Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 22, 1902, Page 3

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FRIDAY, AUGUST o0 =2, 1202 UPHOLDS PURCHASE RIGHT Attorney General Writes Opinion on 8chool Land Contracta. CANNOT ABROGATE. CONTRACT RIGHTS Indieations Are That State University Wil FHavé a Largely Increascd Attendance This Come= ing Ye (Frofh A 8taff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Aug. 21.—(Special.)—Recent comment in these dispatches regarding the applications for . the transformation of lease. contracts on school land into sale the effect of greatly correspondence of the lan1 commissioner's office, for lease holders all over the state are anxioue to obtain full possession and ownership of their land. The position of Land Commissioner Foll- mer in this matter is directly opposte to that of his predecessor in office, but he 15 relnforced by an emphatic ruling from the Department of Justice. Under the iaw which remained on the statute books of the state from 1879 till 1897 & lease holder was entitled to purchase the land he occupled, provided he fulfilled all the obligations of the contract and would pay the state the full appraised value of the land. . The legislature of 1897 repealed this law. Former Land Commissioner Wolfe held that the repeal of the law in« validated the contracts, and therefore he rejected all applications for the purchase of land. Mf. Folimer regrets that he fs | forced to fake a different stand, for he would prefer to have the state keep all of | ” the achool land, but he recognizes the fact | that the contracts entered into by the state under the old law cabnot be repu- diated. Holders of leases given prior to 1879 have also askea to buy their rented land, but all of thelr applications have by both commissioners been rejected, for ths | law under which their lease contracts wore given made mo provision by which they could buy the land, as was expressly pro- vided in the subsequent act. Any pereon desiring to purchase land un- contract giverl between 1870 st pay all expenses of appraise. ment, review or reappralsement, and they must be willing to pay the full market value of the land. This will be determined | by the value of land in the immediate | vicinity. 1t land in the neighborhood Is | worth $26 per agre on the market, the lease holder must pay that amount, or else be satisfied with his lease contract. It is estimated that there are upward “of 1,000,000 acres of iand now occupied un | der leases given between the years 1870 and 1897. The opinion by the attorney gen- eral follows: opt From your communication and the docu- ments accompanying the same it appears that the state on November 3, 1897, leased J, Hill elghty acres of school land in Stanton county. The terms of the lease was twenty-five years. ' By assignments Irvin R. yton "holds the lease, is in ssion of the land and claims (he right | to surfender his contract and to purchase the d_fre Thl.l right is as- lon of Atterney General. the act of 1579, oxecuted. T grants to who complies with all the terms of his lease the option to surrender it within twenty-five years and to purchase the land. Before this right was exercised the legls- lature repealed the statute under which it was acquired and prohibited further sales of school lands, except for church, school Of cemetery purposes. Under the facts stated in connection with H ‘e would ask that th a speedy opinion as tv hag._ the right to fssue has. le lessee'd’ option to buy the {and demised is an obligation which is binding on the lessor. Though the lease under, consideration In Knerr against Brad- ley i nat coptain o in direct terms roter 's option to buy the land, it does rvecite’ that the contract is svance of the statute, provisions felating to th part of the lea hen the lessee recelved bis lease he bad a statutory and contractional right to hold the premises twenty-five years by complying wi had a right, ‘whether (ol ble In & lease to N ‘made’ in_pur- aud the statutory e option became a ith its agreements. He also any time within that perfod to surr his lease and ‘buy the land. By these rights he was encouraged to make improvements with the assurance that he might enjoy them for twenty-tive years and at the end of that time purchase the land upon which they were shtuated. The state is not only bound to respect such rights, but'fs prohiblted by seetion 10, article &, of the constitution of the Uniwd States from passing a law which impairs the obligation of contracts. Section 18, article 1, of the state conatitution revents the enact m-r‘:': of sueh a' I . "h%-& curlu;llluluon- o rotect ghts of the lesece Plld hil'” from {nvasion by the legis- fature. Appl It is a rulé of law well establish that constitutio to the State. ed in this well as to those an 5 s do not consider the ‘c.xu?.lut: 'h}li'h“l l‘:'on‘lnr‘u:t‘ l:dll!