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' 'Instructions have been sent to all quarantine officers. on the Pacific coast to-carefully inspect vessels from San Francisco and all the larger stations, to fumigate vessels en arrival from San Francisco and for the destruction of rats, v The state board .and the. public: health aad ma rine and hospital service are working ii cooperation ahdairangements have been. made for tne disinfection of all vessels leaving San Francisco. The officers of the public health and marine hospital service in San Francisco, several of whom have had experience in plague in the Philip pines and' elsewhere, are in touch with the authorities of, San Francisco aad as a result df conference it is ex pected' that the1 supervisors' will at . .once begin an active campaign against disease. The surgeon general j has sent to San Francisco two officers irom Washington, of exceptional expe rience and has authorised the em ployment of additional officers at San Francisco and additional quarantine forces. The revenue cutter service - has leen directed by the secretary of the treasury to assist in the measures to be taken at San Francisco. San Francisco Since June 18 nine cases of bubonic plague have, been discovered here and seven- deaths have occurred. , The federal authori ties have sent a marine hospital sur geon here and coasting vessels are being inspected by quarantine .offi cers. SCORES OF MEN DROWNED. New Bridge Falls 'into the. River and Many Go Down. Quebec A section of the 'new bridje across the. St Lawrence river five a miles -helow this city collapsed late Thursday earning a score of bridge workmen and mechanics into the. water. vi It is estimated that the loss of life is at least,. sixty, and may exceed that number by twenty, k The bridge .was about a mile and a half In length.n4 .half of it, from the south- shore to "midstream, crumpled up and dropped into the water. Ninety men were at work oi this section of the structure. The whistle had blown at .:C0,fbr the men. to quit work for the: day. :Whem there 'came a .grinding sound from 'the bridge In'midstream. The men turned to see what had hap pened and .an .instant later the cry went ap.i'The. bridge is falling." The men made .a rush shoreward, but the distance was 'too great for them' to escaped The fallen section' of the bridge dragged others after it, the snapping 'girders and. cables booming like the crash of; artillery. Sixteen bodies have thus' far been- re covered. , t NEGROES ARE STILL WANTED.. Black Men: May,Continue to'Weric on . -t Vanawa Canal. Panama A ' reduction . recently in the' forces at work on certain divisions of 4he canal gave rise to the report th?t.-the Isthmian-canal commission desired., to get rid of negro Idborers. When questioned In this matter, Col oael Goetals. chairman of the com mission, declared to" the Associated ress that the Turner was without foundation., -s , , ( To Pay Depositors. Portland, Ore. President Walter H. Moore, of the defunct -Oregon Trasi land Savings- 'bank has. an Bounced his intention of deeding an .coatlttonalb ito' 'recelyer T. c: Dev lin, nix thousand acres' of wheat land la Sherman and Gilliam counties to be used in paying the depositors of the bank. The land Is said, to be fine farming land and Is valued at ISttttM. 1- Elihu Root in Good Health. New York Secretary of State Hoot, who Is spending several weeks on a Westchester county farm, came to - KewYorkon his way to his old ome atCClinton, N. Y to attend the Xaaeral of his brother. Mr. Root said -he was in excellent health as a re- ault of the outdoor life. ; Falls 2,000 Feet and Lives. ' Barnstable, Mass. Nearly 5.000 per sons at the Barnstable county fair aaw Prof. Maloney. a balooniist, drop 1.0Q0. feet to earth, strike on top of a cedar fence post and escape with his We. tMaloaey made his ascent in the afteraeea and as (the .visitors at fhe' lak. grounds gazed upward they saw that his attempt to cut his para- cute was fruitless. A sharp easterly wind had blown the rope which con sects with the knife among a mass' of cordsojiigher up and out of reach of the balloonist After White Slave Traffic Washington On recommendation of Robert Watchorn, Immigration commissioner at Ellis Island, N. Y., Miss Helen M. Bullis has been ap pointed an immigration inspector for the particular purpose of developing Information regarding the white slave traffic. Mies Bullis recently has been ceanected with the Travelers' Aid so ciebj. CoBMMeaiOBer Watchorn says that hitherto the victims have prac tfaaMy avoided detection by reason of the thorough- aarohiag they receive rler to RAILROAB-MAGNATES IN A NOW Former President off Illinois Central snj ffiBnwvovWsM New York A blow' from the 1st of Stuyvesaat Fish, which landed on the jaw of James T. Haraaan. knocking the -president of the Illinois Ceatral