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    THE OMAHA DAILY SATURDAY, JUNE 20. 190.1.
Bonaf ide Millinery Sale
$1.00 Trimmed Hats at 25c
$2.00 Trimmed Hats at 45c
All our imported
divided choice of any
Lot No. 1 O CI
Your choice -W O O
7h is a
chance of
a lifetime
Come
early
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Th
.1 -A ' 1.
Bonaf ide Bargain Sale
the
madras and lawns trimmed
Lot No. 2 Waists of madras, Persian lawns, dimity, trimmed with 7Qp
lace and embroidery, tucked, pretty collars and cuffs, etc., worth to $1.75
Lot No. 3 Waists of dainty lawn, 3 pretty styles, front embroidered 4tM
. made with large sleeves, full front, solid lace stock and cuffs, worth to $2,50 Hr
Lot No. 4 Big lot of the finest Persian lawn waists, dimities, organdies, gren
adines, etc., swell new sleeves, beautifully trimmed, tucked and embroid- 1 QC
ered valenciennes and cluuy lace, worth up to $3.50 on sale at.. .. .... lOd
800 beautiful dainty White Waists, trimmed with lace madalllons, Swiss embroidery, new cluny O Q EC
and valenuiennea lace, handsomely hemstitched and tucked, worth up to $6 on sale at A'OO
LIFE HANGING OS K COMMA
failure to Plao One in Engroised Bill May
Ocst Rhea Hii Life.
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LAWYERS PLEAD FOR CONDEMNED MAN
iNHion Thronghoat State Make
- Bldlenlonsly Low Valaatloaa
Land, Xickolli Beta"
tae Lowest.
. . (From a Btalt Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, June 19. (Special.) Major
Menales, an attorr-y of Mount Vernon,
Ind, has come all the way to Nebraska to
present the - contention, along with asso
ciate In thla state, to Oovernor Mickey to
(how that the life of William Rhea, or ac
cording to hla family patronymic, William
Klein,, hangs In the balance because Judge
lloknomb M unable to find a comma at a
critical point In the law under which he
waa convicted.
The Jong-xpctd hearing upon the ap
plication fer a commutation of the Rhea
sentence to life imprisonment occurred thla
afternoon In the private office of Oovernor
Mickey, which waa comfortably lllled. Only
those' who have Interested themselves In
the. effort to have the sentence commuted
were beard today, and It ta deemed possi
ble that the governor may be Intending to
hear from the other side later.
- In addition to the lawyers who have be
come Interested In the young man's behalf,
who are Judge Reese, Judge Loom I m of
Fremont, Mayor Adams and Major Men
ales,' the latter being from Indiana, there
wore present Rev. F. L. Wharton of 8t.
Paul's Methodlxt church, which is the
sanctuary attended by Oovernor Mickey;
Rev. B. M. Long of the Second Presby
terian church and a number of other en.
telemen inspired by sympathy or curiosity.
There were also six women In the room,
led by Mrs. Sarah J. Flowers of this city,
a prison evangelist who has been teaching
Rhea In Bible study. Her companlona were
Mrs.. H. M. Bushnell, Mrs. & 11. Atwood,
Mrs. W. J. Agnew, Mrs. Callen Thompson
and Miss Thompson, all of Lincoln
Oovernor Mickey listened stoically to the
arguments and supplications presented, fre
quently Interjecting remarks or queries
that seemeC to lack aympathy with the
spirit of the speakers, and when they had
ull spoken dismissed them without any In
timation of his Intentions further In (he
matter.
, Reese Asks to Clemency.
Judge Reese opened the argument with a
statement In favor of the exercise of clemency-
The good of society, he said, waa
the determining factor, and that a death
entenc ought not to be carried out al
ways. The men who participated In the
crime with Rhea received lesser sentences
than he when they were tried after the
excitement of the murder had died away.
Judge Loomls of PotlK county, Rhea's at
torney, said that once as rros-cutlng at
torney he pleaded for the execution of a
death sentence and It had always been a
matter of regret with him. He had helped
secure a commutation for Carleton, a Dodge
county murderer, and it was something
Established 1823.
WILSON
WHISKEY.
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mftiHflffusiszRnTt
$2.50-Trimmed Hats at 85c
pattern hats divided in
regular values, $10.00, $15.00 and $25.00.
