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Decision that Indian T7ith White lather
Oannot Have Allotment
CHARGES AGAINST SEVERAL PEOPLE
Complaints Accompanied by Application
to Enter Homestead Claim Papers
Sent to General Commissioner at Wash
ington People of Lynch Excited
ONEILL Neb Aug 10 Much ex
citement Is being caused here by rea
son of a recent decision of the secre
tary of the interior with reference to
land allotted to quarter and half
breed Indians The syllabus of the
case referred to is as follows
Children born of a white man a
citizen of the United States and an
Indian woman -his wife follow the
status of the father in the matter of
citizenship and are therefore not enti
tled to allotment under section 4 act
of February 8 1887 as amended by
the act of February 28 1891
The decision seems to affect the ti
tle to several thousand acres of very
choice land in Boyd and Knox coun
ties In October 1890 there were al
lotted to the Ponca tribe of Indians in
Nebraska several thousand acres of
land in the above named counties
which then formed a part of the Pon
ca and Sioux Indian reservations
Many of the allottees were children
born of a white man and an Indian
woman and under the rule then in
force it was thought they were en
titled to an allotment T - ruling
was reversed in the decision above re
ferred to
S J Weeks register of the United
States land office here when seen to
day said Yes it is true that charges
have been preferred by individuals
against a number of Indian allotments
in Boyd county The complaints are
in the nature of an affidavit alleg
ing in each instance that the allottee
in each instance is the child of a
white man and a citizen of the Uni
ted States In most instances the
complaint is accompanied by an ap
plication to enter the land as a home
stead The homestead application is
not alwed but all papers are trans
mitted to the commissioner of the
general land office and will as I take
it if he deems the charges sufficient
make the matter a subject of inquiry
by a special agent or order a hearing
at the local land office In case a
hearing is ordered the persons pre
senting the charges against the al
lotments must assume and pay the
expense of the hearing but they ac
quire no preference right to make en
try of the land if the allotment is
canceled
It is reported here today that the
people of Lynch the town nearest
the land are much excited over the
matter and many are on thp way
here to make application for the land
AFTER REMAINDER Of LAND
Settlers Think Cattlemen Can Easily Get
Oat of the Reserve
LAWTON Old Aug 10 A move
ment has been started here among the
lioraeseekers who have lost to have the
government open up the three reserves
in the land lottery which it set aside
in the Lawton district before the open
ing At a meeting of 100 or more of
them it was decided to petition the In
terior department at once to take such
action These reserves embrace 532
500 acres or about 3300 quarter sec
tions The Ispd was held in reserve
it is believed because the government
anticipated that the cattlemen who
had all of the Kiowa Comanche coun
try leased for pastures would not be
able to find pastures in Texas or other
cattle grazing sections readily If the
cattlemen can round up their cattle
and get them to the government res
ervations this fall the homeseekers ar
gue they can find pastures somewhere
else by next spring The homeseekers
are willing to buy the land outriglit
from the government
Warrant for Mint Clerk
SAN FRANCISCOO Aug 10 Uni
ted States Court Commissioner Hea
cock has upon the request of Secret
Service Agent George W Hazen is
sued a warrant for the arrest of Wal
ter N Dimmiclc former chief clerk
of the United States mint in this city
charging him with embezzling 30000
in gold coin the loss of which was
discovered early last month
Omaha Linn to Extend
CUMBERLAND Wis Aug 10 The
Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Om
aha railway will tap the Upper Mich
igan iron country
Sheriff Kills Horse Thief
RED LODGE Mont Aug 10
Sheriff Potter shot and killed Tod
Sloan an alleged Wyoming horse
thief The sheriff had received a mes
sage from Big Horse county Wyom
ing to arrest Sloan and his partner
who were headed toward this city
-with a bunch of stolen horses Sloans
partner was arrested in the city
without resistance Sheriff Potter and
his deputy then found Sloan in the
valley some miles from town
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THE LAST f ROM MARTHUR
