CUSTER COUNTY BEFUBLICAU
U , HI. AMSHISUUY , Vutillflinr ,
BBOKEN HOW ,
NEBRASKA NKWS.
Springer , thirty-sovon years
a icslilent of Douglas county , and for
thirty-four years In unu pioclnct , died
last week ,
Morgan Rice , a young man formerly
residing nt Dixon , but now or Waku-
Held , attempted Hiilcldo fov tukliu ; n
dose of polHon.
Tom Smith , foreman of the Laverty
cattle ranch , four miles northcnflt ol
Ashland , waa aculdcntally thrown In
to a feed grlntlor and had IIH ! left leg
terribly mangled-
Exeter proposes having nn old-
fashioned Fouith of July coluuraHon
with as good an orator as can b {
found in the west.
While breaking n colt .Tease Pos
ter , residing ton miles north of aid
ney , aged 27 years , was violently
thrown to the ground and sustained
Injuries which will undoubtedly prove
fatal. His splno was dislocated nii'l
an arm broken.
At the last regular session of the
Plattsmouth city council the most
Important buslnuss transacted wan the
passing by a unanimous vote an ordinance
nanco providing thai all telephone
wires on Main street bo carried in
cables under the ground.
Eighteen years ago Sunday the little
village of Wynioro was Jncorpofitou
1At that time there was little more
than the name to Indicate that n town
was located there. The town has
slowly but steadily and healthfully
grown , until It now has as progressive
n city of 1,000 pioplu as i-an be found
in the west.
Nemnha county lias nt last forever
over settled the long-talked of and
repeatedly voted on < i'iestlon of a
court house , liy a majority vole of
about 800 the cillzeiiH of the county
Voted bonds , according to the proposi
tion of the county commissioners , to
the amount of $10,000 , I'/j per cent ,
running live yenis , with option to > ia >
the principal In two , thico , four or
flvo years.
Much comment has neon occasioned
'by ' the recent newspaper dispatches
to the effect that the entire winter
wheat crop was a failure In Plutto
county. Diligent Inquiries of icllu-
iblo farmers show that while there IB
nn absolute failure In certain locali
ties not to exceed 415 per cent of the
winter wheat crop of 1'latte county
will bo lost unless further disaster
should come to It.
A reception and banquet wns given
the boys of company II , Third Nebras
ka , at Stromsburg. A musical and
literary program was rendoied at the
opera hoime. The banquet was served
dn the spacious dining room of the
Park hotel. A number of the boys
had not arrived home , but about alx
ty of the bronzed young soldiers sat
nround the tables and wont through
nn elaborate bill of faro.
The three-year-old daughter of S.
Carson , living at Eden , was Instantly
killed by being stopped upon by a
heavy horse. The boises had bec-n
turned loose In n lane leading from
the highway to the barnyard to food
upon the grass. Towards night the
boys went to drive them up to feed
thorn grain. In a t.olldung nncid
one of the horses stepped upon the lit
tle plrl with Jesuits ahe.iuj given
John Singer , who lives south of
Webster City , died last week. HO
was wrestling In a spiilt of fun with
his brother and was thrown to the
ground In such a way that his ankle
was so wrenched that it produced
lockjaw. The actions of the injured
man wore something terrible. Ho
would throw his head back and finally
In great misery , with a convulsive
movement , every muscle and bouo set ,
the end came.
A trip of about four hundred m'lns
overland through Nebraska , says a
Creighton dispatch , revealed the raot
that winter wheat is almost an nbso
lute failure. Nearly e < rery field sown
to wheat last fall is being plowed
up and planted to corn. A very few
pieces are still standing , but look ns
though they would hardly yield the
amount of seed sown to the acre. Oth
er crops are looking very prosperous ,
corn mostly planted and some fields
coming up.
The Commercial club of Tokanmh
has In form a definite proposition to
make the proposed Sioux City & Oma-
1m railroad , in consideration of their
touehlngs with that city with thnir
proposed air line between the cl-.lcs
naniod. It Is proposed to vote $10,000
4 per cent bonds to bo delivered to the
company providing the road is built
nnd in operation within two years
and providing it has no conno-tioa
whatever with the CSt. . P. , M. &
O. , the railroad nt present operating
, in Burt county , or with the Chicago
& Northwestern system.
