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R. A. BATES. Publisher.
TLATTSMOUTH.
NEBRASKA.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
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The speed trials of the new Austrian
second class battleship Arpad at Pol a
proves her to be the fastest battleship
la the world.
It Is officially announced that King
I'dward and Queen Alexandra will ar
rive In Dublin In July during their
visit to Ireland.
Present indications are that the Yu
kon output of gold this season will
exceed that of last year from one mil
lion to three million dollars.
The secretary of the treasury re
Jecteel the bid of Tibuco Castana for
the raising of the Maine. The secre
tary will again advertise for bids.
The annual school census of Sioux
Falls, which has Just been competed,
shows an increase of 371 chllldren of
school age over the census of a year
fg.
Consular advices suy that a fight
recently occurred between Montene
grin and Ottoman troops on the fron
tier of Montenegro. Five turks were
killed.
When the Kins of Siam Is attired in
his full complement of royal robes and
is wearing all his state decorations,
their value amounts to something like
$1,000,000.
It is said at the Russian embassy
that advices from St. Petersburg are
to the effect that evacuation of Man
churia by Russia, is steadily being
carried forward.
The itinerary of the Kaiser for the
past year, just published, shows that
since the same date in 1902 his Majes
ty has made sixty-two journeys, total
ling over 24,000 miles.
Denis Tavulari, the greatest traged
ian of Greece and the promoter of
Shakespearean drama in the Orient;
Is in New York making arrangements
to bring his own company here In 1905.
The receiver dp suit against the
Michigan Telephone company, a five
million dollar corporation, controlling
all the 'phone system of the state of
Michigan, reached the United States
court of appeals.
It is announced authoritatively that
f-ecretary Moody of the navy will not
remain In the cabinet longer than the
present term of President Roosevelt.
Mr. Moody expects them to resume
the practice of law.
The lieutenant governor of the
Transvaal, Sir Arthur Lawley, has re
mitted the remainder of the sentences
of the majority of the former burgh
ers convicted of military offenses dur
ing the late civil war.
Complete returns of the election of
twenty-one delegates to a convention
to draft a new charter for the consol
idated city and county of Denver show
that the entire non-partisan civic tick
et was successful.
Importations of manufacturers' ma
terials into the United States for the
fiscal year which ends this month will
be by far the largest in the history of
our Importations, and will amount to
nearly or quite $300,000,000.
Secretary Hay has received a cable
from Consul McWade at Canton which
says: "Governor Wong telegraphs me
that over 1.000,000 natives in Kwang
are starving and earnestly appealing
for help from American charity."
The Brooklyn Eagle says that an
investigation made by it shows that
$.Vh,000 per annum is paid in New
York Etate In excess of the normal
commercial rentals for postoffices.
The Eagle adds that as the lease runs
for ten years, the loss amounts to
$.-.oo,ooo.
Despite the efforts of hundreds of
men throughout the Adlrondacks, the
forest fires are spreading. The most
serious fires are reported in the vi
cinity of Long Lake, east toward New
comb lake and Mount Marcy. At Lake
Georgia the ashes fell like a heavy
f now.
Black Feather, the Shawnee chief
tain, lost bis case in the Supreme
Court of the United States. He want
ed the United States to reimburse the
Indians of his tribe for individual
losses sustained in the civil war. The
court held that only tribal, not indi
vidual. losse3 could be considered.
The Rev. Edward J. Vattmann.
chaplain of the 29th United States in,
fantry, has arrived in Rome from
Manila, by the way of the United
States, and has already had long in
terviews with the members of the
Sacred College and prominent offi
cials of the Vatican about his report
on Philippine affairs.
General Superintendent Winter of
the Omaha railroad, announced a new
schedule of wages for all train and
yard men. The new scale of wages is
practically the same as that granted
by the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern.
Holders of a fairly large portion of
the 114,500.000 of the first mortgages
of the United States Shlpbuilidng
company have announced their oppo
sition to the reorganization plan under
which they are to receive preferred
stock.
