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Nebraska
NEW POWER PLANT
FOR STATE PRISON
Board of Control Lets Contract for
Installation of One of
Large Size.
BLAIR COMPANY FIGHTS BONDS
(Trom a Staff Correspondent
IvlKCDIiN, Julr (Special.) A new
power plant will b placed In the Mate
penitentiary, ths Board of Control having
let a contract for the Installation of a
plant costlns; $25,fA
There will be three big boilers of 2S0
horsepower each and three of the latest
typa engines of 1.300 kilowatt generators.
Pole lines will be extended to the state
hospital and It Is the Intention of the
board to furnish power and light from
the plant to all the institutions of the
state In Uncoln and also to the state
house and governor's mansion. They think
they will be able to cut the cost of light
and power about half what It has for
merly cost the state.
Blair Firm "till FIstMlnft.
Notwithstanding the attorney general
and state auditor have both pronounced
ths bond Issue of the city of Plalr for a
municipal lighting plant good, the Ne
braska Gas and Electric company, which
runs a plant In Blair, appeared before the
governor this morning for a hearing, de
claring that the bonds voted by the city
were not good. The company was rep
resented by F. E. Edgerton, formerly as
tlatant attorney general.
The company was given until Friday
to prepare briefs snd submit them. The
city of Blair was represented in me
hearing hy City Attorney Charles Doll.
Mm Potato Crop In Slht.
Reports to the State Board of Control
from tha superintendents of the state ln
atitutloos which run farms In connec
tion Indicate that there will be a large
crop of potatoes at each Institution.
Tha board Is confident that there will
be more than enough to supply all of the
institutions of the state and that It will
not be necessary to purchase potatoes
for any of them. In fact, there will be
a large number of bushels to dispose of.
Idaho Bonds Paid.
Btate Treasurer Hall has received no
tice that tha payment of the state of
Idaho of tha bonds which were held by
the stats through the New York agency
baa been made in the amount of 1330.600.
Interest on tha same amounted to $8,m
fTha treasurer stays that there will be,
ways to invest the money without any
trouble in other bonds.
Guard Camp at Crete.
The stats encampment of the Fifth
heglment of the Nebraska guard will be
held at Crete Instead of Hastings, Ad
jutant General Hall having discovered
that the country around Crete Is better
adapted for the drills and marches of
the troops than around Hastings, where
the ground is comparatively level. Hills
nd valleys give the guard a better op
portunity oC manuAertng. The encamp
ment will ha hWd Aucuat 19 to 25. The
t Fourth regiment wlU meet near Fremont
August 10 to 14.
Violation f Qaaursmtlne. '
etata Health Officer Case haa been in
ifomM that at certain physician in Ne
r&raoksj Cttjt who hi treating scarlet
' ferae oases whioto are under quarantine,
Js allowing tha patients to come to his
j office for treatment Instead of obeerv
: ng the quarantine laws. Dr. Case left
today to Investigate the charges.
Oaaavfcsk Man Weds.
Geohge H. Messing, aged 28, ot Onawa,
la and Katherlno B. Clarke, aged 24,
of the same place, were given a license
to wed here yesterday.
John EX Ingford of Omaha, aged S3,
and OeUa Ft Myers of University Place,
aged 17, were also given a license to wed.
All-Day Celebration
Held in Kountze Park
With Many Present
Kountre park was the scene of n all
dsy celebration, with races, contests, fire
works and hand mustr. Many families
came out with the children and big bas
kets of food and spent the day. The
swing and slide were kept In motion
from early till late.
The sports began at 3 o'clock. Events
and prizes were numerous. Five races
for boys and five for girls, with four cash
prises In each, provided rich takings for
the .fleet-footed. In the following races I
there were four prlies In each race. St. t
ib cents, 60 cents, and 2.1 cents, re
spectively. Results were:
Boys t'nder 8 Tpr-Klm-nnd Wllmnth.
first; Harry Marble, second: William
Kent, third; Elsworth Van Camp, fourth.
Olrls I'nder S Years Geneva Nicholson,
first; T,ulu Tlecker. second; Kernlce
Oreenwalt. third; Dorothy Weight, fourth.
Hoys Inder 12 Years Wilbur Ocean
bean, first; t'hnrle Sears, second; Arthur
Wild, third; Charles Finis vson, fourth.
