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R. A. BATES, Publisher.
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NEBRASKA.
Brief Telegrams
l!
King Kdvvard VII weighs "f.o jmii in!s
and is .". f. i f 7 in. he., high.
Senator (J-iny has nit toilm e-d :i b?T-i
rr.intihg Slat'hoe.d lo Oklahoma.
George. H. Sie; h- of Port Huron, supreme-
record keener of 1 1 Maccabees
f the World, d:cl at a sanitarium at
Mint. Mich.
At tho cnbi:-e-t m'-e-ffng it wax d'-i-id
li make mi effort lo ratify tho l.-th-rnlaa
canal Meaty here- ntiiil ii i; rat
if'u-i! :.t Panama.
l(-v. I ..i 1 1 . 1 1-;i ri of t in.!i county.
Missouri, has If liis edit a list f
l.'''7 ilia 1 1 iagos solomnie.1 by himself
in hi-: long mmi-lry of : : t y eight
years.
.1. II. A i I. ( 1. 1, i ii. t:r. : H . : i h ! -I'I -'
itf of pai.ii- i r-i rm lio-i i-i Dniiii.
tdai lh- ffi:i- nts of seientiiie
f. tiring bo t .i n ir i r ir If:- pi.blio
Si booh-i.
Medo uw as :i i !)(;;:) for women
i- onsf a:,t I y em wing in popuhuity iri
London. Women nmr T: ! t i n r i - 1 i a!
derives in Great Britain i.uuihi-r mote
than
lt v. Dr. Charles W. Wine he-dor.
who ha -i ;i' i-iii- I the presidency f
Tavlor university, at I ' r hi n i . tml.. has
a long record of a-iiv s-rviiu in the
Mi l hodist ti m i h.
Mh.s lU-rnii i" l.inf. who posed f(,r
tho statue iiiiili'inat e of "Tho I -1 f r
Type of Ohio Woman" for f ! Pan
American exposition, died i f peritonitis-
at Cleveland. Ohio.
The Italian government has gradu
ally -dal'lisle-d ;t system of indust rial
schools so that one Is to he found i:i
very villa!;" that ran boast of having
an industry of a:iv hir-d.
Charged w'lli h. i vini; lobl nrir.ren-s
in :i condition of mii-i m-. I w rit -:- i
indie t tiM-ii I s !i;iv been returned by f Ii
federal grand jury against scvni eiti
yens of Southern l''o;x:.
Sneid Cox. who is to wrto n h'(v
hy of t'ai 'iin.il "a'x!ian. s:;ys hr
h rn atly a -f ! ih: oilll fh
viM-y ii r-i'n 1 ;!! fha n-;i i v iliry t!:at
thr f'.ir lii iil 1 opt fur i;i:iny ji'.irj.
A .iani!:i lipaN h :vs tliaf if ha--roru
to !ic!it t!;at fAo of tin- f.- r wnr
!; v yUi v. !( i;:n ruii' l :i' Ainalrt..
j'Tovim-i- o' i':;::iiyo':. ()'-t,!. r "I. al
s ho ve.v (! n I:; : ci! to I ,- :.-:-!. ai
a!i vo.
Th'." ToI.IO -0!T:'.-pllil. r.t of tilt"'
T.onilot! Iiaily M.i! .ay.-. tha' th" ont
rorno of tln :infiT.:M of th.- ininis
trrs on tho flxinnlpn fia'-an is that
fovtisn police will l- ;t piointt'il in the
M'ttlonifnt.
Siiator Ni-'wlands. author of tho
resolution atuioxiiiK Hawaii, intnv
iluood a joint rrsolution inviting Cnha
to horomo a staio of tin l'riito.1 Statos
upon torms of quality with the states
of tin- I '"ion.
A lrone status of neneral Nii holaf
lloikiiner. foimihT of the Xew Yrk
vil!a8:t that hears his name, is to !e
presented to the p'oI? of the town
hy ex Senator Warren Miller, who re
siflea In the p!are.
Fran Cosima Wafer, widow of the
rrc.lt composer, i-; h.dieved to lie
ilrawine; al.o-.it $ ! i't'.un,i a oar in roy
alties from he;- l.tt-.' ! diand's operas',
inspire of ill" f.i'-r that ho squaiid 're."
liis -op;. ritttir.s to niuny i!;o.-5.
Tli" -ompt rolli'i- oi" the i;,Ton-v
hei-i: ativise i t!vit tho hil:;na Nation
al lati!. Kii.li.'ilt. Iii'ii.ui;1. '.il not o;e:
f.r hit i':-s a iVw :or:i:ns;' ao. ('.
!. Io worth. na:i';::a! !.a:i!; xatniner.
has hrrn ili;ect.-d t tao rharee.
Dui-ii.s a f!ay ar t?i Irr'poria! the
ater. St. Louis. Howard 1 1 a T ! . an artv.
who nt r.-; a ease eortainins two
liens, slipped aj ue onrered and tit"
lions .ran at him. Hall ! ft ti.led
l;inis !f as ! sf h.- r,i;i!,. at:d wa res
euoil hy proptnpt a tiirj on the part
of the keeper.
