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TIIE "OMAHA" DAILY BEE: TYEPNEPTaT. 'AUGUST 2. 1005. WOODMEN TO .BE ASSESSED State Board Orders. A.ineuor Reed U Lilt the Reserve Fund. FURTHER HEARING IN MERCHANDISE Mkea Pinned Down to Tell WMI They Kinw Lincoln Mri Art Hot o Certain Regarding Values. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Auk. 1. (Special.) Thit lifter noon th State Board of Equalization and Assessment, acting through the chairman, Oovernor Mickey, issued a positive order to County Assessor Reed of Douglas county to assess the M.000,000 reserve over which there has been so much controversy. Reed told the board that he had understood the order to him to assess only the Nebraska business and refused to do anything; with out a written order, which was Issued. He r'nted that there would undoubtedly be MtlRatlon over the order. The action of the board arose from the announcement that Mr. Reed had assessed only the Nebraska business, according; to the rule laid down for other Insurance com panies. The county assessor of. Hamilton county, after the session of the board on the question of the Omaha merchandise taxation. Inquired of Reed how he had ir.ade the assessment, and his reply led the governor to make Inquiries as to the iv.eihod adopted. The Royal Highlanders, an organization which has Its headquarters at Aurora, Is assessed on VVXi.000 worth of property. Including the reserve, a part of which la In the shape of mortgages kept In the efflce of the Insurance commiaaloner. Reed stated that the valuation on which the company was assessed was the Ne braska business, about $46,000. "Did you assess the Woodmen of the World In that way?" queried the governor. "Tes, sir," replied Reed. "Hadn't you better go back and assess It on the 13,000,000 reserve?" queried the governor. "I had the Impression that you thought the plan pursued by me was all right," raid Reed. "I was down here before the board and laid the plan before you and I understood that It met with your approval. You did not say anything, but I took It that tt met the requirements. Eaton Stands for Order. "We told you to assess the reserve," In terrupted Eaton, the land commiaaloner. "I Old not vote f or the resolution requiring the assessment of fraternala, but how that we have it I am determined to help enforce It. Either the Woodmen must go up or the Highlanders be assessed on the same basis." "If you have omitted the assessment of the reserve, Mr. Reed," said Governor Mickey, "It Is your duty to put It on the lists, and it Is the board's duty to see that j nu do it." "Under the advice of our county attorney I placed It on the same basts aa the Bank era" Reserve," replied the oounty assessor. The governor repeated the statement that the concern must be assessed at Omaha and IJaton reiterated his demand for equal treatment for the Woodmen and the High landers. Treasurer Mortensen suggeated that there might be something wrong with the assessment of the Bankers' Reserve and said that It ought to be looked after if that was the basis on which It was as sessed. Reed was told that a written order 'commanding him to act would be issued. He Mated that he did not believe It policy to assess the reserve of the organization because it tended to hinder instead of en tourage the development of a helpful form of Insurance and might oblige the associa tion to move out of the state. Reed said :it County Attorney Slabaugh had told Mm there was but little question as to the outcome of a, test case, .but, on the other hand, County Attorney Stanley of Hamilton county Insisted that there would be a vic tory for the contention made by the state board. DouKlas Makes Better Hhnwlagr The showing made by the Douglas rounty taxpayers before the State Board of Equalization was much more satisfactory today and the result has been to greatly wtaken the case made by the Lancaster county complainants over the merchandise assessments. Judge Tlbbetts, who repre sents President John . B. Miller and the other large Lincoln merchants In the prose cution of the complaint, was obliged to ad mit that the witnesses whom he brought forward spoke not from positive know! edge, and several of the Lincoln business jnen who were called forward in response to the question from County Assessor Reed Btated that they would believe the Omaha ten, whose returns are questioned, under path.', In some instances the witnesses tes tified to a value paetty closo to that on form an Important part oi every x banquet. It