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Brief Telegrams
Spain v.iii ri r t participate in the St.
I.ouis exposition.
An explosion in tin- Schwab roal
rairie it-:ir fhcroke-i. Kas., killed one
man am! injured six.
A table just compiled plaees th"
1'r.iversliy of Missouri i-ii?e-t'-e-nth in
tin- list c,f ri Ik-si iinivcr:;iti.-s.
Tenders v.rt' us. I for July 1 to
ImiM f;".vfrs. drains a;il water works
at S.r.: ia ge at a ! of $.",.no,it,i.
The fever lias l:i i :)! I t f i r more
viet irns. raising the d-r.lli total to
li vfy, in tin? vhinify of Bntb-r. Pa.
Tho imports of 1'ian.-? for th- kit
l' n Month- liif.-i a. ed I .:;':.. Jon
a id the -n pi t - df rt rist (I $"..r-I.L'nO.
Tin" collapse of an cm-gin!: un-nt
Tvar Cordova. Spain, ib-rabd a train.
Fotll ' f (r.-o;; ttch; killed illl'l
many in j:i rod.
The hi f justice of tin piniromo
court of the Ctiitol Slates, lias s.n-liotiriff-il
a ivnsf of that court for two
week-; from ii-.-.t Moi.day.
The mill and ele.aior of tin Bu.;
r , Miller Milling: e onip.in v. Valley
( ny. N. D . Inirr.fd. entailing a Pm.-.
ed' over $7."f.nM; i:,s:i i ;: " e $:".", ti'.
I'anl ilh hte r, prr-idi-tit of 1 1 - Birh
Iit Iron Works oii- i :iny of ) nv-r.
lias bc?n arr-ii-ci.illy sho a;i l killed
by a, companion on a hunting trip.
Voting on the m.irr !! Iogn law
bn a h?eri defer re'd in the Cuban. s?n
;iti pending the 'mi!'i ion o' i?egi
lii-tio'n with New Tori,. fiiriii.-ial
I'Ollse'S.
' T give Topn a " I-in" sdminis
trafloti there- is a movement on foot
to run women for the council in th
I iff: -rem wards at the corriiii:; iiiunie i
la! eb-e-tions.
A ! h-gram ree"ived from V.irdo
Norway, re-ports thai the stciun'r Or
Ion lias bi'i'ii destroyed by V.r and
that thr,rt of the cie.v an 1 three pas
se nger3 pe-rishod.
Hi llaskctf. aged 27. rrtt hi throat
nt th homo of Ids brother Pt Aroma.
Intl.. to avoid capture for stealing a
hors anil buggy. Five minutes after
his death the officers arrived.
In (fie senate a resolution authoriz
ing the printing of 2.ni copies of the
war department report on expedl
tures in Cuba during the occupation of
the United States was agreed to.
The United States supreme court
has extended the time for taking tes
timony in the case of Missouri vs. 1 1 li
nois. involving the Chie-agm drainage
canal, until the 1st of April next.
Major William II. Garland, ased 94
years. Ls dead at the National Soldiers'
home at Johnson City. Tenn. Tie haJ
shakfn hands with every president or
the United States except V.'ashingto".
TIo ccutive council of the na
tional Afro-Ameri an Congressional
league of the United States has de
cided to hold the annual convention
of the league at Chicago. June 20-21,
1!01.
Th. funeral of John R. Proctor, the
late president of the civil service com
mission, was held at St. John's church
at Washington and the remains were
subsequently interred at lft k Creek
cemetery.
The posfofficr committee of the
house has received from tiie postmas
ter general the Iliistow report and the
Conrad and Honapatt report which
the committer ordered piinted an
mide p.ii)He.
.Tud-re Hi-Hiner of Oroaon ha de
cided that tiic killing of a man by A
reflex arid wholly Involuntary action
is not a crime, a'.thcugh the accuse;
mr.y at the time be on? d in an tin
lawful pursuit.
A national associa ! iiin has "eer: or
ysani.ed to be known as tlu Na'ional
!'apcr Traders" assor'ai ion. which i3
a combination of a:-" social ions of I?o
ton. Italtimoro, Central Ohio. Chicago
anil N-v York.
Mrs. Tloosevelt v.as one fT t!ie srpc
tators in the 1'nited States supreme
court while thr Northern Securities
ca3e was being argued. She was ac
companied by Mrs. Knox, wife of t"ie
attorney general.
I'ostmasters will mepf in Washing
ton for the purpose of recommending
a new classification of the designation
of pos'office employes, regarded as es
sential and desirable for the improve
ment of the service.
Noth withstanding the reputation in
other respects, the Missour: supreme
court holds that a community may
suppress the firecracker and other
deadly weapons which fatten ceme
teries cn the Fourth of July.
