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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRlMf IRA IllAltK, Proprietory "TBnMs7$l. IN ADVANCB. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Z Missionaries at I'okln havo cabled r. demand that Mark Twain rotract charges made In a recent article. Tho American Ico company has nicd papers reducing Its authorized cipltal Block from $00,000,000 to ? 10,000,000, A seat on tho Now York stock ex change was sold for $55,000, which 1 $2,500 more than tho highest prlco heretofore paid. Tho steamer William L. Brown was launched from tho yards of the Chi cago Shipbuilding company at South Chicago. The vosscl la 450 foot la length and cost $300,000, Tho Carncglo company Inn received nn order from tho Chilean government for 1C.000 tonH of standard stool rails for tho roads of that country. Tho rails aro to bo dollverod within two months. Mrs. O. Brnunchnelder, who n "woolc ngo cut off her toes, cars and noso at Toledo with a pair of scissors, was ad Judged lnsnno nnd taken to tho in wane hospital. Her wounds aro heal ing nicely. Gcorgo Wlllard, ox-congressman from tho Third (Michigan) district, died at Batllo Creek, aged 77 years, from a stroko of apoplexy. Ho was elected to congress In 1872 und served four ycarB. Mrs. A. 8. Mallory tho venerable widow of Stephen It. Mallory, secre tary of tho navy of tho couforedato states, and mothor of United States Senator Stephen It. Mallory, died at Peusacola, Fla. Mrs. Kato Green .of Coldwator, Mich., celebrated tho ono hundred and elev enth anniversary of hor birth. Mrn. flreen Is without doubt tho oldest par son In tho utato of Michigan. There. Is no question as to her age. Tho dead bodies of John Favalona nnd his daughter Annlo woro discov ered in their homo at Now Orloana. Both had been murdered by burglari. Tho burglars ransackod tho promlsos und escaped without detection. Tho Calcutta correspondent of tho London Dally Mall says: "Bight thou sand persona died of tho plaguo last week In Bengal alono, Including Cal cutta. Whlln towns aro being desert cd. Thero Is, howovor, no panic." Joseph W. Dxvyor died- suddenly at Short Hills, N. J. Mr. Dwyor was for a number of years In tho treasury de partment at Washington, D. C, fill ing the position of chief on ono of the divisions in tho third auditor's ofllce. Tho ministers of agriculture and for eign affairs at Paris nro not awaro of tho convocation of a sugar bounty conforenco for tho end of April, ai reported by tho London Morning IVst, though tho French foreign milliliter. M. Dclcasso, thinks tho news Is prob ably true. Charles H. Hasbrook, editor of tho Denver limes, has recolvod a lottor from Mr. Goorgo II. Roborts, dlioctor of the mint at Washington, announc ing that tho suggestion of the Time for the establishment of n mint at Manila "is now under consideration for official action." Benjamin Tillman, United State senator from South Carolina, address ed the Independent club at Buffalo, N. Y., on "Statu Control of tho Liquor Tronic." lie described tho workings of tho dispensary law In South Caro lina and uphold It as tho bast nystom yet evolved for the control of tho li quor traffic. Tho California Canned Fruit asso elation haq out tho prlco of prunes for export ono-half cent a pound. Tho division of nrmy and navy sur vivors In tho pension .bureau waH abolished nnd tho force combined with that of tho record division. Tho llnanco committee of tha Rich mond, Vu., common council has agreed to report favorably on Mr. Carnegie's offer to contribute $100,000 for a pub lic library thoro, provided tho city would appropriate $10,000 a year for Its support, Tho hammer shop of tho Schoneo tndy, N. Y., locomotlvo works wn? turned to tho ground. If. Fcrnstrom, chief engineer of tho St Joseph .