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/ fTlie Valentine Democrat Valentine , Neb. , v i. M. Rice. Publisher - . MANY PERISH ATSEA ITALIAN STEAMER SINKS AND 300 ARE LOST. ? ? < : * * * Disaster Off Spanish Coast Ship .Hits Reef in Threading Narrow Passage 4 ' Captain Commits Suicide Wreck Attributed to His Own Imprudence. Advices from Cartagena , Spain , state that a terrible marine disaster occurred Saturday evening off Cape Palos. The Italian , steamer Sirio , from Genoa for Barcelonai Cadiz , .Montevideo and Buenos Ayres , with about 800 persons on board , was wrecked off Hormigas island.Three hundred emigrants , most of them Ital ians and Spaniards , were drowned. The captain of the steamer commit ted 'suicide. The bishop of San Pedro , Brazil , also was lost , and it is reported that another olshop is among the missing. The remainder of the passengers and officers and crew got away In the ship's boats or were rescued by means of boats sent to them from the shore. A number of fishermen who made attempts at rescue were drown ed. Those rescued from the vessel are , m now at Cape Pales , in a pitiable con dition , being without food or clothing. The Sirio struck a rocky reef known as Bajos Hormigas and sank soon af ter , stern first.Hormigas Island lies about two and one-half miles to the eastward of Cape Palos. The Sirio was owned by Navigazione Italiana , of Genoa. Before he committed suicide the captain declared the steamer had 645 passengers on board and that her crew numbered 127 men. The Sirio had 570 passengers when leaving Genoa , but additional Spanish passengers were taken on board at Barcelona , where the vessel touched a few hours before the disaster. The disaster occurred at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The steamer was threading a difficult passage through the Hormigas group where the Bajos Hormigas reef is a continual menace to navigation. The vessel began to set tle rapidly immediately after she had struck , and a terrible 'scene of con fusion and panic ensued on board. The fishermen along the coast sought to render every assistance In their pow er and sent out boats which brought many survivors ashore. Most of the officers and crew of the Sirio are among tne saved. The survivors have gone into camp on the main square of the town at Cape Palos. Here harrowing scenes are enacted as the stricken families anxiously seek beloved members among the rescued. WRECK ON THE FRISCO. Twenty Persons Injured in Collision Near St. Louis. Twenty people were Injured in a head-on collision between a passenger and freight train on the Frisco road at St Genevieve , Mo. , Sunday. The engines were demolished and the .tracks torn up for a considerable dis tance. The injured were taken to St. Louis on a special train. The passenger train was a special - from St. Louis bearing representatives of the Knights of Columbus. Cuts and bruises comprised the injuries , and none of the passengers was fatally hurt The engine crews jumped and escaped. It is claimed the accident wasjdue to the freight train running In on the man track from a switch when It should have kept on the switch until the passenger train had passed. Famous Ex-Prisoner Returns. Mrs. Florence Maybrick looked much Improved in health and under the assumed named of "Mme. F. Che ney , " arrived at New York incognito Sunday night on the French , liner La Gascogne. She declined to tell of her' plans. Mrs. Maybrick has been abroad for three months. Arranging for Duel. It is probable that a duel will be fought near Paris by Gen. Andre , ex- minister of war , and Gen. De Negrier In consequence of statements in Gen. Andre's memoirs concerning Gen. De/ Negrier and which the latter has De clared to be untrue. The principals "have chosen iheir seconds. / Fatal Fire in St. Louis. / At St. Louis fire Sunday afternoon completely gutted the five-story brick building occupied as the southwestern headquarters of the Salvation army. Joe Matthews fell or jumped arnd was dashed to death on the pavement. T _ Sioux City Live Stock Market. Saturday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market follow : Butch er steers , $4.00 @ 5.10. Top hogs , $6.40. A Missouri Tragedy. A special dispatch says Dr. Both- aian Jackson was shot and killed at ; Altamont , Mo. , Saturday night by J. M. i Woodworth , a hotelkeeper , in a ] dispute over the management of the hotel , which was owned by Jackson. American Preachers In London. A large'number