THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1P07.
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MORE INFORMATION WANTED
Eailroada Aw Bsqnarud to Flla Gomplt
lUport of Pimm limed.
OifTERENCE OVER CONSTRUCTION OF LAW
Approximately For llii4 Thoa
Mod Dollars Be Dlstrlhate
ta the Schauta af tka stats
Daring Mar.
(From a Bull Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. May 11 (Special.) Acting
upon the edvlce of Attorney General
Thompson, ths Stat Railway commission
prepared an orde to the various rail
road! of the state to report the namea of
all persons tt whom transportation haa
been Issued, not paid -for at the rate of t
cents a mile, coin of the realm.
Cammlssloa Makes Order.
The order Issued by the commission tat
this evening was as follows:
It la hereby ordered and directed that all
jommon carriers dclng business In the state
' of Nebraska shall file In the office of the
'Nebraska Railway commission at Lincoln
on or before May 28, a statement
Showing the following facta:
1. The names and addresses and the rela
tion they bear to common carriers of all
employee to whom they have Issued, or
contracted to Issue, passes, mileage or other
transportation for the passage of persona,
f ood within the state of Nebraska, now In
orce, for which the full published rates
have not been paid In cash or agreed to be
paid In cash.
1 If Issued under a written contract, a
copy of the contract; if Issued under a
verbal agreement, a statement of the
terms. .
1 The names, addresses and the relation
the recipient may bear to the common ear
lier, of all persons other than employes
to whom the common carrier has Issued,
. or contracted to Issue, passes, mileage or
Other transportation for the passage of
persons, good within the state of Ne
braska, now In force, for which full pub
lished ratea have not been paid in cash,
or agreed to be paid In cash.
. 4. If Issued under a written contract.
copy of the contract; If Issued under a
verbal agreement, a statement of the
terms.
It la further directed that a copy of this
order be served upon each and every steam
railroad company doing business within the
state of Nebraska.
Mr. Thompson advised this order or ore
Jong theae lines because of the failure of
the railroads to come up to the spirit of
the anti-pass law In their rerorts of passes
issued. It la the belief of the attorney
gnneral that the railroads complied with
the commission's order asking for all free
transportation Issued, providing, of course,
the railroad attorneya have Interpreted the
anti-pass law correctly. The corporations
held under the anti-pass law a paas Issued
tinder contract Is not a free pass and there
fore nnder the order of the commission It
was not necessary to report this class of
transportation.
The commission la of the opinion this
pew order will necessitate a great deal Of
work on the part of the railroads, but
under the circumstances It saw no other
way to get at the Information desired, and
it believes also such a report will serve as
damper on people accepting free trans
portation. The Missouri Pacific, which re
torted today, did as the other roads had
done, reported nothing of any importance.
After looking up the matter very carefully
Attorney General Thompson advised the
second order of the commission.
- An application was made by the Burling
ton today for the privilege of putting In a
ft-cent per hundred rate on milk from Lin
coln to- Denton and Havelock. The letter
accompanying the application said most of
this milk was now dumped In the sewer.
but If the rate was put in a great deal of
It would be fed to hogs in-Denton and
avelock and some one would get some
" o
ool Out of It. ' " " ' "
Blgr Dividend to Schools.
State Treasurer Brian will have , In the
neighborhood of H00.00O to distribute to the
various school districts of the state May
U, that being the time for the semi-annual
Apportionment of school money. The tem
porary school fund at this time amounts to
.bout 11M.OQ0. In the various depositories
tonight there U about 1600,000 of state money,
but within a few days t27S.OOO of this
will be used to pay for the Idaho bonds re
cently purchased by Mr. Brian without the
aid or consent of any middleman.
Meealfe as Commencement Orator.
Richard I Metcalfe will deliver the ad
lress . at the commencement exercises of
the high school at Platte Center, May &,
fcnd at Cambridge, May B. Next Thursday
Bight Mr. Metcalfe will apeak to the Men's
THE AMERICAN HABIT
On la Cvery Three Affected,
Of the 75,000,000 people In the United
States, It Is estimated that 26.000,000, cr
one in every three. Is partially disabled
from a broken down nervous system.
America. Is the greatest consumer of cof
Ve In the world. Can you draw the cor
rect Inference from these two facts?
