THE IfALEWtlHE DEMOCR VALENTINE , NEB. F. M. RICK , - - - - Publlsl TAFT IN NEAK-WfiEC WSTO ? ; KO1 > ON 1'ENNSYIA'A : FLYER'S ENGINE BREAKS. Da ididato is En Iloute East Sli for New" York After Attend Cfniivh Scj-viec and Hearing ; Sern on "The Successful Man. " Donnlson , O. : Secretary Taft ha Harrow escape from being involved a. serious wreck on the Pennsylvn flyer \\hich was carrying him e ; Prompt action of the lower'iian ii Higija ! station a third of a. mole c of Coshocton and of the engineer tlie llyer alone averted v.'hat mi ; haw bei-n a dreadful accident. As the train was speeding along Iho rate of sixty miles an hour pisjion rod on the left side of the lo motive broke short off. Almost J stantly th < - cylinder of the engine \ cracked by the unmanageable r . Tht train was approaching a"sig j tower just east of Coshocton. The ( J erator saw that something was vriv and drew dov/n a signal to stop 1 train. The engineer applied the em geney biake , and the train of six c ; came to a stop on a charp curve. The accident occurred at G : o'clock , as many of the passengers the train were at dinner in the lini car T'Vvv of them realized how r. ; row tVr ! escape had been from uwful .ic-eident. Secretary Taft a Nation..1 Omimitteeman Kellogg < tered the car and sat down to dim ufter the accident occurred withf thought of anything serious in connr tion ' .iith the stopping and delay the train. The secretary made comment on the accident when i form < -d of it. The t nuineer of the locomotive e , pladn < ' i that it was merely good lu that averted u bad accident. "If i'.e piston rod. after it broi hadin - under the train , " said 1 "wp would have gone into the ditch. wewere running fifty miles an ho and the derailment would have been serious matter. Fortunately the bro en rod 'anded six or eight inches ov side the left rail. That saved us. " The to\\er man sent a message Denin .n fur another locomotive , a ; after a delay of about an hour the 1 conjotive arrived and the llyr pr ceeded on its way east. SIGHT HISSTOKED BY SHOCK. Jlcmarkableranv for Baseball Ptiy Cantillon. New York : James Cantillon. of M : Tienett"Vis. . . who was totally blin regaim < i his night at Beilevue hospit Sundav during a fit of hysterics whit Tollo\\vd the surgeon's announceemi to him that his case was considerc hop : ; ? and that he would proban J remai.i Ij'.ind for the remainder of Ii t life. y Cantillon , who.is a professional basi f hall i-'ayer. - ' and a brother of Josep f CanUl ! ' . , , . Of the Washington "leagi : f team , had to have h5s left eye remove as ilj.rerult of an accident in Chicac * seral months ago. The sight of til f othTye failed from sympathetic a ; lectn.n. He came to the Cornell Un : vers-it > Medical college in Bellevu i "hospital for an oi > eration. Sunday th .surp < ons deeided than an operatio [ -\vouM be useless. aid so informed Can i tillnn. who thereupon became hyster icaj. Suddenly he cried out that h cnuH se- , and tests showed that th sight f the ricrht eye had been almo ? i completely restored. The specialist , now hope to complete the cure. GIRL AND ESCORT SHOT. oiin - Woman Killed and Man Proh ably FtstaJIy Wounded. New Philadelphia , O. : How Cha ? Spach.3r. years old. Avas probably fa tally Bounded and Miss Arline Knis- 1y , 19 years of age , wa killed late Sunday -day night is a mystery. Fallen forward over the dashboarr of a buggy , the horse walking slowli ahout in the heart of the city , the bodj nf mrs Knisely. a bullet in her brair was found by two men who haltet the animal. A few yards distant was founc 3pach , a bullet hole above his righi 3yo. "I've been shot. " was his muttered remark. Siilcc then he has been un- For some time he had been operat ing a theater in which Miss KnSsely tvas a ticket seller. Storm Damage is Heavy. Pitt burg , Pa : Reports from western - -ern P nnlvania. . eastern Ohio and "West Virginia are shnv'y