Alderman leoie. .- f;ii-!o. f,f Ne.v
ntk. N. .1.. whil" tojirins down an old
hail dins M'Vfial ! iyn ai. il;seovr i
a si!L hanner wl.i.l: ev i.l--fi ly ha' a
hist. -ry. The rriliii-'r. v. li'. !i i-; of or
and !)i'!o. ap; -.i!. to sy:'K!i.o
tl; r.v; f f tie1 i..":.e,-.,- ; ,,f th--J'rinee
of ();are.
I?ev. John S:n fair. t!:r nth
lv-.rl of Caith'.!".-.:. has j ist iieen in
stalled pa.-tor of The !-H:;-yf :.'--ri;tn
eli:i:ih of l!;oo!v!in' Mas. The
ear!, a. Ions as he lives, will l.e er.
t'.tl'd to the tit!o. hut a forn:or rail
willed the estate sway, leit th title
can never be included in a will.
At I'rbana. Ohio, because the par
ents of Kmma Muinnicy, H years old.
ohjeclPd to the rornpany she kept, she
put Paris green in the coffee poiponins:
her father, mother, sister and two
brothers. Their lives were saved by
the prompt work of physicians.
(. C. Cruikshank and .Marvin Mor
ris, both married men. were blown tc.
pieces in an explosion of nitroglycerin
In a building owned by the Keystone
Powder company, neir Krnporium. Pa.
Georne Nicholoson. who was outside
the building had a lg TTown off.
P. C. Kith of Iirali. Iowa, a small
station near Atlanta. Iowa, was held
tip and robbed of $.".:ii by two foot
pad:; in Kansas City. Kien recently
sold his farm in Iowa, am! the money
of which he was robbed was every
dollar that he iiojscssed.
Hetty flrcen :s probably the wealth
lost woman in thr ("niteil Sta'o.-. Her
v.ealth is estimate.! at about $G".uTV
00'.
Fir Thomas Li ton hns to r-T' taxes
on proprrty Ir Chicago asesej a'
SOLDIERS' HEIRS
WIDOWS AMD ORPHANS MUST
LIVE ON HOMESTEADS.
A FORMER DECISION REVERSED
Ruling is Made in Case cf Mrs.
Bowles, Who Made Entry in the
Broken Bow District of Nebraska
Other Matters at National Capital.
WASHINGTON.---To nullify at
tempts of cattle ooinpai.-cs and others
to obtain public lands in violation of
the law the n-iietary of tho interior
overruled former decisions of the de
part mont to the effect that widows or
minor ornhans of soldiers or sailors
do not have to reside on the land on
which they make homestead entry.
The decision, which affects a large
number of cases am! which has an im
portant heariuv. on the public land
frauds, is made in tin- case of Mrs.
Anna ISowles, v. ho made an eniry on
land in the Urnke:i How l ist rid in
Nebraska. Mis. P.owlc; claimed the
ii"ht of eu; i y a-, th" widow ot' a sailor
in the -il war. under a section of the
l'ei:-ei Statute-:, which alloV. S Mlf h
ilepi ndent S lo mal e homestead en-
Iri'.s with r.-di: f ir the time of the
soldier's or sailor's military or uaal
f rvice. H was adniitted in this case
that shi' made an agreement with the
Standard Cattle company, whereby
Mrs. Howies, at the time of the entry,
b-as-ed the land to the company with
further agieemen! that the company
should have the ool ion of purchase
tor the land. The department de
cides that Mrs. Howies is n-ipiired to
maintain residence :) laud and
her agreement with the company, in
validated the entry and rotp:irt s Its
eanoellai ion.
Postmaster General Payne. apMint
ed a committee lo consider and ad-
! as lo I he legislation necew.-ary t
i-i'Miri' the proper c!as-.iticat ion of
I osttnasters at IJoston. Tin- following
ar- name) as i h -immiitee and they
v.iil meet in ibis city next Tuesday:
First Assistant l'ot masicr (Jeneral
Wynne. Superintemlent M. Wan ts of
the salary and allowance dixision.
Mstmaster lii-parinii'tn, ar.d Postmas
liis t'n) tit' of CiiKVgo. Hale of .'iin
ueapolis. Willis of N.i-hili; Waile of
Muilington I.'.. Ii(!ins:n of l)eroit.
Ilibbard of lln.-!i)!i and Graham of
Koehest '.
YOUNG WOMAN KILLS OUTLAW
Attempts to Embrace Her in Tower
When She Shoots Him.
WILLIAMSON. W. Va. William
llownt !on. an alleged outlaw o- un
to! icty. v. ho worked in tin- lumber
camp: near Thnchcr. this county, was
shot and mortally v. minded by Miss
Katie Uoubough. a girl less than 20
years old. who is emploved as tele
graph operator for the Norfolk & West
ern railroad ai Thacker. Howardsou
iatrt Sunday night enured the tower
where the girl was at work alone and
attempted to embrace her. but the girl
hail a revolver. Four shots were fir
ed, two of which penetrated Howard
son's chest, lie will die.
Tho girl alter firing the fatal shots
called up the telegraph operator at
Williamson, related her experience and
told him she would no longer be on
duty that night. She then walked a
rpiarter of a mile in the darkness and
surrendered to a magistrate.
BELL DEFINES MARTIAL LAW.
