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The smoke from fonist leaves Is new
heralded as a cure for consumption
and experiments are being- made in
Evansville Ind by members of the
board of health
The postofflce department has de
cided to place the late President Mc
Kinleys head on the new issue of pos
tal cards which will appear shortly
after December 1 next
The engagement is announced of
Charles L Mertens of Syracuse N
Y and Miss Agnes York Hamlin
daughter of Attorney General How
land J Hamlin of Illinois
The emigration from Bremen and
Hamburg from January 1 to Septem
ber 30 was 156649 which is an in
crease of 3943 upon the emigration for
the corresponding period last year
At the Chicago Athletic club a ban
quet was given in honor of Sir Thom
as Lipton and he was made the re
cipient of a massive silver loving cup
presented by his friends in Chicago
A general strike began in Seville
Spain although the tobacco workers
and some others have thus far de
clined to join There has been some
rioting compelling the cafes and shops
to close
The safe of the bank at Rudd Iowa
was blown open by dynamite and the
robbers secured 3000 in currency
They escaped by a handcar and took
to the woods just east of Nora Junc
tion
The last request of an old Kansas
6oldier who died the other day was
that one of his army comrades should
throw the last shovel full of earth
upon his grave The comrade did as
he was requested
The Russian government has con
firmed the plan to make a new har
bor at Cronstadt by building an em
bankment or dyke connecting Cron
stadt with Cranienbaum The work
twill involve an outlay of 3000000
The ninety second annual meeting
of the American board at Hartford
Conn has ended brilliantly from the
financial standpoint Over 500 mem
bers of the board and pastors and
laymen have pledge not only the full
amount to pay the debt of 102000
but 3110 in excess of ths debt
Word comes from Boston that Mrs
Stone mother of Miss Ellen M Stone
is sinking under the strain of anxiety
concerning her daughter Mrs Stone
is more than 80 years old and she
has been in feeble health for years
Her condition now is such that her
friends fear she will die from sus
pense
H C Henderson who has been in
the Dallas Tex jail for a year and
a half and who claims he assisted
in the kidnapping of Eddie Cudahy at
Omaha was sent to the state peniten
tiary Henderson was a year ago con
victed of swindling in Several cases
and now goes to serve thirteen years
in the penitentiary
Tne gross postal receipts for Sep
tember at fifty of the largest post
offices were 4225752 a net increase
of 323822 or 82 per cent over last
year Recepits at only two offices de
creased viz Jersey City Ni J 3760
or a little over 17 per cent and
Grand Rapids Mich 263 or over 1
per cent The receipts of New York
were 681511 an increase of 82 per
cent and Chicago 697160 an increase
of 12 per cent
Prof Thomas Shaw of Minnesota
has been elected to the chair of ani
mal husbandry in the state agricul
tural college at Brookings S I
which also carries with it the di
rectorship of the United States ex
periment station at that place
Major McLaughlin has succeeded in
securing a sufficient number of the
signatures of the Rosebud Indians to
ratify the agreement to throw that
part of Gregory county now lying in
the reservation open to settlement
It is announced that certificates of
Union Pacific stock estimated ai from
4000 to 5000 shares standing in the
name of John Jacob Astor were sold
a few days ago averaging 99 a share
The stock bore the transfer date of
May 21 last when it ranged from 100
to 107 a share
Mark Thall a well known theatri
cal man of San Francisco died from
pneumonia
The ex Empress Eugenie is now set
tled in her English home and intends
to build there a small convent in mem
ory of her son and husband
Owing to the fact that two bridges
are yet to be finished and seven
miles of track laid it will be about
November 1 before regular train ser
vice on the Toluca Cody line of the
Burlington will bo established into
the terminus of Cody
The president is being urged to at
tend the meeting of the Union Veter
ans Union October 27 at Chicago
The vault of the Farmers andCiti
zens bank of Tiro Ohio was wrecked
by six robbers who secured the con
sents and escaped
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Admiral Bowles Oalls Attontion to Lack
of Progress in Construction
DELAY CAUSED BY STEEL STRIKE
No Fireproof Wood Found Entirely Sat
isfactory to the Bureau aioro Naval
Construction Wanted Naval Yards
Iiimitcd by Dry Docks
WASHINGTON Oct 21 The an
nual report of Admiral Bowles chief
of the bureau of construction and re
pairs calls attention to the slow
progress in the construction of the
ships made in the last year owing to
strikes and delays of delivery of
armor and steel forgings He points
out that under the present system for
the purchase of armour the responsi
sibility for delays emanating from
this sources rests with the government
and renders it liable to suits for dam
Angusta De Forest Dead
NEW YORK Oct 21 Augusta de
Forest the well known actress who
played leading roles with Alexander
Salvini John McCullough and Edwin
Booth died at her home in this city
Would Build Reservoir
SALT LAKE CITY Utah Oct 21
President George J Gould of the
Northern Pacific with officers of that
road and the Denver Rio Grande
left here by special train over the lat
ter road for Denver tonight During
the afternoon the Parker City branch
was inspected and tonight the special
tied up at Springville Tomorrow the
Tintic mining district will be visited
then the San Pete valley branch will
be inspected thoroughly
