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THE OMAIIA DAILY TJEE: TTJESDAT, JULY 21, 1003.
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REFUSES TO CASH WARRANTS
But Treainrer Holdi On to Money in Per
manent Bohool Fond.
LEGISLATURE CANNOT APPROPRIATE IT
Accident Reveals a Pathetle Story
sf a Vonm'i Placet In Adver
sityRailroad Agent la
the Toils.
(From a Buff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, July 20. (Special.) State
Treasurer Mortenscn does not propose that
the legislature shall hereafter assume that
It has any right to make appropriations
from either the permanent school fund or
the permanent university fund. During the
last session the legislature sought to Include
In II. R. 446 several appropriations for
the repayment to county treasurers of sev
eral amounts erroneously paid In by them
to be credited to the permanent school
fund. In the bill the claims against tne
permanent school fund are as follows:
Tred Lohmkuhl, 1148.43; P. McGinnie, $16.08;
P. D. McCormlck, $87.02; C. F. Bcharman,
$4.37. One claim was allowed against the
permanent university fund amounting to
H0.60, In favor of M. E. Butterneld. Re
cently the auditor drew warrants for the
above amounts, but Treasurer Mortensen,
In a letter received by Auditor Weston to
day, refused to countersign them, and sets
forth the reasons as follows:
In the matter of countersigning these
certain warrants I have carefully examined
the constitution and laws pertaining to
these funds and am of the nnlninn that th
legislature had no authority to pay these
claims as proviaea in M. K. 46, out or
the above named trust funds, If the leir-
Inlature had no lawful authority to nmka
the appropriation to pay these claims out
of the permanent trust funds, the warrants
cannot be paid if countersigned, but the
act of countersigning them would be taken
and considered an acknowledgment that
the warrants were a legal liability against
the state. The se.rlous question therefore
is, has the legislature authority to appro
priate the permanent school fund? I under
stand that it la claimed by you, and others,
that because certain county trenourers by
mistake paid this money Into the perma
nent school fund, the amount so paid by
mistake Is not permanent school money,
and therefore can be taken out by the leg
islature as a claim against the state by
appropriation. It appears to me that by the
act of attempting to appropriate the per
manent school fund It was admitting that
this money, which was erroneously p:tli
Into the treasury, and also Into this fund,
Is a part of the permanent school fund. If
It Is not In the school fund It cannot be
taken out, even by appropriation.
The supreme court, in State ex rel.' Nor
folk Beet Sugar Company against Moore,
60 Neb. 88, says: "An appropriation within
the meaning of our constitution Is a setting
apart by law of a certain sum from the
public revenue for a specific purpose, so
that the executive officers are authorized
to expend that sum, and no more, for that
purpose and no other." I do not consider
the permanent school fund public revenue
within the meaning of the above defini
tion. The supreme court. In State against Bart-
Vy, 89 Neb. 864, after reciting at length
mctlon or article vui or tne constitution,
nays: "The foregoing provision prohibits
the loaning or Investing or any moneys he
longing to any of the permanent educa
tional funds of the state, except on United
States or state securities, etc. The mon
eys In these several funds the constitution
has Impressed with a trust character, and
the legislature Is powerless to authorise
them to be devoted to any purpose not
within the scope of the constitutional pro
vision quoted.'' Bee also City of Hastings
against Thomas, 8 Neb. 153, and Roberts
against Keeder, B Neb. 206.
In State ex rel. Crounse against Bartley,
40 Neb. &8, the court In syllabus says: "Hy
section 1, article vlll, of the state consti
tution, the sole power to manage, loan and
Invest the permanent school fund of the
state Is lodged with a board composed of
the governor, secretary of state, treas-
urer. attorney general ana commissioner or
publlo lands and buildings, and said 'board
cannot be deprived of its functions by leg
Ixlatlva enactment."
In the body of the opinion, on page 303,
the court, after reciting the above consti
tutional provision, says: "The authority
thus conferred upon the board of comml.a
rloners, or Board of Educational Lands and
Funds, as it is usually called, the legisla
ture Is powerless to take away."
Tha Board of Educational Lands and
Funds and not the legislature appears to
have "tha sole power to manage" these
funds. The attempted appropriation out of
these funds to pay claims for money over-
riald Into the treasury was, In my opinion,
n violation of section 1. article vlll. of the
constitution, and therefore null and void,
and for this reason I must decline to count
.ralm the warrants, which are herewith
returned.
