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u THE OMAlfA SUNDAY BEE: JULY M, 1H07. IAST OF ASSESSOR'S REPOlft Fifteen and a Half Million Increase in the Total Assessment. SOME DERELICT ON CEOP ILEPOBT statistics In Fe-w IuUmw Arc PaL pahly VV'on a I ni-ea so la Winter Wheat Dcrru la Cora Acreage. (From a Staff Correspndent.) LINCOLN. Neb., July 23. (Special.) The lout rif the abstracts of county assessors has been received and the grand assess ment roll an fixed by the county assessors In SXS.3'a.02, making the Increase thia year $1C.640,27. Ae the Increase In the per sonal property assessment la practically IIO.iviA.OOO and the Increaae In the assessment of railroad practically t8,OOGuO, It is thought the State Board of equalization will change the returna ot the county assessors very little. That la, there probably will be aa many reductions aa Irwreaaaa. The In crease In the assessment la way beyond the eatlmatea made during the aeaslon of the legislature, the untveralty regent mlas Ing It over S7.000.000 when they were mak ing their plea for not only the 1 mill levy, but to get Into the general fund for new buildings. lam Aseoaavora Caveleea. Breaking of reaulta revealed by the tabu lation! now being made ht hia office of the returna by county assessors on agricul tural statistics, Itbor Commissioner J. J. Ryder had this to aay: "A majority of the aaaesaora have secured figures that show on their face they are carefully made, and aa correct, probably, aa can be secured under th present aystem. But there are returns, sent In that are no credit to anybody, Vfe have sent out to about twenty counties Inquiries that may or may not ha answered In a way that will save these counties from making a bed showing this year as compared with last. "Here Is A specimen note that one county clerk wrote on his return: 'You will fhid this very Incomplete, as was th assessor's return.' Another clerk wrltea: "Will say that It Is very hard for us to give you a correct statement, as the dnputy assessors are very dilatory In filling out these re ports.' Another writes: 'I am certain that the assessor have not made complete re ports, as It appear to ma they fall to gather statistics accurately.' In thia con nection tt may be said that I have per sonally heard this matter of gathering sta tistics treated largely aa a Joke by some Douglas county aaaeasora. "Such an attitude Is radically and In excusably wrong, becauae atatlstlrs care lessly and Inaccurately gathered are a re flection on the state at large, as well aa very unjust to the countlea concerned. There la a way provided by law, and by a decision of the supreme court, to secure better work, and while it Is too late to do anything In the matter this season next year this department will take steps to Impress on assessors and their deputies that the law cannot be Ignored, and we will get busy before the deputies take the Hold. "The returns from a great many counties Indicate a large decrease In corn acreage. To offset this the Increase In winter wheat acreage la reaching a substantial figure, but with all Increases allowed for the falling off In total acreage planted la so large In some counties as to clearly show careless work on the part of the assessing officers. We do not want to give out the namea of derelict counties Just now,' be cauae the clerks are trying to ascertain the reasons for th apparently unwarranted decreases, but It will bo Interesting to look over A specimen group: Total Dec. Acrg. .. 8.337 .. 9.2S3 .. 3.65 .. 2.2.12 .. .n .. IM14 T.BfiO 8 17.64B 46.418 10 11 13 13 14 IS 1 IT 18 It 20 ... 19 4X3 ... 8.W) ... 19.21 ... 1S.CH6 ... 96.478 ... 5.747 ... 61,ono ... 24.f; S.S27 ... 1,250 Increase Dec. Winter Oats, Wheat, Aorg. Aerg. 7.7M 11.442 S.9W 3.7:t7 8.4(19 2.0TH St a. 743 i.tfi S.9'i 874 6.475 8.H43 1.474 9.&S0 6,:3 5.fH 1.7M l.iWl 125 Sta. 8.258 2.4.rJ 1.H32 10.01 S 6.0es 1.4:i7 3M Sla. 4.222 9ta. 23.2:12 6. 617 4.NI1' Sta. 3.4S8 Sta. 1,274 .... 13.148 819172 60.745 9X.914 Dec Corn, Acrg. 9,439 3.74S 6.20 6.64 14.174 7.914 8.1S0 11.615 15.1"1 15.i72 2.773 18,179 47, m 99 .!) 