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THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JULY 16, 190(3. 9 STATE 'LETT MAY BE LESS I lncr -. i ArsMsmatw nfeani Con. . e V,la Here Cub. BITTER PRIMARY FIGHT IN LANCASTER Friends ef Karris Brawn Tern Mad Batten-la an All ttk Oppose the Vlanatt-Rrawn-Sheldan Cenanlaetlen. difficult for thoaa famlllaf mth tha been tlful "It of Fort Niobrara and Ita SO.flna an 'iinr" to understand how tha W.r &l nt. tn all ita wlmtom. can ltheir gaii. .inpnrv on tha conditions of tha trooj,. u Ha pranant courae In tha abandon ment gf Fort Niobrara. JOtMSOK CO t STY STATISTICS (From Btff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July . (BpaciaU-Inesmijca aa tha assessment thla year will be In tha f neighborhood of W.500.000 In excess of laat 1 year, It la a serious question with tha Stat 1 Board of, Equalisation whether tha letry ahould remain tha nmi aa laat year or ba reduced. La.it year the state, echool and DPdemptlon levy amounted to ? thills. With fan Increaaa of 19,000.000 In tha ssmnt, I thla would Increase In tha taxes to be paid M3,000. Tha estimated receipt under that levy up to March 1. 1907, la M.lM.12. The estimated expenditures by tha atata up to that time la tS.7S4.tl, Having a balance of ftst.llt, with no accounting; cf tba amount I raised by tha 1 mill levy to be uaed In pay I In off tha atata debt. The 7 will levy la ; divided aa follow: General fund, 4H mllle; ;ochool, H mlU; university, 1 mill; rsc.mp 5 tlon, 1 mill. Oovrnor Mickey la of tba opinion the lVy should not be reduced aa It la a qua .tlon whether the out want to .keep on paying Intereet on a debt or by keeping up ' the levy pay it off eulofcar, From out la the alate no word baa been received aa to what . the various county levies are going to be, I but aa tba assessment Is Increased to such ! an extent It la probable an effort will be made. to kesp down too oounty levy. Prlasarlaa la) Laaaaater. Republican caucuses will be held Monday 'rvtnlnr t which delegate to the county , tcnventlon, to b held Wednesday, wlU be elected. "Tneeday the primaries WU1 be tld to nettle any contests which may arlae. , ' )(ooo Found has already been selected i for temporary chairman of the convention : and Benin n fox temporary secretary, by the executive committee, appointed by Chatmma Koberta of the county committee. This committee also aelected a resolutions vutninltte. t WhUe the fight la ostensibly between Rev. ) lather P. Ludden, candidate Tor lieutenant governor, and Dr. H. . Wlnnett. candi date for railroad commissioner, the contest la tn reality for and against Instructions fur Norris Brown for United BUt senator, Lr. Wlnnett having been Induced to come i out by friends of Brown and Sheldon to ' capture a delegation for them. At first , the combination waa known aa Brown . Hheldon-Wlnnett, but It la very evident during the laat few days Sheldon has been getting the double cross or at least the Brown men have dropped him. after using t his name to get what help they could. Tha Journal and the Newe are back of ' the Brown candidacy In thla county and the campaign Waged by thla organisation la - tha moat scandalous lis the blstory of Lan . vaster polltlce. Each day for a week the combination baa aprung a new falsehood against aome one of tha other oandldetea, and so rapidly do thee falsehoods appear It would take a tmvlng picture machine to keep record of them. They have charged . every man In the county who has not an nounced himself for Brown with being a railroad, tool and a betrayer of the people. They have charged every man for Ludden In this county Is only for him i ths railroads can use the delegation In the slat oonventlon. eataene TaeetUr Personal. On the other hand. IiUddon wants " the . lltgatlon unjostructed on aenal.Voe-v-ernon- 'Opponent of Brown resent " the Charge maSehy the.' Journal and New with the a atemehftliat the Interest if. there publications la very personal and connected with the suit brought by the state to get from the Journal 14.000 which It Is charged that concern held out Illegally. Resides the Journal and the Newa. Brown has wolklng for him In a eternal capacity one appointee of the governor who, though drawing 1100 a month from the state and riding on a Burlington