Nebraska Newspapers

    THE ALLIANCE HERALD
T. J. O'Keefa, Publisher.
ALLIANCE, NEBRA8KA.
News in Brief
After Bovon monthB of frultlcBB
alttlngs tho session of tho Cuban con
gross has closed. '
Three wero killed nnd flftcon wound
,ed in a fight with, brigands In a sub
urb of tho City of Mexico.
Francis O. Laddon of Stnatsburg,
N. Y has boen appointed third sec
rotary of tho American embassy at
Berlin.
Prlnco Honry of Prussia Intends to
glvo up his rostdenco at the old cnstlo
of Kiel for his now chnceau at Hera
melmark.
Tho wealthiest congressional candi
date thla yoar Is said to bo Mayor An
drua of Yonkore, N. Y. His honor's
valuation is set at 130,00,000.
At Mobile, la., Charles Harding shot
his wlfo throo times nnd then turned
tho pistol on himself, tho bullot pene
trating the baao of tho brain,
i A dispatch to tho Lokal Anxclgor
from Mukden saya tho Eighth Russian
Jarmy corps has arrived thcro and that
(General Kuropatkln will roako new
(Plans Immediately.
! A movement has been begun In Rnl
clgh, N. C, for tho erection of a m6n
jumont to United Statos Senator M. W.
JUaeom.-who died recently. It will
be placed In Capital square. -
Frederick Douglas Morrison of Bal
timore, recognized as ono of tho ablost
.educators of tho blind In tho world,
.died last Saturday from tho affects
of an operation for appendicitis.
Great Britain keeps hold on Thibet
Uy proposing' to occupy Chumbl Val
ley, tho key to tho country, until tho
entire amount of tho 13,750,000 in
demnity demanded has boon paid.
British mllltury experts, aro of the
opinion that tho bnttlo of the Shakho
river has resulted In n victory for tho
Japaneso and that tho RuBsInnn aro
now returning north of tho Hun river.
King Edward gave a luncheon nt
Buckingham palnco In honor of Ad
miral Jowell and other naval officers.
Ambassador Choato, Secretary White
and Attacho Stockton were also pres
ent. Edward L, Barrett, solicitor of Now
'Mexico Binco 1889 and onco adjutant
general of the torrltory, Ik dead at
Santa Fo of pneumonia. He was born
in Maine nnd went to Santa Fc in
1881.
When Mayor McClollau of New
York tried to register last week tho
registrars Hid not recognize him and
demanded his naturalization papers
when ho told them he was born in
Germany.
Tho unexpired portion of the son
tenco of confinement of General Pris
oner Benjamin Ladyburlg. late prl
vato of Compafly B, First battalion of
engineers, has boon ordorcd remitted
by General Wlnt.
Tho decision of tho Nntlonnl Spir
itualistic association, in convention at
St. Louts, to nomlnato tho officers by
ballot kept tho assembly in nn uproar
for two hours. It was hnnlly decided
to postpono tho election.
Charles B Pfahler of Chicago re
signed as chief clerk of tho depart
ment of concsssiouB of tho Louisiana
, purchaso exposition. Mr. Pfahler or
ganized tho accounting system In use
.at tho Columbian exposition.
A Llao Yang telegram says tlfnt ac
commodations for tho wounded nro
tcxhaustcd. A servlco of hospital trains
has boon orgnnlzcd to tnke the Jap
anese wounded to Now Chwnng, where
hospital ships aro In tho linrbor.
Prof. Barrett Wendell of Harvard
university has Balled for Europo to de
liver, at tho Sorbonne, In PnrlB. during
tho coming winter, lectures in Eng
lish every week on 'America, Ameri
can Ideas nnd Institutions."
Frank F. Holmes of Chicago, In his
report as secretary-treasury of tho
National Association of Local Fire In
surnnco Agents nt Its opening session
In St. Louis, hints nj. further troublo
in tho Cook County insurance case.
Thero Is a slump In tho coko busi
ness In tho Connellsvllle region.
Ovens aro bolng blown out throughout
tho region, tho yards contain thou
sands of tons of coko and tho sidings
nro filled with loaded cars with no
destination.
