THE TEST OF LOYE.
Of all the noblo rivers that go bound
Ing to tho 6oa nono is moro splendid
than tho Columbia. Its plneclad banks
glvo a majestic setting for Its silver
stream. But why should It bo called
silver? At times It Is tho deepest greon
deeper and moro luminous than tho
heart of a Jewel. Thoro aro hours
when Its cascades havo a thousand col
ors, llko niothcr-of-peavl. Thcro aro
dawns, nfter tho mist ha3 lifted, when
tho broad ourfaco of tho river abovo
tho cascades Is actually saffron or bur
nished gold.
Barbara Merrldoa knew It In every
mood, and loved It whether It was
liomber with storm, or sullon !n tho
harsh autumn days, or sclntUlant un
der tho July sunshine. She was as
much at homo upon tho river as on
tho land; nnd tho firm earth, with nil
Its comfort and beauty, could never
glvo her tho Joy that she felt wbon tho
current took her boat In Its strong em
brace. She went to tho river In her sor
rowful moments as well as In her hap
py ones. She fled to It as n friend.
Mien George Caxtou told her that ho
loved her sho ran to the river to tell It
of the blessing that had como into her
life. But, sonio way sho did not feel
tho ecstasy sho had expected to. Tho
pleasure In her heart did not riso to
meet tho splendor of water nnd sky
and shore. She had often looked for
ward to this hour ns tho crowning Joy
of her life. But with grief sho discov
ered that tho none of ini-n '
higher note than tho lovo lyric of her
heart.
Perhaps It was becauso tho hour had
been too long expected. Gcorgo Cax
ton and Barbara Merrldon had gono to
school together. They knew every
event of each other's lives. Thoy had
always been attached to each other,
George had never thought of any other
girl with emotion, and Barbara had
long felt that sho was destined to bo his
wife. Sho had said yes to his earnest
question with gratitude nnd happiness,
yet now, In tho mystic hour by the
river, with tho sun shedding its last
cxquislto glow upon nn unreal world,
sho felt a weariness of spirit at tho
moderation of her Joy.
Sho was turning from her" beautiful
river, humiliated at tho inadequacy
of her own emotions, when sho saw
walking among tho pines, with eyes
fixed upon tho distant glory of tho sky,
a young man whom she had never seen
before. Ho did not see her till sho was
close by him, and then he looked with
n start at tho face of tho girl, spiritual
and exquisite with its deep emotional
experience. Ho stopped airl looked at
her, rapt, as it sho had been somo re
cently embodied soul, created for this
wondrous hour, and sho stopped, too
-enchanted by tho eloquence of his face.
When ho spoke It was to say some
thing remarkable:
"Is It always mysterious and fear
fully beautiful in theso woods?" ho
asked.
"It is alwayB beautiful here," sho
said, speaking as if In a dream. "And
sometimes it seems unreal, and like
like a phantom world as it does to
night." Never before had sho spoken in the
T' . that sho desired. It was her habit
to framo her speech In commonplaco
words.
"I should like to walk out on that
golden water," ho went on. "It seems
as It it might bear ono up, does It
not?"
Barbara had a fancy, nnd Indulged
herself In it.
"It will bear up any ono whoso heart
is light," sho smiled. "But, mind you,
It must havo no euro at all. it must
be ns light as ether."
"Would it bear you up?" ho asked.
Sho shook her head mournfully, and
ho said In n voico that moved her.
"And I should sink llko a stone." It
teemed Imposslblo for them to part
while that witch light gleamed upon
their enchanted wood, and when the
shadows grow gray they becamo n
part of them llko shadows they faded
from each other's sight.
That night when Barbara went nbout
her duties ond nfterwnrn when sho
lay In her bod sho found herself happy
with tho elato nnd triumphant happi
ness of which sho had drenmed. Georgo
Caxton, her promised lover, seemed
a part of tho work-n-day world, Her
thoughts turned away from him In
splto of her efforts to bo loyal.
Sho felt suro sho would meet tho
stranger again In tho woods, and 3he
did, man? times. Ho was a writer by
vocation. Ho oven confessed to beInG
a poet. Ho was not well, ho said. Tho
city had worn on him. So ho hnd como
for a long rest there among tho pines.
His namo was Cecil Underwood.
