TTTR OTVfATTA TIAT V mZTf. AV
RAILROADS ON PUBLIC LAND
Important Caxe Beaches tbe Supreme Oonrt
on Appeal
INVOLVES THE RIGHT OF WAY STATUTE
Z * < m * r nf lh < > l.rcllntnrr tn DnnHte
tlir U - nf tlir Tnlillr Dotnnln
lo thr Ilrtrlmrtit of
Parr ) in < * riu
I/NOOLN , Aug. 54 ( Spf ohU > A cane
wli b win off ret the tUlc lo the right of
Ratof i-rpry railroad where thr read cre see
mLnr. nchntf or other state lands has come
to lie cuprmnc court on error Irom the. Ste
in otiHrt of Lsncaatur county , the brkf el
the plaintiff In error brtng filed today The
history of the cane runs hnc ) to the early
.cx * * * llei ; . when the Atchlnon & Northern
T.aoad ! tmmpany inrrt-yed and located It *
r RJ. ! of wn ) across the wmthweet quarter
cf m ctlon 22. township ID , range 6 In Lan-
catr counts , the same being saline land
lit if , icing to the male The right of way
tL..B loiRlvd was " ( ' 0 feel In width , and the
ronJ van hullt In the center of the right of
WB % end 1ms clnce In ( in oierated hy the
or F tint "ompany nnd Its mieeeKBor , the
Lurijngton rompi-nx In April. 1SHO , a eur-
xe ? was made of the right of way , Including
thli ! 'rip that If now In litigation , and a
c n of the plat was filed with the * ecretarj
of s'ate and aluo with the county clerk of
lanrHBter county In IhHH George Englchart
] < aHc-d from th < stau fort ) acres of the
land through whlrh thr railroad runs and
in J194 bought the laud of the ntate on a long
t n\f \ contract He thui brought suit against
the rullrnad rompanj for the possession of
the land tneluded In tin right of wa ) , and
won hln care In the district court the xerdlct
tii.t.B that hi was tht legal owner of the
land and wan entitled to Immediate posse-
Kun In their appeal the company relics on
the sta utr which reads "Anj railroad com
pany Miall tx > entitled to pass oxer occupy
anJ rnjo ) unj of thn school. unlxersity
fcalliu or other lands of this state. Provided
that no mure than Kin feet in width Irom
the rouflway surve ) of such corporation on
.thcr side hhall lie taken for loadwaj ' ( Sec
3(17. ( Phap rx I Compiled Statutes 1R93 ) The
railroad compan ) does not claim the title to
the land hut dnlniF an ea t-ment under the
tta'ute quoted , and also b ) reason of the
fact that It constructed the road and operated
it across the land for man } ) cart , and argues
thai it IK Mitltled to continuous possession
The. argument IB alno put forth that Englc-
liar ) bought the land with a full knowledge
of the clrpunintaucc i In the district court
iS.iflehtrt i lltd upon the constitution of the
SU.IE which reads ( Art 111. Bee 1B
Lands under control of the state Khali never
he donated to rallload companies " The
ina't ) question to he settled stems to he
whether the granting of a right of way It a
donanon
SPENDING THE APPROPRIATION
The investigating committee and Its asnlst-
an B are htlll wading Into that $10000 ap
propriation tip to the IB ! of August the
inxrs'icatorE bad drawn the following
amount * Otto Mutz J4H210. C W Heal
? 4IT r,0 O S Moran J410 , C F Wheeler.
121D I ) S Zimmerman KM , W N Silver
J474 K5 Otto Helhlg $ : : iiGlt > , R M Tajlor ,
? 2r | > 0 Fred Jew til $312. W A Bradbur ) .
J"T > making a total of $ S.29I > .r > n expended
since the worl. hugan , or a few dajk over
three months Besides the amounts diawn
from thlt fund , Experts Tajlor and Helhlg
liave drawn $141 DO and SOT lf > respectively
from the fund appropriated to assist the
attorney general in prosecuting Ktate coses
This mone-y was laktn from this fund on
ur-couut of the work alleged to hate been
done bj tlie experts In preparing the testl-
jnonv agalriBt Bartlc ) . The state officers
lime comto the conclusion however , that
the claims should have been made acainst
the Mitigation fund , and In a few duB the
transfer will he made hj thi governor who
will draw $ "SO 05 from the Investigating fund
and add it to the pro"ecution fund
The C. S Rajmond Jewelry company of
Omaha with a capital stock of $100,000. filed
articles of incorporation with the secretary
of ntute tode ) The incorporators are C S
Kaymond Gtorge A Josljn , J. r Mawliln-
nej and O A Seaburj
Omaha people at the hotelsAt the Lln-
aell Adam Noll. C. TV Henzel. H C Roun-
tree At the Lincoln n E Coonrod Mrs
Harrj T\ ' Kane , John A King , J H Sw artz
LINCOLN LOCAL NOTES.
The hearing of Policeman Dill , suspected
of robbing the Rock Island ticket office v.us
concluded today before the Excise hoard but
Tto decision ban been gUen out During the
! n\t.tigu.tlon Dill admitted that he wen. .
into the building by the window. He said
that he went In io take a nap , and claimed
that It was a common practice of the patrol
men Thl charge against other members of
the force will be further investigated
The bearing of the case of the Lincoln
Sanitary commlFfiion against the Burllngtpn
road , which v.nfc commenced before the
Board of Transportation , 3 ceterday was completed -
plete-d today. Arguments were made by T
H Ryan of the commiosica and J M
Deweese for the railroad company The
hearing was be-fore Meters Law and Edger-
ton secretaries of the board , and the die-
pule was o\er the digging of a canal to
straighten Salt creek near this city The
decision hhfc no' ' been announced
C M Kane and M J Mulvlhlll , the two
men who were working the town with bogus
tlcketa to Hlngling's show , were-lried today
and sentenced to tlilrtj da3e In rthe count }
Jail The } had weld nearly fifty of the
tickets all at reduced prices
The democrats of Lancaster county will
liold their county contention next Thursday
The cits caucus ic called to meet tomorrow
.Colnml Tied Grant and party were In the
cltj toJay and tool ; dinner at the Lincoln.
The } wtre on tholr ws } east Irom a trip
through the Black Hills The members of
the. party were Colonel and 'Mrs Fred
Grant Ulfne S Grant New York , Mr ana
Mrs T K. Collins , Philadelphia , Mr and
Mrs J S Grable Bert Grable. Beatrice ; C
E. Harris and two none. Galena ,
J'HOVIISICSVVIILt , WATMB.
K ArtDrIlKU < cd nt ( InIlrnultfc
of 1'lirir 1 'iir'o l.nlxir.
WINSIDE , Neb. . Aug. 1'4 ( Special. )
Thrashing from the fchoclis Is In rapid prog
ress hsire now. though hindered by the
frequent showers Wheat Is not > leldlnr
w ll the axciragr being about eight bushels
to the ucre. One farmer oulh of town liad
Elxtecn and one-half bushels , which at 74
cento per butlu ] brought him a splendid re
turn from the. laud Seed wheat was bought
laht spring at about CO cents and the grain
is now telling at TO lo 7ft cents Had the
usual mint Jallcn in June AVuyne county
would have had an average crop of win tit
A It Is It is not more than half the usual
yield Oats , too , It a nhort crop , being from
twenty to thirty busbeU per acre Much of
tht > corn is now out of the milk nnd no free
Irom danger of ft on Some tie-Ids were
planted \cry lale. bul the abundant rains
tnd hot weather bine brought It forward
If the price of corn ke-eps up us at preneut
end the } lold is what it promises to be ,
* \Vayu county will lime more Irom corn
than from wheat. The adtauco in the price
of corn over what it vak last winter , when
it wui. husked , is more than enough to pu >
lor eood cribs in which to bold thtt corn.