Many & person will exclaim,, "Non
sense!" It Is easy for any thoughtless
person to Jump at conclusion that a
philosopher would study carefully over
before reaching. Think Of the member
Of your own family. How many of them
re perfectly and completely well In every
respect? How many of your friends are
perfectly healthy? Inquire of them end
you will be surprised to learn that the
average of one In every three, who . are
tick. In the main, stands true. Health
tepends, primarily, upon a perfectly
poised nervous org animation, and the
greatest known enemy to the pei-rous
lystem Is coffee. Its active principle Is
caffeine, which la pronounced nerve de
stroyer. The action Is, first, to attack
the 'stomach, then the pneumog&strlc
serve which lies behind the stomach and
which Is directly connected with the
rain.
The disordered condition passes thence
from the brain to all parts o ,.h) body,
nd In some It will show in trepidation
(well-known nervous condition); in others
this Is bidden, but the work goes on from
Bay to day, until the accumulation of
forces climaxes In some organic disease.
It may be the kidneys become affected
and Bright' disease sets up. It may be
weak eyes, may be catarrh, stomach
trouble, palpitation and heart failure,
, ('ich is becoming more and more co-
, Ureable among Americana.)
Eomewhere, you may depend upon It,
this work will show forth In the form of
glseaae. It may become so need and
ghronto that It can not be thrown off. It
Is hard to Induce a mn or a woman to
give tip coffee when they have beuoiue
addicted to Its use, but If suah people
can bo given Poetura Pood Coffie they
will quickly change for the better, for the
food drink, when properly made, has the
color snd the delicious, toothsome flavor
of old ajovernment Java of the milder OJ.d
higher priced grades.
The work of reorganization begins at
one, for the tearing down element of
coffee k been eliminated, and In Us
place the strong rebuilding effects of the
elements contained la Post urn. go directly
to work to rebuild the broken-down aud
delicate gray matter la the nerve centers
nd brain. This Is Just plain, old-fashioned
common-sense that any thoughtful
person can make use of; la fact, hundreds
of thousands of brain workers In America
nave already discovered the fact and are
using Postum Food Coffee, to their .ry
great benefit and relief. "There s a Rea
son" Read, "The Road to Well villa" In
club of Calvary Baptist church, Omaha,
delivering there, as well as at the font
meincement exercises, his lecture on "M lea
rning Men," the lecture In which he speaks
well of everyone. It la the same he deliv
ered at the State university soroe weeks
go.
Fees of Sheriffs.
Attorney Oeneral Thompson, In answer
to letter of Inquiry regarding the fees to
be collected by sheriffs on salary, replied
that In his opinion the sheriffs were per
mitted only to keep the fees chnrged for
boarding prisoners and for transporting
them to the state penitentiary. This, he
holds, wipes out the Jailer fee of $1.50
day.
Joh for Harness.
IL C. M. Burgess, former chairman of
the republican state committee. Is to be the
successor of Bud Llndsey aa custodian of
the federal building and collector of the
port unless something unforeseen happens
between now and tomorrow. It la under
stood Sk-nator Burkett offered the Job to
Burgess several days ago, and the latter
la going to take It. The official announce
ment probably will be made tomorrow.
Numerous persons have been suggested for
the place and It had been offered to one.
and, possibly, two men, who would not ac
cept It. Burgess was chairman of the com
mlttee when Oovernor Mickey made his
second run for governor.
New Rask for Benson.
The Farmers and Merchants bank of
Benson Is a new financial Institution which
has Just been chartered to do business In
the Omaha suburb. The New bank
has capital stock of $100,000, and
Its In corporators are: A. Z. Leach,
Joseph MeQulre. E. O Solomon, H. F.
McCoy, H. J. Grove, C. C. Williams and
B. W. Hall. When $15,000 of the capital la
paid up that will be sufficient to begin busi
ness.
Paul, Otoe county, has new bank under
the name of the Bank of Paul, and the In
corporators are: William Schmltx. Nelson
Overton and H. H. Hanks. The capital
stock is $26,000. of which $5,000 Is paid up.
First Case la New Coart.
The first case called lb the new federal
court was the Sklpton Trust company
against the German National bank of Ben.
trloe, case over the disposition of $10,000
worth of property. For the bank were E.
G. McGllton and Judge Davidson of
Tecumseh, while the plaintiff was repre
sented by Charles Sloan and F. B. Dones-
thorpe. In the afternoon Mr. McGllton
called on Governor Bhelton at the state
house.
Indictments for Election Fraads
The special grand Jury summoned to In
vestigate alleged frauds at the recent re
publican primary election tonight returned
eight Indictments. Warrants were placed In
the hands of the sheriff, but until they are
served the Identity of the indicted men will
not be determined.
CALIFORNIA?!