reaching l.r-re showing the damage from two severe storm. : Friday night amounts to over $200.orut. in a number of place.ire communication has been seriously cripled. Tuo Killed and Namuer HMi-t. Moiif.jiKahela , Pa. : One American and three foreigners are dead : one .Amer'-an and five foreigners injured ns the result of an explosion at the Ellsworth coal mine , near here. Sionx City Live Stock Market. Sioux City : Saturday's quotations on the Siou : : City live stock market tfollow : Top beeves , 57.25. Top hogs , " 55.70. Decide Abyssinian STrir. Addis Adeba. Abyssinia : The lion of succession to the throne of Abyssinia has been revived by an offi cial statement from King Mi-r.elik des ignating his grandson , Lig Yaxu , the 3 2-year-ohi son of his daughter , Y\a > ' - zaru Shor. Roggu. and Ras Michael as heir to the throne. Gov. Hanlcy 1rostrated. Ottawa , Kan. : Gov. Hanley , of In diana , was prostrated by heat while addressing- Ottawa chautauqua at < > ttawa Saturday afternoon. C\ I'fi-.rvs ! " * > * ? jr.sy. I r lured Wreck at Trt-n .01 : , 3io. Ft. Jw ph. JSIo. : At 1CO : o'cl Friday a pusftenxer train on the Qj ey. Omaha and K"ras City railr jumped the track in thy- Trenton yc and rullod down a . ! : : foot rnbs mc.'nt. one car turning turt'c , twelve parsenjjerswere injure : ! . ' injure " . : Mrs. W. R. < " ' --borri , of Rr-qer. I Iraeturc-1 5kull : and internal injur "VviJl die. Mrs. V. * . A. Pea d , of Ro' Mo. , dav.ghter of Mrr . ; Osborne. in nally injured ; recovery doubtful. J. Gregojy , of Sheldon Grove * , Fhoulder broken and severa.1 fractn ribs ; alr < hurt ir.urnaiy , rerk Mrs. Lodie Thompson , daughtorf Mr. Gregory , hurt in chest and up back ; not serious. Mrn. J. L. .To : of Plattsburg. wrist wrenched ; sli : Mrs. John Lchr , of .Sidney , Ta. . inl nul injuries and right arm broken : critical condition. .Anna Lehr. fr turcd f-lull. Mirs Maud Lehr , In hurt. Ben S wait. of Milna , A bra Iceman , legbroken. . Rev. J. Wright. Mis. .7. C. .Steven-Yin and 12. Ford , of Trent > n. slightly hurt. The accident was caused by a fective car wheel. The train was n ningslowly. . surp-s srRGRnx KUS LIFE i > r. Sinn ! ! , of Sfe.Hf. . Louis , Foti De-id I : ; Caji. . New York : ThomasV. . Small , ch surgeon of the AnrM-ican line st an St. Louis , ccmrnittefl suicide in cabin on the steamer eirly Friday shootingXo cause for the act known. HO had been absent frc'in t ship ail night. When he n-turn Friday morning hc ; ipcared t . be a cheerful frame of mind and afi chatting pleasantly for a time w one of the officers on duty retired his state room. A moment later t report of a shot was hoard , and wh the door of the doctor's cabin \ \ opened he was found eying from a hi let wound in his U-mpIe. His rif- hand clutched the revolver from whi the shot was fired. L > r. Small had be been in the employ of the Americ line nine years and had an extens ! acquaintance _ anong ocean travele \Vhen a = here he lived with his wife this city. FI ii i.'rxos A\rYiiTious. A * e-iiby Pusses Resolution Deelari ; Readiness for Independence. Manila : The Philippine assenib Friday. on the eve of adjournme : leclared by a vote of F.7 to 15 that i lepemlcnce was the aspiration of tl Filipino people and that they we eady for immediate independence. Speaker Osmena. addressing tl louse formally at the close of the se Jion , brought up the question. T ; aid that it was his aspiration to ha1 ndepenfiencov The peoi > le wanted md their acts an. ] achievements she hat they were capable of receiving- i The progressista party leaders d ( nanded a separate vote or < the que ion , their spokoMnan declaring th : he people were not \et ready for con > lete independence. All wanted ind < lendenco. he paid , some day ; but tl : ime was not yet rip" for it. \ HAXK FAILS. lec-eiver Appointed for Lincnoi Trpj and Sivin.tis Company. Philadelphia. Pa. : ThLincol avings and Trus : corrpmy. a prn