Mr. McCormack, tho American am
bassador to Russia, called at the stato
department to pay his respects to Sec
retary Hay and Assistant Secretary
Loomls. The nmbaBsador had satis
factory reportB to mako regarding tho
condition of RuBso-Amcrlcan relations.
A Blight earthquako shock, travel
ing from-northwest to southwest, was
felt at St. Louis. The disturbance
was recorded on tho seismograph In
tho weather bureau exhibit of tho
Philippine government at the World's
fair. The earthquake caused a tillght
rattling of dishes In parts of St. Louis,
but did no damage.
A resolution disapproving of reci
procity with Canada waB adopted by
tho Vermont house of representatives
without opposition.
Fire destroyed the National bank
building and threo ojher houses at
Wells Point, Tex., entailing a loss of
$80,000, Insured partially.
Tho North Gorman Gazetlo of Ber
lin prints nn oxpllcit denial o'f the
statement contained In a dispatch
from Pekln to tho London Times that
Germany was Intriguing ngatnst
China's acceptance of tho Anglo-Tibetan
treaty. . . , '
THE ARMY FRONT
ALONG WHICH THERE 18 8AID TO
BE 8HARP FIGHTING.
TROOPS HOLD OLD POSITIONS
Rusdans Are Entrenching the Ground
Recently Occupied by Them. They
Aro Expected to- Resume the Of
fensive Within a Few Days.
MUKDEN Sharp fighting contin
ueB along Jho front. Tho Russians are
cntronchlng ground recently occupied
by them.
Whllo no pitched battlo has occurrod
during tho last few days, tho two
armies are kept In touch with ono an
other, holding tho positions they oc
cupied when the big battlo ended.
There Is no ovldcnco that tho Russian
army will rush north, as waB tho case
after tho battlo of Llao Yang. In fact,
tho Russians have another lino of de
fenses to fall back on In tho ovopt
that they aro forced out of tholr pres
ent positions.
During tho last few days thero has
been frequont nrtlllory Are, occasional
Infantry attacks and dally clashes be
tween outposts and scouts.
Unless tho Japanese tako tho Initia
tive Boon tho Russians, It is expected!
wlJl resumo tho offonslvo and en
deavor to drive tho Japanese hack,
for tho purpose of Insuring tho Bafcty
of their winter quarters, which un
doubtedly will bo north of Mukdon
unlcsB a southward advanco is suc
cessful. Another big battle Is expected short
ly, as tho weather Ib already turning
cold. It will be Impracticable for tho
two nrmioe to winter In their present
positions midway between Mukden and
Llao Yang.
Many incidents arc coming to light
fihowln gtho bravery of tho Russlnn
soldiers during their stubborn resist
anco to tho Jnpanese ndvance nnd in
their attempts to drive tho Japanese,
lipck. The men fought night and day
without rest and afterwards xworkod
for hours carrying tho wounded to tho
hospitals. When the Russlnn troops
reenpturod Lone Tree hill they retook
Bcvoral guns and a quantity of am
munition which tho Jnpaue"8e had pre
viously captured. They also took sev
eral Japanese guns In addition.
At tho conclusion of tho fight tho
hill was covered with tho dead and
wounded of both armies. Tho Japanese
prisoners were treated by tho Russians
with tho greatest kindness. At ono
hospital visited by tho Associated
PresB correspondent Japnncse pri
vates woro found In their officers'
ward. Tho army hospital corps and
tho Red Cross societies did splendid
work. Tho wounded were dressed nnd
forwarded totho hospitals with tho
greatest expedition.
Th Russian conimlssnrlat also was
admirably handled. Portablo soup kit
chens wero most useful, going under
fire to feed tiio men.
ARIZONA POPULATION INCREASE
Governor's Annual Report Says It Ic
New Over 165,000.
