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NEBRASKA STATE MONDAY MORJTCNG, SEPTEMBER 12, 1910. TAFT MAY GO FORTH ANXIOUS TO 1IAVE A HOUSE RETURNED. PRESENCE NEEDED ON STUMP QUESTION OF SPEECHMA1CIXG TO BE DECIDED SO OX. Cabinet Party Will Be Held at an Early Dny In Wash- i Ingrton--Situation If Looking Better. WASHINGTON, Sept.

--Information has reached Washington from Beverly that the cabinet house party to; be held at the white house during the latter part of this, month will be of the untmost importance the standpoint of the congressional campaign, as well as from the standpoint of general administrative affairs. While the president is at present making every effort to keep himself thoroughly informed as to political conditions throughout the country it is understood that he" is far from certain as to whether it is necessary or advisable for him to embark on an extensive speaking- tour for the purpose of helping out the congressional campaign committee. The meeting of the members of the cabinet at the white house is expected to throw some light on the subject, especially since a number of Darty leaders will be called in to express then- views on the By the time the conference is called together the elections in Maine New Hampshire will have been decided; Postmaster General Hitchcock will have returned from the west and southwest, where he is looking into the political situation; Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary Nagel will have returned from Alaska and the northwest and the lines in the congressional campaign will be more clearly drawn. Looks More Encouraging. The republican situation in Maine and New Hampshire is more encouraging at this time.

Should the democrats be even partially successful In these two states, which now seems a possiblity, however, and should the congressional situation throughout the country fail to brighten up. It Is not at all Improbable that the president will feel It necessary far more talking after September 30-than he had originally planned. Whether he does so or not it is now regarded as certain that practically every member of the cabinet who is capable of stump speaking will be drafted by the congressional committee. Another matter to receive consideration at the party, will be the selection of two men to fill the vacancies In the United States supreme coure caused by the death of Chief Justice Fuller and the proposed resignation of Justice Moody. It Is understood that the president has already mafle up his mind on this subject, but will defer making a public announcement until he has had an opportunity going over the, matter with the members of his cabljfet.

The president. It Is learned, is still undecided as to the advisability of calling the senate Into extra session for the purpose of confirming the new supreme court nominations in order that there may be no delay rendering decisions in the cases ot the American Tobacco company and the Standard Oil company. It has been suggested to the president on morn than one occasion that announcement of the decision to call the senate into extra session in order to expidlto the trust- busting cases would have a good effect In the campaign. May Change Representation. Congress will soon be called upon to deal with the auestlon of Increased representation in the house.

This is due to the fact that the census for 1910 Indicates that a number of states will be entitled to more members of the houso than arc now seated. It Is more than probable that a big fight 'will occur when the question is brought up for consideration because house leaders have about come to the conclusion that the lower branch of congress is already too unweildy and that if there is any change in representation it should be cut down-rather than increased. New York City furnishes an excellent example of the problem of scat- Ing members of tho house based on Increased population. Greater New York now has seventeen members in the house. Based on the population of 1910.

recently announced by the census bureau to be 4,766,883, the first city in tho United States would be entitled to twenty-four or twenty-flve representatives. Another Increase Is to be found in the state of Oklahoma, which now has five members in the Based on the present population of that state Oklahoma Is now entitled to ten representatives. Chicago's population Increase also is expected to bo sufficient to entitle that city to increased representation. With the exception of New York the greatest increases In population wil be In the west. It is that section of the country, therefore, which will demand representation in accordance with its population.

That the demand will be opposed is believed here. The eastern states will be opposed to any new apportionment which will deprive them of their present position of power in the house, and an apportionment on the present basis of one member for each 194.182 of population will certainly give the -west a commanding position in the house. The presen membership of the house is 391. and even this number is now generally regarded os unweildy. The official figures for the entire country probablj will be known before the short session of congress adjourns, but It Is doubtful If any agreement will bo reached as to the new method of apportionment.

scrum have not bpen exhausted by trial, but our present data do not warrant us to expect very much benefit from this source." Maddogs are not always wild-eyed and Irothlng at the mouth and determined upon attacking every person they meet. The report contends that when tho attack first begins to develop dogs are- frequently more playfully inclined. "The rabid dog is sick; he is not necessarily running wild ami furious; he is frequently obedient up to a late stage and often seems to have a bono in his throat or to have sustained injury to the Another fallacy is the general belief that rabies are much more easily transmitted in the summer than in other months. The explanation is that more people are moving about and become subject to attack. Nor is the malady confined to any climate or region.

