y THE ALLIANCE HERALD T. J. O'Keefe, Publliher. ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA. I BRIEF TELEGRAMS. Savings doposltB In Chicago banks havo passed tbo $100,000,000 mark. In the past year they havo Increased more than $22,000,009. president Stryke of Hamilton col lege, announces that among his re cent donations to tho collego was $100,000 from- Andrew Carnegie. Upon tho departure of Amcrlca'8 European squadron from' England, about tho mlddlo of July, It will pro ceed to Lisbon for a friendly call at that port. Tho watermelon crop of Kansas will bo exceedingly short this season. Watermelons are mostly raised along tho rivers and tho floods destroyed the crop. Former President Cleveland and his family left Prlncoton for Cray Gables, Buzzard's Day, where they will spend the summer. They will return to Princeton October 1. M. V. Savage, owner of Dan Patch and Directum, tho two famous horses recently purchased by him, refused an offer of $92,000 for tho two horses. W. W. Gentry made tho offer. Tho Crown Princess of Denmark, who 1b now In Purls with hor husband, Is not celebrated for her good looks, but sho has the more permanent dis tinction of being tho richest royal princess In Europe. Tho annual convention of tho Pro testant Episcopal church of tho dlo ceso of Oregon adopted resolutions favoring a change of names. Tho res olutions favor somo nanio Incorporat ing tho word Catholic. Georgo Madison Randolph, a lineal descendant of Pocahontas and tho Randolphs, lives In St. .Louis. Ho claims to bo seventh In descent from the famotiB Indian maiden by her mar Mago with John Rolfo. St. Louis Is to havo a statuo of Pierre Lacledo, Its founded. Ho will bo represented not as a typical fron tiersman, but a8 a captain in tho French army, which rank ho held In tho militia at New OrleanB. Tho crown prlnco of Sweden, pre sumably under financial pressure, wants to sell his ancestral palaco at Stockholm. Ho has applied to tho king to submit a bill to tho riksdag authorizing him to dispose of It. Prosldent Diaz accepted an invita tion .to attend tho celebration of Fourth of July to bo given by tho American colony in Mexico City. A feature of tho day was a special luncheon given to President Diaz. On the morning of tho Fourth of July Prosldent Roosevelt sent from hlB Sagamoro Hill homo at Oyster Day a messogo formally opening tho Pacific cnblo to tho Phlllpplno Islands. Tho message was ono of greeting and congratulation to Governor Taft. A return messago was sent by Governor Taft. Leslie Comb, United States minister to Guatemala, has transmitted to tho state department, as likely to interest tho people of the localities named, a letter of condolenco from Juan Bar rios, the Guatemala minister of for eign affairs, upon the recent disasters at Topeka and Gainesville. Statistics show that Holland con sumes more smoking tobacco than any other country in the world. Her quota per head approximates nine pounds. Tho United States comes second, with about four pounds. Belgium and Germany are noxt, then Austria, with about two pounds and a half. Senator William A. Clark of Mon tana Is preparing to build tho finest house In Washington. Ho will not break ground on tho slto of tho old "Stewart castle," facing Dupont circle, until tho Massachusetts avenue resi dence of tho Colorado millionaire, Thomas F. Walsh, is finished. Hazard's pavilion, with a seating caJ paclty of 5,000, has been leased by, tho committee In charge of tho pre liminary arrangements of tho national general conference of tho Methodist church, which will convono In Los An geles in May, 1904. The entiro build lng will bo devoted to tho needs of the conference mooting, A new departuro In tho navy la marked by the issue of a circular from the navigation bureau calling for tho enlistment of electricians for tho wire less telegraph, who are expected to bo secured for $30 per month to begin, although promotions are promised to the grade of chlof electrlclnn at $00. Herr Follx Ottl, conductor of the' opera nt Karlsruhe and Balreuth, has been engaged by Manager Conroid to lead the Wagner operas at tho Metro politan opera house, New York. Tho grand duke of Baden has granted Herr .Ottl six months' leave of absence A dispatch from Seoul, capital of Corea, reports that a Corean military officer has reached tho Yalu river, Btates that 150 Russian soldiers have crossed the "river, and are now8ta tioned at two points on the Corean eide. TUB FOURTH t5 And Ycu Bet He Had TREATIESJIGNED CUBA GIVEN SOVEREIGNTY OVER ISLE OF PINE. U. S. GETS COALING STATION Palma Believes Senate Will Ratify All Outstanding Agreements Before Adjourning and Ccnent the Two Countries Solidly Together. HAVANA. Tlio treaty covering me naval and coaling station bancs and tho treaty placing tho Isle of Pines wholly under Cuban sovereignty were Blgncd Thursday at noon. Tho two treaties, which are the last of the six between tho United Stntes