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iiulj ; y; r 'j N e-mjserance VHttiM jj L -T 1 1 i n Y' , L . ; . ill 'TtfTCRANCEiiwau "the um in BBoaexarjoa. Yon can drink two pint ry ol STORZ TRIUMPH BEER and b tftctly temperate. J Two pinti of Storr Triumph Beer contain lea alcohol than oaa pint of , cider and ia addition to thi contain over s 8 per cent, soluble food, which build and luafain th yttenv . ' 'If th public drank nothing stronger- than Slorx Triumph Beer ' THERE WOULD BE NO 'TEMPER. ANCE QUESTION f 6RnrtDe BOTTLED r r-7'yg Brewing CorXZj- ' with fifty Inhabitant; Hoimer with fifty, Inhabitant. ' .. - Other Crow Neat Paaa town. Pernle la gone, hut on dlepatch aaya that Hoamer and Michel ore (till fighting.- : Fatalltlea Are tie-owlaaT Tha fatalltlt-a are growing hourly. ' In ona caae, five famlUe at Fern! wera hemmed In ar.d every soul prlihed. At leait aereivty Uvea were lot In' Fernle. The property damage la 'between 14,000,000 and IS.000,000. The' Crowa Net Paa Coal company ha tl,000,00 "In property at Coal Creek, which I reported deatroyed. Tha dlaanter 1 un6.ual1itd In the hlatory of western Canada. In that entire aectlon of tha country the railway and bridges are wept away. Ferula Almost Wiped Oat. Ten cottages, two coal office, the West ern Carjada grocery and' the ooal Com paq's new warehouse ace all that remains of Fernle. Within fifteen minutes of the time the fire broke Into tha city tha. place wa a mass of swirling flames. A special from Fernle says: ,.' As early at I o'clock Saturday afternoon the Fort Steele brewery, 'the first largs building to catch fire, was "burned.' Houses In tha immediate neighborhood soon caught and though tha people turned out to fight the flra Immediately, the flames spread rapidly and the whole place waa soon on fire. Old Town, where mot of the minors resided, soon burned and then the bualnea portion caught fire. The large' residential portion eama laat, after the floe mills of the Elk River Lumber company has been, deatroyed. Tha Wast Fernut bridge across Elk river could not naiMvadV wrrd people loat their live la trying to .escape over tha burning bridge;7 . The flra spread with auch rapidity that hardly anything waa aaved. Numbers of people- fled to the river banka and sought refuge' by wading In tha water; others ram to the Canadian Pa ciflo tracks where special tralna were wait ing to convey the people to Michel, but this trip could not be made because the apd Michel, had burned out. . Harrowing; Tale ar rrlven, During the night the eeal company' office waa used a a dintrtbdftftg point for. food. Saturday night waa a frightful ona of ex citement and many - heartrending scenes were wltnensed. It was spent In getting marry of the women'-. and- children on the tralna and starting thenr for Cranbrook. During the night the wind went down and Sunday morning many of the men and their stout hearted wives came In from the - hills to which they had flown,' to view the mouldering remain of their city. Many harrowing talea were Cold. One woman of Wt Fernl had Jut emerged from her home which waa on flrei She dropped dead of heart dlaeaae. The neighbor burled her la ber garden and then ran for their Uvea. Ia another part of the city an aged woman, an Invalid, waa carried a short distance, but tha heat became too great. ' She begged to be left to her fate and,' hor relatives wrap ping; her In wet blankets, fled towarda the hill. She waa burned to death. Beside tha Elk mill, the Fernie and Cedar Valley companlea placea were burned. The Wood Ncnad people were successful In fighting tha flame. Many miner of Fernle were up at Coal Creek on ' Saturday afternoon searching for tha bodie of Frank Heaver and Hllchmought. who had been killed In tha accident of laat .Friday morning. Bea ver's body wah brought to tha aurface, but tha other could not- be found. A painful urprlae awaited tha reaauera when they cam down to Fernle tor by that time tha plaoe waa burned and the train unable to move eastward. A special from Mlohel aays no ona waa In jured at Hoamer where the magaalne blew up. Several building were purpoaely dyna SAlted 8unday afternoon In order to save tha machine shops from fir. Caaaa of Nlaety la Deatroyed. CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-K. A. Bteea of Car on, c 1 'rrhr' -,1:: :: a Dr. Price's Wheat Flako Celery Feed To maintain the norma! standard of health" the quality and character of our food is one of great importance. A food improperly prepared is a tax on