PI IK NMMKOLK NKVVS- I UUMY SKPTKMHKU i , 1005.
TOO MANY CLOUDS OBSCURED
THC SHADOW OF THE MOON.
AN ELECTRIC STORM RAGED
Instead of a View of the Eclipse , People
ple Were Greeted by Sharp Dolti of
Lightning r.tn Early Hour This
Morning.
( Prom Wnlncmlny'ii Dully.J
H In supposed Hint the eclipse of
the mm WHR pulled off this morning on
schedule tlino. but no fur ns Norfolk In
concerned there was no ocular demon-
Htrntlon of It. Many arose nt nn tin-
iiHiinl hour this morning to got n peep
i\l the Hlwilow which was to appear on
the fuce of the mm when It came tip
over the onRlern horl/on. hut they
found thnt the heavens were oliHeurod
with clouds mid the HUD wits not Been
nt that tlmo of day nor for several
hours nftonvnrd , long pnsl the time
when the eclipse hud dlsuppnnred.
Following n night of nnununl opproH-
Hlvonoss , durliiK which little relief wns
liroiiKlit from Iho extreme heut of yes-
tordny , Junt hefore mmrlso n fllmrp
electrical storm gathered and at the
time that people had planned to he
watching the ecllpso they were hatting
their eyes and speculating upon where
the next holt of lightning would ntrlUo.
As a matter of fact the lightning did
not BtrlUo anywhere In thin locality ,
but II put up a great hluff for an hour
or more , apparently trying to mnlco
good for IntorforhiK with the plans of
so many who wore really anxious to
vlow the eclipse. For a solar ecllpso
Is such an unimual phenomenon , and
comes such a few times during the
course of n-person's life , that no op
portunity of seeing one should he
missed oven by the layman who cares
nothing about It from a scientific
standpoint , but Is only Interested bo-
CIUIHO It Is different.
WEDNESDAY SITTINGS.
Ed. Marshall Is In Plorco on busi
ness.
ness.H.
H. A. Korth went to Madison on
business ,
Hov. Mr. Hotlns of 1'lerco was In
the city.
C. 12. Doughty went to Carroll on
business.
Mrs. V. MeNollly made n trip to
Omaha and return.
H. C. Truman wont to Stnnton this
morning on business.
John Kovnlok of Battle Crook was
n city visitor this morning.
W. J. Houston of 1'lalnvlow was In
the city between trains.
10. D. Weeks wont to Hosklns at
noon to do a Job of painting.
C. I/ > rum , n 1'lalnvlow capitalist , Is
transacting business In the city.
. Jr C. Pawelskl of Wayne , a well
known horseman , was In the city to
day.
day.Mrs.
Mrs. J. F. Losch of West Point Is
a Ruost of her daughter , Mrs. N. A.
Huso.
Mrs. C. P. Jenkins and Mrs. J. H.
Oxnant left this morning on the Union
Pacific for a visit to Denver.
Miss Lillian Fo\ left at noon today
for a two weeks' visit with frlonds In
Sioux City and Lohrvlllo , Iowa.
Mrs. Cbas. IMorco of Wlnnotoon Is
visiting her parents , Mr. and Mrs. J.
11. Vanllorn on South Fifth street.
E. C. Hums of Scrlbnor was In the
city today.
R. F. Arnold of Valentino was a Nor
folk visitor yesterday.
A. M. Anderson of Brlstow was nn
early arrival In Norfolk.
Mrs. Emll Winter of Madison Is vis
iting at the homo of Mrs. IMlgor.
Miss Kurka of Nlobrara cnmo down
on the early train this morning.
Miss Minnie Tannohlll wont ever to
Warnorvlllo this morning for a two
days' visit.
Chas. Eblo loft at 11 o'clock over the
Union Pacific for Denver to attend the
G. A. U. encampment.
I rln Doughty has glvon up bis work
at the Northwestern machine shops
and will enter business college.
Win. Morse , n real estate man of
Spencer , was transacting business In
the city today. He came down on the
early train.
Miss Lena Clause , sister of Mrs.
Win. Uecker , came down from Battle
Crook this morning to take n position
In the Fair store.
Mrs. O. H. WerU of Crolghton
passed through the city this morning
onrouto for Denver , where Mr. Wertz
will join her In a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hays returned
last night from Denver , where they
bad been visiting with their son ,
Charles R. Hays.
