THE OMAHA DAILY I1EE: MONDAY, JULY 31, 190o. felpbor) CO. A i State meat There bus been a great deal said la the papers lntely about early closing. ,TV wish to state our views Id this paid ad as we feel the public is Interested In this early rinsing movement. We were solicited recently by a committee to sign for closing at B o'clock every evening, excepting Saturday, and to keep open on that evening until 10 o'clock. We did not sign for the following reasons: , We are the pioneers In the early cloning movement. July 1st, 1810, we beran by closing onr store every Saturday at rt oYlook, and two years later, July, 1001, we announced that we would close every Saturday during July and August at 1 o'clock and during the other months, Saturdays at 6 o'clock. It Is still In fore. To have signed the agreement for 5 o'clock closing would be a step backward, which we will never take, nnd we are nlrendy doing much better than that by our c lafks, as will be seen by the following statement: We give every employee, who has been In our service one yenr or more, a vacation with full pay. Our em ployees ore unanimously In favor ef our present arrangement. And why should they not be, as It gives them during a year nn advantage of 208 bours time more than any other store In our line, even with the new arrangement, besides putting ts-M time In a shape to be of some use to tbern. Hl01lP3ON.pFI .DFN&f in Y. Li G A. BuUding, Corner Sixteenth and DougLu Strttta ( board, who expressed himself as folr lows: "I am thoroughly satisfied with every condition I see, both as regards energy and efficiency." Dr. White, United States public health and marine hospital service, said that freight cars were being fumigated when ever thr was possibility of their con taining Infected mosquitoes and whenever else (hers was a demand for fumigation on the part of the authorities of the stats . to or which the cars, were run. Statements from D. D. Curran, superin tendent of the New Orleans & Northwest ern railroad, by O. M. Dunn, superintend ent of the Illinois Central, and announce ments by others famlllur With the situation Was that every passenger train run out of New Orleans was either supplied by a shuttle train at a point beyond possible In fection or was fumigated prior to de parture and run closed through the stales demanding such regulations. Tetas la Liberal, of Texas In - raising the quarantine There Is much gratlfloatlot: at the action against the state except at points of In fsctlon, which Is la line with the state ment of Dr. Tabor that this course would be taken just ss soon as this state was quarantined against the inrected points. On the other hand the Mississippi authori ties are drawing the lines tighter every day, as was shown by the refusal to admit passengers with certificates from the Blldell detention camp on the New Orleans & Northeastern road. Burgeon White has taken this action up with the authorities of Mississippi and hopes to be able to straighten nut the tangle.' Today, acting on the suggestion of Rev. Dr. Severely Warner, who Is general su perintendent of the campaign of education. every preacher referred, to the work now in hand and in all the Protestant churches the Episcopal prayer lh' times of public emergency was recited. . The preachers asked their congregations to lend their as sistance to the ward committees who are oiling and screening elsterns and it Is be lleved that this will have a splendid effect. The demand for sixteen and eighteen mesh screen wire baa' been so great that there has been a shortage of It here and cheese cloth Is being nsed in many places aa a temporary substitute. Maria Hospital Report. WASHINGTON, D. C, July JO. A dis patch received by Burgeon General Wyman of the Public Health ami Marino Hospital service from Dr. J. H. White. In charge of the servlcs work st New Orleans, today tells of the steps taken by Surgeon T. F. Richardson, who Is supervising the work In the Infected district for the city board of health. He reports that on Thursday and Frldey there were 1,918 houses Inspected nineteen cases of sickness were Investi gated and 1000 more tanks and cisterns oiled. . The officials of the Marino Hospital ser vice express the opinion that the fact that the area of the disease has been well re stricted Is sn encouraging- feature of the present outbreak. IJut two other places outside of the state of Louisiana, they say, have officially reported a case of the fever, a notable contrast to former out breaks when It spread with great rapidity. Retaliatory Quarantine. NATCHEZ, Miss., July 90. Vldalla. La., a small town across the Mississippi river from this city, has adopted a quarantine against Natches .as a retaliatory measure for the local enforcement of the quarantine established by the State Hoard of Health against Louisiana. Vidalia desired that Natches preserve an open door, and when the local authorities announced that this was against the State board's regulations, th Louisiana town closed Its doors against Natches. The Vldalla postmaster sends to Natches twice a day for the mails, but will not allow the railway mall clerk run ning Out of this city to carry registered mall. The local detention station has been quipped with twenty tents to accommo date sixty persons and an emergency hos pital tent. Teaaesae Partly Opens. MEMPHIS, Tenn.. July JO. -The report given out yesterday following the meeting of the State, City and County Boards of Health regarding the quarantlno regula- I tlone established against Nsw Orleans and Other fever Infected districts proves to be partly erroneous. The official statement Is to the effect that went Tennessee and Hamilton county will cloie Its doors against the feve districts. . No quarantine rules for the sntlre state have been promulgated. 