War Department Receives Report of Af
fairs In tho Philippines
WASHINGTON Aug 9 The annual
report of Major General MacArthur
dated July 1 1901 the day he relin
quished command of the Philippines
has been received at the War depart
ment The period covered by the re
port is from October 1 1900 when the
last report from General MacArthur
wa3 dated He says With the dis
bandment of the insurgents field ar
mies the Filipinos organized desperate
resistance by banding the people to
gether in support of the guerrillas
This was caried out by means of secret
committees which collected contribu
tions inflicted punishments and car
ried on a considerable opposition to
the Americans General MacArthur
says he hopes the policy adopted will
in time conciliate the natives and
make them friendly to the United
States The education of the people
in times past made them suspicious
of any governmental beneficence and
they evidently looked upon the lenient
attitude of the United States as indi
cating weakness General MacArthur
says the proclamation issued on De
cember 20 firmly declaring the inten
tion of the United States to hold the
islands and have the laws obeyed had
a good effect and the secret resistance
was much abated
General MacArthur gives the follow
ing statistics from May 5 1900 to June
30 1901 during which time there were
1062 contacts between American
troops and insurgents which show
the casualties on both sides
Americans Killed 245 wounded
190 captured IIS missing 20
Insurgents Killed 284 wounded
1193 captured 6572 surrendered 23
095
During the same period the follow
ing material was captured or surren
dered from the insurgents Rifiles 15
693 ammunition 296365 rounds re
volvers 868 bolos 3516 cannon 122
cannon ammunition 30270 rounds
PACTS ABOUT CUMMINS
Is One of the Representative Republicans
of Iowa
DES MOINES la Aug 9 A B
Cummins of Des Moines who was
nominated at the republican state
convention is one of Iowas repre
sentative men
Born in Greene county Pennsylva
nia 51 years of of Scotch Irish parent
age he worked his way through the
common schools and the Waynesburg
academy and then when his educa
tion was completed followed the ad
vice of Greeley and came west
It was in 1869 that he located in
Elekador in Clayton county Iowa
and there secured a clerkship in the
recorders office Some time after
ward he engaged in carpentering and
still later he was express messenger
In 1871 Cummins went to Indiana
and was deputy surveyor of Allen
county a short time afterward becom
ing division engineer of the Cincin
nati Richmond Fort Wayne rail
road At the age of 23 Cummins de
cided to study law and two years
later was admitted to the bar in Chi
cago
NO CHANCE P0R MEDIATION
Frisco Strikers Want All Demands Met
or Nothing
SAN FRANCISCO Ca Aug 9
The strike situation is practically un
changed Governor Gage has not
been asked to act as mediator though
he is willing to do what he can to
settle the trouble by arnitration The
City Federation has extended the
strike so as to include the ports of
Benecia and Redwood City The San
Francisco board of trade has under
taken the task of enlisting all the re
tail dealers associations of the city
in a united effort to bring about a
compromise
The labor leaders however state
that the struggle is not Kkely to be
ended for some time A mass meet
ing to consider the situation has been
called for tomorrow night
Col Breathitt Dead
MARSHALL Mo Aug 9 Colonel
Cardwell Breathitt ded suddenly at
his home near Nelson yesterday aged
S2 He was a son of Governor John
Breathitt of Kentucky and father of
John B Breathitt former railroad
commissioner
Iowa Firm Rankrnpt
DUBUQUE la Aug 9 J F
Lindeman Co of Lime Springs have
filed a petition in bankruptcy The
liabilities are 40000 and the assets
6000
Roosevelt is Overstaying
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo Aug
9 Vice President Roosevelt and par
ty Tvho left Colorado Springs Monday
afternoon for a horseback ride and
coyote hunt through the southeastern
part of El Paso county and were to
have been back this afternoon has not
been heard from This is taken to
mean that they are having an enjoy
able vand successful hunt The pro
posed trip to the Cripple Creek dis
trict has been postponed until Friday
ainltanat
STRIKE SO FAR IS EVEN
Close of Wednesday Fincb Eaoh Side
With Something Gained
THE NEWCASTLE PLANT IS CLOSED
Manufacturers Retaliate by Breaking
Strike at tho Clark Mills Roth Shaf
fer and Schwab Say that tho Other
Must First Suggest Peace
PITTSBURG Pa Aug 8 In the