It Is liable to occur in the Arctic or the equatorial jungles. Dogs, wolves, coyotes and skunks seem to be especially susceptible. The mad stone and the chicken breasts as cures for the madness are arraigned as real because they frequently prevent people from seeking other remedies. Lastly human hydrophobiacs do not seek to bite other persons. The average period of incubation is a little over ten weeks, but in some persons the effect of a -naddog's bite is not manifested for more than a year.

MAKIXG PROGRESS. Al)lott Pleimed art Development. WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. Great regress generally Is being shown by he American Indian towards gaining footing with the whites in the mater of civilization, according to As- istant Commissioner Abbott, of the ureau of Indian affairs, who has just eturned from a.

20,000 mile tour of nspectlon of Indian reservations welve states. Mr. Abbott spent six lonths in the field. "The system, of education in the In- ian schools," said Mr. Abbott, "Is at east twenty-five years In advance of le present public system in industrial raining.

The boys are taught faran- ng and the related Industrial arts; ic girls domestic science. The amount land tilled by the Indians has reased greatly during the past year, nd is expected to increase 100 per ent during the ensuing year, attri- utable largely to a better grade of ractlcal farmers to teach ie Indians." LINGER IN THE MOUNTAINS Many NcbrasUnns nt Colorado Springe" nnd "Vicinity. COLORADO SPRINGS. Sept. the Nebraskans who have Cripple "Creek, making the trip rom Colorado Springs, during the last vcek have been Mr.

and Mrs. Adolph Jrang of IHica; H. O. Peterson. Senoa, Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph Blxler, Mr. and Mrs. M. R.

Huntington, Fred 3. King, Omaha; L. L. Gowen, Redan d. Mrs.

W. E. Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. J.

J. ulllvan, Mrs. G. A. Crisman, Mrs.

J. Cunningham, Mrs. Wlltameth and Miss Mae Wlltameth are among he recent arrivals from Lincoln in lolorado Springs and Marjorio and Bdnah Probst of 'lattsmouth are enjoying the scenic attractions in the vicinity of Colorado Springs. D. E.

Barrlck and Mrs. Nell Barrick Glltner are visiting here. Mr. and Mrs. C.

A. Scharrel of Palmer and H. E. Anderson ot Oakland arc among the recent arrivals at the Alamo hotel In Colorado Springs. Edytho Andrews of Minclen Is en- ioylne the acenic attractions near here.

Mrs. W. J. McDowell and daughter of Kcorney who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs.

H. 1C Wing of Colorado Springs have returned to their lome. Among Nebraskans who have been visiting in Colorado Springs and Icinity this week are George W. and toward Porter of Grand Island; Charles Grlflln and Reeves Borcher. Nebraska City; William Guthrie, South Omaha; L.

C. McEwan, Kearney; W. llecker, Hooper. DISPELS MADDOG ILLUSIOXS. Pnollc Health Service Repudiates Certain Falllcles.

WASHINGTON, Sept. a public service report today, A. Stimson, its author, repudiates certain maddog fallacies, and advises those skeptical of doubts dispelled at a scientific laboratory. This report from Surgeon General Wyman's bureau admits rabies may not be uniforml fatal, though it Is almost so. "We do not know," says the report "that artificial immunity can be con ferred during" the usual incubation period.

