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DISTRIBUTING THE VALUES'
Cut Beard of Ajitnmint CrapletM Work
ob Btrltartoa tod Uiion Ptoifio.
TAX AGENTS FILE A FORMAL PROTEST
0Trf Sheldon Refaeee to Grant
firtWr Reprieve 4 Marderer
Barker Jary Paaa
Ineaalt- Mar Be Called.
i . . om a Ftaff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. June 1. (BpeclaLH-The State
Board of Assessment this afternoon de
elded to distribute the values of the Union
r Partite and the Burlington roads. The total
Ineraaa In the aaacsaed valuation of rail
road property remains the same as formerly
agreed upon, an increase from 17,000,000 to
tKt.nue.000. The full valuation of the Bur
lington Is Increased from $101,16,10 for
last year to 109,72,H for this year. The
full valuation of the Union Pacific is In
creased from S8.ia6.10 to 171.106, W0. Tha
board this afternoon devoted its Urns to
distributing the values of the Burlington
and the Union Paciflo between main tinea
and branches. Some branches remain the
earn. The following is tha distribution of
the values per mile of the two roads:
BURLINGTON.
Atchison Nebraska I M.000
Burlington Missouri River SCCO
Chicago, Nebraska at Kansas... . ft.CW
Grsnd Island aV W. C 42.600
Kansas City A Omaha 26,000
Lincoln Black Hills 27.6m
Lincoln si N. W lAW)
Nebraska Railway 4u,0n0
Nebraska A Colorado 34.900
Nebraska. Wyoming A Western.. 22.600
Omaha A North Platte 42.600
Omaha A Southwestern 46.175
Oxford A Kansas , 26.000
Republican Valley 60.000
Republican Valley A Wyoming.... 20.000
Republican Valley, Kansas A
Southwestern J0.M2
Total , ; 10,72,600
UNION PACIFIC.
Main Una t 110.000
O. A R. V. Railway 42,600
Kearney branch V1,M
Total
The official distribution of values may be
made by Monday. Governor Sheldon was
tha only member of the board absent. Hi
went to Oakdale yesterday to deliver a
commencement address and will return to
Lincoln Sunday and leave on tha same
day with the Omaha trade excursion for
tha Paolfic coast. He will be accompanied
by his chief clerk, E. G. Maggl. Whether
or not the governor will make tha entire
trip is not known, but If he does make it
be will not return until June U.
Tax Cosnmlasloners Appear.
Tax Commissioner Pollard and Tax Com
mlssloner Bcrlbner. representing tha Bur'
llngton and tha Union Pacific, appeared be
fore the Board of Assessment and apolo
gised for Attorney Kelby's action of the
day before and asked the board to put In
the record certain statements regarding
the assessment of railroads. The board
did not change Its retord, but merely al
lowed the tax commissioners to file state
menls somewhat similar to that which Mr.
Kelby desired to have the board rule upon
and make s record of In the minutes of tha
board.
Herewith Is a copy of the memorial filed
by the Union Pacific, that of the Burling
ton being an exact duplicate except as to
name of the company and amount of taxes:
LINCOLN, Neb., 1907. To the Honorable
at. i. Rmnl of equalization and Assess
ment of Nebraska: The Union Pacific Rail
road company objects and excepts to the
action of your nonocaoie ooara in increas
ing the valuation for taxation of the rall-
rnitji nmiwrn.i in ixeDrassa ox saiu com
pany over ana aoove me tuumiud mm uacu
by your honorable board for the year 1SW6.
rhia nomnanv also excepts to the action of
tha said Hoard or luquansaiion ana jsct
.,-.. in eln h valuation of the nroner
a. n.a nf tha Union Pact tic Railroad company
I In Nebraska at the sum of ITS. 4iO. 700. Tha
foregoing objections and exceptions are
I made and taken lor tne following reasons,
r n.all:
First That said valuation so found and
fixed by your e.ld board is in excess of the
reasonable, fair, market value of the rail
road property of the Union Pacific Rail'
mm A romnanv In the state of Nebraska.
Second That the said valuation so found
and fixed Is excessive when compared with
the assessed valuation of other property In
the state of Nebraska.
