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CUSTfR COUNTY RfPUBUCAn
Dy D , M , AMSBERRY ,
BROKEN now , . . NEBRASKA
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IncIdentally , the racing automobllo
Is not dolnl : II. thing to the Malthusian
thcory ,
Thank goodncss , the oysters never
go on a strJko r"r shorter hours or
hlgAer wages.
It 18 to bo bped IHner Munroo hl\d
nsked to have his pia co In the mlnos
kept opem tor him to 10 bnck to.
Perhaps the Husslans who docilloc1
that AmerlcnD flour was contraband or
war bad enten II. deadly Boston dough.
nut.
The tl1otl11 ot Shanghai appears to
cut about as much lure In his own
ba111wlck as II. blind man at n schut.
zentest.
A womnn who Is careless enough to
spend $10 tor silk hose Is sure to bo
D. trltIo carerul about picking out the
muddr : crossings.
"Are Americans dlsappcarlng ? " nsks
n correspondent ot the Now York
Hornld. Vcry tow ot 'em lert In New
Y rk , wo'vo noticed.
It Is not likely tuat wedding jour.
neys on trelght trnlns w1l1 become
n popular tad. There Is no romnnco
about n trolght trnln.
"Inquirer" nslts why the "ord "goo"
Is not In the latest dictionary. It "Ill
bo tound In the next one. nt nIl
events. It has appeared In print.
Llvcs there n man with soul so dead
who never. to bls trlend hath snld ,
Beelng him homownrd wend his \Va ) ' :
"HI , Sam , what was the score to-day ? "
The ne" , dlseaso or the automobll'
l8ts Is technically Imown as motor.
pathla cerebrnl1s. It Is caused by the
vlbratlonlbus ot the automob111enslssl.
mus.
And now n Brooltlyn man rises to
romv.rk that ho has carrlell the same
I > Ockct knife for rorty-soven ) 'ears ,
How Irritating such complacent virtue -
tuo Is t
In frlcndly salute a Utica man broke
the ribs of an acquaintance , who must
now be glad that ho did not run across
tlAo snluter when the latter was teol.
Ing morOJo.
Somebody ought to nsle the man
who ! 1nnounces that ho bas ca1'l'ied
one pocket knIro tor moro thnn forty.
five : rears how many umbrellas bo has
had menuwhlle.
That proclous Russian baby wolghs
10 % pounds now , which 110esn't seem
much , considering the weight of the
honors and rosl10nsibIUties that hnv (
beOD put upon him.
Mnybo there Is something In this no
bat fad , atter al1. Hnts are still con
Bldered Indlspensablo by most per
SODS , but so were nightcaps at one
stage In human developmont.
Hotty Green vigorously objects tl
pnyln $ : < < ) taxes on the old house I ]
Mnssuchusotts where she wns barD
That Isn't the reason she gives to
protesting , but It Is n good oue.
Tile en goment ot his daughter t
Cnpt. Spender Clay Is said , to bo
great rellot to William Waldort AI
tor , The cause Is ohvlous , It mlgtJ
80 easily have been Capt. Spend (
: MUDD.
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' ! 'hoso employes who jumped In [
Patofso _ , N. J" nnd rebuilt n burne
mill and then bad n , big dlnnor wit
the owuer are living proofs that tlJ
country hJ stHI tul1 ot good nath
Americans.
Erncsto Dlondl , the italian sculpta
who Is suing the Metropolitan art m
soum In Now York for $200,000 dar
agcs because of Its refusal to exhllJ
bls "Saturnalia , " taltcs blmself SOl
ousI1 , doesn't ho ?
ITho
The yacht America , that won tl
famous cup Ct.threo years ngo ,
stIlI aJtont. In these days a ) 'acht Wt
not a mere skimming dish and Wt
good tor somothlng moro than jut
after the rnco wns over.
"Whoso findeth n , wIre , " sa's Sol
mon , " nlloth n oed thing. " And S (
omen "as one of the most eXIJorllU1ce
busbands that ever JIved. The recorl
of modem divorce courts woultl 1m
cate thl\t elthor wives or husbanl
must ha.o changed moro or less slnl
his dar. :
A torclrn cable dispatch announc
the extraordinary tact that n Germ :
professor rode 110rscbacle from Berl
to Balreuth. Whether this tact Is (
traordlnnry because n German pror ,
ser 'WIlS able to rldo 0. llorso , or I
cause ho rode to Balreuth Is left
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obscurity.