The possibilities of anti-rabl THE OLD LITTB BANKEBS LIFE ASSETS OVER $3,800,000 Firat Farm Mortf TO CUT THE COST OF LIVING Farmer!) Form a Co-operative Union SPOKANE, Sept. educational" and co-operative union at Medical Lake, has formed a consumers' company, bought a gen- oral store, fully shocked with groceries and provisions and farm implements and supplied each of Its 100 members with a key to the establishment, the doors of which are not open to the general public. There are no clerks, cashiers and storekeepers; no goods are displayed in the windows, neither are there any hand-bills and catchy advertisements to tempt the housewife. The store is an experiment to reduce the cost of living. Otilccrs of the organization believe with Tolstoi that it is as natural for a normal man Lo bo honest as it is for a babe to breathe, and it is purposed to demonstrate the truth of the theory by giving each member access to the stock of unguarded provisions.

The man with a T-bone steak appetite and his neighbor, who cares only for dry bread and oil, have not yet come together. One of the officers explained that the society has none of the last named. AT HOME AND HAPPY COL.OMSL IIOOSBVBIT SATISFIED WITH WESTERN THI1'. HEARS CALL OF NEW YORK LIKELY TO TAKE A INTO STATE POLITICS. Uetwcen Old Guard and ii fop Control of ublican Convention to lie Renewed.

OYSTER BAY, Sept. 11. After an absence "of three weeks Colonel Roosevelt is home again, weary from his western trip, but well satis- fled with the result. He enjoyed every minute of it, he said. The colonel reached New 1 York at 10 o'clock this morning from Pittsburg.

His first orders were that no one' should be permitted to invade the privacy of Sagamore Hill, and for the day he relapsed into the comforts and seclusion of his family life. Tomorrow he will plunge Into' an accumulated mass of correspondence. It is likely that this will occupy his entire day, and that whatever consultations are to come with those who have in hand the fight to force his electidn as temporary chairman of the coming republican state convention will be postponed until Tuesday, when he will visit his office again. Before he started on his trip Colonel Roosevelt had said little on public matters, but to the people of the middle west he declared himself on almost all of the questions now before the nation. His utterances were accepted as his political creed, and were received satisfaction by many insurgents, although Colonel Roosevelt himself in a speech at Kansas City classed himself as a progressive.

The Itinerary to which he had committed himself and its attendant obligations were enough to have dismayed a less confident and energetic man, but the colonel not only executed it, he overlapped it at every stage of his journey. In all he delivered about 100 speeches including both his set addresses and his impromptu talks. Early in October Colonel Roosevelt will launch out again in a shorter tour through the south, during which he will make a campaign speech for Senator Beveridge in Indiana. He has also promised to speak for Senator Lodge in Massachusetts. Struggle to Be Renewed.

NEW YORK, Sept. With the return of Theodore Roosevelt from his western trip the struggle between the old guard and the progressives for control of the republican state convention looms larger upon the political horizon. Both sides have been con-ducting a quiet but effective campaign to capture delegates. The result of Tuesday's primaries in New York, Buffalo and Rochester will, in large measure determine "whether the selection by the state committee of Vice President Sherman as temporary chairman shall be ratified 6r rejected in favor of Colonel Roosevelt. Of the twenty odd counties in which delegates have already been chosen 13i are said to favor Sherman, while 109 are credited to Roosevelt.

COLUMBUS, Sept. Superintendent Anson of Goodale park, where Colonel Roosevelt spoke yesterday, today turned over to the police a suit case, containing a quantity of gunpowder, which had been found near the speaker's stand today. Although It was reported that the suit case also tained nitroglycerine and dynamite, this was denied by Chief of Police Carter. who'tiled in this city last Friday. They will be President William Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, of thd United States supreme court; 1C.

H. Hurlburt, Chicago; Otis H. Aldo, Chicago; Thomas B. Marston, Chicago; John Hays Hammond, Washington; James Byrne, New Yorjc, and Robert Greer Monroe," New York. The services will be private'and Interment will be at Westfield, Conn.

WEDS AT AGE OF NINETY-SIX Ardent Groom Walks Ten Miles to Get lilceune, BALTIMORE, Sept. Boyd, ninety-six vears old, went to Towson, a suburb, yesterday, to secure a license for his marriage Eliza Ann Deniel, aged fifty-nine years, but in the rush was given a gunner's license by mistake. He did not discover the error until he reached his home at Stevenson, ten miles from Towsqn. As there were no more trains to Towson he had to walk there to secure the proper document and then walk back home. Mr.

