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TITE OMAHA' DATLY BEE: TVETXESTUV, SEFmmEIl 20, 1905 mim true to ms name Dealings te Be a Candidate oa th Laa oaiter Caunty TicktU ; BRYAN AND METCALFE TO CONVENTION NEBRASKA FACTORY OUTPUT1 Tiffany & Co. Diamond akd Gsm Mucsksri SiaicnY Rarrjauat. No Aciirrt Total Production for tka Tear $154,918,- 220, aa Increase of Hiaateen Per Cent GAIN IN OMAHA FORTY-TWO PER CENT CORRECT DRESS FOR MEW Af ROYS. WATCH FOR THE RING U1lt( Petltloa Compel PtartaS of Their Candidate oa DralM Coaatr Ballot Takea t ia liprrm Court. Slaughtering; and Meat racking- Still Leads, with Flonr and Milling Trodoct Second Other Figures. fFrom a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Sept. 19. (Special.) The demo crat of Lancaster county this afternoon held a county convention and by nomi nating lomn men who ware not present succeeded In naming a county ticket and electing delegates to th state convention tomorrow. Both W. 3. Bryan and R. L. Metcalfe are on this delegation. John Wise man, who was proponed for register of deeds, declined the, honor with emphasis, because, a he said, he had been a candi date for years on a democartlc ticket, had never been elected and was tired of It, In their resolutions the democrats con gratulated the republicans on their plat form and then went further and asked the legal department of the state to proceed against the Issuance of street car passes, which the resolutions claim Is contrary to a law enacted by a fusion legislature. The populists held no county convention, but got together In a mass convention to night. The resolutions adopted by the democrats are aa follows; We, the democrats of Lancaster county. In convention assembled, congratulate the republicans of this state upon their lata conversion as expressed by their condem nation or the free pass system in their last state convention. This doctrine of equal opportunities to all and special privileges to none Is simon-pure democracy. We call upon the republican party of this state to prove Its sincerity by using the Judicial machinery of the state to enforce the Gaf- fln law, which provides a penalty for the law enacted by a fusion legislature. We beg further to call their attention to the enactment to be found on page Mo of Wheeler's statutes, prohibiting the Issu ance of passes over street car lines and providing a penalty therefore. Resolved, That we reaffirm th princi ples of the democratic party aa expressed In the last state platform. Resolved, That we are In favor of a dem ncrstlc doctrine of retrenchment and be lieve that the state government can be run with equal efficiency for two-thirds -the amount now expended. Resolved, That we favor retrenchment In the several county offices to the effect that many of the office-holding sinecures be cut off and their unearned salaries be kept In the pockets of the people. Resolved. That we deplore the death of our time-honored cltlien and veteran dem ocrat. Captain A. 8. Godfrey, whose death occurred In this city last week. And be It further Resolved, That we tender our sympathy to his bereaved family In their hour of af fliction. Socialist Get lato Court. The supreme court this afternoon granted an alternative writ of mandamus ugalnst County Clerk Drexel of Douglas county, to compel him to place on the ballot the names of Clark W. Adair and other. nom inees of the socialist party in Douglas county. The writ Is tuiule returnable Oct ober 3. The socialist party nominated Its ticket by convention Instead of by primary election, as provided for In the Dodge pri mary election law, enacted by the last elec tion, which applies only to Douglas county. The decision in the suit will settle the question of the constitutionality of the 1 . ' .ltiry election law. Incidentally the Issuance of this writ to ri i.v will como as a surprise to some people who Imagined that It had been Issued some weeks ago,. County Attorney Slabaugh of Douglas county being among the number laboring under this Impression. As a mat ter of (act, , however, th Court had no : Jtnowlt dge of the suit being filed until to day. During vacation Attorney George Magncy filed his petition for the mandamus without first getting permission of tho court, which Is necessary when an original suit la filed In the supreme court. County Attorney Slabaugh then Immediately filed a demurrer to the writ which he Imagined had been Issued. Both sides