THE VALENTIHE DEMOCRAT
VALENTINE , NEB.
r. . M. RICE. - - - - Publisher.
"ENEAGED " AT CASTRO
-DUTCJI TN VJOLKXT DEMONSTRA
TION AT WJ LI7E.MSTAD.
'Vcne/uelan Delivers Hiunblo Apology
to Hooting Croud , Wliile Members
of His Family Arc Forced to Play
the Dutch National Hymn.
I The. relations between Venezuela
. 'and the Island of Curacao are strain
ed to the breaking point. Following a
'long series of what the residents of
Curacao regard as antagonistic actions
on the part of President Castro di
rected against themselves and the
Dutch government mobs gathered in
Willcmstad Saturday night and Sun
day and expressed their resentment
In an attack on the home of a Venezue
lan who had published statements de
rogatory to the residents of the island.
They surrounded the German consul-
.ate , where the Venezuelan consul had
Itaken refuge , and compelled the ordering -
-dering out of troops so that the consul
; might be protected from injury. The
demonstration before the residence of
.the Venezuelan consul , Senor Lopez ,
occurred Saturday night and although
.no actual attack was made it is said
ithat two shots were fired from the
consul's house , no one being injured
Prior to this , at about 10 o'clock
; at. night , a mob numbering about
1,000 gathered in front of the dwelling
of a Venezueftin resident who , it is al-
Jeged , had insulted Curacao in Vene-
'zuelan papers. They broke down the
doors with stones , and , seizing the
onan , compelled him to sign a paper
which set forth an apology for the
publication of the statements with
which he was charged. The leaders
of the populace also forced him to
make a public apology from the bal
cony of the home , while the crowd
helow hooted in accompaniment. Fur
thermore , members of the man's
family were compelled to play the
Dutch national hymn while the people
below shouted "Down with Castro !
iXiong may Wilhelmina live ! "
The police were unable to cope with
the demonstrators , and their efforts
in this direction were somewhat fee
ble. No bodily harm was done to any
one , but the shouting and cheering
continued for a time and then a pro
cession \\os formed and a march made
on the consul's house.
ENJOIN INCREASED HATES.
Threatened Action Begun by Shippers
of Georgia.
On application of the Macon Grocery
company and other' mercantile corpo
rations of the state of Georgia , Judge
Speer , of the United States court , has
granted a preliminary injunction re
straining the Atlantic Railroad com-
.pany. the Louisville and Nashville , the
.Nashville , Chattanooga and St. Louis ,
the Cincinnati , New Orleans and Tex
as Pacific from putting into effect the
increased rates on shipments of staple
products from western to southern
.points which the railroads have given
notice to the interstate commerce
commission will take effect Aug. 1.
Judge -Speer will hear arguments on
the application on July 29 at Mt. Airy.
Ga. The increase , if carried into ef
fect , the petition alleges , will cost the
shippers and purchasers in Georgia
.from $500,000 to $1.000,000 annually.
Although a preliminary injunction
was granted , the defendant carriers
will be given a hearing several days
before the rates are to take effect.
OLD TIME LAND BOOM.
\Vild Scramble for Choice Oklahoma
Tracts Staits at Midnight.
At midnight Sunday the law remov
ing the government restrictions on
9,000.000 acres of Indian lands in east
ern Oklahoma went into effect. Every
real estate office in that part of the
new state was crowded with anxious
buyers and sellers of land , money wa
changing hands by the hundreds i > f
thousands , agents were busy corralling
the allottees that had been in practi
cal captivity during the past few days.
Jeases were being taken on land that
Tvas not bought and actual cash was
being passed from hand to hand , mak
ing the night one of the most exciting
in years in Oklahoma.
The removal means 9,000,000 of the
.20,000,000 acres of Indian lands in
tforty counties of eastern Oklahoma
which was formerly Indian Territory
"becomes salable.
Three Persons Drowned.
Three persons were drowned by
the capsizing of a canoe near Mil
waukee late Saturday night.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Beeves ,
J6.25 < 5 > 7.25. Top hogs , $6.25.
. Dr. Mint Killed 7 > y Auto.