WASHINGTON Tho annual re
port of tho governor of Arizona to the
secretary of tho Interior sayB that the
territorial population has Increased
considerably and that tho total popu
lation now Is between 1G5.000 and
170,000. It expresses n deslro on tho
part of tho people of Arizona for state
hood, but says:
"Finding themselves confronted
with a plan to"unito their territory
with Now Mexico, the people of Ari
zona havo protested vigorously and
will continue to do so until they have
defeated this lepugnnnt scheme. They
would perfcr that their common
wealth remain n territory indefinitely
rather than bo joined with New Mexi
co." Tho governor adds his belief that the
merger would not be acceptable to tho
mass of peoplo of either territory. Tho
report says tho floating Indebtedness
of Arizona, which on Juno 30,. 1003.
was $92,341, has been wiped out and A
bnlanco of $20,849 remained In the
general fund at the close of tho last
fiscal yoar. Tho taxablo property In
tho territory has gained $1,981,505 dur
ing tho year. Tho total taxablo prop
erty of tho various counties is $45,
0C9.545. Substantial progress In other
directions Is reported.
Russians Retake Shakhe Station.
ST. PETERSBURG Shakho sta
tion, or wHat Is left of it, has been
recaptured by tho Russians, who will
reopen It for railway traffic with Muk
den. It is reported that tho Japanese
made a furious attempt to take a
wooded hill near Da pass. The firing
began nt 11 o'clock and continued
with rlflo and cannon through the
night. This action probably was a part
of an attempt by tho Japanese who
wero already In possession of small
hills In tho plain to rush tho center
along tho foothills at the Shakho
river.
The Outlook In China.
LONDON Bennett Burleigh, after
careful inquiry Into the situation, ca
bles tho Dally Telegraph from Shang
hal that tho political outlook In Chlnn
Is worso now than prior to tho "boxer
outbreak In 1900." Widespread oper
ations of secret societies, ho says,
show a dangerous recrudesconco of
anti-foreign feeling. Drilling of largo
bodies of well equipped troops Is pro
ceeding day and night in many dis
tricts of southern nnd mtddlo prpv
Inces nnd tho Chlnesw authorities aro
buying military equipment.
CAPTURE LONE TREE HILL.
Jap's Driven From a Point of Great
Advantage.
ST. PETERSBURG Dosplto tho
feeling of bitter disappointment over
tho failure of tho Russian offensive
nnd tho complete miscarriage of Gen
eral Kuropatkln's plans, tho battle
continues nnd his defeat docs not ap
poor to bo so crushing and disastrous
as tho Toklo telegrams led tho Rus
sian public to suppose.
Whllo tho talcs of death and slaugh
ter have plunged the nation Into grief,
and tho exact situation of Kuropat
kln's army, especially tho loft, 1b not
clear, but probably must be regarded
as critical, It Is evident that the wild
stories of a rout and of tho cutting off
of a whole corps, etc., aro baseless.
Kuropatkln Is still doggedly trying
to stem tho tide and there 1b nothing
but admiration for the heroic flguro
of tho Russian commander personally
directing tho fight to savo his batter
ed legions.
Indeed, the latest official dispatches
almost rovlvo tho hopo that he does
not consldor tho battlo to bo Irro
triveably lost, as ho han personally
launched attack after attack against
tho strong Japaneso position on Lono
Tree hill, south of Shakhe, at last
carrying It by storm and obtaining
aomo rovengo for tho losd of tho
Third artillery brigade, by capturing
eleven field pieces and ono machine
gun. (
But whether this offcnslvcness of
Kuropatkln was forced In order to ex
tricato his flanks is not revealed, tho,
war office affirming that It Is unablo to
communlcato preclso information re
garding wfial Is occurring oh the left.
Everything proves tjant npt since
tho tlmo of tho ancients, and ccrtala
ly not within n hundred years, has the
world witnessed such desperate light
ing. The slaughter doubtless Is ap
palling, but the war office contends
that tho Toklo reports are Bxaggor
ntcd. UNION PACIFIC'S REPORT
Company Shows Net Earnings of Over
Twenty-SIx Million Dollars.
NEW YORK Tho pamphlet re
port of tho Union Incific Railroad
company for tho fiscal year ended
Juno 30, last, issued, shows: Gross
earnings, $55,279,231, Increase, $4,
204,042; operating expenses, $29,020,
007. Increase, $1,G80,723; net earnings.
$2C.252,G24, increase, $2,517,319. After
receipt of other Income and payment
of total charges, there remains a sur
plus for the year or $4,713,450, a de
crease of $2.10,018.
Tho report sets forth that owing to
the decree In tho Northern Securities
company suit the Oregon Short Lino
has been unable to collect 'its North
ern Securities dividends since Feb
ruary 1, last.