8trict vigilance Is being maintained by quarantine officials, who are guarding the approaches from the south to this division of the state. ' Mississippi Tighten Limes. MERIDSN. Miss.. July 30. Th city boards met this morning and on recom mendations of thl lotiol Board of Health tightened the quarantine Una materially against Infected points snd adopted mors stringent precautions locally. No travelers will be permitted to enter the city with out a health certificate and no freight car from any Infected point will be permitted to be opened unless thoroughly screened and previously fumigated. A curfew ordinance requiring all places of business except drug stores, hotels and restaurants to be closed at o'clock and all persons on th streets after I p. m. who cannot give a satisfactory reason for be ing out will be Subject to arrest. VJCKBBURO, Miss., July ta-Pollowlng the example of Natches, Greenville, Miss., and Lake Providence and East Carroll parish, Louisiana, have declared a strict quarantine against th world. Th Green ville and Lake Providence embargoes wsr put on this afternoon. SVSPKCTS OV'T Or CARANTINB ri Held by Health Offleer Not AfflUie with Fever. NEW YORK. July JO Health Officer Doty visited th quarantine Island In the lower bay today and shortly afterward three passengers of th steamer Seguranca. namely. Mlas Heckler. Henry Boyd and Mis Wempe, wer released, together with th two members of th crew of th steamer Eldorado, which arrived yesterday from Hew Orleans and were held for observa tion, owing to nigh temperatures. The four paaosagers of th Seguranca detained at teaman Island are quit comfortable, and Bee, July 29, 1905. If all goes well will be released probably tomorrow. The ten members of ths crew of the Scguranca are pleasantly situated at Swinburne Island In the two new wards re cently erected on the Island. Of this num ber only two are seriously 111. They are Thomas McQill, one of the Seguranca's stewards, ' and Vincent Novo, a fireman. McGlil is resting comfortably and some what better. Vincent Novo, however. Is quite ill. Dr. Doty said he could not definitely state whether these men are suf fering from yellow fever. The bacteriologi cal examination would not be completed before tomorrow morning. It was announced tonight that of the ten members of the crew of the Scguranca, under detention, eight were suffering from malarial fever only, and that, while there was still some doubt regarding the fireman and steward It was probable that they were suffering from the same form of fever. WORKED PIPE DREAM Wm Fabricates a Story of Coming: Marriages and Gets Large Wardrobe. An Indianapolis girl conjured up a re markable fabrication of stories, .sensation ally and pathetically reciting the romance of a mythical fiance and a broken wed ding, for the unique purpose of Inducing her mother to buy her clothes. The young woman. Miss Mabel Jones, bought herself an engagement ring with her savings, and then, after having accomplished her purpose toward replenishing her wardrobe, sent herself a telegram . announcing that her lover had been killed by a fall from a horse It has now developed that Miss Jones' love affair had no existence except In her own fervid Imagination. The truth was finally wrung from Miss Jones, after she had been subjected to a most severe cross-examination by ths very men she had Implicated In the affair by the use of their names. So trying was the ordeal that Miss Jones" mother, Mrs. Frank Arbuckle, swooned In the midst of ths questioning and was revived only after an hour's arduous work. A state of collapse followed, and early this morning she was again unconscious. . With her mother unconscious on the floor and the other members of her family Imploring her to tell the truth, Miss Jones sobblngly confessed that the story of her contemplated wedding was manufactured by herself; that she had ooUgrtt her own engagement, ring and even written, with her own hand, the telegram telling of her sweetheart's tragic death. Continued questioning, much the same as that to which a witness on cross-examination Is subjected, began to have Its effect on Miss Jones. She showed signs of waver ing, and Just then her another swooned. This wrung jhe truth from the young woman. First of all she admitted that the wed ding story was a pure fabrication. She said she wanted more and nicer dresses, and that she had created the wedding myth In order to Induce her parents to buy her expensive dresses. Bhe told them she had met a man named Benjamin, from St. Louis, who was a high official of the Canadian railroad, and that he was going to call. Miss Jones afterward explained that she had got Benjamin's address from a railroad folder, which Benjamin had left In her employer's office. As time progressed and her parents In sisted on knowing mor about her St. Louis admirer. Miss Jones told of numer ous telegrams and letters she had received, both from him and from his mother. Fi nally she announced that the wedding was set for June 14, and she produced a hand some diamond ring, which she Said was a betrothal gift from her sweetheart. To make her story good, she carried home a picture, which she said had been sent her. This was Constantino's picture, which had come Into her possession. The wedding ring had been purchased with her own money. These facts were admitted between sobs OS Miss Jones continued her story. 'As the day for the wedding approached Miss Jones commenced tq plan to get away from the event. Then It was that she oon. celved the ruse of her fiance's death. She wrote a telegram saying: "Clyde was killed while riding his horse," and sent It to herself by a messenger boy. Indianapolis News. ROYAL TRIPS IN OCTOBER Prloee and Prlaeese of Wales Will tar for India tkat Month. . LONDON, July SO.