big steel strike honors are even in
this section tonight The Amalga
mated association succeeded in closing
down the big steel plant at Newcas
tle and the manufacturers partially
broke the strike at the Clark mill in
this city Neither side is exulting
nor is there any expression of dis
couragement
Up to this hour not the slightest
trouble has occurred at any point in
this immediate territory and the Amal
gamated men are corespondingly hap
py because this condition would seem
to be the carrying out of the associa
tions departure in the handling of
strikes The quiet waiting of thft
strikers may be one of the surprises
hinted at by the national officers
From one or two points the strikers
are reported as restless and eager
for action but so far they have kept
faith with their leaders and refrained
from committing any breach of the
peace
The United States Steel corporation
it was learned today from an official
source will at once proceed in a sys
tematic manner to start its closed
sheet mills making the non union
plants of the Kiskiminetas valley the
cradle where strike breakers will be
trained and -then sent out to the mills
that are closed
So far as President Schwab is con
cerned ho overtures will be made to
the workers In a talk with a Pitts
burg man in New York yesterday he
said We have made our last propo
sition to the Amalgamated associa
tion and will now proceed to start
our works
President Shaffer makes this coun
ter statement The next proposition
must come from the United States
Steel corporation officials
Thus the two officials stand It
seems as if only outside efforts can
bring them together The trust offi
cials have decided to go ahead slowly
in the matter of starting mills and to
do so with as little publicity as pos
sible
The strongholds of the sheet com
pany are the mills at Vandergrift the
largest in the country Leechburg Ap
polo and Scottdale It has been de
cided to take as many skilled men
away from these places as possible
without retarding operations there and
start the mills where there is the
least danger of an outbreak The
places left vacant at the mills men
tioned will be filled with men desei v
ing of promotion and they will be
given better positions This move
will be tmdertaken slowly and with
caution The plan further contem
plates that after a time many of the
strikers will return when they see
one after another of the closed mills
resuming This plan was tested and
was found to be feasible so far as the
mills at Hyde Park and Wellsville
go and it has been decided to adopt
it so far as the sheet and hoop mills
are concerned
CUMMINS ON PIRST BALLOT
Republicans of Iowa Nominate Him on
First Ballot
CEDAR RAPIDS Aug 8 For gov
ernor A B Cummins Polk
For lieutenant governor John Her
riott Guthrie
For supreme court judge S M
Weaver Hardin
For railroad commissioner Ed C
Brown OBrien
For superintendent R C Barrett
Mitchell
This is the ticket given birth by the
republican state convention here yes
terday The nomination of Cummins
was a foregone conclusion since the
break up of the Herriott forces which
culminated in a release by Herriott
of his own Guthrie county delegation
The fight was none the less a pretty
one and close enough to be interesting
to the end
The anti Cummins combination
managed to capture a majority of the
district caucuses to the extent of con
trolling the credentials committee and
securing from it a report seating anti
Cummins contestants in Carroll and
Jackson counties
Will Kniarge Prison Posts
WASHINGTON Aug 8 Extensive
improvements are contemplated at the
Important military posts at Fort Mon
roe Va Fort Leavenworth Kan
Fort Sheridan III and San Francis
co Since the transfer of the mili
tary prison at Leavenworth to the
general government the posts named
have been used for the imprisonment
of general military prisoners Under
general plans of the department prisor
facilities will be enlarged
REPORTS ON CHOP CONDITIONS
Superintendent Calvert of the Burling
ton It lakes Bucouraglng Statement
OMAHA Aug 7 General Manager
Holdrege of the Burlington road has
received from General Superintendent
T E Calvert a crop report covering
all divisions of the line for the week
ending August 3 It is in the main
very favorable corn being estimated
at from two thirds of a crop down to
one third in different sections Hay
and wheat reports are most favora
ble Detailed summaries of the yield
per acre and other facts aro given for
each division
On the northern division extending
from Plattsmouth to Kearney the