then calmly sat bark and began to speculate upon what the court would do. When Slabaugh reached Lincoln 'this morning he discov ered he had filed a demurrer against some thing which did not exist Insofar as the court knew. The court, however, very good nnturedly took up the petition which had been fljed. granted tl.e alternative writ and set the date of the hearing October 3. Answer In Woodmen Case. County Clerk Drexel of Douglas county filed his answer to the petition of Attorney General Brown for a mandamus to compel the clerk to spread the assessment of the reserve fund of th Woodmen of the World over his records. The court granted the clerk ten days to file briefs. In his answer Mr. Drexel sets tip that the law has been complied with and that all the property of the order was Included In the assessment Of 138,340 fixed by County Assessor Reed. The answer, alleging that the reserve fund had been assessed, came aa a distinct surprise to the legal department of the state, as It has been considered there was no question but what the County Board of Equalization had absolutely refused to con sider the reserve fund. Detective Beatley Weds. W. A- Bentley, former city detective, who broke into the llmellgfit August 29 because Mrs. Bentley took a doss of chloroform and ended her life, was married last week to Miss Ethel Scott of this city. Th wedding occurred in Colorado. students Florklnar In. Today was the first day of registration at the university and the town is being rapidly filled with students. Committees are meet ing all trains to assist new students In find ing rooms and board. Governor's Bosy Week. Governor Mickey, during the next few days, will officiate at the laying of the cor. nerstone of a oourt house, the unveiling of a monument and as a witness In the rail road tax suit. The monument to be un veiled la to the memory of the Nebraska soldiers who were killed during the Spanish-American war, and the ceremonies will occur In Omaha, September 21. It Is upon this same, date that Governor Mickey has been summoned to testify In the railroad tax case. Subpoenaa In this case have also been Issued for George B. Follmer, George Marsh, members of th Board of Assess- BasnnHi lToriheBaby If you want a good food for yourbaby, food that ia en dorsed by physicians, a food thst contains a large amount of digestible constituents, a food that feeds, a food thst will nourish, sustain and pro mot th growth of your baby, try Mellin's Food. W will send a sam ple for you to try. Msllla's toed la tk OIIT lafaats Fm4, waica received ta Gra4 frls. tk kUKaat award f Ik Lealiiaa Par iktnlisMkiu, $L Laaia. vi. UUa or laaa a sold SMaal, IbsLL'N's TOOD CO, BOSTON. MASS. At the New Store Its Enlarged Mill Order Facilities Tiffany & Co. arc now located in their new build ing. Fifth Avenue at 37th Street, New York. jmong the special provisions of the new store are the greatly increased facilities of its Mail Order Department, in suring expeditious service to patrons unab'le to visit the establishment Upon advice as to requirements, with limit of price, Tiffany & Co. will send photographs or careful descriptions of what their stock affords, without ob ligations on the part of patrons to make a purchase The Tiffany 1905 Blue Book Second Edition a 492 page catalogue without pictures or cuts, but replete with descriptions and prices, sent free upon request Tiffany & Co. always welcome a comparison of prices Fifth ment of 1904, and George D. Bennett, sec retary of the board, to appear at the same time. Mr. Bennett was Instructed to bring with him the records of the board's pro ceedings. These officers were summoned by the Union Pacific railroad company. Tomorrow Governor Mickey goes to Seward to deliver an address at the laying of the cornerstone of the Seward county court house; which Is to cost when completed, In the neighborhood of $100,000. Soft Track Causes Wreck. Governor Mickey returned this afternoon from Osceola two hours and a half behind the schedule time, due to a wreck on th Union Pacific this side of Valparaiso. The continuous rafns had softened the roadbed which caused the track to sink and the engine, "baggage car and coach to leave the track. The train was moving slowly and the engineer stopped before any of the cars toppled over, and no aerlous damage was done. Danker I'nton In Court. The Bankers Union of the World held the boards In the supreme court this af ternoon In Its effort