TITK 0MA17A DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1904.
SEARS TALKS TO THE BOARD
IMPORTANT NOTICE!
Ht Exact' y G'r W.re Jndj Butdt on
Matter of Aneiimttt.
y
We Beg to Announce the Purchase of an Immense Quantity of
DRY GOODS
FROM THE
PEREMPTORY AUCTION SALE
of the large and valuable stock of
Sweetser, Pembrook . Co.
of New York. Inventory value
$1,200,000.00
Sweete-er, Pembrook & Co., were one of th- largest wholesale dry goods houses in the
United States. The selling of their stock at public auction is the biggest thing that ever
happened, and has startled the dry goods world.
A personal representative of our Ann. with a large corps of assistant buyers, has bought
immense quantities of goods of every descriptbn at this sale.
till: wnsTunn union tuimUqtlelvh corsiPAmr.
' INOORPOHATSD-
S3,OQO OFFICC8 IN AMERICA.
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Mi.toliiTiflliniilil Mm,. .r IE. llpM1lr.lie..larei
mgim IK pi flfed with th, OnrmMBV for ttvMnMo.
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD.
pun will ant hnld lunir IUN- for nronj .riur
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ROBERT O. CLOWKY, President and General Mtnaiar.
keoeiv
Dated
BOARD OF TRAPS, tfcoi
190
TUESDAY, MAY 31, We Will Begin the Biggest Sale of Dry
Goods Ever Attempted in the West.
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attempts To nt orr HIS heart
Fort Cr.ob m Make. Desperate
Effort at Salelde.
PAPILLION. Neb., May 36. (Special Tel..
gram.) Prank '.Fox of Tort Crook mada
deliberate attempt, to comrrit aulctd thU
it r r rtiWSTT" -H" 1 SA J"oW" h I s Cott and VsC,
neatly folded them up pnd laid them add..
Taking a resor he then attempted to cut
out hi heart, but tlie blade glanced on h!
Mb. Severa'l ugly gaahe were made be
lore the groans of the man attracted at
tention and he we -disarmed, all the tfmo
making an effort to cut hlmaelf. Fox was
taken to the hospital at the fort, where
his Injuries were, attended to and later he
was taken to , the ' county Jail, In whloh
place he will be confined unttl taken to the
insane asylum. '
Fox has been In the asylum several times
before.- The first timo he was sent there
was after he had attempted to take hi
own life and then ran amuck, shooting at
everyone he caught sight of. He was only
kept In the asylum a short time, when he
released as cured.
Plead Oallty to Barglary.
FLATTSMOl.TM,. Neb., May 26 (Special.)-
Frank Smith and Frank Laborl were
arraigned before Judge Paul Jessen in dls
trirt court, charged with robbing the store
tif Hare Tool'ln Murdock. The prisoners
pleaded guilty ard were sentenced to one
year at hard labor In the penitentiary.
After hearing the evidence in the case of
tha remonstrators as to whether or not
Otto Beiker, C. W. Spence, D. Johnson and
others should bo granted a license to sell
Jl.iuor lit Loulnvllle. Judge Jessen decided
that they had compiled with the law In
asking for the license and that the licenses
should be granted.
' MrKJllap Plcke4, (or Victim.
NORFOLK, Neb., May . (Special. It
Is pretty well decided among the derao-i-rfcis
of the Third congressional district of
Nebraska that P. E. McKlllup, a banker
at Humphrey, will bo th nominee of the
fusion partlra to run against J. J. Mc
Carthy during the coming campaign. This,
at leaat, was the statement made by Judge
Kdgar Howard when, he cam to Norfolk
to confer with th committee and the other
men.bers seem to be. about settled a to
that.
i Xehraaka Htwi !Vo:ej.
FALLS CITV. May 26. High school com
mencement exercises wrr. held at th
Grhiliig Thursday evening.
I :KATR K'K, May ! Tho Bairt High
rrliool will hold a field meet at the Driv
ing park here Friday afternoon. A larg
number of prise ai offered th winner
In each event by th merchant.
