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fi&?r'y''r'J: "s., '. & 7 yif ts V Hi' in i. THIS IN NEBRASKA "v t EVENTS OF INTEREST OF MORE ' OR LESS IMPORTANCE. . Nebraska Land Owners Will Pay In- .Taxation 'This Year. . JrlWatinJ!leeled for -:liiifcTaKM an Lands. The iadividual .tax payers of Ne- braska'wbo'own laads will' par state taxes this year on an increased valua ,. tloa of $1,784,600, or a total assessed .valuation of $143,000,000,' while the .-owners -Of railroads will pay" taxes on 'an '-increased, valuation amounting to .-$440,000. most of which represents the value of new lines. Secretary Bennett of the state board of assessment is getting his. tabula tions in shapo so that these facts now stand out plainly. Half a million town lots are. this year assessed at $45,000, 000. .an increase of '$1,617,000. Statistics of improved lands in the 'state, give 19.377.C33 acres, the taxable value of which -is $128,321,342, or an average of $6.62 per acre, equivalent to aa actual value of $33 an acre. Un improved lands give a total acreage of 14.202,411. Their assessed valuation comes to $16,894,803. which is $1.19 per acre, or ?5.93 actual value. Of improved lots in cities and towns there are 280,700, whose combined tax able valuation stands at '$40,593,791. The number of unimproved lots is 214, . 762. and they are assessed at $4,274, 000. From 52 cents per acre in Banner county, the lowest assessed valuation In the state, to $10 per acre in a dozen or more counties and $12 in two or three, is the range of land values. This does not represent extremes, as the average is taken for each county. Authority Over Jails Wanted. Secretary Piper of the state board of charities and corrections is getting ready to have a meeting of the board to discuss legislation needed to give It greater authority in dealing with county jails and charitable institu tions. Mr. Piper has just returned front a trip tbroHgh the state and many of the jails he found in poor condition. At his suggestion in some Instances the authorities did some painting and cleaned up the places, but in other cases the county authori ties refused to act. Mr. Piper will recommend 'a separate institution oe erected-for the" habita tion of epileptics, taking them 'from the insane hospitals because of the effect such cases have on the other patients. He' will "also "recommend a bill to abolish jails in basements and a law -which wih give the board's sec retary' power to order officials to clean up the jails and keep them in first class -sanitary condition. To compel this now Mr. Piper has to bluff his way through and he has not the au thority under the law to get his orders enforced. - , Threshing in Cedar. ' HARTINGTON The first threshing of winter' wheat is turning out better than" expected- Fred. Cole has thresh ed 1.700 bushels on the Linghart farm that tested' sixty-eight pounds to the iHishel. James Steffen has threshed 1.200 bushels that yielded twenty-two and a half bushels to the acre. The -spring wheat also looks -good, and is filling well.. -" Found With Broken. Neck. OSCEOLA The discovery near here of the dead bodyjof Fred Beckman in a granary has developed something of a sensation. It is believed, that Beck man .wair-. killed in a quarrel with drunken companions and an investiga tion is being made to learn the details. Examination of the body developed the fact that his neck had' been broken. Nebraska Crap Acreage. LINCOLN Labor Commissioner Bush has issued a detailed statement of Nebraska crops. The acreage of all crops has increased 308.877 since last year. Corn, winter wheat and oats have increased acreage, while spring wheat, barley and rye have fallen below the acreage of last year. A Good Opening for Young Men. WANTED: Students to learn den tistry. One thousand to eighteen hun dred a year as soon as competent Cannot supply the demand. For par ticulars address Dr. Clyde Davis, Lin coln, Neb. May Test State Law. ". .PLATTSMOUTH Ifthe plans, of "' ' Dr. A? P. Barnes of this city mater iilise an effort "will be made to 'have the new" veterinary law repealed at the next session of the legislature. Mr" .Barnes, who is an old veterinary prac titioner, was recently prohibited from naing the title of "Dr." before his name by the state veterinary