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. . . ruSTfR ( OU"TY RPUBlICM ( Iy D. M. AM81JItnnY. laOKJIN DOW. . . NIDnRA8KA , . . -4 " " - ' : .c.- - NevIs in Brief Henry O. Frlcle donnted $100,000 to the Amerlcafi Academy ot Arta of Romo. The French chnmber ot doputles passed II. bill reducing letter postngo trom fiteen contlmes (3 ( cents ) to tun . centimes (2 ( cents ) . EIght men were lel11ed and two In. lured by the prematur.o eXllloslon ot 1\ rock blnst on the PennsYlvnnla nail. rend Improvements nenr Now Climber- 'land. . 1i'ourteen prIsoners In the jnll at Murphysboro , III. , nltomptel ( to blast theIr way to frccdom by exploding nltrogl'cCl'lno agaInst the locle'UI > door. door.Honry Henry ' \ V.Vllbur , In nn nlldros8 at the Chrlstlnn Endeavor convention , dcclnrd ! that nil other evils fatten on tobacco , ntHl thnt. It dol.msea votera ot the land. Governor Hoell 111\9 concltulo-\ that ho cnnnot. comlel ' 1' . 'r. Kelly , ' /Itnlo trensuror , or Kansns , to repair the $1- 000,000 bond ho gave when ho went Into olllce. The father of Gonernl Fllnoton was arrCfrted In loIn , Kas" In connection with the commotion cnuDed by blow- In1 ; up ot three snloons with dynamlto , ontalllng n loss or $100,000. In the Nntlonal Hl o associatIon tournament nt Dlaloy , England , Scotland - land won the Maclc1nnon challenge oup with II. score ot 1,46D. Canado. was Iccond with II. score ot 1,447. Edward P. Dacon o [ 1\IIlwo.ule-co do- clo.res railroads should be compelled to accept. at. once rates found to bo just. by the railway commIssIon In place or these heM to bo unfaIr. , Tohn .Wosley Prlostloy , hend or an ohI PhlJdolphlo. tnm II y , waa arrested and Is sahl to have lived luxurIously tor yenrs by menns orlotting fire to bulllltngs to collect Insurance money. Governor Hoch has nslccd the Imlld. ers of tlll : ) batUoshlp Kansas , the date ot whoso launching hn.s boon fiXCll for August 12 , to postpone the ovont. a. few dayo In order tbnt ho ay bo llres. ent. ent.At At Pnrls Senator Provet waa sov < ! re- Jy woundCll In the forenrm In II. sword duel with SenMor Dolpecho as the 1'0- Bult o [ II. dIspute ever the Iluestlons Involved in the govommont.'s amnesty b11l. b11l.At At Chattahoochoo , Fla. , thIrty attendants - tendants at the state Insnno asylum " 'alleed out as n. result ot n [ allure ot the management to dlschargo D. W. Yarbrough , n. boolc1eo01l0r , and hIs wIro. wIro.Dr. Dr. Lyman Abbott , In n. Berman In New York Olty , declared that materIalism - Ialism , setr.concolt , lo.wlessnes8 and the spIrit at caste are the four great vices , Ich confront the United Statos. Rumors continuo to elrouln.to In Rome concernIng Po po Plus loavlng -tho Vntlcan. Ono ot tbo autl orltles at the Vntlcan , however , assurCl ! the As. ooclatlon Press that all these storIes are fnbrlcntlons. General Horace Porter , tormer urn- bl.ssador : to Franco and moro recently the sonIaI' spoclal Amorlcan ambussa. dol' n.ppolnted . to rocelvQ the body ot John Paul Jones , returned homo on tbo stromer Doutscbland. Ono at the worst atorms that over visited the Rosebud reservation struel ( the towns o [ St. Elmo , Durlco , H < ! rrlcle nnd Gregory , resulting In the denUl o [ one person and the Injury ot eleven others , two of whom mny dlo. A reduction of 20' cents pOl' hundred on riu grndes at sugar Is announced at San FrancIsco. The cut Is attributed to the wealcness of the ' . 1'I\.W. sugar market - kot , the prIce o [ hnt artlclo havIng ru. contly droppol l'A. cents POl' pound. The Durllngton has Issued nn ordur to the oftect that all buyers or tllrough' tlcleots from the engt to Denver durIng - Ing the Grand Army reunIon there In August w111 bo given II. stop-ovor In Omahn. , both comIng and ! > olng If de- sIred. Rev. It. D. Dlacle , formerly n. proml. nont Indiana. 1\Iethodlst mlnlstor , died sUddenly a.t Pawnee , 0)c1n. ) Thlrteon denths attributed to the hot weather were recorded In Now Yorle on the 13th , A score or mal'O 01 persons w ro overcome In Droolc1yn by the heat. Presldont Palmn. o [ Cubo. 1ms vetoed the action ot congress wblch contln' ' ed In efroct the budfot for the fisca ] year endIng Juno 30 last. Ills roasor tor so doIng Is tbat the old bUdget die ] not Include any provisIons [ or the san Itntlon ot cIties. The English Evnngellcnl Luthorat synod In annual sosslon at St. Louh elected Rev. E. Eclthardt of Cleveland land , 0. , as presldont. RetirIng Prosl dent Rov. A. W. 1\Ieyor was II. candl date for re-election and received Ivory I very closer vote. ijmperor Wdl11am has promoted Ad mlral von Ko ter to bo grand ndmIrll ot the Germnn fieot. Phlladolphin. financial Institution : sent to New Yorle ndvnnco subscrlx : tlon for $2,000,000 of the now JapaD .eso . loat' , the subscrIption boolcs [ 0 whIch opened recontly. A basleet at pot aloes , In cnch on , ot whIch was 0. five dollar gold pleoE was presented to Rov. Ohn.rles Jt Eaton , ot the Euclid Avenue Dapt1s ( ) hurch at Cleveland , at whIch Johl D. Rockefeller Is II. member. Mr. Roc deller attended the proeBntatlo an , J8 1f ld to h ve been the dOli or " - I' . 