-CSpecial Cablegram to The Ree.) It has new been definitely ar ranged for the prince and princess of Wsles to leave London for their tour In India on Wednesday, October 18, and Join his maj esty's ship Renown at Genoa two days later. Their suite will leave Portsmouth In the battleship on October 10, their royal highnesses being accompanied on their de parture from London only by an equerry and the prince's private secretary. It Is expected that the prince and prin cess will witness some evolutions by the Mediterranean fleet. under Lord Charles Beresford before continuing their voyage to the east. The landing should take place on Thursday, November I, the king's birth day, and also the date of his majesty's landing In India thirty year ago. Two or three officers of ths Indian army will be attached to the prince's staff throughout the tour. Lake Schooner for Sir Dollars. The low water mark In the market for vessel property was reached when the schooner H. A. Richmond, a two-masted cait. registering 18S net tons, was sold for &. When the bill of. sale was placed on record In Collector Nixon s offlce It was said to be the cheapest bona fids transfer ever filed in tb Chicago custom house. Th boat has not bean in service for two years and now Is lying at Clybourn place bridge in the North branch. The Richmond was built In Buffalo la 1M1. and was sold by Alexander Anderson. Th new owner, Ben Jaoobaon, will con vert the schooner into a basgo and us it la transferring cement around th river. Chicago Tribune. LAMONI A POTENTIAL FACTOR Man nho kTads the Frieads Which Gram Cleveland Attached to Eim. ADVOCATE OF PURE BALLOT ARRESTED First Victim ( Law Wtilfk He Was Instramentnl la PotlUs loa the Stntate Books of Virginia. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. July 0.-Speclal.)-Th death of Colonel Daniel 8. Lamont last week removed from earth a man whose record was unique. Lamont was the most potential force in smoothing the pathway of Orover Cleveland towards a second nomination. Without him the case would have been hopeless. Cleveland lacked the elements of popularity. He was not a "mixer." He was utterly devoid of tact and finesse. He failed to appreciate the foibles of his fellows. From March 5, 1RS5. when he first entered the White House, until the day he left to give place to Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland never won to himself a score of personal friends. But Daniel S. Lamont did that very thing for him. As "private secret tary" and afterwards "secretary to the president" Colonel Lamont exhibited tact and diplomacy of the highest order. He demonttrated clearly that he was of that build that had he been assigned to ths diplomatic corps he would have made a mark In the world which would have placed his name among those cf the greatest diplomats of the earth, He had a hard task In serving Grover" Cleveland. That gentleman was brusque and even rude to his callers. He antagonized men who should have been his warmest friends; notably his former associates In Buffalo. Among these was Daniel Lockwood. Lock wood placed the name of Grover Cleveland on the democratic ticket for sheriff, mayor, governor and president, and yet within five days from the hour he was Inaugurated president Mr. Cleveland had succeeded In making a bitter enemy of his old friend. During all the years between 18S6 and 1889 Daniel Lockwood never entered the White 1 louse. After two years In office Mr. Cleveland asked Lockwood to accept a position In the federal service. Lockwood spurned the offer, but Lamont succeeded in patching up peace and Lockwood ac cepted the office. This is but one Inci dent showing the value of the services of Mr. Lamont to his chief. No man ever had a more faithful ally. He was always on hand to act as the buffer and he never made a mistake. But for Lamont. Grover Cleveland would never have been nominated a second time. During the past seven years he has not been much In the public eye. But In his death Grover Cleveland has lost his very best friend and the country has lost one of Its very ablest men. , Fight for Pare Ballot. Just across the line in Virginia they are having some warm politics, but none of it Is so warm as a fight to test the efficacy of a pure election law the sol'ons of the Old Dominion passed some time ago. This law imposes a heavy fine or Imprisonment, or both, on any man who spends money In an election In behalf of any candidate, or promises directly or Indirectly to do so. At the head and front of the agitation that lead up to the enactment of the law was the Richmond News-Leader, whose editor, A. B. Williams, Is regarded as one of the ablest writers In the south. It fought early and late for the enactment of the bill, 'and has never failed to drive a peg In behalf of the purity of the ballot. But recently there was a primary election In Richmond, and one of the friends of Mr. Williams was a candidate. There had to be some work done In a certain pre cinct, and Williams gave his check for 126 to have it done. Then the grand Jury was called together to investigate some alleged violations of the pure election law. It was rumored that the Williams trans action was under consideration, and this brought out a signed editorial from Mr. Williams, In which he admits the charge, but claims that he had a right to spend the money. It Is said on every hand that the law Is so plain In Its application to this particular case that there is nothing left for the grand Jury to do but return an indictment. Here will be the spectacle of the highest apostle of pure election being the first to fall under the ban of the very law he was most assiduous In bringing to a passage. The whole matter will be watched with absorbing Interest, for Its outcome will demonstrate whether the law Is to be a living thing, or whether It Is to become a dead letter. SOME DELUSIONS OF DIET Flotltlonn Names Applied to Moth of What Is In Common lie at th Table. George K. Holmes, chief of division of foreign markets, bureau of statistics, of the United States Department of Agricul ture, prepared for the--year book of the department a treatise on the peculiarities of consumers In their systems of market ing and the delusions they allow them selves to be placed under or blunder Into themselves. The digest has been considered serviceable for reprinting In pamphlet form under the title of "Consumers' Fan cies." The pamphlet points out the mistake peo ple of small means make In always se lecting the choice or most expensive cuts of meats, when many of the unsought cheaper parts of the animal are equally or even more nutritious. It quotes a meat trade's Journal on recent prices