Third That said valuation was found and
fixed before full consideration had been
riven to all of the data ana iniormaiion
urnished and filed by the Union Pacific
Railroad company, or by its representatives
with your honorable board. i
Fourth That the valuation so found land
fixed by your said board is not the fair
market value of the railroad properties of
tiie Union Pacific Railroad company in the
state of Nebraska, but that said valuation
4a based upon an erroneous calculation and
misconception of the amount and value of
the capital stock and bonds of the Union
Pacific Railroad company; In this, that
the aald board included in tha amount and
value of auch capitalisation of Union Pa
clAo system, as considered by It the en
hanced value of such capitalisation, accru
ing by reason of its holdings of seouiitles
representing other roads and other prop
erties situated entirely outside of the stats
of Nebraska and beyond the Jurisdiction
of your honorable board, and that said
board tailed to make proper deductions on
account of property of said company which
' is asaessed locally in Nebraska.
Fifth That the said valuation so found
and fixed by your honorable board. Is based
upon an erroneous and false calculation
of the amount or value of the net earnings
. of the-entire Union Pacific system as ap
portioned to .the miles of the Union Pa
iflo Railroad company In the state of Ne
raska. Slxth Union Pacific Railroad company
also object s, protests and excepts to the
action of the board in refusing' to pass
upon and consider all and every request of
the Union Pacirlo Railroad company for
special findings to be set forth at length on
the records of ths board.
Seventh Union Pacifio Railroad com
pany also objects and excepts to the action
of tha board in refusing jo pass upon all
and every or the requests or said company,
and to spread such special findings asked
for on the board's record prior to the for
mal adoption by the board of the resolu
tion fixing the valuation on railroad prop
erties In the stale of Nebraska for tha
year 1S07.
Eighth Union Pacific Railroad company
also objects and exoepts to the action of
the board In moving an adjournment dur-
Ing the pendency of the request of Union
'acino Railroad company to have said spa-
rial findings set out at length on tha rec
ords of said board.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
By A. W. Bcrlbner. Tax Commissioner.
... Despata Reaaalas.
. Dost C Despaln. labor commissioner, who
resigned his position to take effect June 1.
has been asked by Governor Sheldon to
remain en duty at least until Juna 20. Tha
governor has not been able to make a se
lection up to this time and ha may be out
f the atate until Juna U. Mr. Despaln
hus decided to take the management of a
window shade company and does not de
sire to continue In his present position per
manently.
Geveraer Re-faeee Reprieve.
Governor Sheldon today refused to grant
a reprieve for six months to Barker, tha
Webster county murderer. Tha reprieve
granted by Governor Mickey will expire
Juna 16 and It la the Intention of the gov
ernor to aava Barker's life by beginning
proceeding under a law that permits the
district Judge of the county In which the
penitentiary la, situated to rail a Jury to
determine tha sanity of tha prisoner. This
step was taken when Governor Mickey was
in offioa and Judge Hamer made a show
ing to the district court that Warden
Beemer, whose duty It Is to make com
plaint to the district Judge of tha man's
sanity, was coerced by Governor Mickey
not to make auch an application. If Judge
Hamer commences such an action now it
is thought tha facta will be entirely dif
ferent. Warden Beemer, It Is said. Is not
Inclined te make tha application uader tha
law for a Jury trial. Instead of having
been coerced this time, he is said to have
beea advised that If be believes. Barker
Insane ha ought to apply for a Jt;ry trial
of the question of sanity. If he refuse
to move in the matter, Barker" attorney
will have a different proposition to fare.
At a former hearing the district court ruled
against J urine Hamer and the supreme
bench reversed the judgment, and Gov
ernor Mickey then Issued a reprieve of two ,
years. Every Indication points to Governor
Bhcldon's deeire not to Interfere with the,
death sentence and to let the law take Its
course.
OPERATOR
TRICKS
SHERIFF
Receives Order Over Wire for Rta Oww
Arrest and Promptly Skips.
AUBURN, Neb.. June 1. (Special.) Re
ceiving the message over the wire vhlch
instructed the sheriff to place him under
arrest, R. 8. Cross, alias Frank Harmon,
night operator for the Missouri Pacific,
gave the sheriff the slip and has completely
dlsappesred.
Cross was wanted for emberxllng money
from the railroad company at Jackson,
Breathitt county, Ky. The sheriff at this
place received word from the National Sur
ety company at Kansas City. Mo., yester
day to place a guard around Cross until
they could arrange for his arrest. The
guard was placed last night after he had
gone to work at 7 o'clock. At S:46 the In
structions were sent over the wires from
Omaha and Cross received them. A freight
was standing In the yards waiting for a
clearance from him. After receiving this
message he left the office with the exou-e
that he was going to give tha conductor on
the freight some instructions and clear
ance card. He left the depot on this er
rand and was seen no more.