Lot N 2 A OK Lot No' 3 C K C
Your choice XT O Your choice O
OF CaWOTHCl
fit FAPNAM streets, OMAHA.,
Peoples Furniture and Carpet Company.
5.000 Ladies' Waists at Half Price
1,000 Trimmed Hats at Half Price
Sale begins this Saturday morning at 10
o'clock All goods will be displayed on bargain squares on
main floor. Everything advertised is the very latest etyle
this year's production and from the' best manufacturers in
United States. No goods sold
people engaged.
Lot No. 1 All styles, all colors, all sizes
and tucked, worth up to $ 1.25,
that he had always felt good about lie
made a long legal argument upon the
point that the Nebraska statute must be
construed as Ohio courts have construed
the Ohio law, from which Nebraska is
copied, that Intent to kill must be proven.
He. Insisted that the supreme court had
made a mistake in holding as It did and
that the governor ought not to make the
mistake of affirming Its erroneous decision.
He Insisted that Judge Holcomb In exam
ining the statutes found that In the en
rolled bill a comma had been omitted, and
this was the solo Justification for the hang
ing of Rhea, as Judge Holcomb had claimed
that this discrepancy In punctuation
changed the whole tenor of the law, so
that Intentionaly purpose Is not essential to
murder where one is engaged at the time
of killing In the commission of a felony.,
Major Menxles. the Mount Vernon lawyer,
followed with an eloquent plea to the gov
ernor. He covered the point as to the duty
of Interpretation of the statute as the Ohio
courts have interpreted It, and pointed out
how Impossible It was for the boy, who
was given to intoxication, to have formed
the necessary purpose. It had been urged
that It would not do to commute to life
Imprisonment because life prisoners seldom
served out their sentences. It was (or the
governor to meet the pressing duty of the
hour and Idle to speculate on what future
governors may do.
'career ( Rhea.
Msjor Meniles gave a brief sketch of the
life of Rhea, or Klein, as his name In fact
Is. It had been wild that he came from a
family of criminals and that wealthy rela
tives had interested all these people In his
behalf. Tie truth Is that the boy's father
Is poor and belongs to the laboring classes.
A brother, who lives In Mount Vernon, Is
comfortably well off, and, having a good
heart, has opened it to the woes of his
heart-broken brother. The father was an
old soldier In the war of the rebellion and
had married an Alabama woman, who was
the mother of this young man. lister mis
fortune overtook him, he lot his property
and took to drinking. Still later his south
ern wife died, and later on he married
again, bringing his children from the south
to the new home In Indiana. Without In
tending to reflect further upon the step
mother, he would say that a lack of sym
pathy for her stepchildren had led to her
unintentional neglect of them. The boy hHd
drtrted away from home to become a Jockey
on a race track, and there the name of
William Rhea had been given him. The
father had squandered ti.Ou), all he hud.
In hiring detectives In an endeavor to learn
his whereabouts, but without effect, and
nothing was known of him until the intelli
gence came by wire of his arrent for mur
der In this state.
Rev. F. L. Wharton and Rev. B. M. Long
both spoke from the standpoint ef mercy
rather than an execution of the law, that
they had come to lelleve thst Rhea should
not be sent to face his Maker at this time.
Assessor Make Low Valuations.
The returns received so far at the office
of the state auditor from the assessors of
the various counties disclose that the same
old absurd system of valuation is In force,
excusable largely on the ground that it
farm property were reported at Its fair
vslue the railroads would reap the benefit.
Of those counties that have reported,
Nuckolls seems to be the worst offender
three lots your un-
Remember
a dollar
saved is a
dollar
made, our
loss is
your gain.
to dealers. Extra sales
55c
on sale at....
against the statutory rules requiring the
assessors to abide by their agreement. The
people of that prosperous county will pay
on a valuation of $2.38 per acre on land,
on which last year they paid 13.12, a net
reduction of 75 cents per acre. In the same
county cattle will be taxed $5.66 apiece,
wh'ch Is a slight increase over last year.