& Grand Island railroad, lias boon appointed principal nialstnnt engineer of tho New York Central. NlcholaaUIosncy, tho 79-ycnr-old boy who inurderod Frank Johnson, a Pennsylvania towor railroad man ubout a mouth ago, was sentenced to lief imprisonment in tho Ohio stato penitentiary, Heenoy's parents livo In Nowark, N, J. There Is absolutely no trust In tho report published In tho United States by u news agency that tho British have soUod ono or moro In lands adjoining Aden and bolonglng to Turkey. Thoro Is no Turk'Bh Island Is cxlstenco adjoining Aden. Oliver McMackin, cgod 38 yeais, was shot and killed ut Now A.bany, Ind., by his fntbor-in-law, Thomas Smith, who Is now in jail. They had been quarreling, and McMackin, who wont (here from Madison, Ind., assaultod Smith. fflj WILL WAR NO Agniiialdo Takes Oath of Alleginnco to tho United States, HIS DISPOSITION IS STILL IN DOUBT Will Ho Kept Under Btirrelllnnro Until Illi Hutu U Ustithllihed MoArtliur Wants Hint tor LoyitlUliir llemnnnt of The Insurgent Force. WASHINGTON, April .1. Tho war dojiartment today received Informa tion from General McArthur that Agulnaldo has taken tho oath of nl loglanco to tho United States under tho terms of amnesty offered by Gen eral MacArthur by direction of. the president. The dispatch convoying this infor mation contained much more than was given to tho public. Tho portion withhold related to tho futuro disposi tion of Agulnaldo and mado sugges tions as to what tho lato chief of tho Insurrection might accomplish. No official statement could bo obtained ns to what finally would bo dono with tho prisoner, but It wn3 emphatically stilted Hint ho would bo hold for the present, but would bo granted all ios slblo immunity consistent with exist ing conditions General MacArthur ban hopes thai a great deal may be accomplished through Agnlnnldo. Dur tho tlmo ho has been a prisoner he has mado qultu a favorable Impression upon General MacArthur. It has been suggested that under tho terms of tho notice of amnesty the prisoner should bo set at liberty at onco, hut thero In a provision in tho amnesty proclamation which says that those who violated tho lawB of war aro excepted from lta terms. Whether or not General MacArthur ban satis fled himself that Agulnaldo has not violated tho law cannot bo stated, as the prlaonor would bo permitted to tako tho oath pending an Invostiga tlon of his- past- conduct Agulnaldo having been tho head of tho Insurrcc tlon, undoubtedly can bo held until further Investigation Is made, or until tho circumstances which surround tho situation In tho Philippines mako It advisable to roleaso him outright or olhorwlso dispose of him. Thcso con dltlons and tho general situation nnd Agulnaldo s roturn to them woro tho Biibjoct of General MucArthur's dis patch and arc being considered by tho authorities hero who will liavo the final disposition of the matter. Tho news of Agulnnldo's action was received with evident satisfaction by tho war department and tho opinion was expressed that good result? would follow among those who have- boon still holding out against tho United Stales. Tho taking of tho oath in itself is regarded as giving Agulnnldo a Btatus of loyalty to tho United States quite dlfforeiit from thoso still In arms. Tho department's Instructions for tho gov ernment of armies In the Hold recites as full own: "Tho commor.dor will throw tho burden of war, nn much as lies within his power, on the disloyal citizens of tho revolted portion or province, and If ho dooms it appropriate or if his government demands of him that evory citizen shall, by nn oath of al legiance, doclaro his fidelity to tho loglllmate government, ho may oxpol, transfer, Imprison or fine the revolt- li.g citizens who refuse to take tho oath, etc. "Whether II. is oxpodiont to do so, w.il whether icllanco can bo placed upon such oath, tho commander or his government has tho right to decide.' In the prcsanl caso General MncAr- th.ir hue considered it expedient to have Agulnaldo tako this oath and apparently haB held that rollnnco can ho placed upon tho oath. Al.ty He (lorernnr April in, uiisuui.N, won., April 3. After a oonforouco with Lieutenant Governor Savogo tonight Governor Dietrich au thorized tho following Etatomont: "Tho tlmo for making tho chnngo In tho governor's offico may bo deter mined by tho lloutennnt governor. We have, had an understanding and I havo assured Mr. Savngo that ho may tnki tho offico any tlmo after April 15." Value bjr the (lot crmir. LINCOLN, April 2. Governor DIo trlch tod.iy prepared a voto for the leglslatlvo appropriations for salaries of tho supromo court commissioners and Btonographors, deputy Btato 11 brnrlnn, deputy Hupromo court report er find all olllcors of tho court with the excotplon of tho clerk and two bailiffs, who aro left tho constitutional alary basis. llHffnln Illll Opens Hensoii, NEW YORK, April 3.Buffalo Dill's Wild Weat opened Its tioason in Now York tonight nt Ma3luon Squnro Uardcn. In addition to the usual presentation of scenes In tho far west nnd Indian nnd cowboy life thtiro woro a numbor of now featuros, Including