Barbara found It Imposslblo to resist
tho charm of his personality". Ho seem
ed to mnko tho wholo world over for
hpr. In vaTn sho struggled to remem
ber tho truth and patience avi strength
of her betrothed. Ho was too woll
known to her to be seen through a
glamor. With austero serenity ho in
sisted upon nn enrly rnarrlag-; day. Ho
rcfusei', apparently, to feci nny Jeal
BUir at tho constant companionship cf
1 ttE? tP-I
his sweetheart and Cecil Underwood.
And Barbara was angry at him for
this, toa
"Ho has no sensibility," sho said to
herself.
One wild day when tfcn wind cried
through tho trco tops nnd tho waters
lashed along as if In stress of pain,
Cecil Underwood camo to lr in nn
imperntlvo mood.
"You must como walking with me,"
ho sr.ld. "Tho day expresses me. I
havo to speak of tho torment of my
heart and I will keep still no longer
even at your bidding."
Barbara wont out with him. They
walked under tho pines whoso roar fill
ed tho world with their lamcntlngs.
Theyi woro silent, conscious of tho
storm within thclt souls.
"Let us tnko a boat," said Barbara,
when they had reached tho river.
"No, no," ho protested, but sho Boom
ed not to hear him, and untied her
skiff nnd leaped Into it.
"Come," sho said. Ho hesitated, but
followed. As tho ltttlo boat felt tho
lift of tho waves tho pain in her heart
seemed to lighten, and sho lot tho
current enrry her along unconscious of
tho passage of time. ' Suddenly Cecil
cried out:
"Tho rapids, Barbaral Tho rapids!
Sco whero you havo taken us!" Sho
glanced behind her. It was truo that
tho tossing whito mono of tho wator
horso was not moro than half a mllo
away and tho boat was quivering In
tho pull of their great power. Barbara
smiled a little it would not matter
to her so mucht sho reflected, if hor
great problem were to bo solved that
way. But Btlll, It was cowardly to
die. Sho set her lino young strength to
n resistance, rowing up stream, nnd
inclining the boat toward tho southern
shore. So absorbed was sho In this
task that sho did not notice tho man
with her till Bho heard him crying with
wild Importunities to his Maker:
"Row, Barbara, ro.wi Row, girl!"
Then, looking at htm, she saw his face
was corpse-whlto and quivering with
fear, and tho next moment, ho sank, an
inert heap, at tho bottom of tho boat
"Got up," sho commanded, "and tako
tho tiller! Get up instantly!" Ho
obeyed dimly, shaking and sick with
terror.
Barbara bent to her heavy task and
made, by means of brdvo efforts, a
Httlo headway. But tho wild river
horses plunged on and' dragged her at
their heels. Sho was almost on the
vergo of yielding to their relentless
strength when a boat shot out from tho
bank. It camo toward hor quaking
skiff with magnificent momentum.
Barbara recognized tho occupant at'
once. It was Georgo Caxton. A hideous
humiliation filled her soul. Sho was
almost tempted to yield to that tugging
of tho wild horses. Sho looked at tho
half-fainting, praying creature besldo
her, and then at the approaching man.
And a moment of Gethsemane camo to
her. Then, whito and courageous, sho
renewed her efforts. A moment later
a line was thrown to her. Sho mado It
secure. Then sho in her boat and
Georgo Caxton in his began a struggle
ngalnst tho powers of tho river, in
which thoy soon conquered.
Gcorgo helped tho trembling Cecil
to shore, but Barbara loaped lightly to
land and stood thcro smiling strangely.
"I am thankful with a great thank
fulness that I owo my Ufo to you,
George," sho sold. "It is a privilege."
Sho hold out her hand to tho other
man,
"Good-by," sho whispered.
"Pity me! Pity mo!" ho cried.
"I do," sho responded. "Good-by."
Ho went slowly under tho pines,
walking feebly llko a man who is old
and 111. Georgo looked after him with
commiserating oyes, but Barbara was
relentless.
"Glvo me your arm," sho said, with
tender graclousness, "we will walk
homo together, George." Chicago Tri
bune. Austrian Centenarian!.
In search of centenarians In Austria,
tho Tagoblatt of Vienna has discov
ered nine. In Vienna only ono woman,
who is named Kulln, is older than 100.