digestion. Dr. Price's Food is composed of wheat and celery, the most wholesome and nour ishing of nature's products. It is easily assimilated and has a direct tonic influence upon the nerves, sts Pi! n m PI i li B. ,C, .who ha extensive Interest there and at Fernle, la In thla olty today and declared that ha had received information from Winnipeg to the effect that ninety lumbermen employed by the -Elk Lumber company of Fernle had loat their lives. Mr. Sues said that Peter J. Selppel of Dubuque, la, and H. D. Campbell ot Still water, Minn., both of whom are actively Interested in the lumber trade, wera at Fernle with their families .for tha sum mer, and he believe that they must have lost their lives. Mr. Steea detlaril tl at tha Eastern Br'tlali Columbia Lumber company, with which h is connected, lost Its plant and about K, 000,000 feet of lumber at Fertile. -Story by By Witness. CRANBROOK. B. C, Aug. I. A wttneaa of the fir at Fernle says: "The damage cannot fall short of 16,000, 000, the greater lots falling on the Canadian Pacific railroad and the Tritea Wood Lum ber company. Folly BS, 000,000 feet of manu factured lumber Is destroyed. Tha remains of what waa .once Fernle, consists of ten or eleven small cottages and five or six residence Fernle Is wiped off the map and Is not, as It remains, ot sufficient Im portance to justify the maintenance of a flag station. Some of the homeless people, mostly women and children, . ar . being shipped to Cranbrook, where every pnbllo house and nearly all tha private houses ara being used aa temporary shelters for tha homeless,' and In- many caae naked refugees. "The relief committee; organised . by M'ayor Frmk has sent two trains filled with provisions to the atrlokar .dtirtrfct,". Street car advertlajng, ' Omaha Hotel .-Supply Co.';"1-, moved 'from n .So. lifh to robma n ta O V. 8. National bank building. STRIKE AFFECTS PAPER MILLS Workmen Go Out Reeauea Decreased, Wage Srhedale a An- - -. nonaced. : BOSTON, Mass., , Aug. 8. Paper makers Ir the mills of the International Paper company in various place In New England are affected by an order Issued Saturday by President J. :F. Carey ot tha Interna tional Brotherhood of Paper Makers, call ing for a atrlka today on account of a re cant announcement of a decreased wage schedule. The fact, however, that soma of the mill nf the company have ben cloaed for several week a, while an order cloalng others goes Into effect today, lessens the force of the strike order. All of the mills of the company at Frank lin and Berlin, N. H., and Bellows .Fajle, Vt., are closed. These mills today employ about 860 hands. At Rumford Falls, Ltvar moore Fall nd Webster, In Maine, where the atrlke order was alao received, more than l.rOO men are affected. WATERTOWN. N. T., Aug. I.-Foui mills of the International Paper company In the Watertown division were shut down today. Four hundred paper makers ar affected. Looks wa. Manr an article you have which need, ra pairing and reputing. Kemper, Hemphill A Buckingham. Ownera Omaha Silver Co., Inc., 14 So. 18th St All kinds plating.. KILLS SELF FACING POSSE Oklahoma Marderer Bade Mfe When Sarronaded and Threatened with Capture. LAWTON. Okl., Aug. . Surrounded by a posse twenty miles south west of Lawton J. M. Phillips of Randlett, who yesterday murdered Mre. June Smith, hla alater-lr- law, at Temple, committed aulclde early today rather than submit to arrest.. When officers surrounded the house In which ha had taken refuge, Phillips appeared at tha door and shot himself. Tim OMAHA DAH.Y HY7i!Zt TUESDAY j AUUUST 4, VJOS. KEEPS TO THE SUNDEAN CASE Secretary of SUtt Jnnkin Filet D ciiion oa Bo.ew.ter Protest DEMOCRATS ON BOTH BALLOTS I When Endorsed by Pepallat Stat Cam veatloa. Ha Holds, Their la- elaaloa la Prf eetly ' - Legal. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Aug. l.