Nebraska Newspapers

    The Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
I , M.RICE , Publisher
FATAL AUTO CONTEST
BARNEY OLDFIELD KILLS TWO
MEN IN ST. LOUIS.
Old field "Was Blinded by Dust from
A. C. "Webb's Machine and Ran
Through a Fence in the World's
Fair Speed Contest.
Blinded by the dust thrown by the
swLftly moving machine of A. C , Webb ,
of Toledo , O. , Barney Oldfield , of Cleve
land , O. , lost control of his machine in
n false start of the fifth event of the
World's Fair auto'mobile speed contest
at St. Louis , Sunday , and crashing
through the outer fence of the course in
stantly killed John Scott , a watchman-
employed at the park , and inflicted injuries - ,
ries upon Nathan Montgomery , a ne
gro , from which he died a few hours lat
er. Oldfield was painfully injured anfl
'his machine completely demolished.
The accident occurred after a false
start. The flagman vainly attempted to
signal Oldfield and Webb , who were lead
ing , that the start was not allowed , but
'they ' did not see his flag and continued
around the course at a high rate of speed. '
* Shortly after passing the first turn of
the mile track Webb secured a lead by a
narrow margin , and the men were in
relatively the same position when pass
ing the three-quarter pole. In making
the turn Webb's machine skidded and
raised a blinding cloud of dust that com
pletely blifrled Oldfield and half smoth
ered him. Not being able to see that he
Lad completed the turn Oldfield complet
ed his course and crashed through the
fence. When Oldfield failed -to appear
after Webb had emerged from the dust
cloud there was considerable excitement ,
but it was announced that he was not se
riously injured- , and shortly afterward
he was driven to the club house in an au
tomobile. It was not generally known
that the accident had resulted fatally.
The race after a short delay was run ,
.being . Avon by AVebb by a large margin.
It was the most important event of the
day , the prize being the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition trophy , valued at $500.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Cincinnati Man Kills Paramour and
Then Himself.
Mrs. Amanada Harter , aged 38 , and
James Leonard Druein , aged 20j were
found dead tin their flat in the Norman-
die on Race Street Cincinnati , O. , Sun
day under circumstances that indicate
.murder and suicide. With them lived
jFannie Harter , aged 14 , the niece and
" 'foster ' daughter of the woman. Letters
iwere found showing that he had been in-
'timate with Mrs. Harter and afterward
jbccanie infatuated with the young girl.
The girl said that she was sleeping
'Saturday night with her foster mother
when Druein carried her to his room ,
locked her in and killed Mrs. Harter.
Then ho unlocked his room and asked
'her to go with him. When she refused
he begged her to commit suicide with him
and threatened her life , but finally bid
her good by and shot himself.
WILL DIVULGE NOTHING.
Members of Butchers' Union Refuse
to Discuss Strike.
The members of the national executive
committee of the Butchers' union held a
( meeting at Chicago Sunday to discuss
; the present condition of the stock yards
istrike.
After the adjournment of the meeting
, those present would not divulge Avhat
'they ' had done , but made the announce-
iinent that nothing definite had been set
tled and that another meeting will be
held.
held.The
The object of the meeting was to for
mulate a proposition that can be laid be
fore the packers.
Follow Carrie Nation.
Four joints , or illicit saloons , were
wrecked by women at Cuba , Kan. , and
much liquor destroyed. Mrs. E. O. Fites
and Mrs. William McDonald , wives of
prominent business men , and twenty oth
er women , armed with hatchets , smash
ed everything in sight , breaking the bars
and fixtures and destroying all the li
quors.
Assaulted a. Strike Breaker.
At Aubuquerque , N. M. , Marinan , pres
ident of the Albuquerque Central Labor
Union , has been giveu a sentence of sev-
t-enty days in jail , and four other striking
'Atchison ' and Santa Fe machinists have
been sentenced to sixty days each for assault -
sault upon a strike breaker in violation
of an injunction.