as follows: Poterhouse steak, 90 cents; prime rib, IS cents; sirloins, 11 cents; round, I cents; rump, T cents; neck pieces, about t cents, per pound, respectively. It com ment In the following strain: 'Although epicureans admit and chem ists demonstrate that the neck piece Is toothsoms and nutritious. It bears the low est price. In fact, it would hardly be considered respectable to ask the butcher for a piece of the neck. Perhaps a low order of proficiency in the housewife's cooking In the past gave the neck piece its low place. The story might have been different had the housewife of former times possessed the French housewife's ability to utilise meats In the making of attractive and delicious dishes." The point of the argument Is that cheap cuts are as good as dear when Judiciously se lected and properly cooked. The pamphlet also treats of the delusion that exists In th terms applied to va rious subsistence commodities by which their sal is Influenced. Note th follow ing: "The amount of "Canada' lamb sold In the Vnlted States Is enormous. The word 'Canada' has the same magical effect upon lamb prices that the word 'Philadel phia' has upon spring poultry or that 'Long Island' on fresh eggs. These fic tions seem to sell the product, and the eating public appears to feel satisfied. By tacking ths word .Canada onto his product the butcher is enabled to get I cents more per pound for it, or, If he ad heres to ths normal prices his customers think they are getting something unusual for their money. In certainly 6 per cent of the cases they are gsttlng plain domestlo lamb, and about fifty times out of lOOxare not getting lamb at all. but mere mutton." Many other commodities are set forth under their respective delusive titles with the same unreserved treatment of the de ceptions yractlced in regard to them. , SUPREME COURT SYLLABI i 14138. Morrill sgalnst McNeill. Frror f rom Logan. Reversed. Duffle, C. Division No. 1. 1 Where a case has been reversed and remanded with directions to the trial court tf submit certain issues to the Jury snd the case is tried a second time on the same Issues made by the pleadings on the first trial, this court, on a second appeal, will examine and pass upon the correctness of1 the Instructions of the trial court In sub mitting to the Jury the Issues which the court was directed to try and determine, notwithstanding a claim made on behalf of the defendant In error that error in such Instructions Is without prejudice to the plaintiff in error because of a former ad judication of such Issues asserted by the defendant In error. 2. The plaintiff plead the ratification by the defendant of a settlement made be tween himself and the defendant's husband. Snd produced competent evidence tending to prove such ratification. The court in structed the Jurv to the effect that if it found that the defendant had ratified the settlement. It should find for the plaintiff, but failed to state what acts on the part of the plaintiff would amount to a ratification and refused a proper instruction covering the question asked by the plaintiff. Held, error. 8. Where the court and the parties to the action proceed In the trial of a case on the theory that the pleadings present a certain . material issue not Jurisdictional in Its na ture, this court will not on appeal examine the pleadings to determine their ufficlency to clearly make the issue. 141H9. First National Bank of Platts--mouth against (iihsnn. Error from Cass. Reversed and dismissed. Letton, C. Divi sion No. 1. Sedgwick, J., not sitting. 1. The plea of res adjudicate applies not only to the points upon which the court was required by the parties to pronounce a Judgment, but to every point which prop erly belonged to the subject matter of liti gation and which the parties exercising rea sonable diligence might have brought for ward at that time. This rule Is not In flexible and may yield In cases where a food and valid reason or excuse for the allure to allege the facts and seek relief in the former action Is shown, but In the Instant case such excuse Is neither pleaded nor proved. USA. State ex rel. Polk County against Galusha. Original. Writ of mandamus al lowed. Holcomb, C. J. 1. When It is obvious that portions of an act of the legislature were the principal. If not the sole Inducement for the passage of the act, and such parts are held to be un constitutional because in conflict with the paramount law, the act will be declared void in toto. i. The provision Of section thirteen (IS), article eighteen (xvill), of the constitution wherein it la provided: "The general elec tion of this state shall be held on Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November of each year except the first general elec tion which shall be held on the second Tuesday In October, 1876," construed and held: That it Is not of itself an Imperative command that general elections shall b held annually at the time stated. Whether annual elections are required depends upon the offices created by the fundamental law and the time as therein provided at which an election must be held to All such offices. 3. By the provisions of the constitution. sections four (4). ton (10). fifteen . (15), twenty (30) and twenty-one (21), of article six (vi), and sections thirteen (13) and twenty (30) of article eighteen (xvill). Judges of the supreme, district and county courts, and regents of the university, whose offices are created thereby, It Is declared shall be elected at the first general election held in 1875. The terms of these several offices are fixed at six, four and two years, respectively, and the terms of office begin on the first Thursday after the first Tues day in January next succeeding their elec tion. Their successors in office. It Is pro vided, shall thereafter be elected at the gen eral election next preceding the time of the termination of their respective terms of offlce. Held, that these several provision when construed together fix the terms cf office and the time of the beginning and termination of such terms and the time of the first election, and that thereafter at the generHl election next preceding the time of the termination of each and every subse quent term of office, as they shall follow each other In succession, a successor shall be elected; and that these several sections provide for a regular succession of and con tinuity in such terms of office, th. frr and effect of which are to make it manda tory tnat a general election shall be held in each of the odd numbered years. 