(wllr:‘g n, aired to al R ute {s Condemned. Rights repeal of the statute under contract was lssued. Rights under & contract executed pursuant to a | statute should be determined by the exist- law and not by subsequent legislation. supreme court of this state in State MePe N b, id: ‘;I‘;Plla n);. of & n contract right. . h':l oited it was held that the under a lease from the state could not be taken away by a llla: act of the legisin- Aure. ¥ ' The prifiefplés of ldw and to which I have adverted make it clear that lesses or his assignee still has all the rights he acquired under his léase and inder section 2 of the act of 1879, unless they have been forfelted or watved. Subse; quent statutes prohibiting further sales of school land do not, therefore, apply to school land held under a valid' lease now in force and which was tssued under the act of 3 ‘When irvin R. Layton establishes the t that he has succecded to all the in- rests and rights of 8. L. Hill under the ‘latter's lease of October 14, 1879, shows that all the obligations im upon lessee by “he contract and the statute have been rformed, exercises in the proper manner is option to bu{ the land and surrenders is lease. he will be entitied to & contract ,of sale and it will then be the duty of the state to enter into contract sccording to the terms of its original obligation to do so, Look tor Large Attendance. 1 Students Wwill soon begin to gather in incoln for the thirty-second anoual scs- ‘slon of the University of Nebraska. The authorities cf the Institution predict an in- |ereasing attendance and are preparing for the precedents MyStomach “It feels so uncomfort- able. Food distresses me. 1 get blue and despondent. I fear it is my heart. But my doctor says it's my stomach.” And what did your doctor tell you to take? Ayer’s Sarsaparilla? Quite likely, for he knows. ,udhities. ‘When the liver is wrong, everything ! . Thedigestion is weak. The &q'::flm is weak. fl\: nerves are weak. . Nothing acts well, Just one of Ayer’s Pills ight will make these more than the usual number on the opening days of registration On September 8 the unversity of séhool later the lectures will begin In the afi- | /ated school of medicine at' Omaha. From | September 16 to 19 inclusive there will be cxeminaticns and registration. On Septem- |ber 20 Chancellor Andrews wiil dellver his annual opening address to the students and on September 22 the regular elaes work of the first semester will begin, Prohibitionists Pay Nothing. All nominces of the prohibition party bave fled aMdavits with the secretary of state certifying to the fact that they ex- pended no money in securing thetf nomina- tions. In epite of the fact that the state fair board offered Central Labor union a | £00d bonus and exceptional privileges It It | weuld divert its picnie from Lineoln park to the fair grounds the proposition was turned down last night becauge it was found | that the board had employed a couple of nonunion carpenters on the bulldings on the grounds. Wants Out of Pemitentiary. | John MeCormick, serving a twenty-year sentence In tho peritentiary for the murder of Maggle Linsicy at Nebraska City last January, has appealed to the supreme court for a review of the trial court’s proceed- | ings. He complains that there was griev- ous error and that he is entitled to another chance. The dead woman was the keeper of a brothel. The night of the shooting McCor- mick went to her house loaded to the gun- wales with befuddling booze. A man he was told was Tom Keiser was in the place at the game time. As McCormick started to leave, according to his version, he fell from the stoop and the olver he was carry- ing in his pocket discharged, killing the woman. The theory cf the prosecution was that it was a case of wilful murder. One of the chief objections is that the trial judge falled to inform the prisoner what the verdict of the jury had been before passing final sentence. TIMELY RAIN IN NEBRASKA Greatly Benefits Growing Corn, Though Doing Damage to Some Property. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Aug. 2L.—(Spe- clal)—A severe electrical storm with heavy waterfall visited this viclnity Wednesday tetween 12 and 2 o’clock, flocding the cel- lars of the stores of R. Sherwood, John Schiappacasse, George B. Lenhoff, William Herold & Son, as badly as it did during the last deluge. The wall between the Lenhoft and Schiappecasse stores fell down, as it did last time, and a portion of the floors went down. The walk in front of the Wi erman block went down and the cellars were again flooded. There was not as much merchandise in the basement as during the last flood. A number of sidewalks were washed out and some lawns on the avenue covered with mud and water. More damage is reported to have been done in the Burlington shops than at the last flood. Schiappacasse is removing his stock and fixtures to another the water is being pumped | . Aug. 21.—(Spectal.)— This locality was visited Wednesday by a heavy downpour somewhat of the nature of « cloudburst. Fully 2.9 inches fell in about forty-five minutes, accompanied by a quan- tity of hail. -The basement of Wilson's drug store, the Nebraska Mercantile company and the Republican printing office were badly flooded, causing damage to the gmount of several hundreds of dollars. DAVID CITY, Neb., Aug. 21.—(Special,)— A good rain fell in Butlor county yesterday afternoon, which was gratifying to the farm- ers, who were complalning that the ground was getting too dry for fall plowing. This, with the heavy dews that we are getting every night, will insure the largest crop of corn ever ralscd in the county. CENTRAL CITY, Neb., Aug. 2L—(Spe- clal.)—An inch of tell over this county Wednesday morning, greatly benefiting the corn crop, which promises to be a record breaker. BEATRICE, Neb., Aug. 21.—(Special)— Barneston and vicinity in the south end of this county, was visited by a two-inch rainfall yesterday. HOLDS RAILROAD BLAMELESS Coron Jury Declares Company Not Responsible for Death of 8. A. Davis at Cedar Creek. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Aug. 21. clal.)—The inquiry of the corbne into the cause of the death of the late in the court today. The first witness was Morgan Adams of Lincoln, who was the conductor yesterday on train No. 29. This is a way freight which runs from Plattemouth to Lincolp every morning and does the switch lug at Cedar Creek and other points en- route. He stated that Mr. Davis went up each morning and directed what cars he wanted set in at the stone quarries and what taken out. Mr. Davis was standing on the end of a flat car when several other coal cars were kicked In against it, when Mr. Davis fell off and was run over by two cars. Other witnesses corroborated his statement. The verdict of the jury was that the de- ceased came to bis death by being run over by a B. & M, coal car on the main quarry track at Cedar Creek, and that “the sald | B. & M. Railroad company s in no wise to of music will open its session and two days |considerable discussion |eess during the morning hour in all the grades. The recess question has been under consideration for some time and occasioned The school hours were fixed at from 9 to 11:45 a. m., and 1:16 to 3:30 p. m. There will be no recess in the high school. Nearly all the old corps of teachers has been engaged for mext year. VETERAN FLAG DEFENDERS Interstate Reunion at Frankiin Pro- gresses Well While Beatrice Campfire Burns Out. FRANKLIN, Neb., Aug. 21.—(Speelal Telegram.)—The crowd at the Interstate Grand Army of the Republie reunion was about the same size as yesterday, possily some larger. The program was carried out with but one exception. Governor Savage for some reascn was not on the grounds. The Hildreth band was present today and rendered some excelient selec- tions. It s to be here tomorrow. The base ball game between Hildreth and Franklin resulted in a victory for the home team by a score of 3 to 4. This wur- | prised everybody, as Hildreth has a very | strong team and it was expected that they would win. Prof. Butler made apother successtul balloon ascension today and le on the program again tomorrow. BEATRICE, Neb., Aug. 21.—(Special.)