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k base ball fans. /
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r birds in their own specialty.
Halley's comet and Theodore Roose
velt are now retired from the spot
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tlon the fly has no place. Swat 'him ,
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j snowstorm of last winter and the fear-
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, ; iul oaths that were uttered then ?
, Ii i I I Aviators now get $10,000 a day , but
'I ' the prospect is that their wages will
t ! be cut down at least ten per r.ent.
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of gasoline running low becomes a
E subject of ridicule to the other birds.
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! dollar bills as his calling cards will
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i go if they would and would not go if
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I r : "United States , bringing $250,000 worth
I of : pearls. He'd better bring a body-
: guard , while he's about it.
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Showers of sandbags and monkey
: wrenches will mark the course of avia-
, tion. The pedestrian suffers at every
turn from every innovation.
Reckless aeroplanists may yet run
down innocent automobilists leaving
# them helpless and bleeding on the
road. The world do move.
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While it may be cruelty to mi
crobes the human society announces
that there will be no prosecutions
against bakers who wrap their bread.
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; Correspondent asks anxiously why
. so many weddings take place in June.
t 9I' ' k Because ! : in this season the contracting
parties aren't so likely to have cold
feet.
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That was a Solomon of a market
reporter who stated that eggs have
1 receded one cent a pound. He neg-
" lected to say how much sugar was a
I dozen.
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New York makes It unlawful to
I catch more than ten pounds of trout
$ in one day. This is farcical. Who
could catch 48 trout in New York in
one day ?
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In the Interest of public health ,
those who are determined to make
way with themselves are requested to
4 keep out of the lakes that supply the
I people with drinking water.
. The queen of Bulgaria asked for a
cigarette and the French ambassador
didn't have a single one In the house.
Being a diplomat , he restrained him-
self from offering her a nice five-cent
cigar.
A society has been formed In New
York which proposes to reform the
calendar. We trust it will be able to
prevent February and May from
trading places up In this section of
the country.
A steamship which Is to be nearly
900 feet long has been launche in
Germany. Owing to the fact that It
Is not to be a war ship it will not be
necessary for England to hasten to
launch a larger one.
A Milwaukee woman is to get a be-
quest of $100,000 if she marries , and
only the interest from that sum If
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she remains a spinster. Her decision
may depend a good deal on the rate
of Interest the money is drawing.
A Tibetan hootookatoo , who was be
headed by mistake three years ago ,
Is to be reincarnated by Chinese im
perial decree. That Is easy as falling ,
off a log when you know how. They
Just take an Innocent baby and ap
point it to fill the vacancy.
A Milwaukee girl , according to the
terms of her mother's wil , is to get
$100,00i provided she wins a husband.
Of course , that Is a terrible handicap ,
I but she may be able to find some
fearless young man who will assume
the responsibilities of wealth for her
sake.
A hotel porter ' at Helena , Mont. ,
found a quarter and laughed so hard
over it that he died. If it had been a
" ' " would have
"tip" he probably grum
bled because it was so little.
The south has resented the Intima
tion that the hookworm disease Is ex- t
ceptionally prevalent in that section
and practically unknown in the north.
Now that a pronounced case of hook
worm ailment has been found in Phils
. adelphia some of the southerners will e
be Inclined to Indulge in "I told you , h
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STRIKE ON GRAND TRUNK SYS
TEM TIES UP FREIGHT.
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Famine Threatens Montreal- .
Strikers Are Orderly. :
Montreal. was estimated Tues-
! ay that 16,000 men were out of em
ployment as a result cf the strike of
employes of the Grand Trunk railroad
system which went into effect Monday
night.
The strike , order was obeyed by
6,000 conductors and trainmen and the
company Tuesday locked out 10,000
men in the shops in the hope that they
would accept the positions deserted
by the conductors and trainmen. The
coup has not been successful.
Freight and passenger traffic on the
entire Grand Trunk system is congest
ed. Freight is piling up in immense
quantities at the various transfer
points , with no likelihood of being
moved for a long time.