COMMITS
SCICIDB
Broods Over aa Rstranajement from
His Wife.
KEARNEY, Neb., May 13.-8peclal Tel
egram.) R. A. Silverthorne of Los Angeles
who, together with his aged mother
stopped In the city Saturday to visit
cous'n, Fred A. Nye, enroute on trip
to Wapello, la., committed suicide Sunday
at the Nye residence by shooting himself
through the temple. The bullet passed
through his head and lodged In the wall
on the opposite side. He was reclining
on a bed waiting for dinner.
At the inquest, held this morning, the
Jury gave a verdict of death by his. own
hand. Evidence, including a letter written
to his wife a short time before his death
Indicated that there had been an estrange
ment between them and that he was taking
his mother to live In Iowa. In the letter
he refers to a difficulty with his wife and
that his heart was breaking and unless
he heard from her at once he would die.
He also said If anything happened to him
he wanted to be burled In Iowa. There
had been a division of property between
them but no divorce. He was well-to-do
nd while here did not act strangely, but
had told Mr. Nye about the division of
property, but had not said anything about
an estrangement or quarrel, though brood-
ng over this caused the act. He had
written and mailed several business letters
In the morning and ate a hearty breakfast.
He was 49 years of age and had been
married about six years. A brother, W.
A. Sllverthorne of Wapello, la.. Is expected
to come for the body. He was a cousin
of Mrs. Blackwell of Omaha, who Is here.
THRKK BUILDINGS Bl'Rlf AT FILLEY
rnsr Store, Hnrness Shop and
Doctor's Office Destroyed.
BEATRICE. Neb., May 11 (Special Tele
gram.) The little Own of Fllley, twelve
miles east of Beatrice, was visited by a
fire early this morning, which wiped out
three business houses and destroyed prop
erty valued at $6,000. The fire originated
In W. B. Butterfleld'a drug store from an
unknown cause and quickly spread to the
adjoining buildings on the south, occupied
by C. H. Kenyon. harness dealer, and
Drs. Boggs and Thornton, entirely destroy
ing them despite all efforts of the citlxens
to check the flames.
Ths losses are as follows: W. B. Butter-
Meld. $3,000; Insurance, $2,000; C. H. Kenyon,
$3,000; Insurance, $800: Drs. Boggs and
Thornton, $1,200; no insurance.
The large barn on the farm of Mones
Row, near Plckrell, was destroyed by fire
yesterday with all Its contents. Loss,
$1,200, with $300 Insurance. -
SNOW
IN WESTERN NEBRASKA
Itresrr Drops Below Freealaa" and
Light Snow Falls at Alliance.
ALLIANCE. Neb.. May 11 The mercury
dropped to belqw freezing today. A light
rain last night turned to snow and covered
the ground this morning. Snow has fallen
as far west as Edgemont. ,
NORFOLK, Neb., May 11 Following the
season's two hottest days, during which
strong south gale prevailed, the storm
center passed south and the temperature
today dropped rapidly. From M yesterday.
the temperature fell to SI degrees down to
41 today. Rain and electrical storms were
numerous over northern Nebraska.
LARAMIE, Wyo.. May ll.-Snow fell
during the forenoon today In the region
between here and Rawlins, but melted rap
idly. At Holmes, In Medicine Bow moun
tains, foot of snow has fallen In the last
twenty-four hours. The snow Is beneficial
rather than otherwise.
BOLT OF LIGHTNING KILLS WOMAN
Mrs.
Keith of Norfolk, Neb., Meets
Instant Deatk at Croftoa. '
CROFTON. Neb.. May 11 (Special Tele
gram.) Mrs. Gertrude Keith, traveling
with Dr. Franklin's Medicine company, was
Instantly killed by lightning at the home of
D, C. Laird last evening. Her mother Is
Mrs. Lottie L Boulby, 427 North State
street, Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Keith la
son of C. B. Keith, No. Cut First street.
Alva. OKI. Mrs. Laird was paralysed by
the bolt. The Keith's heme is at Norfolk.
Neb.
ROIEBID OPENING IS DELATED
Indian Allotments Caaaot Bo Com
pleted This Tear.
NORFOLK, Neb.. May 11 (Special.) Tel
egram.) Ths Tripp county portion of the
Rosebud Indian reservation will not be
opened to settlement during the calendar
year because of the number of Indian al
lotments to be made, according to reports
from Uerrtck, B. D.. quoting letter from
the Interior department at Washington, In
which the statement Is made that the
opening cannot be he'd this year.
Fnrnlytle Commits nidge.