Thero wero sold during the venr
$10,000,000 face value Union Pacific
compauy's 5 per cent collateral notes
matunng February 1. 1905; the pro
ceeds were ucd In further advances
to tho Southern Pacific company In
the construction of or investment In
now lines, In the completion or the
steamships Manchuria and Mongolia
and in the purehnso of other equip
ment. BIG'MONEY ORDER BUSINESS
Big Increase In the Domestic and In
ternational Orders.
WASHINGTON The total number
oi money orders Issued by this gov
ernment during tho last fiscal year
passed the 50.000,000 mark for tho
first tlmo Ir. history, as shown by the
annual report or the superintendent or
(he money order system. .
Tho net revenue or the money order
business was $2,528,103, an Increase
or $288,494, as compared with the pro
vlous flscnl yenr. The gross revenue
was $3,620,070, an increase or $37G,282.
The number or domostic orders Is
sued was 50,392,551 aggregating $378,
778,488, and International money or
ders Issued numbered -.208,314, aggre
gating $42,550,150.
The Issue or domestic orders in
creased 4.45U.873 in number, nnd $25,
150,840 in amount whllo Internation
al orders Issued Increased 294,195 nnd
$7,312,215 respectively.
JAMES CALLANAN'S PROPERTY.
Must Be Converted Into Ca3h Within
Five Years.
DES MOINES Tho millions or do)
lars or stocks and other property or
tho Into James Cullannn must be con
verted into casli within the next five
years, according to the provisions or
tho will which has been filed here. Mr.
Callannn'8 wealth Is estimated at $5.
000,000 or $0,000,000. Ho owned er
amounts or stock in Industrial com-.
panics both local and national. Ho al
so owned extensive Iron mines In
Arizona and gold mines in other parts
or tho west. According to tho will this
must all bo sold and a considerable
quantity orthe money wiJI bo deposit
ed with the Iowa Loan and Trust com
pany or Des Moines to pay annuities
and carry out other provisions or the
will.
Release Causes No Surprise.
ST. PETERSBURG Tho nowspa
pors publish lull reports or tho trial
by the r.dmlrolty council or tho case
or tho British steamer Allanton. seiz
ed Juno 10 by the Vladivostok squad
ron, and her cargo, but abstain from
comment on tho (council's annulment
or tho Judgment or tho Vladivostok
prize court. Tho decision eausos no
surprise. Tho demand or tho owners
of tho Allanton for indemnity for the
detention of tho ship probably will
havo to bo tho subject or negotiations
through tho foreign offlco.
AS TO OUR LANDS
LAWS IN RELATION THERETO IN'
NEED OF REVISION.
SO SAYS THE COMMISSIONER
The Present Statutes Were Enacted
to Meet Conditions Which Have
Passed Away Question of How Best
to Take Care of the Grazing Lands.
WASHINGTON "Tho land lawn of
the United States need revision," said
Commissioner Richards of tho gener
al land offlco today. "Many of tho laws
on our statuto books are mado for con
ditions which existed twenty yeard
ago, and quartor sections of land up
on which homesteaders are'permltted
to flic must glvo way to larger areas
of land because tho best lands aro oc
cupied. Tho forestry laws and timber
and stone laws also need revision, and
tho commission appointed by tho presi
dent, consisting of Mr. PInchot, head
of tho forestry division of tho agricul
tural department; Mr. Newall, chief
hydrographer of tho geological sur
vey, and myself, expect to mako a re
port to congress based on an investi
gation and data now at hand. And yet
all three of us find it hard to give this,
subject tho attention It really de
serves because of the duties of our
several positions, which tako up all
our time."
Upon tho subject of tho opening of
the Rosobud In Gregory county, South
Dakota, Mr.' Richards stated that about!
half tho lands had been taken under
tho drawing at $4 per aCTC. On Nov
embeY 8, three jnonthg nitJTr th"c tlmo
r.t whieji nHTjlrav. mg occurred, the
bcotfB will be closed for those enter
lag r)n homesteads. After November 8
the land remaining may be taken at
$3 per acre, that period extending for
three months, or until February 8 of
next year. After that date all lands
romalnlnggAindisposed of may bo filed
upon at $2.50 per acre for a period or
rour years. Upon the termination or
that period tho president is permitted
to dispose or the remainder by salo
under-the rules and regulations of tho
secretary of the Interior.
