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I THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: RATUHDAY, AriilL 27, 1907. ( v SAVING FOR SCHOOL FCND Treuvir Tilta Eoyt Bleok of Msbo Bends liiect from Etste. BROKERS LOSE riVE THOUSAND DOLLARS Xorthweatera Road Aeke RrtflTM Peraalsaloa Pat la a Rata of Lmi Thaa Twa Ceate a Mil. (From a Bluff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. April FS. (Special.) The "aqua re deal" program, aa applied to the present administration of stnte affairs. Is accomplishing- results of genuine worth to the tszpsyers of the commonwealth of Ne braska. An era of real, not aham. re form ha been ushered In and manifesta tion that the treasury grafters are being pried loose are beeTimlng a matter of al most erery-dsy occurrence. Btata Treasurer L. O. . Hrlan has fur tilshed the most recent evidence that the administration of the affairs of his office are to be conducted with the sole view of safeguarding public Interests and that the grafters must go. Today the announce ment was made at the office of the treas urer that Mr. Brian's trip to Boise. Idaho, bad resulted In the completion of a deal whereby the Nebraska permanent school fund has become the buyer of $27,000 of Idaho 4 per cent bonds. State school money bss been accumulating rapidly since the first of the year ' and when Treasurer Brian reported to the State Board of Lands Md Funds that he had a large sum of money on hand he was authorised to seek means of Investment for the surplus. Prior to the Incumbency of former Treas urer Mortensen. ths customary method was to deal with bond brokers. Mr. Mortensen put a stop to this practice ss much as was la his power, but the present treasurer has irone a step further by turning broker for the state, completing the purchase of the bonds and saving the commission for the arhool fund. In connection with the purchase of ths Idaho bonds by Treasurer Brian it Is stated that the ordinary commission on a block ' "" aawregaiing iB,wio would ap proximate ib.boo, which amount Is saved for the school children of Nebraska rather than going to Una the pockets of a broker. Permanent Pnnil Crowlnc, The records of the stata treasurer's office disclose thst the permanent school fund, all of which Is Invested In state bonds and otner gnu-edge securities, now exceeds 17,000,000. This money has been derived from the iiale of and Income from lands set aside early In the history of the state for the permanent endowment of the nubile schools. The Increase In the value of these lands and the steady growth of the fund Itself Is bringing In each year a greater income for the regular semi-annual spoor tlonment of the temporary funds, and In future years this growth may become so pretentious and the semi-annual apportion merits so liberal that the schools may be almost entirely maintained by the Income from the state fund. Beats Twa Ceaia a Mil. The Northwestern road has gone the legislature on better and. with the per mission .of the State Railway commission, which waa granted today, will on May 1 put Into effect a rate of considerably less than I cents per mil between Lincoln and ' three other points. Yesterday this com , pany asked permission to put into effect the short tins rate between Lincoln and Omaha, Lincoln and Norfolk and Omaha and Crawford. The short line between Lincoln and Norfolk Is ths Union Pacific, ; while In the other two cases the Burling-'-t ton has th most direct route. In g-rant-t Ing permission o "put? these rate Into ef fL feot the commission specified that no chares from anv lntermedlnta nnint be greater than from on terminal to tho other. This will have th ffct of re ducing th Northwestern' rate from Lin coln to all points beyond Fremont and from Omaha to all points' this side of Cedar Bluffs. The North western's rat to Crawford, based on the 2-cent per mile schedule. Is $9.67, whll the Burlington rato la .. Odd Fellow Celebrate. Delegates from thirty cities and towns In Nebraska gathered In the representa tive chamber of the stat house this aft ernoon to celebrate the eighty-eighth anni versary of the establishment of the order In the United States. Plans for th cele bration had been formulated by the late A. H. Weir. Prior to the exercises at the tapltal there was a parade, of which P. James Cosgrave waa marshal. It waa beaded by a platoon of police and the First Regimental band. Over 800 delegates wero present from th following towns: . Alns worth, Gibbon, Verdon, Seward, Valley, Ulltner, Avoca, Nebraska