The great and prosperous county of Fill
more, with land worth on an average of
150 an acre, will pay taxes on land which
is valued at $3.18 per acre, a 6-ccnt raise
overhe assessment last year. In the same
county the 5-cent raise In the assessment
of land Is balanced by a decrease In the
taxable valuation of cattle from 15.19 last
year to $3.60 this year. Some of the other
counties which are valuing their lands on
a very low basis are Hall county, where
the figure Is $3.62; Saline county, $4.39; Tork
county. $4.14; Dodge, $4.14. Other counties
are not expected to do much better. It
Is 'this state of disorganisation In fiscal
affairs to which the auditor attributes the
enormous floating debt of the state.
Hold Life Too Cheap.
"A verdict for only $10 for the pecuniary
loss caused by the death of a bright, in
telligent child of S years and 4 months
shocks the sensibilities of all fair-minded
persons, and if recovery is to be had in
thla case, which Is not decided. It should
be for a reasonable and substantial sum."
In this language does the supreme court
Jar the verdict of the Lancaster county dis
trict court, which gave only $10 to Tom
Draper for the death of his child In a well
on the Tucker property near Tenth and N
streets. The youngster fell in the well
eight years ago and the damage case
against the George p. Tucker heirs has
been pending in the courts ever since
The first trial resulted In a verdict for
Draper for $1,000. The supreme court te
versed this because of the failure of the
trial court to submit the question of con
tributory negligence. The second trial rave
Draper but $1U. From this he appealed
Because the amount is too small and be
cusa the court erred in one Instruction
the ease Is sent back for another trial
The Philip Miller will case rrom Adams
county was decided in favor of the pro
ponent of the will. Mrs. Mary Ellen Jacobs
a daughter. Miller died In 1900 and It was
not until months afterward that his son
George, and another child woke up to the
fact that he had left a will which cut
them off with $20 each and gava their
sister. Mr. Jacobs, all of the remainder.
Tlwy sought to have the win Bot aB,de on
the ground that their father had been men
tally incapable of making a w.il for ye.rs
a. a result of sunstroke; that by kindness
and threats of losing hh. home with her
the daughter had secured a will in jler
favor, and that the probate of this will
had been secured -by falsa testimony the
facts as to Miller's Incapacity being well
known to her. The supreme court says It
can do nothing for the heirs; that they
were guilty of lack of dllliren,... i
after their rights that has caused them to
forfeit all they possessed.
The aurreme court reverses a former
holding In the case from Gage county
where F. B. Sheldon, trustee of the cred
itors of Mrs. Maude Lord Parker's hus
band, sought to subject her personal prop!
erty to his debts en the ground that there
was a conspiracy to defraud those creditors
by transferring Parker's property to his
wife, i
Involves Big; Sam.
An Omaha case. Involving the modest
sum of $88,714 89, was sent back for further
proceedings. The case waa one In which
Abraham L. Reed, atnee deceased, had filed
a claim for the amount named against
the estate of A. J. Drexel as his share of
the unpaid purchase price of certain land.
The point involved was one of procedure
in appeals, which had been decided ad
verse to the estate. The court says that
while vexatious appeals are to be dis
couraged and perhaps punished, the policy
of the law is to favor appeals and not to
hinder them by rules other than are neces
sary to secure the orderly administration
of Justice. Especially ln matters of pro
bata la the law liberal, and In thla case the
appeal to the district court waa permissible.
CnURCHMAN ROASTS JUDGE
B shop Bonacum Ifaka Oanitio Comment on
the Murphy Cue.
DISTRICT COURT HOLDS WITH PRIEST
(ssrgs Is Made that C'oart Was
Biased and thst Decision Waa
What Had Been Anticipated.
FWASD Keh.. June 19 (Roecial Tele
gram.) Judge Sornberger convened district
court this morning for the purpose ot ren
dering hla decision ln the case ot Lllxhop
Bonacum against Father Murphy.
The decision is in favor of Father Mur
phy and the bishop Is given forty days In
which to appeal. .