Tho oldest on tho list for all Austria
Is Amello Ringer, who lieves in a vll
lago near Blclltz, in Silesia. Sho Is
nearly 115, and reads without specta
cles. Tho next Is Anna Welzl, aged
103. Michael Piszk of Mnlaczkn was
born In 1797. Joseph Besendorfer was
born in 1798. Ho wns a forest guard
of tho emperor's property, and has a
pension of Is n day. Ho la very fond
of dancing with young girls. Hermann
Schiller, born in 1799, a landed pro
prietor In Ungvar, uses spectacles to
read and write, has all his teeth, aDd
shaves himself ovory day. Ho st.iokes
a great deal, nnd Is fond of n hearty
meal. Moses Stelner, tlTo poorest
among tho discovered centonarlans, Is
blind, and his son of CC finds it hard to
support n largo family. Elizabeth
Maulbeck, In Sscgg, owns several
houses, nnd has a nice family of great
grandchildren; sho was born in 1799.
Francesco Berloffn, n vineyard laborer,
In Trent, Tyrol, was 100 years .old a'
month ago. London News.
Itinkln'n Uenth n Itomlndor.
East nnd West. In tho Mnrrh num.
l'ur. Hnva of John RusK-ln- "l.'ni- n,
ih:lnK Generation his death
event bringing deep personal sorrow,
as did tho deaths of Tnniivunn nn,i
Gladstone. To tho great majority of
younger men nnu women It camo
chiefly ns a reminder that ho had
lived so long. And yet fow, If nny, of
the great Victorian writers deserve
moro prnlBo and honor than he. Lov
lr,u' his fellow-mnn. tnvltur nnin i..
ing nrt, Ruskln has been nn Interpret"
or and a prophet whoso Influence can
never wholly pasH nwny. It Is too soon
to nSSlKIl a filial V&lllH in Ttnalrln'.
work in all Its phnseB, but can wo not,
10 some extent at least, suggest thi
sjgnincanco or such a lifer
ODCW OF OYSTERS SAVED HIM
tt Reminded the Ulnr Reprobate of
Home nml lloyhooil Day,
The story wns told by a railroad con
tractor over tho black coffco of a cer
tain Bohemian tablo d'hote In tho old
quarter. "I never fully appreciated
that proverb nbout finding a man's
heart through his stomach," ho said,
"until n couplo of years ago, when I
was doing a bit of construction work
cn tho Texas and Pacific, out beyond
Alexandria. Ono day a strapping big
fellow wo all know as 'Chicago Pete
who was bossing a shovel gang, was
struck by a falling derrick and had
half a dozen ribs crushed in. Ho wns
dying when they brought him to camp
and with tho party camo a country
preacher, who happened to bo riding
by at tho tlmo tho accident occurred.
I mado tho poor fellow as comfortablo
ns I could in my shanty and tho par
son undertook to administer spiritual
consolation, but ho soon found ho had
n rathor dlfllcult Job. 'Chicago Pete'
had been a pretty tough customer all
his llfo and had most of tho traits
that decent folks can get along with
out, but ho entertained a supremo con
tempt for death-bed reformations nnd
told tho preacher so with a plcturesquo
embellishment of profanity that mado
tho good, man's hair bristlo on his
head. Nevertheless ho stuck to hli
task nnd for upward of an hour ho
pleaded with the sufferer to repent be
fore It was too lnte. Flinlly, when ho
was about to glvo up in dcspnlr, my
cook next door began to fry somo
oysters which I had secured that
morning ns a special treat, and as
their faint odor drifted Into tho shanty
Pete suddenly opened his eyes. 'Them
oysters reminds mo of home, ho said.
'When you wcro a boy?' asked tho
minister, taking tho cuo as quick as
lightning. 'Yes, said Fete, 'my mothor
used to fry oysters that smelt Just llko
thorn do.' 'Then think of her now, my
dear friend!' the minister cut in.
'Think of your poor old gray-haired
mother!' and between tho redoubled
odor of tho oysters and tho earnest
ness of his appeal Poto was actually
shedding tears 'in less than flvo min
utes. 'Will you Join mo In prayer?'
asked tho preacher presently. 'Yes,'
Bald Pete, 'if you'll leave tho door
open so I can keep on smelling them
oysters nnd a ltttlo later ho passed
quietly awny In tho odor of sanctity
nnd hot gnsase. That's a truo story,
boys, and Vherever may Peter be,
I trust that all Is well with him. He
waB a good fellow at tho bottom and
iho died like a Christian and a gentle
man."
