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THE OMAHA DA1IA UEE: TUESDAY, MAY o, 1003. V v ( I BROATCH'S HEAD INSECURE Governor Dislikes Method of Taming Police Into f olitical Machine. EFCICT LITTLE CHANGE IN ASSESSMENT Ageat of Omaha Hotel anil ttrstaa raat Association Searches 1,1 n coin In Vain for Wl(ri and Cooks. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., May 4 (Special.) It Is not only possible but It Is probable that the action of W. J. Broatch In vising the police form of Omaha aa a political ma chine to break up political meeting! and to coerce voteri will result in his being j removed from membership on the Board of Fire and Police commissioners. There Is no question but Governor Mickey is seriously considering the manner In which the police force of Omaha Is being con ducted, with a view toward a betterment of conditions. This morning Governor Mickey was asked if substantial proof was laid before him to the effect that members of the police board were using the police depart ment of Omaha aa a private machine to further their own Interests and to break up opposition meetings, would he remove such members. The governor desired that he be not quoted In the matter at this time, owing to the fact that tomorrow is lection day and owing to the serious con dition that now exists in Omaha. While the governor has not during the last few days kept up with the reports concerning members of the police board, by reason of his absence in St. Louis, he is by no means asleep to the necessity of some action being taken. The governor expressed himself as being deeply con certed at the situation In Omaha, and while he would state nothing definite at this time, he intimated that in the near future some action w.u'd be taken to se cure a board of fire and police commis sioners that would attend to the business assigned to that branch of the city gov ernment and not make out of the police department the mere political machine that It is now. Governor Mickey stated thet.be would have to look up the law In tte matter first and then proceed slowly In a manner that would result in receiving the appro bation of a majority of the people of Omaha. . Roosevelt ij Interested. President Roosevelt felt that some action would be necessary In Omaha politics and before leaving St. Lculs he and Governor Mickey bid a t!k regarding the matter. While the governor would say nothing this morning that would tend to show that he was at all prejudiced In the Omaha political fight, he gave the Impression that he realized the members of the Board of Fire and Police commissioners were acting contrary to tbo law and be intimated also that In the near future ha would take a hand in the affairs of the board with a view to making it what It ehould be. The statutes gives to the governor power to remove a member of the beard from office whon that member does not do his duty, who violates his oath or becomes Incom petent to serve. ' The governor Intimated that he would call upon the people of Omaha to assist him in selecting a board of police commissioners that would do Its duty in conducting the police force in the interest of the people and law and order and not as a mere machine at the beck and call of politicians. Treasurer Files Statement. 'Treasurer Mortensen today filed with the auditor his monthly statement, showing the receipts and disbursements ot the Ne braska state treasury for April, 1903, and the banks In which money Is on deposit. www fi B fl 1 2 V. . S? S H fl t) o S 3 It 3 2 c'j? . 3 Hft5': S3;fi : 2 2 V - C 2 : B2.: -8: a : II! ?: a: . . o : : : : 3; : . c : a : : o : : : : : ;3 : : s : : S g; j 13; 8: : 3: 8 5": gill S8: S: "s "s I S 2 1 Si E 2 3i !i K8"2 BANK BALANCES APRIL SO. West Point National bank. West Point f 10.000.00 Packers National, South Omaha.. 2.of:.53 Saunders County National, Wahoo 5,U Adams County. HuHtlnss 6.S7HS.32 Oerman National. HnsiinKS i.tt.X! Battle Creek Valley. Battle Creek, e.079.35 First National, Alliance S. 253. 35 t irst isaunnal, York .o4t.u Norfolk National. Norfolk 7.072.77 Broken Bow State, Broken Bow. S.O3O.0O rittsens, MoCook 7.CM.70 t'nton State. Harvard 4.0M.27 City National. York 3.27.10 State Bank of Curtla, Curtis S.3S.15 First National, Or1 .9i.00 Farmers and Merchants, Btroms- burg 4.(144.6.7 Bank of liaille Mills. Baslle Mills. l..v.i First National. Holdrege 2.&:.97 First Stale. tt. Paul S.frfO.nO First National, Wayne 7.035. w Pierce County, Pierce 7.(wo00 Bank of Orleans, Orleans 4.000.00 Urund land Banking company, Orand Inland Firrt National. Iinmls Valentine State, Valentine Bank of Syracuse. Syracuse 7.433.60 3.i"i.') J.ttt.tiO S.ul.