Thla Is the case tried at the last term of
court. In which Bishop Bonacum sued to
obtain possession of the church property.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, June 19. (Special.) To a Bea
reporter this afternoon Bishop Bonacum
discussed with considerable vigor Judge
Bornborger's decision ln the Murphy case
at Seward. He said:
'I think It Is pretty well known to the
reading public of Nebraska that I am very
much averse to being interviewed by news
psper reporters in regard to misunder
standings which arise within the church
among its ministers or between Its minis
ters and its membera. I regard such mat
ters as sacredly private. In which the pub
lic has absolutely ro Interest. But In re
gard to the Murphy case, In which you tell
me thnt a decision has been rendered, I
will deviate from my usual policy ot
silence and aay ln regard to the decision
that It Is exactly aa I told my friends It
would be. Neither my attorneys nor my
self, nor any Intelligent person who waa
present at this and also at the former par
tial healing of the case In 1901, and noted
the attitude of the presiding Judge and hla
evident determination to ignore all prece
dents; no one, I say, who knew these facts
expected for a moment that Judge Born
borger would render a decision favorable to
the church."
Wilt Appeal Case.
The bishop being asked if he Intended to
appeal the case to the supreme court, and
If he looked for a favorable decision by
that tribunal, replied without any hesita
tion: "Why, certainly. We will, of course, ob
serve the regular procedure required ln
such cases, file a motion for a new trial
and then take the case to the supreme
court. As to the final outcome I am as cer
tain aa I am of my own existence that It
will be favorable to us. It cannot be other
wise unless our supreme court reverses
Itself and goes counter to all the decisions
rendered ln similar cases by the highest
tribunals of the various states of the union
as well aa by the supreme court of the
United States."
The bishop then pointed out that he was
all along opposed to trying the case before
Judge Sornborger and continued: I
"Knowing, aa I did, the prejudicial atti
tude of the presiding Judge, I was unwill
ing from the very beginning to submit the
case for his adjudication. He was known
to be an intimate friend of Murphy, he and
his wife having dined with Murphy while
our differences were pending, and also that
he and Murphy made political speeches
from the same platform In 1900.
"My attorneys made use of every expedi
ent known to the law to prevent a hearing
before Sornborger, ,. We excepted to him;
we asked for a, continuance; we begged
him to call In a' Judge from outside the
diocese to hear the, case; as a last resort
we filed an affidavit- for prejudice and asked
for a change of venue, but all to no pur
pose. Sornborger was determined to de
cide the case, and he did.
j
Cites Alleged Bias.
"But," continued the bishop, "the most
remarkable feature of the whole case was
the Injunction Judge Sornborger Issued
against me at a former partial hearing In
June, 190L On that occasion the bias and
prejudice of the court was so apparent that
we were soon convinced that we could not
obtain Justice. That conviction grew Into
an absolute certainty when we offered ln
evidence the decision In the Murphy case
of the appellant tribunal of the church,
the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda
Fide, at Rome. Tha document waa re
Jotted and declared to be a forgery. With
out that document our only alteroat-re wts
to dismiss tha case at our costs, without
prejudice to a future action. This wa did.
But the court waa determined to prevent
the introduction of any more aults agaliM
Murphy, and he accordingly Issued his
noted, If not famous, Injunction. I lay
nottd, because If I err not, It stands alone
ln the history of civil jurisprudence. In
the injunction the court sought to restrain
me from Interfering In any manner offi
cially or otherwise with Murphy, and from
discharging my duties and exercising my
prerogatives aa bishop In the mission of
Seward. As you see It established as far
aa the court could establish a schismatic
church In that mission.
"I submit whether or not my attorney
was correct when he said: 'Your honor.
If the position your honor has taken Is
maintained, then youiv.honor will certainly
have the distinction of being the first to
begin the dismemberment of that great
time-tested and time-honored organization
known as the Roman Catholic church, and
not only that organisation, but every other
rcllzloua organization ln a country' where
the wisdom of separating the church and
state haa been recognized from its birth.
by its fundamental laws and supreme judi
cial authority.' "
The bishop then concluded by saying:
"I must decline to discuss the matter any
further. The supreme court, which, like
Caesar's wife, Is above suspicion, will pass
upon the case about six months hence.
Then we will get Justice."
SMALL BOYS FORGE A CHECK
Secure Ten Dollars on Paper
Which Prominent Farmer's
Ktat la Signed.
to
BEATRICE, Neb., June 19. (Special Tel
egram.) Henry and Herman Swarts, aged
11 and 13 years respectively, were arrested
today on a charge of forging the name of
George Stein to a check drawn for $10 on
the German National bank. The boys had
been working for Mr. Stein, a farmer re
siding three miles west of town, and last
week quit hla employ. When they left
they took a blank check from Mr. Steln'a
checkbook, filled it out and secured the
cash on It over Mr. Stein's name at Cook
& Scott's store. They will probably be
sent to the reform school. The youthful
forgers are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Swarts, prominent residents of this city.