Boyd was none the worse for the long tramp and was joined in wedlock tonight to Miss Doniel. LOCKED CHURCH Deposed. Pantor Holdx Services on the Steps Outside. NEW YORK, Sept. out of St.

Andrew's protestant Episcopal church, Brooklyn, of which he had been rector for sixteen years, the Rev. William H. Afkley conducted the regular services today from the front steps. Gathered around him, kneeling and with their heads uncovered, 300 members of the congregation who do not agree with the parish vestry that their pastor should be retired "because of his age and feeble condition, mental and physical." Order was perfect throughout the services. PLANTER KILLED BY NEGRO Supposed to Hnve Been Mistaken for OfHcer of the l.a-w.

BIRMINGHAM, Sept. John Terrs, a well known planter of SpringviHe, was shot through the heart and instantly killed while walking over Ills plantation this morning by Isaac Glover, a negro. The negro is being pursued by a large posse. The negro was Wanted for wounding a deputy sheriff. It is thought he mistook Terry for an officer.

THE DEATH ROLL Prof. A. C. Boyd. CHICAGO, Sept.

A. C. Boyd, of the Boston university law school, a legal authority, died today while in an ambulance on the way to a hospital. Three hours before death he suffered an attack of cerebral hemorrhage at the home of his sister- in-law, Mrs. George Blackburn, with whom he was visiting.

Col. Isanc L. Elvroocl. CHICAGO, Sept. Isaac L.

Elwood died tonight at his home in Dekalb, 111., after an illness lastlsy since the death of his wire, nine weeks ago. As a business associate of John W. Gates Elwood became best knewn. In the reorganization of the United States steel corporation Colonel Elwood engaged the attention of the financial world his fight with Morgan and Gates. WATEIl FOWER RIGHTS SOLD.

SEATTLE, Sept of the water power of Pr'est Rapids, in the Columbia river, in Grant and Yakima counties, Washington, was sold last night by the Hanford Irrigation and Power company to the American Power and Light company of New York. The water power is considered among the most valuable in North America. The property of the Hanford company is estimated to be worth $4,000,000. OIL GUSHERS ARE IGNITED FluntcN SOO Feet I'onr Up From Wells In Cnllfornln. BAKERSFIELD, Sept.

shooting 300 feet in the air from two blazing gushers of the North Midway group of flooding oil wells kept this city and the entire west side oil region in a state of ex- cltmcnt for three hours this afternoon, while 200 fire fighters struggled vainly until the wells sanded up and stopped the fires themselves. While the flames were at their height, a fissure more than a thousand feet long and of unknown depth cpencd up from a well nearby and breaking the embankments of sump lolcs caused the loss of a large quantity of oil. STRENUOUS FOR DIAZ Chief. Executive JH'xIco Attciulu Many KunctioiiN. MEXICO CITY.

Sent. proved to be a htrenuous and busy one for the clnet executive of Jlexico. who attended the dedication of two monuments, received four foreign envoys to the centennial Independence celebratiaon and entertained stvty jjersons ut a banquet at the palace tonight. The most interesting feature of today's program to the American residents, uas the dedication of the site where a monument will be erected by Americans in this republic and presented to tho Mexican government. President Diaz and members of his cabinet were present.

Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson made the presentation address. In replying President Diaz said that his people dcep'v appreciated the gift and the spirit of friendship that it. Later in the day the chief executive attended the exercises of placing of the stone in the Pasteur monument, a gift of the French colony to the Mexican people. NAVAL FORCE Admiral Evant IHn- sell! an Atlvocste. SAN FRANSISCO.

Sept. a naval force with a fighting line of sixteen battleships Is the right of the Pacific coast of the United States was the declaration made tonight by Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, retired. Admiral Evans made the statement in an adrrnrss to the directors of the Panama-Pacific exposition gathered in conference, arid pjaced himself on record as favoring San Francisco as the site for that exposition. Ho suggested that a great pageant bo arranged as an adjunct to the fnir.