— The southeast Nebraska district reunion | cloged last evenipg. In the afternoon Rev. D. L. Thomas addressed the veterans and | he was greeted with the utmost enthusi- asm. Governor Savage wae down on the program for an address, but he again dls- appointed the old soldiers by falling to ap- pear. The reunion officers held a meeting and adopted resolutions thanking Captain Las- siter, Lieutenant Canfield and the Seventh United Stetes battery for the pleasure of | thelr presence here. | The encampment has been a most pleas- ant one and the veterans have certainly enjoyed themselves. CARPENTERS-JOINERS UNION Beatrice Mechanics Form Temporary Labor Organization and Elects Officers. BEATRICE, Neb., Aug. 21.—(Speclal)— The carpenters and Joiners of the city met lats night to organize a local union. A temporary organization was effected by the election of the following offcers: President, A. J. Skinner; vice president, Thomas D. Conn; financlal secretary, Thomas Irvin recording sccretary, B. F. Gurney; trea urer, G. C. Siyhoff; conductor, W. F. Spen- cer; warden, E. E. Ellis. Apother meeting will be held Monday, night, at which time a permanent organization will be éffected. Lodgemen Plenlc at Osceola. OSCEOLA, Neb., Aug. 21.—(Special.) Despite a severe rainstorm which prevailed here for two hours yesterday the program of tbe Polk county fraternal picnic was successfully carried out. The general at- tendance was large and especially noticeablo were the representatives of the Modern Woodmen and Tribe of Ben Hur. There were delegations from Omaha, Lincoln, Rising City, Shelby, Stromshure and Hamil- ton county. Music was furnished by s bards and the street parade, which was hindered for a time by the heavy downpour was finally pulled off. Hon. A. R. Talbot and H. M. C. Burgess of Lincoln addressed the assemblage and received the entire at- tention of their audience. Bolt Strikes Ho: d Rider. ARAPAHOE, Neb., Aug. 21.—(Special Telegram.)—A son of W. E. Smith of Hol- brook Wi truck by’ lightning' while riding & horse this morning and lay-unconsclous for four hours before being found, but will recover. The horse was killed. This tion is badly in need of rain and unl g00d rein comes before long the glorious prospects for a corn crop will be a case ofs less than a fourth of a crop. Instead of a fifty-bushel yleld per acre, it will be less than ten. There are some pleces of early corn that will be good without any rain, but they are few. Veterans Will Gather at Cambridge, CAMBRIDGE, Neb., Aug. 21.—(Speclal.)— From every indlcation the Grand Army of the Republic reunion of the southwestern district, which is to be held at this place will be a success. This gathering occurs mext week, August 25 to 80 inclusive. The grounds are in good shape and hundreds of tents are belng placed. A steamboat will make regular trips on Crystal lake. Minden and McCook's crack ball teams will play at this place on Thursday and Friday of the reunion. Recruiting tion at Beatrice. BEATRICE, Neb., Aug. 21.—(Special Tel- egram.)—Corporal Ernest A. Richards of FARNSWORTH OR SANDERSON Interstate Trophy for Singles Championship Lies Between the Pair, SEMI-FINALS ~ PROVE DISAPPOINTING Kansas City and Chieago Cracks Fall to Afford the Opposition Expected by the Large Gallery at Flela Olu F. R. Sanderson of Galesburg, Iil, and Barl Farnsworth of Grand Island, Neb., will Field club at 4 o'clock this afternoon, Each won his match In the semi-finals yesterday, and each had an easy thing. These two are the most popular players of the forty entered in the tournament, and a5 a consequence, no one will begrudge see- irg either win. Farnsworth was already well known here, but Sanderson has grown h gh in favor in the short week of his first visit to Omaha. From a personal stand- point the modesty of each regarding his Prowess has won them this place; as re- gards the game itself, their high class of play has done the same. They are the two most quiet men on the grounds and the two best players. They will make a great mateh. They play the same style of game, a defensive one. Each prefers to win points negatively, let- ting his opponent make the desired error by going out or into the net. Farnsworth is 20 year of age, Sanderson is 30; both {are college men, both members of the same fraternity, and they are the best of friends. Sanderson has the advantage which age and experience bring, and he may outgeneral Farnsworth in the long match, games