5.919 1S.ST7 19.1!5 11.011 3.196 side that, he said, the people who con tinued the Journal did not on Traction stock. Incidentally It was brought out that the C'itlsnn'a company got power cheaper from the gas company than the Traction company could get It. The teklne of testimony Is thought to have been con cluded. I herkln I p Express Report. T'.i State R.illway commission la going to Investigate on Its own account the finances of the various express companies dfdng business in this state. An expert will be s nt out to check up the receipts and ex penditures st some of the stations and the original entries looked Into. These will be used In connection with the reports filed with the commission by the express companies. The commission probably will make no order In the matter of express rates until this haa lieen attended to. Railroads Wtnp Discrimination. The complaint of the poultry dealer at Aurora that the railroads discriminated against him by charging him local rates when he filled a car with poultry en route tb San Francisco and allowed th packing companies the benefit of the through rates, has had results. The mere filing of the complaint brought the railroads to time, he wrote, and now the packing companlea are charged the same aa he la. nonsox niGM bigcf.r navy Half Billion Dollars In Next Ten Yeara la III Plea. HASTINGS. Neb., July 2T.-(8peclal Tele gram.) Congressman Richard P. Hohson, the hero of th Merrlmac. addressed a large audience at the Chautauqua this afternoon on the suject, "Peace and Our Navy." He advocated spending RA 000,000 each year for ten years for th development of the navy. Congressman Hobson will lecture tomorrow night on "The Mission of America." WAYNE, Neb., July 87. (Special Tele gram.) The attendance at the Wayne Chautauqua yesterday and today has been large and the program generally pleasing to the public, especially the lecture of A. W. Hawks of Baltimohe and the enter tainment of the Virginian warblers. An at tendance of 3,000 ox 4,000 people la expected on Sunday. CAMBRIDOK, Neb July S7.-Spedal Telegram.) Today was the opening day of the Cambridge Chautauqua, which will be In session for the next ten day. All busi ness houses were closed and an Immense throng of people turned out to hear the famous Kiltie hand of Canada render a grand concert at 2:30, the first number of the program. Colonel H. W. J. Ham, the Georgia humorist, lecture tomorrow at 3 p. m. FALLS CITT. Neb., July 27. CSpeclal.V at a meeting of the officer of the Falls City Chautauqua association, ft was de cided that the Chautauqua for 1908 will be held from August 9 to 19, Inclusive. It was also decided to reengage the Fnll Cfty band, which played the first three days, for the demalnder of this session. SAVES TIIAIV FROM WRECK Ilerold Strelaht Wnrna Mleaourl Pacific I relKht In Time. PLATTSMOl'TH. Neb.. July Z7.-(Spe-clal.) While on his way to Plattsmouth early In the morning after the big flood. Hcrold Strelght say that a landslide had completely covered the track of the Mis souri Pacific, a short distance north of the spot. At that time he heard the whis tle of the engine of a through freight from Omaha, and, knowing that this meant that the train did not Intend to stop, ran back along the track aa fast aa he could, and as he rounded the curve the train hove In sight. His signal caused the engineer to stop the train, but not until it had almost reached the obstruction, which would have easily derailed the engine if It had ran Into It. There was a well-pleased train crew when they aaw what a wreok thoy ! ,,.,, , 1 'i'. 1 , , nn8C" Anderson, had missed, which told In the manner they j H. S. Belden. H. H. Pence Ylncen? Arnold expressed their appreciation. After a few ' 5!n1aA R- Scott. Democrat H. H Frits hours' hard work by the section men tn and johnGaion?' llutchlD8' J- Lor'i obstruction was removed from the track i nT(vi"ini . c . . . . .nH th. tr-.n m.raued It. course. LTA " ' Ourtlm was she will be united In marriage to Sir. Henry Habson. formerly of Bernard, but now of Chicago. M1LFORD The tournament committee has engaged the Russel-Halctrer Amuse ment company to show at th tournament August 14 and 15. HKATRICEC. O. Wilkinson yesterday finlHflnlslied threshing thirteen acres of wheat, which averaged a trille over thirty biisln'ls to the acre. PA PILLION The Wilcox hotel has changed hands. Mr. Kllngeman having leased it to Mr. Corey of fcUkhorn, who will take immediate possession. PA PILLION Arch Morrison, whose avoirdupois la &o pounds, has filed for oounty clerk. Mr. Morrison has made a splendid record In his twuy ears as county treasurer. COLl'MBI'S Columbus Is happy over the thought that the Cnlon Pacific Is going to spend about $Hi.iu In Improving Its prop erty, and building a lot of buildings within Hit next your. MILFORI While trying to disentangle a horse from its harness Steve Btutni.an was knocked down by the animal. He was rendered unconscious and was severely bruised about the head and neck. SEWARD The thirty-fourth annual ex hibition of the Seward County Agricultural Bociety will bo held at Reward August 27 to 30. Dr. John Anderson Is president