Resising Militia is Treason, Punish
able by Death.
ClilPPl.i: CHEKK. Colo Adjutant
General IkM, who has a-rivc-d here,
has issued a statement defining mar
tial law as ii will bo enforced. He
defines "raMitary n'ces.-iiy." insurrec
tion and treason. Of tho latter he
says: "'Armed or unarmed resistance
of citizens of the Cnited States
arainst the lawful ?vov--nioiits r.f tho
militia is treason and the ptinisijinent
is death."
.far.v.s Gauglinn. ttnder shrriff.
whose net ion in n-lea-ing an impris-on-'d
striker against whom an infor
mal ion charging a.-sault was to bo
iilod. was the immediate cause of .send
ing troops to this district. Cauglian
has been removed from otli e by the
n:ilir ia.
After Smoot's Sca'p.
WASHINGTON -A union of wo
men's c!tib. vviili headquarters in
Washington, was formed lu re to light
lor tho (;niU:-,!i of Senator Peed
Smoot of I'fah. :r tn tho l i-ijed States
senate. The format ion of the union
wr.s the reelt ot a coi.ier- nco called
y .Mrs Frederick Sc! i'f of Philadel
phia, president u" the National Con
mvss oi Mothers. Ila'f a dozen other
national oruani at ions were represent
ed. Racseve't Inherit Money.
NF.W YORK President Roosevelt
is to receive- $ ;o."'fo. and his children.
Kermit and Kfhel. $."".(" each, from
the estate of the late James King
C.racie. an uncle by mar-age or the
president. The will has been admit
ted to probate. The President in the
will fates the same as his sisters. Mrs.
Cowles. the wife of Commander Cow
les. Cnited States navy, and Mrs. Cor
iune Roosevelt Robinson.
Officer Shot in a Pistol Duel.
NSHV1LLK. Tenn. In a pistol duel
between Thomas Cox and Patrolman
Benjamin F. Howell the officer was
shot in the abdomen and physicians
have little hops of his recovery.
Alleged Plot to Dynamite Jail.
CHICAGO. Report of an alleged
plot to dynamite the county jail and
liberate the four notorious bandits.
Neide rmeier. Van Pine. Marx and
Roeski. was given to the police Tues
day evening. According to the story,
-vhich came from a friend of Noider
ir.oier. the explosion was to take
place at S :'. o'clock. An extra num
ber of police in piaia clothes were
placed around the jail, hut nothing
happened r.or were any suspicious
characters seen abrp't the building
during the evening.
t
What Representatives Are Doing
Tarly in t'ie Sescion.
WASHINGTON- The house author
ized the committee on pra-t d'.iei s and
,.o.v roads to :.(piest the postmaster
general to stippl.v the commilt.e with
iMfoiTMaiioti in cci.m ! :on with the
u.ent. iincstigatioi: ,t he p.-Stoflice
iepartmet.t. It was explained by Mr.
0ers:reel. chairman o! the eomme
tee. that, the p:iri3- of the resolution
was to supply tht icmmittcf with in
formation essential lo the proper coii
sideration of appropriation bills. The
minority mad an unsie'essful effort
to rmeiid the resolution si es to pro
vide that the house request the post
master general for papers and evi
dence totalling on tiie investigation.
The liouse also nisttucted the jmii
eiary commitlee to make inquiry ar.ii
r port whethci- the Isle of Pines was
nued.il to Cuba witnont the con
current action of the home ar.d sen
ate. Uepri .- ntative Gillette (Mas -. in
troduced a bill to protect i.nt gain
hling laws from iiuiliiicatii.il by the
interstate gambling b.' t 1 gr.ipfi.
Representative 'lyreM (Mass.) in
troduced a bill "to proioi.t the sale
of intoxicating liquors in buildings
and upon premises owned or con
trolled by the Cnited States govern
ment." Hepreeiitai ive Coi.pr (Wis.) in
trodt.ied i bill to further doiino (he
duties and powers of the interstate
commerce commission." The bill pro
vides that the conimission shall have
authority to enforce its ruling, which
shall be suhiect to review by lny
circuit court of the Cnited States.
ORGANIZING THE UNEMPLOYED.
Plan to Help Both the Men and Thrie
Who Desire to Employ.
ST. I.OCiS -A union of unemploy
ed men of the laboring class who do
ttoi belong to any labor organization
is being formed, and the project has
so far advanced that officers have
been elected and a constitution draft
ed. Fully loo men who have no reg
ular pursuit, but who work whenever
the opportunity presents, are interest
ed in the formation of tho organiza
tion, which will be known as the Na
tional Workers" union. The following
officers have he;ui eheted: President.
Hubert Wilson: vice president. Sidney
Smith; secretary and treasurer. W. W.
Lane. Another meeting will be held
on Tuesday nigh! and the const it til ion
drafted will ho adopted. All the un
employed men of the city have been
invited to attend.
Hy organizing the unemployed, those
behind ihe movement say ihat they
can get in direct touch with the em
ployer and be beneficial, not only to
themselves, but to those who hire la
bor. After the organization here is
perfected similar affiliating unions will
be organized throughout the country.
SPRINGER'S PNEUMONIA FATAL.
Eminent Former Congressman from
Illinois Succumbs.