-8peclal.) Secretary of State Junkln has decided that demo cratic electors endorsed by a populist atate convention may go on both the democratic ballot and the people s independent ballot. His decision, banded down late thla after noon, ia In tha case wherein Victor Rote water filed a protest against the use of the name of tha people's Independent, party by tha democratlo party electoral Candi date. Ha charged this was merely an at tempt on tha part ot Allen, democratlo atate chairman, to count for Mr. Bryan vote which did not rightfully belong ta him, because east for the nominee of the people's . Independent party. Tha proteit on Syphua Nebla will ba beard Saturday. In hie decision Mr. Junkln hold to the Supreme court decision In the' Sundean case. In thla caae Sundean waa a demo cratlo and populist candidate for regent of the university. Mr. Junkln held ha could not, under the primary . law, go on both ballot, but h waa overruled by tha courts. Test of tha Deolaloa. Mr. Junkln'a decision Is aa follows: In rendering a declatoh in thla casa. wherein Victor Rosewater enters protest against the placing of the name of A. D. Cameron, Douglaa Shawvan and others on the primary ballot as candidates tor presi dential electors. In which -they represent both the democrat and people's independent parties, we do not feel It Is incumbent upon us In our official capacity to enter into any lengtny llecuaalon In rendering our decision as ta why and on what reason we oase our aecinton. .- - From the evidence produced It seems that the democrat and people's Independent parties did, on the oth day ot March, ISO, hold a atate convention In the city of Omaha, Douglaa county, Neb., at which timer the names pf A. D. Cameron, Doug las Shawvan and others were recommended by both the above named partlea to ba electors 'for their respective parties. At yc."r.myo7 seem irom tnis action max tne saia norm- natlona were entirely satisfactory to the electors Of both parties In this state, and Deneving that tne members of a political party should be the sole Judss as to what they atand for and when they aent dele gates to the said convention to represent them that the party ta more or lesa In duty bound to respect the will of these delegatea and that those delwgatea there whoae name anoear above, and others, aa ineir choice for electors. It would seem inat 1111 incumDent upon tma nepanment the aiihM thar vinrMiM. Prtmavrr Law Provisions. I Under tha ororlslons of tha nrimarv law. section IS, It atatea that a man can be the nominee, of more than one political party, darid-d in h." ras. -f th. VrSiT.ti John L.. Sundean, wherein the said Sun- dean did make a personal filing as a peo- SrEnwani t that his name be placed' upon the primary ballot of the democratlo party also, on thol advice of the attorney general that the departmen held It could not be done. This caae waa carried into the supreme court ana iney renaerea a decision adverse to I n ruiings 01 tnis aepanmeni ana in- Bunaean upon botn-tne democratic ana Deo-1 ple'a Independent ballota, he being a can- oiuate ior renem 01 me university, a state office I . It ts 'a -reoognlsed fact ' that presidential ! electors, of all political partlea ara state I state only., and therefore it seema ta ma mat in 109 preeent-ease we nave oat .mat t w' U I eaptaneTof the .aid A. d7 cTin-ronrixll- las Shawvan and -other, ara In accordance with the provisions of the primary law the primary ballot or both the people s in- Anonri.iit mrtA riAfnAAtatlf, naetla I Mevnoiiean luirata jn eel. . 1 Conference No. 1 of tha aerie, to be held by Chairman William Hayward of tha re- I publloan Mate central committee waa held at the Undell hotel Monday .afternoon, During .the forenoon the chairmen called at headquarters and held Individual on- ferance with reference to matters pertain- ing to their county organisation. At 11:80, n company, with tha chairman and seer- ik.'.t.i. mnniii. iLtnitnt nr. kett. -OOvernor' Sheldon. Secretary of State Junkln and Treasurer Brian, tha vlaftlng chairmen wera entertained at luncheon at the Undell hotel. Immediately following th. conference convened at th. convention hall In the Llndell. where there was a general exchange of view, upon tha po- miel .It not Inn m.r,A e.mnaJm mlhi wera freely discussed. Plan, of the cam- o.,lin Kv tha' rh.irm.n .nA palgn were outlined by the chairman and secretary. The report, made by the visit ing chairmen were uniformly of a cheerful nature, and all were confident that Ne braska will be carried for Taft and the republican atate ticket by substantial ma jorities. Thoae In attendance were S. W. Burn- ham, Lancaster county; P. F. Dodson, Wll- ber; Anton Dredla, Crete; William Dunn, Palmyra; A. B. Taylor, Tork; John WllUe, Falls City; a W. Bustles, Auburn; L. H. McKIUIp, Seward; F. H. Hltoh, Geneva; M. M. Akin, Fairmont; A. H.' Kldd, Beat rice; Orlando Tefft, Avoca; 8. W. Thurber, Tecumseh; 8. R, Merrill, Falrbury; Thoma. Major, Pern. Board of EOallaaastalon Acts. The Stat Board of Equalisation, very likely, will make the general fund levy this year 4 mill. Laat year tha levy waa B mills. The asaessment thla year will b In the neighborhood of