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THK STATE AT LARGE.
A severe rain and hall storm visit
ed Ciblon and vicinity.
Chariest Meed, a young man, Is In
Jill at How anl i barged with home
stealing.
Dakota City has doubled the license
f for Halixms, the amount now being
31. 2() yearly.
At Fremont three little girls on their
way home from m hool (Uncovered a
Irt of stolen goods hidden under a
Hidewalk.
Robbers entered the stores of II. L.
Iti:shn II and II. It. Green at Iteming
ford and took merchandise In each.
Th y also broke Into tin- school lioj-tc
W. .1. Itobinsoti of tewing was bnmd
over to district ci;int in tin- su ::i of
$.in f(,r li.iving in his hi . ssi ci. it
N charged, in uiri" ebb -kens March
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The NelT-t.ka l.l.i;iir I .t!ms'
-onent.i'i ui!l be h'-Id :it Fall t'ify
.Fi:n to . Of!i ...s will !. fc i
;i:m f iirii.i.-r In.sf m-s is up for
consider. it ion.
N. V. Harlan and family of York
b rt l.i-f v. i'.-k Tot Vi'l. '."7., Alaska.
Where Mr. I I.ii la ii k.k-s to resume his
!!iial duties as ro.r-i u'ing attorney
fur tin- Third distiief.
Chief Knttiin-i r tension of the Ilur
liru'lon. with u force of engineers, is
;-aid t lie .sttln grade stakes be
tween Oakland and Lyons for the
A. Man I brum h of ike I ? n 1 1 i ri ;;t i m.
At a nn-etitiic of citizens and old
-?'!di-rs at 'aiii!iiiln the d'lte for
lioidiai; t!i" next smith we. ;t Ncbra.-ka
!isirict (J. A. It. rt-tmiim was set at
the w k commencing Anu ;l .'I, i:'3,
at Crtmlo id-;e.
In.-tnu tiiifis have been tuailed to the
varioiii superintendents of stte insti-t!jli-i.'is
t. miide tl.eni in making out
Ikeir semi annual statements. The
f-tiiietinns are sent that a uniform re
Jiol't v;II be made.
At Campbell Holla I(ss a stone
ma:-on. was siiot. but not seriously
voutdei, by a section man nai.ed
Haines. !;.-. was phot in t!ic left
shoulder. The shooting is claimed to
have been in m If defense.
Fildy v ill" has a new bank, dolrg
bu-ir.ess under tho name of the
!yvil'e State bank, with these in con
trol: Hiah Wool ruff. I.. I'. Branson
and Ma-r-ie .1. Branson. The capital
stock is $r.!no and the articles of in--orporatin
were filed with the Rank
ing board.
The four cars of oil at Central City.
Hastings, nine Hills and Old, which
were rejected by Former Oil Inspec
tor Hays, because they did not come
up to the standard set by the new
law raising the test from 100 to 112 de
grees, have been finally passed by In
spector Church.
A young man seventeen years old.
named John Heed, has just been taken
to the asylum at Lincoln, he having
hoen adjudged insane Ity Polk county's
hoard of insanity. His people have
ihe hope that with the treatment he
can receive there that he will soon
regain his mind.
The secretaries to the board of
health met in Lincoln and were kept
fiusy granting licenses to newly grad
uated doctors. There were seventy
eight applications from regular phy
sicians and five osteopaths. Fourteen
of this number are graduates of the
medical school at Lincoln, twenty-one
from the two schools at Omaha and
the rest from outside the state.
The meeting of the Nebraska Art
association was held In Lincoln and
the following trusties" term3 have ex
pired. Mias Sara Hayden. Dr. George
O. V. Farnham, Charles Mayer and
Samuel Hall. The trustees organized
ami elec ted the following officers for
the ensuing year: F. M. Hall, presi
dent: T. M. H odsman. vice president;
Sarah Hayden. secretary, and A. G.