board on the ground that he had failed to pass 'the required examination. Br. Barnes ! securing the addresses "of "all the old practitioners In the state who are affected. W..J. Bryan is expected to be a big drawing card for the state fair. Col- . oael Maher a year ago expected to .have Judge Alton B. Parker to visit him daring fair week, but for some reason this plan has been abandoned and the colonel will" go to New York , .to teet-Bryaju. The reception to Mr. Bryan-will occur during the state fair ' 'and asthe railroads are going to sell , tickets; for one "rate phis 50 cents. .which includes the fair ticket, it is expected that, thousands of those who coma to the Bryan reception will also visit the fair and turn in the coupon. Game Warden Assaulted. NORTH PLATTE Sunday morning' 'when a deputy state game warden from Grand Island went to the North Side livery stable of this city he was . -assaulted by ruffians and would prob- . --ably have been .killed bnt for the in terference of bystanders. As it was -he was severely hurt and his face is isratse-i almost, beyond recognition. The game warden has been gathering evidence and causing the arrest of .parties violating the game laws and it nnrimn some of the parties or their ifriends were implicated. " NEBRASKA BRIEFS. ' "- Sterling is arras-gleg for s carnival August" 24. J6 and 26. . A terrific hailstorm in Knox county did-much damage to crops. T3 Commercial. club of y York has got into its new and elegant quarters. ' Mrs Nancy Brown of Wellfleet is .accused of selling liquor contrary to law. Engineer, Anderson, of ' the North western 'road dropped dead at Fre mont: . , i 'The firemen's, tournament at Hum boldt will be held August 30, 31,-and September 1. ", Beatrice will send a fire team' to the Humboldt tournament the latter part of- the month. Corn that in some portions of the state needed rain, got it .good and plenty last week. Joseph King accused of stealing's horse, has been taken from PJatts mouth to Seneca, Kan. - - During July in Platte county farm mortgages were filed amounting to $74,505; released, $23,232.50. Two divorces were obtained in Johnson county last week. In both instances desertion -was the charge. - .At a mass meeting it was " unani mously decided to hold a three-days' carnival' in Sterling August 23, 24 and 25. The report of vital statistics for Columbus and Platte county for., the month of "July shows nine births and ten deaths. J. S. Koch, who resides two miles from Lawrence, has finished thresh ing a sixty-acre field of winter wheat which yielded 56 bushels per acre. Cuming county proclaims itself as the possessor of splendid crops. That Feems to le the story coming from all counties in Nebraska this year. From fourteen acres of oats J. D. Carpenter, a farmer living seven miles southeast of Beatrice, received a yield of 869. bushels, or 62 bushels to the acre. A daughter of S. C. Sonday. a girl 16 years of age, living south of" Sew ard, accidentally cut' her foot and nearly bled to death before medical assistance arrived. At a special election in Ravenna, cal!ed for the purpose of bonding the village in the sum of $4,250 for a gas lighting and heating plant the propo sition carried by an overwhelming majority. H. H. Beene of Logan township. Cuming count-, threshed six acres of oats which yieldedl26 bushels, ma chine measure. This means a yield of 70 bushels per acre from the ma chine, and about 80 bushels' by weight. The oats are of the early Kherstan variety. The number" of applications for space for county exhibits at the state fair has already exceeded the number of exhibits of last year and now the secretary of the board of managers is wondering if he will have "enough &pace to accommodate all the counties that apply. Lee Fugate, a ycung man who has been working ten miles southwest of Bertraud. attempted to cross Turkey creek after the hard rain and drove into. a deep hole. The stream being swift carried his buggy and horse into the brush, where both man and horse were drowned. The stock men of Lincoln county feel that they have a serious griev ance against the State Board of Equalization because they raised the assessed value of cattle and horses in Lincoln county 20 per cent. Cattle of all ages were listed at an actual value