The grand lodge of the Order of
Elks, through Joseph T. Fanning of
Indianapolis, chairman of the board of
trustees, and George P. Cronk of Om
aha, the grand exalted ruler, contrib
uted $2,000 to the Topeka, Kan., relief
fund.
The Monte di rieta (state pawn
troking establishing) at Naples was
destroyed by fire. The damage, ac
cording to some reports, amounts to
$2,400,000.
A monument to Bret Harte Is to b
erected in San Francisco.
UNOCCUPIED LAND IN CANADA.
The accompanying illustration tells
more convincingly than would many
columns of letter-press why the eyes
of the land hungry all over the world
are turned to the Canadian west. The
Illustration is from a newly-issued his
tory of Manitoba and the Northwest
Territories, by D. M. Duncan, M. A., of
Winnipeg, Collegla.e. The square, C C,
represents the total area of the prov
ince of Manitoba, and the territories
of Assinlbola, Alberta and Saskatche
wan 270,000,000 acres In all. The
shaded souare, B B, shows the area
of land good for forming 135,000,000
acres; while tne black square. A, is
the land at present under cultivation
4.000,000. The black center of cul
tivated land Is but a dot on the great
FLOOD STILL ON
EAST ST. LOUIS BEING RAPIDLY
OVERFLOWED.
PEOPLE FLEEING FOR SAFETY
The Waters, After Receding, Again
Rise Higher Than Before Situation
Down the River is Said to Be" Most
Critical.
ST. LOUIS With an unexpectedness
nstounlin to the tired citizens of East
St. Lo-iis the Mississippi flood, which
Monday night began to recede after
reachli g a stage of 37.5 feet, began a
rapid lise and reached 37.75 feet, es
tablishing the highest official water
mark ever recorded in St. Louis.
The rise was rapid after the dawn
of day, the water creeping up from 37.1
steadily regaining lost ground and in
reached 37.75 feet. From that time un
creasing until at noon the stage had
until 8 at night remained stationary.
What has caused the rise is prob
lematical. Forecaster Bowie advances
the theory that the water that has
spread out through broken levees to
the north is being drawn back into the
channel by the receding water and has
caused a temporary rise at this point.
He says the rise will be of short dura
tion and the decline will consequently
be rapid.
It Is estimated that 8,000 refuges have
found shelter in St. Louis and vicinity.
People remaining in their flooded
houses in the inundated districts are
being furnished food as rapidly as pos
sible. It is estimated that 4,000 peo
ple are still living in flooded homes in
Granite City, Venice and Madison. A
supply boat will make daily trips to
relieve suffering.
The flood situation in East St. Louis
is critical. Last night it was believed
the flood had been conquered and work
on the levees stopped, but the addi
tional rise of today caused efforts to
further raise the levees to be hur
riedly resumed and all business was
again abandoned while citizens aided
In keeping the water out of the city.
The viaduct leading from East St.
Louis to the Eads bridge, which has
been the viewing point of thousands of
people since the flood began, was or
dered closed, as the water has, it is
believed, weakened the abutmtents and
rendered the bridge dangerous. The
viaduct is the only present connection
between East SL Louis and St. Louis.
At 2:15 the water is rushing into
East St. iouis from the south side in
a torrent and people are fleeing for
their lives. The heavy pressure of the
flood tore away the Illinois Central em
bankment, swept other barriers aside
and flowed on in a torrent to the
southern portion of the city. One re
port has it that the entire city is being
flooded, but it cannot be confirmed.
Expect a Special Session.
TOPEKA. Kas. It is expected that a
special session of the Kansas legisla
ture w'll be called to pass bills for the
relief of the flood sufferers. Replies
have been received from twenty-five
members of the legislature, giving fav
orable answers to the query as to
whether they could serve without pay.
Nearly $00,000 is now in the flood re
lief fund. If this generous aid con
tinues it will be sufficient in three
weeks to go a long way toward giving
North Topeka a new start.
