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CHAPTER III. (Continued.)
"And to leave him behind? No, that
I could nover do!" cried Bluebell. She
turned and looked Rtralght Into his
face, 'If. that waoswuat you wished to
nay to mo, Mr. Moore, let me tell you
nt once, you need say no moro. As long
ns my father Is In New Kelso I will
Btay with him. I am not in the least
nfrald. Why should a woman neces
sarily bo a coward?"
"A coward? No! No one would ac
cubo you of being that!" cried Moore.
Ho turned his horse's head toward
hers, so closo that he was able to lay
his hand on hers. Bluebell started
mid Instantly withdrew her hand.
Mooro went on In a lower tone: "But
you aro ono of thoso women to save
whom from danger or hurt men would
glvo .up.thelr.llves. Bluebell, llston to
me. I am going out of the country,
and have only been waiting horo until
I should daro to ask you to accompany
mo. Your father Is anxious you should
consent."
Sho was still uncomprehending.
"You may lcavo tho country," she
answered coldly. "You aro not of
it; I am. I havo been brought up in
It, and I love it. Am I going to run
away because wo aro going to bo In
vaded by tho UoerB from tho Trans
vaal? Do you think I havo so Httlo
confidence In our British rolntlons aa
that? -Besides, whero should I go?
1 havo no relations In the world, bo far
as I know, but my father."
"You will not understand mo," said
Moore. His brow began to darken,
but Blueboll did not notlco that. "Mis3
Leslio Bluebell, I love you with all
my soul! I wish you to bo my wife."
If tho kopjo they wore ascending had
suddenly been cleft asunder, and Bwal
lowcd up rider and horse beforo her
eyes, Bluebell could uot have boon
moro astonished.
Bluobcll looked at tho man for a
minute, to see if ho wero really in
earnest; then, as onco more he tried to
layhls'liand'on hers," sho shook it off
and drew her horse aside.
"Mr. Moore, you havo taken mo by
surprise I never for a moment dreamt
of such a thing. Why, you'vo only
seen mo two or three times! But
though wo had known each othor for
a lifetime It would bo all tho samp.
Thank ycu for tho honor you havo
dono mo, but it la qulto out of tho
question. I do not lovo you, and could
never bo your wife.
It was aa well sho did not seo tho
expression of his face now. Ho did
not speak for a few minutes. Perhaps
ho was trying to conquer himself.
;I will. not. tako thnt as my answer,
Miss Leslie," ho satd at last, In the
oamo tono as before. "I havo spoken
too suddenly; you wero not preparod
for It. I will wait until you have seen
your fathor, until ho has spoken to
you. Perhaps your answer then will
bo different."
"It cannot bo different!" tho girl re
torted. "What could my father say to
change my feelings? You may ns woll
tako your answer now, Mr. Moore; nnd
please don't think It Is because I did
not expect what you havo just said
that I havo made such an answer. I
nm very sorry it I havo hurt your feel
ings, but I can't help it. Now I am
going to put Rover to a gallop; wo
aro getting near homo."
Sho put the. words into action, nnd
tho 'next- moment tho gallant Httlo
.voldt pony was flying over tho level
plain, tho girl keeping her seat like
ono to tho manner born, her slight
figure erect, her reins hold with tho
negligent yet firm hand of a thorough
horsewoman. It was a pretty sight to
seo horso and rider lit up by tho red
blazo of sunset, the'glrl'a whole figure
simply outlined In tho crimson light,
her ruddy hair touched with the gold
of tho setting sun.
Moore followed, Thero was n look
on ills faco that would have given
Bluebell a thrill of indefinite fear and
vague foreboding had she seen It. Onco
his lips moved, as If he wero mutter
,ing to himself; but no articulate
Bound came from them.
Bluebell did not pause- until thoy
wero otoso to the avcuuo of blue-gum
and nettlo; then sho half turned her
,hcad to say:
"Aro you coming up, Mr, Moore?