annual, haa not done uny work In hla ofllce for months. W. B. Itose, aealstant attorney general, has also quit doing anything to earn hla salary pnld by the state, and the. two are spending their time In the downtown office of Brown. This office waa opened so the work could bo done secretly. . ' Brown's forces were augmented yester day by the appearance of Joe 'lhneon. For ths last week Johnson hashen out In tha etate getting Interviews I the Interest of Brown t6 be published th the Journal. Governor Mickey refused' to appoint him labor commissioner ar-d charged him at the time wjth. offering to run a press bureau In Ule Interest If appointed. , 4he fight la a most bitter on and will .r probably be kept up until tba convention is PTir. i us tiruwu luimwcn urw ciMining they will get an tnstructsd delegation and failure to get It would be the worst dis appointment ever experlencdt by ths at torney general. Asora Hooks Present Interesting riaares. TECUM8EH. Neb., July IS. Special. ) Some very Interesting figures as to th wealth of Johnson county are obtained from th records of County Assessor J. O. Burreas. Some of the personal .property of the county. Including live stock follows: No. head. Actual val. Csttle ((.KM t 419,7' Hogs s.g75 a'l.BJO Horses 7,o St40 Mules I.oho 1,310 Torn, bushels t'tf.&S a46 Merchandise 3S9.lt morning tn a slduen near her. Ha with four ethers was Ashing, when he Stepped Into a hoi about seven feet deep, and never came to the surface until his body waa re covered two hours later. He was th ana Cf tha Marker who recently killed bis wit and committed suicide near Fmlrbury. Tout value of all personal prop erty exrept railroads 14.840,110 Total number farms occupied In Johnson county 1,21$ Acres under cultivation 141. 13S Acres sown to wheat last fall 19.6 Arres In millet 8s6 Acres In ksfflr corn 3 Acres In timothy 9.fi Acres In clover snd blue grass I.WI Acres In lfnlf 1.374 Acres In other tsme grasses 13 411 Tons of tsme hay cu4 Isst season... 8.0.1 Tons of wild hay cut last season T.Sf'O Total number of acres In timber.... 1,540 There are In tha county 70,ooo apple trees, 2,600 peer trees, 4,Wtt plum trees, I.4O0 cherry trees, and 312 acres of land In the county are used for growing nursery stock for sale. THIRTIETH RRGIMKKT OH MARCH Oae Mao Taken 9lelc and Sent Back to Port Crook. PLATTSMOt'TH, Neb., July 15.-(Spe-clal.)-The Thirtieth regiment of United States Infantry, regulars, srrlved In this city this afternoon from Fort Crook and Is nestly snd comfortably camped on the Parmele forty. The soldiers all stood ths march nicely with the exception of Ptlvate Miller of Company K. He waa taken quite 111 before reaching the camp and was tsken back to Fort Crook on the Missouri Pacific passenger train this sfternoon. The regi ment, , under command of Colonel Pratt, will depnrt Mondsy for- Fort Riley, Kan., where It will remain one month before re turning to Fort Crook. They are given fifteen dsys each way to make the trip. A battery of artillery Is expected to ar rive In this city Monday and pitch tents In the same locality for the night. Its destination will be the same. FREMONT. Neb.. July 15. (Special.) The Platte river power canal project Is under going Its regulsr periodical sulfation. A young engineering expert snd csnal pro moter from New York City came here Inst week and made the customary trip over the route In company with Mr. Babcock of Columbus snd local parties. He declined to discus his Intentions, though intimating that upon his favorable report on the matter eastern capitalists will be ready to put up the money.. The field notes and plat of the survey made by the party at th time W. J. C. Kenyon of South Omaha was going to build It are In the possession of loest parties and Fremont business men will probably not be called upon sgaln to put up 17,000 or S,OoO for a survey and expenses, Those most Interested In the chnal have never given up hope that It will eventually be built, as each of the several surveys and reports of genuine experts, not mere pro moters. have been that It was entirely feasible, the cost not excessive and pre sented no particular engineering difficulties, Rorv-r to Ses ftoldlers f.eflve. VALENTINE. Neb., July lJ.-(Snec!aI.