contain tt the goodness and nourishment oi til pore grape The St. Louli World's Fair erantfoj Gook'i Imperial the Grand Prize over all other makes hat raised It to the highest degree. One-half the price of foreign makes because there b no duty oi (hip freight to pay. SERVED EVERYWHERE aMEtlCAN V1HE CO. ST. LOUIS ibsuasBaBBaaEasBsaasS- Use the Best FULLY GUARANTEED For any use where gooJ ceal Is desired. NUT $6.00 LUMP $6.25 AM Grades of HarJ and Soft Coal. KEYSTONE COAL AND SUPPLY CO., 1. A. Johnson. Pres. O. F. B ruck sr. Treaa J. F. Myers. Bee y. Ill" Farmm St 'Fooaa HOT Ef It shold hlch the assessment was made. The case for Douglas county looked much brighter t the close of the hearing, when Governor Mickey announced that a decision would be reserved until tomorrow. A slight Increase of from 5 to 10 per Cent was practically acquiesced In by Reed, but County Commissioner M. J. Kennard, who so appeared before the board, took the stand that any increase would be unwar ranted. During the morning there was some talk among the members of the board making an Incresse on merchandise ranging from 93 to 25 per cent, but the sentiment wss not so pronounced at the close of the hearing this afternoon. After each of the witnesses had been ex- mined Reed was careful to ssk him if he ad any personal knowledge, and the reply as generally that he had not. but was speaking from his Judgment of the stock that would be required. The reasoning of Mr. Tates, the shoe ex pert for Mayer Bros, of this city, was typical. He said that he thought the mer chandise assessment of the Drexel com pany at 119.000 was too low, because he thought that it would take a much larger stock to keep the salesmen busy. He said that he had heard that the company claimed to do 1160.000 business a year and e thought that it could be turned over not more than three times, Intimating that the stock should have been listed at $.V),- 000. He was another of the witnesses who said that he would take the testimony of the men concerned under oath. Finally, under cross-examination by Reed, he ad mitted that his knowledge was Indefinite and based largely on rumors of what the Drexel company was doing. Too eh oa the Groeera. Judge Tlbbetts told the board what the grocers would testify to. They were I. M. Raymond, Al Hargraves and Peter Lau. He said that they did not want to appear, but would have done so If called. He said that they would testify that in their opin ions the stock of Allen Bros., assessed on ISTO.OOO basis, was worth 1400,000; the McCord-Brady company, assessed on a 1273,000 basis, from 54B0.0O0 to tfiOO.OOO, and Paxton A Gallagher, assessed $275,000, from $,W.nnn to HflO,000. Tlbbetts Insisted that Paxton Gallagher did a $4,000,000 business a year, and claimed that It was a safe rule to go by that the stock was not turned over more than five times In a year to do the business. He Insisted that the other companies did at least $2,000,000 a year and measured by tbe same rule were under aaaessed. County Commissioner Kennard called at tention to the fact that much of the stock of Paxton Gallagher was held in branch houses In this and other states, so that the computation would not be a safe one to follow. Several other witnesses were examined to Omaha stocks. J. E. Rlggs of the Rlggs Drug company was examined as to the Omaha druggists and Elmer B. Henkle, president of the Lincoln Hardware com pany, testified that he thought the assess ments of J. Morton & Son and the Dunning store were about right, but he thought that the value of the Baum hardware stock was $100,000, while It Is assessed on the basis of $51,000. Asked whether he would take the word of Baum under oath, he said he would believe him, but said that he would buy the property at a 10 per cent advance on the list price. Mark IL Tllton of the Wisconsin Coffin and Furniture company was questioned as to the value of similar stocks at Omaha without evincing any more positive knowledge than the rest of the witnesses. Mr. Kennard, who was placed on the stand, testified that the assessment of realty in Douglas county was high, but he was not so certain about merchandise. He said that the realty was high enough to make up for any shortage in the merchan dise. Little Cash Coming: In at Present. This Is the dull season in the state, treas ury, for, with the exception of the outgoing warrants, there is little business done. State Treasurer Mortensen said today that until the personal tax balances begin to come In, late In the fall, the Income will be com paratively small and there will be use for the $248,213.43 In the permanent school fund for the purchase of current general fund warrants offered. In the meantime but few warrants can be redeemed by tbe gen eral fund. The July statement Issued today by the state treasurer shows that the total bal ance at the end of the month was $533, 783.04, aa compared with $433,621.55 at the be ginning. The balance in the general fund at the clone of the month was $4,206.80. The balance sheet for the month of July fol lows: Balances July 31, Fund. Receipts. Payments. 