! I. I ! Columbus Journal PERSONAL. Louis A. Gregori, who fired upon Maj. Dreyfus during the ceremonies last June incident to the placing of the body of Emile Zola in the Pantheon, the Dreyfus affair, was acquitted by a jury. John Mouton, a leper, who escaped from the Louisiana leper home in Iberville parish about a year ago, was found selling tickets at a nickel the ater In New Orleans, Bishop John L. Spalding of the Catholic diocese of Peoria, 111., re signed because of ill health. George W. Fitzgerald, accused of having stolen the $173,000 which dis appeared from the United States sub treasury at Chicago, was discharged by Judge Chetlain. Count Leo Tolstoi received innumer able letters, telegrams and gifts from all parts of the world on the occasion of his birthday. Judge Alton II. Parker said he was not willing to make the race for gov ernor of New York. "Hilly" Sunday, the evangelist, armed with a sledgehammer, de stroyed $3,500 worth of plates con taining an edition of his sermons in the pressroom of the W. 11. Conkey Publishing company at Hammond, Ind. Congressman George L. Lilley was nominated for governor of Connecti cut by the Republicans. Harry J. Handy of the New Illinois Athletic club won the Marathon ten mile swimming race at St. Louis. Gov. Davidson of Wisconsin saved the lives of two men on Lake Mendo ta. The men were in a canoe that capsized. The governor rowed to the rescue. GENERAL NEWS. The towns of Grand Marais and Heaver Bay were reported to be burn ing and many other places were en dangered by the forest fires of Michi gan and Minnesota. A hurricane of great fury swept over Turks Islands. B. W. I., and the town of Grand Turk was devastated. A number of lives have been lost, but just how many cannot yet be said. Emperor William disappointed the general expectation that he would set foot on French territory in the course of a sight-seeing voyage along the Vosges range. In a flight lasting one hour, ten min utes and 26 seconds. Orville Wright surpassed all his exploits for a time and distance flight for a heavier-than-air machine. The number of unemployed in Lon don. England, was strikingly illus trated when 3,000 men surrounded and attempted to make their way into a hospital which had advertised for a porter at a wage of $4.50 a week and meals. Warm praise was given President Roosevelt by Judge E. H. Gary, chair man of the board of directors of the "United States Steel corporation, at a banquet given for him by .Sir Hugh Hell, president of the Iron and Steel institute, and others. The plant of the Cosmosdale Cement Company, located at Cosmosdale, 17 miles southwest of Louisville, burned with a loss estimated at $2,000,000. American workingmen and working women, represented by the American Federation of Labor, will co-operate with the coming world's congress on tuberculosis to prevent the spread of consumption in workshops, homes and public buildings. The formal notification of John Tem ple Graves of his nomination as vice presidential candidate of the Independ ence party took place at the Ponce de Leon Casino in Atlanta. Ga. The board of directors of the Nation al Federation of Women's Clubs se lected Cincinnati as the place of the 1910 biennial convention. Descendants of Maj. Gen. Alexander Macomb, first commander-in-chief of the United States army, gathered in Detroit from many parts of the United States for the unveiling of a statue of Gen. Macomb, erected at the site of his birthplace under the auspices of the Michigan Society of the Daughters of 1S12. Paris Fletcher, member of a well known real estate firm of St Paul, Minn., and prominent socially, was in stantly killed and Mrs. Fletcher was severely injured by the overturning of their automobile at Minneiskn, near Wabasha. Minn. The steamer Rutledge, the largest excursion craft in local waters, was badly damaged while attempting to pass through the Northwestern draw bridge at Winona. Minn. Forest fires broke out anew In north ern Minnesota, destroying the village of Snowball and threatening several large towns. Gold-bearing sand was found in Kansas City by a man digging a cis tern. Heavy rain fell in northern Minne sota, saving Hibbing from the forest fires. Robbers dynamited the post office safe at Breckenridge. Mo., and got away with $1,100 worth of stamps and a small amount of cash. The McAlpin trophy in the national shooting tournament at Seagirt, N. J., was won by the Ohio team. The Union passenger station at Memphis, Tenn., was destroyed by fire. m 1 R. S. ST ROTH ER, Publisher COLUMBUS, - - - NEBRASKA ISM FOR THE 8 BUSY MAN 8 Most Important Happen- g R ings of the World g g Told in Brief. Twelve hundred employes of the Great Northern Paper Company at Mil linccket, "Me., went on strike. The commodities clause of the Hep burn railroad act was declared uncon stitutional by the United States cir cuit court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. Judge Kenesaw Landis, who fined the Standard Oil Company of Indiana $29,000,000, is charged with