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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1907)
. New Governor of Jamaica. ; f C > C/ \ I . , . .f ' , ' . , , 'I - . 7b ! ; ( t , t-r { ( "l # . " / CJ 0 6 ? ttY fPiJ' : _ c- ' I Sydney Oliver , who hs been 1ppolnted governor of J 1malca to succeed Sir Alexandcr Sw.ttenham : , wa : . born In 1859 , graduated at Corpus Christi col. , ) leg , Oxfdrd university , and In 1832 cntcrcd the colonial office. In 1890.1891. ( .he W 19 acting colonl 11 secretary of Brltlch Honduras , In 1895.1896 hc was I auditor genernl of thc Lecwnrd Islntlds ; and was later private secretary to the carl 01 Slbornc , Gccret 1ry of the West India royal commission , colonial sec. retary of Jnmalc:1 nnd nctlng governor of Jamaica. In 1898 he wa : . sent to Washington to assist In the negotiation of reciprocity treaties on behalf of the Wcst Indlnn .colonles. - \ , DOOM FOR DERELICTS. NEW BRAND , OF DESTROYER BUILDING FOR , ATLANTIC. Revenue Cutter No. 17 Will Be As. ! signed to Slnl < Those Floating Hulks Which Are a Men. ' ace to Navigation. _ . , - Washlngton-Officlals of the reve. nue cutter servlco uro lool\lng forward to the completion of the new derelict destro 'el' , revenue cutter 17 , with high , expcctatlons of her usefulness , She will \)0 \ the first craft of her Ielnd to become part of the service , and when completed , some time next yeur , the , ability o the "watchdog" branch of the treasury 'department to cope with I -duners and emergencies that now seriously strain the bureau wlIl. be largely Increased. At present all the work that \\111 fall . . . . ( POIItn- . . pJ SAYS POTATOES HAVE SOULS. Mystic Maeterllnck's Announcement Gives Vegetarians Brainstorm. Parls.-What are the vegetarians to I' ' cat now ? : ' They abhor fiesh because they refuse - fuse to slaughter pensive beeve : ; , play. ful lambs and joyous calves , Now I : \Iaurice 1\Iateriinck has carried con. sternatlon into the vegetarian camp and has greatly disturbed their dlges. tlons by his book on the InteIIlgence of plant life. Mac.t.erJlnck thinks he proves that plants are as purlloseful , as reason. able , as conscientious as most hu. mans. even as most vegetarians , In general the vegetarians uro ? ) mystics and so they worship 1\Iaeterlinck. What are they to cat If , as he Insists , cereals have souls , green peas have a llUrpose In life and potatoeg have , \ white sweet souls ? 1 Prince 'l'roubetslcol , the sculptor , & " who Is a vegetarian , had a talIt with I 1\Iaetel'llncl n this puzzling subject at the salon. Troubetskol has 'sincere scruples against ta3t1ng meat , against slaying sentient beings to devour their fiesh. His distress \vas almi1st tra lc as he questioned MaeterIlnclt , who j could console him enl ) ' with : ) "Never fear , prince , lIe who lives must eat. " I But he did not say what , so ilie princely sculptor is at his , -its' end . to choose a food which wll1 sustain life , but which gives up no life in be. coming food. "BOARD WALK" IS TO GO. Blockc of Tile Will Displace Famous Wooden Atlantic City Promenade. Atlantic City , N : J.-A bl < : ck of the .famous boardwalk paved with tlle imported from Holland , where slml1ar \ Imving Is In use , will be one of the 1I0v.ltles for the summer visitors of the coming season , who will bo aske ! to pa's ! their opinion on wooden block nnd concrete as a footway lor the es. panodo : , The experiment In making a change in the flooring of the walk is IJe. tug tried with the object of discover. tng some paving substltuto that will better stand tile travel of the thou. sahd"sof promenaders than Hle plans , now in use. The wear on thQ board 100r Is cnuntlous , and as feminine visitors refullo to stand for the planking when it be'omes In the least bit worn or splintered from