Miss Matilda Fox will teach In the
same district thnt she did last year ,
nine miles east of nattlo Creek , and
leaves for that place tomorrow.
A. L. Button , who has recently es
tablished a real estate office In Lin
coln , passed through the city this
morning on his way to Lincoln from
Plalnvlew.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Durland and Mr
and Mrs. 0. F. Durland , who have boon
taking a western trip for a couple of
weeks , are expected to return homo
either tonight or tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Button of Plaln
vlew passed through the city this
morning on their way to Denver ,
whore they will remain two months
and take In the G. A. II. encampment.
Miss Florence Holden Is a guest at
the homo of her brother , Dr. II. T.
Holden. Miss Holden has Just grad
uated as a trained nurse from St.
Mary's of Nazareth hospital , Chicago
Hov and Mrs .1 C fl Wellls. Super
intendent anil Mrs C H HoynohlH and
children , arc expected homo this evening -
ing fiom Elgin , where they have been
visiting Willis Mcllrlde slnco yester
day
Edmund Winter , non of H. W. Winter -
tor , OiiHlave Wachtor of Norfolk , and
Philip Lehgnan of Htanton. left on the
M. & O. train this morning for Now
Ulm , Minn , to attend the Dr. Martin
Lutheran college.
Albert Lehman of Htanton was In
the city between trains on liln way to
Johnson. Minn. , where ho goes to take
charge of a parochial school.
Mrs. Hobecca Fry , who has boon vis
iting her sister. Mrs. J. M. Long , at
thin place , the past ton wookfl , loft for
her home at Colorado Springs today.
F. A. Harmon , superintendent of the
lllack Hills division of the Northwestern
orn , accompanied by his daughter
passed through the city today on hla
way to St. Paul , Minn.
V. A. Towno of Fairfax. S. D. , clerk
of the district court In flrogory coun
ly , paHHed through the city onrouto
with his father , to Denver , where the >
go to attend the 0. A. H. reunion
They bail Intended to go by way o
Chadron but found It Impossible am
went ever the Union Pnclllc , leaving
here at 11 this morning.
All the earlier part of the day was
so dark and cloudy that arllllclal light
was used In many of the business
houses and residences.
Paul Wot/el was operated on Mon
day In the Methodist hospital at Oma
ha for appendicitis. Ills father , L.
Wot7ol , returned from Omaha last
evening , and ho reports that Paul IH
getting along lino. Miss Lena , his sister -
tor , wont to Omaha yesterday after
noon to bo with her brother during
his sickness.
Ninety-live degrees In the shade was
the temperature that was reached In
Norfolk yesterday , making It one of
the hottest days of the year. Human
ity suffered and porsplred all after
noon , and hoped for a cooler day to
day. This morning , with the rain and
clouds , brought lollof with a decided
change In the standing of the mercury
and relief to the public.
Train No. ( ! , the Black Hills passen
ger eastbound , was twelve hours late
In Norfolk yosto'day , arriving at mid
night Instead of at midday. The delay -
lay was caused by trouble In the track
In the lllack Hills. A Special train
wns made up at Norfolk , which wont
east at noon.
Joseph C. Walker of Keystone , S. D. ,
has been elected principal of the Nor
folk high school for the ensuing year
and has wired that ho will accept the
position. Ho Is expected to arrive In
Norfolk Saturday. Ho wns principal
last year of the school nt Keystone , S.
I ) . The seventh grade position bad
not been lilted this morning.
The News has been remembered by
Secretary Hynearson of the Madison
County Agricultural society , the an
nual fair of which will bo held nt
Madison on September 2G , 11 , 28 and
29. Mr , Hynearson Is enthusiastic
over the prospects for the coming fair ,
which Is expected to show the largest
displays of agricultural products overseen
soon at a similar exhibition. The
amusement features arc being well
looked after , and there will bo an
abundance along this line.
