Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 24, 1903, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTARLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, NESDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, 1903—TEN PAGE SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. FLEET REACHES RIEL Ameriost and Gwnn Haval Officers Bpend Afvernoon Exchanging Oalls. PRINCE KENRY GREETS ADMIRAL COTTON Kaiser's Band Playr “Americs” a8 United Btater Bhips Bieem Up. OLD GLORY FLOATS FROM FOREIGN MASTS Townspsople Gather on Piers snd Spasmod- ioally Cheer Peaceful Invaders. VISITS EXCHANGED Visitors Bow Over Beturs and Await Return international Com- pliments. SIXTEEN OFFICIAI ot KIEL, Europess i command the yachi club bouse &t noon today The fSeet commanded by Admirsl Prince Henry of Prussia, consisting e battieships and six cruisers, saluted the American vessels and the band the German flagship played “Americs” Some hundreds of townspeople guthered on the plers and slopes of the narrow bay and gave detached. irreguiar cheers s the squadron arrived Prince Henry sent his navigsting officers and the capiain of the port down the bay early in the morning to meet cans. They met the latter at Oriateau as the squadron was firing 1ts first salute off the fort of Friedricheort Fly the Stars and Stripes. The fagship Kearsarge swung into its mooring Dext 10 the berth reserved for Hohensollern, followed by San Francisco, Chicago and Machias, all the German £hip being @ressed in the vimitors' honor and firing the Star and Stripes. fiying the Btars and Stripes. The commanders of the ships then called on Prince Henry, who immed- ately returned their calis The Stars and Stripes were also raised over the yacht cludb angé over the hotels in the vicinity. Reur Admiral Cotton and Captatn Joseph XN, Hemphill commander of Kearsarge. end all the other American commeanders aiso called on the eight Germen admirals and vice afmirais stationed in this the Eroatest stronghold of German ses power sné afterwards received their return calls. Most of the afterncon was spent in calling and receiving calls. Prince Henry complimented the American officers on the smart sppearance of the squadron, which had been freshly painted at Nyborg. Denmark Admiral Cotton and the captains of the American vessels will take lumch with Prince and Princess Henry tomorrow. WOMEN DIE SUSPICIOUSLY Hallfax Weeord of = Man New on Trial for Murder in London. Z.—The TUnited Rear Admiral States Cotton June squadron, of HALIFAX, X. S, June Z—Dougall, who is on trial in London for the “Moat house™ murders, came to Halifax weveral years &g° a8 & guartermaster = sergeant. He was accompanied by & wife and two chfidren | and two other children were born in Hali- fax Mrs. Dougall became suddenly ill, died | and was buried the mext @ay. Three weeks afterward Dougall left for England, but returned five weeks lster with another woman, whom he introduced as his wife Ehe was young and good looking. and it was wald that she had considerabie money She seemed to be in excellent health, but in fourteen Gays she was & corpse Soom afterward Dougall depurted for good LONDON, Dougol was teday found gullty of the murder of Miss Camilie Holland, a wenlthy woman with whom he lived at Moat house, | Saffron Waldon &nd was sentenced to| Geath. CZAR STOPS FINNS SHOOTING Prohibits Sale of Guns and Rifie Meet- ings as Big Step in Disarm- ament Program. €T. PETERSEURG, June Z—A new edict, sanctioned by the czar, prohibits the sule of guns, ammunition or explosives in Finland, except under the most severe restrictions. Viclations are punishable by & beavy fine or imprisonment Rifie meetings are also interdicted. exoept by special sanction of the governor general of Finiand The edict i regarded as being & long step toward the complete disarmament of the Finns GRAIN TAX MEN DEFEATED Decisive Majority in the House of Commeons for Repeal of Measure. LONDON, June 3 —When Commens went into on the budget bill the House of committee yesterday Henry Chaplin (con- servative, former president of the Board of | Agriculture) moved the rejection of the clause providing for the repeal of the grain tax. After & protracted discussion