In Governments Favor.
WASHINGTON, D. C The court of
appeals in the District of Columbia
decided the second class mail matter
case in favor of the government, re
versing the decision of the lower court
The case was that oi the postmaster
general against Houghton, Mifflin &
Co., and involving tne admission to
the mails as second class mail matter
of certain puolicatiens.
Jessie Morrison Hears Her Doom.
ELDORADO. Kan. Jessie Morrison
listened to the reading of the man
date of the supreme court which or
ders that she serve a sentence of
twenty-five years in the penitentiary
for the murder of her rival. Clara Wi
ley Castle. Miss Morrison was too
ill to be moved, and although the
sheriff had orders to take her to the
penitentiary at once it is thought
she will be allowed to remain home
for a while.
Memphis Fighting the Water.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Some concern Is
felt here over the flood of ;he Missis
sippi river to the north. A stage of
thirty-four feet is thought to be prob
able at Memphis and large forces of
men are engaged in repairing the
broaks lert in the Arkansas levees
north of the city, made by the late
flood- Repair work at two breaks has
given way and the water is passing to
the country behind the levees, flood
ing a considerable area.
expanse of land suitable for tillage.
From that little black dot over a
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hundred million bushels of various
sorts of grain were reaped last year.
SHOCK KILLS THE SHEEP.
Superimposed System on War Ships
is Condemned.
CHERBOURG, France The sys
tem of superimposed turrets on war
ships has been condemned by the na
val commission, which has been ex
perimenting with the battleship Henry
IV. The final trials were to test the
possibility of men occupying the low
er turret while firing was being done
from the upper turret.
Four sheep were lifted up in the
lower turret to represent gunners, and
after ten shots had been fired three
of the animals were found to be dead.
The fourth had broken away and had
sought refuge in the captain's cabin.
EAST WELCOMES HEAVY RAIN.
Long Drouth is Ended and with it Go
the Forest Fires.
BOSTON Rain, and plenty of it,
Monday night ended the fifty days'
drouth in northern and southern New
England and quenched most of the
forest fires which have turned vast
areas into blackened wastes.
The rain already has drenched the
entire New England coast line. The
storm is traveling inward and will
likely bring relief to all New Eng
land. The drouth just ended has been the
longest and most severe for many
years. Temperatures during the last
fifty days have ranged from frost to
midsummer torridness and damage
has accompanied each, extreme frost
having killed early vegetables and
the hot weather parched meadow and
brush lands.
TREASURY AFIRE AT PEKIN.
Firemen Trying to Put Blaze Out by
Waving Banners.
PEKIN The extensive buildings
occupied by the boards of revenue
and rites are in flames from end to
end.
The revenue building contains 4,
000,000 taels.
The burning buildings adjoin the
legations, and the foreign military
governors are doing effective service.
The Chinese fire department, equip
ped chiefly with banners and gongs,
is helpless.
The board of revenue buildings were
totally destroyed by the fire and the
soldiers demolished the board of sites
building to prevent a further spread
of the flames to the foreign section.
No estimate of the loss is obtainable
at present.
QUARRELED OVER A WOMAN.
One Man is Dead and the Other is in
Jail.
DEADWOOD, S. D. Edward Wilson
of Spearfish was shot and D. Bennett
of Spearfish is in the Dcadwood jail,
charged with murder. The two men
had a quarrel over a woman. Ben
nett says Wilson killed himself. He
acknowledged the quarrel and says
Wilson tried to shoot him; that he
grabbed the revolver, and that when
neighbors started to separate them
Wilson went back in the house, after
which he shot himself. Bennett is
known to have made threats that he
would kill Wilson. Wilson died from
the wound.
Interstate Cases Postponed.