A few trains were run by minor of-
ficials of the road , with office clerks to
take the tickets , but this method has
proven a failure. Passengers will not
purchase tickets because of the in-
ability of the company to guarantee a
through trip to any point.
A milk famine is threatened in Mon
treal by reason of the company's fai
ure to deliver any part of the usua
supply of that commodity from out-
lying points. Also there is a marked
scarcity cf other necessities USUa
transported by the railroad.
There was nothing approaching dis
order among the strikers at any point
along the system , excepting in one in-
stance , in which a brakeman on a
Grand Trunk train at Flint , Mich. , was
attacked by the strikers and saved by ;
his mother , who shamed the strikers
into retreat.
Toronto , Ont.-The second day of
the strike on the Grand Trunk has
been uneventful throughout Ontario.
Through passenger trains are running
fairly on time. A few locals have
been abandoned. No attempt is be-
ing made to move freight.
The freight situation in this city is
indeed serious. The yards and sidings
are congested with cars. The ice
companies are suffering and much
perishable freight is being ruined. But
stories that the city is undergoing a
milk famine and soon would suffer foi
want of meat are unfounded.
Cleveland , O. - "There will absolute-
ly be no quarter given in the fight be
tween the Canadian trainmen and the
Grand Trunk and Vermont railways , "
said President W. G. Lee of the Broth-
erhood of Railroad Trainmen , on his
return to this city.
"The Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men and the Order of Railway Con
ductors will back the strikers to their
last penny.
"The strikers will hold out for the
same terms granted by the Baltimore
& Ohio , and which every other rail-
road excepting the Grand Trunk an < ?
the Vermont has accepted. "
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GOV. CARROLL , IS INDICTED
Grand Jury Returns Bill Charging
Iowa's Chief Executive With
Criminal Libel.
Des Moines.-Gov. , B. F. Carroll was
Indicted Wednesday by the Polk coun
ty grand jury here on the charge of
criminal libel preferred aaginst him
by John Cownie , former member of
the state board of control , whom the
governor forced to resign under
charges of misconduct preferred in
affidavits by girl Inmates ; of the Girls'
Reform school at Mitchellville.
After his resignation Cownie de-
clared he was forced to resign with-
out justifiable cause and Governor
Carroll issued a published statement
in which he set forth the claim that
Cownie ! had sold diseased cattle be-
longing to the state and had conducted
himself unbecomingly among the girls
at Mitchellville.
The governor was released on his
own recognizance and will demand an
Immediate trial. His effort will be
to prove the truth of his statements
and show justification for publishing
them. Under the Iowa statute the
penalty upon conviction Is imprison-
ment in the penitentiary not to ex-
ceed : one year or a . fine not to exceed
1000.
REPORT CRIPPEN IN CANADA
Liner Steward Declares Alleged Wife
Slayer Reaches Montreal on
Steamer Megantic.
Montreal , Que.-Positlve statements
that Doctor Crippen , the London mur-
derer , sought by Scotland Yard , ar-
rIved here Sunday on the White Star
Dominion liner Megantic was made
Monday by H. J. Airress , saloon stew-
a.rd of this ship , who is corroborated
by two other stewards.
The actions and appearance of a
passenger who was attended at table
by Airress and accompanied by a
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woman registered only as "Carruth-
ers , " seemed suspicious to the stew-
rd.
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The police believe Crippen has left
ontreal [ for American soil.
Woman Killed in Kansas City.
Kansas City , MO.-Miss Bessie CoX
venty-seven years od , was struck (
hursday by a speeding automobile ]
[ iven by a negro at Eighth and The 1
Paseo , and received injuries from 1
hich she died two hours later. e
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Goes Crazy Over Airships.
New York.-As a result of 12 years'
tudy of the problem of aviation Rob-
ert , J. McKinley , a Brooklyn inventor , 1
has become mentally unbalanced ana I
s confined in a hospital for observa- (
[ on > and treatment. 1
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DETECTIVES SAY RAIL PRESI-
DENT WAS NOT MURDERED.