being three out of five. Yet Farnsworth showed that his head was to be relied on when he who has had more tennls experience than anyone in the west. Farnsworth's Easy Victory. The semi-finals were both so easy that they merit but little discussion. It was expected that Wilder would give Farn worth a game, and espécially that Sander- son would have a job with Sheldon. Neither came true. Farnsworth won 6-0, 6-1; San- derson won 6-1, 6-2. Wilder seemed to have been weakened by bis victory over Peters in the morning and could do uothing with Farnsworth, who played his lobbing game with com- plete success. Wilder tried to play the net, but could not against the lobs, which he ‘was unable to kill safely. Wilder won but five points the first set, never sending a game to deuce. In the second he took one game. The match resulted: First set: Farnsworth. 2% 6 50 630 6 11 1 the game P = Wiider.. An analys! up in all details. It reads: Barl Farnsworth: B 0 4 2 Double Place. Net. Out. Fault.Total. 3 b ) 2 2 3 2 [} 54 Firat set Becond set....... 0 2 2 Carter Wilder: Double Place. Net. Out. Fault.Total, First set. .0 4 1 0 5 Second se! 7 5 L] 19 Total . 7 un 6 o 2 Two of the points which Farnsworth won on places were on service; ome in each set. This schedule of ahalysis shows the errors of each man. It iddicates how the points were lost. For instance, under the name Farnsworth, it will be seen that he won in the first set five points by placing them where Wilder could not touch them. Fourteen more he took on balls which Wilder sent into the net. ‘Three more, be- cause Wilder drove the ball out of ocourt. Two more he won on double faults by Wilder. This gives a total of twenty-four points Farusworth won, which will be seen to correspond with the total number given ‘for him in the first set In the summary preceding the analys Harder Work for Sanderson. In playing Dr. Shelden, S8anderson seemed always to know just where the balls were coming back. His victory was hardly so sweeping as Farnsworth's, for Shelden ran him five deuce games, and won a total of three. Yet it was a walkaway the whole distance. Sanderson was playing great tennis, and the gallery hinged on the mateh, chiefly to size up Sanderson. Every- one thinks he will give Farnsworth a big fight toda: He won from Shelden 6-1, 6-2, By surpassing him in all departments, play- ing an especially good net game, and lobbing in great style. The match re- the United States coast artillery arrived in the city today for the purpose of open. ing a recruiting station. RAIN SCHEDULED FOR TODAY Weather Ma: Order is for More of the He State: ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Forecas! For Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kan- sas—Local rains Friday; falr and warmer Saturday. For Illinols—Falr Friday and Saturday; warmer Saturday; fresh northeast, shifting to southeast wind: For North and South Dakota—Fair Fri- blame for the death of .the sald Stephen A. Davis.” . WAYNE PIONEERS ~ REUNITE Large Picnle Assemblage A by M J. H, Mickey, Whe is Warmly Reecel WAYNE, Neb.,, Aug. 21.—fSpecial Tele- gram.)—The second annual :picnie of the Ploneers and Qld Settlers’ association of Wayne county was held at Bressler's grove, Just northwest of Wayne, today. It was a success in every particular, baving a largs attendance. Among the visiting = guests | wer: Hon. John B. Mickey, republican | nominee for governor, and Hou. J. J; Me- | Carthy, republican nominee for congress in | the Third district. Mr. Mickey delivered am address that was listened to with close attention by a-large audlence, and during his. visit here he made many friends by his pleasant and genial mazners. Especlally was this shown with the old soldiers, who delighted in meeting 50 worthy an old comrade. Wayne county will give him a bandsome majority this fall. v Mr. MeCarthy also made many friends. Dr. R. B. Crawford read an interesting his. tory of Wayne county and several of the ploneer citizens and Hon. H. Moses deliv- ered a pleasing address. Talbot's GENEVA, Neb. . 81.—(Bpectal. ‘The children of Canon R. C. Talbot are Joying & reunlon and vacation with thelr parents. Rev. Richard and family and Rev. Burt, with bis wife and lttle son, lso Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Getty, are all at day and Saturday; warmer Friday. For Colorado—Local rains Friday; Satur- day fair and warmer. For Wyoming and Montana—Fair Friday and Saturday. Loeal Record: OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, Aug. 21.