THE VALEHTIHE OEMOCRfll
VALENTINE , NEB.
. M. RICE. - - - - Publisher.
SUBURB SUBMERGED
12,000 1'KOPLE DIUYKX FKOM
HOMKS IX AKMOUKDALK.
"fl/ower Fkxirs of All creal Industrial
listablishiiicnts in "The IJoltoms" at
-Kansas City Have' IJccn Vucatetl
l irther Jtisc is Xot Kxpccted.
The great Kaw-Missouri need ,
T\-hich has almost reached its crest ,
drew hundreds of thousands of sight-
-fieers in Kansas City Sunday to the
'bluffs overlooking the Hooded bottoms.
-The water has done all the damage
that is in its power. The railroad
.yards have been evacuated , the packIng -
Ing houses and business establishments
liave been vacated on their lower
floors , Armourdale has been entirely
abandoned by its 12.000 inhabitants
und water is running twelve feet deep
in its streets. There is no excitement
anywhere , the evicted people having
lound shelter for themselves and their
movable property. There is nothing to
do but wait for the tide to turn. The
weather Sunday was generally fair in
the Kaw watershed , with only light
showers here and there , and this in
spired a hopeful feeling.
Weather Observer Connors say ? :
"A height not to exceed 31 feet will
be reached in both rivers. The Missouri -
souri was at 30 feet at G o'clock p. m.
.Sunday , a rise of three inches since
noon , and rising- half an inch an hour.
The Kaw was 29.4 feet above low wa
ter at C o'clock p. in. and rising at the
Hame rate as the Missouri. It is impos
sible to predict the duration of the
Jiigh water or set an hour for its reces
sion because of the weather conditions.
-Ilain is still threatened in the north
and west. "
The Kaw is discharging freely into
the Missouri and is expected to fall be
fore the Missouri doef : . The Kaw re
ceded 7 inches at Topeka Saturday
Jiight. At St. Joseph the Missouri ,
which rose Sunday , is now stationary.
The union station is still above water
and will be safe oven if the rise is a
foot more. The railroads are all mov
ing trains with difficulty , being obliged
to detour.
Officials and business men of both
JCansas Citys express a determination
to put an end to the annual tlood. The
great difficulty has been that two state.
two city governments , the United
.States government , three counties and
aiumerous interstate railroads are in-
.volved. During the past year the
{ United States has declared the Kaw a
Jnavigable stream. This gives the war
( department poiver to order removal of
Jthe Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific
bridges , which obstruct the river
.and cause the overflow of Armour-
dale and the stock yards at every
hrgh water.
NO OFFENSE BY MINISTER.
Story Regarding Swedish Diplomat
Denied at the White House * .
At the White House it is denied that
Herman le Lagerkrantz , the Swedish
minister to the United States , has be
come pernona non grata to the presi
dent.
The suggestion that Dr. le Lagor-
Tcrantz hael used his influence too
openly to prevent Swedes from emi-
-Krating to the United States because
; their services were needed by himself
and other large employers of labor ,
and that this action had offended th"
( administration , it was declared , was
heard for the first time in connection
with this rumor. At the Swedish le
gation it was stated that the minister
gone home on a visit and while
jthere had temporarily been employed
'In other officia1 ! duties , but his return
' * o Washington was fully expected.
PLAGUE IXVADES CAIIACAS.
Several Cases Have Appeared at thr
Venezuela Capital.
Several cases of bubonic plague
have occurred In Caracas within the
last few days indicating that the city
has been widely contaminated with
the disease. Great alarm is felt because -
cause no measures have been taken af
c
yet to fight the plague and there are
3\o serums on hand. The rallroao
running from La Guayra opened Sun
day , passengers coming from that cit %
-'being required to undergo a five days
s
quarantine.
No action has been taken as yet 03
the diplomatic representatives of the
foreign countries , although a meeting
- was held Sunday by these officers tc
consider the situation.
Sanmel C'oinpers III. a
Samuel Gompers , president of th
J merican Federation of Labor , Is il !
Sit the Kaiserhof hotel In Chicago wit ?
a. slight Infection of the leg. His phy-
. .eicians report that the ailment IB no/ /
- < serious.
Slier Is Dead.