chief trouble is that there are either
too few ears to the stalk or that lit
tle corn has formed on the cobs This
is true of cqrn that tasseled during the
heated spell Later corn will yield
from Xfin to twenty bushels to the
acre In some places the crop will
make from one half to two thirds of
an average one The general aver
age for the district will be it is esti
mated slightly less than one third of
a crop
Winter wheat on the northern divi
sion is threshing out well with good
quality It is ranging from twenty to
twenty five bushels to the acre Spring
wheat and oats are scheduled as
poor and potatoes are considerably
damaged The pastures are reviving
somewhat since the rain and the cool
er weather
Corn conditions along the southern
division are similar to those in tho
northern although they are more fa
vorable in places This section ex
tends from Blue Hill to Atchison
Kan The yield will be from fifteen to
twenty five bushels per acre and in
many places constituting a consider
able section of the whole territory
there will be from one third to one
half a crop In other spots nearly
all the corn will be cut for fodder
Wheat in the southern division is
proving all that it promised Pastur
age is not in very good condition and
needs frequent heavy rains to make
good fall feeding Hay is a little
short and the potato crop is poor
while apples and peaches are badly
damaged by the dry weather
CONDITION OP IOWA CROPS
Rains Have Helped Corn Except Wliero
It Was Too Far Gone
United States Department of Agri
culture Iowa Section Climate and
Crop Service Weather Bureau for
Week Ending August 6 Des Moines
la The week averaged from 1 to 5
degrees daily above the normal
though as compared with the preced
ing week there was a fall of about
12 degrees in the daily mean temaera
ture The cooler weather increased
humidity and copious rains of July 27
and 28 broke the drouth effectually
except in quite limited areas where
the rainfall was very light
The reports generally indicate fair
improvement in the condition and
prospects of the corn crop though in
a considerable portion of the early
planted area it is damaged beyond
recovery except for fodder Much of
the late planted corn is earing with
healthy show of tassels and the yield
of sound ears will depend upon favor
able weather for the balance of the
season without frosts to the end of
September With normal conditions it
may yet bring forth more merchanta
ble grain than has been estimated and
if the fodder is all saved the value of
the entire crop will fall but little if
any below the amount realized from
the grain alone in some recent seasons
PIRST CLAIM IS ELONGATED
Wood of Weatherford Choses Choicest
Acres Along Townsite
KANSAS CITY Aug 7 A special
to the Star from Fort Sill Okla says
John Wood of Weatherford Texas
who drew No 1 in the Lawton land
district created a sensation at the
land office when in filing his claim
he chose 160 acres running the en
tire length of the townsite on the
south Acording to the government
plat the two most valuable sections
in the whole reservation were made
to adjoin the townsite on the south
Miss Mattie Beals the Wichita Kan
telephone girl who had drawn No 2
from the wheel had counted on se
lecting one of these but when Wood
made the selection noted she had to
content herself with a tract south of
Woods and two sections away from
the townsite Woods claim is valued
at about 50000
Jeffries representative states that
the story that he and Sharksy have
agreed to a match is untrue
Afraid of Yankee Schemes
VIENNA Aug 7 At a largely at
tended meeting of shoemakers here it
was decided in spite of the announce
ment that an American firm would
not open a branch in Vienna that
the shoemakers would continue the
anti American crusade with the view
of guarding against a re crudescence
of Yankee schemes No definite
decision was arrived at as to what
form the next action of the shoemak
ers will take
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3tate Superintendent Fowler Will Laboi
for Better Conditions
C0NPER WITH COUNTY TEACHERS
The Forthcoming Pamphlet that Will
Treat of Educational Institutions
Major 31 oorcs Becomes Lieutenant of
Regulars Other Nebraska News
LINCOLN Neb Aug 7 State Su
perintendent Fowler is preparing for
a campaign of improvement in the
condition and appearance of school
buildings and grounds in rural dis
tricts He does not intend to advo
cate an increase in tho expenditure
of funds for this particular purpose
but he will insist on having all school