and Cuba, were subscribed in duplicate nt the secretary of Btate'B office. Minister Squires. Scnor Gar cia, Montes, secretary of the treasury and secretary of Btate In Senor Xaldo's absence, signing for their re spective countries. Tho IbIo of Pines Treaty, while turn ing over tho Island to tnu nbsoluto sovereignty 'of Cuba, safeguards tho rights and privileges ot the American resldonts In tho Island ns though they wcro on American territory.. Proper ty, Judicial and educational rights arc especially guaranteed. It is pointed out that tho American land holders nro better off In respect to taxation than they would bo under United States sovereignty. Tho occupation of the naval and coaling stations will be perpetual, tho rental price being purely nominal and based on the cost oi acquiring the sta tions and sites by tho Cuban govern ment, tho United States advancing any money necessary for tho purchnso of private lands at Guantannmo and Bahla Honda. Tho Benato committee on foreign relations Is delaying the ratification by postponing action on the treaty sign ed February 16, conceding the two naval stations to the United State3. Tho reason the committee gives Is that it is desirable to await the re port of the joint commission ot United States and Cuban engineers, which is now marking out the site for the larg est station at Guantanamo. President Palma and the leading ad ministration senators maintain that all the treaties will bo ratified before the adjournment of congress. WASHINGTON. Secretary Moody expressed great satisfaction on hear ing that tlu) coal stations treaty had been signed. It is earnestly hoped tho Cuban senate, before its adjournment, will ratify the treaty, as tho navy department is anxious to prococd at once with work on the stations. Preliminary surveys of tho land al ready havo been made at Guantannmo and Olympia has been retained In Car rlbean waters to bo ready to land ma terial and begin work as soon as au thorization comes from Washington. About $100,000 is immediately nvail aula for beginning the work at Guan tanamo and will bo usod probably In the construction of n wharf and small hospuai. They Are Asked to Explain. WASHINGTON, D C The trons ury department called upon tho two United States customs officials who are sold to bo connected with tho Columbia Gold Mining company for a statomont of tholr relations with tho company and a statomont of their- conduct in permitting their offi cial positions to be usod to further the Interests of the company An answer is expected wjthl i two or three days. I n jT-o-z -w. met- 13 OVER. a Good Time GOV. CUMMINS RENOMINATED. Only One Contest for Place In Iowa Republican Convention. Governor.... A. B. CUMMINS of Polk Lieutenant Governor JOHN HERRIOTT of Adair Railroad Commissioner . . . .D, J. PALMER of Washington Judge Supremo Court ..CHARLES A. BISHOP of Polk Supt. of Public Instruction J. F. RIGGS of Sigourncy DES MOINES The republican stato convention nomlnntcd the foregoing ticket and adopted the platform of principles. All the candidates wcro renominated by acclamation with tho exception of the state superintendent, for which office Mr. Riggs was nomi nated on the third ballot, his oppo nents loIng the present superintend ent, R. C. Barrett of Osage, and H. L. Adams ot west Union. j Harmony marked the proceedings of ' the convention, all of Its actions be ing by unanimous vote, with the ex ception of tho nomination of state su perintendent, but after tho ticket had been completed and the platform adopted, speeches were made which In dicated that the republican leaders ot tho stato are not entirely agreed as to tho details of the tariff policy. The tariff plank adopted was one pre pared by Senator Allison, after conferences with representative republicans vi tho , state. No objection was made to it in the committee of rcsolations nor in Its presentation to the convention. Governor Cummins In his speech ac cepting renomlnntlon approved the platform In Its entirely, but announced that he would continue to hold to all the views expressed in his speeches within tho past two years. DRAWS JAPAN TOWARD RUSSIA. of Kropatkin to Japan Seems Visit to Pave Way to Peace. j fun(( amounting to over $22,000, has ST. PETERSBURG. Tho visit of ' been jnvcated during the past month in tho Russian war minister, General j state warrants. Kropatkin, to Japan, has, according ; Tne cnIef 0f police of Omaha has to tho Japaneso newspapers, had a ,jecree(1 tt street preaching will not very satlsfactdry effect on tho rela- ( l)0 flowed. This order does not In lions between. Russia and Japan and , terfero with Salvation army work, has paved the way for a reapproach- j Lemuel Goldsberry, Jr., was drown ment I ed in the Nemaha river at Auburn. He Tho newspapers of Japan, In ex- nmi Enother"lad by the name of Hays pressing satisfaction at this stato of , were out for a 8wlm- They had be. affairs, allude to General