WASHINGTON Former Popre
sentative William M. Springer of Illi
nois, a democratic leader, conspicuous
in the house of lepreseniatives during
the Forty-fourth and Fifty-third con
gresses inclusive, and once chairman
of the ways and means committee of
the house., died at his residence in
this city Friday, aged 64 years. His
death was due to pneumonia, con
tracted in Chicago. Thanksgiving day.
He was attending a dinner there and
was suddenly taken with a violent
! chill. He left Chicago the following
i day and arrived here last Saturday
afternoon, very ill. His family physi
cian. Dr. J. H. Gregg Curtis, was im
mediately summoned, but Mr. Spring
er grew steadily worse. His condi
tion became critical Thursday and a
radical change for the worse occurred.
He sank rapidly and passed away at
r!:2r o'clock Friday morr.in':.
REFUSED TO HOIST THE: FLAG.
Italian Commander Who Orders it is
Killed.
ADKX Lieutenant Commander
ChaiU s Hiabau. an Italian officer com
manding an armed dhow, landed a
party of friendly naiives at Haibe. So
malilaiMl. Africa, and ordered the Ital
ian ih.g hoisted on the tort. The com
mandant of the fort refused to permit
the order to be carri-d out unless it
had ihe sanction of the sultan. Lieu
tenant Commando:- Grabau thereupon
gave the commandant two bonis in
which to obey th order and at the
expiraiion of tint time, the command
ant no: having complied, fired upon
the fort. The fort replied with shell,
kiliiug Girihuu. The eiimw then put
to sea and v ar picked up by the Ital
ian cruiser Galilee, which landed the
df;eer's hodv hero.
If a man has plenty of nerve he will
,-oon get the coin.
Witnesses Refuse to Testify.
PARIS. Commisioner Kister of
New York, accompanied by Messrs.
Beekman. Tyde and Harper, went to
Cleremont to examine ,Mme. Hourde,
wife of the porter before whose lodge
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Fair were
killed in an automobile accident in
August. 1002. Neither were willing to
give any testimony whatever, and un
der the law they cannot be compelled
to test if". Roth gave evidence, im
mediately after the accident, to the
effect that Mrs. Fair was alive when
her husband was dead.
Prepare to Tepel Invasion.
PANAMA. The Panama gunboat
Padilla and the United States gun
boat Concord left Tuesday m"orning
for Chiriqui. The Boston and the
Panama gunboat Chucuito have left
for the gulf of Darien and Cfcepo
river, the Cliueuiro taking detach
ments of troops. It is announced
that the entrance to the Atrate river
at .lie head of the gulf of Darien is
being closely guardel so that any at
tempt on the pan of the Columbian
government to send troors through
this river will be ineffective.
LOWER KOUSL OF CONGRESS.
CONCRESS OPENS
BOTH HOUSES GET TOGETHER IN
RFGULAR FORM.
PRESIDENT'S MESS ACE IS READ
More """an an Hour Consumed in Giv
ing Publicity to the Document The
I List of
Senate.
Contests Action in the
WASHINGTON The house conven
ed Monday in re gular session and lis
tened to the reading of the president's
annual message to congress. The
spc-cial session robbed ihe day of many
interest ing features incident to a new
congress. The house having organ
ized four weeks ago. the ceremony of
the opening day comprised merely a
roll call to develop the presence of a
quorum and the customary notifica
tions to the president and senate. No
reference was made to the special ses
sion. More than an hour and a half was
consumed in reading the president's
message, at which there was applause
on the republic. in side. Considerable
routine matter, necessary to facilitate
the work of committees, was trans
acted prior to the reception of the
message. At ;:::; the house adjourn
ed out of resiicct to Henry Ilurk (Pa.),
a member who died Saturday.
The speaker announced the pres
ence of a quorum. :"3 membe rs hav
ing responded to the roll call. The
spoaki-r appointed a committee con
sisting ejf Messrs. Hepburn (la.). Hein
enway (Inch) and Williams (Miss.) to
join a committee from the senate to
wail upon the president and notify
him that a quorum of the two houses
was present and ready to receive any
communication from him.
A resolution was adopted providing
that the clerk notify the senate of the
presence of a quorum in the house.
The list of contests having been
announced to the house by the clerk
were read and are as follows: Califor
nia. Fourth district: Illinois. Sixth dis
trict; Massachusetts. Ninth district:
Missouri. Klevenih and Twelfth dis
tricts; Pennsylvania. Tenth district;
Oklahoma, delegate at large: South
Carolina. First ami Seventh districts:
Tennessee. Kighih district; Colorado.
First liistrct.
At 1:4ft Mr. Harms, assistant secre
tary to the president, bearing the pres
ident's message to eongress. was an
nounced to the house. The message
was read to the house.
The reading of the president's mes
sage was concluded amid applause on
the republican side. The message
was referred to the committee of (he1
whole house en the state of the union
and ordeivd printed.
Another message from the presi
dent, transmitting rules and regula
tions preset ibed iu connection with
the public land in the Philippines, was
received bv ihe house.
ORGANIZING THE UNEMPLOYED.
Plan to Help Both the Men and Those
Who Desire to Employ.