Th police official. of llallimore
were were notified of the arret in Jo!
i. f. 111., of Otto P.erger. who. if is
charged, absconded in isrl with $PV
tiMt belonging to tlie I'.altimore Mu
sical Union, of which he wa3 trea?
tirer. All city hall employes in Chicago
whose wori bring.? them into contact
with the public will be required to
wear a badge. An ordinance making
the enforcement of this requirement
Imperative upon the heads of all de
partments has been adopted by the
council.
With a posse ho? upon his trail.
John Dillo, who shot and mortally
mounded Antonio del Vaechio, his
parr.cr. in a Spokane grocery stor
and saloon, took ref'ie in the brush
near Valley, Wash., where he was dis
covered shortly after daylight. The
I-osse riddle him with rifle bullets.
The gross postal receipts at the fif
ty largest posioffices in the United
States for last month compared with
November. 1302, were 5". l 2.5SO. an
Increase of over 7 per cent. The high
est Increase was 2". per cent at I-os
Anseles.
The Fraternal Army of America and
the Loyal Americans, embracing a
membership of over l.ooO.ooo, scat
tered all over the United States, were
merged into one organization at Chi
cago. The new body will he known
as the Fraternal Army of Loyal Workers.
IT IS NOT PROOF
FRAUDULENT PENSION MONEY
MUST EE RETURNED.
DEMANDS OF THE GQVERHMENI
A Pension Case From Georgia Under
Consideration Where Woman Im
personated Diseased Brother's Wife,
Causes Promulgation of New Order
by Treasury.
WASHINGTON. It is stated at the
treasury department that where a pen
sion certificate has been issued to a
woman who impersonated tin? widow
of a deceased pensioner, and pension
Htf-nt'.s checks ha; been drawn pay
abb' to her a' 1 delivered to her upon
vouchers executed by her. and the
bank c ashed i nch checks, v. Inch were
In di:e course- p-sid at the .sub-treasury
upon which drawn, the govern
ment will mal." reclamation of the
amount. In other woids, bankers
and otinr person.-? who rasii pension
checks are (Ii:;rmi with the respon
sibility of establishing the identity of
tiie payees of such checks to the s.'tne
extent that they nre charge' I with the
responsibility of e st ni n.-hie-j; the iden
tity of the payet :; ;:rid of the c hecks
i.-sued iii ordinary commercial trans
actions. The exhibition of a pension
certificate is ri'.t id us ilicat ion of the
person named therein. This rnliuj.';
wa.i le ld in a ca:,e arising in Georgia,
wherein one CI iris: a Owens, whose
r: al name was Molly Melton, obtained
a pension, it is said, by impersonat
ing the deceased wife of a soldier,
and received payment at the rate of
JS per month from April r."'l, to
May -1, V. :;.
It developed in t l:e examination in
this claim that th" soldier h-rt a
widow, who io supposed to have died
in Floiida. Molly Melton, a sister
cjf the soldier, impersonated her de
ceased sister-in-law. obtained the pen
sion, forged endorsements of her de
ceased sister in-law to the checks and
obtained the money. For this of
fense she was tried in tin? United
Slates district court at Savannah, da.,
ami was sentenced to one year and
one day's confiner.i'jnt in the peniten
tiary. The officials of the Northern Pacific
railroad deny the statement attribut
ed to Frank Waterhouse, manager of
the Huston Steamship company of
Seattle, in nis recent testimony before
the interstate commission, that his
company had a contract with the
Northern Pacific which prohibited
that railway company from accept
ing freight brought in by tramp
steamships. They assert that while
the company has no exclusive con
tract and no agreement beyond a
division of rates on business from the
Orient, it is the general practice of
railroad companies in the transaction
of their business to make a conces
sion to establish and maintain perma
nent lines with a fixed and regular
schedule of sailings and arrivals, and
with advert ised routes, with dockage
facilities, etc.. over transient steam
ships, mostly foreign, which have hap
pened to pick up a cargo and have no
regular business.
Brings Amur's Passengers.
SEATTLE. Wash. The steamship
Farralon reached Seattle Monday, hav
ing on board the passengers of the
overdue Canadian Pacific steamship
Amur. The Amur left Skagway oi?
Sunday. December 13. and on Mon
day, the 14th, ran into Harbor red
at the entrance to Port Simpson. At
high tide it pulled off. but in doing so
broke its "ail shaft. It succeeded in
reaching the wharf at Port Simpsorf
and on Friday the Farralon went in
and took it to dock.
Belter Demand fcr Coal.
WILKESRARRE. Pa The Thigtt
Valley Coal company anil the Lehigh
& Wilkesbaree Coal company an
nounce a suspension of work from
Doe-ember 24 to January 4. and it i
likely that this move will be followed
by other companies. Those who are
familiar with the coal trade say
there is a brisk demand for coal at
the present time, anel restriction is
more to keep up prices for the win
ter than because of any overproduc
tion. Story of Landing Confirmed.
WAS1 II NGTON Official confirma
tion has reached Washington of the
landing of Colombian troops on the
island of Los Pinos. which lies close
to the coast of Panama. These troops
number eighty and they have taken
up a position on the high island.