having permitted outside Influences to govern his decision by the attorneys for the company in their answer to the appli cation for a rehearing filed in the United States court of appeals. County Attorney English at Omaha, Voii filed a comnlaint against Charles 1 E. Davis, charging him with murder in the first degree in connection with the shooting of Dr. Federlck Rustin. In a flight requiring great skill on account of a ten-mile wind, Orville Wright in his aeroplane circled around the drill ground at Fort Myer 58 times in 05 minutes and 52 seconds, break ing his own world's record. The American battleship fleet ar rived at Albany, the capital of Western Australia. Jacob Hernesniemi, with his two sons, respectively 12 and 14 years old, met death while trying to fight off the forest fires that swept their homestead on Otter river near Calumet, Mich. Falling a victim to its policy of over extension and poor management the well-known fish, oyster and sea food house of A. Booth & Co. of Chicago, the largest in this country, was forced into the hands of a receiver. The supreme court of Oklahoma up held the validity of the depositors' guaranty law, denying the injunction prayed by the Noble State bank to re strain the state from levying a one per cent, assessment upon the deposits of the bank. Miss Patricia Egan, daughter of Maurice F. Egan. the American minis ter to Denmark, was married in Copen hagen to Jerome Elmer P. Murphy of Los Angeles, Cal. The body of Mrs. Ashton Harvey, dressed in white and literally covered with jewels worth a fortune, was found in the private pleasure lake on the estate of Stewart Hartshorn, at Short Hills, X. J., by blood hounds which had been brought from New York to seek her. Mrs. Harvey was the wife of Ashton Harvey, a millionaire corpora tion lawyer. The St. Vincent, the largest and heaviest battle ship ever built for the British navy, was launched successful ly at Portsmouth. Queen Wilhelmina's hopes of pro viding an heir to the throne of Hol land were frustrated once more by a miscarriage. Robert Wiltse, a veteran of the civil war, shot himself in the ante room of the G. A. R. post at Oswego, X. Y., while a post meeting was in progress. Batting Xelson clinched his claim to the lightweight pugilistic champion ship by defeating Joe Gans for the second time at San Francisco. The fight ended in the twenty-first round when Gans, beaten down by a succes sion of blows from his sturdy conquer or, failed to get upon his feet within the count of ten. A severe gale caused many casual ties among smaller craft along the coast of Great Britain. The schooner Phyllis Gray, laden with coal, went aground and turned turtle and the crew of six men were lost Philip Lilienthal. manager of the Anglo-California bank. San Francisco, was killed in an automobile accident. The Republican squabble in West Virginia was ended by the recognition of the Swisher convention as regular. In view of 7,000 persons at the Rich mond county fair, held at Dongan Hills, Staten Island. William Coby, a youthful balloonist of Milwaukee, fell from an exploded balloon and was probably mortally injured. D. R. Anderson, former cashier oi the First National bank of Mason town. Pa., died at the penitentiary from paralysis. He was serving a five year sentence for embezzlement. Factions of the union and non-union stogie makers of Gallipolis, O., met on the street and fought a desperate battle which resulted in serious injury to John White and Clarence Bayes. Hibbing, the largest town on the Mesaba Range, was threatened with destruction by forest fires and a des perate fight was made to save it. Grand Marais also was reported in great danger. Mrs. Abbie Rice testified at the in quest over Dr. F. H. Rustin of Omaha that he had planned for her to shoot him and kill herself and that when she weakened he told her he had made the same arrangement with C. E. Davis, a bank clerk. Mr. Davis ad mitted Dr. Rustin gave him drugs with which to commit suicide but de nied any knowledge of the physician's death. Republican standpatters in the Iowa legislature blocked the election of Gov. Cummins to the United States senate. Kansas City is in fear of a race war, the negroes having purchased fire arms. Carroll Hall, aged 14, of Danville, X. H., accidentally shot and killed his lli-year-old sister. An attempt was made to turn a meeting of unemployed workingmen of New York into an anarchistic dem onstration, and for half an hour the big meeting held in Cooper Union was the scene of wild excitement, during which red flags were raised, the police denounced and incendiary speeches made. Alexander Berkman and a young woman were arrested. Stanley Ketchel of Michigan, former middleweight champion of the world, was knocked out in the twelfth round at Los Angeles by Billy Papke of Illi nois, who is now middleweight cham pion of the world. At Fort Myer Orville Wright made the two greatest aeroplane flights ever made publicly in this country when he remained in the air for over 11 mnutes on his first flight and for nearly eight minutes on his second flight. Adam Menche, deputy factory in spector and former president of the Illinois State Federation of Labor, was found dead in his room at Kewanee. 