Section 164 of the 1901 revenue law pro
vides:
If nv county treasurer shall have paid
or may hereafter pay. into the state treas
ury, any greater sum or euinn ui money
than are legally and Justly due from such
r,nrtnr. after deducting abatements and
commissions, the auditor snail Issue his
warrant for the amount so overpaid, which
shall be paid out of the fund or funds so
V overpaid on sam wanum.
F Reveals Bad Story.
' Unusually pathetic Is the life story re
vealed In this city today by the misfortune
which befell Mrs. Charles Tierce of 2407
O street, who sustained painful Injuries In
an endeavor to avoid a conflagration In her
home. Bhe had placed upon a gasoline
stove a pan of paraffins, which she In
tended to use in the making of some arti
ficial flowers. While It was melting sho
had ber attention attracted to a dog that
appeared to be mad In the hall just out
side her rooms, and In the ensuing ex
cltoment she forgot the parafflne until she
turned to discover a' blase. Flames were
reaching almost or quite to the ceiling.
In a frensy of fear for herself and her
two little children Mrs. Pierce grasped the
flaming pan and rushed with it to the
front window, which opens Just above the
sidewalk, and to avoid Injuring anyone who
might be passing, she held to It until she
had peered down to see that she might not
throw it upon the heads of anyone below.
Finding the way clear she threw It into
"If eyes were made
for seeing, e
Then beauty is its own
. excuse for being "
, ., . Emerson
No excuse Is reeded for the
beauty residing in
, Gorham
Silver
for it is beauty of
the very highest order,
hosed as it is on the
basic principles of true
Decorative Art. Un
derlying all the Gor
ham productions is
sincerity of purpose,
absence of meretricious
ornamentation, and
soundness of workman
ship. That is w hy for
three generations it has
htld the esteem of peo
ple of taste.
All
tespeasiMe
JewcUrs
keep It .
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TtRLINa I
the street, but not until she had suffered
painful burns about the hands and face.
Borne of her neighbors came at once to
her rescue and a physician was summoned,
who dressed her wounds. Luckily she was
able to keep her face pretty well out of
the way of the flames, but her hands were
burned to the bone, so that she lay during
the forenoon upon a bed of excruciating
pain.
The case of Mrs. Pierce la one- which must
appeal with striking force to those who
are given to compassion for the misfor
tunes of others. Her story of hard luck Is
calculated to disclose to anyone who hears
It some Inkling of the amount of pluck
that may be wrapped up In one frail human
form. Bhe has only been In Lincoln some
three weeks, and her recital of the way
in which she, got here Is full of Interest.
According to her story she and her hus
band were living In a farming community
nenr New Tork city. Her husband was a
farm hand, and they had two small chil
dren, a boy aged about three and a girl
somewhat older. Mrs. Pierce said that the
was suffering from consumption and had
been advised to come west for relief. She
and her husband endeavored to accumulate
enough money to enable her to do so, but
it was slow and discouraging work. At
length, however, they found themselves In
possession of $15 and she determined to
wait no longer. With $10 of this money
and the two children she pulled out of
New Tork far the unknown west In search
of better health. It waa understood that
she should travel by easy stages, going ss
far as her supply of money would carry
her and there endeavoring to secure tem
porary employment for board of herself
and children until her husband could earn
and send her more money.
After getting started, however. Mrs.
Pierce determined to come on through as
rapidly as she could, and In this way she
lost track of her husband, who was sup
posed to be about to follow her.
She was helped from place to place by
the authorities, and Just before she reached
Omaha a collection was taken up on the
train for herself and children that netted
her a handsome sum.
When she reached Lincoln she had $9,
with which she determined to establish a
home until she cou'd hear from her hus
band, from whom she has not heard how
for five weeks. She bought euch furniture
as was absolutely necessary and rented
two rooms In the Hughes block. She has
made some money since she came here by
making artificial flowers and selling them,
at which she Is proficient, and she has some
orders ahead which she waa preparing to
fill when the misfortunes of this morning
came to swell the sum total of her dis
couragements. Peaee at State Honse.
The dove of peace once again hovers over
the great white dome of the state house.
The pure food commission, which has
been embattled against the state library
commission, has finally perfected an entente
cordlale with He antagonist and the rooms
on the third floor which have been the bone
of controversy will be divided, one part to
be used as a food commission laboratory.
while the library commission gets the lion's
share of the space.
Railroad Aaent la the Tolls,
For three years the agent of the Bur
lington railroad at Endicott, Neb., R. A,
Karpfetter, has been acting as "fence" for
a band of silk thieves in the disposal of
the plunder, escaping detection until today.