A farmer could lhu ha\e tu much for bis
corn as if bold last winter and lime cribs
lor future crops loft ,
Wuiuuu Fll ' a Cuiiiilnl > it.
NEWMAN GROVE , Neb. , Aug 24 ( Spe
cial ) MKH , MarBurchen a } oung married
woman , thing debt mllefc north of tills
plare maflu complaint be-Iure Justice Iryer
this morulne upalnst GearptBltorl , charging
him with tin attempt to commit an aetaull on
her last Sunday , while alone ct her borne
Spur ! U well known character in tbt > nelgt-
bo ho d. ttlaut 23 years old , with eneuilnplj
wutk mind. & B trout body and all around
lad T > utatlon , County Attorney Tjler of
Nor fall , iiai ttet-n telegraphed lor in&trucUou
in the cute.
llnr Ipulln ( r iu it Trnlu ,
FREMONT. Neb. , Aug. 2 { Special
Telegram ) Georc Hftrlan. & Saunders
county boy , about 1C } ears age
vu badly injured thlc uioruinc by
or hf\rtg \ tlirown tram e Uulou
*
Psrlflc J'Hgb * t'-ain ttrtf ABIPK
H ri n r n mer tnm botnr k Jew ifefVn up *
* lth amrthpbey nf ibmrt thp iumf BP to po
tn Klondike Inrt after getting went be eeti-
clBflp < l to retn'-n n < l imp lioctlng bit w y
l fkibn tb epcldcnt litptivuHl lit TIM
ncrhtuxly eat and bruNefl
is \tJKn AiuiKST a nio\Mr.
Dr < 1II. . Itcj iK
llnln < if Vlmfilf Conntrr flrl.
HAVES CENTBR , Neh , AUR. S4 ( Spe-
clftl > Notlce we * f errefl on Ooutitr Juflg *
Kirk yesterday to appear beJore Judge Norrw
In chambers and chow caw * " " "by the bond
of Dr r D. Reynold * under arrert Jor
bigamy , bhouldnot be ruined from Jf-00.
Reymildfl came to this city from Trenton.
Neb anfl being a skilled dentirt made lotn
of money , whlrh he npcnt levbthly Tnlfl
drew around him a iHass of j cope ] who
whltewahhed the doctor's many rumored
i falling * ; and who are now sorry they were
1
no previous Reynolds poi ed as an unmar
ried man , a masher and a flirt nothwKb-
dtandlng the fart that be was pact middle
age At that time a summer normal wan
In progrow here and the doctor became
acquainted wUh Mis * Llllte Caulk a nlm-
ple--hearted and virtuow ,
country girl , who
Ijccumr infatuated with htm File da\s
after their acquaintance- began Mine Caulk
told her girl friend * that , he was to be
married Her pastor the eoun-ty superin
tendent and the druggist had previous ! }
learned that the dentist wa * > not all that
he claimed to be and endeaxored to uate th
girl from her lmi > eiidlng ruin Her father
an old soldier and farmer , who if aged and i
helpluRK took lier home and Reynolds left '
here. The girl p-oinised not to kj > eak to
him again atkd the old man desiring her
to qualify as teacher , at , he needed her
assistance brought her back here to pchnol.
Reynold s legal adviser thereupon Bent him
word that the girl had returned 'whereupon
Rejnold * came back here on Jul } 22 a mar
riage lirctifs was l ! uud the 24th , and at 10 I
P m he and Ills \litlm were married , the
lawyer being the witness This wai , only I
ten dajs after Rcsnold * first met the girl
Laht Sunday Mr ? .Untile ReiioldK of Dillon I
Mont , appeared on the wcent armed with |
her marriage certificate and Reynolds vat-
arrested for blgam } TTie county Judge i
bound Revnolds oxer onlx In the sum of
SliOO , but other warrants were lsued lo"
adultery , o Re-jnoldF cannot escape Public
opinion Is at white heat against the plotter ,
as well as the perpetrator of the ruin or
the girl and Rcsnold- was taken to the Red
Willow count } jail for tafe keeping
Dnl.otn Contitj 1 ciK'ticrw' liixtltntf.
DAKOTA CITY. Neb , Aug 24 ( Special )
The Dakota county teachers' Institute
opened here toda } with about thirty-five
leathers In attendance for a one-wi-eks BC-
slon Superintendent J G Haupt will be
uaslKttd In his Instructive work bj Prol I I I
S L Anderson of the Dakota City schools
Prof J E Manni" ! of the South Sioux City ,
( .chonls and Mies Mary Sullixan of Jackson
who has recently taken the Unix ersity of Ne- '
bra ka course in source method In history
and In better language teaching Prof r
C Eastmtn of the Upper Iowa unherslty
will delher a lecture Monday cxenlng , on
"Lhe English "
Tlirottii from a llutirj liy n It tit.
WINS1DE , Nch . A.UB 24 ( Special ) Mrs
Tranz rieischmann met with a painful acci
dent Sunda } The family was returning ,
from church in a two seated buggy
Mrs rieiBchmann and her daughter were
seated on the back seat of the vehicle The
buggy lurched in a rut just as the women j !
leaned forward to the front neat Both j I
mother and daughter were thrown Irom the '
x chicle Mrs rieischmann striking on her j l i
head Naunea set In at once and she is
xer } ill Irom the Internal injuries she re
ceived
1'rlwoiKTx Are > < > t ItU-ntltlcil.
GRAND ISLAND. Neb. . Aug 24
( Special Telegram ) United States Mar
shal McDcrmott af Checnne TR-BE in
the cltv today for the purpose
of identifying tbe men arrested here I
suspected of hax-lng committed tbe burglar ) j
of the residence of Mr J McAllister It wa I
beliexed that two of them might baxe be-en .
implicated In the holding up of a goxernmcnt'l I
ambulance In tbe National i > ark on the 14th
Inst Tbev were not identified by the visit
ing sheriff iu > tbe men wanted
'
Shown Tine l"rultn nt Exeter.
EXETER Neb . Aug. 24 ( Special ) The
B & M train carrying the eastern excur- |
slonibts arrived at this place Saturda ) afternoon - '
noon , but did not stop over fixe minutes
There were nearly 200 people at tbe depot to
me-et them There was u beautiful display
of grains of every description grufcacs , flow
ers and fruits The finest display of fruits
was by J K. Barhur , an extensive fruit
grow > r here. He had oxer fifty xarieties of
apples , pears , plums and grapes
GlrlH * Drill Corp * Ctiuiprtr.
REPUBLICAN CITY. Neb. . Aug 24
( Special ) The reunion at this place last -week
w-ae a grand success The crowds were -very
large -each day The drill of forty young
xvomen from Bloomlngton was fine Twenty-
four Republican City girls , with Mra Sflmplc
as captain , made a fine display in drilling
The Bloomlngton and city girls contested
for e. prize and it xvas won by tbe home
team. The attractions iiavtt bfeen numerous
Comlnrlorx' Ituiio Are Chnncrrd.
