TI1E OMAIIA DAILY HEE: SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1904. V n CHAIRMAN -IMR IS OUT f 1 Eetd of Republican State Central Commit tee Besigns His Position. ILL HEALTH OF WIFE IS- THE CAUSE ercarr AUca Call Meetlas; of State Committee' to Elect Immoi Tkiradur Ertilit at (From a. Staff Correspondent.) nIN'COLN, June 28.Speclal.) After hav ing kept the secret locked In his bosom for several days Insofar as the publlo la concerned Secretary Allen of tbe repub lican slate committee this morning an nounced that he had received the resigna tion of Chairman Lehr of tha state com mittee and he then straightway Issued a call for a meeting of the committee and the ' state candidates for next Thursday evenliig at tie Llndell hotel to chooae a succeKsor and to transact any other busi ness that might come up. The letter ol resignation was written and mailed by Mr. Lehr at Albion. June U, and baa been In the pomvaalon . of Mr. Allen for several days. . . r . . The call for the meeting of the state com mittee Is as follows: LINCOLN. Neb., June 2H, 1904. Dear Sir: 1 am in rrueiut of the rests-nation of Henry i Irflir as chairman ol the republican Stale lommlllee. He feels compelled to tike this aiep uii account of the continued Hi iieulth ol Mrs. lehr. In view of this tDiiiiiencv Hi u uifsented the slate com- mlitev una candidates on the slate ticket are hereby called to meet al headquarters, l.u.lci i.olel. i.in.:uln. Thursday evening. June ), 1N, al o clock, to consider said resignation and, If uccepted, to elect a suc OMiHir; also to transact auch other ousiness bit may piuperly come b!ture the meeting, tou are expected to be present. Very re- evucuuiiy, A. B. ALLEN, Secretary. C H. SLOAN, Vice Chairman. In his letter of resignation, which Mr. Allen thinks unwUe to publish. Mr. Lehr slated that bis physician told lilm tbe morning the letter was written that he should not leave Mrs. Lehr. owing tj her Ill-health, for at least six weeks. or that reason Mr. Lehr stated he thought It ad . vtsaUe that he resign. He a too tU-J Mr, Allen that he would do whatever was roc- ommendod In order to get the committee together to act upon 4 he resignation. As un excuse lor not announcing tha re ceipt of the rcfclgnatluti Mr. Allen stated that he thought tho committee should be notified first and that time should be taken to discuss the matter before the committee got together and before the people were In formed of the facts. Scramble for Place. A lively scramble for the chairmanship Is already on. and this afternoon a number of Lancaster politicians called J. e. McKesson to town to again get him to buckle on his armor and aall into the tightwhile others seem to think that Sec retary Alien would make a good man for the place. Whether the fact that Mr. Allen discussed the resignation with only a few favored ones was the result of his ambition to be chairman, of course, la not known. Vice Chairman Bloan. who was here a short time this afternoon, enfoute to Bt. Louis, has a number of friends who would Ilk to see him take the vacant place, but while refusing, to commit himself, Mr. Sloan gave out' the Impression that he would not accept It even. If offered, be cause of his business affairs. A movement llkeiy will be started, how ever, to place tha chairman on a salary of 1,600 or 13,000 a year, and this matter in all probability will com before the com' mittee. Committeeman Lindsay of this city announced that he favored such a plan and at the same time he was In favor of the candidate selecting the chairman, thi stata convention having adopted a resolution to allow the candidates to select the man, with the approval of the "commit tee. Mr. Lindsay seemed sure tho com mittee would endorse anyone the candi date selected. v The fight over the chairmanship, however. . will be a tame feature of tha committee meeting, for there Is every Indication that a fight will be- made to keep the head quarters in Lincoln. Already tha Lan caster people are getting busy on this proposition, although Secretary Allen an nounced that he had heard of no such movement and that "no one had a right to suppose that such a move was con tern plated." Steve Hoover and Levi Munson of the Llndell hotel, which would be the greatest loser by the removal of the head quarters, were In conference with Mr. Allen for a long time, this afternoon dla cussing the probability of the headquarters remaining here, and also called upon other politicians and men who might have lnflu ence with the committee. Mr. Allen has always favored Lincoln as the headquarters of the committee and It Is not doubted but that he would lend all the aid he could to