Greenlee, treasurer. The association
voted to increase its membership from
10 to stockholders daring the
roming year.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stoker arrived in
IJncoln from Ohio. Some time ago
she inserted an advertisement In a
matrimonial paper and a prompt re
sponse was made her by Charles Sid
lers of that place, who has been a
widower since last August. Mrs.
Stokers arrived In town and Immedi
ately proceeded to the office of the reg
ister of deeds, where she inquired into
her respective husband's real estate
record. She was satisfied that he was
- the owner of a farm valued at $10,000.
He is 72 years old. and the lady is
about half that age.
At the special election held In
Nance county to vote $73,000 bonds of
the county for the purpose of erecting
over the Loup river steel bridges at
Genoa. Fu!!erton and Palmer, the
bonds were voted by a vote of 1.0C3
for to 333 again3t.
The state printing board met for
the purpose of considering the bid of
"tin Sedgwick of York for printing
he session laws. The bid. which Is
for 5.0o0 copies of the laws at $2.75 a
page, was accepted, and Sedgwick
received the contract.
A Union Tacific passenger train
which left Beatrice the other morning
I enroute for Omaha went into the ditch
Just before arriving at Hanlon, a
small station near IJncoln. The en
tire train left the track, but fortun
ately no one was tnjureJ.
Holeomb Anderson, a Swedish
farmer, fifty-five years old. living three
miles northwest of Mead, huag him
self in the barn on his farm. Life
was extinct when the body was dis
covered but the body, wp.3 yet warm.
fio cause is is given for the act.
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INCREASED CROP ACREAGE.
Labor Bureau Issues Bulletin on Con
dition of Grain and Fruits.
The labor bureau has Issued a state
mnt showing the condition of crjps
and fruit. With the report Is a table
showing the in . rare and decrease la
the per cf-nt of acreage put In wheat,
oats, rye, alfalfa and corn. The reports
aiid that if March iiiid April had been
. hanged a normal season would have
i exulted, but as it was the warm weath
er of .March caused an early planting
c f crops and the cold weather in April
Injured them to some extent. The
it port follows:
Tie average total precipitation for
M-::h for Nebraska was 0.7 inch an I
for April l.U.I inch.
V!o : t prior to the cold weather of
p:-il the tippcarancc of wheat present
-d a '.'T, per cent condition. This ap-
p!ie I to other crops of small grain.
Ti;e prospects were for the largest per
cent yi H in the history of the state
The wet wcathf-r of l ist fall caused a
decrease in the acreage that would
have been sown had it not been for
this wet weather.
Corn For corn there will be an In
crease r 10.su per cent in the state.
The prospects are excellent over the
entire stae and the only fear expressed
is that the coll, wet condition of the
ground may continue, which might
prevent germination.
Oats For the oat crop there Is re
ported a 0.7 per c -nt increase and a
O.'.'S per cent decrease, piving a net
increase in the state of ;.1S per cent.
This increase wiii occt:r mostly in the
south central e antie.s.
Hye There will be an increase in the
acreage of rye of 3.2S per cent. The
prespect is good and the condition of
the stale crop is about 90. In the
eastern part it is better than this.
Alfalfa Alfalfa is gaining friends
rapidly. It has been thoroughly dem
onstrated in the west that alfalfa can
be grown without irrigation and the
r.-suit i a very great increase in acre
age each year. This year it ranks first
in increase of acreage, the increase be
ing l'.K.) per cent.
Creamery People Confer.
KHAHNKY The first annual meet
!ng of the operators and agents of the
Heat rice Creamery company for the
Kearney district convened at the city
hall in this city. The gathering was
on invitation of the managers of the
company for interchange of opinions
and discussion of creamery topics.
An address of welcome was made
by Mayor Roe, which was responded
to by Art Gentzler, superintendent for
the section north of the Platte river.
A. M. Priest gave a talk on Our Mu
tual Interests." The regular topics
for the afternoon were as follows:
"Regular Shippings Days," Art Gentz
ler; "What Is Good Condition?" A. M.
Priest, the company's manager at Lin
coin; "Change in Test and Causes,"
A. P. Salgren; question box, George
I.efieur, and a discussion led by A. E.