wear , the yearl ) ' bill . tor lumber and laying Is becoming un : " $ r i eIl of heavy drain on the nnances of.he resort. to the new destroyer must be done by the revenue cutters , which are neither built nor equipped for such sorvlce. When Xo. 17 is launched she will in all , probablIlt ) ' get a name , for one can hardly Imagine a successful launching without a naming , and neither the secretary - retary of the treasury nor the chief of the r.Jvenue cutter servlco would wish to humiliate the new ship by sending her out among her sister ships with no more Idea of typlf'lng title than that which Is given a convict In the penitentiary or a brlclt house in a row. " As the new destroyer Is to be unique In man ) ' wa's , she will also be assign. ed to the other cutters in the service. Shl' ' ! will have a steaming radius of DOOO miles without stopping to coai , will bo provisioned for much longer cruises than she will ever be 111\OIy to malte. and will be equipped with powerful derricl.s , the most improved lIfe.savlng apparatlls ami with a maga. zlno In which will be high oxploslves In suf1lclent quantities to bloW' half the battle ships In the world out of . the sea. The sunllowder anll d'nl\ ' mite , however , will not be spent to dcsl1'o ' life , Imt to snvo It. 'fhe shillS thnt she will nltnclt are these that have ouUlvetl tholrtseful. . ncss and 111\\0 passcd frt'm the service of civilization to the clnss of human enemies. 'I'he half.sunlwn derollcts that fioat silently Ul ) nnd down and across the Imths of commerce , claim. Ing as victims tlte finest shhlS , with their crews and passengers , will be the pro ' or No. 17 , nnd no mercy will be shown when these mysterious fooll are found. It Is expectCtl thht In life. snvlng worl. the new revenue cutter wlll\prove ns vnluablo as In the moro sensational and noisy pursuit of dere. IIcts. . Her field or operations will bo com- paratlvel ' restricted , with Nova Sco- tin on the north , the Bahamas on tlto south and the mltl.Atlantic on the cast. Her duty wlll be to Iteep the Il11ths or ocean commerce clenr , and the field Is largo enough to occupy all the tlmo or Iter swIrt engines. The other sltto of tlte ocean will be patrolled - trolled by the ships of Great Britain 01' the powers of the continent. When storms along the seaboard 1m- peril passenger ships or there Is otltor worl. cut out for JlCcsavers , revenue cutter 17 wlll bo summoned by wireless - less if she Is at sea , and by land wlro if in port , and will hasten to tlte scene. 'I'hat she will give a good account of herself In every emergency the revenue - nue cutter of1lclals feel certain , and are concerned now onry In expediting the construction of the sadly needed ship. LORDS BUY 2,000 PRAIRIE DOGS. Brltlshers , Seeking Sport , to Stock Hunting Preserves with Them. Huron , S. D-Two thousand prairie dogs at throe dolInrs each at shipping point have been contracted for by English lords who have exterminated the rabbits and hares on their shoot. I Ing preserves In Englnnd and are Ian. gulshlng fOl' sport. Mrs. Nellie Madden , of Waukon , Wls" having contracted to supplY this number of the dogs , has with. drawn hol' farm north of this city from the marltat , believing its value has enhanced Immeasurably by the de. mand for Iualrle dogs , with which It Is overrun , It Is believed the English noblemen have bucked up against an. other Yanltce game , and that the character of the prairie dogs has been misrepresented to them , The animals 11.1'0 the size of an over. grown rat , live In communities , their halos connected with outlets every rod or two. Thcy are spry enough to arouse the sporting blood of the Brit. I h , but when wounded drop into their holes 0 : ' If dead their fellows qulcl < ly drag them In. It is mere pot.huntlng to shoot them , but to entrap 2,000 of them wlll afford a nice problem for the venders. . o-V ! " , , " " ' Where Heroes Sleep. I'1 , 'X . . _ _ . . . , . . , . . . . . . . ' , { \ , ' . > ; . , , ' . . , . . ' ' ' . . . . . ' . ' . . . . . . _ . . . . . ' > . . . . . ( . _ . , . . , . , . . . < , t ' I . . . . - . . ' ' . " " . f. , _ . . . . . , ,2" : ' : > ' . . . . . oA . . . , " . , . . . . , . ' . ' . . . , . ' ' --y. . > ' , . , { , ' f < . . < ; . . . . . - . . . . " . -'If " " " ' " - " " " . - , " " . . , ' . ' ' ' ' . . , . ' A n , . . . . . . . . . - ' ' ' ' ' : \ 7 ! ; " " ' ; < ' " " : ' ' ' ' 'V & ; 1t'mr : . ' ' ; ' * . " . ' " ' " ' ' ' : " Q.- W'1 < ' " : t. " , . . , . : . . , ' . , / . " _ , _ .m m . . " _ ' _ ' _ m 1 : : < ; m l tt : , ; ; _ . " . _ . : Monument to the unknown dead and the Temple of Fame In the national military cemetery at Arlington here sleep about 17,000 soldiers who died In war for the Union. It Is consecrated ground to which thousands come every year from the north , south , east and west to honor those who gave their lives that the country might live. I TO LIVE ON LONE ISLE PROF. WATSON , SCIENTIST , PLANS CRUSOE ADVENTURE. University of Chicago Instructor Will Take Up Residence on One of Tor. : tugas to Study Strange Bird ; for Carnegie Institute. : Chlcngo.-Roblnson Crusoe's adven. tures on his desert Isle in the Pacific ocean are to have a sequel In real life. Prof. John B. Watson , a member of the psychology department of th9 University of Chicago , left the other da ' for a desolate and uninhabited Isla In the Gulf of Mexico , where ho will live , attended only by a servant , : In the interests of science , His destination Is not recorded on many maps , the Island being out of the path of commerce , unileopled , and for the most part barren of vegetation. It Is a membOl' of the Dry TOI'tugas groull and Is 70 mllcs off the wcst coast of Florida , 'fho nearest point accesslblo to the Island Is Key West. Prof , Watson's pU1'1lose In his visit to the Island Is to study a speolc8 at , birds believed to ' 1)0 extinct In man ) ' parts of the world , and of rare value to zoologists and psychologists , Scl. entlsts have made repeated observations - tions on the Islands off the cast coast of } 'Iorlda , and expect rich findings by Prof. Watson. Little Is known of the birds which he will study. It Is believed that those which nest about the Island have Itcpt away from manldnd for conturies. and his 'obsorvatlons may solve some of the missing paleontological IInltt ! , For a long time these birds have excited wonder among zoologists , and no attempt has buen made to study them until the Carnegie institute aslted Prof. Watson to make the In. vestlgatlon at Its expcnse. The PS ) " chologlst set out with all the knowl , edge about the birds attainable , but he declared ho Imow almost absolutely nothing about them. Prof. Watson has attained note recently - cently by his experiments with white mice , 1I0 has worked to prove that the ' have an extra sense not found In man , This Is a sense of dlrcctlon , In addition to sight , smell , Ceellng , taste and hearing. IIu obtained a leave of absence from the university and will bo gone for a length of tlmo. lie toolt with him a man to cook and care for his experl. men till lugsaso. SAMSON'S I HEROIC DEATH A STORY OF Tilt PERIOD OF Tilt JUDGES IN ISRAEL Dr the "llIlhwar and Dywa , . " Preacher . Scripture Authll't.1udgcs : IG : : n.31. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + t - . : - SERMONETTE . . .10 : i : The Triumph of Evll.