A Connecticut minister who miss
his horse tound him final1) ' In t
study ot the church , the exploring a
mal hn.ln ( ; made his way down t
church alslo nnd Into the stud ) ' , wi
out doing o.ny damage. Horse on t
mmlsterl
A Phlladeh1hla man nt the rlslt
his lito stopped n runawny her
I whereupon the drlvor , ; ave his r
cuer n ( i.cent picco. Ordinarily 6 COI
Is a low prlco ror n humnn 11(0 , but
things considered It was probably
blJ : estlmato In this caso.
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SHEMUSTOISARM
LARGE GUNS OF RUSSIAN SHIP
TO BE 1 AI < EN OFf.
PRESIDENT ISSUES AN OnOEB
Transport Len : ! Gc-cs to Marc Island
Navy 'Yard to Remain Until War Is
Over-Paroled Men to Remain In
San Francisco.
WASIl1 GTOActing Secretar '
or State AIleD on Thursday gave out
the fol1owln ! ; stntemen.t regnrdlng the
Russ Inn ship now at San Pranclsco :
"Tho Ilresiliont has today issued an
order , through the nctlng secretury of
stntl" directing that the l\lIsslnll
! ! .Tmed trans110rt Lonn , now nt San
Francllco , bo talten Into custody hy
the naYnI nuthorltles of the United
Stntes nnd disarmed , ' 1'he main tea.
tures or the condition prescribed are
that the Lenn. bo to.ltcn to the Mo.ro
Islanll nnv ) ' 'ard nnd there dlsal'med
b ' removal ! If small guns , hreech
Joclts of largo guns , ammunition and ,
: > rtlnance stores amI such other ells-
mantlemont ns lUay be } Jrescrlbed by
the commandant of the navy yard ;
that the captain glvo 11. wrllten guar'
antee that the Lena shall not lenvo
San Ii'ranclsco unlll ( Jcaco shall have
been conchuled ; that the officers nnd
crow lUay bo paroled , not to leave San
li'ranclsco until seine umlerstandlng I
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! 1S to their disposal may bo reached
hotween the Unltod States and the
hollgerents , After the disarmament
the vessel mar bo removed to a prize
docle for such rcasonable repairs ao ;
wltl malO her seaworthy and preserve
her In gooll condition during her do. i
tontlon , She may ho so ropalred at. .
the nn.v ' ) 'ard If the Husslnn com.
: namler should so elect ; that while
it 11. prlvato dock , the commandant
, e the navy ranI nt Mare Island shall
'Javo custody of the ship , anll the re'
( lairs shall bo o\'erseen b ) ' an englncer
' ) mcer to ho detailed by the command.
i.nt , and that when so repaired , If
; Jeace shall not then have ' been con-
lIlded , the vessel shall 00 tal < on baclt
:0 : the Marc Island Im\ ' ' yard and bo
hero held 'In custody until the end
ilf the war , "
'rIlls action has heon talwn upon
the wl'IUon request of the commander
, r the Lena , addrmsed to Rear Ad.
tnlral Goodrlr , ; ' , setting forth thn.t , as
the vessel Is Incapahlo of putting to
wn without needrul repairs , she must
Isarm , nnd asldng thnt needful re-
nlrs bo pormltted after disarmament.
The secretar ' of the navy has telegraphed -
g-raphed the presldont's order to San
Francisco and given Instrucllon to
I\dmlral Gooetrl h allli to Cnptnln Mc.
Calla , the commandant Ilt the Mare
slanet lIa.ard to out Its -
( lIa\ ) ) , carry pro-
I"Islons.
REPUBLICANS OF NEW YORK.
rhe Ticket That They Hnve Placed In
the Field.
SARATOGA , N. y-The ropubllcan
IItnte convention Illjourned ) Thursday
- ' .I.rtor nominating unanimously the tel ,
. lowing tlcltct :
For Goyernor-Frllk 'V , HIglns :
) of Cntlru l1gus.
For Lloutellmt : Govoronr-M. LInn
Druco of ow Yorl ,
For Secrotarr of Stutc--John F.