(K 62.S7 S.mU.iiO l.fii.) 7.('38.4 6.013.3U a.oln.R) Citizens National. St. Paul Newport State, Newport ,.. Wolbach State, Wolbach... Farmers and Merchants, Lincoln. 'uster National. Hmken Bow.... Commercial Ktate, Or nil Island.. DannebroK Ktte. Dannebroa l.ino.00 First National. O'Neill 5.iS. First National. Lincoln S3. 3.17. 81 Columbia National, Lincoln 23,m8.49 I Ity Nationul, Lincoln 2". 415 31 Bank of Commerce, Lincoln .7u7.40 TKI rILT n n T as9 rr,zii i3222 : ST s3?8?2srsS?i I r r V L V,. CANDY CATHARTIC BEST FOR THE BOWELS First National. Omaha n.WT.JB Omaht National, Omaha , 3 .k. .4 1 I t.ll.il Smtos National. Om.iha.... .ti.lto.70 Mi-rrhHtit Notional. Dmahi 37 47 t'omtnerclal National, omaha U13 .74 I iilu'i National, Omha 3'..J79.4."i Total H44.5:9.77 Little ( hana In Railroads. The Indications are that the State Board of Equalization which meets tomorrow will not materially change the assessment of railroad' property from the returns made by (he last board. Treasurer Morteuspn said this morning that In determining the value of franchises he thought It a good plan to take one-fifth of the coat of construction from one-fifth of tho market value. The difference be tween the two should constitute the value of the franchise. Mr. Mortensen did not say how to arrive at the market value of the road. Friends of equal taxation claim that the market value of a road la what the stock will sell for pltia the bonded Indebtedness This Is the same Idea, said a defender of the Caldwell amendment, that friends of equal taxstlon tried to get through the last leg islature and failed. Treasurer Mortensen, however, said that In view of the fact that a new revenue law had been enacted and It would take effect In September, It was his opinion that no general stirring up of affairs would be attempted by this board. The first meet ing tinder the new law, he believed, would be of much more Importance and much more interest would be taken, to the end. that material changes would be msde in the railroad assessments. Governor Mickey said he was entirely new at the business and consequently did not know what would happen nor how '.o go about It. This would have o be at termlned after the board got down to work. When asked If the railroad fran chises would be assessed along with their other properties, the governor stated that while he had not studied the matter care fully, he intended to follow the dictates of tha constitution. The railroads are already at work and It Is presumed that they will continue at work until ater the board had adjourned. This morning an agent of the railroads called upon a member of the board and with tables of taxation and tables of valua tion and with tables of taxes paid by the railroads tried to convlncej him that the railroads, all their property and all their franchises had been assessed sufficiently high by the last board. Whether the Omaha Real Estste ex change, which assume, to be In favor of higher asressments on K,"7 V. will prepare figures to dispute those of he railroad agent, ha. not tea m' around the c.pltol. J. H. Melnte ho leaves .hortly for New York tobMM corporation lawyer will not here to appear before the board In behalf of the taxpayer.. Secures No Walter.. The Hotel Men", association of Omaha tried Its luck In Lincoln for waiters. The agent of the association has gone and It 1. generally believed that be took no waiter, with him. The agent who regis tered at the Mndell under the name of J. H Dahrse, came here May inserted an ad in a local paper signed J. H. D.. stating that the association wanted thirty colored waiter., twenty-five dish washers, yard man, vegetable man tor .5; v. tin to 190. Another ad in the same paper atated that thirty dining room girls were wanted at 7 per week each It was .tated at tne noiei ini. nr. nnnn that the man had gone and .o far a. any one know, he failed to aecure any assistants. The waiters here are still on a strike and It U not probable that the men of Omaha would do business In the way ot securing help. The agent first registered from Omaha and then .cratched out that town aaa inserxea r Back from St. t,onte. Governor Mickey, hi. .taff and the other state officers, have returned from St. Louis where they went the flr.t of the week to attend the dedication of the Louisiana Purchase exposition. All ot the state cf ncer. report a mo.t enjoyable trip and rinvnmor Mickey .peak, especially of the cordial treatment he received at the hands of President Roosevelt during the