11011.1211 EXPLOSION KU.T,S. ZANESVtLLH, Sept. men were killed and ono boy wns fatally Injured today when tht boilor In the Toledo and Ohio Contral railroad pumping station at New Lexington was blown up. Tho building was wrecked. PLAN' FOR BOWERS FUNERAL President Taft to He One of the Honorary Pnllhearerf.

BOSTON, Sept. was made today of tho list of honorary pall bearers who will be present at the funeral of Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, solicitor general of the United PRIIVTEIl KILLED BY TRAMP. SHELBURX. Sept. waiting for an interurban car here tonight, Kay Orr, a printer twenty years old of Sullivan, was shot and instantly killed by a tramp.

The slayer escaped, pursued by a posse of citizens. who later was joined by the shcrlft, but the murderer could not be found. The motive for the deed is not known. MAX AXD BOT DROWXED. ST.

LOUIS, Sept. 11--A man ami a lioy were drowned hero this afternoon the ferryboat Samuel Wiggins of the Wiggins Ferry company ran Into anrt capsized the sailboat In which thev were sailing. DROAVXED IN PHII.IPPIXES. MANILA, Sept. Whitmore of the constabulaiy, two coicorals and five privates dro.vned today while crossing the Rio Agro Grande.

Did Xot Have the Xens. Mr. Meadow (wrathfully, to countrv editor)--My house was robbed last week an' you didn't have a word about it Country Editor did not send us the information. Mr. Meadow Mr.

Meadow (petulantly)--An' is that the you editors get y'r news about houses btin' robbed? Country Editor (Ironically)--Well. no. Usually the thieves drop in and give us the Item, but this time I guess thev for- nhout it --New York Weekly Wei- STORE BURNS IX TEE NIGHT JUUSIMSSS HOUSE! DESTROYED AT 'TOWS OF HEHWYjf. THOUGHT TO BE INCENDIARY Door Found After the Flamex "Were of Apple Crop In Eastern MRS. CYRUS CURTIS.

Before her marriage in MthvauUce to Mr. Curtis, publisher, she was Mrs. Kate S. Pillsbury anl a prom inont figure in society, Mr. and Mrs.

Curtis are spending their honeymoon aboard the Curtis yacht, Lyondonia, and after a short cruise they will pond the remainder of the summer at Caindcn, Me. BROKEN Sept new hardware store, lately installed at Berwyri, ten. miles east of here and" owned by "George P. Bartholomew, of this place was totally destroyed by. fire during- the night.

People in a. nearby hotel saw flames about midnight and gave the alarm, but oipor arriving at the scene, it was found the fire had gained too great a headway to risk fighting it. Efforts were accordingly directed toward saving the buildings on either side. Dr. Bartholomew had been, visiting his place of business during the day and left on the evening train for the -west, where he intended, negotiating a trade on the place.

No one was in charge after this time. There is no doubt in the minds of the Berwyn people that the fire was of incendiary origin, as the front door was-found to be unlocked when the firemen arrived. The stock, fixtures and building were insured for 34,500. HTJOIBOLDT, Sept. which originated in a clothes closet at the home of George Marshall, north of town at an early hour Saturday morning, completely, destroyed the house and all its contents, except a few pieces of furniture.

Mice and matches are thought responsible for the flames. The building, which belonged to Colonel M. W. Harding, was well insured, but the household goods only partially so. SUXDAY SCHOOL COXVJSXTlOHf.

Much Interest Shoivn in Xemsiho. County Gathering. PERU, Sept posters are out announcing the Nemaha county Sunday school convention to be hedl September 29, to October 1. This convention promises to be inferior only to a state Sunday school convention and will include among its speakers, Dr. H.

M. Hamill of Nashville, dean of the world's Sunday school workers; George G. "Wallace, Omaha, president of the state Sunday school association; L. C. Oberlies, Bethany; Professor 3.