property under his supervision kept
as neat as the appropriations will al
low In his tours over the state Mr
Fowler has found considerable school
property in a badly neglected state
due in nearly every instance to care
lessness on the part of school officers
rather than to lack of funds
It is my intention to publish some
time during the winter a pamphlet
on the rural school its architecture
material grounds furnishings etc
3aid Mr Fowler The pamphlet will
be well illustrated It will contain il
lustrations of the best the average
and the poorest school buildings in
the state that are made or stone brick
wood or sod I want photographs of
representative school buildings in all
sections of the state I want also
interior views representing the two
extremes of tasteful decoration and
of criminal neglect I want some
views that will show the condition
of the grounds and the outbuildings
The publication will be a graphic ex
hibit of the actual school conditions
of the state designed to inform the
public and show them the advan
tages under which the schools and
school people labor in different parts
of the state I have asked the vari
ous county superintendents to assist
me in obtaining these photographs I
have asked tthem also for information
relative in rural school matters such
as how many have patent desks how
many have home made desks how
many have both and as to the use
of slate blackboards plaster boards
wooden boards and other kinds ot
boards and how many schools have
none besides several other questions
State Grand Army Reunion
HASTINGS Neb Aug 7 Mana
ger J J Buchanan and assistants of
the local committee are getting along
swimmingly in the arrangements for
the coming state Grand Army of the
Republic reunion to be held in this
city Letters are being received daily
from prominent men who respond to
invitations trom the state committee
to be present and deliver addresses
Major Warner of Kansas City Con
gressman Burkett Governor Savage
and Church Howe send word that
they will attend and address the old
veterans Invitations have been ex
tended W J Bryan Senator Dolliver
of Iowa Senator Cullom of Illinois
Governor Shaw of Iowa Vice Presi
dent Roosevelt Bourke Cockran ex
Senator Manderson Senator Thurston
Mark Hanna Governor Yates of Illi
nois and other statesmen prominent
in state and national affairs Favora
ble answers are expected from a great
many of them
Merely a Social Visit
WASHINGTON Aug 7 Admiral
Robley D Evans was at the navy de
partment for a short time yesterday
in consultation with Assistant Secre
tary Hackett Both stated that the
conference did not relate to the issue
which ex Senator Chandler has raised
regarding Admiral Evana criticism of
him Chandler in his book A Sail
ors Log Admiral Evans who goes
to Fort Monroe said he called simply
to pay his respects
District Reunion at Wepping Water
WEEPING WATER Neb Aug 7
The district reunion of the Grand
Army of the Republic will ne held at
Weeping Water August 20 21 22 and
23 Big preparations ire being made
by the citizens of the city to entertain
visitors
Choic Claim for West Point Man
WEST POINT Neb Aug 7 Chas
E Nearly whose address is given in
the dispatches as Lyons and who drew
one of the choice claims in the Okla
homa drawing is a resident of West
Point
Win n Farm and a Iritle
HUMBOLDT Neb Aug 7 Hugh
McGinnis the oldest son of J G Mc
Ginnis one of the pioneer farmers
of Richardson county went down to
Oklahoma and not only registered for
a claim but was among the success
ful ones in the El Reno district Hf
also surprised his friends by bringirjf
back with him a bride Miss MyrtJ
Thompson a former resident of thr
city but wbo has of lite been li7ic
at Enid Oltla
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THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations Trom South Omaha
nnd Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
Cattle There was a- fair run of cattle
and a food proportion of the receipts
was made up of western cattle The
demand for the better grades of beef was
in good shape and Just about steady
prices were paid
Packers started In In good scaHon and
bid Just about yesterdavs prices for
tho more desirable grades of corn fed
cattle The common and light weight
stuff particularly that which has been
fed only a short time was slow sale and
In a good many cases sales were made
that looked a little lower than the samo
kinds brought yesterday The western
range beef cattle that were offered were
of pretty fair quality and as high as