-Wlth much regret do the people of Van t'jie and Cherry county contemplate the removal of th troops and the ahmdonmnt of Fori Nlobrira. Aa far as military pro- taction la concerned It Is no more required here thnn It )s In the vicinity of Fort Crook fir Fort Rotlnson, but aa the soldlrrs must necessarily he quartered somewhere It la ' Moch Ballillng at Grand Island. GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. July 15.-(Spe-clal.) Work was started yesterday on ex cavating fof the new" wholesale and "manu facturing plant to be erected by Albert Ettlng. The building will be a very sub stantial one, 112x110, with sixteen-foot plat form along the I'nlon Pacific track and large landing on the-Fourth street side. The building will be occupied by a candy factory and wholesale fruit house. Another large building in the course of erection Is a stock yarda hotel, two ingles east of the city, In what will be known as the stock yards district. Since the reorganisation of the yards, about a year ago, the Whit mores becoming the controlling owners, the yarda have been or are being removed from the western part of the city to the eastern boundary lines. The t'nlon Paclflo has greatly developed Its yards, putting In Immense new Ire houses and expecting to make up all through trains, thus greatly remedying the crossing evils, which have In times past created unpleasant conditions both for the public and the company. ews o! Nebraska. PLATTSMOt'TH The Cass county re publican convention will convene In thla city July 24. TABLE ROCK A senstorlal convention for the First senf4l district hss been called to meet at Humboldt. August 3t. RUSHVILLE Th republican county central committee met Saturday and set th data of the county convention for Sat urday, August 11. ARLINGTON Corn plowing In thla part of the county Is almost finished. Corn and small grsln never looked better. Threshing will commence at once. CHA P RON A horse being driven by Mrs. Mary Smlth-tUywsrd ran over th 4-rear-old eon of John Tsoharner. frsctur- tng the bones of his leg just below th knee. RfSHVILLE After two weeks of dry, dusty weather Rushvllle hss been visited by several nice showers and all Immediate anxiety for the crop has-been removed. It Is still cloudy. WF.8T POINT Henry Lsnge, an old and highly respected rltlzen of this county, died of the infirmities of old age at th home of his son-in-law, Alvah Webb, n Frlil.iy morning. Deceased was Pi years of sg?. CHADRON The first week of the season without rain has been this last one. Rye, barley and alfalfa are all atacked and last night and today there Is a pour-down. Weather to order for northwest Nebraska this year. PLATT3MOUTH The Cass cojnty demo, cratic convention convened In this city Saturday afternoon and named delegates to attend the democratic state convention, which Is to be held in Lincoln on Wednes day. August 15. NEHAWKA Friday night the cltliens of Nehawka completed an organisation for an agricultural and stock fslr September 28 and -9 About 1300 hss been raised by pri vate subscription and It U believed KuO more can be raised. 1 TABLE ROCK-J. C. Dort. chairman, and D. W. Nelll, secretary of the Pawnee county republican central committee, have Issued a call for the meeting of the Pawnee county republican convention to be held at Pawnee City, August i. NEHAWKA The first fields of winter wheat to be threshed her have yielded over thirty bushels per acre. The quality Is very fine and the test Is sixty-one pounds to the bushel. .The average yield will fall a little under thirty bushels per acre. GRAND ISLAND John Klndlng, resid ing near Doniphan, has threshed his wheat and found that It yielded fifty-two bushels to the acre. He had expected a heavy crop, all conditions having been favorable, but waa himself surprised at the remarkable showing. COLUMBUS For the last ten yers Co lumbus has had a grain elevator by nam the Farmers and Merchants elevator. It has been a losing proposition from the start and the last Week the building and lot were sold to K. Leflang of Lexington, Neb. The price paid by Mr. Leflang was 13,800. FREMONT Threshing has begun on th wheat crop and the yield and quality are far better as a rule than ever before In the county. Turner Brothers hsd a field of over thirty seres that rsn forty-seven bushels to tha sere. This Is said to be