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NEBRASKA
BRlff TELEGRAMS I
The war department has been in
formed that the damage to the bat
teries at Fort Morgan below Mobile
from the storm last week are very ex
tensive
The postoflice department has order
ed the lease of the building owned by
J B Clark for use of the postoffice at
Red Oak for a term of ten years at
850 per annum
The Rev Handley Carr Glynboule
Norrisean professor of divinity at
Cambridge university has been ap
pointed bishop of Durham in succes
sion to the late Dr Westfott
Over 2000 carriage workers were
notified by seven shops at Cincinnati
O that their services are not needed
now and that their places Avould open
in September as non union shops
The American Sugar Refining com
pany and all the independent com
panies have reduced all grades of re
fined sugar 10 points to the basis of
525 cents for standard granulated
F H Crodan has been appointed a
clerk in the postoffice at Fort Dodge
W R Spence a substitute clerk and
Arthur L Hayward a substitute let
ter carrier in the postoffice at Atlan
tic
Ex Governor William J Stone vice
chairman of the democratic national
committee who has been seriously ill
at his home in St Louis for the past
three weeks is reported as much bet
ter
The contract for building the Indian
school at Genoa Neb has been award
ed to J B Herman of Norfolk Neb
at 23595 The bid for hospital has
been rejected and will be readvertised
for
The widow of Senor Canovas del
Castillo the late premier of Spain is
dead Senor del Castillo was shot and
killed by an anarchist at the baths of
Santa Agueda at Guesalibar August
S 1897
The German government has order
ed the cruiser Vinetta now off South
Africa to proceed to Venezuelan
waters to be in readiness to protect
German interests if an emergency
should arise
American coal has ousted British
coal from the Swiss market says a
dispatch from Geneva and the Amer
ican syndicate is confident of eventu
ally obtaining a monopoly of the en
tire coal market
The second of the new submarine
boats for the navy was launched at
Elizabeth N J The vessel was named
the Moccasin by Miss Grace Day of
Virginia sister-in-law of Senator Mar
tin of that state
A dispatch from Basse Terre Island
of Guadeloupe says that the town of
Grand Bourg Island of Marie Galente
in the French Antilles has been de
stroyed by fire The town has a popu
lation of about 15000
AVireless telegraphy has scored an
other triumph This time the inbound
lined Lucania has signalled the port
of New York when fifteen hours out
and has sent a large number of mes
sages ashore without errors
Nelson H Gates of Nebraska fell
from a cliff in AVilliams canon Colo
rado and was instantly killed Gates
and family who are summering at
Manitou were engaged in mountain
climbing when the accident occurred
Julius C Beige president of the St
Louis Shovel company confirms the
reported consolidation of five of the
largest shovel manufacturing concerns
in the country with a captal stock of
5000000 The new company will be
called the Ames Tool and Shovel com
pany
The tent of the Pan American cir
cus which was exhibiting at Port Ar
thus was blown down by a high wind
The tent poles fell upon the audience
and a number of people were injured
The American minister Mr Conger
is urging Washingtons attention to
the persistent occupation of Tien
Tsin university by the Germans who
refuse to vacate the building or pay
rent thereby preventing Dr Tenney
from continuing his educational work
which the Chinese desire bin to re
sume
Alfred Gilbert the sculptor has
been declared bankrupt at London His
liabilities are not revealed
Secretary Hay will leave for Canton
for a general conference with the pres
ident on subjects which have engaged
the attention of late
Queen Sophia of Sweden is again
seriously ill
Robert P Evans of Summerfield
Kan William W Gaunt of Holden
and Daniel E McCollum of Bucklin
Mo have been admitted to practice
before the interior department
Edmond Audran the Frencb com
poser is dead aged 69 years
A standing committee of the Ger
man agricultural council has adopted
a resolution demanding tlw double
tariff system in the case of agricul
tural products
II MILLS WILL RI
Changes in Their Condition Promised by
the Corporation Officials
HAVE MEN TO INCREASE FORCE
riant on Single Turn Will Soon Bo
Working With Three Plenty of
Skilled Mechanics Extensive Improve
ments ut the Star
PITTSBURG Aug 26 Some re
markable changes in the condition of
the strike ridden mills of the United
States Steel corporation are promised
for the present week that will change
the aspect of affairs considerably if
carried out It was stated on good au
thority today that before the end of
the week those of the plants that have
been operating on single turn -will
be run with full force pnd for the
usual three full turns each day Men
enough have been secured for this
purpose the officials say in spite of