W. W. Hoberts and wife returned
last evening from n visit to Illinois ,
where at Arcola on August f > they at
tended the golden wedding of 0. F.
and Mary Haper. Mrs. Hapor Is a sis
ter of Mr. Hoberts. The couple wore
married In Green county , Indiana , Aug
ust 5. 18r > r > , and the minister who per
formed the ceremony was present at
the golden wedding. A company of
270 people sat down to dinner on the
day of the celebration at the Hapor
home , among them being live children
sixteen grand children and one great
grand child , besides other relatives am' '
friends. Mr and Mrs. Hoberts stopped
a few days at Ottumwa , Iowa , on their
return , which Is Mrs. Hoberts' ol <
homo.
PROSPECTS FOR AULT'S PARDON
Bonesteel Peace Officer's Wife Is
Quite Encouraged.
A report from Slonx Falls , S. D
snys that Mrs. A. J. Ault , of Gregor.\
county. Is feeling quite encouragei
over the prospective success of he
efforts ot secure the pardon of her
husbnnd , A. .T. Ault. who Is serving a
term of two years In the Sioux Falls
penitentiary. Ault , nt a term of stnto
circuit court In Gregory county some
weeks ngo , wns convicted of the kill
ing of "Kid" English , n gambler ,
while Ault wns noting as a peace offi
cer nt Bonesteel during the period thnt
laiidscckers were registering for n
chnnco to secure homestends In the
ceded portion of the Rosebud Indian
reservation. In addition to having se
cured the signatures of hundreds of
residents of Gregory county to n peti
tion nsktng thnt her husbnnd bo pardoned -
doned she hns nlso succeeded In se
curing the signatures of several of the
men who served on the Jury which re.
turned a verdict of guilty ngainst her
husbnnd. The petition will soon bo
fllod with the stnto bonrd of pardons
for action by thnt body.
LAWSON'S RAID ON COPPER.
He Wants Public to Subscribe $4,000-
000 to His $10,000,000 Pool.
Thomns W. Lnwson Is planning n
great blow nt Wnll street and the "sys
tem" by menns of a benr raid on the
lending copper stocks , which have now
reached a high level.
Ho has inserted nn ndvertlsement In
the lending papers throughout the
country nsklng the public to subscribe
$4.000.000 to $10.000,000 pool , through
which ho will conduct the operations.
HOW THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS
RECEIVED DY PEOPLE HERE.
ALL WERE RELIEVED DY END
Bulletin That Peace Had Deen De
clared Received by The Newt Too
Late for Publication President
Roosevelt the Man of the Hour.
[ From WcilnomlHv'H Dully. ]
The news of pence between Uimsln
nml Japan was received with satisfac
tion In Norfolk. The bulletin that
peace bad boon declared wan received
In The NOWH office late yesterday af
ternoon too late for publication In
last night's edition , and moro com
plete reports wore received this morn
ing.
ing.Tho
The various expressions from people -
plo who had been watching the con
ference were Interesting.
A little over n week ngo n man who
had Just finished reading the report
of the hopeless Ritual Ion , said , "Well ,
they might Just as well never have
had that conference. 1 never did think
In the first place that It would amount
to anything. Anyone knows that the
Japanese will never give In on the
nattor of Indemnity. They have won
ind are oxclted by their victories ,
'hey ran bent Russia In bnttles to
ome and they know It. They are
anxious , In fact , to get one more shot
it the Russian Bear. They will sticker
or that Indemnity , because they don't
inveto give In. And on the other
mud the Russians arc too proud to
lay the Japanese an Indemnity or to
nlmlt that they have boon whipped
Phoy have a lot of people over there
vhom they would as soon hnvo killed
> ff In n wnr , nnywny. "
Knew It Mennt Peace.
Another man , after reading the sit-
mtlon yesterday morning In which it
ippearcd that pence was about to bo
iroclnlmod , said :
"I knew It meant peace all of the
line. Japan Is too big a nation to
land out for a more monetary con-
Ilk-ration , with so great an Issue nt
take. They have won prestige na one
if the great nations of the world , nnd
hey can't nfford , by resorting to com
mercialism , to keep up this bloody
trugglo. They would give In rather
ban hold out for n continuation of
bo war. "
Everybody Praises Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt meets with
milso on every hand. Ho Is the mnn
of the hour In the world today. Men
> f all parties In politics admire him
mil pralso him for his effectual work
n bringing about nn end to the tor-
Ible conflict in the fnr cast. All con
cede that It was his strength nnd char
icter that drew the envoys Into the
) caco compact. It was his power that
irought pressure on both sides.