and M. D. Carey secretary of the society. FALLS CITY A heavy shower, lasting about tlUrty minutes, fell at this place Saturday morning. The weather Is re markably C(pl for this season of the year, and It shows no signs of getting warmer. GREELEY Mr. Carl Cook, Miss Ray Challls and Miss Gertrude Swain gave a musical entertainment of high order Ht the opera house Friday nlghrt Miss Challis I from Lincoln. Miss Swain and Mr. Cook are Greeley young people. COLVMRl'S Ground Is being broken, brick being hauled, for the new $;.") Young Men's Christian association build ing, and Hon. C. H. Sheldon, chairman of the building committee, has advertised for bids for the brick and atone work, to be received up to August T. 8 E W A RD The Llnvtlle elevator at Ta mora was sold Wednesday to the T. B. Hund Grain company of Central Cliv, Neb., their representative bidding It In for $3,210. This i one of twenty-seven elevators that this company now owns on the I'nion Pacific and Burlington lines. COLCMnVS-Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Hoek etigerg.T are enterainlng their sister, Mrs. Katherine Dlester and her daughter, Miss Wilhelmlna IMester of Elmira, N. Y. Miss Dlester Ib one of the teachers In the El mira public schools. She Is greatly enjoy ing her sightseeing in Nebraska. BEATRICE Judge Kelllgar held a brief session of court yesterday. J. H. Sparks, the bridge contractor from St. Joseph, ap peared before the court and renewed his bond of $1,0)0 on the remaining charge against him. It la likely the case will be tried at the November term of court. B EA T R ICE Fred Hall, who is employed as lineman for the New Home Telephone company, narrowly escaped being electro cuted yesterday by coming In contact with an electric wire. He was severely shock -d and a hole was burned In his shirt, but aside from the shock he escaped Injury. WILCOX Herman Ackerman of this city was badly Injured last evening In a thresh ing machine. He was In the employ of Frank Goings and while pulling out the feed board his clothing caught in the belt, throwing him Into the cylinder. His left leg was fearfully mangled and will have to be amputated. T A MORA Henry Gibson met .with a serious accident while setting a beef out of the slaughter house Monday night. The animal knocked him down and aa he got up kicked him, fracturing the hone of the right ankle near the Joint. He had the same limb broken last Deoember. which makes the Injury serious. BEATRICE Announcement has been re ceived here of the marriage of Olive Mav, ?- I?rr realde'" of this city, to Mr. John W . Albaugh, Jr., which occurred last week at Jersey City. The bride was formerly Mrs. Henry Guy Carleton. and an actress of Mra. E. W. Clancy of this city. STOCK VI LLE-The democratic commit tee of Frontier county met here Frldav. Among those present were Judge W. H Latham C. B. Compton, Jacob Scherer and W. B Martin, all of Curtis. So far no candidates have filed on the democratic or populist tickets. All have apparently been waiting for the court's opinion on the ques tion of fusion at the primaries. FALLS CITY Wnllnnjtno. I. o llrf . who have tiled applications for nomination to the county offices at the primaries of R Hint to Drapery Buyers IN a department as large as ours there are always Odd Lace Curtains, Odd Portieres and yard goods, that ara being closed out at specially reduced prices; especially at this season of the year when so many changes are being made, when shelves and counters must be quickly cleared for new goods arriving daily. It will pay you well to ask for our drop numbers. They may not be advertised or conspicuously displayed, but ask to see them anyhow. They're here, pricad to suit the most economically inclined N Sample Rope Portieres Some sold a9 high as $7.50. To close them out, each $1.19 Only one to a party. if fi F II Curtain Materials 50-inch Fish Net, white, Arabian and ivory new square designs, will got at, per yard 43c 30-ineh Madras in new stained glass effects and side borders, at, per yard 75c 45-inch Madras in reds, greens and light colors; stunning for dining rooms or over - curtains; per yard 85c Couch Covers Oriental Couch Covers, CO Inches wide, 3 yards long. Fringe all around, regular $5 covers, special ?