Olrls under 12 Years 'atherln Maher,
first; Gertrude McKenna. second; Ictha
Harnes, third; Mildred linden, fourth.
Boys under IS Years Chester Tierce,
first; George roth, second; Frank Kene
beck. third; Ralph Recroft, fourth.
Olrls tinder IS Years Har.el Smith, first;
Frances Coulton. second; Mary Maslnda,
third; Beatrice Reale. fourth.
Boys' Sack Race Carl Magnison. first;
Ralph Recroft. second; Pana Peters,
third: Theodore Phannlx, fourth.
Girls' Sack Race Barbara Sweska.
first; Helen McDonald, second: Frefa
Smith, third: Kllen HlKley. fourth.
Hoys Shoe Race Mason Jorgensen
nrst; carl Mngnlson. second
Sperry, third; Raymond Rasmussen,
fourth.
In the esg race for girls the winners
were:
First, bottle perfume Ellen Jorcensen :
second, box of candy. Ms.he.1 llnsmussen;
third, box of candy, Muriel Cuslck.
FAIRBDRY WINS
GAUEFROM REDS
Beadle Lacks Control and Fairbury
Piles Up Six Hits Against
Easting's.
ENDS IN TOTAL OF SEVEN RUNS
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I HASTINGS, Neb., July .-Specll Tel
I cgram.) Fairbury won a slow listless
I game from the Reds today. Beadle was
j wild and lacked control, while Smith was
steady, allowing but three hits. Score:
FAI1I1U RY. HAST1NID
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laRrnet. rf.. I 10 I'l'iumm. lb . I ft
InneT. c. . I ft 4 0 PKirh'ri1n. c4 ft S
Thlmatns. If t 0 nWsMel. r ..I 4
Pi 'ton. u... I ft t S ftHennell rf . 4 I t
Hmlth. !.... I 14 OOl.on. 2h....4 ft 4
.hll. rf....l 1 ft PBeadla, ...! A A
Shatter. Tt.,.1 Mil
TnUli II 17 II S
Tntsls : ISI1I I
Falrburv A 0 4 2 0 0 10 0-7
Hastings 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 01
Two-base hits: Conboy, Bennett. Sac
rifice hits: Varney, Downey. Sacrifice
fly: Conboy. stolen bases: lmb, Sholl,
lt. Olson, Bennett. Struck out: Bv
Smith. 4: by Beadle. S. Bases on balls:
Off Smith. 4; off Beadle. 8. empire:
Greene.
York Losses to Beatrice.
YORK Neb., July 6. (Special Tele
gram.) York lost to Beatrice todav
through Inability to hit In pinches. Both
Haley and McDonnell pitched good ball,
the former having the better of the aruu-
Francls 1 ,,,rnt. until luck broke against him. iily
.m- vi iiMns hiuib "fir . rflll-
hurv comes tomorrow for Hue day.
Score:
BEATWlTC. TOHK
AB.H O A K All II O A K
Flllmn ib. I I t I ORlra in t ft 4 1 n
nrnnn. lb... 4 It 0 lrrrl. rf...4 ft J ft 0
r,rn. If... 4 0 10 OWrtiel. K . . 4 I ft 0
lllab rf t A ft A nw..mh -I A 1 A fl 1
Hazel Smith won the girls' ball-throw- I niw, t.... 4 111 ftTottm.'jb..! 4 toil
Naff, rf I 0 10 eRalnsa. 0....I 1 4 2 ft
Big French Ship is
Sunk by Torpedo
in English Channel
PARIS. July .-It was officially an
nounced today by the French ministry
of marine that the French steamer
Carthage, of ".ITS tons gross, was tor
pedoed by a German submarine yester
dnv snd sunk.
It was also announced that a French
squadron sluhted two submarines in the
channel cMciday and that one was hit
hy several shells and disappeared.
The statement said
"The French steamer Carthago was
torpedoed and sunk hy a German aub
msiine nesr Cape llcllcs on Julv 4. Sixty
six member of the crew were saved SIX
ai missing.
"Two German submarines were sighted
yesterday In the English channel by ves
sels belonging to the second light French
squadron Both submarines pluned. hut
one was hit by several shells before it
disappeared."
Ing contest and when she had received
the prlio, a tennis racquet, she explained
that her brother was a pitcher and hnd
taught her to throw. Gladys Puhraen
w-on second prize, a pair of embroidery
shears.