EMERSON. Neb. , Aug 24 ( Special )
Conductors Fuller and Holbrook have been
relieved from duty on the Omaha road Pul- _
ler's run will be taken by Cox , lormerly j
on the Sloui City and Norfolk and Cor'e
run will be taken ty Conductor Carter of
tfajs place who will remoxe hie famtl ) to
Norfolk at onoe Carter'e run w 111 be taken
by Young , who has been on one of the night
Irelcbte
OfT tit Vlf.lt in tiltRnxt. .
EXETER , Neb Aug 24 ( Special ) The
following parties took adxoutage of the ex
cursion rates to the far east and will visit
their lormer homes Edivard Costello and
daughter Mamie went to northern New York ; j x
Warren Woodard and wife , Jacob Pflug ! < I
and wife to central New York , Mn > E H
Lancaster , to western New York. All lelt .
here Sunda } noon I '
HUB : Tlilerr Arrrnted ,
WAUSA , Neb . Aug 24 ( Special ) NuI ]
mt-rouB cases of petty thlexing are. reported | *
b ) farmers living east of this tow n in Cedar i
county The robbers finally became bold ' j
anougb to steal hogs Two men by the name >
of Frotman living near Magnet were ar- j c
rested jesterday and taken to Hartington j v
to accwer to iiumorous charges ol stealing j c
bogs 11
Aoliluiiil I'rtrliirt I > r uorrnt .
ASHLAND , Neb Aug 25 ( Special ) The-1
democrats of Afchland precinct met in caucus '
at the council chamber in this city from 12 > "
to 7 The caucus was held for the purpose J
of electing ten delegates to represent this l
pruclnrt at their county convention , to be 11 I
bold In Wahoo on August 2C.
11
r r f Wlirul Arr DrruIIrd. 11I I
EMERSON , Neb. . Aug. 24 ( Special. ) ' . J !
Two cars of wheat shipped from here were '
rolled off the track at Nacora Saturday j J
night by the train's breaking in two 11 I
ALL ARE DETERMINED TO TO
Erpoblicac County OcmrentitmE Are
L&thnidaetic and Harmonious.
FULL TICKETS PLACED IN THE FIELD
-KUlntlnn nrnrnlnc All -
l - rli nre to Olfl Pnrtr Arr Ail | > ld
at llrntrlcr G n rrniirIIol -
roinb I > ruonnr - < t ,
BEATRICE , Neb. . Aug 24 ( Sp-elal Tele
gram ) The Gape etninty republicans held
their convention today and named the fol
lowing ticket Treasurer , George W Maurer ;
county clerk. J D White , register of deeds
C L Reed , ehnrlE , Llud Nelson ; county
Judge , M B Davit ; ; coroner , J. Q Reed ,
surveyor Willis Hall E E Hardln of Lib
erty -was selected ae chairman of the cen
tral committee The delegate * to the state
conxeution are Elijah Filler. Henry Al
bert , Edward Baumait. J. 11 JJurnham J M
Wardlaw E iB Hinds , J L Schlosscr ,
George V Jones. M. "E Shultz. C E Teb-
11 bottK. W H Edgar , J E Cobber. Fred In-
man i J W Williams W W Fullman Jack
Priest. J W Allen. H. T Bealls , W W
Morrison G A Murphej Noah Ryan , J R
Zltnmerer , "L " W Colbv iTulton Jack Sam
uel Rlnakcr E Hlddart , R J Culey. R R
Kd Rankin Lenars and W E Chittenden
The following resolutions were adopted
The republican' of Gage count ) . In dele
gate conx-entlon usiembU-d , heartil.x and un
qualifiedly endorse- and make proclamation
of allegiance to the princlp es ol the renulc
llran part > a" enunciated in the St Louis
pin.'form of Iff * , and are uncompromising ! }
oppoied to the free coinage nt 1C to 1 of the
40-crnt cheap Bllx-er dollar Independent ! } of
the urtlon of other nations und we denounce
puch flnanelal doctrine' : a heretical and
falluciouH We regard xxita pride nnd confi
dence the maRnllicetit record ol that bril
liant o dler tatesman und Bjxiatle of pro
tection President William MtKlnley. nnd
tb republican congrest just adjourned We
t-ubmlt that the rec-ord of bath President
McKlnle ) und the republican congress , t-ppe-
elallx convened to rex'lsc the deficient x-pro
ducing nnd bond-lt'-uing tariff knox\ n the
Wilson law hu" < been u complete fulfillment
of the p edge * of tht republican part ) made
In the recent cumpalgn lo re-enuct a tariff
laxx that -would afford protection to Amer
ican Industrie * und American lubor and pro
duce sufficient rex'enue to pa ) the running
ex.pen es of the gox-ernment nnd bring back
to the nation the bloom of prosperity that
bad "faded uwax before the devastating as-
cendenc : und ndx-unce of demorratlt- mis
rule , and xe oommend the xx-lsdom of President -
dent McKlnlex In recomnu-ndlnc to congress
bx j Fpeclal ms > sage the appointment of a
commission for the i > urj > o e of making a
wise end conserx-atlxe rex'lslon of our cur
rency law s
We heartily und earnestly approxe of the
vigorous foreign pnllrx adopted bx PreMl-
dent McKlnle ) and hiB able secretary of
rtate und especlallv tuke pride In the stpjis
taken by the jiresent udmlnl"trutlon .ooklng
toward the unnexatlon of the Hawaiian
island" und the rec-ent intercession of the
president In behalf of bleeding und outraged
Cuba
We congratulate the farmers of Ihe great
agricultural stute of Nebraska that slnc-e
the ndx ent of the republican partj to po'w er
there hus b-en u dissolution of the alleged
and oft-repeaUd marital ties of wheat and
sllx-er. and that wheat has ugaln reached
and passed the dollar mark and "Dx-cr , the
popncratlc god. is gradual ) proceeding
doxvn the toboggan slide In the opposite
direction , prox-ing conrlu&lx ely the fallacy of
the populist jiart ) that the } ere inter
married
We point -with pride to the fact that the
republican part ) ha restored confidence to
the nation which is ubunduntl ) shown in
the reopening of former idle factories , the
re-employment of thousanS * of idle men In
these factories , the increase In price of aJ
farm products and thf Increased actlx-ity
ulong ull channels of trade
We denounce the narroxx und partisan
efforts of Governor Holcomb to injure our
state bx- his unamerlcun zea for partj and
office and for hi" , cowardly und ex-aclxr
unsrwer to the Inqulrj of the eastern press as
to the reduction of the indebtedness of the
people of Nebraska .and the ex'idences of re
turning prosperity
As a part ) we enter this campaign feel
ing j proud of the proTterlty that now pre
vails throughout the nation nndwith con-
lldence submit that H is Imt the fulfillment
of the pledges of the republican part ) , and
is the resu t of the success of republicanism
We heurtll ) approve of the liberal polirx
of the present administration toward the old
Holdlerh in the granting of pensions to these
preservers of the nation's life b ) increasing
the pension roll to the highest limit j et
leached since the cix'il war.