—Officlal record of tem- perature’ and precipitation compared with the corresponding day of the last three years: Maximum temperature Minimum temperature Mean temperature . Precipitation . Record of temperature and precipitation at Omaha, Neb., for this day and since March 1, is0:: Normal temperature . Excess for the day ... Total excess since March 1. ormal precipitation . ficlency for the day. Total rainfall since Marc Deficiency since March 1... Deficiency for cor. period, 191 Deficiency for cor. period, 190, Reports from Stations at 7 & aany 28 | “wisdwa) wnwixv “Tw g I aanyesaduwiay, CONDITION OF THE WEATHER. Omaha, cloudy .. Valentine, cloudy North Platte, cloud Cheyenne, cloudy Balt Lake City, el Rapid City. partly cloudy Huron, cloudy ..° 3 Villiston, clear BRIV cioudy . 8 1 4 1 5 3 i 1 hi Total kY] 7 F. E. Shelden: Double Place. Net. Out. Fault.Total. 4 3 4 1 12 7 1n L] FUET ) s in Morning Two of the three morning matches in the third round of the champlonship singles were a& surprise to most peo- ple, the Wilder-Peters affair, because Wilder won, and the Sanderson-Ray- mond go, because Raymond came 8o near winning from the Galesburg man, Very few people had Carter Wilder sched- uled to beat Peters, the Chicago creck, but 1 Play. | | Just the same the Kansas City man took the first and third sets, each by 6-3. It was a keen match and hard played. Peters a hurricane game the He constantly ran his serves, and it lost for him, as Wilder passed him time ain on the return, while Peters wi for the net. Wilder bad goo speed on drives and was in all around good form. He took the set on its merits, 6-3. In the second vet Wilder attempted to play safe and take it on a cinch, to end the match. ult he lost 2-6. His try for safe work meant a lessening of the speed which had won for him in the first set, and s a consequence he was quickly cff his game all und. Peters had an easy thing with the Wilder changed back to his first game for the third teaming up considerably. rs took up a constant lob- and it was great, too. Time after time he dropped them in the left hand back corner of the court. These lobs, when be could handle them, Wilder placed right back to the cormer on the other side, and he won on it. The score was 6-3. Both Chicagoans are now out of the singles. Forced Sanderson to Play. Raymond of Lincoln made & stronger showiog against Sanderson of Gaiesburg Bt b Davenport, clear Schooi Board Freceedings. FREMONT, Neb., Aus. 21.—(Specjsl)—At the regular meeting of the school board last evenlng & resolution was unanimously adopted providing for a Ofteen-minute re- Kansas City, cleas Helena. ‘partly cioudy elena. partly {amarck, clear Galveston, clear . T indicates trace of precipitation. L. A WELSH, Local Forecast Officlal than was expected. As a matter of fact, he had Sanderson outplayd for a set. and and the match in the third set Sanderson himself improved, and Raymond tell off more, losing 1-6. Commencement of the play found Sander meet in the finai round of the championship | singles of the Interstate tournament at the | outgeneraled Parker Wednesday, the man | | son tn tar trom his usual form, with Ray- | mond heady, strong.and sate. Had he kept | that up he would have placed himself in { the semi-finals. Sanderson seemed unable to place the ball at all, and his brilliant lobbing against Asheraft was entirely ab- sent from his play in that set, he lobbing out constantly. Raymond took the set 7-5. In the seconi set Raymond's old trait of poor control began showing up In spots. This more than anything else esused him to lose it 4-6. The last derson out greatly {mpr mond settled down Into a steady streak of | suashing them Into the net or outside. Sanderson won 6-1. This was the prettiest match of the morn- |ing to watch. The men were closely matched, and it was just a case of the first | chance. Whoever got the first opportunity | to kill the ball won the point, or lost it by | an out or a met. It looked for a time as it “Ike” would win, in which event he and Farnsworth, old-time rivals in singles and | partners in doubles, would probably have met in the fin Dr. Shelden expected to beat’Sam Caldwell and he Qid in two straight sets, 6-3, 6-1. The Omaha man put up a game fight, but