Dr. Carlton Flint , a prominent phy
sician of New York , who was knocked
down by a speeding automobile at
Seabright , N. J. , died Sunday. Dr.
Flint was prominent4 at the Thaw
trials.
Oats Corner Broken.
A. "natural corner" in oals came tea
a sudden end Saturday when the July
delivery dropped six cents per bushej
ion the board of trade in Chicago.
IiAST WOKD TO KOADS.
Shippers Give Ultimatum on Kate
Increase Issue.
The $1,000,000,000 shippers' com
bine , formed to resist an advance in
railroad rates , has sent an ultimatum
to the railroads. Unless the railroads
agree to hold the proposed increase in
rales in abeyance until their reason
ableness or unreasonableness can be
passed upon by the intorstrto com
merce commission the .shippers v , ill
appeal to the courts. It is practically
stated in so many words that the ship
pers will seek to enjoin the railroads
from putting the proposed advance in
rates into effect.
The shippers refuse to consent to
the railroads putting the new rates
into effect , leaving the interstate com
merce commission to pase upon them
after they are in force. The railroads
must get the approval of the com
merce commission first or the shippers'
will fight.
In order to give the railroads one
more chance the shippers will invite
the presidents of all the railroads
north of the Ohio river and west of the
Mississippi to a conference in Chicago
in the near future. Upon the result
of this conference depends the greatest
battle between the railroads and ship
pers ever waged In this country. The
decision to invite the railroad presi
dents to a final conference before ap
pealing to the courts was taken at a
meeting of the committee of eighteen
appointed at the shippers' conference
last May. Of the eighteen members ,
fourteen were present.
BIG VICTRY FOR AMERICANS.
Awarded First Place in Great Maraton
Race at London- .
Dorandoof Italy , who finished first
in the Maraton , collasped 200 yard
from the finish. lie struggled to hH
feet and tried to cover the remaining
distance , but was soon down again.
He could not continue. His collapse
was complete and the officials practic
ally carried him to the finish. Hayes ,
American , came in second without
any assistance whatever. The Italia-i
flag was raised over the staff in the
center of the arena , denoting an Ital
ian victory. The Italian spectators
showed a great degree of excitement.
Dorando was carried from the arena
on a stretcher. The Americans en
tered a protest against the assistance
rendered Doranda at the finish was
upheld. Every person on the press
stand at the stadium , when the Marathon
then was finished , saw the officials
pick up the Italian and carry him for
a distance of several feet. Hayes fin
ished two minutes later without any
assistance.
Hefferon , South Africa. finished
third and Forshaw , Missouri Athletic
club , fourth.
DISASTER IN BIG TUNNEL.
Workmen Bore Into a Subterranean
Lake.
There was a frightful accident Fri
day in Loetschberg tunnel in the Bern
ese Alps , Switzerland , which resulted
in the death of twenty-five Italian
'workmen. The men were drilling inside -
side the tunnel. Without warning
their tools pierced a wall that separ
ated them from a subterranean river
or lake , the existance of which was
not known. The wall gave way with
a crash and a torrent of water and
mud rushed into the tunnel and filled
it. All the workmen were drowned.
THREE KILLED IN A STORM.
Half Hundred More Injured in Camp
on the Gettysburg Field.
An all night seach throughtout
Camp Hayes , where 10,000 men of the
National Guard of Pennsylvania are in
camp , which Thursday night was vis
ited by a terrible electrical wind storm ,
shows three soldiers were struck dead
by lightning , and nearly half a hun
dred other persons injured by elec
trical bolts or otherwise hurt. It was
probably the wildest night the histor
ic battleground has experienced since
the memorable July days of 1SG3.
Ten to Twenty Perish.
The steamer Bakkelaget. of Chris-
tiania. engaged in the local passenger
trade , was in a collision with the
steamer Goteborg. She was cut
through amidships and sank in a few
moments. From ton to twenty of the
Bakkelaget's passengers are believed
to have been drowned.
Kansas Banker Convicted.
After being out two days and two
nights the jury in the case of Edward
Bockemohle , president of the defunct
bank of Ellinwood , Kan. , found the
defendant guilty on one Count charg
ing him with receiving deposits after
the limit of thirty days. Sentence was
deferred.