111. He is believed to have succumbed to heart disease. The Independence party in Minne sota named William 11. Allen of St. Paul for governor. TOM FREIGHT MEN WHAT CLARK HAD TO SAY TO TRAFFIC MANAGERS. THE LAW WILL BE ENFORCED Incorporations and Their Rules Should Be Overlooked and Supervised by Federal Tribunals. St. Louis, 111. "I doubt if the whole history of lawmaking in this country discloses such a record of ignoring, i evading and defying law as has marked the course of the interstate commerce law. Its purpose has been defeated through, technicalities, but it must not bo assumed "that the effort toward government regulation of in terstate commerce has been, is, or will be a failure or that it will be aban doned in despair. There will be no vindictiveness, no playing to the gal leries and no partiality in administer ing the law as laid down by congress, but there will be a firm purpose and an earnest effort to enforce the full in tent." This statement was made by E. F. Clark, interstate commerce commis sioner, in an address this afternoon be fore the annual convention of the American Association of Freight Traf fic officials. Mr. Clark said the roads should be permitted to maintain traffic associa tions, providing their articles of Incor poration and their rules are subject to approval by a federal tribunal and are made public. He opposed the proposition that a complaint against an increased rate should automatically suspend such rate, but urged that the Interstate Commerce commission be given authority to suspend a proposed in crease in rates until its reasonable ness could be determined. The following officers were re elect ed by the association: President, Robert C. "Wright, Phila delphia; first vice president, T. Wl Gallagher, Baltimore; second vice president, W. D. Groseclose, St. Louis; third vice-president, Charles R. Capps, Norfolk, Va.; fourth vice-president, George R. Crosby, Chicago; secretary, treasurer, J. F. Ausch, Philadelphia. Cholera Has a Firm Hold. St. Petersburg An official state ment of the cholera eituaticn in St. Petersburg shows that Sunday there were fifty-eight new cases and eight deaths from the disease and that there are 107 patients in hospitals HI with it. Harry Thaw Gets Transfer. Poughkeepsie, N. Y Harry K. Thaw will be transferred from the Duchess county jail to the jail at White Plains, Westchester county, un der an order issued by Supreme Court Justice Mills at a special term in this city. Burglars Rob Embassy. Washington Burgiais entered the British embassy and stole from the room of the housekeeper. Miss Clara Childs, a sum of money, jewelry and a gold watch and chain. Ambassador ar.i! Mrs. Brice are in Europe. Idle Men by the Scores. London The number of unemploy ed in this city was strikingly Illus trated when 3,000 men surrounded and attempted to make their way into a hospital which had advertised for a porter at a wage of $4.50 a week and meals. Shaw. Heads the Company. Philadelphia Leslie M. Shaw, for merly secretary of the treasury, will come to this city shortly to accept the presidency of the. First Mortgage Guaranty and Trust company of this city. Yelow Fever in Mexico. Mexico Reports fror the city of Merida, crpital of Yucatan declare that two authenticated cases of jeilow fever are in the pest house there and t'jat four suspected cases are under cbservatior. SPING WHEAT STARTS EAST. Movement Begins Earlier Than Last Year and Grain High Quality. St. Paul, Minn. According to the general freight agents of the north ern railroads, which run through the wheat belt of the northwest, the wheat crop movement has just started am; it is from two to three weeks earlier than last year. Reports received from Duluth and Superior show that the movement the last two days of last week indicated re ceipts of from COO to 600 cars daily in those two cities for traus-sltipnicnt down the lakes. The crop is more abundant in some places and less in others, but the grade is larger. The percentage tag of No. 1 northern wheat is greater than usual. To Investigate Fish Combine. Chicago. A statement made by Louis M. Polakow, publisher of a trade journal devoted to the fish trade, which was given publicity on Saturday, was made the basis of a report that federal investigation would be made of the affairs of A. Booth & Co., who went into the hands of a receiver last week. Polakow declared that the prices of fish to dealers throughout the country were dictated by A. Booth & Co., and that he was ready to give the district attorney details concerning their operations. More Men for Signal Corps. Washington With the utility of aerial navigation as an adjunct to the army in time of war, practically dem onstrated by the phenomenal flights made at Fort Myer; with the activity displayed by foreign governments in securing