THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 16. 1JXW. ' 3 Nebraska CONVENTION CALLS ISSUED Sepublicuu and DmocraU Call State Meetini for July 27. LINCOLN GETS BOTH MEETINGS Caadlaustoa for ta Offlrra on the BrpMlaa Ticket Who Failed TiT t'p l.aat Year Are Asked to flettle. (From a Rtaff Con-eiipondent.) LINCOLN. July U.(8peclal TelTam.) The republican stats convention will be held In Lincoln Tuesday, July Tt. C. O. Whedon will act aa temporary chairman, and J. M. O'Neal aa temporary secretary. The apportionment of delegates will be one delegate-at'larre from each county and one for each 150 votes cast for O. C. Bell, presidential elector. Thta will make a convention of approximately 938 delegates. Douglas county will be entitled to ninety five delegates. This was decided at a meeting of the state committee held at the Llndell hotel tonight. The committee decided to request those candidates for state offices who have failed to pay all of their assessment made last year to come across with the money. It was agreed that those who have not paid up by the time the convention meets will be reported to the convention. The fol lowing membtrs of the committee were present: Charles A. Schappl, Tawnee; Charles Marshall, Douglas; Otto Lieptin, South Omaha; M. L. Learned, Victor Rose water (proxy) Omaha; Charles McLeod, Stanton; Otto Zuelow, Schuyler; 1). H. Oronln, O'Neill; Alpha Morgan, Uroken Bow; J. C. Martin, Central City; William Husenetter, Llnwood; C. O. Whedon, J. W. Johnson (proxy) Lincoln; R. R. Kyd, Beatrice; P. F. Doilson, Wllber; J. II. Fhlllippt, llobron; W. K. Dayton, York; John M. Jonex, Clay Center; J. W. Keller, IioBtwlek; C. r. Ahderberry. Mlnden. Drmnrrn t -Issue Call. Tho dernocrnlio state convention will meet In Lincoln ut 2 o'clock on the after noon of TiK'Mlay. 'July 2. The call was IksiW today by T. S. Allen, chairman of the stale i; immitu c. The convention will e comi)o.l of V" delegates. Following Is tho call Issiird, together with the number of delegates' alloted to each county: The demon at ol Nebraska are hereby called to .ei m delegate convention In the city of Lincoln on Tuesday, July 27, IMC), at 2 'cluck p. m., for the purpose of selecting a s:atu ecntial coiiiinittee ana attennieis to any other business that may proneitly come before the convention. The bapi of representation shall be one delegate for every 300 votea cast for Hon. A. C. Shallenberger for governor at the general election held In 1908. It Is recommended that the delegates from the various counties be selected in such manner as shall be determined by the county central committee. It Is further recommended that no proxies be allowed. The several counties are entitled to rep resentation as follows: Adams Johnsnn 4 Nebraska he rash funds receipts amounted to $15,14948. This money Is derived from the sale of produce or anything the Institu tions may have for sale. The following able shows the receipts of the separate Institutions for the two six months period: Institution. 1908. 190. Lincoln asylum I.647.M $ 4.W 44 Deaf and dumb 67. S8 6UM Industrial home, Mllford.. 219 4 "iW.SO Soldiers' home O. I Home for Friendless Hastings asylum Institute for the Blind.... Olrls' Industrial school Feeble Minded Institute... Norfolk asylum Soldiers' home, Mllford... Industrial school, Uoys.... LI 19 M . SOT 81 7?.0H 1.V3 7X 797 47. 7 884 34 414.50 1.611.61 1.904 95 J72.87 2,fr.78 818 87 m at 1.645 as 3.908.99 789.25 Antelope 6 Banner. II Blaine 1 Boone ,, r Kearney 4 Keith 1 Keya Paha 1 Kimball I Box Butte 21 Knox. 7 Floyd 31 Lancaster 24 Brown 2 Lincoln 5 Buffalo SI L gan 1 . Hurt 4IIxmp 1 Butler 7iMcIherson 1 ' Cass 8Madlson 6 Cedar Merrick 4 Chase 2! Nance 8 Cherry Si. Nemaha 6 Cheyenne 2Nuckolls 6 tClay 7Otoe , 8 Colfax i. 4Pawnee 4 Cuming l IYrklns 1 Cusier . ftlF'relps 4 Dakota 2' Pierce 4 Dawes 2Platte 9 Dawson 7Polk 4 peuel II Red Willow 4 pixnn 41 Richardson 8 Dodge Rock 1 Douglas 64 Saline 8 Dundy 1 Sarpy 4 puimnm 7ISaunders 9 4 Scott's Kiurr x 3 Seward 7 6 Sheridan 2 11 'Sherman 8 llloux 1 2' Stanton 3 llThayer 6 Franklin Frontier . Furnas . Gage .... Garfield . Oosper . . . Orant .... Greeley . Hall Hamilton Harlan ... Hayea ... Hitchcock Holt Hooker .. Howard . Jefferson 4 Thomas 1 RIThnrston 2 5Valley 3 41 Washington 5 If avne i coster 6 ii Wheeler 1 lVork 7 6 6 Total 453 By order of the committee. T. 8. ALLEN. Chairman. C. M. GRUENTHER, Secretary. Receipts of State Institutions. During the last six months the state In stitutions excepting the State penitentiary have received Into their cash funds 817,678.07. For the same period last year DOCTOR ADVISED i OPERATION Cured by LydiaE.Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Paw Paw, Mich." I suffered terrU i bly from female Ills, I Including Inflam mation and conges tion, for several years. My doctor said there was no hope for me but an operation. I began taking Lydia E. link ham's Vegeta ble Compound, and I can now say I am well woman." Emma Dkajteb. Another Operation Avoided. Chicago, 111. "1 want women to know what that wonderful medicine, Lydia . Pinkham'i Vegetable Com pound, has done for me. Two of the best doctors in Chicago said I would die If I did not have an operation, and J never thought of seeing a well day again. I had a small tumor and female trouble so that I suffered day and night. A friend recommended Lydia . Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it made me a well woman." Mrs. Alvtcna SruaxKO, 11 Langdon bt, Chicago, 111. Lydia . Pinkham's Vegetable Com. Kvmd, made from roots and herbs. proved to be the most successful remedy for curing the worst forms of female ills, including displacements. Inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu larities, periodic pains, backache, bearing-down feeling, flatulency, . indiges tion, and nervous prostration. It costs but a trifle to try it. and the result has been worth million to mac uXCeriug women. ' " i t ' ' "' - Si' Total $16,149 4 $17,678.07 Rpsenoa to Coast Senator Epperson of Clay Center while in Lincoln on legal business today called at the slate house. "I am not thinking about politics. I simply come over to count the cash In the state treasury. I sent word to the treasurer that It would give the people more confidence If he would let me In to count the money and dis covered that It was all there." Candidates for Juagre. The following candidates for the republi can nomination for supreme Judge filed today with the secretary of state: Former Chief Justice 8. H. Sedgwick of York by petition; Acting Chief Justice John B. Harnes of Norfolk by petition; Former Supremo Court Commissioner E. R. Duffle of Omaha, John O. Telser of Omaha. W. a. Whltmore of Valley and C. S. Allen of Lincoln filed for regents of the state university as republicans by petition. Both are at present members of the board. Lincoln School Cenaea. While the school census has not yet been completed it Is estimated on the figures tabulated that the gain In population dur ing the last year will be about 2,500. Property of Lincoln. According to a compilation by City Clerk Osraan, the city of Lincoln owns the fol lowing property: Water plant. Electric linht plant. Ninety-seven acres In parks. Two hundred thousand dollar city hall. Two public library buildings. Four fire engine houses. Property value at $2,241,420. Love-l alone Contest. The preliminaries of the contest for the office of mayor between Don L. Love and Robert Malone have reached the supreme court. Malone filed a contest for the office after Love had been given the certificate of election by the council and had qualified as such officer. Attorneys for Love ob jected to the county court hearing the contest Inasmuch as the council had can vassed the vote and no objection had been made previous to Love taking his seat, and asked the district court for a man damus to compel the county court to desist In hearing the case. The mandamus was denied and the attorneys for the mayor have now appealed to the supreme court rrom mat decision. In the meantime Mayor Love holds the office and the time for another election Is slowly coming along. Few Corporations Par. Out or some 7,000 corporations to which Walker Smith, corporation clerk, sent out notices to pay their occupation tax pro vided for In the new law, about 2,500 have gone out of existence, for that many letters were returned; 897 have paid the tax, tnak lng a total of $19,850 which has been re ceived by the state treasurer. Letter to Fire Chiefs. A. O. Johnson, state fire commissioner has sent out the following circular letter