Funeral of Bishop Potter.
The funeral of the late Bishop Hen
ry Codman Potter , seventh Protestant
bishop of the diocese of New York , was
held in Cooperstown , N. Y. , Friday
morning. The services were in Christ
church , in which James Fennimore
Cooper worshiped in his lifetime.
Xccktie Causes Seaman's Death.
Joseph J. Henry , an ordinary sea
man on the Mississippi , was killed dur
ing a gun drill at Newport , R. I. Hen
rys' necktie caught in the training
( cogs of a gu'n and he Avas drawn into
'the marchinery.
Fire at Leonard. N. D.
Fire at Leonard , twenty miles from
Fargo , N. U. , did damage to the ex-
itent of $75,000. Four buildings were
.destroyed with their contents *
NO RES I i-OR OCTOPUS.
Roosevelt- Promptly Resumes Trail ol
Oil Company.
President Roosevelt has announced
in unmistakable terms the determina
tion of the administration to proei ed
with the prosecution of the Standard
Oil case , despite the decision adverse
to the government handed down by
the United States court of appeals.
This decision , the president thinks ,
in novty makea known his decision
to cu"o the action to bo brought
again before the courts in such shape ,
if possible , as to prevent technicalities
interfering with a decision based upon
the actual issues involved.
The statement in the matter made
public by Secretary Loeb is as fol
lows :
"The president has directed the at
torney general to immediately take
steps for the retrial or the Standard
Oil case. The reversal of the decision
of the lower court does not in any
shape or way touch the merits of the
case except insofar as vthe size of the
fine is concerned.
"There is absolutely no question of
the guilt of the defendants or of the
exceptionally grave character of the
offense. The president would regard
it as a gross miscarriage of justice if
through ajiy technicalities of any
kind the defendant escaped the pun
ishment which would have unques
tionably beuii meted out to any weaker
defendant who had been found guilty
of such offenses.
"The president will do everything
in his power to prevent any such mis
carriage of justice. With this pur
pose in view the president has direct
ed the attorney general to bring into
consultation Frank B. Kellogg in the
matter and to do everything possible
to bring the offenders to justice. "
BLOODY TRAIL IN BOSTON.
Outlaws Killed Two and Wounded
Do/en More.
At daylight Thursday morning a
man suppposed to be one of the band
its who had terrorized the Jamaica
Plains district , near Boston , was shot
and killed while in ambush in the For
est Hills cemetery. His body literally
was riddled with bullets from the re
volvers of the policemen.
About daybreak the officers , who
had been guarding a cemetery to pre
vent the outlaws' escape , were given
an order to advance toward the cen
ter of the cemetery. Scarcely a quar
ter of an hour later a man sprung up
in front of the officers at the south side
< > f the cemetery and started off on a
run. After a long chase he took refuge
in a bit of shrubbery and made his
final stand. He was immediately sur
rounded by policemen , who poured n-
volver shots into the brush , , which rid
dled the desperado's body.
Shortly afterwards a second man
was captured , but doubt arising as to
his identity the officers continued to
earch for a third man.
GREAT SWINDLE IS CHARGED.
Promoters Aliened to Have Made
Millions.
The federal grand jury of Chicago.
Thursday returned indictments against
twenty-nine mail order houses whose
illegal profits aiv alleged to have been
between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000 for
using the mails to defraud ; twenty-
eight indictments in the crusade
against the "white slave" traffic , and
ten indictments against the Illinois
Central and Rock Island roads for is
suing passes to fruit shippers.
Among the indictments charging il
legal use of the mails was a joint bill
against Birch F. Thomas and Edward
Rhodus , promoters of alleged fraude-
! ent operations in the Central Life Se
curities , Republic Life Insurance and
Merchantile Finance companies and a
number of other concerns said to have
been used for swindling operations.
Gans-Nelson Mill Off.
The Gans-Nelson fight scheduled for
Labor day at Ely , Nev. , has been called
off by the promoter , "Tex" Richard ,
who says he is unable to make satis
factory arrangements with the rail
roads for rates from Utah and Califor
nia points. He will lose his $1,000
forfeit.
Many Facing Starvation.