n representation of Bavlng llfo from a Btrande.1 vosael by m&ans of tho brcechca buoy, and Uio appear- anco of detachments of tho Canadian contingent. AGU1NALD0 IS SWOnN IN. Takes Oalh of Allegiance to tho United Ntnlfn (lavernmcnt. WASHINGTON, April 3. Secretary Itoot haw Just mado public tho follow ing cablegram, recolvod at tho War department this morning at 8 o'clock: "MANILA. Adjutant General, Washington: SInco arrival at Manila Agulnaldo has boon at Mnlacanan, in vestigating conditions In archipelago. Ho has relied almost entlroly upon tho Instructive advlco of Chief JuBttco Arollano. As a result today ho sub scribed and sw.ort to tho declaration on pago 11 f my annual report. i "MACARTHUR. The oath referred to Is as foftr-- "I hereby rbnounco all nllezlan 1V .. II- . I., ll . wl any anu nu jwciinuu i.uvuuiuuim -v governments the Philippine Islam!? and Tccognlz nd accopt the suprcnf'j authority of the United States of Amorlca Uioln' I 1Jj solomnly owoir that I will Par tryfe faith and allegi nnco to thn-. Koysfrninents that I will at all tlmos ,0Hltict myself as a faith ful and law-nCdlng citizen of tho said (Island, and will not, olther t'lroctly or Indirectly, hold correspondence .with or glvo Intelligence to nu enemy of the 'United States, nor will I abot, har lor or protect Biich onomy; that I Im pose upon myself thojo voluntary obligations -without any montnl reser vations or purpose of evasion, so help mo God." Four asterisks In tho cablegram mark it passago withheld from publi cation, about which tho officials will Bay nothing now. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY SHOT Wounded In n .St. I.nuM Klcctlnn How hy it lltillet Mi-nnt 1'or Another. ST. LOUIS, April 3. It Is Just re ported thnt Unite States District At torney UoBior was flhot in tho nrm at a polHnR placo near Vandeventcr nnd Manchester avenue. A row was In progress and Mr. Hosier received a shot that wnB intended for another. Tho wound Is not Borlous. Whllo Mr. Hosier wns,Btnudlng nt the polls in tho Twenty-flfth ward, John Banks, one of a crowd of twen ty or moro negroes, nttomptcd to vote. Ills vote was challenged by Mr. Rosier who said tho nogro had already voted elsewhere. He requested tho pollco officer thoro to arrcBt Banks. This was dono, and whllo the officor was telephoning for the patrol wagon, tho crowd of negroes surrounded him and his prisoner whom thoy rescued. Be tweon forty nnd fifty shots were fired by tho negroes, moro with tho pur pose of intlmidntion than to hit any body. After tho negroes had escaped, it was found that Mr. Rosier had stopped ono of tho balls. Ills wound Is not serious, howovor. HARRISON REMAINS MAYOR. Chicago Ilc-Klccts Him, Hut Cuts IIll Plurality to U8,'J7S. CHICAGO, April X Carter II. Har rison bus boon re-elected mayor cf Chicago for the second tlmo nnd will next week commence his third torm us the chief executive of tho city. Ills official plurality over Judge Klbrldg'i Hancoy, the republican nomlnco, is 8,257. Tho total vote of tho city is: Harrison, 1GG,D&2; Hanccy, 128,695. In tho last mayoralty election the voto was: Harrison, democrat, 148,- 106; Carter, ropubllcan, 107,437; Har- rlson'H plurality, 41,050. In the pres idential campaign last fall 4ihe city voto Xor prosldent was: McKinloy, 181,780; Bryan, 177,165; McKlnloy'a plurality, 7,021. Out of the thlrty-fivo wards of the city Harrison today carried twonty-sl and Hanccy nine, Tho city wardn woro rodlstrlctod uftor tho presiden tial election and tho regular majori ties In somo of tho wards yvcro turned squarely around from what thoy hivo always boon. E0RTS ARE TO BE DISMANTLED. 1'orelcu CimeriiU Unnntmoiu tho rrnpuiltluu. P13KIN, April 3. Regarding tho do- structton of tho forts tho generals nra practleally ngreod that thoso at Taku, Slum Hal Kuan and Tlen Tsln must at feai.t bo rendered useless, whllo tho north fort nt tho entrance of tin riv er Taku must bo destroyed outlrcly on account of tho fact that ovor slnco it was built it ha-i caused lower -water on tho bar, having diverted tho couraa of tho stream. Tho morchants havo frequently complained to tho consuls, but no government has liked to ask China to destroy n fort at tho en trance to an Important Tlver. Thla, however, can now bo dono na a matter of military necessity, nnd will glvo foreign merchants intonso satisfaction aa in consequence of Its being done the river will In u short tlmo again bo navigable as far as Tlon Tain. Tritlil