1905. General $104.5;4.97 $100,278.40 $ 4.2.R0 Perm, school.... 105.4(13.28 112.5til.4i5 248.213.43 Temp, school ... 40.S7S.75 21.3ii3.22 138.802.87 Perm, university 6.&17.W8 21.6Sii.4- Agr. Col. endow. Temp, university Hospital Insane. State library .... 2ti.479.2o 24,418.98 3.31 29,479.25 17,2SS50 472.53 1,057. f9 17,736.85 1.891.65 1.739.03 1.255.26 . 914.08 10.627.00 116.67 736.22 1,722.84 University cash. 2.4S6.79 l.sao.oo 1,638.87 2U2.63 12,627.00 Normal library.. Normal endow.. Normal Interest. Inheritance tax.. Penitentiary .... 2,000.00 4.186.00 Penitentiary land An Mech. Arts U.S.Exp, station 26.000.00 26.000 01 3,760.10 1,006.17 3,648.42 Totals $354,196.81 1X3.935 Si SMS 71 oi By cash on hand $ 2,879.78 By cash on deposit 630.8ij3.2ti Total $533,783.04 The following statement elves the amount In eaoh depository bank July 21: City National, Lincoln $ 89 231. 69 Columbia National. Lincoln 24.797.81 farmers and Merchants, Lincoln.. First National, Lincoln Nat. Bank of Commerce. Lincoln. 16 076.71 2i,Mo 47 2n.3d2.7S i 24.12.11 Commercial National, Omaha First National. Omaha 67.147.7G 9,887.83 2ii.fli.23 25.4.(7.87 22.848 15 4S.687.26 28.392.09 4.417.72 4.Xt7 90 1. 500.00 S. 500.00 4.2:11.00 6.035.00 6.027.72 2.540 84 1.570.21 7.647.55 1.2"2 00 4.037.67 6.757,61 4.7S9 48 7.6f4.09 4 658 62 1.5o6 00 6.i 33 2.6uO.OO S.) il 1. 500.00 J. L. Brandeis & Sons, Omaha.... Merchants National, Omaha Nebraska National. Omaha Omaha National l.nlon National, Omaha United States National, Omaha.... Alliance National Battle Creek Valley Bank of Bazlle Mills Broken Bow State Ouster National, Broken Bow First National. Chadron First National. Crete Curtis Slate Bank Dannebrog State First National, Fremont Bank of Otenvllle Commercial State, Grand Island.. Union State, Harvard First National, Hastings German National. Hastings First National. Holdrege State Bank of Jansen Central National, Kearney Iextngton First National, Loomls Newport State Norfolk National 4.8J1.81 First National Ord 8. 470. 10 Ord Btate Pierce State First State. St. Paul 5,692.69 3.516.53 6.06M.A0 5.034 09 !.::' 48 2 571.74 4.550 49 4.95.7! 4 W 78 T.fluVftO 1.6K0.00 4 677 44 5 873 SO First National. Superior . Bank of Syracuse First National, valentine Valentine State Saunders County National, W'ahoo First National, wayne West Point National Wolbaeh State City National. York First National, xora Total ti30.8oo.26 Arrested tor Making- Cigarette. The police today arrested Bob Charters for making a cigarette. They Intend to make a test case to determine whether it is lawful under the new statute to make cigarettes for personal use, but Charters was released, as Chief Cooper said that he desired some other subject for a test caae. Governor to Attend Rennlons. Governor Mickey will attend a district reunion at Central City August , one at Norden August 11 and on the 13th and 14th he will be at the National Guard encamp ment at Kearney. He will review the troops on governor's day, Monday, and Au gust 17. U bis present plans are carried An Event of Annual Occurrence and of Increasing Importance Is our August Clearing Sale, which begins Wednesday morning promptly at 8 o'clock. Everything in sum mcr wearables and fabrics priced for quick closing. Most of the women of Omaha know from past expert iencc what to expect This sale will not only be no disappointment to them, but a revelation in price making to old and new. The prominent and most startling: Item ef the sate wtll be our WASH DRESS O00D5. We are ready to sell them. Price Is of small consideration, so for quick results we have made our price on the entire stock everything:, except the staple lines which we carry the year round. Is included foods that have been sold from 15c to 75c, lots of the best, one dozen of pieces of SCc goods, plenty of 35c goods, stacks of 25c goods. French Organdies, Scotch Batiste, Irish Dimity, Embroidered Suitings, Nub Voiles, Mercerized