GENEVA Nth , Aug 24 ( Special Tele
gram ) Flllmore count } republicans in con-
xentlon assembled today made the following
nominations lor county offices Treasurer
T M. Talmadge. county clerk , Sid Donis-
tborpe. both present incumbents , countj
judge J D Hamilton , sheriff James Lamb
of Sible ) , superintendent. J. C WcKinnon
of Exeter , coroner Dr J. W Archard of
Grafton. This is considered a strong ticket ,
the candidates being men held In nigh es
teem both jmlltlcally and as citizens The
following were -elected us delegates to the
state COBX cation Peter Youngers , Jr , of
Madison precinct , Dr. J W Archard ol
Gralton. Sam Logaden of Hamilton. S Perrj
of Stanton , J Shepherd of Belle Prairie , J
M Hall of West Blue J H Sterling of Ex
eter A V Kouba of Glengarj. E K. Cobb
of Geneva Cit ) , George Lareu of Chelsea ,
E D. Babcock of Franklin Dr. S F Ashbj
of Fairmont John M Ward of Genexa , Alex
McCarty of Liberty The best of good feel
ing and Imrmonj prexailed in the conten
tion
SYRACUSE , Neb , Aug 24 ( Special Tel
egram ) The republican county convention
met toda ; w itb a full delegation of 209 C
H. Elmedorf was choeun chairman The
following named persons were elected as
delegates to the state conxentlon M L
Haward , C W Hoge , A Zimmer , D. S
Jacl ton D H Harris , Henry Darnlne J
R McKee , J W Strong , C H Elmedorf.
James Dorr M D. Harrison. Thomas Roda-
wu ) A E Chuffee , J H Armends Thomfib
F Roddy , R J Bpere , W E Hlllls. E C
Whitham , J E Casselmau Delegates at
large Rev J. H Harman , E F Warren
Hon Patrick Rodd ) Patrick Rodd ) wae
also elected chairman of the central com
mittee Rex Mr Harmon and Hon Patrick
Rodd } made good talkfc The county nomi
nating convention will not bu held until surh
time us the county central committee hhc.1 !
designate It is reported that if the sound
money element captures the democratic cnn.-
xentlon , to be held here tomorrow , mother
couxcutlonwill be callttd composed of pop-
ulisUi , free bllver republicans and demo
crats , and they will place a full ticket be
fore the people
CHADRON Neb Aug 24. ( Social Tele
gram ) The republican count ; conxcntion
met here today with exery precinct hut one
represented Resolution * copied from thone
adopted by Box Buttt- county republicans
f-vvcrti passed , the name of William McKinley
being x oc-lferously c-heereid when mentioned
There was quite a contest for the oflice of
thcriff Craw ford people seaming to think
that Chadron wanted to take all 0 K.
Eastman , who line hctld the office two terms ,
was nominated lor clerk without much op-
petition Arthur M B&rtlett , nominated for
fcherlfl , hae also held the office tw o terms
James L. Paul wan renomlnated for count }
trt afaurer by acclamation. Rex * . A. R
Drex I * Sboonmn Is not belnp nrreKtfd
He's filmply si'ttin ; : a { winter from the
jiollft-muri on tlie beat to keep the lde-
wull : clear We dou't know bow we're
to do It "We caii't pet all the
In the Btoe at one. time And
there's a mud ruhh for those tan nuttes
we're cut the j'rioes on In our August
tun Mioe clcnnmce unle Such jiriccs as |
fl.4S on ladJefc * $4 J"os.ter tans ISc on
tbe $2 tan oxfords fl.li5 on the misftes'
f2. ( taw fl S on the child's f2.15
tans $3.4b on the im-u'i , $0 Bauian tans
-fl.00 on our boyi , ' flTiO tan or bhiek
iJiwfc make shoe buying easy aud buy
ers pk-utlfuL
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1419 rnrnam Stixct
Sultan pr * ldlnR clflc * of th Northw
Nebraska conference nut unanimously tiora-
i tnated for eounty nqperiDtenQent George
T H Babpork wa nantod" lor rcunty Judge
l Dr C E ruray fern -rly of Omaha. *
i nominated for eoroner bf arrlaniRttpn nnd
I Dfttittld McMillan the present Incumbent
wchosen lor isurxTyor The following
delegates to the rtntie convention wore
chosen W P WlnfU-ld , A M Bmlett J
A. Habegg W H Reynolds T J Wltoon.
A llartow O A. EcWt * The delegation
goen tinlnptrurtefl G A. Eckle * wac elected
chairman of the county central i-ommttte *
BrTTE , Neb. Auc SH ( Special ) The
Boyd county republican .conxentlon mot in
Butte Saturday and .sclectc-d the follow Ing
delegates to Attend the rtate ronxentlon
Hoa Sanford Parker1 'Major Dudley J M
McGlnttie T S Armstrong and Colon ol Mof-
fet. Pull delegations were present from each
preclnet and tbe convention vai harmonious
and enthusiastic Following are the re olu-
tlons adopted by the convention
Wherco * , , Hepubllean Sucre * * hnx'lng l-en
attained at the IHR- national election b )
the election of Major MKlnlt ) tbe ex
ponent of pound money and protection , and
Whort-B" Slnee hli brief administration
as chief esecutlxe of this government the
pit-dec. ' and promise * enunciated 1 > J tbe
St Louis eonxentlon are l > elnp fulfilled as
rapidly as possible evidences of which are
no nppurent that ex en the most pronounced
popullHt or popoerat < annot den ) the
tangible existence of the "xxave of pros
perity" guaranteed b ) Major McKlnle ) ;
anJWhereas
Whereas Tbe rapid rise In the prlee of
rereul * of no great b jiBflt to the farming
cla s of this great eommonxxealtb and the
continued "slump" of silxe-r Is n complete
refutation eif the claims of the Bllxerltes
lam fall that "the prlc - of Pllxer poxerned
the price of xxluat. " tlureforebe it
Keiolxed That xxe renexx our allegiance
and titldltx tt the re-publlean part ) , the
part ) of progress und prohperlt ) , and ask
nil good eltlrens to unite xxlth us in up
holding ltt > Ooctrlnes und prinelpleB.
CLAT CENTER Neb. , Aug 14 { Special )
The republican count ) conxentlon met here
today with a good attendance Hon D M
Nettle-ton WOK made chairman and Ollxer C
Williams secretar ) The enthusiasm was un
bounded Plfteen delegates xvere elected to
the fctate conxcntion , and go unlnstructed
Cla ) count ) republicans will make an actlxe
and agcress'xc campaign
HAYES CENTER Neb Aug 24 ( Spe
cial > One of tbe most enthusiastic conxen-
tions excr held by any part ) WHP held yes
terday The ticket then nominated bv the
rnpubllcans is un exceptionally strong one
The nominees are as follows County clerk
A L West of Haee Center , eountx treas
urer J L Blood of Haxcs Center , sheriff , S
C Pranklln of Palrfle-ld , count ) judge John
Barker of Haes Center , superintendent C
M Re-es of Deerfield , eurxeyor , John Wise
of Preuchmau coroner , Charles Bennett of
Carrlro , commissioner Pirst district , A J
Coons of Germanx Hie.