aerial navies, and with the advantages of maintaining constant communication between the various units of an army in time of war strik ingly illustrated in recent Internation al conflicts, military authorities are arguing the necessity for Increasing the strength of the signal corps. NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES. Items of Greater' or Lesser Impor tance Over the State. The Oxford roller mills were de stroyed by fire. The loss is $2,500. Burglars of late-have been very ac tive in David Cityf Mrs. Mary A. Gilmore of Otoe ccun ty went insane and was taken lo the asylum. She is very violent and had to be strapped down. A young man of Milford, named Burkholder, was arrested by Sheriff Gillan for attempted assault on a young woman named Erb. Elmer Tuttle, a ,young man raised in Salem, was run over by a west bound Burlington "train and killed. He is said to have been intoxicated and was lying on the track. A reward of $100. has been offered for the capture "of a thief, who stol a horse from Hodges & Baldwin's barn in Fremont. The animal is a big. bay weighing 1,750 pounds. C. M. Earnest was arrested in Se wad by Sheriff Gillan for having stolen a team June 8 in Holt county. He sold it at Krolbach. He was taken to O'Neill by the sheriff of that county. F. Erlckson and family of Menahga, Minn., arrived in Fremont in an auto mobile. They came to visit Mr. and Mrs. David Jones, who reside south of the city. They drove the whole dis tance in an automobile. Richard Prettie made an application to Clerk Mundy at the district court of Dodge county for hearing under the dipsomaniac act. Prettie says he is a dope fiend and he wants to take the state treatment at the Lincoln asylum. The five people who were injured in Keith county, when the tank house collapsed, are all alive. Frank Kalviet, the young man employed by Mr. Gir man in his meat market, is the most seriously injured. His leg may have to be amputated. The peach and appe crop is so heavy in this section, says a Nebraska City dispatch, that the canning fac tory has contracted to put up some thing like fifteen carloads of these two kinds alone. The tomato crop was fair, but the corn crop short. Fremont's new $60,000 Y. M. C. A. building was opened to the public last week. A big crowd filled the lobby, corridors and the gymnasium. The swimming pool in the basement called out the admiration of the smal boys and many others of larger size. The union labor lodges of McCook observed Labor day w;th a big pic nic, an address by Congressman G. W. Norris "and several unionist speeches, music by the High school band, a ball game and numerous other games. Mrs. Seigart of Hastings, who sev eral weeks ago was injured in Doni phan, is still in a serious condition and a suit may be instituted against the village of Doniphan or the St. Joseph & Grand Isand railroad for having im proper lighting. Mark Selts, one of the progressive young farmers of Pawnee county, was so seriously injured as to cause his death. He was engaged in building a new residence on his farm, three and one-half miles east of the city. While upon him fatal injuries. Three men, Joe and Jay Harrison and John Conrad, were arrested at Ponca for breaking into John Coin's saloon. They got $21 and probably some whisky. After they were ar rested they gave up the money, but are held under $500 bonds. With his arm in a sling as the result of a collision with a Mexican bicycle rider. D. E. Thompson, ambassador to Mexico, arrived in Lincoln in his spec ial car. He is on leave of absence and will remain in this country several weeks. This is the second time the same arm has been fractured and Mr. Thompson said It had caused him con siderable discomfort and inconven ience. According to the report of County Superintendent R. C. King, there were thirteen schools, in Otoe county that were not able to open on account of the shortage of teachers and these schools will have to remain closed until teachers have been secured. A month ago there was a shortage of forty-seven teachers, but since then the shortage has been cut down to thirteen. One of the heaviest real estate sales to occur in this section, says a Suth erland dispatch, in a long time, was consummated during the past few days, when the famous "Duck Brand" ranch, lying in the east part of Keith county, a few miles west of this place, passed from the ownership of C. F. Nevin to P. P. Maddux of Miller, this state. The ranch embraces 75,000 acres of deeded lands and is well stocked with cattle, horses, etc. The story of the killing of a Mr. Per lick by George Boycr has reached Bridgeport. Boyer, who is well known throughout that part of the country, was engaged in setting a post on the section line between his place and that of Mr. Perlick, when the latter ap peared and demanded that the post be set back several feet, alleging that it was not on the correct line. Hot words followed and in the quarrel which ensued Boyer struck Perlick on the head with a heavy tamping stal he had