Refused Him Her Earnings.
, Stephen Tendick , of St. Louis , Mo. ,
jaged 41 , a mechanic , killed himself Sun
day night after fatally wounding his
cvvife , Mary , because she would not pa/
over to him her earnings.
Sioux City Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
iCity stock market follow : Cattle , 10@2oc
'lower. ' Hogs , $5.10 < g5.3Q.
Disease is Not ITellow Fever.
An interview was had with a prominent -
nent physician connected with the Marion -
r
rion hospital service who is at present
stationed at Brownsville , Tex. , in which
he stated that many cases of sickness sus
pected of being yellow fever had been
diagnosed negatively.
Police Bar Naval Cloaks.
The prefect of police of St. Petersburg ,
( Russia , has forbidden the ladies to wear
Ithe naval cloaks , which have become
l&ishionable since the Chemulpo fight.
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EXPECT A SETTLEMENT.
Leaders Believe the Strike Will End
in a Few Days.
Conferences of the committee appoint
ed earlier in the week to attempt a set
tlement of the Chicago stock yards strike ,
with the parties'to the dispute , resulted
in nothing. There is no present prospect
that they will result in anything in the
future , and the chances of an agreement
between the packers and the strikers
appear very meager.
The. strike leaders appeared before the
committee Friday morning and stated
their side of the case. They did not sug
gest to the aldermanic committee that it
make any overtures to the packers , bnt
simply gave their side of the case. Rep
resentatives of the packers then appeared1
before the committee. After a session
that lasted three hours Mayor Harrison
said :
"The packers have said jr.st what they
said before , that they are running their
plants and have nothing to arbitrate ,
and that there is no reason why they
should confer with the men.
"We heard a review of the entire strike
trouble , and the packers say that in ev
ery city except Chicago and Omaha , the
strike is over , and thejr assert that with
70 per cent as many men as they em
ployed in Chicago before the strike they
are now turning out 92 per cent of this
normal output. "
Labor leaders assert that in all proba
bility the butcher strike would be set
tled "peaceably" * before next Wednes
day. They declined to explain the cause
of their belief , and are positive in their
statements that the strike will not be
called off.
President Donnelly , of the Butchers'
union , has called all the members of the
butchers' executive boaid to meet in Chicago
cage next Wednesday.
PEACE IS SOUGHT.
Negotiations to End Strike Resumed
in Chicago.
The union leaders and packers at Chicago
cage Friday conferred with a committee
appointed by the city council lo seek
terms of settlement for the stock yards
strike. Separate sessions were ar
ranged.
Eight Catholic clergymen , afier hold
ing a conference with President Donnel
ly Friday , decided to offer their services
towards a settlement of the strike.
President Donnelly telegraphed the
members of the executive board of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen asking then to come to Chica
go.
go.The
The board will meet early next week
to discuss the strike and advise as to
future procedure.
BIG JUDGE IS DEAD.
Julian Bennett \Vatertowii , S. D.
Weighed -13O Pounds.
Judge Julian Bennett , of the Third ju
dicial circuit of South Dakota , who was
well known as the largest judge in
America , weighing about 450 pounds ,
died suddenly of heart failure at Water-
town , Friday morning. He was feeling
well up to the time of the attack , but
died in a few minutes , before a physician
could be summoned.
He was elected to the bench in 1897 ,
serving one term , and was re-elected in
the fall of 1901 as a Democrat in a circuit
heavily Republican. He was personally
very popular.
GREAT ANTWERP FIRE.
Tanks Containing Millions of Gallons
lens of Oil Burned.
The oil tanks at Hoboken , three miles
from Anwerp , Belgium , belonging to the
Russian and Standard Oil Companies ,
containing 20,500,000 gallons of pe-
.troleum , are ablaze , together with the
sheds , wagons and paraphernalia. Troops
' are assisting the firemen to localize the
conflagration.