Wreck of the Discovery Found.
SEATTLE, Wash. A special dis
patch from Juneau says that the
wreck of the steamer Discovery has
been found. An Indian from Cross
Sound found the? wreck anel brought
the news to Juneau. The revenue
cutter Rush has gone to the scene,
taking the Indian as a guide.
Commerce with Canada.
WASHINGTON Commerce be
tween Canaela ami the United States
shows a rapid gain both in the fig
ures of the year about to end and
in thoe of the elecennial period
which ends with the present j'ear.
The year's commerce with Canada,
as shown by the figures of the de
partment of commerce and labor
through its bureau of statistics, will
aggregate nearly two hunelreel million
dollars, against less than one hundred
millions in 1S53.
Violate Their Agreement.
ALTOONA. Pa. The Buffalo.
Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and
Coke company announced a wage re
duction at its Helvetia operations
amounting to 10 per cent, to go into
effect January 1. While the Helvetia
miners are a comparatively insignifi
cant part of the Uuffalo, Rochester
cml Pittsburg company's workings,
tho reduction is considered prophetic
of a more sleeping move by the
company shortly, which will cut the
wzges of 16,000 men.
ONE IN THREE GETS PLACE.
Civil Service Repel Shows What is
Done fcr Winners.
WASHINGTON Frank M. Kiggins.
chief examiner of the civil service
commission, in his annual report rays
that during tiie list fiscal year th re
were I12.f24 persons examined for
the classified service of the govern
ment and 4,J2:j appointments in all
branches cd' the service. Of tiie ap
pointments 21 per cent were to pure
ly clerical positions, per cent to pro
fessional, technical or scientific posi
tions, 3.X per cent to mechanical posi-
j tions re quiring no educational exarni-
nation, and 7 per ce nt to skilled la
j bor positions, not exactly mechanical
j in their character, but requiring no
cducat ional examination. Of all those
examined nearly so per cent passed,
and '.' per cent of all examined were
successful in securing appointments.
Mr. KigKins says the commission has
reduced its examinations to essential
tests of fitness and urges the consoli
dation of a Iargc number ef Iih-uI
boards of examiners throughout the
count i y, to secure closi'i' s-;tipervi.?ion
and more- ehe-riive administration.
The report states that condit ions of
etMphiyme-nt ;n th- Philippines are' im-
! proving ami the salaries for techni-
e al men have l.e-en increased, with
the? result that wthin the last live
months more applicants have1 taken
examinations for that .service than for
tile preci din.": j i ar.
Tin? number oT Americans in that
service now constitutes more than ."in
per cent e.f the? entire force-, there
be-ing 2.777 Amerieans and 2,;:i7 Fil
ipinos in public e mployment. As the
Filipinos acquire a knowledge of Eng
lish and bee-omo more familiar with
American me thods, they are expected
to take the? plae-e-s of Anie-ricans.
RUSSIA IS DEFIANT.
London Hears a Report that Causes
Anxiety in Well Informed ircles.
LONDON. Renter's Te legram com
pany has; learned that considerable an
xiety exists in the best informed cir
cles of Iondon regareling the possible
outcome? of the situation in the far
east. I-Vars are. it is said, expressed
that the Russian government may
have oversteppeel the bounds which
would make? the continuation of peace
ful negotiations with Japan possible. It
may be regarded as quite certain, it as
serts, that Japan will not aceept the
princibles of the last Russian note,
which is at variance with Japan's main
contention, and that Japan's reply
must necessarily be cast in this sense.
Apart from the delicate state of the
negotiations between the two nations
Reuter says it is also known that Rus
sia is assuming a more defiant attitude,
and the outlook may be regarded as
more gloomy than it hitherto has been,
although it cannot be said that the re
sources of diplomacy have been com
pletely exhausted.
The statement concludes by saying
that there is as yet no actual news of
fresh developments and that no ultim
atum has been sent by Japan to
Russia.
REPRESENTATIVES' NEW HOME.
Will Be Started Soon and to Cost Sev
eral Million Dollars.
WASHINGTON Speaker Cannon
and Representatives Hepburn and
Richardson of Tennessee, .comprising
the commission having in charge the
construction of an office building for
the house of representatives, were in
formed by Attorney General Knox that
the jury of condemnation had fixed
the price to be paid for the site at
$741,000. and that his department was
now engaged in reviewing title to the
various pieces of property preliminary
to the government taking title. ThS
ground will then be cleared and the
erection of the building begun at
cv.ee. The structure is to cost be
tween $3,000. in)'; and $4.0'0.0')0 and its
construction will take several years.
NINE DIE IN WRECK.
'Frisco Fast Train from the South
Strikes Open Switch in Kansas.
KANSAS CITY. In a wreck of the
"Meteor." the St. Louis & San Fran
cisco railway's fast train from the
south, eight persons were killeel and
thirty-two others injured at Godfrey.