Alderman John Shattuck , of Lake
Charles. La. , returned Thursday from
a tour of the Hooded district along the
Red river and deckired conditions-
there were , pitiable. Practically every
vestige of anythin with which to
sustain life has been swept away and
in numerous instances people are fac
ing starvation.
Officer Killed by Tramps.
In a hand to hand battle with a
gang of tramps whom the police were
attempting to arrest Charles Kane , of
Middletown , N. Y. , who had been call
ed upon by the police to assist them ,
was so severely beaten that he died
a few minutes later. The tramps es-
caped.
Ratifies Arbitration Treaty.
Counselor Matsui , of the Japanese
embassy , Thursday informed Acting
Secretary Bacon , of the state depart
ment , that the emperor had ratified
the arbitration treaty between the
United States and Japan.
Count for Mrs. Stetson.
Mrs. Sarah Stetson , widow of the
late millionaire hat manufacturer ,
John 13. Stetson , was married to Count
Santa Eulalia , of Portugal , by Monsignor -
nor Turner , chancelor of the archdio
cese of Philadelphia.
Founded Humane Society.
John G. Shortal , founder of the
American Humane association , died
at his home at Winnetlca , 111..Thurs
day , aged 70 years.
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fQ M C IIP II ? I * l ' * * IliTEREST H3 HAPPENINGS B
Fro i Pay to Da ] Condensed
FOR OUR SUSY READERS
JOK \ YMUEVA ; \
Boy fmfrhciiiiil n LuiistPii
Applies to Governor.
Joe * Warren , convicted wi'h Jay
O'Hearn , Leo Angus and Raymond
Nelson , of having murdered Nels ?
Lausten , a .saloon keeper on Cumins
street in Omaha in 1906. has applied
to the governor for a parole. The
prisoner's grandfather. Col. J. K.Ytsr. .
appeared for him , and made a strong
plea to the governor. The governor
listened attentively to the reasons foi
the asking for the parole and took th"
matter under advisement.
Warren has been in the prison less
than t\vo years and unless the sentence
is commuted he couid not be parol" < l
until he has served three years. the
minimum. Col. West told Gov. Shel
don that if he would parole Warren he
'would give him a home on his fiOO-acre
ranch near Bushvllle. AVarren's moth-
erand brother are now on the ranch
and Col. West's proposition was to
give the prisoner a home there and to
turn over the tract of land to him and
his brother , when the brother has at
tained his majority.
Warren told the governor that while
in prison he acquired the "dope" habit.
a prisoner by the name of Gould , who
has since served out his time , selling
the morphine to the other prisoners
for $2. Warren "was unable to tell
where Gould secured the morphine.
lie says he bos cured himself of th °
morphine habit and does not crave for
it now.
JEALOUS FAlI3ir.ll SHOOTS AVTFK.
Drc s Her Wound- : and Then
Gives Himself Up.
Johnson Teten. a young farmer. liv
ing near Ta I in age. in a fit of jealousy ,
shot his \yife four times , inflicting se
rious , though , it is believed , not fatal ,
injuries.
He had just [ returned home from
Kansas , where he had been for the last
nine months , having left home because
of jealousy. A short time ago he wrote
his wife he wa coming home to kill
her. On his arrival at home he went
tn the house , where he met his wife
She refused to speak to him and be
drew a gun and shot her. lie then
helped wash and dress the wounds
afterward mounting a horse and corn-
ins ? to Nebraska City , where he gave
himself up. He is now in jail.
Teten had said he intended killing
his wife and himself , lie and his wife
were married about twelve years ago
ind have six children. The parents
of both are wealthy and th y live on a
farm belonging to Teten's father. Phy-
< icifins who were summoned think
Mr ; . Teten will live.
XTTKi : DAY FOR OSCKOLA.
Varied Western Sports Enjoyed by
10Ic ! County People.
Frontier day was an attraction in
Csceola Wednesday , attended Ijy .1
: , irge number of people from this and
Adjoining counties. The program Con
sisted of broncho ridfng. roping sti > v
trotting and running horse race.0 , nu-
tomobile races , equestrienne exhibi
tions , baseball game and a balloon as-
eension. At night a wrestling match
took place between Giou and Gatdy
Miss Grace Oiddings. of Pierre. S
7 > . . won the women's race and also the
roping contest. Several of the bect
'lorsemen in the state were present
ind all pronounced thr program of
events highly creditable to the city
rind the management. A nermnr.Tt
association has been formed and Fron
tier day will be given another trial ii
Osceola next year.