was a little outclassed. He fs the last local player to die and deserves considerable credit for his victorles over Holland and Croskey. Busy Time at Doubles. Meanwhile play in the champlonship dou- | bles was carried on at a great pace all day. The first round was cleaned up, as was all the second round but one match, and that leaves but four contests in the doubles, this one match in the second round, then the two in the third round for the seml- finals and lastly the final Hamilton and Pritchett won from Brown and Rogers by default, and then lost to Holland and Sanderson in the second round, 6-1, 6-1. Magee and Shelden beat Young and Caldwell, 6-2, 6-3, and Loveland and Shepherd beat Cary and Abbott, 6-1, 6-1. Then Magee and Shelden met Loveland and Shepherd in the second round, winning 65-7, 7-6, 7-5. Farnasworth and Raymond beat Haskell and Clarke in the first round, 6-1, 6-3, and Graves and Cockerill beal Hopkins and Towle, 6-2, 13-11, and then met Peters and Asheraft in the second round, the latter winning, 6-3, 6-3. The flerce set of the day in doubles was between Loveland and Shepherd and Magee and Shelden. The Lincoln team took the first set 7-5, and the next went against them, 5-7. Each set was flercely fought, and the third set proved the same kind of tennis, the Magee-Shelden combination finally winning, 7-5. The game of the win- ners was decidedly erratic. They should have won by a better score, but they were reckless and loose at times, following this with brilliant streaks. Magee's smashing at the net and Sheperd's fine back-court ! work were features. The match in which Asheraft and Peters beat Groves and Cockerill aroused consider- able interest, as it was thought the Chicago men did not show sufficiently strong against thelr opponents, allowing them three games in each wet. According to that showing, Farnsworth and Raymond have the best chance for first place although they meet Parker and Wilder this morning. 1 To appease the desires of many devotees who wished to see how they would play together, Parker and Ashcraft, the two men who were expected to hold the tournament easily between them, played an exhibition of six gam Each won three and it was beautiful. It is still hard for the spectators to realize how Farnsworth beat Parker and how Sanderson put Ashcraft out, but they saw it done with their own eyes, and it must be true. In yesterday's exhibition Parker had his Lawford at its best. He drove téfrific strokes from the back line, Asheraft playing them some times from the net, some times from deep back him- self. The score of the exhibition game 4 8 | Thus the two men won each exactly the same number of points. Parker took the 66633283 4485 5-25-3 | Brat three gamee, Ashoratt the last three. | | All but the first one wers deuce games. | Miss Lowise Pound and Isaac Raymond, | |4, of Limcoln won from Mre. Vaughan- | Howell of Seattle and Conrad Young of Omaba in a prettily contested exhibition | | at mixed doubles, the score being 6-2, 7.5, | | Both women played remarkable tenn nd | were generously applauded. Young was not | | in form during the first set, and his errors | are responsible for the one-sided score. In the secofd set the teams were matched | yery evenly, and it was nip-and-tuck. | Young wi £00d by that time, and Mrs. Vaughan-Howell superd in pinching oft at the net the hot omes which Raymond and Miss Pound, two known smashers, sent at her. Both women were extremely good at the net, and Miss Pound lald them back in the far corner in great style. Consolation Matches. During the afternoén many matches in the consolation rounds were sandwiched in, 80 that now this contest stands as follows: at Cockerill beat Ryan, 6-0, 6-1. First round: Towle beat Erwin, 6-0, 63. 