of $14 per head. Mrs. Ida Blair has returned to Grand Island from Aurora after a fruitless search for her two children, abducted, from her home by their father while the mother was absent. It is believed he has taken the child ren out of "the state, out of the juris diction of the courts. While completing the erection of s new windmill at the Rogers home in Banbury, J. L. Sargent fell from near the top of the tower, a distance of about forty jeet. He had an armful of tools and was' unable to catch hint self or protect himself in falling. He was severely bruised and shaken, i Nebraska -assessors have succeeded this year in uncovering. $1,120,000 more cash than they found in 1905. The footing for "Money on hand and on deposit" in the ninety counties of the state shows the 'aggregate assess ment under this head to be $4,486,895 for the current year, as compared with $3,666,486 last year. This is on a ba sis of one-fifth the actual value. The university officials intend to bring a mandamus suit against Audi tor Searle to compel Aim to issue a warrant for $9,000 appropriated by the government and held by the state treasurer. When the demand was made for the warrant it was refused by the auditor on the -grounds that the money had not been appropriated by the legislature. The university officials hold, under an old statute, all money for the use of the experimental station -donated, by-the government'1 need 'not' be specifically appropriated by the leg islature. Consequently suit will be brought. John Harper, a farm hand employed by. Clarence Shlvely near Glenville, was- arraigned before County Judge Palmer on a charge of 'assault with intent to commit rape on the person of Mrs. Shlvely., o Food Commissioner Redfern Is busy getting up-a pare food bill to be pre sented to the next legislature along the lines of the national law. Under the present Nebraska law the food commissioner has no authority to punish' merchants for selling adulter ated foods and .practically has no au thority to even make investigations. James Melick, a 13-year-old boy who has been working around Mil ford, is in jail on the charge of steal ing: His mother is dead, and his fath er has been in the penitentiary three times for .theft Miss Rachel Eagel, stepdaughter and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kent of Grand Island, lies at death's door ss the result of an attempt upon her life by John Hamblia, aged 3$ or 40, the motive being jealousy, or, the rage of unrequited affection. The young woman, though well developed i for her age, is bnt 15 years old. WHATWOULB NOT TMEaCZAR GIVE TO A4AVE A NIGHTS REST LIKE THIST 3 - BOARD CUTS GRAIN TARIFF IMPORTANT RULING BY WISCON SIN RAILWAY COMMISSION. Cut of Practically One Cent a Bushel Affects Every Railroad Doing Bus iness in the State. Madison, Wis. Grain rates for the state of Wisconsin will be reduced practically one cent per bushel by an 'opinion of the railway commission, handed down Thursday. This Is the most important decision .that has ever been rendered by the -Wisconsin commission. The order will affect all of the railroads operating In the state of Wisconsin. The matter was started by a com plaint made by O. G. Kingy against the Wisconsin Central and later by a complaint' of W. L. Houser, against the, Chicago, .Milwaukee St. Paul, the Minneapolis 4b Omaha and the Chicago ic. Northwestern. The matter was conducted as an- in vestigation of grain rates between sta tions in Wisconsin and Milwaukee by the railroad commission acting on its own motion. The two complaints in volved grain rates from Colfax and Hondovi to Milwaukee only. The commission notified the rail road 'companies that a complete in vestigation would be made on their own initiative of the whole question and the railroad companies appeared at a formal hearing. July 10, when sworn testimony was received at that time on the matter. The hearings in the matter of pas senger rates have contributed much to an exact solution of the question. PRAISE BY INTERSTATE BOARD. Credit Gven for Success in Rebate Cases. Washington. In a statement is sued Thursday by the interstate commerce commission tegarding the conviction of the Atchison. Tope ka tc Santa Fe Railway company for violating the law with respect to the giving of