"It you havo no objection, Miss Lcs
Ho," ho answered in his usual tones
Bluobcl) made no.rcHpanso, and a fow
seconds brought them to tho door of
tho house.
Tho gaunt flguro of Miss Elizabeth
appeared at tho entrance, brought
thlthor by the sound of horses' boots.
Her thin, hlgh-chcck-boncd faco
was grey with anxious fear.
"Thank Qod, you're safe homo, my
balm!" sho exclaimed, using tho tu
miliar Scotch word, as sho was apt
to do iu moments of excitement. I
havo not been able to do a stroko of
work for ovor-anxloty'nbout you. They
say tho Boers have entered tho conn
try."
"I didn't seo thorn, anyway, auntie;
and I'vo turned up nil safe and sound,
you ace;" said tho girl with a Httlo
laugh; -ns sho laid an affectionate- arm
round -MIbs Elizabeth's scraggy shoul
dera. "Hero, Bam" to tho Zulu boy
whd appeared from the stables "tako
tho horses, boy."
"Yah, inlsaio," answered the Zulu,
bowing his teeth In a grin. He was
au Intelligent looking specimen of hla
race, with a frank and pleasant ex
pression on hla bi own visage, As Blue
bell and her aunt disappeared, Moore
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dismounted, but somehow his foot
caught awkwardly In tho stirrup, and
ho fell. Ab he rose, he saw a broad
grin on the face of Sam. His rage,
long at tho smoldering point, burst
forth, and, lifting his riding whip, he
struck the boy severely across the
faco with It.
"Take thnt, you black nigger!" ho
said, with an oath, "nnd learn not to
laugh at your betters!"
A great weal roso on the boy's brown
face, as ho uttered an Involuntary ex
clamation. It reached BluebcllV cars,
and sho ran out quickly. A glanco nt
tho two revealed everything, nnd she
turned on Moore white with scorn and
anger.
"You struck my boy? How dared
you, coward?" sho cried, her voice full
of ringing scorn and Indignation.
"And you dared to say to me what
you did a few minutes ago! If I wero
my father, I would never let you cross
New Kelso again! Don't touch the
boy again! I daro you!"
She turned from him with Inex
pressible contempt, nnd walked with
Sam to the stables.
Gerald Mooro looked after her, an
ugly lino of anger along his Hps.
Dared?'" ho repeated to hlmsolf.
"You shall pay for this yet, my lady!
Oh, you shall pay for It with your very
heart- blood!"
Ho smiled a smilo that had some
thing fiendish In it.
Mooro remained to supper. It was
rather n gloomy meal. Mr. Lcsllo
looked downcast, perhaps sulky. Miss
Elizabeth was agitated and anxious.
Only Moore talked and Jested rather
more than usual. As for Bluebell, sho
never onco looked nt or spoke to him.
Sho went to her own room after sup
per and did not know when Moore
left. About nine o'clock Miss Eliza
beth knocked at her door.
"Your father wants to speak to you
downstairs, Bluebell."
"Now forlt." thought the girl; She
opdficd the" door. "Well, auntie, I'll.
go down. I suppose Mr. Mooro is
away?"
"Yes," said Miss Elizabeth. "I won-
der why ho comes so much to New
Kelso, Bluebell? I don't like him, las
sie."
Nor I," Bluebell answered; "but he's
a millionaire, auntie, and that goes a
long way with some. Well, I'll go
down anyhow, and see what dad has
to say."
CHAPTER IV.
Adam Leslie was standing by tho
nrcpiaco wnen uiucuell entered, a
heavy frown on his forehead, his face
looking dark and determined. Blue
bell did not like this mood In her fa
thcr; but she had Inherited her -fa
tlicr's determination, and was quite
ready to oppose her will to his.
"Tako a seat, Bluebell," he said In
a tono of hoarseness In his voice. Sho
did so, and he went on: "Mr. Moore
hns been speaking about you to me."