O'Drlen or Clinton.
For Attorney Gonern.-Jullus ! 1'01 ,
Mayor of New Yorlt.
For COmlJtroller-Otto Kelsey 01
Livingston , :
For State Treasurer-John G. Wal
lenmelor of Eric ,
For Stllto I nglnel'r nillI SurvJyor- !
Henry A , VanAlstyne or Columbia ,
Ii'or Chlcr Judge of the Court of AI
peals-Edgar 1\1. Cullen ( dem , ) 0
Klnss county.
For Assistant Justlco of the Cour
, r AIIJoals-Wllllam ( E , Warner 0
Monroe ,
Pullman Works Now Idle.
CHICAGO , I11.-Tho PUllmnn ca
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u. worlts nt Pullmun ahut down 01
n.rllllrsday. . Pracllcally eyery ono 0
, It : ho COmlmn's 7,000 emlllo 'es Is Idle
I. rhe'elmlr dOlmrtmont , where 1,501
'lIen were employed , was the last tl
loso. The shutdown has heen grad
10 ' 11\1 during the Il\st thl'ee weelts , tWI
Is ilr three departl1Hnts helng closell n
is ' 1 time. 'rho worlmlOn were told tl
111 al\O their tools with thorn when the :
tIc len , and from this they Infer that :
ponslderablo lwrlod of ! llleness cm ;
Cronts them ,
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11.d Olney RefuGes to Run.
s BOSTON , Mass.-At 11. meeting ( J
11. the democrntlc state committee It wa
I1s nnnounced thnt. Richard Olney , whos
co ! Iominatlon for go\'ernor has lICe
urged , haet absolutely Ilocllned to become
como the nomlneo under IIII ' clrcun
eS stances ,
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In Cause Bla RIGe In War Risk ; ; .
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.s. SAN li'HANCISCO , Cal.-War rlsll
on carl"Oes to Japan jumped from
10-
quarter or 1 } Jor cent to frolll a to
In
IJer cent as a rcsult or the nrrl\'al (
the Husslan cruiser Lena In this IJOr
od _ Lumber Combine At An End ,
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V ANCOUVEH , B. C.-Tho lumhf
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nIl. comblno In the Canadian northwest I '
10 } 1ractlcally at an ond. All mountal
t1 ' mills In British Columho , l1umlJerln
10 IUty , haye rofusell to sell excluslvel
to retailers III the northwest and soot
the ' will start yal'lls or tholr own 1\11
ot
l > e11 to any consulllor who haR tI :
se
es : cash. It Is thought the Dl'ltish Colin :
Its bin co\st : mills will bo compelled 1
011 follow suit. 'rho 11ro\'lnclal ! O\'OI'nmel
11 posltl\'el ' reruses to ha\'o the prohn :
tlves tax on logs oXllortod to Washln '
ton state repealoll.
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DR , CHAR LCOTT.
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A goodly number of delegates at.
tend d the sessions or the eighth In-
tCl nntlonal geogrnphlcal congress at
Washlnglon , At the opening session
Dr. Churle9 D , Wnlcott , director or
the gcolo lcnl survey , welcomed the
ccngress to Amerlcn on behalf or the
Ilrenident of the Unlled States , and
nnnoullced Prl.'sldent HOl1seyelt's ne.
CO(1tII\1CO ( of tbo honorarr pres1 < 1 ucy
or U.o congrcss.
ORDERS FOR ENLISTED MEN ,
Rule by War Dcpartment on Philip.
pine Service.
WASHINGTON-An order jest Issued -
sued b ) ' the war dOlmrtment directing
the Twent-I1I'st Inrantry to prepare
for n tour of sorvlce In the PhlllplJlnes
Is of geneml Interest to the enlisted
hranch of the arm ) ' , It directs tbat all
onllsted men of that regiment who on
September 15 next have less than two
years and seven 1I10nths to serve , o.nd
who doslro to ro-enllst Immedlatel ) '
shall ho discharged on that date and
ro-enlsled men or the regiment , non.
commissioned officers excellted , who ,
on the dnte mentioned , llI1ve less than
six months to serve and who do not
desire to re.enllst , wl11 be discharged
for the convenience of the government.