'I. II _ " . . Are you golDlt to the PILClflc1 There 1/1 a now rnllrond rel\chlng thnt tavor Ito rc/loD / , the San Pedro , Los Angelc. . Salt Lalee Hnllrond , } 1ol'ularly ' } HIO\\'D as the "Salt I.alto Houto. " It III 4ipel' atlng n pnlatlnl vcsttmled ! Plllhnnn traIn out ot Salt Lalo CIty for Lo Angeles every avenIn , ; at. 8 : 30 o'clock. Your tlclwt ngent hili ! coupons read. In/ / ; vIa this new line nnll bo sl1ro to Insist l11on thIs routing when IJUylng tlckots to the Pacltlc Coast. Ask for the SnIt Lal < o Haute , or the Snn Pedro Llno , and talco no other , be- CRUSO It Is the beat road to the best part of the l'aclt1c Coast. WrIte lor Illustrated 11001tlet to J. L. Moore , D.P. A. , Salt I"nlto City. Days In AmerIca. Henrty fllrowolla were extondel lust Snturday by the Camllllnla's png IJOn ! ; rs to tholr fellow traveller Johr O'nollly , aged nlnoty.fivo , nnd hll , vlfe , 1\Iary , seventy yera ohJ , IlS the ) came ashore nt Now Yorle. 1\11' . O'Hell ly wore a. tnll HhlllY heaver hat whIch ho bOllght 11fty ) 'cars ago , the Itllld that LIncoln nllll Webster wor nt the heIght of theIr fame , When qllestlol1od at the landlna O'nolll ) ' snld : "I've como hacle lo AmerIca to PMB my'century marle. It's 110body's busi. ness how much money I have or hnve not. I mny not Illlve a penny and I may have plenty , hut I'm nn Amerl. can cItizen Ill1d ) ' 011 can't' atop me. " And they didn't. O'nellly at OI1CO bOllght tlclccts to Dunlt1'le ! , N. Y. , for hImself nnd wlCo , ntHI will return to that plnco , where bo lived for fift.elght years before roturnlng to Ireland a. year nnd n. batt ogo. An IrIsh gardener , bolng dIscovered holvlng , was thus almonlshed by his ! : Imployor ( also an Irishman ) : "rat , yo I1lrty thier , yoz can talto a wook's no- Uco and go now , for 1 wouldn't thrust yez with an empty sacle full or strawl" Reade Like a MIracle. MoravIa , N. Y. , July 17th.-Specla1) ( ) -Dorderlng on the mIraculous Is the case ot Mrs. Benj. Wilson , of thIs placo. Sufroring trom Sugar DIabetes , she wnatod away tl11 from weIghing 200 lbs. she barely tlpperl the scales at 130 lbs. Dodd's lCIdllOY Pills cured her. Speaking of her cure her husband - band , says : " 1\1y wife sufrered evor'thlng from Sugar DIabetes. She was slcle tour years and doctored with two doctors , but receIved no henefit. She hnd so much paIn all over her that she could not rest day or night. The doctors saId thnt she could not live. "Then an arlvertlselUent led me to try Dodrl's KIdney Pills and they helped her rIght from the first. Flvo boxes at them eurod her. Dodd's KIdney - noy Pills were a God-sent remedy to us and we recommend them to all Buf- torlng from KIdney Dlscase. " Dodd's KIdney P1I1s cure all KIdney DIseases , IncludIng Drlght's dIsease , nnd all Kldnoy aches , Inclurllng Rheu. matlsm. Old.at Doll In America. Long , long ngo. when W11llam Penn sailed from England on bls second vIsIt to America , what do you thlnll ho brought with hIm on the good shIp Canterbury ? An English doll. Tbls pnssenger Is the solo survIvor at that yoyago across the Atlantic , whIch was made over 200 yenrs ngo. W1I11am Penn hnd a IIttlo dnlghtOI nameet Letitia. Lot1lla heard her ta. , ther tell wonderful tales of what he saw and heard In PennsylvanIa. . on hIs first vIsIt to thIs country , thousands 01 miles dIstant from Letltla.'s . homo. He often told her about lIttle 1\IIss Rnn' ldn , who lIvIng as she dId In the wild , orness at Ponnsylvanla. ( tor thIs w long ago" remember ) , had no tOIls 'a1 all , not even ono rag doll. WhoD Lotltla's fnther , V'1.S " . .tllng ready tc agaIn cross the ocean tnmerIcn ble IIttlo gIrl InsIsted upon s\ndlng n doll to that lonesome lIttle gIrl. The doll was dressed In II. court eos tume of strIped and dellcatoly tIntor : brocade and velvot' . The slelrt was boll out by enormous hoops tor