TEKAMAH. Neb . Aug 24 ( Special )
The republican county c-onxentiou xxas held
in this city today John P Piper was noml-
nate-d for rounty treasurer Theodore Palm-
quist , clerk , W R. Langford sheriff , P E
Ward county judge. C L Laughlln. superin
tendent ; W E Pratt , surveyor Per county
superx isors E F Sisson H Coleman Prank-
lln Exerett , J H Campbell Delegates testate
state conxentlon R A Templeton , E E
Carter H E Mundorf Olp Larsen , J C
Blackburn. H D Byram , J C Crawford
Oscar Samwon J E Spire , W A Harding
Joseph Hall , C A. WetbereJl. J M Boxee ,
Alxa Smith
ALLEN. Neb , Aug 24 ( Sjieclal > Chair
man W L Mote has called the republican
county conxention to mtt-t at Newcastle
Tuesday September 7 Tbe present repub
lican -officials Sheriff Hart County Clerk
Ekroth and Judge Rose mill douhtle&s be
renomlnated Per treasurer Daxld Arm
strong of Sllx e-r Creek w 111 probably be nom
inated , and the candidates for count ) buper-
Intendeut are Edward liuudburg of Wake-
field. Superintendent Culv-cr of Ponca and
Mlgfi Butler of Ponca.
EXETER Neb , Aug. 24 ( Special ) The
republicans held a caucus Saturda ) afternoon
to olcct delegates to the county conxen
tion and placed in nominaiion the following
township ticket Per Justice of the peace ,
Calvin A. Songster , assessor , T B Tanner ,
clerk , T. S Slouch , treaburer W S. "Dlrnlck
I'OITLISTi MEET IV CO VE T1O .
Sll * t-r ItfTrnliUcniiK imfl Drmocrntii
Join tli1 ouncrcr I'ni-ty.
TEKAMAH , Neb. , Ang 24 ( Special )
The populist party of Burt county held their
count ) convention in this cit ) yesterday und
elected delegates to the state conxentlon
They will nominate county officers at a later
date Man ) of those x\ho called themselxes
silver republicans or bilxer democrats last
fall are now full fledged populists and as
such participated In ) esterda ) s convention
A set ol resolutions introduced by Laxx-er
Peterson endorsing the populist state offi
cials , the populist board of county Euper-
xisors and the populist count ) superintend
ent were adopted The two latter resolutions
brought out some opposition as It is xxell
1-nown by all citizens of the count ) that the
present populist control of the board of
superx'lsors has been extravagant and In
competent , while the report of the count )
superintendents office shows unreasonable
extraxagance A resolution from the same
source was also adopted , tbnnklng tbe
Supreme Being for the bountiful harxest and
expressing Bmpathy lor the "btarvlng mil
lions" in foreign countries In supporting
this resolution Peterson endeavored to blight
the feeling of good times which perxuded
the conx-entlon by denouncing Mark Hanna
and other millionaires for cornering xxheat
and raising tbe price that the ' starving
millions" will have to pay more for their
broad
BURWELL , Neb Aug 24 ( Special )
The populists held their county convention
la t Saturday and ele-cted E R , Woods , C
W Hennlch and M E Guer to go to tho.
state convention The folloxxing count )
ticket was placed In nomination Count )
clerl : T G Hemmett , treasurer , J J Connell -
nell ) , Judge F M Obert. eherlff , C W
Hcmnich , superintendent Richard Bodfield ,
coroner , Dr N. Cameron. Burveor F E
Hill Hemmett and Hcnnicu haxe alread )
aerxed four ytars In the offices for which
they were nominated The delegates to tbe
btate eonxenttoa go tininstructed
WAUSA. Neb . Aug 24 ( Special ) Poll-
tics among the fusion lorces of this county 1 *
not all harmony A majorlt ) of 4T 0 for Bryan
has -Induced a host of hungry populist BK-
ptrautfc lor oflics to announce tbem ° elves
Added to this list is a large number of dem
ocrats and filxer republicutis. x\bo ore de
manding recognition which the pnpulUts are
not dispo e.d to grant and who threalen. 4f
the ) are not honored , to kick oxer the traces
Thlt aggregation of 1C to 1 place huntt rt hold
their different conxentions In Blor-infield Sa'-
urdaj whiti the problem of saiisflng all
tht ) dixnrsc elements will be tackled
IlrjimWill SiiriiU lit ColninlniH.
COLt'MBUS. Neb . Aug 24 ( Special Tele
gram ) A mass meetlflg of cltlzent was
he.ld in the council Chambers this ex cuing
aud arrangements made t sultabl ) receixe
W J Brun who will address the people of
central Nc.biuska at this .place on Saturday
next at 1 o'clock In thi afternoon Excursion
trains will be run ln\U directions and half
fare rates have been tjcicured.
Joint IMrnUHi H
HASTINGS Ne-b. , Anp 24 ( Special )
About ISO members iiftlte Loyal MBtic
Legion of the local lodge end about fart )
members ol tbe Junlula Jddge ol the same
order picnicked together un tlie Blue todaj
! SOUTH DAKOTA ASSESSMENT
Fir ircs Bhov that tie State Prospon in
Material Things.
INCREASED VALUATION OVER LAST YEAR
JTo Clnnn of Proirtr 5-liorrn n
rrrnrr , Imt > oinp Itrninln tlip
Miirr 1,1 ir MorU of All
Kind * Kxcrpt
PIERRE S D Atig 54 { Sj.peUl > On ac
count of the failure of the appropriation com
mittee to prepare o tabulated utotemen ! of
HMefement returns as re-re > lved Irom tbe c-oun-
tire for the use of the ntatp board of asses-1
ment there has been eonBtderable delay In
securing any figures as to the xaluatlon re"
turne-d , as the work had to all be done after
the baard bud concluded , Incttead of a large
i part of It being done prior to the neselon , as
| in pas ! 3ears. But figures showing the leadIng -
Ing pnlntt of the assc-ement are now In
puch shape as to show eomethlng definite
The total final returns show a tola ! as
, sessment return of $120.1 nt ICC. whlcb IB an
|
IncreaM- JT7C.010 ox cr the return of lost'
} ear Every class of jr-operty has been
either Inerenfced or left at the same valu
as lait ) ear. The totals on different classes
of propert ) are Lauds , J74.3C3BiB ( , an in
crease of JG7S S22 , lots , ril ! { > 2.ri27 , an In
crease of ITS.IiOS , personal propert ) , J2D,4iui-1
227 , on Increase of ? 20.3iD. ! rall-oods $9lin-
431 . un lucre'ose of J22 S52. telegraphs , the1
same as last ) ear , J127.202 , express com
panies. jr.7.500 an incrrase of J. 000 ; tele
phones sr > 3 40 ( ! an increase of fl4.030 , ( , leep-
Ing cars , no change 111 OUO
The question of railroad assessments show *
a discrepanc ) from tbe estimate of Increase
mode b ) the board flt the close of lu > work
and is accounted for In un aflidaxlt Irom then
Northwestem road that In thi past it bad
brcu paing taxi * on c little oxer lour miles
more road tban It actual ! ) cnuks in the
state It xtlll also show b ) a comparison
with lait } ear's re-pir-t u reduction Instead
of an Increase , but that IB e-xplalned bx tbe
auditors oflice on the larl that through error
last } ear the total rallread a sessment In
Fall Rixcr count ) xva > placed J40.00D too
high and the error was carried through the
report With this correction the actual In
crease this year Is practical ! ) { 23 OflO. and
with 117 (100 ( added lor tbe extra mileage of
the No thwestern In j > ast years the first
estimate xxould be practically correct
In the assessment of lands Brown county
leads with a valuation of I"iiP. ! ! 07r. . and
Mlunchaha and Splnk are clDde behind with
over S3.dOOiOD ( each Stanlej shows tbe low
est land atflesBtnent with only 118.123 Mln-
nehaha Itadb in town lots with a xaluatlon
of J2.ni2.7S : ; and Laxx-rcnce next with Jl 7iiO-
CS7 , they being the enl ) counties which go
cx-er a million on this class of property
Buffalo and Charles Mix counties chow no
town lots end Walworth is lowest on thio
class , only returning J4 OC9
On personal propert } Minnehaha leads
again xxltb T111IJE1S , Lawrence second with
JS17 C71 and Brow n third w Ith JIM 735 , tbe
lowest organized count ) he-lag Buffalo , xxith
J47 CC7
In the uno-ganlzed counties the total land
assessment is J2P.23C and the total personal
assessment 11,752.420. of which $930 f.49 is.