BOYS WHO LACK QOOD MANNER
They Neror Ulve Up Tbetr Beat In rub
lie Conveyance! to Ludle.
Nino out of ten of tho boys and young
men who travel up and down tho ele
vated roads of New York are absolute
ly void of good manners as are a lot of
wild Indians probably moro bo. It
is so seldom that ono of these will get
up nnd glvo a lady a Beat that when
It does occur tho event creates sur
prise. Scores, yes hundreds of times,
have I seen old and middle aged wom
en hang on to a strap mllo after mllo,
whUe some unllcked wholp of a boy has
sat In front of her In stolid Indiffer
ence. Nor were theso always loafers
or boy3 going to thoir work fully as
often tho selfish fellow will bo a well
dressed schoolboy or ono whoso man
ners otherwise will show a decent
bringing up and good mannors at
home. They don't care, that's all. Thoy
havo been taught it by somebody.
Tlmo and again I have seen a mother
sit complacently with a half grown boy
or girl besldo her, whllo other women
stood up. Did sho care? Did sho sug
gest to tho boy that he should arise
and give his seat to somo poor old
woman? Not a bit of It. Shohadpaldfor
that seat nnd meant to keep tt in the
family. In such cases I have always
hoped that sho might bo clinging to a
strap the next tlmo, while somo othor
mother's darling kicked his feet
against her dress anil stared at her In
complacent selfishness. Thoro Is prob
ably not a city in America that can
cbmparo with Now York for Iho num
ber of street car hogs to tto squaro
foot. This don't mean tho boys only,
by a long Bhot. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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Tlio Ico Cream Ilurneil,
A few years ago a famous actor was
asked what was tho most amusing
thing not down on tho bills which
ho hnd ever met with in his long theat
rical experience. Ho replied that once
In a play in which ho appeared, nn ice
cream freezer, presumably filled with
cream, was among tho properties dis
played to tho audience. It was not
practicable to equip tho freezer with
real Ico cream, so Its place was sup
plied by cotton. Ono of tho actors had
occasion to cross tho Btago with a flam
ing torch, nnd a spark from tho torch
must havo fallen Into tho freezer, for,
to tho Joy of tho audience, which
greeted the casualty with enthusiastic
applause, tho ico cream was incon
sistent enough to burn up then and
thoro, thus Inflicting a sorlous blow
upon tho "realism" of tho performance.
Now York Mail and Express.
German Doctor' Invention,
In Germany a doctor has taught his
patients how to "massage" rheumatic
finger points by thrusting tho hnnd
Into n deep glass partlnlly filled with
morcury, which presses on them. Tho
hand Is dipped In nnd out of tho glass
about thirty times at each trratmont,
and tho swelling Is thus reduced.
Washington Times.
SuloaglrU Warring nn Slanj.
The salesgirls in a Now Jersey town
havo started a crusade against tho use
of slang.
A LOSS TOJI BOERS
Thoir Groat General Succumbs to Illness
at Transvaal Capital,
STOMACH TROUBLE CITS HIM OFF
I'retorla rinimeil Into Moiirntns Over the
Ion of The Lender llnnl Mow nt
tho llnrgtirri' I'timo KiiRhiud tluln
by Death of Triiiisviur Military
dentin.
PRETORIA, March 29. General
Joubert died last '.light at 11:30
o'clock. Ho had been suffering from
u stomach complaint.
Tho town Is plunged Into mourning
for tho truo patriot, gallant general
nnd upright nnd honornblo gentle
man, LONDON, March 29. Tho Pretoria
correspondent of tho Dally Mall, tele
graphing yestordny, says:
"Genoral Joubert dlod of porltoultls.
'Iho funornl will tako place tomorrow
(Thursday). Tho government 13 plead'
ing with tho widow to nllow n tem
porary interment hero, with n ntnlo
funornl. Joubert ulwnyB expressed a
dcslro to bo burled in u mausoleum
built on his farm.