the claims of the strikers that the
companies could not get enough men
to operat their plants and the man
agers of the mills say they will be
ready with all the skilled men requir
ed to start up the machinery and turn
cut a heavy tonnage
The most interesting situation is in
the Star mill of the American tin plate
plant here This plant was until this
summer considered as doomed The
tin plate company had it is said de
cided to abandon the mill and move
the machinery elsewhere Since the
strike has come on them and it was
demonstrated that the operation of the
mill with non union men was possible
under the protection of a well equip
ped police force the officials decided
to keep this mill make extensive im
provements in its equipment and make
it a permanent fixture of the company
The most significant feature of this
plan has been carried out during the
past week That consists of fitting the
mill in the same manner as that of the
Monessen Pa plant The former
eight mills have been changed to four
double mills Other improvements have
been added that will give the plant a
larger capacity increase its force of
men and make it one of the most mod
ern of all the tin plants in the coun
try
With the completion of these im
provements the company will be pre
pared to place a sufficient number of
men in the plant to work the four
double mills three full turns This is
said to be expected to take place dur
ing the present week Before Satur
day according to Superintendent Piper
of the Star mills the plant will be op
erated to its full extent
Referring to the present condition of
the mills Mr Piper said We received
eight skilled men early this morning
J R Phillips of the company ac
companied the men to the mill and it
was not until after they were in and
comfortably settled for the night that
the strikers discovered their presence
Those men are of the best in the trade
and will enable us to move the plant
on a better basis than before
Outside the Star plant today a laige
number of strikers were on picket
duty They were quiet and orderely
but had their eyes and ears open for
any signs of newcomers The pecu
liar feature of the strike about the
Star plant is the good feeling display
ed between the strikers and the man
ager of the plant When Superintend
ent Piper left the building early this
morning he met the strikers and laugh
ed good naturedly to them He said
to the anxious pickets I had more
fun in getting those last men into the
plant than at a game of checkers
Cloge the Country Stores
CAPETOWN Aug 26 A fresh or
der proclaiming martial law has been
issued providing for the closing of all
the country stores in the Queenstown
district requiring that all things like
ly to be useful to the enemy shall be
taken to certain specified towns and
forbidding country residents to have in
their possession more than a weeks
provisions
Prince Chuan in Europe
BERLIN Aug 26 Prince Chuan
brother of the emperor of China and
the members of the Chinese mission
now on the way to Berlin to apologize
for the murder of Baron von Ketteler
German minister in Pekin have ar
rived at Basel Switzerland i
Wilson Will Xot Resign
SANTIAGO DE CKIL0 Aug 26
Via Galveston Tex Henry L Wil
son United States minister to Chili
formally denied the report that he
would soon retire
Fay They Will Scart a Paper
COLUMBUS O Aug 26 Columbus
Typographical union at a meeting
yesterday approved the action of the
Press Post printers pressmen and
stereotypers in quitting their places
and declaring a lockout at the estab
lishment The management of the
paper announced that publication
would be resumed at once Inasmuch
as no settlement with the union is
in prospect it is thought an entire new
force will be put on
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TOO FEW SOLDIERS IN MANILLA
Force to Bo Increased by Four Companies
of Infantry
MANILA Aug 2C In the city of
Manila there are now less than 1000
effective soldiers and it has been decid
ed to increase this number by four
companies of infantry The official
reason for the increase is that the
guard duty is too heavy for the pres
ent force As a matter of fact how
ever there is a felling that although
there is no apparent prospect of trou
ble nevertheless in the event of an
uprising in the future such as is al
ways possible among the Malays it
would be better to have a sufficient
body of troops available
General Chaffee says he considers
the city of Manila to be perfectly or
derly and he can see no prospect of
an uprising Commissioner Wright
thinks the people extremely peace
able Ho is satisfied that although
among a certain class there is some
discontent on account of the land tax
which is not yet understood this class
is not likely to foment trouble
Many army officers say they are
gratified at the increase in the mili
tary force They think that with the
military guard withdrawn from the
prison another uprising there might re
sult in the release of about 1800 pris