Game of Poker , After All.
"It was a game of poker after all , "
> no man declared today. "And WItte
of Russia , with hardly n legitimate
card In his hand , split oven on the
nek-pot. The Jnps held n strong can
nnd stood out on It for n long time
nit they llnally surrendered their
strength. "
CROPS IN VARIOUS COUNTIES.
Bulletin Issued by State Bureau Says
Corn Does Well.
Lincoln , Neb. . Aug. 30. The weather
or bulletin by counties. Issued today ,
gives conditions as follows :
Antelope Haying and thrashing
progressing nicely ; potatoes light
crop ; early corn glazed and dented In
some Holds.
Boyd Small grain mostly In stacker
or thrashed ; oats good ; wheat fair
only ; corn growing well but good ma
turing weather needed.
Holt Corn growing finely , haying
progressing nicely ; shock thrashing
well advanced.
Knox Thrashing delayed bv rain :
oats good crop ; flno corn weather.
Madison Much small grain still In
shock : some damage from rain and
ball ; corn doing well.
Pierce Corn mostly In milk ; some
very early shows light denting.
Stanton Corn growing well and be
ginning to harden.
Wayne Thrashing retarded by rain ;
oats damaged some ; corn earing extra
well ; potatoes good crop ; alfalfa ready
for third cutting.
Boone Thrashing and plowing prog
ressing well ; hay fine crop ; third crop
of alfnlfn being cut ; corn doing well.
Brown Spring wheat poor to fnlr
crop but badly smutted ; corn matur
ing fnst ; grnln In stnck ; rnln needed.
Cherry Fine week for hnylng ;
thrashing begun , yield excellent.
Koynpnhn Smnll grain Injured by
dry weather and rust.
Rock Thrashing being done , oats
fair crop , wheat rather light ; rye poor ;
rnln would bo beneficial.
Big Job Paying Off Nebraska Soldiers
Adjutant General Culver Is likely to
have one of the biggest tasks ever cut
out for bis ofllco when ho returns from
his trip to Sea Girt , N. J. , where he Is
watching the competing rlllo tonms.
Governor Mickey hns received $ S,012.S3
for the Wnshlngton nttorneys who hnvo
been nppenrlng before the trensury de-
pnrtment In the Interest of the mem
bers of the two Nobrnskn regiments
In the recent wnr , nnd thnt amount
will now bnvo to bo distributed to the
soldiers nccordlng to n schedule pre
pared by the war department and for
warded by the attorneys This will bo
nccompllshed by sending ench of the
1,800 persons , named n check for the
unount duo him. In many Instances
ho Koldlers hnvo ded | and the small
HIIIIIH due will go to their heirs , while
n other Instances they have moved
iway nnd much tlmo will bo occupied
n the tnsk of tlmllng them.
It IH Htated that the distribution will
10 made IIH soon as It Is possible to
lo so. The checks will bo promptly
forwarded , but no amount of letter
writing will avail the owners of the
noney In expediting the business.
Should they all turn In and write let
ters the governor's olllce would bo
fairly Inundated nnd to no purpose ,
since Inquiry will simply delny the ex
ecution of 1,800 checks nnd the dis
covery of the locutions of the persons
lo whom they are drawn.
The privates In many Instances arc
credited with $3 20 each , while the
amount Increases up through the ranks
of the noii-cominlHsloned otllcerH to the
commanding officers of the roglmontH.
The schedules received by the govern
or Indicate the total amount to bo re-
cehed by each man and the amount of
the commission , 20 per cent. , retained
bv the lawyers for their services.
The money to be distributed was se
em oil under an act of congress passed
In 1899 providing for the payment of
the regular per diem to the members
of the national gunrd from the time
they were called Into service by the
president , May I , 18)8. ! ) They had boon
allowed subsistence but no pay until
they were mustered Into service.
Almost everybody In Norfolk who
can read , reads The News. Advertis
ing In The News will bring results.
THREATENED TWILL WOMAN
Oscar Roderman Is Arrested for DrawIng -
Ing a Gun.