A. Barber, Lincoln; Margaret Brown, Lincoln, and others. Some great things may be expected from the football team of the Peru normal this fall, as a good proportion of the old guard will be on the gridiron for practice next week. Work on the new administration building is progressing rapidly, the walls now being about completed. The state normal campus is at its best and everything -will be in readiness for the opening of the sjchool September 19.

Every indication points to a large attendance the coming year. A special train will be run as usual from Nebraska City to Peru on the night of, the 19th to accommodate students coming from northeast Nebraska. Professor Crabtree and family have been visiting in Peru for a few days and are leaving for Lincoln where they will live hereafter. Dr. J.

T. House, of'Chicago university has been spending the past week in Peru with his brothers and will leave soon far Wayne, where he takes up his work as head the English department of the new state normal. The new depot of the Burlington is being rapidly pushed to completion. When completed it is promised to be one of the finest of the smaller depots on the lines of the Burlington. The canning factory is running at full capacity these days taking care of the abundant tomato crop hereabouts.

Few factories' are so ingeniously constructed and arranged or so systematically managed. NEBRASKA APPLES IX DEMA3TD. Fifty Thousand Bushels Marketed in Pnwnee County. TABLE ROCK, Sept. thousand bushels of apples grown in Pawnee county, Nebraska, have already been marketed," is an assertion made by a well known or- chiu-dist of this vicinity, this week, and, a close investigation will doubtless prove the truth of his assertion.

Forty car loads containing from 500 to 800 bushels each have been loaded and shipped at Pawnee City, and. without doubt, a greater number have been marketed at other shipping points. The fruit shipped so far, is mostly summer and fall varieties, and as the winter varieties are mostly yet to be shipped, the shipment may be approximately estimated at 150,000 bushels. The peach crop was not a heavy" one, but several thousand bushels have been shipped to northern and western points. All of which goes to prove that Pawnee county, is highly favored in this respect and had it not have been' for the dry weather in the summer, the ciop -would have been much larsref-.

The revenue derived from. these shipments, has been no small amount. Mr. and Mrs. G.

W. Wright, of La Junta focnier residents, who left here seven yearS ago, for the west are the guests of Table Rock relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J.

C. "Wood who have resided here for over half a century left recently, for Corpus-Christi. Texas, where they may conclude to remain, owing to the health of Mr. Wood, which has not been good for some time. Miss Ellen Heer returned recently from a few weeks visit with relatives at McDonald, Kas.

Miss Ida Dopp, who has a position Jn the schools at Adams, left for that place the latter part of the week. The county woman's -suffrage association, at its annual meeting just held here, elected the following officers: President. Mrs, Anna Kovanda, Table Rock; vice president, R. Hatchison, Pawnee City; recording secretary, Mrs. A.

Nesbitt, Pawnee City; corresponding secretary, Mrs. L. K. Andrew, Table Rock; treasurer, Mrs. Alice M.

Woods, Table Rock; auditors, Mrs. R. J- Hrizda, Mrs. Laura Allen, Table Rock. There was an address in the evening by Mrs.

A. C. Zehner, of Texas. PASSENGERS IX COUV1SIOX. eyo and was somewhat bruised in other parts.

Baker of Lincoln, the mall clerk on No. 21, jumped when he heard the alarm whistlo and knew thero be a collision. the fall, he received a badly wrenched shoulder and it was thought that some of his ribs might be cracked. The passengers' in both trains received a severe shaking upland some were thrown from their seats although none were Injured. The fronts of the engines were considerably smashed, and the damage to these is estimated at some $1,500.

The wrecker kept at Fremont was immediately called into'service and the track was cleared in a very short time so that the trains were able to go ahead, although other engines had t.o be called from the roundhouse to take the places of the damaged ones. Former Hnmwoldt Boy HUMBOLDT, Sept. 11. -Humboldt relatives feel considerable alarm over the disappearance -from Bakersfield. of Charles Pool, son of the late Deputy Auditor Charles Pool of who has been missing s'ince August 21..