PAWNER. May I Th grocery stor of
Pevor Tennant baa again changed
hands. W. B. Scott of this city now be
roaira proprietor. The store had been
under the old management only a few
month.
HARTINION, May 16. Misa Josephine
.Abbntt, principal of the Hartlngton high
school, and Mrs! 8. J. Athen, assistant
principal, who wr recently re-elected for
the coming year, hav resigned to accept
other petitions. ,
GENEVA. May M On of th many
iiotHbl Improvements in tha city is a
scavenger wagon, which takes all th trash
In on common dumping ground. This,
slang with the park and sidewalk work,
tiiuk.s a great clutnge.
PAPIU.ION. May 2. At a meeting of
the School board last night T. A. Hutcher
V'e Ashland schools was elected prin
cipal of the Panllllon school, prof. Graham
leaving accented the suparlntendency of the
hools at Havelock. Neb.
TF-Cl-MSEH. May I6.-Wllllam Krnat. one
cf the popular attH-kralsara of thla part of
the atate. waa Injured by an Infuriated bull
this morning. Th bull hooked him la th
face, cutt.ng a deep gain. He escaped
without further Injury.
aiAAlON. Miy i- There were two
buslneM cn-ingea here this week. Th
Union bakery waa sold by Howaid Whaien
to J. H. inno'.der of Weeping VN ater and
tm'. Scnele sold his cigar factory to
Freu Kaasebaum of Fremont.
EDGAR, May ai.-The Kdgar High school
will hold Its flltearutv annual commence
ment exercises In the opera hou.it U'nurs
oay. Junj 1. The program for the evening
consists of a short oration from each of
the Kraduat.. lntersDened with song and
instrumental muiJc.
COLUMBUS. May 28-Sheriff Carrlg took
Curl bmllh to Lincoln this morning to en
ter upon a tnree years' sentence tor nor
stealing. Smith was convicted at this terra
of cout of stealing a team and buggy
belonging to J. r'. Seims, a farmer wno
Uvea In Grand Prairie township.
OkD, May 26. 'the graauuliug exercise
of the Urd High school were conducted
last evening In the Methodist church at
this plac Tha clasa this year number,
thirteen members, ihe class address wa.
deliver! touay by Hav. A. D. iiarmon of
HI. Paul. Minn.
NORFOLK, May 26.-Th frog leg In
dustry promises to beat out the oeef trust
In Norfolk. Rudolph Kesenke, a lad ot 10
years, la earning no lens than lit a day
killing frogs and selling them. Ho gets
upwards of twenty-fiv dosen a day from
th lake bank.
, HARVARD. May M.-Among th many
Improvements thai are being made in th
city Is that of sidewalks and crossing.,
for which th most substantial maleilaj
posaibl Is being ued. The city council
has made a contract for twenty-six cement
crossings to be located in dirtoient parts
of the city.
BKATR1CB, May 26.-A comparison of
th assessor schedules in this city wllh
those ot laat year show a general increuKe
In valuations. Uu business block, the in
creased valuation seems to be lalrly pro
portioned, and while all such blocks will
pay a higher tax for this year, the Increasa
seems to be about evenly dlstrloulea.
8H ELTON. May 26. Commencement ex
ercixea of the Shalton High school took
place in the opera house last evening aim
were largely attended. The class waa com
posed of six girls and one boy. Prof. New
ton Wykoff Preston of th Fremont Normal
school gave a lecture on the theme of
"Hidden Treasures," which was highly ap
preciated. SILVER CREEK. May 26-While de
scending from a windmill tower at his
home yesterday, J. E. Howland of thla
place fell about thirty feet, fracturing a
wrist in two place and receiving a sever
bruise on one aide. He was rendered un
conscious for a time, but It is not though',
he wss injured Internally.
NORFOLK, May M.-The First Congre
gational church at Plalnview was dedi
cated with much ceremony. Many men of
local prominent- were present. Including
W. M. Robertson, George D. Perkins of
Sioux City, L. C. O'Connor, ex-henator
William V. Allen and others. Rev. J. J.