"Indeed," said tho girl coldly.
"Yes. Ho asks for you as his wife,
nnd I havo given him his answer.
"Indeed!" said Blueboll again. "1
supposo you didn't think, then, that I
had a say in tho matter, dad?"
"A say in it?" retorted her father,
breaking suddenly into a fury. "What
say could you have but that you would
do as I wanted? You shall marry Gor
nld Moore this day week, and bo safe
ly out of tho country before tho trou
ble begins. The man la a millionaire,
rolling in money! You will go to
England, where money Is able to do
anything, and be Introduced lnto the
highest socloty in tho land, where you
havo a better right than many that aro
there. It all had their rights I should
bo Laird of Tlnlavcrstock, as you
know. You will wear a diamond tiara,
and drive In your carriage and bo pre
semen to tier Majesty, what moro
should a girl want?"
Hla fury had blazed up and gono
out tho yext moment, like n luclfcr
match, aid his tono now was that of
ono who summons all the persuasion
and argument ho is master of to bring
about a deslro he Is previously nux-
ious for yet tries to conceal.
"And leavo you and Aunt EHzebeth
nt Now Kelso, to be attacked perhaps
by tho Boera?" said the girl Indignant
ly. "No, Indeed, dnd, I shall do no
such thing. Do you think the things
you speak of aro any temptation to
mo? What can a girl like mo, who
has been brought up among buffaloes
and ostriches, with all tho freedom of
tho veldt and tho mountains about her,
care for a glided cago in an Eng
lish city, even with a diamond tiara
and a cnrrlage? But, at any rato, ovon
if that wero a temptation, I wouldn't
marry Mr. Mooro, not for anything
he could give. I don't like him nor
trust him."
"But I tell you you shall marry him,
girl! You must!" cxclnlmod her fa
thor again furiously. He started from
his position nnd faced her, hla faco
almost purple with passion and ex
cltemeut, his veins standing out like
knottqd cords, his Hps unsteady
Thero s no choice In tho matter
you'vo got to do Itl I havo sworn to
Mooro you will bo his wife this day
week, and you shall!"
"You had no right to promise ouch
a thing!" retorted tho girl indignant
ly, Bluebell Leslie was no mllk-and
water, woak-wlllod girl, to bo bullied
Into such a course by hor father or any
one else. She had been brought up la
too hardy and Independent a life tct
thnt.
"I shall not marry him, father, tha
is certain. You don't need to try to
urge me. xou nre- my rattier, and l
owe you affection and obedlenco; but
not In such a matter as that of selling
myself to a man I despise and dis
trust. Yea, that Is what I do. I didn't
think 'why you brought him to Now
Kelso. It you had seen him strike
Sam tdJIay But there, what Is the
use of 3peaklng?' she added quickly.
"I have given you my answer, dad,
as I gavo It to Mr. Mooro hlmsolf to-
day. Did he not tell you?"
Instead of answering directly, her
father strode to her side, seized her
arm and, holding It in such a grasp
of iron that It almost wrung a cry
from her lips, whispered In her car:
You'll havo to marry him, or see
your rather ruined and uisgraccu:
Blueboll, I tell you I'm In Gerald
Moore's power. At any moment he
can sell me up, take every stick I'vo
got, and turn us out on the veldt home
less and penniless."
Bluebell turned her faco toward him.
It hnd grown very pale, and her eyea
glowed. Words of Adair Rothes kept
ringing In her cars: "Beware of that
man, ho is dangerous!"
"You mean," she said, slowly, in a
changed voice, all the girlish defiance
and brightness gono out of It, "that
you are In that man's power."
"I I'vo been foolish lately, Bluo-
bell, I confean It. I've been speculat
ing and lost. I got Into Moore's power
up at Maritzburg. There's worse than
I'vo told you. Moore hold3 a bill a
bill that would disgrace mo forever,
would" hla volco sank "put ma In
prison."