-"Our 1 : : t god hath delivered Samson our t + Into hand " th - encmy our , was -t : t boast of the Philistines. They t : : t saw In the downfall of their : i- : i : powerful enemy an evidence of : f . . ; thc favor of their oed Dagon , : and a proof of their own prow. .f. Tess. And that Is as far as they : ' : ! : could see or understand. Evil + : alwayo Is half blind. Its vlolon : ( + : . Is limited by the horizon of the - ! - : i : physical and temporal. It ell mi. , : .to n ltes the true God as 'a factor . . + and places superstition ' : - > : the throne of . : to pride upon rea. . : o - 0. _ son. Evil deeD not recoJn [ I ze .0- 0 : . oi. God as it controlling f&ICtor In : : . : -i. the afftlrs of life ; It docs not + i + : * : understand that It overreaches : j- Itself and brings about Its own + : - - destruction. : i : : ! : But from the Divine view. + 1 + : i : polrit , evil triumphs . over the . : - good bec'Hlsc sin pp.rmltted . . , to u9urp the place of God In the + - : - heart and life. The fortress of - : - : : the heart Is Impregnable until : i : + : - the little side door of sin Is y _ : . opened to admit th enemy. _ : _ + Samson waD a defeated man : i : :1 : : from the moment he let the , - - . ' - ; - earthly love usurp the place of .t + : - God , and the final ylcldlng to , ' . - : the Importunities of Delilah was : i : t but the Inevitable outcome of - : - ) ' such unholy alliance. : : : : "Let no man S:1Y when he Is .t : tempted , I am tempted of God ; ; : , - : - for God cannot be tempted with t * evil , neither tempteth He any : } r m:1n ; but' every man Is tempted - ; + : ! : when he Is drawn aw < iy of his j : - toW)1 lust a'nd ' enticed. Then ) - _ ! _ wnen L lust hath conceived , It X ] - ibrlngeth forth sin ; and sin , - ; : , : when It Is finished , brlngeth : ! _ . forth death. " t : Recovered . : -i Strength. - But : while evil In Its bllndncss was : t glorying In the fall of thct - - ; - mighty Samson , the mercy and 1. . : i : forgiveness of God were being : i : 1 : bestowed upon a repentant sin. + . . - : - nero What evil can do to a man ( : Is nothing to what God can do : + : - for him. Samson shorn and - : i : blind and In the power of the H . - ! - enemy may yet rise above the - : + _ : _ I1lserable conditions , Into : i : which his sin has plunged him , : _ ; . He may again become the In. _ - : . strument of righteousness to _ ' : j' : t the condemnation and judgment -i , , : upon evil. _ 01- : . . - . "If We confess our sins He Is _ ! + : F. faithful and just to forgive us :1 : : + } our sins and cleanse us from all j. : r. unrlghteousless. " The prison - ; : + house at Gaza became Samson's - : confessional. The Philistines _ - -i- could shut out the light of dayi - t from his eyes , but they. could , : : not. shut out" God from his j : -1- heart. They could bind his * _ t IImbD with fetters of brass , but of : ! : they could not chain down his f -t + spirit and prevent It from : r. reaching out and finding the t 3 : forgiving and , restoring God. _ . : : t After all , how circumscribed + { are the powers of evil. How : * : : i : the servant of God ought to rea. + . " IIze the possibilities which lie : - + ! within him as he links his life + ! with that of God. -i- . : . : t To fall Into sin Is grievous , - : - , : but to remain In the condition : i : + where sin haR cast us Is Inex. + : ! : cusable , unpardonable. Here Is : : : j- where Samson's faith , spoken of t -i : In the eleventh of HebreVJD , : i : - : - shines out the brightest. Though 1. :1 : : the physical eyes were never to : ! : : see again , not so with the eyes : i : , - of the soul. Faith touched the _ : : blindness which had come from : t + sin and the soul look up and : : ; - : sees the God that giveth. ; ' -t . strength to the humble and reo - ; ; + ; : storeth them which be of a : ! : i. contrite spirit , and so we findi - : ! : the latter end of this man Sam. : i : : t son was better than the first ; : ; : f that he rOSe above defeat to - ! - -r win a crowning victory. So + : - + : . may