For drawing a gun , pointing Its bar
rel Into her face and threatening to
kill Luclle Raymond , nn Inmate of
Fern McDonald's report , Oscar Rodor-
man has been bound ever to the fall
term of district court. Ho was arrest
ed In the house last night when the
police wore cnlled by telephone , nnd
remained In jail over night This
morning bo was brought before Po
lice Judge Westervolt , pleaded not
guilty to the charge against him and
wns sent back to jail to await a con-
sultntlon between the police judge nnd
City Attorney Wentherby. Mr. Wonth-
erbv advised the judge to bind the
man over and this course wns taken
by the court.
After be had been arrested for thus
disturbing the pence. Rodermnn In
turn swore out a complaint against the
woman nnd hnd her nrrested on the
chnrge of petty larceny , claiming thnt
she had stolen money from him. She
was acquitted In court nnd the case
ncalnst her was dismissed by the
judge.
The 'Hnymond woman came to Nor
folk last spring from Omaha. Shortly
after Rodermnn followed. They had
met In Omaha two years ngo. It was
shown by the evidence In court that
she had frequently given him money.
Not long ago she was 111 and needed a
pair of shoes. Roderman put up the
necessary lucre and today be claimed
that that money had been stolen.
Three other women , brought In as wit
nesses , claimed thnt he had given It
to her.
"On a couple of occasions be has
threatened my life. " said the complain
ant to the court. "Yesterday he raised
n row nnd drew n gun In my fnce.
throntenlng to blow my brains out.
Another woman cnmo up nnd ho
threntened the same trentment for hor.
Then wo cnlled the police. "
Rodermnn. during his stay in Nor
folk , has been employed as a hack
driver , worked for a time In the Gcr-
nmn hotel on South Fifth street nnd
Inter worked at the Insane hospital.
Ho will probably be taken to Madison
to await the next term of court.
MAN-WOMAN BUSY AGAIN.
Ellen Glenn Pays Court to Pretty Girls
In Michigan.
Ellen Glenn , alias Ellis Glenn , the
notorious womnn-mnn , sewing machine -
chine agent , bnrber , wnlter , renl estnte
broker , paper banger , forger , "good
follow , " has appeared again. This time
It Is ns the star performer In a land
deal. Stephen A. Ixickwood , a mer
chant at Lapcer , Mich. , was victim
ized for $2,500. The papers were found
to be clever forgeries.
Glenn conducted the negotiations ,
masquerading In male attlro as n real
estate agent. She was arrested and
the disclosure of her sex led to her
Identity.
Residents of Lnpeer were shocked
ns she hns appeared n model young
mnn nnd wns admitted to the best
homes , paying court to various pretty
girls.
Ellen Glenn first flnshed across the
newspaper horizon In 1809 , whe i she
was nrrested nt Hlllsboro. 111. , on n
charge of forgery while wearing male
attire. At thnt time she wns engager
to marry a pretty girl , Miss Ella Duke
of Butler , Montgomery county , 111.
After n legnl fight Instlng for moro
than five years , she llnally won on n
technicality nnd wns set free.
The mystery which surrounds her
renl Identity Is ns deep now as It ever
was. She lias deepened the mystcrj
by tolling several plausible tnles. She
hns declnred thnt she is not Ellis
Glenn , the mnn who committed forgery
gory , but a twin sister , having a re
marknblo resemblance to the real cul
prlt , whom she declared she was
shielding.
Many a romantic tale she has woven
about her past , nnd while there nro
many things tending to connect her
with n worann who formerly lived In
West Vlrglnln , positive Identlflcntlon
has always been Impossible.
LITTLE FELLOW AT AINSWORTH
ATTACKED BY REPTILE.
FLESH CUT AWAY FROM WOUND
Air of Life Again Pervades Capitol
Shade at Atkinson Yesterday State
Officers Have Returned Activity
About State Capitol ,
Alnsworth , Nob. , Aug. 30. About 8
o'clock this morning the 8-year-old son
of J. E. Ayers of this place , wns bitten
by a poisonous snnko. Dr. Lnmbly
wns cnlled nnd the Mesh around the
blto was cut nwny. The patient Is reported
ported as doing ns well ns could bo
expected , with n reptile's poison In
ils blood.
NAPER TOURNAMENT.
Three Days of Fun Started There
Today.
