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TTIE BEE: OMAITA, TITUHSDAT, JULY 1. 1009. e LY c 0 .1 Nebraska fa mil TREASURER'S REPORT Nearly Klllloa Dolkn en Hand at XnA i Juae, UDLSLRUI SCHOOL JTELDS CASH IffTttll 1 Aemklnv Wao Rm Reeemtly Visits too Koaraey Inlln, Says Poo Saoollao Arc Banning; Law, (From a Staff Oeriaapondont.) LINCOLN'. Neb., June lsV-8peeial.-The monthly report ec tha Stat Treas urer Brian tor the month af June shows he has a beJanae la ail fuatas e fMlMOJI against 'a balaaoe of UM tha tint of tha month, Tba saoatnta havo amounted to IUi4.400.4L' ana tha dlaosxraomenta to IL0i4.eas.ii. . Tha caakr and oasti Items amount to 8S3J, 00019. but of thla $1 08,01s ma tor Douglss county bond tomorrow, and tba 1 arose part of tha balance It to m tar bonaa a tba aarna time. Tba eaao on deposit amounta to SfilO.SOs. Tha general tuna amowrrta to att.ODT with no general fwnd warrants reglotared. but advanced money to par thorn, at Kearney advanced money ta par thorn at ataarney Normal school, $1100, aod at Para Snoot Following la tba report la Aotail: Balanoes. Fund.' nerwtBta. Pamela. Tune SO. OS Oeneral ....$ Tern school. m.r7t.M 4.41406 M.4S V Tern, unl.... Redomptlon Hoe. Insane Per. school. Per. unl.. As. col. end. Nor. end.... Nor. Int. Teru lib Stete lib Agr. M A. 17. 8. Er Sib . I'nl. cash.. Penitentiary Kear. Nor, I , Orth. ho;... Forest res... rm. ine I nut cash 7i.4.u 71.M6B0 167.71 31?.l! 14 tti.'m.n i.w4 m SM9 87 ; ""ir.oo lu.no.'m iM.m.n Ym.om'w J8.144.K 14,723. U 6aVli.W o,n.K 2.008 41 u.n 'ii'ii 80.818 81 i.MT.n 8,178 22 '"'lsovw 7.SM.M $.846.82 S.466.83 LS71.S 1 S.I70 06 34.S2S.17 14.69 112 M 78. 63 87.94 KR.7 IS " $ 12,640.73 824.M ',mii 3.543.98 Totala ..ll.134.4S0 .41 tl.044.(W.U $62,Bfl0 Cssh and caah Items on hand.. ..$332,000 19 Caih on deposit 630,600.00 Total Trust funds Invested: .SM2, 600. 80 Permanent school fund. ........... .$7,084.8314S Permanent university fand 13JBK.rtJ Agricultural college endowment.. (03.8K3.79 Normal endowment 0S.Z44S.O4 Total ............. 17,707,760 96 Warrants (unl.) t 106.047.(6 Bonds 7,081,709.30 Toteol e e eaeae aaaaivaeaeae f77B7t 766.96 Industrial School Steeds Panda. The report of tha condition of the Indus trial School for Boys at Kearney, brought back by members of the State Board of Public Landa and Buildings, who have Just visited that Institution and the Insane asylum at Hastlnga, is anything; but flat tering to the late legislature. According to Secretary of State Junkln, the Industrial home Is lr bad shape, due not so much to bad management, said the secretary, as to tha lack of money to run the Institution. ' -For breakfast the boys are given bread, butter and, coffee. Tha Institution has on hand few ! potatoes and cannot afford to buy any more without making a deficiency. I The buildings are seriously In need of "re pair. f Mr. Junkln, Land Commissioner Cowlea end,(-TTeabreer Brian visited the Inatltul tlon at the request of Superintendent Man uel, who ' told tha board of the serious condition of the finances. The members of the board went before tha legislative Committees last winter and asked for larger appropriations for this Institution, but their recommendations ware turned down at a time tha legislature waa trying to make a record for economy. The board members yesterday advised Mr. Manuel to give the boys plenty of good wholesome food, regardless of the condition of hie finances. f At tha Hastings aaylum tha board re ported everything In good ahape. though ' the plumbing will shortly need repairing. Tha location of the . new 130.000 building was marked off. Halt Conaty Solea Married. H. R. Henry, who represented Holt county in tha legislature c-f 1900, 1907 and for a half dosen or . more aeaslona before that, la married. A ad thus many things are explained. Mr. Henry . waa married at 8 o'clock tonight to Mias May Martin of Mount Vernon, la. And not only that, but he has written friends In Lincoln that ' if tty ; ; 1 v in 't Nebraska be Intat via to make his home In Mount Tarnoa for at least a year and If he likes the place be will remain there permanently. Mr. Henry was a candidate for speaker of the bouse last winter and up te within a few days