Wilkinson.
Damage Less than Feared.
J. P. Hess, one of the large fniif
growers, stated that the damage from
the recent fr?eze and snow storm was
much less than was feared. Apples,
he says, have been damaged very
little and he anticipates that they will
make nearly a full crop. Cherries
also, much to the surprise of fruit
growers, appear to have been but little
damaged except in certain localities.
Y. M. C. A. Bids All High.
YORK. Bids for the erection of the
new Young Men's Christian associa
ttion building were opened by the gen
eral committee and the lowest bid
was $3,000 more than the association
expected to pay. Thi3 Is due to the
advance in the price of material and
the fact that York contractors have
more work contracted ahead than they
can take care of.
Valuable Farm Changes Hand.
CENTRAL CITY. Last week T. B.
I lord bought the Anthony farm three
miles west of town at $53 per acre.
There are 430 acres, all seeded to
alfalfa.
Identifies York Suspect.
YORK. Neb. Detective Malone of
Lincoln reached here and identified
one of the men arrested as suspects
as Jame3 I.eo. Leo was held in the
Lincoln jail for three months, accus
ed of the recent Burlington train rob
bery. During his incarceration coun
try store robberies ceased.
Insoecting National Guard.
Ia a short time, probably ten days,
the members of the National Guard
will be inspected by an officer de
tailed from the war department. To
the end that the soldier boys will
come up to the highest standard. Ad
jutant General Culver is preparing to
do a little inspecting himself during
the next few days and will call upon
as many companies as he can be?
tween now and the time of the com
ing of the department officer.
Nehawvka Man Insane.
PLATTSMOUTH. Philip Burke of
Nehawka was before the board of In
sanity and pronounced a fit subject
for the asylum for the -insane at Lin
coln, where he was taken by Sheriff
J. D. McBride.
Fine Stock Sold.
WAYNE. Fifty head of fine Here
ford cattle were sold at public auc
tion by W. N. Rogers of McCook, and
otherj. averaging $100 per head.
U. P. UNDER FIRE
CALLED TO ACCOUNT REGARDING
RATES.
FAVORS TO A CRAW FIRM
The Trans-Continental Line Uses Pea
vey's Council Bluffs Elevators and
is Alleged to Pay Unduly for Thii
Privilege.
WASHINGTON. The Interstate
Commerce commission has begun an
investigation to determine whether the
payment or allowances made by the
Union Pacific to Peavey & Co. of Kan
fas City and Council Bluffs for grain
elevator facilities and the grain rates
made to that concern are in violation
of the interstate commerce law.
The Union Pacific is made respond
ent in the' procee lings and has been
ordered to file a full answer to the
charges by May 23 and to satisfactorily
explain the alleged rebates at a hear
ing to be called hereafter.
The commission in ordering the in
vestigation says it appears that the
I'tavey company is purchasing grain
at western points of origin and ship
ping over the Union Pacific to Council
lUufTs and Kansas t ity and through
those points to eastern destinations;
that the Union Pacific uses the ele
vators of Peavey & Co. for handling
und transferring grain, for which fa
cilities it pays certain stipulated rates,
generally amounting to Wz cents per
100 pounds. These rates, it is charged,
result in large payments or allowances
by the Union Pacific to Peavey & Co.
and aprprently are excess: veand gre. t
e"r than charges generally imposed or
allowed at Kansas City. Council Bluffs
and other elevator points.
The commi-ssion says it appears that
the rebates are not only on the grain
of Pavey & Co., but on grain of all
other shippers passing through the
Peavey elevators, and that the allow
ances may subject other grain shippers
to unjust discrimination and unjust
transportation charges, and that they
enable Peavey & Co. to obtain net rates
less than the regular dra.fts.
The International & Great Northern
and the St. Louis Southwestern rail
ways have filed with the Interstate
Commerce commission answers to the
order calling for information regard
ing class and commodity rates from
St. Louis to Texas common points.