The gang has systematically robbed dry
goods stores in southern Nebraska, opera
ting In a territory 300 miles in extent. The
thieves stole silk goods only, hiding their
plunder In out of the way places and later
shipping the stuff to the Endicott agent
who succeeded In disposing of the goods at
good round prices. Merchants who pur
chased the silk from the agent invariably
were told that the goods had been slightly
damaged In shipment and that he had been
ordered by his superiors to sell the balance
wherever possible. By this ruse he escaped
detection until last week, when a merchant.
whose store had been robbed several
months ago, visited Endicott and noted the
fact that a woman was wearing silk of a
pattern which he had Imported and which
he was quite certain was stolen from his
place. Investigation followed and the agent
waa arrested and confessed. '
Girl Clings to Recreaat Love,
The flight of a paroled penitentiary con
vict to escape punishment for the com mis-
slon of still another crime has unfolded
romance involving the daughter of
wealthy Nebraska cattleman. In which the
young woman clings tenaciously to her
erring lover In spite of his sins. The fugi
tive, L. T. Montgomery, was sent to the
penitentiary from Alliance slightly over
year ago ror roDblng the postofllce. His
sentence waa six years, but Influential
friends brought about hta parole and ee
curea mm emp.oyment In a railroad office
In Lincoln. In less than two months Mont
gomery had returned to a career of crime,
assigning nis pay check and . afterward
drawing the check, which he converted Into
ceh, and then fled from the city. Mont
gomery has been traced to his old haunts
near Alliance and the authorities exnect to
soon have him under arrest. Montgomery is
betrothed to the. daughter of a wealthy Ne
braskan name Funk, for whom a town
Is named. The father has pleaded with his
daughter to forsake Montgomery, but in
vain. During the time that Montgomery
was confined In the penitentiary here the
gtn wrote mm endearingly, urging the
convict lover to bear up and she would
yet secure his pardon so that they could
marry.
Street Railway Litigation.
Before Judge Holmes this morning the
application of City Attorney Strode for an
Injunction restraining the Lincoln Traction
company jrom going ahead with thJ sile
of the company's property under the fir it
lien for paying taxes and for the appoint
ment of a receiver to apply the profits of
the company to the payment of exl.tn;
. liens rather than aa dividends to et-ck-holders
was argued and submitted. Cliy
Attorney Strode appeared for the city and
j Mr. Deweese appeared with C. S. Allen for
the company. ,
Proceeding niih Apprnlsement.
Land Commissioner Follmer Is making
. some progress with the school land te
' appraisement which the IcgUlnure au
thorised him to proceed w.th. The work
has already been begun In Howard and
Valley counties and tho commissions.' ex
pects to see an Increase In the state's In
come from school Und3 In these counties.
The next counties In which the work will
' be begun are Saunders, Thayrr. Dixon,
. Douglas and Sarpy counties. Th-re Is njt
a great deal of school land In some of lhee
' counties, but what there is is very much
, more valuable than It was In lots, when the
i Itist appraisement waa made.
! Superintendent Fowler echoel the ten
j eral sentiment among the cohorts whl-h
! are seeking the normal school, when hi
' aid this mornln? that he hoped for an
early appointment of a member of the
State Board of Education to succeed Mr.
i W. L. Stephens. Tbls is also the expressed
; wish of Treasurer Mortensen, who Is In the
i race as the standard betrer for the capital
city of valley county. Mr. Fowler thought
that It would only be right to give the new
member of the board time ti familiarize
himself with the needs of the situation be-
J fore July f, when the bids which are being
received at the office of the state superin
tendent will be opened. The Impression
prevails at the state home that the gov
ernor will appoint either Superintendent
Bnodgrass of Wayne county or Superin
tendent Daliell of Lexington county.
Session Laws Ready.
Tim Sedgwick delivered today to the seo
retary of state one or two copies of the
session laws, which he was under contract
to deliver July 10, on penalty of $10 a day
for each day's delay thereafter. Ha also
notified the printing board that a shipment
of the books was on the way to the capital,
lnder his contract he Is nineteen days be
hind, but it Is deemed probable that the
printing board will exclude the three Bun
days from the count and probably the
twelve days which Sedgwick contends was
due to his Inability to get paper because of
the floods.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
by the Dellone Hotel company 'of Omaha,
with A. L. Reed. Harry D. Reel and Harry
O. Jordan as Incorporators, and with an
authorised capital of llOO.OOn.
CHAUTAUQUA ABIG SUCCESS
Large trewds at David City c
Hand for Opening;
Day.
riAVin city. Neb.. July 20. (Special.)
The opening of the third annual session of
the David City Chautauqua assemmy was
all that the management naa nopea
for. Saturday evening a crowd far larger
than on anv nrevlous opening was on the
ground early. After the usual formal open
ing exercises Lou J. Beauchamp of Hamil
ton; O., dollvered 4 lecture, 'Take the
Bunny Bide."