Kan. Of the injured, five probably
will die and fourteen were seriously
hurt.
The responsibility for the wreck is
laid at the door of a brakeman of the
freight train, who failed to flag the
passenger train. He has disappeared.
The engine on the freight had be
come "dead" and the crew was order
ed to remain on the main track and
turn the switch for the passenger then
about due, the brakeman being or
dered to flag the Meteor. This he
neglected to do.
Mrs. Wood Sails for Manila.
NEW YORK Dy special permission
of the war department. Mrs. Wood,
the wife of General Leonard Wood,
and her 3-year-old son will sail on
the transport Kilpatrick, which leaves
this port for Manila, carrying the Sec
ond United States cavalry.
Attempt to Blackmail a Priest.
DULUTH. Minn. Rev. Father Gil
bert of Hurley, Wis., pastor of a
Roman Catholic church there, is in
receipt of several communications
from anonymous persons threatening
him with death if he fails to place
$3,100 in a designated spot in the Hur
ley cemetery by a certain time. To
the first of these communications he
paid no attention, but subsequent ones
have so nreved on his mind that it is
feareel he is nearly overcome by
nei vous prost rat ion.
Chinamen Have to Hurry Now.
SAN FRANCISCO Chinese labor
ers are rushing into Canada by the
hundreds and on every .cteamer from
the Orient they are arriving here en
route to British Columbia. The
cause Tor the sudden influx into Can
ada lies in the fact that the Canadian
government recently enacted a law
by which every Chinaman landing on
British soil after January 1 willl be
compelled to pay a head tax of $o00.
Under the present law the Chitese
are requird to pay only $3.
RECORD OF WOOD
SECRETARY ROOT WRITES TO
SENATOR PROCTOR.
FAVORS THE YOUNGER GENERALS
Where Rule of Seniority Prevails Mil
itary System Must Be Werk Sound
Reasons President Should Follow in
Making Military Appointments.
WASHINGTON The letter of Sec
retary Root to Senator Proctor, ae ting
chairman of the committee on mili
tary affairs, elated November IS last,
giving a resume' of the military rec
onl ejf Ge-ni'ral Leonard Wood anl
stating the? chief considerations which
led to his nomination as a major ge-n-eral.
was made public Sunday. After
quoting from remarks c-onimeuidatory
to General Wood, made by General
Mile-. Lawton, Graham and Forsythe.
the letter recites that, "upon these? and
similar evidence's e;f fitr.e-ss President
McKinley unpointed Captain Wood
eolone-I of the First volunteer cav
alry in May. lx:8. The secretary also
quotes from the corumndat i.ms of
Generals Young, Wheeh-r. Sumner and
Shatte-r on General Wood's condne-t iu
the Santiago campaign, and says Gen
era! Vood's a iioiti ment os command
er of the Sat:tiigo province appears
to have? been based upon u slstteune-nt
made by Genei.il Shatter in a elis
patch to th-- depi; rtment in whi h he
said he 'thought General Wood by far
the best man to leavn in command of
Santiago. "
The secretary reviews General
Wood's subsequent military care?r,
saying in this connection:
"The high estimate put by the sec
retary of war upon General Wood's
services as military governor is shown
in the? published orders of the war
department." referring to the general
orders of March 2.", 1!M3. and July 4,
1002, which have heretofore" been pub
lished. The secretary aids i hat. the
opinions expressoel In those orders
also were die? opinions ci both presi
dents under which the service was
renelered, saving:
"Upon a review of General Wood's
entire military record. I think it fair
to say that no officer in the Ameri
can army below the grade of major
general has held more important com
mands, renelereel more eiistinguisl-eel
service or demonstrated to a higher
degree the possession of the qualities
which fit a man to lender valuable
service to the country as a major gen
eral." Speaking of the principles of
which, he says, sound political reason
requires the president to follow in
making appointments, the secretaif
says:
"The law which recognizes seniority
alone as the title to promotions up
to the grade of colonel, abandons that
rule when it deals with general offi
cers and imposes upon the president
the duty of selecting the best men
for generals without expressing any
limitation upon the class from which
he is to make the selection."
The secretary adds that when such
a selection is to be made two differ
ent considerations always present
themselves to the appointing mind
one, a desire to reward long end mer
itorious service; the other, to secure
the best possible man.
INSIST ON AN EARLY TRIAL.
Senator Dietrich and General Cow in
Demand Hearing in Court.
OMAHA United States Senator
Charles H. Dietrich of Hastings, with
his attorney. General John C. Covin,
appeared before W. II. M linger Fri
day afternoon for the purpose of ar
ranging for the early appearance of
Senator Dietrich for trial in the re
cent indictments found against him by
the federal grand jury in the Hast
ings posJoffice cases. Senator Diet
rich was not required to give any
bond. In the absence of District At
torney Sumr.:or3 at Lincoln Friday
evening Assistant District Attorney
Rush was present at the conference.