such Waf the tasblon of the woll.dressed 1arlle of that porlod. The doll ItseU II twenty Inches hIgh and hns the lon { waIst anrl slender term at the cour boautles she lert In her natl\'o land Her hall' Is rolled bacle from her taco . much In the st'lo ot today. This doll now lives In l\Iontgolller county , Maryland , In the strIctest se cluslon. She Is only removed trom ho careful Wrappgs when little gIrls de slro the honor of maltIng the acquaInt , anco ot the oldest doll In AmerIca. COME5 A TIME . When Coffee Shows What It Hall BcC'l Doing. "Of late years cotteo has dlsagreel wIth mo , " wrItes mntron trom Rom N. Y. : "It's lIghtest } HIIlIshment was t , make mo 'logy' and dIzzy , and I seemed to 1111ckon up my blood. "Tho heavIest was when It upset m stomach completely , destroyIng my 1\1 . pellto anl makIng mo nervous and 11'1' table , and sent me to my bed. Afto ono ot these allacl < s , In whIch I nearl lost my lite , I concluded to Ilult an try Postum Food Cottee. "It went rIght to the spot ! I [ oun It not only II. most palatable and 1'1 Creshlng beverngo , but a teed as wel "All my aliments , the 'Ioglness' uu dlzzlnoss , the unsntlstnctory oondltlo ot my blood , my nervousness and Irr tablllty < l1sallpeared In short order an my sorely allilctod stomach beCII quIckly to recover. I began to rebull e nud have steadily continued untllu01 Have a good apIJetlto and am rojol Ing In sound health , whIch I owe 1 the use ot Postum Food Cottee. " Nan : given b , . Postum Co. , Dattlo Creo . - MIch. Thoro's a roason. Read the IItUo book , "The Road 1 \VellvlIlo , " found In each pke , . , . ' . , . , , - I NEBRASKA STATE NEWS I 11. . . _ - _ _ . . _ _ . .u ONLY EIGHT COUNTIES OUT. Returns From Elghty.One IndIcates an Increase In AsseCJsment. J.INCOI..N.-Wlth bIght counties AtllI to IICIlI' from , the total assessed vllluntlol1 of the stnto as shown by the reports of the county assessora , Is $23G,8G7,81i1i. Shoulll these couutles , maleo the sumo returns nn last year the tolal assesAed vnluatlon , at the state will ho $2JD,71i8G30. ! 'fho coun. tics still out are Douglns , Grant , Holt , .JoITerson , Lnncaster , Nanco , ptoa and Valloy. I"ast ) 'ear these counties re. turned nn nssossd vnluatlon of $63- 8DO,771 , and as sarno or them will show docren.'Ies and others Increases the dlf- forenco wl1l not. bo much. The Increase - crease In valuation reported over last year Is $ .1D7J,382. ! 'fho ( ollowing tnblo Is a comparIson or the returns of last year and thIs year by counties : 190 I , 19 3. Al1amR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ IiOIC17 ; $ Fi,137,4CR ntelopo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2SH , .tilJ : 2SSiI,8r.7 . Hanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.017 19SSr.O . 1IIaino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.18,213 23,659 ; Hoono . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :1,741,113 : 3,772,317 Box Dullo . . . . . . . . . . . . . l,031,7SI1 998SG : ; 1Io'd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.r.OI,787 . 1,61781 'Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7r.s,4 , : ; 7S8,3 1 Bufralo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4S27.G91 1i,330,8'17 Burt . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,379,333 4 ,42ii.9 II Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r..6 > 3,2211 6.C91SG9 Cn ! ! : ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' 7,4r..1,437 7,216,802 Cedar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,301MJ7 4,43i , &S CIUlSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484,41J ! 499.980 Cherry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,162,022 2,1&3,3011 ChoyennQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 , : i,07R 2,051,360 Clay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' 1,552,728 4 , ( ; 8,477 Colfax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0Si,703 : 3,846,965 Cumming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . liti67,871 6,616,7Qj CURter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : : .sn.GJ7 : 4,07 ,9j3 Dalotn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.183.62.1 2.002,6 > 0 Da wes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.383lH 1,378,337 DIl wson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,32,161 ; 3,606,468 Deuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981,902 962.768 Dlxon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,369,193 