A gallon of floor paint was the reward
of A. A. Avery for winning the foot race
for men over 30 years of age.
Then came the fat men. about a dozen
lining up, and M. Mortensen winning out
and carrying off the box of cigars.
A prize was offered to the mother hav
ing the greatest aggregation of children
on the picnic grounds. Mrs. J. V. Gal
lagher, 3419 Sherman avenue, rosy, smil
ing and very young looking, modestly
exhibited eight. Including some grown up
young women. She rxpaned that she
had only eight with her and two more
at home. She took the prize offered by
Dr. T. R. Mullen, a pair of opera glasses.
Then the crowd gathered admiringly
around two Id women who were con
testants for the two boxes of candy of
fered for the most venerable women on
the grounds. The winners were Mrs. R.
A. Hendricks of South Omaha, who has
seen 86 summers, and Mrs. Snrah C. Wal
lace, who Is 81.
The Omaha Bohemian band furnished
the music and In the evening there was
a grand display of fireworks.
Dr. F. R. Mullen was chairman of the
committee. C. A. "Wlldcrman distributed
the prizes. The committee on sports con
sisted of M. J. Kenney, N. A. Lundberg
and O. P. Feterson.
Whit. 4 I
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1 I OHekrwIll. lb 4
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Totals 31 I rt 14 1 Totals 35 T 27 13 4
Beatrice 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 a
York. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1
Two-base hits: Wetzel. White, McDon
nell. Stolen bases: Wetzel 4 2). Murphv
(2), Totten CD. Bases on balls: (iff
Haley, 2; off Melkinnell. 2. Uft on
bases: York, 8; Beatrice, 7. Struck out:
By Haley, 2; by McDonnell, 4. l'assed
hall: Buster. Balk: McDonnell. Time:
2:iK. Umpire: Monroe.
Taylo
r of Custer
Speaks at Peru
AUBURN, Neb., July 6. (Special.)-)
Auburn had, no celebration for the Fourth.
A large part of the population attended
the celebration at Peru. A good time
was had there. Representative Taylor
of Custer was the principal speaker and
, his talk waa well received. The corner
etooe of the new training school waa
laid in the afternoon under the auspices
of the Masonio order. The school build
ings were attractively decorated and were
kept open for Inspection, and were re
sorted to largely as rest rooms. There
were two ball games, one between the
officials of Otoe county and Nemaha
county, which Nemaha won; one between
alem and Peru, in which Peru was shut
out.
LARGE DAIRY BARN
BURNED AT KEARNEY
KFIA RNEJT, Neb.. July (Special
Telegram.) An early morning fire of un
known origin completely destroyed the
Urge dairy barn and sale pavilion on
the H. C. Holt St Bon farm, south ot
the city, today. The loss to the owners
Is about S9.000, over half of which Is cov
ered by Insurance.
The large herd of pure blood Jerseys
and Holstelnns were removed to the
firm's second farm a few weeks ago,
where they mere placed on pasture and
thus escaped the fire of this morning.
The Holt pavilion has been well known
over the state by cattle and horse m n
many of the largest sales of this section
having been held there.
BOYS DIG WAf OUT
OF TMe SCHUYLFR JAIL
SCHUYLER. Nb., July . (Special Tele-gram.)-The
boys arrested on charge of
robbing the Haase store at Rogers es
caped from ths county jail last night.
They picked a lock on an empty cell that
contained a spade, an exhibit in the Held
esse, and dug through the sail of the
cell. . No trace has been found.
Wallets and Cash
Taken by Thieves
W. B. Eohrall of Lodge Pole. Neb., re
ports to the police that his pocket wss
picked at the Union station of a purse
containing; $90 in caah end a note for
roo.
H. C. Wilson and G. Wilson of Water
loo, Neb., lost wallets near the Speed
way In the same manner. The former's
purse contained 15 and the letter's 16.
Alice Holiday, 1017 Arbor street, fell a
victim to thieves while aboard a North
Twenty-fourth street car. Her purse
with 2S in It was taken.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR LATE GEORGE MATHEWS
Funeral services for the late George P.
Mathews were held Monday at the Biewer
chapel, conducted by Judge C. W. Dickin
son of the Christian Science church.