Both Senator Dietrich and General
Cowin insisted on the hearing being
fixed for the earliest practical date,
preferably at the beginning of special
session of the United States district
court, fixed for December 28. Assist
ant District Attorney Rush was averse
to assuming the responsibility of fix
ing the date in the absence of Sum
mers. The matter was deferred
therefore until Summers arrives.
Bills Introduced in the House.
WASHINGTON A bill was Intro
duced in the house Friefay by Mr.
Vreeland (N. Y.) to provide for the al
lotment of lands in seeralty to the
Indians in the state of New York and
to extend the protection of the laws
of the United States over such In
dians. Mr. Hearst (N. Y.) introduced a
bill to establish a parcels post. It pro
vides for a classification of mail mat
ter, defining the kind that shall be
carried m the different classes.
Mr. Gardner (Mass.) introduced a
bill to create a committee to recom
mend legislation for the development
of the merchant marine.
Fool Not to Be Fooled With.
NEW YORK It has been learned,
owing to a World dispatch from New
Haven. Conn., that the action of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad officials recently in pulling
the night express from New York to
Boston under heavy armed guards
was due to a demand for $5,000. The
letter, which threatened the entire de
struction of the train if the money
were not forthcoming, was made hy
pasting together on a sheet of paper
words clipped from newspapers.
How Alliance is Delayed.
LONDON The Daily Mail's Pe
king correspondent declares that a few
Manchuria nobles, who are under E-us-sian
influences, are delaying the con
clusion of an alliance between China
and Japan.
Find of Cold in Wisconsin.
MILWAUKEE. Wis. A special from
Menominee. Wis., says: Gold ore has
been discovered on a farm near the
town of Lucas, Dunn county, near
this city, iaat assays $145 to the ton.
NEBRASKA
NEWf.Y STATE BRIEFJ.
The? Salvatie:u Army of lleatrie"
will give- a Christmas eiiiine r to the-
poeir.
E. (J. Gle nn. Omul a. ye ars of
age, dropped dead while blacking a
sto e.
Lawyers ef Omaha are? moving In
the? matte r of getting be tte r lie n on
i the juries.
The- Salvation Army ef I re inont
will give- a dinner to the poor on
Christmas.
Mrs. Nancy P;:lin t ton. an eiid resi
elent e.f Beatrice has tie en adjudged
iiuane- and orde i ed sent to the insane
asylum.
Congressman Norris has re-e-eun-inende-d
the appoint inent ed' Ore :i B.
Ballard as post master at lve-s. Duiu.r
county, vie e- J. 15. Burl;, resi .;m d.
At South Omaha J. V. Nipe shot
and serioii'.-lv wounded Thomas Kirk
because- tin- kilter refused to pay for
a sandwieii which lie ek-iine-d i;d to
have- ordered.
Farnic-rs ot l.ancaste-:- county will
boldly oppose the- me at trust, accord
ing l i present pi:us. A ne'e-ting will
b:- held to organize ;?n eilf ensi alii
.Mice. The e-a'.i is signe-d l y J. G.
Q'linn.
Word a-Tived at Table Hock ef tl".
death of .V : s. M aggie- S::;ith. who li; V
fin tiie- Ilastin.-.s asylu.n. She had
lie-e-n in th" asylum for ninny months
and had i:is.-: d her allotted tine--score
and le-n jei.rs.
A ISohemian fanner liiug tr-ar i-'ny-er
is ::!ad lo b- alive-. The local
freight running he-twee n Co:nlea ami
Scribner jammed into his buggy and
took off tin- wheels, nearly m:ki;ig
a eh-nd oe e.l' the? farnie-r.
Attorney O. Ilanleui secured a judg
ment of $2. "Oil against the Fre-mor.i.
Elkhorn and M kmeapolis and Omaha
railroads in favor of Mrs. Lais .len
:;en. whose husband, a section fore
man, was killed near Ke-nnarel by :?.!i
Omaha train running as a special on
the Fremont road.
At 2 o'clock in the morning L-niis
G. Sack, a farmer living lour and
one-half miles northwest of Eagle1,
discovered hi.? barn was on fire. 'lis
two barns and contents an; a total
loss, besides' all of his hay. oats and
corn, harness and farm implements.
His horses were all save'd by hard
work.
Fifteen acres of land lying close to
the village of Snyder were sold for
the uniform price of $100 per acre.
The transfer was from Mrs. Matilda
Molle. executor for the estate of Fred
erick Molle, deceased, to Carl Bars
and Robert Peltzer, who own anel op
erate the brick yard property in that
place.
Carl Klumb. living near Stockham.
Hamilton county, attempted to com
mit suicide by shooting himself
through the head over the right eye.
Shortly after tho shock of the wound
he arose and went into the house
and medical aid v. as immediately
summoned. Motive for the deed is
unknown.