credited to unorganized to Butte , and 5202i I
4BB to Nowlin county i
The total valuations of the leading coun
ties are For Minnehaha ? 7,220C83 , Brown
JCi4Rf > ,717 : other counties aboxe S3 000,000
are Beadle Bon Homme , Breakings , Codinp-
ton. HutchlUBon , Lawrence , Lincoln , Splnk ,
Turner and Ycnkton
The returns on live stock show an in
crease cm all kinds except bbtep , which Ebow
a decre-ase. The total number of horses re
turned It 314.104 , Increase of 2492 , cattle
are returned to the number of f > 37S4S an
increase of 23,320 , the fcheep found are gixen
at 31C 097 a decrease of 24,654 , hoes are
shown to be on tbe increase with 235.598.
which is 23 02C greater than last ) ear
Broxxn returns the greatest number of
horses , with 12759 , and Hutchinaon leads aa
cattle with IS OK Spmg Is at the head on
sheep with lbB70 und Clay on hogs with
224BS
The total BFne-EBment returns from 1S79
to this xear show that there xxns a steady
Increase in valuation up to IB'iO anfl a
steady reduction from that ) car to 1B9C , but
this } ear bhows a blight gain again .
CVCH THIMC * HE WAS IEFR\UIED.
Sonth Dnkotn Mini TrniloN MU-CJI for
McrcliniullKC mill SUIim.
CHAMBERLAIN , S D . Aug 24 ( Special )
W A Hoobler , an old and heretofore re
spected resident of this county , is a fugitive [
from justice Some time ego he negotiated
i trade with J. E Moore of Sheldon , la ,
and agreed to exchange a flock of 775 sheep
for Moore's stock of boots and eboes at
Sheldon He gax-e a bill of sale of the sheep
to Moore and then gaxe. Moore u mortgage
on the stock of boou > and shoes lo$3 ODD ,
the balance due after accepting tbe sbee-p
When Moore came after his sheep a few
da ) e ago he found mortgages and unpaid
taxes against the beep amounting in the
aggregate to II400 which he paid with the
exception of a mortgage- held b ) the Bank
of Bijou Hills , which had become outlawed
Hoobler arserted he had been beaten In the
deal and refused to glxe up the sherp , al
though tbe flock had been reduced 200 bead
btace tbe agreement vias made Moore ut
once clcscd the store at Sheldon , but not
until Hoobler had Bhlppod about Jl 000 xxortb
of goods to a rclatixe in White Lake , this
rtate The thipment bowexer xxas inter
cepted enroute Hoobler is ace-used of sell
ing other mortgaged propert } and is also
xv anted for forgery He has left the country
and has not ) et been apprehended
IVIIEns. . C1VJ-E LOSS OF SHEEP.
MocVinrn 1 * irrr - < l nn lo Whnt tinj j
IMniit IK.
CHAMBERLAIN S D , Aug 24 ( Special ) j i ,
The sheepmen in the ceded Sioux lands |
west of the Mic ourl river haxe lost con
siderable stock during the past lew weeks
from the effecto of a poisonous weed that
ha long been a pest In that locality Charles
Courtney , a prominent Nowlin count ) stock- '
man. lost thirtj bead of bhcip in one dc )
re entl ) from the animals eating this we a
and nei.rl ) all of the beep raisers complain
of ranrt or lees loss from this cause What
complicates the matter i& the fact that it Is
not known exactly which of two species of
weed does tbe mischlt f Some stockmen ; a )
it Is the "loco weed" which often causes
inraiilty among korsee. that proxes fatal to
the sheep Others are equally positive that it
If. an akogttber different plant
Finn-nil of IIri. Dux 111 Ocil 'n.
SUNDANCE. Wyo. . Aug 24 ( Special )
The funeral of Rex Dax-id Ogden , who w at
killed b ) being thrown from lilt carriage on
Tuesda ) , was held at the Methodldt Episco
pal church here jesterday Mr Ogdeo WUB
born In New York in 1&31 He was married
It is really -wondi-rfiUJitrw much
| icojlt ) do uot ) : uow iEor Instance not
luauy jioople know * tJwt TsclirusUa lias
puid off $ ao,000,00i nf juortpapt-s this
ycai that It. newhjrtiiwr luformatlou 1
huch Jus y u find every day iu The Bee. 1t
It Is north considerable lo any man to
know what his own Btate und his Imme 1
diate nelphbors aieJdolnp. Did you au
know tht ruilroadK were bringing more u
H-oiile iulo Nebraska now than for n i
nuinbT of years jiast ? This is nt-ws- s
iai e > r Informatlou. Keep ixisU-d you sel
want to know vliei * these i > eojle hdttle
whnt they raise hoxv much ptock they I"
brinj ; with them you will gel all that Is Ii
Iit
worth knowing In The BeH The "Weekly Iit [
Bee ut ( Tic a jear vlll pive j'our eastern t
friends n rust deal of information. t
The Omaha Daily Bee
Circulation Department
17th and Farnam Bee Building
to ininnle In ISM nd In IBM mnrcd to
Cnlorndo arfl latrr to Montana -wberr he
wan one of the flrrt urtUnzw In thr city ol
Helena Mr Ocdrn and family hire llred
In Crook county for the part flftwn jrars.
Hr ha always beer tn arttvr worker In the
Mrtbnfltrt Bjil ropa ! rburch and for a num
ber of year * occupied tht pulptt of the Sun
dance church Thtdcreaord learee wife ,
three daughter * Mid one ron in Wyoming ,
and t eon In CpuneP Bluffs In
IUK IIOXNTYron nnYWOIVIK. .
I > -Tif - lntlotii on Morlc HurtIlrromr
Vrrj Attttirronn.
CHAMBERLAIN SD Aug S4 ( Special. )
At the last tnertlng of the Stanley eounty
board of commissioner ! ; it was decided to
place a bounty of $ t > i > er ncalp upen gray
w olve Thr commissioner * were practically
forced to this action by the faet that pray
wolxen which formerly pontlne'd their depre
dation * to the t-ountry bordering the bad
j landt and the Indian rererx allows arc now
I . j crowding down tiptm the Missouri rlxer
range A pack of volxe * west of Pierre
I ' ; hat , done a xust nmount of damage to tbe
titnc-kmpD i in that xlclulty by killing eolle
j and ' calxes and occasionallv larger stock
1 A few days ago a fine horse belonging t
jJanuw , ' Phillip ; wat. found still allxe hut
with the fleob nearly all eaten cS due hip
Tinlnlouil of Cnttlr for Oitinlm.