A London special says : An Antwerp
dispatch says seven workmen perished in
the oil fire and only two out of forty
tanks escaped. The loss is estimated at
$1,230,000.
Saw n Grave Robbed.
Kay Deever and Dondridge McRae , of
Searcy , Ark. , the two young men who
made affidavits that they witnessed tlTe
robbery of Edd Pitts's grave at Searcy ,
have returned from St. Louis. McRae
is a grandson of the late Gen. Dondridge
McRae , for many years one of the most
prominent citizens of Arkansas. Both are
about 25 years of age.
Santa Fe Train Ditched.
A Santa Fe passenger train was wreck
ed about midnight Monday night six
I miles east of Topeka , Kan. , The entire
train , with the exception of the engine
and rear sleeper , was ditched , but only
four people were injured.
Hundreds Near Starvation.
Cloudbursts in Tonapah , Nev. , and
along the lines of the roads are the most :
disastrous in the history of these dis
tricts. People in Tonopah and Goldfield
are on the verge of starvation.
Arrested for Big Forgery.
Louis Benz , bookkeeper for Pendas
Alvarez , cigar manufacturers on Pearl
Street , New York , was locked up at police
'headquarters ' charged with forging
checks to the amount of $25,000.
Oil Field on Fire.
A message from Jennings , La. , at 1 p.
m. Thursday , says three oil wells are on
fire and five others are in danger.
Assassin Sentenced to Death.
It is reported Samsonoff , the assassin
of M. von Plehve at St. Petersburg , has
been sentenced to death and that the sen
tence is now before the emperor. The
reports that Samsouoff had either es
caped or is dead are declared to je false.
Master Bakers lor "Open Shop. "
At the final session of the convention
of the National Association of Master
fBakers at St. Louis , a decision was
reached declaring for the "open shop"
policy. _
530,000 PURSES AND PREMIUMS
Interstate Live Stock Fair at Sioux
City , IaM Sept. 5 to 1O , Inclusive.
Sioux City is making great prepara
tions for the entertainment o a large
crowd of people which , it is expected ,
will attend the Interstate Live Stock
Fair to be held Sept. 5 to 10 , inclusive.
Thirty thousand dollars in premiums will
be distributed. The railroads have con
sented to make a half fare rate , and on
some of the days will run special trains.
In connecton with the fair visitors will
be given an opportunity to see the Patter-
son-Brainerd Carnival Company , which
consists of Blackman's Glass Blowers ,
Professor Frank , in Hindoo mystery ,
with all the late oriental tricks ; the Lon
don Ghost Show , Fire and Serpentine
Dances , Electric Fountain , the Edison
Kinodrome , and various other acts and
performances. They have also just com
pleted arrangements with the Intrepid
Death Defier , Carlo , who performs the
Barnum & Bailey feature which it is
claimed is several stunts better than loop
the loop. He indeed loops a loop that has a
gap of about twenty feet in it. It is de
cidedly the most dangerous stunt ever
devised.
Every day during the races various
acts will be performed in front of the
amphitheater ; among these will be Diver
Johnson , who dives from a 100-foot lad
der into a shallow tank. The light-1
winged flying Dunbars , the marvelous
Kinsners , equilibrists ; the Oliphans ,
comical Parisian eccentriques , and the
trolley car trio.
Lovers of speed trials should bear in
mind that there will be seven big trot
ting races , seven pacing races and eleven
running races , and in addition forty'ama-
teur horses in a new relay race ten-mile
dash. Some of these races are for $1,000
purses. Exhibition speed trials will also
be given by the celebrated fire team ,
Corbett and Sullivan.
Large premiums are offered for stock
exhibits , agricultural , orchard , house-
household , dairy , poultry and other kin
dred exhibits. The management antici
pates the finest exhibition of live stock
ever gotten together in the west.
Autoists will be interested to know that
preparations have been made for three
big automobile races , in which the swift
est machines made will test their speed
on OHS of the fastest tracks in the coun
try.