REPAIRS FOR 7HVF.II BRIDGE.
Notified Thit TXridce'-
Must Be Repaired.
The board of supervisors has re
ceived a communication from the po t-
master general saying that unless the
Platte rivei bridge is repaired thr-
rural delivery routes going south wil1
be abandoned. The board has author
ized County Clerk Graff to notify the
county boards of P.utler and Pok !
count ; to meet the supervisors of
InUe county at the south r > nd of the
Plrtte river bridge on August 13 to
devise some plan either to repair the
> ! d bridge or tear down and build
anew. '
STABBING AFFRAY HARVARD.
Tramp Harvest Hands hi Deadly Com
bat in Darkness.
A serious stabbing affray1 took pla < >
at the farm home of Tim P.uckley. five
miles north of Harvard about D o'clock
Monday evening , between two tramr
harvester hands employed by Mr
Buekley. The particulars , as report
erives it. is. that they had retired to
their room and the one stabbed had
gone to sleep when he was attacked by
his roommate while asleep and cut in
fifteen places. The party doing the
cutting took time to clean himself up
and escaped in the darkness of the
night and is still at large.
Sheriff's Search Fruitless.
Sheriff Rossetter has returned to
Valentine from a ten days' search for
the two much wanted prisoners who
broke jail July 11.
Farm Residence Burned.
The farm dwelling of Fritz Rabbass.
six miles south of Wisner. was destroy
ed by fire Tuesday. The fire origin.-
ed in the summer kitchen.
Water Works Bonds Defeated.
The special election called for the
purpose of voting bonds for a water
works system at Cairo resulted in the
defeat of the proposition by a very
narrow margin.
To Build Neiv Church.
The First Presbyterian church of
Minden is having the specifications and
details completed for a fine $14.000
building to be constructed during the
autumn months.
\\03iAX JSHOOTS FRFl > 15
Mr.- . Fred Banner , of South Omaha ,
.Tries to Kill Brothef-in-Law.
Fred Banner , son of Daniel Banner ,
2314 G street. South Omaha , was shot
probably fatal'y ' by Mrs. Frank Ban
ner , his sister-in-law , Monday night ,
as he sat in a chair in front of Charles
Fernland's barber shop.
The bullet struck him on the right
side of the forehead and passed across
the forward lobe of the brain , inflict
ing a serious wound. Frank and Fred
Banner were seated together at the
moment , and Mrs. Frank Banner
came across the street from the east
to where they wre sitting. Frank
got up to speak to his wife a'nd after
a word or two she stepped- front
of Fred Banner and as he was rising
from his seat fired. She then walked
! rapidly across the street and disap
peared toward the east.
The causes which led up to tha
crime make a very complex case.
Mrs. Frank Banner was a divorced
woman and her first husband waa
Fred King. She had a daughter ,
Marjory King.and it is reported she
had received attentions from Fred
Banner , which the. mother , at least ,
considered wrong. Also , Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Banner have not been on the
best terms. They parted last Thurs
day for a day or two. Sunday they
were united again and had been re
ceived at the home of the father ,
Daniel Banner , and seemed to have
forgotten their difficulty.
LINCOLN 3Ji-x AT THE DEX.
3fen From Capital City Taken Out or
Water Wagon.
Lincoln came down to Omaha Mon
day night in force by special train to
acknowledge allegiance to King Ak-
; -ar-Ben and right loyal subjects did
the people of Lincoln become. Near
ly 200 of them were met at the Bur
lington depot with bands and banners.
Special cars were in waiting for the
pilgrims to the Shrine of Quivera. not
the least conspicuous of which was the.
street railway's big water wagon , ap-
propilately decorated with flags and
bunting and the colors of Samson.