0, Young beat Clarke, 6-2, 6-4, Cary beat Prouett, 7-9, 8-2, 6-0. Hiles beat Van Camp, 4-6, 6-4, 6-! McNeal beat Cockerill, 10-8, 6-4. Howell beat Copeland, 6-0, 6-0. Graves beat Dufrene, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Holland beat Hill, 4-6, i 8econd round: Howell beat McNeal, §-2, 6-4. Young beat Towle, when the match was postponed till today. All these matches in the consolation singles were played Thursday save the Howell-Copeland and Carey-Prouett af- fajrs. Drawings fn the consolation doubles were made last night, and reac Gllman and McNeal play Hamilton and Pritchett. DY‘;mn‘ and Caldwell play Cary and Ab- o ikell and Clarke play Croskey HilL o Hopkins and Towle play Howell Hiles. At the club last night the tennis were given a smoker, which was a great success. A host of musical men were on hand for the occasion, and there was a general jolly time with a large crowd par- ticipating. and Play for Today. For this morning but one champlonship gamo s scheduled, that In doubles be- tween Farnsworth and Raymond and Parker and Wilder. At 3:30 in the afternoon Farns- worth and Sanderson contest for the cham- plonship in singles. Meanwhile matches in consolation, both singles and doubles, will be played off rapidly all day, it being hoped to bring both the final rounds by night. This will leave three final matches for Saturday, championship doubl consolation singl HEBRON, Neb., Aug. 21.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The republican county convention met here today and nominated the following ticket: Harvey Ford of Hubbell, for rep- resentative; J. L. McCulston of Hebron, for county attorney; W. D. Church of Hebron, for county commissfoner. A joint senatorial and representative convention, comprising Jefferson and Thayer counties, met here at 8 o'clock p. m., at which J. H. Jennings of Davenport was nominated for state sen- ator and D. B. Cropsey of Fairbury was nominated for ———— ‘ Woman Falls Through Trap Door. THAYER, Neb,, Aug. 21.—(Special.)—Mrs. Arthur Robinson of this place met with & very severe accident on Friday night. She fell down the cellar, not knowing the trap door was open. She was considerably bruised and cut on both limbs, and two ribs probably fractured. She is resting as com- fortably as could be expected under the circumstances. e Date Re lican O mtion. M'COOK, Neb., Aug: #1.—(Special Tele: gram.)—The republican convention of the Twenty-ninth senatorial district will be held in McCook, September 10, at 8:30 in the evening. The representation is: Fur- ] nas, 12; Red Willow, 11; Hitchcoek, 5;, Dundy, 4; Gosper, 4; Frontier, 8; H-yn,‘ 4; Chase, 4. No proxies are allowed. 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Taxi Cheyenne Colfax Custer . have been in the past five years. which $1567,747.27 has been delinquent for thirf es Delinquent. $ 19,387.49 11,608.92 22,456,856 11,494.44 50,042.71 17,173.83 DELINQUENT TAXES Statement Showing Counties in Nebraska Heavily in Default in Payment of Taxes, June 1,1902 The following is a list of counties which are in default in amounts aggregating over Ten Thousand Dollars each, in their payment of State taxes. These amounts do not include any of the taxes in process of collection en June 1st, of the present year, or any of the taxes charged for 1901, but are delinquent taxes due from levies made in 1900, or earlfer: Taxes Delliquent. ' - 10,123.37 54,719.41 24,562.97 “15,727.18 27,720.20 16,600.05 36,038.74 W71 e there is $1,096,873 of state tax that is undoubtedly delinquent .(being ‘die for over two yeafs), ‘of ty years or longer, and we give below a few instances of how derelict the officers * 1 Statement Showing , Percentage of State Taxes Collected in the . Following Counties, Giving the Average Delinquencies Occurring for the Past Five Years, and Percentage of Tax Allowed COUNTY. State Assessment. Lincoln Holt Hitcheock Hayes Chase 4 These are only instances selected, showing the extent of delinquencles ocourrin g at the present time. It is all over the state, and this is what causes the s and the railroads have pald their taxes pre charged. to Become Delinquent. Average Delinquency Past Five Years. 42,608 2,608 1,564 867 065 815 omptly, when due. Per Cent of Taxes Alowed to Become Delinguent. 17 per cent 15 per cent 24 per cent 22 per,cent 3 per gent o more oriless e debt. The past five years have been prosperous omes in (Nebrask We have given instances of many counties that eseape thelr just share of tax by reporting extraordinary low values for taxation, but in the foregoh countfes they do net pay the tax The following counties owe in delinquent taxes as follows for each one thousand dollars total valuation that they hed returned for assessment in 1900: Greeley . Hitcheock Dawes . Merrick Holt . Phelps Franklin Douglas . $32.27 21.76 16.24 Hooker county owes less than any other for taxes to the state, being but $397.50, but the railroads pay 7 per cent of the tazes in that county. DELINQUENT TAXES HAVE CAUSED THE STATE DEBT