TO FIGHT LAWLESSNESS.
Vigilance Committee of Sarpy Coun
ty , Xeb. , Incorporates.
An incorporated vigilance committee
has made its appearance for the first
time in the history of Nebraska , says a
Lincoln special. The Sarpy County Mu
tual Protective association has been or
ganized , with no capital , to protect the
members from theft and lawlessness.
The executive committee may levy such
sums as are made necessary by the dep
redations of thieves and criminals. The
incorporators are : August Leaders , A.
L. Lund , J. M. Ward. N. C. Snider , J.
M. Martin , James Tannehill , Charles
Leader , J. L. Sutter and W. H. Fase.
AMBUSHED BY BANDITS.
A Captain of Constabulary is Killed
by Guerrillas.
A detail of native constabulary has
been ambushed on the island of Leyte ,
P. L , by a superior force of bandits.
Capt. II. Barrett , of the constabulary ,
was killed in the fighting.
There has been trouble in the province
of Misamie , island of Mindanao , where
the bandits looted several towns. The
native authorities Avere defied , and the
pablo of Mercado and family kidnaped.
Three Chinese stores were burned , four
natives murdered and the rest of them
burned alive.
SHAREHOLDERS HARD HIT ,
Hundred Per Cent Assessment A
gainst Grinnell Bank Stock.
A Washington , D. C. , special says :
The first report of the receiver of the
First National Bank of Grinnell , la. ,
was filed with the comptroller of the cur
rency Thursday.
The comptroller authorizes the state
ment that owing to the great amount of
forged paper among the assets an assess
ment against the shareholders is neces
sary and has been levied.
Chicago Glue Factory Burns.
Fire in the glue factory of Armour &
Co. , at Benson Avenue and Thirty-second
Street , Chicago , just north of the stock
yards , caused a loss estimated at $100-
000. The blaze originated in a small
building containing the liming vats and
spreading to the main structure. The
cause of the fire is not known.
Big Fruit House Fails.
A receiver has been appointed for the
Rogersou Fruit and Cold Storage Com
pany of Leroy , N. Y. Liabilities , $95-
000 ; assets , $40,000. The Rogersons
were large buyers of apples and other
fruits and their embarrassment , it is
said , will result rather disastrously to
fruit dealers in that vicinity.
Victim of the Plague.
An autopsy on the body of a Korean
who was a steerage passenger on the
steamer Coptic , and who died after being
landed at the quarantine station at Hon
olulu , H. I. , shows that he died of the
plague.
Fire in Oil Fields Unchecked.
A fire which started in the Morse oil
fields near Crowley , La. , is still burning ,
but it cannot spread further. The oil
being burned each hour is worth $400.
Car Meohnnio.9 Quit.
At East St. Louis , 111. , one hundred
union car mechanics employed at the
packing houses quit work Thursday in
sympathy with the striking butchers and
meat cutters and other unions belonging
to the allied trades.
A Sensational Report.
Advices from Las Palmas , Canary Isl
ands , state : Fishermen report three
Russian cruisers coaling from tfye Ger
man steamer Valesia at Cape Juby , off
the coast of Morocco.
STATE OE NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CONDENSED -
DENSED FORM.
Apples May Prove Expensive Wo
man Shoots at Three Boys Hus
band Slashes Neighbor with Knife
for Referring to it.
A 'very serious shooting affray took
place at the Cook farm west of Ravenna
a few days ago , which was again brought
to mind by a cutting affray recently.
Monday last Frank Kozel , a farmer liv
ing near the Cook farm , was passing
near that place and climbed over the
fence to get an apple. He had no soon
er entered the orchard than he was
scared by the discharge of a shotgun'by
Mrs. Cook , whom he had not seen before.