Sheriff Simmering of Adams coun
ty and an olllcer from Webster count/
3mvo succeeded In unearthing a rob
bers * roost near Rosemont and ro-ov-
ered about $1,200 worth of stolen
goods. The olllcers placed Bill Loich ,
a Rosemont merchant , under arrest ,
as they have stiong evidence which
Implicates Llm with the gang. It is
thought ho is one of the head men
of the organization nnd tlmt he simply
ran the store to dispose of the stolen
goods. During the last year mer
chants nt Trumbull , Glenville , Brom-
flold , Ayr , Funk , Aurora nnd other
small towns have had their storea
robbed , but the thieves have always
escaped-
Morgan Rico of Wakeilold committed
BUlcldo by drinking concentrated lye
He hnd been In ill health some tl'mo
and was despondent Deceased wna
aged about 35 years and unmarried.
A well developed case of smallpox
-was - discovered in the Union Pacific
yards at Columbus. A man about
22 years of ugo was found in a poul
try car suffering with the dread dis
ease. Permission was obtained from
the railroad company to use a vacant
section house about n mile'cast of
town , where the patient was taken ,
and also a couple who wore found
with him. The strictest quarantine
has been established and the premise *
guarded by two upeclal officers.
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Nebraska's Junior Sonatoi
SookB Information.
COMMISS'ONLll LVANS RESPONDS
U'nrlc of tlio Mi'Purtiimit Kxpliilnril li
All ItH DnliillH KinpliiyrK Undur CM
Hortlcu Jlulps .Moiltm Opcriindl u
Oliliilnlni ; I'Ki.iOiiim IVm of Attorney
unit Kilting for DUiiltllltlcN.
Senator M. L Hay ward has recelvci
a lengthy communication from Com
missioner II. Clay Evans ot the pen-
fllon bin can at Washington concern
Ig the work of the pension depart
ment , the people employed there and
the manner In wlili-h the pension
claims aio handled. The commission
er explains In detail the work of the
department and gives much Infoium-
tlon of value to ( Jiand Army men. I'ht
Nebraska department of the Grand
Army of the Republic will have the
letter published In the ofllclal oran
and distributed among all the old uol-
dleis In the state. Commissioner
Evans tolls first of the people em
ployed In the bureau.
There are 1,711 employes in the de
partment of which 500 are ex-union
iioldlora , and of this number 452 are
drawing pensions In addition to thy
salaried. The board of icvlow as
now oiganlzed Is comprised of one
chief , two assistant chiefs , five cli'cfs
of sections and 110 reviewers , i no
ohlef of the board Is Colonel F. D.
StopheiiRon , who served during the
entire war of the lebolllon as captain
in the Forty-eighth Illinois and I .tor
ua oolonel In the One Ilundicd and
Fifty-second Illinois Intantry. Hevaa
severely wounded and Is a pensioner
for that reason. Of the 110 reviewers
seventy arc ox-union soldiers. A
largo proportion of the men employed
on the board of review have been con
nected with the pension department
in different capacities for fiom twenty
to thirty-five years.
The medical division , whoso work
is to settle all medical questions , es
pecially rates of pension , consists of
n'medical icferee , an assistant medi
cal referee , two ( nullified surgeons ,
two principal examlneis and forty-
throe medical examine ! s. The b ard
of review In connection with the med-
loal division is charged with the ad
judication und settlement of all claims
nnd their action Is generally final
on all questions Involved. The cnra-
mlssloner does not see one in n hun
dred of the claims that receive thn at
tention of the legal and medical
boards.
During the ilist nine months of the
present fiscal year 61.000 nonslon nor
tlllcates have been Issued , divided as
follows : Original under the general
law , 4,504 ; original under the act of
1890 , 22,227 ; increase and reissue , 9-
747 ; restoration and renewal , 1,157 ;
under the not of 1890 , increase and
reissue , 10.CS5 ; restoration and re
newal , 1,556 ; accrued pensions , 8,661 ;
duplicates , 2,902.