oners This possibility is regarded as
a menace to the city by those who
take that view of the case as they
regard the white guard as insufficient
WILL NOT HURT AMERICANS
Cubn Cigar Trade Said to Uo Unimpor
tant in Size
HAVANA Aug 26 Gustav Beck
in the course of a report to the cigar
manufacturers union regarding the
outlook of tiie cigar and tobacco in
dustry expresses the opinion that
there is no danger to be apprehended
from American competition so far as
Cuban cigars are concerned He takes
the ground that even if Cuba sent
all her cigars to the Jnited States
and produced 2000000 last year this
could not seriously affect the Amer
ican producers and manufacturers
who sold 5500000000 cigars in the
United States Even if Cuba were to
more than double her present output
and to send all to the United States
this would not change the situation
Mr Beck points out also that the
tobacco soil in Cuba is limited and
that the American grower has the ad
vantage of the Cuban grower in view
of the fact that the cost of his pro
duction of tobacco is greater in Cuba
than in the United States
CUTS TO MOVE TfE WHEAT
Seven Cent Kate to Chicago on Carloads
From Kansas City
KANSAS CITY Mo Aug 26 The
commercial agent of the Santa Fe rail
road today announced to the Kansas
City Board of Trade that his road
would carry all wheat on which dispo
sition orders were received before eve
ning from here to Chicago for 7 cents
per 100 pounds
The object of the Santa Fe in cutting
the rate is to secure the disposition of
loaded cars in the local yards There
were 100 loaded cars of wheat in the
Santa Fe yards today Disposition or
ders were received for the majority of
them before evening The commer
cial agent said that the receipts of
wheat tonight would decide whether
or not the 7 cent rate would be ef
fective tomorrow It is possible that
the Santa Fe will continue to make
this rate openly while shipments con
tinue heavy The present is a cut of
3 cents under the agreed rate of 10
cents
ARMOUR ON HIS WAY HOME
Sick Man Loaves Chicago for Kansas
City
CHICAGO Aug 26 Kirk B Ar
mour head of the extensive Armour
enterprises in Kansas City and who
was recently stricken with a critical
illness at Watkins Glen N Y passed
through Chicago en route to his
Kansas City home He was in a pri
vate car and was attended by Dr
Griffith of Kansas City and trained
nurses To those who made inquiry
while the car was in the railroad
yards here as to his patients condi
tion Dr Griffith stated that Mr Ar
mour was resting comfortably
The party arrived in Chicago over
the Lke Shore road at 4 p m and
went out over the Santa Fe road at
6 oclock
Czar is to VNlt Germany
BERLIN Aug 26 It is
announced that the czar in an
autograph letter definitely accepted
Emperor Williams invitation to at
tend the naval maneuvers at Dantzic
Oklahoma Line Wonld Build
TOPEKA KasAug 26 The Choc
taw Northern Railway company of
Geary O T has applied to the Kan
sas charter board for permission to
buil and operate a line cf railroad in
this state The company has a cap
ital of 4000000 It will build north
from Geary Blaine county and con
nect with the Santa Fe in Woodward
or Woods counties and from there to
some town along the southern line o
Kansas
ONE VICTIM FROM HUMBOLDT
Will Ilraccleu la Lost In the Wreck of
tho SteaniHlilp Inlander
HUMBOLDT Neb Aug 27 Hum
boldt people were shocked to learn that
Will Bracelon one of the party of for
tune hunters who left hero three years
ago for the Klondike had perished in
the wreck of the steamer Islander off
tho Alaskan coast The information
so far is meager but authentic and
comes from Bracelens traveling com
panion and partner Ed Dennis to his
brother John Dennis who returned
several weeks ago from the gold fields
The message was dated Juneau Alaska
and forwarded from Vancouver August
19 and reads
John Dennis Humboldt Neb
Been in wreck injured some will re
main a few days to try and recover
Bracelens body ED DENNIS
The case is a particularly sad one as
the young man is the eldest of a fam
ily of eight children and for many
years was the main support of his wid
owed mother Mrs Sarah Bracelen in
the rearing and educating of her fam
ily Most of the children are now
grown however the eldest brother
being Prof Charles M Bracelen last
year principal of the public schools at
Blair and two sisters being teachers
in local schools
One pathetic feature of the case is
that each morning since the receipt of
the last letter the mother has kept a
warm breakfast for the homecoming
of her son and each morning when the
Portland train has puhed in one might
have seen her out attempting to catch
a glimpse of the returning traveler
NEBRASKA GETS I S SHARE
Fares Well is DlHtrlhution or Addition
ITreo ICnral Delivery
WASHINGTON Aug 27 Superin
tendent Machem of the free delivery
service has concluded the work of pass
ing upon the number of rural free de
livery routes which are to be establish