City, Rising City, Harvard, Merne, Friend, Havelock, Wllford, Nemaha, Panama, York, Stella, Dorchester, Ashland, Elmwood, Barnes town, Plainvlew, Hardy, Fall City, Syra cuse, .Howell Emerson. Salem and Oread tsland. After prayer by Rev. P. M. Orr. J. M. Williams delivered the address of welcome hSHIRTS- Tom TMI MAN WHO WANT iwmmis cosironr. MANY STYlte IN WHITS AND ANCV PATTtftNg. . PODCIUITT ShIRT tOOH fOR TMI CLUsTT LARCL CLUKTT. PCABODY CO. aV aUateaf 111 I 11 All Our Wisdom f . HALT CENTURY'S tailoring ex perlence g gt your dlspobal wBea you puce your order with Nlcoll Wa know th merit of fair dealing knd fifr profile both of which we own th right to nam by long ex parlance. That you'll find th very best assort in eat of woolens at moderate price understood. ca A II fl frr '. I I M r.es e)M a i '1Wiii i 1 wp 4 wir" 0JU Bo. lUh U. In th plac of Governor Sheldon. After a musical number, W. A. Lease, P. Q. Welcomed th visitors on behalf of th local membership and J. A. Morrison, O. M., re sponded. Catherine Jackson, president of the Rebekaha, also responded, and Rev. I. F. Roach delivered an oration. A feature of th celebration was the burning of an 18,000 mortgage upon the building of Cap ital lodge No. 11. which had recently been cancelled. In the evening Canton Ford of this city gave a military drill and the Re bekaha gave a floral drill. Refreshments were served. Fir Flhter-s Wife te A Urge slaed scandal has come to light since the return to this city a few days ago of Mrs. E. C. Wei dm an, wife of the chief of the fire fighting forces of the Pan ama canal sone, and it Is stated that she will In a short time begin divorce proceed ings, though this may be deferred until September, when Weldman returns to Lin coln. ' Since going to Panama, where he has an Income of 12,600 per year In gold. Weld- man has called to the sone about fifteen Lfhcoln firemen, but most of them have, for various reasons, returned, and from them and other sources stories of th troubles of the Weldmans are obtained. It Is stated that when Weldman left this city for Panama he was accompanied by a woman, and the stories which are told of events which transpired on the Isthmus after Mrs. Weldman's arrival Indicate that the Lincoln colony, which Is quite a large one, wss kept In a ferment of gossip most of the time. The wife had the sympathy of practically all who were conversant with the fact and when she left all of them were at the boat to see her off. Her hus band had failed to supply her with enough money to bring her and her children home and she waa obliged to stop In Chicago and borrow. Mrs. Weldman declined to discuss her troubles until she hadeeen her at-. torney, though she would TVH deny the truth of the stories which are told, or that she was contemplating applying for a divorce The couple owns valuable property In this city. College Editor Bonared. The official head of E. E. York, editor of the college paper at Nebrasaka Wesleyan university at University Place, has been lopped off by a decree of a faculty com mittee which has supervision over the pub lication. The editor-ln-chlef of the paper la chosen at an annual election, students only being allowed to vote. This election Is to be held during the coming week, and the charge was made against Mr. York that he had been taking sides In the elec tlon. whereas. In the judgment of the committee, he .should have been neutral, A demand was made upon Editor York that ho submit th copy for tho paper to the committee. He declined to comply and his dismissal Is the result. Clinton Collett, the business manager of the paper, has been placed by the faculty In full charge of Its affairs. The editor to be chosen next week does not take charge until Sep tember. Aarlcnltnral College Graduation A class of thlrty-slx students at the school of agriculture, a department of Ne braska university, was graduated tonight. after a three years' course In sclentlflo farming in that Institution. The program Included formal graduating exercises, pre sided over by Chancellor E. Benjamin Aiv drews and Prof. A. E. Davidson, head of the agricultural college. The commence ment address was delivered by President O. C. Creelman of the Ontario Bchool of Agriculture of Ouelph, Canada. His sub lect was "The New Agriculture." The first annual meeting and banquet of the School of Agriculture Alumni asso elation was held last night. The address of the evening was delivered by Ralph H. Bearle. class of 'OS, on the subject of "The Educated Farmer." This