Sunday morning the Union Pacific Rail
road company brought two excursion trains,
one from Stromsburg and one from Valley,
both of which were heavily loaded. It Is
difficult to even estimate the number who
were on the grounds, but It ran into the
thousands. The Keebaugh band furnished
music at intervals during the day. Mies
Maud Marie Hawk and Miss Mable Wright,
tho talented elocutionist of Monmouth. 111.,
rendered solos and readings that were en
thusiastically received.
Rev. H. H. Harmon of Columbus, Ind.,
delivered a masterful sermon In the fore
noon. Lou J. Beauchamp delivered a lec
ture In the afternoon, entitled "The Age of
the Young Man," and In the evening, "The
Universal Question." Mr. Beauchamp was
advertised as the humorist who makes you
think; the thinker who makes you laugh.
The large multitude that heard him were
unanimously of the opinion that the ad
vertisement was not misleading. Mr.
Beauchamp Is an editor of Hamilton, O.,
and Is one of the ablest men that has ever
spoken on the platform of the David City
Chautauqua. The platform this afternoon
and tonight was occupied by H. M. Sears,
the taffy man, and B. B. Burton, the noted
California orator.
Tuesday the principal entertainers are:
Miss Wright, e'.ocutlonlst; B. B. Burton,
address on "In the Corridors of Antiquity;"
Dr. II. O. Hill of Omaha, "The Reign of the
Plutocrat;" and In the evening, Frank R.
Roberson, illustrated lecture, "Imperial
India.
Wednesday "One-Sided People," Dr.
Hill; "The Land of Possibilities," by Father
L. J. Vaughn, and an address on "Life"
by Dr. F. V. Hoalander, and In the even
ing Herbert L. Cope, monologisL
Thursday Prof. Cope, Father Vaughn,
Miss Wright, one of the best glee clubs in
the state and Eugene Laurant, the great
magician, will be the entertainers.
Friday Is fraternal day. Hon. A. R. Tal
bot, head consul of the Modern Woodmen
of America, will speak. Prof. Laurant and
the Dixie Jubilee singers will entertain.
Saturday, July 26, la Grand Army of the
Republic day. Judge Lee Estelle, depart
ment ' commander of Nebraska, ' Miss
Wright, ex-Lieutenant Governor James E.
Harris, Dixie Jubilee lingers and Prof.
Roberson, Illustrated lecture, "Norway, the
Land of the Midnight Sun."
Sunday, July 26, Is the closing day of the
assembly. The music wll! be furnished. by
the David City chorus and the Dixie Jubi
lee singers. Rev. Reverdy C. Ransom, the
Booker T. Washington of the north, will
deliver a lecture, "A Black Man in a White
Man's Country." Sunday evening, final sa
cred concert by the Dixie Jubilee singers.
WIFE STAYS BY HIM IN TROUBLE
Man Who Stole Team and Sold It Says
He Did It Because He Waa
Broke.
MINDEN, Neb., July 20. (Special.) The
sheriff of Cuming county reached Mlnden
last night and this morning started back
with George Trexler, the man who hired a
team from a West Point liveryman and
after getting this far away from home sold
the rig and started back to Omaha with the
money. He acknowledged his guilt and will
so plead when arraigned at West Point. He
was accompanied by his wife, a bright,
pretty little woman, to whom he was mar
ried last September In New York. Both are
Intelligent, respectable looking people, and
the parents of both are well-to-do people.
hor parents living In New York and his In
Pennsylvania. He Is a ribbon maker by
trade and she Is an expert dressmaker. No
excuse Is given for driving off the team and
selling it except that they were out of
money and had nothing to do. The woman
did not want him to sell the team and tried
to persuade him not to do H. The team
I was ,0,d- Including harness and buggy, for
$100, Just about what either one of the
horses was worth. About $78 of the money
was recovered. The little wife sticks to
him and says If he Is sent to prison she will
And work to do at dressmaking whii. i.
confined, but trfat she will not let her people
know where she Is while -he Is In prison.
Y. P. S. C. E. Convention.
HARVARD, Neb., July 20. (Special.)
The Sixth district. Young People's So
ciety, Christian Endeavor closed Its
eleventh annual session In this city last
evening, the Christian church being well
filled with an attentive au.llence. Prof. O.