ed in Nebraska up to and including
November 1 The service is to be
equitably distributed throughout the
state and according to the figures
made public Nebraska fares well in the
allowances made as compared with
other western states Rural free deliv
ery will be established October 1 at
Kearney with two carriers at Elk
Creek with one carrier Geneva two
carriers Waverly one carrier Crete
one carrier and York two carriers
The service will go into operation No
vember 1 at Grand Island with three
carriers at Minden and Greenville
with four carriers each at Mead and
Diller with two carriers each and at
Beatrice Colon Grafton Peru and
Fairbury with one carrier each On
September 1 there will be 109 rural free
delivery routes in operation in Ne
braska with 260 pending applications
Rural free delivery will be establish
ed at Yankton S D October 1 em
bracing ninety six squaie miles with a
population of 1533 Simon Price War
ren Osborn and L W Godfrey have
been appointed carriers
Land Sales by Union Pacific
OMAHA Aug 27 August sales of
the Union Pacific land department thus
far aggregate 93440 acres as against
02000 acres sold in July The drouth
had a depressing effect upon sales gen
erally during the lastuonth but the
clouds of doubt have rolled away since
the exact conditions have become
known resulting in a largely increased
demand for the lands of the central
west One sale made recently is that
of 3840 acres of grazing land in Colo
rado
Preacher Sues for Damages
YORK Neb Aug 27 One of the
last cases on the district court rec
ords is from Bradshaw Rev Harmon
E Motter pastor of the Christian
church at that place asks that C B
Palmer and his son pay him 1000
each for alleged defamation of charac
ter
Smallpox Near Neligh
LEIGH Neb Aug 27 Two cases of
smallpox are reported two milese east
of town at the home of John Genden
gar The victims are a son and daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs John Golen Gen
dengar They were exposed to the dis
ease at Fremont
Uuy Ensilage for Cattle
SUPERIOR Neb Aug 27 C E
Adams president of the Superior Cat
tle company closed a deal with the
Longmont Packing company Long
mont Colo for 6000 tons of ensilage
This is the entire output of the com
pany this season
Registration of Land Titles
LINCOLN Aug 27 Judge A W
Crites of Chadron W l Hand of
Kearney and F B Tipton the com
mission appointed by the supreme
court to investigate the Torrens sys
tem of registration of land titles will
probably make a trip to Chicago to ex
amine workings of the system in Cook
county Judge Crites has been chosen
president of the commission and Mr
Tipton secretary A report must be
prepared before January 1 1S01
GREAT INTEREST IN IRRIGATION
Dry Wcnthcr SIiowb to Partners Its Grunt
importance
LINCOLN Aug 24 The dry
weather of July and the resultant
damage to crops in several sections
of tho state have caused Nebraska
farmers to display renewed interest
in the subject of irrigation State
Engineer Dobson has received many
applications for water rights along the
Platte river during the last two weeks
and inquiries are being made daily
at the irrigation office relative to
methods of using well water for irri
gating purposes Mr Dobson is en
couraging investigations of this sub
ject and all applications filed at his
office are receiving prompt attention
The state board of irrigation has
jurisdiction over flowing streams only
and it can do nothing more than as
sist those who wish to use well water
for irrigation Several successful sys
tems depending entirely upon wells
for the water supply are now in oper
ation and Mr Dobson believes sim
ilar methods might be adopted else
where and with good results
GOLD ALONG THE BLUE RIVER
LxpenincntH In Saving Flour Gold nt
listings Proies Fruitful
HASTINGS Neb Aug 24 The
test of flqur gold made at Brickton
on the Blue river was a good success
and proved1 a big surprise to the
Chicago partes who are here with
their mill for extracting gold It
was much richer than they expected
A run was made with 300 pounds
and tho mill had no trouble in sepa
rating the gold from the sand into
the quicksilver vats The workmen
are compelled to shut down for a few
days on account of some of the quick
silver entering into one of the cylin
ders
J F Hoyt the inventor of the ma
chine said that yesterdays test was
a great surprise to all as it showed
nearly 15 to the ton This is so
much better than they had anticipated
that all concerned are very much
elated over the test and are quite anx
ious to have the mill in good running
order
Condition of Nebraska ISanUs
WASHINGTON Aug 24 The ab
stract of the condition of the national
banks of Lincoln exclusive of Omaha
and Lincoln at the close of business
on July 15 as reported to the comp
troller of the currency shows the av
erage reserve held at 3440 per cent
against 3748 per cent on April 24
Loans and discounts increased from
19083304 to 19883559 gold coin
decreased from 745610 to 733450