oneern nf this , - : v. fai : ' > r : t ) op n i ; oors for business Friday and Samu < 1. Hyneman. an attorney , was a- ointed receiver. The trust com pan liled about a .yea- ago and re.sun.o usiness three months later after re rgani'/.ing. Mr. Hyneman sid that his an ointment as receiver wj > < ? principal1' iade to conserve the assets of th ampany and that the . depositor ' ould be paid in full. Tnc app'licatioi > r the receiver was made hv Judg anes. vice preside.it of the compan- nd a large stockholder Th 2 com any , it is understood , will li-juidatf CH1LDRKN HER GUESTS. iiK Cit > wd o One . New York : Friday afternoon ever ? u'ld in Sag Harbor , her summe'i ime. was the guest of Mrs. Russel ige. who planned a picnic for all the lildren. All the children had beer iked to be pp ent and join in the fes- i-ities. There wore games and music id an out of doors supper for every- ) dy. Mrs. Sage - visited Pierson high hool. toward the building of which e donated Slin.ono , and spoke brief- to the pupii . she referred feeling- to the fact that her mother lived in g Harbor. Court Helps Spank Ten Hoys- . Xev.- York : \Vhen ten small boys arged with shoeing craps wore ar- igned at Kea.-n y. X. J. . Recorder me ? llelly airl lines punished the rent ? , r.ot the , rorderp. and he pro sed to try another plan. He sen- iced them all in a spanking. Killed by .MuMcnl Kobhcr. Fit. T.ouis. Mo. : .John O'Cennor. a mer policenutn , was shot and killed h5 saloon here 1 y a marked robber io had atten- ] ted t > held up the < = a- nkceper and three customers. Tha rhwryman comiv.ai.dfd O'Connor to lell out. " Wh/'ii O'f'onnor reached his revolver the robber fired. Kill Huband : Suicides. ' .ittle Falls. X. Y. : Martin Finn , a mer. was inrtnntly killed by his " e. Elisabeth , as he lay .asleep" his ne in falisbuiy. X. Y. , Mrs. Finn Iked tn the home of her mother , a e distant , where she drank paris en and chlorcfoim. She probably 1 die. His Vitality Was Wonderful. Yilmington. Del. : Alter one of the at remarkable disnlry of vitalitv physicinns ct the Delaware hospi- ever had seen John Merino , a n. died at that institution after hav- lived for four days tvith his body rally crushed to a pulp. "Mad Anthony" Wayne Statue. "alloy Forge. Pa. : A bronze eques- 1 statue of Gon. "Mad Anthony" yne was unveiled in the historic ip grounds at Valley Forge Satur- liTJMBER KATES TO KE TUT. Ix ) < > e Case Ucforo l'\-dcrI Co mission. "Washington : Sweeping reduction Dumber rates west of the Missouri r ! er and a 5 per cent reduction in t 'a/lvanced rates in. the east a ? well other changes in the tariff are order under decisions announced by the i terstate commerce commission Frid : The rulings are made in a group important -uses involving the rates lumber , shingles and other fort products from points in the Will mette vaJley to San Francisco a from Washington , Oregon , Idai Montana and British Columbia to ea : ern and southern markets. In the cases of the Oregon a , Washington Lumber Manufacture association against the Union Paci and other roads , the Pacific Cm Lumber Manufacturers' assoc'tatl against the Northern Pacific and ot ers , and the Southwest Washinarti Lumber Manufacturers' assooiatii against the Northern Pacific , invol ing1 a general edvance in lumber rat ( in many cases 20 and 25 per cent fro north Pacific coast territoryto poin east thereof , which became eTeeti in November last , th , > commissi * makes a geographic decision in its a tion. tion.On On the ground of unryasonaMeiif it orders restoration of tin ; previoi rates west of a 'ine drawn fr un Pei : bina , N. D. , Ilirough G--and Porh Council Bluffs , Kansas City anvl yioi City to Port Arthur , Te-c. . alf ng tl Kansas City Southern Railway and ii eluding all points east of that Hi which now take the same rates j any point between and inct.dir ! Sioux City and Kansas City. " CLOSE CALL FOR BUCHTEL. tnsano Woman Went