rebates, the commission says "the avowed purpose of the practice tends to support the view "that there was no criminal intent on the part of Paul Morton, former secretary of the navy and former head of the traffic department of the Santa Fe. and the other railroad officials involved. The statement calls attention to the fact that with the imposition of the $15,000 fine on the railroad "the his tory of the famous Santa Fe rebate case Is practically closed" and praises President Roosevelt and Attorney General Moody for carrying out with success the administration's declared purpose to enforce the statute in all such cases. Veal for Petted Chicken. Columbus. O. Reports of the analy sis of about 50 sSmples of potted ham. potted chicken, hamburger steak, luncheon sausage and similar preparations sold by meat packers submitted to Stste Dairy and Food Commissioner Aukeny show the pres ence of preservatives, and in some cases traces of tin and- zinc poison. The latter are attributed to the use of a poor' quality of'cdntainersT One sample labeled "Potted Chicken" was found to be veal. Inquiries Into Meat Supply. Washington. President Roosevelt has become interested in the reports of bad meat supplied the New York and Norfolk navy yards, and has written to Secretary Bonaparte to in quire about it. To Attend Irrigation Congress. . Springfield. 111. D. H. Anderson, of Chicago, was" Tuesday' appointed by Gov. Deneehdelegateifo the four teenth international irrigation., con gress, which-7 meets September! in Boise. Idahd?ttr-T3-'-- H.i'.HsnTrjsuWf. j,. : Rome.-H-Saortly after his return from the ceremony attending 'tite "cele bration Tknrsdnjrof Jih&tiair "ansi-verssryof-hlsreoronntraa.- the -pope had assveresssckpf hanrtweskness. He .was" attended by Th-.iliafponlo -Al Madrid. The qnewn aether. Maris Christina,", wKU onJaa autombWle tour. comiW from France, was stoned sy countrymen near San Sebastian!. Many stones were thrown at the auto- - bat no ne was- Injured. k iSsSsTBte .sR"mBl"m"2iiCiimnMr "!.'"" " RnHBBnBffnw SBBBBBBBBBBBBsRSbERSBjB&IRw? 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He de clared that he had been in Chicago since Monday morning. Hering was found, not by the po lice, but by newspaper reporters, to whom he made a statement Wednes day night and promised to surrender to the police Thursday. Although a number of persons knew the whereabouts of Hering, the police made no demand on them to produce him. An amazing story of loose and crim inal banking methods will be revealed by Hering, the police and Bank Exam iner C. C. Jones believe. More specific information about Stensland's opera tions, it is thought, will make him out a man whose greatest asset was the ability he had to win the friendship and confidence of the people who gave him their money. Each business deal made his straits more desperate. Chicago. Conclusive evidence has been unearthed by State Bank Examiner C. C. Jones that Paul O. Stensland, the fugitive president of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank, has been guilty of highly criminal acts in conducting the business of the institution of which he is the head. This was officially anonunced by Mr. Jones Wednesday. At the same time culpability for the crimes which have brought the far-reaching disaster on the northwest side is narrowing more and more to Stensland. Henry W. Hering. the missing cashier, who was declared to be an embezzler of large sums of money. Is being in a measure exonerated because of the lack of di rect proof against him. Mr. Jones confirms statements that the frauds amounted to over $1,000,000. Chicago. Frank Kowalskl. paying teller of the wrecked Milwaukee avenue bank, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head Fri day night. ' Since the ' bank failed. Monday. Kowalskl had been stopped on the street many times and accused by de positors of having known their money was In peril. He had been in the service of the bank 13 years, handled all of its business among the Poles, and, until the crash came, was as highly regarded by them as were Paul O. Stensland and Henry W. Hering. IOWA DEMOCRATS MEET. Claude R. Porter Is Nominated for Governor. Waterloo. la. The Democratic state convention Tuesday nominated a full state ticket, headed by Claude R. Por ter, of Appanoose county, for gover nor, adopted a platform and adjourned sine die. The platform favors a tariff for rev enue only, the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people and demands the enactment of such legislation as will effectually destroy all trusts. The platform expresses sympathy with the purposes of national labor organisations-as. set forth in recent addresses by Samuel Qompers.