Bluebell gavo a low cry, shrinking
from her father's touch, and covered
her face with her hands.
"It was I was not quite accountable
for It," said Mr. Leslie In a lioarso whis
per. "I I had been taking too much.
But It's dono, Bluebell, and can't bo
undone. You must save me. On tho
day that you marry him Gerald Mooro
will give that paper over into my
hands to bo destroyed. .
Bluebell's hands dropped from her
face and she looked up at him.
So, to save you from the conse
quences of your crime," sho said slow
ly, "you would make mo glvo myselt
up to this unscrupulous vll-
Han a villlan even according
to your own showing! You
will be saved, but what .of me? I am
to bo sacrificed- to a life1 worse -than
death, life with a man I fear and des
pise and dishonor, who yes, I am sure
of it does not love me, but wishes tor
some purpose to get me, as well as you,
into his clutches. Did it never strike
you as bolng rather a cowardly thing
to do, dad?"
There was a strange bitterness in her
volco a bltterncis that had novor been
heard in Bluebell Leslie's blithe, clear
young voice in all her Hfo before. The
wretched man felt it and winced; but
the next moment ho seized her arm
again.
"I am your father, and I have a right
to demand this of you!" ho cxclalmod
hoarsely. "Will you see your father
dragged to prison and your aunt and
yourself turned out on tho veldt, ruin
ed and disgraced, to be shot by the
Boors, or to die ot starvation? Answer
me that!"
"I cannot answer you now. Let mo
go to my room," aald Bluebell In a low
voice. "I beg your pardon, dad, for
having spoken to you as I did Just
now. I should not havo done it. But
I do not think anything would Justify
me in marrying him."
Before he could stop her sho had
slipped from the room and gono up to
her own. MUs Elizabeth had been
waiting for her, and now came to thG
door.
(To be Continued.)
A Frank Advertiser.
The advertising man was
telling
about queer breaks made by
his fel
lowmcn, and he remarked:
"Phlla-
delphla merchants are mighty candid
advertisers. I've always known that
fact, but I never saw It so strikingly
Illustrated ns I did In tho Philadelphia
papers Tuesday. I picked up ono 6?
the leading papers there and read over
tho bargains the big stores had to
offer, and In tho middle ot one ad
vertlsement, under tho head ot hats,
I found this: "'What do you get
when you buy a $4 hat at other stores?
Stuck. Same here, $3.50.' Of courso,
I thought It was a break, but I got the
other papers and I found tho same
thing In ovory ono of them. Just sup
pose a New Yorker was as frank ar
that In his advertising announcements,
wouldn't ho do a trade, though?"
Now York Sun.
Jack IIhiI Kicaped.
A gaunt, muscular woman ot fierce
moln entered a city hall In a Utah
county seat and asked tho county clerk
to find out it ono Jack Peters was ma
rled. Search developed tho name of
John Peters, for whoso marriage a 11
conso had boon Issued two years bo
fore. "I thought so," said tho worn
an. "Married 'Llzo Waters, didn't he?"
"Tho marriage license Is Issued for a
marriage with Miss Eliza Waters.1
"Yep. Well. I'm 'Llze. I thought I'd
ought to come In nnd tell you that
Jack Poters has escaped." San Fran
clsco Wavo.
ltnoin for Such Work.
"Now York theatrical agents nre
scouring torolgn markets tor new dra
matic attractions." "Thoy are? Woll,
thoy would better stay at homo and
scour some ot the plays they have al
ready secured." Puck.