the mo- tion wes Gefeated, 16 to 32 POTATOES FAIL IN IRELAND Poor Orop s Expected to Entail Much Hardshipy on the Peasauts. LONDON, Jume 23—Reports from the west of Ireland. Lancashire ané other Points state that thoussnds of scres of Potatoes hsve been ruined by the present frost and rein 1t is feared that the fallure of the Irish potato erop will entall much hardship om the pessants. Colonel Oobbe is Safe. LONDON, June B—An Aden Gispatch to the Dafly Telegraph says it i reported there that General Manning. commanding wered had been cut off near Damot, have succended in joining their forces and have resched Bobottle in safety Storms Delay Onble Work. MANTLA, June 33—The Pacific cable from Guam to Midway was landed st the latter | piace today by the steamer Colone. The anie ship Anglia lent Midway for Honoluly 1o compiete the connection. Storms delayed e andiig of e calue ol Micway, See Hosts, Then | ned 118 anchorage opposite | the Ameri- | June 2—Samuel Herbert| CLERICAL FIGHT EXTENDING Freseh Goverament Now Secks to | Prevest Monks Teaching for l Three Years. PARIS —The debate in the on the governm congregs tior a commune member of exciting . sgregation nter proposcl members of vears taught a8 8 promises to be simply for gregstions sterred tofey . o dical republican A g moved = ring scho id mentioning the s merely hoolmistresses npetency, not The Cha Juesti 26 to refer eréby infileting N partial check on the governmen Premier Comhes, though present | bouse, e defense of |2 van ministes | nmtstea on necrasity government with a vew weapon congregnts se the |evadea T of t schoois | but tiors % the measure Justice, who arming the aguinst the law was e unsuthorized operation they were s be be wo-thrds be said when the polh that the m congree: were mecularized from the bisbop certifying to the fact was shown. reality the o rence was that the teachers wore ordt thes instead of the religious garb | A noter and atsordierly debate followsd. | Insting unt 1130, the majority Snally suc- [ ceoting in arowning anl attempted to | speak against the mensure, whereupon entire body the right left the returned in time to take part which resulted in the adoption bill by 326 to 86 | The Chamber niso passed. by 300 to 14, |resclution suthorizing the dissolution of such congregations as evaded the law by reopening their closed establishments with & new set of teachers, substituted for the original members of the congregations. LOOKS BAD FOR KING PETER continued appenred It ary cl who of vote BELGRADE, June Z3—The British min- ister to Servia left bere this morning for London It is understood the first bill to be subd- mitted to King Peter will be one pre- pared by the minister of justice, granting amnesty for all political offenses. In accordance with instructions from their governments, the ministers of France, Hoi- land and Turkey left Belgrade this after- noon. King Peter's train, which left Geneva Festerday eveming, passed through lnns- bruck, Austria, this afternoon. The king was enthusiastically welcomed there by the Servien and Crostian students The king will arrive here at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The foreign ministers who remain here intend going to the rail- road station informally in frock costs in- stead of uniforms. Santos-Dumont Safls Over the Clty of Puris, Controlling Machine with Ease. PARIE, June 3 —Santos-Duracnt made his firet appearance today iv sivehip No § | over the center of Paris. H. started from | Long Champs, going in the éirection of the Place de 1'Stafle. | He executed a number of skilful maneuvers over the Place de I'Etolle, made {® tour of the Arc de Triomphe and turning |@own the Champs Elysee, brought his airship down at the door of his house Later he returnsd toc Long Chempe | There was little wind. The ship main- tained an altitude of about 100 feet answered Iits helm perfectly. “No the smallest sirhip Sautos-Dumont yet cunstructed. It measures about 5300 cuble feet, has a three-horse power engine |ang resembies an elongated egg Manchurian Problem is to Be Sertled to the Satisfaction of Both. LONDON, June 3 —Accor@ing to the Peking correspondent of the Times, Prince Ching. president of the Foreign