total specie from 1049804 to 1034
258 lawful money reserve from 1
627590 to 1622625 individual de
posits increased from 21611245 to
22255706
To Feed Cattle in Colorado
SUPERIOR Neb Aug 24 C E
Adams has just returned from a trip
to Colorado where he has purchased
6000 tons of ensilage This feed was
put up by the Longmont Packing com
pany who owns the largest silos in
the world The Superior Cattle com
pany Avill feed cattle there this win
ter
For Cattle Stealing
LINCOLN Aug 24 A requisition
from the governor of Wyoming for the
return of John Turner was honored
and an extradition warrant was placed
in the hands of the proper authorities
Herman is now under arrest in Chad
ron He was wanted in Converse
county Wyoming to answer the
charge of cattle stealing
Third Cutting of Alfalfa
LEXINGTON Neb Aug 24 Lex
ington and vicinity was visited with
a good rain Plenty of rain has fallen
within the last few weeks to make a
third cutting of alfalfa a profitable
one Farmers of Dawson county for
tunate enough to have grass land or
an alfalfa field will be well provided
with hay
Lightning Hums IV heat
BEEMER Neb Aug 24 The heav
iest rain storm of the season fell here
accompanied by much thunder and
lightning During the storm lightning
struck some wheat stacks belonging
to W A Holmes burning five of them
to the ground
Barn and Horses Burned
WYMORE Neb Aug 24 The
large barn belonging to Durvey Ful
ton was discovered to be on fire and
before the fire department reached the
scene the barn was one mass of flames
A team of fine horses together with a
large quantity of hay were burned
Hurt While Kidlng the Bumper
FREMONT Neb Aug 24 Bert
Brownell a 16-year-old boy at Fre
mont had a couple of bones in his
right foot broken while riding on the
bumpers at Pilger He was taken to
his home in this city
Lancer of Nebraska Wins
WASHINGTON Aug 24 Joseph
H Langer of Nebraska has been se
lected for consul at Sollingen Ger
many and his commission will be is
sued in a few days
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MutfMn jn Him wwrr
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Telegraph Wire- Laid on
Consul General Guenthcr e 0d
ort says that according J
periments conducted by Mr H J 4fnjcted
on Mount Blanc it Is not ncceiisi sch
to erect poles for stringing telephone
and telegraph wires In snow covered
countries If the snow is several
Inches thick It serves as a good insu
lator the wires can simply be laid
down and be ready for transmission
of messages The consul general adds
that similar experiments with equally
favorable results were made on Mount
Aetna
Arrayed in Celtic Garb
In Ireland the revival of interest in
things Irish is not confined to thif
formation of classes to study the old
tongue or societies to print books
written In it but there has even been
an attempt made to resurrect the anci
ent garb of the Celt The eldest son
of Lord Ashbourne is the leader in the
rlress phase of the matter and to give
emphasis to his faith he wore the scar
let kilt and fawn mantle which are
among the custumes leading features
at a late society gathering Its ad
vantages In the way of coolness were
acknowledged and it was also voted
picturesque but further than this the
impression it made is not recorded
A Sons Devotion
Wallace Mich August 2Clh A
striking example of a mans dutiful and
attentive care of his mother is seen in
Mr Oscar Swanson of this place
Mr Swansons mother has suffered
much with Kidney and Urinal Trouble
and Female Weakness Her son has
sought out and procured for her every
thing that he thought could possibly
benefit her
She did not improve till at last he
bought her a box ofDodds Kiriney
Pills In a few days she was complete
ly cured and her faithful son has the
reward for his loving eilorts in the
knowledge that shej new strong
well
Yales Splendid Organ
Yale is to have the finest organ in
the United States for which 25000
has been promised by Mrs John S
Newberry of Detroit who gives it for
a memorial to hr ton
Indies Can Wear Shoes
One sizcsmaller after usingAllens Foot
Ease a powder It makes tight or new
shoes easy Cures swollen hotsweating
aching feet ingrowinjr nails corns and
bunions All druggists and hhoc stores
25c Trial package F HE K by mail Ad
dress Allen S Olmsted Le Roy X Y
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moment for reflection
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ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS
Uso Red Crc s Bull Blue It ninkos clothes
clean and hveet as when now All grocers
It may take all time to determine the
value of one seed
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lnaunng a ory seat tor nuer imsny converted
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well equipped Conservatory of Music
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School of Gymnastics Catalogue free
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