the largest yield for a field of any else In this county. GRAND ISLAND Th fir depsrtmSnt hss appointed Its various rommlttees for the carnival to be held here of which tha firemen are to be th beneficiaries to tha extent of IS per cent of the receipts. Tha request to close Third street for the week during the main portion of the business was granted by the council. WEST POINT Herman Oraunke of Elk born township had a narrow -escape from death Thursday morning. H waa culti vating corn, snd a little before noon a storm came up. While unhitching hla team from the cultivator lightning struck It and knocked it to smithereens. Roih man and horses escaped without Injury, which seems almost miraculous. GRAND ISLAND The first actual step taken towsrd paving Is marked In the fil ing of a petition signed by sll ths property owners along one of the principal alleys In the city ana the worn will n under taken at once, it la neuevea mat tma is simply th small beginning of what will natural) v develop Into a strong demand far the paving of the entire business section alleys and streets. A r.iKri'ir,M At a aneclal meeting th Rrbekah of this city Installed the follow ing officers: Noble graml, Mra. W. H. Crane! vie grand. Miss Elsie Fassett: sec- retary, Mrs. i. r . uupy: it. a. n. ri. W, Marshall: L. 8. N. O., Mra. O. C. ftob- Oaare Assessment Increased. BEATRICE. Neb.. July W.-(Special ) The assessor's report for 1906 shows the total aaaeesed Valuation of all taxable prop erty, ptrsonsl and real estate, tn Gage county Is $9 297.126, which Is an Increase of lJ7.tlSl over last year's assessed valuation. Thla would make, multiplying the aaaeased valuntlrn by Ave, the Increaae In actual valuation of tl.lFO.liit, ahowlng that the peo- of Gage county are richer by over '00.000 than they were a year ago. Of this 'otal assessed valuation the real estate, which remains the same aa last year, amounts to about ttt.000,000.' t4.tr9.86S being the assessed value of lands' and tl.107.0M that of town lots. All the Increase cam In personal property, which rose from ?3 032.346 laat year to $8,270,178. Drowned While rishfnaj. TILDEN. Neb., July 16.-(Sperlal Tele gram.) George Mackey waa drowned thla e--4 SPECIAL HOMESEEKERS' TO ELLSWORTH, NEBRASKA AUGUST 7, 1906 TO WHITMAN, NEBRASKA AUGUST 21, 1906 I will personally conduct th abov Homceoekers' Excur sion for the purpose of assisting homeaeekerg to locate on ectiona of free Klnkald lands under the (40-acre homestead iaw. I will have with me. for each excursion, township plaU showing the location of all the available homestead lands In those localities. 8PKU1AL OPPORTUNITIES Lands that are now being cancelled on reports of the gpeclkl Agents of the government are generally desirable homesteads. I keep track of all of the cancelled lands for the benefit of the patrons of this Bureau. TKA1N SEKY1CH Train leaves Omaha at 11:10 p, m. for Whitman, and at 4:10 p. m. for Ellsworth. RATES AND TICKET Very low rou id-trip homeseekers' excursion rates will be In effect on above dates to these destina tions, and to any other , points In the homestead . oountles joI Nebraska. Those holdlnf excursion tickets desiring to visit other points will be furnished township plat showing the homestead land tn any section they desire to visit. For Further Information Call or WrHe D. CLEM DEAVER, Agent Ilotneeeekers' Information Boreas. lUtVi Famna-a Street. Omaha. Xeb. erts; R. 8. V. O , Mrs. a. L Pfelfferi L. t V. Q.. Mrs, W. F. Uilpyj wsrden, Mrs. B 6 f m Fink; conductor, Mrs. H. H. Ollpyl chnp laln, Miss May Qllpy: Inner guard. Miss Blanche Roberts; outer -guard, W. K Qllpy. RI.AtR The ministerial association Ot this cltv. rnmnnsed of the ministers from stx of the churches, hss been Instrumental In securing the services er Evangelist mii ford H. Lyon, who. with his singer, J, W. Patterson, will begin a series of union Jospel meetings her on Sunday, September A building WxlOO will be erected on a lot near the center of the city for which 1400 hss already been raised. This wilt be the largest evangelistic effort ever under taken in this city. (IRANI) ISLAND Georre Hsrrls. on of the employes of the pump department of t'pperman Lelser, ws almost completely buried by a cave-In while digging a pump nit. He had dut down about fifteen feet