been using. Harry T. Martin. Fred Thomas, Larry Mullin and Lulu Wolfe, who were arrested at Decatur by Sheriff Phipps, charged with selling liquor without a license, were taken before Judge Sears where they all plead guilty and were fined $200 and costs, which they paid. Sheriff White and two deputies from Ida Grove, la., who have been in Cen tral Ciiy for several days, were re warded in their search by the capture of Ehiner Johnson, who is wanted at Ida Grove on a charge of statutory as- ' sault. Johson left home some weeks ago and was traced to Central City. The corn crop is maturing rapidly in Thayer county. Grain men say Thayer county will produce more corn this season than ever before. The crop is so far advanced that frost would do J little damage. Orpha Cook, a Kinkaider, living in north Deuel county on his homestead, put his team up at a livery barn in Ogalalla and slept in the loft. Xext morning at 4 o'clock he got up in the darkness, stepped throng a hatchway, falling to the floor below. The spinal column is dislocated, his lower limbs are paralyzed. The doctors say he will not recover. TTHE S1ATE liiPIML MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL "CITIZENS. RETURNS. SLOW COB IN Eleven Counties Yet to Be Heard from Before Tabulated Statement Can-Be Given Lincoln Returns from eleven coun ties are yet to be received before the secretary of state can complete the' tabulation, of the official returns from the primary election held September 1. Most people, except those personally interested, take much interest in the matter so far as the large majority of the state offices are concerned. The result has been known for many days except in the case of candidates for the nomination for state auditor. Eighty counties reported give Barton 9,930, and Alden 10,608. Among the missing counties is Douglas which gave Barton a plurality of about 1,100. Barton's nomination by about 250 is considered assured. The counties miss ing from the official returns are Brown, Butler, Deuel, Douglas, Hayes, Holt, Polk, Rock, Thayer and Wash ington. Unless the figures are not deceptive. W. B. Price of Lincoln, the democratic nominee for state auditor, is also nom inated by 250 or more. Mr. Price is probably as much surprised as any one over the result of the primaries. He desired to be a candidate for con gress in the First district but was sud denly pulled off at the last moment and informed by the leaders of his party that he could not run for con gress. Unbeknown to him some of his democratic friends then filed nomina tion papers for him for the office of state auditor. Congressman Hinshaw believes the newspaper reports have given him too much of a majority over his opponent. His reports are official with the excep tion of reports from three counties. He believes the returns give him 7.S6S, Aldrich 3,809; a majority of 4,059. It is shown by the official returns that the two constitutional amend ments submitted for adoption by polit ical parties to be placed on the ballot this fall as party measures have been adopted by all political parties, repub lican, democrat, populist and even so cialists. The returns show some oppo sition, however, among the democratic ranks to the amendment increasing the number of supreme judges, in creasing their salary and increasing the salary of judges of the district courts and providing for the appoint ment of four supreme judges by the governor. This opposition is shown in Valley county, where the democrats defeated this amendment, and in Web ster, Kearney and Harlan, where thy populists defeated the amendment re lating to the judiciary. The amend ment for the investment of state school funds in school district bonds and such other securities as the legis lature may from time to time direct, appeared to be more popular every where than the judiciary amendment. The real test of the popularity of the amendments will come at the Novem ber election, when they are to be voted upon for final adoption or rejection as a part of the state constitution. If the candidates do not amend their affidavits. Edgar Howard of Columbus will be recorded as having spent more money in his campaign than was spent by his opponent. James P. Latta of Te kamah. Secretary of State Junkin has re ceived a message showing that W. A. Stewart of Lexington was nominated by the republicans of the Thirteenth senatorial district by a majority of twenty-three. Stewart's opponent came out for county option and he opposed it. This was an issue of importance in the district. Stewart is said to have won because of his rerord as a pro gressive as against his opponent, who has been identified with the old ma chine for many years. Nebraska Educational Commission. The Nebraska Educational commis sion, appointed by the Superintendents and Principals association at its an nua! meeting in 1907. met in the office of the state superintendent. The mem bers of the commission present were State Superintendent McBrien. Presi dent Crabtree of the Peru State Nor