and Silk Novelties, Batistes, Leno, Printed Nets, etc. all at one prlc lessUC We have (7) seven Hand Embroidered Linen Suit Patterns that Lave sold at f 15.00, f 16.50 and $18.00; Wednesday, while they last, fo.OO each. Hasement About 50 or 60 pieces of Double Fold Stripe Ginghams that usually sells at 10c, at 3Jc. All of our Domestic Dress Goods, Mixed and Frinted Voiles, Organdies, Lawns and Batistes, 15c and 19c goods, 7i& Clearing Sale of Summer Underwear and Hosiery Children's Fine Lisle Vests, 5c each. Roys' and Girls' Drawers, rants and Vests, the 25c ones, 15c. Women's Ix)w Neck Vests at 8$c and 12Jc, great value. Women's Wide Bottom Lace Tents, regular 25c quality, 19o. Fine quality lace trimmed VeBts and wide Lace Pants, reduced to 25c. Two big lots of fine goods, our very best makes of Union Suits, trimmed vests and with umbrella pants, the perfect-fitting, well-made garments for which our stock is famous Those which sold at 50c and 65c, 39c. Those which' sold from 85c to $1.25, 69c. Three numbers of fine lisle lace trimmed Union Suits, worth ?1.50, at $1.19 each. Children's lace lisle Hose, regularly 25c, 12c. Children's imported lace lisle Hose, in tan, regular 50c, 29c. THREE LOTS OF WOMEN'S HOSIERY Lot 1 Fine guaze lisles, in fast black; lace lisle, with silk embroidery; imported German fancies; worth up to 50c, 19c. Lot 2 Full fashioned blacks, in Maco cotton and fine pure lisle, a great bargain, at 29c pair. Lot 3 A choice lot of high class hosiery, in out he will leave Portland with a small party. New Corporations. The Jones-Southmayd company of Omaha, with an authorized capital stock of $250,000, has filed articles of Incorporation In the office of the secretary of state. The con cern will deal In groceries. The Incorpo rators are Glenr. Jones, George M. South mayd, Monroe C. Steele.' John R. Webster, Waldwln O. Perry and Daniel R. Ennls. The 'Able Milling company of Abie, Butler county, has been organised by J. I Svo- ACREAGE OF CEREALS FOR 1905, Official Returns Show Much Larger Area Under Culttvation Than During Last Year. The state bureau of statistics has issued its figures on the acreage of the various crops in the state this year. The report is a little late In being Issued, but this is due to some of the county clerks' offices being unusually busy this year. The following table shows that this year's corn acreage Is 259,601 acres larger than that of IbA. There are 67,204 more acres of wheat than last year, which indicates a much greater crop, because of the great yield over the state. Oats are In creased 274,300 acres and rye 18.684 acre's, while barley is decreased 1,484 acres. A recapitulation shows there to be an increased acreage of 611,206 in these crops this year. The table follows: Winter , Spring Wheat. Rye. Wheat. Corn. Oats. Barley. Adams 73,675 203 637 74,245 22.228 401 Antelope B,7j7 ,887 5.744 107,323 63,839 672 Banner 20 25 2,240 2.853 1.874 355 Blaine 14 643 182 6.689 907 218 Boone 10,414 582 4.9! 112,827 74.177 910 Box Butte 30 4,043 2.721 4,463 2.766 2,025 Boyd 1.672 612 9.729 61,632 . 31.4HO 36 Brown 2,245 2,227 2.703 1 9.479 8,499 7"3 Buffalo 42.334 2,400 4.294 1 27,876 60,461 6H0 Burt 43 197 11.678 80.953 27,518 2,313 Butler 46,371 870 646 117,614 55,449 66 CaftS 10.746 979 4.014 149.666 85.2.12 222 Cedar 5o6 471 6.5H6 118,430 83.67J 2.9.18 Chase 2,121 1,294 4.969 25,741 1.84 6,035 Cherry 98 2t 4.4" 15,528 6.137 331 Cheyenne 354 6,351 8,044 8.426 1,743 824 Clav 8S.950 237 106.327 82.873 1.717 Colfax 8.844 1,178 4.759 76,503 44,838 1.264 Cuming 1,127 654 16.762 104,847 69.116 1,156 Custer 22,493 7.392 . 18.275 J10.463 62.275 17.2J3 Dakota 65 104 9.850 46.792 14K) 435 Dawes 1.431 ' 8,778 T.510 8,487 . 8,893 . 2,903 Dawson 46,776 , 8.522 6H0 114.418 26.666 14.858 Deuel 643 4,397 1.403 15.612 l.Ool 1.216 Dixon 530 147 7,873 80.297 42,797 9)4 Dodse 9,867 671 6,278 103.SH3 62.94S 64 Douglas 499 75 1,762 70.7S9 20,473 420 Dundy 2."93 1,165 8.89 29.789 1,611 7,869 Fillmore 70.344 259 10 111,200 41.615 127 Franklin 64,727 10 71,692 13.638 219 Frontier 35.675 7.228 8.884 100,514 13,912 4.6N4 Furnas 61. 