railroad into his chair, was the clos ing scene of the meeting of the board of directors of the' Illinois, Central; which was adjourned before Mr. Fish concluded 'the reading of a resolution offered by him which had for its ob ject a thorough 'investigation of the affairs of the company from the time E. H. Harriman 'became-,.a factor in the company. The meeting of the directors had been quiet from: its opening.' -Mr, Harahan was presiding. iNine of the directors were present. Only routine business 'bad been under discussion, and there had hot been a sign of. the rancor which, bad pervaded most of the meetings of the last year. ' ' Mr. Fish, who 'had interposed not the slightest objection to any of the proceedings and Jiad ,been as .agree able as possible.' disturbed this se renity by' rising and proceeding to' read a resolution. : The other' direc tors began to sit up and. take .notice. The exact text of the resolution -could not be secured." Mr. Fish would ' not give it out, and most of .the others .present were equally reticent in re gard to the contents of the resolution. One. of them did,, however, let It be known that the resolution was a sharp arraignment of. the manage ment of the road .on the ground that it was dictated in the interest of the Hasriman lines generally and not in that of the Illinois Central particu larly. In a portion of it the charge was made that the majority of the direc-. tors were the "tools and puppets" of .Mr. Harriman. DEDICATION OF THE OBELISK. Internationad Character off Ceremo nies for McKinlsy Memorial. Buffalo. N. Y. E. H. Butler, chair man of the McKinlsy monument com mission, has announced the program for the dedication of the marble obe lisk in Niagara square, September 5. Governor Hughe will be the orator of the day. Civil, military, political and judicial honors will be paid to the martyred president, and an' inter national character will be given to the occasion by the presence of a thousand Canadian troops. AGREEMENT LIKELY TO COME J Pixposition for Arbitration One on 1 Which Nations May Como The Hagu The British' proposi tion' before the peace conference re garding obligatory arbitration has been j so modified that it may lead to a gen eral understanding on the subject, It leaves each nation free to bind itself to submit to arbitration cases, a list of 'which is furnished, 'which, may arise , between that nation and any other country or countries the signatory, na tion may select . Farmers' .Elevator Merger. Minneapolis, Minn. A big merger of farmers' elevators In Minnesota Is, to be formed at a meeting Sailed to. take place in. Minneapolis September Si by presideaU-.and managers of sev eral elevators thronghout the state: .The plan la to secure; the co-operation of 200 fanners' elevators In the state into onotralv organization.1: It is" estimated that fully '- 20,000 farmers will be represented, aMhe meeting: WAY FOUND TO -VFW METERS. But Man Who Worked Scheme Now, Faces the Penitentiary. New York Henry Barth, an elec trician.: blunder arrest here charged with .making and selling a' device which has-been applied to the meters0 of a company furnishing electric power to make them give fraudulent readings. The company, it is claimed has been swlsdled-ont of'thousahds of dollars by 'the use of- the device. 'Special Pardon tor Koyama. TokfoIf 'became 'public that vKoyama, the Japanese who assaulted the wounded Li Hung Chang at Shim oneseki in 1896 during .the Chinese- Japanese peace negotiations, and who. was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Abashfrl nriaon t TTnklralin ' rpOOlVMl Blwmial mrrlnB inmit 4R v -.. .. WjrWV.. JP" ..!! UQW M.' - General Carter's Son Kilod. Chicago. I1L L. H. Carter, theor of Brigadier General W. H. Carter of Chicago, head of the Department o the Lakes of the United Stater army, was killed Instantly by a remarkable, electric shock in "the dairy room of the- University of Illinois, at Cham paign, where young Mr. Carter was a special student New Treaty to Be Announced. St Petersburg It Is expected that a formal announcement of the signa ture of the Anglo-Russion .convention will soon be made by the two govern ments, 'but the exact terms of the agreement will not be published- for the present 1 Report of African Fight. Paris A dispatch from the Clfy of Morocco dated August 25 says Mnlai Haflg. made several changes. In bis ministry before departing for the coast' and also' liberated all the prisoners incarcerated at Morocco darinc the ' - reien of Abdul Aziz.' A disnatch re- ceived here from "Vice Admiral Phili- oerc auring me aay announcea mac Moors assailed the allies camp at Cas ablanca, but were vigorously re pulsed. No other' details were fur nished. The other Moroccan ports were reported peaceful. American Shippers Warned. New York Traffic managers of the steamship lines with regular