ST. LOUIS A union of unemployed
men of the laboring classes who do not
belong to any labor organization is
being formed, and the project has so
far advanced that officers have been
elected and a constitution drafted. Ful
ly 100 men who have no regular pur
suit but who" work whenever the op
portunity presents, are interested in
the foundation of the organization,
which will be known as the National
j Workers' Pnion. The follow ing officers
have been elected: President. Robert
Wilson: Vice president, Sielney Smith:
secretary and treasurer, W. W. Jane.
Another meeting will be held on Tues
day night and the constitution drafted
will be adopted. All the unemployed
men of the city have been invited to
attend.
Hy organizing the unemployed, those
behind the movement say that they can
get in direct touch with the employer
and be beneficial, not only to them
selves, but to those who hire labor.
After the organization here is perfect
ed similar affiliating unions will be or
ganized throughout the country.
THE WIDOWS PAY FOR PENSIONS
One Gave Chicago Grafters $1,300 for
50 Per Month
CHICAGO Mrs. Jedin II. Howard,
widow of a police sergeant, testified
before the comitte of aldermen inves
tigating the municipal '"graft" that she
paid $1.;0 to secure what she is en
titled to under the law a pension eif
$".0 a month "he sole means of sup
port for hersw'.f and children. This
money, she tei.'ified, was paid direct
to John P. Lee. -n attorney, who told
here that "' was to go to himself
for legal services and the balance to
the pension board, and John P. Brown,
pension agent.
Mrs. Howard testified that Mrs. John
Walsh, a widow of a police officer, had
paid $70 to get on the police pension
roll. Secretary Brown entered o
denial of any complicity on his part.
Apostolic Visitor to Mexico.
ROME Monsigncr Serafini Bene
dictine, archbishop of Spoleto, has
been appointed by the Vatican apos
tolic visitor to Mexico. It is hoped
by the Vatican authorities that this
appointment will lead to a resumption
of the relations between Mexico and
the holy see. which have been inter
rupted since the execution of Emper
or Maximilian. Members of the dip
lomatic corps, however, do not believe
that the hope of the Vatican will he
fulfilled.
Vilson Greatly Impressed.
SAGINAW. Mich. Secretary of Ag
riculture Wilson and party, who are
accompanying him on his inspection
tour of the Michigan sugar beet fac-
; tories. left Friday for Owosso on the
J last day's inspection of the trip. Be
i fore leaving Secretary Wilson said
i that he had been greatly impressed
! wiih the magnitude of the industry
' and highly instructed in its needs for
' the future. Secretary Wilson will
; leave Owosso fTaturday for Washins-
i tr .
IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE
Transition From Extra to Regular
Sessicn.
WASHINGTON The senate Mon
day close-d the extraordinary session
and entered on the duties of tie reg
ular session, but the transition was s
natural as to be scarcely noticed. The
unusual feature:, were Ihe close of the
called session by announcement of the
ediair and tin- olferitm of iwo prayers
in the senate within half an hour of
each other.
The business transacted coioisted oi
Ihe reading of the president's message
and. at t he begining of t he session. 1 he
Cuban reciprocity bill. Mr. Cullom.
who lias charge of the Cuban bill, made
a sjieech advocating its pasage in t he
interests of the American trade.
The reading of the president'.; mes
sage was concluded at ":"! p. in.
The senate' took up the resolution
calling on the postmaster general to
send to the senate comittce on post
ollices and post roads the papers beat
ing on the recent investigations into
irregularities in the post office- depart
ne-ut.
Mr. Gorman suggested a number of
amendments, the effect of which was
to make it mandatory for Ihe commit
tee tT make an investigation into po-J-ofneo
affairs and to compel the commit
tee to make a report to the senate by
May 1, ntt.
Mr. Penrose, as author of the re-olu-t
ion and chairman of I he commit t ee
indicated a willingness to accept the
amendments, but Mr. Piatt (Conn.), ob
jected. Mr. Piatt said that as orginally in
troduced tiie- re-soiution left it optional
with the committee to extend its inves
tigation if thought necesary after see
ing General P.ristow's report. That,
he thought, was just what should be
done. To order a se-natorial investi
gation now would be to make a start
in the dark, which he did not consid
er wise.
After some informal discussion the
resolution was laid over until tomor
row, and Mr. Cullom began a speech on
the Cuban reciprocity bill.
SOME MONEY TO COME WEST.
Appropriations for Nebraska and South
Dakota Recommended.
WASHINGTON The speaker laid
before the house the estimates of ap
propriations for the support of the
governnvnt for the fiscal year ending
June .'in. l!ur.. The following items of
interest to Nebraska and South Da
kota have been rei ommended :
To maintain a warehouse at Omaha
for receipt, storage and shipping of
goods for the Indian service. $lo.uOt;
for the equipment and maintenance of
the asvlum for the insane Indians at
Canton. S. I).. $l0.ton. For the sup
port and education of :' Indians at
Genoa. Neb., at $Ki7 per rnnnm each.
$50.10it; general repairs and improve
ments. $5,ut; pay of superintendent.
$l,7ui; superintendent's residence, $.1.
000; fire escape. $l.oo0. For the sup
port and education of 200 Indian pu
pils at the Indian school located at
Chamberlain, S. D.. $1i7 per annum
for each pupil. $:!C,100; pay of super
intendent. $1,000; general repairs and
improvements. $2.5u0; frame shops.