to chiefs of fire departments and mayors or incorporated villages or towns: "We desire to call your attention to Sec tions 2 and 6, House Roll No. 72, enacted uy me last legislature of the state of M 1809 became effective July ec. 2. "The state fire commissioner and trie chief of the fire itnrimani nr city or village in which a fire department is established, and the mayor of every in corporated village or town in which no fire department exists, shall Investigate the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire occurring In such city or vil lage, and the sheriff of each county when requested by the property owner or any one interested therein shall investigate the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire occurring in his county without the limits of any organised city or village, by which property has been destroyed or damaged, and shall especially make Inves- io wnetner such rire was the re sult of carelessness or design. Such In vestigation shall be begun within two days, not Including the Bund a v. after th curance of auch fire, and the fire com missioner or his deputy shall have the right to supervise and direct such In vestigation whenever he deems It expedient or necessary. The officer making Investi gation of fires occurring in cities villages towns or counties shall forthwith notify said fire commissioner and shall within one week of the occurence of the fire, furnish to the said tire commissioner a written statement of all the facts relating to the cause and origin of the fire, and such other Information x may be called for by the blanks provided by said fire commis sioner. The state fire commissioner shall keep In his office a record of all fires, which may he determined by the Investiga tions provided by this aot; such record shall at all times be open to the public Inspection. Sec. 6. Any officer referred to In sec tion two herein, who neglects to comply with any of the requirements of this act shall be punished by a 4jne of not less than twenty-five, nor more than two hundred dollars." You will note that this law makes It In cumbent on you to comply with same. Woman in Black Peers in Windows Nebraska brother living north of Lomex. and on Tuesday while absent from the house the child wandered away and all efforts to find It were unavailable, although blood hounds, were used and about 200 people Joined In the search. When found the child seemed little the worse for the exposure. Nebraska City Has Female "Peeping Tom," Who Mystifies Police. NEBRASKA CITY. Neb., July 15. (Spe cial.) Another scare la on In this city over a mysterious woman In blaak, who goes about In various parts of 'he city and peeps Into the windows at the homes occupied by women or where the men are absent from the homes. Several times she has been chased and the police have been trying for some days to locate the guilty party, but In vain. Borne are In clined to the belief that It la a man dressed as a woman, and two women have taken shots at the figure, but failed to hit It. Many women will not go on the streets after night without an escort. TRIED TO FHEE HUSBAND Wife of Alleged Abdartor of Two Girls Arrested Jail Break Falls. BEATRICE. Neb.. July 15. (Special. ) Mrs. J. ('. Qalloway was arrested at De Witt yesterday and taken to Wllber on the charge of trying to free her husband, who Is In Jail at that place, having been bound over to the district court on the charge of abducting two young girls from Lincoln. Sheriff Greer detected Oalloway In the act of sawing through the bars, and aa Mrs. Qalloway visited the Jail Tuesday evening, the supposition Is that she slipped her husband a saw. She was lodged in Jail to await her hearing. Nebraska News Notes. BEATRICE; The Johnson-Terry habeas corpus case has been set for hearing next Tuesday In the district court. Mr. John son returned to his home at Omaha yes terday. 