mal. President Thomas of the Kearney State Xormal. and Dean Bessey. acting for Chancellor Andrews of the Univer sity of Xebraska. The committee dis cussed the plans for the unifying of the state courses of study and for the codifying of the school laws, and will make its official report to the Super intendents and Principals' association at the Xovember, 1908. meeting. This committee is acting along the same lines as similar commissions in the states of Massachusetts. Connecticut. New York. California. West Virginia ! and Illinois. Headquarters at Lincoln. The headquarters of the Bryan vol unteers, which have been in Columbus all summer, and which have been the subject of conflicting rumors as to their location, will be moved to Lin coln, where rooms have been secured near the democratic state headquar ters. Up to this time the work at democratic headquarters has not been pushed. Chairman Allen and one stenographer have composed the en tire force. But now that the primary battle Is out of the way. the democra his management promises activity. Date for Lumber Hearing. The Commercial club of Lincoln jumped into the game to assist the railroads In maintaining a high rate out of Omaha on lumber. The lumber dealers of Omaha filed a petition with the Railway commission setting out that the railroads were hauling lumber out of Lincoln to points in the state at a rate less than the rate given Omaha merchants. The Commercial club here employed Judge Field to help maintain the present rates. Thc commission will hear its demurrer ..eptember 29 TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS. Things that Should be Carefully Guarded Against by Afflicted. Afflicted. In the home treatment for tuber culosis you need to carefully guard yqurself against taking too much exer cise, and should you have an after noon temperature, you should take nq exercise at all. The fever is the "con sumption" and is the destructive force in the disease. Hence, if you have fever, you should not even sit up, you should lie down, -.'his is an important point and those who imagine that they should take vigorous and heroic exer cise should have their minds dis abused at once. (A person who is below normal weight should take no exercise at all until he has regained his normal weight. Kirschner.) Your exercise should always he directed by your physician. This rule should not be violated. If you are a user of intoxicants you must cease at once for you cannot be cured If you insist on using them. Remember that you have a "consump . on" burning the vitality from your blood more rapidly than nature can re store it. If upon your already devital ized condition you impose an addition al burden you may as well abandon hope of recovery. You must leave liquor alone. Your recovery will depend largely on temperament. The cure must bo earned and it will require an extended period of time to do this. There is small chance for you if you are a melancholy, discontended, fault find ing person. Intelligent, persistent and painstaking action is required, in which a cheerful, contended demeanor must be maintained. There will al ways be much to encourage the faith ful and the patient ones, and an equable temperament and fine conduct will find ultimate and large reward. The foregoing paragraphs are ex tracts from a pamphlet on Home Treatment in Iowa for Tuberculosis, edited by A. E. Kepford. Lecturer De partment of Education on Tuberculos is and published by the Iowa Board of Control. This literature is spread broadcast in Iowa in the heroic effort made by that state to throw off the shackles of thralldom to the great white plague. Mr. Kepford was once a minister of the gospel, now he calls himself a minister of the gospel of good health, and what a gospel, verily. To quote from a current magazine: "That it is stupid to bo sick is a new idea, because we have always believed that most of our Illnesses are either foreordained or accidents. Now wo are rapidly learning that our illnesses are largely of our making; of our own carelessness; of our own stupidity in fact." Then let us no longer be care less nor stupid, lest nature exact her tribute from us in punishment meted out to us for leaving her simple ways. If you are consumptive go back to na ture; if you do not know how, address Tuberculosis. 