entire trln. He spoke also of the cordial recep tlon given to Grover Cleveland by the peo ple of St. Louis and the vlsltora. Pay-Ins on School Lands. Deputy Land Commissioner Eaton was busily engaged in taking care of a flood of check, ot .mall denomination, which i. pouring into hi. office aa a re.ult ot the passage of the new law providing for the payment of fee. tor making out new leases and preparing copies of records. The checks are of very small denominations, ranging from SO cents to $1.50, but they come in so plentifully that they are ex- fpected to produce a considerable fund at the end of the year. Mr. Eaton did not take kindly to the Job of taking care of the .mall check.. He 1. obliged to spend his evenings quite often making record of the checks. The legisla ture turned down the application of the department for another clerk. ' , Mr. Eaton Saturday returned from a land leasing trip throughout the western sec tion of the state. He said this morning that the bid. on land had not equalled those received on former trips through that section. He say. that the atock raisers were afraid to bid, because they bad suf fered considerable loss of atock through the cold weather. Much of the stock ac cording to his observations, i in such poor condition owing to the lack of food that It is unable to withstand a slight chill. He said that one man reported the loss rf forty bead of cattle out of bis bend. Lack of range is the reputed , caus of the trouble. The Commercial State bank Is a new In stitution at Republican City. It has been organized with a capital stock of $5,000 with these men as incorporators: J. B. McGrew, E. C. Moffett, R. V. McOrew. The application was received by the banking board today. Hunter Is Shot RANDOLPH. Neb.. May 4. (Special.) While shooting rabbits about a mile north of town Charles Townscnd was shot In the sltie by a companion named Al Peter son. The bullet was from a 22-callber rifle and was fired at about twenty feet. The ball entered the right side at the eighth rib and la thought to be lodged in the muscles surrounding the stoma h. The wounded man Is well known among gun club circles in northesst Nebraska. Htm Himself la Hay l.oft. MEADE. Neb., May 4. (Special Tele gram.) O. Holcomb Anderson, who lived one and one-halt miles from this place, hanged himself in a hay loft last night. He has been mentally unbalanced for som. time. He has a son employed by Baker Bros, ot Omaha. rAVOMTE HCOI0IMK CROP PROSPECTS EXCELLENT Labor Bureau Compiles Bepliei From All Portions of the State. GENERAL DEMAND FOR LAND REPORTED Holders In Many Section Unwilling to Sell and Bayers Find Prices Advaarlna; la Most Sections. LINCOLN, Neb., May 4. (Special.) Chief Clrrk Despaln of the offlco of the labor commissioner has compiled a report showing the crop prospects end Isnd values of the state. The report shows the con dition In all except these counties: Cedar, Colfax. Frontier, Holt, Jefferson, Keith, Keya Paha, Madison, Pierce, Platte, Rich ardson, Rock, Saline, Sarpy, Sioux and Scotts Bluffs. The report shows general good condition, and good prospects. It follows: Adams Prospects of cereal crops excel lent. Wheat has recovered from discourag ing appearances of month ago. Soil wet and slightJv cold. All need germinating well. Ketlmnte on cron for 1!3: Wheat. 9". bushels; torn, loo.fldi) bushels; oata, 40,000 bushels; spring wheat, lit.mio bushels; rye, o.'.xhi huehelH. Farm lands show grad ual advance In price, fully 20 per cent, dur ing last year. Increase In sales. Antelope Condition of soil never more favorable. Hemand for farm land strong. Rtradv halthv advance. Good farm landa worth 15 to H0 per acre. Banner Prospects never better. Very lit tle land chancing hands. Owners not de sirous of selling. I'rlces double those of last year. Blaine Good' outlook. Land In growing demand at Increased prices raneinK from (5 to $12.50 per acre on farm lands and $2 to i for grazing land. Boone Condition of soli fine. Prospects for "bumper crop." Land changing hands. Prices steady. Prevailing prices iu to o!) rer acre. Box Hutte On account of (treat amount of snow, the soil is In splendid condition. Great prospects. Potatoes ore the great crop. Never had a failure. More sale for land than ulnce the panic of Thirty- live per cent increase in prices of last year. nova Frosnect is fair. Soli in good con dition. Slightly cold. Demand for farm land slow. Prevailing prices $10 to $30 per acre. Brown Condition of soil never better. General prospects flattering. Value of lands steadv. Good investments. Buffalo Soli In extra