Parker Is pastor ot th church.
BEATRICE. May l'.-The Odeli Inde
pendent Telephone company filed article
of Incorporation with the county clerk
yesterday. The capital stock of th com
pany Is placed at 10,0OO and the Incorpo
rator are John K. Murphy, Thomas W,
Stanoschek, Frank J. Truxaw. J. H. Ren
ard, Arthur Williamson and Jam Col
grove. WIE.NER, May 26. At a regular meeting
ofWIsner lodge 114. Ancient Free and Ac
cepted Masons. Wednesday night the fol
lowing officers were elected for the ensu
ing year: Andrew R. Oleson, worshipful
master; Oscar R. Thompson, senior war
dtn; Frd Balster, Junior warden; Rudolph
WltUe, treasurer; Hylvanus Lant. secre
tary. GENEVA, May W Commencement ex
cnie of th high school were held last
night In the Methodist Episcopal church.
The commencement orstlon was delivered
by Rev. Thomaa K. Green, taking as his
subject "The Key to the Twentieth Cen
tury," a masterpiece, and thought by many
to be the best lecture In our course for
the aeason.
IIARTINGTON. May 6.-The Hotel
Grand of thla city has paased Into the
lis nil. of Charles P. Gle of Cherokee,
la. Mr. Gelne is a railroad man, having
served as conductor on tho Illinois Cen
tral for twenty -flvo years. J. S. Emerson,
the former proprietor, purchased the resl.
aence property or Mr. llelxe at Cherokee
FAIRBl RY, May I6.-R. I,. Banford,
John Nelson and Richard Prosier, em
ployed at the Kock l.lsnd frelaht houi-e,
were on 'trial yesterday In the county
court on the charge of stealing several
bottles of beer from a barrel thev were
handling, the Jury returning a verdict of
acquittal. A former trial of the same case
resulted In a disagreement of the Jury.
ALBION. May . The high etriooi grad
uating exerclbes occurred last evening at
the opera hou.e, and notwithstanding In
element weather the. hall was well tilled.
The class constated of seven.young women
and the same number of young men and
Is considered on of the strongest classes
ever turned out of th sohool. The address
wa delivered by JudBe Charles Sloan of
Geneva.
NORTH PLATTE, May 26,-The Buixa
saloon case, in which he waa an applicant
for license and which has been dragging
along before the city council, was settled
by the withdrawal of tha application.
While the majority of the people here
are In favor of saloons, they consider five
a sufficient number for all practical pur-
foses, hen j the fight against increasing
he number.
COLUMBUS. May 26-The thirteenth an
nual meeting of the Building and Loan as
sociations i being held heiv. Their meet
ings are held al Fireman hall. K. K.
Bryson of Omaha, secretary and treasurer
of the state league, and C. F. Bentley of
Grand islund, president, are here, and
about fifteen associations from different
parts of the state are taking a part in
the meeting.
HARTINGTON. May 26. Rev. F. M.
Drullner, pastor the Methodist Episco
pal church, preached the baccalaureate
sermon to the graduating class Sunday
evening. Thursday evening the school
gives "Miss Wlgg's Cabbage Patch." Fri
day evening Dr. Ross of the Nebraska
University will deliver the annual ad
dress to the class, after which the diplomas
will be presented by the president of the
board.
PAWNEE : May 26. Last evening Miss
JesHle Mach, a servant girl employed at
the home of Dr. J. W. Billiard, attempted
suiiirle by swnllowlng carbollo acid. The
family was out In the evening, and when
Mrs Bullard returned about o'clock the
girl was found lying on the floor In an un
conscious condition. Dr. Bullard at one be.
Kan work and finally succeeded In restor.
It Is not thought she
will recover.
Ing conscluusnens.
tov omm mbmotutaty rey upon
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m elws mm mrmbm.
LYONS,. May 2.-The sixth annual ses
sion of the Rebekah District association.