-.John Mitchell' and dthers'calllng. on labor to assert is political rights at the ballot box. Students Capture Thief. Berkeley, Cal. Alfred Johnson, of New York, attempted to steal the cash drawer from a local jewelry store. He was captured after an ex citing chase, in which several hun dred college students joined. Chance far Convicted Man. Fredonia. N.. Y. Justice Hooker granted a certificate of reasonable doubt In the case or John W. Neff. former auditor of Erie county, in con nection with the alleged cemetery scandal at Buffalo. Divorce Court Bars Artists. London. The president of the di vorce court Thursday announced that the court had decided that hereafter a newspaper artist shall not be al lowed to make sketches in court, since the practice' was embarrassing. Heavy -Rainfall at Madison. Madison, Wis. Wednesday night's rainfall was the greatest ever record ed at Madison in a single dsy. In two hoars 4M inches fell, ralslag Lake Moaoao five inches. The storm did great damage, loodlag cellars. TOFDBMM UNITED STATES CALLS FOR BIDS TO SUPPLY BULLION. DELIVERY At. THE MINTS Provides Against Disturbance ef Mar-' ket by Securing Contracts fee Future Delivery, So as Not ' ts Disturb Quotations. . " ' ' ,-" , Washington. b or the irrtti time, la 13 years the government' announced Thursday Its purpose to purchase sil ver for coinage purposes.' Tenders' are invited at the office of the director of the mint in this city, in Wednesday, the 15th instant. '.up to one o'clock p. .ra. and every Wednesday thereafter until further notice.' These tenders are to be. for delivery at the Philadel phia.' New Orleans or Denver mints, settlements to be on the New York basis of bullion "guaranteed 999 fine. The treasury reserves. the rlsht to re ject all tenders' or accept such part .of any tender as" may suit its conveni ence! . , -. It is understood that, anticipating that' its reappearance as a purchaser might temporarily disturb the' market unduly, the treasury has obtained control of considerable amounts for future delivery, so that it is in posi tion to drop out of. the market for. sev eral months if desirable. The average requirements of the treasury throughout the year will probably not exceed 100.000 ounces per week, and it will be the policy of the department, while keeping a rea sonable amount In band, to so dis tribute its purchases throughout the year that its demands will be uniform and not an element of uncertainty in the market. For the resumption of specie pay ments in 1879 down to the year 190t the constant increase In the stock of subsidiary coin required by the grow ing population and trade of the coun try was supplied by the recolnage of old and tincurrent subsidiary coins which accumulated in the treasury un der the resumption act. In 1900. as this stock was running low. authority was granted in the monetary act of March 14 to the secretary of the treasury to divert bullion, purchased under the act of July 14. 1890. for the coinage of silver dollars to the coinage of subsidiary pieces. Under this au thority about $33,000,000 has been coined since 1900. The stock of bullion in the treasury was exhausted more than a year ago. LARGE YIELD OF WINTER WHEAT Illinois Board Reports Increase of Nearly Five Million Bushels. Springfield. 111. The state board of agriculture issued a bulletin Thursday afternoon stating that re ports from its correspondents in Illi nois, show that the yield of winter wheat in Illinois this year is 27.365.552 bushels, an average of 20 bushels per acre, an increase of 4,906.232 bushels over 1905. Quality of wheat this year is re ported as excellent and free from cheat and dirt. Yield of spring wheat in state is 1.692.122 bushels. Area of oats harvested is 3,018:295 acres, giv ing a total yield or 90,971,381 bushels, or 33.593,943 fewer bushels than last year. The -condition of corn on August 1 is but 81 per cent, of the seasonable average, which is a decrease of eight points since June 20. and 15 points be low August 1. 