keep the headquarters from Omaha. Spoils a IIomayBeoom. Mrs. Charles W. Atkins of this city, for merly Mrs. Maud M. Chapman, had a promising honeymoon and future happl neaa ended sadly today when a tele gram was received her that her husband was In Jull at Denver for writing a check for (32.000 on a bank in which he had no money. The two were married eight days ago and yesterday Mrs. Atklna cam to Lin coln from Denver .Jone to get her belong ings In shape to remove to Boston to the magnificent home the husband said he owned there. This evening Mrs.' Atkins was heartbroken over the affair and could give no explanation of her husband's con duct unless, she said, h had suddenly gone Insane. He had been Injured during the Spanish-American war and as ta re sult wore a silver plat Instead of a piece of skull In the back of hi head. The man's uncle, she said, had told her he was liable to become Insane most any time. The two bad been acquainted only a short tlma before their marriage. V Atklna claimed to be a doctor and he gave the check, so the telegrams received here said. In payment for a house he was try Ing to buy. He told the Denver police that he was drunk when he signed the check. E. L. Simon, who scaped from the pen itentiary a year ago and mad a trip to Texas because be had the hay fever, has been paroled to P. C. Hahn, a local con- HairFalling? Don't tell your friends of It. They would think It so strange. You see, they know Ayer's Hair Vigor checks falling of the hair, restores color to gray hair, and makes the hair jjrow. Then why don't you use ft? A few years ago my hair got Ytry dry snd 1 could pull It right out by th handful. After using a lev bottles of Ayer's Hair Visor I ot relief. My hair stopped falling snd 1 received a new head of hair. ,T Mrs. G. liarrer, Milwaukee, Vis. tractor. He was sentenced for an assault upon a neighbor. t Debt Caaaet Be Ded acted. It Is probable that another stilt over the revenue law will be Instituted before all tha taxes for this year are collected. County Attorney Caldwell has handed down an opinion to the county board of equalisation that debts cannot under the law be deducted from credits. The Stat Board of Equalisation decided that debts oould be deducted and specified what thy were. The question was passed upon only In a general way by the supreme court when the revenue law was upheld, but the Intention of the legislature In this par ticular matter was not gone Into. During th session an amendment to deduct the debts from credits was voted down. "I am pretty thoroughly convinced," said Mr. Caldwell, "that the legislature did not Intend that debts should be deducted from credits. It says all property shall be taxed and does not exclude anything of the kind contended for. If we permit the merchants to deduct what they owe on their stocks from what the stock Is worth, then ever fanner In the county would have th right to come In and demand a deduction from their list of what they owe on their cattle and personal property. I am. Just now briefing the law polnta." Lancaster county Is the only county so far known that Is not permitting de ductions to be made, and the thing that Is worrying the taxing authorities Is whether there Is any good reason wny It should select Itself to be bumped on this proposition and pay more than Its share of the state taxes. Gordon Takea Appeal. W. A Gordon, who was sentenced to two days In Jail and to pay a $100 fine by Judge Bartlett for striking Attorney Horton dur ing a session of court In Omaha, waa granted a stay of execution by Chief Jus- tic Holoomb, and the case will be heard In the supreme court before Gordon re ceives his punishment If he ever receives It HEAVY RAINS AMD CORN tVATB Farmers Throaeaaat Stat At Ready for Hat War How. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Jun . (Spe cial.) Another great rainfall In this county last night With the exception pf corn, which Is a little late, the crop condition Is said by farmers generally to be all that could be wished for. Charles Haux Is pre paring to cut his second crop of alfalfa, GENEVA, Neb., June . (8peclal.) Yes terday afternoon a heavy wind blew and was followed by a . hard rain and some hall. Seven-tenths of an Inch of water fell. This retards cultivating corn very seriously. HARVARD, Neb., Jun X. Beventy-one hundredths of an Inch of rain fell last night, accompanied by much lightning and thunder, making or the week J. 17 inches of water. This morning Is cool, with fur ther Indications of rain. INDIA NOLA. Neb., June Z6.