Believe Monon Head Killed Himself-
Family Clings to Theory of '
Assassination.
Chicago , July 22.-That Ira G. Rawn ,
president of the Monon road , came to
his death by a bullet fired from a
revolver in his own hands is the
conclusion of Herman Schuettler ,
acting chief of police and the police of
Chicago have dropped the investiga-
tion into Mr. Rawn's death , firmly be-
lieving that he committed suicide.
Acting Chief Schuettler announced
his decision after a long conference
with the detectives who had investi-
gated the Winnetka tragedy. All the
details of the tragedy point to suicide
according to the detectives.
It is thought that Mr. Rawn commit-
ted suicide rather than face the im-
pending and inevitable revelation of
bis connection with the $1,500,000
frauds perpetrated on the Illinois Cen-
tral railroad while he was its vice-
president.
This is the theory of both the police
who investigated the case and of those
most familiar with Mr. Rawn's Illinois
Central record. The latter , from their
definite knowledge of the facts and cir-
cumstances attending the railroad's
graft losses , furnish the motive - fear
of a collapse from wealth and a re-
spected position and of probable prose-
cution and conviction.
The police , from their investigation
of the shooting , so far as the reticent
relatives have permitted that investi-
gation to go , negative all theories of
murder by a burglar , a hired assassin ,
or a private enemy-in fact , all theo-
rIes but that of suicide.
Despite the withdrawal of the Chi-
cago police , the private detectives em-
ployed by the Rawn family continued
their investigation and steadfastly de-
clared that Mr. Rawn was killed by a
burglar.
The private detectives have nothing
new on the murder theory , according
to Ralph G. Coburn , a son-in-law of the
dead man.
"We have heard nothing new and
there is nothing further to be said , "
answered Mr. Coburn. Mr. Rawn's
funeral was held this afternoon.
BLAZE IN JOLIET PRISON
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Shirt Factory Is Destroyed With Loss
of $25,000 - Convicts Create
No Disorder.
Jollet , 111. - Fire that broke out in
the shirt factory at the Illinois
state prison here totally destroyed the
building and equipment , causing a
damage estimated at $25,000. Crossed
electric wires Is assigned as the cause
of the conflagration. The volunteer
fire department composed of "trus-
ties" failed to check the flames and
the Joliet city department was called.
Guards were dispatched through the
corridors at the out-start to allay the
fears ! of the convicts and there was no
disorder.
IOWA COLLEGE TO BE SOLD
Des Moines Presbyterians to Acquire
Highland Park Institution and Turn
It Into Technical Scfi ool.
Des Moines Negotiations have
practically been completed whereby
Highland : Park college of this city will
[ lass under the control of the
Des Moines Presbytery. It is under-
stood that the consideration is $200
000.
Cyclone Sweeps Over Sweden.
Stockholm , Sweden.-Central Swe-
len was visited Thursday by a cyclone.
No lives were lost , but there was
inch damage to property. : Many farm
ouses and factories were unroofed ,
specially in and about the city of
E skilstuna.
Death in Car Wreck.
. In head-on col-
Boise , Idaho.-In a - -
slon between cars on the Boise &
iterurban railroad near Boise Thurs-
lay Motorman William Earwood was
Illed and four passengers hurt.
PLOT TO KILL 'AMERICANS
Three Moro Outlaws Are Slain and
Five Wounded In Fu-
silade.
Manila. - Dean C. Worcester. Ameri-
can secretary of Interior for the Philip
pines , was set upon by renegade
Moros , on the Island of Palawan Mon1
day and escaped assassination only
through the alertness of his body- '
guard , who shot down the outlaws ,
killing three of them outright. (
Secretary Worcester was touring
the island , which is the most westerly t
of the larger Philippine group , boundI I
ing the Sulu sea on the we t , and was
present at the installation of the new
governor.
In anticipation of his coming a band
of Moros planned his death.
Armed with bolos carefully con-
cealed , they laid a trap for the secre-
tary , who suddenly found himself the
object of a savage rush.