Both lines admit making certain ad
vances but deny that the advances
were material or that they were made
to earn unreasonable revenue. The In
ternational & Great Northern says that
its cost of operation has been in
creased; that to reconstruct the bridge
equipment will cost upwards of $100,
000, and avers that its Bet earnings for
the three months ending March 31,
1903 were largely decreased. The other
road makes similar allegation.
BULGARIA'S SLAPS AT PORTE.
Returns Note Because It Is in "Of
fensive Terms.'
CONSTANTINOPLE. The Bul
garian government has returned the
porte's note on the subject of incur
sion of Bulgarian bands into Mace
donia and the importation of ex
plosives into Turkey from Bulgaria,
to the Ottoman commission at Sofia, in
consequence of what the government
of Bulgaria describes as its "offensive
terms."
The mustering of Turkish troops
continues in Macedonia and Albania,
where Soon 1C5 battalions will be
distributed.
FUNERAL OF BISHOP HURST.
Sermon by Bishop Fowler and Ad
dress by Bishop McCabe.
WASHINGTON, D. C Funeral
services over the remains of the late
Bishop John Fletcher Hurst were
held Thursday morning at the First
Methodist church.
The sermon was delivered by
Charles H. Fowler of Buffalo and
Bishop Charles C. McCabe of Omaha.
who succeeded Bishop Hurst as chan
celler of the American university,
made an address. Rev. Dr. Henry A.
Butz, president of the theological sem
inary, offered the prayer. The inter
ment wa3 at Rock Creek cemetery
and was private.
Forty-One Years on Same Farm..
SIOUX FALLS, S. D. Foster T.
Wheeler, a pioneer settler of Charles
Mix county, has made a remarkable
record, residing on the same farm for
forty-one years. He settled on the
land in 1S62.
Strike Becomes International.
MONTREAL. The office.rs of the
striking longshoremen announce that
the Liverpool longshoremen have ca
bled that they will refuse to handle
any good 3 loaded here by non-union
men. The Liverpool longshoremen,
the strikers here claim, are affiliated
with the British labor congress. The
Canadian Pacific will continue to load
and unload its vessels at Three
Rivers.
Cleveland for Water Talk
OGDEN, Utah. The executive com
mittee of the National Irrigation con
gress has received a letter from
Gilbert McClurg. general representa
tive of the irrigation congress, who
had a recent interview with Grover
Cleveland. The ex-president express
ed a desire to attend the congress n
Ogden next September and promised
in the event of not being able to do so
to send a paper on "Arid Land. Re
clamation." ' ' '
mini i mi nun ii mi
TCC LIYC STOCK MARKET.
X latest Quotations from South T
Omaha and Kansas City.
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MOITTH OM4II t.
CATTLR There was aliberal run of
cattle arid In fact receipts were con
siderably ahead of expectations. The
beef steer market could be quoted
steady to a shade lower. There was
quite a little unevenness to the trade
and It was very evident that packers
were not very anxious for supplies, as
the bl run all the wek has fllled them
up in (fool shape. As a general thing
the medium and handy weight cat
tle sold at about steady prices, but
the heavy cattle were slow. The
cow market showed very little
chung-e. The blsr bulk of the offerings
consisted of beef steers, so the supply
of cows and heifers was not excessive.
The better grades in particular Bold
freely "at steady prices. Hulls held Just
about steady and veal calves sold irv
yesterday's notches, but they are lower
than they were a week aro. There
were very few tockers and feeders on
sale and the demand was very limited.
The few cattle that did arrive in most
cases had to sell a little lower.
HGS There was quite a liberal run
of hours, but the market held about
steady. At the start packers took hold
quite freely and a Kood many traders
were callinu; the market steady to
strong1. The hotrs, though, were a prood
deal heavier than yesterday, which
helped out the apeparance of the mar
ket on paper to quite an extent. To
ward the close, thoiiRh. the packers
st-emcd to have their more urgent or
ders filled, so that the last end of the
market was slow and weak. The bulk
rf the medium weights sold from $6.
C2'. to $C.C.-..