of tba caucus he bad not ar rived In Lincoln, much ta the annoyance of his backera. It waa explained that he had been celled to 'Iowa an very urgent bualneos. The Sunday before the caucus Mr. Henrv could not be located and his friends gave It out that ha re f need to cam paign on Sunday. It la now . bellved he waa campaigning very dlllgenly over about Mount Vernon. Beversl times during the aeaaion the gentleman from Holt had a far away look In his eyea and ha waa accuned of not paying attention during tha reading of the Journal. Mr.. Henry haa been a resident of Halt county for a number of yeare and waa one of the strongest mem bers af the late legislature and took an Important part In all of the legislation dear ta the heart of Mr. Bryan's demo cratic party. Ssweaaa taastlea far Dr. Itoe. -The coffee and the ham and tha bacon fed to tba inmates of the Feeble Minded bteUtuta at Beatrice la not the kind of food that Dr. O. L. Boa, superintendent, llkee to eat ar feed to his awn family. So Dr. Boo secured permission from the Beard of Purchase and Supplies to get a higher grade far binaatf and family. In tha Mils from tha tnatltutian fhle month la a permit whten allows tha superintendent ta pay 16 cents a pound for coffee, IS cents rer ham and a cents for bacon. The con tract price of the same articles furnished the inmates la as follows: Ham, 11 cents: bacon, IS cents, and coffee, 14 and ZD cents. On tha permit tt waa act out that the good were for aha superintendent and his family. Oapaaa af LIjaor Lavrra. Representatives of tha temperance forces of the ataie have bought 1.000 copies of the liono laws and will distribute them among taanperanoe workers out over the stata. Elmer E. Thomas, W. R. Patrick, Lysle Abbott, A. 0k 'Wolf en ban? er, Thomas Darnell and several other lawyers have been employed to pronecute liquor dealers who violate tha lam Oortraer Goes ta Crawford. Governor Shanenberger and his start, or a part 9f his staff, are all ready to charge on Crawford for July 4. A part of tha staff will leave Lincoln Friday evening, and on Saturday morning the governor and his Omaha colonels will leave over the Union" Pacific Tha two troops will -ln at Grand Island. Saturday afternoon the governor will speak 'at North Platte. The party will reach Crawford Sunday aft ernoon, and will take dinner at Fort Rob inson that evening. The governor speaks at Crawford Monday. The following colonels will take the trip with the gov ernor: Sophus E. Neble, Omaha; E. J. Shlnn, Beatrice: P. O. Cooper, Crawford; Robert 8. Oberfelder, Rldney; B. F. Mar shall, Omaha; L. P. Utterbadc Nebraska City; H. W. E. McDaniels, Omaha; R. B. Tyler, Mlllerton; E. W. "Weaterfeldt, Lin coln: E. W. Getten and J. J. Derlght, Omaha, and Adjutant General Hartlgan. Colonel Fanning la net going. Asylam Employes Dtscbarfrefl. The payroll of Superintendent Woodard of the Lincoln asylum, filed today, shown that the following persons have been dis charged from their positions at the Insti tution, though no reason Is assigned for the action of the superintendent: Kathryn O'Connor, a nurse; Earl Clauson, assistant engineer; August Schilling, assistant cook; Llbei Hammond, night cook; Minnie Jones, seamstress; Clara Parka, nurse; H.- W. Shumate, attendant; Frances Swehla, nurse; P. M. ttiidtfe, ntiiwe; J." B. Sheehan, night cook. Kathryn O'Conner haa been employed at the Institution for several years, as have several of the others who nave been let out. Seaator Ash taa fa Lincoln. Senator Fred Ashton of Grand Island was In Lincoln today on legal' business In the federal court Mr. Ashton was a mem ber of the senate In 1907, but today he said he knew nothing of pontics, having been so busy with hit private affairs he had little time for anything else. Three Wacom Loads of Beer. The faot that at least three wagonloada of beer a day are delivered Into Lincoln Is disturbing the excise board and a meet ing has been called for Thvraday to take steps to prevent the practice. The beer la brought In from Havelock. and as Lin coln receives no license money new, the excise board Is determined the town shall be dry th accordance with Ahe vote cast at the last election. Case Acalnet Maya Love. County