13KATRICE Judge Raper yesterday set Monday, July 19. as the dste for hesrlng the Blakely divorce case. Forty-one wit nesses have been subpeoned by the plain tiff, Mrs. Blakely. KEARNEY A democratic county con vention will be held at the city hall In Kearney on Friday, July 23. Democratic electors are to meet Wednesday. July 21. to select delegates to the county conven tion. BEATRICE The body of Perry Jerman was brought here Thursday evening from Rawlins. Wyo.. for Interment. lie was drowned last September at that place and the body was not found until last Mon day. CENTRAL CITY-The funeral of Henry McUath, sr., was held at Clarks Thursday. Mr. McUath died while visiting in Ohio, his death resulting from complications arising from a broken hip sustained by falling. He was 87 years of ago, a veteran of the civil war, and widely known and re spected. KEARNEY The high water In the Platte river has Interfered with traffic from across theiver at this point, there being about a hundred yards of water over the road at the north end of the bridge. Sev eral automobiles have been stuck and re quired the use of the old faithful horse to pull them out. LYONS Transfer was made to Fred En field of Lyons by the Bell Telephone com pany of Its local Interests here. Mr. En field la blocking out his new Individual ser vice and arranging his secret phone system. He Is also proposing to put cables Into the town and Is making re pairs generally. NEBRASKA CITY The police arrested a man who had been soliciting pictures for enlargement and collecting in advance for the same and made him refund the money. The man was then escorted out of the city. This old scheme has been worked here several times and the police have been instructed to put a stop to it in the future. HEMINOFORD June 21 was the fifth anniversary of the going Into effect of the Klnkald homestead law and those "Klnkaiders" who filed the first few days now have completed their five years resi dence. Many of them will preye up this summer and fall. They are required to have $SO0 In Improvements, besides resi dence and cultivation as under the old law. HEMINOFORD George Fendrlch, a pro minent ranchman, who has been married but a few weeks, had a runaway with a team hitched to a mower and caught In one of the wheels and dragged several hundred rods. He was dragged through the Niobrara river twice and was terribly bruised and one leg was broken In three places. His Injuries were so Bevere that he was taken to the hospital In Alliance. SEWARD The oatmeal machinery In the Seward cereal mills Is to be taken out and alfalfa milling machinery Installed with a capacity of twenty tons a day. The name of the new mills will be the Seward Cereal and Alfalfa Milling company. The corn milling machinery will be retained In the mill for the manufacture of the various corn products, in connection with the alfalfa meal mill grinding. Ten men will be employed. KEARNEY Miss Ella FoBter of Buck eye was struck by a runaway horse Wed nesday morning while crossing the street near the Midway hotel. The horse was hitched to a butcher wagon and ran north on Central avenue. Miss -Foster did not see It approaching and was struck by the shoulder of the horse and knocked down, the vehicle passing over her. She was taken into the Midway hotel and attended by physicians who pronouncd her Injuries slight outside of numerous scratches. WYMORE The Wymore Hardware Co., stock and business was purchased yester day by A. It. Lasher and W. H. Welle meyer the other hardware dealers of the city. They will divide the stock. Mr. Lasher previously had purchased the building occupied by the Wymore Hard ware, and will move his stock into that store room. John Cox, who owned the Wymore Hardware Co., will return to his home in Colorado Springs. He had been here only a few weeks. The stock and bus iness Just sold has changed hands a good many times in the past year. CUBAN VICTIM OF GAY LIFE Son of Wealthy Planter Ends Life After Pursuing Actress. REFUSED MONEY FROM HOME Yoaaaj Stadeat at Poaghkeepale Leaves School to Troll Stage Beaaty Pareate Cat Off Ills Fands. NEW TORR. July 15.