloll ot l'tiinen
.I . , with which he llas been an nvowc
n. s 'mllathlzer since the < 1eportat-lon c
d. llnlon miners was Inaugurated.
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VALUATIONS IN NEBRASKA.
WhM the State Board of Equalization
HOG Decldod On.
Secretary Dennett of the Stato.
Don.ro of Equalization hIlS complIed a
tnblo sho"i'o'ing ' Ute assessed valuation
of the various ool1utles In the state.
Without the vnluaUon of the rail rand
property the table below shows all
other lroporty for la.st yoor and this
l.C < 1r :
Count ; , . . 19 31 1904 ,
.A lun/J . . . . . , 2.092,1i01,80 $ 4,007j04.81 [
Antelope ' . . . l,43Gr. 6.r.0 2,393GG4.00
Banner . . . . . H.01i6.00 188J17,99 !
) J1l\lne . . . . . . Hi1G07.0S 117S08.1r.
1300no . . . . . . ,1,696,138.20 3,360,061,29
IJox Dut.w. . . G2G,2S'j0 728,816.04
Doyd . . . . . . . 1,090,1.50.00 \ l,36,002.95 ! !
Brown . . . . . 612uGO.30 C,81,2Cir..00
Huttalq . . . . . 2,14Dnli7,6r. 3,746,182.19
lIurt . . . . . . . 2,680,811C.92 4,079,7C,3.03
Dutler . . . . 2,126C79.00 4,760,237.00
CnsB . . . . . . . 1,037,7D1.90 G,141.678.00
Cedar . . . . . . : ! ,7112.101.40 : : , ! ! 7,208.00
Chr1 o . . . . . . r.24M2.00 210,499.09
Cherry . . . . . 1,769,114.00 1,425,503.20
Che1jJnno . . . nOcc,4.00 908,824.40
Cluy . . . . . . . 1,830,4G7.82 3,594,646.00
Co1tn.x . . . . . . 2,02OOri.00 ! ! 3,600,389.00
CUlhlf1B . . . . 2,417,012.00 Ci,312,690.48
Cunter . . . . . . 3,388.609.08 3,3211,218.86
DnkotD _ . . . 1,444,228.00 1,77G,276.25
blJ.\TC5 . . . . . 776,7r,2.70 7DO,863.17
DawllOf1 . . . . 1,394,701.81 2,633CiOD.28
DCliel . . . . . . 447,942.00 6r.O,441.01
Dixon . . . . . . , G78,986.43 2D74,314.27
DOdge . . . . . . ,75J,700.90 ! 6OCi2,419.73
DOUKln ! ! . . . . :4,83r,309.44 27Ci96,270.00
Dundy . . . . . . 464OD6.00 408,551.46
Fl11moro . . . lGti2,813.1i0 3,846.103.1i8
} < -rl1nk1\n \ . . . . 1,052,148.38 l,8G4OOO.1i0
lrl'ontler . . . 970,269.00 1,002,643.86
} rurna. . . . . . l,396,838.8G l,80L,771.00
Gage . . . . . . . 4,57Ci,280.00 7r.H,030.00
G1tllold , . . . . 221,700.00 3.28,40.29 ! !
Go per . . . . . 711,908.60 rf29,244.43
Grant . . . . . . 310J86.20 ! ! 30 ] ,263.30
Greeley . . . . ! l34,09S.00 1:179,052.00 :
Hall . . . . . . . . 2,209,777,00 3,773,204.00
Hamilton. . . 2.241,0112.00 3,8Ci1,219.00
Bnrilln . . . . . l,03J,363.00 ( lG11,618.00
Haycs . . , . . . : H,7,124.00 3L8,381.34
Hitchcock. . . 6J1,44.21 ! ! 6H,31i5.8D
Holt . . . . . . . 2,140.908.00 2,297,690.00
Hooher . . . . . G2,113.Hi 6,911i.43
Howard . . . . 1,180,340.90 1j98,235.4G [
JolYerllon . . . 2,102.1i69.00 3.6.6,302OO
Johnson . . . . 2,30D,622.50 3,111,033.G5
IConrney . . . l,081,262.2Ci 2,10fi,095.28
Keith . . . . . . 417,405.10 429,180.26
Korn. Pahn. . 1104,615.00 516,146.75
Kimball . . . . 271,260.40 2Ci9,744.71
Knox . . . . . . 2.020,829,20 3,346,630.87
Lanc urtr . . . 7 ,3C,7 .301.20 12,688,893.00
Lincoln . . . . 1,232,193.20 1,745.IiDII.70
Lognn . . . . . . 201,041.51 175,268.88
I..oup . . . . . . . 204,36Ci.14 194Ci06.30
MlldlBO . . . . : : ,265(74.29 ' ,0811,711.00
] .lcPherson. 187,409.84 146.0li'.8i !