A womau who Is too near sighted to
boo when tho buttons aro off hor hus
band's macintosh can often read migh
ty Que print bargain advertisement
GUILTY MOST -SURER
Determination of the Administration
Punish Postal Embezzlers.
to
Tilt PRESIDENT IS SHOCKED
Direct tha Prosecution of All Guilty of
FrnutU Iu Cuba Iutructlon Aro
Olreu llrlstow Govornor General
Wood to llo Fully Informed of De
velopment. WASHINGTON, May 24. In a
Bpccch in tho senate Piatt of Connec
ticut read tho following letter of In
structions from the postmastor genera'
to Brlstow:
May 16, 1900. Hon. Joseph L. Brls
tow, Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eralSir: Supplementing my letter of
May 12, dlroctlng you to proceed nt
once to Cuba, the following further
Instructions aro given for your guid
ance. You will Immediately on your ar
rival at Havana confer freely nnd
fully with General Wood, military gov
ernor, and will keep In constant com
munication with him In the work ou
which you enter. You will cooperate
with the military governor, both in
tho Investigation of ull Irregularities
in tho portal service or Cuba and in
any measures for the reorganization of
tho system that may be undertaken.
Tho examination by the insepctors,
already provided for, will havo begun
beforo your arrival. You will assume
general supervision of this examina
tion and will enforce tho Instructions
heretofore given that it thall be ot the
most searching and thorough charac
ter. It you find that you need a still
larger forco for tho promp. and com
ploto performance of this duty, you will
call for It T.ho Investigation must be
comprehensive end minute, covering
every branch of tho service and all
Classen of officials. Its prosecution
must be governed solely by the purpose
of ascertaining the truth nnd the whole
truth and It must be uncompromising
nnd unsparing.
Besides supervising the investiga
tion in co-operation with tho military
governor, it will be your duty to ex
amine tho organization of the postal
Bsrvlce, with its system of checks and
balances, and roport what greater or
additional safeguards can be provided
Under the system established at the
.beginning of tho American occupation
of Cuba tho administrative side of tho
servico was placed under the control ot
this department and the auditing or
chocking side under tho control of an
other. This Is the system ot the
United States government.
The irregularities and peculations
which havo been brought to light
wero apparently accomplished because
officers apoplnted and responslblo to
different departments and who should
havo been a check upon each other
ontored Into collusion and conspiracy
to perpetrato theso wrongu on the on3
Bldo and to pass and covor them up
on tho other. You will carefully In
vestigate uy what detects of super
vision or- defenso they were consum
mated and what further measures ot
protection in the passing and in au
diting of accounts and in the handling
of public funds nnd property may be
needed. It Is desired also that the
central organization of tho postal sorv
ice In Cuba shall receive your special
attention. You will examine as to
whether it is framed in the best man
ner for efficient administration. You
will seo whether, compatibly with a
good mall service for the people, any
retrenchments can oe mado and
whether econornlos enn be effected by
a consolidation and reduction of bu
reaus. It Is desired to bring the postal
expenditures within the postal reve
nues so far as may bo consistent with
the obligation of providing a satlsfac
tory-mall service.
Your presence In Cuba, as tho rep
re3entatlve of tho department, with
these Instructions, makes you the rank
ing officer of tho postal administration
You will consider and advise what re
raovals or other action may bo re
quired in tho cause of Justice, for the
Interest of the government and the
pooplo of Cuba, and for the welfare of
the service.
You are chosen for this duty with
tho approval of tho president, who Is
deeply shocked at the shameful be
trayal of trust on tho part of the offl
clals In whom confidence had been re
posed nnd who directs that In dealing
with all Irregularities which have been
or may be disclosed the sole rule of
Action shall be thorough and complete
Investigation, the rigorous and unspar
ing projvcutlon of nil guilty persons
nnd their swift and certain punish
ment.
You will communlcato theso Instruc
tions to General Wood, kooplng him
fully Informed as you proceed and re
porting regularly to the department
Respectfully yours,
CHARLES EMORY SMITH,
Postmastor General.
No Dettlm From Yellow Fever.