without supporting the sides and then eud- aenly they gave way. witn me exception nf Vila hu rt he waa. completely enclosed snd It required about an nour a cngging to release him from the pressure of the soil about him. Aside from a slight Injury re. suiting from a spsde, while he was being released, he wss uninjureo. WEST POINT John Ackerman, th only son of former County Treasurer Chris W. Ac-kerman, met death by drowning In th Klkhorn river at the head sates of th dam He had been bathing In the river and In emerging he climbed the tlmbere of the headeate, but missed his hold and fell back into the water. His compsnlons made every effort to rescue him. but without avail. The deceased waa 19 year of aga and was a vouna man of great promise. He hsd Just graduated from th North western college at Napervllle. 111. Funeral services were held today under the auspices of the Orace Lutheran cnurcn, itav. a,. L Lip, pastor, officiating. SELF.-DEFENSE FOR THE JEWS Socialist Breaker front sloes City Addresses Assemblage on Teplo. Th Jewish socialist of Omaha met last night In Crouna hall to listen to an In terenUng talk on th subject of "Self De- fens by th Russian Jews," by O. Ruben stein of Sioua City. Th meeting was opened by a short addrssa by Rev. a. C. Porter, who acted as chairman, and said "Socialists bellev . every man ought to work for hla living, Jew as well aa thou of other nation. Working men should Una up with th party which believes working- men should get their due." . "Nicholas aealed th doom of caarlam In Russia two years ago, when ho refused an audience to a delegation of worklrurmen. for after that day th worklngmen decided liberty must be taken by th people." said Mr. Rubensteln. "Th color of the stand' ard of th socialists was taken from the blood which flowed In the street a and which will give liberty to th peopts, Tha work Ingmaa la th leader of reform In Russia today. Thar are lit different race in Rus sia, which Is not a Christian nation. "Self defena haa doe a marvelooa work and th bund has collected funds for th Jawtah revolutionary orgaaa. They hav tried to provo th nause of the mass it and th our. It la not th Russian peopl who are persecuting tha Jews, bat th Russian government, and th world knows It new. Th government always trlao to find aa exhua t offer to th etvUlsed world for Ita atrodtlea. ' Proof haa ban found that th gavarnmant 1 suppoj-taaar aaU- mltia papers all threugti fiirtjmn eouor trias at aa eaormoua usux to aendzneat again tn Jowa. To erthedag Jwe and tha flntitots both ballsr th Jews should not tak part la any rev at u- Uotmry sneaaurse. How would a Jaw look If ha would b an fenfenner to the Rnaalaa gorammantr A Jew cannot act differently aa a men. esoapt to hataa th downfall of th Bnaataa government." Mr. Kansaaxata also apofea ta II aalfrar Ins aaasasHsa to tba who attgkt unaaraujaa taasuan with dJnssJK AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OHABA Larrt Nunbsr Attsad tha T antral Bsrrloe ofafiMafajMoOraa. CHURCH TOO SMALLT0 ACCOMMODATE All Tea Fea Tarrle Get a Lft Drtaht Before the talaoaa Clan and a Reealt Gets a Brick en the Jaw. Th burial of Miss Msy McCran at I N o'clock yesterday afternoon eras attended by th most solemn rites of th church ot which she was a devout member. Although the orders and friends gathered long be tore the appointed hour for the service, it was nearly 1 o'clock before the procession left the residence at Twenty-fourth and O streets. Seats were reserved for th orders, who took a forms! part In the cere mony, and every other place was filled be- foro th arrival at the church doors. Be hi tid the mourners a throng crowded as far as possible up the stairs. The solemn requiem was pronounced over the departed In which ceremony Father Ahern wa as sisted by Fathers FlanSgan and Blenson. Father Ahern delivered an address largely of comforting thought, advancing the bellet In the saving power of faith, to which th daughter and sister of the family clung. After the sermon the sodality of th Blessed Virgin Mary led the procession under the gulldance of two of the member of th Ancient Order of Hibernians, bear ing hatf-furled the Irish emblem and th American banner. Following the sodality came the ladles' auxiliary to the Ancient Order of Hibernians, fully