No. 1, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
adjourned here this morning. Delegations
were In attendance from North Bend, Fre
mont, Blair, Tekamah, Craig and Oak
land. Lyons carried off the banner In the
competitive drill between the degree staffs.
Mrs. Belle Pence of Tekamah was awarded
a beautiful banner for the best rendition
of the secret work of the degree.
COLUMBUS, May 26 Joe 8tovlck. night
engineer at the pumping station here, was
found lying beslue the railroad tracks yes
terday morning with a gash In his head
and unconscious. He was taken home and
revived. He says he was riding on hi
wheel along the cinder path of the rail
road when someone, whom he does not
know, struck him a savage blow with a
club. What the motive was Is not known,
as they made no attempt to rob him.
YORK, May 26-Th largest tlas in the
history of the York schools, consisting of
sixteen young women and eight young
men, are members of the graduating clas.,
and the tine graduating entertainment was
held at the iork Auditorium. The Instru
mental and vocal music ot the program
waa highly appreciated, and especially the
singing of the High School Ladles' quar
tet. Dr. F. H. Stein of Lincoln delivered a
very able address on the subject, "Oppor
tunities Measure Responsibilities "
NORTH PIATTE, May 26.-Thls morning
Just after No. 102 pulled lntq the depot a
stranger wa observed acting in a pecu
liar manner. He went over town and In a
short time returned without hat or coat,
and .his actions plainly Indicated that he
was insane. Women in the waiting room
wer alarmed, and he was taken In
charge by one of the depot police and
lodged In Jail. Other than that the name
Sharkey la tattooed on his arm, no one
know who lie is or whence he came. He
claims to be walking around the world.
TABLE HOCK, May W.-The annual
Commencement exercises of the Table Rock
schools were held Inst night st the own
house. Notwithstanding the Inclemency of
tne weatner a large crown was present
There were eleven araduatrs. Chanepllnr
Andrews of Lincoln delivered the address
and presented the diplomas to th. grad
uates, i ne senior class gave an entertain
ment of a dramatic character at the opera
House on lueaosy evening to a crowded
house. The baccalaureate sermon was
preached at the Methodist Kplscopu I church
Sunday evening last ny xtev. J u. Murphy
pastor of the Presbyterian church.
HASTINGS. May zs. Th class of '01
rendered tnelr class night program at the
Kerr opera house last night. Every seat
in ina nouse wm. m-cupira. two rarce
were presented and thoroughly enjoyed by
the audience-. Aside from the farces, read
ings and a musical program lent variety
Th valedictorian. Miss Veva Russell
read an original poem descriptive of achooi
life, It close and th future It letds to
and received unuiual commendation for
her production. The class consists of thir
teen touiK women and four vuunr n,.n
Commencement will be held at the Kerr
opera house Friday evening, when Hon
K J. Hurkett will deliver tl address bol
(or lb graduate.
JUST ASCERTAIN VALUE Of PROPERTY j
Useela Mrs Ar Somewhat Sor at
Removal of Reoabllcaa Head
awarter frons tkat City
to Omaha.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. May 26. (Special.) Judge
William Q. 8ars of Tekamah let his light
shin on the matter' of railroad assess
ment for the benefit of the State Board
of Equalisation thla afternoon and left his
hearer considerably In doubt as to
whether he wanted the' assessment of
railroad property Increased or not.
"Under the new revenue law," h said,
"the property of th state will be In
creased five or ten times, but we ought
now to try and find out what other prop
erty Is to be railed and then Increase rail
road property the me per cent."
That' what I think," chimed In Audi
tor Weston, after which the judge con
tinued: "Find the true value and do not
pay any attention to any other ratio.
Because other property Is raised five tlmaa
Is no sign the railroad should be so In
creased." And then Judge Sears put act
tha soft pedal and said: "Becaua the
railroads have been Increased five or tan
times more than what they have formerly
been assessed is no sign that the other
property should be Increased at the same
per cent."