All of the employes of the pension
department are under the protection
of the civil service law. A majority
of them are known to bo republicans.
There are about U3I employes who are
known to bo democrats.
Commissioner Evans adds the 'al
lowing additional Information b-mr-
Ing upon the subject of Senator Hay-
ward's letter of inquiry.
"You are no doubt aware of the fact
that order No. 101 , which waa piomul-
gatcd October 15 , 1890 , was substnutl-
nlly revoked by Assistant Secretary
Bussey on January 7 , 1893 , In very
positive terms. Under this order ail
disabilities under the net of 1S90 were
rated the same as those of service ori
gin. Your attention Is also Invited to
the act of 1890 with reference to claims
of widows , which grants pensions only
to those 'who are without other means
of support than their manual labor. '
In cases of Invalid claimants It Is held
by the department that disabilities
unuer tno net or 1S90 are placed by
that act upon a different basis for ratIng -
Ing than those under the general i'iw.
Under the general law dlsablll'ies
are pensionable without regard to
capacity to earn support timl are
graded without itifuiuuue to this con
dition , while disabilities under the
act of 1890 arc only pensionable when
incapacity to labor joins with Inca
pacity to earn n support , and the
grades of rating are dependent uoon
these two conditions. The bureau hns
been extensively criticized for ad
hering to this rule , but ns my func
tions are confined strictly to the exe
cution of the law as I find It I : im
powerless to grant relief in cases that
do not come within the rule.
"It is very evident that upon a
careful examination of the act of
Juno 27 , 1890 , that It creates condi
tions which are not applicable to
claims under the general law and that
very much of the misapprehension
and dissatisfaction with the opera
tions of this bureau arise from a want
of understanding us to those condi
tions
"Thus , n soldier is entitled under
the general law to $17 per month for
the loss of nn eye , but under the net
of Juno 27 , 1890 , ho receives only $ ii
per month , as it docs not tncapac-
tate him front earning subsistence by
manual labor.
"So in a case of deafness. A sol Her
who is suffering from a degree of deaf
ness entitling him under the general
law to $10 or ? 15 per month , hns no
pensionable status under the net of
1890 , ns the slight degree of deafness
in question does not incapacitate him
from earning a support by manual la
bor. A widow is pensioned under the
general law regardless of her posses
sions , while under the net of 1890 the
employment of an Income In excess of
the amount eho would receive as pen
ulon IE a bar to pension under the act.
Now , when these different conditions
arise in the snmo neighborhood pee
pie seldom stop to inquire na to the
Inw under which application is made
and when a claim is allowed u dor
the general law at a high rate for a
degree of denfnefcs which does not en-
UUe to a rating under the new law ,
it necenmirlly ronults in criticism nf
the commlHBloner. And when a wllow
who In In Affluent clrcuin tunco M
granted a pcnnlon under the general
law , while a claimant not nearly so
well off Is denied a pension under the
new Inw , bet-atme nht > in not wit'ioul '
other means of support than her dally
labor , It Hooms to the public to be nn
uiijimt discrimination on the part oC
this bureau. Yet the law creates the e
conditions and It Is not within our
power to do otherwise than exenu' < )
the law as construed by the depart
ment , but In nearly all these cases
the pension ofllce gets the bin mo
when It alempts to carry out the law
as It exists.
"Tho disability which entitles to
the maximum pension ( $12 per month )
under the new law Is substantially
the snmo ns would entitle to a pension
of $30 per month under the old Hw.
Yet wo find that under the old law
only 51,691 soldiers are pensioned at
$30 per month , while under the new
law 163,867 are drawing the maximum
rate of $12 per montli. Under the
old law only 17,657 soldiers receive
$12 per month. As an Index to the
growth of the woik of the bureau It
may bo stated that during the fiscal
year 1896 there weie 2,162,581 pieces
of mall received and sent. For the year
18)7 ! ) there were 5,05G,78fl and for the
year ] 898 there were 6,566,907 , being
moio than 300 per cent over the year
189G.