The three days' nnnunl tournnment
nt Nnper , Neb. , began today with n
arge crowd in attendance. Today the
Bonosteol and Lynch baseball teams
are scheduled to play. Nearly all of
ho teams of the Bonesteel league have
gone to Nnpor for games. Nnper al-
vnys gives visitors n good tlmo nt
.his tournament.
Was Warm at Atkinson.
Atkinson , Neb. , Aug. 30. Special to
Clio News ;
Rev. Father Muenlck , formerly of
his parish , Is assisting the resident
priest. Father Strntsomore , In the spe
cial service held In the last few days.
Elmer Allison and family , formerly
of this place , Is visiting at the homo
of Jess Brooks. Mr. Allison was one
of the first cashiers of our town and
s now holding the same position In or
icar Spencer , Iowa.
Miss Rose Wilson left for Osage ,
owa , where she soon takes up her du-
los teaching German and Latin In the
ilgh school of that place.
The automobile of O'Neill wns up
esterdny , showing Jimmy O'Donnell
nnd n number of his friends where he
expects to live when the new bank Is
started. He Is cashier.
Yesterday wns one of the warmest
lays of the season , registering at 100
n the shade.
The train which should pass through
icro at 9 n. m. wns delnyed until 8:30 :
i. m. , owing to some nccldent nlong
ho lino.
STATE OFFICERS BACK.
llr of Life Again Pervades Capitol
Building at Lincoln.
Lincoln , Neb. , Aug. 30. The stnto
officers have all returned from their
vacations and nn nlr of life and ac
tivity again pervndes the cnpltol build-
ng hero.
GET HORSETHIEF.
Baker , a Fugitive From Two Counties ,
Is Taken at Last.
Nebrnskn City , Neb. , Aug. 30. G. H.
Bnker , a fugitive from two counties
'or horse stenllng , wns taken near
lore. Baker stole a horse and buggy
n Fllmore county and sold the outfit
In Geneva. He escaped to Beatrice
where he stole three horses , two ol
which he sold near Lincoln , but re
tained the other.
WILL PAY FOR NORMAL WORK.
Normal Board Decides to Approve
Vouchers for Work Done.
Lincoln , Neb. , Aug. 30. Special to
The News : The normal board decider
to approve vouchers for payment to
contractors of the remainder of the
appropriation for permanent Improve
ments for work yet to be done on the
normal school at Peru and eKarney
Warrants arc to bo hold by the and
Itor until the work Is completed.
CRAZED BY BRYAN'S TALK.
Man Leaps Out of Seat and Rushes
Wildly Into River.
J. L. Short , a patient at the north
ern Indiana hospital for the Insane
wns tnken to henr the Chnutnuqua nri
dross made by Wllllnm J. Brynn. In
the midst of the address Short lenpec
from his seat , screaming 'wildly
rushed through the' crowd of many
hundreds of people , plunged Into the
Wabash river , swam across and sprint
ed three miles before ho was ever
taken.
A WEDDING IN THE WILDWOOD.
With Birds for the Songsters and Na
tural Flowers for Bouquet.
Benenth the foliage of mammotl
sprendlng elms on the Burt Mnpe
farm , north of the city , n wedding
ceremony was performed this morning
which wns especlnlly pretty because
of Its simplicity nnd becnuso It pre
sented nn unusual picture beneath Na
turo's heavenly canopy. The bride
wns Miss Cletn Bodle , for four or five
yenrs n tencher In schools near Nor
folk , nnd the groom wan Mr. Myron
Hodgetts of Pierce county. The mar
rlngo wns performed by Rov. J. H
Clny of this city nt 9:30 : o'clock. The
wedding mnrch wns sung by the song
stcrs of the tree tops nnd the brida
bouquet was unusually attractive because
cause It grew right nt the side of the
mnrrlngo altar.
Only the family of Mr. and Mrs
Mapes and a few Intimate friends o
the bride , together with the father am
mother of the groom , wore present fo
the ceremony. A delightful wedding
breakfast was served after which the
bride and groom departed on n nooi
A frland of tha horn-
A foe of th * Tru t
Calumet
Baking
Powder
with th Pure Food Law *
_ of all BUUa. _
rnln for Denver , where they will on-
oy n brief honeymoon trip In the
mountnlns nnd cool retreats of Cole
rado.
They will bo nt homo nenr Pierce.
BOONE COUNTY POPULISTS.