services to Central and South American ports and the West Indies, have decided to make an united effort to' impress the exporters of American goods with the fact that their methods of packing are not up to modern English and German standards and that If they expect to nuke headway in. this trade they must compete on am equal basis. Circulars to this effect are being .wide ly distributed among mercaaata and exporters. WIS IS LYNCHED THURSTON COUNTY" MURDERER SWUNG FROM A BRIDGE. SHEBHT MET BY MASKED. MEN No Resistance by the Officer, and t Prisoner Given But LKtle Tin to. Make a Statement. Bancroft, v Neb... Lorts Higglns, alias Fred Burke, who 'shot and killed' Mr. aid Mrs. y. L. Copple, fanners ot Rosaline, May 12, was lynched one mile ,from this town at about- 9 a. m., Monday, by a mob of twenty masked men.- ' Higglns reached Bancroft on the .Northwestern train In j custody of Sheriff. Sid Young,of Thurston county and 'a deputy at 8:37 from Omaha where..e had been confined in the Douglas county jail ". since his arrest soon after the mnrdeV. The masked men met the train, brushed-the sheriff and 'his, deputy to one side, threw a rope around the' murderer's neck and led him forth. He was placed, in a dray ana hauled, to the Logan bridge, a mllevont of town, where the lynching wan performed. .- The Jppe. was .tied to the highest beam, of .the .bridge and after the ictim -.made a statement he was thrown by the mob into the: air and reached the end of the rope with a terrible bound, snapping his neck and producing instant death. Forty bullets were then shot into his body, which was., left dangling in. the air for the officers to care for. while, the execu tioners unmasked themselves and scattered in all directions in the timber which skirts the scene of the lynching. The whole affair was performed with little excitement and was over before most of the people of Bancroft knew it was contemplated, but1 reports of it spread rapidly in all directions and soon it was known throughput this section of the country. Sheriff Young, Snding himself con fronted by a resolute mob of masked men, offered no forcible resistance to the taking of the prisoner. The sheriff was visibly affected by the demonstra tion, far more so than was Higglns. Higgins'appeared little concerned, and when the rope which was to send him to his death in a few minutes was slipped over his head, he did not even fLtish or move, but stepped lightly from the train tos the platform, surrounded by the masked crowd. He prayed as he alighted, and continued his' prayer until the train had gone and he was loaded into a dray which was standing conveniently by. The sheriff's deputy pulled his re volver when the mob appeared. The men told him to put up his gun and when he refused they knocked it out of his hand and knocked the deputy down and toil him "not to be foolish." v None cf the mob had much to say to the victim and be was jxot assaulted until the bridge was reached. At the .bridge, after the rope was tied and just Jef ore he. was thrown into the air,, he was given-, permission to make a statement He availed himself of, the opportunity, saying he had long ago repented for his terrible deed, that he had made' his' peaee witirhls God and -was'now 'ready to go and, face Him, 'feeling that all would be well here after. He said he had tried to atone for his wanton murder, but had no ex cuse to offer as he had no cause for committing it He reavowed his faith in. the religion he had found through the help of the "good women", in Omaha who came to his cell' and prayed with him.' The crime for which Loris Higglns paid the. penalty of his life was com mitted on the night of Thursday, May 12. four miles east of Rasolie; on the farm of Walter Copple. Walter L. Coppel' .better known as "Bud," and his wife Eva, were the victims of the atrocious 'murder, both Copples being shot to .death. According to the stories told by Blanche Copple, the 13-year-old daughter,, and the confession of Hig glns himself, the' Copples were killed about 2 o'clock In the morning. SUM OF LOSTHdONEY SHRINKS. Money 8tole .in Robbery of Regis tered Mail Pouch Only $250. Chlcagp-Tiree ciphers have dis appeared , "from the 'amount 'taken In the alleged $250,000 mall robbery on the Chicago,. Burlington ft Quincy railway- train recently. The official count of the lost money. Is $250. Post office Inspector Kimball received word from the officials at Denver that they had not yet .found the thief or the two mail pouches. . New Law for Japanese. Tokio The clause in the protection law, making ships carrying emigrants subject to official 'permission, which hithherto has been limited to vessels- destined for Hawaii or South America, willr'be made to operate in regard to similar ships destined. for Canada on and .after September L , NEW YORK RAISES INTEREST. T i Forced to Do