"During President Grant's first term
from 1869 to 3872 , theio were allowed
In all 71,102 claims , and during his
second term there weio allowed 17-
359 claims , and during President
Hayes' term , fiom 1877 to 1880 , 39- ,
9 < I5 claims were allowed. During the
fiscal year ending June 30 , 1898 , 52.
681 original claims weio allowed. It
will bo seen that the number of Jil-
lowancca for the year 1808 was great
er than the number of allowances for
the enllio four years of President
(3rant's second term and the entire
administration of President Hayes.
"Tho commissioner , both deputy
commissioners , the medical referee ,
chief of the board of review and nine
of the chiefs of division and most , of
the other clerks who 1111 the important
lilnces In the bin nil
can are cx-un-
lon soldiers , and ns you well know
the entire organisation of the bureau
Is controlled by men who served the
'soldiers bureau' and in all ma'ters
pertaining to the oiganlzntlon of the
diiToient divisions , In nppolntm nts
and pi emotions , the ox-union soldier
always hns the preference. The dif
ferent commanders of the department
of the Grand Army of the Republic
have all commended the pension bu
reau for its faithful observance of the
statute which gives preference to the
soldiers of the rebellion. "
In another letter received by Sen
ator Hnyward the commissioner of
pensions has the following to sny con
cerning the fee chnrged by attorneys
for securing pensions.
"Under what Is known as the gen
eral law the attorney gets n fee of $2f > .
Under the act of 1890 his fee Is only
$10. It has got to be quite a custom
wit'll attorneys to file a claim under
the act of 1890 , get the pension allowed
od under that law and then file < i
claim under the general laws , so they
will get two fcen. I had a case , for
Instance , the other day reinstating .a
man who enlisted in the war with
Spain. Ho was drawing a pension
under the act of 1890 at $10 he 'mil
formerly drawn a pension for slolit ! ;
disability under the general law at $0
ho fell into the hands of an attorney
and made application for reinstate
ment under the goneinl law and tneii
filed a claim for disability Incurred in
the war with Spain , which wns tl-o
same ns he was pensioned for under
the net of 1890. This would have giv
en the attorney two fees , but it would
not have given the man the $10 pen
sion that lie was drawing when he
enlisted. "
Sinotlirrrd In u ItiidRcr Hole. " °
Ureeley center dispatch : yester
day evening between J and 6 o'clock
John Gannon , the 17-year-old son of
Thomas Gannon , residing near this
town , went out into the field n'xnit
n quarter of a mile from the lutiso
to dig out a badger that was supposed
to l > o In Ills hole , taking with him two
largo dogs.
After 6 o'clock his two brothers
went after the cows and passed near
the place where Gannon had goin to
get the badger and saw the bogs 1 lo
gins and scratching the earth. Reich
ing the spot they found their brc'lier
lying on his face , dead. He had -lug
the hole larger than It was and then
entered it with his head nnd p-irt of
ills body , when the earth caved in
and smothoied him. His faithful does
did not leave him , but scratched the
dirt from off his body and head ind
had It completely removed when fa-mil
by his brothers , but life was extinct.
Gannon was n promising young ninn
nnd would have graduated at the Grea
ly high school next year.
Dillon Doing Writ.
Information was received nt the
governor's ofllce the other day from
the Wnr depaitmont concerning the
condition of Captain Thomas S. Dil
lon of South Omaha , now at Manila
with the First Montana volunteers ,
who is reported to have almost re
covered from a wound received In ono
of the recent battles with the liihiirg-
onts. No definite information was re
ceived by the Nebraska military au
thorities as to the manner In which
the man was wounded , but relatives in
South Omaha requested the War de
partment , through the governor's of
fice , to ascertain his present condition.