Sir William Kennedy with his staff ,
consisting of Allen Field. IT. C. Peate ,
vice-president of the Lincoln Typo
graphical union : TC. P. Lyman of the
same organization and R. B. Minor
with half a dozen others were hoisted
ro the top of the water wagon by
means of ladders and the remainder
of the Lincoln bunch filled the other
four special cars , which were appro
priately decorated with banners in
dicating from whence they came and
of Omaha's welcome , and all were
whisked"'away to the den. arriving
there at 7:4 " > . where a luncheon was
awaiting them. It was a jolly crowd
and the Lincoln folk began to realize
that they were distinctly it and soon
settled themselves down to the full en
joyment of the evening.
STATIC'S AVKAl/ri ! IX LAXDS.
Nebraska's Ron ! Estate Valuation TJ.
Quarter Billion Larger.
With eight counties missing the in
crease in the asseirK-nt of lands in Nebraska -
braska for 1908 over 1907 , as reported
to the state board by the county as-
sessors. is § 50,010.299. The actual in-
Tease in land values is five times this |
imount. or S250.051.49.r . The counties i
missing are Custer. Gage , Grant , i
Hooker. Nance. Scott's Bluff and Vali i
Icy. When the reports from these are i
in the total increase in land values !
will probably reach more than $54-
> > 00,000. as estimated several days ago.
The assessment of lands in the coun
ties mentioned is § 185.818.245. com-
iared uith an assessment in the same
counties of § 135.807.946 in 1907.
Only one county in the state thus
far has shown a decrease in land
values. Thomas county came in short.
The assessment of lands in this county
'ust ' year was S4G.G15 and this year
543.47 : ! .
REBUILDING AFTER THE FLOOD
Bridge Gan s Find 3Ineh to Do in
Maunders County.
Several bridge gangs have been at
work reconstructing the large num
ber of bridges swept away by the
flood of two weeks ago throughout
launders county. The largest force
of men is at work near Ashland ,
where the loss was unusually heavy.
Two bridges on Salt creek , a few miles
A-est of the city , were found stranded
in fields below the place of their
erection. These have been replaced
on the piling and will soon be in ser
viceable condition. It is reported
that over fifty-one bridges of consider
able size were taken out in' Saundera
county alone by the recent flood.
Guardsmen Going Into Camp.
The first group of the Nebraska
National guard went into camp Tues
day at the guards' new rifle rari 3
two miles north of Ashland on the
Platte river.
Shipped 3fany Hogs.
Up to date for the month of Julv
the village of Wisner has shipped out
to the South Omaha market one car
load of hogs each day and in that
time fifteen carloads of cattle.
Bryan Talks to Machine.
W. J. Bryan spent part of the day
'
Tuesday in making three-minut'e
speeches into a phonograph on the
eading issues of the day.
Crops in Fine Condition.
Albion reports the wheat harvest
about over , and the yield as well as
the quality is good. Corn is looking
well and growing fast. Oats are
somewhat light , but the crop is far
from being a failure.
Woodmen to Have Logrolling.
The Modern Woodmen are prepar-
ng for their district log rolling to be
leid in Wisner August 12. About
,1.000 AVoodmen are expected and it
promises to be a great fraternal gath-
ring. I
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Superintendent McBrien h" 5
.o an
the : , io-ing : lettr In response
.
publication.
Jnruirv c-f an cisirrn
" ' "
yi-ur letter of the 16th Inat rcceivj
do not ha
ed. So far as I know w
Nebraska abandoned
, nv school houses in
. \ve have
teachers.ve
doned for lack of
some school houses that have becg
abandoned for better ones , .aslg
been for jeara
is better off than it has
number ot uell
in having a sufficient
teachers for its public
qualified
opportune.
schools. Few states have
ties equal to ours for the professional
training of teachers. The state un
normal schools.