In a short time, when he did not return.
they realised what had happened and a
search was Instituted aa once, but with no
success. It Is supposed he left on the
freight that was then standing In the
yards.
Cross had lived here several monins. ne
is a married man and has three children.
No trace of him has as yet been found.
Kearney Normal Popular.
KBARNET. Neb., June l.-(Special)
President A. O. Thomas of the Kearney
State Normal says that applications for
entrance to the summer normal which
begins next Thursday, are pouring Into his
office. Already there are over 0 applica
tions on file, more than the regular stu
dents who will remain and take the sum
mer course. Tha probabllitiea are that
there will be more applicants than can be
accommodated with the present facilities
of the building. It will also tax the ac
commodations for students In the city In
the way of boarding and lodging houses
and urgent requests are made to the peo
ple of the city who have rooms to rent
to make the fact known at once to the
management so that all may be provided
for that will come.
This condition -Is largely due to the popu
larity of the school and Its reputation ts
already state-wide, and from the further
fact that the number of Junior normals
has been cut down. All the territory that
was last year supplied by the Junior nor
mal held st Holdrege will this year come
to Kearney, as that school was one of
those discontinued, as In the Judgment
of the state board that territory could be
accommodated by the State normal here.
Realty Concerns Mertre.
KEARNEY, Neb., June L (Special Tele
gram.) Articles of Incorporation have been
executed and filed for the consolidation of
two of the strongest roal estate firms of
this section. The Kearney Land company,
which has done a profitable real estate and
Insurance business In this city for a num
ber of years. Is now consolidated with the
firm of Crowe A Robinson of Oconto. The
articles of Incorporation provide for a capi
tal stock of 1100.000, half of which Is fully
paid up. Tha firm will" "be known aa the
Kearney Land company and the principal
offices will be In this city, with branch
offices at Oeonto, Ogalalla and Bit Springs.
The officers are: C. W. Klbler, president;
Lk V. Graves, vice president; R. R. Crowe,
secretary; S. A. Robinson, treasurer. The
board of directors consists of L. V. Graves,
S. A. Robinson and C. W. KlbVr. Mr.
Crowe will remove from Oconto to Kearney
to assume his duties as secretary. The new
company started business today.
Fremont Commercial Clnb Bssqsfl.
FREMONT, Neb., June 1. (Special.) Tho
annual banquet and meeting: of the Fremont
Commercial club was held at the new Bury
tlnjrton passenger depot last evening, tables
being laid In the waiting room. The full
membership of the club was present, to
gether with a number of Invited guests.
Secretary Hanson gave a general review
of the work of the club during the last
year. He spoke especially of what had been
done on public roads and emphastxed the
needs of further Improvements. Other
speakers were C. E. Abbott. R. B. Schneider
and H. C. Richmond. Julius Beckman and
J. H. Knowlea were chosen directors to fill
the' vacancies caused by the resignations
of William Carroll and U D. Richards.
Omaha Girl Gradnates.
NORTHAMPTON. Mass.. June 1. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Among the girls who will
receive the bachelor of arts degree with
honors at Smith college commencement on
June la Is Miss Bessie Morehead of Omaha.
News of Nebraska.
AINSWORTH Today the Alnsworth
school closed here for tha year with aix
graduatea
ucnonM rwr an Inch of rain fell in
thle vicinity during the past week. Crops
were badly in need of It.
NEBRASKA C1TT Nearly an Inch of
rain fell In this portion of the county dur
ing the last twenty-four hours.
AINSWORTH Died, May SO, Arod E.
Pixly, aged 44 years, living on a ranch
twenty-five miles south of Alnsworth.
NEBRASKA C1T Y-Fronller lodge No t.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Its
meotlng Thursday night elected Fred J.
Homey er noble grand and 1L H. Bartling
vice grand.
NEBRASKA CITT-At the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Davis,
near Syracuse, Thursday evening, their
daughter, Miss Ethel, was married to Philip
J. Antea.
NEBRASKA CITY The Missouri river
at this point Is very high and at some
places Is overflowing the low lands. South
of tha city damage is being done by the
banks cutting away.
BEATRICE J. M. Clark, the cadet who
sustained a fractured ankle Thursday even
ing by failing down stairs at the Paddock
hotel, was taken to his borne at South
Omaha yesterday.