board, ad- mits having submitted to M. Lessar, lately Russfan charg 'effaires st Peking, & memo- rendum of an agreement between Russia and China regarding Manchuria and New Chwang which 18 now being discussed u 8t Petersburg. He declines to intimate what the charac- ter of the Russo-China sgreement is the ministers of the other powers. but there scems small doubt that the agreement is satisfactory to both China and Russia RAIN TABLET SlVES CROPS Chimese Give Pratee When Clonds Break Deluge Earth. to Talisman PEKING, June 2 —Three Gays’ rain helped to Gispel fears e occasioned by the prolonged drouth. and has convineed the Chinese of the miract lou: of the irom rain tabiet was recently brought to this province has of a crop e s powers which Irish Land Bill Saved LONDON, June Z—A compromise was reached todey between the nationalist land- lords end the government whereby serious opposition 1o the land bill 15 with drawn. The measure, which comes up agein In the House of Commons tomorrew is lkely 10 be speedily passed. The com- promise consists in the landiords ccepting an amendment enlerging the temants’ pur- chasing rights Irish Vacaney LONDON jouse of Commens. | June M—8ir Joseph r».-. | member of Parliament for the Barnard cit | @vislon of Durham, died today of ,.,.—1 |tafture. He was born In 1N and cre l.ua s baromet in 1N He was elected p.,-....mmnwu.um by 1 | . | Earthquake iz Ecuador earthquake was felt here Sunday might The voicano Saangay har heen sending out ashes for the Jast few days Six French | priests, belonging to the Redemptionist or- Ger, who arrived here & fortnight age. heve been expelied Bridge Kills Five ROME June Z-The scaffoiding of bridge in course of construction st Palest rine gave way ioday with the result that Sve men were killed and twentyy were el AIRSHIP WORKS PERFECTLY | | GUAYAQUIL Beusjor. June 2—a piight | he Somalland expedition aguinst the Mad ' Mullah, and Oclonel Cobbe who it was| n:\]’fl[“ SON (‘SE [P TODAY | ASSAULTS COUPLE MAY HANG Bettlement Exvected toon st 1o His Beten- tion in Indias Bervice INDUSTRIOUSLY PUSHING HIM FRIENDS Charges Have Also Been Filed Agninst Him Relating His Acts While Agent the Reservation to - the educa- | From a Btaff WASHINGTON Eram retary take up with Correspondent.) tal Tele- morrow lcation indian res- June 3 —(Spe: —8e H the at and on and af an present Winnebag ter July 1 appropris the Omaha ebago reservation and unless Mr ewson secure an appointment bonded he wil without & position after July are industriously mecrstary cently devel opposttion 1o b in fact charges the president superintendent at work him that there # retemtion have been ené case tomorrow with t cision week eppots a alw he o & strong " service the sceretar wever w premident some sort probably res terior. The of To Investigate Indiam Afftairs. The investigation and homa and president has or a thorough Kiowa Okla- E. Leupp stigation, which Kiows e affairs an reservetion In Comanche 1 has appoin of this ity t is based ted Francts make the inv ges made Indians ng Deios K Lonewolf, s Kiowa, living at Hobart, that of the 2,758 allotments made to persons purporting bejong to the Kiowa, Comanche and Apac tribes, under the act approved June 6, 1900, & number of the allotments were illegal and more aliotments were made than there were Indians. on clud New Agricultural B the cabinet meeting lding. todey Secretary tted an elaborste set of plans new building for the De Considerst modification of the plans submitted will be necessary | order to bring them within the cost p posed by g Tese Becretary Hay refer pending treaty looking of naval stations In uba and the settle- ment of & title to the lsle of Pines. As to the maval stations it appears that the treaty will be so framed as to permit of the aoguisition of the land in sdvance of | payment fo: of the Agriculture ed Dbriefy to the to the amoquisttion by the fact that the Cuban government proposes to acguire title from individunl States, and it is unable at this time to corTectly estimate the value of the property | required. Reutine of Departments. These Jowa rural carriers were appointed | | —Reguiar, Willam B. Malcolm, substitute, |Barl O. Malcolm. Manning — Reguilar, | Charles Rocksien; substitute, Ida Rock- sien. Solon—Regulars, B¢ Schanzenberg, Jerome Fackler; substitutes, C. W. Wolf, | Bagar C. Fack Nancy Pringle was today & master 8t Woolstock, Wright vice lda Lee, resigned The Cedar Rapids Na: Rapids was today agent for the First ) Iyn, la The postoffice at Wel Neb, has been Charies Gr! Orr of Clarin to practice before A al free de tablished July 15 The route e ty-one square miles ton of & The president has appointed Thomy Walker postmaster at Atkinson Neb nted post- county, la., »nal bank of Cedar approved as reserve ional pank of Brook- Wayne county, nued. mport and Willlam were tods the Interi very route w Clio, Wayne ¢ races area of twen- containing a popula- r dep a la CHINA AND RUSSIA AGREE | removal The utions are mot their allegutions and | department any proper gr The burden of the complal that the consul who eral Anson Milis, aft in Chihus nad the Americen eolony siderable portion of custom the department und for action. seems be i & brother of Gen x years' residence become obnoxious ar &t least to & con- Following the us; sent & copy with an invitation he aid, and as matters resolution to the com to explain, which stand the Gepartment fied the WILL GET ONLY PRISON FARE . comp] | Ject and White Will Not Be Allowed | Any More Meals frem Restaurants. LEXINGTON, Ky. June 2—B J. Ewen same né State Inspec tation here for Frank! tratp ctor Hin last Governor Beck had & cor Judge Red o8, Wi N = A r Beckham said the would conference betw Deputies Abesrs Breathitt After & lace and LUTHERANS ELECT @ Tanner of G ted us Presiding Elders der DULUTH, M session of the | Luthersn, the following presiding At ision. Rev sunder antop division 1 Nummedal Minn . Ee Qistrict. Rev. J Granskon. Kagiey Kansas Mstrict, Rev. H Boerg Rivert Neb: Moorehead Qistrict, Rev. N 1 Halsted, Minn & Sisseton aistrict, Rev nn E Hammer Rosslyz = —At tods s Re Jusper | | HAVANA June 3-The shipning tram 8t Clenfuegos i tied up by = strike lighter men for higher wages Heavy rat have caused overfiows i some sections the country. The cemsation of cade griné- g B eve; where cemyisle holders and transfer the land to the United | | and | therefor, the question of price | to be settied heresfter. This is necessitated | | Heady: substitute, B4 Thompson. Grinneld BOERG | | Negre Pureuea Ty Posse Likely oking £ hie vic afe for & be sumed ms w rime has mg the farmers of where it o Mre Ann nged % was c sient me of the victime colored woman, the head, broken. Just before relapsing ir sciousness she told of the assault scribed & light yellow aged about % as assailant She a first m of the 9 iater the home of Johr no, & wel farmer, lving Bast Loute and Bellevilie, tted second crime About 3 this afternoer Flora egre was e wh B wees comm i cended to-a & brother of Mise aged 1i, returned home his sister lying an clous condition. r sicull was fra both arme were broken s suffering from nyuries woman had been at home slone Qur Bhe was her father's housekeeper The posse late tonight sup to be the isiand formed by the Mississippl flood POLICE OUTWITS PEORIA MOB Spirtt Negre Away While Fire Brignde Diverts Artemtion is Dark bed ther fieetng negr: backwater 4 Tows 2 —Detective E Mur- phy was killed by “Billy" McRay. & negro desperado, who be was attempting to arrest 2t Water and Baton streets tonight Murphy, armed with a warrant McRay on a charge of hurgiary, appro the negro and imformed him that he under arrest. McBay instantly revolver and shot the officer in the He then uttempted to m was caught by Detective Chadwick phy ken to the h died in twenty minutes. McRay was takem to less than =r a mob jeast 1000 demanded the prisoner chief of police refused to surrender b and in the hope of @istracting the atte: of the mob the fire depertment was called out and made & run past the jafl PBORIA. T, June was w ke his escep was t hour The ruse | partially succeeded, numbers of the crowd In the meantime the chief had ordered all the electric Mghts in the city turned out and in the darkmess hurried McRay 1o the comnty jail. In a short time the mob discovered t 1t had been tricked formeé in front of the county jail The entire palie force af the city was called | out and at midnight the jall is surrounded and, there are rumors from The lower end | of the city, whepe the dead officer resided. | that another mob is methering with the intention ef 7r | | following the engines | - R X, BOODLER REPENTS MISDEEDS Former Missour! Senator Evidence to St. Louis Veolunteers | Grand Jury. ST. LOUIS, June 2 —Cir Folk todey received a letter state senator, whose ng he woul Attorney »m & former erm expired in Janu- be here tomorrow and his misdesds. while & of the legislature. He says his ice has been b him and he are to stand the Jonger Mr. P Eive neme. To & said bject him to every s former conmfederstes any According to the asserts ence man who is tions e Jegisint member onsc refuses to out the man's would be t pressure trom boodling, if he s0, he sort of ad ons of one familiar w! ure affec insur- the various spent §30,00 in t pass bille Jeflerson asmessmer sion &z mpanies elied when & dem vears t city and biennia. each recurring ses- me such & @raim on yeurs ago they re- @ for $40,000 was made policy law and m ce then mo money has nsurance oos smber of defeat grew witt been paid Adolph Roser four years ago today and panies & me he lobby e grand jury to appesr C. Neison, Sovernor Lom V. & witness, but rtance was was before t is said learned from NEW SONG FOR ROOSEVELT Oyster Bay Childres Will Greet Chief with “Ged Seve the Pres- sdent” OYETER BAY, L 1 Roosevelt arrived st 040 & maid Buperintendent Segumore Hill met & carriage Fizal arrangem President Roosevelt completed. The mast important the welcome e June Z—Mrs wccompanied by Noah Seaman © her st the station Witk wil NEBRASKAN AIDS LIBRARIANS Secre ot Am Lincoln ry Reports Rapid Grow Book Guardians' ociation Eress XAISER'S ENVOYS END TASK Amass Asvicultural Data During Six NEW YORK. June 2 - agriculturists, o study farming from & six weeks' tour The Gelegution whom ronat, o the west iained much information a: make &N cxhaustve repert 1o the em- ot wil A perer o ey retura. | may be mettled and wiped completely | the books for & very small fraction of what CITY COCMCIL PROCEEDINGS Mayor's List of Appointments is st Last Oonfirmed. COUNCIL VOTES UNANI OUSLY ON THEM Deadlock Broken at (saferemce and Made Known in Open & and the Struggle is Ended. max a vote of 6 to man, S v Wright, the untangle the snar ment of street an iaborers has been . suppleme recaived the employ- sewer foreme: the Board ? Public Wright quest. state: the in regurd t ing his © first Dist it was not the mayor. e he mayor A similar courme will regarding the st. This the men at work under the Board Works since the city wil their pay without further guestion Efiect There are about 35,000,000 municipal taxes in Omaha &nd South Omeha, and county and state taxes in Douglas county. According to City Treas- urer Hennings & rejected by was be pureued last means that election of = New Law. might otherwise be collected unless steps are taken to evade or Tender woid, at Jeest | #o far as Douglas county is concerned, & law passed by the last legislature, and which may become aperative September 1 His communicstion. which was referred to the city atiormey, resds To the Homarable the deem it my duty 10 direct your attention s deplorable condition of affairs with regard 10 the future collection by tax sale of the city's delinguent and unpald taxes The last legislature passed. as house roll 344, & new reverue law. lis provisions concerning the sale of real estate for tuxes form no radical departure from like pro- isi the old law. To facilitate ¢ sllection of taxes upon for more than five vears passed. house Toll and homse roll 488 he former is 1 most of the needed ) adjudication, the records taxes and make such Property This measure wes City Council: I ir the delinguent inetigat the city after c all Two at give 1o revenuve dutory aKtrously greater wmount of juent taxes. Offer Property for Sale. Section 1 provides: “In all cases where taxes and ASSeSSMEDts UPODL &ny cWtate pPeaTIng the tax list of any cour: have ved delinguent fof a pe years or more cou state 1 “purposes w the total am delinguent taxes and ussess: upan any real estate sball ex- e vulue of said property as returned amsessor asmessing property »unt property bidder for cash &n B highest P - was such s shal tement showing ve entitied to & t the expiration date of sale pro- mer Lee i so ereof or s llen this act shall take upom the pEyment liens again por. el] tuxes and ssem property that may be &t the date of such guinst sald nereor riod for redemp- perty & remeds = end be 1 There are of delingquent | there is danger that these | off | CONDITION OF THE WEATHER' 'SOME CROPS IMPROVE Ocrx; in Central ye Officially Eeported in Mere Favorable Oondition. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday: Val Deg. Hour Dex 1 [ 2 s | BY LAKES AND IN EAST IS STILL BAD | 1 Far Borth Orop Backward and in Bouth | Largely La & By. 1 12 evEYYYYYY gggEERneg PLAYS WILD WEST IN 'ND|ANlioAxoTAs AND DISTRICT NOW NEED RAIN Logan From Lakes to New England Wet Weather Has Been Too Heary RUST AFFECTS NEBRASKA WINTER WHEAT n | Yield Will Apparently Be Sssi-tactory an ex-conviet, 1 Wiscon- ek H\:—:: “pally sth, According to Weather taker Eet rt Tough Terrorises Twe with Shooting Iroms | Countien spoutin LOGANEPOR Ine Jvne 2% —Pan Jetectives ? tw policemen fr ree cities an Berre Case rd in Towa, nmesota aw 4 & e Bureas Reporta. WAS bureau's e himself by Lake Erie i us 1 visited 2 ton amuy t traveling men in the Hill »ut the mirrors at weekly summary ne we Then be po the ¥ nour i in the Qlstr! ains, th week en tav uthern s east on mperature evervhody in sieht tratn presengers v miseed wevera hn Shively Shively of a passenger more sable pres e region an A sat n New Begland centra valie stat over por At wus Jenped a fence and sending & shower et Shively was a he was ja ndnr mea 8t but in the tavo las k. wher, ied interrupted farm Misstasty, tions were Rain 1s'n herr ral an states a HAMPER FIREMEN ® Dakc the and In por- gulf states. the Pacific cosst were bul in the coust sec- work was delnyed by rain needed in por- e and Washington. mprovement in the condition the central valleys is indicated, ver the western portions. In the New England a middie Al tile or improvement ed In all northern and ceds ™ continues very late, but o © vation, except in Atiantic states. In the southern states e 1 largely laid by and is nearing m in Texas. Winter wheat harvest has made favorable progress and i¢ now general in the central the winter wheat belt, with dis- & yieids, especially in the southern e of Missouri, Iilinols and Indiana. the middie Atlantic states a general im- provement le indicated. Harvest is general in California. with nearly average yieids in most sections. In Oregon and Washing- ton some improvement is noted, dBut the crop is in need of rain in the eastern por- tions of these sates. Spring whest is suffering for rain iIn North Dakota and portions of South Da- kota and i affected by rust guite generally m Nebraska. In these two last named states, however, the crop, as a rule, is do- ing well, and in Minnesots, Wisconsin and dews confinues in promising cendition. In Washington the crop has improved, where moisture has heen sufcient, but will be ma- terially shortened in central counties and also In eastern Oregon uniess rain comes soon The outlook for oats is lems promising in the Dakotas, Nehraska, northern Minne- sota. Missouri and southern Ilinois. In Wisconsin, Kansas, on uplands in Iows and in northern Illinois & good crop is promised. An improvement is reported from M the Ohio valley and middie Atlantic Cotton continues sma but its general condition is somewhat improved. Cultiva- tion has made g0od progress and Nelds are clean of eastern dis- are beaithy and but the crop com- ks lute BULLETS Cartridges in Private House Explode De Work ef Quench vation w neede: Minnes cart The jons senerally jons while tons genera avorable ? Oreg: ing Flames. e A ne ere the easters GREENWICH Pletz, the B-year-old Pietz, the m fact @ied today the burns she recetv fire wt destroved Her the Hugh were burne to save chiid, wil the nn.. June 2 —Genevieve sehter Al " manu the effects of a Monat rer. ia reg Mise | this crog attempt | tral dietricts »m *d lnst night in the ne mother and latter's whi P i not n & good Etate say thetr s t the middle subdue flames were Jered br the greatly h the wers of the residence urity rounds