aood condition. Splendid prospects. Demand for farm lands good. Prices advancing. Prloee ilo to J6. Butler Condition of soil points to very good crop. Demand for farm landa has de creased. Prices range from $40 to $70 per acre. Cass The condition of soil nd general prospects are as good as could be wished. Crops sllKhtlv retarded because of late. cold aprlna. Farm lands In this county are too highly priced by owners to allow many sales. Prices range from $60 to 80 per acre and are nrm. Farmers all report most prosperous conditions. Best In Ten Years. Chase Soil in better condition than for ten years. Big demand for farm and ranch lanos. More sales last year than for years. Cherry Everything favors a blK crop. Soli In good condition. Large demand for rarm lands, prices lb to tt.50 per acre. Cheyenne Condition of ooil and crop pros, peets good. Slight rise In price of land. Very little chanalns hands. Clay Prospect and condition of soil verv good. Sale of land Is better with slight rise in prices, i-verytning nas upward ten dency. Cuming Good prospect, for large crop, Few sales of land. Price, steady. Custer The condition of soil and nros. pects are the best for crops in the history of the county. Splendid demand for land and large number of sales. Increase In price. Dakota Prospect, verv aood for extra large yield of crops. Good demand for land. Price of land steady with upward tendency. Prices $35 to $120 per acre. Dawes Plenty of moisture has placed the soil In excellent condition and assures a splendid crop. Prospect, never better. Movement In real estate quite brisk. Dawson Soil In very best of condition and prospects never better. Price of land advancing, ranging from $20 for unim proved to $40 for Improved and Irrigated farms. Real estate market active and ad vancing prices looked for because of crop prospects. Deuel Conditions and prospect, most favorable. Soil moist and quite warm. Land selling rapidly. Table land $2 to $2.50 per acre. Irrigated land $10 to $15. Dixon Soil In excellent condition for germination and prospects good for large crop. Season backward from one to two weeks. Farm land value, steady from $35 to $75 per acre. Dodge Condition of enll excellent, plenty of moisture. Prospects good. Moderate sale of land. Supply of saleable land not equal to demand. Gradual advance In (I no. DouKlas Good nroanects for full iKrun and yield of crops. Soil In excellent con dition for tillage. Quite a demand at pres ent for farm lands. Prices range from $60 iu irr acre. Dundy Cron nrosoects never hettor vr. moist j re In ground than ever before at this time of year. Quite a local demand for land. Many who sold last year have re turned. Prices have advanced 35 per cent during the last year. Land Valnea Advance. Fillmore Present prospects could not be more promising. Soil in excellent condi tion. Good demand for land. Prices have advanced $5 per acre during the last nine momns. Franklin Soil never In better condition; full of moisture. General outlook for crop could not be better. Demand for land dur ing last year the heaviest for sixteen years. Prices have advanced heavllv and mill tend upward. Rough pasture, $ift; al fslfa bottoms. $25 to $40; level land, $25 to $45 per acre. Furnaa Condition of soli very fine. More snow and rain than In any previous spring Too wet to cultivate now. Gref prospects. Greater demand for land than ever In the past. Prices 15 to 25 per cent higher than heretofore. Gage Soli too wet for seeding of small grain, consequently causing a large acreage of corn. Otherwise prospects are good for bountiful crops. Very large sale of farm lands In past twelve months at prices rang ing from $10 to $ per acre. The owner, are the only obstructions to sales. Gosper Condition of soil excellent. Crop propfct. good. Land values have appre ciated 15 per cent in past two years. Pre veiling prices $10 to $20. Grant Good season for hay and alfalfa Lahd prices higher than heretofore. Quite a demand for ranch lands. Good ones sell hin. Greeley Kxtremely good prospects for crops now in and to be sown. Wheat and rye are in better condition than for years and show an average of from 95 to 9S per cent of full cron. Demand for land good prices being higher than a year ago. Good land averattes round !f. uxr. Ilall 8oil wet and cold, but believe It Trvorahle to good cron. Sale of land cood Farm land rising with prospect of con- tlnued rise. Everything In flourishing con uttion. Hamilton Prospects excellent. Boll verv wet. Crop slightly backward. Normal de- inunu ana little oi land. Beats All Records. Harlan