C. Hubbet of Falrfleld being the speaker!
He spoke ably on the subject "The Twen
tieth Century, the Harvest Field of the
Ages." This session Is considered one of
the most Interesting ever held. A hearty
greeting by our cltlsens, good subjects
well presented, good music and perfect
harmony among all Interests united In
making the convention one productive of
much good. There were about seventy
five delegates and visitors in attendance
from out of town. .
Boy lajared by a Horse.
GIBBON. Neb.. July 20 (Special )-A 5-year-old
son of Reuben Tcol, iivlng nor.h
cast of Gibbon was kicked in the mouth
by a horte yesterday afternoon. The point
of tho hoof struck the llitlo fellow Just
under the lower Up and severed the entire
Hp so It hung by one corner. The lower
teeth were kicked out and pieces of tha
Jaw bone also. Dr. McKae was 'phjned
for and dress?d the wound. The boy waa
found by his mother lying senseless in the
stable with his battered face upturned.
Hantboldt Woman la Mexico.
HUMBOLDT. Neb.. July 20. (Special.)
Mrs. -J. A. Murphy of this city today re
ceived a Ittter advising her of the safe ar
rival at Mansanlllo, Collma, Mexico, of her
daughter, Mrs. Joy Van P. McKle, who left
San Francisco on July 4 to Join her hus
band, who Is a civil engineer and has been
assigned to work In that territory. Mrs
McKle spent her childhood days In Hum'
boldt but hss for ths lust two years been
located to dlffereat sections of California.
FIREMEN BEGIN TO ARRIVE
Indications Present Will Be largest
Attended Tournament Ever Held,
i
FREMONT CONFIDENT OF FIRST PRIZE
Has Won the Belt Twice and Sneeesa
This Year Means It Will Become
Tbelr Permanent Prop
erty.
NORFOLK, Neb., July 20. On the eve
of the eleventh annual tournament of the
Nebraska Volunteer Firemen's association,
which will have possession of Norfolk dur
ing the next three days, every Indication
points toward the biggest, most enthusias
tic meeting that has ever been seen In the
commonwealth. Already many of the fire
fighters have begun to arrive and are mak
ing preparations to start In the racing
! events tomorrow. The cash prizes hung up
are simply Immense and will amount In all
to over $1,500.
The Fremont delegation, with its team
of speedy prise winners, arrived over the
Northwestern at 7:20 this evening and are
quartered at the Pacific. Among them were
J. L. Johnson, chairman of the board of
control, and J. C. Cleland, who will act as
Royal Tiger the First In the pageant on the
last night Manager Howe says he has the
best team Fremont ever sent out and he
will be both surprised and disappointed If
his men do not cross the line for the state
championship. Winning this, the hand
some belt which they have landed twice
successively, becomes their permanent
property. Frank Hollenbeck, city treas
urer, who has been at every meet for years,
Is on the team, true to his word. "The
Squire," as he is known among his friends,
Is apparently In fine form.
Tomorrow Columbus, with a band, will
arrive on special train. Stanton's team Is
also here, Madison has sent up the entire
department with a band, and many others
are coming In on every train. There will
be many thousands of visitors In the city
by tomorrow noon, and Norfolk has been
turned over to them completely. There
will be Ave bands In all.
The track Is In excellent shape and the
weather has been ideal for royal racing.
THIEF SHOT WHILE IN STORE
Man Refuses to Give His Stmt or
Tell Anything; Concerning;
Himself.
AURORA, Neb., July 0.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) For some time past the Hub de
partment store has missed merchandise
from its counters and on last Thursday
night the management placed an armed
guard on watch. At 2 a. m. L. W. Shu-
man and ex-Sheriff W. W. Shenberger,
who were watching inside the store, no
ticed a light flashed Into the store and a
few minutes later the door opened and a
man entered. As he came close to the
watchers he was ordered to halt, but
making a suspicious' movement waa shot
by Mr. Shenberger and fell to the floor
with a bullet In his groin. When searched
a thlrty-elght-callbre revolver was found
In his pocket He Is badly wounded and
refuses to give his name or any informa
tion regarding his Identity. Sheriff Klumb
and Mr. Shenberger followed his confed
erate to the Grand Island bridge over the
Platte river, but there lost the trace.
YOUNG GIRL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Fear of Pnnlahmen Is tho Only
Known Motive for tho
Act. ;
PLATTSMOUTH. Neb., July 20. (Special
Telegram.) Gertrude, the pretty 13-year-old
daughter of Frank Kunsman, attempted
to end her life this evening by shooting
herself through the left breast with a 32
callbre revolver. The only known motive
which the girl may have had for committing
the deed was her fear that she would be
punished for going to Omaha without the
consent of her parents. The bullet passed
through her body and lodged In the wall,
Her condition Is critical, and the attending
. . . , . - , - rr.
pnysician nas no nope, o ner ruver,. i,
parent are prostrated wun griei.