Judge Cos grave haa been cited to appear before District Judge Stewart and show cause why the case brought by There always have been soda crackers There always will be soda crackers But There never any other Nebraska Bob Malone aralnut Mayor Love In a oon leat for the office of mayor should not be dismissed. The county Judge held that he had Jurisdiction to try the rase and this Is denied by the sttorneys for the mayor. Itarheroe for Eaa-laeera. The locomotive engineers, who are hold ing a grand union meeting, spent the after noon at Capital beach eating a roast ox and the evening In a bta aance. Judge Coegrave addressed the picnic this after noon. Chief Ftona held a meeting with the engineers this morning. Mndell Hotel la Sola. The Lln?fll hotel waa sold today by Hoover A Son to Miller dt Paine, proprie tors of ons of Lincoln's department stores. Ths consideration was $115,000. Invoice Is being taken tonight and the new owners will take charge of tha hotel property to morrow morning. Norfolk Girl Tells of Engagement Miss Butterfield Makei Announcement to Members of Wellesley Col lege Class. BOSTON, Mass., Juns SO (Special) Miss Josephine Butterfield of Norfolk, Neb., got up before the other 270 members of the Wellesley college class which graduated yesterday,' at a dinner in Boston and blush ing a rosy red, confessed she has fully determined to get married. In faot, that ahe Is already engaged to a young man whose name she was excused from giving. GROOM OF THREE DAYS HURT Fred Caramlnera and Assistant Fifty Feet from tharcK Steeple. Fall CENTRAL CITT, Neb.. June ). Spe cial.) While painting the stseple of the Swedish church at Hordvllle, Fred Cum mlnre and an assistant by the name of Mllderbach experienced a fall and seri ous Injuries Tuesday afternoon. Tha scaf folding supporting them gave way and they fell to the ground, a distance of fifty feet. Cummlngs suffered a severely frac tured leg, while Mllderbach was Injured Internally. Cummlngs waa married three days ago. He waa taken to his home In Polk, which he hsd Just recently finished fitting up. Mllderbach wss cared for in Hordvllle and his injuries may turn out to be very serious. NEWS BOTES FROM RA9TTNGS Former Mayor MeElhlaney Stricken with Aooplexy". HASTINGS, Neb., June 30. (Special Tel egram.) Information has been received by relatives that D. M. McElhlnney, formerly mayor of Hastings, was stricken with apoplexy In Fanta Cruz, Cal., yesterday. His condition is quite serious and his son here hss been been called to the bed side. Mr. McElhlnney was for a long time prominent In state Masonic and Odd Fel low circles. Funeral services for 8. O. Couch, pioneer traveling man In Nebraska, were conducted this afternoon. The body will be taken to morrow to Glen Beaulah, Wis., for burial. Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Burton, an early settler, were conducted on ths lawn of the family home last night. The body was taken to Madison, Ind., for burial. H. J. Stoffer, who says he merely 'Wanted to break up a gang," was fined $n and costs In Kenesaw thla morning for assault and using a twelve-Inch dirk In a threatening manner. He was brought to the county Jail here to serve out his fine. Nebraska ns on Wllhelm II. NEW YORK. June $0. (Special Tele gram.) Among the cabin passengers who sailed for Europe yesterday on the North German Lloyd line steamer Kaiser Wll helm II for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Bremen were: Ed H. Funke, Miss Minnie Funke and Otto Muller of Blue Hill, Neb.; Method Hruban and Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Danforth of Omaha; Mrs. Anna Jasehke, Herrmann Kamler, Mrs. Amelia Kamler and Mrs. Johanna Schmlta of Shlckley, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Simons, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Vesley, Miss Blanche Ves ley and Miss ' Bessie Vesley of Ravenna, Neb., and Mr. and Mrs. Max Wolf of Albion, Neb. Pioneers Baoly Injured. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., June 80. (Spe cial.) Thomae Cole and wife, pioneer set tlers of this section, were thrown out of their buggy on their way home and both seriously Injured. It is feared that Mrs. Cole is fatally injured. I were and never will be Soda Crackers to equal The Soda Crackers of National-Biscuit-Goodness Nebraska SIDNEY MAN SHOT B TEMPLE Anton Krupicka it in Critical Condi tion nd Slay Die. WIFE AND SON BOTH ACCUSED Crime Committed with Small Rifle Which Was Fownd Barled Near House, Wrapped In Woman's Apron, SIDNEY, Neb., June . peclal Tele gram.) Anton Kruptcka, a well-to-do farmer, residing fourteen miles southeast of Sidney, waa ahot In tha right temple about midnight last night, supposedly by his stepson, Andrew, a lsd aged 16. The father was sitting at the dlnlngroom tsble, and the shot waa fired from the outside, shattering the glass In the window. The weapon used waa a 13-rallber rifle, which tha boy had recently purchased here. After tha ahootlng the wife wrapped the gun In her apron and burled It near the house, where Sheriff McDaniel unearthed It They boy, who is half-witted, claims his mother fired the shot, and that he stood directly behind her, while the mother says the lad did the shooting. An effort was made at the last term of district court to send the boy to the reform school, as It was charged that many of the pralria fires which had been kindled In the vicin ity had been started by him. The neigh bors filed a complaint, but through the assiduous efforts of the father the charge was withdrawn. The home has been the scene of msny family quarrels. The bullet Is still Imbedded In the nead of Kruptcka and if the patient does not die before tomorrow morning he .will be taken to the Methodist hospital at Omaha. He rallied a short time thla afternoon, but can only apeak in gutturals. The boy Is In Jail and tha woman, who la under surveil lance, aeemlngly displays little anxiety. Sheriff McDaniel ' also found $740 In cur rency burled under the window, near where the rifle was found. The case has caused a great deal of excitement among the Bo hemian residents In that neighborhood, as Kruptcka waa looked upon as an Ideal citizen and home-builder. Two Weddings at Lyons. LYONS. Neb., June SO (Ppeclal.)-Mr Charlea E. Shaw waa married to Miss Martha L. Kroeger at 1:30 o'clock p. m. today af the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kroeger, two and a half miles north of town. The young couple took the 7 o'clock train for Den ver to spend their honeymoon, when they will come back and settls down here, where the bridegroom has a nice house all ready prepared as a home. Mr. J. L. Mlnler and Miss Mabel Ren ard of Oakland were married at the Cath ollc church, this morning, Rev. Father Motiarlty of South Omaha performing the ceremony, immediately after which the couple took the train home, accompanied by many friends who had come up to see them married. Water Meters for Fremont. FREMONT, Neb.. June . (Speclal.) The city council las 'evening passed, on first reading, an ordinance requiring all water consumers to put In meters and fix ing a minimum water rate. About 75 per cent of the consumers already have meters In, but there are some who are objecting to them.' The average' rofirfumer pays less on meter rates thsn'"jfler the old flat rate. Water consumers hereafter will have to call at the commissioner's office and pay their bills within ten days or be cut off. A strict enforcement of this part of the ordinance will mean a big saving In bad bills. The new plant Is finished, but has not yet been tested and approved by the city. Wheat Catting Begins. BEATRICE, Neb., June SO. (Special Tele egram.) Farmers In thla locality began cutting wheat yetserdsy. The grain is very heavy and It Is estimated the yield will average from twenty to thirty bushels to the acre. Oata la ripening fast and with favorable weather will be ready to cut as soon aa the wheat harvest Is over. Pros pects for- a bumper corn crop were never brighter In this section. Crop Prosooets Are Good. CENTRAL CITY. Neb., June $0.