I3SO.000.000, against $329,000,000 laat year. Until th board figure exactly what tha aaement will be. It will not definitely settle tha question ot levy, but at thla time 44 mills seem to ba tha figure. The 1 mill county levy and tha 1 mill redemption levy la fixed by law. Th valuation of tha atate yet to be equalized la aa follows: Railroad assessment f el,M0.47S Pullman ' company , 117.920 Private car line Landa 141, WlU 1 0T! AMU lk4 I Lota UMAX Personal KI,lt7,U 1 tint K11 been equalised. hereaaa Calls at Stats Hoaaa. Superintendent Sherman ot th Boya' In- duatrial achool at Kearney called at that state houae today to aay that tha boy. al the- school aro cultivating eighty acrea ot eora which will aell for 12 a buanel for seed com. Th achool la working In oon juuetion with tha .ta la farm, and It se lected It aeed eora with great care. Th result, ha aald, la that tha achool ha th beat atand of - com la Nebraska. From forty acrea of potatoea, Mr.- Sherman aald ha expected to gather 40u. baahels. Tha boys ar also cultivating forty acre, of ugar beet, which tna expert, bava pro- nouncad the finest in the atate. " Thirty acrea have been planted In beana. Besides all thla. tha achool sports nia base ball team a Creamery Dlaoato Settl. Tha railway commission has settled tha dispute between tha Beatrica. Creamery company and tha Paclfkj Express company by splitting tha difference between tha charge the express company rhalrsd to make for hauling ere am and tha rata tna creamery desired ta pay. Taa areamsry The rra7ad';ndo,.;"il"n wnTlr f company bur ereern and ahlpa It from a branch road north of Qrand Ialand. On Sundays this train does not run and tha cream la then shinned to Omaha and over another road to Lincoln. The etpreet rom- cnm fo' th '"m tB l0C": or no cfnit ior ivv pounan; ins in-Btnri g waa willing to pay K cent a, or tha regular rf,rr. If th ahlpmant came straight tnrougn. Tits company ordered tne expreen company to charge 40 rent a 100 pound, or the rata for a contlmioue run, baaed on tha mileage. j . York People Proteet. A nrrmber pf Tor people, headed by J. K. Hart, member of the leirtelature, have filed a formal complaint aanlnet the Korth- wVatern. They are. asking that thla roAd Inatall a telt-phont; - In the atatlon at Oreaham. P0NCA BAKER KILLS SELF Jaeab Maaoe lesli allet Into Head and Die Deelarlaa? Jeaaa Is Hla Friend. ' PONCA. Neb.. Aug: 1. (Special.) Jacob Mil nee, a) years of age and alngle, fired a .bullet Into Ms temple and waa found dead' here this morning at 7:W. A letter on hla peraon read: "I owe the- world nothing but my body. I have dona no wong and Jesus la my friend." :,' Munce had acted 'strangely yesterday and had suffered from tha heat. while at work. He waa a b&kef for tha Cllft bakery and a good workman. Hla body waa found In tha bakery. . -, Ponca people,, know little about Munce. He came here about two montha ago from Chicago and' went to Work for the Cllft bakery- Ha has always beei) steady In hla work and habits, - but since "his death It la learned that his mind , waa not easy, To .certain men In Ponca he aald he had onoa killed a man In self-defense and every time he saw a stranger In town he feared It was a peraon come' ta' molest or arrest him for this deed. . Thoae who accredit hla story believe the fear and thought ot thla thing weighed on "Ms-mind, until it was unbalanced. Munca waa a German and no one here has any knowledge of his family con nectlons or former place of residence, exH cept that he aald he waa single and came from Chicago. :.'..". FOR . TELEGRAPH Kzchangca of Instruments at Lushtoa Brings a Protest from That ' . Town. LUSHTON. Heb., Aug.' l-(SpecIal.)-Tha telegraph' Instrument wera taken out of tna Burlington station here Saturday and mnr patrona of that railroad are com piamrag ai 1 no action . xne tJurungxon; 130,000 wort Ji of business here a year. me genera,! manager a oince at me uur mgton in umana ortera tna explanation that the telegraph has been taken out at Lush- ton to give way to tha telephone, but that tha atatlon agent ha. been retained. It waa not known by that. Office whethor this telegraph instrument waa the only ona the Ple of Luehton had m which to depend '' publlo bualneaa Or not, ' CTRPFT FAIR UP AT PONHA FoatlTa- Time i the Dixon Coanty Capital, far an Entire urui. hnca. . wee .Aug.