PENDER, Neb., May (Special.)
Charles Murry committed sulci V last Sat
urday evening by aborting himself In the
head. The deceased had been barber
here for some years. About ten months
ago he was stricken with paralysis of the
limbs and has been In a helpless condition
since. Self-destruction Is suppoeed to be
the result of worry over his condition.
News of Nebraska.
MEADOW GROVE A terrlrrlo dust storm
prevailed here Saturday and Sunday. Rain
now threaten
AINSWORTH The annual meeting of the
Elkhom Valley Preas association will be
held In this city on Saturday, June 15.
AUBURN Mrs. Johanna Whalen died at
her home in this cliy yesterday, etier an
I linos of several months. She was about
70 years of age.
YORK In the wedding of Mr. August
Beauselgnnur to Miss Elizabeth Rolllnger,
two of York county's mot popular young
people were united In marriage.
ASHLAND Chester Waltermlne hod his
hip so badly sprained In the contests of the
Intcrhlgh scho-l Meld meet at Wahuo Sat
urday that he Is unable to walk.
MEADOW GROVE Contrary to the pop
ular vote at the spring election, -a saloon
license was granted to tenuis C. Ruegge
and a anloon opened on Saturday.
AINSWOUTH-The pros ieo s here are fa
vorable for a large crop oi frun o, rf.il
kinds. Farmers predict a large crop f all
kinds of grain. Stock Is in good condition.
MEADOW GROVE -A home talent play
was given at the opera house Saturday
evening fx-r the benefit of the school li
brary. It was well rendered and highly ap
preciated by a larpe audience.
GENEVA Mrs. W. T. Thomas died this
morning at her home in Geneva after an
operation performed a couple of weeks ago.
She leaves a husbund, son and daughter,
who were with her at the time.
HARTINGTON The first good rain for
this year fell here Sunday night and will
do an Immense amount of good. All small
grnln needed moisture and pastures espe
cially were very short on account of the
lack of spring rains.
TECUMSEH Prof. J. 8. Knight of Chi
cago has located In Tecumseh and has
taken charge of the Tecumseh Military
band and the Tfcumnc', orchestra. The
first open air concert by the band for the
year will be given Tuesday evening.
HARTINGTON On June 4 the old set
tlers of Cedar county will meet In Harring
ton for the purpose of perfecting a county
organisation and holding annual reunions.
A preliminary meeting has already been
held and committees appointed to formulate
bylaws.
GENEVA Carmen Fisher, winner of first
place In the dramatic class at Hastings,
subject "The Honor of the Woods." ar
rived home yesterday afternoon and was
met by a delegation of teachers and pupils
who drew her up into town from the depot
In a carriage.
YORK Real estate men report there Is
a larger demand for city real estate than
ever was known In the city of York and
that prices for the last six years have been
advancing until property that was nur-
ohased at that time is worth at least 100 1
per cent more.
AUBURN Harrison Reed died at his
home, seven miles north of this city, this
morning. Mr. Reed was one of the oldest
and most respected citizens of Nemaha
county, coming here at a very early day
and living here continuously until his death,
lie was about 76 years of age.
SEWARD The death of Mrs. Harget, an
aged woman, who fell last fall and broke
her hip and arm, occurred at Broken How,
Saturday, and her body was brought to
SewRrd k'unday and funeral services con
ducts at the cemetery by Rev. Wllllaford,
paste of '.he Congregational church.
TABLE ROCK Deputy Assessor Al A.
Wlddllield of Table Rock precinct has Just
completed the work of assessment of this
precinct and returned his books to the
county clerk yesterday. The total assess
ment of 1M Is a slight Increase over that
of last year, for the Table Rock precinct.
TABLE ROCK At a regular meeting of
John N. Gere post. Grand Army of tho Re
public, of this place, held at Its hall yes
terday, resolutions were adopted favoring
the candidacy cf Rev. P. C Johnson, D. D.,
of Tecumseh for the position of department
commander of the Grand Army of the Re
public for Neb. asks.
ALBION From noon yesterday until 7
o'clock this morning the mercury took
drop of fifty degrees. A high wind pre
vailed from the south Saturday and yester
day and a very slight rsln fell lost even
ing. This moining the wind Is In the
north, with a cold mist In the air. Indica
tions are good for enow.
SEWARD The death of Mrs. Boredell
Wilbur occurred Saturday at St. Elisa
beth's hospital at Lincoln, where she had
gone to make her home. She was 75 years
of age and had lived In Seward for many
years. The funeral services were conducted
from the Congregational church of this
El ace by Rev. Wllllsford, at 11 a. m. on
undny.