4M 1.996 2,6- 90.736 6.431 9.334 Gage 66.841 432 15 16.636 60.476 224 Oarneld 1.796 73S 1.437 16,257 6.5o7 447 Gosper 15.872 1,371 1,101 68,650 9,6.".9 690 Grant 80 Greeley 4.814 1.198 1,051 69.164 80.9oO 204 Hall SS.5v7 2,172 171 7.M) 36.754 630 Hamilton 74.6-.tT 2o7 20 104,250 85.6tJ 2i7 Harlan 6M60 4,020 4.260 120.O 18.720 8.600 Haves 2, hoi 8.212 4.228 4.327 2.077 2.6o4 Hitchcock 28,Ui9 2.458 6.957 29.133 1.8S3 21,325 Holt 1,970 6,741 8.642 82,464 47.3J9 1.968 Hooker , 65 1.106 164 75 Howard 2S.2S7 6.715 1,670 76.214 29.416 914 Jefferson 32.98 429 20 110 5"9 84.220 1H Johnson 2'i.4s6 124 6 69,599 2o.lti7 38 Kearney 74.8"6 358 1.770 78.998 24.769 263 Keith 561 891 1.254 7,?1 714 890 Keya Paha 292 1,35 6,674 29,433 11,777 1.28 Kimball 113 25 846 826 611 137 Knox 1,029 777 84,318 127.638 92.910 11,746 Iincaster 41.353 2.312 242.38 7s.7t4 272 Uncoln 9.70 4.0d2 4.842 68.326 6.644 4 33 Lotcan 19 679 1.467 7.692 891 2,374 Ixtup 32 623 i.m 11. "67 4.377 13 Madison 1.663 1,721 7,239 99,653 73,681 8o9 Mcl'herson Merrick 9.100 4,7"0 20 52.924 21.827 177 Nance 16.663 799 28 63.32 26.30 672 Nemaha 24.098 71 7u.6l 15,799 61 Nuckolls S.79 6f,9 Jo4 114.46 29.2-',2 150 Otoe 25,ic.3 639 267 141,312 43.294 28 Pawnee 13,Sc 79 549 141 Perkins 69 l.3 3.62 15.667 628 1.06 Phelps 65.071 1,218 478 65.171 24,194 371 Pierce 461 1. J7S 7.123 74.86 63.079 4 071 Platte 19.659 1 510 8,056 135.953 75.97 2.442 Polk 84.578 6'8 8 61,481 35.190 340 Red Willow 6131 4.9"3 7.712 67.391 2.77 12 861 Richardson 16.650 S8 96.39 22.631 426 Kock 25 1,06 loll 13.156 5.08 l.ltio Saline 69.874 743 2 8 It 437 39.49 1 Sarpy l.o3 4..J 1.349 51 447 1.96 136 Saunders 17.713 1.63 743 175.272 64 60 1(13 Scott's Bluff 930 4"4 1,141 1.619 6.511' 91 Seward 48.713 465 32 114.98 47. W 214 Hheridan 511 8 640 14 14 664 6.764 2 6 1 Sherman 14.677 112 2.693 67.231 23,040 J 70 Sioux 478 1.32.) 1.16 1.376 1.493 551 Stanton 891 1.311 6,174 ' 76.468 44.710 1 tin Thayer 46.658 817 112.7"9 33,776 M Thomas 67 12 2.477 377 .1 Thurston 64 40 ( 379 66 .061 21 918 2 653 Vallev 16 321 91 .o 72, 271 28.317 0 Washington 2 4 4') 11 27 76.378 44.311 1 t7 Wayne 74 322 11,563 93.23 65.611 2 "4t Webster 39.6t 4S0 35 97.649 17.14 351 Wheeler 67S 1,297 96 12 770 8.933 1,11 York 74.6i 385 110.113 42.472 N 727 Total acreage. ...1.741, 856 141.149 350.015 6.433.55 2.420,624 ' 188,360 Estimated from partial report made by count. THOMAS boda, T. J. Bvoboda end T. J. Vacln. The authorized capital stock Is $10,000. Beyer Returns to Kansas. Governor Mickey today honored the requisition of Governor Hoch of Kansas for the return to Cedar Rluffs, , Kan., of Solomon Beyer, who Is under arrest at Danbury. Neb., charged with the crime of assault. , , Rain Insures Corn Crop. BEATRICE, Neb., Aug. 1 (Special Tele gram.) A heavy rain and one which in- black and colors. Lace lisle and plain weaves, silk embroidered and fancy, some sold at $1.25, many at $1.00, the most at 75c our price 49c pair. Boys' percale and mixture Waists and Blouses Mother's Friend, Cadet and K. & E. makes, numbers that sold at 50c and 75c, 25c each. Men's Furnishings Underwear Shirts and Drawers, in durable colors, were 25c, for 19c. 35c balbriggan Shirts and gauze Shirts and Drawers for 25c. All our select numbers of 50c goods in Sea Island and balbriggan yarns, plain or mesh weaves, long or short sleeves, all at 39c. French balbriggan, regularly 75c, 59c. Fine lisle, regularly $1.00, 69c. Men's Shirts in three lots, all the popular makes, correct cuts, good patterns. Lot 1 Woven and printed madras, good ma terial, reliable colors, many worth $1.00, 49c. Lot 2 Our regular dollar Shirts, late styles, 69 cents. , Lot 3 Very fine styles of plain and pleated $1.50 Shirts, 98c. Fancy fashioned and plain seamless Socks, worth up to 25c, 12Jc. 50c fancy embroidered and plain lisle Socks, 29 cents. 50c Neckwear, 35c. Notion Bargains Fine Turnover Collars, somewhat mussed from handling, regularly 25c and 50c, 14c each. White Embroidered Wush Belts which sold up to 50c each, 19c each. Wash Stocks, the season's popular styles, to close them now, 25c, worth up to $1.00. Lot of Fancy Hatpins, most of them worth 25c, 9c each. KILPATRICK & co. sures the largest corn crup that has been raised In Gap county in' years, visited this section todiy. The rainfall Is estimated at an Inch. . BURIAL OP BKSIXGTO?f VICTIM William V. Kennedy Receives Mili tary Honors. ALLIANCE, Neb., Aug. 1. (Special Tel egramsThe remains of William V. Ken nedy, representing Nebraska's contribution to the Bennington disaster, were fittingly laid at rest here this afternoon at Green wood cemetery. The body was met by a delegation of civil and Spanish-American war veterans, together with a great num ber of people, and escorted to the home of the deceased. Here, encased In a white casket, with the American flag wrapped thereabout and amid a profusion of beau tiful flowers, the remains were viewed by many sorrowing