-Sulclde today ended the gay career of a young Cuban. Juan Balslnde. who shot himself while In his apartments at 211 East Fourteenth. Nearly 200 seat checks from theaters, some memoranda and a letter Indicated thai he had been Infatuated' with an actress and had followed her from place to place In Cuba and In this country. He killed him self. It Is believed, because his money had given out and his love affair had lost Its I Interest. ' l Balslnde. who was IS years nld. had attending a school at Poughkeepsle. He returned to this country from Cuba sev eral months ago, following the company. A letter dated July 2 found In his room was addressed "Dear Louisa." The letter fcald In part: "I am going away soon. I have had enough trouble with my people already. I am going back to Cuba to my mother, who will forgive me for ll my foolish acts. "I will be the same aristocratic young gentleman I was when I left Havana a year ago with the foolish purpose to fol low an actress girl. Remember, I said I came here to New York to see a friend and you have tried to stop my friendship toward that one. Tell me she does not love me, but Is only after my money. That Is not so, for she Is a good girl and works. It is you that have been after my money. I love her and will see her when I come back. Good-bye. JUAN." The -elerk at the hotel told the police that his father was a member of the firm of Balslnde Brothers, owners of extensive sugar plantation!. Among the memoranda In the youth's room were notes showing that his expenses from June 19 to July 4 had been $448. A letter, apparently written by his mother, said that no more money would be sent him unless he returned to his school at Pougbkeensle. , "mall Grain Promises Well. HURON, S. D., July 15.-(Speclal.)-Fa-vorable reports received today from a dosen or more localities In the Jim river valley indicate that crops are in flourish ing, condition. During the present month an Inch of rain has fallen, the showers being generally well distributed. There Is no lack of moisture and small grain is making rapid progress. Corn is In good condition and generally- free from weeds. The stand is exceptionally strong and the color good. With warm weather the small grain harvest will begin a little earlier than last season. Farmers anticipate no shortage of help, many of them having already arranged for all they will need. The hay crop Is exceptionally fine, and one of the heaviest known in this section of the state. Most Food Is Poison to the dyspeptic. Electrlo Bitters cure dys pepsla, liver and kidney complaints and debility. Price 50c. Sold by Beaton Drug Co. Bnalness School Sold. ABERDEEN, S. D. July 16. (Sneclal.l H. A. Way, who for twenty-one years has conducted a business school In this city has sold his school to W. M. Oates of Grand . Forks. N. D.. and will remove t Dodge Center, 'nt Inn., to assume charge of the Dodge Center Record, which he has purcnased. Mr. Oates has been employed as Instructor In the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks. Tracy Bros. Co. shares profits. GoodTimcs Ahead, Says James J. Hill Railroad Magnate Predicts Period of Prosperity Will Follow Tar iff Fight WASHINGTON, July 16.-"As soon as the tariff Is out of the way." said James J. Hill, who yesterday was one of Presi dent Taffs callers, this country will enjoy a prosperity which will at least equal If It does not surpass that which it knew under the McKlnley administration. "Last month I traveled extensively through the west, and I never saw such activity among the farmers. Everywhere I made Inquiry and learned crops were abundant and the farmers were satisfied. Signs of financial depression of 1907 are fast fading. "Freight cars wIM be at a premium within a few weeks. We of the railroad world Judge the prosperity of the nation as much by the number of Idle cars as anything alse. Throughout the last year there have been thousands of cars Idle, but they will soon be rolling about the country filled with freight." Foley's Honey and Tar not only stops chronlo coughs that weaken the constitu tion and develop Into consumption, but beala and strengthens the lungs. it af fords comfort and relief in the worst cuses of chronic bronchitis, asthma, hay fever and lung trouble. Sold by all druggists. The Weather. WASHINGTON, July 15 -Forecast of the weather for Friday and Saturday: For Nebraska and Iowa Fair. For Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, Colorado and Wyoming Fair. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. Peg. 5 a. m t7 6 a. m 7 7 a. m 69 8 a. m 72 9 a. m 7 10 a. m 77 11 a. m 7S 12 m 79 1 p. m 80 2 p. m R2 8 p. m 82 4 p. m S3 6 p. m 82 6 p. m 82 7 p. m 81 8 p. m 78 t p. m 76 Local Record. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, July 16. Official record of tem purature and precipitation, compared with the corresponding day of the last thre years: 1909. 