408 City Hail, Omaha for information. Equalization Board's Work. The State Board of Equalization con cluded its work of equalizing the value of railroad property assessed un der the terminal tax law by increasing the main track of the Union Pacific about 10 per cent and the sidetracks about 50 per cent. This increase does not apply to Douglas county, which was left as returned by the assessor. The Northwestern, including the Min neapolis & Omaha, was reduced practi cally 10 per cent. This increase and reduction was done in order to equal ize between the different roads. The total terminal property of the various roads, with the exception of the Xorth western and the Minneapolis &. Omaha, are not yet available. The property assessed for local purposes belonging to the Northwestern in 1907 was $587. S13. and this year under the terminal tax law it amounts to $1,115,047. Pro perty of the Minneapolis & Omaha as sessed last year for city purposes amounted to $227,100. and under tho new law it amounts this year to $4o5, 191. Senator Burkett Invited. Senator Burkett has received an in vitation to attend the nineteenth an nual session of the Trans Mississippi commercial congress, to be held at San Francisco October C to 10, and to de liver an address at the meeting. The object of the congress is to discuss subjects of interest to the states in a commercial way. such as river and harbor improvement, finances, live stock industries, dry farming, leasing of public lands. Special attention will be given at this session of the con gress to the conservation of natural resources, to which attention has been directed by President Roosevelt. Contract is Awarded. The board of public lands and build ings awarded a contract for a new laundry and store room at the girls industrial school at Geneva to take the place of a building destroyed by a wind storm. Mr. Ashmaclier of Lin coln will build it for $C,950. Degree of Honor Politics. The fi'nt between Mrs. Hattio Wool ley of Lincoln and Miss Teresa Hem pel of Plattsmouth for the office of grand recorder of the Degree of Honor, Ancient Order United Workmen, has reached the fever heat stage and the developments of the last few days show that Mrs. Mary Latky. grand chief of honor, has taken a hand and has endorsed Mrs. Wooloy for tho place. Another development is that Governor Sheldon has withdrawn his name from a circular being sent out by Mrs. WooIIey endorsing her. Big Brief in Miles Will Case. One of the largest, if not the largest brief ever filed in the supreme court was filed in the Miles will case by the attorneys for the appellants John Lee Webster, John H. Atwood, Reavls & Reavis. I. J. Ringolsky and Joseph H. Broady. The brief contains 353 pages besides a complete index of seven pages, and one page of apology to the court for the length of the "book." The suit is an appeal in a proceeding in equity to set aside tho probate of a will of Stephen B. Miles, 1 who died at Falls City in 1S98. Night Sweats & lough. E. "W. "Walton, Condr. S. P. Ry., 717 Van Ness St., San, Antonio, Tex., writes: 'During the summer and fall of 1902, my annoyanco from catarrh reached that stage where it was actual misery and developed alarming symp toms, such as a very dccp-scatcd cough, night sweats, and pains in the head and chest. I experimented with several so called remedies before I finally decided to take a thorough course of Peruna. "Two of my friends had gone so far as to inform me that the thing for mo to do was to resign my position and seek a highcr,morecongcnial climate. Every ono thought I had consumption and L was not expected to live very long. "Having procured some Peruna, I de cided to give it a thorough test and ap plied myself assiduously to tho task of taking it, as xcr instructions, in the meantime. "Tho effects were soon apparent, all alarming symptoms disappeared anil my general health bocamo fully as good as it had over been in my life. "I havo resorted to tho use of Peruna on two or thrco occasions 6tnco that time to cure myself of bad colds." . BATHING AN INDIAN IDOL. Curious Ceremony Attended by Thou sands of Devout Pilgrims. Thousands of pilgrims from the va rious outlying villages and other parts of the Hooghly district poured in from an early hour In the morning to the temples of Jagernath. says the Cal cutta Statesman. ; The image of the god is placed on, a conspicuous part or tho temple, so. that it can be viewed at an advantage, by the immense crowd of pilgrims,! and there at a certain fixed hour the bathing ceremony commences. ! The most curious part of the festi val is that water is not poured on tho image of the god until a certain small bird is found sitting on the topmost banner of the temple. There is a pop ular belief that the bird comes from Puri.the famous place of Hindu pilgrim age, to Maheoh on the day of this, festival, and his very presence is an indication that the ceremony should commence. Immediately after the bath the bird disappears. EYESIGHT WAS IN DANGER From Terrible Eczema Baby's Head- a Mass of Itching Rash and Sore3 Disease Cured by Cuticura. "Our little girl was two months old when she got a rash on her face and within five days her face and head were all one sore. We used different remedies but it got worse instead of better and we thought she would tnrn blind ar.d that her ears would fall off. She suffered terribly, and would scratch until the blood came. This went on until she was five months old. then I had her under our family doc tor's care, but she continued to grow worse. He said it was eczema. When she was seven months old I started to use the Cuticura Remedies and in two months our baby was a different girl. 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