GREELEY Commencement exercises of
the Ureeley High school were held at Mur
phy's opera house Friday night, Rose D.
Tracy Richard Foster. Austin Emery and
Jesse Scott graauaiiua.
A1NSWOHTH-A game of ball was
played here tills afternoon between the
Alnsworth nine and tha Midvale nine. At
the end of the twelfth Inning the game
atood 6 to in favor of Alnsworth.
BEATRICE The commencement exer
cises of the Blue Springs Hlgn school were
held in the Evangelical church Friday
evening. A musical progrsm was rendered
and nine graduates received diplomas.
SCHUYLER Rev. Mr. Klatt of tha Luth
ran church returned today from tfunburj.
Pa., where he has been attending the gen
eral synod of the German Lutheran church
as a delegate from Nebraska fur the last
week. .
' VALLEY The barn of Oeorge Mansfield,
living several miles north of Valley, was
struck by l.ghtnlng recently and two
valuable horses were killed and two others
were shocked. The barn was not burned
and was only slightly damaged.
BEATRICE The German Lutheran con
gregation has started the erection of a new
edifice near Lull nr. Already U.StO has been
subscribed and aa soon as the church is
finished a parsonage will be erected. Rev.
J. Stave has been engaged as pastor.
CARLETON The graduating- exercises
of the Carleton High school ware held at
tha Methodist church. In spite of tha un
favorable weather the houaa was packed,
prof. Newton W. Preston of Fremont de
livered the address. There were eleven
graduates
PLATTkvatQUTU-Xta red Lai la Lha Firs
liiiii
111
$22,50 Curtains for S14.75
Antique L.aco Curtains', Batter
burg Lace Curtains, Cluny Cur
tains with double insertion;
Venetian Lace Cur tai ns. Sale
price, per pair $14.75
85c Madras for 37c
. i
Madras. 48 inches wide, reds.
. greens and all colors. Sale price
per yard 37c
Chenille Table Covers
One yard square, in all colors
sells regularly at 75c each. Sale
price eacn ;....39c
Methodist Eplscoul church laat evening by
Mlsa Lillian K. Kltch 8 class, assisted by
the pupils of Mlsa Liewella Allen of Omaha,
was one of the best ever given In this city.
Miss Fitch of Omaha has a large class In
elocution In this city.
NEBRASKA CITY-Frank Lowe of Kan
sas City canw here yesterday afternoon and
was met by Miss Rosa Seabury of Nemaha
t.'Ity. and waa married by Judge Wilson.
They took the evening train for Nemaha,
where they were tendered a reception. They
will make their home at Kansas City.
UT1CA The fifteenth annual commence
ment exercises of the I'tka High school
were held at Hurlburfa hall. Ten young
people received diplomas. This claas is
the largest that has ever graduated from
the schools In this city and Prof. J. Y.
Ashton said it was the best claas he had
ever had.
WESTON The schools closed yesterday.
Commencement exercians were held In tha
evning with Prof. Charlea A. Sunderlln of
Lincoln university as the principal speaker.
The list of the graduates: Joseph Janak,
Hose Hehak, Daniel Campbell, Emma
Kucera, Georgia Madlgan, Wllma Odell,
and Oladya LJlltbrldge.
HEBRON There is a strong movement
on foot to organise a Young Men's Chris
tian association In Hebron. 8ince the clos
ing of the saloons and pool halls the need
of some place of amusement for the young
men ts urgent. Three prominent citlsens
have offered to contribute liberally toward
the erection of a new building.
BEATRICE! Word wai received here
yesterday announcing the death of Mrs.
George Playler, a former resident of
this city, which occurred yeaterday morn
ing In Lincoln. She waa the daughter
of Mr. and Mr. .Oeorge Decker of Beat
rice, and was U years of age. The body
will be brought here for Interment.
PLATTSMOL'TH The funeral services of
K. K. Parmele were held at hla late home
this afternoon and were conducted bv Dr.
J. T. Balrd. assisted by Revs. A. L Zink.
J. E. lioulgate and J. H. Salabury. and
were largely attended, interment was In
Oak Hill cemetery. Deceased had resided
In this county for fifty-two yeare.
NEBRASKA CITY Tha county re
corder's report for May shows a very good
decrease In tha debt. On farm property,
there were ten mortgagea 'filed, to ths
amount of and fifteen mortgages
released, to the value or 131,704 60. On town
and village property mortgagea filed
amounted to 9,72o. and released 18.369. .