SIIKKP Quotations for clipped
stock: Choice western lan.bs. $f.00i)
O.T.O: faj- to prood lambs, $.V00 t fi.OO :
choice western wooled lambs, S.TiCii1
7.1i; fair to prood wooled lambs, JtVOC't1
G.r.0: choice lightweight ye;trliii?s. S.'.r.O
(i.!; fair to prood yearlings. Jl.'iOff
Xt.'lo: c hoice wethers, $.1.00 5 5.2" : fair to
roimI wethers. $4.2." ?i 4.r,." ; choice ewes.
$4..r.0'! 4. dr.; fair to tfood ewes. $:
4.23: feeder lamlis, $:..r.0i 4..'0; feeder
yearllnprs. $.1.50'' 4.00; feeder wethers,
$3,5014.00; feeder ewes. $3.23 Q 3.50.
KANSAS C1TV.
CATTLK Iieeves steady to strong;
quarantine steady; cows and heifers
steady to weak; stockers and feeders
steady; choice export and dressed beef
steers. $ I. (JO t, r..2.r. ; fair to prood. $S.r.0Ti'
4.C.r; stockers and feeders, $2. SO 'i 5.1 ;
western-fed steers, $3. 50 4. 75; Texas
and Indian steers, $2.50 it 4.75 ; Texas
cows, $1.751 3.CI5; native cows, $1.50r'
4.40; native heifers, $2.S0 4.75; dinners.
$1.10fi'2.r.O; bulls, J2.750.4.23; calves,
$2.01j 6.73.
H(;s Market steady to strong:
top, $G.S0; bulk of sales. $G.60 n, c.72 's ;
heavy. $t.7 V f C.S0; mixed packers,
$G.55r?c C.72Vi; light, $0.35 1c .G0; yorkers,
$0.55 6.G0; pigs, 53.83i 6.20.
SHEEP AND LAMHS-Market active
and strong; native lambs, 54.25(4 7.00;
western lambs, 54.00 6.90; fed ewes,
$3.7305.23; native wethers. $4.005.83;
Texas clipped sheep, $4.00 6.00; stock
ers and feeders, $3.70 5j) 4.30.
JAPANESE ARMY PERFECT.
Will Not Be in Background in Event
of Trouble.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Mr. Shi
mizu, the recently appointed Japan
ese consul at Chicago, who arrived
here on the Nippon Maru on the way
to his new post, said regarding the
Russian-Manchurian trouble:
"The statement that the arsenals
are working day and night and turn
ing out vast amounts of military
stores max be true. For the past
four years the government has aimed
at building np a standing army which I
would oe ready and capable of enter
ing the lists in case of international
trouble."
NEBRASKA GIRL IS SECOND.
Result of the Interstate Oratorical
Contest.
SIOUX CITY, la. The Interstate
oratorical contest, in which six states
were represented, was won by Harry
C. Culver of Cornell college, Mount
Vernon, la., the subject being "A Po
litical Problem." The prize was $50.
Miss Florence Hope cl Grand Island
college, Nebraska, yrzr 6econd; Irvin
B. Wood of. Hamline university, St.
Paul, third. Others in the contest
were Garland C. Greeve of Central
college, Fayette, Mo.; James G. Get
ty of Hedding college, Abingdon, 111.;
Warren Barber of Ripon college, Wis
consin. These six orators were the
survivors of a contest in which forty
four colleges took part.
He May Abolish the Route.
WASHINGTON, D. C The post
office department on Friday sent to
Inspector Connor of the rural free de
livery service at Nashville. Tenn..
written instructions to investigate
the matter of the rural carrier held
up near Gallatin, Tenn. Postmaster
General Payne said that he would
probably abolish the route.
Bills Were Settled for Him.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Lieutenant
John F. McCarthy, Nineteenth Infan
try, was arrested In this city Friday
night by the police and was taken
to Fort Leavenworth by Soldiers. Ha
is at the post under arest, awaiting
court martial. It was supposed by
his fellow officers, when they paid
the bills of. the local merchants who
caused his arrest on criminal charges,
that McCarthy's resignation would
be accepted.