So to Dispose off Forty Millions off Bond issue. New York The city comptroller an nounced Monday that he will offer $40,000,000 of New York City bonds at public, sale on Septembeer 10. The bonds will bear 4 per cent interest The city was forced, to raise its. inter est rate to 4 per cent because of "the inability to sell securities on a 4 per cent basis. , Flood and Fire in Japan. Tokio The heavy floods In central Japan, have caused damage to private property estimated at several million yen and in addition the railways are great sufferers. There are over twenty serious washouts on the Tokio Central railroad. Chicago William Kmgat, 19 years of age; who claims his home Is la Omaha, was arrested with fifty thou sand dollars In checks on his person. He claims he found them. The police think him a burglar. SEEKING A 'VALUABLE SPOT. Chipping Off the Money PEACE FDR CENTRAL AMERICA RESIDENTS ACT TOGETHER TO RESTORE TRANQUILITY. Acting Secretary off State Confers with Mexican Diplomat in Refer ence to Settling Disputes. Washington President Roosevelt and President Diaz simultaneously have telegraphed notes to the presi dents of the five republics of Central America offering the good offices of the United States and Mexico in bringing about a conference of the re publics for a discussion of plans to maintain peace. The announcement that this action has been taken was made by Acting Secretary Adee of the state depart ment It was stated also that the notes would not be made public here until they have been received by the Central American states, and probably not .until replies had been received. The exact time of sending the notes was not made known, but it is pos sible that, replies from some of the countries already have reached Wash ington, and It is believed all will be here within twenty-four hours. Mr. Adee recently received Minister Condery, charge d'affaires of the Mex ican embassy, and they conferred at length concerning the steps taken looking to the settlement of Central American disputes and ending the al most incessant warfare between the republics. The republics have not been invited to hold the conference at Washington, but Senor Corea, the Nicarguan min ister, Is authority for 'the statement . that such an invitation soon will be ex tended. In fact, he telegraphedd Presi dent Zelaya to that effect In diplo matic circles here it is said that none of the Central American republics can afford to decline to accept the prof-, fered mediation made by the United States and Mexico, and that this means that permanent peace is prac tically assured , CORTELYoVj'S POLICY GOES. Money to Move Crops Will Be De- posited in Banks. Washington Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Edwards returned to Washington from New York where he had a conference with Secretary Cort elyou on the matter of the distribu tion of public funds to relieve the money stringency Incident to the fall movement of the crops; The plan outlined by 'Secretary Cortelyou some days ago will be carried out, and it is understood that the deposits will be made weekly for a period of five weeks. The amount, of the deposits and the banks' in "which they are to be made, however, will not be stated. The deposits for the present week have, already been made. NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL TAKEN. Mm Caught at Osceola Proves" to Bs ' a Deaprado.' Leavenworth, Kas. A 'man binder arrest at Osceola, Neb., was on Wed nesday positively identified ms Ben jamin Cravens, a notorious criminal who escaped from the Kansas peni tentiary at Lansing on November 16. 1900, during a mutiny of the prison ers. Fairbanks Declines Interview. Trinidad. Colo. Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks arrived here Wednesday. The vice president will remain here twenty-four hours when he will continue his journey to Sacra mento, CaL, to attend the national Ir rigation congress. ' He will stop at Grand Canon, Ariz., en route. He refused to be Interviewed. LORD BARRINGTON TO PRISON. Criminal Whose Life Was Recently Saved Begins Sentence, St Louis In a driving rain that soaked his custodians to the skin "Lord' Frederick Seymour Barrington was taken in an automobile from the .Clayton jail, where he has been con fined "for four years and two months, to' the Union station and conveyed to Jefferson City, where he begins his life sentence in the penitentiary for the murder of James P. McCann. Jape Illegally Landed. Victoria, B. CL The VIcitorlan Im- migration officials are searching for three Japanese who, in company' with a Frenchman who has since become Insane and is la the new Westmin ster asylum, were landed from the. French steamer Admiral Jauregiberry Naaimo, after midnight on August 7. TheDomlnio a government Is mak ing representations to France to se cure the punishment of Captala Jouaa 1 of the French liner for pemdttiag the landtag, of the Japanese aad the Marf. !?