of the leading pul pits of London , Eng.were occupied Sunday by prominent- American preachers , who are there for the holi day season. i TVOHK LIMIT is VOID. New York Court Kills Law for Fac tory Wompn. The state law of New York restrict ing labor by women and children to ten hours a day and sixty hours a week in factory was declared Friday by Justice Olmstead in a- decision handed down in the court'of special sessions to be "an unwarranted inva sion"of constitutional rights. " The ruling was concurred in by justices McKean and Deuel. Judge Olmstead declared the law class legislation , and among other things said : t "To labor and employ labor , are in herent and inalienable rights of our citizens and cannot be taken away in whole or in part unless upon the broad ground of public good , 4 which must be apparent and cannot be pred icated upon legislative dictum. "It may be stated as a well settled legal proposition that the right to la bor and contract for that labor is both a liberty and a property right. When , , therefore , tfce legislature enacts a statute such as that under considera tion it must be admitted that it has infringed in the enactment the rights which are very clearly accorded by the constitution to the individual citi % zen. The people , therefore , are called npon to justify this invasion and there is but one plea in justification that the statute was enacted to protect the comfort , Welfare and safety of the whole people , and the individual must suffer this curtailment of his granted rights in the interest of the cor-imon good. ' "The present constitution of the * state , o"f New York was adopted in 1894 and became effective Jan. 1 , 1895. All of the rights which adult wom en possessed at that time were con firmed by that document. One of those rights certainly was the right to contract * for her labor and to work when and where she pleased without reference to the position of the hands upon the dial of the clock. It was not until four years after that the lawmaking - making power sought to place the lim itation under consideration upon them. "What was the legislative intent in doing this ? The attorney general finds and urges no other reason than that the general welfare of the state demands that the progeny of women of the factories shall have mothers with healthy bodies to the end that v.he state may have sturdy citizens. " GREAT FIRE IX MILAN. International Exposition is Damaged By Flames. A fire Friday at Milan , Italy , in the International exposition did nearly § 2,500,000 damage. The sections de voted to the decorative arts and archi tecture of Italy and Hungary were totally destroyed. Several firemen carbineers were injured. The fire was discovered a * 5 o'clock Friday * morning in the Hungarian section and spread rapidly to the art sections situated in an adjoining park. For a .time the British , Swiss , Japan ese and Netherlands sections were threatened , but by heroic work the firemen succeeded in saving them. The jewelry and fine arts sections were also threatened. The city was thrown into a state of great excitement and a vast crowd of people collected about the exposi tion. The origin of the fire is attrib uted to an electric short circuit. FUNDS FOR COLLEGES. Cedar Rapids School Gets $50,000 ol Rockefeller Money. A New York dispatch says : 'The , general education board "has recently made conditional appropriations fYom the income of the John D. Rockefeller fund of $10,000,000 for higher sduca- tion to nine colleges in differerft parts of the United States amounting to $312,500. The gifts are conditional on the colleges and universities raising three times as much from other sources. . / Among the institutions and the amounts they will receive are Coe col lege , Cedar Rapids , Aowa , $50,000 ; Washburn College , /Topeka , Kan. , * 25,000 > / j _ j Commercial Lay League Election. The 12th annu/al convention of the Commercial La v League of America , in session- Asheville , N. C. , adjourn ed Friday ajCternoon after electing of ficers. H./G. "W. Dinkelspiel , of San Francisco1 , was chosen president. De troit \vas selected as the convention .ity 'or next year. s' Tom Johnson Cleared. Judge Kennedy in the common pleas court at Cleveland , O. . Friday decided Mayor Johnson not guilty of contempt of court as charged in con nection with the tearing up of the tracks of the Cleveland Electric Com pany last week. Director of Publlo Service Springhorn was fined $100. Smeltermen on