It be with every child of t .t- . oi. . God. - - ' ; . - i- - . . + + + + } + + + + + + - } TIlE STORY. . . . " AMSON blind and in fett.ers ! " "s was the message which spl'ead swiftly throughout the land of the Philistines , and Into the borders of the land of Judah. "Samson blind and In fetters ! " "Surely , Dagon , the god of the Phil. Istlnes , hath hl'ard our cry and hath dellyered him into our handa , " ex. claimed the Pblllstines. "Surely , " bitterly cried the Israel. ites , "our God hath forsaken us , and delivered us Into the power of the enemy ! " And Samson , the erstwhllo cham. pion of Israel and Israel's God , and the unconquerable Coe of the Phills. tines , sat In n.ngulsh of bOdy and sllirit In the prison house at Gaza grinding , grinding , grinding : while the clunk or his chains kept doleful , heartless tlmo to 111e movements of his hands. Yes , the agony of those momenta when , In fiendish glee his captors hnd pierced hla eyeballs with theIr red- . ' . . . , " " . J hot Iron , Wn almost cnough to drive l\Im , mad I Ycs , the humlllntlon and ttosllalr as ho hel\rd the clanking [ 'haln9 mid felt th 'bruthl blowil which wettled the heavy felt r on hands ulIll limbs ellt to the very depths oC his ; BOIIII Bllt all that oxerur.lallng ordeal waR ns nothing now to UIO anguish of Boul he endul'oll as Jhe I\ccl1slng voice of consclonco cried Ollt In hlR heart nltl condemned 111m. 110 , the Nnzarlto 10 God : ho , the chosl'n ono of Oed to dolivOl' ami judge Israel : he , the might ) ' chnmplon who hnd never Imown defeat durln all the 20 years ho had judged Israel , como at last to thlsl Coulll It 1. > 0 posslblo ? 110 shook hlmselr to see If ho were awake , I1nll It was not all u hideous dream , bill the clunk of the chains came as an unBworlng voice. 110 ' OIl his trombllnr hnnds to the lItt'l less e'os. "Oh , Godl" ho cried , "how could I have douo this thin , ; ? " And In the Ulon ) ' of hla despnh. he beat Ullon his hrl'ust until the rlnA'lor the rattllnr chains echoed and recchoml through the prison houno , 1..lko u flood there Rwellt aCl'oss hla soul the memor ) ' of hla wron'dolng ' , lIow ho had ullo\Ved hlmsetf stOll by stell to ho drawn Into the power or that wlelted womnn. lIow ho had sought his OWn 01\SO nnd pleasure and had forgotten his high calling 11111141 oh. ligation. And , WorHO stilI , how he hllll fallcn so low as to reveal the saCl'cd sccrets of his God to the heart of a llrofano nnd lll'onlgate Phillstino woman , During these medltaUons , when It seemed IlS . though hl very soul would he crushed by the hurdon of his ullt and hi : ! God had forsa.lwn him fOl'ovor , ther came Into the prlaon house a comllany of the lords of the Philistines , whose elation was manl. fested IlS they looked down UIlOn their old enemy and taunted him with the humllla\lon \ of his position and gloried in his wea1mess. At last they tired of this dlvll'slon and turned to go , sa'lng as the ) ' did so : "We'must needs offer u gl'en.l sacrl. fico tcr b\ll' god , Dagon , for sea how 110 hath dollvored Into 0\11' hands 0111' ol1om ) ' . " The wOl'ds 'aroused SllInOOn , a 1111 long after they 111111 departed ho IWllt rOleating ( thom over a.nd over and sllylng to hlmsolf : "Nay , It was not the god Dngon , hut m ) ' sin Ullit bl'ourht 1110 to this place. Shllll Dagon , Indecd , recelvo thn glory ? " And he buried his hood low hetween his 1mees ns ho realized how grievously he 111111 compromised the cause of his God. Aud even whllo he was thus hewed there came whisper , I Ing to hili lIoul : that with his God there WIIS forglvcness and mercy. "Oh , God ! " he cried , as he lifted his sightless eyes toward heaven , "let this thing come to pass that I may yet show thr.t it Is to God that victory be. 10n1oth ! Let not these unclrcum. clsed Philistines