JAPS CAPTURE SASSALITCH ,
Rumor that Russian GRneral nnd 3,000
of His Men Arc Prisoners ,
LONDON-Tho Mornln ! ; Post sa's
thnt official Russian dispatches re-
cel\'ed In London announces that Lieutenant -
tenant General SassaUtch , wbo commanded -
manded the portion of the Russian
rear guard south of the Hun river , has
heen s vorcly wounded and captured ,
with 3,000.O\lt or his 5,000 men ,
n Is adlled by the 1\lornlng Post that
General Zaroubloff. Krandatavltch and
Bllderllng have eheclted General Kur.
old's advance.
The Dally Mnll's correspondent with
the Japanese repe1ts ! from Tlen Tsln
the report that General Llnovltch ,
with [ jOOOO men , Invaded northeastern -
orn Corea and cut General Kurolt1's
communication with Feng 'Vang
Cheng ,
Port Arthur Situation Critical.
PARIS-Tho , Journal's St , Peters.
burg correspondent says : ' ( A very
high personage Inrorms me that the
emperor lans recelvod n report ' { rom
1..loutennnt . General Stoossel to the
effect that the situation at Port Ar ,
thur Is most critical. For 11 weel ;
there has been no meat and only D
small quantity of fiour , while the am
munition there Is not sumclent tor D
- long resistance , Ever'thlng I prepared -
pared for the blowing up or the forU
flcatlons In the event of a successfu :
Japanese assault. "
Complete Returns from Maln .
PORTLAND , Me , - A repub7Lcar
plurallt ) ' of 27,130 Is shown by com
plete returns from the state electlor
of Monda ) ' , the unofficial tabulation 0 :
which. from the 522 cities , towns nnl
plantations , WIlS com1'leledVcdnes
dar. The tolal vote fr go\'ernor , al
tabulated , was : Cobb ( republican )
78,4GO ; Dwls : ( democrat ) , 51,330.
Big Fire at Juarez , Mexlcoo.
EL PASO , Tex.-Tho clt ) ' or Jaure ?
Mex" across the river Crom El Paso
Is threateued with destruction b ) ' fire
Already one hloclt of the best buslnes :
houses haR Imrned nnd all efforts 0
the tlro dl'mrtment have thus far beel
futile. The loss Is heav ) ' .
Reports Evacuntlon of Mukden.
BEIlLIN-A dlsIIntch to the Loltn
Anzolger from 1\1llkden , timed 11 : "
a , 111 , Ii'rldl ' , sars the evacuation 0
Iulwn Is now In progress and add
that the Japanese have not yet cros !
ed the rlvor Hun , which fiows II. fm
I' miles south or l\lulden.
Bury Japanese Dead.
CHE FOO-Advlces from Port AI
t1mr sa ) ' that following the terrlfl
s bombardment of the fortress tor th
n I1vo da 's ending September I , heap
Ci or Japanese bodies were remo\'ed b
) r the Chlneso under orders glvcn b ) . th
t. Port Arthur lJ.uthorltles ,
Lena Really Needa Repairs ,
Ir WASHINGTON-Secretary l\lorto
Is received 11. report from Rear Admlrr
.n Goodrich , con1llumdor-In-ehler or th
Ig 1'nclfie neet , stalin ! ; that he hnd a
Ir InsllCction mndo 'estordn. ' of the HUI
IY sian shl(1 ( I.ena at San Francisco an
Id thnt It was genulnol ) ' In neel ! or rl
Ie pairs , 'rho rOl10rl shows rurthor th
n. nature or the ropah'8 said to bo 11\e ! :
lo sar ) ' , but the ofllclals of the Navy 1\1
1t partment decllno to lIIalO this )1111 )
II. . or the telegrnm public. The 1'01)01
g. has been referred to the State dl
uartment for action.
lENA IS GUARDED
AMERICAN WARSHIPS WATCHING
THE RUSSIAN CRUISER ,
ANOTHER INSPEGTtDtI IS MADE
Admiral Goodrich Appoints Special
Doard of Officials to Make Exnmlna.
tlon. M 1ntennnce of Warships In
San Frlnclsco Harbor.