Krnohrs Mrllnnalil. M'DONALD, Kan., April 3. A Bur- llngton train arrived at McDonald to night nt 7:25, tho first train hero slnco March 23. Tho miowplow Is digging cnBt from Bird City, Kun., through n drift three nnd n half miles long. Tho drifts will bo cleared by U o'clock to morrow nftornoon. Thoro wero eight days' mall, nxpress and mcrchaudlso i on tho tralu for McDonald. Snow on the rango Is two to three feet deep. Hard weather provalls. Enemies of tho Piatt Amendment Glvo a Henacing Interpretation, ' ISLANDERS WILL NOT BE TOOLED Demand thnt Delegates to Constitution nl Coiirciillon Accept Proposition nnd Iteltevo Iluslness Suspense The Situa tion In (loneral. WASHINGTON, April 2. Senator Proctor of Vermont has Just returned from Cuba, where ho has been making observations concerning tho condition of tho Islands. Tho senator said ho found a disposition .among many lead ing Cubans to accept tho terms of tho Piatt amendment aa tho most satis factory solution of the relation be tween tho United States and Cuba. Thoro nro some fire-caters, tho sonator says, who assert that rather than ac cept any interference by the United States thoy will "tako to tho woods." This Is Cuban for going to war. Sen ator Proctor says, however, that a great many people In tho country dis tricts, those who have be.cn at war for many years, dcclnrc that they havo had enough of tho "woods." Thero Is a disposition on tho part of somo of tho Cubans, he snys, to place a strained interpretation on tho Piatt nmendmont, nnd thoy nro trying to couvlnco tho, Cubans, that tho Unit ed States intends to do them great injustice. According to Senator Proc tor, they aro not making very much headway, especially, ho Bays, ns tho delegates to tho convention are now hearing their constituents, the larger proportion of whom arc anxious for the settlement of all political relations with tho United States, and urge tho delegates to nccopt tho offers of this government. Senator Proctor, speak ing generally of conditions in Cuba, says that tho business situation is much Improved. Americnn capital Is now being Invested nnd this has been cf-pccially marked during tho past thrco months. Various enterprises nro on foot, thoro is employment for near ly everybody, and tho quiet and peace that has conic to tho people. Is appre ciated. COMMITTEE REPORT TABLED. Cuban Committee HUH Avoids Action on Piatt Amendment. HAVANA, April 2. A cecrot ses sion of tho Cuban constitutional con vention was hold today and attended by twenty-flvo delegates. Among tho absentees wcro GIberga, Scnor Qul las and General Snngullly, strong sup porters of tho Piatt amendment. Tho first matter considered was a resolution from tho Planters' associa tion urging tho convention to accept tho amendment, with tho prov.sa thnt tho United States shnuld make a reduction of 50 per cent on the du tics on Cuban products, or at least mako a preference in their favor over similar prouuets irom oilier coun tries. Tho resolution was tabled without discussion. Tho majority report of tho commit too on relations, slgnod by Senors Corner., Sllva and Vllleundne, -was road, but after a discussion, which Bhowcd that a majority of tho dele gates wcro opposed to it, a resolution to lay it on tho tablo waa carried. A similar disposition was made of re ports from Senors Do Quesada, Tarn ayo, Nunez and GIberga. A motion iby Senator Monteaugdo to appoint a commission to go to Washington was defeated by a voto of 13 to 12. It wa3 finally decided to hold a public session of the conven tlon tomorrow, when nn attempt -will probably bo mado to reconsider tho notion on the Montoaugdo resolution Ontt lluhhrr Btlll Lower. BOSTON, April 2. Tho United States Rubbor company today nn nounccd a further reduction in its prlco list of G per cent. Tho annual prlco list Is mado public. In com parison with tho prlco list of April 1, 1900, It shows a total roluction of 28 per cent, us cutn amounting to 2J per cent woro previously mado from tho 1900 list. The nbovo reJuction In prlcos applies to nil goods In the hands of Jobbers, Attempt to Kill the Ciir. !XNDON, April 2. A dispatch to tho Morning Lender from KIcff says it Is reportod that on officer of tho household nttomptcd to assassinate tho czar. He Ilred ut his majoety and missed. Ho then Bhot and killed him self. Ilendy to ltefcue the Kmuerar. LONDON, April 2. Tho corre spondent of tho Globo at Shanglul says ho understands that tho Yang Tho vlcoroys