General Otis cabled that Dillon was
doing well.
lUllntt llronu Druil ,
Elliot C. Brown , manager of the
National Sheep and Cattle company ,
ono of the best known stockmen of
Nebraska and Wyoming , wns drowned
In Indian creek near Harrison , Neb. ,
while attempting to ford it on horso-
buck. Mr. Brown was ono of tao
Wyoming Rough Riders under Cot
onol Grlgaby , nnd distinguished him
self in the Mississippi wreck "as !
summer , when ho saved many lives.
The Lincoln Land company will olat
eighty encres of its land adjotnlmr
Oxford on the north nnd nt once put
the same on the market.
The News Briefly Told.
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feu turdi y.
Ex-Congressman Piancls Smith Ed-
waids , nged 82 , died nt his home , Dtin-
klik , N , Y. , yesterday.
Three companies of the signal corps
encamped at Savannah , On. , were
mustcicd out of service.
The American section of thcoso-
phlats win begin their thirteenth an
nual convention today at Chicago.
William Thompson , a Lynn , Muss. ,
hotelkecper , hns filed a petition In
bankruptcy Liabilities , $97,100 ; assets ,
$150.
The Cubans are dissatisfied with the
present system of making Inws , con
tending that Senors Capote and La-
nii/n have too much Influence.
Wealthy Cubans will send a delega
tion to Washington to seek a modifi
cation 01 the mortgage decree extend
ing time of payment.
Major Ladd , treasurer of the cus
toms funds ut Havana , Intends to be
gin a new system of disbursements
by check , as in the United States.
David J. Field , the retired St. Louis
capitalist , who on Thursday last shot
and killed his negro man servant , was
exonerated by the coroner's jury nnd
dlschnrged.
Bids were opened at the navy de
partment Saturday for 100,000 six-
pound steel shells , 12,000 three-pound
nnd 20,000 one-pound. Awards have
not yet been made.
Instead of the usual annual conven
tion in July , the executive committee
of the window glass association has
decided that the wage committee shall
meet in July to formulate a wage
scale.
Today a horseless carriage contain
ing the huentor , Alex Wlnton , and n
companion will leave Cleveland for
Now York , a distance of 800 miles.
The trip is expected to be made in
flvo days.
Eftorts arc being made in Boston to
form a combine among the confec
tioners , including all the prominent
concerns east of St. Louis. Several
firms have given options which expire
July 1 on their plants.
Senor Domingo Mendez Capote , sec
retary of the government In Havana ,
will repoit to General Brooke recom
mending general suffrage In Cuba ,
with certain limitations , finding edu
cational or property test unnccessnry.
The deadlock over railroad ta-
tlon continues in the Michigan legis
lature. The senate contends for nn
annual Increase of $32,000 ad the
house for n $500,000 Increase. Gov
ernor Plngree thinks the senate 'vill
be forced to como to the house terms.
Monday.
The big troop transports on the Pa
cific coast are being rapidly fitted with
refrigerators.
Colonel Alfred E. Bates has reported
for duty as assistant paymaster gen
eral.
It is probable that Colonel Alfred
E. Bates will succeed Paymaster Gen
eral Carey July 10 , when Carey re
tires.
President and Mrs. McKinley en or
tnlncd Mr. and Mrs. St. Clalr Mo\el-
way of the Brooklyn Eagle at dinner
last night.
Word was received at Buffalo of the
death of Mile. Rhea , the well known
actress , in Montinorencl , France. The
communication came in the shape of n
large black bordered envelope con
tainlng an announcement of her fu
neral.
Director of Posts Vaille at Manila
hns notified the postolllco department
that ho hns established the railway
post service between Manila and Milo-
los , the former Filipino capital. This
is the initial move in the direction of
building up n railway mail service in
the Philippines.
The comptroller of the currency has
declared dividends in favor of the
creditors of insolvent national banks
as follows : Fifteen per cent , the
First National Bank of Larimore , "N.
D. ; 10 per cent , the First National
bank of Emporla , Kns. ; 10 per c"nt ,
the National Bank of Kansas City. Mo.