1905. and four points below the ten years" average. There was great damage done by a dnnight of 60 days duration. NORTH DAKOTA MAYOR GUILTY Jury Sustains Allegation That He Was Member of Horsethief Band. Williston. N. D. W. M. Denny, mayor of Williston. and a promin ent banker, was found guilty on a charge of receiving stolen prop erty. It was charged by the authori ties of Valley county. Montana, that Denny was the head of a band of horse and cattle "rustlers." and that he disposed of the booty. An at tempt was made to extradite Denny and take him to Montana for trial, but failed. He was brought to trial here on a charge of having received and disposed' of six horses stolen in Mon tana. Pulajanes Slay Americans. Msnila. First Lieut. John F. James and two privates of the Eighth infantry, with Contract Sur geon Calvin Snyder and Internal Rev enue Collector Williams, of Illinois, were killed Thursday afternoon in a hand-to-hand tight with a force of Pulajanes at Jitlita. island of Leyte. The detachment, which consisted of ten men. was greatly outnumbered, but made a. gallant -fight. The Pula janes captured . three pistols, four Krag-Jorgensen rifles and 300 rounds of ammunition. Death of Mrs. C. E. Smith. Philadelphia. Word was received here Thurday of the death at Block Island, R. I., of Mrs. Ella Smith, wife of former Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith. Mrs. Smith had been ill bat a short time. Saloons to Pay for Roads. Stewartsville. Mo. Gov. Folk will ask the next general' assembly to pass a law by which the retail liquor inter ests will be taxed for the benefit of the public highways, each dramshop to pay the state $200 a year. Sheets in Family Quarrel. Milwaukee. Alfred Munkiewicz daring family quarrel Wedaesdsy shot his wife in the breast and an other woman in the arm. then turned the pistol on himself, inlicting what is said to be a fatal wound. Net to Be Dictator. St Petersburg. The Official Tele graph agency declared the statement that the emperor intends to place Grand Duke Nicholas ia Immediate command of the whole army to be de void of all foundation. - STAHARI OIL IMKTEt CHARGED WITH RECEIVING RB' BATES FROM RAILROAD. u C-J2 M na -rt vw fi Laxsnr mwmrm er SUragsChariBB May Be j Fined Sum ef S3t0t0. Chicago. The flrst victory In the fight against the Standard Oil company for violations of the Elkina law was won by the . government Wednesday when the federal grand jury returned an indictment of" 19 counts against the oil trust, on '-the charges of receiving rebates in the form of. nonpayment of stonuje. charges from the Lake Shore. Michigan Southern Railway, company. 'While the railroad company itself wss not indicted, for granting the rebates, the celerity with, which the jury-took hold' of 'the' case and handled the evi dence presented by the. government attorneys led District Attorney Mor rison to make the -prediction that the transportation company will also he indicted. ' Immediately after the re turn, of the indictment Judge. Bethea fixed the oil company's bonds at $25.- 000. -. Under the 19 counts fines of $380. 000 may be levied, should the govern ment prosecutors be successful, in se curing conviction. Jamestown. X. Y. The federal grand "jury for 'the western dis trict of New York Friday returned in dictments against the Standard Oil company, of Xew York; the Pennsyl vania Railroad company, and- the Vacuum JDil . company.- of Rochester, fori-violations of the interstate com merce law. .- There are 24 connts In each indict ment of tiie- Standard Oil company and of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, and a smaller nnmbei against the 'Vacuum Oil company. The evidence presented to the grand jury in the oil cases having in dicated that shipments of oil " were made from Rochester to Rutland.. Vt, over the New York Central railroad. Boston 4b Maine, and Rutland rail road lines. United States Attorney Brown asked that he be given time in which to prepare for an investlgar tion into the connections of these three great roads with the shipments of the Stssdsrd Oil company's prod ucts at the alleged discriminative rates