WASHINGTON, D. C The inter
state commission has postponed the
cases which have been arranged for
hearing in Chicago. The cases of the
Cattla Raisers' association and the
Chicago terminal charges and that of
the Chicago Live Stock exchange and
the Fort Worth & Denver railroad,
which had been scheduled for June 15,
have been postponed until June 24; the
thirteen cases involving the grain rate
investigation of the commission have
been postponed from June 15 to June
26. and the Union Pacific alleged re
bate cases from June 16 to June 25.
Favors Chamberlain's Plan.
LONDON A telegram was receiv
ed from Albert Brackln, the attorney
general of the Australian common
wealth, saying that the Australian
commonwealth anl all the govern
ments of the separate Australian
states approve Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain's proposals. Only an ex-,
tresne section of free traders oppose
them and an immense majority is as
sured for the new policy when it is
submitted.
Move Slowly on Conger's Protest.
WASHINGTON, D. C Minister
Conger's protest against Count Cas
sini's published interview concerning
the Russian occupation of Manchuria
has reached the state department. The
department oflicials suspect that Mr.
Conger has perhaps seen a version of
the interview so closely abbreviated
as to convey an erroneous impression
as to what the ambassador really said,
and they are disposed to move very
slowly in forwarding tVe protest.
THE GOAL PRICES
INVESTIGATION INTO THE COM
PLAINT OF HEARST.
WHAT THE OPERATORS DECLARE
They Declare That More Money Could
Be Obtained Were the Public Not
Considered Special Rates Are
Sometimes Politic.
NEW YORK The Interstate Com
merce commission returned to New
York to continue the investigation
into the "complaint of W. R. Hearst
that the coal carrying railroads have
violated and are violating the anti
pooling section of the Sherman anti
trust law.
The commission delayed the hearing
until the United States circuit court
passed upon the right of the coal road
presidents to refuse to answer ques
tions as to contracts between the coal
companies and the railroads.
Robert M. Oliphant, former presi
dent of the Delaware & Hudson, one
of the respondent railroads, was the
first witness. He corroborated the
statements of the other coal men,
who have testified that the price of
coal to the public is to be raised 10
cents a ton a month until a maximum
increase of 50 cents a ton is reached.
He was not prepared to say that the
increased cost of production would not
exceed 30 cents.
In fixing the increase the company,
takes everything into consideration. In
the whole history of commerce there
never was anything as ignorant and
stupid as the way the coal business
has been conducted considering the
usefulness and necessity of coal and
its limited supply.
Mr. Oliphant said he doubted if his
company made any money when coal
was selling in New York at $4 or
less. For the last ten years the profits
of the company have been about 7 per
cent.
His company increased the price, Le
said, because exigencies of the trade
justified the demand. "We could get
a higher price if we asked for it," Le
added.
It was out of deference to the needs
of the public, the witness said, that
the price of company coal was kept
at $5 just after the strike when the
independent operators were getting $8
to $10.
Adelbert Moot, of counsel for the
Erie system, protested that the com
mission has no jurisdiction in any mat
ter that concerns the price of coal.
The commission decided it could con
sider the prices realized for a product
to arrive at the reasonableness or un
reasonableness of the freight rates.
Judge Campbell, the legal represent
ative of the Reading system, declared
his clients were ready to concede that
the price of coal is about $5 a ton and
that the price will increase until $5.50
is reached.
DEATH LIST GROWS BIGGER.
Eighty are Now Reported Drowned by
South Carolina Floods.
COLUMBIA, S. C Though the
great flood is passing on to the ocean
laden with debris of every descrip
tion, and the swollen streams are'
subsiding in the Piedmont region, the
loss of life and property is increasing
and a conservative estimate places'
the property loss at not less than
$3,500,000. At Clifton alone -100 oper
atives are missing from the village
and all are believed to have been lost.
Dead bodies were washed ashore here
and there and occasionally a dismem
bered limb floated to the banks.
The loss at Clifton's three mills will
approximate $2,000,000. At Pacolet
the loss is nearly $1,000,000. The
greatest want among the survivors is
at Clifton, where 500 are destitute.