BEATRICE John Conner, an aged vet
teran who received a broken hip several
das ago at hla home at Cortland, died yea
terday morning. Mr. Conner was M yeara
of age, and was probably the oldest veteran
In Gage county. He had been in falling
health for years, and waa cared fur by
his venerable wife and son. Scott Conner.
BEATRICE The Wymore Alumni asso
ation held a banquet 1 armory hJJ at
Wymore Friday night, v.7Wh waa attended
by about K0 guests J. E. bednar aa
toastmaster and toasts were responded t
by Prof. Campbell, Dan Delehant and
others. It was one of the most elaborate
social eventa held In Wymore in aome
time.
BEATRICE Following la the rftottsjage'
report of Gage county for the month of
May: Number of rm mortgages filed,
twenty-five: amount, I7J.&.S5; number of
farm mortgagea releaaed, twenty-two;
amount, IM.tnio; number of city mortgages
filed, twenty-four; amount, IH.620; number
of city mortgagea released, thirty-three;
amount.
GRAND ISLAND Commencement exer
cises of the Grand Island High school
rinsed with tha alumni banquet laat night.
Eight members of the class were rm tha
program. Mlsa Para F.ngleman was tha
aledtctorlan and W. Dale Tully the aaluta
toiin. A new feature of commencement
week waa tha publication of tha High
School Annual by the pupils, containing
a, hlatery of tha several c la sees.
Orchard & Wilhelm,
nm.l6.IS South 16th
Big Lace urtam
eOMENCING TOMORROW, MONDAY, MORNING
Unusual preparations have been made for this big event. For months we have been plan
ning it and have assembled the greatest assortment of Imported and Domestic Lace Curtains and
Curtain Materials ever displayed in the West. In this great sale will be found extraordinary
values.
By carefully studying the market conditions, early taking advantage of every opportu
nity that existed and placing large contracts, we've secured a most wonderful lot of bargains.
Tomorrow, Monday morning, will witness the beginning of the greatest Curtain Sale,, the
greatest curtain values that have been presented to the people of Omaha and vicinity in a long time.
More than $20,000.00 worth of first quality Lace" Curtains offered at wonderful price in
5,000 pairs of Ruffled
Swiss Curtains, 2f2 yds.
long, both striped and
plain. Fresh and dainty
for bedrooms. Special,
per pair 32c
$2.50 Curtains for $1.35 Net Curtains, with
lace and insertion, Ruffled Swiss Curtains,
Nottingham Curtains, Bobinet with Batten
burg Insertion and edge, per pair.. $1.35
$6.00 Curtains for $3.65 Nov
elty hand made Battenburg
Curtains, Cluny Curtains, Den
telle Arabian Curtains, Irish
Point Curtains, sale price, per
pair $3.65
$10.00 Curtains for $6.95 Duchess Lace Cur
tains, Etamine Lace Curtains, Ivory, hand
made Novelty Curtains, Brussels Lace Cur
tains, sale-price, per pair $0.95
Claaa ' rivalry, however, led te various In
cidents over which the public aeems to be
divided somewhat In sentiment.
BEATRICE Tha New Home Telephone
company has Installed Its new switchboard
at Wymore and la now engaged In con
necting up ita phones In the business and
residence portions or the town. When the
plant la once completed several thousand
Independent 'phones from different parts
of the county will be connected with the,
Wymore office.
8PRINGFIELJ3 Friday night occurred!
the graduating exercises of the Springfield
High school. There were seven In the
class, Eula Bates, Daisy Braner, Ada '
Urawner, Mabel Elwell, John Liming, I
Winifred Roberta and Minnie Zeorlan. Dr.
Edwin Maxey of the State university was
the orator. The alumni banquet and recep
tion waa held last night.
NEBRASKA CITY The Commercial club
waa ao well pleased with the progress made
during the, last year that the old officers
were re-elected, aa follows: President, John
W. Stelnhart, vice president, W. S. Cor-,
nutt; secretary, F. E. Helvey; treasurer,
Fred J. Homeyer. The club has a number
of Important propoaitlons under considera
tion that will be of benefit to the city.
VALLEY The Board of Education of the
Valley public school has added the twelfth
grade to the high school course for the
coming year, so there will be no graduat
ing class this year. Miss Matilda Jamea
of Seward. Neb., haa been elected high
school teacher. Mlsa Dickey haa been
elected to take the place of Mlsa Flora
Waldorf, who haa resigned. Tha schoola
will close June 7.