Kropatkin j qan t0 gTide into shallow water. The as tho narblnger of peace and point uank was steeu and sijppery aml Just out that ho has been tho mikado's uey0mi the shallow water tho river guest at tho Shlba palaco. where no ' waa twenty feet deep. Goldsberry forelgnor, except princes of tho royal j-slld !nto (ne tleep water, and not be blood, had ever before resided jng mucn of a swimmer, failed to Government Sues for $2,000,000. BUTTE, Mont. The United States government has Instituted suit In tho federal court against the Anaconda Copper company, tho Bitter Root De velopment company and tho Marcus Daly estate, William Scallanftnd oth ers for $2,000,000, being (hq value of timber allcgod to have beon unlaw fully cut from tho public domain in wostcrn Montana. F. A. Jlavnard, spoclal United States attorney, was sont from Washington to bring this suit and prosecute similar cases. Russia Still Opposes Pact. PEKIN Prlnco Chlng, prosldont of the foreign office, roturned from the summer palace in order to hold a con forenco with Minister Conger on the commercial troaty betwoon China and the United States. It Is understood tho Russian opposition, which tho Chi nese forotgn office Insists prevents Its signature, is unchanged, though friends of the treaty profess the be lief that the protocol will remove op . position. General Nebraska News. I THE STATE IN BRIEF. 1 Judge B. S. Baker, formerly of Om j aha, has been elected president of tho Commercial club of Albuquerque, N. M. This action was taken at the re i cent annual meeting of the club, which is ono of the strongest organi zations in the southwest, with 200 i members and a $100,000 club building. , Rex, tho 4-year-old son of Ed Green, was killed at Hartlngton by being run over by n lumber wagon. The hired man had the team hitched to tho wag J on standing by tho house when Rex I climbed onto the wheel, tho team . started and the wheel passed over nlm just above the heart. He gasped twice and died. The Lancaster county assessment has just been finished and the assess- i ment rolls closed for the year. Tho j total valuation of property listed is 1 $8C03,077.00, an increase of $306, 903.43. This sum was fattened by I $10,000 added to the Lincoln Gns com ' pany's valuation by the county board 1 of equalization. Mrs. D. S. Guild and her son George I havo returned to their home In Platts 1 mouth from West Point, N. Y, where I the latter graduated from the United ' States military academy. George will ! remain at home until the latter part I of September, when ho will go to San 1 Francisco, Cay., and report for duty In 1 the Philippines. Details of a tragedy which happen ed near Lomax, Custer county, have ' reached Broken Bow, wherein Delia, the 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charle3 Brandt, was shot and instantly killed by Jacob, the 11-year-old son of D. C. Reyno:cls. The shoot ing was accidental, the children being nllowed to play with firearms. John Hill, who for Beveral years has been In the employ of the F. E. & M. V. railroad at Fremont, died in the hospital at Omaha and was burled , at Clay Center by the Brotherhood oi Railway Trainmen, a large delegation of whom came In from Fremont. The citizens of the town, his former home, Joined with the trainmen in the serv ices, and turned out In large num bers. Chief Deputy Game and Fish Com missioner George L. Carter assumed the duties of his office July 1st. He has finished the appointment of 200 special deputies throughout the state. Who will see to tne enforcement of the game and fish laws. These men servo without fixed compensation, save for the fees for arrests made. Ccmmis sions are being sent to them by the secretary of the commission. The B. & M. crop reports says there has been rains all along the lines and In the eastern section, where the rains were heaviest, the soil Is in fine con dition, while it is not quite bo fooa further west. There was plenty of rain along the Alliance and Sheridan branches and tho range Is in good condition. Corn is doing well and the farmers have not been deterred from cultivating it becnuse of the rains. The June treasury statement Just Is sued by Treasurer Mortensen shows that the state has on hand In tho vari ous funds $294,882.99, of which $293, 475.15 is on deposit in several banks of the state. A substantial Increase has been made In the general fund since the last statement, which show ed but a balance of $4.95. Nearly all nr . ncrrtr.i,n,irni lin.n ,i..,t rise. Tho work of tearing down and re moving the false work under tho new massive steel Burlington railroad bridgo at Plattsmouth, which spans the Missouri river, has beon accom plished. Tho false work alone, it 13 said, represented 300 carloads of tim ber. Tho work of removing the old bridge and putting in its place a new one strong onough to carry twice the burden of tho former ono was accom plished without tho stopping of a sin- Iglo