forget that the God of Israel and not the god Dagolrul. . eth ! " . Prom that moment something like lIoace came to Sumson , and as the 1I11)'s came nnd wont the repentant heart of Samsoll reached out In faith and toolt fresh h01l1 upon tIle God to whom his IIfo hacl been cOIIB < ,01'l'lted , Thus thel'O grew 11p In his heart n now hope and confidence , and the old thrill of his strength and llower cnmo bllclt to him. At last the great day of the feast and sncrlfice to Dagon , the god oC the Phlllstincs , arrived , Multitudes crowd. cd into the great amphitheater , and other thousands filled the roof ovor. looltlng the arena. 'l'hen dIme the cry for Samson that he might make Hpor ! . for them , and while they waited IlIllJatientIy a messenger was dls. patched to the prison 110use to fetch him. What a shout that was as they saw the form of theh' old enemy como groping into the 'arenn. before them ! How different from the old Samson who had withstood the armies of the Phlllstincs aud had , . slnglo-handed , slain thousands of their strongest men. There he was In their power , forced to make sport for them , and right royall ) ' did they cheer his every feat UIII } ahout In his uars : "Now doth our god Dagon flnd pleasure In Samson ! Now are we avenged for all that Samson hath done unto us 1" And while the tumult was at its height , Samson turned to the lad that had led him Into the arena and said : "Suffer me that I may feel the pll. lars whereullon the house standeth , that I may lean Ulon them , " 'fho shouting ceased as he reachell a llosltlon between the two main pll. lars which sustained the weight of the roof. Eagerly his hands gropetl ahout until they touched the great wooden 1 > lel's. All eyes were turned upon him now I'n ' wonder to see what next ho would do , and a breathless ex. pectancy filled the place. Suddenly upon the stillness which had fallen rosa the voice of Samson as 1.1e lifted his face towards heaven ; and the eager multitudes leaned for , ward to hear what was said , whllo the crowds In the rear , realizing that somothlng unusual was transpiring , pressed toward the front. " 0 Lord God ! " rang out the words , clear ami loud , "remember me , I pray theo , and strengthen me , I pray thee , only this once , 0 God , that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for 1:1) ' two oyes. " A shout of derisive laughter rang out from the people us they cried : "lIe prayeth tn his God ! " But the sound therec ! wus quIckly drowned In the nolso of CI'ashlng timbers as Sam. son bent hlmsel ! between the pillars , and they went down IIko bits of strnw. And the house fall upon the lords , and UllOn all the people that wore therein ; so that the dead which Samson sleVi at his death were mora than the I which he stow In his life. I - NEBRASKA MATTERS MISCELLANEOUS NEWS NOTES , HERE AND THERE , ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST Social , Agricultural , Religious and Other Matters Having Reference to This Commonwealth Alone. . - - Ihiriington's new dellot at Ashh\nd will bo built at oncl' Auburn has alreadY tnltn stops for colobratlon oC the Fourth or July. David City's new hospital , complete In every respect , has bcon comploted. Some raw cases or ( lIphUterla have occurred In the vicInity of IIumboldt. The superIntendent of schools of Olay count ) ' hns tendered his reslgna. tlon. Patrlelc 1.I\ngclon , a Fremont county boy , was Idlled by horse falling upon him. Ashland Is spendlnr a good deal oC mQne ' this year to Improve the looks of the city. Counterfeit sllvor dollars : were quite freely dlstrlbutod In the vicinity of Sutherland. A strnnger named Wilson was nn.b. bcd by omcers nt Hastings for passing bogus checlts , Stllto Treasurer Bryan has Issuell a call for warrants tfrom 149,17 to 160,280 Incluslvo. Peter Bednar , living south or Wy. more , caltured two old wolves n.nd . seven ) 'oung ones. Thloves who bro1O into n hnrdwaro store nl North I..oup were soon after captured by the use or bloodhounds , At Concord , the house occupied by Chris Tltlderman nnd family was de. stroyed b ) ' fire. Two children were rescued just In time to saTO theh' Jives , Mrs. Chm'les Dunlap , Jiving ten mlles north or Araimhoc , droppecl dead while arranging window cur. tain In an upstairs room of hOl' resl. dence. 