$5,000. For support and education of
375 pupils in the Indian school at Flan
dreau. S. D.. $107 per annuam and
transportation, $02,025; general re
pairs and improvements. $:j.500; su
perintendent's salary, $1,800; addition
to shop building, $1,000.
DENOUNCES HARVESTER TRUST
Iowa Imuplement Dealers Pass Res
olutions. Davenport. Ia. The Iowa Retail Im
plement and Vehicle Dealers' associa
tion closed its convention Friday. Of
fleers were elect ed as fed lows:
President. E. P. Armknecht, Donr.cl
son; vice president. A J. Sowers
Bedford; director. J. F. Grace, GSid
dcn. Tho feature of the? closing day was
the; adoption of a resolution elenounc
ing the harvester trust for marketing
a large output of l!o:l through alleg
ed "illegal channels." and demanding
that the trust confine the disposal of
its product to the regular channels of
trade. If the trust refuses to accede to
ihe request the association declares it
will confine its trade to concerns, "will
ing to give the implement dealers ol
the o'-.-.rUry honest protection in then
business
LEASING SYSTEM CONDEMNED.
Indians Should Be Discouraged from
Passing Tine in Idleness.
NEW YORK The first session of
the convention of the National India:
association to comnemorale its ",-e:i- j
iv-fourtli anniversary was he-id in tin- j
I'niversity l'!ac" Pirshyti.riaii church j
Sunday. "The Indian Outlook" was'
discussed by Darwin R. James, who:
declared under piv5;o conditions the
Indians are living in ease ami luxury
from the incomes derived by the
leasing of their lands, and that the
only way to remedy this evil was to
instill a certain amount of selfishnesr
into them by civilization.
Goinn Back to Scandinavia.
CHICAGO Several hundred Scandi
navians from the west and northwest
pased thremgh Chicago enroute to
their native hearths, where they will
spend the holidays. This is the annual
pilgrimage of Norwegians. Swedes and
Danes, manv of whom deny themselves
much to make the trip. The travelers
left for New York in a special train
over the Wabash. In New York they
will be joined by more of theur eoun
trvmen from other parts of the I" n i t ed
States and all sail Wednesday.
Sends Flotilla to Far East. I
NEW YORK The Cnited States
cruiser Buffalo reached port on Sun
day from Hampton Roads and went to ,
the Brooslyn navy yard to load sup-
plies for the vessel.; of the As'atie
squadron. The vessel will bo in port
about a week and will then pro' ei to l
Hamilton Roads, where she will iro-. t
the torpedo boat flotilla that was tor
have been conveyed to the far east:
bv the cruiser Baltimore. The I It; f- I
falo will take the place of the Baki
more on the long trip.
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
HOW NEBRASKA RANKS.
Interesting Statistics Compiled From
Centue Figures.
Secretary Jay A. Barrett of the s'ate
historical sotiety Iris just made a coin
pi l.i l ii n liuiii the returns of the last
census showing the relative position
assumed of Nebraska among the states
of the union, lie finds that this state
ranks as follows:
First: In smallness of per cent of
illiteracy, as compared with the whole
popuiiit ion above ten ears ago
Third in product I mm meatpacking.
iia tits.
Foiitth in production of corn. I '.;
in number of sw ine on farms ami rang
es. I;h"i; in number o meat cattle on
1 rams and ranges. 1 :un.
Tilth iu prodnclii.n ol o;.ts, 1:miii, la
pn d uci ioii ot rye. 1 imn.
Sixth in total number acres in
farm: iu proport ion oi urban to tetal
manufact tires.
Se.enth in number of lne.e; o:i
farms and ranges. Lieu.
Eighth in vaiucof farm product--- per
farm. Itmii; in product inn of wheat.
Ihui); in smallness of illiteracy of na
tive white population, ten year-; of age
or over: iu number of foreigners from
Norway, Sweden am! Denmark; iu
number of Scandinavians iu popula
tion. Ninth in smallnes of illiteracy in
foreign while population; in produc
tion of barley. 1!
Tenth iu value of farm products.
Ifiou; in value farm products per acre.
Eleventh, in number ot Slavs in pop
ulat ion.
Twe-lfth. in sma'hiess of illite racy in
negro population; value of lu i -: .
butter and milk products, limn.
T hirteent h. in number of teutons in
population; in number of Ge rmans in
population; iu value of farm land,
wiih improvements, livestock and im
plements. Fifteenth, in number of white:, of
foreign parentage; iu amount of for
eign born population.
Sevente-en! h. in proportion of people
engageid in agriculture.
Nineteenth, in number of Irish: In
number from Ireland: in number per
sons to a private family ; in value of
farm products per acre; in production
of flour and grin -mill products; in
amount of printing and publishing.
Twentieth, in number of I'.rili-h; in
number of Brit ish-A m ricai.s : in num
ber from Great Britain.
Twenty-first, iu number people from
Canada ami N w Foumlhtnel ; in iold
of coin per acre. I!mm; in manufacture
of ji.griculi'ire implements.
Twenty-third, in per out of native
whites of native- parentage; in yield
of oals per acre. Bum; in production
of dislilbd lifiuors.