WASHINGTON, May 21. Surgeon
Goneral Sternberg has received a ro
port from Mnjor W. C. Gorgas of the
medical corps, chief sanitary officer ot
Havann, in which ho snys that while
the death rnte for April was 482, there
wero no deaths from yellow fever, the
first month so favoreil since Mny, 1899,
and tho only month when thore were
no deaths from this disease during tho
Inst ten years, with two exceptions,
February nnd Mny, 1899.
Norly's Atturaty Pleads.
WASHINGTON, May 24. John D.
Llndscy, attorney for Charles P.
Neely, appeared ueroro tno uouso ju
diciary committee today and submit
ted nn argument against tho proposed
extradition bill. He also presented n
voluminous brlof. Tho proposition to
nubject an American citizen to trial
In a country whero n Spanish system
of laws aro In vogue, ho contondetl,
was utterly opposed to American tra
ditions. Tho fundamental theory at
'.tie baso of our system, ho salil, as-
nmeu a mnn placed m Neeiys posi
tion to bo Innocent until competent
and legal evidence was adduced.
FORTY MILES OF MEN.
Lord Robert Sweeping Tonrnrd tlie Vaat
With a Wltlo Front.
LONDON, Way 24. Lord Itoborts
is drawing near to tho frontier ot the
Transvaal. His Infantry masses are
thirty-three miles north of Kroon
stadt, at tho Rhonosters river. Somo
thousand of cavalry aro already across
the river.
General French and General Ham
ilton nre separated from each other
by about forty miles, wmle Lord Rob
erts is within twclvo miles ot Gen
eral French and thirty miles of Gen
eral Hamilton.
Tho Boers aro retiring toward tho
Vail with their heavy baggage. They
aro reported from Pretoria as already
across that river. Twclvo thousand
men and fourteen guns composo the
retreating army. Trains continue to
run from Veronnlnglng, nt tho Vaal,
to Pretoria.
A dispatch from Lord Roberts says:
"Ian Hamilton reached Hetlbron this
morning after n series of engagements
with a Boer force under Dewet, who
Is retiring before him. Broadwood
has captured fifteen Boer wagons.
Thero havo been seventy-five cnsunl-
tles In Hamilton s forco to yesterday
evening."
Dispatches to the Associated Press
from Hellbron say that tno Boer 'gen
eral, DeWct, had 4,000 men posted on
nn ndjacont hill, but that ne retired
when General Hamilton approached.
I-oreign engineers assert that Pre
toria is ablo to stand a year's siege.
According to ndvlces from Lourenzo
Marquez tho Pretoria fottlflcatlons
nre described as complete, hut Johan
nesburg has not yet been placed en
tirely in a state of defense. Tho
Transvaal government papers nnd the
wnr chest have been removed to Ly
denburg. Foreigners continue to leavo tho re
publics. Dutch steamers arc coming
to Delagoa bay, it la claimed, to fur
nish an asylum to fleeing Hollanders.
Hie Boer forces continue to dwin
dle. Somo of the correspondents assert
that probably only about 24,000 of the
hardest fighters yet remain, although
there are detached parties in various
parts of the Transvaal.
One .curious piece of gossip sent
from Lourenzo Marquez is that sev
eral women tried to ajumbok Presi
dent Kruger, who was rescued by hla
bodyguard. He rarely leaves the pres
idency now, but works Incessantly,
holding councils at daybreak and dur
ing tho night. It is announced at
Pretoria that on Sunday tho govern
ment proposed removing the British
prisoners" frdm Pretoria.
FUNKING PIT THE BOERS.
Koberts Keeps Up tho Tactics that Were
So Sicc'emful In the Past.
HONINGSPRUIT, Orange Free
State, Tuesday Evening, May 22.
General French has crossed the Rhe-
nosters river, northwest ot here. This
movement, combined with General
lan Hamilton's occupuuen at Hell
bron renders the Boer position twenty
miles in tho British front untenable.