Strike. The electrolytic smelters of the Bos ton and Montana Company of the Amalgamated .Copper Company at Great Falls , MonL , closed down Thursday evening as the result of a strike of smeltermen following the re fusal of the superintendents to recog nize a union commiltee. . Mayor to the Pern William H. Belcher , who while mayor of Paterson , N. J. , absconded 0. year ago , and who surrendered hlm- Bolf on Monday last , was sentenced Friday to twelve years' imprisonment. Belcher was accused of embezzling : $150,000 of the city's funds. Fire at Milan Exposition.t A dispatch received at London says that a disastrous fire has broken out in the grounds of the International ex position at Milan. REVOLT 31ARCHES ON. Reverses at Sveaborg and Cronstadt Not Fatal. Although' the mutinies at Sveabors .have been endedy and the one at Cron stadt has been practically put down the outlook is still black. The revolu tionists , whose bands were suddenly forced by .the prematiire rising at Sveaborg , apparently are undaunted at these initial reverses and intend to persist in their program of calling a general strike. One of the lea'dere of * the revolu tionistswithwhom the'.Associated Press sppke Thursday night boasted that the word had gone forth and that the fire of the revolt would spread to the corners' the empire. His closing words to the corre spondent were : "Xow watch Reval ; Riga and Libau. " The nev/s of the 'mutiny ' on board the cruiser Pamyat Azova off the Esthonian coast is fraught with enor mous possibilities. The crew of- this vessel rose'and killed the "commander and four officers. Ambassador Meyer has .received a dispatch from the American consul at Reval saying that the Pamyat Azova entered that -port with the red , flag at her masthead. Should this cruiser , under the flag of the mutineers , sail to the northward and appear in the pres ence of the main'squadron in the Gulf of Finland the loyalty of the crews of these vessels would perhaps be put to a stronger test than t'hey could stand. Although the admiralty asserts that the squadronofE * Sveaborg did not waver in its allegiance , there is some thing mysterious about the reports of the actions of the ships which war rants the suspicion that all is not right aboard. Only two ships fired on the mutineers , the others' remaining on the horizon as if the admiral were not sure that they could .be depended upon. When the firing began at Cronstadt Wednesday night there ensued a wild panic in the imperial palace at Peter- hof , as the palace lies under the guns of the fortress. All preparations had been made in advance to flee to Tsar- skoi Selo , but the report that the czar and his family had fled In the middle of the night "was denied. It was ex plained that on account of 'damp ness" at Peterhof arrangements had been made for the return of the impe rial family at Tsarskoi Selo. SERIOUS CHINESE OUTBREAK. The Revolt is Assuming .Alarming Proportions. Advices were received by the Em press of Japan in Victoria , B. C. , Thursday that the rising in Kingai and Chekiang provinces is becoming a grave movement , and many believe the rising will assume similar proportions tions to the TaSping rebellion. Hsin- chenghsien Chekaing , a large walled city , was captured by the rebels , loot ed and a garrison of 5,000 eft to pre pare the city to withstand a siege by imperial troops. Several corps of im perial troops have be n dispatched. * Magistrate Shemvof Hsincheng , was put to death , being tortured in re venge for having/summarily beheaded a rebel leader. fit was this act which f caused the rebels to gather at Sunge- ihen to attack the city. The Roman i Catholic a/lid Protestant churches were ' destroyeia and , although the native pastors/ escaped , six converts were murdered. /GIRL ROBS A LIBRARY. Thj&ft of $1,000 in Books Traced to ( a Teacher. /A. shortage of'200 volumes dealing ' with southern history was discovered at the state historical library at Madison - j son , Wis. , Thursday during the taking of an inventory by Dr. R. G. Thwaites , secretary of the State Historical So ciety. Some of the volumes long since went out of print and are valued at $25 each. The theft has been traced to Miss Jennie P. Merrill , a southern beauty from Atlanta , Ga. , who took post graduate work at the University of Wisconsin to prepare herself to teach history in the south. A casual remark to a girl friend that she was storing the books led to the discovery of the lost property in