Specials to the Cincinnati Enquirer
announce the acceptance by Colonel
W. J. Bryan to lecture nd speak at the
following cities in Indiana : nrro
Haute , Monday , May 29 , to lecture on
imperialism , under the auspices of the
Jacksonlnn club ; at Evansville , Tues
day , May 30 , to address a big demo
cratic rally.
The grain shovelers" strike at Buf
falo has been settled. The agreement
signed into Inst night by n sub-corn
mlttee representing the strikers , of
which Pieeldont Keefo ot the Long
shoremen's nssoclntion was a member
and Contractor Connors , has been ap
proved by the full committee of tno
Grain Shovelers' union. The strike ts
to be declared off and the men will
return to work Wednesday morning.
Tuesday.
The Bnptlst annual meeting will beheld
hold at San Francisco today , and will
celebrate the semi-centennial of mis
sionary work In California.
Charles F. Brush , the inventor of
the arc electric light , has been voted
the Runford medal by the American
Academy of Art and Sciences.
The Cumberland Presbyterians , in
session at Denver , have appointed a
committee to raise $1,000,000 for
church educational Institutions.
Secretary Alger lias given authority
to the West Point military academy
to permit the resumption of football
games between that Institution and the
naval cadets.
The navy department has cabled an
Inquiry to Admiral Dewey regarding
the Itinerary of the homeward cruise
of the Olympln. The Olympla will not
lenve Hon Kong much before June ,
spending n part of the time in * dry
dock getting in shnpo for her 14000
mile trip.
L. P. Mitchell , deputy comptroller ot
the treasury , hns decided that retired
naval officers cannot be appointed and
paid as expert aid in the preparation
of designs for now ships , etc. , under
the concluding paragraph ot section 8
of the naval net of March 3,1897 , holdIng -
Ing that a retired officer is not a civil
ian within the meaning of the act.
-Mu. _ ,
Admiral Schloy was entertained by
the people of Council Bluffs. Thou
sands of people met him at the pub
lic reception held In the Grand ho'el.
William H. Scltz , a real estnto
broker of New York , filed a petition
In bankruptcy ycy'irday. His llnoli-
Hlcs were $128,250 and thcro Vf.re . no
assets.
W. II. Collins wns shot in the back
nnd Instantly killed about nine miles
west of West Plains , Mo , , by some
unknown person. J. Fox , whom Col-
lis shot last year , is suspected.
William J , Bryan spent n day at
Quincy , 111. , as the guest of the
county democracy. Ho addressed an
audience of 10,000 people. Mr. Brvnn
wns mot by Congressmen Dockory nnd
Lloyd , of Missouri , and Williams ,
of Illinois.
The navy department has cabled nn
inquiry to Admiral Dewey regnrdlng
the Itinerary of the homeward cruise
of the Olympia. The Olympln will
not leave Hong Kong much bo'ore
June , spending a pnrt of the tlim In
dry dock , getting in shnpe for her
14,000 mlle trip.
The United Stntes transport Solace
is reported to hnvo arrived at Hon
olulu May 15. She hns on bonrJ a
largo number of soldiers and sailors
whoso time of service has expired ,
and many Invalided nnd incapacitated
men. Among her passengers Is General -
eral King and Majors Purdy and
Nickcrson.
An official application has been re
ceived in Washington from Comman
der G. C. Relter , recently ordered to
command the Puget Sound naval sta
tion , to bo placed on the list of np-
plicants for voluntary retirement
Four captains , three commanders
nnd four lieutennnt-commnndeis have
now applied for retirement , making ,
with casualties which occurred Jur-
ing the year , all the vacancies re
quired by law.
The Cumberland Presbyterian general
oral assembly in session at Denver ,
postponed action on the resolution
protesting against the seating of B.
II. Roberts , of Utah , as a member of
congress until Wednesday. This ac
tion was taken at the request of Stat
ed Clerk William R. Campbell , of the
Utah presbytery , who telegraphed to
Moderator Halsell that a communlca
tlon had been mailed which It was de
sired to have the assembly consider.
Thursday.