morning at o'clock the almunl met and admitted the graduating class of 1907 to membership, The following officers were elected: H. W, Davis, jr., class of '03, president; Erwln Hopt, class of '06, vie president; Ernest Merle Little, class of '04, secretary-trea, urer; Erwln Hopt, alumni orator for 190.. Fan era! of Gilbert 1'. Laws. The funeral of the late Gilbert L. Laws. formerly a member of congress, secretary f state and secretary of the State Board of Railway commissioners, who died st his Lincoln horns late last night. Is to be held Sunday afternoon at ths family resi dence. Interment will be private. Tha state officers are planning to attend the obsequies In a body. Swedish Lutheran Conference. Routine business was transacted today at at state conference of Swedish Lutherans. Reports read this morning show that dur ing the last year t4.690.0t has been expended for the mission cause, W.Tfil.M, for educa tional purposes and $S.2.47 for church ex tension work. Ths total amount spent for betterment of conditions In the conference district of Nebraska and Wyom)ng Is H4.096. a. Missions are to be established this year at Benson and Valparaiso. During the lsst twelve months missions have been launched at Mlnden and Fallon and at severaUsmall places In Wyoming. The entire morning and a greater part of the afternoon was taken up by different speakers who dis cussed the mission work of the conference. The first half hour of the morning session waa spent In prayer. Rev. Osterberg of Con cord leading. At 11:80 adjournment was taken until I p. m. and the program for the day was completed at I o'clock this afternoon. Tonight at 8 o'clock Rev. M. T. Andren of Funk spoke on "Christian Edu cation, or Why Do We Build Christian Schools?" At present there are fifty-three congrega tions In the conference, forty-six church building and thirty parsonages. The total amount expended during the last year not Included In the regular conference ex penses was 14.411 83. The morning and afternoon sessions tomorrow will be taken up by a general discussion of the school Question. State Hens Deserted. Crape hung upon the door of Oorernor Sheldon's office todsjr ana aunng in afternoon all omoes in ine capital were locked up. Moat of the stat officials and their assistants went to Nehawka this morning to attend the funeral of the gov ernor's aged mothor, who passed away a fsw days Ago- Liaktr Firms Object. ' Only on firm belonging to th Nebraska Lumber Dealers' association feels dissatis fied with U findings made by Refers A. M. Post of Columbus, In which he held that th state bad failed to establish the existence of a general conspiracy in re straint of trade. This firm Is th Barnett Lumber company of McCook. The referee found that the Barnett house and th W. C. Bullard Lumber company of the same plac had maintained a local agree ment on price and division of territory. The former concern has filed exception to this feature of th report, objecting to It because th Bullard company la not a member of th stats lumbermen's orga nisation and was not a defendant in th suit. Th claim la made In th Burnett company's plea that (he refere could not find It guilty of maintaining an unlawful combination with any firm against whom the slate's suit was not directed. Bad Stoavaea Treakle Cared. Having been sick for the last two years with a bad stomach trouble, a friend rave me a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They did me so much good that I boucht a bottle of them and have used twelve bottles la all. Today I am wall of a bad stomach trouble. Mra John Lowe, Cooper, ataloe. HAMLIN ON WITNESS STAND Defendant in Grand III end Mnrdtr Cue Testifies in Cwn Eeh.lt JURY HEARS OF MANY MENTAL LAPSES lace Overcome fcr Heat While a Boy HI Mlad Has Nat Been flonad at All Times. GRAND IPLAND. Neb.. April (Spe cial.) John Hamlin has himself token the stand In an effort to convince the Jury that he was Insane at he time of the shooting. His examination, direct find cross, occupied almost an entire day. His story, unmodified by any statements of the cross-examination, was to the effect that ever since he could remember he had been afflicted with dixsy spells, especially In warm weather. He went to work as soon as able at the age of 15 on a farm In Missouri. He was supposed to do the light work on a ranch. But one dny he was put to pitching slough hay. He was overcome and put on a wegon and his "boss" would not let him work any more. Later, on a farm In Io while pitching straw away