to State HOHS-C 1 'Kill Colorado Governor. Denver. Colo. : Through the coolne ; of Assistant Secretary .Tas. E. Dotigl erty , of the State Human society. Go Henry A. Buchtel escaped probable u jury at the hands of Mrs. Annie Pod im , an insane woman. Laboring ur der the delm ion that the governor ha got possession of $40.000 she imagine was left her by W. S. Stratton and : scheming to force her to many hii the woman visited the executive's ol [ ice with the intention of shooting hit with a 32-caliber revolver. She ha the weapon concealed under a jackt ihe carried on her arm. Unable to obtain admission to th executive chamber the woman went t ihvo Humane society and made threat : o "fix the governor. " After warning Private Secretar Montgomery Mr. Dougherty joined th .voman while she Avas waiting at th Broadway entrance to the state nous uid persuaded her to accompany bin f the court house. There he swor > ut complaint of insanity against he ind she was taken to the psycopathi vard of the county hospital by Deput- Sheriff Baker. DEATH PEXAljTY FOR WOMAN. trs. > rtry PsmiiiM- Convicted of 35 ur dcr in Fii 5t DouTce. Watertown. X. Y. : Guilty of mur lor in the first degree was the verdic > f the jury in the case of Mrs. Mai ] Banner , charged with the killing o Irs. Sarah Brennan. The juiy wa : ut three hours. Justice Rogers sen anced Mrs. Farmer to be eleotrocutec t the Auburn prison during the weel eginning Aug. 2. The crime for which Mrs. Farmer ' is 23 years old , was found guiltj ras most fiendish. Her victim. Mrs trennan , who was 5f. years old , wai cr neighbor and intimate friend , and ne motive Avas to gain possession ri ae Brennan home , deeds of which [ rs. Farmer had forged in October , he crime was committed April 2'i. Mrs. Brennan was hacked to pieces ith a hatchet and her body stuffed ito a trunk. Mrs. Farmer's husband is also under idictment on a charge of murder in 10 first degree as accessory to the ime. ACCUSE BOROUGH CHIEF. ronx Commissioners Sulmiit Ill-port to Mayor SrcClolIan. New York : After having investi- ited for four months the accounts xl methods of the office of the pros- int of the borough of the Uron.- : . Dmmissioners of Account Mitchell Galligher submitted a report to ayer McCleJlan Avhich stated that he evidence has convinced us that .e entire Bronx department has for e past six years been administered imarily in the political interests of sident Louis F. Haffen. air ! that t" > is are ascribable most of the defi- jncies , waste , irregularities and de- .rtures from the law discovered \ \ > Counsel for President Haffen in a ttement Sunday asked th , . public f spend judgment untiJ he had an op- rtunity to be fully hcird. The re- rt , it is said , will be submitted tr v. Hughes by Mayor McClcllan. Plant Grows Out of Plaster. St. Louis , Mo. : Sidney C. Johnson , neral auditor of the Cotton Belt ilroad , says that he has solved the > blem of the hanging gardens of bylon , in the discovery of a plant ) wing from the plastered walls of : office on the fifteenth floor of the irce building. The plant broke forth glory four days ago , and now meas- > s three inches. Uncle Sain Repudiates Him. iVilkesbarre , Pa. : United States -trict Attorney Witmer began pro- Ldings in court to have the natural- ion papers of Abram Moses can- led. Moses was naturalized here in 12. Immediately afterward , it is al- ed. he left for Pretoria , South Afri- Recently he got into trouble there I asked the protection of the United tes government. Great Sled Plant Burns. Ihelby , O. : Fire destroyed the plant the Sht-lby Steel Tube company. led by the United States steel cor- ation. The loss is said to be close 52,000.000. The origin of the fire not been determined. The plant been closed down several weeks. Santa , Fo Shops to Close , 'opeka , Kan. : The Santa Fe lo- lotive shops over the entire system e been ordered closed until June This will affect about 