Captain Moynihan of the scouts was
the first to recognize the hostile move
ment and just in the nick of time he
ordered the scouts to fire.
At the fusillade three Moros who
led the attack dropped dead in their
tracks , while several others doubled
up with more or less severe wounds.
The rest of them took to their heels.
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AIRSHIP HIT BY LIGHTNING
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Near Barcelona as Flyer Ehrmann
Miraculously Escapes.
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cross-country flight , Aviator Ehrmann's s
aeroplane was struck by lightning and
fell blazing to the ground. The avia
tor escaped uninjured , which Is re f
garded as almost miraculous.
There has never been a more start
ling aerial exhibition than that which of
Ehrmann unwillingly afforded , and
those who witnessed it could hardly
believe their eyes when the airman
emerged from the singed framework a
none the worse for his experience. 1. :
He was sailing along at a moderate tJ
height when he got in the path of a
skybolt. Instantly the aeroplane was of
enveloped in flames , its canvas wings B
shriveled up , and clinging to the skele-
ton of his craft Ehrmann came down
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JEWS DRIVEN OUT OF KIEV '
Expulsion by Russia of Israelites at
Rate of 45 Individuals Each
Day.
Kiev , Russia. - The expulsion of a ! II
Jews from Kiev continues at the rate
of 45 Individuals a day. From July 4 fl
until July 15 497 were expelled by II
what is known an the second method
-that is , they were forced actually to rj
leave town. During the same period t ,
L.121 persons were expelled by the it t
first method , which , in effect , is a U
warnIng for their departure , but pert1
mits them time for a settlement of pri-
vate affairs. In the majority of cases i ie
the latter method proved ineffectual , fi
is the Jews in that category are prone f1
to return to Kiev after temporary ab-
sence. is :
During the 12 days mentioned there Ii
were 165 expulsions from Solomenka IiB
and 151 from Demieffka. B
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Accused of Slaying Sister. n ,
Wayne , Neb. - William Flege was ar- 0
rested Wednesday on a charge of murfI
his sister Miss Louise Flege.
Lering , Si (
Vllllam Eichencamp , aged eighteen , a
a hired hand on the Flege farm , is also bl
nder : arrrest. He told the sheriff that
lege wished to marry Miss Ida Hen- bl
ricks , who lives on an adjoining w
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New Judge In Brown Case.
Chicago.-Judge Kersteu will pre-
ide over the retrial of Representative OJ f
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Lee C O'Neil Browne , which will begin cc (
lr the criminal court Monday , August tl
tloi
l. This was agreed Wednesday by oi
Itate's Attorney Wayman and the at. it
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arneys : for the defense. be
orest : Fires Destroy Lumber Towns.
Winnipeg , an.-It is reported that
affray , Three Forks and Bayness ; tli
tlias
Lake , mining and lumber towns in the as
loan district , have been destroyed by de
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FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURS DURINC
TARGET PRACTISE AT
'FORTRESS MONROE.
FAMILIES SEE MEN SLAIF "
JVrtillerymen Are Horribly Mangled
When Breach Block of Big Gun Ex.
plodes-Board of'lnquiry Is Invest !
gating Disaste'r. "
Fortress Monroe , Va. - As a result
of the explosion of the breach block
In a 12-inch gun without warning at
the fort Thursday 11 men are dead
and eight others are injured.
Whether the accident was due tc
faulty mechanism in the gun , or negli
gence upon the part of the men whc
were hurled into eternity is to be de
termined by a board of inquiry whicfc
is still investigating the dreadful af
fair ,
The killed :
First Sergeant Harry G. Hess.
Corporal Charles C. Atkins.
Corporal Albert Bradford.
Private Roy Duffey.
Private Cleve N. King.
Private Alfred W. Smith.
Private ; James H. Turner.
Private Arlie Adey.
Private Andrew J. Sullivan.
Private J. E. Hogan.
The only man seriously wounded
vas Second Lieut. George L. Van
Dusen , U. S. A. , who had a leg broken
and sustained painful burns and
bruises.