friends. Services were then held at the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Charles W. Ray officiating, after which the body was taken to the cemetery where military honors were given the distinguished dead. Brown County Teachers Meet. AINS WORTH, Neb., Aug. 1. (Special.) The Brown county teachers' institute Is in setslon here with thirty-one teachers en rolled and with the following Instructors and the branches they teach: C. F. Gar rett, Sac City, la., drawing, writing, geog raphy, physiology, history, arithmetic, civ ics, didactics; Miss Llla McAndrew, Alna worth. Neb., primary methods, grammar, agriculture; Miss Florence N. Johnston, superintendent. Brown county, geometry, botany, algebra, bookkeeping, philosophy. The term continues two weeks and It Is expected the enrollment will be forty before Its close. Freiaht Train In Ditch. BEATRICE, Neb., Aug. 1. (Special Tele gram.) The tender and three cars attached to southbound Union Pacific freight. No. 71, were derailed at Plckrell this morning, blockading the track. Northbound passen ger. No. 22, and southbound passenger, No. 23, met at Plckrell and transferred pas sengers and malls. The trains were com pelled to back out of that place as far as Lincoln and Beatrice. The company expects to get the track clear this ven lntf. Many Woodmen Expected. PLATTSMOL'TH. Neb.. Aug. 1. (Special Telegram.) The rain this afternoon did no damage at the park where the Woodmen picnic is to be held tomorrow and the grounds will be In flrst-clasa condition. A large crowd Is expected. Kews of Nebraska. ST. PAUI Max Baehr, I'nlted States con sul at Clenfuegos, Cuba, arrived here today for a vacation of several weeka. BEATRICE Frank Candee, an unmarried man, 53 years cf am, died yesterday after noon at the home of his sister, Dr. Julia C. Htnrr, of lung and stomach trouble. BEATRICE Mrs. Anna Claaasen. wife of Peter Claussen, who resides live miles north of Beatrice, died Sunday night from para lysis, aged 60 years. She Is survived by her husband and three sons. BEATRICE Fire, supposed to have been caused from spontaneous romhtistinn, started In the Burlington yards Sunday afternoon, but the flames were extinguished before any damage resulted. ST. PAl'L A handsome Presbyterian rhurch. niude of bi lt k and costing 8.0u0, is to replace the one burned last winter. Ac ceptable plans have been received and work on the new building will begin at once. BEATRICE Good progress Is being made upon the exteimlon to the Young Men's Cnrlstlun association building. The founda tion wulls to the entire building are com plete, aa well as the walls to the sub basement. PLATTSMOl'TH George Pitman. a f oung man charged with the crime of crim nal assault. u arraigned before Judge Jessen today and entered a plea of not guilty. He was bound over to the next term of the district court under 85jo bonds. BEATRICE Following is the mortgage report for Gage county for the month of July: Number of farm mortgages tiled, IS; amount, 3.148; number released, 11; amount, 112.116. Number of city mortgages hied. 21; amount, $14, .6.1; number released, 16; amount. 87.933. NEBRASKA CITY A stock company Is being formed In this city to operate a oold storage business. Local people and sonte lwaa iarlla familiar with the cold storage Second floor Semi-annually we sell every garment in our muslin underwear stock that shows the least bit of handliug, perhaps slightly soiled or even if disar ranged from its original folding, they go in lots at one-third to one-half off. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SALES COME EARLY. Gowns which sold from 75c to $7.50. Skirts sold from $1.00 to $10.00. Chemise from 75c to $3.50. French hand embroidered goods included. Silk Petticoats made from good quality taf feta,, in light and dark shades, sold up to $7.00, $4.25. Another lot of our fine rustling taffeta, worth up to $11.50, for $6.49. Clearing up Shirt Waists A lot of high grade waists mussed from showing, white and colors, in one lot for quick selling, worth up to $2.00 each, 69 cents. Just ten Brown Silk Waists, in the soft, thin quality they have been $3.95 $1.98 each. Just four Embroidered Linen Coats, worth up to $15.00, $5.00 each. Note this: A lot of handsome Dress Skirts, in black and colors, best of materials, worth up to $12.00, one price to close, $3.95 each. Frepare for fall at sale prices. Rain Coats worth $12.00 for $6.95. Rain Coats worth $20.00 at $11.95. Here is a chance for a school dress with only the trouble of coming