Condition or soil the het since county wa; settled. Oreat amount of moisture. Demand for land slight. Owners asking a little more then a vear ago Hayes General prorpects for crops better than have been for ten years. Land values are steadily making an advance and con siderable Inquiry from eastern farmers espec ially r. nters. who are Inquisitive re garding western farms. Hitchcock Condition of soil improved. Uood demand for land, with more than usual number of transfers and prices have risen from 10 to 16 per cent Hooker-Soil wet and In good shape. Iand values and demand steady at about S3 per acre. Howard Condition of aoll first-class never better. Crop prospects never brighter. Iemand for land Increasing. Many sales and prices advancing Johnson Soil in good tillable condition and prospects good. Not much land for sale. Prices firm. Kearney Condition of soil excellent and prospect for great crop never better. Itnd market 10 per cent higher, with demand excellent. Price. fcO to 140 for choice land. Kimball Stock country. Good year for grass. Demand for land dead on account of uncertainty of government action on the lencd question. Knox Crop pro pects very good. Soil In excellent condition and farmers in good spirits. Demand for land verv fair. Pre vailing prices tsi to Kio for farm land and st to 4io lor pasture land. lJtncMstrr Splendid prospects for No. 1 crop and soli In excellent condition. Great deal of land sold during the last y?ar. with demand continued good. Prices realized are highest ever known. Good farm land averages rrom loo to tm per acre. Lincoln Soil in line condition and Droa. ptcis good. Ixmand for land 1 slow, ex Fire-Fighter's Story How the Strongest Man hi the Philadelphia Fire Department Once the Weakest Gained His Strength and Health, by Using Swamp-Root, the Great Kidney and Bladder Remedy. HERE'S the story of a raan who was near death's door and: was saved by using Hwamp-Uoot. j If he came to you and said: kidney trouble? Does your back ache? . Do you feel bad all over and can't tell exact ly what's the matter? Have you tried medicines or doctors with out benefit? Are you about discouraged? Then do as I did, and get well Use Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root! I know it' will cure you." If he did this, would you be lieve him? Wouldn't you, if you were a sufferer, follow his advice, know ing that he bore living, sentient, vital testimony to the wonderful virtues of this great natural remedy? WELL, that is just what Hugo Hut't, strongest man in the Philadelphia Tire Department, hero of a hundred battles with the fiames, is do ing now through the medium of this newspaper. nugo llutt has been connect ed with the Philadelphia Fire Department for the past four years. He is stationed at the engine house at Nineteenth and Callowhill streets. Mr. Hutt is known as the strongest man in the Fire Department and has taken many prizes at athletic tournaments for his prowess in the field of sports. He is also an ex-sergeant of the United States Infantry, hav ing for several years been stationed at Fort Niobrara, Neb. Mr. Hutt also served with the Sixth the Spanish-American war. Dr. EDITORIAL NOTICE Swamp-Root ia so remarkably successful that a special arrangement has been made by which all of our reader, who bava not already tried It may have a .ample bottle sent absolutely tree by mall, also a book that tells all about It and its wonderful cure.. Address Dr. Kilmer Co.. Blnghamton, N. T. In writing, be sure to mention that you read tbl. generous offer in The Oms ha Dally Bre. The regular fifty-cent and one dollar size bottles are sold by all druggist.. Don't make any mistake, but i emember the name, Swamp-Root Dr. Kllorer'. Swamp-Root and the address, Blnghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. cept for bottom Irrigated land. No ap preciable fluctuation. Prices $1& to $30 for bottom land. Logan Condition of .oil excellent and prospects never better. Land has risen In values 60 per cent and more changed hands this spring than in six, previous years. l ittle Land for Sale. Merrick Condition of soil excellent. Much moisture and ground very triable, but If cold and rain continue lowland will be too cold for perfect returns. Holder, of land have no desire to sell. Prices on all lands have Increased trom 30 to E0 per cent. McPherson Mostly stock raising. Pros pects for crops good. Plenty of moisture. Bale of lands and prices steady. Nance Soil never In better condition. Prospects are as tine as could be asked. Demand for land fair, especially griiss land. Bottom