George Slier , widely known as c
-vi-riter on boxing , died in Chicago
cage , aged 62 years. Siler wai
stricken with an attack of heart dig-
June 4 , but was apparently recov-
The attack was unexpected by
l\\K \ family and physicians.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
-City live stock market follow : Top to
.Leeves. $7.40. Top hogs , $5.55. pn
LAXDIS HALTS DEATH.
Federal Judge Prevents Execution of
Billilc.
| Herman Billik , the Bohemian for
tune teller condemned to death for
'the ' murder of five members of the
Vrzal family at Chicago , wus Friday
granted a stay of execution until he
has been afforded an opportunity to
appeal his case to the supreme court.
Judge Landis , of the United States dis
trict court , who Thursday declined to
grant a writ of habeas corpus in favor
of Billik , Friday decided that the
prisoner had the right to appeal from
his decision denying the writ. The
case will now be carried to the higher
federal tribunal and Billik will be
given a respite until that body has
passed upon the constitutional ques
tion involved.
In granting the stay of execution to
Billik Landis said :
1 "Thursday I was informed by the
state that the United States supreme
court had passed upon this question ,
but I find upon investigation that it
has not. I say to you candidly that if
I was convinced that I might exercise
discretion in granting this appeal I
would deny It. but I cannot find that
I have any authority to deny it. I do
not believe that there is any merit in
tha questions raised by the petitioner ,
but I have before me a cold legal
proposition and I have no right to con
strue the law but as I find it. "
When Judge Landis opened court
Friday he said to the attorneys for the
state :
"I desire the state to inform the
sheriff not to execute the sentence un
til he has heard from this court. "
"We have already notified the sher-
inff to that effect , " said assistant
state's attorney.
Counsel for Billik Thursday asked
that the writ of habeas corpus be is
sued on the grounds that the prisoner
was not asked by the court before be
ing sentenced to death whether he had
[ anything to say. On this ground Judge
Landis refused to issue either the writer
or an order of appeal from that refusal -
fusal , but set the arguments bearing
upon the right of the prisoner to ap-
'peal from his1 ruling for 11 o'clock
Friday.
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After listening to those Judge Lan
dis decided that ho had not the discretion -
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tion to deny the application for an ap
peal to the United States supreme
court. He therefore issued an order
granting a , delay until the matter could
oe passed upon at Washington.
KANSAS CITY HAS BIG FIRE.
Blaze in The Inundated section of The
City.
The fire in the Nelson Morse & Co.'s
big packing plant at Kansas City , was
brought ' under control at 10:30 o'clock
Friday with a loss estimated at S2f 0 ,
000.
000.The
The fire was caused by two explo
sions. There were fifty men in the
plant when the explosion occured , but
all escaped except four. Two were in
stantly killed and two badly mangled.
The fire , which started before day
light 1I in the $2,500,000 packing plant ,
had by 9 o'clock progressed so far that
it was feared that the entire structure
would be destroyed. The plant is in
the flood district and is entirely sur
rounded by water , firemen were una
ble to reach nearer than two blocks
from the building with thoirapparatus.
3IORE OCEAN MARKS FALL.
Lusitania Smashes Three Records on
Western Trip.
With three new across-Atlantic rec-
ards safely stowed away , the giant
Cunard turbiner Lusitania dropped '
anchor off Sandy Hook at 7 o'clock
Friday morning. The time of her pas
sage from Dunt's Rock to the Sandy
Hook lightship , the official Atlantic
S
racing1 course , was 4 days , 20 hours
and 8 minutes , which clips seven min
utes off the record for Ihe fastest trip
icroSB the Atlantic by < the long course.
Millers War on Health Food.
The millers are up in arms against
the makers of breakfast foods and a
lively war , backed by a $100,000 ad
vertising fund , ia likely to be launched A
by the Millers' National federation , t
The point at issue is the statement
1c F
commonly made by the health food /
men that white flour is harmful.
300 Unarmed in Murder Trial. wwi
with
Almost 100 guns were taken from
th
the spectators and witnesses before allowing
ht
lowing them to enter the court house
at Houston , Tex. , when the trial of R. ishe
he
O. Kenly , on a charge of murder , was
called. Kenly is accused of killing ex- COve
County Attorney H. S. Robb. vo
Darinic Chicago Robbery.
Early Wednesday morning thieves
smashed the window in the jewelry
store of Hyman , Berg & Co. , Chicago ,
and escaped with watches and jewelry a
valued at $3,000. i C
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German Paper Suspends.
The Cincinnati Volksfreund , a Ger- tic
man daily newspaper , after more than
century's existence has suspended
publication.