from the straw elevator of a threshing machine, he was overcome and fell from the stack. He knew nothing further until awnkenlng, In bed In the farmer's home, several hours later In the day. The next year, when farming for himself, he was one day cul tivating corn. It was hot and sultry and he suddenly found himself lying on the ground, the lines wrapped around his body but the team standing still. He tried 'to cultivate to the end of the row. but was sgaln overcome. Having recovered he pro ceeded to unhitch the horses from the cul' tlvator and hitch them to the wagon to go home, but had several times to stop and He down. He next remembers only of waking up In his sister's home. This In cident the team coming home drlverless, with him In th bottom of the wagon oc curred In June. It was cornhusklng time before he waa again able to work. He was under the care of a physician till December of that year. Advlaed to Chan Climate. Again, at Sloan, la., he waa working for a cement sidewalk man and waa suddenly grabbed by his employer who was shouting at him. He said he had got dlzty and had gone Into the freshly completed cement walk with a spade and was ruining It. An other Instance of his alleged temporary Ir rationality took place on a train. He was suddenly yanked from his seat by the con ductor and brakeman, who asked him what he meant. He was told. that he appeared to be determined to Jump through the win dow. He had, they said, been responsible for the broken window. At the end of the division, Sioux City, they took him to woman doctor, who prescribed for him His physicians advised him to go to cooler climate. He went to Colorado and bnck to Grand Island. On the third day of August the day of the shooting he had worked at excavating for a school house. It waa a warm day and he began to get the shoot'tig natns m his head, to which he was subject ever since the first Incident on the Missouri farm. In the middle of the afternoon. He came home that evening. He remembered eating supper at the Kent home the home of the parents of Rachel Engle. After supper he went to his room. He came down on the rear porch and bathed his feet, either before or after sup per. Upon going to his room the folks at the house asked him to go to the carnival. He thought ha would not, but the pains In his head seemed to be easier and he rap idly dressed and went with them. He re membered walking down the street; he re membered seeing the two girls cross the street and take the other side than that upon which the boys were. He did not re member of seeing the other two boys cross the street; he did not remember of his crossing the street; he recalled nothing until he was yelled at by Charles Smith, who said: "You . I'm going to kill you," and thnt he began running. Recovers Consciousness. The next he recalled was of being In a field. He had vomited and his mouth was frothing. Some time must again have elapsed with him in an unconscious state or "fit" U which his sister had testified he was formerly subject), for It waa In the afternoon when he again came to, and did not know where he wae. He saw a man near a windmill and went to him and asked him where he was. He told him he wanted the man to take him to Dannebrog. The man could not, but directed him to a neigh bor who was going to the village; ' the neighbor was gone; he walked. The first thing he did upon reaching Dannebrog- was to get some supper. He then went to the telephone office and put In a call for Charles Wicker. He wanted, he said, to find out what. If anything, had happened at Grand Island. He wanted, also, to re turn to Grand Island. Attorney Prince, on the cross-examination, gave the witness a rapid fire of ques tions, many of which the witness did not answer at all or by "I don't know." He was questioned closely as to how It came that all of his letters had been de stroyed before he left the Kent home on that evening; If he did not remember writ ing a letter to a friend concerning Rachel; of saying to Witness Darr that he some times felt like killing her; If he did not re member carefully taking all of his money before leaving his room on that evening, and a few contradictions were brought out, but to the great majority of the cross examiner's queries the answer."