$3.93 Lace Curtains Ruffled swiss bed room curtains, 5d0 pairs just received; exception ally well made to our own order; hemstitched ruffles; regular $1.50 curtains; special, per pair... $1.05 ImiHirted Brussels curtains, both in plain center and allover designs; a new importation bought before the rewut advance; we are offering them, special, per pair $3.50 New Novelty net curtains in beige color; cord outlined patterns in border; per pair $3.95 Irish point curtains, daiuty borders aud some a lover designs; per pair, at $5.00 Odd Lace Curtains. "We've about 00 pairs left in 1 and 2 pair lots, numbers we will not use next season. They are greatly reduced, some about one-half. If you can use 1 or 2 pair lots, this is a great oppor tunity to secure desirable curtains for much less than actual cost to make. $7.50 Curtains, reduced to $3.95 $18.50 Curtains reduced to $9.75 $32.50 and $22.50 Curtains, re- " duced to $14.75 Weathed Oak Plate Rack (Like Cut) Beautiful mission design, an orna ment to any dining room. iU inches wide, l(i :..i high UTaibr $."5.50 val- aisCEafr ues, Bpo- yx- e-"v 1L Hammock Time is Here and we have the ham mocks. A splendid line of good strong material in lasting pretty colors at quick selling prices. See our $c3.7B ham mock. It's the best ham mock made for the price. Pillow Covers Beautiful Cretonne Pillow Covera, nil marie and ready to put your pillow In; ulxo -in-tiroloVri'd India pillow tops that Hold us hlrli aa $l.H3; Hpeclal men 96o Omaha Atfsnta for "Vudor" Porch Shaaaa ReHftRD & WILHELM nm.lMS South Sixteenth Street. Headquarter for Good Window Shadea tn,.a?j8v0n cunt,whlch will be h.-ld Sep-t,P-"he.r.,: RPi.iMlcar-Roaco Anderaoh. aent to trie aoylum at Hasting yeHterdav l.,hltc7'iVe drlnkln8- Arthur Floyd, from youth of Farnam, In thin county, was h. fnrn Turio-a UMiiiavH. a .... Totala 389,261 "The last county of these twenty ahowa total Increaae of acreage planted of 84,041 acrea. over a third of the Increaae being In the one Item of winter wheat. There are large and small countlea comprised In the twenty, aa well aa new and old countlea',' that the decreased acreage la pretty generally acattered. But before taking It for granted that theae flgurea are correct, atepa will be taken to find the reason for the large decreaao. If any exiata. "We are handicapped In getting out this report, not only by queatlonable flgurea. but alao by the fact that all returna are not yet In, though the law provides that oounty clerlia should send them to thia of fice not later than July 1." A rrraled fur Deaerdna; Wife. For marly a year Sheriff Nicholaa Hess aaa been conducting a aearch for Earl Scott, wanted In Lincoln for an aggra vated case of wife and child deaertlon. Thia morning he learned that the man waa in Denver, and communicated by wire with he Colorado officers. Shortly after noon oday he waa Informed that Scott waa un ler arreat and would he held In Denver malting further Instructions. A warrant waa Issued last January by luatlce Rlsser on complaint of Mra. Scott, who accuaea the man of abandoning her 'st September, wiih three children, the raMBgest being but 3 weeka old when he left. Not one cent haa he contributed to ward their support since. It la alleged, and lie wife received but one letter from him, laying that "everything would turn out ill right." Mra. Scott haa been making her home with her parents In thia city, who ire not In the best of circumstances. It la possible that an officer will be sent to Den ver tonight or Monday. Coed Pros Prospects. Governor and Mra. Sheldon returned to lay from a trip through the western part )f the alate, where the governor addreased '! arlous Junior normal aohoola. Oov fruor Sheldon brought back the newa that never before had ha aeen such good proe pecu for ctopa In that section of the state (s now. He expressed himself also as weC Pleased with the work being done by the 'unlur normals. ftenard Wants Track Sea lea. 1 A number of cltlaena of Seward have petitioned the State Railway comtniaalon compel the railroads entering that town to put In track acalee for the weighing of grain and merchandiae in carload 'o!. as provided for In the law enacted by :Uo recent legislature. Jours Ovtus Tractloa Stock. Will i). Jones of the Slate Journal waa a witness l;i thu suit filed before the State Railway commission by the city to compel the LlncolB) Traction company to aell aix fares for X cents. Mr. Jenea said he owned some stock In the Traction company, but It never h.d Influenced him In the laaat wbea writing- edJurUig Jot Ua ypx. u. ROADS FIGHT OVF.R A CROS9INO ! tOT? Ju.d.Re Wllllm' charged with assault Burllnerton Blocka Effort of th. which he nalrt H.f 2 k 110 Bnrrt, co"t8- . wnicn tie paid. He had been working for rnlon Pactll. I James Hazen and when he quit laet Bimdav -CKNTRAL. CITY. Neb., July 27.