C.
Octogenarian Killed by Fall.
John Grant , of Laporte , Ind. , aged
80 , a fruit grower , fell twelve feet by
from the top of a shed and was killed.
A Tornado in Kansas.
A tornado passed over Emporia ,
Kan. , Friday morning , causing much tic
damage , but so far as known no one ge
was injured. The town of Madison ad
suffered the worst. age
in
Aslie is Sent to Prison.
Richard D. Ashe , of Janesville ,
Wis. , has been sentenced to eighteen
months in prison. He pleaded guilty
holding his wife a prisoner to wait
his mistress. cal
BEATS RACING CAME.
Hughes Victor in Long Struggle In
New York.
The first of the New Yorft anti-race
track gambling bills passed the senate
by a vote of 26 to 25 Thursday.
This was the bill amending the pen
al code so as to eliminate the "exclu
sive penalty" under which gambling
at race tracks has been virtually leg
al ix.ed.
The second anth-racing bill passed
by 26 to25. It ainonds the Percy G raj-
law by abolishing betting anywhere
within or without a race track enclos
ure.
Senator Foelkvr , of Brooklyn , who
is ill , arrived in the chamber at 10:4c
and cast his vote with the majority
The bill will return as a matter ol
routine to the assembly , where the * ,
originated , but without further vow
the-y will go to the governor for ap-
proved. The bills take effect immedi
ately after approved by the governor
Senator Foelker , who underwent ar
operation May 10 for appendicitis ane :
whose condition for much of the inter
vening time was critical , came up
from Staatsburg Wednesday evening
the journey of sixty miles being a se-
vere tax upon his strength. He wai
somewhat stronger Thursday morning
and was taken to the senate chambei
just as the roll call on a dilatory mo
tion was being taken. He was plain
ly suffering from weakness , and hii
response when his name was reachec
was scarcely audible. He was encour
aged by his fellow senators' sympathy
and on both of the roll calls on the
final passage of the bills voted witl
the majority.
Afterwards his doctor said : "Sen-
ator Foelker stood the ordeal as wel
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as could be expected. He is extreme ! * ,
nervous. Wo have not decided wher
we shall return to Staatsburg. "
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CHILDREN DIE IN TRUNK. i
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Brother and Sister Hide to Escape [
Day in School. i
After a long search the bodies ol
Joseph and Andre Beaudry. of Fal
River , Mass. , S and . " years old re 1
spectively , were found locked in i >
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trunk in which the children are supposed
i
posed to have hidden themselves ii
oreler to escape going to school. Tlu |
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trunk has a spring lock. The medical
[
examiner decided that their deaths
were due to suffocation. The interiot
of the trunk and the clothing and bodies
ies of the children gave evidence ol
the struggles which the little ones had
made to escape before death final 1 >
overtook them.
Joseph and Andre were the sons ol
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beaudry. who
worked in the mills at Fall River , and
the little ones \\ere left in care of the
older brother. Wilfred , who was sup
posed to get them ready for school.
Wilfred is 11 years old. He says that
he thought Joseph and Andre had
sarted for school when he went him
self , and he knew nothing about their
disappearance until he returned home.
AUTO RACERS IN HARD LUCK.
Make Slow Progress Along the Siberian -
rian Railroad.
A dispatch to the Paris Matin from
Tchila. ' capital of Trans-Aikalia , Siberia
T'b.
beria . , says the German car in the New
b.Y
York to Paris race arrived at Harbin
on June 4 in a lamentable condition ,
having upset three times. After repairs -
pairs it eleparted on-June 6 by road ,
abaneloning the Trans-Siberian rail
road cuts and passed Tsitsikhar on
June l S.
The American car was reporteel
75 miles from Harbin on Tuesday last.
.
It had been greatly delayed because
the railroad authorities forced it to
stop at every station until the tracks
were clear. The Italian car on Juno
was at Progranitchnaya awaiting a
telegraph operator to accompany it
along the railroad tracks. i
SUICIDE RATHER TI/AN KILL. T
Reds" Ordered Girl Teacher to At
tack the C/j r at Ravel.
A dispatch from Revel reports a
tragic accident that recently occurred.
school mistress committed suicide
two days before -he meeting of King
Edward ( and Emperor Nicholas. She
formerly was connected with the revolutionists -
,
olutionists , who , finding that she
would < be admitted to the platform
with the school children to welcome
the empoivr on his arrival , ordered
her to "commit the terrorist act. " It
supposed that she had long repented
her revolutionary ideas and that she
to
committed suicide to escape tin
vengeance of the terrorists.