The latest reports, however, received
says the burghers aro prepared to
make a strong resistance and possess
fifteen guns. Fifteen prisoners were
taken today.
ESCAPING SOLDIERS SHOT.
Fort ltlley Prisoners Wounded While At
tempting to Escape.
FURT RILEY, Kan., May 24. Two
military prisoners, John Arnold and
George A. Fryman, serving sentences
of ono year each, were Bhot at by a
aentry whlla attempting to escape.
Tho prisoners made a daring rush
upon the sentry and disarmed him,
taking his Krag-Jorgensen with them
nnd ran for the hills. A sergeant ot
artillery heard tho disturbance and
shot the fleeing prisoners. Arnold Is
shot through the abdomen, his injury
being critical. Fryman was Bhot in
tho arm.
Would Hell Nebraska Liml.
ATCHISON, Kan., May 24. It has-
been discovered that 18,000 acres of
land in Atchison, Brown, Jackson and
Marshall counties, Knnsas, and Pawneo
county, Nebraska, recently advertised
for sale at auction at tho court house
In Atchison, by tho receivers of tho
Central branch of the Union Pacific
railroad, aro claimed by private Indi
vidual". They did not know tho litis
to their property could bo questioned
until it was advortiscd for sale.
it Is believed that when Ollvor W.
Mink and Thomas P. Wilson wore ap
pointed recelvors of tho Central branch
thoy found tho records ot a lot of
Central branch land, nnd, supposing
It still belonged to the company, ad
vertised It for sale.
Germany ami Commercial Kuueauon.
WASHINGTON. May 24. "Germany
hns led and is still leading the world
in commercial education," says Consu
lar Agent Hnrrls at Elbenstock, In a
recent uispa.icn to uio ao,o depart
ment. Tho various commercial
schools, ho says, annually send forth
largo numbers of qualified young men
to tnke up lucrative and Important po
sitions In tho business world. TIicho
young men. ho continued, nre soiling
In distant countries products or tno
German omplro rnnging from n loco
motive to a clothespin, Invariably hav
ing tho ndvanlage over their Ameii
can and English competitors of being
ablo to speak fluently the language ot
tho country In which they attempt to
sell their goods.
Uerm:tit.v Adopts Stent Hill.
BERLIN, May 21. Tho Riechstag
today, voting by roll call, adopted tho
meat bill by 163 to 123 votes.
As It has passed the relchstng, In
addition to prohibiting tho Importa
tlon of ennner or sausage meat the
bill provides that until December 31,
1903, tho Importation of fresh meat
shall only bo allowed in whole, or.
In certain cases, lit half carcasses, and
that tho Importation of propared meat
shall only bo permitted when It Is
proved to be InnocuouB, which Is rc
guided as being Impossible proof in
tho case of consignments of salt meat
under four kilograms in weight.
State Treasuror Meserve Divides Up Pour
Hundred Thovnand DoMars.
THE BIGGEST DIVIDEND EVER MADE
Sam Iteatlziil by Permanent (School Fund
lleyond the Kzperlence of Any Former
Amount From the Source Motion He
fore Supreme Court Miscellaneous Ne
braska Matters.
LINCOLN, May 24. State Treasurer
Meservo certified to tho superintend
ent of public Instruction tho amount
of money apportioned for tho support
of tho public schools of tho state for
tho next half year. Tho apportion
ment is, with ono exception, the high
est mado for several years, being $ 400,
321.99. Treasurer Meservo's certificate showa
that the money was derived from tho
following sources From state school
tax, $8Y,241.7G; from Interest on
school lands leased, 56,938.88; from
Interest on school land ouid, $159,705,
76; from interest on saline land sold,
$5,703.30; from interest on saline land
leased, $3,166.66; from interest on
United States consols, $300; from In
terest on state funding bonds, $2,266.