-(Spe clal.) Crop prospects at present are the best with which Merrick county has ever bad an opportunity to become acquainted. Corn, oata and wheat are stacking ip In Nebraska the best manner possible. Farmers are Just getting into their fields again with their cultivators after a long layoff caused by the wet weather, several days of wsrm sunshine having dried out the ground. There will be a great amount of fruit raised In the county this year, especially In and about ton. Cherries, plums, cur rants and grapes will be gathered by the bushel on many places. Body is Carried Twenty Miles Stench Leads to Finding of Corpse of Milton O'Neill Near Grand Island. GRAND ISLAND. Neb., June SO (Speclsl Telegram.) Induced by the stench thnt filled his nostrils. James Denman. farmer, living along the Platte, south of Alda, rode to the river's edge to Investigate and found lodged to a wire fence that stretched to an Island, the body of a man with his hand raised up and fearfully bloated. The sheriff was Immediately notified and with an undertaker's wagon went to the river and removed the body to the morgue In this city, where it was identified as the body of Milton O'Neill, who was drowned while bathing south of Shelton Sunday. The river had carried it about twenty miles. York Plumber Badly Beaten I'p. YORK. Neb.. June 30.-(Speclal.)-Charles Mason, the plumber who was so brutally beaten up by Hoffman, Sholton and Price, Is slowly recovering, and If nothing differ ent sets in, he will recover. Mr. Mason was a boarder at the Rhodes hotel, and tried to quiet Hoffman, Shelton and Price, county bridge builders, who were making a disturbance outside of the hotel, and In the mlx-up Mason was hit over the head with a heavy office chair and pounded until he was hardly recognizable. The trio are In Jail, and will be held until it Is learned whether or not Mason recovers so that the authorities may know what charge to make against them. Five Inches of Rain. CAMBRIDGE, Neb., June SO. Special!) This section of the state received another heavy rain yesterday evening, when two and five-tenths Inches fell. Seven miles northwest of this place five inches fell during the night. Considerable wind came with the rain, but no damage was done. Prospects for crops were never better than at present. Scratch on Foot Fatal. BEATRICE, Neb.. June 30 (Special.) Mrs. Pauline Wlttulskl died yesterday aft ernoon at her home In West Beatrice from blood poisoning caused by a scratch she re ceived a few days ago on her foot. She was 63 years of age and leaves a family of eight children, fve daughters and three sons. The funeral was held this mornlnu from the Catholic church. Nebraska Newa Notes. WESTON Richard Cllngburd of Iowa and Miss Anna Yanek of thla place were married in Omaha today. BEATRICE The towns of Cortland, Fil ley, Rockford and Clatonla will celebrate the Fourth in true American style. FALLS CITY County Judge Gagnon Is lam Vom Weg of Omaha and Miss Louisa lam Von Weg of Omaha and Miss Louisa Marmet-of Humboldt. SUTHERLAND The TnlOn Pacific has removed its material yards from O' Fallon to Broadwater, a station on the new North Platte river extension. YORK Lee M. Sturdevant, proprietor of the Star grocery, has announced his can didacy for the office of register of deeds, subject to voles of republicans at the pri mary. NEBRASKA CITY-Maud Pierce has begun divorce proceedings in the district court praying for a divorce from her hus band, Joseph Pierce, on the grounds of cruelty and nonsupport, FALLS CITY MIhs Iva Back, who has been principal of the Central school for five years, has resigned her position here to accept that of critic teacher in the grammar department at the South Dakota State normal at Spearfish. BEATRICE "Puss In Boots," an extrav aganza, was presented at the Paddock opera house last night to a large audience br local talent. The proceeds will go toward Improving the boys' department of the Young Men s Christian association. WE8TON Both of the Csthollc lodges from here, headed by the Weston band, participated in the Catholic celebrotlon at Bralnard Tuesday. About 200 from here helped to make up the special run for the occasion. NEBRASKA CITY-The friends of Jesse Young, who was sentenced to the penl tentlary for the ahootlng of his friend James Botts are circulating a petition to have him paroled, aentence commuted or Aids Nature The greet success of Dr. Fierce's Golden Kfedioat Dis covery in curing weak stomachs, wasted bodies, weak lung, and obstinate and lingering coughs, is bssed on the