4. Ordinarily the word or words "term" or "term of office," when used in reference to the tenure of office means a fixed and definite period of time. (a.) Section 10 of article f the con stitution declares:. . "All officers provided for in this article shall hold their offices un til their successors shall be qualified." Held, that this provision cannot properly be construed, to mean that the legal terms of office of the officers provided for In said article In the sense in which used In ref erence to me tenure or office, shall con sist of the fixed and definite periods therein mentioned and In addition thereto the indeterminate period which an lncum- nent may nom arter the expiration of his fixed term and until a successor shall be quannea. 5. Where by the fundamental law certain offices are created, the terms of office of which are fixed at certain definite periods of time and the beginning and termination thereof prescribed as well as the time for the election of a successor, the legislature Is without authority to postpone the elec tion of such succcessors until the succeed ing general election held in the next year and to extend the term of offlce of the Incumbents during the Intervening time and to provide for an election In a different year in which to elect such successors and a different time for the beginning of such terms of office. 0. Provisions found In the schedule of the constitution are not In all instances to be construed as of a temporary character. The language used should be given its ordinary meaning and whether it is in tended to be of a temporary or permanent character must be determined from the purpose of the enactment and the object sought to be accomplished therebv. Tho true meaning of the law is discovered by considering the reason and spirit of it or the cause which moved the law making uouy in f-naci u. 7. Courts will give weighty consideration to the legislative construction of the con stitution when let-tnljitinn is had 'egarding eubjects of a political feature. But when such construction clearly appears to be un warranted it will not be followed. (a) The provisions of the biennial electlnn law. H. R. 35. Session Laws 9oS. the act under consideration, are found to be in conflict with the paramount law relative to the election of Judicial officers and regents of the university, and the time thereof and of their terms of office, and for such rea sons the act is held to be inoperative and void. 13871. Shreck against Hanlon. Appeal from Clay. Affirmed. Oldham. C. Division No. 1. 1. A trustee In bankruptcy, acting for ths creditors of the" bankrupt, may maintain an action In the nature of a creditor's bill to set aside a fraudulent conveyance with out reducing the claims of the creditors to Judgment. 2. The question of fraud in convevancea made prior to July 1, IK, could not be de termined in a hearing on application by a bankrupt for his discharge in the bank rupt proceedings. Paxton against Scott, NeK 92, N. W. 611, followed and approved. 3. Kvldence examined and held sufficient to support the Judgment. JJS72. Nebraska-Mollne Plow Company ar.alnst Blackburn. Error, from Scoff's F.uff. Reversed and remanded. Ames, C. Division No. 1. Sedgwick, J., not sit ting. 1. Ons Is not a bona-flde purchaser for vslue until he has actually paid the pur chase price or become irrevocably bound for Its payment. I A trustee in bankruptcy succeeds to the bankrupt's title to choses In action subject to any defense, abatement or coun ter rlalm to which they would have been liable In the hands of the latter. 1373. Hanson against Nathan. Error, from Cuming. Affirmed. Duffle. O. Division No. 1 Sedgwick, J., not sitting. The rule Is well settled that the supreme court will not review a Judgment of the dis trict court on a petition in error as to er rors occurring at the trial unless the al leged errors are first called at the attention of the trial court by motion for a new trial. 6mllh against Spauldlng, 34 Neb., 138. 134.14. Sveatherford against I'nlon Pacific Railroad Company. Error from Douglas. On rehearing. Judgment of district court reversed. Letton, C. Division No. 1. 1. A grantee of real estate occupied by a third person acquires no greater rights acalnst the occupier than his grantor had. If the right to bring an action of forcible entry and detention la barred as against the grantor so likewise Is it as against the grantee. 2. Paragraph t of the syllabus In the for mer opinion. M N. W.. 10x8. disapproved. 1371. Nolde against Oray. Error from Clay. Motion for - rehearing overruled. Barnea. J. A vendee of real estate, while In pos session snd claiming to be the owner thereof under a contract of purchase, can not maintain an anion sgalrifct his vendor to reoovur the amount paid on th purchase price. lor a nreacn or ice contract to con vey, together wllh the difference between th value of the land at the date of pur chase and the time when the breach occurs. ss damages. Before he can prosecute such an a. lion ne must rescind tne contract surrender the possession of the premises to the vendor tut thus ulace hlin as nearly as 4 (losslbis u statu quo. COMMISSIONERS' LAW LAME ttvrnej General Holds Election Unit Be Held This FilL GUARDSMEN OFF F0, RIFLE PRACTICE Lincoln People Hear Ha mor Severn! Office of Burlington Bond Are to It Removed to That City. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Neb., July 30 (Special. Not withstanding a former off-hand opinion that the special act changing the terms of county commissioners would obviate the necessity of nominating and electing those officers this year. It Is now Intimated that this Is a mistake, and that the law simply has the effect of changing the terms of Ihe officials so that they must be chosen again this fall. This Is the view which has been taken by Representative Warner of Lancas ter county, one of the Introducers of the various biennial election measures. It Is explained that the defect In the commission bill, which Is a special measure, arises from the fact that the omnibus biennial bill had referred to ths election of Commissions and fixed the date on even numbered years. With this fact In mind the provision was omitted from the special act. Several Lan caster county men Interested in the matter have been advised by Deputy Attorney Gen eral Thompson that It will be necessary to place the names of candidates for commis sioner on the ballots. Riflemen to Compete. Monday morning the state rifle competl- tlon for the choice of members of the Ne braska team to Sea Grit, N. J., will begin at Kearney. The range Is on an Island In the middle of the Platte river, so that there Is no danger of damage from stray bullets. The revolving Texas targets are to be used. Four have been put In rlace, so that num ber Of squads can be at work at one time. These targets are made to rotate on a pivot at the center in such a way that the marker In the pit does his work while the moat recently used end of the target is down, thereby obviating all danger. The contest, which will last during the greater part of the week, Is for the purpose of choosing fifteen marksmen from the Na tional Guard to attend the national com petition. There Is considerable rivalry among the thirty-four or thirty-five par ticipants for the Nebraska honors, since It Is understood that President Roosevelt takes a personal Interest In marksmanship among the soldiers, and may attend the contest at Sea Grit for at least one day. Lieutenant Colonel McLaughlin, Inspector of small arms practice In the National Guard, has been assigned to have charge of the contest. Will Lincoln Get Ken Offices f There i some talk among local Burling ton officials to the effect that the car ac counting service of the road will be removed from Chicago to Lincoln. This change would involve the transfer of the clerical force in the office, numbering about 250 persons. There is considerable speculation as to the changes which would ensue and among other things It Is claimed that there Is a possibility that Superintendent Barnes' Burlington transportation service will be brought to Lincoln, while his assistant, C. L. Eaton, will be left at Omaha, whence he was removed recently. The reason for the new move, according to the reports, is the difficulty of managing the car service of the road from the eastern city, because of the great westward extension of the road's mileage. The reported transfer is also as sociated with the prospective great North ern connection. . H Bryan to Go In September. Relative to a report from Milwaukee that W. J. Bryan was going to tour the world, Charles W. Bryan, the business manager of the Commoner, stated for his brother that his departure will be made In September for a tour of Europe. He stated that his brother will make an extended stay abroad for the purpose of studying governmental conditions. He did not know that a tour of the world was in contemplation. Mrs. W. J. Bryan, he said, Is now touring Germany. Llarhtweln-ht Bread. Health Officer Rhodes has been making an investigation of bread weights and has discovered that only four bakers were com plying with the ordinance requiring a pound of bread In a loaf sold at that weight. The weights ranged from twelve ounces up. The matter has been reported to the city attorney and the police officers, but no Heps towards the Institution of prosecutions have been taken. Fish for Erleson. The State Game aud Fish commission will stock the waters of Cedar river above the newly constructed dam in the stream at Erleson, Wheeler county, with black bass. The car 1 now on the way to that place which is deetlned to be a summer resort if the promoters of the dam build ing project carry out their plans. Accord ing to advices reaching Game Commissioner Carter it Is planned to secure the Installa tion of a dully train service In place of the trl-weekly schedule which Is maintained t the present time. An effort Is being made to secure the use of the new gasoline motor cars ror that purpose, une dam, which has Just been completed, replaces one which washed out last year after a summer re sort town had been platted on the lake created by It. The game wardens antici pate considerable trouble from Illegal fish ing below the dam when the gates are shut down. The ranchmen In that section of the state give but little heed to the provisions of the game laws, and reports Indicate that much fish had been Illegally taken during the spring. FIUt M AW Y CORNER! MISsISG Reaurvey of Portion of Rock sail Brown Counties Needed. BASSETT, Neb., July- 30 Under the act of congress passed at the last session. providing surveys of parts of Rock and Brown counties, N. B. Sweltier. who is connected with th general land office In Washington, has been here for the past two months and has Just completed his work. He, with his assistants, have run 250 miles of line in the thirty-two town ships covered by ths act. Th Investiga tion has demonstrated that many of the corners are missing, and whether these corners were ever estatblished or not. It is a fact that a resurvey is necessary, and it Is universally desired by the settlers In the territory concerned that a resurvey be made. On account of the extremely wet weather Mr. Sweltxer has found the work arduous and difficult, but he and his force have worked industriously, not resting even on Sundays, and the people here are much pleased with his efforts, and they are hop ing that when his report is made step will be promptly taken for a resurvey by the governmenj. Mr. Ross Mayo, a brother-in-law of Mr. Sweltxer, has been assisting hJm, and their families have lived in Bassett during the period of their stay here. As soon as ha ha completed