-v Part Does Not to Hurt. HE BLAMES THE PflESpT JAY GOULD SAYS THAT HE IS THE CAUSE OF UNREST. But Investors Need Not Fear a Panic or Loss off Savings; the Reaction is Nearly at Hand. Parisr "I fooled myself with the idea that I knew something about the stock market and financial securities in America until a few weeks ago. Now I have changed my mind. I guess I am an amateur," said Jay Gould. Mr. Gould has the family trait of saying little and listening a whole lot One generally needs something like a derrick to "pull talk" out of him, but he was found quite willing to express his views on certain aspects of the general financial situation in America. "We Goulds are not speculators," Mr.' Gould said. "We are investors! We don't care what stocks we happen to control are 'at' so long as we know they have, value. ' "They may pay dividends or may not, but if they have value, It makes no difference to us what, their rating is. A gold dollar is always a gold dol lar, whether it sells for eighty cents or $1.20. It is always worth 'a dollar. That's the way we look at oar hold ings. "As to overcapitalization, I know It has been done in several cases, but I do not think the present excitement in Wall street can be laid at that door." "Nor at Mr.. Roosevelt's. He started a small snowball rattling down the mountainside and now it Is so big it is doiug damage? and engulfing people. The president is. I think, doing his best to try to stop it but he can no more stop it than he can stop the tide. The onsweep. is top big for any one man to control. "No man, no combination of men, can control the financial situation in America today. Only the public can do that. "As I said before, while some stocks may be watered, it is only a question of time when 'that water will be made good; when it will be solid land and not water growth. The progress and development of the country are so great and so rapid that all watered stocks will be on a rock bottom basis. Investors need not fear a panic or loss of their savings; the reaction Is nearly at hand. ' "If we could only have war with Japan right now It would not be such a bad thing as it seems on its face, for it would take Roosevelt's attention away from Wall street and direct it in a new line. "After all the real cause of all this trouble Is -the railroads themeselves. They tried to 'hog it all' to use a slang expression." To Appeal to Roosevelt New York An appeal is .to-be made to President Roosevelt by .the .leaders of the telegraphers' . union to -take some action looking to a termination of the present telegraphers' strike. It Is the plan to first have the appeal signed by representative business men and then forward' it with the sig natures to the president Dutch Consul Found Dead. St. Louis The dead body of an aged man, taken from, the river, was identified at the morgue by Albert R. Haagsma as that of his father, -Broer B. Haagsma, consul in St. Louis for the Netherlands. The son declared that he did not believe his father had committed suicide. Curb Market a Nuisance. New York James A. Allen, a law yer In the Mills building on Broad street, believes the curb market which assembles daily near the-stock exchange across the way from the Mills building, .Is a nuisance and has taken steps to have It abolished. He has not only written to Police Com missioner Bingham,, asking him to take action but has obtained a court order I requiring the police commissioner to show cause why the curb market should not be declared a nuisance and use of the street forbidden. Fears Congress May Blunder. Alexandria Bay, N. Y. Representa tive Joseph, G. Carman, speaker of the last house, is afraid congress may make some blunder at the coming session. He thinks it would be a crime to do anything to upset busi ness. Proclaimed Sultan. Tangier It was announced 'here Wednesday that Mnlai Hang, brother of the sultan, has been acclaimed as saltan by the entire population ot DECISION BY FEDERAL JINNE At QpHMt OMnrtsVaM M PMrth CdWsV Asherille, N. C Pritchard In the Uattod States drcatt eonrt, la Tuesday, hi the rate case of Southern Railway against the ation commission aad the attorney general of North CaroUna, Upholds the jurisdiction of hia court la the issuance off the recent u junction against officials during the railroad rate controversy aad declares that the suit is not one against .the state within the meaning of the eleventh amendment to the federal constitu tion. That amendment holds the ju dicial power of the United States shall, not extend, to aay suit against a state by citizens off another state. -The decision says that a state legis lature cannot so frame an act as to deprive a citizen of a right vouch- aafed him by the federal constitution. It does not possess the power "to deprive this court of