The National Association of Waon
Manufacturers has decided to raise
prices
Twenty thousand people gathered
at Pittsfleld , 111. , to listen to William
J. Bryan. Ono hundred guns wre
fired at sunrise in honor of the arrival
of Mr. nnd Mis. Brynn , who cnme on
the early train from Hannibal.
nepresentatlVG Gillette of Massa
chusetts has invited President Mc
Kinley to visit Springfield , Mass ,
while atending Eraduatins exercises
at Mount Holyoke , Mass. , from which
the president's niece graduates.
The president has given orders to
carry out the recommendation of
Generals Otis and Lawton making Col
onel Summers of the Second Oregcn a
brevet brigadier general of volun
teers ; also making Captain Gas ? of
the engineer battalion a major by
brevet.
The Russian minister nt Pekin , M.
do Glers , has notified the Tsung Li
Yamen that Russia is unable to aciept
the Chinese icfusal of u railroad con
cession and that she will send engi
neers forthwith to survey a line to
connect the Russion Manchurian rail
road with Pekin.
The Madrid Reformn dcclTeb
that the minister of Una-ice ,
Senor Villnverde , who is sup
ported by the entire cnbinet ,
mnlntnlns the roynl order , Instructing
the Bank of Spain to suspend indefi
nitely the quarterly drawing of the
redeemable 4 per cent bonded debt.
Reports received nt Eldorado , K.in. ,
state that cattle perished by the him
drods ns the result of an unupunl
downpour of rain with which that
section wns visited , lu one pasture
Lohr & Leonard lost 510 head of cut
tle. The animals were in poor condi
tion , having Just been shipped in
from the west.
The rapid increase of Jnpnnese Im
migration into Hawaii lias attracted
the Serious atcntlon of the aiitl-ori-
tles in Washington of Into nnd . ev
ernl ofllclnl inquiries have been set
on foot to learn the extent of the In
vasion and how it can be checked.
The reports received by the Immigra
tion authorities are In line with press
dispatches stating that the Influx i ?
steadily increasing.
Secretary Alger lias telegrained
General Otis to learn the wishes of
Washington volunteers on the advisa
bility of returning by way of Puget
sound , thus landing them directly at
their homes instead of nt San Frnn
cisco , where the general camp of re
turning volunteers is located.
Acting Secretary Cortelyou called
upon Assistant Secretary \ nndorlip ,
chnirmnn of the Dewey home fund ,
and placed in his hands a check from
the president , constituting Mr. Mc-
Kinloy's contribution to the fund. In
doing so , Mr. Cortolyou convoyed to
Mr. Vandorllp the expression of the
president's Interest In the undertaking
and his pleasure in contributing to
this testimonial to Admiral Dewey.
Three white farmers , James Humph
reys nnd his two sons , wore lynched
near the village of Aloy , in Henderson
county , Texas , n remote neighborhood
devoid of telegraph , telephone or rnil-
rend connections nnd nbout seventy-
five miles southwest of Dnllns.
Adjutnnt General Corbln today gave
out for publication the report of
Colonel Frederick Funston of the
Twentieth Kansas regiment , which
wns nn appendix to the report of Major
General MncArthur. The report deals
with the operations of the Kansas
regiment from the beginning of the
outbreak , February 6 , until February
16.
"Buffalo , " said a mnn from tlmt city
recently , "is going to have the finest
railway station In the United States ,
and probably the most magnificent In
the world. Architecturally , it will bo
a delight nnd nn ornnmont to the town ,
Its great tower of the cathedral style
rising to the nllltutlcof 300 feet. It Is
to cost $6.000,000. but It will exceed In
size nnd beauty the Union depot nt St.
Louis , on which wns expended $6,500-
000 , nnd it will mnko Chicago's $2-
000,000 stntlon look chea'p. "
Tba mosquito Isn't the only bore
that sings nt his work.
"In Union
There is Strength/ '
True strength consists in the union , the
harmonious ( working together , of every
part of the human organism. This strength
can never be obtained if the blood is im
pure. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the standard
prescription for purifying the blood.
The mnn who makes proverbs the
sole rule of Ills life never has to take
anti-fat.
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