"A most excellent class of people
entered Rosebud country during the
opening of the reservation and draw
ing for locations," continued Mr.
Richards. "Many of them were people
of fair means, otherwise they would
not have been able to comply with
the terms laid down. These people will
be n great addition to the South Da
kota population, nnd cannot help but
be good citizens. We have found many
cases where people, after once look
ing at the land, decided to go else
where, and there are cases where por
tions drawing low numbers have tailed
to tuke advantage of their opportunity
to Koltlo upon much vnlunble land. Of
course, this number was small, but It
showed that tho time between the In
tention of filing and tho time In which
to put up the money weeded out many
Irresponsible persons nnd resulted in
an exceedingly better class of settlers.
"One of the geratest problems which
confronts tho Interior department Is
J.he question of how best to tako care
of tho grazing lands of the country.
Sometimes. I think that if we could
lease these lands to cattle and sheep
men surrounded with every safe
guard for the government, that 11
would be a most excellent way of
getting out or existing conditions. As
civilization pushes onward the great
public domain is absorbed and broad
acres ot untillcd soil grow smaller
every year. The cattlemen nnd sheep-,
men. realizing this, drove their herds'
rur nfleld, nnd ir tho government could
obtain lease monov from these cattle
and sheepmen it would not only glvo
them protection, but bo adding to the
treasury."
JAPANESE PORT ARTHUR LOSS
Camp Follower Says 50,888 of Mika
do's Men Are Slain.
CHICAGO A special to the Dally
News from Che Foo says: "Accord
ing to a camp follower, who has been
for some tlmo with the Japaneso army
now besieging Port Arthur and who
Is at present In Cho Foo, hnvlng ar
rived frpm Dalny, tho number of Jap
anese killed beforo thi forts has
reached 50,000. He says tho mikado's,
men recklessly attacked tho strongest
positions, mnking bola rushes In
masses, the soldiers being stripped of
their accoutrements nnd clothing. Tho
result was that tho Russian machine
gunsmowed them down. Ho also as
serts that thore Is some talk among
tho officer's and men that leads to tho
belief that tho Japaneso mean to try.
to carry the Inner forts this month.
Gold Discovery In Colorado.
DURANGO Colo. Tho reported dis
covery of extensive bodies or quartz
rich In gold and silver In tho La
Plata range or tho Rocky mountains,
west or this city, has created excite
ment. Hundreds or men have gone to
the locality nnd many mineral claims
have already been located. Assays ob
tained are said to run from $50 to
over $2,000 to tho ton.
No Information at Washington.
WASHINGTON. Assistant Secro
tary Darling said on Friday that, so
far as ho was awaro, no advices had
been received at tho navy department
or tho reported skirmish between.
United Statos marlnos and Panamans
on tho isthmus, ir any dispatches have
been received, the assistant secretary
explained they In all probability would
bo sent to the department and would
not be delivered to tho officers until
morning. At this time the navy has
about 450 marines on tho isthmus.
NEBRASKA
THE NEW8 IN NEBRASKA.
Lightning struck nnd badly wrecked
tho houso ot Mr. Peterson. None or tho
inmates wero Injured.
Stoven Whlttecnr 1b on trial at Da
kota City for alleged felonious as
sault upon hiB daughter.
Thero Is an unknown person In the
irlcinlty of St. Paul who has a mania
for setting firo to hay stacks.
An alleged deaf and dumb man col
lecting subscriptions for tho Ladies
Homo Journal at York is said to be a
fraud.
The potato crop this season in the
vicinity of Beatrice is the largest
raised In that section for many years.
Tho average prico per bushel Is from
40 to GO cents.
In a hotly contested Bpcclal election
tho proposition to bond tho town of
Fairfield to the extent of $1,300 for
tho building of a water works sys
tem carried by a majority of ono vote.
The doors of tho Pacific hotel at
Norfolk, which had been closed to tho
public for more than a month becauso
of a disagreement between tho pro
prietor and tho landlord, will again
open In a few days.