He ran and was not injured. Soon after
Ihree boys , Harry Jungles , Frank Myers
and Robert Holmes , who were working
with a thresher , passed the Cook farm
and stopped to get an apple. They had
gone a short distance in the orchard
when they were startled by the discharge
of a shotgun and Holmes fell. Jungles
ran to his assistance and as he passed
within fifteen feet of Mrs. Cook she shot
at him , but missed. All three boys were
quite seriously injured by the first shot ,
and as soon as Holmes recovers they in
tend filing complaint against Mrs. Cook.
Saturday Mr. Cook went to the farm of
Mr. Hunker to secure the services of
Hunker Bros. ' thresher. During the con
versation Mr. Hunker referred to the
shooting affray and Mr. Cook became
so enraged at the mention of it that he
flreAv a knife and attacked Hunker with
it , inflicting a slight wound across Hunk
er's abdomen. All parties concerned are
prominent farmers.
BIG ROBBERY AT CHADRON.
Woman Attacked and Four Thou
sand Dollars Taken from Her.
The house of ill repute conducted by
Mae Johnson at Chadron , was entered
through a window by two masked men.
Miss Johnson went in the hall and called
out to know who was there when an
arm was thrown around her and the
robber with his other hand choked her
so she could not make an outcry , while
the other man robbed her of § 4,000 in
greenbacks which she had in an inside
pocket Of her dress skirt.
The men then went out of the back
3oor , leaving Miss Johnson so stunned
she was hardly able to call for help. As
soon as possible the police wore called ,
but the robbers had made good their es
cape for the time. No one but habitues
of the place , it is thought , could have
done the deed , and the sheriff and city
authorities are conducting a thorough
search. Miss Johnson has offered a $300
reward.
CAUGHT HOG THIEVES.
Ranchman Finds Two Hired Hands
Stealing Shoats.
B. M. Barber , whose ranch is two and
i half miles south of Bloomington , no
ticed for the last two months that some
of his hogs were being stolen. He placed
a constant watch qn his ranch and Sat
urday night his vigil was rewarded.
Accompanied by the sheriff he kept
watch all night and about 4 o'clock in
the morning observed two of his hired
hands , brothers , loading a wagon with
young shoats. He and the sheriff head
ed off the team , which was being driven
into Kansas by one of the thieves. They
arrested the thieves , who are now in the
county jail for safe keeping.
Mr. Barber claims he has lost over 101 ?
ehoats during the last two months. These
two brothers are supposed to be a part of
a gang who make this a regular business.
WAS NOT MURDERED.
James Hanslip , of Decatur , Victim
of Heart Disease.
The reported murder at Decatur of
James Ilanslip by being choked to death
by Arthur English was proven at the
coroner's inquest to have been a mistake ,
and that Hanslip's death was due to
heart disease.
Dr. Nesbit , of Tekamah , was called to
conduct the autopsy , which showed con
clusively that the heart was much enlarg
ed and fatty.
Ilanslip and English had a quarrel
over a horse trade. Hanslip became
enraged , struck at English and fell to the
floor , dying instantly. Four witnesses
were present when the quarrel occurred.
The coroner's jury exonerated English
from all blanje.
Card Game Ends in Fight. '
As a finish to a card game at Tecumseh
George Chastine made a murderous as
sault upon James Halepeake , r young
hamessmaker , and in a plunge for his
heart with a largo pocket knife he pene
trated the case of Halepeake's watch ,
which was in a shirt pocket. Chastine
succeeded in inflicting two or three slight
flesh wounds. No arrests have been
made.
Alleged Bank Examiner in Trouble
J. C. Goggius , the man who represent
ed himself to be a bank examiner at Ta-
mora a couple of weeks ago , was taken
before Judge Gladmish at Seward on
Monday and bound over to the next term
of the district court , which convenes in
November. He was placed under $300
bonds , which he failed to furnish
Child Drowned in Well.
The 2-year-old son of John Foster , of
Greeley Center , was drowned Monday in
a well. The father had gone to town
two miles distant and the mother was
powerless to save her child. The little
one in some way removed one of the
boards on the platform and fell through.