The young man, who was married a couple ol years ago to Miss Leone Boss of this place, is twenty-one years of age and has of late years been quite a wanderer. He had traveled all over the world at different times. The young wife is in poor health and relatives here are inclined to think he has wandered from home during a fit of melancholy, or has met with foul play. Funeral of IjOulst Clirlstensen. LYONS, Sept.

funeral of Louis who died very suddenly here two days ago of heart failure, was held yesterday in the First Presbyterian church under the auspices of the Odd Fellows lodge, which turned out en masse, as did also the Daughters of Rebekah. Rev. S. F. Pearson, the pastor, preached the after which the remains were laid away in the Lyons cemetery.

Many persons were in attendance from all over tlie country, and about a dozen from Hermon, where Mr. Christensen lived before he moved to Burt county. He was born in Denmark and was nearly fifty-two years old. He leaves a wife and three children. Death of Capt.

J. D. Brown. TBCUMSEH, Sept Jefferson D. Brown, for many years a resident of Tecumseh, died very suddenly at his home at Manhattan, today of heart trouble.

Captain Brown is survived by his wife and five grown children, Mrs. Mary Shiek and Frank Brown of Crab Orchard, Joe Brown and Ed. Brown of Kansas and Mrs. Dollie Halderman of Paola, Kas. Captain Brown and his wife in Tecumseh three weeks ago and he was in perfect health.

He was an old soldier and was aged seventy-two years. Wants the Ties Severed. GRAND ISLAND, Sept. Jenny H. Hayman has filed a suit in the district court lor divorce from W.

S. Hayman on the ground of cruelty and "desertion. Plaintiff married defendant in 1881. Seven children were born, all being of excepting one. Since the birth of the latter plaintiff and denfendant, for eleven years, havt- not lived together.

Temporary alhmony, the custody of the youngest child and permanent alimony is asked for. Haymon is said to be worth $50,000 with an income of per mo.Hh. 'Wants the Jlarriagre Annnllefl. GRAND ISLAND, Sept. 11 -In the district court suit was filed for the annullment of'the marriage in Central City, of Bliss Grace Gorman to Othello Evans, recently a member of the firm of Marshal Evans, contractors for the construction of the government building- in this city.

It was alleged after the marriage and while the pair was on its honeymoon tnp, that Evans had a wife and family at Kansas City, and the arrest of Evans, who is still in jail at Central City, followed. Nemnha. Baptist Association. PERU, Sept. very successful convention of the Nemaha Baptist association was closed here last night.

This association includes Richardson, Pawnee, Johnson and Nemaha counties. A larse number of delegates were present from over the district, and the list of speakers included some of the best talent of the state, as well as some from India. Poell Case Is Continued. GRAND ISLAND. Sept.

case of the state against George Poell, ex-county clerk, on the charge of forging receipts from employes of his office, was continued yesterday until tomorrow, when Poell will waive preliminary hearing, the bond of $1,000 will be renewed and the case go to the district court for the next regular term being in N-ovember. Engineer and atall Cleric Injnred at Fremont. FREMONT, Sept. men were slightly injured and many others badly shaken up in a wreck on the Chicago Northwestern railroad on a siding here at 10 o'clock this morning. Passenger No.

21 coming from the east ran into Passenger No. 2 waiting on a siding. The air brakes -fallecl to work on No. 21 when it pulled in thus allowing No. 21 to bump into the waiting engine with considerable- Engineer Rainbow of Missouri 'Valley, driving No.

21 stuck to his entrine and was thrown from his seat when the collision occurred. He received a black 3Iore Scliool Room. FREMONT, Sept. need of a new school building in Fremont has become apparent once more. Fremont schools are crowded and Superintendent Waterhouse is compelled to make many shifts from one building to another in order to house the children.

The enrollment so far is 1,650. Veternn Suffers Injnry. PAWNEE CITY, Sept. morning, while engaged in stretching a wire, Major J. B.

Brooks, clerk of the district court, fell and broke his left arm above the elbow. Mr. Brooks has been clerk for over twenty years, is an old soldier and his misfortune will be a serious handicap. Tencliers nt I.oomls. LOOMIS, Sept.

opened here with the following teachers in charge: Principal, J. R. Ovtr- turf. Bird City, grammar, Freda Norberg, Holdrege; intermediate, Ruth Berland. Loomis; primary, Helen Nason, Omaha.