"HIb successor In tho chief com
mand will probably bo Gcncrnl Louis
Botha, now commanding in Natal."
All tho morning papers print singu
larly kind editorials regarding Gen
oral Joubert. They pralso hiu mili
tary skill, uphold' his chlvnlrouG con
duct nnd regret thnt to strong nnd
moderate n mind should bo nbsont
from tho final settlement of tho dis
pute. Although sonic of tho youngor com
mnndora thought tho old Boldlor want
ing in dash nnd enterprise, his raid
intd tho country south of tho Tugola
ill considered tho best pleco of Boer
leadership during tho wholo war. It
Is now known that ho crossed tho
Tugola with only 3,000 rlllomon nnd
six guns, but so bold und rapid wcro
his movements thnt tho British com
manders thought 10,000 Boors wore
mnrching on PIctcrmnrltzburg. For a
few duys, nlthough in tho presence of
grcntly superior forces ho Isolated
Genoral HUdynrd's brlgado nt Est
court nnd nt tho sumo tlmo threatened
General Barton's camp at Mool rlvor.
Then ns British rolnforcomonts woro
pushed up General Joubert rccrossed
tho Tugela without losing a prisoner
oi a gun.
General White's cstlmnto of him,
pronounced on Tuesday before ho
died, strikes tho tone of nil British
comment.
In connection with tho nnnounco
ment of tho denth of Gcncrnl Jou
bert, it Is interesting to note that Sir
Gcorgo Whito, tho British genoral who
commanded Ladysmlth, In u speech at
Capetown yesterday evening, declared
that General Joubert waB a soldier
and a gentleman und a bravo and hon
oiable opponent.
Tho afternoon nowspapers today
publish long biographies of General
Joubert. Gcnornlly thoy nro in a
kindly tono.
Tho Pall Mall Gazotto says: "Plot
Joubert was tho ono contomporary
Trnnsvnal Boer excopt ox-Chief Jus
tice Kotzo whoso death could call
forth a sincere trlbuto of respect from
Englishmen of all parties. Ho was
tho antipodes In tho Trnnsvnnl world
of Loyds nnd personally was honest,
straight nnd elenn-hnnded."
PARIS, March 29. Tho Paris press
Is unanimous in eulogizing General
Joubert, whoso death is considered a
sorlous loss to tho federals. All tho
pnpers agree in thinking that n
chnngo In tho chief command Is hound
to havo grnvo conBcquencos for tho
Boer operations. Mnny think, how
oer, thnt President Krugor Is fully
equal to tho task and thnt, consider
ing his military reputation, tho ro
ststunco of tho Boers la likely to bo
come moro stubborn than over.
DIBS MAY OCT ASSISTANCE.'
Bochtllit I.ilior nml Horlnl Democrats
Trying to Unite.
NEW YORK, March 29. Tho com
mittees of tho socialist labor party
and of tho social democrats that woro
appointed at. tho rocont convention of
those parties for tho purpose of effect
ing a union met in conferonco todny.
Most of tho business dono during tho
day was (IIbcubbIiik tho nnmo of tho
now united party nnd whoro tho head
quarters of tho nntlonul cxocutlvc
commlttco should be. It wnn ngreed
to submit tho namos ot uolh parties,
tho social domocrata and tho "unite)
fcoclulist party," to n reforondnm vote
or both parties. A long fight followed
over tho selection of u city for head
quarters of tho national oxceutlvo com
mittee. Tho cholco finally narrowed
down to Now York nnd Springfield,
nnd then there was n motion to rofor
theso names to referendum voto of the
two parties. If tho two socialist fac
tious unlto Eugono V. Dobs, it Is snld,
will bo tho candldnto of tho unltod
party for prosidont and Job Ilnrrlmnn
candldato for vlco president.
Mutulcrunn nt lliit Whllo lliiimc,
WASHINGTON, March 29. A meet
ing of tho executive commlttco of tho
American Bar nssoeiatlon was hold
hero today to niako arrangements for
the annual meeting of tho association
nt Saratoga, N. Y., In August. Formor
Sonntor Manderson of Nebraska, who
Is president of tho Bar nssoeiatlon nnd
chairman of tho executivo commlttco,
persldca.
.Millionaire ICulnny Dead.