and Yuan Shi Knl (tho military govornpr of Shan Tung) nro prepared to dlspitch 100,000 troops to Slan Fu to rescue tho cm poror from tho nanus of tho reac tionaries and escort him to Pekln, it a littlo pressure and promise of nf or al support U forthcoming from the powers Interested in tho open door. RUSSIA THREATENS CHINA. Hotlr.o Says China Most Sign the Man chitrlan Treaty Without 1'urther Oelny. WASHINGTON, April 2. Informa tion tins reached hero to tho effect that tho Russian government, being seriously perturbed by tho courso of China in not signing tho Manchurian treaty largely because of tho protoat mado by tho several powers, has con veyed a distinct and unmlstaknblo Indication to China that If this courzo is persisted in thero may ha an In terruption of diplomatic relations be tween Russia and China and a ter mination of tho present Intorcoutsa between them. Thin Is littlo short of an ultimatum that China must sign of take tho consequences of a ter mination of Its friendly rotations with Russia. To what extent the United Stntca twill tako cognlzanco of Russia's dls- )osltlon to enforce the signing of tho agreement has not yet been made ap parent. It appears to bo tho policy of tho Chlneso authorities to consider .his na a Bubjoct which concerns tho powers quite ns much ns It doos Chi na. Tho mutter has becomo further complicated by reports reaching Washington, thnt tho Chinese author!- tlen themselves aro dlvldod oa the couso to be pursued by somo of tho most Influential, Including Ll Hung Chang, urging that ncquto3ccnco bo given to tho Russian proposals, whllo others Insist on rejecting tho agree ment. Tho nttltudo of Ll Hung Chang Is accounted for by his well known frlondllness for Russian Inter ests. In this case, however, there ap pears to bo arrayed against him tho strong lufluonco of tho southern vlco oys, Chan Chi Tung rtnd Lin Kun, Yl, who oppose tho signing of tho treaty. Reports thus far received buow tho agreement has not boon s'gncd. BUFFALO HAS ITS TROUBLES. Old Question of Suudajr Onenlnjj of Ex- poltlou Up Aciln. BUFFALO. N. Y., April 2. Vice President Roosevelt has accopted an Invitation to take part in tho dodl cation of the Pan-American exposi tion, which .will not tako placo until May 20, although tho exposition will bo formally opened onMay 1, as hero toforo announced. A mass meeting ntttcndeJ by nbaut 1,000 porsonB was held at tho Dela ware Avenue Baptist church last night, at which resolutions wore adopted against opening tho Pan American exposition on Sunday. There was read a letter from Secre tary Cortelyou, in reply to ono to President McKinloy on tho subjoct It contained an extract from a let ter from John H. Brlghaui, prcsl dent of tho government board, as fol lows: "It has been the Invnrlablo rulo of the government board not to open tho government building on Sunday. It will bo safo to Inform persons inter ested that this rulo twill not ho de parted from nt tho Buffalo exposl tion.H President Hurt to Testify. WASHINGTON, April 2. Tho In dustrial commission announced tho names of thoso who will testify beforo the commission during tho hearings this month. Tho following transpor tation witnesses havo been arranged for: A. S. Randall, chairman of com mittee on government ownership and control of telegraphs, of tho Interna tional-Typographical union; and H. G. Burt, president Union Pacific railroad company. Klllrd by Irene Sillier. WEATHERFORD, Okl., April 2. Andrew Morris, conch-cleaner for tho Choctaw & Gulf railroad at this placo, waa shot and Instantly killed by Miss Irene Miller at tho hitter's residence lure at 9 o'clock this morning. Tho ball entered near tho noso and pene trated tho brain. Tho girl whon ar rested claimed the shooting was acci dental. A coroner's Jury was Bum nioncd to viow tho body and tako test imony. Coiidltliu of the Treiiaury. WASHINGTON, April 2. Today's statement of tho treasury balances in I the gonoral fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the divi sion of the redemption shows: Avall- ublo cash balances, $158,443,521; gold, $98,016,643. Thirty Thousand Idle, LONDON, April 2. Reports received nt a mass meeting of tho Lanarkshire colliery handlers at Hamilton Bhow that 30,000 miners wero Idle in Scot land owing to tho strlko for on eight- hour day. Actor Hopelessly Inssn. NEW YORK, April 2. Doctors Stowart, Wllman nnd Fitch today mndo an examination of Maurice Bar- rymoro, now a patient in Bellovuo