-Reports from the farming districts between her and McCook and In fact all over the county shows that last night's storm waa the worst for twenty years. Crops were destroyed, barns and sheds leveled and hardly a , windmill left standing. At In dlanola the storm assumed the propor tions of a tornado. Large trees were twisted off and buildings partly demol Ished. Telephone wires are down, but so far as . known there have been no casual ties. WEST POINT. Neb.. June .-(Spclal The extremely wet weather of the past month has caused a phenomenal growth of grass. The hay crop will be on of th heaviest ever known In th county. . Th wet weather has also helped th potato cop materially, prospects for a bountiful yield being very flatterlnx.. SARPY MUST PAT FOR BRIDGES Supreme Coart Refaaea Relief oa Groaad of Irrearalarlty. PAPILLION, . Neb., June 25.-(8ptcIai.) As a result of th findings of th supreme court Sarpy county must pay her propor tion of tha cost of repairs made to the Piatt river bridge between this and Caas county at Louisville. Tha caae had been oeciaea against narpy county ana in su preme court was asked to - grant a re hearing which waa refused. The following Is the syllabus as handed down by that body: When a county has refused, upon re quest, to participate with an adjoining county In repairing a bridge over a stream forming part of the boundary line between them, and the latter has performed the work at Its seuarate exDense. It In not a defense to sn action for-yontrlbutlon under the statute, that the plaintiff county In procuring the repairs to be made proceeded ill an iirrnuinr ailu llif-KKi minntr Wlin reepwi to ODiigsung useir to pay ror mem, provided It did In fact become so obli gated. STOPS SHORT, AT -TOB PIH CRIST Llsatalaa- Hot Oaly Cooks Cherries Tree, bat Sweeteae Theat. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., June . (Spe cial.) A very, unusual Incident Is reported at th farm of Mr. Bates In Merrick county, Lightning struck a cherry tree upon which the fruit waa just about ripe. The cher ries are said to have been cooked, and to have had a fine, sweet taste, though the cherry was of tha sour variety. Teachers' Iastltat Closes. PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. June 28. -(Special.) The Cass county teachers' Institute closed at noon today. County Superin tendent Wortman and aih of th Instruc tors gave a closing talk. Mr. Wortman recited a poem entitled "Press On," and requested , tha teachers-not to los th In spiration they had gained during th In stitute. Superintendent Rous urged the teachers to put their whole .heart Into their work and advised them to visit tha homes of their scholars and become acquainted with their parent and their surroundings. Superintendent Sherman recited . Eugene Fields' "Little Boy Blue." Miss Martin said 'she had enjoyed th Institute and hoped she had been of benefit to th teachers. Caaiaalaeloaer War Deal Raasar, HASTINQ8. Neb., Jun . (Special. )- Senator Dietrich Is In receipt of th fol lowing communication from E. B, War, commissioner of pensions: WASHINGTON. June W.-Dear Sir: The Post, a newspaper here In Washington, as serts that pensions are being Issued under order No. It to soldiers In the "doubtful" states for th purpose of Influencing elec tions and that claimants from other states are being delayed thereby. The statement Is wholly untrue and will be taken no no tice of except that I wish you to know that your constituents will receive the very same attention that any others sre re ceiving. Respectfully, E. P. WARE, , Commissioner. Saracae Gets th Prtattaa;. BLAIR, Neb., Jun (.(Special Tel gram.) Th Injunction caaa at for hear ing today In which L. A. Williams of the Blair Pilot secured a restraining order on th County Board preventing them from letting tha contract for th printing of th delinquent tax list of this county to C. B.' Sprague, was heard by Judge Bart lett, who cam up for this special case, and who dissolved the restraining order, which gives Mr. Sprague the printing under bis regular contract with th county. Child rails lata Wall. HUMBOLDT, Neb., Jun . (Special.) Cora Hobbs, a M-year-old daughter of Taylor Hobbs ot this city. In attempting to draw a bucket of water slipped and waa precipitated twenty feet to the bottom of the well. Fortunately the fall did not stun her so badly, but that th water brought her to consciousness, and grasp ing the rope, she kept herre'f above lb water until she was rescued. JOBBERS END TRIP IN STATE Special Train Bearing Omaha Trade Makers Eeturns Home, BAGPIPES AND BAND IN EVIDENCE lslt Several Mr Town of Nebraska Dlstrlbat Llteratar Telllag f Advaataarea 0ered SIDNET. Neb.,-Jun K (Special Tele gram.) Todays ends tbe three day' trip over th Union Paclflo railway of tha