SAN FRANCISCO-ouarded by sev.
eral Amerlcnn warships , the Russlali
lluxl11ary cruiser Lena lies in the same
1I0sition In the bay where It drollped
nnchor Sunday afternoon. Today , un.
der the direction of the UnltStutes
nnvy , a third hlsl1ectlon of the I..ena
W begun , nnl\ the disposition of the
vessel will doubtless depend on the ro.
1I0rt or the Investigation ,
Rear Admlrnl Goodrich appointed
the rollowlnr board of Inspectors :
LleutelHl1It Commander J , C. Lconarll
of the gunlJoat Uennlngt4Jn , Lieutenant
Commander J. E. Pamer ! of the crulslr
: \Iarblchead , nnd Lieutenant . D.
Leahy of the Boslon.
' 1'hese omcera are 1\11 trained en.
glneors and their worlt will bo search.
Ing and concluslvo. It Is anti ciliated
that they will tlulsh theft. examination
' 1'hurs ar ,
The visit ot Captain Berllnslty n.nd
the Russian consul , 1\1. Koskavltch , to
the Mare Island naval stutlon Is re.
garded as significant , as It Is belle\'ed
to portend the dismantling of the
Lenn. . They were courteously received
0) ' Hea\ ' Admiral McCalln , Rear Ad.
mlral Goodrich assembled al1 of the
naval commanders In this port on
bonrd the flagship New Yorlt and nc.
qualnted them fully with al1 of the
olllcial do\'elopments In the case nnd
It Is surmised Instructed them as to
proceeduro In the extent of certain
con tlngencles.
It Is expected that the destroyer
Perry will soon be brought dClwn rrom
Marc Island aud added to the vessels
now surrounding the Lena , I
An outcome of the arrival of the I
Russian cruiser will probably bo the I
maintenance permanently In San Fran.
cisco harbor of a. . number or warships !
to bo prepared to deal with any slm.
Ilar emergency during the Russo-Jail-
anese war , Had the Lena arrived
twenty-four hours later , San Fro.nclsco
would not 110\0 had a single American -
can war vessel , as the squadron had
been ordered to sail the next day to
other waters for target practice.
Another and lIlore thorough Inspection -
tion of the Russian transport Len3
was made by naval engineers In order
to furnish the State and Nnvy depart.
ments with more complete data con'
cernlng Its boilers and sea.worthlness ,
In the event that the Lena Is dls.
mantled It will ) lrobabl ' bo laid up at
the 1'rare Island nn."y yard , Rear Ad.
mira } Goodrich has been directed br
the No. " ' department to orrer the nnvy
yard to Captain BerllnsltY tor that
purllOSO ,
JAPANESE INSPECT THE NOVIK
Find RU lan Vessel Sunk Within
Six Hundred Yards of the Shore.
'rOKIO-The officers commanding
th .Japanese expedltlotf sent In to examine -
amino the wreclt ot the Russian
I cruiser Novlle rellort that It Is bCIlch.
e' : 900 ) 'ards southwst of Korsalw"sl :
lIghthouso. It has a 30-degreo lIst to
sto.rboard , and WIUl the exception 01
11. small portion of its bow It Is en.
tlrely submerged. Even on Its UppOl
deck the water Is knee deep In the
L most shal10w places. Its conning
tower and upper worlls were ho.a\'ll )
damaged by the Japanese shell fire.
It Iii Impossible to ascortaln dofinlte } )
the extent of the damage under the
water , but o\'ldently It Is consider
nb Ie.
Ie.Russian
Russian land torcos fired on the
.Japaneso expedition whllo the ox.
amlnatlon was being made , but the
expedHlon retired without sustalnlnE : ;
c.ny casualties.
Drouth In All Centrol Europe.
nOSTON-A report to the Ameri ,
can board tram Rov. J. S. Porter , Itf
mlsslonar ' In Schemmel , Bohemia ,
stntes that the whole heart or Europe
partlculnrly Dohemla and Moravia , IE
suffering from the most severe droutll
within the memory of any ono living
Potntoes and other crops are a tallure
rhe sugar beet crops nro so lIght thaI
many sugar ractorles will not bo opel1
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ed this ) .ear , The Elbe Is so low thaI
for six weolts no steamers ha"e beer
nble to move. 1\lI11s and factories ar (
Idle.
SerloLls Antl.Semltlc Riots.