Mrs. W. W. Turner sang. Mr. Mathews
was for many vears a trader at the
South Omaha stock yards and was well
known In stock yards circles. Burial took
place at West Lawn cemetery.
DEATH RECORD.
F. H. Meyers.
OXFORD, Neb., July (Special )-F.
B. Meyers died Saturday night, after a
long Illness, death resulting from tuber
culosis of the bone. He was 51 years old
and leaves a wife and two children, one
sen and two daughter He vhs a well
known and highly respected farmer liv
ing north of town. The funeral waa held
this afternoon from tho Highland Union
church. Rev. Mr. Parker of Oxford of
ficiated. Robert U. Rrnnflt.
AUBURN. Neb.. July 6. (Special.)
Robert D. Bennett, an old settler and
prominent citizen, died last night. He
was almost S4 years of age, and wa a
native of Scotland. He came here In IStiO
and located on the farm, where he lived
at the time of his death. He reared
quite a large family, all of whom are
gpiwn and married. He was a member
of the settlement known all over the
county as "Scotland."
Laundry Theft
Foiled by Police
While returning to the station from a
wagon call. Police Chauffeur Hairy Bu
ford glimpsed Jimmy Hlggens, police
character, wheeling a large barrow full
of wearing apparel down Capitol ave
nue, near Fifteenth street.
Investigation resulted In the arrest of
Hlggens and later it was found that he
had broken into the Chicago laundry
by means of the hot-air fan to the rear
of the place, and was making way with
large quantities of freshly laundered
clothes.
Hanscom Park Club
Enjoys Celebration,
Big Crowd Attending
Observance of Independenie day by the
Hanscom Park Improvement club drew
a company of 1,BX people to Thirty-fourth
and Wright streets Monday. Previous
to the fireworks display a hand concert
waa given by a union band under the
direction of Kd Brader. A grandstand
erected for the women was filled find
I, (MX) or more spectators were grouped on
the nearby vantage points while the club
fireworks were set off. A thousand pack
ages of rrackerjack were distributed and
the girls were given Fourth of July caps.
Three barrels of lemonade, mane under
the expert supervision of O. B. Pettlt,
were used.
New sorts of fireworks were used, the i
children all being provided with sparklers
No accidents occurred and the evening
was one of thorough enjoyment. Many
automobiles were parked near the stone
during the evening.
Thousands Take Part
In Big Peace Pageant
TOLEDO. O., July . More than 10.0W
persons marched or rode In the peace
pageant yesterday, the first of Its kind
ever adopted In the United States ss a
means of celebrating Independence day.
Civil war veterans had a place In the
parade, and they were the most enthusi
astic of the lot. With tears in their eyes
they remarked that to celebrate the
Fourth ot July with a peace demonatra- i
tlon was far superior to similar days, '
when they were fighting for their country:
in the war of the rebellion. I
PARIS. July 5. The annual Independ- I
ence day pilgrimage of Americans In!
Paris to the tomb of Marquis de Lafay-I
cue in me ancient picpus cemetery was
honored today for the first time hy the
official participation of the French gov
ernment. I
DE FRANCE WILL EXAMINE
TWELVE TRUST COMPANIES
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, July fi.CSpeclnl.l State Au
ditor Smith will have the twelve trust
companies doing business In Nebraska
examined by State Accountant De France
Instead of employing a special examiner
for that purpose. As Mr. De France
draws a regular salary from the state,
the fees collected from thin examination
will go Into the state general fund.
NORWEGIAN BARK
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
LONDON, July . The Norwegian bark
Fiery Cross has been sunk by a German
submarine seventy miles southwest of the
Stilly Islands. Its crew of eighteen men,
ster twenty hours In opei boats, lanued
at Swansea. Among the crew are six
Arrerxajis.
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Male's Kick Fatal.
WILRKR. Neb., July . (Special )
Frank Dohes dies yesterday forenoon
from a kick from a mule received last
Friday. He was shout 30 years old and
leaves a widow. He was employed on
the Yarm of Edward Dvorak.
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TABOR, la., July .-8peclal.)-D. E.
Kent of Ottawa, III., and Miss Clsra A.
Carleton of Mantua, O., were married at
the residence of Rev. and Mrs. CI. C.
Jewell here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs.
Kent will reside at 104 Prairie street,
Ottawa, III.
Wood bur -Miles.
Geneva O. Miles and George Woodbury,
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