3,439,058 Dolgo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6S20COt G.97C,4S9 Dou llls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28S49.330 ' . . . . . . . Dundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S25.6Ct 489,9jl l llImoro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,832,142 4S6705 Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,211,322 2.309,396 l"ronUer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.19123 : ; 1.239,649 I urnas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.24113 2,346,472 Ga e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,029,349 9.059,3J2 ! Garlleld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351,313 375S45 Gasper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,051,221 1.125S01 Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603,3511 . . . . . . . G rcoloy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,703.843 1,750,288 lInll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,52,11\6 : ; \ 4,79J,6Gl : Hamilton . . . . . . . , . . . . . 4.481,136 4,782,207 ITnrlnn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,157,536 2,306,717 JInyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . 408,741 431,770 Hllehcocle . . . . . . . . . . . . l,058C31 l,073G81 lIolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.753.309 . . . . . . . JIooleer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274,338 263,811 IIowarl ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,153ij0 ! } 2,222,731 Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,520,213 . . . . . . . Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6iO,012 3,59SZOG J\carncy : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,638,21J9 2C9,98l ; Jolth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,007,663 1,172,221 Keyn Paha . . . . . . . . . . . 51G,146 57G.9r ; Ilml.Jall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843.026 882,402 Hnox : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.723l23 ! 3,699.762 Lancaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.7 .8G9 . . . . . . . Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,9611.776 3.051,32' Logan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,2C8 : 184S23 Loup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.500 199,62.1 : ! \aIIHon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.479,482 4.619.789 l\I'PherRon . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.016 130,115 l\I'rrh k . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.l7G.G80 3,384.950 Nnnre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,785.053 . . . . . . . NCIIJI\hl\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,592,854 4,481,254 Nuckolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,603.658 3,741.6-17 Otoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,845,433 . . . . . . . Pl\wneo . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4OOQ,6 t 4,000,101 Porklns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gl5,453 C22.565 l'helps , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,456,100 2,619.084 PIerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,807,417 2,91fi,33 : ; Plntte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.874,008 6.96-1,740 Polle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,411,830 3,486.79'.1 Hf'11 " 'lIIow . . . . . . . . . . . 1,710,270 1.778,453 Hlchn.rdson . . . . . . . . . . . C,1G4.9\18 \ 6,000,983 Hocle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C6421 670,9 1 Snllne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.194.961 6,275.347 SluPY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.234.700 3,313,601 Sruml1erR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.007,89 8OOlhO Scott's llIufr . . . . . . . . . . 731.112 76,70 ; : ; SOWI1I' < 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.914,100 5.376,1 > 14 SherIdan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,451,6S5 1.050.9j2 Swrmnn ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,449C13 l,3nOI : ! Sioux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1177,6jG 659.091 Stanton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2C90.571 2,775,532 'l'hII yel' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,928,503 3,9C4.927 ThomaH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : :03,591 : 611,001 Thlll'lIton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CC9.G40 766,373 Vnlley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,901.141 . . . . . . . 