-The rail- I ne managed to get Into trouble with his road croa-dng fight between the Burling- i b 1 above result- ton and Union Pacific reached a climax! a,t Mr' 'T01", ", th,s Wlc-tal today. The new double track of the Union idea when the hlnk thX TiTh Pacific la completed and ready for the 'or both of the Judges to be of their party crossing piece over the Burlington right- I nlJavf nrJUKnd. J.1?1 -thl" tlm of-way. The Union Pacific had a ! hX lng laid on two greaaed ralla ready j torney Hensley of Platte. They are taking to slip Into position when opportunity of-! arv.2f hal thf ""Publicans fered At a moment when the Union Pa- ! this team l PUt UP "ybody alIUt clfic men were off guard a Burlington en- BBATRICE The Demorest gold medal gine came along dragging a heavy chain , declamatory contest was held at the chau and anchor, which caught the croaslng '. IS"'1"" ,Kr",mds 'f'terrta Y morning, and all piece, twlated it out of ahape and landed j yrV 7,. T' er" AffrPV' Mark "argraves. Zoa arden and George Hansen. The gold wM,v,T'tt8.aWlrded ,0 Mr Hrgraves, Sl a w 1r f " W" Cond plara- Th er. yesterday " Wer' entertaln- It twenty yards away. Trie engine then took up a position which blocks further ef forta by the rival road to use It a line. The fight between the roads la over the main tenance of the crossing. .,1?ATRICRJlJr"- ""'a""" Williams died auddenly yesterdav at Pt.Uraii ,k. s 5i "J m ho.m' from a vlslt w,,h hr "liter. ' ?hJ ?eVer.a!?i Sh fe" unconscious ,h" vBt,reet and died a ew mlrtutes later Sf.'T.'v, be'in """""'d to the home of Bert Aran Island Cbaataaqna. GRAND ISLAND. July 27. (Speclal.)-The first Chautauqua assembly for Grand Island, n.agnl.t htf thft Pn m m nrif u 1 .1,,V, was , . iBllth -r, . "' w rer opened last evening and yesterday after-; " Un viiVi . s'Kned as the noon by the Kilties band, with two concerts. ' SJunTy for tSSy-two year" She ' w?." The flrat lecture of the course took place year" of nd Is aurvlved by her huu this afternoon. It being "Old Times In ; tan and ll'r9 i-hlMr-n. Dixie," humorous, and following a program xrfn,tJIS-fUrr.y Yf:"n"- a ynng man w.. .v.. ,1J, r.. .. 1 wa"1"1. 'ler ,or Jumping a board hill ujr 11.0 . v.. Vmur. oruoiur i pa rrotn Chief of police Mn ZL luiiiiver 01 inv mu ueiivrr a lecture on oner a. lively chase through the Sunday afternoon on "Publlo Virtue In ' 5','u'h1ta"t ,,arL Cf ,he c,t'- VBuns was Politics." Other attraction, booked for the i cSs .P whe"d hsy dlednTo Tct ten dayi assembly are: Marvin Williams i nd uraped. He left a grip uptown con- n rPHninen. nev. rruriK itatmm on i-n. , w wuriii cir riittriirt American Boy." Carter's Virginia Warb- ' he" aboua'teeU nfra . He came W. Rev. Newell Dwlht HUlls. motion I o 'him T W6ek aS' and lilUo known pictures, Siitllman Rlgga In humorous leo' tures, MIhs Dorothy Nehbras. violinist. Dr. - COLCMBCS-Attorney Louis Llghtner tAl oil ooyi in ins leuiure, ine Been ana l . l. " y on west The Unaeen." Luclan P. Follan.h,. to Mr. WinKmBlo:; J andfamiforhe - uemui aiiu uuiiiiuun, i ue o h it i i ouuse nas reen vaxate Monroe Moving Picture company. Mias I ZV, LmiJ1 ."we.rt .Hr,J SHrn,H,,''l and fixe Josephine Retx. reader. Hon. Q. A. Gear- i but there Is a sweet Jilt JH'A" -..n "ie ed d left, hart, lecturer; Dr. Thomas MeCleary, lec- who formerly lived In Columbus. 'riieTnl "Itch... inlVbe X ""LV 'U1 the magician; Dr. Fox and J. Lorenio TABLE ROOKWiv. tj...... . Zwlckey. lecturer. clerk at the last session ol Vl kU, "L" restraining order and held that the ma chines are a form of gambling. It Is also understood that Mr. Roach will order the closing of the resort on East I'ront street opposite the freight depot. FIND BONES 0F POCAHONTAS Skeleton Tins; Up at flravesend Very I.lkcly That of Powhatan's Dawshter. The Jamestown exposition has been the means of unearthing much of historical Interest regarding Captain John Smith and Pocahontas. Dr. Lyon Q. Tyler, president of William and Miry college, Virginia, In his latest edition of "The Cradle of the Republic," devotes much space to the facts regarding Pocahontas, and It seems likely from his account that the bones unearthed In the cemetery at Gravesend. In England, niay be those of the daughter of Powhatan. It Is known that Pocahontas was buried In the parish burial ground. Charles W Kohlsaat, commissioner general of the Jamestown exposition, has a photograph of the page of the .register of the old church,.whlch records; 1616, Mar. H, Rebecca Wrolfe, wyffe of Thos. Wrolfe, gent, a Virginia lady borne, here lies burled In ye chancell." The Christian name of Rolfe, as It Is now spelled, was John, and the mistake of mak ing it Thomas was probably that of the parish clerk. The exact spot' of the chancel of the church at that time may have been wtiere the bones were disinterred. Concern