-. . (apeciai. a gtreet fair Will holcf forth hera for a week . ana tna lovn w iui w,, irinvv aaru. There are eight ahow and! a large Ferrla wheal Illuminated-wlQt' electricity. Crowds to attend tha f4WFta ' alim Agnes vrartv, 01 umana is tne giiesi of her sister, Mri. B. Francis. Th Wood 'Ut'- membr- ot th Woo1 family orchestra of'Dea Maine', gave soma miii-l aelnrttnna 'at tha' Presbyterian - - ., x' i. . ' unnai ..mm. . HUMBOLDT,4 Ne.,' Aug.' .(Spec!ai:j The, body o Mar jBtrawn, a .young farmer of thla section, waa round at an early hour this morning at the. bottom of the waters of a, pond on the farm of Neal Matten, a few mllea southeast or city.. Ha waa about-Z6 years or age and aHon of Charlea Strawn, an old aol- and pioneer settler of tha county. living at nome wun nis parents, nun day morning ha started fishing la bayou or Inland pond with ona or two companlona, but the heat proved too "rong for tne otnera. wno len mm shortly before noon. When evening came roun "wn Bnow "f w ' 0 c,ov ln" l"" '""" "J- "ng P it PP1 one of came upon him while he was at th river bank an dha fell Into the water and waa drowned before he recovered himself. The water was not deep enough to drown him. Woman Saves Her Homo. BEAVER CITT, Neb., Aug. I. (Specla Telegram.) Mrs. Ray Harman aaved he. home from detraction by presence of mind Saturday. A kettle of paraflne on a gaso line stove became Ignited while she wa temporarily abaent from tha house. On her return everything was In a blasa. Instead of rushing for assistance, she gathered ui heavy olotha and put the fire out although the curtalna of the room were burned and tha floor waa ablaae. Iajarles Bring A boat Death, SHELTON. Neb.. Aug. . (Special.) John Doremua, a respected farmer, died last night at tha farm home. Two week. I ago ha was crossing a ravine with a steam threaher outfit and waa caught between tha separator and tha engine and terribly scalded by steam and hot water, and med It. R. TELEGHAPHEK Zaereaaaa Ability on might Food. Anything that will help the R. R. Tele graph operator to keep a clear head and I - -. - n la, t.r.at . rt nli.r.l.i.a particularly awj iu mv ruunu riv.iivi.siij Aa tha waste of brain and nerve cells In active work of this 'kind Is great, it la regularly used to repair the waste. "I have uaed Orape-Nuta," writes a B R. A P., operator, "for the past alx or eight years, dally, buying It by the dosen packagea. A friend of mln, a doctor, who had beet treating ma for stomach trouble and nervous ' exhaustion, recommended ma to leave ofso much meat and ass fruit and vegatables, with Qrape-Nuta aa tha cereal part of each meal. "I did ao with fine results and have continued Orape-Nuta from that time to. tha present I . find In my work. a. R. R. Telegrapher that I can do mora worn and far easier than 'I aver could an the old diet. "To any man who 1. working hi. brai and who need a cool, level bead and quick action, I recommend Grape-Nuts for long xperteno." There' Raaaon."- Name" given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Read, Tha Road to Wall. vllle.t In pka Ever read traa abova fctterT A tvnw oaa appaar. from Ore to Una They am irrtiaiaa, tnta, aava full of Juuaaa Latcrf leal aid waa al once secured and every thing dona to save hie life, but tha bnrne were ao severe that It waa Impoeelble are htm. One year ago laat spring Mr. Doremus ctma here and purchaaed fin 400-aora farm and wa rproapenm thla year, raining over 100 acre of fine wheat II leave aona and daughter grown. In food circumstance FILI5GS FOR COINTV OFFICRS Fanner Attorney General Front Seeks Attarneyahlp In Jefferson. FAlF.BCRt. Neb.. Aug. I. (Special. - Tha following have made filings with the county clerk for county and legislative offices: For Representative. Thirty-first District- Charles ttawaon, James L. Hutchinson and A. V. Pease, republicans; Wes. Plcklns, eniocrat and pooples' Independent. txir county Attorney t. u. Main ana . N. Prout. republicans; K. A. Wonder. democrat and peoplea' Independent. For County Commissioner C. W. Rohra baugh, republican; John E. Clapp, demo crat. LOUP CITT, Neb.. Aug. fc-(8peclal.