The judge hastily got off that side of
th question and announced that he be
lieved that the railroads of the state had
paid their fair share of the state, county
and school taxes, and, again putting on
the soft pedal, he added, "compared with
other property. I said this," he said,
"publicly on the floor of the house, and
Kennedy, Nelson and Caldwell and other
said the same thing."
Tha board waa assured that th revenue
law was not a party measure, but that
It had been passed by both democrats and
republican, a a business man' proposi
tion to head off the growing state debt,
and he assured the board the people would
be satisfied If they "believed" that the
railroads were taxed right. "Some peo
ple) however," he said, "expect too much.
Bom would put too much value on a cor
poration because It I a corporation." And
then the Judge cautioned the board against
taking the value of other property Into
consideration when assessing railroad
property and wound up that part of hi
talk with th prediction that probably the
assessors would bring In the valuation of
real estate at about 66 or 70 per cent of It
true value.
How to Reaek Value.
, After talking along these line for a few
momenta Judge Sear got onto the stocks
and bond and assured the board that
these should be considered In arriving at
the value of railroad property and that
railroads should be considered as a going
proposition, but that the stocks and bond
fluctuated and should only be taken in
consideration with the tangible property.
Auditor Weston called his attention to
the fact that before the Elkhorn had been
absorbed bv the Northwestern the value
of the road In Nebraska, based on It
stock and b'.nds, was about 119,000 a
mile, but since the absorption It value
on that basis wa almost $35,000 a mil.
The auditor wanted to know whether the
road's value had really been Increased that
much by the merger: " ' 4
. Judge Sear thought 'it ha and didn't see
how the board could get around the propo
sition. "When the Minneapolis -& Omaha
wa built through my country,'' ha said,
"It cost about $16,000 a, mile. It
bonded for $32,000 a mil and paid a divi
dend on th $32,000. I don't see why It Isn't
worth that much."
Tha Judge wasn't asked to answer any
more questions along that line and took
occasion during th lull that followed to
thank th board and quit.
During hi talk Judge Sear wa ' asked
about the Intention of the legislature In
dividing up the main and branch line of a
system, but he could not enlighten th
board a to the thought of the legislator
when they voted on th bill. He advised
that an average be struck and left the
board to do the best It could about th
matter.
Llncola la Mosrslag,
Around th state house and th Llndell
hotel today there Is considerable mourning
and there !s so much "chewing" going on
among th politicians that some of them
are "after having lint en the lungs" be
cause of the action of the state committee
last night In moving the headquarters to
Omaha. Some of the Interested parties
have developed real aore spots about the
matter, not so much because they wer
personally interested, but because It waa
Lincoln that lost out. But It will only last
a few days.
On politician remarked that Lancaster
county Is the banner republican county of
the state and was the home of the real
party worker, and for that reason should
have the headquarters. "Sometimes,' he
aid, "I think we ought to Just get up and
show them what we can do. It ha bean
rubbed In on us and as soon as I cuss right
good I think ' I will go out and hustle up
th boys and show the republican cf Ne
braska that we can carry this old county
Just a big without the old headquarter a
with It, and tht la Just what w will do.
V . .
ie, sir, we are sore, out you Det your
neck we will be there with the good this
fall. We will make that committee ashamed
of Itself for treating us the wsy It did.
And If the people of Lincoln don't get to
fighting among themselves In trying to
place the blame for th removal of th
headquarter that 1 what the republican
here will do. They will be reconciled to the
loss of the headquarter before the officer
hav been Installed In Omaha, Tor that I
Lincoln a way.
H. F. Lehr. the new chairman. 1 ex
pected here tomorrow and the ugony will
be over. It I supposed. Just a soon a po
slble. The candidates are not expressing
much disappointment over th -em oval of
the headquarter from a party jttandiolnt
but, of course, those who are located In
uncoin, from Ihe point of convenience
would hav preferred to let well enough
aione.