ST. PAUL The nineteenth annual com
mencement exercises were rendered at the
opera house. In the presence of a packed
auollorlum. The fature of the program
waa an address on "Money, Muscle and
Mind." made by Dr. J. R. Gettya. In pre
senting the diplomas to the graduatea, Sup
erintendent Martin gave an excellent talk,
full of good counsel to the young people.
The class consists of eleven graduates.
8PRINGFIELD The thirteenth annual
commencement of the Springfield High
school waa held at the opera house last
night. Dr. Edwtn Maxey of the University
Law school delivered the commencement
address, "America Among the Nations."
Seven graduatea received diplomas. The
alumni reception waa held at the opeia
house Saturday night, over sixty members
being in attendance.
BEATRICE William TYaxham. govern
ment weather observer, reports that the
rainfall during the month or May ' was
2.61 Inches, aa against 1.61 Inches last year.
Since January 1, 7.40 Inches have fallen
this year, as against (.47 laat year. Tn
normal for the tirat five mouths of the
year la lu.H6, so that we arc 3 Hi Inches
short of our regular average rainfall. The
rainfall Thursday amounted to of an
Inch.
BEATRICE The annual encampment of
the University Cadet battallony which has
been held on the chautauiiua grounds f r
the laat four days, closed Saturday at
noon. Although the weather has been
very disagreeable during the stay of tne
cadets, they seemed to enjoy the ou.lng
very much. The battalion, headed by the
cadet band, made a parade through the
principle atreete to the lTnioitN Pacific
elation and afterward left for Lincoln on
a special.
NEBRASKA CITY-Mrs. Hannah Dillon
has brought suit against her nephew to
quiet title to some land. In 194 she was
Involved In law suits and transferred a
piece of property to her alster, Mrs. Brusha,
the consideration being 7,O0u. Recently
Mrs. Bruaha died and left one aon. Mra.
Dillon haa brought ault to htive the prop
erty again vested In her, aa the transfer
was not valid. Mra. Dillon la the widow
of W. E. Dillon, who waa aeveral tlmea
mayor of thla city.
FREMONT George Daum, an gro llgtit
780 high class hand made Curtains,
Brussels, Irish Point and Arabian,
slightly soiled, having been used
as samples. Sold up to $10.00 pair.
While they last, each. .50c
$5 Curtains for $2.85
Irish Point Curtains,
Brussels Curtains,
Cluny Curtains,
Scotch Net Curtains,
sale price, pr., $2.85
$25.00 Curtains for $18.50
Hand -Made Arabian Curtains
Saxony Brussels Lace Curtains,
Point de Venice Curtains. -Sale
price, per pair $18.50
$1.25 Madras for 69c
Madras for Over-Curtains, very
beautiful patterns. Sale price,
per yard 69c
Pillow Tops
Mad from' silk embroidered India
goods; also India print and Cre
tonne, each $2.50, 1.95, 1.50, 39c
trimmer. In the employ of the city, had a
close call from death this morning. He
waa lowering the light at the corner of
Fifth and Main streets when the wire
broke. The lamp fell to the street, striking
against the pole where he stood with his
hand hold of the crank and the entire cur
rent passed through him, holding him to
the pole. A good many people saw the
accident and came to his assistance. He
will be all right In a day or so.
VALLEY A hearing waa given a protest
against granting a saloon license to Charles
Mitchell by the village board this after
noon. It was neither an Anti-saloon
league nor Woman's Christian union fight.
The location of the building near resi
dences was the causa of the proVat. Aa
a saloon has been operated In that loca
tion for several years a compromise waa
made granting the license this year and
notifying the occupant that this la the
last year a saloon will be allowed In that
location.
NEBRASKA CITY Coney Hanks, one of
the pioneers of this oounty and largest
land owners, died, and' the estate has never!
been settled. The heirs yesterday gave
to the mother deeds of all the lane
amounting to 2,1 acres of the beat land ,
In this county. She distributed the landi
as follows: Gilbert K. Hanks, iW acres;
H. H. Hanks, 3JJ acres; Mrs. C. C. BlukeL
46 acres; Mrs. C. C. Cox, 370 acres, and
I, ee A. Hanka. S30 acres. In addition to
this land the Hanks own large bodiea of
land all over the state.