An Answer Filed.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. The Penn
sylvania Railroad company filed in the
United States court of appeals an an
swer to the suit recently instituted by
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany, which asked the court to modify
Its decree, which held that the Penn
sylvania Railroad company had a legal
right to remove the poles and wires
of the telegraph company from along
the right of way ot the railroad com
pany. No Habeas Corpus for Wright.
WASHINGTON, D. C The United
States supreme court has refused to
grant a writ of habeas corpus in the
case of WThlttaker Wright, the finan
cial operator who is in custody in
New York awaiting ' extradition on
charges made in England.
Census of the Philippines.
WASHINGTON. D. C. A report
has been received at the war depart
ment from General Sanger, who has
charge of the census in the Philip
pine Islands, in which he states that
the work of taking the census of the
islands is progressing very welL Gen
eral Sanger says that the reports thus
far indicate a Christian population
of 7,000.000. The population of Ma
nila, according to the report, in round
numbers, is 220,000.
Shake Hands While Dying.
EL PASO. Tex. Two men are dead
and one is dying as the result of an
other Texas duel at Eagle Lake, when
Marshal Kinard and William McDow
shot eaeh other to death, and Pierce
Hammond, a bystander, received a
mortal wound. McDow shot Kinard
and as he fell Kinard shot McDow,
the latter saying as he fell: "We are
both done for, let us be friends." They
then shook hands anjd died.
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THE STATE AT LARGE.
A new bank Is about to be started at
De Witt.
Plattsmouth reports a great surplus
of vags and thieves.
Reports from over the state say the
rain has ceased falling and the floods
subsiding.
The rainfall for the month of May
in Grand Island, as taken by the gov
ernment observer, was 12.08 inches.
A special train consisting of twelve
carloads of cattle and hogs left Bea
trice for the St. Joseph market. The
stock belonged to Messrs. Stoll, Flro
ved and Neuhauser of Beatrice.'
Dr. Bentr of Beatrice was seriously
Injured at his home in Plymouth, Jef
ferson county, by being kicked out and
trampled by a team of bronchos while
he was engaged in feeding them.
The summer school of the state
normal opened last week for a six
weeks' term and up to the present
time 410 have enrolled. Fifty-one
counties of the state are represented.
The mortgages filed and satisfied in
Saunders county for the month of
May are as shown: Number of farm
mortgages filed 20, amounting to $32,
490; those satisfied 3G, amounting to
$57,050.20.
The first annual meeting of Salem
German Lutheran church of Fremont
was held last week. The secretary's
report showed an increase in member
ship from fourteen to sixty-six. or more
than 350 per cent during the year.
Conductor Ed Hamilton, who has
been confined to his room for a week
at Odebolt, is getting along nicely, but
his face is still badly swollen. While
at Valparaiso in a barber shop the bar
ber cut his neck and blood poison
set in.
The case against Charles Green,
charged with having in his possession
malt and spiritous liquors, was called
in the York county court. The de
fendant waived examination and was
bound over to the district court in the
sum of $300.
G. F. Downie P. A. Kilner and W. F.
Downie has filed articles of incorpora
tion with the secretary of state for
the establishment of a foundry and
machine shop at York to be known as
the Downie-Wright Manufacturing
company. The authorized capital stock
of the corporation is $75,000.
Jesse Miller and a young woman, as
yet unidentified, but believed to have
been a student at the University of
Chicago, were drowned in the lagoon
at Jackson park, Chicago. In a mem
orandum book in the clothing of the
dead man was the following: "If any
thing happens to me notify Ira Miller
or Sophia Casse, 1636 M street, Lin
coln, Neb."
Owing to excessive rainfall which
prevented a few of York county farm
ers putting in all of their corn and
places in corn fields washed out York
county farmers are buying and order
ing new seed corn of the earliest ma
turing kind. Winter wheat in low
places is heading out and where water
has stood will be damaged while wheat
on higher places promises to be good.