ST. PETERSBURG-Antl.Semltlc
rlollng tool ! plnce at Rovno , In thl
government of Volhynll1. , September 4
during which , It Is said , man ) ' per
'sons were Injured and shops pillaged
A similar outbreak occurred at Smeh
In the govcrnment or 1\loft : , wherl
the troops were called , Nlnoty-elsh
houses aUlI 145 sho)1s ) were plllagel
and sevcml persons seriously am
many sllghtl ) ' wounded by the troops
Man ) ' of the rioters were arrested
' 1'ho arralr lastcd for two < 1(1)'S , Sep
temlJer .t nnd 5.
Emperor Issues Some Orders.
LONDO-J-The : Dally : \Iall's Sin
mlntan correspondent cablln undo
date or Soptomher 11 , sa 's : "Genera
KouropatIln hll3 retuTl\ClI to Multdel
aft or Inspecting the fortifications a
' 1'lell1i'1s , worl , on which was not wel
advanced , but which Is bohl1 ; hurrlel
alonG. At the same tlmo costly effort !
to delay the Jal1 neSO Ild\'anco are be
In malle , I learn from Husslal
sources thnt thl3 Is the outcome or thl
emporor's orrlers and that the empero
o\'el1 } Jorol11ptorl1 ' commanded Koura
IJatIe:1 to retnlto Llao YanJt. "
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BORROWS ON OTHER'S STOCK.
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Respected York County Farmer
CharJed ( with Swindling Bank.
YORK-John V. Evarts , 0. plonee\ '
farmer living north of Waco , this
count ) ' , Is In the county jail , Ho waR
captured In Kansa8 City , where ho
was arrestel ! and charged with mort.
gaging cnttlo , norses and wheat to the
amount of $700 , giving mortgngf'3 ' on
proportr : that the Clt ) ' Niltional bank
of this vlnco claims does not belang
to him , Mr. Evarl'J Is well known In
Waco nnd vicinity , where ho hM been
farmlnl : for ma. ) ' : rei/arB , and the com.
munlty Is much survrlsed to learn
that he mortgaged lroport ) ' "hlch he
did not own , For several l'onrs ho
hall been rentlnE : lanlI of his relatl"ea
! l.nd once or hl'1ce left the farm and
engaged In business. The way ho se.
cured the money of the Clb' Nntlonal
bank WM from time to time } Jrevlous
to thl8 he borrowed money In iHnall
nmounts , giving security , nnd each
time t1)e no to was duo he came In and
promptly arranged for pa'mcnt. In
hls wa ) ' he won t .o confidence or
ho bank , and when he mortgnS'Xl a.
! ' : a.rge amount ot stock and wheat the
bank had reason to bellevo thnt It
WM nil J1ght , Ho gave thlo mort-
gat'c : In Februnr ' last nnd In : March
tlo dlsapeared. Shortly after h1s dls.
appearance the banI ; : In\'cstignted nnd
round that he did not OW11 the prop.
erty which he mortgaged. They then
jave the matter to Sherler Brott.
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NEW POINT IN TAX CASE ,
County Cler.k Will Dccllne to Appeal
to Supreme Court.
AUBURN-A new difficulty confronts -
fronts the attorn e- general In the No-
maha rounty tax case , brought b ) '
Hon. Church Howe to restrain the extending -
tending of the 110r cent Increase On
the tn. roUs , Charles R , Hacker ,
county cleric , and Deputy Clerk James
r.r. Wright propose to ta.le II. strolO
off their own bat , While the stn.te's
Attorney appellred as attorney for the
defcnso he failed to hl1ve tbo state
board of CQuallzation and nssessment
Intervene In the case. and tbo cIeri ; :
md his deputy do not Intend to bo tied
up In making the to.x list by an appeal -
peal It they cn.n help It. Under the
In , . . , the : ' must make and deliver to
the county treasurer the tnx list by
the first of November and an appeal
to thCil SUl1reme court would prevent
thl . The clerk and his d puty have
written a letter to the attorncY gen-
! ral Informing him tliat they do not !
ntend to appeal the case. but are sat.
fied with the decision of the district
court , and will go to work on the tn.x
1.lst. Under the circumstances how
the attorney general can revIew the
case In the supreme court Is n quer ) ' .