a warehouse. It is estimated that the books are worth $1,000 to the state university. Lithographers Strike. A general strike of the Lithograph ers' International Protective and Ben efit'Association of the United States and Canada begun in New York Thursday. The strike will affect about 30,000 employes. The association is composed of printers , transferors and provers , without- whom , it is said , none of the shops can be operated. Foreman Miller Out. W. A. Miller , assistant foreman in the bindery of the government printIng - ' Ing office at Washington , D : C. , who was suspended by the public printer July 21 fAr insubordination , has been dismissed from the government serv ice. AVcstcrn League Ball at Sioux City , la. Following is a schedule of Western League games to be played at Sioux ! City in the immediate future : Pueblo ' * . .Aug. 14 , 15 , ifr ; 17 . Denver Aug. 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 j Lincoln Aug. 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 Omaha Aug. 30. 21. Sept. 1 , 2 Forest Fires'Under Control. The forest fires around Sault Ste. Marie , Mich. , are now under control , i W.ellsburg was about half destroyed and the business portion of 3ckerman burned for two blocks , with many res idences. Arrested for Embezzlement. Clifford Huxton , 28 years of age , a bookkeeper for t e Union Trust Company " pany , of "Pittsburgh PH. , is in l > charged with embezzlement , and bail ,1s fixed at $20,000. STATE OF NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IX A CON DENSED FORM. Murder at Hastings Walter McCulla Shot by Barney Pearson Jealousy May Have Been the Cause of the Crime State Items. Waiter McCulla , who was' shot in the back at an early hour Sunday morning , while in the home of Barney Pearson at Hastings , died at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at his home on West Seventh. His wife and four children were with him when he ex pired. Barney Pearson was arrested Sun day on a warrant sworn out by County Attorney Olmstead charging him with maliciously shooting with intent to kill and he is still in the county jail. It seems that Mrs. Barney'Pearson thought her husband on the way to Wyoming and that McCulla and J. Crofford were in the Pearson home eating and drinking about 12:30 Sun day morning , when a load of shot was fired through the dining room window and the entire charge lodged in the j back of McCulla. Crofford is a young ! man and was keeping company with J Millie , the 15-year-old daughter of ! Mr , and Mrs. Barney Pearson , while ] McCulla is a married man with a'fam ily , and he was paying respects , it is alleged to Mrs. Pearson. At 11:45 Sunday afternoon Rev. A. Lemkau andW. A. Baker went to the ( county jail to see Pearson. In speak- j ing of the interview that took place in the jail Mr. Lemkau said : "I spoke to Pearson , saying : 'I ex pected to see you again last night. ' There was no response. I then asked him , 'Did you empty both barrels ? ' to which he replied that he had shot only one. Then Pearson asked me if I thought he had committed a sin and I told him it wasn't right , but God would forgive him. Pearson showed much emotion ; he broke down and wept" DEGARMO DESERTS TWO WIVES. Now In Jail at Beaver City on Charge of Bigamy. A Beaver City special says : Walter Degarmo is in" the county jail charged with wife desertion. Degarmo was married in July to Miss Luella Thomp son , a prominent young woman of Wilsonville. It was a double wedding in more ways than one. The liceYise was issued in Furnas County , but the couple went across the line in Red Willow County , where the ceremony was performed. Afterwards the coun ty judge informed Degarmo that the marriage was not valid and a second ceremony was solemnized in Furnas /County. In a week after the marriage i Degarmo disappeared and was cap tured a day or two ago in Red Willow County. He was detained upon a charge of wife desertion , but evidence has been obtained that he has a wife j in Carthage , 111. , and Thursday in county court , in the presence of the girl that he had wronged , .he con fessed that he had a previous'wife and had not been divorced. / He will be held on a charge of biga my. Wedding Anniversary Celebrated. One , of the most enjoyable events of the season took place Thursday even ing at the palatial home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Walker , who reside on their grand 400-acre farm about four miles south of Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Walk er have been married twenty-five years and in the neighborhood of 80 of their old-time friends' gathered to help them properly observe the occa sion. Mrs. Hart Goes to Washington. Mrs. Atlee Hart , owner of the North JIabraska Eagle , with her two daugh- tars , Misses Loraine and Beulah , have STone to "Long Beach , Wash. , where 2hey will establish their home. The Hart residence at Dakota City has been purchased by Judge R. E. Evans. Claude R. and Harry A. Hart will continue publishing the paper estab lished over thirty years ago by their Salher , Atlee Hart , deceased. Scull ey Left Property. Richard Sculley , who was killed on Union Pacific Railroad at North Platte last Friday , left quite a bit of property. He had recently sold a piece of land for which he received $5,000. He was a single man and at present there are no relatives known. Leo. Tobin , of North Platte , was appointed special administrator. Car of Merchandise Burned. . .A car of merchandise from some cause unknown was on fire and side tracked at Arapahoe by No. 77 , teav- ing the salvage of the same to Night Operator A , I. Gale and Section Fore man Erickson. who succeeded In sav ing at least $500 worth of merchan- dise. At least $1,000 worth was burn ed , besides the car. Must Strengthen Bridges. The board of county commissioners of Johnson County are serving notices on enginemea that they must plank all bridges before they attempt to cross with their traction engines , threshing machines and other heavy machinery. The county has had two or three bad accidents in the past and 3oes not care to have another. . Teachers' Institute to Convene. The annual Dakota County Teach ers' institute will convene in the high * school room at Dakota City at 9 o'clock Aug. 13 , and remain in session throughout the entire week. County Superintendent Geo. J. Boucher will be assisted by Profs. E. B. Sherman and E. L. Rouse. Sheldon Drugged and Robbed. Charged with drugging and robbing Richard B. Sheldon of $40 and two gold watches , C. V. Startz was brought to Beatrice from Lincoln Monday by Sheriff Trude and Chief Burke and lodged In the county jail. The rob bery occurred last week. Broke His Thigh. * Isaac Owens , who lives seven miles southwest of Tecumseh , Is suffering with a broken thigh , the result of an accident , being thrown from a wagon end getting his leg in the wheel. WEIRICH DROWNS IN LAKE. Oniaha- Man Seized \vith ) Cramp * . ' . , While Bathing in Mariavva. T. Milton Weirich. of 310 North Twenty-second Street , Omahav was " drowned" Lake Manawa Wednesday night. While swimming alone he ev idently was stricken with cramps. His body was recovered at 6:45 o'clock Thursday morning 400 yards north of the Kursaal. * Weirich was a drug clerk and work ed at the Sherman & McConnell and Peyton pharmacies during his two years' residence in Omaha. Weirich hired a boat shortly after I o'clock Wednesday evening at the KursaaJ , checked his valuables and started out with a bathing'suit. . In an hour he returned and placed his coat , vest and hat in the boat. At 9:30 an empty boat was sighted by parties at the boat club house on the north side of the lake. The boat was brought in and from letters found in the coat it was surmised that Weirich was miss ing. A search was at once made and an uncle at Omaha notified. Tlie body was dragged from the bottom some distance from the Kursaal. . NEBRASKA "DRY" TICKET. Prohibitionists at Lincoln Name Can didates for State Offices. Nebraska prohibitionists held an all day state convention at Lincoln Tuesday with an attendance of nearly 200 delegates. A state tick et was nominated , with the exception of United States senator , which was passed over with the understanding that the state committee would desig nate the candidate. Following is the ticket : Governor Prof. H. T. Sutton , Bethany. , Lieutenant Governor Rev. J. D. Forsythe , University Place. Railroad Commissioners J. S. Mc- Clary , Beatrice ; E. A. . Girard , Mon roe ; Samuel Lichty , Falls City. Secretary of State J. M. Bell , York. Auditor W. E. Nichol , Minden. Treasurer W. H. Haddox , Falls City. School Superintendent pBert Wil son , Humboldt. Attorney General J. D. Graves , Peru. STRANGER KILLED , AT VALLEY. Man Steps in Front of Train While Under Influence of Liquor. A stranger in the town of Valley , who had been looking for work at painting , was killed by train No. 11 Wednesday morning. He was slightly intoxicated and