Charles Sperry plead guilty In district
court today to robbing the tailoring estab
lishment of Henry Wlpperman. He waa
sentenced to one year In the penitentiary
by Judge Btull.
Old-Timer Daaareronsly 111.
FREMONT, Neb., June 1. (Special.)
Jerra Denalow, one of the heaviest land
owners of the county, living two miles
south of Hooper, la very low with paralysis
and hla recovery la doubtful. He haa been
a resident of Nebraska alnce 1854 and haa
been prominent In tha prohibition party In
recent years, several times being on their
ticket for state tfflcea.
l'ov need not
buy beraus yn
loot or lerp
because you buy
Smart Clothes for Summer
YOU will have no trouble in selecting your suit or odd trousers from the unsur
passed display on exhibition here. Our garments are all made exclusively for
us and in them you get the very highest character of fabrics, strictly all wool and
thoroughly sponged befor cutting, the most expert tailoring and linings as luxurious
as you wish to select you also get a perfect fit and yet have the garments ready
for immediate wear.
Qur lines ot finest suits, Including: the Steln-Bloch Co. and Sturm & Mayer
smart clothes, are equal in every way to the finest custom work and the
saving U about one-half. Fine suits $25, $22.50, $20, $18 and
About 400 Men's Fine
Spring1 Sulla All the bro
ken lines and odd loM of our best
$12.00. $15.00 and $18.00 grades, ele-
gnntly tailored and trimmed, all
sizes your choice
for ,
$10
SWFLL 1IABERDAS11E Y Men's swell imported and -g !J
domestic negligee shirts for which custom makers I
charge $4 and $5 special, $2,50 and
I'nfrts-eTa, 75C 50C BZ.OC
urday, at ,lt
Specials in INight Robes, Suspenders, Belts, Vests
Light weight Suspenders iV" " "l" h"?
Hot weather
Night Robes
at 1.W to...
50c
BLOWS CARS ON MAIN USE
Newman Grove Visited by Powerful Storm
and Cloudburst.
FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN TEN MINUTES
Kearney ' Shelton Also Swrent r
Hall Storm -Which Mows Down
Crops-Orer FlTe-Mlle
Strip.
vr.mitiM nnnvit Neh.. June 19 Th
worst storm that ever visited this part of
the stnte occurred this afternoon soon
after 4. when a cloudburst let loose be
tween four and Ave Inches of water In
about ten minutes. Hall ana a
accompanied the storm.
Much damage was aone i "
. A .r-i,. lnd blew a string of
ana iro. -
eight cars off the stock yards switch to
the main line, although the -brakes had
heen set. Two Of tne cars
loaded with stock.
C W Lyons' uarn w
o;.d tromlfouDdaUon
BEATRICE a9!,ed
overect of country
west ot this city tonigni. - '
?nd vegetation of all kinds. The path of
.Jm 1. about three mj es The
hall was accompaniea vy ... -
Man Kllle by Ughtalng.
t-. T,,. 19. (Special Tel-
storm this ae. mttM
northwest of "Anod descending the
.Tde ot hV barn, struck and Instancy
"kufed Leo Downer, a young mar . ged 3.
b-orsaTga at MrDowneVs to take
shlnmtheapp
Leo haa gone - " ",,. truek
'caring for their team, when he was truck
and killed. The norse no - --
ana . ,. viurf while several who
abound hlm e.ca"ped uninjured. The
young man was greatly respected and ad
mired for hi. many good Qualities and wa.
an on-y son. His death leave, his parents
prostrated with grief
The storm wa v.... - -
wind and hall, which waa disastrous to the
small grain.
Wanting Bain Kaw.
-m-,1, June 19. (Special.) With
twenty inchee of rainfall ln the month of
May and everyone noping iur
farmer, of York county are now hoping
as hard for one good shower. The little
dry spell following the excessive rainfall
Is alarming, though not .erious. but a
good heavy shower would put me grounu
In good condition. At the present time
there Is from two to four Inches of hard
. inn and this crust Is so hard that
the furmers are having the time of their
life battling with weeds ln cornnems.