66; from interest on county bonds,
$81,370.07; from interest on school dis
trict bonds, $752.04; from Interest on
state warrants, $2,847.18; from ped
dler's licenses, $29.70. All money re
ceived for tho temporary school fund
from December 1, 1899, to tho third
Monday In Mny, 1900, is included In
the apportionment.
City Attornoy Conncll of Omaha has
filed' a motion in the supreme court
asking permission to file n brief in the
Omaha fire and police commission caso
to take the place of the one stricken
from the files of the last sitting. Ho
assures the court that nothing con
temptuous or disrespectful was in
tended in his brief. Mr. Connell's let
ter to tho court follows:
And now comes W. J. Connell, at
torney for respondents in the abovo
entitled cause, and expreslng his re
grot that any portion ot his brief here
tofore filed herein should bo considered
by the court as disrespectful to the
court, and stating that it was not
his intention or purpose to state any
thing in his, brief that would in any
manner reflect on tho court or any
member thereof, but that the state
ments contained in his brief to which
objections arc made were intended
merely as a historical statement ot
facts and as meeting and answorlng
the contentions of opposing counsel
and withdraws voluntarily all such
statements and asks leave of this hon
orable court to file new briefs, which
are herewith submitted and from
which are eliminated all such objec
tionable statements, and further re
quests this honorable court to read
and consider such new briefs. Re
spectfully submitted.
W. J. CONNELL,
Attorney for Respondents.
Crushed Under the Cars.
WYMORE, Neb., May 24. E. Mill-
hauson, a German farmer, 81 years of
age, whose home Is in Island Grovo
township, six miles northeast of here,
was thrown under the wheels of a
Burlington ennglne by nn unmanage
able team of horses and had his right
arm and loft leg taken off and sus
tained other injuries which proved
fatal. Ho was carried to a hotel,
whero surgeons amputated the arm at
the shoulder and the lctr between tho
knee and ankle. Tho patient, how
ever, did not rally. The old gentle
man had come to town to meet his
grandson, who was returning from
Missouri with n bride, and both of
tho young people tnessed the acci
dent aa well as many others.
Table Itork Votes Bon lis.
TABLE ROCK, Neb., May 24. At
the school bond electon held here to
Vote on the question of "bonding this
district for $10,000 to build a new
brick school house, 279 votes wero cast
for the proposition nnd 133 against It,
giving It a necessary majority of one
vote. The closeness ot the vote and
the feeling engenedcrd in this, the sec
ond contest within forty days, render
a contest quite probable and legal tal
ent Is already being Invoked In the
matter.
Smallpox In Precept.
BEAVER CITY, Neb., May 24.
Smallpox has broke out at Precept, a
small postofnee ten miles south of
Beaver City. Thero Is but on patient
at present, a Mrs. Clason, who con
tracted the disease through the medi
um of n letter received from relatives
In Indian Territory, where smallpox
was prevalent.
An Appeal to Senator Thurston.
LINCOLN, May 21. Adjutant Gen
oral Barry telegraphed Senator Thurs
ton begging 'him to interest himself
in house roll No. 9510. Judge Stark's
bill, appropriating $1,000,000 for arm
ing nnd equipping the national guard,
which has passed the houso and is
now beforo the senate.
Safe lllowrers In Depot.
ULYSSES, Neb., May 24. The safe
In tho B. & M. depot ai this place was
blown open. The robbers secured forty-seven
one-cent revenue stamps and
no money. Card and book tickets and
express money orders In the safe wero
found Intact.
Hutu for Convention,
OMAHA, May 24. For the democrat
ic national convention at Kansas City
July 4 the Burlington offers ono fare
for the round trip, good ror roturn up
to and including July 9, but it from a
distance greater than 250 miles the
tickets may be deposited at Kansas
City for a fee ot 50 cents, nnd upon
presentation of a round trip ticket
from Knnsns City and return to some
other point, the return halt of the
ticket will bo extended to a dato as
late as tho return portion ot tho new
round trip ticket, provided it be not
later than September 30.