to compel th state auditor to Issue It a certificate to do busi ness In Nebraska. Attorney General Nor- ns Brown filed a demurrer to the petition of the Insurance company and In his argu ment before the court, held that the oourt had not the power to coerce the auditor In the matter. In hla concluding statement General Brown said If the court held other wise he was ready to go Into the matter and prove that the company was not en titled to a license. Judge Allan W. Field made the arguments for the company. The State Normal Board will hold Its next meeting at Tork, out of respect to Mr. Childs, the new member who resides In that city. School Fond Betas; Invested. At the close of business tonight, Treas urer Mortensen had less than $100,000 un invested of the permanent school fund hav ing bought up a lot of state warrants since Saturday. As the taxes will not be com ing In before January or February, there Is still a chance that .the treasury will run low and the buying of warrant will hav to be stopped. READY FOR WORK AT BELI.ETIE Classes Called Yesterday Morning; After Several Day' Registration. BELLEVUE. Neb., Sept. 1. (Speclal). Last Thursday at I o'clock a. m. the regis tration of students at Bellevue college began. Most of the(old 'eruaents have re turned while there ar many new faces. rr. Wadaworth and family are her and have already won the respect of alt the faculty and the atudent body. With auch a man for president of the Institution It looks forward to great results. The rsgls tratlon continued throughout the woe and classes were not organlxed until this morn ing when the different professors com menced their class room work and the routine of college duties began. There were several new Instructors, Miss MacLean, assistant In English, Prof. Mc- Danlel, assistant professor of natural sciences, Mr. Whltmore, physical director, and professor In college oratory, while Mrs. Whltmore will have charge cf the ladles' gymnasium work. , There Is still one vacancy on the facur.y due to the resignation of Prof. Rand i.e. The outlook for a pleasant and profit able year la exceedingly bright. Saturday evening Mr. and Mra. Cleland were at home to the students, the pre ep tresses, and Dr. Waiawo-.-.h and family. A very pleasant evonlng was spent In Lowrle parlor. Sunday morning the Young Men's Chris tlon association of the college held their first meetrng of the new year In Clarke hall. Almost to a man, tna boys attendtd and a very helpful imettn.r was conducted under the leadership of Mr. Clarence Pope. In the afternoon In Fontanelle parlor the Young Women's Christian association met for their first service, a service of thanks giving and praise led by the president. Miss McClelland. A Bible study rally followed the meeting. Both asaoclatlons are work ing up great Interest In Bible and mis sion study and hope to have classes or ganised before neat Sunday. Monday evening the old students as sisted by the faculty held a reception for the new atudenta. Dr. and Mrs. Wads worth, the college trustees and the ex students who are at the present time re siding In Omaha. The halls and rooms of Clarke hall were beautifully decorated In the college color and foliage. The college orchestra played during the evening and dainty refreshments were served By many It waa declared the most successful recep tion ever held In Bellevue college. Elaant Pleads Insanity. MINDEN. Neb.. Sept. l.-(Speclal Tele gram.) The trial of George Elsam, on th charge of murdering hi wife near Axtell this summer, is being held now. Th selec tion of a Jury began Monday. Over WO special Jurymen were questioned. The state only put three witnesses on the stand and reated. The defense expect to occupy all day Wednesday. Th defense make a plea of Insaulty and raises th question of Mrs. Slsem having committed suicld. Avenue New Former lr at Union Sqnsrt Attorney Paulson la assisted by W. 8. Morlan of McCook, In the prosecution. J. L. McPheely assisted by M. D. King and H. M. Sinclair appears for the defense. SOMH oprosiTiom TO FISIO Finally Carries, Howeyer, In Tork County. YORK. Neb., Sept. 19. Speclal.)