ASHLAND-The graduating exercises 'of
the high school were held at Sears' hall Sat
urday night, diplomas being received by
fourteen students. The commencement ad
dress was delivered by Senator Norris
Brown. Class day exercises were held at
the high school Friday, the Junior-senior
party at the home of H. H. Cone Wednes
day evehlng and the baccalaureate addreas
waa delivered last Sunday by Kev. 1 . Wil
liam Carson of the Congregational church.
This Is the last year of the successful
superintendent of Prof. E. F- Magee, who
retires from teaching to go Into business.
SCHUYLER The annual graduation
exercises of the Schuyler High school took
place at the Janecek opera house Friday
evening. The diplomas were presented by
Prof. T. C. Orr. Prof. T. M. Pile of the
State Normal at Wayne addressed the
large audience and the members of the
class on 'Heroism." The class consisted
of four bovs gnd nineteen girls, being the
largest class ever graduated from the
Schuyler schools. The seventeenth annual
banquet of the high school alumni was
held this evening at the residence of Mra.
Thomas Bryant, sixty-six guests attending.
The new class of 190T, numbering twenty
three, waa taken In.
FREMONT Mrs. S. Albertaon died at
the residence of her son-in-law. Dr. L. B.
Smith, at the age of 7s years. She was
brn in Elmira. N. Y. In 1M she and her
husband came to Nebraska, locating neur
Schuler, whioh was then named Bu
chanan. She was known at that time as
"the furthest west white woman In the
Platte valley." Her husband died In 1mm
and two years later she moved to Fremont,
where she has since resided. R. L. Al
bertaon of Chicago is the only surviving
child of the deceased, and with his wife
was present at his mother's death. I'ntU
the last few months Mrs. Albertsnn has
entoyed excellent health. Her funeral
will be held from the residence of Dr
Smith Sunday afternoon.
GRAND ISLAND For the fifth time the
proposition to sell the former court house
square, donated to the old settlers of the
community for public purposes, haa failed
to secure the necesaary majority, three
of the contests being at general elections
and two at accial elections. Efforts are
now being mado on the part of the of
ficials nf the city and other citizens to put
the square In proper shape, and the euggee
lon that at the approaching semi-centennial
of the alUeiuenl of this section by the first
Sale
Odd Swiss or Nottingham
Curtains, odd single
curtains, some slightly
soiled, samples of all
grades. While they
last, each 21c
$3.95 Curtains for $1.90 Cable Net Curtains,
Cluny Curtains, with linen lace edge, fancy
Novelty Curtains, Arabian. Corded Curtains,
sale price, per) pair $1.90
$8.00 Curtains for $4.85 Marie
Antoinette Lace Curtains, Sou
tash Lace Curtains, Colored
Art Embroidered Curtains,
Brussels Point Curtains, sale
price, per pair $4.85
$17.50 Curtains for $9.65 Linen Embroidered
Curtains, Marie Antoinette. Curtains, Cluny
Curtains, hand made Arabian Curtains, sale
price, per pair $9.65
$3250 Curtains for $23.50
Needle Point Pillow Made Arab
ian Lace Curtains with wide
border, Saxony Brussels Lace
Curtains. Sale price, per
pair -. , $25.50
$2.25 Madras for $1.45
Madras all colors, very effective
side border patterns. Sale price
per yard $145
Madras Remnants
One to three yard lengths; cannot
be cut During this sale at
one-half price
white men, eight of whom are still living
In thla vicinity, the place be dedicated as
a memorial square. The mayor of the, city
has urged the council to give the matter
consideration before the next meeting,
Wednesday evening, with the view of
meeting with the county authorltlea tn an
effort to reach a mutually satisfactory
agreement as to the care of the property.
NEBRASKA CITY William Hawke, the
only son of the late Robert Hawke, died
FTiday morning at hla home one mile west
of thia city of congestion of the brain.
He waa born at what was formerly known
as Hemme's Landing, In Atchison county,
Missouri, December 5, 12. and In 1168 came
here with his parents, and has since made
his home here. He incurred the 111 will of
hla father by marrying agalnat hia wiehea
and mas almost disinherited. He brought
suit and after ten years of litigation suc
ceeded In getting his portion of the estate.
He was twice married; by the first wife
he had one son, and by the aecond three
sons, and he leaves two sinters. Mra. iF. D.