CLEVELAND, 0 March 29. A tel
egram received hero from Baltlmoro
reports the death of W. J. Ralney, tho
millionaire coal and coke operator, at
tho Johns Hopkins hospital, Mr.
Ralney went to Baltlmoro nbout a
week ago to havo an operation per
formed. Iowa Hank ilnlibiil,
MASON CITY, Iu., March 29, Rob
bers last night broke Into tho O. F,
Ullnnd bank at Hnnlontowu, blow open
the safo and stole ?2,000. Tho robbers
iMcnpaJ on a Northwestern hnndcar.
GEN. JOUBERT'S CAREER.
Organizer of Doer Force nnd Com
mander at Mnjnbii II 111.
LONDON, March 29. General Plotrua
Jacobus Joubert, commandant general
of tho Transvaal forces, better known
rs Plot Joubert, or "Sllen Plot" (Slim
Peter), wns born nbout C8 yenra ago.
Ho was descended from nn old French
Huguenot family which settled In
South Africa many yenrs ago. Ho was
torn In Capo Colony, but was tnken by
1.1b pnrcnts, when 7 years old, to tho
Ornngo Freo Stnte, whoro ho was
taught from early childhood to shoot
straight and hato the British.
Ho Is described as having been ut
terly fearless.
Of school ho had but Httlo nnd he
never saw a newspnper until ho was
19 years old. In splto of this his am
bition prompted him to rend tho fow
books ho could obtain, and ho suc
ceeded in obtnlnlng a fair knowledge
of history nnd languages.
In consequence of tho acquisition of
Natal by tho British, his family moved
from Nntnl nnd settled in tho TrnnB
vnal. Soon nftcrwnrds ho becamo a
burgher of tho South African republic
nnd n daring fighter.
It was claimed In his behalf that ho
could lead a body of men moro suc
cessfully against hostile natives than
nny other man In tho Trnnsvnnl. Ho
camo to be so fenred by tho nnttves
that tho knowledge that he was tho
head of a punitive expedition usually
lesultcd in their surrendor.
It was during theso wnrs with tho
natives that Joubert becamo acquaint
ed with Paul Kruger, and the two men
becamo boson frlcudB. He was elected
vice president of tho Transvaal In .1896,
(iefented Sir Gcorgo Colloy at Majuba
HIU In 1881, and noted ns president of
tho republic in 1883-84, during Krug
er's nbsenco in Europe
Gcncrnl Joubert was always in favor
of the use of forco instend of diplo
macy, and President Kruger on Bovoral
occasions hnd great difficulty In re
pressing his hot-headed colleague, not
ably In 1879, when Joubert, with
Krugor nnd Prctorlus, wns planning
the rebellion to overthrow British rulo
In tho Transvaal. The result was Ma
juba Hill and tho practicni Independ
ence of the Trnnsvnal.
It was Joubert who organized tho
nrmy of tho South African republic,
inter on dividing the country Into sev
enteen mllltnry departments nnd each
or theBo departments Into Btnnllcr di
visions, with commandnnts. field cor
nets and lieutenants of various rankB
in charge
According tho tho general's plans
every man became n tr.itnr.il soldlor
without leaving Ills farm nnd had his
equipment ready at hand. To such a
point of perfection wns tho systom enr
iled that within forty-eight hours after
tho present wnr wns declared the Boor
nation was under nrms.
It wns also duo to General Joubert
that tho South African republics suc
ceeded In amassing tho Imraonso stores
of war munitions nnd provisions
which havo Btood thorn In such good
stead during tho conflict now In prog
ress. RECOGNIZES THE REPUBLICANS.
President State III l'otlllou to Men
from Kentucky.
WASHINGTON, March 29. The'
president has Informed Kentucky re
publicans that whllo ho cannot inter
fere in Kentucky nffnlrs to the extent
of dlsnrmlng tho milltin of either fac
tion ho is willing so fnr as ho can
legitimately do bo to recognlzo tho re
publican officials of that stato as tho
defacto officials.
Ho told them In tho same connec
tion that ho would glvo directions
that mall nddrcssed to an ofllclnl by
the tltlo only, ns to "tho Governor"
or "tho secretary of stnte," should bo
delivered to tho republicans holding
thoso offices and not to tho democrats.