-When the few democrats met In convention at the courthouse for the purpose of nominating a county ticket and selecting delegates to the state convention, nearly every demo crat wished to sever all relationship with the populists of York county, and when Tom Owen made a motion of this kind, al though they wished to quit fusion, they did not have the courage to carry out their conviction and outvoted Owen. C. R. Keckly was elected chairman and George Corcoran secretary of the democratic convention. An hour's time was taken up In waiting on the populists to learn whom they wished nomi nated and finally committees appointed to confer agreed on the naming of th ticket. When the report of the conference commit tee was read It looked as If there would be a little excitement when Tom Owen, county chairman of the democratlo party, moved that the report of the conference committee be tabled. Mr. Owen begged the democrats to stand alone, saying that If they Intended to stand alone in the next presidential cam- ' palgn now was the time to commence, and asked the convention to nam a straight ticket, disregarding the wishes of the hand ful of populists. After considerable discus sion the report of the committees was adopted and the populists Invited to attend the democratic convention, which Invitation was accepted. The following Is the county ticket: For treasurer, Thomas Henahan; clerk. Otto Leldtke; register of deeds, Wil liam Feaster: county Judge, J. JE. Hoover; superintendent of public Instruction, Miss Alice Florer coroner, A. R, Allen; surveyor, George W. Bowers. BATTLE CREEK, Neb., Sept. 19. (Spe cial.) The democratic and populist conven tions of Madison county met here today and fused on the following candidates for county offices: Treasurer, C. D. Jenkins of Norfolk; clerk, Joseph Daniel of Madi son; sheriff, T. D. Preece of Battle Creek; Judge, William Bate of Madison; superin tendent of schools, Miss White of Norfolk; coroner. Walter Pllger of Norfolk; sur veyor. Charles Sol ma of Norfolk; commis sioner of First district, John Malon of Madison. 8TCK11jLE, Neb. Sept. 19. Bpeclat. Th populist convention of Frontier county waa held at Stockvllle. L. M. Graham was chairman. The committee on credentials repotted delegations from five precincts, present. On call of th precinct, persons from six other precincts responded, making eleven out of twenty-six precinct of the county. The convention nominated for treasurer, R. D. Logan; clerk, George J. Dold; Judge, T. C. Kester; sheriff, John Chambers; superintendent, W. C. Blooe; coroner. Dr. J. M. Liggett, surveyor, B. F. Beery; commissioner Second district, Jacob Bcherer. The populists fuse with th demo crats this year by the nomination of R. D. Logan for treasurer and Jacob Scherer for commissioner, both democrats. GENEVA, Neb., Sept 19. (Special). At the populist convention yesterday after noon the following nominations were made: county treasurer, C. F. Buehrer, of Geneva; county clerk, W. C Peterson; sheriff, H. L. Page; county superintendent. Henry Vanck; surveyor, Peter Eggenber ger. of Strang; coroner, Ben Smrrha, of Milllgan; Judge, O. T. Wheeler, of Exeter. Mr. Page I the present sheriff and Mr. Vanck Is superintendent of publls Instruc tion. Haddla la Allowed Rail. BROKEN BOW. Neb., Sept l.-(Speclal Telegram). W. 8. Haddlx, who waa sen tenced to twelve years In the penitentiary last week by Judge Hosteller for killing Malvln Butler, was allowed bond today by the supreme court, the sum being fixed at $7,000. Judge Sullivan, attorney for Haddlx, states that bond will be secured within twenty-four hours. Haddlx was to have been taken to Lincoln thla week. Hew of Nebraska. ' BEATRICE Four cases of typhoid fever are reported In the city. BEATRICE Helen Wheeler, th 1-year-old daughter of E. S. Wheeler, who lives near Ellis, died yesterday of cholera In fantum. WOOD RIVER An elegant new mem orial window has keen placed In the Pres byterian church In th memory of Mr. and Mr. B. L. Colwell, deceased. The window Is very handsome and costly. WOOD RIVER-Over a half Inch of water fell here yesterday and Wood river Is full and In some places overflowing Its banks. The farmers will be unable to re sume fall plowing for a few days. GENEVA The mercury fell to 45 degrees this morning and there waa a feeling al- York most of frost In the air, but the sun shone out bright and warmed It up. WAYNE An unusual heavy rain fell last night and has continued through today accompanied ty a cola wave. Horn dam age has resulted in the low lands. BEATRICE Mr. Wllltani L. Twombley and Miss, Maud Stulxer, both of this city, were married yesterday morning at 10:1(0 o clock, Judge Walker officiating. BEATRICE The rainfall here since last Thursday night has been about