VOTE BONUS FOR THE NORMAL
Alnsworth Prepares to Give 10,000
for the State Institu
tion. AINSWORTII. Neb., July 20. (Special
Tolegram.) At the special precinct elec
tion here today $10,000 in bonds were voted
as a bonus for the new state normal school.
The vote was practically unanimous, there
being only fifteen against the bonds. Alns
worth had made a thorough -anvasa for
the location of the school, and ha very
strong endorsement from neighboring
towns.
Kearney Convention Called.
MINDEN, Neb., July 20. (Special.) The
republican county convention has been
called to meet at Mlnden on Saturday,
August 15. There Is a difference of opinion
as to whether It will be better to hold one
convention to choose delegate to the state
and Judicial conventions, and another one
later to nominate candidates for county
officers, or to do the business all up at one
time. The call Is so worded that either
horn of the dilemma can be taken hold of or
not, Just aa the majority desires at the time
the convention Is held. Kearney county Is
well back Into the republican column and
the real scrap will be to secure republican
nominations.
Woodmen Pay at Humboldt.
HUMBOLDT. Neb.. July 20. (Special.)
Yesterday" was Woodmen of the World day
In Humboldt. Rev. Dr. Schleh of Omaha
preached to a large congregation In the
Methodist Episcopal church In the morn
ing, and In the afternoon the monument of
the late Sovereign Coats was unveiled In
the City cemetery. The music was ren
dered hy a double oustrlet and the cornet
band of this place. The oration was given
by Dr. Bchleh. The exercises were under
the auspices of Verrton enmp, assisted by
the camps from Falls City, Salem and
Howe. An exhibition drill waa given In the
park by Falls City degree staff.
Monster Hall at Nebraska City.
NEMRASKA CITT. Neb., July M.-(8pe-
clal Telegram.) A terrific hailstorm vis
ited this city about 8:30 this evening. The
largest hailstones ever seen by residents
of this city fell during the storm, which,
luckily, waa of short duration. 'Rome of
the stones measured 12x74 Inches and
weighed fully half a pound. The only
damage done In this city was to a few
skylights. ,
Hla Trap Dries Harvested.
MINDEN. Neb.. July . (Special.) The
harvest of winter wheat Is In full blast.
and while the yield In some cases Is not so
large as Isst year yet the quality of grain
Is said to be better. The weather Is hot
and grain Is ripening very fast.
Wheat Harvest Ended.
YORK. Neb.. July KV-(8pecial.) York
county farmers flnlahel last week cutting
and shocking the'r large winter whett crop
and this week will commence to cut and
harvest the oat crop. Fanners predict that
the yield of oat will be larger than In pt
years and some of them are predicting
phenomenal yields. Corn Is making rapid
progress. The recent rains are Just what
the corn needs. Nearly all of the corn has
been laid by and those who were alarmed
on account of the excessive moisture as to
the corn crop are now saying that York
county corn promises to make a large crop.
CHILD MAIMED BY REAPER
Gete In Front ot Maehlne and Has
Leg Cat Off Above the
Ankle.
BEATRICE, Neb., July $0. (Special Tel
egram.) The little S-year-old daughter of
Martin Spenkler, a farmer living near
Adams, this county, met with a terrible
accident today. Her father was driving J
a reaper In the meadow and the girl hap
pened to step In front of the sickle which
cut off her leg Just above the ankle. It Is
thought she will recover.
Raisin- Fnnds for Monnment.
YORK, Neb., July . (Speclal.)-Mem-bers
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
Woman's Relief corps, Sons and Daughters
of -Veterans will hold an entertainment
Thursday evening In the Grand Army of
the Republic hall for the purpose of raising
funds toward building and erecting a mon
ument to the old soldiers, which will either
be erected in the court house square or In
the Greenwood cemetery.
Fifth Elevator for Mlnden.
MINDEN, Neb., July . (Special.) The
farmers' elevator Is neartng completion and
It will be the biggest and best elevator In
Mlnden. John D. Jones, an old, experienced
grain man, has been employed to handle It
for them. Including the mill, which also
handles and ships grain, this makes five
elevators in Mlnden.
Firemen OH for Toarnament.
YORK, Neb., July 20. (Special.) The
firemen left York today for Norfolk In a
special car provided them by the railroad
company. The firemen believe that they
have the best hose team In the state and
they expect to win some of the prises.
TROOPS GUARD THE PRISONER
Report Cattlemen Are In Sand Hills
Waiting; to Rescue Jim
MeClond.