alleged to have been given by the Pennsylvania railroad. MOB LEADER IS CONVICTED. North Carolina Lyncher Given IS Years in Jail. Salisbury. N. C What is said to be the first instance of the convic tion of a lyncher in the history of .the state was furnished here Friday night when George Hall, a white es convict of Montgomery county. North Carolina, who was one of the party that Monday night lynched three ne groes in jail here for the murder of the Lyerly family, was found guilty of consipracy in connection with the crime and was sentenced to 15 years in the iienitentiary. Halls trial ended Friday evening at seven o'clock. The jury was oat but 35 minutes and returned then with a verdict of guilty, after several wit nesses had been heard. Judge B. F. Iong sentenced Hall to the maximum term provided by law 15 years at hard labor In the penitentiary. The evidence against Hall was overwhelm ing. He was remanded to jail. His counsel has appealed on the ground that Gov. Glenn was in Atlantic City when the special term at which Hall was tried was ordered and that being out of the state's bounds he had nc jurisdiction. The state sprung a surprise in the trial 7.ie-i the offense against the prisoner was c hansed from murder tc cousiiracy. When the court was called to order at 10:30 o'clock Fri day morning, former Congressman T J. Kluttz announced his client would contend that the court was unlawful It was argued that the governor could not sign a commission for such s court unless he was in the state and it was claimed that he was at Atlan tic City. N. J. ADMIRAL ASSISTS MUTINEERS Condemned Sailors Will- Be Given New Trials in October. St. Petersburg. The sentences passed upon the Sevastopol mutineers probably will be mitigated. It will be recalled that the papers in the cases of these men disappeared mysterious ly after the arrival at Sevastopol of Admiral Skrydluff. commander of the Black sea fleet. Before he left Sevas topol the admiral intimated that he considered the condemnation of the mutineers prearranged and unjust aad said he thought the oflcers had been more to blame than sailors. There Is more than a suspicion that the 'seizure by revolutionists" of the pa pers in those cases was staged by Ad miral Skrydloff himself. On the rec ommendation of the admiral. Minister of Marine- Birileff. Instead of confirm ing the sentences has ordered a com plete rehearing of the cases at the end of two months. Visible Supply ef Cotton. New Orleans. Secretary Hester'a statement of the world's visible sup ply of cotton shows a total of 2.120. 904. against 2.255.292 last week. Of this the total of American cotton is 1.095.904, against 1.135.292 latt week. Mrs. Corey Leaves Reno. Reno. Nev. Mrs. William Ellis Corey, who recently secured a divorce from her husband. left Friday for Pacific coast points, where she will spend several weeks. She was ac companied by her son.. Allan. Newspaper Man Dead. Albany, N. Y. Thomas Newcomb, for- over 20 years sppointment clerk In the office of the governor, died Wedaesdsy. In early Ufa he was prominent in newspsper circles in San Francisco. Morphine for Former Liauer Agent. St. Louis. After writing n note stating that he took his '.life rather than again earn Tils living by selMng liquor. Ernest Stelnhardt, 57 years of sge. coauaitted suicide tat drinking morphine. WILL NOT ACCEPT GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS. TURNS DOWN AN OFFER. - S Birthday, ef Caarevitch On to' SC PMsshHn--Aseaesin- ssisws viewcwiH hi warsaM ST.- PETERSB1TRG.-k;rand Duke Nicholas Nicholalevitch, - the Asso- ' dated-Press is informed by n member ' of his entonrnge. has declined to ac cent the pest' isf smmnnrlrin-chiet of all the troops ef the empire, "where martini law exists." which was 'ten dered to him Augast 4. Whether this, was decided before or ' . after the "attempt on the life of the ' grand duke at Krasnoyae-Selo oa Aug- " ust It la not' known! bnt the ostensi ble reason .is that Grand Dake Nich olas believes such a post should not he' given to a grand 'duke, but to . pnreljr military.- aaan. . He advocates the appointment of Generat Linevltch. . formerly commnndetf-in-chief ' of .