Merrick . . . . 1,383,849.00 2,303,381.33
Nance . . . . . . 1,433,731.00 2Ci64..44 2.00
Nomana . . . . 2,432G40.95 3D37,084.51
Nucltolls . . . l,7i7,412.DO ! 2,7016,794.20
Otoo . . . . . . . 4,750,896.00 6165,089.57 !
Pnwneo . . . . 2,576,047.00 3,279,01D.80
Perkins . . . . 316,954.70 3Ci2,353.70
Phelps . . . . . ,1lCi7,568.60 2,185,668.00
Plerca . . . . . . 1,436,649.00 2.534,987.76
Pinto . . . . . . . 2,280,747.8J ( IiOriCi,8 2.26
Polk . . . . . . . 1,307,440.473,279.168.93
Hod Willow. ] ,01i3,278.95 1,320,346.87
IUl1hn.rdBon. 3,084,838.Cil 6,395.1i12.42
Rock . . . . . . . . 60Ci,426.37 r,13,230.6'
Ball . . . . . . 2,42.55G.26 : ! 4.392,126.27
Barpy , . . . . . . 1,8114,134.23 2,309,676.71
Saund.rl ! . . . 3,138OlD.70 7,046,716.18
800tt'll Dluer : ! 84\l25.15' \ 5r,4,037.94
Sewnrd . . . . . 2,349,268,00 4,314.933.00
Shorldnn . . . 877,815.70 943,841.00
Sherman . . . 781,972.60 1,100,137.60
Sioux : . . . . . . 488,738.30 363,184.00
tnntfl 1 . . . . 1.M4,662.0J ! 2.i35,795.90 !
Thayer . . . . . 2,338,082.00 3,243.041.00
'l'homn.1I . . . . 79,039.11 > 87,760.00
'rhurston . . . 576,15G.60 525,767.00
Vnlley . . . ' . ' 942,1i28.00 l,63Ci,993.00
W'I1i1h'gt'n . . 2,378.i56.70 ! 3,701,807.71
Wayne . . . . . 1,860.907.00 3,490,860.62
We bater . . . . l,633Ofi6.00 2,334lDl.73
Wheeler . . . 309,492.36 292.024.77
York . . . . . . . 2,347,728.90 4,835,167.60
FILING ON THE ROSEBUD.
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WIlliam McCormick of Nebraska
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ChooeCIS Best Quarter Section.
NORFOLK , Neb.-FllIng : began at
Bonesteel Monday morning. William
'McCormick of Wasblngton. : Q. C. , who
reglsterod from his home county ,
Lllncaeter , Neb. , filed on the quarter
tcOHon running lengthwise of the new
town ot Rooec'\elt. Ruggs , who drew
No. % , took the quarter section dl.
recl1y . behind It.
ThI"OQ new towns , Roosevelt , Durlw
U1d Gregory , have been started nnd
, . .alunble Quo.rter sections are beIng
tl.kon up with flne discrimination. All
ot the people who arc making filings
11 ? " " eTl ent1y oocomo well posted as
to where they should locate.
So gre6t was th rivalry for select
locations th t'sonw warm disputes
crose among the first 100 to go on the
reservation , and for a time there wn.s
dllnger ot ehootlngs , but the authorl.
ties aucoooded In presorvlng order.