The rainfall in Gage county, taken
at two different stations, during the
month of May this year, was nearly
three inches greater than it has been
in any year of which there is any rec
ord. In 1896 the fall was 9.52 inches
and during the month just closed the
fall was 12.2S inches. There were
only fourteen days out of the thirty
one on which there was no trace of
rain.
At the meeting of the board of pub
lic lands and buildings James Tyler,
jr, was chosen state architect accord
ing to the provisions of the law passed
by the last legislature. Despite the
fact that it will be necessary for the
holder of this office to wait two years
or until the next legislature can make
an appropriation for his salary, there
was a rivalry for the place and the
board experienced no little difficulty
in fixing upon a choice.
Dodge county has been relieved
of responsibility for the board of
smallpox patients quarantined in its
boarding house, according to the rul
ing of the supreme court. Herman
Deirs was running a lodging house in
which a number of railroad construc
tion men roomed. Small pox broke
out among them and the whole lot
were quarantined. They refused to
pay board and as Dierks could not fire
them out without violating the quar
antine rules, he kept them and sued
the city to recover the amount due
him.
Articles of incorporation have been
flled by J. T. Donahoo. E. E. Howard,
I. A. Howard of Edgar and H. R. Foll
mer of Nelson for the Artificial Stone
Basin Tank company, to be located at
Edgar. The company is incorporated
at $3,000.
During the month of May there were
two farm mortgages filed in Dundy
county, aggregating $602.50. During
the same time twelve similar mort
gages were released which amounted
to $1,255. One city mortgage was
filed.
No lives or live stock were lost on
account of the floods in the vicinity
of Falls City. The Hinton & Min
nick Ice company were the heaviest
losers. Four of the company's ice
houses and ice floated off. The loss
will be not less than $5,000.
The mortgage indebtedness for Polk
county for the month of May as shown
by Clerk Fillman's record, has c!e
treased $12,761.30.
Governor Mickey has appointed H. S.
McConnell of Albion, Coone county, as
sistant deputy game warden.
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THEY WANT TO BE SOLDIERS.
Several Companies Would Join tha
National Guard.
LINCOLN A flood of new enlist
ments In the state militia is beginning
to pour into the office of the adjutant
general. These are coming in at the
rate of about a dozen a day. Twent-
three were received Thursday. A
large number of the enlistments aro
men who have been recently dls
chargd, owing to the expiration of the
term of service.
There are several companies now
waiting admission to the national
guard. As the guard now has the full
number of organizations allowed by
statute, it Is necessary for these to re
main independent companies, stand
ing their own expenses, until such
time as the disbanding of some pres
ent company leaves a vacancy in one
of the two regiments. If the Dick bill
is taken to mean that a state to re
ceive the government aid must con
tain 2.000 men, it is thought that it
would necessitate the plucing of an
other regiment in the state. The two
regiments could be enlisted up to
that number, but it is a dilllcult mutter
to keep them there.
AS TO SUNDAY BASE BALL.
Is a Misdemeanor, Punishable by Fine
and Imprisonment.
The playing of base ball on Sunday
in the state of Nebraska 13 a mis
demeanor punishable by fine and Im
prisonment. So holds the supreme
court in a case brought before it from
Nebraska City, where Sunday ball
playing became offensive to the law
and order league and arrests of play
ers followed.
In the case of the state again
O'Rourk, decided twelve years ago,
the same holding was made by the
court, but in this case it was hoped to
secure a reopening and a reversal of
this opinion. Nowhere in the stat
utes Is the playing of base ball on
Sunday specifically inhibited, but the
court holds that the prohibition of
sporting includes base ball.
Girl Fatally Burned.
ASHLAND Betsy Erickson, a do
mestic living with Mr. and Mrs. Fen
ton a mile north of Ashland, was
so terribly burned that she will die.
Mr. Fenton heard a piercing scream
from her room. He ran up and found
her door locked and was obliged to
smash the door before he could get
in. She was running around with her
clothes on fire. He extinguished the
flames, but she is burned fatally.