YORK Five years ago John Burke pur
chased It) acres three and a half miles
northwest of York, for which he paid
$8,800, and this week he sold his farm to
John Foster, a prosperous York county
farmer, for JU2.&0 per acre. When Mr.
Burke paid $66 per acre for the farm five
years ago he remarked that he thought be
was paying all the farm would ever be
worth.
YORK The May festival given at the
opera house under the direction of Miss
Cora Conaway, supervisor of muse, was
a grand success. The first evening's en
tertainment was given by the grade pupils
and every number was heartily encored.
The second evening'B'entertalnmenl was
given by the high school members, which
was composed of the High benool uiee
club of sixty voices,
HASTINGS The regular annual meeting
of Group Four. Nebraska Bankers' associ
ation, will be held at Hastings. Wednesday,
May 16. Among the speakers will be Secre
tary Royse of the State Banking board.
Dr. p. i Hall, president or the mate
Bankers' association: A. C. Shallenberger
of Alma, A. L. Clarke and J. P. A. Black
of Hastings; J. B. Dlnsmore, Sutton; H. M.
Bushnell, Lincoln; Clement cnose, Omaha.
YORK Thirty members of the Junior high
school class absented themselves from
school today, and two of the teachers went
with them. It Is said that tney picnicked
on the creek. The superintendent of schools
and the directors naJ itmrneu or tne arrair
the evening before and did all they could
to prevent them from taking a vaeatkm.
The school . board will take some action,
but Just what will be done is not known at
tills time.
TECUMSEH Although no provision has
been made by the legislature for the pay
ing of bounty on wolf scalps, the scalps
continue to come into the office of the
county flerk of Johnson county. Nine
came In m one day recently. There seems
to be quite a number of wolves here yet,
even though the country Is well settled.
Allen Crabtree, the young son of John
Crabtree. who lives southwest of the city,
killed six young wolves one day recently.
ASHLAND Coal oil lamps have Iwu In
great demand In Ashland since the fire last
week destroyea tne plant oi ine Asniana
Electric Light company. Practically all the
residents of the city have usd electricity
and were Illy prepared for the emergency.
Last night union soi-vices of the churches
were held In the one church equipped with
coal oil lamps. The electric light company
announces that lis probably will ie a inonin
btrfcre the temporary plant for furnishing
light will be In readiness for use.
TECUMSEH The $12,750 electrio lighting
bonds of this city will be sold Wednesday.
They will bear 4H per cent Interest, run
twenty years and be optional after ten
years. According to the plan adopted for
the disposition of the bonds they will go
to the best bidder. It Is expected that
the contract for the proposed new Carnegie
library building for this clly, to cost Pi,uuo,
will be let that day. Andrew Simpson
has let the contract for his brick livery
barn to William Rosellus, and work Is
already under way.
CAMBRIDGE A fitting memorial - In
honor of the late John H. Rosenfeli was
held at the Cambridge opera houae Sunday
at 2. JO p. m. John H. Roaenfelt died at
his home In this cily April tl. lta'7. at 1:15
p. m. On account of the deceased having
had smallpox no funeral ats held, the re-
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Twenty-fifth and Ca
fits.
Petiero SCie ft ft- Ly5s
stis E)eep Waterway Projjefi
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Steamer Liberty, Loaded With First Cargo Consisting Wholly of Shoes Ever Shipped
on the MississippirrvFirst Boat to Clear From St Louis for White
River Ports Carries Peters' Shoes Exclusively,
With flags flying and whistles
blowing by every craft in the
harbor, the Steamer Liberty left
St. Louis Thursday, loaded with
a cargo consisting exclusively of
Peters Shoe Co's shoes for mer
chants in northeastern Arkansas
the first boat to clear from St.
Louis for White River ports and
carrying the first cargo consist-
mg exclusively 01 snoes ever
shipped on the Mississippi. From
St. Louis to Batesville, Ark., the
final destination of the Liberty,
it is 1030 miles by water, and the
trip will consume about ten days.
mains being burled nrlvstelv Bundav. Aorll
Hi. John H. Rosenfelt,. was one of the
pioneers of western Nebraska, having set
tled on a ranch in lYontler county over a
quarter of a century ago, and hs for ovor
tureen years Deen a citizen of Cambridge.
TABLE ROCK C. A. Alexander, an ap
plicant for a saloon license, filed with Dr.