Hungary FloatLoan. .
The Hungarian government bas
concluded an agreement with the Kun- ov
garian credit bank , which represents tr
o
syndicate headed by the Roths-
childs for an issue of $30,000,000 in
per cent rentes. The syndicate will
take $800,000 of the issue with an op
tion on $12,800,000 more.
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Bride is Kidnaped. of
W. F. Burns , of Jackson county , N
, while on a bridal trip across Pan
ther mountains in Greenville county
says he was robbed of his pretty wife "v
a gang of six men , after he had
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been bound and beaten and robbed
London Feels Meat Famine.
The English retail trade organiza ary
tions have given notice of a furthej Hr
general rise in the price of meat , the m
advance being attributed to the short sas
of cattle there and the scarcity ored
America. ings.
Sedalia to Keep Saloons.
After a campaign of extraordinary . .
tion
bitterness the voters of Sodalia. Mo.
H.v
rolled up a majority of 43S against lo Rj
option. ch ;
32 IHTERE5T H3 HAPPENINGSw
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From Pay to Day Ccntoed jg
FOR OUR SIHY READERS $
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UXIOX PACi ; ' 1CYCGL IIVIK.
age Tariff for Western Pictlm-l
Cannot He Fixed T'x > Soon.
While the otlicials of the Union Pa
cific and Oregon Snort Line railroads
are working on a tariff which will per
mit th' ' storsgo of Oregon and Wash
ington wool in Omaha , they will not
complete it too soon for the wool
growers of the Pacific coast
Charles H. King , president of the
Omaha Wool ami Storage company ,
has } returned from Wyoming , where he
has spent three weeks. The first tiling
which greeted him was th < - pile ot
letters from the west inquiring about
the arrangements and expi easing a
desire to ship wool to Omaha anil hold
it indefinitely. Among ot IKIScame
several inquiries from banks in Ote-
gon. one banker writing thai the in
stitution controlled lOu.OOO floorns and
would be pleased to open negotiations
for storing the wool in Omaha. .Mr.
King also lereiv d bills of lading lot
six more carloads of wool of which he
had not heard befoie. lie . ' -aid lhit
more than L'.OOy.niMi pound ? of wool
was now in sight for Ornaha.
"Between the Wyoming line and
Lander there antwulvo to fifteen
eastern wool bu\"i * . knocking Omaha
and the Omaha proportion in general. "
said Mr. King. "Mill this is not dis
couraging. The wool jjiowers have
quite thoroughly made up their minds
what they want to do. "
Besides the Hoston and Philadelphia
houses the-re are others at work in
Wyoming to organix.i * companies v. hie-h
will have headqtnatei.s in the east but
which will have for stockholders and
vtl
directors a few wool u rowers in the-
west.
TOO MUCH WIND FOR l-'IU'IT.
2s Ce ! < ) . B. Powell's Judgment of Tuin
Falls County. JiM Opened. [ j
"If apple orchards are ever planted j
on the SU.OOO aeres of land near Twin j
Falls. Idaho , whieh has just been j |
opened and widely advert ised. they j j
will have to arrange to ii - th > apples j I
cfn with wires , " said Geo. i : . Powell , j
chief inspector of the Omaha Grain j
exchange , when he returned from Idaho -
j
ho Tuesday. i
"The wind blows there incessantly j l
and it would be about all th < - trees j !
could do to remain in I he ground.
have no desire to knock the Idaho j I
land , but that offered around Twin
Falls Is fit for anything but fruit. Hut
hundreds have be < Mi drawn to Twin
Falls believing they could secure fruit
growing land according to the adver
tising. The land is fust class for
dairying J and agriculture. j
"The crop of alfalfa has been so |
bountiful that it is soiling for 52 pet j
ton near Twin Falls and may ! >
bought baled for less than St. Pota
toes were selling for 25 cents per sack
of 100 pounds when I left , though
there was something like eight inches
of snow on the ground on the big
tracts north of Twin Falls. The land
is not much different and will he jir-i
a vaiuable when iriigated.
Mr. Powell visited Grand Junction
and other fruit stations , buying foity
acres near De Beque.
Puivliase Fine Stock. .