recognition of the fundaments! truth that "(rolden Medical Discovery" supplies Nslure with body-building, tissue-repsirinf, musole-msklng materials, in con densed and concentrated iortn. with this help Nature supplies the neoesisry strength to the stomsch to digest lood, build up the body end thereby throw off lingering obstinste coughs. The "Discovery" re-estehlishce the digestive and nutritive organs in sound health, puri6re and enriches the blood, end nourishes the nerves in short ettsblishet sound vigorous health. It your dealer offer aomefAfnd ' oaf dooeV If la probably better FOR HIM It para better. But you ra thin kjnf ot tba care aof foe profit, am there' a nothing osf good" tor you. Say Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, la Plain English; or, Med icine SimpliSed, 1006 pages, over 700 illustrations, newly revised up-to-d re Edition, paper-bound, sent for 21 one-cent stamps, to cover cost ol mailing; ssy. Cloth-bound, 31 stamps. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. pardoned. They want one of the three things granted. Young still has forty months to serve. YORK Captain E. E. Woods, command ing Company A,' Nebraska National guard, announces that he has made arrangement to take the local company to Stromsburg, where they will take part In the celebra tion at thht place. BEATRICE Mrs. John Shaw, a pioneer reMdent of Adams, died yesterday after noon at her home at that place, aged 82 years. She had lived In that section of the county for nearly half a century. She Is survived by her husband and a family of four children, all grown. NEBRASKA CITY Charles Veerhusen. aged 17. died at the home of his brother, near Sterling, snd wss brought to this city for interment. He was born and reared near this city, but on being taken sick went to the home of his brother, where he died. He leaves several brothers. YORK The first arrest made In York fur fBst driving waa that of Ernest Bald win, who was charged with driving his automobile faster than speed limit, and he was assessed a fine and costs. Since the arrest automobiles have been more careful and have strictly observed the speed limit. COZAI During a storm Tuesday after noon, a barn and a horse were struck by lightning belonging to Mr. Charles E. Allen. The horsf, which was a valuable trotter, was killed Instantly. The fire de partment made good by saving the barn from total destruction, although there was considerable wind. FALLS CITY The Gagnon quarter sec tion In Rulo precinct, known as the Char ley Gugnon farm, sold Tuesday morning at pvblic sale for $ln,2ft0. It waa bought by f rea itaetne, one or Klcnarflaon county'a prosperous farmers. Fifteen acres In Rulo village was bought by Jacob Majerus for $2,072.50. TABLE ROCK At the annual school meeting held here Monday, O. D. TIbbets and Harry Freeman were elected for three years. Miss Anna I'angburn was elected for one year to fill a vacancy caused by the removal of John R. Sutton from the district. There will be nine months of school the coming year. SEWARD Otto Lane was considerably bruised up last night In an automobile ac cident, his heavy machine turning over while crossing the rallinad track south of town while out riding with a party. Otto was caught under the machine and quite badly bruised up and says this morn ing mat his machine Is lor sale at a bar gain. BEATRICE During the last year Fllley, a small town twelve miles east of Beatrice, has been forging to the front. Among the buildings erected are T. C. Hagerman's two-story cement block store, a 20-000-bushel capacity galvanised Iron elevator, A. L. Stanhope's 40,000-bushel capacity ele vator, besides a large number of resi dences. SUTHERLAND At the annual school meeting In Sutherland school district Mon day the election of two members of the school board for the three-year term re sulted in the re-election of George White and Frank Coates. The estimate of ex penses for the school year foot up to a sum in excess of $.".000. It waa also de elded to employ another teacher In the lower grades. BEATRICE In county court yesterday arguments were heard on the objection to the Jurisdiction of the court filed by the defendants in the habeas corpus esse of