ing her burial, Captain John Smith wrote: "She was burled In the chancel of the church at Gravesend on the 21st day of March, 1616-1617, being then in the twenty second year of her age. Her husband grieved sorely for her, but he returned with Argall, leaving his little child. Thomas, at Plymouth with Sir Iewls Stukely, who earnestly desired the keeping of him." Tradition says that her death occurred at a little cottage In the present Stone street, Gravesend. St. George's, where Pocahontas was burled, was licensed for worship, In 14M7. Tt was consecrated by Bishop Fisher In 1M0. In 1544 Henry VIII made It the parish church of Gravesend and in 173 It was destroyed by fire. I3y order of King George II It was rebuilt In 1732 and In 18:2 a new chancel waa consecrated by the bishop of Rochester. Pocahontaa was born In 15J. Her name signifies "a bright stream between two hills." Hers Is an honored one In Amerl lan history, because, aa Smith says, through "two or three years she next under God was still the instrument to preserve this colony from death, famine and utter con fusion, which If In those times had once been dissolved VIriirtnIa might have lain as It was at our first arrival to this day." .New York Sun. UNCLE SAM AND (MEANS American Nation Has Hitched with the Hermit Kingdom. FIRST EMBASSY TO WASHINGTON Captain Townsend Recalls Time When Prince Pak and Ye Ha Tom Planted Their Sta-tion. .,'iraiTiiiai VCH, anO Mrs K-irnnr reh T,l .... are preparing to m.,. T. i vi" ,.. L"5rd GRAND ISLAND. July J7.-(8pectal.-Tha ! 1 .'!' lak"Aht,lr future' home.' Their local, police officials, after considerable of ; their fruit farm near Table Rock It'h a cnase, niunana up inree or tne supposed ' : ""'"-u iiui ir. Marnard Int burglars of the Phillips store and they were practically "caught with the goods y the -P"' "uy ' he h Y , Intimately connected for aeveral vei "(matters political and it may be having been selling some of the shoes j PPntment Is in sTore for him. Iy as ends as he"ri ars with may be that an stolen. Part of the goods waa not recov ered and la believed yet to be accreted aomewhere. Chief Hoagland landed two of the men by felling one of them when they attempted the "apllt and run" game. The trio were taken to Aurora yesterday and will be tried In that oounty on the charge of burglary. We a of Nebraska. PLATTSMOITH-Mrs. A. W. At wood la visiting relatives In Jacksonville. 111. WILCOX O. M. Hartley, manager of the local telephone company, haa completed a line to Punk. PLATTSMOUTH Gee ge L. Farlev haa aucceeded J. W. Gamble aa county super intendent of schools. PLATTSMOl'TH The Plattsmouth Clove meiury in inn ems! again, arter being Idle since the big flood. PAPILMON David Faae, cashier ef A W. Clark s hank, baa accepted a position with the Packera National bank at Seuth Omaha. BKATRICE Oerhardt Epp. the young son of Mr. and Mra. John Epp. living north west of the cjty, died yesterday after a brief Illness. SEWARD Mlaa Laura Davie. ODe of the teachera la the city achooui here, left Sat urday for Loveland. Colo.. Chun l,r J,enu are i"ndum Ui uiuomi and where rurisjlOLTH-The following nam..l republican, have each paid If, to hav? the 1, names printed on the primary ballot i For district Judge. Jesse L Hoo?- fo," county Judge J E. Douglas. . JJZ and A. U lld.l; for clerk of the distrl-t court J. M. Robertson; for aherfff C 1) Qulnton; for county clerk. F E Rrlek. Publisher of the Weeping Wat.-r Rep,,u lkanj for surveyor. E. E. Hilton; f county superintendent of schools Georc. 1.. Farley proprietor of the Plattsmoutl: Evening News. BEATRICE Miss Anna Day, county . perintendent of schools, completed her re port yesterday and sent it to the stat. superintendent. The school census for C year shows lv.2 children of school an of whom 6.1S0 are mules and 5,o; are . males. Last year there weie lrt.nf.J person of school age In Gage county. This show a falling off In the school population T' total receipts from all sources amount t. nn.GO. Number of male teachers en ployed In the county, f7; female 3J Tot , wages paid malea, iS.a; pttld femulc'f NORTH PLATTE Having eatlsfied him aelf that under the law-the slot marhtn V "ambllr" device. County Attorn rtoarn. with the co-operation of the cit authorities, will request all cigar stores an. saloon using the machines to put them or of service. Similar action waa taken 'l Omaha, where those using them sought t enjoin the nollca fmm i, - , , . but toe dutrlct judge would tiut (rant th No Siren In Tnent yKlve Veare. Joseph Root, a hermit resident of Presque Isle peninsula. Lake Erie, claims he 'has not slept In twenty-flve