Two men in Hall county stole a load
of pumpkins out of a farmer's field,
and would have escaped but for their
over greediness. They put ono pump
kin too many on the wagon and broke
it down. Beforo they could get clear
of tho broken wagon they were cap
tured. (ieorgo Washer, near Cayuga, a
farmer living near the Union Pacific
tracks, wns horrified when, his do
brought home a human hand. Tt wa's a
left hand, and bore tho appearance
of having seen hard work, and had
evidently bc6n ground off three inches
above the wrist.
At the Ursulinc Sisters' school In
York, Julia Smith, from Whitman,
Neb., died from Brlght's disease. She
had been removed to Mrs. Flick's
home, where every care and attention
was given her. The mother Is expect
ed and tho remains will be sent to
Whitman for Interment.
A misplaced switch sent the engine
and ore fnr of n t-ni" i-..i-. m,
yard at Kearney on the Callaway
branch ot tho Union Pacific into tue
ditch. Tho drivers on the locomotive
were burled to tho axles In the mud,
but the engine remained upright. The
passengers were considerably shaken
up, but no one was injured.
At Chadron, the alleged robber,
Frank Woods, was given his prelim
inary hearing and was bound over to
the district court in the sum or $2,000.
This Is the man whom Miss Mne
Johnson claims robbed her of. $4,000
on August Vi last. A large roward was
offered for his arrest and Deputy Sher
iff Mote has just returned with him
from Arizona. No.,iostimony was of
fered for tho defense.
The eighth and ninth grades or tho
Fi-th schools were closed the other
day on account or tho resignation or
Proressor George R. McDonald who
decided to leave tho service of the
board of education. The primary
teacher, Miss Champion, at tho meet
ing of the board, declared that the
professor paid her decided attentions
and even went to tho length of salut
ing her upon her cheek against her
will.
The second sensation of one week
In York county waB tho kidnaping of
llttlo John MacKeo, son of Mrs.
Spaulding. proprietress of the North
York hotel at York, who was divorced
from Mr. MacKee and Is said to have
been given tho custody of their 7-year-old
son. Johnnlo wns on his way
to school nnd his playmates noticod
a team stop and a mnn get out and
forcibly carry Johnnie to tho ouggy,
when ho whipped up tho horses and
drove south. They were overhauled
and arrested.
W. P. Everingim, of North Loup,
who, during the past five years, has
built up an immense busines In grain,
seeds and popcorn, has sold out his en
tire plant to I. j, Manchester or Ord.
By overruling tho demurrer filed by
tho Knnsas City & Northwestern rail
way In a case Involving tho validity or
tho Ramsey elevator law tho supremo
court practically. declares tho law con
stitutional. The case was one wherein
tho former elovntor company or Vir
ginia asked tho court to compel tho
railroad company to lay a sidetrack to
Its elovator. The railroad filed a de
murrer nnd this has been overruled.
It Is now thought that the new Ne
braska state hospital ror the Insane
at Norrolk, which' has been in course
of construction slnco last spring, will
bo ready for occupancy about Janu
ary 1. Tho rour buildings aro prnctlc
all finished from an exterior view
point and tho rcmnlnlng three months
will be required for plastering, plumb
ing and tho like. By tho first of tho
year it Is thought that tho patients
whose homos are In northern Ne
braska can be transferred rrom tho
Lincoln and Hastings asylums to this
place.
The grocery store or C. W. Gillette
at Ellis, was entered by burglars who
mado away, with one dollar in change,
taken rrom tho postofllco cash draw
er, and $10 worth of stamps.
San Rafael do Mlnas VIeJas, tho
.largo Mexican ranch, comprising 48,
000 acres, owned by D. E, Thompson,
has been leased to a syndicate for a
.period of ten years, through W. J.
Robinson of Lincoln. The ranch Is one
of tho richest sections of the stato of
Can Luis PotosI, on tho Orange river,
among the foothills of tho Sierra
Madro mountains.
STATE NEWS
1 INDIANS ARE ON THE STAND
How the Wards of Uncle Sam Are
Swindled.
WINNEBAGO INDIAN AGENCY
Testimony that the O'Connors, bank
ore Homer, havo got Indians pension
checks from the postofficc, endorsed
the name of the payee without au
thority and applied the money rtn
notes given by the one to whom tho
check wan drawn was tho sensation
or tho morning session or tho Inquiry
court here. Joseph Hlncmann, an In
dian, declared that this had been done
in the caso or his own rather who gets
a check for $17 pension every quar
ter. He testified also that on a loan of
$25 he had to give a note for $36, due
In three months, which Is an Interest
rate of 125 per cent.