his report Mr. Sweltxer will go to Wyoming to make a retracement of the boundary line between that state and South Dakota. Bodies Recovered front River. NORFOLK. Neb., July 30. (Special.) Both victims of the tragle drowning of one cf the foremost young couples In Norfolk have been recovered from the river. The body of Mis Annie McBrlde was found late last ptght In close to one shore ot the river, at a depth of thlrty-flv feeu A grappling hook caught In the clothing of the young woman. The body of Carroll Powers was found by dragging the river with a hay rake tills afternoon. Probably both funer als will be held tomorrow. GET 1'RAIRIR (IIICKRJS AMI Ft ASS Sportsmen Meet Splendl Saceess In Cnnntry Around Harwell. RCRWELL, Neb.. July 39. (Special ) The chicken hunters are having splendid shooting these days. In the evening the reports of shooting can be heard and to old hunters this means prairie chickens. The crop of birds is very large, and old experienced hunters say that never In thMr memory have the young birds been ro plentiful. Black bass s bound In the Cedar river, some twenty-five miles east of Hurwell, and a doaen or more private fishing partle have gone over to the Cedar river to fish during the present month, and tho numerous state ments are that black bass fishing never was better than this year. In the Calumus river, northwest of Burwell, the bass fish ing Is not so good on account of the ponds and lakes along the river being seined. A large ranchman living thirty miles above Rurwell says that 100 or more fishing parties have been near his ranch this year and have seined the ponds snd lakes in open violation of the state laws. MeCook normal Draw Well. MCOOK, Neb., July SO. (Special.) The MeCook Junior Normal school closed its eighth week with a clear lead In the at tendance at the several Junior normal schools of the state 232. The state superin tendent has Just announced that examina tions would be held In MeCook, August 4 and 6 for professional state life certificate. The local instructors are preparing qu-s-Hons for the regular examinations at the close of the normal sessions. President J. W. Crabtree of the Peru normal, President A. O. Thomas of the Kearney normal. Dr. J. A. Beattle, a former president vof the Teru normal, now of the Cotner university faculty. State Superintendent McBrlen, Deputy State Superintendent Bishop and Rev. L. P. Ludden will be visitors of the normal during the closing two weeks. Serrs of Nebraska. FALLS CITY The Richardson County Teachers' Institute will convene In Falls City August 7, for one week. BEATRICE Miss Fleta Clancy of this city, while visiting friends at Virginia, this county, fell from a horse and broke her arm. CIIADRON At the residence of Mr. nnd Mrs. Norman, parents of the bride. Myron Fynald Fisher was married to Laura Ma belle Norman. BEATRICE Robbers visited the home of Joseph Merrill, who lives a mile east of Blue Springs, and stole two suits of clothes nnd several pairs of shoes. There is no clue. FALLS CITY At the last meeting of the Odd Fellows the following officers were Installed: Herbert Hedges, N. O. ; Frank Schalble. V. G. ; J. C. Vulsy, treasurer; A. E. Grant, secretary. HUMBOLDT Miss Rosa Till, who has tor ine past two years been a sufferer from consumption, died last evening at the home of her sister, Mrs. M. H. Richards, In the east part of the city. TABLE ROCK-Miss Margaret Loomis of Lincoln, assistant principal of our schools during the past year, and who had been retained for tho coming year, has srni in her resignation, having accepted a posi tion In Hawaii. FALLS CITY W. B. Holt of this city is getting a herd of his prize winning Berk shires in shapo to exhibit at the state fairs this full. He will take them to Topeka, Kan., Des Moines, la., Lincoln, Nco., and Dallas, Tex. CHADRON The Chadron Times, a demo pop newspaper, has given up the ghost, and the material has been bought by the jour nal, the republican paper. Northwest Ne braska Is all republican now-a-days. Quite a change from eight years ago. BEATRICE Robert O'Connor was brought to his home in Beatrice Saturday night, having fallen from a tree at Lincoln while engaged at work for the Home Tele phone company, breaking his lett arm in two places and severely bruising his body. , BEATRICE It la. reported that the pur chase of the Spellmah grain business and elevator by Norcross Bros, is likely to re sult in the formation of a big grain com pany In Beatrice by some ot tne leading capitalists, who may get control of a num ber of elevators. PLATTB. SOUTH Judge H. D. Travis and County Attorney Kawle have been engaged for a discussion of the subject, "Revision of Our Jury Bystem," to be given at the old settlers reunion on August 18. This will be the seventeenth annual reunion of the old settlers of Cass county. PLATTSMOL'TH Farmers along the Mis souri river are trying to solve tne trouble some uuL-stlon ot holding the crumbling banks of that stream. Ine method to be trleu is known as the Kcllner system of riprapplng, the invention of a Nebraska man which is being successfully used on the Platte river. HUMBOLDT Three cases of smallpox are reported at Nlms City, a small station a few miles to the southward, altnougn it is claimed all are In a mild form. Dr. Towne of the State Board of Health, came down a few days since to consult with Dr. Burgher with r ference to the situation, anu orlerea a strict quarautin established and maintained. BEATRICE Union Pacific passenger train nio. u, northbound, due to leave Bea trice at p. m., came near being wrecked Saturday evening three miles norm of Bea- trice, ine train ten eeatnee ten minutes late and was running at full speed when the tender left the track and rail along on the ties for some distance before Engineer vilkins brought tne train to a slop. The train was delayed an hour by the accident. Nooody was hurt. TABLE ROCK The showers of the past few days, together with the tin weatuer, have had a marvelous effect on the locality, which has now reached the so-called "shooting'' period, ajid the development of the