The Christian it Lang company , of
York. well known bleeders of Aber
, '
deen-Angus cattle and Poland-China
hogs , received this week ten head of
choicest Aberdeen-Angus cattli ? . selected -
ed from the best and mo > l noted .
eastern herds of the breed. Among
th 4 purchases was Laird KH'Mnoro. a
junior yearling Angus bull , that in
all ! big shows last year except one , won
Hrtt.
Teachers' Institute.
The .annual Johnson county teach
er's institute will be held in connec
tion with the Tecumseh chiutaiqui.
the dates of the institute being July j .
13 : to IS. inclusive. The chautaqua j
will be held July 10 to 19. inclusive. I
There will be an able corps of instructors - j
tors in attendance at the institute. j y
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Crops Badly Damaged. |
The Little Clue river at Helbron *
higher than it has been for -
years and has done great damage to j : :
crops in the valley. The immense gar- j ( .j
dens of Roves t Son. C. F. Gates.
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Loyd McKeir/le and J. W Heller are
totally destroyed and all crops in the
bottom lands are badly Hooded.
Fatally Hurt in Saw Mill.
William Kay. 21 years of age. whil - M
vorking around a saw mill at Filloy
Wednesday , was struck by the log car
rier and thrown upon the saw. His
left arm was almost severed and a
to
terrible gash was cut in his back. His
Injuries are such that death is PX-
at
pected at any time. I
Dead Man is Identified.
The body of the man who was run
over and badly mangled by a freight of
train ; in the Union Pacific yards at dr
Omaha Tuesday has been identified as Six
that of Ray Easter , of Randolph. \vl
Kan.
Nebraska Students HonorcMl.
Among the prize awards announced dr
the Yale divinity school is first noW
Downes speaking prize to F. L. Hall , W
Danbury. Xeb. , in the junior class. hit
Boy Drowns in Beaver.
The 12-year-old son of Gus Briese.
living about five miles northwest of na
Albion , was drowned in the Ueaver ff
-iver Tuesday. tion
Degree for Gov. Sheldon.
Gov. Sheldon was given the honor
; degree of Doctor of Laws by .
p.
Hastings college at the commence- . , '
j. the
ment Wednesday. Gov. Hoch. of Kan
Co
, was to have been similarly hon
ind
, but was unable to come to Hast
tiel
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n-ed
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for ttyan.
Gov. Sheldon has issued a requisi
for the return to O'Xeill of W. J.
Ryan , arrested in Fall River. S. D. Hi [ :
Ryan > is wanted in Holt county on a loen
charge of passing worthless cheeks. foil
c.n f.v v.nrsr.
IJtty .Makes Meroie Effort to Sav > Life
ol" His S ! > trr.
Dragged l-a'.f drowped from Little
Pappio creek her
by 11-year-old
brother , who carried her half a mile
in search of aid , which he found not.
little Lena. Burke died Monday morn-
HK at her home ten miles wesr of
Omaha without recovering consciousl
MI---- . The boy's brave efforts to save
her were futile. Lena , aged 1) , and
her brother. Willie , two years nor sen-
tor. \ \ ; - , . in bathing together in their
favorite swimming hole , half a milo
from where they ! l\od. The creek was
- woiieii frurn the recent heavy rains ,
ind Lena who was unable to swim ,
* ot beyond her depth and sank. Wil
lie saw her . > t niggle and bravely
plunged after her. In the deep water
ir uis all the little fellow could do to
hold his own. but lie manageel to drag
the child to the water's ? edge and lifted
her to the bank. She was unconscious ,
but still alive. Xet knowing what to
do. Willie looked abound for help. No
one uas jn sight , and realizing every
moment ua.s valuable , the lad gather
ed the limp , unconscious form in his
aitn . and leaving his clothes on the
riv-r hank , trudged off to his home.
The K\r\ \ \ was alme t as large as the
buy. hut his strength proved equal to
the task , and he managed to get her
! : ome and laid her on a bed. He met
no one on the way. and when lie ar
rived ; found no one at home. Before
tie could sur.iinon a-siJance the child
wa s dead.
KA : GOOD CATCH.
J. ! : . TVMVr. Waited in Canada , Pick
ed 5"p in Omaha.