! don't re member" was made. Father Kidnaps His Boy. FREMONT. Neb.. April (Special Tel egram.) Fred Koeppen, a resident of Snyder, Is under arrest at Breckemidge, Minn., on the charge of kidnaping his 6-year-old,son Oswald. Mrs. Koeppen ob tained a divorce from her husband at Ne- Ugh last week on ths ground of drunken ness and cruelty, after a stiff fight, and was given the custody of their three chll. dren. Oswald waa with some relattvea at Laurel and (wo days ago suddenly disap peared. It was learned that Koeppen waa also missing from his haunts at Snyder and that be bad started for Canada. He and his son were located at Breckenrtdge and placed under arrest. Hs agreed ta come back without requisition papers and Intimated that he would put up a stiff fight when be reached Nebraska, Nebraska Maa Insane. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. April .-(Speclal Telegram.) While on his way from Ne braaka to Greenfield, Ind., last night Msrk Whlttaker, 80 years old, became violently No bd after effecti from drinking a!! ycu wat of POSTUM FOOD COFFEE "There' a Reason." 5e ' fill vA FX sNs saast Insane at Terre Haute. With difficulty he was controlled till the train reached the city, where he was placed In the care of relatives. Two special officers took charge of him at Terre Haute. MAN MAKES EFFORT TO END LIFE Grand Islaad Painter Cots Wrists and Stabs Himself While In Jail. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., April 28. (Spe cial.) W. A. Womack, a painter by trade, made a desperate attempt at suicide while In the city Jail, to which he had applied at midnight for lodging. He made two vicious stabs with a pocket knife into his side, close to the abdominal region and severed the main arteries In his wrist. Womack was discovered by the jailer at 9:30, on his usual half-hour round, lying In a pool of blood in one corner of the jail. The jailer Immediately summoned help and the man's wrists were bound and the city physician summoned. When discov ered by the jailer the man was still goug ing his wrists with the knife In order to make the blood flow more freely. Hs re sisted the efforts to stop the flow of blood and begged to be permitted tq die. He repeatedly attempted to tear away the bandages. Upon examination the physl clans found the two jabs In the abdominal region. They were as deep as the knife blade would go and it Is feared entered the abdominal cavity. He was finally put beyond danger of further harming himself and taken to the St. Francis hospital. Womack has .frequently been taken up by the officers and four months ago was sent to Lincoln to the institution for the cure of Inebriates. The attending physi cian does not expect him to recover. GATHERING FOR LAND OPENING Many Settlers Coming Into the North Platte District. NORTH PLATTE, Neb., April .(Spe cial TelegTam.) Although the one-section land opening at the land office here will not occur until May 1, scores of homesteaders have arrived here during the last few days to find out the location of land and make selections. Some, who expected much, after looking over the land returned to their homes, refusing to enter land. Others who understand conditions better, make selections, and only hope they will be for tunate enough to get their choices. As has been usual at the land openings, few grafters are working. One per sistent sinner represepts himself to be familiar with vacant lands and hires rigs snd takes parties out and shows them deeded land and prepares their papers to die upon, vacant lands many miles from that which he showed them. Of course, deeded land appears much better. For this he demands 1100 to locate them, and he finds a few suckers. There are several of these frauds and curbstone locators who know the land no better than the strangers whom they dupe. COLLAPSE OF BRIDGE IS FATAL Baby Falls to Sand Bar and Is Trampled by Horses. FREMONT. Neb.. April . (Special Tele gram.) Some timbers In the bridge across the Platte at North Bend gave away this afternoon while Mrs. Thomas Langdon. her two children and Miss Jennie Rualcka were driving across It and the flooring tipped down. The horses went Into the river anl the bua-gy hung on the bridge. Mrs. Langdon wss carrying her baby boy, who is Wt years old, In her lap, anl In reaching to catch hold of the little girl the baby fell to a sandbar and was tram pled to death by the horses. His head and body was fearfully crushed by the horses' hoofs. The bridge was supposed to be safe for travel and tbt accident came without warning. Salooa Keesert Are Maleted. BEATRICE, Neb. April 24. (Special Tel egram.) After deliberating nearly twenty four hours the jury In the tS.OCO damage suit of Mrs. Minerva Colby against Byron Bradt. F. E. Cook, E. Schembeck, Joseph