O. C. Covert, clly clerk, on Thursday, his
petition to the village beard for a saloon
license, which contained the names of
thirty-one resident freeholders, and a short
time after it was filed two of the petition
ers thereon filed notice to have their names
removed or not considered. As this leaves
but twehty-nlne petitioners, unless others
step In and fill the breach the town Is lia
ble to remain la the list of dry towns, al
though a majority of the board are in
favor of license. '
TAJULJE ROCK 8. ' D. Hulbert. hotel
keeper of this place, who disappeared from
here Monday last, returned home between
6 and ( o'clock yesterday, walking Into
town on foot from the west. He seemed
to have no recollection as to where h had
been during his absence. When asked, he
replied, "Down town," and wnen .hat
he h."d been away several days, he ex-
fvressed much surprise. It is generally be
ieved that his injuries, received In a rail
road accident a year ago, have affected
him and been the cause of his pecu iar af
fliction. Much sympathy is felt' for mm.
TECUMSEH The women of the Tecum
seh Methodist church have adopted a novel
plan for the solicitation of funds with
which to assist In the payment for the
proposed new $16,000 church. They are
sending to their friends slips of gummed
paper a foot in length, with 'the request
that the same be stuck full of pennies, the
same arranged in a row. There will be one
mile of these slips, or 5,280 feet, and as each
one will hold sixteen pennies, the mile of
pennies will amount to $M4.SJ. The women
will conduct a dining hall on the grounds
of tho Tecumseh rhautauqua, using the
funds netted from the same in tne cnurcn
building work.
NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY
Qnalat sad Cartons Featares of Life
la el Rapidly Growing
State.
A Pleasant Anticipation Only seven
weeks more until the Fourth of July. Re
member that It takes six weeks to ar
range for a good celebration. Belgrade
Herald.'
New State Department The green bug In
the Kansas grain fields Is being destroyed
by the lady bug, the latter being furnished
farmers by the Bughouse department of the
state. Dawson County Pioneer.
A Kearney Symphony On coming within
earshot of our cottage the sweet strains
of melodious music can be heard. On
coming Into our dwelling blood curdling
sounds which would do credit to a sheetiron
band, and also charm any interested lis
tener, can be, heard. This Is due to the
fact that so many musical Instruments
ars In operation during our period of ease
In playroom. Industrial Bchool Times.
Fremont's Center of Interest Clerk J. M.
Crulckshank of the district court was the
center of Interest at the court house yester
day afternoon, having in his possession
a combination tool which was a wonder,
being a little over three Inches In length
snd handy, and containing eighteen differ
ent tools, as follows: Scissors, screwdriver,
pen knife, pipe wrench, rule, shell ex
tractor, stereoscope, nail trimmer, file, cigar
cutter, marker, tack hammer, tracer, glass
cutter, wire .cutter, button hole scissors
and one or two others Fremont Herald.
Hawk Got .It The carefully preserved
fruit of an all day's fishing trip which
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Elliott took to
Bucholts' lake was spoiled by the quick
work of a shrewd hawk. Mr. and Mra.
Elliott were preparing to return horns
after their day's outing and had left their
string of four tempting looking bass on
the shore. The appearance of the hawk
was not noticed by them until the bird
had the fish la lis claws and was soaring
away. Mr. Elliott Is said to have pur
sued It some distance below across adjola-
'
The Liberty will touch at Cape
Girardeau and Memphis before
entering White River, and on the
White River at DeVall's Bluffs,
Des Arc, Newport, Batesville
and other points. This unique
trip was arranged by Mr. Wal
lace Byler, northeastern Arkan
sas representative of Peters Shoe
Co., who sold the shoes compris
ing the cargo. Shipments are
carried for the following firms,
many of whom are represented
among the guests on the boat:
B. B. Bethell & Sons, Des Arc;
Jones - Harvey Mercantile Co.;
lug fields In hopes that the fish would come
t iwn, but without result Fremont Tribune.
Bprlng Is Reported to Have Arrlved-It Is
rumored that spring, which has' been lin
gering In the lap of winter for quite a
number of weeks, has arrived, but we re
frain from giving this as a rcsaorA that
the report may be .erroneous. It has been
a long time In getting here. Early In
March It showed some signs of putting In
its appearance, but winter crowded It out
and the month of April brought February
weather. The government weather report
kept by Observer Ormsby at the depot
shows that the thermometer registered be
low freeslng every day during April ex
cept two. These exceptions were the 8d
and 11th of the month. A three-Inch snow
on the night of May 2 also added to the
prevailing opinion that winter was lingering-
an unusually long time. The oldest
inhabitant Is unable to recall any spring
that has been just exactly like this one.