-the ' Mnnchurian army, but- the. emperor '. has not finally decided the. nVatter. ""-"--. - Sunday, the second .birthday of' thjaf- -.' czarevitch, was. -observed with the?'" usual display of flags and .illumina-... tioas, bnt there was' no enthusiasm in the celebration: In -fact-few per-' sons seemed 'even to know what was-'.-the. occasion of the decorations - The day 'was quiet in-the capital. V The activity of the terrorists in the. - : provisces include, besides .the usual.-' harvest, of assassinations in . Warsaw .' an attempt on -the life' of General.-',. Karateieff. -chief of the gendarmeries -'. of Samara province', and the wounding ' of Captain of Police Ivanoff'of 'Libau - by n youth who ired thrice at him in the street. The assailant: of .General : Karateieff. .mounted he .stairs of 'the. general's 'chancellory- and threw a- bomb at random! The missile faHetf;; " to explode-and 'the miscreant .escaped. -. in spite of hot-pursuit." - .'v.-. General Strijoff, . acting governor "" general of Warsaw' city and province'.. ..-. has been relieved of his oflce and wilt' f be succeeded by General Von Larsky.-I. It is conjectured that the -qhange. is.?." dne to General StrijofTs prder with-'-reference to the responsibility ofr -'. towns, which General Skalloa, .before his transfer to Helsingfors as gov-, ernor general of Finland, was obliged..' to cancel. . " .'". DATE FOR BRYAN'S ARRIVAL. Reaches New York. 'August" 30- and' : .-7'i-"r';-.-. Home September 5. . ..;.-. : ."-: PARIS. William J. Bryan and his". .' party went in automobiles to Fontai.n-.';' "..."V bleau Sunday where they visited thO-:""-;.V ... palace. Mr. Bryan hopes to pay his".'" .-.. -respects to President Faillieres at .":'-- namoouiuei Monuay or 'i uesuay, v .. - - -. He cabled C. W: Bryan of Lincoln! ';'--' ." Neb., today, fixing the date of his ar-.- .. rival in New York as .August 30V He (f. ;.""' will visit New Haven and Bridgeport. """-" "" August 31; Jersey City, September "11; - -:-..'.;"" -; t-iouisville, September 12, and Clucln-. iatl. September 13. stopping at -Kansas City on the return trip. SEVEN MUTINEERS SHOT. Two Lieutenants and Five Soldiers Get Death Penalty- . HKLSINGFORS, Finland. The trial Vy conrt-martial of the Sveaborg. mu tineers commenced Satin-day and Lieutenant Kochanovsky- and Bmilia aoff. aged respectively 20 and 2i years, and five soldiers were at the. first sitting found guilty and con demned to death. All were shot and buried in a common grave without jeremony. Kochanovsky's father is a colonel of the guards at St. Peters ourg. Relieves Freight Congestion. SAN FRANCISCO The officials of" the Southern Pacific will issue a state ment to the consignees having freight on the tracks of the company that it will be unloaded at once and stored it the cost of the consignees. Xhi. action has been decided upon after a Ion? conference among the local ofi": cials. - .' Longwerths at Oyster Bay. OYSTER BAY Representative and. Mrs.-NichoIas Lpngworth. who arrived from Europe by the steamer St. Paul, reached Sagamore Hill Saturday night and will remain the guests of Presi dent. Roosevelt for several days, when they will proceed to Cincinnati by-way' of Washington. ". - - Ten Cent Far is II legar. ".''"'.-'; NEW YORK Justice William "J.-. Gaynor of the appelate division! of tbe.' supreme court, in Brooklyn decided . that a ten cent fare to Coney. Isla'ad; is Illegal, and that a passenger has, a- right to refuse to pay the second "fare.'V The dcelsion was handed down in. a': habeas corpus hearlag"to obtain tn.: release of a person who had been'!ar-.; rested for refusing to pay. the: second, fare on the Brooklyn" 'Rapid Transit: lines. " '.".? --1-" Chinese t Be ,Prtecteis..vV WASHINGTON. Csre will bejakea" by the United States, government to." prevent contractors .from' doing, in jus-.-lice to the Chinese laborer's 'employed'-': for work on the Panama canal... 'The? tpeclficatloas advertising for proposals to supply 2.500 Chinese to .the canal -wramlsioa will 'stipulate that the.sec-. retary of war shall have the prlv'tege ot passing: oa contracts which ..labor, agents make with Chinese who are to be seat to the isthmus. This provision ' will make it possible to prevent "disk" crimisatioa. ". - -?;. Williams is Under Arrest CASPER, .Wyo. H. W. . -Williams. who atempted to murder. 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