Wednesday to get it. Save sewing by buying a misses' suit variety of styles and colors ages 12 to 18 JUST HALF FOR MER PRICES. Drapery Department 1,000 yards Silkoline and Figured Muslin, sold up to 15c, 7c yard. Odd pairs of Lace Curtains, some slightly soiled, about 50 pairs they have sold from $2.00 to $18.00 just half price. All of our Rope Portieres that have sold up to $3.00 double door sizes choice of lot, $1.25. business will be Interested In the company, which will be a corporation of about $30,000 capital stock. BEATRICE L. Wanger, a laborer at the Burlington coal chute, was q'lte badly hurt last evening while hoisting coal In a large bucket. The brake on the machine slipped In some way, allowing the handle to fly back and strike him In the forehead, In flicting a serious wound. NEBRASKA CITY-A Burlington freight train from Uncoln ran Into a switch en gine in the local yards yesterday and com pletely wrecked the switch engine. Both engine crews Jumped before the collision and escaped Injury. The engine pulling the freight train was slightly damaged. BEATRICE The unveiling of the monu ment of Sovereign Charles Harder by the Woodmen of the World was held Sunday afternoon in the Blue Springs cemetery. Sovereign O. H. Schleh of Omaha deliv ered the address. About twenty-five Wood men from this city attended the services. SCHUYLER The boys of the local Brotherhood of St. Andrew and the Epis copal choir boys, under the charge of Hev. S. Mills, have gone to Socks Hollow for a few days of camping out. Tomorrow a large crowd of the church members will go out to visit the camp and Indulge In a pic tile. BEATRICE The prohibition county con vention was held at the courthouse yester day afternoon. Delegates to the state con vention to be held at Lincoln August 8 were chosen. The convention adjourned to meet at the call of the president, when a county ticket will be placed in nomina tion. . NEBRASKA CITY A telegram has been received in this city from Little Rock, Ark., stating that John R. Beausong of this city was Instantly killed by falling off a street car. The particulars of his death have not been received. Mr. Beausong was born and raised in this city and left here a short time ago to accept a position there. SCHUYLER Frank Hashberger and Ed Kudrana left last night for Kearney to take part in the competitive shooting of the Nebraska National Guard. Kudrana shot 23 and Hashberger 21 out of a possible 25 at a 500-yard range. Kudrana's score Is considered very good here and hejhas a fair show at Kearney. NEBRASKA CITY Charles A. Godwin was arrested yeBterday on a complaint charging him with assault and battery to commit great bodily harm on William Hessllng, whose condition Is very critical from the effects of the alleged assault. Godwin was arraigned In the county court yesterday evening and pleaded not guilty and his bond was fixed at $300. BEATRICE At a meeting of Company C last night J. C. Penrod, who has been cap tain of the company for the past four years, tendered his resignation. Second Lieutenant Harlan, a nonresident, also tendered his resignation. These officers were elected to till vacancies: First Lieu tenant Guiles, captain; Sergeant Leroy Mc Cullough. first lieutenant; Sergeant Paul Hutchins, second lieutenant. M 'COOK The three elevators of this place suffered damage by reason of the heavy rains of Saturday and Sunday nights, water entering all of the grain I its. The Ferguson elevator had six and seven feet and the Easterday-Keal elevator had sixteen feet of water to contend with. The loss of the latter will reach In the neighborhood of $5u0. Three and a half Inches of water fell In a few hours Saturday night. FREMONT A light shower here this afternoon, with good prospects of more of the same kind, came Just when wanted. The ground was getting dry and corn and all crops except small grain, which Is nearly all harvested, needed rain. The beet crop Is doing well. The work of enlarging the factory at Leavltt la progressing and will have to be rushed In order to lie fin ished in time to receive this year's crop. FREMONT The grading for the Great Northern near the city Is nearly finished except Inside of the city limits, where, on. account of having to remove buildings, nothing has yet been done. The houses on the lands bought by the company have been offered for sale and a number have already been moved. The new towr. of I'ehllng. In the extreme northeastern cor ner of the county, will have a fine terri tory to draw from and several