Com mercial club of Omaha and Live Btock ex change of South Omaha. The officiate of th Union Paclflo In charge of th train have done everything In their power to make the trip a successful one, and they have succeeded In their efforts. At Kearney the excursionists ran Into rain, so all preparations made for their entertainment had to be declared off, much to th regret of alL Leaving Kearney on time, the party started west on the main line, making Odessa, Elm Creek and Over ton In the order named. At Overton al falfa bouquets were given the party, with the compliments of Ross 8. Thornton, county clerk of Dawson county. At Lex ington a stop of thirty minutes was made, and when they left the visitors knew every man and woman In this nsat city. Cosad, th town of drug stores, was next on th list; then Gothenburg, where Mayor Warner of North Platte marched Into th train and took possession of everything on board and refused to let go until after the party had left hit town. Brady Island and Maxwell followed Gothenburg at easy stage; then Into noisy, whistling, bell rlnglng North Platte, where a reception waa held in the Commercial club rooms and friendly greetings were exchanged. No commercial club or exchange man escaped with a button or badge on hla clothes. The cltlsens of North Platte are in possession of all visible decorations. Big Spring fur nished a broncho race, with a bucking broncho thrown In for entertainment At Julesburg young girls held a reception In the pretty park opposite the depot. The excursion reached Sidney promptly on schedule time and was accorded a rous ing reception. The business block and residences had been becomingly decorated In honor of. the visitors and a reception committee composed of the principal pro fessional and business men of th city met the excursionists at the depot and es corted them to the opera house, where a short program had been arranged. The quartet rendered a couple of selections and Mayor Sanders Introduced J. L. Mcintosh, who delivered an earnest and appropriate address of welcome, which was eloquently responded to by Arthur Smith. Several thousand people, many of whom came from the surrounding country, turned out to greet these hustling trade-getters of Nebraska's metropolis, and the visit of the representatives of Omaha's principal business Institutions was attended with great enthusiasm. Hon. J. J. Mclntofh, president of the American bank, entertained the visiting banker at lunch at his beau tiful residence, and the other members of the party were entertained by their local friends and patrons. Souvenirs were In demand and the trade hustlers were busy distributing them. 'The members of th Commercial club feel that they have been royally received In each town and say that the attendance at the' depots and banner displayed make them feel that they were welcome every where. As an evidence of this on ranch man had erected by the side of the railroad track this sign: "Brown's rsnch welcome, Omaha I" The party leaves Sidney tonight, going direct to Omaha, where the train Is scheduled to arrive at 7 a. m. Stay To Short. GRAND ISLAND, Neb.; Jun 35. (Spe cial.) The abort visit made by the Com mercial club, of Omaha, yesterday did not permit of much entertainment, particu larly since the various member of th visiting bodies desired to see more ot their patrons. Th Omaha gentlemen were, however, escorted to the Elk' hall, wel comed and then permitted to go over the business portion of the city, A large num ber of the members of the Grand Island Commercial club were present at the depot to assist In the very Informal reception, ST. PAUL. Neb., June 26.-(8pectal.) The epeolal train carrying Omaha business men made a stop of twenty-five minutes. The party was escorted uptown where cordial greetings were exchanged with their St Paul customers. I Th visitor distributed pretty and variegated souve nirs to as, many people as they could1 reach, their band and quartet In the mean while furnishing music. GIBBON, Neb., Jun SB. Speclal.)-The Omaha jobbers' special, arrived here a few minute late. An Immense crowd greeted them In spite of threatening clouds and headed them for the front of the opera house, which was decked , with sample of grain, alfalfa, etc. , Strawberries, cherries and bouquets were showered on the guests who in turn bedecked th crowd with badge and all kinds of souvenirs. Every body 1 asking, ' "why couldn't they hav stopped longer!" LEXINGTON, Neb., Jun 25. (Special Telegram.) The specter train of the Omaha jobbers arrived her this morning at 8:30. exactly on time, and was met by over 1,000 of our cltlsens, most of whom received souvenirs and badges. The jobbers made a short parade up Washington street, th band playing several airs. Thirty members of th party were presented with a large bouquet of alfalfa bloom, which were highly appreciated by the recipients. Just before the train pulled out Buchanan, In his Highland costume, entertained the crowd with his bag pipes and was loudly applauded. Tbe train remained thirty minutes and departed amid prolonged cheers. SWAMPY LAND TO BE DRAINED riva Taoaaaad Acre la Sarpy Caaaty to Be Fitted for Faraalaa;. PAPILLION. Neb.. Jun tt.