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Farmer DIGCOvers a Plot.
DEA TRlCE-A plot to destroy the
throohlng machlno ot F. Hi SiWe. a
farmer who rot31doo near Odell , was
discovered one day last week. Hid.
den In bundle ot wheat were found
oovoral Iron bolts , a. box containing n
numOOr at 22-ctlJlber cartridges , n
, Quantity ot matches , ha\t \ pint bottJlJ
of cool 011 , several Iron bolts and
. lI of cast Iron. Another bundl (
wa found with Utese articles fast ,
. ened to the band : 'rwo paclmgcs con ,
talrling match and powder antI a to
bnooo aa.ck lh\rllnllY filled with powder
dor and matches.
AUorney Genernl Prout has flied
br1 f In too su r&u.e court In supporl
at too quo \Tarrnnto proceedings In
iXltutoo In that oourt against thl
Northwootern Trl18t compan ' of Oma
.bn , whlcl1 It is nllosed Is selling lot
: tcry cJtMOO In homo bulldln (
'och"mO. . Cfflnoral Preut denounce <
It 00 Bcheme ns n. Iwlndle Md In hll
brio ! Uge6 oQr language along t11j
me IIn < t. The COU1pnny ngreed tt
place InV'OOtors In a homo wlthlr
thirty months nnd failing to do tha
to 1"Oi\1nd the money paid In with '
per coot Intoroot.
. Good Cropll In Boyd.
I YNCH-Boyd count ) . wll1 1'011 ou
the largest yield ot small grain thl :
TOM 0 ( nnT < : oun ' along the norther ]
tier. Onts are now' being threshel
rmd : nro running out better than 81 > : t :
bushels to tbo nero. Corn never 1001 ;
00 moro cncour lng. . ,
Struck by LightnIng.
I YONS-Durlng a VOl'y severe storr. .
llUt night. a barn ot L. A. Petcrno :
WM struck by lightning nnd Qurnel
Ito the ground , togeUwr with thre
'Valuable bofws , grain n.nd mn.cblnerJ
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NEBRASI < A IN BRIEF.
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Flllmoro county has a la1'go peAch
crop.
crop.A new park Is proJ ctoo for Woot
Point.
The David City Chautauqua II ! provo
Ing a great auccess.
A case at smallpox WaG reported at . .
Virginia , Gage countt ) " .
Dodge county hn.s organlzoo an anti.
110rso stealing association.
Lincoln has commenced 'maldng .
preparations for Labor day.
Seven persons were baptized In the
l\llssonrl river at Plattsmouth.
The recent hallstor mln LIncoln
county did much damage to crops.
O. P. David Is getting t.b Nemaha.
county exhIbit ready for the state fall' .
The Auburn Canning company w11l
commence worle abou the 10th of tbl
month.
'rho wheat yield In Johnson county
this ; rear wHl average ten bushels to
the ncre.
Three thou and pcople were on the I
grouf\ds at the opening or'tho Fremont
ChautnuQua In Fremont.
'Tho Otoo Poultry comhny Is engaged -
gaged In prepnrlng a. .forty.nere tract
upon wblcb to ralso chlcltens.
'Vayno people bolle'o that they . . .
have one of the best. towns In the
state , bo.th nrtlstlcall ) " and oommer- -
caJly. !
'fwo hundred nnd ten acres of nnlm.
proved land five miles northeast of
Kearney Wlls Bold recentlr for ten
thousand five hundred dollars , or an
, ' fift . dollnrs '
o'en ) an nere.
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From 1,500 to 2,000 people parHcl.
pnted In the annual meeting , and picnic -
nic of th ( > Custm' County Old Settlers'
aasoclratlon at llrokcn Bow. J. W. Dryden -
don of Kearney was orator of the da ) " .
Alma Is to have an aJfa1fn meal factory -
tory , with a capacity of twent.five , ,
tons a day. This Is expected to In.
crease the loc ll demand for alfalfn to
such an extent as to ralr.e the value of
alfalfa land In the vicinity.
