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Nebraska
MAKES TWENTY-FOOT LEAP i Three Members of
Hastings Council
Are Out on Strike
Sign in Hotel Causes Farmer Lad
to Make Attempt to
Escape.
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
SIDNT SUMMON THE ELEVATOR
(Trrtm a Stuff Porrrspnnile nt.i
LINCOLN. .Tuns 2 i Special.) Wien
Bud Undny placed In the rooms of his
Pavoy hotel the slRns "Not ResponslMo.
for the Ixsa of Valuables." little, did lie
think the warning would cause his K'jes'.s
to flee from his hotel In fright, hut siivh
proved to be the cent 1t night when Ira.
Wooten, a farmer ld, restored at tho
hotel and wn shown to a room on clio
fifth floor.
Reading the slun he became fri!ntened
and Jumped from the window to the third
story Toof, ten feet or more below, and
from there made a twenty-foot lump to
the roof of the Ijtbor temple. While ho
had covered thirty feet In two jumi-a. he
became frightened at thirty feet for one
Jump from the I.ahor temple roof to tho
street, and when found waa sitting on
the edge of the roof contemplating what
he better do.
One of the guests In the fourth story
of the hotel had seen him make the first
Jump and had given the alarm. Wootrn
raid he had gone to the elevator to go
down that way, hut after waiting a long
time for It to come up, thought lls
cretlon the better part of valor and took
to the roof. He said he did not know be
had to push the button to get the elevator
to rome after him, but uupposed it iniule
regular trips like the railroad trains uut
In his part of the state,
Kicept a few scratches he suffered n"
ham. The screen at hla window was
found hooked on the Inside and the door
to hla room also looked on the lnslilo.
How be got out, he has rofusvd to tell.
TIASTlX'iS. Nidi.. June V. - i S col ll
Toll gram. I - )',ecause Mayor Mimkcm io
fufd to aiiloKl.r f r trlling a ouncil -man
It was none of his buxiiirss why
he hJ ilimnissid puliri'iuau. threw
riTMnhi-rs of the body went on strike UiM
night, breaking the quorum nmi iieeot
Inn the transaction of bus nrs- rnrniysia
of city buslr.rsa is threatfiied. as the
strikers cannot be Impeached wit hoi. I a
quorum. They may be compelled to at
tend council meetings, but r.'t to answer
roll calls, is the advice they re cived
from an atto'-noy. .Meanwhile the niinor
Itv 1 powerless to envt "id, nances or
expend city funds.
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Heavy Rain, with
Hail, at Arborville
YORK. Neb., June :"..( Special Tele,
gi am. I About 2 o'clock this afternoon
tho northwestern part of York louutv
waa visited by a heavy wind and bail
storm. Much damaso was done growing
cropi In the vicinity of Arlioii i'h'. where
the storm was the heaviest, blowing down
out buildings and destroying in er tiling
In its path. Telephone w ires are down
and communication ahnoM impossible In
the city. At the same time t iirec-tpiartors
of an Inch of rain fell in ten minutes.
HKATHK'K. Neb., June Special
Telegram.) A heacy rainstorm visited
thin section. Hail and wind accompanied
tho rain. It Is thought crops were dam
awed but little.
Young Wife Commits
Suicide in Odd Way
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY
SOCIETY MEETS IN YORK
Notes from Beatrice
and Gage County
I'KATKIi'K. Ne'e. J. me Z i Special - I
In the isse of Ira tilssby, administrator
of the estate (.f I .lord li'.Kshi. suit for
$1'm niiHiust the llentrlce Klectric oom
panv for the denth ot the latter, another
nnwir was tie, by the company Mon- '
nny In the ,Utrb t court akln that the
i use be dismissed. Ti e company alleges
that the wiring in the bakery where
young Ki.:shy met his death was not le
fcitlxe. that the defendants bad no
knowloiKc of the location of the inai'h'ii
cr . and that the accident was only an
ordinary occurrence under the cirvnm
M.inres. Jesse Klchhorn and Miss Florence
l'owell. both of this city, were married
Monday at the home of rbe bride s par
ents. Mr. and Mm. C K. Powell.