CHEYENNE. July 20. (Special Telegram.)
The Basin Light battery Is guarding the
city Jail at Thermopolis, containing Jim
McCloud, the alleged murderer of Ben Mln
nlck. The troops were this evening rein
forced by the arrival of fifty deputies from
Cody, Meeteetse, Basin City and other
towns In the county.
Tomorrow morning Sheriff Fenton will
start for Basin with hla prisoner, the bat
tery and deputies, accompanied by five
United States officers acting as an escort. A
party of cattlemen is said to be in the hills
north of Thermopolis waiting to attack the
sheriff and deliver McCloud if possible.
Everything Is quiet In Thermopolis and the
ranchmen are returning to their homes.
The town of Basin, the scene ot a double
lynching and the murder of an officer yes
terday morning, la quieting down and no
further trouble la anticipated.
Governor Chatterton today declared he
would call on the prosecuting attorney of
Big Horn county to take active steps to
ward bringing to Justice the men concerned
in the lynching at Basin yesterday.
"A stop must be put to such lawlessness
In this state," he said.
The people' are arranging to bury Walters
and Gorman, the murderer, in the potter'
field, and the body of Deputy Price, who
was killed by the mob, will be sent away
for burial.
Stnrgls Mills Change Hnnda.
STURGIS, S. D., July 20. (Special.) A
deal has been consummated whereby George
F. Early of this cltytsells the Sturgls rol
ler mill to Van Wickle A Metzger. The
new firm is one that ha a line of ele
vators and mills all along down the North
western road In Nebraska, and will Imme
diately build an elevator here, having se
cured permission and a site from the com
pany. This naturally means that Bturgls
I . K..f o.i m.v.t in h. m.w
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Hllto flrm of Van Wlckl6 & Met.Ker
is a wealthy one and handles a vast quan
tity of grain annually. They have been
buying Meade county wheat at Sturgls for
several years to ship into Nebraska, and
now, having an elevator here, can pay a
better price.
' Ktnrals as a Wool Market.
STURGIS, S. D., July 20. (Special.) J. E.
Hammon arrived In 8turgts this week from
his sheep ranch on Grand river with 4,600
pounds of wool, a part of the clip from his
flock of 2,600 head. The wool was placed
In storage here and will not be sold till the
entire clip Is brought In. There are many
thousands of tons up north that will reach
this point within the next month and find
lodgment in the free storage house pro
vided by the merchants of this city.
Challenged by a Nebraska Man.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., July 20. (Special.)
Ray H. Chase of Alexandria, 8.. D., who
has won considerable fame for his excel
lent marksmanship has been challenged by
A. H. Hardy of Hyannis, Neb., to a con
test. Hardy wishes to meet Chase In a
600-ball contest against time, using rifles,
for any purse from $300 to $1,000. He offers
to meet Chase In Deadwood, and state that
he will place a forfeit aa soon a article
are agreed upon.
Medal for an Athlete.
STURGIS, S. D.. July 20. (Spedal.)-
Allyn R. Cooper of Sturgls has received
his gold medal from the Black Hills Ath
letlo association for being the best all-
round athlete.
Heals as by Made.
If a pain, tore, wound, burn, scald, cut
or pli distress you, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve will cure It. or no pay. J5c. For
sale by Kuun at Co.
Venesuelan Minister Arrives.
NEW YORK. July 20.-Oeneral Jose Her
nancies (El Mocho), the new Venesuelan
minister to the United States, arrived today
from la uuayra.
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feel the exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and
fear. Every woman should know that the danger, pain and horror
of child-birth can be entirely avoided by the use of Mother' Friend,
a scientific liniment for external use only, which toughens and renders
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assists nature in Us sublime
work. By its aid thousands
of women have passed this jyf
and without pain. Sold at $1.00 per
bottle by druggists. Our book of priceless
value to all women sent free. Address
BKAOFICLO KBULA TO It OO Atlmmtm. 0 a.
DROWNED AT LAKE MANAWA
D. W. Annii of 0mab Loses Bit Life by
Capsiusg of Sail Boat
THREE OTHERS IN THE BOAT ARE SAVED
Heavy Wind Comes Saddenly When
Boat Hns Salle Set rail and
Oxertarns the Craft With,
oat Warning.
Through the overturning of a sailboat on
Lake Manawa at 6:40 yesterday afternoon
D. W. Annls, who resided at the home ot
O. J. Cooler, 1248 South Tenth street,
Omaha, waa drowned.