CASPER W ) o . Aug 24 ( Special ) A
tralnlnad of eattle gathered in the Hole-in-
! ' the-'Wall by tbe rcetut roundup was shipped
i from here to South Omaha } esterday The
j I Keystone eattle xx Ith the brandr cut out and
I tbe tklu ewed up were not shipped , but
were sent buck to tin Ogallala ranch The
C T cows with blotchid brands xxure re-
branded and tbe blotched brands xectcd
There wire l ) COWK an M P cow , an E 1C
j cow with calxes branded wltb rustler
I brands A Two Bar cow was In tbe lot
xUtb a ) earllng steer , following , branded T
S Tbe shipment consisted of tw ent-one
care with double that number of brands
No Iroi lf > loii fur I'nlillr ' rlioolN.
CHAMBERLAIN. S D. , Aug 24 ( Special )
Tbe people in Grcgor ) county are suffering
from tbe serious dlr.ndxcntaccc ; of not hnxing
I school organization At BoncKteel and Pair-
] fax : school houses haxe been built and teaeh-
: er.s i emploxed b ) prlxsle subscription The
! eettlerf i adjacent to the town of Starchtr ]
j haxe ; Juet decided to raise the necessary
funds to do likewlflc The fiettle"s of the
count ) win , number moie than 1000 ht-xe
In most eases resldefl there for oxertxen
yeart They applied to the lust legislature
for relief , but that hod ) for sonic unknown
reason refufced to take action
1,11 ixi crs Iln ; tinMnrrincr liJrcnuc.
. PIERRE. S D. . Aug 24 ( Special ) Clerk
of Courtf , Morse , a lew 8as ago issued a ,
marrlagi lleensc for Andrew Lee Bear end ,
Martha AVhaltng Iron The rouplc came In
from Bad rlxer. accompanied b ) a large |
number of their friends but all of them together -
gether could not produce the nercs > sar ) catb |
to pay for the license The ) xxcie helped ,
out of tbe'r ' predicament by a couple of
attorocjB who secured a promise from the
hnppx couple that their flnst born regardlc-M ! |
of sex should bt named after their bene
factors Tbe promise xxas gixen and the
license secured.
Illlll. Tf A111 ClHllCHt tll - !
SIOUX FALLS. S D , Aug i'4 ( Special . '
Telegram ) Last xx eek the State Board of .
Equalization rntisfd the CGsessmcut on bank I '
of elate and national banks from HO
to , 80 per cent aboxe the county assctssuicnl
and i 40 JILT cent aboxe tbe xaluatlon of nil
I. other kinds of propert ) Now the State
Bankers' association w ill take up tbe matter - I (
ter and contest the collection of tmch taxce
in the courts The State Bankers usmcia-
tionwill meet at Sioux Palls and tbL eul > - .
ject will be couelde/red tin that occasion '
Will MnK n Di > Gnn AVclI.
PIERRE , S D. Aug 24 ( Sps-ciul Tele
gram ) W E Swan L ? in this city and this
exening signe-d a contract with tbe board 67
directors of the Gas Well company to Kin1
a xx ell in this city to a depth of 2 000 feel
as it is puppooed the gus flow can be reacbcu
at that depth The worK xxill be commenced
af soon as material and machinery can be
got upoa the ground
tMifcimprr Cliniic ; ' ( ITTIU-IK.
CENTERVILLE. S D . Aug 24 ( Special 1
The Ccnterx'llle Chronicle has again patted
into tbe possession of r T" Haulord. and J
P Bullio has been engaged to conduct it for
a time The Chronicle has heretofore fcUp-
ported the republican party but the new
owner ( is not of that political faith
IVrw ' outli DnUotn Corjinriitinn.
PIERRE S D , Aug 24 ( Special ) Articles - '
cles of incorporation bare been filed lor tbe
Tanners' Suppl ) compan ) at Arlington with
a capital mock of $2r > ( > 0 It proposes to
deal ' in drugs and general merchandise lu-
eorporatore , William T Buhop. Myra BiBhop
and A. A Henry
Cnjifnrt- Ilnrcrlur ut Lnninile. .
CHEYENNE. Wo . Aug 24 ( Special ) |
Prank Po-d , who Is charged with tbe burg-
glary of Whltaker's barber shop In this city ,
waE arrettcfl at Laramie and will be brought
here bv Sheriff Shaver Considerable of tbe
proper ! ) stolen from the shop was found In
Pord *
ir Til f > u Mil ml Ilfiir llrjnn TnlU. I
RAPID CITT S D Aug 24 ( Special
Telegram ) Pive thousand people Irom the
southern hills listened to Bryan speak on
bimetallism toda ) Bus.ue'f in the city -wa
closed in honor of the visitor. The same
respect was shown throughout the Black
Hills
ron A > iiim-oiurn.
Lincoln IliiklitfhN 'Men rollo lite Hx-
ninjile of ICiiiiKii * . Cltj.
LINCOLN , Aug 24 ( Spocittl Telegram )
An cuthuEiobtic meeting of business men
xxas held at the Lindell hotel tonight to
talk up the building of the new auditorium
It van decided to adopt the scheme of selling
button certificates of block ut $1 apiece to
raise mane ) C J. Gre-ene. L H Austin
and J C SeacreU wen appointed a fciKcial
committee to advertise the nexs Bchimu.
Ill ron n Aciiiiiht n I'llr-hforL. .
WINSIDE , Neb Aug 24 ( Special. )
Prank Lemmon a farmer lixing a little
north from Winfcide was riding on a load of
thcaf oat * wltb a pitchfork sticking in the
sheaf beside him when tb i wagon was oxer-
turned und In falllmg to the ground Mr Lem-
mon bad one of bis leg ? badl ) punctured by
the pitchfork He la now buffering greatly
from the wound
Adinllt.t Hold n CumjuiK-ctlnc.
BEATRICE. Neb . Aug 24 ( Special )
The Seventh Day Adxentlste begun a camp-
meutlng at tbe Cbautuugua grounde today ,
to be continued for one xuek. Large num
bers ore earning in oxer tht dlffe-rent rail-
raods today and tbe meotlng promihefc to be
one of eotifclderablfr importance
Arnold's Brome Ceieiy cure neadatliws
ICi , Z& and CO centc All druggists
CRANE M1TDRES HIS IDEAS
Dosipier of tie OoTeninmt Builtling for tbe
TronsmiBsiRsippi Exposition.
PLANS FOR MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE
Slmlrrn ItrnnlfiKnnrt- Mjlr , irlth
> nMe rr < ipiirtliiti Hnd Arllntlr
tlntrrlor Di-corntltinn tn
UN llrnutr.