land S40 to $60 per acre, rolling land J-'O to $26 and rough pasture land nothing below $15 per acre. Nemaha Fine prospects exist for this year and the soil was never In better con dition. Price of land Is steadily increasing. Nuckolls Ground is In splendid condition and prospects are good for an Immense crop. Land nteadlly aavanclng In price. Residents doing most of the buying. Otoe General prospects. very good. Good demand for farms and values rising. I Pawnee Soil never known to be In bette. condition. Prospects Rood for lance croi. Demand for farm land good, with prices steadily increasing. Prices $40 to $75 per acre. Perkins Condition of soil very favorable. Very little land changing hand, and no change In values. Phelpa Prospects for crops at present are very encouraging. Condition of soil for spring work beat In years. Good steady demand for farm lands, with gradual In crease in price during last eighteen months. Polk Condition of soil Is most excellent and crop prospects were never better. There Is an Increasing demand for farm lands, with prices showing steady advance. Ordi nary farm land $40 to $76 per acre. Red Willow Prospect for crop has never been better in twenty-five years. Great In crease In sugar beet acreage 40 acre, last year to 1,600 this season. Considerable land changing hands at Increased prices. Saunders Prospects first rate and soil In excellent condition. Demand for land good, but not a great deal for sale. Prices range from $50 to $75. Lands Held Hlh. Seward-Soil In first-class fchape: never better at this time of year. All crops doing fine and prospect excellent. Sale of land slow, with pricea rame as last fall. Good farms selling at about $66 per acre. Sheridan Prospects very good. Good de mand for land and a great deal changing hands. Prices have advanced 60 per cent In lust two years. Sherman Soil in very fine shape and prospects exceedingly fine for 13 crop. Demand for farm land very strong. Flv hundred Instruments filed In first three months of 1903. Prices becoming firmer. Wild lands 18 to $30, smooth cultivated lands $. and choice alfalfa lands $50 per acre. Stanton Soli conditions fine and crop prospects good. Farm land, very much In Mrmsml thiM snrltiff. Prices remain normal with possible advance over last year. Good farm lands . to KjU per acre; poorer lanos $16 to $35 per acre. Thayer Ketter proe pects never Known in Thayer county. Bull In excellent condition. Demand for land normal, with prices rang ing from $5 to $50 per acre. Tendency up ward. Prices Here lower tnan in bordering counties. Thomas Prospects very good. Demands for ranch lands greatly increasing. Prices range from $? 50 to $- per acre. Thurston Spring very late and ground wet and cold, but good prospects for crops, though It may be sugntiy retarded. De Th Ute Lord Colridre, Lord Chief jnatotef wiglsiyi. la otdenii aiuw dom buiUai of COOK IXPEKIAL e spunlah a so paly srwlsosly rrwa, mnoMi "ItU sizbly appredatsd by aiy h-lends." Tkts laths onivsnial nil4 en fcoth sidmof the AUssuc and lav u us aiMtiun veto. "My friend, do you suffer with ! IBi HUGO HUTT. PHILADELPHIA FIREMAN. Pennsylvania Regiment during ( Kilmer's NATURE'S GREATEST mand for farm land slow, with price, steady at $60 to $70 per acre. Valley Soli In good condition for cultivat ing and bright prospects for crops. Washington Prospects and toil very fine Steady demand for land and prices, strong and firm. Wayne SoM In fair condition. Too much rain and cold weather. Crops will be large but backward. Fmall demand for land, but prices steady at 140 to $75 per acre. Webster Very good prospects for large crop. Soli In good condition. Considerable selling of land this spring. Prices advanced. Wheeler" Condition of soli and crop pros pects good. Demand for tarm land quiet; for pasture land active. Hy land SUl to $20 and farm land $5 to $20 per acre. York Fine prospects for all crops. Con tinued demand for farm land, rolling at $55 to $SU per acre, which is steady. Iyooal buyers are paying highest price for fani lands and choice farms are quickly sold as soon as listed. CAPTURE SUPPOSED CROOKS Three Men with Complete Burglar Outfit Taken In by O Ul cers at York. YORK. Neb., May 4. (Special Telegram.) A sensational rapture was made tonight of three supposed bank or train robber. Late In the afternoon the three ate lunch at Haag s restaurant, leaving two grip, and a bundle, saying they would be back for .upper. Deputy Sheriff John Afflebaugh saw them leave the grips and on opening and examining them found three forty-five caliber guns, four sticks of