Its Jurisdiction, and the sooner those' questions are definitely determined the better it will be for all parties concerned. The decision holds that the corpora tion commissioners are still charged with making rates, the only limitaUoa upon their power being "that they shall not make a maximum rate la North Carolina in excess of 2 cents per mile. The corporation commis sion and the attorney general are 'specially charged' with, the duty of securing the enforcement of section 4 of the passenger rate act which provides heavy penalties and fines for a failure of railroads and their offi cials to comply with that act" All laws in existence on the passage of that act bearing on supervision and control of railroads, etc. are to be construed in connection with the rate act RAINFALL IS BELOW NORMAL. Since April 1 Only Few Places In State Have Had Usual Dampness. Lincoln. The weekly weather bul letin for the week ending August 26 ia as follows: The week was dry, with an excess 01 sunshine, light wind and about nor mal temperature. The daily mean temperature aver aged about normal. The first three days of the week were cool. Tuesday morning a minimum temperature off 38 degrees occurred at Valentine. The last three days were warm, with max imum temperatures fuite generally above 90 degrees. The rainfall was below normal, ex cept in small areas in. a few northern counties, where heavy thunderstorms occurred, with rainfalls eexceeding an inch. In most of the rest of the state the rainfall was less than one-tenth of an inch and in targe areas no measur able amount fell during the week. The rainfall from April 1 to date Is about normal at a few stations, but in most of the state it is between two thirds -to three-fourths of the normal amount G JV. LOVELAND. Section Director, Lincoln, Neb. FARMER GETTING TOP PRICES Nebraska Crcp Producers Arc More Prosperous Than Ever. Omaha Nebraska farmers are get ting better prices for their corn and oats than they have received since 1902, with the exception of a single week in May of 1905, when corn prices were a little better than they are now. On the average the Ne braska farmer is getting 40 cents a bushel for his oats and 45 cents for his corn. Cash No. 3 oats is quoted at 45 to 46 cents on the Omaha Grain exchange, which is the record in the exchange's history. Cash No. 3 corn is quoted at 50 to 51 cents, which price has been equalled only once since the establishment of the ex change. Corn for September delivery, which is practically a cash basis, sold as high as 60 cents Monday in Chi cago, the highest since May, 1905, when cash corn reached 64 cents. Highest Peak in Wyoming. Piaedale, Wyo. T. M. Bannon of the United States geological survey, has discovered a peak In the Wind River range that is higher than Fre- mont Peak heretofore regarded as the highest mountain in the state. En gineer Bannon says the new peak, which has no name, but which will in all probability he named Bannon Peak, In honor of its discoverer, is 13,775 feet high, whereas' Fremont peak is 13,725 feet high. Protection for Taylor. Frankfort Ky In a letter ad dressed to Commonwealth Attorney Robert Franklin of this city, chief prosecuting counsel for the state in the Goebel case. Governor Beckham assured that official of his coopera tion In seeing that William S. Taylor is protected from arrest and allowed to return to the state of Indiana if he will come to the Scott circuit court at Georgetown, this state, to testify la the next trial of Caleb Powers. Iowa Man is Stricken. Denver W. D. Forbes of Des Moines, la., president of the Ameri can .Association of Mutual Insurance companies was stricken III on Tues day at the Albany hotel with what for a time threatened to be ptomaime poisoniqg. He was under the care of a physician until 2 o'clock when he insisted on calling the convention to order. Later in the afternoon he made his annual address with diffi culty, suffering greatly. His physician said that the attack was not serious and would probably soon pass away. Nelson Morris is Dead. Chicago Nelson Morris, the well known packer of this city is dead after aa Illness of several weeks. Mr. Morris was a victim of heart disease complicated with kidney, troubles. Morris was born in the Black Forest Germany, in 1840. He came to this country when eleven years of age, landing la Philadelphia without a cent of money. His first work was at Lake ville. Conn, where he hauled coal for $5 a aioath. Later he worked hte way to Buffalo on a canal hoatjutt from tere walked to Chicago. eASWlffflHERS . STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON ', DENSED FORM. llrammrJTMrWC IflFnfl&M VaMvlf n Hcfdawotsl HfB TnSst to off Inter est to the R has let the contract for a lighting plant Secretary Boettcher of the Young; Men's Christian association. Chadroa, has resigned to take a general