WASHINGTON. Atig W ( Special Tele
gram ) The rwwmnent building at th
Omaha Bxpooltlnn will be modern renalu-
Banc-c In t ) Ic , w Ith a magnificent dame ox
looking thelagoon. . 150 feet high mir-
IDoutitcd by an In role alltgorlcal figure of
Liberty Enlightening the World Tbl Ii
the lament Intention aeeordlnc to Art-liltert
E A. Crane of the supervising archi ert'n
J office , xx ho returned today nfler hie x-aca-
I tlon
"Instead of three buildings unlled by a
central eourt , as original ! ) planned" naU
Mr Crann "the goxertiment building will
' be one large titrueture fiOO leet long anil 100
j feet xxldo Tbe grounds j-eleeted for tlin
' cxpnsltlon ( are Ideal In iharactcr. and the
i position 1 accorded the gox eminent bulldinc
rould i not be Improved upon I betl"xe the
Omaha < Exposition will be lastly the great
est i expoKltlon Miner the World s fnlr for the
people ; of Omaha arc being arouncd to the
Importance ] of the export Ion and tierbody
mil-ins to talk and tliink of nothing bul
, inxt i } ears fair Walkir A. Klmlmll haxe
done i a great work In planning the grounds
and i the general outlining of the designs of
.the 1 flex era ! fctrurturifi which will be rich
| ' In ] coloring nnd artistic conception I hope
to 1 linxe the working drawings nf the gov-
ernnHUt ' building finished In nbout three
xu'ikt or a month As noon ut possible the
department will cull for hldx the clci.lpn
being | to haxe the building under roof before
Januar.x 1. when the etaff for the e-xterlor
ma j ) be made In tin- building Itself
" \t > for Omaha It K a bun metropolis ,
full | of handsome strur'urrfi and Its people
impressed i me mist favorabl ) 1 HKe the
city i and Its people and lulleve tbe gox em
inent i building will be a crrdll lo the ex
position "
Obe ) Co. of Cnn'on O tn x\bom has
been 1 axiorded ttie conn art for heating ap
paratus to- the Omaha pnstofllef haxe written
L
ten n strong letter to the superx Inlng archi
tect. | Rsklng permlMilon to substitute the
Renolds ] furnaee for the Hawle.x doxvn draft.
The matter will be taken up at once uud
disposed of
Acting Sci-totar ) of the Interior Rxnn to
day upproxed for patent to the elate of
Wx omlug a Hi t of lands selected under the
educational and charitable institutions'
grant ( embracing fi.20 ! ! acres In the Buffalo
land i district
An abstract of reports from the ICO na
tional t bnuk" In the ( . 'ate of Iowa , exclusive
of DCS Moluc * of their condition on July 2.1 ,
was iI made public b } Artlng Comptroller of
the iI I Ourrenc v Cofllu toda ) The principal
Iten-e I are ns folloxxs Loans and discounts ,
M j27Mtflf due from banks Mate nnd na-
tlnnul j J2 018 001 rcatrxe iu banks and de
posited ] with reserxe agents ? B7in7f > G of jfl
xxhli-h II GIW.riMi was gold total resoureeB , Sb
$471SP.292 ? Liabilities Capital stock ? 12-
220000 ; Burplus fund and uudixided 7irofil ,
S" ' ' 47 S02 due to banks national and ( .tate ,
j
J4Si01fiO : depcslts $22.411 C'O Axe-rage re-
mrxe held was " 4 BC per c < nt
Acting Seeretarv of tlie Interior Ran to
da ) de-clded the follov ing land contests from
South DaVotn Vnitd States against Lr-
man C Da-ton Watertown district invcufi-
gation as to the alii cation of facts made
by Dayton's heirs ordered Jowph Breuck-
ner agalr it heirs of Louis Altpeter Mltche.ll
district land ofilce decision afllrm"d and
land nxvarded to defendunls Henry Junlsh
against Stephen Michlilch , Watertown dls-
-Ict , drfendant's motion for rex lew denied ,
dns Martha Webber. Chamberlain , appeal
from land olhce decision withdrawn
Pcstmuktcrs commissioned Nebraska
Charles L Phelps Sprlnpxlpw loxva Wll-
llm P Earp , Aicadia , John Kullmer , Jr. ,
Dsart
SEED OF SIHEHIAA OH .SS.
flint It IMIl Thrive in
' . -iiil-rlcl ltBlon. .
WASHINGTON , Aug 24 The Agricul
tural department Is preparing to make an
experiment with a new forage plant which
! c thought to be adapted to tbe taml-urld
regions of tbe west It is the Bromus
Incrrnis a graft , xxhich le indlge-noue to the
Russian steppeb An order for two tons of
the need of the plant has been wired to Mos
cow in response to a telegram of I'rof Han
son the department's agricultural agent , that
ho could M.'curc this quantity by taking it
Immediate ! ) Tbe grots le * , ald to thrive id
lands which are tott dr > To * the ordinary
forage plante It is tall nutritious
j a , plant , rsm
and It Is hoped will prove to be adapted to fft |
tbe plaiLS In the region along the bases of
the Rocky mountains Prof Hanson ,
through whom tble order has been placed ,
is a resident of South Dakota He is mtk-
ing a spe-cial inxtistlgation of tbe grasses
and other forage M gelation of Siberia for
the department with the xiew of securing
plants adapted to the soil end climate of the
plaint , re-gion and this order is the first
fruit of his labor
The dispatching of Prof Hanson on this
mission hap bad tbe effect apparently of
creating tbe ImpresElon that tbe department
is mukiag ( special inqulr } into the agri
cultural pocfeibllitiee of tbe country which
will be traxerscd b ) the nexx Siberian rail
road xuth the view , of detirmlnlng before
hand the probable increase and character of
competition the Ameriian turner will have
to encounter from that ouarter
IM J7'I I > TO TUB SOUTIL.
Gri-nt -iiiuiid for tli " I'li-Nrnt 5 i'rc
tnrj of * fJnHiir < ' .
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24 Man ) inxlta-
tlont addressed to Secretary Wilson to xlalt
ttnte and count ] fa Irk during tbe approach
ing autumn are being received ut the Agri
cultural drpartmrnt a large number of them
being from the BOtiihern elates. The invita
tions from that Mt-tion exprecw a desire to
huxe tbe mc-retar ) Inspect the agricultural
condition ? and lo haxe tbe benefit of nl
adxlce as a practical Janm-r after uuch In
spection Ah tbf seen tar ) IE absent from
the clt ) tie definite re.pl > can be made , lint
It le known that be expects to go to Nimb-
x-llle during the full and U lit considered
probabld that be mnj so time hie vl lt there
as lo take in home of tbe fairs ID the neigh
boring states
Dull * Tr - niirj Miilcmrjit.
WASHINGTON Aug 24 Today's fctatc-
meut of the condition of tbe treasury nbowe :
Ax-allablo eat > h balauco , 1221 1C ! , ! ID2 , gold
rescrxe , 14 , SB1,02S
No man or womuci can i njoy life or c-
rompllbh much In this world while mffcrlne
from a torpid llxer PiWltt'e Little Early
Riser * , tbe illlt ) that clcsuse that orgaa ,
quickly.
One of the main ft-nturcc of the Klin-
tail jtlauo is Jls durability. Ahvn.ru
.he Baino no matti-r how much you une
t : the tone IB soft the touch It light
til lit cause none but the bert workmen
ire employed and the best materials
ised : When you own a Klmlmll you aie
ure of harinp : the best that can be pio-
luccd It doesn't cost imu-h to own one
ilther Tory little more thau Koine ItiKtrti-
nent that doesn't JIOSHW ; the lilpli quail-
lei of the Kimball 1 1't. cabier to buy
han u.uy other hecau&e we make the
wins so that you ntver mlsb the money
-You jiay each mouth ,
A. HOSPE.
iluslc M Art. 1513 Douglas.