Whi ! - earehint ; for the assailants
of Isaac Kail of Malvrn. Iowa , who
uas slugged and robbed of :50 at the
City , hotel. Oir.aha. Saturday after-
noon. , , l"te ti\cs Heilfeidt and Devo-
i eec made an important eaj.turq MI
the. arrest of J. K. Telft r. an abseond-
ing j , agent of the Dominion Kxpress
e < iiiipiny. of Calgary. Alberta. Doniin-
ion j of Canada. Sojne four months ag.i
Tel ( fur .ib.conded uith two blank
money order hooks of the express com-
pany ( , and a valuable package of dia-
nionds.
He ai rived in Omaha Saturday af-
liMtionn at , o'clock and had purchas-
ed a ticket for St. Paul. int nding t (
leave on the evening train. When ar-
n-ist'd by-the odic-ers he endeaxrored
to ri < l liini.self of two parcel delivery
checks from the Cnion depot parcel
stand. When taken to the police sta
tion lie i efused to divulge his name ,
but the grips ho had checked at the
parcel ? tand were . . cired and from
the contents * , it v.as learned that he
was the much sought for express
agent. Two blank money order books
were found in the grip . from one of
whieh several chocks ? had been torn.
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T1IKKK X1-\V \VK\TIiEIS
Are M-taMMicd in Western
I 'poii the approval of the chief of
Hieveather bureau and pursuant to
H i lie general wish of grain and imple
ment men. Weather Observer Welsh
ha- * had established three additional
wesither observation stations in west
ern Xebraska. Tln-se are designed to
cover observation's and reports further
west in Xebra.sk- " , particularly in the
eorn . and wheat belt . These new sta
tions are at Itrokon Pow. Holdrege and
Culbi-rts-on and cover an additional
seel ion of l he
state in which crops are
tai-ed iji markotivUlo quantitie < * and
whicJi liave nt hi'herto been included
in the tegularveatluM - bureau reports.
Prior to this- time Fairbury was the
farthest western point from which
tegular reports were received at the
main goveinnient station in Omaha.
The new service went into effect
.Monday morning.
KLOPING COTPLIIIKIYD UP.
Yonii ( ; People Jrom Lincoln Fail U.
C.'ot Lien.e at CouiK-il Bluffs.
Aithur I'M l an < l Lida Le.itz , both of
. .incoln. f were taken into custody
Tur-sfhiy , at Council UJuffs while staiuf-
ng at the county in the office of the
clerk , of the dis'triet court waiting for
marriage Hi-ense.
Boy Argues Self to School.
Tony Pasha , a 16-year-old Omftia
boy. has the distinction of being the
first one to argue his way to the in
dustrial school for boys at Kearney.
Judge Kstolle reluctantly signeel an
order for him to bo sent there Monday
ind Tony was given a ticket and told
co alone. Tony's trouble is that he
runs a way from home and will neither
attend school nor work.
Hey Drov.ncd Xenr Oakland.
Oliver Haltman. aged 11 yearssor. .
John Haltman near Oakland , was .
drowned in Bell creek Sunday evening.
: boys had gathered on an old bridge
which went down with them.
Clias. 1C. Whistler Drowned.
Chas. R. Whistler , a dentist , was
drowned in Salt Creek Monday after
noon with three companions. Mr.
by
Whistler attempted to take a ride in
be
gasoline launch.
Maynard Called to Omaha.
The trustees of Bellevue college
have tendered to Rev. H. H. Maynard ,
the Coe college faculty , the posi
of president for the former insti
tution.
Corn Xecd * Cultivation.
A very heavy downpour of rain at
Randolph Sunday night was added to
unusual rainfall of the past week.
7orn fields are looking rather poorly
are in need of cultivation. In
iields on the bottoms some corn is cov-
by rnud washed from the higher
ground.
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Stolen TFor.cc Keeovrrrd.
The bay mare stolen from J. M.
lucy. of Randolph , a week ago , has
recovered. The animal was
'ound near Cr-nr-nd. ' stz
The tve-nt letter of t v- > farm hands
written to Governor Sheldon asking
him i to compel the passage of a law
to force farmers to use machine-y upon
could ride while
on which farm hands
cultivating crops and thus do away
with the health destroying walking
plows and cultivators , has caused some
uneasiness to a few farmers at least.