. Jewelry Stolen In Sleeper.
LINCOLN-Mrs , Mark Woods of
hls city was robbed or $700 worth
ot jewelry whl10 on route homo with
er husband trom a trip ea15t. Mrs.
Woods had placed the jewel I ! In 11.
chamois bag , which she pinned to her
gown berors retiring to her berth for
the night. In the morning the jewels
were missing. Mr. Woods thinks the
robbers were niter 1roll of bills
which he had dlsplll'od during the
early cvoning while lJaylng the con.
uctor and vorter for accommodations
pn the sll eJer. He Intends to bring
lIult against the company.
"Con" Man Arrested.
LINCOLN-William Call. an un.
trnown , was arrested by the Burlington -
ton deDQt de ctl1'es while attempting
to work n confidence game on passengers -
gers oC n wcstbound train. He had
hecks tor large amounts , which he
IJ.saerted he hl\ll not time to et cash-
00. and wa'S reQuesting small loans
with the checks as security when
taKen In.
To Build Irrlcatlon Ditch.
Andrew A , Carlson and Neils Ras.
/Cussen / ot Crawford , Da.wes count ' ,
, nnt to go Into partnership nnll con-
, truct an Irrigation ditch nell' Craw.
Cord , nnd ha1'e written the state board
I Df Irrigation vermlsslon to con.
lIolldnte their ditches , T11e ' expect
, to slJCnd $6,000 and Irrigate 3,000
acres o ! land ,
Burned to Death.
INDIANOLA-Flre consumed the
barn and a lot of har bconglng ; to
, Tacob Korb. southwest or here. Three
ot his sons were sleelJlng In tbe har-
mow , Two escaped br jumping from
the haymow window. The charred
rpmnlns or the third were found In
,
the nshes of the ruins ,
Corn Out of D3ner. (
GRAND ISLAND-A goodly per ,
centar ; of the corn In this section
Is now so far ad\'anced that , rarmers
sar , 11. light frost would onh' be help ,
ful In that 'It ' would hasten the time
when the farmer could lJe1ln to plcl ;
It ,
Former Omaha M.m Insa'1e ,
DEATRICE-J , T. Sullivan , former.
11 employed through this territory nE
n salesman for Allen Dros. , whole ale
grocers of Omnha , but who has been
out or emplo 'l11ent for the last few
montJls , living with his brother , N , H
Sullivan , n resilient or this c1t3' , wa
talton before the Insanlly board oj
commlsslonors 011 the chnno or In.
sanlt1 , The hearln wes postponed ,
nnd It Is the Intention or the tamll
\to tJ\ke the unrortul1ato man tolIs : ,
sourl , where ho has relntlvos living
'WIth ' the h01'l0 that ho moy reo over ,
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THE NEWG IN NEBRASKA ,
Flro destro'cd the roIlor louring
mills I1t Brainerd ,
A harvest fcstlval Is to hold at
Shelton September 20 , 21 nnd 22.
Improvements amounting to soveraI
thousand ! ! of dollnrs have been mal1 < t
by the Union Pacific about the local
depot and 'ards In Sutherland durIng .
the past week or two ,
Henry Tolor , n merchant of AnoIm , J
was burned to death trying to save l
his wIre attar kerosene cxplodod , cov.
crlng her In flames. She may die. .
T o building Is l1o.rtln.l1y burnCtl.
At a sDeclal election In Osceola. I
the bonding ot the town tor 11. sya-
I
tem of wnter worl ! to cost $25OO ( )
was voted upon , The roeult was a.
majority In tavor oC the bonds of over
four to ono.
The Kearney Construction com-
pnny , of which T. Eo Parmelo of
Plaltsmoutll Is president and 'V. J.
Stadelman of Kearney Is vi co presl-
dent , has been granted 11. franchlso
for nn Inde1 > endent telephone system
at Minden , A first class exchange
will bo Installed In the near futuro.
The articles ot Incorporntlon flied
by the Bank of Benson have becn np-
proved by the state banltlng board.