rogular train on the road. Notice has Just boen received in tho office of the board of irrigation that tho government has withdrawn a large tract of tytid In the oxtremo western part of the stato under the provisions in ado by the reclamation act of the last congress. Chief Deputy Oil Inspector Church hns received a telegram from tho Standard Oil company, announcing tho shipment to Omaha of four cars of oil from the refineries of tho com pany nt Noedesha, Kan. This Is the first KansaB oil shipped into Nebraska. FORFEITING SCHOOL LEASES. Interest Delinquent on About One Hundred Thousand Acres. LINCOLN Two thonsand notices of forfeiture of school land leaseB have been sent out by Land Commis sioner Follmer. Nearly 100,000 acres of land will bo affected and tho de faulted Interest will run up into the thousands. The exact amount Is not attainable now, and will not be known until the balancing of the books takes place. It Is estimated that it will not fall below $25,000. This represents bIx months default, and under the law the lessees have ninety days In which to pay up. If they do not do so they can only get the lease renewed by paying up and In addition a lease fco of 50 cents for each forty acres. The usual practice heretoforo has been to wait until actual delinquency occurs before starting In on tho prep aration of the notices. Deputy Eaton has changed this and had tho notlceB prepared in advance so that the state will lose no Interest. Mr. Follmer has been pushing collections vigorously. In the old days delinquents were giv en all tho time they desired, and in the end a good many fo them duped the state. In one case, when Mr. Foll mer took hold, the delinquency cov ered a period of thirteen years. His practice has been to forfeit all leases Just as soon as the law will permit, where the holders do not comply with the terms of their agreement. NORFOLK MAN KILLO HIMSELF. Goes to Room In Hotel at Wayne and Suicides. WAYNE A man registered at tho Boyd hotel by the nnme of Georgo E. Welsemnn, Norfolk, Neb. He ask ed for a room and was at once shown to one. Shortly afterward a report was heard, but nothing was thought of it, as tho reports of firecrackers are heard frequently. At G:15 the clerk went to his room and called Weiseman, but received no response. On pushing the door open he discover ed the man lying on the bed with a revolver in his hand. Coroner Wil liams was summoned and it was found that the man had been dead some tlfno and that death must have 'been instantaneous, as there was no evi dence of a struggle and his hand grasped the revolver, by hfs side as ho" lay on the bed. V York Wants a New Depot. YORK York business men aro agi tating the building of the Burlington depot. From time to time they thought they received some encour agement from tho Burlington officials, it there Is any city in Nebraska need ing a depot it is York. The present frnme structure is one of the oldest depots in the state and is not largo enough to accommodate the business and the public. Affirms the Sentence. Tho supreme cpurt at its recent sit ting affirmed the conviction of Fred Reno, found guilty In Sheridan coun ty on a charge of having sent threaten ing letters through the mails. Reno had left the country, and the action of tho court was kept secret until he could be located. The man was found In Montana and the documents were therefore given to the public. Members of Embalming Board. The stato board of health met and appointed as member of the embalm ing board, to serve three years, E. Ratenour of Weeping Water. The other members of the board are Wil liam Hill of Hebron and Brewer of South Omaha. The appointment is made every, years from a list of three names recommended by the State Era balmers' association. Names a New. Member. E. Ratnour of Weeping Water has been named as a member of the board uf secretaries of tho state board of health, which has charge of the Issu ance of certificates to embalmers of the dead. The appointment was made from threo names suggested by tho state association. Considers Oil Prospect Good. LOUISVILLE John Joseph of Wa hoo, Neb., was In town, and after looking over tho prospects states thai Indications for oil are excellent. Big Land Sale Near Sidney. SIDNEY Ono of tho largest land sales that has taken place In somo time occurred here. Zadock H. Clark and Henry F. HanVlton of South Omn ha sold to Henry Armstrong of Gild den, la., 4,640 acros of land twelve miles north of the city. This land will be highly Improved and stocked with the finest grades of cattle an horses obtainable in Iowa. Several otlfer large sales are now on tap and many farmers are buying. Iowa Farms $4 Par Acre Cash, blDce H crop tin paid. IttJLH ALL. Btoul City, U Crown Prince Comec of Age. On May 6 tho Crown Prlnco ot Prussia and future Gorman emperor became of age. Tho second son of the German omperor, Prince Eltcl Frederick, will cclebrato his 2lBt birthnay