1,000 men in eka. " * NT * s yv o vr "v * v * . yv * " " " -.TJ , t"r , n-n-i-.iii TII-I XJ JT LI n JTTI r * " INTEREST HI HAPPENINGS li 32 42 Froajsy tDav ( Posited i WS FGB m m' { READERS S &a S SS ' ' jp I S : SEEKING INDIAN RELICS. Material Bchij ; Gathejtid for Nelnxt. Historical Scclcty. Mr. Blackmail , from the State I torical society at Lincoln , has been Tekamah for the past ten days look up Indian discoveries which he th ! : are very valuable because they arc a different form than any he has fore seen and thinks that they belo ed to a race which lived here four five hundred years ago. The finds h ; been on the high hills in the north i south part of the city. The c seems to all have been burnt , and these are the first high points west the Missouri and have a good view the surrounding country watch fi must have been kept going for aj as this same practice was later pr ticed by the Omahas. Ke found Reservoir hill in the south part of i city five or six skeletons which 1 been burled in a sitting posture , fac : Uie rising sun. This could not hi ' ee.n the Indians which now and tl have inhabited this section for the 1 LOO years , because they bury th dead lying down and near the surfa and these were found to quite a dep : ilso a copper ring was taken from t grave of one of the finds , which about large enough to fit the mid < finger of a man. Pottery of a cerri or concrete nature also was foui which if ? different from the avera clay pottery used by the Indians. the last ton years hundreds of ske tons have been dug up in differc sections of the town and surround ! hills , together with tomahawks a other Indian weapons , and it thought that a.t some remote date tl must have been a large campi ground for he race of some unkno\ tribe. Mr. Blackman Is very much i terested in his discoveries and inten 'LO further investigate this locality. TWO WIVES FACE IIAYXES. XUcgeil Bigami.t Te.lls licmarkal Story ol' Domestic Troiililcs. With two wives confronting him .he court room , Washington P. Hayn .vent on the witness stand t.t Omal kVednesday afternoon before Judj -ears in the case in which x he barged with deserting wife No. 1. ai old a remarkable story of his marit roubles. Haynes pleaded guilty abe hree weeks ago to the charge of wi Lbandjonment , and gave a bond to su ; iort his wife and their child. Tl : ounty attorney has asked that tl > end be set aside and he be sentenc ( o the penitentiary , charging th : laynes immediately on his relea : rom jail went to wife No. 2 ai ought to induce her to go back iving with him. Miss Eleanor Thiele , of West Poin i-ho figures in the ense as wife No. nade an affidavit that Haynes went i ter in Superior and tried to induce h < o go to Denver with him. Instead < 'oig there , she says , she induced hii o come to Omaha. He was arrestc t the request of her father as I tepped off the train here. Haynes in his testimony referred I Tiss Thiele as a "Judas" who had b < rayed him , and denied he had tried t esume marital relations with hi fter his release from jaU. He testifie e had secured a job in Denver aftc luch delay , and had gone to Mis 'hiele to try toget her to collect SI.50 rom her father on a claim I-Iayne lys he has against him. DIVORCE IN IUGII CHICLES. frs. Rearinald Grey Coke Secure Sepiiratiim on Bi omy Charge. As an outcome of the alleged mar age of Reginald G'-ey Coke , son o ir Henry and Lady Coke , and nepb r the earl of Leicester , to f'alie. siste f Mark Hambourg , the pianist. i : rnerica. lat January. Mrs. P.eginal rey Coke hn < - - < = erured a divorce o : le grounds of ' ainy and adultery. The documents ux-d" "d in the cas lowed that Retinal 1 C"ke obtainei divorce in Nebraska , m the groun < " desertion on the part of his wife r John Barnes , in granting the de ee of divorce , said that RecrinaU > ke's marriage to Miss Hambour ; as clearly bigamous and he sincere ! ? ished that something could be doni