Mrs. f'nullne Khrllch. a pioneer of this
section, died Monday evening at the
home of her daughter, M's John Miller,
three miles northeast of rickrell, aged -3
yeans. Sho formerly lived at rrinceton,
Neb., and la survived by her husband and
five children.
At a meeting of the board of super
visors Monday sitting as a 'ioi-.I '
equalisation It refused to grant t!i ro
piest ot several (.aye county banks ar..l
dealers in mortgages, asking that the
amounts of mortgages held by them be
deducted from the aggregate sums of t'
capital stock plus the undivided profits
end be exempt from tajces. The ca;v
was file, before the board some time ns.o
and has been pretty thoroughly gone
over.
M'COOK, Neb.. June 29 (Special Tele
gram.) Mrs. Claude Wise living near
Vanbury committed suicide yesterday
afternoon at the home of her father, W.
A. Minuter by shooting herself and tak
ing death doubly sure by having her body
fall into the Beaver Creek. Domestic. nn
happlness Is given as the cause of the
deed, although the woman was still In her
twenties.
, A coronal's Jury verdict was rendered
in accordance with these facts last even
ing at Panbury. W. W. Mlnnlor is one
of the prominent and early settlers of the
heaver Creek in Red Willow county. The
young husband bears a good name In
this neighborhood.
GARDEN COUNTY HIGH
SCHOOL IS ORGANIZED
OSHKOSH. Neb., June 29. (Special.)
The school, directors of the various dis
tricts of Garden county met In the county
superintendent's office at Oshkosh on
June IS and elected the board of regents
for the Garden County High chool at
Oshkosh. Attorney Frank -A. Dutton. di
rector of local district; Henry .Tillgner
of Lewellyn, a highly respected old set
tler from the eastern part of the county,
and George W. Sampson, cashier of the
Llsoo State bank of Llsoo, were elected
as three members of the new board. Ac.
cording to the new high school law
County Superintendent Nellie Olson and
County Treasurer Ralph S. Laycock com
plete the board of five members. The
board will meet July IS and organise,
elect faculty, etc The County High
school will - be held In Oshkosh's new
Jin, 000 school building.
HOSPITAL CORPS MAKES
LONGTRIP OVERLAND
NORTH PLATTE. Neb., June 29.-(8pe-cial.)
One hundred officers and men
from Fort D. A. Russell In crarge of
Major W. W. Reno arrived here this
morning on their way to Sparta. Wis.,
w here they are to carry on a school of
ii.structton for state militia. The trip to
North Platte waa made on foot to put
the men Into training for active service.
The men are from Ambulance Company
No. 1 and Field Hospital Company No.
, I. United States army. The officers are
surgeons and the men are hospital as
sistants. " Tha party has eight wagons loadel with
hospital supplies and Is capable in an
hour's time to establish and equip a 250
bed field hospital. Rainy weather and
rad roads were encountered by the men
since leaving Cheyenne. Major Rni was
formerly stationed at Fort Crook.
YORK. Neb., June 29. (Special.) Tha
so ond annual convention of thr Ne
braska conference of the Woman's Home
Missionary society of the Methodist
church, which began last Saturday, closed
too'ay. Nearly 100 delegates were present.
A report of the national convention held
at Syracuse, N. Y., was given by Mr.
F. M. Pcrdew of Uranrf Island. Mrs. B.
A. Oram of North Platte gave an address
on "Training Children In Missionary
Work." Children of the Mother's Jewels
home contributed several musical num
bers. Address by Conference President
Mrs. E. E. Hosman of Norfolk. The fol
lowing officers were elected for the en
suing year: President, Mrs. E. K. Hos
man. Norfolk; first vice president, Mrs.