Johnson, C. N. Benson and Arthur Be thournay, saloonkeepers, for the death of her husband, brought In a verdict for f!,0O0 damag-es against all of the defendants except Bradt and Cook. According to the court's Instructions, the judgment wss In favor of the widow's children, as it was shown during the trial that General Colby. Mrs. Colby's attorney, had two years ago received fl.TOO from Bradt and Cook In order to have the remonstrances filed against them withdrawn. The case will be appealed to the supreme court. Elevator Com pa ay Iarorporatea. BLOOM FIELD, Neb.. April . (Special.) Ine new ewvator company, succeeding the Peavey company, has been lncorpor ated under try name and style of tho Saunders-Wesrtand company and articles of Incorporation will be filed with the audi tor of state in a day or two. The Incorpor ators of the new concern are 8. Saunders, J. F. Westrand, Nlc Paper, E. H. Mason and W. F. Westrand. all of Bloomfleld. The capital stock Is ISO).), of which I'-oO.OyO Is paid up. Sherman Saunders la A VISIT TO THIS STORE IS LIKE A SPRING CLOTHES OT EXTREME ELEGANCE YOUNG MEN OH ELDERLY MEN OR MEN JUST BETWIXT AND BETWEEN find our lino of MUCH TO THEIR LIKING What seems to astonish them is how we suit such a va riety of tastes how we fit them so accurately and how we give them such excellent fabrics and such splendid tailoring for such a moderate price. LET US EXPLAIN HB.OO has always been a popular - price at this store. We search the markets far and wide for the best clothes possible at the price. We don't make ridiculous claims for (hem, and we don't try to make you believe we are doing you a favor by selling them to you, but we do believe that no other store can give you as much clothes value for your $15.00 as we do. COME IN If you . are not Just the same your hand, We show you a line of clothes not found at other stores, and we're pretty certain that we've the best clothes in Omaha at whatever price you wish to pay. - - "- -- -- " - - - - - """ - - - - " - - president and J. F. Wcstrand secretary. The head office will be located at Wake field and will be In charge of J. F. West rand and W. F. Westrand. Mr. Saunders' time will be chiefly taken up on the road. The Bloomfleld elevator la In charge of NIc Paper. News of Nebraska. PLATTSMOUTH W. C. Carraher has sold his stock of drugs In Union to A. K. Stltes for 12,600. BEATRICE Peter Bednar, living south of Wymore, captured two old wolves and seven young ones yesterday. PLATTSMOUTH Rev. A. L. Zlnk united In marriage Charles F. Matland and Miss Helen M. Vroman, both of this city. PLATTSMOUTH Judge Travis united In marrlAge Harold C. Lewis of Council Bluffs and Miss Kdna G. Stenson of Columbus, Neb. PLATTSMOUTH-Homer Schrader killed i a mother wolf and captured nine young wolves on his father's farm southwest of this city. COLUMBUS Robert Kummer will next Sunday start on his trip to the home of his childhood, Switzerland. He will be gone about three months. BEATRICE Fllley has organised a ball team and elected Ed Wilkinson as man ager. It would like to hear from ball teams In this section of the state. BLUE HILL Miss Emllle Waterman and Uustav Bank were quietly married at the Lutheran Trinity church Wednesday morning by Rev. Schubkegel. UPLAND Claus Peters, for many years a resident of Franklin county, died at the home of his daughtsr, north of town, after a long siege of Brlght's disease. HUMBOLDT Miss Jennie Gravatt and Mr. Frank RIst were married last even ing at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Gravatt. FREMONT There waa a heavy frost this morning, ice an eighth of an inch thick forming. It Is likely to be worse for fruit than the cold spell of last week. GENEVA A meeting Is called for May 4 of all persons Interested in organising a local mutual telephone company. It Is signed by about forty farmers In the county. NEBRASKA CTTY-Lon O. Shedden of Lawton, Okl., and Miss Ada L., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Walker of Palmyra. were married today at the home of the brldo s parents in Palmyra. TECUM8EH Dan Sullivan, a lumberman of Lincoln, has bought the real estate and lumber stock of O. W. Hassett of this city. John McDermott of Lincoln will have charge of the Sullivan yards. BLOOMFIELD Peter W. Liewer, a clothing man from Orroll, la., has leased the building next to the corner drug store and will open a clothing and furnishing guods store. He expects to commence business about May 16. AUBURN Mrs. Joseph Snurr, daughter of William Watson, sr., of this