hospital. Tho actor has passea a quiet night, Bleeping tho deep Bleop of uttor exhaustion. At tho conclu sion of tho examination Dr. Stowart announced that tho patient was hope lessly Insane. It was also givoa out that tomorrow morning ho will bo taken to Rlvcrcrcst asylum, Astoria. CHARGED AS KIDNAPER However IIo Will Not Show Hia Hand Until Trial la Called, CASE WILL COME UP APRIL 22D An Extra Fireman Meet Death ut North Platte Mm. Knox of Itlchlaud At tempt Bulchle Other Matters of More or Leg Interest In Nehrntkn. OMAHA, Neb., April 1. Jamca Cal lahan, now in the county Jail, charged with, being ono of tho kldnapors of Edward A. Cudahy, Jr., -will not show his hand until his trial is called in the district court, tho date of which has been ngrccd upon and Bet for April 22. Whon Callahan waa arraigned bo- foro Judgo Vlnsonhalor n few tVjys nco. ho stood muto and & nlon of not guilty was entered by tho court. County Attorney Shields for tho etato and Attorneys Halter and Mac- farland for tho defendant, got togeth er nnd by nn agreement It was de cided that when tho caso Is called iCallahan will walvo examination. It was also agreed that tho caso will bo called for a hearing In tho district court on tho morning of April 22. Callahan 1b etlll seeking bonds for his release and hopes to got out of Jail within tho next few days. It has been agreed that tho com plaint charging Callahan with robbing Cudahy of $25,000 will be tho first ono to bo tried. Mr. Knox Trie Salchle. RICHLAND, Neb., April l.Mrs. LIUlc Knox, wife of J. L. Knox of this place, attempted suicide by shooting herself at the homo of Hulln Gal braith, two and one-half miles south of this place. The act was committed with a 32-callbor revolver, tho ball passing between tho heart. and tho lungs and will probably provo fatal. Mr. and Mrs. Knox had been resi dents of thb place for two years and nlwayB neemed to llvo happily to gether until about two months ago. when Mrs. Knox said sho was going to retire and went to her room. Sho bundled up part of her wearing ap parel and divided their sav'ngs, leav ing Mr. Knox's sharo on tho dressor with a noto Baying sho had loft him. and took her doparturo through the window. Slnco that time sho ha? been making her homo at Mr. Gal- braith's. Plrrnmn Killed. NORTH PLATTB, Neb., April 1. - Troy E. Goddard, nn extn, fireman, who came hero from Hastings to work August 1, 1900, was klllod Saturday. Ho took tho placo of tho regular fire man, Lowls, who laid off, und went cast on an extra with Engineer Woad Whlto. When they woro near Coyotift tho train broko into Uireo pieces and whllo tho trainmen wero giWing tho train In on a side track Goddard went forward to flag No. 3. His signal was answered by Engineer WhltJock of No. 3. Why Goddard did not get out of tho way of tho englno Is not known. IIo was struck, probably by tho pilot. and instantly killed. Itoys to Itamaln nt MaullR). HASTINGS, Neb., April 1. Theo dore Knapp, Frank Fountain and Ed ward Barnhouse, throe Hastings boys who havo been In tho Philippines with tho Thirty-second United States volunteer regiment, have docided to remain in that country. They have been mustered out nnd will soon en gage in business. Theodore Knapp haB taken tho managership of a largo drug storo at Manila. Free Ilnral Delivery. WASHINGTON, April 1. Addition al rural dellvory servlco will bei es tablished at York, York county, April 1. It will embrace an area of thirty- two square miles, with a population of 1,576. William M. Allen nnd Leo S. Carey havo been appointed carriers. To lie City of First Class. BEATRICE, Neb., April 1. Gover nor Dietrich hna leaued a proclama tion declaring Beatrice a city of the first class. Tho proclamation was is sued at tho request of Mayor Jackson, who certified to tho population as shown by tho census of 1900. Southwestern Teachers' Normal. TRENTON, Neb., April 1. Teach ers from Hayes, Chase," Dundy and Hitchcock oountio3 nro p!annlng to a tend tho summer normal ochool of southwestern Nebraska at Waunota Juno 3 to 20. (lets Terdlet Acalust Woodmen, HARTINGTON, Neb., April 1. District court ndjournod last week. Thoro will bo an ndjournod: term Juno 13 to clean up n numbor of equity cases. Ono of tho most Important cases disposed of nt tins term waa that of Helen Hamilton against tho Woodmen Accident asso ciation, A verdict was given Holei Hamilton for 12.023.42. Tho defend ants intend to carry tho caeo to the supreme court,