A. W. Nlckell, Beatrice; second vice , resi
dent, Mrs. C. C Wilson. Gothenburg;
third vice president, Mrs. Leslie Stears,
University Place: recording secretary
Kiss H. Boners, Tekamah; corresponding
secretary. Mrs. T. M. Ixiagh, Norfolk;
treasurer, Mrs. C. O. Taylor, Beatrice.
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR
FIRE LOSS AT FIRTH
BEATRICE. Neb., June 29. (Special
Telegram.) Fire at an early hour , this
morning at Firth, destroyed the Bank of
Firth, W. E. Wagner's drug store, the
meat market of John Moner, the res
taurant of James Kullcmyn. Delebar
Hardware store and two vacant buildings.
The fire broke out from an unknown
cause In Wagner's drug Btore and the
flames spread no rapidly that the citi
zens of the little town were unable to
check them. The loss Is placed at $uO,O00,
partially covered by Insurance. This Is
the second disastrous fire visiting here
within the last few years.
Ilastlnara 'Want Patina.
HASTINGS, Neb. , June 29 -(Sperlnl
Telegram.) The $.V.rno intersection pav
ing bond proposition carried by an oer
whelming majority at the special election
today, the vote being fCK to 27S. Alread.
applications are on file for mor than
t.om.OY) yards of paving The construc
tion campaign will he commenced ns soon
as the delegate taa ba completed by too
council,
t
Campaign to Secure
Six Clubs in Loop
HASTINGS. Neb.. June 3 iSpe.lal
Telegram ( - A delegation of Norfolk fans
crossed the state b i 1 1 t n ill- t mI.ii to
protest to President Miles nudist 1 io
dropping of the tirumnvrs fro.n the sijic
league. They picked up Mr Miles nt
OIMiut, brought him to I I::! i.g: .nul
Immediately launched a mo" e to get an
other club Into the league for m c ub
loop
Norfolk people resent bein:; cut ou. of
the league and arc prepared to nial.e up
any different c In mileage to limiting clul s
If allowed to retain lis mem'.ierslilp.
Selunler was communicated with by tele
phone and a meeting whs to In held
there tonight to determine whether it
shall Join the loop. In the meantime thn
four-club circuit will stand.
tnta Accident eae Odell.
PKATKTCF.. Neb.. June 20 -Frank
Shalla. Jr , waa serloualy. If not fatally,
hurt Sunday night when the car n which
'e :inl o:s b oiler. WH'Inm, and 'biirls
Smith were riding ran Into a ditch a few
liit'cs south of Odell and turned over
His skull was fractured, and Pis. 'lop
prrlen and Pickett Monday removed a
Isirtion of the skull In order to relieve
the pressure on the brain. He partially
regained consciousness Inst evening, but
Is in a critical condition.
Flee Wnrilen SJnkca Trip.
HARVA yi. Neb.. June 29.-(Spe-lal.)
AV. Tl. Rldae'l. state fire warden, was
In the city on business connected with
his department yesterday. He found sev
eral mntters that did not come up to
standard and which he Insisted must be
remedied. The school building, several
of the business blocks and the streets
and alleys were given a searching Insnec-
' tion. and In the nwirnr he mit with 1
! representatives of the I omnvinllv club, i
the fire department and business interests j
at SB Informal meeting held at the i om
munity club rooms, at which time he
made plain the necessity of greater care
in the matter of pieiention of fires.
Asks Permission to
;Issue $2,000,000 Notes
i i From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN. June 2!.-t Special. (eneral
Solicitor Shcean of the I b lea go, St. Paul.
Minneapolis Omaha railroad called on
the State llallwav commission this morn
ing with an application for permission to
Issue J2.0ur.0O of refunding gold deben-
i tine certificates and $100,000 mortgage
bonds.