Placed Their Ticket In the Fold at Al
bion Yesterday.
Albion , Nob. , Aug. 25. Spcclnl to
The News : The populists held their
county convention In this city nnd the
number of delegates present demon
strated that n great deal of Interest
will bo taken In the fall election by
this side of the political organization
of Boone county.
Following Is the ticket plnced In the
field : G. II. Bnbbltt for county clerk ,
Albion ; P. F. Cnhlll. St. Edward , for
trensuror ; Ed Evans of North Branch
for sheriff ; C. M. Penny , county su
perintendent , Albion ; James Arm
strong , jr. , county judge , Albion ; Dr.
A. F. Johnson , county coroner , Albion ;
3ort Barns , Oakland , county commis
sioner ; F. M. Sllllck , county surveyor.
The state delegates wore chosen.
PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS
Alnsworth and Brown County Still on
the Boom.
Alnsworth , Nob. , Aug. 28. Special
to The News : Alnsworth Is still on
; ho boom nnd property Is nlmost dally
chnnglng hnnds. The Murphy broth
ers have bought out W. F. Smith's
meat market and will take possession
on the first of January. John Stoufer
ins bought J. C. Spencer's harness
shop and all of his material and took
mmedlato possession. Saturday John
Nichols bought n block In the northern
part of town and Is going to build a
Ino nine-room cottage.
Tuesday W. H. Baldwin will start
to the state fair with Brown county's
flno exhibition. Ho has boon Brown
county's representative for n number
of years and ho says this year will
excel all others. He Is proud of the
flno collection ho is taking to Lincoln
for exhibition.
Yes , Brown county Is booming. Sev
en steam threshers have been running
in this neighborhood for the last week ,
and yesterday another machine was
unloaded and went to the grain fields
northeast of town.
WHAT IS A RAISIN7
California Shows and a Daughter of
Fresno County Demontsrates.
Many people eat raisins , but few
know what raisins are. No better Il
lustration of the origin and the uses
of the raisin can bo found than In the
exhibit of Fresno county , California ,
at the Portland exposition.
Raisins are simply sun-dried Mus
cat , Malaga , seedless Sultana and
Thompson's grapes. Muscat grapes
are mentioned In the Bible and are
found In the Biblical spots of Asia.
Malaga grapes are of Spanish origin.
The other two , like Topsy , "just
growed. "
On the walls of the booth reserved
for Fresno county at the exposition
are "commercial packs" or large boxes
of the nutritious fruit arranged In
pleasing designs by Mrs. S. L. Wiley ,
of Fresno City. There are bunches of
raisins on exhibit that weigh from nine
to seventeen pounds each. These
bunches were cut from the parent vine
when just about ripe , and plnced In
long trays. The trays wore then ar
ranged In rows In the sunlight and the
grapes wore allowed to dry. Three
crops of grapes arc gathered In one
season from many vineyards In that
part of California. The first crop
makes the best raisins , the second
crop Is known ns "seconds" to the
trade , nnd the third nnd Inst gathering
Is generally disposed of to the wine-
makers.
When the grapes have been thor
oughly dried they are subjected to a
"sweating" process , which closes the
pores of the fruit and brings out the
nnturnl oils and uugar. Then the
grapes which nre now raisins are
seeded by machine and packed In box
es of fancy design.
Go to Germnny , France , Englnnd or
nny other country of the old world nnd
you will find Fresno raisins , for they
are shipped to all parts of the globe.
Last year $2,500,000 worth of these
dried grapes were exported from Cali
fornia amounting to about 500,000
pounds.
Mrs. Wiley demonstrates the good
things Into which raisins can be
changed. This womnn reprcsentnttvo
of n grent Industry will mnko you ev
ery raisin pudding , raisin snlnd , rnlsin
pic , raisin frappe and raisin jelly.
Science has shown that a pound of
seeded raisins Is relatively equal In
food vnluo to six pounds of apples , five
pounds of bananas , moro than a pound
of potatoes , one pound of bread , two
pounds of milk , moro than a pound of
fish , nearly a pound of eggs , more than
half n pound of beef , nnd ns to their
medicinal vnluo physicians state that
they nro Invnlunble ns a Inxntlvo.
When a mnn economizes , ho buys
fewer clothes : when n woman econ
omizes , she buys less to eat.