The retiring chairman, H. C. Llndsav
thla morning gave Mr. Lehr a clean bill and
saia ir the republicans of th state would
stand by the new chairman as they had by
him he would have no trouble in conduct
ing a winning campaign. "Mr. Lehr Is a
riean, able man," continued Mr. Lindsay
"nd well versed In political maneuvering
He organised hi county and ha been th
county chairman for a number of year,
displaying on all occasions great executive
.unity, ne win msK an able rhalrmtn.
Am tnm . t. I ...... t M V. 4 .
,., ....... nam in umani so
mucn talked of th state committee reed
have nothing to do with that, ft la not the
committee' business to mix In, and 1 Judas
It will not."
Coat ot lomlaatle
Vorrls Brown nominee for attorney n.
era! on the republican ticket. It th only
nominee ao l.r iu in. report or his cam.
patgn expenses that did not spend a
cent to get the honor. His report filed
with th secretary or state reads; Th.
nomination cam entirely without expna
though upon my most urgent Invitation."
that makes
'Title MscnnM leto.
I There is nothing that brings out the true quality of butter
like a "hot biscuit." But you can't take a hot biscuit
with you every time you go to buy butter. Buy Meadow
I Gold Butter and get the butter that "makes the best
j biscuio better." The only butter so good that it has to
I be preserved in an airtight package. Ask your dealer for,
Beatrice Creamery Co., pv J J
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Lieutenant Governor McOllton spent only
$2.76, and that wa for expenses Incurred
for board and lodging at the Lincoln hotel.
Though his opposition was less strenu
ous than the others, the expenses of J. L.
McBrlen Incurred to make him the nom
inee for state superintendent wss much
larger, probably for the reason that Mc
Brlen sent out about 1,000 badges to the
school children In several of the close
counties, by which he occasioned a stam
pede of the father and mothers. It cost
him a total of $137.77 to land the place on
the ticket, and of this amount $25.50 went
for headquarters at the Llndell hotel. H.
M. Eaton, with headquarters In the same
hotel, evidently had a better room or a
better location, ' for his room cost $40.36,
which, added to his bill for newspaper
and printing, amounted to $62.30. For Ad
dison Wait to find out that It was not his
time to be secretary of state it cost, him
$101.40, of which amount $20. was spent
for headquarter at the Llndell. His next
greatest expense was for a stenographer,
which cost him $25. Congressman Norris
stayed In Washington and his report, filed
today, said he did not spend a cent to get
his renomlnatlon. None of the other nom
inee or candidates have yet filed their
expense account. - -
To Make (benlif Bin,
David City Is to have a chewing gum
factory, the business of which will be the
manufacture of chewing gum bearing the
pleasing name of "Happy Jack." Article of
Incorporation were filed with the secretary
of state today and the company 1 to stick
together until .1924. The Incorporators ar
Edward J. Dworak, George 8. Perkins,
Gideon W. Gates, W. D. Westover and 8.
A. Perkins. The capital stock Is $15,000.
Bankers' TJnioa. Statement.
The Banker Union of the World has
filed with the Insurance department a
statement In accordance with the decision
of the supreme court In this case. The
paper have not yet been gone over by
Deputy Pleroe and It Is not yet known
whether they will fill the bill.
ray Clerk' Shortage.
J. M. Gilchrist, expert accountant em
ployed to examine the book In the office
of the county treasurer, filed hie report
late this afternoon, which shows that Ed
gar Waugh, a former clerk in the office.
Is a defaulter to the amount of $4.371. Si. As
soon as the report was filed William Mc
Laughlin, treasurer, at the time of the
defalcation, at once gave to the county
commissioner hi check for the amount
of the shortage. The commissioner
adopted a resolution commending Mr. Mc
Laughlin for his prompt settlement.
Submitted with this report wa a state
ment of the delinquent personal taxes out
side of the city of Lincoln, amounting in
all to $51,523.66. The compilation of de
linquent personal taxes for Lincoln, Mr.
Gilchrist said, would be completed In a
few day and turned over to the treas
urer for collection.