America to prevent this sort o tng. Reginald Coke received his divorci oni his wife in Omaha about eigh onths ago : He had been living ir maha and Sioux City for a year pre ous to the time the decree was grant- , and had many warm friends whr icw him as a rather amiable ough , without , quiet. Englishman Bohemian tastes and free with his oney. He is an accomplished ceil is ! d had a wide acquaintance in Oma- , 's musical colony. He left shortly ter receiving the decree , with the inouncement that he intended to irry Miss Hambourg as soon as the itutory six months had expired after 3 decree was filed. Lineman Killrd at Fremont. Frank A. Maurer. a lineman , was 3idcntally killed while working on a le at the corner of First and Main eet , Fremont. Wednesday after- on. Nebraska Cattleman Touched. Fames II. Finn , a Nebraska cattle iler , was found unconscious in a cab New York City. His companion was ested. Finn had lost a gold watch 3 some money. Omaha Wood'iien Win Prize. Denver No. Slir.S drill team won t prize in t - Modern Woodmen's roster content M Peoria , HI. : Oma- Xo. 120 , revl ; Topeka , Xo. 536 , rd. t Ncbras' : - - , > .e Pictures , "he Velc- ' - - of New York , is > uc to s.r ' - annual cihibi- i cr cci tsrpieces. This the c . , - tojo first to ! FIXDS MANY LAW VIOLATION ska Mutual Has Odd Mcth' ' Says Receiver Wakeley. In a detailed report filed in dist court Monday afternoon Art Wakeley , receiver of the Nebra Mutual Fire Insurance compz which failed last fall , declares the port of the company made at that t is incorrect ; that large amounts listed assets are worthless or of doi ful value ; that some of the acts of officers were in direct violation of and that State Auditor Searle she have begun insolvency proceed t against the company in June , 11 Mr. Wakely says the report of Ex : iner Wiggins , filed with the audi June 24 , 1907. showed the company be insolvent , and that its liabilities ceeded its assets at that time by $ ] 032.49. The receiver says it is to be regi ted the state auditor did not apply a receiver then , as it would have lievcd the company of fire los amounting to $69,000. The rep criticises the conduct of the compt and the condition of its records in c tain instances. The report also says ex-Gov. SI A. Holcomb. formerly general agent the company for Washington and I < ho , is in debt to the company to 1 amount of over $10,000. WOOL GRADING PLANT. Adjunct to Storage Warehouse AVI11 Ks'iuUH.sIud in Omaha. J. Bauer , of Shoshoni , Wyo.i " > p ri a wool grading plant in Oma Tu'y 1 in connection with the wai house of the O'maha Wool and Stora company. Mr. Bauer is now In Wyoming to : rure wool , which the eastern man "acturers want , and when this w < irrives in Omaha he will grade it j fhe eastern manufacturers and gro ? rs. The decision to open the gradi slant in Omaha was reached by A r-Jaucr and his associates after maKi in extended trip in the east and intc r-ie\ving personally the manufacture Mr. Pauer learned what grades ivool were wanted and assured t eastern manufacturers that in the f ure they could buy their wool on t ) maha market instead of going to t .ve-jtern ranges to buy it when it lipped. Solicitors for the Omaha Wool ai "torage- company wired advices Mo lay morning that 1,000,000 poun vould be shipped from the Northwej rn line points within the next t 'ays , while a detailed statement hipments aggregating 300,000 poun vas forwarded Saturday. SESSION OF WESLEYAN COUNCI It'Id at University Place Intcrestli Reports. The educational council of Nebrasl Vcsleyan university has just closed i we'.fth annual session at Universi 'lace. Reports of the year's work : ivn by the state officers and pros Tt.s of local councils showed a sul tantial growth ann interest. Due 1 he fact that the memorial buiUlir .as been completed , some appropris ions' during the year were made fc lie furnishings of thrt headquarters < tie woman's