- There are now three candidates who have filed for senator from the Sixteenth dis trict, namely, A. P. Culley of Loup City, A. Clark and E. D. Gould, both of Buf falo county for the republican nomination, with one populist nominee whose name has not reached here. For representative, there are three candidates, namely, Carl McKln- nle and Theodore OJondyk for the republi cans and E. A. Brown for the populists. For county attorney there are four candi dates. R. P. Starr and W. J. Fisher betore the republican primaries, and R. H. Mathew and Emerson Smith for, the fu slonists, all of Loup City. There are also several filings for supervisors. HOOPS MAKB PRACTICB MARCH Infantry aind. Artillery ' From Fort Riley Pasa Throasra Beatrice. BEATRICE, Neb., AUg. I. (Special Tele- ram.) The Sixteenth United State. In fantry, which camped here over Sunday. left this morning for Fort Riley. Kan. They will go Into camp at Odell tonight. oon after the departure of the command. Batteries D and B of the Sixth Field artll- ery. In command of Captalna Brigga and Baryne, reached tha city from Fort Riley and went Into camp -here for tha night. The command number, about S00 men and 350 horaes. Th troop are out to fulfill the regulation, a. regard, marching be fore attending maneuvers, and will return to Fort Riley in the morning. About 4,000 person, witnessed the guard mount and also heard the concert given by tha Six teenth infantry band. Bight members of a family named Collier, who were holding a reunion at tha home of John B. Collier oh South Fifth street in thla city, wera poisoned last evening by eating lea cream. All of them wera critic ally ill for a time and tha prompt arrival ot a physician saved their Uvea. Pay of Postal JBmployes la Militia. CVSHINQ. Neb., July I8.-T0 the Editor of The Bee: I am a rural letter carrier at thla place and am also a member of the National Guard. Can you Inform me whether a carrier ' la entitled to full pay for hla route and also from tha state while on atate encampment duty aa a member of the militia?' CP. SEARS. Postal employee who are member, of tha Mate militia may avail of the fifteen days' annual vacation allowed them If they ao elect, to attend the State encampmenta and Would thus receive their regular pay al lowed them during their vacation period. Should they desire to attend tha militia encampment without applying that time on their vacation they will be required to furnish a aubatitut during their absence and the .substitute will receive their pay. Ttie, jay ha receives from the state a, a mumper oi.n miuua cuts no iigurs witn the ray he .receives aa a government em ploy Boy Accidentally Shot. BEAVER CITY, Neb.," Aug. S.-(Speclal Telegram.) Xhe small son of James Strat ton, northwest of town, waa accidentally shot by an elder brother and rhiraculdu.ly escaped death. The older boy waa handling the remattia of a target rifle which had been kicked about tha place for a year. It wa. ruaty and without a .tock. In handling it the thing wa. some how discharged arid the bullet lodged In the little boy1 head near the right eye. A deflection of half Inch In either direction would have resulted in Instant death. Taft Clnb at Cambridge. CAMBR1DOE. Neb., Aug. . (Special.) A number of the republicans ot this place met at the opera house Saturday even Ing, Auguat 1, and organised a Taft and Sherman club. Th meeting was called to order by Hon. E. B. Perry, committeeman. when J. W. Hammond wa. chosen tern porary chairman and Dr. H. J. Porter temporary secretary. J. M. Holllngworh, B. F. Butler and O. E. Simon ware ap pointed a committee to draft by-laws, so licit members, etc. RepabllCaa Rally at A aro raw AURORA, Neb.. Aug. I. (Special Tele gram.) Th republicans are planning a big ratification meeting and banquet to be held In Aurora on August 16 at I o'clock In the afternoon. Senator Norrls Brown, Gov ernor Sheldon, Speaker Dan Nettleton and other men of prominence have been In vlted to apeak. The republican central committee of Hamilton county haa laeued an Indorse ment of the candidacy of P. H. Ab'vtt for railway commissioner. Drowned In tha Repnhlleaa. SUPERIOR, Neb., Aug. . (Special. )- Ed. Woods, a young man of IB years, llv Ing near Mankato, Kan., waa drowned while fishing In the Republic river, one mile east of this place, thla afternoon. H had walked out Into the liver and waa taken with oramps. His body waa not recovered for fifty-five mlnutea, and svery effort to revive him waa in vain. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon. Nehraafca ewa Notea. LINWOOD Laat week waa the hottest or the season corn ia needing rain. BEAVER CITT Sam Rowley murdered at Norton, Kan., Is cousin of Mrs. Charles Laub o fthls place. RIVERTON The funeral of Mr.. P. Williams waa held this afternoon at p. m. from the Congregational church and waa largely attenaea. TORK The statementa made by the banks of Tone show a moat healthy growth, an dreflvct the buaineca prosperity of Its bualneaa men, citlsen and farmera. Tha total depoalta of the York banka run over ii.aou.wo. TORK Seymour Blesel received a tele grana announcing the hope of recovery of Kev. 1. J ntallley. from a stroke by light ning in Colorado thai burned the bowa off his spectaolea and burnt a hole through nis snoa. YORK-Wllhur Shaw, father of Minnie Shaw, pleaded guilty to a charge of whip- Ping hla daughter ana pa 10 nut line. Mm nie Sbaw filed complaint that becauae her father objected to her keplng company with a certain young man be administered an old fashioned waipplng. - - YORK Th flra boya raised la a short time UM to buy a fire team and the clty has ordered a new engine and other fire fighting supplies, York haa grown ao rap Idly that it haa become neecsaary 10 n a paid fire department in tha downtown district. YORK A. C. Snyder haa opened a new stock of hard war. In th Cain Marshall block. Mr. Snydar sold hla interests In th firm of anyder Paine, liaraaare dealers, about on year ago to Mr. Mlttendorf, and after looking arund for a location decided that York was fhs best place to open with a new stock of hardware. ALBION The Albion cbautauaua DAINTY pastries, pies and dessertsdelicious, attrac tive, out of the ordinary are the pride of the cook who uses For filling for cream, lemon, rhubarb, pineapple, gtrawberry and other fruit pies, nothing equals Kingsford'a. It makes them delicate and delicious. Improve your cooking by following ' ."Orifjlnal Recipes end Cooking by two"cookt who know. Free on Insist npon the old reliable Klngsford's Oawego Com Starr h. Found package, 10c T. KINCSFORO & SOH. CSWCQfJ. mtkhub. rtai m, drawlng large rrowds each day. Sunday arternoon Father Nugent delivered an add reus upon "Philosophy of Civilisation." Excursion tralna were run by the rail road and tha grounds were crowded to heir utmost capacity. Next Sunday ia tha cloning day. HUMBOLDT Perry Polland. a well known farmer living! a few mile south east of the city, waa overcome by heat Saturday afternoon and for some time waa considered In a critical condition, although Improving at thla time. Mr. Pollard wa not reeling wen in tne morning an l pui in a Hard oav inn hard day threshing, the e:f -rt proving too much for him SHELTON Am SHELTON Arrangements are fast being im pleted for the coming harvest races and completed for the com In fraternal oongresa which will ba held here August 11, 1. ao. Committees are hard at work arranging procrema and doing a large amount of advertising and the indi cations are that this year will outdo all former efforts In entertainment of the many visitors which will be In attendance. HUMBOLDT Gradv Rovd. the nlmteen- yar old son of T. J. Boyd, a farmer ov.r near me tvanaaa line, a as arownea in a trsam near the family home, he having gun in Swimming with a companion. The lamer 01 me boy waa not far distant and when the bov went down In the bottom of tne pond where the flood had washed a aeep pit, the father was unable to aave hi in because he himself could not awfm. Funeral services were held at the Presby terian church in Bern, Kansas. YORK A young man arrived hera Rat. urday, claiming that hi. former residence waa Falrbury and that be hod employ ment with the Burlington railroad at York and that he rented a houae In North York. He purchased 1300 worth of furniture of Barr A Son and tendered a check for IIOS. receiving 15 In cash. From there he went to Johnson Bros.' hardware more and bought 14 worth of hardware, giv ing a cnecK on Falrbury bank for 61, receiving Is in chanae. The rood, war delivered to the house In North York and now the agent of the house wants t ohold the good for nonfulfillment of contract an dpayment of rent, Thomp son ten eariy una morning. 'YTHIANS MEE IN BOSTON Between Seventy-Five and Elaatr- Fire TBOaaand ' Attend Sapreraa Lodge and Encampment. BOSTON, Ma., Aug. a The twenty- fifth convention of the aupreme lodge, and the biennial encampment- of th uniform rank of the Knlghta of Pythlaa, with the annual convention of the Pythian alstera, ware formally opened today with an at tendance estimated at from 75, (XO to 14,000 delegatea and members. The Pythian. will hold bualneaa sessions and parades and enjoy: trip about ' the city- for -alx days, dosing next Sunday with a religious iriass meeting, presided over by the grand pre late of Massachusetts, the Rev Allan A. Stockdale, at the Union Congregational church. The most Interesting - feature ot tha gathering proved to be tha encampment of the uniform rank, which formally dedi cated Camp Joseph H. Lyon at Franklin Field today. Over 1,000 tents accommodate the 7,000 Knlghta on