Elevator Burned.
The fine elevator at McLean belonging
to the Atlas Elevator Company , of
Minneapolis , burned down Thursdcry
about 2 o'clock.
Named for Legislature.
E. P. Voter , of Laurel was nominated
by the Republicans for representative
from the Ninteenth district at the conTention -
Tention at Randolph. The district is
'composed of the counties of Cedar and
Pierce.
Old Soldiers to Meet at Kiverton
A Sidney special says : The old soldiers
of this section of Iowa will meet at their
sixteenth annual reunion at Riverton.
The reunion will last four days , begin
ning Tuesday. A good program has been
prepared for each day.
DOMESTIC BURNED TO DEATH
Young Girl Who Starts Fire With
Kerosene Meets Common Fate.
Miss Henrietta Staak , a dome'stic in
the employ of A. F. Kendall , of Syra
cuse , was fatally burned by an explosion
of coal oil. Miss Staak had built a fire
in the kitchen stove as it did not burn
well she took a can containing a gallon
of oil and commenced to put the oil on the
fire , when an explosion occurred. He :
clothing was saturated by the burning
oil. Mr. Kendall heard the girl's screams
and hastened to her assistance , extin
guishing the flames , but not before she
was terribly burned on the bods' , face and
arms. Her injuries were attended by a
physician , but she died. Her entire body
had been burned and in many places the
flesh fell off the bones. Inhalation of
the heat caused her death.
SERIOUS BLAZE AT HASTINGS
Implement Stock and Second-Hand
Store Destroyed.
At an early hour Monday fire at Hast
ings destroyed the N. F. Damron two-
story brick building and damaged the
Herpolsheiiner Implement Company's
stock to the extent of about 50 per cent.
The building was valued at $5,000 and
was insured.
Robert Tressneider's second hand store
was almost completely destroyed. No in
surance.
The fire broke out in the Ilerpolsheim-
er rooms at 2:30 in the morning and had
a big headway before it was discovered.
It took four streams of water and three
hours of hard fighting to extinguish the
flames. The origin of the fire is unknown.
HOLDREGE MAKING A SPREAD
Intends to Have n Carnival which
Will Outshine Its Neighbors.
Arrangements are about completed for
the holding of a harvest jubilee and ag
ricultural exhibit in Holdrege from Sept.
5 to 10. The business men have bee
untiring in their efforts and have spared
neither pains nor expense to make this
the greatest carnival ever held -in that
part of the state. The live stock exhibit
is expected to * be a strong feature.
The Parker Amusement Company has
been secured. Preparations are being
made for a floral parade as well as a
traveling men's and military parade.
Something new is arranged for every
day. Liberal premiums are offered for
agricultural and live stock exhibits.
JUDGE SOAKS BRUTAL FATHER
Given Three Months in Jail for
Abusing His Daughter.
Herman Nolte , a farmer living near
Roseland. was brought before County
Judge Dungan at Hastings on the
charge of assault and battery. The
charges were lik'd by his wife for cruel
ly beating their 1. i-year-old daughter ,
evidence in the case brought out the fact
that Mr. Nolte had forced hi.s daughter
to work in the harvest field while he sat
around and took it easy. Last Saturday
the defendant flew into a violent rage
and struck the girl and then chased her
about the farm with a pitchfork. lie
was found guilty and sentenced to three
months in the county jail.
CAMP IS DESERTED.
Tents Fall Promptly at Firing of
Signal Gun.
A David City dispatch says : The
firing of a cannon promptly at (5 o'clock
Tuesday morning was the signal and ev
ery tent of the First Nebraska on Camp
Victor Vifquain fell to the ground. In a
few minutes after the cannon's roar ev
ery tent of the Second Nebraska fell. In
a short time fifteen drays were busy
loading and hauling the baggage , and
the various companies wen- marching to
the different depots.