Twenty fourth, iu manufactured pro
ducts per capita: ;n amount f lay
products; in amo int ejf chemical pro
ducts. Twc tity filth, in native whites of na
tive; parents, males ed' militia age; in
construction and repair cars.
Twenty-Sixth, in native white males
of native parents of voting age; in
nubmher of natives whites ,f native
parents.
Twenty-seventh, in total population;
in value of net farm products per acre.
Twenty-eighth, in numbe r sheep on
farms attd ranges:: in yield of barby
tier acre. B)00.
Twenty-ninth, in smallness e(f per
cent of illiteracy in whites of fore ign
parentage, ten years of age and over.
Thirty-second. in proportion of
home's ewned free.
Thirty-third, in density of popula
tion: in yield of rye per acre. IfiOo.
Thirty-fourth, in amount of r.e-ro
population ; In yield e,f b.icUwnor.t per
acre. 1000; in production of earria
ami wagons.
"I tiO Cattlemen srs iii:td.
T.m'fIFlr:M A se rious i.rr,, nl
occurred about five miles we. t ef
Litchfield on the B. M. The second
section of train No. K ran into the
v.aycar of the fir.-t sic lion, utterly de
molishing the ca--. Two proniim-ef
catib-men form Hyannis were . kiilerj
instantly. Kincaid. from near Hyan
nis. was badly hurt. Those- slightly
injure;! were one- brake-man. and pas
sengers, whoso nam's wor- not ob
tained. McCook M.y War.t Prisoner.
S A LI DA. Colo. Sh'-rman Beriiii.
f.ii:i to I," wanted at M'"'.o!;. Neb., on
Vfo charge of blowing n safe in
the .',!-( ,)(,!; b'-anc-';i e."ic - c.f t ',. Fidel- '
ity t:ti 1 Ca-uaitv : . -.of.'r-1 i-e- of New!
Yori; City .Pine. 1, - c.rn-M- '
ei at Whitoiiorn a mining ramp in
Fremont county. !
Drspondent and Hangs Hirrseif.
Sf'Hi'YLER - Peter Haliti, a Ger
man, aged 7f, hung himse lf af his
home ten mile-s in tho country north
west of here. He was desponde Jit ov
er illness.
Stats Teachers' Meeting. j
For the coming state teachers' meet-
ng at Lincoln, beginning December j
29. a splendid program has been pre
pared and some of the best, talent in
the United States has been secured to
deliver addresses and take part in the
work. Because of the excellent pro
gram and the great interest being
manifested, it is believed that tiie en
rollment wiil reach $2.50n. j-'or the
general session a number of promin
ent speake-rs will appear.
Mere Buyers Than Bricks.
TABLE ROCK The brick yards at
;!is flac have both be-on closed down
for the sea -on. with the exception of
bjrnimr some kilns yet on hand. The
orders this year have been far in e.ces
f the ability of the- yards to supply.
Nearly imihmm,.i brick have bej:i
made and sold by the yards this seas
on and each yard could l.ive sold
twice as many if they could hav-j
made the brick. Brick uds have
large orders booked.
NEWSY STATE QUIETS.
Beatrice- printers have taken tetep
to oiranie a union.
Cuss county rural nmll canters
have e ff -cte-d mi organization.
Pl.itlsmoiith women held a meeting
Pi the interest of having Senitloi
Smoot of I fall on ted irotii the C. S
m imii'.
The printers of Plittfiiieiulh pa hi
their hot loving UihlltOH lo the mem
ory ol their lot iimt fellow workman,
l ied Wall is, whose death occurred
at Albuqueiquo. N. M . The lunetal
was held Irom Mm family residence.
Joe Beeves, who lives ilVe mile-
norlli of Gretna bad re vetal hogs bit
ten by a mad dog. which he pursued
ami : hot in Iront of the school homo
tear his place, just a lw moment
In fore the iilll' II were dislie ;ei
A iiieetinr of th.- Nebraska Pi I on
asMi.-iat ion w ;e. b M at Lincoln and
eihlre -ses V.cie itilivoled by I""
Geo. ge L. Miller of Omaha. -Vm .'" vl
aies of Limo'ii and I'mf. Davie on
'I ee addr' s win- all along Me- Inn
of needed reform- in pri-ou m.ina--e
ni nl .
Governor Mickey has returned from
the Mbki v lati'h. mar Spring .
He says n or! . that cattle iais.er.;
have bad a bad sean ii ami are losing
money an- somewhat overdrawn. It
is true that many have e arned tin ap.er
profit-; and oMhis have n-.ured no
profit at all.
Mrs. 'bai l' s Kruinbai h. wife of
lix Stat Senator Kriiinbaeh of Polk
county, was badly injured at David
City while ret. lining from Arkamn'-.
She was struck by a moving eimiiw
while crossing the North we- t eill
tracks and thrown to the ground, tin
fall breaking he r hip.
Nellie, the voilligest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. .1 L. Brown ed Pierce, burn
e-d heri-eif quite- severely while at
tempting to light a fire. supposedly
wiih kerosene. A blanket was thrown
over her, which taved lief face It
burning. She was burned Irom h-r
throat, flown to In r waist.