Spencer of thla city and Mra. William Rec
tor of Chicago. Of late years he haa re
sided on a, large farm one mile west of
this city. The funeral will be held Sunday
a f ternoone 2 - o'clock from the. family
home.
NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY
QaalBt and Cartons Features at Life
ta a Mapfdly Growing;
State.
A woman In Gresham who haa a party
llae telephone In the house takes the
'phone to bed with her when she retires
for an afternoon nap, for fear something
might happen to pasa over the wire with
out her hearing it. Gresham Gaaette.
Wanted a Oenlue Printing offices gen
erally are getting typesetting machines,
and they aeem to do the work well. Now
If some bright-brained geniua could only
Invent a machine that would read and
correct proof, wouldn't that be a boon
to the poor;- tired writers, as their articles
then would always appear In print aa writ
tell? Our announcement In last lsaue about
the juniors' blow-out waa ripped up In
auch a manner that the little fellowa didn't
know the way home. Palmer Correspon
dent, Central City Record.
Went Fishing Bert Blrket, Henry
a.halr 1. T u mr.mr PnhlniAfi .nil WMHnm i
I ..... ...
I Deremer were a party that went fishing;
I to the Blue river south of the city last
I Friday afternoon. They started out with
a large lumber wagon, cooking utensils,
hay and food stuffs, what else the bottom
of the wagon contained no one haa been
able to ascertain up to this time. The
first one to return from the trip waa Bert
Blrket. and rumor has It that he tella
the fish story that he caught over thirty
fish himself and that they weighed In the
neighborhood of ten pounds apiece. Jasper
Robinson and Heine Schark were the next
to return and they did not make it quite,
aa atrong a. Birket. but mad. the claim
that they captured twenty fish that welghea
about eight pounds each. The last to re- (
turn waa William Deremer, who made the
claim that none of the boy caught any
Irtl :- -
fish at all, but that he caught the sixteen
that . were caughht and that the above
mentioned boys, who had been making tha
claims that they caught ao many, had pur
chased aome fish from other fishermen, ao
that their friends might not Josh them be
cause they did not get any. The next
time that theae boya go fishing it la hoped
that they will have better luck. Utica
Bun.
A "Good" Church The writer strayed
Into church laat 6unday. It had been aome
time since we had been to hear a sermon.
Time was when we loved to go to church,
but once uyon a time we noticed a man
rubbering at ua with that look, "I am
holler than you," whom we wouldn't even
want to meet In hell, . to say nothing of
associating with him In Heaven; then one
or two gave ua the points of their finger
that felt like icicles and ' we passed out
feeling that we had Just escaped from re
frigerator where they didn't keep any beer
to warm up a man'a body. But Sunday
night It was different. Why. the ; good
brothers and alsters met tug with the glad
hand, warm, like the Savior had for'man
klnd, pulsating with fervor and genuine
pleasure of greeting; their eyes met ours
with a frankness that spoke welcome, and
vt repulsion. The transformation waa
ao great that our heart was filled with
love and tenderness for all mankind. Wg
greeted thla one and that one familiarly
and didn't feel the least bit out of plaoa.
or that wa ahould not be there. We ghoofe
handa with brothers Xiuy Saberson and Roy
Wilson and aald a few words In horse, then
we grabbed the good honest paw of Thern.
ton Snyder and Johnny Allen and they
smiled sweetly Just like they were aurejt
would rain; then the ladles. God bless wm,
dropped their soft dimpled paddles Into our
big rough one with a gracefulneaa that con
vinced ua more than ever that all good
women are angela. In fact everybody
aeemed so good natured and happy that
we caught the Inspiration and felt at home
and that It waa good to be there. That's
the kind of a church for us. We do not
want to step inside of a church where the
men folks all act like they were afraid to
move for fear they would break a ana-
pender and go straight up before they had
"
never smile, and can't extend their arms
to shake hands for fear they will break
g corset string they are that straight laed
and ao hampered by a f.rlse cloak of re
ligion; that to unhend or limber up a little
would be beneath their assumed sanctimoni
ous dignity. No brave sinner can be scared
Into t saven or aaved by getting him Into
a church where the apirltual atmosphere
is 97 below aero and all the church pITIars
are made of ice; and the membere wear
9ill f h op. i i u r! nf 1 1 ' I 1 .. and
No goo, Chrfwiiun ,vf.r na(1 th.
d aIeMtwta. th nouM never uk
,h cr- t(J churrn m Uh tnern.8hlt,.
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