'WnHhlnrrton. . . . . . . . . . . 4OS3 , i53 4,180,537 'Vnyne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,878.344 3.81 l,9U 'VehRter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,921.9o. : ; 3,050.728 I\Vlheeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310,511 3H,1IG 'York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,431,001 6,154,654 - - - ' 1'olnls . . . . . . . . . . . . .t2'J 1,779,211 $235,867S5 : ; Overcome By Heat. DROKEN UOW.-.Jacob Adleber , who says ho l1ves in Omaha , and who has been In this llellhborhoorl talclng subscrlpllons for nn eastern mnga- zlne , wns found I1nconsclous In his Imggy a few miles rrom this clt ) ' , suffering - fering from n slight sunstroltc. Ho was talten [ rom the vehIcle b ) ' n. paRS- erb ) ' , and after some time wns reYlverl. n.nd In an hour was ns weIl as ever. His condltloll when first dIscovered wns rapleUy growing serIous. Boy Is Burned to Death. GUID ROCK.-L'fho l1' 'ear.old son ofV. . htI111011 , n prominent fnrmcr lIYlng south of here. was bUl'ned to death b ) ' the overturning of a. lighted , lamp. 'l'ogcthor with two other chll- , ( h'en , the little fcIlow wns asl < 1f1p 011 the flqor h ) ' a window. In gt'ttlng I1p the boy ovel'lurued a stanll holdIng the lam1 a11l\ the blazlug all Inte ! ! ( } hIs night clothing. 110 was h01'l'Ibly bu1'11' ed , d'lng a few hours afterward. Potato Growers Organize , ALLlANCE.-At a mecllng of the polato producers of Dox Dutto count ' , : 'I an organlmllon ; wns 110rfected by elecllng Alhert lIaUer ( , presIdent , and John Laurence , secretnr ) ' . Ohioans Contest Will. D ATRICE.-'l'ho will ot Jnmes Chnrles. who recentJ ) ' left $ lli.OOO 01 hIs estate to Beatrice fo ImrIe lillI" poses. will he contestelh ) ' sisters and brothers of the ( Ieceased. A fire In the ohl Commercial hotel bUlletlng , Sterling , did soye1'l\1 11111I } 1'0 (1 doIlnrs' worth at dnmnge before the d fiames were extinguished , ( ) o 1. Fence Case WltnesG Arrested. c1 ALl..IANCFJ.-'rheodoro Osborne , n who , with hIs wIre , wes chIef wltnes ! : agaInst the Kral1SeR In the now fa .n mous go\'el'nment Illlu\ \ fencing cnRe a' ' Id Omaha n shOl.t tlmo ao ! , was } 1Ince ( If , under arrest b ) ' the sllI'1fr ! of Shel'l c. dan county on the charge of catUI o stealing. It Is alleged thnt the hhll 10 at a nolghbor's holfer was dug up nea k , hIs place nnd beshlo It found a lenIr , bearIng Osborne's uame. Whllo som bollovo hIm guilty , others see In t1l le IU'rl'st II. sequel to the reneln ! : case _ _ . I NEBRASKA BRIEFS. New wheat Into Deatrlco brought 8.1 % cents. Simeon S , nnleer. the oldest cItizen of DavId City , dIed 'astVeele. ' . The stnto repubHcan convention meets In LIncoln September 14. The old tettlers' pIcnIc w111 bo held at UnIon , Cass county August 18 nnd 1D. W1I11am 1\Iajoro , a ) 'oung man In the Sutton News office , lost the thumb ot hIs right hand whllo worleln , ; on II. job press. McCook Is preparIng tor II. great street fall' and carnival to bo held In Septomber. At Plerco II. stranger held up 1\Irs. G , W. Goff and to ale from her $20. The mscal escaped. The totnl nSBesKcd valuation of per- sonnl property Inihe cIty of Deatrlco for the ; 'enr IDOE Is $1DI8,480. David SmIth , ft' . , one of the pIoneer , farmers of Seward county , passed away July 3 , or he rt trouble. Albert Easter , aged 10 ) 'ollrs , son of : 'Ifr. and 1\Irs. Albert Enster , of Fre-i mont , wns drowned in the Platte river' ' whllo swImmIng. I J. W. noblnson of Plnttsmouth , who ! was Injm'ed by n toy pistol whllo cele'j bratlng on the Fourth , Is now crItic- nlly 111 with 10cJtjaw. ; The J. D. Durland farm of 400 acres , near Staplehurst , has been purchased - chased by Mr. Jacoba , the banleer of that town , for $30.000. Dy the blowIng up of II. boiler on n thresher machIne etlglno on the farm of Fred Kel1mer , near Johnson , three men were seriously Injured. An employo of the railroad was run over by n handcar near Wood RIver and Illld hIs rIght leg broken and was bruIsed bndly about the head. ClydoVrlght , a young man who was being taleen to the reform school at Kearney , jumped from the wIndow of a toilet room on a fnst traIn In Seward - ard county and escnped , Earl NO'd , the 3-yenr-oM son of Mr. and MrS. R. S. Noyd , Hving two ml1es west of Stromsburg , was accIdentnlly lemel by hIs 6-year-oltl brother whlle playIng with a shotgun. Hans