The lilvearold daughter "f Wil
liam Austin, living some thirty i: ih s
northeast of Aim. worth, who . : .nl
deiily di: appeared recently '-n hoi"
Lok. has fii-a!l.v he-en traced and i''
now look:, like an elopement in v iii h
a prominent vo.in;- man of th" n-ip.h
borliood figures cons .i -non I ,
Petty thieves go) in their worl at
the home l William 'Mr. on tiie out
skill-; of Dal ota City. They ,,, . eed
c 1 in filling aw a;, with two v. i:it-r
robes ami a bu-.-gy whip on! of n bur
gy which v.as in the bu.-gy s-hod. and
a quantity of poi k w hich hud li"N p"'
ro-.-.n lr win!";- u: in the mint
liej'l.-ie.
Two men took supper af tin- Gra
ham hotel in IMgar and left at onei
on th'- eaitbouml train. An o.eicoal
b' -longing to a traveling man v.as
missing, soon after their depait ire and
Mr. Graham at once eomm'iiiii ;,i d by
'phone with the marshal at Daven
port. The mn and ove rcoat wet- de
scribed and the oflioe r soon had the-m
in charge.
Th'- county com m iss lone-r-, of 'lln"
county have fixed the bond of the
county trcasui'r at JS't.00. The com
missioners are to pay half of Mm- -v
peuse incident to having tin- sumo fur
nished by a bonding company. The
bond of the county judge war, pia'-'d
at Jlir.eiin and In- will le- leipmed to
furnish his nv,u bond.
Link Fowler Cars county saw a
fine large- deer In his pa.-ture-, but not
having his gun with him the- efe.-r got
away. Some- 'if tho i;iglibjr-; :-tw
tin- animal and "or-nrlng their gun
start' el out al'e-r It. bound on l.au'.'g
some v'-ni.-i.ii f'.r dinner. Th' y 'inch
ed tiie- allium! a'-to.-.-", the i U :v
ein! time;; and o.il itit' t;(e- :':i:br.
wh :e the trail v.-as lost.
Mrs. Se-hloat m-iii. an old !ady u'.ir
I::; !' years ed ago. met. with d'-afh
by burning at Fimwood. The bou-e
in wlil'-li ; in- kve-d aion" 'a ;,lii fire.
D'-c'-a. ii weighed ov-r ;;oei po i.vP.
It is not at ;iii unlikely that Me elec
tion of J. R. Hanna of Gre eley ;i:'y
as on - ejf trie- judge;.-; of ti,e district
c-jcrt I'r the Kb '. '-'I' h judicial dis
tti'l will be (dliti ;-,ti i by Judge .J . !.
Thompson, 'fl.e latter and hi' 'ouri
reporter. B. !I. Paine- of Crar.d l iai.-l.
have- be-n mai-iif? inquiries i::-o the-I'-gality
of it.e 'oi:;t and i's ngiJar
ity i-i ral pre c h;- f s ::i ll.i'i ' unty.
witii :'., tr o-t 'iblp-I. in : gi-e:iejs
for a '; .v.,-.st am! re-'.unt.
'La i !' r: g' r a t ': : a.-;: aU
ii'--n!'oid : lor Mi' I :.;v"'
N- i.r:: - i-i Lit i.i. i a.- !'' u d-i,i r-' !,
i.e.-1 ;;' :''. ir; Ar.'-rie.". ..y tl.e-.lad'-.'.,
r. '' national ii.e s'or . ei,i
bit! in '"nb a-Mi. H" was a v. arde-d
t v. o f'.isr ar.d e . champion.-hip . "i -.:.
g r:':'- aiii':!?;!-'. ' 1 alie '-ng' r as pur
iu a eornn'-'i'ion wi-Ji ;;i.i other hisfb
f hasr- l Ja-t April from a feed Jot. n ar
Te-onrn.-eh by Prof. H. R. Smith ed the
university. Jb- weighs I.Mmi pour.os
ami is unusually srneejth fcr s' large
an animal.
The total internal revenue- collec
tions for the month of November, 15e0:i,
for the district of Nebraska wer
$2-" 4 . 1 7 4.2". For the corresponding
month ejf 'i02 the collections were
$)e",.004.48. The increase for Novem
ber, l!u.':. over the previous Novem
ber. Ueo:'. b'-ing 81 5r.4C&.T7.
Governor Mickey has been called
upon by H. Bobby of England to find
hi father, who Las been lost in Amer
ica for ov-r a ouarter eif a eentury.
The last lette r they rece-ive-d from hi-
lather bore tne Lincoln, N'e b ., po--t-ma-k.
Harry Hickson. who was leoontly
convicted of lorg'-ry by a jury in th'-distrfcr-
court ed Cass county, lias a
bright prospect before him c.f spend
ing the' n :t four ye-ars eif M-- at
tie- sfa'e pi Lite-Tit iary. This vas the-
sentence imposed upon the pri- di' I
by .In Jge .b-:-"ii recently.
WhiV the -.v.fe of .'. J. Win Sect
was waiting i:i the pOhfeifT.oe at Fill-b-rton
for fin- mail to be' di-rnb it-- I
she- sank to the floor uncon.-; lius and
immediately e-xpind. lie-r phyriciar.
pronounce 'I ihe cause of her d'afh tc
be he-art failure.
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