thla, ' Boston's most exuanslve playground, and here the chief feature of the first day'a program was held. Early. In the afternoon the convention delegatea gathered In King Solomon temple to witneea the exemplification of work by King Solomon temple of the Pythian slaters of Boston Immediately gfter the work the camp at Franklin Field waa dedicated. Represen tative D. Sidney Woodworth of Boston, preaident of the waya and means com mittee, formally turned the ramp over to Charlea A. Barnes of Jacksonville, 111., the supreme chancellor, who accepted the camp and fn turn passed It over to Arthur J. Btobbart of St. Paul, Minn., major general commanding the uniform rank. The flag of the tamp waa then raised over the tented city and the en campment waa formally under military order. Addressee of welcome by Governor Quild and Mayor Hlbbard respon. by Oeneral Stobbard followed. Tommorrow the aupreme lodge will for mally begin work in the convention hall at Hotel Somerset. MACK CONFERS WITH MURPHY Dlacnasse's Plana for New York Caaa salsrn with, Taaaaaaay'a Loader. NEW TORK, Aug. I. An important eon. forenoe to outline a plan of campaign In New Tork waa held this morning by Nor man B. Mack, chairman of tha democratlo committee, with Charlea F. Murphy, leader of Tammany hall. The conference continued for some time and M waa aald - that the part which the national democratlo committee will play In the campaign In thla atata waa determined. Chairman Mack will leave for Chicago to night and will remain there for two weeks. On his arrival In that city ha will announce the makeup of the subcommittee which will have control of the campaign east of the Alleghenlea. After a conference lasting over ' two hours, Chad men Mack aald: "Mr. Murphy and I talked of the situation In tha atate and what I. being done to elect the national ticket. ' A more active campaign will be made here after the atate coavVhtlon. No mention, wa. made of gubernatorial candldatea. "The atate cauunlttee will direct the com palgn In this state and aa long a every thing la satisfactory and everything haa been so far tha national committee will not Interefere. "Much has been aald of Mr. Bryan's VAKEFIELD'S BLACKBERRY BALSAM is and has bssn (of 61 years tha most prompt and raliabla curs for Diarrkeaa, Dysentery and Cholera lalantuaa. As these diseases often corns in tha night, every home should ba prepared to check them without delay by bavirur Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam on hand. It never tails. All drugg-ista sail It. Full sue bottls Cfe ' iVVeawYll CGitN srnncu Sixty-six vr i fart Suptricrity Helps" request. N. T, spehklng campaign. ' It tg 'Mr. Bryan'" 'w tentlon to apeak In center, of doubtfj, states, though he will not make the numbot of speeches that he made In hla forme! campaigns. As ha. been announced, ha will apeak twice In thla atate, one In Greater New Tork and once in Buffalo, but I shall try to persuade him to apeak alao at aoma point in tha center of the state. He will not apeak 'In the atate until some time aftor ' th. ' state convention, which I understand will ' be the latter part of September ; or, the flrt part of October. I believe New Tork to be a good battleground, where the party ha. a good chance of .ucceea. Senator John W. panlel of Virginia, Henry Watterson and former Senator Pettlgrew ot South Dakota had a con ference with Mr. Mack today. Senator Daniel announced today that he would take an active part In the campaign. Mr. Watterson is engaged In the formation ot hi committee ot editor throughout the Country favorable , to. Mr. Bryan's can didacy. TAFT TO ADDRESS . LAWYERS Delegation from Virginia Bar Asso ciation Calls oat Candidate. HOT SPRINGS, Va., 'Aug. S. About thirty members of the Virginia Bar asso ciation called on Candidate Taft this morn ing and a general exchange of felicitation, waa held. The association tomorrow be gin. It. twentieth annual meeting. Judge Taft win addreea the gathering Thursday and haa boon asked to make a banquet speech Thursday night. ; There was universal comment by the lawyer, on the splendid physical appear ance of the candidate. Tea," was his reply, "it Is true, I wa. never in better health la my life. It 1. thla air down here and then my ezerclea. It really doe. not am that there la much In a game of golf, but It require, just enough skill to divert the mind from the welklng that la necessary and In that way one geta real exerciae without the fatigue." 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