Tho postmaster general has sent tho
following tolcgram to Postmnstcr
Holmes, nt Frankfort:
"Replying to your telegram, mall ad
dressed to ofllclul porsons by nnmo Is
to be delivered to the in
Mall addressed to Btato offlcors with
out ucsignntlon by nnmo Is to bo de
livered to tho nctual incumbents of
fiio offices. Tho mem fner thnt !,
contest board has given certificates to
ccniesinnts win not Justify delivery of
mall nf thn Inttm- rlnoo in iimm ,...ti
thoy uro lawfully Inducted Into office.
huh rupiy ih DaHcii upon your state
ment thnt cnntcstccs still lmid tii n nr.
flee. CHARLES EMORY SMITH.
"Postmnstcr General."
This order was Issued on tho 28th
of last month, thmiirh II
mado public. PostmnBter General
amun said touny that ho dirt not caro
tO tdVO It Ollt liei'O. llllt hull nvnnntml
to see it published In Kentucky.
Imlla'H l'coplo Mutt lln Hufo.
CALCUTTA, Mnrch 29. Tho viceroy,
Lord Curzon, addressing tho council
on the budget todny, Htnted that nenrly
C.000,000 persons were Iu receipt of rcg
ular relief and tho cost for tho onsu
ing year was estimated at C25 lae of
rupecH. Tho Iocs of revenue for ono
yenr lias been 121 lacs of rupees (C,
000,000. Tho government, ho Bald,
hoped dining tho forthcoming year to
Hpend 100 lacs of rupees in Irrigation,
but ho could see no chance of cutting
down tho military estimate
llohrrt Abiiut to Alliance,
LONDON, March 29. Lord Roberts
has sent 10,000 troops to Glen, ten
miles north or Uloomfonteln, on tho
railway. Tills is a preliminary to tho
general advance
BRYAN" SPEAKS IN OREGON,
Will (In Into WnhliiKtoii Today unil De
liver Aildri'HHin.
PORTLAND, Ore., Mnrch 29. W. J.
Bryan spoko nt Albany and Snlom to
dny and thou camo to Portland, whoro
lie spent a fow minutes. Ho left nt 8
o'clock for Pendleton ovor tho Oregon
Rullway and Nuvlgatlon road, whoro
he will speak tomorrow. In tho after
noon tomorrow ho will go Into tho
state of Washington, making his first
speech nt Wnlln Wtilln. Iu his speech
nt Albany ho devotod much of Ills
attention to tllo money question aad
tiusts.
OMAHA'S NATIONAL SHOWING.
Oppose In Hnprttne Court the Motion
for n Now Trial.
LINCOLN. Neb.. March 30. Tin
Omaha Nationnl bank, through R. 3.
Hall. W. J. Council and John L. Web
Bto. its attorneys, filed in supremo
court a counter showing to tho motion
of tho attorney general that "tho court
rocall its mandate nnd moro specifi
cally instruct District Judgo Baker In
tho caso of tho state against the bnnk
on tho Bnrtley deposits. Tho attor
ney general, In his motion, asked for
a new mnndnto directing tho district
court to set nBldo Its recent Judgment
nnd commanding it to grant a new
trial,
Tho defendants make n lengthy and
exhnustlvo showing. Among othor
things they nrguo that thcro is no
error in tho mandate issued, that it
was iBsucd at n former term of court
and cannot now be recalled except to
correct clerical crrora; that tho opin
ions of the supremo Judges wcro at va
riance nnd furnished no rulo of con
trolling forco on tho district court;
thnt It thero bo cnor In tho proceed
ings of the district court tho remedy
for tho stnte Ib not by motion but by
n pioceedlng error; 'that Judgo Hoi
comb was not a memboi of the court
when tho opinions wcro handed down
and should not now in ex parto pro
ceedings, pass Judgment on tho opin
ions by former members; that Hol
comb Is further disqualified from the
fact that ho waB governor of the state
when this nctlon wns instituted by
his roqueBt; that thcro nro many or
rorn of fact in tho showing mado by
tho attorney general.
A number of affidavits and trans
cripts aro attached In suppoit ot tho
contention ot error In the attorney
general's showing.
Woman Will l'roecutu lluahnnd.
ASHLAND, Neb., March 30. Mrs.