During the forenoon the soldiers left
on regular and special trains , and one
or two companies did not get out of the
city until evening. <
CHARGED NEGRO WITH MURDER
Wife of Alfred Uoister Says He
Killed His Child with a Saw.
A Norfolk special says : Alfred Bois-
ter , a negro aged 72 , is in jail at Niobra-
ra on the charge of killing his child with
a saw last month. His wife says he
killed the child and buried it. His wife
has been afraid to reveal the facts be
cause he had threatened to murder her
if she did.
They have existed in a tepee three '
miles from Niobrara on the Santee res
ervation all summer. Citizens of Nio
brara are intensely furious.
Seriously Injured.
Chas. F. Junkeu , of Bancroft , an old
soldier and a carpenter , 7G years of age ,
met with a serious accident Tuesday.
He , with some other laborers , was en
gaged in raising a roof on a dwelling , a
section of which dropped and caught Mr.
Junken , one leg being crushed af the
knee , one arm was badly torn , besides
being badly bruised on the body. He is
not expected to recover.
Sheep Killed by Heat.
The intense heat of Wednesday after
noon was disastrous to the sheep at the
Union stock yards of Grand Island ,
100 of which were killed. It is stated
that at the same time the animals were
water foundered. They had been ship
ped in from a cooler climate and after a
lone journey drank too much when let
to the water.
Finds Chloroform in Bedroom.
B. F. Kleeberger , of Nebraska City ,
has reported that late the other night be
and his wife were awakened by a myste
rious noise and found their bedroom fill
ed with an odor of chloroform. He made
a thorough inspection of the house * but
was unable to find anything that would
indicate how the drug got into the room.
Aged Woman Suicides.
Mrs. Krema. a Bohemian woman liv
ing at Niobrara , stood on a chair , put a
rope around her neck , jumped off and
was found dead by her children. She
was SO years old and despondent.
Severe Sturm at Fremont.
The Thomas Fox house at Fremont
was struck by lightning during a heavy
thunder and rain storm early Sunday
morning. The building was shaken up
and a bed on which one of the Fox. chil
dren was sleeping was set on fire. It
was easily extinguished
Boy Drowns in River.
Alvin Walworth , aged 14 years , only
son of George E. Walworth , of Edgar ,
was drowned while swimming the
Blue. Other boys with him saw him go
down , but efforts to rescue him failed.
Gov. Mickey has/issued the
Labor day proclamation : " 'A nation's
greatness may be mAsured by its capa
city for labor. Other elements of power
are supplemented to it and only become
important when the genius of toil has
given them direction. Nowhere is per
fection attained without effort. Our owu
nation , greater than any other , has corre ;
spondingly dignified labor in many ways
and has also set apart a special execu
tive department which has to do with all
questions pertaining to the great army of
wage earners. Further than that nearly
all the states , Nebraska included , have
by legislative enactment , designated a
particular day in recognition of labor , as
a public tribute to the importance of toil
and the results achieved by it. In obe
dience , therefore , to the mandate of law
and to established custom. I. Jvhn II.
Mickey , governor of the State of Nebraska -
braska , do hereby designate
Sept. 5 , 1004 , as Labor day , and earne i
ly request all who toil , whether
hand or brain , to take a brief
from their ordinary avocations and pis
the day in. such i\ way as will best pro
mote their special , intellectual and phys *
ical enjoyment. "
* * *
Notwithstanding the dull times which
have been experienced in the .state treas
ury during the past month , the treaM'rer
has managed to collect enough money in
the general fund to warrant him in mak
ing a call for $50,000 general fund war
rant for Aug. 20. A large percentage
of this money will go to the pernanent
school fund , thereby adding to the treas
urer's ability to care for newly issued
warrants. With the redemption of war
rant 103,000 , which will take place Aug.
20 , the oldest registry will be Jan. 20 ,
1903. This will leave the state just nineteen -
teen months and six days behind in tha
payment of its debts. Ten months as <
the state was more than two years behind )
in the payment of its debts. The expenditures - '
itures by the last legislature were larg
er than usual , so that notwithstanding :
the gain in point of time the debt hover *
around the $2,000,000 mark.