Where there are low place, ln corn, wheat
and oats fields the ground Is baked so
hard that the grain Is not making the
right kind of growth. In a few of the
wheat fields where the ground is low ana
nnt there Is some rust on the wheat
and the heads of the wheat are not tilling
out as they should.
Rala Helps Crops.
irmrrnKT. Neb.. June 19. (Special.)
Three-fourths of an Inch of rain fell here
last night and considerable hall, but not
i nf ih latter to do damage. Farm
ers say the rain will help crops, as It will
soften the soli.
HARVARD. Neb., June l9.-(speciai.)
l fine rain came about 11 o'clock last night
.ih terlnllv helD a!l vegetation, aa
the top of th ground waa becoming too
hard and dry.
Grain Dealer. Are Ont.
YORK. Neb., June 19. (Special.) The
York grain dealers who were unfortunate
ln having car. of grain on track In Kansas
City during the recent flood which were
submerged, have been unable so far to
collect any losses from either railroad or
commission firms. The railroad companies
claim that the flood was th act of God,
for which they are not responsible. The
commission firms claim that the grain was
consigned, but did not remit and where
they did remit drew sight drafts on grain
dealers here which were paid. They claim
that the grain had never been delivered
to them and only on acceptance of same
they would be liable for damage or loss.
The Foster Oraln company had three cars.
T. W. Smith Oraln company had seven car.
of wheat and corn and McCloud Oraln
company believe they had five ear In th
flood.
netting Ready tor Firemen.
NORFOLK, Neb., Jun 19. (Special. -Definite
arrangement, have now been com
pleted for the .tat firemen' tourney.
which U to be held ln this city July 21, C
and IX Program for tha various event
Correct Dress for lieu and Doyi.
Big; Sale of Men's l ine Trousers
Continues Saturday S" men's flno
outing, and pure worsted trousers. $.1.
$7, $S and $9 finest spring and sum
mer troupers all sixes, 2S
$5
to 60 Waists.
25c Ef.:..25c f.::..i.uu
have been distributed through the state
and local firemen are training for the races.
It is expected that between 8,000 and 10,000
people will be ln Norfolk during the three
days. Besides the races, base ball games,
theaters and the like have been arranged
for and there will be "something doing"
every minute.
BOOMING NEW ELECTRIC LINE
Promoters Hold an Enthusiastic and
Largely Attended Meeting
nt Blair.
BLAIR. Neb., June 19.-(Speclal Tele-gram.)-A
meeting of the representative
citizens of Blair and vicinity was held at
the opera house tonight to listen to rpenk
eri who were in the city in the Interest of
the new electric interurban railway that
is proposed to be built from Omaha through
Blair, Tekamah and Decatur on to Sioux
City. The opera house was crowded and
a fair portion of the audience was women,
with many representative farmers In at
tendance also. The meeting was called to
order by Mayor O'Hanlon, who, after a
short speech pertaining to the subject
under discussion, introduced Judge E. M.
Bartlett of Omaha who spoke direct to the
subject. He was followed by Hon. E. Rose
water, who spoke at length on the Inter
ests and advantages which this new traffic
lino would give to the cltlsen. living along
Its line. Attorney H. II. Bowes, counsel
for the new road, explained the working
part of the project, the cost of travel and
what they proposed to do within tho limits
of the city If given a franchise for right
of way through its .treots.
That a great interest was taken ln the
new electric line was evidenced by the
large audience remaining almost to a man
until the last speaker had vanished. The
ordinance now before tho city council
granting the franchise asked for by this
road has pnssed It. second reading and
probably will be granted as petitioned for.
An interesting and highly appreciated
part of the evening's program waa the sing
ing of Jules Luinbard of Omaha, accom
panied by Mrs. Annie C. Davis on the
piano. The famous singer needed no Intro
duction in Blair, as this was not his first
visit to this city. He responded to several
hearty encore, and sang the national
hymn, "America," in which he asked nil
present to Join with htm In the chorus,
the entire audience standing.
A. manifested by this meeting", large
majority of the business men and cltlsen.
of this city and county will favor this
new line of travel.