secre taryship at Mauch Chunk, Pa. Ott Stevens, former city marshal at Arapahoe, accused of the murder of Joe TyrriH, was arraigned before Justice Moore of Holbrook. The hear lug was postponed thirty days, under boada of $19,009. which will undoubt edly be furnished. The fifth accident la- the Ashland yards ia the past three months took place last week. Fireman John Mc Laughlin, whose home is la Oklahoma City, who had been working there only a few weeeks, was ran over by the cars aad had his left leg badly crushed. Calvin Chapman has filed hia peti tion in district court praying for a di vorce from hw wife. Both are Well known residents of Otoe county, hav ing resided ia Nebraska City since 1855. They were married Jane 4. 1863. and have since made their home la Nebraska City. The late Mrs. Mary Moffitt who, with her husband, gave $30,009 toward the Seward county courthouse, left a legacy of $200 to the editor of the Seward Blade. She stated that this paper had done more than anything .or nnyone in the development of the '-town and county. Hot, dry weather still continues in. 'this section, says a Valentine dis patch, and the farmers are greatly 'worried over the corn, which will be ruined unless rain comes soon. Ac- cording to the local weather bureau tthe thermometer registered as high as 102 degrees during the past week. The Tecumseh city council has em ployed John Martz of Seward as the consulting and constructing engineer for the new electric lighting plant Contracts have been let for the ma chinery, poles, wire. etc.. and the con tract for the addition to the power house building will be let within a few days. Springfield 1 (111.) dispatch: Dr. Greene, superintendent of the East ern Hospital for Insane at Kankakee, appointed Dr. H. Douglas Singer, who is assistant superintendent of the Northern Hospital for the Insane at Norfolk, Neb., director of the State Psychopathic institute, which will be built at Kankakee. M. Johnson, and wife of Weeping Water met with a serious accident They had driven to Manley to visit Mr. Peter Coon, who is very sick, aad when they started home a nut had dropped'off and "threw them both-out Mr. Johnson has a badly sprained ankle and Mrs. Johnson was pretty well shaken up. but .neither seriously injured. The 11-year-old son of J. W. Gsely. a prominent farmer residing near Gor don, was kicked by a sucking colt and his skull crushed in a frightful man ner, the brain being exposed. Strange to say the lad was not rendered un conscious but walked to'the house and tcld his mother all about how it oc curred. The boy was operated upon and will probably recover. Last week Frank lams, the well known horseman, arrived in St. Paul with his annual importation of Euro pean stallions, and the animals were immediately brought to his barns. The train consisted of nine cars aad each car contained twenty-four horses, all Belgians. Percherons and Coachers. This la said to be the largest impor tation'ander one proprietor that haa ever crossed over. Richard Dibble, aa old resident of Beatrice, wants to communicate with some person who can furnish aa eld fashioned ox team and wagon. Ho drove a team of oxen into Gage county ia the early days when he settled oa his present farm oa the Blue river and is of the opinion that as ox team driven ia the old style would he aa interesting feature of the old settlers' parade during the golden anniversary celebration. The report of surplus products shipped, as reported to the state la bor bureau by the various railroad and express agents throughout the state. Including every station, for the year 1906, shows a phenomenal in crease all along the line. "Compar ing the same items shipped la 199S with 1906 shipments, the increase la over $44,009,909. This does not In clude the smelter or the packing house products In Douglas county. The total value of products shipped amounted to $189,144,970.56, not in cluding packing house and smelter products. W. W. Leekins, at one time resident of Falls City, and charged with for gery, was rearrested at Minneapolis. The authorities have gone after hint aad he will be prosecuted by Mir. Titus of Auburn. York college and York Business col lege will soon open their fall terms of school. The attendance at both ot these institutions last year was 759, and Indications are that this year York college will have over 1.000 students, coming not only from nearly every county in Nebraska, but from several states. W. H. Sawtell, who was Injured by being thrown from his carriage, when his horse ran away, died from Injuries received in the accident Mr. Saw tell was proprietor of the Merchants' hotel of Falrbury. County Attorney C. A. Rawls of Plattsmouth expresses the opinion that under the new liquor law the express ageat la this state who delivers a C. O. 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