Hanson. nn unmarrIed man of nbout forty ) 'oars , and brother of Chris Hanson , a well Imown farmer livIng north of Hardy , le1l1ed hImself by shooting the top at hIs head off. At Tecumseh the case of Incest ngalnst August Schroder was dIsmIss. ed In the county court , 1\Irs. Schrodor : comIng Into court and swearIng that the vIctim , hIs supposed daughter , Is not hIs daughter. At Platts mouth complaInt has been flied In county court agaInst L. Barc- i lay , II. saloon leeepcr , chargIng vIolation - tion of the Slocumb law by selling liquor to James Jones , a. mInor. The Information In the case was furnished by the mother of the boy. Loulo Kohrell , a farmer residIng south of Plattsmouth. lelllerl II. timber rattlesnaleo whIch measured fIve feet I In length and twelve Inche9 In circum- ference. When Ic1l1ed It was found that the snnlcc hnd a full sized gray ground squirrel In Its stomach. What is believed to hayo been the body of a fioater was seen In the rIver by several cItizens of Platts mouth as It floated down the stream. It WIIS quite dark at the time , and as there was no boat nenr at hand , no efrort was made to Investlgato the dIscovery. OwIng to recent very dIsastrous fioods the wagon brldgo over the Re- publlcnn rIver at Franlelln wns en- tirely. carrIed nwny and the brldgo at Nnpomo so badly damnged thnt It was ImpossIble to cross. The board ot supervIsors - pervIsors have arranged [ or theIr re- construction. Frnnle Dolezal nnd McNIsh & Grn. ham have brought suIt agaInst the Standard Cattle company of Dodge county for $1i,000 nttorney fees. They were attorne's for the compnny In the protracted lIt1gallon growIng out o [ the cut.off ditches In the vIcInIty ot Ames , whIch resulted In n vIctory for the compnn ) ' . nnd now nllego that the defendant w1l1 not Imy them for the full value of thol1' Rorvlces. Through her ettorts to save a com- IJnnlon , . . .hl1o , Imtlllng In the EUthorn rIver , Eva Deard. aged 20 years , _ was drowned near Stnnton. A camping pnrty was out anla. number of youn , ; girls went bnthlng In the shallow waters of the Ellthorn near a. deep hole. Lou Underburs got beyond her depth and l\lIss D'nnl went' to her assIstance. and whllo thus engnged went down. The Underhurg gIrl was rescued. Figures talten from the records of the county clerIc's office show the ns. I sessed yaluatlon ot lands In Gage , count ) . thIs -oar to bO $4,91D,852 : ns. refMcd valuation ot railroads , $1,444.- 03G : household goods , $10.1,625 : num. her of horses In Gage counl" , 17,104 , vnlued at $221.0IiD : eattlo , 37D.1J ! , val. uNI at $141lGS : dogs , 3.310 , the rate } ) er hend bolng $1.0S. The grand total of the assessed vnluatlon at the coun. t ) ' Is $ D.05D,2D2.DD. Elmond 'faylor , a 'oung farmer HY. Ing a COU1110 at miles southenst ot , TOblo Roc I" had his ll'ft nrm caught 3 In the wheel of n harvester , hreale1ng It helow the elbow In II. couple of 1)lnces. The Infant chillI of W1I11am Houtz , a rancher , lIylng four ml1es southwest of BloomIngton , was strangled to doaUl. To pre\'ent Its rolIlng ofr the bed. as It had done severnl tlmos after a nap , Mrs. Houtz I1lnncc1 Its dress to the bed clothIng. The chlle1 wns found suspenderl ever the sIde at the bcd , chockeO to deatb by the neckband 01 Its dreq . . . - , - . . ATTEMPTED SS 55INATION. Man Rushes at Pobledonostseff , but Is Disarmed. ST. PETERSnUHG.-A cIrcumstantial - tial report of an attempt on the Ho of Constantine Petrovltch Pobledon. ostseff , chief procurator of the holy aynod , Is current In St. Petersburg tonIght - nIght , but. the Assoclnted Press Is un. n.hlo . to obtaIn confirmation of It. ' 1'ho authOl'ltles and even the police at the Tsarlcoe-S lo rallrornd here , where the attempt Is reported to have been mnde , dIsclaIm all Imowledgo of any such happening. AccordIng to the report , as Mr. Pobledonostsefr slepped from ono o [ the coaches on the traIn from Taar1toe. Selo , whore ho Is residIng durIng the summer , to the platCorm , n man about thlrty.elght. ) 'ears of age , rushed up with a. revolver In his hnnd , but ho was , selzm\ ' n qulc1t.wltted passon gel' before ho could shoot and was turn. cd over to lho police. RAILROAD ACCIDENTS FOR THREE MmnHS - - WASHINGTON.