Green Rainbow, ono of the leaders
of tho tribe, declared he had been of
fercd a team of horses froo or charge
by tho O'Connors if he would not testi
fy before tho inspectors. Witness also
declared an attempt had beon mado to
Intimidate him at the point of a gun
hold by Harold O'Conner in the
O'Conner bank Into giving up somo
money ho had on deposit.
Jacob Russell, another Indian trad
er, testified that the fact that a ring
of Homer and Emerson morchantK
snapped up the Indians' pay checks
at the agency, prevented him from
collecting money honestly duo be
causo tho Indians would have no
money left after escaping from the
whites.
Claims of traders that tho Iudinns
are unfriendly to Father Schell's cam
paign for reforms In the conditions
surrounding them were refuted when
representative men of tho tribe ap
peared before Inspctor Wright to testi
fy. ' !
Tho taking of notes for double thf
sum of money loaned, tho salo or
horses for $500 when tho animals wero
not worth $25, the use of coercion In
tho matter of securing pay checks,
the loaning of money to buy whisky
and the purchaso of liquor in saloons
openly were some of the thing3 testU
fled to.
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NEBRASKA SCHOOL LANDS.
Thero are Less Than Four Hundred
Acres Not Under Lease.
According to the records in tho office
of Land Commissioner Follmer, there
aro at this tlmo only 381.88 acres or
school land not under lease in the
state out or a total or 1,940,000 acres.
This land can be leased by application
to tho land commissioner's office. Dur
ing the last Tour years thero has been
leased about 54,000 acres and about
120,000 has been re-leased. The enact
ment of the Kinkald law and tho Ir
rigation work being carried on, has
made a demand for school land and
this accounts for the numerous appli
cations received lately, the applica
tions being more numerous than tho
land commissioner's office could sup
ply. The land Is situated as follows:
Cherry county, seVi ' bwU 3G-25-38.
40 acres; Gago county, lots 1 and 9
In block 4 and 5, nw4 1G-2-7, 3 acres;
Kimball county, lots 1 and 2, in noU
1G-12-59, G9.52 acres; lots 3 and 1 in
se',4 16-12-59, G9.36 acres; Perkins
county e nw4 and n& swVi and
8WV4 sw'i 36-11-35, 200 acres.
Co-nperatlon on Statlotics.
R. W. Durham or the department of
statistics or the federal government is
making a trip through the stato in
vestigating the labor employed in the
penitentiary and other penal institu
tions. Ho will co-operate with the labor
bureau or statistics and it Is expected
this cooperation will result in much
more accuracy than hns heretofore ob
tained. Sutton, Creamery Burns.
SUTTON Tho Sutton creamery
was completely destroyed by fire. This
Is the second time this creamery has
been destroyed in like manner. It was
built In 1883 by a stock company
and burned In 1SS7 and rebuilt the
samo year. The loss will be about
S5.000.
Horsethleves Are Busy.
NORFOLK Horso thieves in and
about Norfolk havo boon doing a rush
ing business lntely. Several fine ani
mals have disappeared and none of"
them recaptured. Bloodhounds have
been put upon the trail of a number
of thorn without .success.
Girl Injured In Accident.
McCOOK Miss Martha Shears, liv
ing a few, miles southwest of McCook,
waB thrown from a horso, severely
rracturlng her leg between the hip
and knee. She was dragging herself
home in the darkness, when found by
a member of the family.
Woman Looko for Recreant Spouse.
BEATRICE A woman giving the
name or Mrs. Elliott was hero look
ing for her husband, whom she claims
deserted her at Falrbury. Sho stated
that he left her at a hotel ;:t that
place and alter disposing or ho house
hold goods ho loft town. Elliott was
hero Thursday with a woman namud
Davis, and the coupje loft for Lincoln
on an ovenlng train the same day.
When Mrs. Elliott wns so Informod
by Chler Ashonroltcr Bho loft for tho
capital city to s.eo If she could locato
her truant, husband.
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