Custer County Chief.
No external application Is equal to Cham
berlain's Pain Balm for sore muscles or
swollen joints.
FORECAST OF THE -WEATHER
Rata or Snow la Eastera KebrasVa
Today, Fair la Writ Portloa
Warmer Tomorrow.
WASHINQTON, May 1 J. Forecast of the
weather for Tuesday and Wednesday:
For Nebraska Fair In west, rain or snow
In east prrtlon Tuesday, warmer In north
west portion; Wednesday, fair and warmer.
For Iowa Showers Tuesday, possibly
snow In extreme west portion, much colder
in central and east portions; Wednesday,
fair and warmer.
For Missouri Showers Tuesday, with rap
Idly falling temperature; Wednesday, fair
and warmer.
For South Dakota Fair Tuesday, warmer
In west portion; Wednesday, fair and
warmer.
For Kansas Cooler and generally fair
Tuesday; Wednesday, fair and warmer.
For Wyoming Fair and warmer Tuesday;
Wednesday, fair, warmer in southeast por
tion. For Colorado Fair Tuesday, except pos
sibly snow In eastern mountain districts,
warmer; Wednesday, fair, warmer In east
portion.
Local Record.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU
OMAHA. May IS. Official record of tern
nrature and precipitation compared with
the corresponding day of the fapt three
years: iwi. itan. ikd, in.
Maximum temperature..., M It B E
Minimum temperature.... 4H 66 ' M
Mean temperature W 70 60
Precipitation W 00 -56 T
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March 1,
and comparison with the last two years;.
Normal temperature
... 62
Deficiency for the day.
4
Total deficiency since March 1 74
Normal precipitation 14 inch
Ib-tli'iency for the day 14 Inch
Tntal rainfall since March 1 1.91 Inches
Detti iency since March 1 4.43 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period. liM 15 Inch
Deficiency for cor. period, luo 61 Inch
Reports from Stations at T P. M.
Station snd Stats Temp. Max. Rain-
of Weather. 1p.m. Temp. fall.
Bismarck, cloudy 30
Cheyenne, cloudy 28
Chicago, clear 78
Davenport, cloudy W
Denver, cloudy , 3
liut re. clear M
Helena, port cloudy W
Hurtn, raining 34
Kansas City, cloudy 74
Norih Pintle, part cloudy.. )
imalia, cloudy 4N
Rapid Clly, snowing...
St. Douls. clear 7i
St. Paul, cloudy So
Salt Itke City, part cloudy U
Valentine, snowing &
Wllllslun. clear 44
SS .24
SI .Wi
s4 .
hi .10
3 .22
Cxi .0)
W T
41 .01
M .00
48 .0
Ml .(O
r .ix
M .(
5ft T
62 T
Is T
40 .00
T Indicates trace of precipitation.
1 A. ViiXfill. Docal Forecaster.
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Swiftom; The J. W. Beck Co.,
Forest City; St. Francis Merc.
Co.,, Madison; Bland & Co., De
Vall's Bluff; A. J. Screeton,
Hazen; B. D. Patterson, Carlisle;
A. F. Shoffner, Walker; King &
Crockett, Searcy; Jack Barnwell,
Cabot; J. W. Stewart, Biscoe;
Hemmenway Bros., Wheetley ; C.
T. Doss, Jr., Cotton Plant; R. A.
Cook & Bro., Griffithville; J. E.
Fondren, Kensett; W. S. Cullins,
Jamestown; L. R. Simpson,
Cushman; E. E. Allen, Newark;
Chas. F. Smith, Sulpher Rock;
LXC. Nuckolls, Cord; F. W.
GREEN BUGS DAMAGE GRAIN
noh ii Report of Onaha, Kilwaukee and
Ohicaro Dealers Who Hake Trip. .
VISIT BELT IN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA
Thoroagk Iaspectloa of Fields la
Great Sectloa Convinces Them
that lome Injary Has
Deea Done.
Forty grain men of Omaha. Milwaukee
and Chicago returned Monday morning
over the Rock Island from their excursion
liirough the wheat fields of Nebraska and
Kansas, where they went last Saturday
afternoon for personal inspection of crop
conditions The excursion was under the
direction of N. B. Updike of tho Updike
Grain company, who said:
"Our party made a thorough Inspection
of the fields In southern and northern
Kansas and, after a vote taken on the'
train Saturday night. It was the consensus
of opinion that the winter wheat crop In
ths counties visited In Kansas would not
be mure than 63 per cent of the average
crop. The wheat has been badly damaged
by green bugs and dry and cold weather,
and If rain Is not had soon the crop may
not be more than 26 per cent."