Crop Prospect Is Good.
TAYLOR. Although Loup county
has had a heavier rainfall in the past
month than ever before in a like
period of time within the memory of
the oldest inhabitant, the crops are in
excellent condition. Corn is all plant
ed and several fields have already
been cultivated. The stand is excep
tionally good. Spring wheat is in
prime condition, and rye, winter wheat
and alfalfa fields are beautiful to be
hold. Omaha Man Goes to Beatrice.
BEATRICE Ed F. Schurig of Om
aha, a technical electrical engineer,
arrived in the city to succeed E. J.
Sullivan as manager of the Beatrice
Electric Light company's plant. Mr.
Schurig recently resigned ihe position
as city electrician of Omaha.
Pay Bill for Execution.
The bill for the execution of Gott
lieb Nieginfind has finally been allow
ed y the board of public lands and
buildings. The total bill allowed was
for $253. SO, of which $10 went to the
rope; Douglas county gets $50 for the
scaffold, and $150 goes "to allowance
as per order of board." This sum is
supposed to go to Warden Beerner,
because he was warden at the time of
the execution.
Brakeman Loses a Leg.
FREMONT Frank Herse, a freight
brakeman on the Northwestern, was
seriously and probably fatally injured
at Scribner. The train was doing
some switching and Herse In some
way slipped and fell between the plat
form and the cars. One leg was al
most severed at the knee and .will
probably have to be amputated. Hip
other ankle was crushed.
Strikes Oil in Well.
YORK For some time it has been
generally known that coal oil under
laid York 'County and Thursday, well
diggers at a depth of 160 feet on the
farm of Mr. Brandhoeffer, near Waco,
struck oil in such quantities that it
was impossible to use the water from
the well. The well filled up to a depth
of forty-five feet and the odor of pe
troleum is very strong. Mr. Brand
hoeffer Is sinking another well, hop
ing that he will not strike oil.
Farmers Are Uneasy.
CREIGHTON Corn that is up is
getting very yellow and that which is
not up has rotted, and many acres are
not planted as yet. It has been toe
wet to go into the fields.
Young Farmer Injured.
BEATRICE Otley Brown, a young
farmer residing near this city, sus
tained a broken ankie and minor
bruises about ihe body by having a
horse fall on him while riding through
the streets.
WESTERN CANADA'S IMMIGRATION.
Rapid Settlement of the Wheat Field
Lvlna North of the 49th Parallel.
(From the Chlrao Hcord-lIrl
"Canada ha anticipated a very
heavy Immigration this year, and le
now has figures to show that she 1
actually getting It in a way to meet
all her expectations. In the first four
months cf this year the doors of tho
Dominion opened to 40,072 persons,
according to a report prepared by tho
committee on agriculture and coloni
sation of tlie Canadian parllsrnent.
This Is alraoet twice as largo as tbo
Immigration in tho corresponding
months last year, and fully threo
times as large as In 1901. the respec
tive figures t,ng 22,482 and 13,393.
"Most of these newcomers bav
been attracted by the wheat lands of
tho Northwest teiritorles. Tbey have
moved direct to Winnipeg aDd they
have turned that city Into a great
camp. In which they have leen fitting,
themselves out fer the last stage of
their advent, ire for new homes.
"Of the Immigration of this spring
a little over a third has rome from
Great Urftaln. tho figure being 16,457.
This is three times as large as the
British Immigration of the correspond
ing months of the preceding year, and
it is within 2,f00 of the number of
immigrants that the United Stales at
Iracted from Great Britain and Ire
land In the a.iiiKf period this spring.
As to the remainder of the Immigra
tion Into Cannui 1.1,7.0 settlors '"'
from the United StsiteH. a M per cent
Increase over the preceding year, and
10,445 from Cor.tlLcntal Europe; a 40
per cent Increase.