Cas. Connty Statistics.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb.. June 19. (Spe
cial.) Some Interesting figure, are gleaned
from the returns made by the Cass county
assessors, which have recently been placed
on file In the county clerk'a office. They
show that the total number of farmers ln
this county Is 1.K97 and the total number of
acrea of land under cultivation to be $07,059.
The total number of acrea of winter wheat
sown last fall was 15.627; corn. 153.9R2; rye,
970; spring wheat, 3.889; oats, 32,4?0; barley,
46; Irish potatoes, 940; sweet potatoes, !;
sorghum cane, C57; sugar beets, t; millet, COS;
broom corn, 387; timothy, 8,743; clover, 1717;
blue grass, 10,941; alfalfa, 709; tons of hay
cut last year, 8.300. The number of acres
In apple trees, 3.200; pears, 6; peaches, 100;
plums, 10; cherries, 28; timber, 12,551. Num
ber of cattle, 23,781; hogs. 24,156; sheep, 412;
horses and mules, 9,079. Number of cattle
died with disease during the year ending
March 1, 1908, 716; hogs, 1,603; sheep, 16;
horses and mules, 216. Plattsmouth precinct
leads with ISO farmers and 27.855 acrea of
land under cultivation, while Greenwood
precinct has the largest number of acre of
winter wheat, which 1 1,887.
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RESCUER IS ALSO DROWNED
Little Qirl ii the First Victim, Falling
Over Bank Into Hive:.
MAN TANGLED IN DRIFTWOOD AND SINKS
Boy Who Waa with tilrl When
Drowned Becomes Frightened and
Hide. Instead ol Ulvlog
the Alarm.
HOOPER, Neb., June 19. (Speclal.)-Th
6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Hagcrbaumer was drowned in tho Elkhurn
river abcut five miles east of here yester
day afternoon and In helping to locale th
body of the little girl this morning William
Stcbrasse, a prominent farmer and neigh
bor of the Hagerbaumers, was drowned.
The elrl, with a younger brother, had
carried lunch to their father ln a field near
their home, and on the way home stopped
for a little play near the river, and In some
way the girl fell over the bank and waa
carried away by the swift current. The
little brother was so scared that, he hid
In a barn near the home until . nearly
dark, when the parent, started to search
for the children. The boy was found and
when questioned said that his sister had
fallen into the river and he had seen her
body floating a short distance down th
stream.
The river at this point has a very swift
current end the banks ore very straight
and high and th body has not yet been
recovered.
This morning about 10 o.clock Mr. Sle
braase, on of th searching party nnd an
excellent swimmer, was caught in the drift
wood ln some manner and in a few minute
sank from sight.
A large crowds of men from town and all
the neighbor for miles are assisting ln tha
earch for the bodle.
Mr. 8lebrasse was a prominent and well-to-do'
farmer, about 46 year of age and
leaves a wife and a large family of small
children.
Up to 1 o'clock neither of the bodle had
been recovered.
HAIL CUTS DOWN THE CROPS
High Wind Also Doc Considerable
Damage at Monroe anil
Hhelton.
MONROE, Neb., June 19. (Special Telo
gram.) A terrific wind and hailstorm
struck this place this afternoon, destroying
the crop In a strip five miles wide and ten
miles long. Two large barn, and several
windmills were blown down. - Wheat and
rye were totally destroyed.
8HFLTON, Neb., Jur.e 19 (Special.) A
small tornado pnssed through Shelton about
10 o'clock last night and considerable dam
age was done. A windmill was destroyed at
the residence of Charles Horth, a large
comcrlb waa blown over at one of the ele
vator and shade trees around town suf
fered considerable damage. A small amount
of hall accompanied the storm and some
rain fell, which waa th first shower dur
ing this month and will be quite beneficial
to growing crops.
Insured Jnst In Time.
KEARNEY, Neb., June 19 (Special.)
An electrical storm occurred In Kearney
last night and this afternoon, accompanied
by a heavy rain and hail. The only damnge
reported was the burning of Polt's horse
and Jack bam, which wa. struck by light
ning, burning to the ground. Loss. $1,500,
partially covered by Insurance. The in
surance had Just been procured the morn
ing before the storm.
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