140 was paid There was a good de
mand for the better grades of cows and
heifers and just about steady prices were
paid The common stuff flich as can
ncrs also sold for practically the samo
prices they did yesterday but the medi
um grades were neglected and In a good
many cases sold about a dime lower
Sellers found that class of stock hard
to dispose of as buyers did not seem
particularly anxious for It Bulls calves
and stags all sold In about the samo
notches they did yesterday
Hogs There was not a heavy run of
hogs but still there were a good many
carried over from vesterday which made
the supply on sale of quite liberal pro
portions Packers started bidding Just
about steady to strong prices as com
pared with yesterdays general market
It was noticeable however that they
were picking out the better grades and
leaving the common and light weight
stuff For the general run of mixed hogs
they paid right around 3G3 while til
heavier grades sold largely at S ltiT1
and T0 with some of the prime loads
going as high as S30
Sheep Following are quotations
Choice yearlings 12341330 Talr to good
yearlings 113fa23 choice wethers
20TiX iO fair to good wethers good
ewes 20OfI2G0 choice spring Iambs
IIGoftiOO fair to good spring lambs
JI23flG3 feeder wethers 230nOQ feed
er iambs ooTro
KANSAS CITY
Cattle Native and Texas beef steer
steady cows and heifers lVf15e lower
stoclcers and feeders steady at Wednes
days decline choice export and dressed
beef steers 310fi3i3 fair to good 163
j3 stockers and feeders 2fj0fi 100
western fed steers 1041330 western
range steers 234ii23 Texas grass
steers 2J047 110 Texas cows 230f1O0
native cows 230fi 100 heifers T00tf3 0O
canners l304i2IO bulls VlWa 13
calves 30041523
Hogs Market 3c higher top 0024
bulk of sales 303390 heavy 3 07fn
C02VL mixed packers 3004i5yO light
3254373 pigs 13Gfi329
Sheep and Lamb Lambs 10c lower
steep steady Iambs l00fii23 wethers
S323f1G0 ewes 273fi23 western range
wethers j23f3 10 western range ewes
5o00f13 stock ewes 20Qf 230
COLOMBIANS AGAIN ACTIVE
Reports Say Their Forces Have Crossed
ISorders of Venezuela Again
WILLMSTAD Island of Curacoa
Aug 10 The Venezuelan govern
ment announces that a new Colombian
invasion occurred yesterday morning
near Colon
WASHINGTON Aug 10 Neither
the State or Navy departments were
able to throw any light upon the press
dispatch from Willemstad stating that
tho Venezuelan government announc
ed that a new Colombia invasion oc
curred yesterday near Colon
No further official reports have como
regarding the situation on the isth
must and the officials appear content
to rest with what has been done with
preparing to protect American inter
ests They do not regard the situa
tion as serious but desire to be ready
should it become serious The bat
tleship Wisconsin had not reported its
departure to the Navy department
during the early part of the day but
it is expected that it will be on its
way south very soon
As San Francisco is over 3000
miles from Panama the battleship
probably will proceed further down
the coast probably to San Diego Cal
and there await developments on the
isthmus The Navy department has
not decided whether Commander Na
than Sargent will take the Machias
all the way to the isthmus or be suc
ceeded by some other officer
CHIEF OF BOURBONS DEAD
Prince Henry of Orleans Passes Away
In French Cochin China
SAIGON French Cochin China
Aug 10 Prince Henry of Orleans
died at 630 p m today
Prince Henry of Orleans is the old
est son of the duke of Chartreus and
a cousin of the duke of Orleans He
was born in 1867 and was not married
The prince had been dangerously ill
for some time past He was on his
way to the United States by way of
San Francisco and was to have passed
some time at Newport this fall His
name has been mentioned as a suitor
for the hand of a well known Ameri
can heiress and at one time he figured
for the hand of the eldest sister of
the young Icing of Spain the Infanta
De La Mercedes who was married in
February of the present year to Prince
Charles of Bourbon
Want a Nevr Came Law
YANKTON S D Aug 10 Much
dissatisfaction is felt among city
sportsmen at the state game laws re
ferring to prairie chickens Under
the present law the season opens Sep
tember 1 and before that time city
hunters claim farmers have shot or
scattered them so there is no shooting
left The farmers take advantage of
the law and while the city man is
waiting for the expiration of it ths
chickens are cleaned out
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