Wesleyan education ; ouncil room. The literary departmei f the organisation is growing. Th tudy of bible history has been tak p by some of the local councils. See lie organization will perfect plar r'nereby there will be placed a finai ial agent and organizer in the fiel hose duty it will be to solicit sul : riptions and donations for Nebrask iTeslpyan university and organize > cal council in every Method h fiurch in the state. One of the greai -t aims of the organization has bee nbodied in their battle cry , "A mem prship of 10.000 women who wi intribute annually 2 cents a week. " EATII PREFER RED TO ARKESl idian Kills Himself Rather Than G 1 to Prison. A Sioux Indian named Thompso ; lot and killed himself on the Rose jd reservation late Saturday after ion. The reilman had been accusei r horse stealing and a-n Indian po ? eman was after him with a warran r his arrest. When the two came to 'ther an exchange of shots followe < id the fugitive's horse was she nvn by the policeman. Seeing tha ? cipture was certain , the India : it the revolver in his mouth an < e-.v out his brains. The fellow hac rved a. term in the penitentiary foi > rso stealing. virral Prisoners to Ft. Leavemvorth Instruction have been received om th" department of justice by Dis- ft Attorney Goss. of Omaha , thai I parties convic d of penitentiar\ ' "nses by the federal courts in the > l > raska federal district will hereaf- r be sent to the United States mili- ry prison at Fort Leavenworth. Itnfus G. Rainey Bead. Rufus G. Rainey. one of the oldest -idents of Xemaha county , died at s home in Brownville. Mr. Rainey is about 78 years of age. He came Prownville in an early day and has ed there ever since. Larpc Attendance at Normal. rhe Alliance state junior normal has attendance ef over 200. This is a -prising nurr.ber and is principally e to the activities of its principal. \V. Hayes. Tlnccs at McCook. Fhe McCook Driving Park associa- n has about completed its plans for > races July C and 4. Already many horses are stabled at the track. eral pursrs have been hung up and s expected , to make this event a. note - e one in the history of the associa- n. t gasoline explosion occurred at the is of Tert Welch , of Albion , result- in the serious burning of Mrs Ich and her small child. From all indications an alfalfa pal ace will be a necessity to accommodate the crowds which will come to the National Corn Exposition to be held in Omaha Dec. D to 19. Plans for this palace are being considered by the ex ecutive committee of the corn show. It at small cost a is proposed to erect large frame building south of the Aud itorium , where the corn show will be held. This will be lined with baled al falfa. Prices will be offered for the best alfalfa grown and as a large ex hibit of grases is expected the entire building will have the appearance of being built of alfalfa and timothy hay in bales. There is a section In Iowa which is the kingdom of one Timothy. The farmers who are fortunate enough to be the subjects of this hay king are anxious to send a display to Omaha , and it is possible that while the alfalfa palace is built of alfalfa from Nebras ka. Colorado and Wyoming , it will be decorated with bales of timothy hay. Just now Omaha is promised an indus try which may equal in extent any in- durtry in the city the alfalfa meal mills. It has been demonstrated that alfalfa is one of the best foods for daiiy and stock cattle. The packers recognize this and are paying the highest prices for stock fed on alfalfa and corn. The diarymen also have discovered the value of alfalfa meal , which is a balanced ration. This is shown by the fact that the Oradell Dairy Farms company , of Trenton , N. J. . is to open a large mill in Omaha. The M. C. Peters Mill company , al ready the largest manufacturers of al falfa meal in the west and inventors of the special machinery , have con- traets for all of the product of