stores will probably be In operation there this fall. If wort nas urogrecseu as rapiaiy in oiner Places on the new road as In this vicinity It will undoubtedly be finished by Novem ber 1. MCOOK Mrs. Henry Corcoran of Cole man precinct, this county, who was so ter ribly Injured Saturday evening last by being run over by a wagon, died on Bun day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Corcoran live about ten miles northwest of McCook. The accident occurred Just after their arrival home, while the horsss were being un hitched. A colt became frightened and kicked Mr. Corcoran unconscious. Mrs. Corcoran was In ths act of getting out of the asgon and fell under the wheels. Her body was dragged some distance and badly bruised as well aa crushed and broken. Mr. Corcoran's serious. Injuries are painful, but not Passes Counterfeit Money. ELK POINT. 8. D , Aug. l.-(SpeclaI ) An unidentified man was arrested here last night by Sheriff Sherman oa the charge of being a suspected counterfeiter. H4 passed a spurious $20 note at Gudlauma'g aloon. FARMERS OBJECT TO INSPECTION Say Men Looking; at Wheat Do Mora Damage Than They Do Good. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Aug. 1. (Special. The close watch maintained by profes sional and amateur crop experts on th wheat fields of South Dakota during the past two weeks, due to the talk of black rust, has resulted In an unusual complaint being made by many of the farmers. Farmers In various sections are register ing vigorous "kicks" against the depreda tions of what they term "rust-crasy indi viduals," who damage the crops by enter ing fields and pulling down bunches of wheat and treading down the grain. Some of the farmers say the damage la becoming serious, and they express the hope that the raids of the experts will crass in time so they can harvest at least a part of their wheat crops. ; Boy Injured by Horse. 1. ELK POINT, B. D., Aug. 1. (Special.) Summer Boncl, the 6-year-old son of Charlea Bonel of this city, was perhaps fatally In jured by a horse today. The lad was trying to drive the horse away from the barn when it suddenly reared and .klokdi him squarely In the forehead with both feet, one sharp hoof penetrating the fisutal bone and exposing the brain, while the othVr Inflicted a serious scalp wound. Recovery Is doubtful. Senator Farrls Trial Starts. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Aug. l.-Ttta trial of State Senator Frank 11. Farrls oa the charge of having accepted a bribe to Influence his vote In the legislature on the so-called Alum bill was begun today in the circuit court before Judge Samuel Davis. Most of the time will probably be occupied In the selection of a Jury. CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON Contagious Blood Poison more thor oughly poisons the blood than any other disease. Every part or the body ia af fected when the virus becomes intrenched in the circulation; red eruptions break out on the skin, the mouth and throat ulcerate, gland in the neck and groins swell, the hair falls out, copper-colored splotches appear on the body, etc , I was afflicted with blood poison, and the best doctors did mo no good, though. I took their treatment faithfully, la fact I seemed to get worse all the whila. I took almost every so-oalled blood rem edy, but they did not seem to reaeh the disease, and had no effect whatever. Z was disheartened, for It seemed that I would never be cured. At the advioe of a friend I then took 8. 8. B. and began to improve. Ioontinued the medicine, and it cured me completely. Hamlet, N. O. W. B. NEWMAN. a So highly contagious is this dlseasa that many a life has been ruined by a friendly band shake or from using the toilet articles of . one affected with the poison. To cure this hideous and hate ful d isease a constitutional remedy is re quired. S. S. S. goes down to the very Toot of the trouble and forces out every particle of the virus from the blood and cures the disease permanently. 8. S. S. is purely vegetable and drives out the trouble, root and branch, and no signs of it are ever seen again. Those who nave been cured by S. S. S. can feel assured that PURELY VEGETABLE. none of the poison is left in the blood to transmit to innocent offspring. The en tire body is built up and the blood made pure, rich and healthy by this great rem. edy. Book with instructions for home treatment and any medical advice desired will be given free of charge. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., AUufe, fit, I