city, died st a hospital at Omaha Wednesday after noon after an operation. The body was brought to this city yesterday and the funeral wss held this morning. BEATRICE The funeral services for William McGowan. the old soldier who dropped dead at his home near Dllleri Wednesday morning, were held today at o'clock. He was 63 years of age and had lived In that section for many years. BEATRICE Yesterday at 1J: o'clock at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Carton, living six miles southwest of Beatrice, was solemnised the marriage of Miss Elinors Garton to James B. Cole of Lincoln. Rev. J. E. Davis offi ciating. BEATRICE John Boyd, for the last ICLOTHINO I I aS i Style Quality Credit cause VAVAVAWAYAVAW i FiSi (loos aft, test! if I i I IIS 4 1 4 V Mail Order NO MM SI (mat town you sm ymt oss buy slanl ana Youdi 37 Sum whst km Man or Youth, and w wil aand pee asnv Asa-.M MENTCJt KO&tNBLOOM CO. FACTOMY S i. K. Y. TOVB TO "FASHION'S SH I4 -y ready to buy, we will treat you as If you carried the money In - - - - - - - - - -I,-, -i nTLrmj'iruxrtjxr i twenty-five rears a resident of Sherman township, died at his home two mliae southwest of Virginia, yesterday, aged 85 years. He was a native of Maryland, and leaves a large family, all grown, to mourn bis departure. HUMBOLDT The family of Charles W. Shurtleff, several miles northwest of town, is under quarantine on ai-count of diphtheria, which has attacked the mother and one young daughter. One son died a few days ago with diphtheria of the most malignant type. LIN WOOD The last week has been very oolil, dry and windy. Winter wheat la showing the effects of the weather, the color not being good. No green bugs have appeared here yet. Farmers are plowing for corn. The oats have not been hurt yet. The early fruit Is killed. BEATRICE Ed Kemper, a colored man of this city, yesterday found a pocketbook containing 11.600, which belonged to a Ger man farmer living near Beatrice. The purse and money were turned over to him and he rewarded the colored man for his honesty by giving him a dime. CLAY CENTER Charles L. Coons filed his resignation with the county clerk today as superintendent of Clay county. The only reason assigned for his action la that he believes under existing circumstances an other whom the board may appoint can beet serve the schools of the county. NEBRASKA CITY Mrs. Theresa, wife of John Meyers, died Thursday. She waa the eldeat daughter of John Menke of thla city, spent her girlhood days here, was married to John Meyers and to them seven children were born. They have lately made their home at Burr and Douglas, this county. PLATTSMOUTH Miss Alice Dovey Is In New York now to complete arrangements for another year's work on the stage. From there she goes to Cleveland to visit F. O. March, dramatic critic for the Cleve land Leader. Miss Dovey will then re turn to this city and spend the summer with bar parents. HUMBOLDT Mrs. Jacob Arnold, for many years a resident of the county, died suddenly in the east end of the county whtje lying down to rest at her couptry home. Several hours passed before the household discovered her cqndltion, as the husband was absent at town and other members engaged In household duties. AUBURN At a mass meeting held by the citizens of this place It was decided that Auburn celebrate the Fourth of July here this year. A great many arrangements were made and it was the sentiment of the meeting that this be made the most notable celebration of the character that has ever taken place In tills section of Nebraska. TABLE ROCK The coroner's Jury In the case of Mrs. Frank brought In a ver dict saying that - Edith Frank came to her death by suicide. The deceased waa 22 years of age and was a daughter of Mrs. F. W. Ault by her first husband. Dr. Allen, and the young couple were married at Pawnee City September last. ARAPAHOE Mrs. Charles Dunlap. liv ing ten miles north of this place, dropped dead yeaterday afternoon while arranging a window curtain In an upetalrs room of her residence. A little grandchild was the only one at home at the time. Decerned was an old settler in this section. Her husband and four grown up children sur vive her. TABLE ROCK At a special meeting of the school board held on Tuesday night Miss Msry Goodrich, assistant principal of our schools, waa re-elected for the cum. Ing year and Miss Flora -Purmlton of Wil cox. Neb., now attending the Slate Normal at Peru, was selected for the second gram mar room. This fills the corps of teach ers for 1907 and l0g. GENEVA A mass meeting was held In the court room last night to consider matters pertaining to the proposed junior lg) 0 lr3 3UUS i 1 f I ass- No matter what you buy here you may be sure of Correct Style, Sterling Quality and most generous Credit no credit store jon earth can undersell us be- 3 we are manutacturers ana Men's Suits $7 to Women's Suits $9 to Youth's Suits $3 to Spring Coats for Women, Raincoats, Millinery, Oxfords, Silk Waists, Walk ing Skirts, Girls' Coats. Raincoats for Men, Topcoats, Shoes, Hats, Boys' Suits. Genesee Shoe for Men ilO Cn The Best Shoeoo the market lor tiwU iwmanm 1508 Dodge St ITOBl OPSzT WXOsTESDAT ITlftia. fc7 $10 to $25 :,.:.