Five men were slightly though very
paInfully hurt.
Target practise had been in progress
inly a few minutes when the accident
lappened. Naval tugs , towing targets
which represented a "hostile" fleet
rying : to pass Fort Monroe to reach
rashlngton , had just appeared in
ight and all of the batteries had
ipened fire.
The fire was very effective during
he few minutes and the targets were
adly > battered , but when the explosion
ccurrd interest in the mimic battle
, ras lost.
Colonel Townsley , commandant of
the : fort , said that he did not know
; whether the mechanism of the gun
ras , at fault or whether the accident
ras ; due to the carelessness of the
len around the gun.
Colonel Townsley stated that the
hell is still in the gun and that only
ne breach was blown away. The
rhole breach block was blown away
nd was carried some distance by the
rce of the explosion of the 300
ounds of high explosive. The
rojectile was left in the gun and ex-
spting : the breech block the gun was
not damaged. The men and the gun
were in a concrete pit about fifty by
fifty [ feet and the whole effect of the
giant charge-took effect In that small
nclosure. The men were torn to
, leces , arms , legs and heads being
mattered in all directions , some of
hem going into the waters of the
oads and other parts of tb < 5 land
ide. All the men close to the
reech end of the gun were either
tiled : or wounded. The powder which
orms the charges for the 12-inch
guns : is made up into pyramids with
Dies pierced through them. Several
, f : these pyramids were scattered
ound . in the pit unconsumed and the
Dies were filled with blood.
Many of the dead were so burned
nd mangled that they had to be iden-
Bed [ by the shreds of bloody clothing
tat were left on the pieces dt bodies.
The wives and children of several
f ! the men killed were present and
aw them meet a terrible death.
' DO HEMMED IN BY FLAMES
' jwns of Bloomville and Helnemann ,
WIs. , Menaced by Forest Fires-
Railroad Tracks Burned.
Merrill , Wis.-Seven hundred per-
ons of Bloomville and Heinemann
sre hemmed in Thursday by forest
fires at the former town with seem-
Bly no means of escape.
The fires have destroyed the rail-
ad tracks for some distance be-
ween Bloomville and Merrill , making
; impossible for the inhabitants of
the doomed village to seek refuge in
h at direction.
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The situation at Bloomville is crit-
al. The 400 homeless of Heinemann
ced
ed to that village only to be con-
' mted by a similar peril.
Gleason , north of Bloomville , Is
Jlated by the fire , and it has been
possible to get word from the vil-
IQ for many hours. This leaves
oomville with its 550 persons cut
if [ ' on every side. With the population
early tripled , the question of feeding
he people is a serious one. Reports
'om Bloomville tell of the flight of
ares of people , some going on foot
Ild others in wagons. The loss in
ildings is over $200,000.
Several farmers' families have not
een accounted for. Fields which
ere about to be thrashed and live
, ick and buildings were abandoned.
Estimate 2,100,000 In Chicago.
Chicago. - Children to the number
814,115 now living in Chicago ac-
> ding to the school census report
hat was made Thursday to the board
, education , represented families that
is estimated have 2,100.000 mem-
ers all told.
Burned by Mischievous Soys.
Mttsburg , Pa.-Robert Finley is in
he i hospital , painfully burned. He fell
ileep on a bench in East park Thiirs-
tY , and mischievous beys threw a
ning newspaper -under ! him.
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The prohibition party which It was
supposed would not put up a : .1tC-
ticket this fall in consider : tion of the
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scrap in the two old parties over
county option , is now in the race with
nominees for governor , Ueucnant I :
governor and state treasurer. George
Wright [ of Otoe county filed for gov
ernor and Samuel Lichty of Fr.lls ; City
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filed as a candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor and Albert Fitch of Central City
for state treasurer. Several drys ago
T. M. Birmingham of Fender filed as-
a prohibition candidate for United- :
State senator. Later he presented pe
titions from twenty-five republicans :
and twenty-five : populists so his name
will go on three tickets as a candidate
for the place that Hitchcock and Met- :
calfe are striving for. John D. Stod-
dard of Republican City has filed as a ,
prohibition candidate in the Fifth dis- ;
trict.