their mill and are contemplating an addi tion doubling the capacity. From Col orado it is learned that seven alfalfa meal mills are being erected in that -tate , while western Nebraska is to liave two millr. one of them a branch > f an Omaha mill. Indications are that Omaha will have half a dozen al- "alfa mills in two years , turning out laily almost 2.000 tons of alfalfa neal , and the Xational Corn Exposi- .ion is not going to overlook a growing ndustry. Among the prizes offered will 10 hay presses worth from $100 tc > 150. * * * Thousands of cars of cattle are no\i caving the Panhandle of Texas and ire being-moved to raiues of Wyoming- , Montana and North and South Dakota , o be at some future flate brought to he Omaha market. The movement ms begun and is heavier than ever > efore. The Turlington has moved 1,200 ars , mostly through Denver and hence to Wyoming and Montana , "ohn Eyler , live stock agent of the Turlington , is now in Texas in charge f these shipments and he wire" that ie expects the movements this springer or the Burlington will exceed 5,000 'ars. Other roads are also getting their uota , the Rock Island handling many ars through the Omaha gateuay and lien turning them over to some other ne to be taken to South Dakota , 'he Rock Island had seventy-five cars ehind the high waterin southern Ne- raska and the cattle had to be un- > aded and fed until the wacer sub- ided. On the other hand many cars for outh Dakota , which formerly were loved from the Panhandle through riiaha are now diverted because of cv.v lines. The Xorthwestern is hand- ng a- great many over the Pierre , .apid City line and the Burlington as moving a large number over the shland-Sioux City line , until the ridge went out near Fremont. These re now coming through Omaha. Reports from the ranges all over ie west are that they have been at lis time of the year , for many seasons id the stock is reported to be in fine tape. The reports also show that ie 4 and 5-year old stuff is except- nally fat and will be ready for mart - > t early. The high prices of good - uff at South Omaha , last week when 0 head sold for $7.70 , stirs up the .ttlemen to their best endeavors to t the top of the market. It is not at all unlikely that some. embers of the b'oard of assessment ! } urge the next legislature to wipe it all appropriations by levy and urge e enactment of a law requiring that -propriations - be made sok'y by di et appropriations of definite sums. lis feeling on the part of some of the leers is due to the enoromus increase the assessment of property Three unties heard from unofficially show increase over last year of $15,000- 0. This includes Douglas county- th its $11,000.000. At this rate the. : rease in actual value will be sorne- icre around the $300,000,000 mark. is would mean an increase in the ; cssed valuation of ยง 60,000.000. > mbers of the board believe the time s come when appropriations should made definite and not by levy. * * The recent order of the railway nmission stopping telephone com- nies from charging a messenger fee ere no messenger is used passer , re- nded and again adopted. The com- ssion voted unanimously on the position. Those telephone compa- s which have a contract which en- es them to this fee will be given opportunity to appear before the emission and- make a showing as what per cent of. the toll charge y are entitled , and some kind of an cement will be reached. a * * J. Coursey Richards , the old voter- sentenced to the penitentiary for ; Ive years on a charge of criminal ault , salutes the Hag today a free n. The governor commuted his tence. knocking o < " som four years. ; old man has been on parole at soldiers' home at Mil'd for over ear. He served in the Uu- war and several wounds to show ! u fought ; re the bullets flew thickest. He stoutly maintained his innocence i * since his conviction and recently ; given a public hearing by the gov- jr.