Heart Severed From Boily. Sept. Roberts, a ranchman living three miles south of here, was instantly killed here tonight -while attempting to board passing Burlington train. His hetid was almost entirely cut from his body. The remains were taken in charge by his brother, Clnljs to Join In Tonr.

FREMONT, Sept. Fremont automobile and comme''Mal clubs will join for the next trade junket in October, going up to Uehling, across to West Point and then back along the Northwestern. It will be a 125 mile trip. Fnncrnl ot Mrs. Sclmrmnn.

FREMONT, 'Sept, services for the late Mrs. Onnalino Schurman were held yesterday afternoon at the residence. -Rev. W. K.

Buss officiating. Interment took place at Ridge cemetery. School Enrollment, CENTRAL CITY, The public schools of Central City opened with enrollment of more than five hundred. Harry B. Parish of Ottawa, was elected to teach science in tho place of Glenn D.

Jenkins, who resigned to enter a bank at Humboldl. Mrs. Morrow was promoted to assistant superintendent and Bessie Benton to be principal of- the north school. Last evening erimendent and Mrs. Morrow tained tho teachers, the mem the board and- their -wives in their new home which has just been completed.

InjnroU lit a Bargain Sale. GRAND ISLAND, b. Sept 1L-- Two 5 and 10 cent stores have keen competition and at yesterday's rival sales there was such a jam at one of the stores that a child was slightly injured, a counter upon which women were leaning collapsed and the police department had to be called to retain order. The front of one of the stores was protected by a temoorarv frame work. Found in it Canyon.

VALENTINE, Sept. Buck, a man fifty years of age 1 found unconscious in a canyon "north of town, and died just as rescuers reached town with him. It is supposed that he was thrown, out of his wagon by his team running away; Hie team was caught-coming into town. Stock Show at Serlhner. SCRIBNER, Sept.

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the Scribner stock show will be held. Some good attractions have been billed in the entertainment line, and already enough stock has been listed to fill the pens. INDEPENDENTSJIN THE CITY Telephone Men of State Gather to Watch Custf. Representatives of sixteen independent telephone companies of Nebraska mt and took 6 o'clock dinner together at the New Lindell hotel last evening. They are all here to watch the developments in the Injunction suit against the Bell company which is to come up in district court today.

They say they are not immediately interested as companies taking part in the suit but are here to look out for their interests. They say that the decision In the case means much to the independent companies of as it may mean the gradual monopolization of the telephone business of Nebraska. At dinner the men talked over the sit- uatioi. but took no action as a body. Those presenf were: Warren Pratt.

Kearney; W. S. Clapp, Kearney; S. B. Lyrnan, Hastings; C.

W. Bartlett, Fairbury; W. H. Cameron, Beatrice; 'W. A.

Cooper, Hebron; Daniel Sanley, David City; W. H. Barnes, Fairbury; C. A. Deering, Omaha; Mr.

Kirkpatrick, York; B. G. Miller, Crete; Mr. Ireland, Crete; W. H.

Daubendicfi; DeWitt; Frank Woods, Lincoln; L. E. Hurtz, Lincoln; R. E. Mattison, Omaha.

JAMES T. LLOYD. Mr. Lloyd professes supreme confidence that the democrats will capture the next house. He declared recently that more demands have been made In the past few months for democratic literature to be issued by campaign committees than in any fighfin years.

THE SMOOTH STRAWGER. Unsophisticated Villagers Not Only Ones to Fall for Gold Bricks. (New Orleans Picayune.) The humorous writers and cartoonists are accustomed to relate in print and pictorially the swindling tricks played on the country "joskin" when he comes to town and falls in with friendly sharpers, who volunteer their services in showing his around. But they could find much more fruitful material for their "funnygraphs" if would only look at the humorous side of the enormous swindles perpetrated repeatedly in town on bankers, merchants and business and professional men of all classes by the "slick stranger" from elsewhere. It is the commonest thing in the world in all American cities.

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