It has been customary for the pro-1
hibitionists to have a full state ticket
in the field , but this year it was gen
erally thought the party would stay
out of the fight in order not to em-
) arrass candidates of either of the
' ild parties who may stand for county
option. The filling of prohibition can-
didates is considered proof that the-
men who filed in the name of the par-
ty do not propose to wait on any of ,
the old parties to take a stand oa !
county option.
Raising the Dues.
Raising the scale of dues paid b } ,
members was the means adopted by
the Nebraska postmasters' associations
at Lincoln last week to take care of
a threatened $200 deficit in its treas-
ury. Officers of the association laid :
before the convention at its final ses-
sion the fact that expenses had been.
so heavy as to make necessary some *
provision for increasing the income in !
future. The method proposed for do-
ing this was to abolish the old flat
rate of $1 annual dues for all postmas-
ters of whatever grade , with 50 cents- "
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added for initiation fee , and substi- ' ,
tute a sliding scale. After a lengthy- " "
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discussion the dues were fixed as fol- . , : - .
lows : .
For postmasters of first class offices ,
$10 ; second class , $5 ; third class , $2 ; .
fourth class , $1. ,
Ogallala to Have Depot.
'Edson ' Rich , attorney for the Union-
Pacific Railroad company , met Mayor
Harris of Ogallala and Mr. Holloway
of that town the compainant in a de-
pot case , and together with the mem
bers of the railway commission a stip- '
ulation has been agreed upon. The ;
complaint asks that a new depot be- '
built at Ogallala. .The railroad at-
torney agreed to recommend an appro- : , - ' /
priation for a new depot the amount , ' ' '
to be incorporated in the company's * /
budget for 19li , and to file plans for <
the proposed building with the com-
mission by July 1 , 1911. If the rail-
road officials do not provide funds for-
the building it is agreed that the rail
way commission shall order the com
pany to build
Will Exhibit a Battleship. .
The naval department will exhibit :
a $30,000 model battleship at the Ne-j
braska state fair , according to ad- |
vices received from the department ojj
Captain Clark. The model will be !
of the Nebraska type and will be su
perior to the exhibit which the navy-
had last year. The recruiting officer
built a wooden model for the boot ,
last fall and the exhibit attracted gen
eral attention on . the grounds. Th i
department distributes souvenirs to
visitors illustrating the service. Lie - |
tenant Commander Wettingel of Om 1
aha has assurred Captain Clark that ;
the costly model would be sent here > I
in plenty of time.
Big Semaphore Plant.
One of the largest semaphore plants
in the entire west is now being built
in the Burlington yards. It will be al !
120-lever machine , housed in a larg ; \
brick building protecting Burlington
yard tracks and the Union Pacific
crossing. 'It will require about thre-
months to complete the plant and * ,
When done It will cost between fiftj ?
and sixty thousand dollars.
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City of the First Class.
North Platte , according to the celbl : , ,
sus recently taken under the supervi
sion of the mayor and the city council-
is now a city of the first class , having ;
a population of 5146. A proclamation :
naming North Platte as a city of the'
first class will be issued within a dayj-
or so from the governor's office. ,
State Food Commissioner S. ! , , _
Mains : has notified the National Bis - -
cuit company that after August 1 its' ' f
customers in Nebraska must obey the ?
law. -1'
Visit the Havelock Shops.
Delegates to the '
postmasters' con- ,
vention paid a visit to the Havelock :
shops of the Burlington. They were ;
escorted through the big plant by of-i .
ficials of the Burlington , ) 'lavorj ! ,
HInkle , Postmaster A. A. Hayers andt 1
other Havelock officials. " ' -.J
Many of the visiting delegates at , 1
tended the reception given by the- , ,
Commercial club at the II '
city auditor- ,
him. They were made to feel that
the people of Lincoln enjoy their com ; .
ing and would like to see them corns' *
again - i
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