of cartridges a co ous meries of ex &nd the firemen say they heard bullets whizzing about their . plosions Quently bends SAYS SCHWAB MAY RESIGN New York Eveming Post Declares Steel Magnate Likely to Re. tire This Week. fre- NEW TYORK. June 3—The Evening Post saye: It was reported in Wall street this afternoon that the resignation of Chburies M. Schweb as president of the TUnited States Steel corparation wowld prob- sbly be announced tomorrow or befare. the end of the week The stary was credited in somre guarters where excellent information is sometimes sbtained, but the rumor could not be com- firmed A statement was given out tonight as coming from Mr. Scpwab denving eny in- tention of resigning the presi of the Untted States Steel corporation BOGUS HOME BUILDER HELD uriingte Promised Cnsh and Accuse Kansas City Man. Citizens Fail to Recetve except in tricts In Texas 7 have mede ra Boll weevil are spreading in Texas, but so far have done 1 injury. Lice are cousing Gemage in the Cavolinas, Arkansas and Missourt : Mis Arker '8 COD-|gna Penneylvania ap PEYMEN? | 3t the outiook continues favorable in Towa, TeeIng 10| yrigconsin, Michigan and Kentucky. In the bufid & house. | vy piine and Ohio an tmprovement is re- ming they | porred NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS Weel a id growth —wn alleged offices sted today on 8 refused June 7 the 4 operative Kensas was rege of embegziement ske o statement aining witnesses ¢ ue signed by com; Oity. with es, Tlinois, Indiana ies are unpromising Tiege th them after them enough cash t he money arton errested VAN BENTHUYSEN IS BURIED Famous Jows Sewspaper Man Brought te Rest Un Native Sod. was not fort More Favorable and Rapid Home | Progress Made by Wheat 1‘ and Cors. la. June B—A special family and remains of an Benthuys smpanied by Corwin of the Chicago Tribune and Lieutenant O'Connor of the Chicago police arrived today over the Burlington The funerel took place from the home of Judge William Van Benthuysen. futher of the deceased. It was concucted by Rev 3. C. Wilson, pastor the Presbyterian chureh KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN GROW Make Biggest Stride During Past Year Weekly crop section of the the Weather June =, 198 he past week has heen pr auily 4 degrees be bulletin of the Nebrasks crop service of buresu for the week ending BLOOMFTELD. car carrving the cool, with mod- tempern- w normal degrees below in erate e menn e has svernged in eestern e western Showers the . unties & oocurred o Smerslly werk raintall & of 0 of during sount of rtion of moh to ve eastern p e ata i s tneh, but in Some an n cuses it exceeded two showers were Bocom ng Umited Winter thougt sreas wheat whaet contir a0 we affected ves most star i o fere According the gain in membership & the largest of any ablis mmended ¢ paid John spent reports and the “p secrets ring The o i orn has improved has a hes ting s progress planted a rge encugh to oorn been last vear raer cors has the mecond cul- 1 ‘AMalts cutting and much the the stack: the erop fa rase in meadows and grow well and the be lurge. Potatoss Strawberries are & large et . e firs: has e rogressed s now iz Henry Fries of Brie of establishment - ‘ orgunizers CONVICTS AMASS EXPLOSIVES Endangered by Powder and Dynamite Stored by & de mtiary Tows Crep Comdith Prisomers F lowing is the report of the of the chimate for Tows se crop service of the Weat week g I 1908 The 4afly mean temperstu week runged from 4 1o ¢ Gegrees bei. normal The first half was generally and ary 1t was pe rought tions, &nd excesss CANON her bureau er powder and T the penmitentiary re f e the 3 The expiosives were o of the shes clear was man lust b iy cio ict who wa with showers wh to &l se ir some timety mots ure ve dows reine were ods & thet were pours gener encrusted previ sur saturated geenral crop condit e Pield work has been ous!y pushed in all sections tth 1tle narance wes ther ares of the oo hat beer coreidernbly larged planting. while in early planted fields good progress has been made In subduing the weeds and utting the sofl In better condition fer growth of e piast wiich sow sbows & newrny the improved n me e have vigor relativels from wet » pcs by comt