-(Speclal H. D. Patterson, county surveyor, ha com pleted a report on the proposed Forest City drainage ditch and submitted It to th commissioners. This ditch will run through th west . portion of th county and will drain In the neighborhood of (,000 acres of swampy land, rendering It In a condition to be farmed. Two ditches are required, th main ditch alone draining I. 101 acre of land. It will be 18,766 feet In length, I feet deep and S feet wld at th bottom. Th cost of constructing such a ditch will be tf,U.Sl. Altogether ,KI eublo yard it earth will have to be ex cavated In It building. A spur ditch will also be constructed freaa th main one, Ite length to be t,M feet; depth 4 feet width at th bottom feet. A removal of l.Ui cublo yard of dirt will be required. This smaller ditch will drain t acre of soggy land and will coat 1873.41 Total length of th two ditches will be 12, Sal feet, affording the best of drainage for 1,43 acre of land. Total coat H0.fc3.7J. DOUGLAS LOSS IS SARPY'S QAIH Gay O. Bartoa ts 'Assessed avt Two iiaaare laeaaaa la New He ate. PAPILLION. Neb.. Jan K.-8d-.1.1 V- Ouy C. Barton, by moving from Omaha to Gllraor. ha caused Barov sessment to be much greater than hen. tofor. Hla assessment In this count v su placed at S200.00O personal property by the Board of equalisation, which ha been lo session here for aeveral day. The total figures of the county will be obtainable la a few day and It la thought there will be shown a strong 8 per cent advance- West Palat C iff al dak. WEST POINT. Neb.. June hV (Special.) The West Point Commercial elub le fulty organised. V constitution and bylawe has been framed and adopted and tha follow ing permanent officer elected for th en suing year: President, H. L. Keefe; vie president O. C. Anderson; secretary, O. E. Engler; assistant secretary, O. L. Net burg; treasurer, August Klelne. Llaatalac Kills Alllaae Maa. ALLIANCE, Nab., June SJ.-4Specla1. Lightning struck and Instantly killed Thomas C. McLaughlin last evening while be wss sitting with his family on th porch of hi home In this city. He leaves a wife and- two children. HI remain will b taken to Decatur City, Ia has former home, for burial. No damage was done th property. Alaiaat a HasaVet Per Ceat Increase. HASTINGS. Neb., Juno S.-fSpectal.)-The assessor's returns show that the as sessed valuation of Adams county property, exclusive of railroads, this year I 14,012, M3. as against 12,101,(23, th valuation last year. This Is a gain of M per cent While the valuation given has not yet been equal ised, It la not expected that the figures will be materially changed. If you have any thing to trade, advertise It In the This for That column of The Be Want Ad Page. 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WHAT TO BAT (Maatatjr M aaa nu CrtificaLt$ of Publication 1 State of Nebraska Offlc) of Auditor of Public Accounts , Lincoln, February 1st, 1904. It is hereby certified, That the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com pany of New York, inthe State of New York, has complied with the Insurance Law of this State, applicable to such companies and is there fore authorized to continue the business of Life Insurance in this State, for the current year ending January 31st, 190?. Summary of Report Filed for the Year Ending December 31sljf 1903. INCOME Premiums:....... : $4,293,790.33 All other resources , 415,059.48 Total 4,708,849.81 DISBURSEMENTS ' . r Paid policy holders .x. 3,214,282.68 All other riavments 1,446,972.11 Total... ,. ...a. 4,661,254.79 ADMITTED ASSETS 5,707,311.90 LIABILITIES Net reserve , 4,203,909.00 Net policy claims 916,000.30 All other liabilities 80,814.71 5,200,724.01 Surplus beyond capital stock and ' nn other liabilities.. 506,587.89 506,587.89 Total' .; 5,707,311.90 Witness my hand and seal of the Auditor of Public Accounts the day and year firsabove written. v x Charles . Weston, Auditor of Public Accounts. John L. Pierce, Deputy. For the BEST there is in OLD LINE LIFE INSURANCE, - - , ADDRESS - The Mutual Reserve Life Insurance" Company OF NEW YORK. a VAN B. LADY, Manager, 501-2 Brown Blk., Omaha. Tel. 0080.