News was received to the effect that
Charles Inscott , a former employo of
the DUl'lIngton shops In Plnttsmouth ,
had one of his lower limbs blovn off
as 11. result of an exploBlon In the
Union Pacific shops at Omahn.
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The barn ot H. W. Shufeldt , a farmer -
er residing two miles noxtheast : of
I < 'rltnd ! , u'as burn d. The building
was wpll filled with hay n.nd grain.
The stock and tools therein were
savc-d.
Articles at Incorpor jon have been
flied with the secretary of state by. .
the San Jose Mining and Milling com.
pany of Albl m and Los Angews , Cal.
The Incorporators are Ra 'mond A.
Gardner and John P. McCullough of
Albion.
While plowing in a fleld , Ivnn , son
of A. U. Marshall of this county , rolled
out a rattle'snake Dest containing thlr-
ty.two eggs. He kqled the old one ,
which had six rattles , and In the eggs
ho found little snakes about three
Inches long ,
Thomna Hattan , residing about sli . . . .
miles south of Edgar , fell dead whlle
threshing wheat. He wn.s In his UBU I
health , . and had been feodlng the ma.
chine , n.nd stepped down to get a
< lrlnl , of water , and whllo in the act
of taking a drink dropped dead.
M. Pellenl a pacltlng house striker ,
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and wife w\re \ struck by Union Pacific
passenger train No : 11 , the Colorado
special , at a point about ha1f a mlle
east of Avery , about three and a half
miles south of South Omaha. , and'1n-
stantly ItllI d. Doth were quite aged
people.
Sixty men , neighbors of Gerhard
Tlelten at Yorl\ : county , are searching
cornfields , straw stacks and out-of.tho-
wa ) ' buildings hoping to find Tieken ,
whom the neighbors bellevo has lost
his mind thrdugh the death of his
wife and illness ot his family. Ho has .
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been missing for some tlmo. ,
'rhe tenant house on H. E. Clarlc's
farm , three miles northwest ot Stelln ,
burned. The hOl1so was occupied by
; John Jenkins. The fire caught from
the Idtchen flue.
The secretary of the state 'oonlelng
i boar has authorized the SoC1.Jrlty
, State bank of Plalnvlew , wJch } { Is 111-
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corporated b , M. D. Dutcher , J. M.
Dutcher , W. M. Dutcher , J. D. Dutch-
, er and R. E. Dutcher. The now banI ; :
hn.s a capital stock of $25,000 and the
llald.up capltnl Is $15,000.
Henry RhO < 1es , a r-esldent at Hall
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county , south of Donlphan , attempted
suicide b ) ' taking three teaspoontuls
ot arsenic. He Is 5 years of ago and
has a wlte and two sons. Ho 'Waa formerly -
. merly well to do , but recently had
) financial reverses , and took to dl1nlt-
Ing heavily , which Is belleyO < t to bave
. caused the espondency.
Out of SOO people who registered fet
claims on the Rooobud drmTing eleven
ffiward county people were \Tlnners ,
The hlghost number W II 211Ht Dr.
John Andersen of Seward and James
Mahoney of Germantown drew Noo.
482 nnd 483. At n5 eJCp n.o bill for
the trip , Seward county Spcrlt1,500
tr 'lng for land for 300 IndIYlduals.
Sheri ! ! Moses ot DeUofourche , . D. ,
t left McCool , with E , H. Yearsley ands
'W. II , Moore , two 'oung men wantoo
s
rI In Butte county , S. D. . on the cl\argo \ 1
of sleaJlng sIxteen horsca. They were " " " ' \
' arrested on the Yearsley farm In Fron.
! : _ ' tier count' ) . , north of McCook.
A gasollno steve explO < 1ed In Doa.
trlco at the home at Mrs. Jacob Shllw.
nnd her oscallO from serious If not ta.
tal injur ) ' wns lIomowhat roo\t\rlenble ,
considering the fact that she 18 about
70 years of age. She ' \TlLfl thro"m
across t IO room 11Y the forc of the
explosion , but was not m\ldl Ihfurcd.
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