versity , two state
schools , twelve
eis'ht junior normal
schools
denominational
private and
and seventy normal training high
schools constitute the machinery tor
of the
training
the professional _
teachers in Nebraska. Over o.OOO
summer
attending
teachers are now
which you an idea
mer schools , gives
spirit among Nebraska
of the professional
braska school ma'ams. During the
last three your * the aggregate increase
in teachers' salaries in this state has
been over $1.000,000. This accounts ,
no doubt , in great measure for our
now having a sufficient . number of
teachers. Under separate cover f am
of our bulletin on
mailing you a copy
normal training in high schools. Dur
ing the last year we have trained over
l.r 00 prospective teachers in thesq
schools and during the next year \VG
shall train over 2.000 prospective
teachers , while our state , private and
denominational normal schools , col
leges and universities are crowded to
their utmost capacity. "
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The following shows in a nutshell
what the assessors in 82 counties have
done in the matter of fixing the value
of real estate this year : lucre i e in
lands , actual value. $ 'jr.0.051,40r : in
crease in lots , actual value , 52(1.154.- (
f9. ( : increase in lands , assessed valua
tion. § 50. 01 0.299 ; increase in lots , as-
sesed valuation , $5.230.aa9. Eight
counties have not yet mad" return ?
to the state board , and these will
swell the total probably § 5. 500.000.
The counties out are Cnter. Gage ,
Grunt. Holt. Hooker. Nance. Schott's
Bluff and Valley. The total assessed
value of lands and lots for 1'JOH in the
82 counties has been returned at
S23G.5S5.01S. against 5181.-343.7SO ,
returned for the same counties las !
year. Five times these amounts repre
sent the actual value of the lands ami
lots , or S1.1S2.'J2 ! > .090 for 19 < > 8. and
$006. 71 8.900 for 1907. This makes an
increase in the actual value i" 'amis
and lots of S27C.206.190. It is impos
sible at this time to make a compari
son of the personal property in the
various counties , because the value o (
the railroads has not yet been added
to the rolls for this yar. . though this
property is included in the rolls of last
vi-a r.
There has just been completed by
the state bureau of statistics a table
showing figures on the various line *
of nanufactTtre in Nebraska ( .luring
1U07. I-abor Commissioner Ryder , in
gving ! out the table for publication ,
> ays : "It must be understood that , sa
far as this table goes. th - figure * * rep
resent only goods actually manufac
tured in this state. U'e do not claim
that these figures represent all th ?
manufactures of Nebraska. We know
they do not. by a long shot , f r we
had exceeding difficulty in gluing q
large percentage of the manufacturers
t < > make any returns at all. The grand
tutal value of product of these almost
. .DO manufacturing plants. $151,000-
000 in round numbers , makes a good
showing when we keep in mind thai
the total capital represented is but
$1",500.000 in round numbers. And
the $8,371,748 paid out in wages is
scattered into homes extending almost
from boundary to boundary of the
state. In the total of packing house
products the return of one of the large
packing houses is missing. "
* >
11. Mead Shumway must pay the
death penalty on Oct. SO for the mur-
< .er of Mrs. Sarah Martin near Ad
ams. in Gage county. This is the deci-
sin of the supreme court , which af-
rirms the findings of the lwer court ,
\ hich tried and convicted the man.
TVlijSI c Sniijc the Hyiaii.
A well-known bi.sbop relate ? that ho
was in a small country town where.
owing1 to the scarcity of jjooi ! servants ,
most of the ladies preferred to do theit"
own work. sivs a London paper.
He was awakened quite early by the
tones of a soprano voice simjlnjj "Near
er. My God. to Thee I" As thp bishop
I.iy hi bed he moditnted upon the piety
which his hostess must possess which
enabled her to go about her task early
in the mornin singing such a noble
hymn.
At breakfast he spoke to her about
it. and told her how pleased he was.
"Oh , law. " she replied , "that's the
hymn I boil the e 'gs by three verses
for soft and five for hard. ' '
HIM I U-i of si Yl'ife.
"What is your idea of : m ideal
.vifeV"
"One who will cook the inonN. do the
washing , look after the furnace , make
her own clothes , and and "
"And whatV"
"Keep herself looking as young nntl
ns beautiful as an actres.s who pulls
> wn § 400 a week in vaudeville. " Chi.
cigo : Record-Herald.
Ilnnmne.
Mrs. Ellis When you say third and
lastly , why do you continue your sen
niou half an hour ?
Dominie To give the deacons time
to wake up.
Scapegrace Nephew Uncle Henry
ever since I've known Miss Hope IV
been a different man.
Indulgent Uncle Then you must b.avj
improved a little , ay dear-boy ! '