years, and those who have become Interested In the case believe his story. A number of Erie physicians examined him. They aay he Is In a healthy condition and he was awake all the time they ob served him. His close friends also vouch for his story. Drugs have been administered, but have no effect on Root. The man has lived for a 'ong time on the peninsula and tella an ln ercstlng storr. He says that about twenty-five years ago .wo dear relatives were killed suddenly In i railroad accident. He suffered ao much rom shock that he gave up the Idea of leep and now remains In a chair all night vlth his eyes wide open. After his rest In the chair he feels aa :iueh refreshed In the morning aa If he had njoyed a good nlght'a sleep. Shortly after the war of the rebellion several American vessels were burned by the Coreans, and In 1W5T the American gov ernment dispatched Commodore Schufeldt to remonstrate with the Corean authori ties, but no result was accomplished. In 1870 Admiral Rodgers again visited the capital of the Hermit kingdom, with the Intention of communicating directly with the Corean government. He was met by a determined resistance on the part of the Coreans, and though the American vessels were secure against the native artillery and American guns silenced the forts, the admiral was constrained by political diffi culties to bring his expedition to a close. In 18S2 the first Corean treaty with the United States was effected, but It was not until 1W or 1&4 that the Coreuni sent an embassy to the United States. Prince Pak was the ambassador and Ye Ha Tun secre tary of the legation. Four or five other Coreans completed the embassy. Cnptnln Townaend Telia of It. Captain C. H. Townsend, at 'present chief clerk In the office of the chief quarter master of the Department of the Missouri, lived In Washington at the time of the arrival of the Corean embassy and it occu pied a house adjoining Captain Townsend's residence. "They were a strange body of people," said Captain Towmiend, "but we soon be came well acquainted with them. Tliey were very friendly and were anxious to assimilate American ideas. pTlnce Pak Was disposed to be very dlirnlfled, though he was reticent. Ye Ha Yun. the secretary of the legation, waa a genial fellow and was by all odds the most intelligent and matlc customs. They were very courteous and had a deep reverence for rank and caste. "When they first came to Washington, when thoy sat down they occupied the floor, folding their feet under them tailor fashion, with their shoes removed. Aftor awhile, however, they began to use chairs, and seemed very awkward with them and ill at ease. Stoical In Their Demeanor. "It was only at the rarest intervals that they would give any sign of surprise. One Instance I remember was when a Joking friend visiting the embassy slid his feet rapidly over the heavy carpet and thus generating a current of electricity, lit the gas with his finger from the current. The Incident was a complete surprise to the Coreans, and they had to have It fully ex plained to them. In their writing they begin at the upper rlghthand corner of the sheet and write up aud down, Instead of across the page. "They generally took everything for granted, aud were wlthaT very pleasant neighbors. They lived near us about a year and then moved to another part of the city, and I saw very little of them afterward." RECIPE FOR MODEL HUSBAND Fame of Sunflower, .Nebraska, Spread by the Krsgraiiee of Ita illoNHonia. i A citizen of Sunflower, Neb., bethinking him to marry, carelessly offered himself to any one of a club of twelve Huurlowpr muidona who might look upon lilm with favor. His offer has brought forth a well coiwldered response from one of the girls, who states her willingness to piarry him provided he could fulfill all of the following conditions: "That he prove his sincerity; that he demonstrate that he la qualified In every way to contract marriage; that he Is amply able to provide a comfortable home for hla bride and la willing to make pro vision for her every need and comfort; that he abstain from tobacco In every form; that he will not use Intoxicating llquora to any extent whatever; that he shall be chaste and pleasant In conversa tion, use no profane or ImDroeer Inn- progressive member of the legation. 