W. F. Porter of Central City, for
merly secretary of state, has been at
St. Paul endeavoring to interest St.
Paul business men in a canning fac
tory proposition. His plan contem
plates the investment of about $10, Odd
of local capital in a stock company
and it "s said to have met with con
siderable favor.
Washington dispatch: Congressman
Kinkaid introduced a bill to restore
certain rights to settlers on the Fort
Randall military reservation in Boyd
county. The settlers net only had t.
pay for the lands, but ah;o to comply
with the homestead laws. Judge Kin
kaid recommended the reappointment
of L. H. Jewett as postmaster at Bro
ken Bow. Neb.
H. II. Aultes. a prominent Stanton
county farmer, elied last week.
The supreme court has decided that
cx-Register of Deeds Holm eiid not
have to pay back money receive"! as
fees for looking up the names of sign
ers of saloon licenses, to see if they
were freeholders. The csurt said: "A
county officer is not required to ac
count for or pay over to his county
money received by him in payment
of services performed for another by
private agreement which are no part
of the duties of his office and which
are not incompatible with, and are not
included within his official duties."
A recent number of the University
of Chicago paper conveys the infor
mation that C. C. North, who repre
sented No raska in the Missouri de
bate in l!ti2.. has been seloctetl as
one of the contestants in the Chicago
Northwestern elebate for the cham
pionship of the Western Debat
league. Mr. North graduated from the
Nebraska university in i;02 and at
tended Yale Divinity school for a year
and this year went to the Chicago
Divinity school. Prof. Chandler head
of the department at Chicago, speaks
very highly of Mr. North's ability and
hij training in debate.
The furniture? and light fixtures for
the new Carnegie library building at
Beatrice have not urived. although
the time limit specified in the con
tracts expireel some time ago. With
the exception of the installation of
these fixtures the building is ready for
occupancy.
Forrest Marston. accused of swin
dling farmers in various parts of the
state out of insurance premiums, will
not preach in Kearney county. II
made the date all rigid, but the sheriff
caught him at Fairbury and he wiil be
taken te Elmwood for trial.
Word reached Aurora that Carl
Klump. the 22-yearold son of former
County Treasurer Tom Klumn, hnJ
shot and instantly killed himself about
three miles northeast of Stockhaji.
He was returning from a hunting trip
and an accidental discharge of his
shot gun nearly tore off his head.
The suit against the Hartley bonds
men, which was decided by the dis
trict court of Douglas county against
the state, is to he appealed to the su
preme court, and a transcript of the
proceedings in the lower court has
been ordered.
STATE NEWS
WAR ON COYOTES.
Club Organized in Cuctcr County to
Exterminate Them.
CALLAWAY A move is on fend, to
orgaili.o n eoni.ty coyote club ill this
county, each pree-ine-t in t B county
to have- a e Ittb of its own. and all to
weik lo vet Iter ovt r the- county. For
many months tin- e-oyotes have be-ii
IJtidillg the- el-ill, I it yards, the- pi
pelts, i?:d ill sevuflll illsiiineeH have'
killed and e!e oure-d sheep and calves,
11 II I it is propoM-e that tbe-se clubs !'
org.ini.e-d and eui a e-e;tai:i elay each
week during th" winter months a gi-n-
i ral round up will be made with the
! te-rminitt ion of e-xtermiiuit'ng these
pe-.sts. Tl? animals an? more? niitner
eus than the-v have- been for years,
and is there i; now ro bounty en
llleni. but litt'e effort b;;s be-e-li mail'
to kill them (iff. Their hideous howl
may be ii -aid i.u e-ve-ry direction as
SOOII as the '-till goe iIm'A ii, ami is kept
ii p i! tiling the i n( re night .
Tl.c move tri:: been stMte.l for the
er'-a ti i.at it .n o! tin- eltibs and il is
thought that by each precinct having
an orga e i a I ion of its own. and t ier t
ing its oiiice is and heb'iug regular
weekly roundups, hlllnlletls of coy
otes e :i.n be :i I t 111 e : ;-t:d killed.
WOMAN KILLED DY CARS.
Cuygy Struck by R. &. M. Pr.ssenejer
Train.
A I T I O i t A A t.iifd - act itb-id oc
curred at the city litu's of Aurora.
Mrs. .Me. Wilson ami Mi- :; Kiln I. her
il;tii;hter. i'.i year-; id' a: e. whose home
is lour mite;; southwest of Aurora,
were on their v. ay to the city to do
some trailing when th- were siriick
by Ik A; M. passenger train No. 12.
at the e Tossing we.st of the round
hote-e. Mrs. Wilst n'n neck was brok
en, i e suit i-.iL- in it.mii diale death. The
dati'.-.hter r, eeived serious iniurie-;. in
eluding a broke-n leg and bruise-d head,
but so far as can now be told it is
(bought site will le-eocr. The horse
they were driving was instantly kill
ed. Tin? buggv v.ae carried on tin?
pilot of the engine, until the train
was stopped. The? supposition is that
the victims of the frightful trage-ely
were watching freight train No. A',,
which was about to pull out of the
yards, and failed to see the fast train
until it was loo late?. The husband
anel father is one of the oldest set
tlers of (his community.