-Accldent bulletin No. 16 , just Issued by the interstnto commerce commIssion , gIving nn ac. count at railroad acrldents In the United States durIng the months 01 January , February and March , ID05 , shows that. durIng that quarter ther6 were twenty-eIght passengers and 2001 omployes leilled and 1G51 pasOmger.s ! and 2,062 emplo'os Injured In traIn ac. cldents , malclng In nil 232 persons klIled and 3,713 'Injured In traIn accl < .oents. Other accldonts to passengers and cmployes not the result of col lIslons or derailments brIng the totnl number at casualties up to 90D k1lIed and 14,3D7 Injured. PEACE COMMISSION ITINERARY. Will Go to Duluth From Seattle and Thence to Buffalo. ST. PAUL , l\Unn.-Preslrlent J. J. H111 of the Northern PacIfic railroad Is personally arrangIng the Itlnerarr' the Japanese peace plenlpotentlnrles In theIr journey from' Seattle to Wash- ington. 'rho party , whIch Is hended hy Daron Komura , will arrIve at Seattle - tle on the stcamer Minnesota. July 20. They w111 travel oastwnrd over tbe , Great Northern to Duluth , where they . wllI embarle on the steamer Northwest : for Duffalo via the Great Lalces. At Buffalo the party will be talen by the Pennsylvnnla rallrond to WashIngton , nrrivlng there earl ) ' In August. JAPS WILL CLAIM THE SAKHALIN ST. PETERSDURG-Prlcos rose on thhe Bourse upon the Improvement In RussIan securIties abroad , duo to M. Wltte appointment as chIef peace plenipotentiary. . AccordIng to Information receIved. hero Japan Intends to claIm the Island of Salehnlln by right of conquest and Its formal cession w111 be ono of her unalterable demnnds. The government hns Issued another $5,000,000 In paper roubles , tlC whole outstanding paper obligations beIng $4D5.000,000 against $1i,17OOO,000 In ' gold. TALKS AT PRAYER MEETING. John D. Rockefeller Says Each Man Mu .t Give as He Can. CLEVEI..AND-At the weeldy pray. er meotlng of the Eulld avenue D p. tlst church John D. Rocleefeller said that the ChrIstian faith demands that every man must do according to that whIch ho hath or nccordlng to that wIth whIch ho hnd been blessed. After II. number o [ persons hnd spoken Mr. Rocleeoller saId : "There are two men who nppent equally zealous In the cause of ChrIst. Dut ono Is mal'O effectlvo than the ot.her. The thIng to do Is to find out the secret of the effectiveness ot the one. Tho'beglnnlng of the application of our ChrIstianity 111UHt como now , tonIght , tomorrow morning In our homes or In the o 1co. Sometimes It has seem d to me that I mIght advance - vance the Christian faith b ' assIsting In the endowment of chaIrs In theo. logical seminarIes. The world needs teachers at the faith. "Howm er humble wo ma ) ' be. what. ever our lllaco , It mallers not , wo can show the best sIde. Wo must show the mr--t , wlnsomo and convIncIng side. In fact wo must show that wo iovo'Gorl. . " Want Saturday Half Holiday. W ASIIINGTON.-Four hundred mechanics - chanics of the government navy yard mot hero and appointed a commltteo of two to confer wIth the presIdent nt Oyster Day 100ltlng to securing from him an order allowIng the navy ranI employes Saturdny halt holldn's during the summer , as In the case at omllo ' In tbo executlvo } 'es depart- ments. A telegm11\ was sent the president nSlt1ng when ho w111 see them. PresIdent Gomers and Vlco PresIdent Duncan w111 accompany the delegates. General Thomas Dies. DALTON , Gu-General D. M. 'fhomns rlled at hIs home In thIs city Sundn ) ' . PeritonItis was the Immedl- ate cause of his deaUl. He was II. graduate of West PoInt and a dIstinguished - guished brlgnlIer geneml In the con. federate arm ' , pny of PlenIpotentiarIes. ST. Pl TERSDURG-Tho salnrles at the Russian pence plenIpotentiarIes , have been fixed at $200 11er day eacb , besides an allowance of $7,500 for tro.vellng and other extJenses. . , " . - , , ' ' . . ' " . . . . ' , - ' - " , ; ' . , " ' , . 4 ' " - The only high grade Doklng powder mode at 0 moderato price , C : , Call1 iot Biking Povlder . . Doing One's Best. . How many there are In the world about us whoso lIfo Is nn utter falluro to carry out the worle God designed them to do , nnd for which ho lllacod them In thIs present generation. There are these who are no moro tho.n ' moro machInes the shnpo or men and women , anll o ( no moro benefit or ser. \'Ico than just to fill up blanle spaces , In the great enthusIasm of what they might do somewhere else , and In other 1 cIrcumstances and snrroundlngs , they are continually crying , "OIVo us a f place to stand , and wo w111 move the world , " whllo they Ignore the true philosophy of II. man's Ufe and action : \ "Stanrl where you nro nnd move the world. " DISFIGURING ULCER , People Looked at Her In Amazemen -Pronounced Incurable-Faco Now Clear as Ever-Thanko " God for Cutlcura. Mrs. P. Haclcctt , of 400 Vlln Duren St. , Drooltlyn , N. Y. , saya : "I wIsh t gIve thanles for the marvelous , cure ot my mother by Cutlcura. She bnd a severe ulcer , whIch physicIans had' pronounced Incurablo. It was , II. terrIble - rIble dIsfigurement , n.nd . people would stand In amnzement n.nd . loole at hor. ' Atter there was no hope from doctors , aho began usIng autlcurn. . Soap , Ointment - mont and PllIs , nnd now , than1e Go she la completely cured , and her fll.Ci Is ns smooth and clear ns ever. " Tending to Foot Gear. II ' 1'0 leeep She s between seasons It 19 I best to wnsh err the blaclcnlng and ! . rub vasellno or neatCoot aU Into the leather untU It Ceels very sort. ' 1'bon rub on the 011 a.nd put the shoes on "shoo trees" or else stun : tllO toes wltl1 . . , J . paper. Cover them separately wItli , \ tissue paper and pacle away. Every houseleeeper should know that If they wlll buy Defiooce Cold Water Starch for laundry use they W1lI save not only time , because It never stlcles to the Iron , but because each paclmge contaIns IG oZ.-ono full pound-whllo nIl other Colrl Water Starches are put up Inpound pacl- ages , and the price Is the sarno. 10 cents. Then agaIn becnuso Defiance Starch 113 free [ rom all InjurIous chem- Icals. If your grocer tries to sell you . c a 12-oz. paclcnge It Is because ho hns " . . II. stocle on hand whIch ho wlsbes to . ' dIspose of before ho puts In Defillnce. He 1mows' that Defiance Starch hns prInted on every paclcnge In large letters - ters anrl figures " 16 ozs' . " Demand Defiance - fiance and save much tlmo nnd money and the annoyance of the Iron stick- Ing. Defiance never stlcles. Famous Church Tower Destroyed. The ImposIng tower of St. Cather- Ine's Church , Dantzlc , Germany , b\Jllt from 1326 to 1330 , was entIrely de- strored by lightnIng on Monday. Some 1'4 of the thlrtY.fivo musIcal bells composIng - posIng the chImes whIch were cast In 1634 were melted. I Must DisInfect the Wash. I By order at the l\1mlster ot COmmerce - , merco all articles sent to the public lnundrles at Paris must In tuturo bo dlslntected before being sorted out. 'l'ho man who tries to le111 two birds . with ono stone Is lucltY It he doesn.t ese the stone. FREE I FOR HOT WEATHER A nOTTLE OF Mull's Grape Tonic TO ALL WHO WltlT J.1'Olt IT NOW _ [ t will protect you ngalnst the ( Iangers ot heat. . Constipation or Decayino Bowels Causa DiEmhe l , Cholera , Ele. Blood Disorders , Skin Eruptions , Bad Complexion , Sun Strol < c , Heat Prostration , Etc. , Etc. DlarrheB , Cholera. O\l'el 'l'roublo Eto. . are symptoms of Constipation. ConHtlpaton ! means practically de lllntestineH aml , 110180nell blood. Constipation hI' most danorol1s ! ! during hot weather on account of sun strolees-hcat debll. Ity-prostratlon , ele. Jt you 8111111enly chcelt dysentery-tntul Llool 110lsoll IIlny I'esult-a ' physlo wealcens nnd dooS' not remove the eau c. mukes you worso. DYbontery , Cholera. 110\\01 \ . . 1 'l'roubles , Ete. , lsappear wbell Constipatlollis cured. Hevlve amlstrenctben the Intestines orboll'elR before they dreay trom IlIacllvlly nUll rontaet with rotting fool1. Until MULL'S GRAPE 'l'ONIO WIIS put on the . \morlenn market there was no euro tor constipation. Wo wlll nOJ1rovo to you that MULL'S , OHAPE ' 1'ONIO will llrolcet YOII a/Jolnst / heat prostration unll thut lt cures 1I1C1od Disorders. Constlp\llon : , Swmllcl1 mul Bowel ' 1'l'lUblo. It acts us tOOlI to the hloollnndlllle"tlnus. Cl'lm efl anll strl'lIlHhell" thell1nml cj cl'l the poi-oil nnd declwcll ll1utter. lIIUJ.IJS UIL\Pl' } ' 1'ONIO I nCllry ro per cent grupo which rCl1flerb It ' 8plol1d\ll \ tOlllo ( or thu s 'stcm dUl'ing hot' weuthor. WRITE FOR THIS FREE BOTTLE TODAY _ _ Good ( Alllnl Children ] ) , ; . ' or al1 < 1 Nurullig ltothen " ' \ , 't. ( F'R.EE COVPON : Send this \'oUlIon wIth 'unr lIame Dlul aI , . . ( lros 01111 ydnr I\rn..tI \ t'H numo , lur I ( reo butllo 01 1I1uU' " Grl\po 'J'llIlo , 8101ll1\0h ' 1'01110 nlld COllstlpatlon Cure , to : \IUJT.'H 01tAI'1 TONfO CO. , 1.1H 'l'hlrll A\'IJIIIIIJ , nlll'k hl.1II.1. Jl11l\ul Glt'e Full . fld"t" lIlill II'rlte 1'(1111' [ V ' 1'bo tl.cJO llottle rontalns tll'arly three \ times the roe blze. . \ ) 'lI'UI { blOfl'S. - . ) t The jorcnulne II1B lIte nnlnl1mbpr KI III1J 'It'd on \be lubel-take no ether 11'0141 " "I-l\ru \ .I\ot. \ . / , " ' r" , , , , ,1 ; \ : : ' _ . " " , JI' , " _ " ' " ' , _ ;