Seth Terry, ss guardian of Effls Johnson, against J. Alfred Johnson, Josle Sweezy and Uussle De Lorle of Omaha. The court overruled the objection and the defendants were given until Saturday of this week to file their answers to the petition of the plaintiff. ALBION To ascertain whether Boone county is entitled to a county recorder, the assessors have taken an approximate census of the county. The aggregate popu lation is not far from 13,000, falling con siderably lower than was generally antici pated. The county assessor has not yet finished the totals, but when finished the total valuation of the county will show that the average la Just about $2,000 for each man, woman and child in the county. NEBRASKA CITY Judge H. D. Travis Is holding a brief session of the district court. He tried the case of Van Busktrk against McWllllams yesterday. In which one sister Is sjlng the other for borrowed money, which the latter claimed to have paid. Today the divorce case of Asa against Asa is on for hearing. Both are well known residents of this county and the wife charges the husband with misconduct and cruelty. It promises to be a raoy case before It Is through with, as the hus band has retained an attorney and is fighting the matter quite hard. Persistent Advertising is the road to Big Returns. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Sold only in Moisture Proof yk Nonpartisan Law to Supreme Court Judges Will Hold Special Session to Hear Arguments Before Pri mary Day. . (From a Staff CorreapondontJ LINCOLN, Neb., June S0.-(8pelal Tele gram.) An appeal from the decision of Judge Cornish of the Lancaster county district court who held that tha nonparti san Judiciary law was Invalid will be taken to the supreme court and It la thought the transcript will be filed with the clerk of the supreme court late today. It has been arranged for the supreme court to hold a special sitting in order to listen to ths arguments of the lawyers and a decision. It Is believed, will te handed down before the fell primaries. Hadley Names Commission. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., June Stt Gov ernor Hadley today appointed W. K. Kavanaugh, Cyrus P. Walbrldge of St. Louis, former Governor A. M. Dockery of Gallatin. Walter S. Dickey and L. M. Jones of Kansas City, members of the waterways commission, ss provided by the legislature. The Weather. WASHINGTON. June SO. Forecast for Thursday and Friday: For Nebraska Generally fair. For Iowa Generally fair. For Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Mis souri and South Dakota Generally fair. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. Deg. ft a. m 1 t a. m 71 7 a. m "2 8 a. m "it! S a. m '. IR 10 a. m i 11 a. m fU 12 m 8; 1 p. m i4 2 p. m... 77 5 p. m 78 4 p. m 81 6 p. m S! p. m 81 7 p. m V t p. m 7 5 p. m 78 Loral Record. npcifp -1T TUP! WFATHRS RI'REAU. ' OMAHA, June 30. Official record of tem perature and precipitation, compared wltn the corresponding period of the last three rears: 1909- M0S. 1S07- M06. Maximum temperature.... 84 78 11 87 Minimum temperature 6 si ss t Mean temperature su -ecipltatlon 4 .36 T M Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since March L and compared with the last two years: Normal temperature 75 Excess for the day .' I Total deficiency since March 1. 1H09 235 Normal precipitation 15 inch Excess for the day -Hi Inch Total rainfall since March 1. 1908.1111 Inches Deficiency since March 1, 1909... .04 Inch Excess for cor. period In 1908 3.11 inches Deficiency for cor. period In 1907. S.80 Inches Reports from Stations at T P. M. Station and State Tern. Max. Rain- of Weather. 7 p.m. Tern. fall. Bismarck, part cloudy KS 76 .IS Cheyenne, cloudy 74 82 . 00 Chicago, clear 78 80 .00 Davenport, clear 86 90 .00 Denver, part cloudy 80 8 .00 Havre, clear .. 90 .00 Helena, clear 80 84 T Huron, part cloudy 86 90 .00 Kansas City, part cloudy.. 76 86 T North Platte, clear 84 84 . 00 Omaha, cloudy 78 84 . 26 Rapid City, clear 80 82 .24 St. Louis, part cloudy 84 88 .00 St. Paul, cloudy 78 , ' 8 T Salt Lake City, clear 92 4 .00 Valentine, clear 88 ' 8S .00 WllllBton, clear 72 74 .08 T Indicates trace cf r .ecipltatlon. L. A. WE LSI-, local Forecaster. lj