For Primary Teachers.
The primary teachers of the; state
arc? especially favored this year in
having the promise or Miss Cooper,
supervisor of primary work, Omaha
public schools, to be present and ael
dress them at the state teachers'
meeting. Mi:s Cooper atte-nde-d the
public schools of Oswego, N. Y., and
graduated from the state normal
school at that place- in 1SS.". In fhis
school she receive ?el special prepara
tion for the work she has since done
so successfully, that of training and
fitting prospective and beginning
teachers for their work.
Boy Hurt by Cars.
NiiH A WK A -Claude Johnsem. a boy
about 14 years old. was swinging on
the side? of a fre-ight ear while switch
ing was being done. As the ear ran
by the stock yanks the boy was knock
ed off by the? cattle chute- and a rou
pie of gashes cut in the back ejf his
heid. another five inches king ac-ros"
his forehead, and his right han was
com plet cjy seve re d frcun his an l.
Has Smalloox Scare.
GENEVA This county is having ft
smallpox se-nre and a board of beabh.
just etrganize-l. sent euit a number e;f
quarantine e-;;rls.
Adjudged Insane.
BASSETT John L. Gordon, nc-.l
twenty-seven, of Kirkwood precinct,
was brot-ght before? the insanity board
here and ndjudge-d e)f unsound mind.
He was taken to Lincoln by Sheriff
Smith. Mr. Gordon elisappeare-d last
summer for several months, vn
though strict search was made by
relatives, he could not be found. In
August he reippeareel at his old
home. HopeS ar. entertained that
medical t reatrnej.it will rc-storc; his
mind.
Prizes to Ee Given.
Two prize? : a gei f eat ing $00 will he
given to Nebraska debaters tin's year
if they win from Kansas and Wash
in ton un-.'crsiiie:-;. Chancellor An
drews has off i -red a piie? of $.'i0 for
on of the teams if it wins. This will
be knnwn as the "chancellors prize."
The prize will be .share-el equally by
th" speakers. To the other team if
it wins will go a prize- of $.t, plso
shared equally, known as the "uni
versity prize." Where this prize
comes from nas not yet been given
out.
Killed by a Fall.
LINWOOD A serious accident oc
curred one mile east of here whereby
Joseph Polifka. aged 28. lost his life.
He has been working for L. C. Sed
lieky for two years. They were haul
ing hay. Sedlicky being about twenty
rods ahead of him on another load.
Th" hay began to slip and Polifka
called to Mr. Sedlicky. who Ktoppc
his team and got off his wagon, but
could not see Polifka. so he went back
to the wagon. Politka was lying be
side the hay de-ad. his skull crushed.
Select Omha Architects.
WAHOO The report of the board
of county commissioners of Saunders
county awardeel the contract to draw
plans and specifications for the new
SSS.COO court house to Fisher & Law
rie. architects. Omaha.
Boy's Injuries Fatal.
BLAIR G iff crd Tucker, the 12 year
old boy of Mr. Freeman Tucker, who
was run over hy the cars at DeSoto
and whos3 leg was amputated, died
from his wounds.
FOR LAND FRAUDS
REPUTED HEAD OF CONSPIRACY
TAKEN IN CHARGE.
OPERATED ON A LARCE SCALE
John A. Benson of San Francisco Ac
cused of Bribing Officer of the Gov
ernment on Hl Present Trip to tho
National Cap La I.
WASHINGTON- John A. Be nson. a
wealthy San Francisco re-al estate .p
erafor, eh urged by tin' Interior de-part-me-nt
with being thee he-ad of the alleg
ed land Iran Is extending over n num
ber of western i.tnti-n mid terrllittleK,
to which Secre-tary Hlte hr-oe k eferte-d
vigejrotisly and at length In his nnnual
report, was arrested here? at the' Wil
hird hote l by See re t Servie-e OMie e?r
John A. Burns just as In was prepar
ing te leave? tin? c ity lor New York.