I
The capital stock Is $50,000 , divided
Into shnres valued at $100 ench , and !
the incorporators are James .A. Howard -
ard , B , H. Post , C. A , Tracy , Peter
Gravnnt , F. D , Pamur , H. O. 'Vulff
and ! S , F. Thomas.
l'
The mcmbers of the National
GUll'd who are al1eged to have Insulted -
sulted women In David Clty durin , ; ,
the recent encampment there are to
be punished If proven gllllly , and the
Investll ; . 'lUon that Ims been started
b ' Adjutnnt General Culver will bo
pushed with Tiger until the name of
every guilty man 18 known ,
The state board ot public lands n.nd
buildings and the state board of Irrl-
i rl tlon held tholr regular meetlnga
last wcck , The former board passe
I . on a number of claims , Including the
one for the construction of the hos.
pltal o.t Milford , and the lalter board
merely approved the worle done by
Secretary Dobson du-Ing the last six
months ,
Rey , James Mark Darby , pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal church of
'Vahoo , among the announcements
Sun ay morning , made ono of unusual -
al interest to his congregation , that
ot n donation at a fine new Dlano by
a ftlond of the church , Alb"rt C. Kil-
lian. The congregation showed Its
high nppreclatlon of the costly glit by
a rising vote ot thanks ,
A young Gorman , o.pparentl ) ' about
21 : rears of ago , who has been confined -
fined 'In thu rounty jail at Wahoo for
some time , 'Wns adjudged Insane by
the examining board and talten to the
asylum at LIncoln. The young mo.n
wne first discovered at Ashland mn-
nlng nbout in a halt nude condition ,
and when parties tried to npproach
him ho jumped Into crcek. I
A little "alfTaR left just outside
tlw dor or the resldonco or Richnrd
Sampson , n prominent farmer reshl-
Ing about a mlle north of Seward.
Cries from the child were beard In
the h011so nnd Mr , Sampson wont out
and found It lying In a basltet. The
baby WII.B 0. male child o.nd wo11 dressed -
ed and a. card pinned upon Its clothIng -
Ing told of the date or Its birth ,
A horse nnd buggy bolonglng to
Henry Nast , a farmer living four
miles south of Scribner , were stolen.
Next morning the buggy WII.B tound t
bosldo the road on Somers o.venuo
just outsldo Fremont , nnd later UI0
horse WII.B tak.cn up near Leavitt , It
Is SUIJposod that the thlof stole the
rig to come to Fremont with n.nll
turned the horse loose just before
rea.chlng the clb' ,
Deputy Garno Warden Smith went
out Into Hooker county nnll n.rrestell
Jamc9 Clcary nnd A. 0 , Crawford , j
charging thcm with Itllllng seven pral. I
rlo chlcltens. The men were taken
lJeforc n .1ustlco and fino1 $35 al1l1
costs each , which the , . paid.
The house of Dr , T. C , Sexton at
Fremont " . .n"1sltell by burglars , A
marauder secured entrance to it by
pinelli ! ; a chair under IU1 unrast:3nell :
window nnd climbing In. Ho7ent
through oyer'thlng In t\VO rooms , se.
cured some small articles and $15 In
moner , and then climbed out , taking'
Dr. Sexton's clothlnl ; ' with him. Ii'rorn
the pocl ts ho toolt a fine gold watch ,
but ho left the garments on the lawn.
GO\'ernor l\lIcke \ ) ' and party will
lea\'e tor Seattle to wltnoss the
launching of the battloshlp N&bras1ta.
about October 3 , It has not yet been
decided 'over what roall the p\rty w111
go , but It has been lleclded that no
free transportation will bo securelL
The trip cannot ronsume moro than
i ten day ! ! , ns Oetobor 18 ho.s becll set
nmrt ( as Nebraska day at the St.
I Louis exposition , aud the go\'ornor and
staff will leave tor that place October -
bor 1G ,
Old settlers of Oleo rounty last
weel , held their thirty-sixth nnnual
(1Ict'lc. . <
Judge Paul of St. Paul was In Grand
Island the othcr da ) ' and stilted that I
he woul11 ha\'e a hill Introduced In
the next legislature providing tor the
rCQulrement or bonds trom court ro-
portorn , It 19 found that the recent
de1'lnrturo of Reporter Kendall or that
, district nocQssltates the retrial of twc
cases In Hall count ) " , ono In Greelc ' ,
ono In Loup , two In Boone and ono
, In Gront becnuS'O the recordaTcre
uever completed.
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