I Annls, with Miss Clabaugh. Miss Bessie
Cooley and B. K. King, had gone out in
the boat during the afternoon. When the
storm came up during the evening it seems
they were unprepared for It, for the wind
caught the sails and overturned the boat.
The two young women and King fell out
Into the water when the boat capslsed, but
In some way Annls managed to retain his
hold on the boat He held onto the rail
for a brief time and rested his feet on the
centerboard. He was seen to release his
hold and drop Into the water, striking out
toward tha Kttrsaal. After he had swam
a short distance he disappeared and waa
seen no more. A professional diver was
sent for, but up to a late hour last night
the body had not been recovered.
Comes from Illinois.
Up to about five month ago Annls was a
resident of Aurora, 111. At that time he
. m. . this dt t take rhm of tha
Interests of the Dominion Publishing corn-
pany of Chicago. At the time of hla death
he held the position of state agent for that
concern. His mother and sinter live In
Aurora at the present time, but his father
la dead. Annls attended the University of
Wisconsin. He was admitted to member
ship In the Council Bluffs Boat club Mon
day night a week ago.
While King and the two young women
In the party were clinging to the over
turned boat an electric launch In charge
of Lewis Peterson passed. King Is said to
have hailed the launch and asked If the
occupant were not going to make an ef
fort to rescue them, but no attention was
paid to the summons and the launch passed
on. Harry Dyer and O. G. Butts were out
In a boat at the Kursaal and they Immedi
ately headed for the wrecked craft and
succeeded in rescuing the two girl and
King.
Annls 1 said to have been an athlete
and a good swimmer and why he did not
succeed In reaching the shore 1 a matter
of conjecture.
AN EDITOR
round 'That It Pay to Take His
Wife's Advice.
Mr. A. U. Orouby, editor of the Abbe
ville, Ala., News, has the following kind
word for Chamberlain' Colio, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy:" "Several days ago I
waa taken with something like bilious dys
entery In a malignant form. I took medi
cines for two or three days, but got worse
all the time. We had a bottle of Chamber
lain' Colio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
in the house and my wife prevailed upon
me to take a dose. The one dose relieved
me within an hour and I have not been
troubled with it since. I oonslder this the
most wonderful bowel remedy I have ever
seen."
Soldier Eseort a Witness.
LEXINGTON. Ky.. July 20.-Owlna- to
Captain Ewen's declaration that he ex
pected to be killed when he went to Jack
son today to testify, soldier were sent here
to escort him to Jackson.
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Fair Today, with Warmer Tomorrow,
in Iowa and Eastern
. Nebraska.
WASHINGTON, July 20. Forecast :
Nebraska Fair Tuesday and Wednes
day; warmer Tuesday In east portion.
Iowa; Fair and warmer Tuesday;
Wednesday fair.
Illinois Fair Tuesday and Wednesday;
light variable wind.
Colorado and Wyoming Fair Tuesday
and Wednesday, except showers In moun
tain districts.
South Dakota, Missouri and Montana-
Fair Tuesday and Wednesday.
Kansas Fair and not so warm Tuesday;
Wednesday fair.
Loeal Record.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BtTRRATT
OMAHA, July 20. Official record of tem
perature a.ia precipitation compared with
the corresponding day of the past three
years:
1903. 1902. 1901. 1900.
Maximum temperature ... 2 75 103
Minimum temperature .... 66 60 78 M
Mean temperature 78 68 90 G6
Precipitation 00 .01 .00 . 26
Record of temperature and precipitation
at Omaha for this day and since March 1,
Normal temperature 75
Excess for the day 4
Total excess since March 1 100
Normal precipitation -.16 Inch
Deficiency for the day 15 Inch
Precipitation since March 1... .13. 20 Inches
Deficiency sinco March 1 4.72 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1902 10 Inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1901.... 5.76 Inches
Reports from Stations at T P. M.
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CONDITION OF THE
WEATHER. ,
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Omaha, cloudy
Valentine, clear
North Platte, clear
Cheyenne, partly cloudy
Salt Lake City, cloudy
Rapid City, clear
Huron, clear
Wllllston, clear
Chicago, partly cloudy........
St. Ixiuls. cloudy
St. Paul, clear
Davenport, cloudy
Kansas City, clear
Havre, clear
Helena, partly cloudy
Bismarck, clear
Galveston, partly cloudy
731 92 . 00
Ml 92 .00
... M .00
801 86 .00
W 92 .00
84 86 .00
82 94 .00
72 76 .00
68 72 .00
84 86 . 00
72 72 .00
78 82 .00
90 94 . 00
84 84 .00
86 88 .00
78 801 .00
84 0 .00
L. A. WEL8H, Local Forecaster.
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