The- c harge on which (lie- arrest was
made was bribery, it being alleged in
the affidavit e,f Mr. Burns and in tl-ei
warrant that Benson had paid $.".. to
Woodford !. Ilai Ian. loi iii' i o ' !ii f f
the special service iii'. i Ion of (Im- gen
eral land oiiice and tur.v a. e . i !. In that
office-, em Mm eh I Mb ed this year, for
the? purpice- of e-xt ia I Ing fioni bii.i In
formation leg.i 1(1 .tig tin- lav i ' 1 1 at ion
of his operation:-: at thai linn- being-made-
by the laud olli'---
The v. arrant was I: Mi?d by Fulled
.States 'on:iiii. : iom r Aiimiii S. 'i'a lor,
iind as soon as Benson lrtd been p-
tirohellded ly Ollie-er BiltllS he Wll-4
taken In-fore? ( 'oniii-issioner Taylor. Ho
wi.-.bed to have- n prelli iiiiary beating
of his case postponed : i : ! 1 1 the date fir
such hearing, was fixed for December
::uth. Il- gave bail for his appeiiraiico
on that date, v.heii the? govi rnnn-nt at
torneys wiil ask lo have him held for
tin? grand jury. , ,
A : lateine nt was made by ::n officer
of tie? geiveriiiiii-iit that tin? Iiifort.ia
lion obtained in regard to the .-I'leged
e-eiiispiracy implicates a number of per
sons al present e-inployed in the Inter
ion depart ii. cut at Washington and
e-lsevvhe-re'.
Numerous nrr-?;-ts are e-xpec-t.ed t e
follow that ed' Benson, in short order
and se l;e employe-:; wliei may not bo
arresle-d wiil be dismisse?e from the
service'. It is said that Secretary
Hitchcock ii the- '-.pedal attorneys in
the case have- ceiiisidere-d it. absolutely
ne?c-e?ssary to tin- working out of th
cas? that nei aciion b" taken with re
ference te the- othe-r alleged offenders
until the? principals in the case.; had
been Hppri-he?nde-d.
The ge)vernme-nt attorneys, Mr. Ar
thur B. Pu;h, whe has been the special
attorney for th- Interior department
on the lanel frauds, ami Mr. Oliver Pa
gin, assistant atteirney of the Depart
ment of Justice, who has alse be?e-n em
ployed on tho case, Htate?d In asking
for u large bail bond for Be-nson that
In? had been guilty of bribery during
his present visit to Washington, blue?
last Monday; and In the? Interior ele
partment Itself, notwithstanding that
he was nware? that his comie-ct Ion with
the alleged frauds was fully known by
the Interier department.
The? statement was mad? later that
Secretary Hitchcock was to Incensed
at the flagnincy of this offe-nse that In?
tedel the ofhee-rs te have: Be nsem arre-vt-eel
at onere, although it. had Tied been
planned to have? him urre-Kte;d at this
ti'ne.
CONDITIONS ARE COMPLICATED.
Navy Department is Not Giving Out
Information.
WASHINGTON After a confT-ii'e-between
Seeretiiry Mody, Bear Ad
miral Taylor. hi' f ed the bureau of
navigation, and Brigadier Oet.cral
George Kllieitt, e orninander e,f the? ma
rine corps:, it was decide '1 that If prc-s-e-nt
condil ions on the isthmus ejf Pan
ama continue, General Llliott wiil sail
feir Cedem Oil the? Dixie flom I'hilade 1
pbla v.he-n that vessel goes south
with the n-w battalion e,f inailne-s.
which has been oiih-r'-eT aK'-inbl'-d at
Philadelphia l;r di.,pat'h to the- l:t:i
mtis. The Dixie is now em her way
north for this purpose.
General Kllieitt has been anxlour.
for seune elays to be given a fie ld com
mand and it is the present Intention
of the officials tej grant his reepjejst.
Three Schooners go Ashore.
ST. JOHNS. During a fierce? bliz
zard on Sunday the? sche?ner Susan
was driven ashore; off St. Johns. It.
crew, after twelve hours in an opTi
boat, made port this morning badly
frost bitten. The s.che?on r Mary Lllen
went ashore at Trepassay. The cre-w
clung to the rocks all night an'J suffer
ed terribly from exposure. Tin?
schooner Fashoela w-nt ashore? at
Gre-en's pond. The? crew escaped, it
is feared that the schooner Dictator
has foundered with its crew.
Not to Employ Russians.
.-.oNDON The Daily Mall's Tol lo
correspondent Kays that the? Korean
foreign office denies the r porte-d
agreement to employ Itusslan olfiee.-ris
in the Korean army.
Revising the Land Laws.
WA SHI NGTO N The orn m i s sion
on public lands, recently appeiinted by
President Roosevelt n report on tho
conelition, operation ainl effect of the?
present land laws, and of the use, dis
posal and settlement of the public
lands, he-Id its first meeting Thurs
day. This body is composed of Com
missioner W. A. Kie hards of the gen
eral land office; Glfford Piruhot. chief
of the bureau of forestry, ami F. IL
Newell, chief hydrogi apher e,f the ge
ological f-urvey.
Marines Find Good Camp.
WASHINGTON in a cableiram
from Hear Admiral Coghlan, com
manding the naval feiree.- in Atlantic
Isthmian waters, which reached th
navy department Thursday night, the!
landing of the battalion of marines
from the Prairie at Grogon is report
ed. The battalion will go into carnp
at that place the medical officers hav
ing reported that the health condi
tions there are fully satisfactory. Gor
gon is some distance above the tsea
and comparatively healthy.