dynamite, one bottle of nltro-glycerlne, syringe, candles. soap, matches, fuse, caps, files and a set of burglar tools. At supper time Sheriff Brott, Afflebaugh and Policeman lllgln frltz captured the three, holding them up with their own revolvers. They are all now in the county Jail. All three wore dark clothes, hair dark, height of each about five feet nine to ten Inches, weight of each about 175 pounds. Two wore mus taches about two weeks old, one smooth face. They are well dressed and shrewd looking. The authorities here will keep them on suspicion, hoping they are wanted elsewhere. It 1. believed, they were here to turn some trick. Iloblier. Take Silks. WYMORE, Neb.. May 4. (Special.) The store of C. M. Robertson & Co. was robbed Saturday night and silk, valued at $"00 taken. The burglar, gained entrance by breaking the latch on the door. A light wa. burning in the .tore all night and all the curtain, were up and It Is a mystery how the theft wa. committed and no dis covery made until morning. They left the cheap .Ilk. and took only the finest In stock. Considerable silver wa. In the cash ! drawer but wa. not touched. As yet there is no clue to the thieve. Troables Lead to Salrlde. CHAPPEL, Neb., May 4. (Special Telo. gram.) William Plummer, who has been a resident of Deuel county for fifteen years, shot himself Sunday evening, dying In stantly. For several mouths he has been acting strangely and brooding over bit troubles, which terminated In suicide. He leave, a wife and two chl'dren. He car- rled a policy in the MoOern Woodmen for ! $3,000. Rob Hemlnaford Stores. HEMINGFORD. Neb.. May 4. (Special Telegram.) Robber entered the tores of H. L. Bushnell aiid H. R. Green and took merchandise In each. They also broke Into the school house. No trace of the robbers was secured. Ranrhaaaa Srrloasly lajared. HEMINGFORD. Neb.. May 4. (Specl.-l Telegram.) E. P. Waldr.n, a ranchman near here, waa thrown Into a barbed wire fence by hla horse and seriously Injured. Workmen Memorial Soaday. RED CLOUD, Neb.. May 4 (Special ) Ancient Order United Workmen Memorial Sunday waa appropriately observed by tb ERF. I the story as he Rave It to a special representative ot Philadelphia's great newspaper, "The North American:" "You will hardly believe It when I tell you there w a time when my body was in such a diseased condition that my relatives and friends would have, at no tlni. been .urprleed to learn of my death. It ' wa. all due to kidney trouble, for which I i1 Si -31 iV' : Y ' " r story ir the average reader of a newspaper could be persuaded to read the thousands of such testimonials which come to Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Uoot, the kidney troubles which now cfllict humanity would be cut down fifty per cent. For these testimonials all prove beyond a doubt that the great est cure for kidney, liver and bladder troubles is Swamp -Root AID TO THE SUFFERING. order here. Service, were held at the Con gregational church In the morning, con ducted by William Hauptmann. Appro priate muslo wa. rendered for the occa sion. About 150 Workmen attended the fcervlces. Tritehrra for Wood Hlver. WOOD RIVER, Nob., May 4. (Special.) R. S. Baker was re-elected principal of HChools hy tho rchool board at Its meeting lat evening. Misses Mary O'Connor, Maud Bowen, Isabelle Lodge, Laura Marshall, Blanche Wcldon, Minnie Williams and Delia Francis were selected as the teach ers. William Maltman was elected janitor. Boy Is I nrorrlRlble. DAKOTA CITY, Neb.. May 4. (Special.) --Roy Mclntyre, the 12-year-old adopted son of Mr. end Mrs. R. A. Mclntyre of South Sioux City, has been declared Incor rigible by County Judge Elmers, and or dered rent to the Kearney reform school. The application wa. made by Mr. Mclntyre. John Reed lusaue. OSCEOLA, Neb., May 4 (Special.) Polk county's Board of lnsantly has just ad Judged -John Reed Insane and the sheriff was ordered to take him to the asylum at Lincoln, where It Is hoped that he will soon be restored to mind again. Big- Block Changes Owners. KEARNEY. Neb., May 4 (Special Tele gram.) The magnificent opera house block, which v-'s. built In 1890 at a cost of $80,000, has been purchased by John Crocker of Chicago for the sum ot $29,600. A fw War Motor I. one of the latest Invention, for service in war time. It 1. a tort, built on wheel., and Is strongly recommended tor .eacoa.t defense. The strongest recommendation for a family medicine is the fact that dur ing the past fifty year. Hostetter. Stomach Bitters has never been known to fall to cure indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, biliousness, nervousness, insomnia or malaria, fever and ague. It therefore com mends Itself to all sufferer, who want to get well again. Avoid substitutes. Helf-Defeiiac l Ills Plea. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. May 4. Lewis Hub bard, who shot and killed Constable Heck of Kldgeley last night, was arrested today. He said Heck and four other. Insulted a woman who was with him. Hubbard re sented their wonts, waa assaulted and he then shut Heck, he says, in self-defense. Loss Among Sheep. LANDER. Wyo., May 4. -(Special.) The recent snowstorm In this section caused considerable loss among sheep. At Haley over 5(0 shorn sheep perished, while 400 died near Lost Cabin and 300 in the vicin ff could aecure no relief. I wa. under the care of my family physician for a number of year., but he wa. unable to do me an good. I also consulted two noted special ist, on kidney dlsea.es, but they were un able to give me more than temporary relief I had already made application to Join th' army, but waa turned down on arcount of my bad physical condition. "I wa. advised to try that greatest of all remedies 8WAMP-ROOT. "I vrrote to Dr. Kilmer k Co. at Blogham ton, N. V.. for a sample bottle, and It. ef fect upon me wa. so notlceabte that I went Immediately and bought a supply from my druggist, with the re.ult that In a compara tively short time I had entirely recovered and became the man you see me now. "I served a number of years tn the army and for the psst four year. I have been connected with the Philadelphia Fire De partment. My work, both In the amy and fighting fire. In Philadelphia, ha. been of the most arduous, and work that I cct.ld not do did I not have a strong phys ique. ' "I do not know what the worda "Kidney Trouble" mean now, snd do not expect to. I cannot speak too highly of Swamp-Root. A few bottles of this great remedy did more for me than a dozen physicians could." (Signed) HUGO HUTT. 2223 Vine St., Philadelphia. Fa. ND this is only one man's ity of Casper. There were also some losses among young lambs. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Two Showery Days Are Promised to Nebraska aad ' Iowa. WASHINGTON, May 4. Forecast: Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas Shower. Tuesday and Wednesday. Illinois Fair and warmer Tuesday; Wednesday showers, fresh south wind.. South Dakota Fair in west, shower, in east portion Tuesday; Wednesday shower. Missouri Fair In east, shower In wast portion Tuesday; Wednesday (bower. Montana Fair and warm Tuesday and Wednesday. Colorado and Wyoming Fair and warmer Tuesday and Wednesday. Local Record. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, May 4. Official record of tem perature and precipitation compared with the corresponding day of the last three year.: - 1903. U. 1901. 190" Maximum temperature ,.70 tS T 89 Minimum temperature ... 46 61 4i Mean temperature 6. 6H . 72 SS Precipitation 11 .1 .4s .0) Record of temperature and prec pltatlo i at Omaha for this day and since March 1. 1S03: Normal temperature 61 Fxcess for the day 3 Total excess since March 1 141 Normal precipitation lit inch Excess for the day OS Inch precipitation since March 1..' 3.1 Inches Deficiency since March 1 t 93 Inch Deficiency for cor. period. 102. ...$.44 Inches Denciency ror cor. period, iwu....i..i men Report from Statlona at T r. 31. A n I 3 2 : el CONDITION OF TH : - " o R WEATHER. : E : l s m ; : Sail Omaha, partly cloudy S9 70 . Valentine, raining W 70) T North Platte, clear Mt Ti .M Cheyenne, partly cloudy ! M 0; .iw Salt Lake City, partly cloudy... 6b M . Rapid . City, clear no (4 Mi Huron, cloudy 6 ',i . Wllllston, clear fcsl Mi . Chicago, partly cloudy I i k4 T St. Lou la, clear tr "m; St. Paul, partly cloudy fl 4 .0) Davenport, clear Crtj ev ."0 Kansas City, clear Tt 7tt: .0) Havre, cloudy th n4 T Helena, cloudy 6m Hi. T Bismarck, clear a', tw .00 Galveston, cloudy T 70 74 .) T Indicate, trace ot precipitation. L. A. WELSH, Local Forecast Official. The Cost of Repairs 1. reduced to a minimum when a Jas. Bis WateJi Cass protects the works, of the watch from dost aad dampness. Jolt and Jar. t , IAS. BOSS ' "AoTo Watch Caeca are IWr stronger than solid gold ease. abaa luiely close niilug, do not get eutof snaps, or lose their rigidity. Fully guaranteed for 21 years. Ho mailer how muou you par lor a luoismsiit. vv luif ig hw i protected with a Jas. Bosa Casa The original gold filled ease aad the only one proved by e year of ervlce. Writ u tor a booklet. This Mark is Stamped la Bwsry horn Cu. THf (KYtTONK WATCH CAII COMPANY,