King Honors W. C. Kohlsaat.
STOCKHOLM King Oscara haa
conferred knighthood of the Royal Or
der of Vasa on Commissioner W. C.
Kohlsaat in recognition of his work
in connection with the St. Louis ex
position. Subscriptions to Transvaal Loan.
LONDON It is understood that
the Transvaal loan has been subscrib
ed for twenty, times.
CHANCE TO REFORM
HOW WORRIED FATHER COM.
FORTED HIS HEART.
Mis Scapegrace Son, by Enllatlng In
the Marine Corps, Was at Least
Safe from Misadventure for Four
Years May Yet Make His Mark. '
He s regarded as the scapegrace
3f the family, and both parents long
iince despaired of htm. Having de
spaired of him, the mother clung all
the closer to him, demanding suspen
sion of Judgment. The father gave
him till 33 to come to his normal
senses and achieve fame, fortune and
family. After doing the United States
thoroughly, he spent two months in
Cuba, half a year in Yuc atan, ti fort
night in Panama, a month in Nica
ragua, a week in Sombrero, three
weeks In iAbrador, a year in Cape
Nome and seven weeks with the army
of Castro in Venezuela. In all these
trials and tribulations he managed to
keep out of jail.
One cold day he surprised his par
ents with the announcement that ho
was to sail for Scotland on the follow
ing morning to make his fortune.
"Scotland?" gaspod both ia a
breath.
"Scotland," ho said solemnly.
He named the ship he was to sail
on, and the parental blessing was con
ferred. No one thought or seeing
him off.
Two days later the father, looking
over the list of arrivals of outgoing
steamships, saw the name of the very
one that the scapegrace had sailed on.
It was cabled from Glasgow.
"What! Glasgow in two days," he
exclaimed, doing a war shuffle on the
parlor carpet. "Something wrong.
Surely that ship did not go by wireless
telegraphy."
The mother said: "Never mind;
what my boy said will turn out all
right. He may have taken one of the
turbine steamers."
The father did not disturb her fond
imaginings.
Next dav Cardinal Gibbons came on
from Baltmore to attend some festivi
ties at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and
our doubting father, having known the
grand old man from infancy, hastened
to ioin him in the yard. In tow of the
Admiral they went out to see the re
view of sailors and marines. A com
pany of the latter wheeled into posi-
ion before the party, and tne cloubt
ne father's heart stood still. There
in the ranks stood the scapegrace,
with a grin on his face a yard wide.
"My son a private In
the Marine Corps!" lie gurgitated.
The Cardinal inquired if he was ill.
"Yes, father. Look look there;
my boy!"
The Cardinal, who had been ac-
ciuainted with the boy from the time
when mother's little ray of sunshine
wore swaddling clothes, remarked
sotto voce: "Let him alone! Best
place for him."
Not lone afterward the boy went
aboard ship with his company and
was next heard from when the cruis
er weathered the storm off the
Azores.
"Dear Papa," he wrote. "It has
been the fearfullest time of my Ufa.
We have been on our beam ends for
three days, and during that period I
have been doing stunts with God.
Your affectionate son," etc.
"Well, it nearly broke my heart at
first," says the father, "but my boy
is out of devilment for at least four
years, the term of enlistment. Maybe
he'll settle down after that and be a
prop for my old age."
The youth is six feet two and a
quarter inches, straight as a pine and
good looking. He may make his mark,
and no doubt will. The best blood of
old Virginia is in hi3 veins. New
York Press.
NOT WHAT THEY WANTED.
How Mayor Low Incurred Enmity of
Newspaper Men.