W. C. Sunderland of the Sunderland
Grain company, who went on the excur
sion, said:
Many Stops as PosslbleX
"We stopped as often as possible for ex
amination of the fields In southern Ne
braska Saturday afternoon and - found
green bugs In every field, but they had not
begun to damage the crop to any extent.
We went through . Sumner, Reno, Kiowa,
Sedgwick, Pratt, Ford, .McPherson, Re
public, Washington. Clyde and Cloud coun
ties of Kansas Sunday and found that the
damage by drouth and greerf bugs was
extensive. The damage was particularly no
ticeable In Sumner, Sedgwick and Reno
counties, but the Nebraska crops ars prac
tically uninjured as yet, although the re
sult of the appearance oi the green bugs
In the Nebraska fields Is still problematical.
If the bugs attack- the wheat In the Ne
braska fields as they did those In Kansas.
the outlook for the crops In this stats Is
very gloomy.
"The crop of oats in Kansas Is practically
ruined and the corn Is In bad shape as that
planted has not yet made Its appearance
above ground.'
Prospects for. a good crop In Nebraska
appear to be good at ths present time, ac
cording to the opinion o a majority of the
grain men who ' went on the excursion.
FIVE More Days of the Great ,t
LACE CURTAIN"! PORTIERE SALE (
Don't miss this
BIG BARGAINS.
Miller. Stewart & Beaton
. 413-15-17 South 16th Street
"A '
Brewer, Cove City; M.E. Stokes,
Evening Shade; Geo. M. Sink,
Newport; John II. Kell, Ingle
side; R. F. Dunn & Son Co.,
Tuckerman; McDonald & Bond,
Weldon; J. G. Handle & Co.,
Auvergne; T. D. Lawrence,
Tuckerman. '
V
This enterprise signalizes thk
interest felt by St. Louis mer-'
chants in the deep waterways
project and is the first real im-;
petus given to this great move
ment by any individual mercan
tile establishment.
Omen bugs were' said to be la every whea
fluid In southern Nebraska, having soma,
from the Kansas fields, but had Inflicted n
damage.
The wheat market was very, strong Man
day morning and advanced nearly f cents)
per bushel on ths Chicago exchange after
a higher opening. May wheat advanced to
M cunts, but profit-taking caused a later
reaction. Oats and com. were strong In
sympathy with wheat, but the trading in
the latter grain was feverish.
TWO WANT BIDS FOR J03
Commissioners Braalng anal Train or
Favor Coaasxtlttoa for Casrrt
Boase Architect Work. y
Commissioners Bninlng and Tralnor have
declared themselves against the resolution
signed by Commissioners Ksnnard sad Sol
omon authorising the employment of John
Latenser as architect to prepare plans fa
the proposed new court Jiouse, Tha reso
lution was not Introduced at ths last meet
ing of the board, but was held In abey
ance to be offered next Saturday. - .
'I am not In favor of giving ths work
to any architect, by resolution," said Com
missioner Brunlng yesterday afternoon. "I
believe the work ought to be let bytsom
petttive bids like other county business la
done. The resolution proposes to give M, -
rtan... 11 mo trie MrH m I mm rv n'.nn. T
think we ought to allow all of the archi
tects of the city to submit plans and prices
and then we could select the ' one that
suited us best. I sm not opposed to' the
plan to build a new court house,' but am
very much In favor of It..' . ' "
Commissioner Tralnor said' he. tort, was ta
favor of selecting the architect by com
petitive bids. Mr. Ure, who holds the bal
ance of power, Is not In the city and It Is
not known whether hs will be back for th
next meeting-or th board or" Hot
If you have anything to trod advertbss
It In the For Exchange columns qf Tha)
Bee Want Ad pageC .';... v '
, FIRE RECORD.
Car and Show Paraphernalia.
LOUP CITY, Neb., May , ll.-(Speciat)
This morning at I o'clock fire consumed
car on the B. A M. tracks containing s
show tent and all paraphernalia, , band In
struments snd clothing belonging to thtr
Boyd-Burrowes company, who were about
to start out on their summer tour. While
ths car was burning a gasoline tank ex
ploded, shattering the windows In the de
pot and arousing tho people of ths antira
town. Ths loss is heavy on Burrow es and
his people, who have lost everything, save
only the clothes thejr were wearing.
chance to secure the '