seven Inches. Farm work has been suspended on account of the muddy condition of the ground. BEATRICE The County Board of Super visors will have plenty to do the next few months repairing and putting In new bridges to take the place of those destroyed In the recent flood. WOOD RIVER The haying Is all com pleted, the yield of wild hay being the best that It has been for years. The yield of alfalfa tils year was also fine and the largest acreage harvested for several years. BEATRICE The Burlington, Rock Is land and Union Pacltlc roads succeeded In getting their lines east and south of th city opened for business yesterday. The lines iave been closed slnoe the flood of Thursday night. WOOD RIVER Mr. and Mrs E. S. Leav enworth, the former a prominent sheep man have Just returned from a summer vaca tion spent In the New England states. Mr. Leavenworth will feed several thousand head of aheep here this winter. OAKLAND Frank Rleff, foreman of the Standard Bridge company of Omaha. Is here with the material for the steel bridge to be built across the Logan, Just west of the city. It th weather Is favorable he' expects to have the bridge In In a week's time. OAKLAND Peonle of this cltv are e-reatlv pleased over tbe announcement that Rev. Charles P. Lang will remain as nastor of the Methodist church here another year. nv. lang nas served tne congregation here for the past three years with excellent satisfaction. BEATRICE The large smokestack at the Beatrice Steam laundry mmninv'i Slant was blown down yesterday morning urlng the windstorm which prevailed here. The damage to the stack will cause th company considerable expense as well as inconvenience. BEATRICE Mrs. J. R. Dodds, wife of the editor of the Wymore Arbor State, died Sunday morning. She was 00 years of age and had been a resident of Wymore for more than twenty years. She Is survived by her husband and two daughters. The funeral was held today at 2 o'clock. WAYNE The democratic county conven tion here placed In nomination the follow ing candidates: Clerk, Charles Reynolds; treasurer, J. M. Cherry; sheriff, J. W. Weatherholdt; Judge, J. 11. Massle; county superintendent, W. F. Richardson; sur veyor, A. L. Nauser; coroner. Dr. Nelman. CHADRON Th democratlo convention for Dawes county met here this afternoon and placed the following ticket In nomina tion: J. C. Naylor, present deputy clerk, county clerk; J. Kass, treasurer, both of Chadron; William Cooper of Crawford, sheriff; Thomas Jones, superintendent of schools. WOOD RIVER A hard rain fell all night last night and today accompanied by terrific lightning. No particular damage waa done other than the rain Is retarding the ripening of corn and Dreventlnr fall plowing. Some of the farmers are getting anxious to get their plowing finished In time to plant fall wheat. ALBION After thirty-six hours of con tinuous rainfall the clouds have disap peared and the sun Is shining brightly. Al though cool, there has been no frost and prospects now are good for fair weather for the meeting of the county fair. though the weather yesterday was ex tremely bad a large number of entries were made. LOUP CITY-lJist night an informal re ception and banquet was given at the par lors of the St. Elmo hotel In commemora tion of the departure of Thomas S. Night ingale, who has been a resident attorney of Sherman county for the past twenty seven years and who, wlthf his family, 'is removing to lxa Angeles. Cal., In hopes of regaining In a measure his falling hoalth. BEATRICE The candidates for the Beatrice High school football team are doing regular practice work at present, and up-to-date about twenty boys have donned suits and appeared on the field as candidates. Harry uurrett will act as coach for the new team which will be selected In a few days, and then games will be scheduled with high school eleven wishing to play Beatrice. FREMONT William Calhoon and Bertha Halm, who eloped from Nlckersnn last week, evidently gave the officers the slip at Ogden and there Is no trace of them. It now appears that the girl took along with her about $U of the funds of the local lodgf of the Ladles' circle of the Woodmen, of which her mother is treasurer. Iler parents have not given up hopes of apprehending the runaway couple and are of the opinion they have gone to California. BEATRICE Lou Davis and George Mlch- els of Harmon. Kan., who came here the other day to spend a few months finning. had a rather exciting