eighty In line, followed by the order proper. Beside the casket acting ss pallbearers walked six young men. they being Dsnlel P. Hurley Thomas Smith, Bert t.lcknosky, Frank Mc Mahon, Edward Anderso.i and John Wilson. As honorary pallbearers there were six glri wearing veils of the sodality. They wel' Gertrude Sullivan, M:iy Byorly, May Ken nedy, Katie Rowley, Mary M. Larkln and Mary Fennel. In the procession were nearly Kl.xty carriages. The head of the procession reached the cemetery gatea as the last carriages passed the Q street viaduct. At the cemetery the casket, loaded with profuse floral tributes until its outline could scarcely be scch, was lowered amid audible sobbing (ram mHny quarters. The grief of the family, though poignant, seemed more reconciled thsn at the first, and was soft ened by many expressions of sympathy on the part of friends. Brick Scores Knockoat. Tom Fox was put out of commission shortly after U a. m. Sunday morning by tontact with the corner of a brick. Fox and , some companions had gone Into a saloon at Twenty-seventh and J streets for a last round before the bar closed, and when they cam out some unidentified per sons assailed them with bricka and pnvlng block. One of the brirks narrowly paused Fox'a head and another struck him squarely on the Jaw, or point of the chin. He wa knocked out by the blow and the flesh was cut to the bone. His friends brought him to the police station, where his injury was dressed by the police surgeon. He was then able to go home. He said the bricks wer Intended for his companions, not for him, No arrests have been made. Board of federation Meeting;. There will be a meeting of the Board of Education thla evening to take up a l.n y budget of routine business. Including ilis cusaion of numerous' repairs to th build- j Ings which have been and are being made , at the present time. At many of the schools new walks'1 hav been made, in one or two connexions with sewers made or repaired, ak'Welf'ae all other needs at tended. The purchase of a building ell' will be discussed. It is hoped that a suit able offer will come before th board. Thin school site Is to be In the northeast section of the city It hss pot been definitely an nounced that the assignment of teachers wilt he part of the business of this session, but such is a possibility. Vladnet Conference Wot Held. The proposed meeting of the city council with the Board of County Commissioners and their united attendance on the officials of the Burlington . railroad did not ma terialise last Saturday, for one reason bo cauae the mayor was In Sioux City. The object of the conference was to arrange for the construction of a viaduct over the railroad tracks at Forty-fourth and Q streets. It Is likely the council, which meets tonight, may arrange a new dato, convenient to all parties. Mavarle City Gossle. Burton Rice and wife have gone to Colo rado Springs. Mra. (i. B. Jnnte has gone on a visit to relatives in Ohio. Mr. and Mra. Frank Corliss are enjoying a summer In Canada. Mrs. James Adama and daughter hav gone on a visit to Inver. It is reported that N. F. Adair died sud denly last Friday in Denver. Dan Hinohev haa returned from a two Weeks' visit to Alexander, Minn- Samuel McRann has moved to Wyoming. He was formerly with J. A. Bradley. O. H. Brewer and family will spend a montn on nis isrm near rort crook. Judge and Mrs. A. L. Sutton will so to Waterloo today for a two weeks' visit. Miss Molvyna Wright la spending her summer vacation at ort Doug and Ix-i Monies. W. J. Dearth hss been visiting friends at Valley. He returned at th close ot lit wsek. Mrs. J. D. Courtney Is now so far re covered from tier long Illness as to be out part ot th day. Mrs. M. U. Zerbe bss returned from a visit to Uavld City. Mh waa accompanied by her children. Mum Bertha K. Clark look for a large enrollment in her summer school of ora tory, which opens this mormng at Ui Central auuuol. Mrs. J. li. Kelly of Oothenberg, a guest ot Mr. and Mrs. John Caugney, has de parted to Hot spring, o. U., called by me serious liiuoas oi.uer siaisr, aiwa siai lis Ralston. Robert Sheehan and Charles Peterson wer arrested yeateroay for assault and battery on Robert biarnes, commuted tast Friday during tne progrs of a coca flgnt said to havs been cunducted