Emma F. Coon, 'ho divorced wlfo of
James Waren Coon, who narrowly
escaped dentil at his hands on tho aft
ernoon of Mnrch 10 nnd who Is now
lying- In South Omaha, was in Ash
land, coming from Wahoo, where she
had been to sign tho papers calling
for his appearance in court for prelim
inary hcnrliif,'. Mrs. Coon wnB horo
raising money to employ attorneys to
assist County Attornoy Gllkcson In
tho prosecution ot Coon, who, It is
icported slnco his arrest and confine
ment In tho county Jail at Wahoo, has
soveral tlmcB threatened to mako an
other attempt on her life It Ib also
icported that Coon has said thnt when
ho came back to Ashland ho would
burn tho town nnd would shoot flvo
of the men who wcro instrumental in
securing his Incarceration In tho coun
ty Jail.
Appointed State Kiisltierr.
LINCOLN, Neb., Mnrch 29. C. B.
Channel of Kearney has been appoint
ed stato engineer nnd secretary of tho
Btato board of irrigation, to succeed
J. M. Wilson of''Omaha, who has re
signed to accept a position in. the gov
ernment scrvico in Nevada. Mr. Chan
nel was connected with tho irrigation
office for two years, holding tho posi
tion of fiold engineer, He is n popu
list and wns a delegate to tho last
state convention in this city. Tho
resignation of Secrotnry Wilson will
tako effect April 1. Tho duties of Mr.
Wilson's now offlco are somowhat simi
lar to thoso of his present, position.
Sugar Meet I.nnil.
OMAHA, March 30. Representatives
of tho Omaha beet groworB nssoeia
tlon mado n trip into tho country to
Inspect several tracts of ground for
tho proposed beet farm. A tract of
several hundred ncrea between Oma
ha and Florence wnB cJioboii us tho
best location and It is jirobablo that n
deal for Its lease will bo closqd In a
fow days. Tho land selected wns tak
en with a view both to its adaptabil
ity to growing beets and by virtue
of Its accessibility to visitors who aro
interested In tho culturo of beotB. The
land is on the street car track and
a bicycle path runs within a short
dlstanco of it.
IJotre of Wniigh,
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb,, Mnrch 30.
The American, n nowspapor published
at Manila, P. I., received here, con
tains tho following in regard to tho
son of Samuel Wnugh, cashier of the
First National bank of this city:
"Lieutenant Wuugh of Company H,
Thirty-ninth Infantry, arrived from
ThybaB yesterday on tho N. S. del Car
men, bringing with him fifty-five alck
men and one wounded soldier, belong
ing to tho Sccoud battalion of that
organization. Tho wounded man wan
shot through tho arm nnd leg, and wan
being brought In to tho first reserve
hospital."
Mr. Morton DLeliarjrcil,
HUMBOLDT. Neb., March 30.-.Tho
case against Mrs. Etta Horton, charg
ed with tho murder of her newly-born
babe, camo to nn end yestorday. -Justice
Smith, before whom tho prelim
lnary was held, discharged tho ac
cused upon motion of tho attorneys
for the defense, ns soon an the exam
ination of tho witnesses for tho prose
cution had completed their testimony.
Tho Justice sustained tho motion. All
tho evidence was purely circumstan
tial. Kprliiff Work Well Ailviiurml.
GLENVILLE, Neb,, March 30. Thin
section wns visited with a rain which
fell steadily for thren hours, making
throo-qunrtors of an inch waterfall.
Farmers In this section aro about
through sowing thoir wheat und oats
and winter wheat Is looking fine and
the rain, although not badly needed,
was of great lionoflt.
rerl;o 1'ln.iiW Hclf-Dcfiinsc,
ALMA, Neb., March 30. J. A. Perl
go, the young man who shot Charles
HaiiBou at Franklin, was arrested nt
his homo near Woodruft, Knn. Tho
ofllcora drovo from this place to his
homo nnd when ho mndo his appoar
nnco they placed him under arrest. Ho
ploadcd guilty of tho shooting nnd
claims It was in self defense, Tho
story h told by Porlgo narrates that
thoy had soveral altercations before
und ho luur Informed Hanson If It oc
curred again ho would shoot him. It
Is tho general opinion whoro tho ac
cused lived thut he was Justified.