experience during the flood last week. They were camoina on an Island a few miles below town, and after the heavy rains tbe water rose so rapidly Thursday night that they were obliged to climb a tree where they re mained forty-eight hour without food or drink. Aa th water did not recede they were Anally obliged to swim ashore and later reached town In an exhausted condi tion. The young men lost their camping outfit Including the fine boats, and wer glad to escape with their lives. FREMONT William Eyerie, who died at the Fremont hospital Sunday of fever, was the principal witness against Dr. Odt.ll. who Is soon to be tried at Columbus for causing the death of a girl by a criminal operation. After the'affalr he skipped out and the au thorities of Platte county spent a large sum of money to locate and bring him back. H was placed In the Dodge county Jail In order to prevent him from communicating with the defendant. He waa sick at the time and a he gradually became worse was removed to th hospital. On Saturday morning his statement of the affair was taken and sworn to, on which h made out a complete case agalnat the defendant. Hla death renders Odell's conviction very doubt- lUi. Suajar Price Lower. NEW TORK. Sept U. All grade of re fined sugar wer reduced 10 cents a bun- axed, pounds tuaay. WASHINGTON, Sept 19.-Aeenrdlng to a bulletin Issued today by the census bureau there were at the beginning of the present year 1.819 manufacturing establishments In the state of Nebraska, as against 1.T07 In inno, and the capital employed amounted to $').:3E,ftl0. as Agntnst $66,001,313. There were 3.192 officials employed. who received salaries amounting In the aggregate to $3,074,911. The wage-earners numbered ?o. $41 and they were paid $11,012,147 annually. The products for the present year are valued at $lD4.918.ro, a gain of 19 per cent since 1900. Of the principal cities Lincoln showed the greatest gain, amounting to 89 per cent. iThe gain In Omaha was 42 per cent and In South Omaha $ per cent. Slaughtering and meat packing continues to be the principal industry, with a produc tion for last year of $69,213.41"!. a decrease of almost $2.ono,onn when compared with 1900. Flour and grist milling hold second place, with a total of $12,190,303, against $7,794,130 for 1900. Ontpnt of Omaha. The report for inns shows Omaha has S18 establishments, with value, of products. In cluding custom work and repairing. $r4.003, 704 ; 8outh Omaha, 41 establishments, value of products, Including custom work and re pairing, $S7,41R.177; Lincoln. 128 establish ments, value of products. Including custom work and repairing. $3,222,620. The report also gives tho value of prod ucts, Including custom w6rk and repairing, of the following Industries of the state for. 1905: Brend and other bakery products, $1,351,009; brick and tile, $1,131,913; cheese, butter and condensed milk. $1.3-'.110; liquors and malt, $1,663,788; printing and publishing. $4,973,902. Hon. George T. MelkleJnhn, former secre tary of war, was In the War department today calling on his old friends. Analysing Tntent Medicine. Inquiry made today In regard to his ruling made September 12, In regard to the sale of proprietary and patent medicines composed largely of distilled spirits or mixtures thereof, Mr. Yerkes, commissioner of Inter nal revenue, said: In my Judgment there Is a possible mis understanding regarding the matter. I sim ply ruled that manufacturers ot compounds or tne cnaracier nameo imini jmy uj ine government under the federal statute the special tax required of wholesale liquor dealers and rectifiers. In addition It re aulres the payment by the retail dealer who handles these goods the special tax re quired of retail llcpior dealers, amounting to $2ft a year. The ruling was based on my construction of the statute In view of the character of some of these compounds. Mr. Yerkes added that he would rrocee.' as rapidly as possible, through the use o' th chemical laboratory of his bureau, ti determine which of these alcoholic com pounds would fall within the scope of tht ruling of September 12 Beaver Must Stand Trtnl. A decision has been reached by the De partment of Justice not to allow former Superintendent George W. Beavers, former chief of the division of salaries and allow ances of the Postofllce department, to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy In the Doremu cancelling machine contract with out trial. It Is said to be the Intention of the government to bring Beaver to trial. The suggestion that he plead guilty to one count of the Indictment contemplated the dropping of all th other counts. SUMMARY OF CROP CONDITIONS Corn In the Lower Missouri Valley Damaged by Excessive Rain. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-Th weekly summary of crop conditions Issued by the weather bureau today is aa follows: Except In New England and the northern part of the middle Atlantic states, where the end of the week, September 18, aver aged considerably cooler than usual, the temperature was above normal and gen erally favorable weather being over the greater part of the central valleys, gulf states and eastern Rocky mountain slope. Light to heavy frosts occurred In the Rocky mountain regions and also In North Dakota, the lake region. New England and the northern portion of the middle Atlantic, states, but they resulted In no serious In Jury. A marked feature of the week was the excessive precipitation, accompanied In places by high winds. In the lower Missouri valley, where much damage was done, and especially In central and western Missouri and eastern Kansas. Wet weather also proved detrimental over a large part of the middle Atlantic states and In portions of the south Atlantic and east guff districts, while drouth continues over portions of Texas. Generally favornble weather pre vailed In the central gulf states, Tennessee and most of the Ohio valley and middle At lantic states. Favorable weather also pre vailed In California and showers relieved drouth conditions to a greater or less ex tent In Washington and Oregon. While corn has experienced favorable conditions over a large part of the corn belt, late corn In the upper Ohio and Mis souri valleys Is maturing slowly and the crop In the lower Missouri valley has suf fered seriously from excessive rains and high winds, especially In Missouri and Kansas. In the first mentioned state a large part of the crop has been blown down or bsdly damaged, much Is under water and that In shock Is beginning to mould. Over the northern part of the corn belt from two-thirds to three-fourths of the crop Is now safe from frost. Notwithstanding frequent showers In the spring wheat region, threshing of spring wheat has been general, shock threshing In Minnesota being nearly rnmnleterf con siderable soot Is reported from the Dakotas. Announces the Fashion Event of the Season. The Grand Fall Opening 4 0f MILLINERY, SUITS AND FURS Wednesday, September 20, 1905. A peerless showing of the productions of the most famed Paris artists, with exclusive ideas from their own skilled designers. The honor of your presence is requested. Grand Concert from 2:30 to 5 p. m. See You Are 0ur f Invited to Mend Newif I I our 3rd Annual Enlarged I Fall Opening store Saturday Sept. 23rd Rooms V y A Unique Souvenir to Every Visitor Nearly all reports Indicate a very small apple crop. Blight and rot In potatoes continue to be extensively reported In the principal potato producing states, although fair yields are Indicated In some sections. Plowing for fall seeding hss been Inter rupted bv lalns In the lower Missouri and Ohio valleys and has been prevented by drouth In portions of the southern states; elsewhere this work Is well advanced. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Rnral Carrier Named for Nebraska nd gonth. Dakota Routes. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. (Special Tele gram.) Rural carriers appointed: Ne braskaColumbus, route 5, Fred L. Hahn, carrier; Mrs. Fred Hahn, substitute. Genoa, route $, Lee A. Newell, carrier; J. S. Newell, substitute. Ravenna, route 1, Elmer Lewis, carrier; Ora Lewis, substitute. Sout.t Dakota Webster, route 2. Martin Sandvlg, carrier; Christian Swanson, substitute. DOl RLE TRAGEDY NEAR ROGERS John Hoebel Probably Fatally Beats Wife and Then liana's Himself. SCHUYLER. Neb., Sept. 19.