* * *
State Superintendent Fowler , who ar-j
rived in Lincoln Saturday afternoon af
ter making a tour of the junior normals-
in the Apestern section of the state , re-i
ports that the work accomplished this !
year far exceeds that of 11)0 ) : : . While *
the attendance was only slightly greater ,
a larger percentage of the 1,100 tcaoh'-r
who registered for the work stayed f > r
the time necessary to secure certificate $
which will entitle them to credit in otlK-r
state institutions. A rule was establish
ed this year at all of the schools that at
tendance for efcht of the tem
weeks of the session was a pre .
requisite to the granting of this certifi
cate and the consequence was that better
average work was done. The number
of certificates will exceed by far the
number issued last year , although the su
perintendent is not yet able to give tho-
exact figures.
* * *
Saturday Secretary Royse , of the stato-
banking board , issued his annual report
showing the condition of building and !
loan associations of the state for -the-
year ending June 30 , 1004. The total r-
sources of the fifty-eight association
show an increase of $873,921.02 , of about
12 per cent , bringing the total up to $ G-
217,350.40. There has also been an u
crease of 2fl,59S in the number of
bringing the total to 174,922. There
23,499 shareholders , of whom GGO are
minors. Secretary Royse stated that he-
was highly pleased at the showing made-
fa the report.
* * *
Friday afternoon the state board of ed
ucational lands and funds met for the-
consideration of an offer of $15OOOt
Keith County bridge bonds , bearing 4 *
per cent. They were offered directly by
the county officials without the interme
diation of a broker , and the offer was-
accepted. The bonds run without option
for six years- , and thereafter $1,000 is to-
be paid each year until they are paid.
The purchase leaves only $22,000 in
available cash in the permanent school
funds.
* * *
Because of a failure of the railways
to grant further harvest rates , the Ne
braska labor bureau is not supplying lu.r-
vePt hands for the North Dakota whf-.r
fields , although it is claimed thousands
of men are needed. It is believed that
the failure to grant rates is due to the-
fact that there has been very large traf
fic to- the laud openings at Bonesteel and
Devils Lake , and the railway managers
were fearful that the rates would e-a-
able land seekers to evade the published
tariffs.
* * *
The lands belonsin to the permanent
school fund bringing in a big incomeor
the schools of the state , the entire-
amount being distributed from the tem
porary school fund for the benefit of ail
schools in the state in proportion to tue-
number of scholars of school age in ea k
county. The income for the bieunjam
ending Nov. 30 , 1902 , the only available-
Sgures until the report for the past L Vn-
aiuffi is compiled , show that the reve
nue from this source was $1,564,979.13 ,
* * *
Attorney General Prout. for Auditor
Westou , has a brief in the state supreme
2ourt in which he contends that the stat
ute of limitation has run on $288 worth
3f wolf bounty claims filed by the Lincoln
Safe Deposit and Trust Company ; of
Lincoln.
* * *
Elijah Filley , the superintendent of
: he live stock section of the state fair ,
reports to S. C. Bassett , who has g A1 !
charge of the arrangements , that lieLJ
ipplicatious for four times
more spa' e-
Lhan he ever had before.
* * *
According to Lincoln grocers , flour at
? 2 a sack is not an improbability in the *
icar future. Standard brands that have-
old as low as $1.25 a sack are now
Itioted at $1.45 , an advance of 10 cenfs.
n two weeks. A year ago the samr.
jraiicls were to be had on the local mar-
iet for $1.15. The grocers say that
wholesalers insist millers are putting up
ie price purely from speculative mr-
aves. Wheat is higher than it ever
ivas , but none of it has yet been traus-
"omed into flour , and that therefore tney
: aijnot understand what excuse the mili-
5rs have for Jacking up prices now.