'MIO third district oC the ltebelmh as. soclntlon will e held In Nebraslm City Jno 7 , and It Is expected there will be botwecn 160 and 200 delegates 1'1 attendanco. The Young Women's Christian As. soclatlon of Lincoln secUl'ed almost $28,000 of the required $40,000 for the new Young Women's Christian asso. slatlon building. The Polk County Fall' association Is malting big Improvements in the fall' grOllnds and Is going to ma1te the grounds so attractive thut they will druw people fl'om every part of the Jtate. M. J. Hughes , the 'Vest Polm , r , who was so seriously 1njured by the cars at Colfax , . In. , , some \Yeelts ago , In a letter to friends at West Paint , stutes that ho Is on the road to Slleedy recovery. , Mrs. C. E. WeIdman of Lincoln. wife of ex.Captaln WeIdman , will start a divorce suit , It Is predlctel1 , as soon M her husband returns from the Pan. anm canal zone. He Is chief of tl\e fire fighters at Colon. After listening to the commence. ment addrcss by President G. C. Creelman , thlrt.slx gradualw of the fJtate university agricultural college recelevd their diplomas at n\190mbly hall at the stn.to farm. Mrs. Minerva , plnlntUt' in the da.m- age 8ult against the saloonkeoJOrs. at Beatrice of two years ago , is not aa.tlsfied with the verdict for $2,000 returned by the jury In the district court and hils filed a moUon'l for anew now trial. Socrettr : ' Whitten of the Commer. clal club , Lincoln , and n number of business men , are p1mnlng a comIper. clal jaunt Into Union Pacific 'territory. The excursion wlIl start about May 27 and the business men wll1 be out for four days , Ed. Kemper , a colored man of Beatrice - trice found a poclmtboolc containing $1,500 , which belonged to II. Germlln farmer living near town. The purse and money were turned over to him and he rewarded the colored man for his honeHty by giving him II. dlmo. Two Johnson county young men , Lee Parrish nnd Elmer Damon , were brought to Tecumseh trom the wc t. ern part of the atnto to. face serious charges. They are accused of forgery and Parish Is charged with passing forged checlts. :3oth pleaded not guilty. W. L. Sturn , representing the Iowa I..ear Tobaeco company of Sac City. la" bas contracted with farmers at Oconoe to plant thirty acrcs of tob1c , co. The seed has already been 8Own. Mr. Sturn thinks the land there Is ex. cellent for tobacco culture and has' confidence In successful au tcom 0 , Rev. E , Van Dyke Wight , president or Hastings college ( Presbyterian ) , has tendered his reslgnnUon . , . . accept 1\ call to the pastorate of the Prosby- terlan church at Mldllletown , N. Y. It Is expected that G. E. Leon , cash. ler of ex.Sen tor Cndy's bank at St. Paul , will be appointed state ba.nk ex- e.mlner within D. short time. Long Pine h five s } eon ; PPlI- cations for licenses to sell liquors. The temperance people have ftl&d re- monstranccs against each one of the five applicants and wltl carry them to the supreme court It nocessary. The jUt 1 In the cas of J.ohn Ham. IIn at Grand Island retUTned 11. . verdict of murder In the first dcgre. ItnJ de. clded that Hamlin shan Burrer death. Hamlin was trlcd for the murder ot achcl Englo , 7-j'oar-old girt , 'Who was shot In Auguut , 1906 , and lIngatU\1 until JanuarYi U , 7 , before she died. Hamtln II about . .p 7CfS 01d.