west oi in city. Flgntlng ta said to bo common at the impruvlseu pit. Easily Arraanged. "I ae that tha motto at th head of your editorial pag t 'VI' tell th truth.' "Tea," said th editor of tba Clorerdato Tocaia proudly, "that's our motto." "But don't you find It a llttl difficult at tlmae to live up to itr Th editor waved hla band. "Whaa w do," he affably explained, "we leav It out tor an lasu or two." Cleve land Plain Dealer. Ba Want Ads ar th dependable seed at suocaaa. avttleahlna As Bsna4e- PROVINCETOWW. Maaa., July U. Th batlUafcipe Illinois sad Missouri arrived bar today from Boatoa, wbar thay hav hi in uadarauias repairs at th Ckarlsatown navy yard tar several veaka. betb ships have nad Important cnangse man la tneir turret aoacauunra. with a view ta a4- guardli th oiBoers aod crew frvm lb Lability af saaloaluna of amzminltiao during gun nr. Th two betllMuips will Jam Utm north Atlantic nset. which latft New frk tsstardsy aaear command of Rear Admiral BTvan ta ansnn war macsansars a lb xassr lUigiaaa Wist Swiss sal Cwatenn. PA RIB. July Ik An rournattoaaj gvtoe- nilog ouaumi at a distanoa at tune miles naa voa Is ths Sain tdjr by th Frenrk ssnaunar jiooarmin in ur; nasirs and bis cutouLM Last-id aulilaetaa, tba Ejagliah cfmjrjna. nnianaa a uiaiue nshrajg Kama sola. tYnwusW sinafUTl ajtd Inns nans mu 1 1 I ana saw Use aelinars were Utre We Have No ftigin to Publish the Letter Which Follows. It May Off end the Writer; It May Offend You. Many a beautiful thing has been ruined by crude handling. On the other hand, many a beautiful thing haa been lost because of an over-nice discrimination. We justify ourselves to the writer of this letter by our as surances that its publication will bring immeasurable good to her cause; we justify ourselves to you because an act of ours that will lead yon to read the wonderful story of Sophie Wright in our July number carries its own justification; we justify ourselves to ourselves because the story indicates our real attitude toward our fellow-humans. It is hardly necessary to remind you that we have given a ' great deal of space in our magazine to stories of wickedness and wretchedness and wrong. You may be sure that we have not called a lot of our fellow mortals out of their names because we enjoy doing so. We have run our articles on "Frenzied Fi- . nance," and the Beef Trust, and the Private Freight Car Monop oly and Insurance and Bucket Shops and all the rest, because we felt that the people of this country were entitled to know how bad some things really were at bottom; because until the people really did know there could be no hope of improvement. . ' We want you to read this letter, and we want you to read ' the article in the July Everybody's about Sophie Wright for the sake of her cause, for the sake of all good efforts everywhere for the uplifting of humanity, and for our sakes too, lest possibly you may have failed to catch the real spirit of hopefulness and optimism and helpfulness inspiring Everybody's Magazine. HOME INSTITUTE. New Orleans, La., June 21, 1906. EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE, New York, N. Y. Gentlemen: The copy of Everybody's Magazine has just reached me and I have read the article by Mr. Matthews with great interest. I hardly know what to say, for I realize what this article means for "my boys," and that, of course is a great happiness. I realize what this means, for to have so much space given to a work, and in a maga zine as well known as yours, is a compliment that I appreciate deeply. I know that my letter of thanks seems weak to you, but I am so deeply touched by , what has been written and so much affected that I cannot find words to express my gratitude. But I do thank you in the name of my boys" and 1 am sure that the- good that has been accomplished by your magazine will live forever. You have been fearless in the truth, strong in your purpose and loyal in your convictions, and the world will be better for this, and for all this, I say thank God for your magazine which stands for truth, no matter what it costs. Again thanking you in the name of "my boys" and with expressions of deep gratitude, believe me to be, Yours sincerely, SOPHIE B. WRIGHT. July Number, bote: La. 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