( '.r.-vuTif. normal. It was called by Dr. Puckett. secretary of the Commercial club, and Mrs. Grace A. Flory, president of the Equal Suffrage club. It was decided to do all In the power of the citizens to mak the normal a success. UPLAND About 6 o'clock yesterday aft ernoon Mr. Val Belsel, an old resident of Franklin county, was found by Ills wife lying in the pasture. She called assistance and had him removed to ne houee. When medical attention was secured it was found that he was dead. The coroner decided an Inquest was not necessary, that he had died of heart disease. NEBRASKA ClTlf-The third distriot of the Rebekah association will be held In this city June 7, and it is expected there will be between 150 and 300 delegates In at tendance. The president Is Mrs. E. W. Clark of this city and Mrs. A. F. Sturm of Avoca la secretary. The officers are making arrangements to well entertain their guests and give a good program. NEBRASKA CITY Wyoming, a email town seven miles north of here, was visited by burglars Thursday morning. Entrance was gained into Lew Kropp s store by cutting out a panel In the rear door and the thieves took two pairs of shoes, a dozen pocketkmves, drank a lot of aoda pop, ate some cheese and carried away some candy and smoking tobacco. From the store they went to the Missouri Pacific depot, broke the door open there and secured 44 cents for their trouble. FREMONT A barn belonging to Frank Fowler, near the qorner of Military ave nue and I street, 'was-pretty well cleaned out by nre just before daylight this morn ing. Holloway & Fowler, hardware dealers,' had a carload of furnaces stored on the lower floor, which are considerably dam aged. William Fowler, who occupied the premises, had a few articles In the build ing. The origin of the fire la unknown, lyoss on building, $3(0, which Is covered by Insurance. Holloway A Fowler's loss will probably reach with no Insuranoe. TABLE ROCK News has arrived of the death by a gun-shot wound of Mrs. Ernest Frank, living a few miles northeast of Table Rock. She was found In her room dead with a 22-caliber rifle by her side, but the particulars are not known. She was' a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Ault, who live In that vicinity. The cor oner and sheriff have Just arrived In town from Pawnee City and an Inquest is to be held, and the mystery of her death may be solved. She had only been married about a year. Whether the death was ac cidental or a case of suicide is not known. TABLE ROCK Orchardlsts and fruit men of this vicinity who have carefully ex amined the fruit buds and biosaoms on the fruit trees in thla locality seem now in clined to the opinion that the damage by the recent severe weather has been greatly exaggerated, as on many of the trees, bo in f leach and apple, particularly on the high ands, a great many new buds aud blos soms are appearing which seem to be fer tile. Cherries, which are farther along, suffered the worst. In sheltered locations also ths prospect Is better than In locali ties more exposed. The budded peaches have fared much worse than the seed lings. I'LATTSMOUTH When Mr. Lammert read In The Omaha Bee that his 17-year-old daughter. Myrtle, and George PhUpot had been married in this city by Judge Archer, he got busy at once and, accom panied by the sheriff of Custer county with a state warrant charging: Phi I pot with kidnaping, was soon in this city, only to learn that his daughter and her husband had departed for parts unknown. At the time of the marriage Phllpot claimed that he was working In the local Burlington shops. George Taylor accom panied the young couple from Custer county to this city, snd upon his return home he was promptly arrested on the same charge, but was released from cus tody by furnishing a bond of 12.000. IT teg. operate 11 stores. $20 $32 $1 5 mim 111 - . spi W