This la made necessary because of the
law which requires pc rnilsslon In alt
states through which the road runs, the
Wisconsin commission having already
granted the application
To Look and Feel
Bright in Hot Weather
Don't dread washday. There's
no reason whyyoushould,
1 because
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cuts washday work
in half, and makes it easy.
No hard rubbing; no boiling of
the clothes. Just Fels-Naptha
in cool or lukewarm water.
If you follow directions on the
Red and Green wrapper it'll
be just as easy as it sounds.
Fell Si Co., Philsdelphte
This Is the season when she who would
have a Illy-white completion should turn
her thoughts to inercnlisea . the f nil
friend of the siiiiiiiier girl Nothing so
effiM-tuallv overcomes the soiling effects
nt sun M-init rttist nnil rllH. The WAV llt-
e-allv absorbs the scorched, discolored
f eekleil. withered or coacsened cuticle i
Ml IllglllV loiin a orailll new rtn( i,-m.
sort and girl shlv benutmn it also u:i
i burs the (lores, removing blackheads and
increasing the skins breathing eanaclly.
An ounce of mercollsed wart, obtainable
at any drugstore, applied nlghtlv like cold
cream, ami washed off mornings, will
gradually Improve the worst complexion
When depressed by the beet and you
want to freshen up for the afternoon Ot
evening, bathe the face in a lotion made
bv dtsolvlng an ounce of powdered s.xo
ll'te In a half flnt witch haaef You'll
find tills more refreshing than an hour's
rest. It Is fine for smoothing out wrin
kles, even the nVrier ones Advertisement.
LARGE FARM HOME BURNED
DURING ELECTRICAL STORM
FATRBVRT, Neb.. June S.-CSneclal
Telegram.) During an electrical and hall
atorm that visited the western portion of
Jefferson county last night the large
home of M. J. Harms, near Gladstone,
was struck by lightning and burned to
the ground- Occupants escaped uninjured
and managed to save a portion of their
household goods. Kstlmated loss Is ll.'IO,
partly Insured. The rain of last night
partially relieved the drouth that !n
prevailed nearly two weeks. Another
drenching rain visited this county todiy
and nearly an Inch fell.
fSeorgre llenp), Sr.
LITCHFIELD. Neb . June .-(Special.)
George Heapy, sr., one of the early set
tlers of this county, passed away at the
home of his brother, William Heapy, sr.,
Sunday. Deceased was nearly 60 years
of age and death was dua to complica
tions ot diseases.
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rt'NBAR, Neb.. June !9 I S-eclall
The voters of the Lunb-r school d'strlet
t a special meeting held Monday even
ing decided to Issue bonds In the sum
of 3o.o00 for the purpose of buying a site
and building a new school house, the
vote standing HR f'.r and agalnt
While playing In a tree Roy Tavls. la-year-old
boy, fell, breaking bis left arm,
the bone protruding thmugh the flesh. He
has been In bad shape since.
Mrs. John Sioll wfl thrown from a
buggy by a runaway team Monday and
Saily bruised.
Trunin tltnrkt .n Maker.
BEATRICE. Nb.. June .- Spe-ial. )
Because Ralph Hubbard, night fireman
and gas maker at the local gas plant, re
fused to allow a tramp to sleep in the
boiler room of the plant Monday night
tha fellow strjek Hubbard in the head
when his back was turned, knocking him
down and rendering him unconscious
The tramp then escaped. Kubbarl was
removed to his home In West Res trice
whers he remained uncons-lous most ol
the night.
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Pan Kranclaro and return one may rla Ixjs Angeles;
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Kates Park, Colo., and return $24.50
Boise, Idaho, and return $54.50
Halt Lake City and Ogden and return ..: $32.50
Pheontx, Arts., and return $55. OO
Yellowstone National Park, side trip from Salt Lake
or 0den, according to tour and accommodations
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Panama-Pacific Expositions' Fares
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San Francisco and return one way via Los Angeles
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Portland, Taooma and Seattle and returnone way
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Through dally standard and tourist sleeping car sen-ice
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