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NINE CASES AND SIX DEATHS AT
SAN FRANCISCO.:
EAREFOLMiSfECTfOH OF SHIPS
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Officers Ci 'From Washington and
Wl.l Cocpcrata W;th Authorities
f San Francisco.
. Washlngton-Tdvices received -by
the surgeon general of the public
health'and marina, hospital service at
Washington, show that from August 12
p to Thursday there have been nine
cases- of plague at San: Francisco
and six deaths. Twojof the cases were
sailors. 'from coasting vessels., r The
.other cases, have occurred vim the'
county, and city, hospitals and in other
parts of the city.
' '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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON
', DENSED FORM.
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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. D. package of liquor caa be con
victed as being the actual seller of the
intoxicating laid. 'and he lateada to
have the law enforced against nO of
fenders la Cass county if
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