"These 40.072 immigrants Into Can
ada may appear trilling in compari
son with 2'J7.070 persons who entered
the United States in tho same period,
but thev are nronortlonately more Im
portant to the country. Cunada's pop
ulation is onenlleentn or ours, uui
her immigration is now two fifteenth
as large as ours. It Is worth remem
bering also that Canada's Immigrants
are almost entirely Anglo-Saxon and
Tpninnin races, while our Immigra
tion is now two-thirds made up of
Romance and STlav elements.
"Speculation Is natural as to tho
future of Canada In her relations to
the United States when her North
west territories are filled up. but tho
r,Tp nl.Kolutel v certain fact of the near
future is that tho United States is to
have a great competitor in tho gram
markets of tho world."
The above editorial article taken
from the eoluims of the Chicago Rec-
rrl-Tterld of Mav 2Cth. SllOWH te-
condition of the Canadian immigra
tion, which as pointed out, has had a
constant growth a marvellously in
creasing growth for the past six or
seven years, until this year, it is con
fidently as3uned the increase to Can
ada's population, by way of immigra
tion, will exceed 100,000. This Is ac
counted for by the great agricultural
resources which abound there. It l
no fairy tale, but the mater-of fact
experience of tho tens of thousands
bear ample testimony to the wealth
and riches In store for all who choose
to accept of tbe opportunities of
fered. Those who wish to learn more of
the country can secure Illustrated at
lases, pampMets, etc., giving full and
reliable data Issued under government
authority, by applying to any of the
authorized agents of the Canadian
government. These agents whoso
names appear below will quote yon
the exceptionally low rates that take-
you to the free grant lands of West
ern Canada and render you any other
assistance in their power:
W. V. Bennett 801 New York 1.11
Building, Omaha, Nebraska.
Some people who like hops drink
beer and others eat frogs' legs.
If every man has bis double, how fw
it that so many of them regain sin
gle?
She Won His Long Beard.
Until a few years ago. E. W. Den
nis of Sioux City prided himself upon
having finer whiskers than any man
of his acquaintance. In an evil mo
ment he began playing ping pong with
a charming young woman, who c haffed
him into betting his beautiful hirsute?
idornmcnt against her fluttering heart.
He is a crack player, but the girl
proved to be his tuiperior, and she
ruthlessly demanded her pound erf
whiskers. In ppite of his alt but tear
ful pleadings she cut off the f'owiiitr
silky beard, strands of whicb. tied
in bows of riblion, she distributed
among her friends.
Yiddish a European Language.
The colonial oflle-e of the British
government has formally recognized
the jargon, Yiddish, ax a European
language. In the rush of aliens to
South Africa, many German and I'ollsh
Jews were rejected by the immigra
tion authorities because they were tin
able to answer the questions put to
them. The chief rabbi of Ijndon then
petitioned the government to recog
nize Yiddish as a language and ap
point interpreters so that injuetlee
might not be done. Henceforth elec
larations in Yiddish will be recorded
at the Cape.
Saved His Life.
Whitehall, 111., June Sth. Mr. I.on
Manlcy bad Bright's Disease and
after bis home doctor had treated
him for some time he finally told him
that he could do nothing more for
him and that he would surely die.
A friend who had heard of what
Dodd's Kidney Pills bad done in
cases of Kidney Trouble, advised Mr.
Manley to try a treatment of this
remedy.
He did so and everyone was sur
prised and delighted to see an im
provement in a very short time. This,
improvement gradually kept on as
the treatment proceeded, till now Mr,
Manley is well. He says:
"The doctor said hfe had done all
he could for me. He gave me up. A
friend advised me to take Dodd's
Kidney Pills, and in a few weeks I
was nearly all right again.
"I am not dead, and can truthfutr
say that I feel better to-day than I
have for years. Dodd's Kidney Pills
are a wonderful remedy and I will
always praise them and recommend
them to everyone suffering as I did."
Mr. Manley's recovery has caused a
profound sensation, as no one ever
thought he would recover.
It is foolish to bite off your nose
to spite your face, because it Is in
possible to do so.
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