-6peclal Tel "gram.) One of the most shocking crimes n the history of Colfax county was n icted at thd home of Joseph Havel, elghtesn miles northwest of here, yesterday after noon. Havel and his wife have been having trouble for some time, which culminated yesterday morning by Havel attempting to murder his wife with some blunt Instru ment and. afterwards hanging himself. The woman's recovery Is doubtful. Last spring Mrs. Havel filed cult for di vorce. Since that time she and her hus band have been living together, but have quarreled repeatedly over the division of the property. Havel is well fixed, owning a 160-acre farm, sixty acres of which he recently deeded to his wife. Yesterday morning they quarreled before arising and after gettlng'up Havel returned to the bed room and assaulted his wife ' with some blunt Instrument, rendering her uncon scious. Thinking she was dead, he went out to the barn and hung himself to the rafters. The body was discovered by a son, who notified the coroner. Mrs. Havel austatlned a crushed skull, but unless complications set In she may recover. Havel Is 60 years old, while hla wife was about GO. NEBRASKA INJl'RED IN DENVER Steps from In Front of Oho Street Car and I Bumped by Another. DENVER, Colo.. Sept. 19. (Speclsl Tele gram). Fred Shilling, a stranger In this city who arrived here a few days ago from Scotia, Neb., was nearly killed by a street car today. Shilling was on Welton street and stepped hurriedly to on side while In the center of the thoroughfare In order to avoid a street car. By so doing, he placed himself directly In front of a car coming from the opposite direction. The car struck him squarely and a blow upon the head rendered him unconscious. For a tlm, pedestrains who rushed to hi assistance thought him dead, but after hard work, a druggist succeeded In reviving him. He 1 badly bruised and Internal Injuries may develop. Horribly Hurned was C. Rlvenbark of Norfolk, Vs., but Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed his burna without a acar. Heala cuta, too. 2Sc. For sal by Sherman A McConnell Drug Co, Big Sale of Land at Auction. LOS ANGELES, Cel., Sept. 19-What Is said to be the most important sale of acreage that ever fell under the auctioneer's hammer In southern California took place In this city today when 38.C0O acres of land and the townslte of Clilno In Sun Bernar dino county were sold. With the exception of forty acres, sold for $1,600. the entire acreage and townsite was sold to a San Francisco capitalist for $410,200. From hlin the Chlno Land and Water company will acquire tltl to th entire holding. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Warmer Today In Nebraska, Iowa, the Dakota and Kansas Fair Tomorrow. WASHINGTON. Sept. 19-Forecsst oi the weather for Wednesday and Thursday! For Nebraska, Iowa, tho Dakotas, Kan sas Warmer Wednesday; Thursday fair. For Missouri Fair Wednesday and Thursday; warmer Thursday. For Colorado. I'tah, Wyoming Fat Wednesday; Thursday fair. Ftir Montana Fair, warmer In south portion Wednesday; Thursday fair In east, showers and cooler In west portion. Loonl Record. OFFICE OF TltE WEATHER PT'RKATT, OMAHA, Sept 19. Official record of tem perature ana precipitation compared with the corresponding day of the last three years: 190S. 1904. 1903. 1902, Maximum temperature.... 74 84 78 7fl Minimum temperature .... M 62 M 41 Mean temperature 63 73 66 64 Precipitation 01 .00 .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation depar tures from the normal at Omaha sine March 1, and comparison with the last two years: Normal temperature 63 Excess for the day 1 Total excess since March 1 205 Normal precipitation 10 Inch Deficiency for the day 09 inch Totnl rainfall since March 1 20.16 Inches Deficiency since March 1 4 60 Inche Deficiency for cor. period 1904.... 3.39 Inches Excess for cor. period 1903.. E. 12 Inches Reports from Stations at T P. M. Station and Stat Tern. Max. Rain- of Weather. 7 p. in. Tern. fall. Bismarck, clear r6 74 no Chevenne, clear 7" 72 .00 Chicago, clear 68 72 .0) Davenport, clear 64 7? .on Denver, clear 70 76 .00 Havre, clear 78 80 . 00 Helena, clear 74 76 .00 Huron, clear 68 74 . 00 Kansas City, clear 70 74 .00 North Platte, clear 70 74 .Y1 Omaha, clear 69 71 .00 Rapid City, clear , 66 76 . 00 St. Louis, clear 70 72 .00 St. Paul, clear 68 63 .00 8alt Lake City, clear 70 72 .fo Valentine, clear 7 72 .no Wllllston, partly cloudy 68 74 . 00 L. A. WELSH. Local Forecaster. No cocoa equals Lowney's in strength. Some are blacker colored chemically but Inferior in real strength. Lowney's C o c oa is not loaded with ground cocoa shells, flour, starch, or other adulterants. It consists of nothing but the choicest ' cocoa beans ground to flour fineness. The result is the most deli cious, purest and finest fla vored cocoa possible. Such cocoa as Lowney's, if made abroad and duties paid, would cost double the Lowney price. TS Walter M. Lowney Co., BOnTON.