stalk is rapid, and the tassels and silk are much in evidence. One of our must reliable farmers claims to have made a recent measurement at the close of a forty eight hour period, and makes the remarka ble statement that during that period one stalk made a growth of eleven Inches. GENEVA The Fillmore County Teachers' Institute, conducted by Henry Vauck, county superintendent, closed after a suc cessful week's work, July -9. One hundred and nineteen teachers were enrolled. The teachers gave expression of their apprecia tion of Superintendent Vauck s efforts and the work of inslruc by commendatory resolutions, and also uve each a beau til ul present as a token of esteem. The earnest ness and enthusiasm of this institute be speak a successful year (or Fillmore county schools. CHADRON The Northwest Soldiers and Sudors' reunion, held on their grounds on the Bordeaux their seventeenth annual re union. This has become a settled Institu tion in this part ot the county, which is largely attended, and hundreds of tents are made the rendevous for all old and new ettlers for ten days. Th grounds are very picturesque, being on the Bordeaux at the foot of th pine hills. The follow ing officer wer elected: Commander, A. 8. Mossman; senior vice commander, A. N. Sluffner; Junior vice commander, A. G. Fisher; chaplain. Warren Rucker; ?uartermaster. J. ii. Crowder; adjutant, C. una Buyers; officer of the day, A. J. Blocum, officers for ensuing year for North west Soldiers' and Sailors' association. Dundee. A daughter was born Monday night to Mr. an1 Mra W It Uffllton. Mrs. E. V. Heaford left last week for her summer home at Superior, Wis. The Dundee Sunday school held It annual picnic on Thursday at Ha.niH.omb park. Mrs. Noah Perry ententained a number of Omaha and Dunuee women Thursday afternoon. Rev. T. C. Winn and family leave this week to spenk the remainder of the sum mer In Colorado. Mr. D. L. Johnson returned from a busi ness trip on Saturday and leaves again fur Colorado on Monday. Under the auspices of the Junior En deavor society of the Dundee Presbyterian church, an elaborate entertainment will be given at the church Thursday evening. Mr. John H. Harte is suffering from an injured ankle, which was hurt in his at tempt to prevent a more serious accident to some men working on the Kounise Mem orial church. Trail" Slay Open Bandar. PORTLAND, Or., July 80. It is ststed definitely that the exposition management will not make any further legal fight against the Trail amusement concession- Western Military Academy VpZ Alloa, oo is- nrles, alio wer given an Injunction In the circuit court restraining the exposition front interfering with their keeping oen on Sun day. v DEATH RECORD. . Shonfleld. S. Shonfleld, the antiquarian, died Bun- day at the residence of his son. Herman, Shonfleld. 710 South Eighteenth street. He had been 111 only since Friday, of a dropsi cal affection, and his death was quite un expected. Mr. Shonfleld came to Omaha thirty-four years ago from Ixmdon, England, snd was for many years actively engaged In the book business. He was known all over the world to book lovers and collectors as a mah of rare accomplishments as a bibli ophile. Ills office of late years has been in the New York life building, and he kept up his Interest In his life work to the last. He leaves one eon and three daugh ters. Herman Shonfirld. Mrs. P. D. Wat kins, and Mrs. A. I Hell. They are all at the seaside at present except the son, but will be called home for the funeral. Ilrlgllta Mergren. Mrs. Brlgitta Mergen died Sunday at the family home, S&W North Twenty-fourth street, aged 01. She was the wife of Nich olas Mergen snd the mother of Philip Mergen. She came to Omaha In 1SS4 and was most favorably known to most of th old settlers. The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning from the church, of St. Mary Magdalene, at Nineteenth and Dodge. Former loss Man. PORTLAND, Ore., July S0.-lhll Stuart, ex-mayor of Osceola, la., and formerly district Judge in Iowa, died today at a hos pital, as the result of an operation. Death was sudden and unexpected. Mr. Stuart was operated upon eleven days ago and seemed on the road to recovery. He waa born In Zanesvllle, O., In IMS. and was a prominent attorney In this city. Frank Schlensla. DUNLAP, la.. July 30.-(Speclal.)-Tha funeral of Frank Schlenslg occurred yester day afternoon at 2 o'clock from his lat farm home near Dunlap and was conducted by Rev. 11. Wendt, pastor of the Lutheran church. Mary K. llereher. Mrs. Mary E. Becher died on Sunday at her home. 2532 California street. The funeral services will be held from the residence this afternoon at 1 o'clock. The body will b shipped to Columbus, Neb., for Interment. ' If you have anything to trade, advertise It In th For Exchange column of Th Be want ad pagn, Bishop Hargrove Ilylns;. NASHVILLE. Tcnn., July . Bishop R. K Hnrarnve of the Methodist F.nlsoorml church, south, is reported In n dying condi tion at his home here. Infirmities of old age caused the bishop to resign the presi dency of Vanderbllt unlverHlty Board .of Trustees this spring. No Delay In keeping social or business engagements cnused by nervous or sick headache, or other pains or aches by those who bnve learned the merits of Dr. Miles' Antl-Poin Pills. They simply take a tablet when ihe symptoms appear, and they are quickly dispelled. In fact Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills will prevent, and also cure, all pains of every nature, and are absolutely harmless. The Soothing Influence upon the nerve and muscles, quiet and refresh the Irritated conditions. "Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills always cure my headache, nnd the beauty of it la. It costs such a trifle. I am glad there Is uah a remedy for people who must work, lck or well. Headaches never prevent me from keeping my engagements." MRS. O. N. GRIFFITH, Santa Ana, Cel. The first package will benefit; If not, the druggist will return your money. io doses, 25 cents. Never- sold In bulk.. 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