'Of guae, apend hla evenings at home, and whether, after all, he really wants to marry. We commend the Sunflower maid, never theless, on her Insistence upon rigid and proper standurds. There Is the very bi at of common sense behind them. By de manding the best and taking no other she Is certain at least to avoid an unhappy marriage. Some male readers, 'after scan ning her conditions, may be led to believe that she will avoid any kind of a mar riage at all. Perfect men, especially per fect husbands, are not exactly a drug on the market these days. The average, the deadly average, is prone to smoke and even, to use mild cuss words In moments of an ger, to remain at home Sunday mornings and otherwise fall below realization of hla higher privileges. And, sud to say, ho la sometimes embarrassed when It come to supplying "her every need and comfort." The Sunflower miss will have, none of him, and though he Is perhaps altogether good enough for the human nature's dally food of her less exacting sisters, no una will dispute her right to be us fastidious as she chooses In this mutter of first, und lasting, Importance. The best or none at all Is a better rule than the laxer one, which so frequently admits of the worst.- St. Louis Republic. I.lgeinln- Shaves a Man. With ax on shoulder, Llge Huffman of Mielbyvllle, Ky., was returning home from nrk when he was struck by lightning, .hich removed his beard and hair aa moothly as It could have been done by a air. When found he wa walking around In a nail circle In a dazed condition, with blood .wing from his mouth and nrae. He waa areheaded. with the rim of his hat around is neck, the rest of his hat having been itnpletely burned. The ground where he ad fallen when struck showed signs tbut 9 had rolled over and over for some time. Bee Wt Ada alwaa uiui results. course they were entirely Ignorant of the English language, but Ye Ha Yun was de termined and persistent and Inside of three months he could spesk and write English fairly well. He was very anxious to ac quire American idea and a knowledge of American customs. I was surprised to ob serve that they were fairly well Informed on the American civil war and Its causes and reaults, and were well posted upon current political history and historical I events throughout the civilized world. ( Una: to Native Customs. , "They adhered closely to their national dress, which was siirtTlar to the Chinese costumes. They had a better pbystque than either the Japanese or Chinese, i think Frank O. Carpenter was their principal adviser and they had every confidence In him. Mr. Carpenter had visited the Corean kingdom and was familiar with their ways They were anxious to learn the meaning of American words and were very Inquisi tive. "They did not aeern surprised at anything fhey saw, but manifested a determination to absorb such Ideas as struck their fancy, and what they thought could be of benefit to them Individually and nationally. They had their own ideas of what constituted civilization and seenud satisfied with their own customs. They possessed a fine and acute sense of morality und virtue. Their women did not Join them until several months after their arrival, and were always treated with politeness and courtesy. Kip the Cap Bat "lightly. "The men of the embassy were temper ate and drank but very little liquor, none to excess. They occasionally lndulgej In American vintages, but It was with the greatest circumspection. They would In their entt-rlainments pour out a full glas of liquor for their guest, but drank merely a sip themselves. They manufactured a sort of beverage from oata and fancied It greatly, but never drank even of It to ex cess. I do not think they gambled, but they were very liberal smoker. "They uttendtd all state ceremonlea and wsro very jyunciiUou la observing dlplo- frequent clubs or poolrooms, not flirt with any woman, and attend church every Sun day." We grieve to relate that the gentleman In question haa been obliged to stop and examine Into himself in order to ascertain whether he possesses the qualifications and Bark to the Cimil Old Way. Philadelphia Record. A federul Judge In Nebraska has de clined to restrain the State Railway com jnlsslon and attorney general from enforc ing the recent act of the state legislature to reduce express rates 25 per cent. The validity of the law will now be determined In the old-fuhioned and orderly way. A test case will be made und curried, 1( need be, to the L'nlted States supremu court by writ of error, where the consti tutionality or otherwise of the act wilt be finally decided. It was by a llko route that the case of Gibbons vs. Ogden reached the great tribunal presided over by Chief Justice Marshall, and the route is still good enough for bringing alleged conflicts between state law and the constitution to the notloe of the ultimate arbiters of questions. Well Worth Investigating;. 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