One farmer , writing to the governor ,
has a word to say about farm hands
in general and which tends to show
that even the prosperous Nebraska ,
owner of a section has hi.-1 troubles
with the labor question. This farmer
writes that he uses riding implements ,
but even he has on hand some walking1
plows which he cannot afford to throwaway -
away and consequently in some in
stances these are used. However , he-
said his own boys used these plows-
just as much as did his hired hands
and his own boys were not injured by
their use. He said also that very feu-
farm hands knew how to use ridir. ? :
plows and cultivators , and it was the
exception when a farm hand Is found
who can dirve intelligently more thai *
two or three horses at one tim . Most"
farm hands , he said , would in a very-
short time destroy improved or ridfng-
machinery , and for that reason many
farmers who would like to use Tin-
proved machinery could not.afford to
with the present crop of farm hands.
As the governor still follows a plow
himself once in a while it is not likely
he will advocate the passage of a bill
to do away with the old machinery ,
even though his sympathies go out
to the farm hands.
* *
The state railway commission has re
ceived a letter from a woman in Co-
JKid calling upon the commission tu-
compel the Murlington railroad to-
make good on its promises to give-
transportation to widows itnfi orphans
of employes killed in the service. The
writ cites two specific cases , she says ,
where promises were marie to give-
widows and children of deceased em
ployes transportation and in both ,
cases failed to keep the promise. One-
widow , she wrote , received a letter
from General Manager HoMrege , of
the Burlington , saying , "We are not
giving passes to any except buna tide-
employes and their families since the
2-cent fare has gone into effect. " One *
instance the writer cited was to the *
effect that Harry Warden , of Wymore.
an engineer , was killed In his efforts-
to save a train from going into a ditch.
She said the claim agent of the road
settled the claim against the road by
Riving the widow $ 1,600 ana promising ;
her transportation. The latter prom
ise i has not been kept , the writer said ,
and the widow accepted the $1,600
settlement solely because the claim :
agent told her that if the terms were-
not accepted she would have to bring-
suit and probably -would lose her in
surance in the Curlington relief de
sP
partment. While the law givs the-
railroads authority to give transporta
tion to families of employes killed hr
service < , the commission doubts its au
thority ; to compel the railroads to giv-
the ; transportation.
# * *
The interest bearing debt , conrpris-
ing outstanding warrants against the-
general fund and temporary university
fund , amounted to $949.093.29 June 1 ,
according to the semi-annual report
of State Auditor Searle. This is a de
crease of $275.06S.SS since June 1 ,
1 907. During the year the outstanding
general fund warrants decreased from
51,183,544.82 to 5S49.693.44. Out
standing warrants drawn on the tem
porary university fund increased from :
$40,617.35 to 599,399.85. State funds
invested have increased S57G. < Ji'0.15.
The Lincoln hotel is liabl to be
without a bar if the decision by Judge
Frost stands in the supreme court.
The excise board granted a license to-
an employe of the hotel company and
to this Judge England rernonstrateeT ,
giving also other reasons for his ob
jections. The district court upheld lhe >
remonstrance and revoked the. license.
The excise board will take the matter-
to the supreme court.
* *
The people of Odessa , who have
been clamoring for a depot agent for
some time anel who appealed to the
stat ? railway commission to help ,
them , have settled for the present
their differences with the Union Pa
cific. The road
agreed to employ a
man at Odessa , who would devote a.
portion of his time to billing and re
ceiving freight and to selling tickets.
* *
It has been reported in Lincoln that
petitions are being circulated in Platte
county for Fred Abbott of Aurora te >
get his name placed on th-e primary-
ballot as a candidate for railway com
missioner to compete with Judge Wil
liams for the republican nomination.
* * m
Joseph J. Langer of Wilbur. Saline-
county , has filed his name with the >
.secretary of state as a candidate for
presidential elector on the republican :
ticket. Mr.
Langer was elected to this
same job In 1900.
* * *
The costs in the suit of the state
against the Nebraska Retail Lumber-
Dealer's association have been figureel
the clerk of the
supreme court te >
$3,15409 , and they are taxed to-
the association.
* * *
The state railway commission has
adopted an order prohibiting , after
August 1. telephone companies from
making a ten-cent messenger charge
where no messenger was used.
* * *
Returns from
county assessors , are
being received by Labor Commissioner
Ryder , which , when compiled will
show what there really is in Nebraska
The schedules sent out by the labor
department included space for the
number of acres of farms
, number of
acres under cultivation , owner , ten
, number of milch COWP , number of
chickens and other fowls
, and other
information not reported to th state
board , but essential in getting out
statistics relating to the wealth of the
state.