on July 7, 104, and the third son, Prince Adalbert, on July 14, 1905, The fourtn son, Prince Attguste Wil liam, wla be 1C years old next Janu ary. Oscar la a year younger, while iiie sixth son will bo 13 next Decent ber. Tho kaiser's only daughter Is tho youngest child, being 11 years old. Stops tho Cough and Works OAT tho Cold Laxative BromoQuininoTobloU. Prfco25c. Calvert Estate Changes Hands. Mount Airy, the famous Calvert es tate near Washington, founded by the first Lord Baltimore and held by the family for more than 200 years, has just passed into alien hands. The estate of 800 acres has been purchas ed by Mrs. Frances Gibson of Ohio tor $11,000. Among tho bidders for the property was Secretary Hay. Plto'a Cure cannot do too highly apolton of as a cough cure. J. W. O'UuiK.f, 323 Tnlrd Ave., N., Minneapolis. Minn., Jan. 8. 1900, A Gargantuan Feast. A monster banquet has Just been tiven by a wealthy land owner at 3ulmperle, in Normandy, to celebrate the simultaneous wedding of his four shildrcn, two sons and two daughters. No fewer than 1,600 guests sat down to the feast, which took placo in tho spen air. The bill of fare Included Svo cattle and sixteen lambs. So lavish was the scale of ordering that, though tho 1,000 guests are reported to havo had magnificent appetites, there was more than enough for all. Nor was their thirst neglected, for :he guests emptied ten large barrels of wine and fifteen of elder, besides llsposlng of much else of a liquid character. To tho housewife who has not yet Docome acquainted with tho now things of everyday use in tho market and who Is reasonably satisfied with tho old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch bo mado at once. Not alone because it Is guaranteed by tho manufacturers to bo superior to any other brand, but because each 10c packago con tains 16 ozs., while all tho other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It Is safe to say that tho lady who once uses Defiance Str.rch will uso no other. Quality aud quantity must win. A Dreadful Change. The Now York Rialto Is laughing over a story told ,on Will Carelton, the poet, who is also a publisher. The ' other day he appeared at his office In a new coat, which ho hung up. It fell to the dusty floor. The office boy picked the garment up without brush-" lng it and helped Mr. Carleton put it on. Catching a glimpse of his own disreputable appearance in a mirror tho poet thundered: "Boy! What do you mean by thl3? I come In hero looking like n publisher and you send me out looking like an author!" Seventeen-Cent Rations. It is pointed out that tho cost ot feeding the militia which went to St. Louis was 60 cents per man per day. The cost of feeding tho regulars was 17 cents. Here Is a typical program for ono day: Breakfast Oatmeal and milk, pork sausage, potatoes, bread and coffee. Dinner Bread and coffee, baked beans, pork, catsup. Supper Bean soup, cold corned beef, potatoes, bread and coffee. This was varied from day to day in the way of bacon, ham, fresh beef, canned beef, peas, onions and other vegetables. Tho regulars were better fed at 17 cents per day than tho militia at 60 cents. The Oldest Public BuTidlng. "' If we seek the oldest civic building In the United States we shall find our selves in the quaint old adobe palaco of the governors In Santa Fe, N. M. This long, low structure In tho sec ond oldest city of tho United States has been the seat of government un der the Spanish, Mexican and Ameri can regimes for nearly 300 years. It now contains tho museum of the New Mexico Historical society, of which L. Bradford Prlnpp. n nntlvo Mom "lorker and former governor of New Mexico, is president. Governor Prlnco considers this "the most historic building in the United States." If a man has a poor memory it is up to him to stick to tho truth. For Aged People. Bellflower, Mo., July Gth. Mr. G. V. Bohrer of this place has written an open letter to tho old men and wom en of tho country, advising them to uso Dodd's Kidney Pills as a remedy for those forms of Kidney Trouble so common among tho aged. Mr. Bohr er says: "I suffered myself for years with my Kidneys and urinary organs. I was obliged to get up as many as seven or eight times during tho night. "I tried many things with no suc cess, till I saw one of Dodd's Alma nacs, and read of what Dodu's Kid ney Pills were doing for old people. "I bought two boxes from our drug gist and began to uje them at once. In a very short time I was well. This is over a year ago, and my trouble has not roturned, so that I know my cure was a good, genuine, permanent" one. "I believo Dodd's Kidney Pills art a splendid medicino for old people or anyone suffering with Kidney and url nary troubles, for although t am 84 year;i of age, they havo made me well," There is something sad about a pipe aream when the pipe goes out. It takes a woman to show a man , how silly he can make himself, 1 & $ 'w. i V Y IT