On the dark and stormy election
night there were a dozen newspaper
men ordered to the house of the mayor-elect
to inform him of his victory
and get a few salutatory wise saws
from his lips, says the New York Trib
une. The elated mayor met them In
the hallway, saw their bedraggled and
drenched condition, and took pity on
them. "Gentlemen," he said, "I am
particularly beholden to you for com
ing up here through the awful storm
to inform me of the victory, and now
that I have spoken my little say, al
low me to invite you all" and here
the thirst of the twelve men good and
true waxed truly ponderous "to the
dining room below" six men with
chattering teeth and visions of rare
bid Scotch bulging their eyea
"where, if you are so inclined" no
need to say that; they were all des
perately inclined "we will have a lit
tle" three men broke ranks in sheer
avidity "ice cream!" "Ice cream!"
shrieked out one of the Park Row
gorillas, in an agony of despair.
"Waow!" And forthwith vanished
into the bleak and bitter night. The
eleven followed sadly and filed to the
nearest Dutch hostelry to predict
direrful things for the new administra
tion. A Yard of Silk.
"In a Sixth avenue store the "other
day," said the woman who shops, "my
attention was attracted by the myste
rious words 'Business of looking for
samples,' and I whisked round just in
time to see a customer dive down, lift
her pretty silken skirts, insert her
hand in a fetching silk stocking
very nicely filled by the way and pro
duce a full yard of silk, which she
handed to the girl with orders to
match it exactly.
"Funny, isn't it?" said another
salesgirl. "Yet almost all our patrons
carry things there, from a purse to
a cigarette case to a yard of silk.
They do not seem to mind fishing for
it, either. They all do it, whether it
be my little errand girl or a haughty
member of the Four Hundred." New
York Press.
World's Greatest Ranching Country.
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The Distance of the Sun.
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IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES AT
WORLD'S FAIR. DEDICATION
The extreme of pomp and ceremony
marked tho dedication ceremonies at
St. Ixiuls of the Ixiulslana I'urchaso
exiMjsltlon. President Kooaevelt, for
mer President Cleveland, President
Francis of tho exouitioii company,
President Carter of the world's fair
commission, members of the cabinet,
and the Supreme court had seats In
tho center of the platform In the Lib
eral Arts building. At tho president's
right sat the visiting diplomatics, a
distinguished looking contingent, which
attracted much attention. In this sec
tion, also, were other distinguished
foreigners and representatives of the
state department at Washington, head
ed by Assistant Secretary of State
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AND DAVID R.
FRANCIS, PRESIDENT OF THE FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Loomis. To the left of the president
sat the joint delegation of senators
and representatives, representing con
gress, the foreign commissioners to
the fair, and Gen. Miles, Adjt. Gen.
Corbin and Gen. John C. Bates, with
many other scarcely less distin
guished. The assembly was called to order
by President Francis. He first Intro
duced Cardinal Gibbons, who deliv
ered the invocation. He was followed
by Thomas H. Carter of the national
commission, who acted as president of
the day.
The choir of 2.000 voices then sang
"The Heavens Proclaiming." At the
close David R. Francis, president of
REMOVED STATUE OF KING.
Few Formalities Attended Demolition
of Edward's Counterpart.
A feature of the Glasgow exhibition
of the year before last was the colos
sal statue of King Edward VII, which
stood below the central dome. They
are still removing the buildings, etc.,
of the exhibition and at the end of last
week the statue was "dealt with." The
ceremony lacked fastidiousness. A
noose was drawn tightly round the
neck of the king, half a dozen navvies
hitched themselves to the ground end
of the rope and the great statue lay
in many fragments. The charitable
explanation is advanced that this
course was taken to remove any
chance of hi3 majesty, when he goes
to Glasgow in May, seeing himself as
bo many thousands had been led to
Imagine him.
Falk Refuses Testimonial.
Circuit Attorney Falk of St. Louis,
through whose efforts not a few bood
lers of that city have been convicted,
declines to accept a testimonial from
admiring citizens who wished to
show their appreciation of his work.
The testimonial tendered was a resi
dence costing $15,000, and Mr. Falk,
while cordially thanking his fellow
citizens, said he could not accept oth
er remuneration than his salary for
simply performing his duty.
Urges Church to Discriminate.
"The time has come, in my opin
ion," says Bishop Burgess of Long
Island, "when the church should be
particular what money it receives.