1908. 1907. IDOi. Maximum temperature.... 8S 87 78 72 Minimum temperature.... 87 67 63 62 Mean temperature 75 77 70 67 Precipitation 26 .02 T .00 Temperature and precipitation desarturea from the normal at Omaha since March L and compared with the last two years: Normal tempers lure 77 Deficiency for the day : 2 Total deficiency since March 1 23U Normal precipitation 13 Inch Deficiency for the day 18 inch Precipitation since March 1 16.22 Inches Deficiency since March 1 10 Inch Excess for cor. period. 1908 8 40 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1907.... 6.62 inches Reports from Stations at T P. M. Station and State of Weather. 7 Bismarck, clear Cheyenne, cloudy Chicago, clear Davenport, clear Denver, clear Havre, clear Helena, clear Huron, clear Kansas City, clear North Platte, clear Omaha, clear Rapid City, dear Tern. Max. Raln- St. Paul, clear Salt Lake City, clear.. Valentine, clear m. Tern. fall. 76 78 .00 76 80 T 80 86 .00 75 82 .00 82 84 T 82 82 .0) 84 86 .91 76 80 .00 82 84 .00 82 84 . 00 82 $2 .) 76 82 . . .00 84 S6 .60 72 74 T 92 92 .00 83 84 .00 72 74 .00 T indicates trace of precipitation. L A. WELSH, Local Forecaster. c o Child la Lost Two Dare. LEXINGTON. Neb.. July UWBpeclal Telegram. V-The 2-year-old child of Mrs. Myrtle Troyer of this city, which has been lost In the hills twenty-six miles north' west of Lexington, was found early this morning after a search of forty-two hours. Mrs. Troyer was visiting at the borne of m vJ;.' y.'i.K TOISUP N TQA3TCB COftM fUvKt C. earns cnuw.MtCM. m lip Q IPS23 I 1 ifi t my The Biggest Thing for Brealrfast Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes Is the "Big Thing" in two-thirds of American Homes. We will have the other third in a very short time. It only requires one taste to make perma nent Corn Flake eaters. Its delicious flavor can't be described. You must try the genuine Kellogg's to fully know its goodness. Ask your grocer. $1,000 Solid Gold and Silver Award for the Best Ear of Cora To be known as the W. K. Kellogg National Corn Trophy To be Awarded at the NATIONAL CORN EXPOSITION, OMAHA, ?r.S watcn uiu paper tor further particular. siaaatnrc rrw r mm w KELLOGG TOASTED CORN FLAKE CO.. Battle Creek. Mich. Lack of opportunity is no excuse for not owning your own home Today the real estate dealers are advertising a large list of excellent homes that can be bought on a small payment down and a little every month. You have to pay the rent anyway why not turn that money into a home of our own? r Thursday Is Home Day Tries New "Store THE HOME Or QUALITY CLOTHES Wouldn't it be a pretty good economy to buy a suit for your boy just now? He could wear it for dress up" until fall and then start the school year smart ly attired. Our 2d Somi-Annual Half Off Sale offers some sensational "bar gain" to people accustomed to seeing what is usually called a bargain in stores that have the "Bargain" Sale habit. Our suits are sold at "bargain" prices, but they don't look like Bargain Clothes. e K M 1 mm TO HAVE YOUR Silverware, Brass Beds, Etc. REPAIRED AND REFLATED is while you are away during the summer months, as you return to find them " GOOD AS NEW " For the Winter's Entertaining. Kemper, Hemphill & Buckingham Phono Doug. 78 for Prices-All Kinds Plating i Block So. Farnam 314 South 13th 4 How Is the Time For Your Summer Vacation A TRIP TO Yellowstone Park Pays big dividends in pleasure, change and novel experiences. Union Pacific f S "The Safe Road to Travel' H takes you to Yellowstone. Montana, right at tho. J edge ot the park. " 1 1 Dlock Signal Protection j S Ding Car Meals and Service f D "Best in the World." I B Dustless Roadbed. Perfect Track. Tt" i T Eg For beautiful descriptive literature and full information relative H to rates, routes, etc., call on or address 1 City Ticket Office, 1324 Farnam Ot. H OMAHA, NEBRASKA B Phones, Bell Doug. 1828 and Ind. A3231 "'JL2LL' " ' " ' ..... ' NN ' I Never Mind! PJenty of fish left in Minnesota's Lakes Go after them via 1 Chicago Great r.n, Western Railway 1S.50 for the round trip to St. Paul or Minneapolis Equally low rates to other points. Ml InfenasUsa and Booklets from Marshall Craia-, City rail, mni Tst. At 1618 raraaas BU, Omaha. Bee Want lids Boost Your Business