while talking to a number of railroad workmen slipped on the track as the train approached. He was not con scious from the time he was struck and died in a few minutes. He was about 40 years old , of dark complex ion , five f.eet eight inches tall. There was nothing on his body by which he could be identified. Horse Killed : Boy Escapes. Thursman Henline , a son of I. Henline. residing half a mile east of Buda , while riding across the railroad crossing near his home Monday was run into by a train. He was on his way home at the time , and sitting , it is said , asleep in his buggy. The horse was instantly killed and the buggy smashed to pieces. The boy was thrown a distance of fifty feet and badly cut an6 bruised. Hospital for Arapahoe. Among the many improvements in Arapahoe this summer is a spacious and beautiful residence being built by one of the local physicians. It is ar ranged with a view to establishing a hospital and will be fitted up with all modern appliances , laboratory , oper ating room , etc. The cost of the build ing will be $6,000 , and hospital bet terments nearly as much more. Margrave Dies from Injuries. W. A. Margrave died at Rule Tues day. Mr. Margrave was about 5 2 years old and one of the wealthiest men in southeastern Nebraska. While returning from Preston to his home Saturday his team became unman ageable and ran away. He was drag ged over the dashboard. The double tree broke and a large sliver was forced into his body. Tekamah Man Struck by Train. While attempting to drive across the railroad track John Thomas , a' carpenter at Tekamah , was struck by by a train. The train struck the team and threw Mr. Thomas out of the wag on , breaking his right leg in two places and injuring him internally. One of the horses was killed outright but the other escaped injury. Mae Hayes Begins Her Term. Mrs. Mae Hayes , convicted of swal lowing a $300 diamond belonging to r. L. Combs at Omaha , was taken to the penitentiary at Lincoln Tuesday afternoon to begin her five-year sen tence. Since the sentence was impos ed Mrs. Hayes has spent most of her time weeping in her :11 : at the Dpuglas Countj' Jail. Rifled Mall Sack Found. E dgar Stevens , who lives a couple ) f miles southeast of Table Rock , 'ound a rifled United States mail pouch , which had been slit open and ebbed of its contents. Dixon County Old Settlers. At a meeting of the Old Settlers' As- ociation of Dixon County , it was de- : ided to hold the next annual Dixon : ounty old settlers' picnic at Allen on August 28. ' Freight Trains Collide. Freight "No. 40 , eastbound. and an ixtra freight westbound collided head- in at Bennington Monday. Consider- tble damage was done to property but lone of the train crews was Injured. Bonds for New Plants. The proposition to build a new elee- ric light plant separate from the ( resent water plant and to Issue bonds ti an amount not exceeding $40,000 or its construction was submitted- he voters of Fremont at a special leciion Thursday , and 'carried by a oed majority. Ashland a Division Point. The Burlington authorities have de- lared Ashland to be a division point pen the line , and Ashland division Ime table No. * 1 has been issued. Statistics received at thd labor bu reau on crop acreage show A- material ! increase on winter wheat and only slight increase in oats AccWding t these statistics the total Soni acreag | this year is 6,767,048 acres , 'an ir crease over last year of 294,5(51 ( acr * The total acreage of winter wheat | wr be 1,846,720 , an increase of } 104,8701 acres -over last year ? The sprlrtg wheat ! acreage this year will be 2p8.1S2 , a decrease of 51,388 acres from last ] year. The oat acreage this y-ear will be 2,423,730 , an increase ofV 3lOG > acres. The total increase fn iill th'f counties over last year Iii thereof acreage amiunted to 499.059. \ t there was a total decrease in enti other counties to make a decrease 194,498 acres , leaving the net increase in corn acreage of 294,561. The total increase in the acreage of winter- wheat is 192,224 acres , -while the de creases are 87,354. acres , leaving a net increase of 104,870 acres in winter- wheat. The total - increase in spring- wheat amounted to 41,400 acres , but the total decrease amounted 93,133 acres , leaving "a net decrease of 51S3 ? acres. The total increase In the oat crop amounted to 90,509 acres , while- the total decrease amounted to 87- 403 , leaving a net increase of 3,105 acres over last year. At this time it