. Mr. Gilchrist stated that his Investiga
tion showed that none of the other em
ployes of the office had been connected
with the defalcation and all of the miss
ing money had been traced to Waugh. The
latter Is now serving a four-year term In
the penitentiary having pleaded guilty to
the charge of embexslement. He laid hi
association with fast women caused hi
downfall.
Kew Democratln Paper.
Lincoln will have a real live democratic
newspaper to keep up excitement during
the summer. So many rumor have been
printed about thl democratic paper prop
osition that the unterrlfled ar still un
believing, but th paper Is to, be. Just at
this time the manager has requested that
nothing be made public about the matter,
but he gave assurance that a deal had
been put through and that within a short
time ther would be thing doing.
SMALL TORNADO VISITS ALLEN
Ontbnlldlngs Blown Over and Hoases
Unroofed.
ALLEN, Neb.. May $6. Tuesday about 4
o'clock a small sized tornado struck Allen.
A severe rain and hailstorm accompanied
a terrific wind, which lasted about ten
minutes. Small houses, granaries, etc.,
were blown over. , Many houses were un
roofed, trees broken off and nearly every
house in town had from one to twenty
panes of glass broken.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., May 36. (Spe
cial.) A much-needed rain has been falling
for tha last twenty-feur hours, the ground
Is thoroughly soaked and the most favor
ablo conditions exist for the prosperity of
the farming community.
WISNED, eb.. May 26. (Speclal.)-Thls
vicinity was visited with a fine rain tha
past twenty-four hours and has put th
ground in excellent condition. The crop
prospects are good and the fruit pros
pect are the best they hav been for
years.
HARVARD, Neb.. May 26.-(8peclal.)-Testerday
afternoon about 6 o'clock a
heavy shower of, rain came up, .40 of an
Inch being the amount of water that fell.
As the top of the ground was becoming
dry and hard this rain I most desirably
and will b of great value, today being am
Ideal growing day,
O'NEILL, Neb., May tt. (Special.) Ram
fell here during th last ten hours to tha
amount of .71 of an Inch and Is still rain
ing. This heavy rain, which has corns
down steadily, will do an Immens amount
of good In thla county.
GENEVA. Neb., May tt. (Special.) A
fin rain fell : yesterday afternoon, good
for garden and crop.
STANTON, Neb.. May 26.-(8peelgl.)
Rain began falling her about 6 o'clock
Tuesday night and continued until last
night. During the period 125 Inch of
water fell. Tha precipitation wa so gentle
that no damage waa done and th most
of tha water was absorbed by the ground.
There wa but little wind. During May.
up to the present date, 4.10 Inches of rain
has fallen here and 1.6B inches during
April. Crop condition ar good.
ALBION, Neb., May a,-(Bpeclal.) No
mall has been received over the Union Pa
clflc road sine day before yesterday, on
account of a washout near Oconee. Boms
bridge over the county are reported mat
and farmer hav suffered om by reason
ot high water, but It Is generally con
ceded that the rain 'has done much mora
good than harm.
ORD. Neb.. May $6 -(SpeelaL)-AA two.
i ami. u in in. ja.i iwonif-iuur snirs
has put the soil In excellent condition.
Other towns In th vicinity fcr reported to
h. .fTln n milh ..t.e .All A. -
Center a four-Inch fall In two hour has
flooded the country. Much damag haa
been done to the country telephone tin by
tle storm.
BEATRICE, Neb., May 38. (Special.) A!
heavy rain, accompanied by considerable
thunder and lightning, visited this locality
last evening. While It was hot badly
needed It wilt help wheat, corn and garden
truck of all kinds. , . ,
BATTLE CREEK. Neb.i May f.-(flpe-clal.)
The heavy rainstorm of yesterday
and last night hay raised Battl creek
until the northwest part of th town Is
flooded, water being over th railroad
bridge and doing a good deal of damag to
property along th creek. Th basement of
th Sander flour mill Is flooded, damaging
machinery and grain. Including a lot of
heavy belting. Th water was within an
Inch of going into the miller's dwelling.
P. H. Ingoldsby's house wa struck by
lightning, but no serious damage waa
done.
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