Money obtained by fostering the
gambling instinct in young parish
ioners is something which every rec
tor should refuse, and, while at first
the church may suffer in its funds,
it will in the end gain in spiritual
strength."
Long Time on One Newspaper.
Col. Stephen N. Winslow, oldest
newspaper man in Philadelphia in ac
tive continuous service, recently cele
brated the sixty-first anniversary of
his entrance into journalism. During
those sixty-one years, without inter
ruption, be has been a member of the
staff of the Inquire-.
Popular Kentuckian.
J. Morgan China, a son of Col.
"Jack" Chinn, the famous Kentuckian
of sporting and belligerent proclivities,
is a candidate for the office of clerk
of the Court of Appeals of the state
of Kentucky. He i3 one of the most
popular men in the blue grass region.
the fair aHHoclntlon. formally present
ed the ralr building.
Both President HooHcvclt and
President Cleveland, who delivered
addresses, were :lven out huslantln
welcome by the cMiornioua crowd,
which packed the biilldlnn. The ap
plause which greeted both of tho dis
tinguished orators was prolongud for
almost twenty minutes.
Tho services were made notablo by
the military display, tho gathering of
dignitaries, and the utterances of men
of highest position marked this first
of the three dedicatory duys of tho ex
Ioslt Ion.
To former President Cleveland was
credited one of these, notable utter-
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ances when he declared his belief that
the Ixulsiana purchase tihowed this
nation to be the "one favored of Ood."
To President Roosevelt was credited
another when he assorted that this
country, first among republics, had
learned to expand without breaking
up, and to grow strong without losing
liberty.
The exercises were closed by a ben
ediction delivered by Bldbop Potter of
New York city.
At the conclusion of tho speeches
the one hundredth anniversary of the
signing of the treaty which tranferred
the Louisiana purchase from Franco
to the United States was marked with
a salute of 100 aerial guns.
HARD ON THE MODEL.
Enthusiastic Painter Almost Causes
Death of Soldier.
Charlc?3 Schreyvogel, the "painter of
the Western frontier," works even in
cold weather on his roof in New York.
Recently he had a soldier for a mod
el. The trooper was told to assumo
a recumbent posture, a3 if wounded.
It was bitterly cold, but the painter
became so absorbed in his work that
he did not experience any discomfort.
The soldier, accustomed to obedience,
lay perfectly still. When Mr. Schrey
vogel had finished he found this really
model model so benumbed that ho had
to half carry, half drag him down to
the studio and revive him with an al
cohol bath (external and internal) be
fore the poor fellow could stand on
hi3 legs again.
Hugh McLaughlin an Optimist
Hugh McLaughlin, for forty years
leader of the Kings county (Brooklyn)
democracy, has two fads outside of
politics baseball and pinochle. The
old gentleman is a good deal of a
philosopher, too, with nothing of tho
pessimist about him. He has no
patience with the talk about "good old
days." holding that things in general
are better than ever before, "includ
ing some of the politicians. I hope,"
he remarked the other day between
deals at his favorite game.
His Excuse No Good.
The court has decided that A. J.
Patterson, the defaulting city treasur
er of Clyde. Kan., must go to the pen
itentiary for three years. Mr. Patter
son i3 the ingenious gentleman who
advanced the plea that inasmuch as
the city obtained it3 money Illegally,
by licensing "joints." he had a rfght
to appropriate it for his own use. The
district court could not be induced to
regard this plea as admissible, so the
defaulter goes to jail.
Last of Indian Tribe.
In a farmhouse near Taunton live
the last descendant of the Massasoit
Indians, Princess TeweeJerna of tho
Warn pan oags. She is called Mlsa
Mitchell by her neighbors. Her face
is of the pure Indian type that is rare
ly seen in this part of the country
and although C7 she is In full posses
sion of her mental and physical vigor.
Trustees Pick St. Louis Man.
Rev. Alfred F. Smith, pastor of tho
St. Louis Methodist Episcopal church,
south, haa been chosen president of
Centra! Female college at Lexington,
Mo. He wilf accept the tender.
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