is- impossible for the public to get the details of the acreage , as some of the- county assessors have made slight mistakes in their returns and these have been sent back for correction. The figures given above , however , will be changed very little. Knox Countj reported an Increase in corn acreage ol over" 96,000 acres. * * * The stateboard of equalization is af ter the assessors to find out why there are sp few automobiles on the assess ment rolls. Inasmuch as the owners' of automobiles are required to regis ter the same in the office of the secre tary of state , the board has a complete- record and the secretary has been or dered to see that the reports of the assessors tally with the number reg istered to April 1. On this class of property Larcastsr County shows a big discrepancy , its assessor returning" 56 machines , while the records in the office of the secretary of state show there are 85 machines owned In the county. Douglas County's assessor re ports 98 , while the records show' lVr ) were owned there before April 1. Holt' County returned 2 machines , while the records * at the state house show only one was owned there April 1 This county also carried off the banner for placing the highest'value upon the automobiles , its pair being returned at $300 each. In Lancaster automo biles were assessed at $181 and In Douglas at $165 each. In Dixon Coun ty automobiles were returned at $32 * each , though the assessor found one more than was registered In the office of the secreary of state. Only 2f counties returned automobiles , t ) the records in the office of tlx'/ ; retary of state show automobiles art owned in 63 counties. Secretary of State Galusha has pre pared the copy of the constitutionaE amendment to be submitted at the fair election and the notices will be sent to the newspapers about Aug. 1. The notices will run for seven weeks andT will be published In one paper in each county of the state. Itwill cost $40 for each paper , or a total of $4,410. The amendment to be voted on this fall provides for the election of a rail way commission consisting of three members , and it has been provided , by law that should a political party dorse the amendment a straight part vote is a vote for the amendment. William F. Backle , of Beatrice , sentenced - * tenced to the penitentiary for three years for statutory assault , -wants a > pardon and Saturday -with , the girl in ' the case , who has become his wi appealed to the governor. Backle now out under bonds pending his a peal to the supreme court. The gov ernor has taken the matter under ad- ' ' vlsement , but intimated the defendant would have to secure his relief through the court channels. Backle was married to the girl two days af ter his conviction In the lower court. * * / Jay P. Wilson , a well known , man of Lincoln who has been running a "grain clearance house" there , has- ' been arrested on a charge of defraud ing Miss Anna Kneisel out of some $600. It Is asserted "Wilson Induced her to invest the money in a $ ta- } route. Later , It Is asserted , the Star' ' bought the route back , but the girl/ / has not received her money back. It , is also stated Wilson only paid $20 ( for the route. Wilson has a famllj and has resided In Lincoln for some time. * * * The Interurban Company Saturday ] morning received its first car and it ' n-as formally received 5nto Uncoln byj Seneral Manager Hurd , T7ho smashec a. bottle of good , rich -wine over its side and after which S. H. Wilson ; ittorney for the company , made short address in which he toM of tli ] Ilfflcultles which the company ha < - avercome. The car will be tested aoii ; vill be used in a few days to casr ] passengers to the Bethany assembly * The board of public lands an suildings allowed the rfollotrins ; bill 'or work done at the Beatrice Instfts : ion for the feeble minded : Koi iiyer & Co. , plumbing3.275 ; Geoi Berlinghof , architect , ? 937.62 : G\ : ofson & Johnson , $2,971.41. jriginal contract was for $25.000 ft ; : he erection of a girls' dormitory. Gov. Mickey will leave Geneva Beach , WIs. , where ha will d < Iver an address before the Tounl \Ien's \ Christian Association. The govl srnor will be accompanied by his so Benjamin and the two -will 'or several days resting. The state normal board -grfil mee n the office of Superintendent McJ 3rlen Aug. 23. At this meeting : th < j > penlng of the normal schools will iiscussed and the work of the sumnr schools will be revievrod sad passe