Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-12

annual high school graduation. There are
seven graduates and each will give a
book review. An alumni banquet will fol-
low the graduation exercises.
DECENTRALIZATION around Herman are
beginning to want rain very badly. A
good many of them have sowed grass seed
and this will not start until there is some
moisture. Corn is coming up in some
fields, while others are still planting.
Wheat seems to need rain worse than any
Of the other small grains. There is a
larger acreage of corn here than last
year. and about the same of small grain.
REPUBLICAN CIT go For several
months the merchants Of this place have
been missing, from their stores, groceries.
shoes and clothing. After a quiet watch
it has been discovered that part of the
stolen goods were in possession of c. W.
O'Brien and r. Able. both of this place.
living north of town. They were both
arrested today and about $500 or $500 worth
of clothing, shoes and groceries was re-
covered.
BEATRICE-A slight blaze in the Pad
dock hotel did damage estimated at slO0
and only its prompt discovery prevented Il
fire that would doubtless have resulted I'm
a heavy loss. The blaze started in a bas-
ket OF lace curtains on the second floor
near the eleva tor shaft from an unknown
origin. and when discovered the flames
were shooting up to the ceiling. The fire
was extinguished before gaining much
headwey.
NORTH PLATTE-Rev. George Will
liams. formerly of Lexington, preached
his first sermon as pastor at the Presby-
terrain church in this city Sunday. He
will move here with his family during the
next few weeks. This church has been
without a pastor for several months, and
the vacancy caused by the resignation of
DIR. Greenlee, who was called TO Forest
Hill church at Omaha, has been filled by
the call to Rev. Mr.. Williams.
BEATRICE-The divorce suit of Cora
Caroline Colman against Harry ID. Colman
is on trial in the district court. The films
of this suit resulted in the arrest of A.
bert Loeper of Elm township, whom plain
tiff charged with selling her husband li1uor'
Ineper was recently bound over To the dis
trict court on the charge of bootlegging,
County Attorney McGirr yesterday filed a
new information in the case OF the state OF
Nebraska against Ferreno Bertuca, the
Italian recently bound over to the district
court without bail on a charge or killing
John Preuhs, the Wymore lad. The In
formation charges him with murder In the
first degree.
BROKEN BOW-The annual meeting of
the Custer county high schools In athletic,
oratorical and declamatory contests held
here drew people from all parts or me
county. The forenoon was taken up win
a baseball game between Mason City and
Broken Bow, which resulted in a victory
for the former with the score of 10 to H.
The afternoon was devoted TO athletic
sports, and a number of gold and silver
good work in the field. The most interest
ing event, however. took place after sup
| per when the kid" ball teams Of Merna
and Broken Bow came together. The ooYs
are all I'm the seventh and eighth grades
and none weigh over 100 pounds. Nine
innings were played. the score being 3 e
II I'm favor Of Broken Bow, each pitchei
letting only one man to base on balls. II
! the evening the oratorical and d~eclamatorH
I contests were held in the large auditorium
OF the Methodist church.