I WILL PLANT A MKINLEY OAK
Special Ceremony for Occasion of
yells Visit
FARMINGTON Conn Oct 21 Ar
rangements for the visit of Presidenl
Roosevelt to this town next Tuesday
include the dedication of a tree which
is to be planted on the village green
by the townspeople and named the
McKinley oak There will be a recep
tion in the afternoon to the young
women of a boarding school and 100
other invited guests The purpose of
the presidents coming is to visit his
sister the wife of Commander W S
Cowles U S N He is expected to
arrive here at 115 p m Tuesday by
a special train and will be accompan
ied by Senators Hawley and Piatt
Comamnder Cowles Secretary Cor
telyou and Theodore Bingham
Preparations for police protection
have been made at the request of
Washington officials twenty consta
bles having been detailed for special
dutv on that day
On Wednesday morning at 810
oclock the president will leave for
age by the ship contractors The con- New Haven to attend the Yale bi-
struction bureau he says has made
considerable progress toward the
standardization of ship fittings which
he says will reduce the original cost
of ships of the navy and decrease the
expense of their maintenance He
touches upon the tests of fireproofed
wood conducted by his bureau and
says that while the products of the
two processes submitted both possess
desirable qualities neither wholly
commends tiself to adoption by the
navy
Admiral Bowles strongly recom
mends that the floating dry dock at
Havana recently purchased from the
Spanish government be sent to the
site of the new naval station at Olon
gapo Philippine islands as soon as
the repairs on it are completed It is
essential he says for the efficiency of
the navy on the Asiatic station botn
from a strategical and economical
point that the government should be
in possession of a dry dock in the
Philippines at the earliest possible
moment He says the dock just pur
chased can be placed in condition for
use of vessels up to 10000 tons dis
placement within the limit of the
sum appropriated by congress for its
acquirement
Admiral Bowles earnestly recom
mends an increase in the number of
naval constructors which is now lim
ited by law to forty This number
he says is entirely inadequate to the
present needs of the service and he
urges that the limit of the corps be
increased by congress to sixty He
says the efficiency of the navy yards
throughout the country is largely lim
ited by the lack of dry docks and mod
ern buildings for the equipment of the
yards The navy yards however
continue to present a fruitful field for
the application of modern engineer
ing to their mechanical equipment
as well as modern methods of organ
ization to the scheme of administra
tion which if properly applied should
result in greater efficiency in the con
duct of the work and greater econ
omy in the expense which is now out
of proportion to the work done
Admiral Bowles says the construc
tion bureau has been taxed to its ut
most by the work of designing new
vessels and supervising vessels now
building and that these conditions
have been aggravated by a lack of
such navy department buildings avail
able for the technical and clerical
staffs of the bureau He reports a
lack of draftsmen of the requisite
qualifications and expresses a desire
to obtain for the bureau more grad
uates of technical schools
Firo Consuming Hay Field
LA CROSSE Wis Oct 21 Late
this afternoon fire was discovered in
the hay fields which surround this
city The flames are now burning ev
erything before them and the firemen
are powerless owing to the fire being
outside the city limits and beyond
water service It is believed the fire
was started by tramps Upon these
lands are stacked thousands of tons
of hay Although the loss cannot be
estimated at presentit is thought it
will be enormous
Lcuderiiik Resigns
SANTIAGO DE CHILE Oct 21
Via Galveston J Lenderink secre
tary of the United States legation has
resigned his position and will soon
leave for the United States
centennial exercises
GRAND ARMY APPOINTMENTS
Torrance Gives List of Officers to Serve
Until Next Encampment
MINNEAPOLIS Oct 21 Commander-in-Chief
Eli Torrence of the Grand
Army of the Republic gave out these
appointments
Judge advocate general Henry M
Duffield Detroit chief of staff Major
Noel Blakeman Mount Vernon N Y
These persons have been named as
members of the executive committee
of the national council of administra
tion and with the commander-in-chief
his adjutant general and quartermas
ter general will decide upon the time
and place of holding the next national
encampment William Armstrong In
dianapolis Ind Edgar Allen Rich
mond Va Thomas G Sample Alle
ghany Pa S C Jones Centerville
la Loren W Collins St Cloud
Minn Thomas W Scott Fairfield
111 Frank M Skerrott St Louis
DEATH SENTENCE APPROVED
Private Wines is to Hans for His Crime
in Philippines
WASHINGTON Oct 21 President
Roosevelt has approved the death sen
tence imposed in the case of Private
William Wines Company I Twenty
fourth colored infantry found guilty
of murder in Pangasinan P I and
sentenced to be hanged The presi
dent directs that the sentence be duly
carried into execution at a time and
place to be designated by the com
manding general of the Department of
Northern Luzon In the case of Pri
vate Michael H Robinson Company
F Twenty fifth colored infantry
convicted of desertion and sentenced
to be hanged the president has com
muted the sentence to dishonorable
discharge with forfeiture of all pay
and confinement at hard labor for life
Brigands Keep Out of Sight
CONSTANTINOPLE Oct 21 The
United States legation in Constanti
nople is still without definite news
from either the Rev Dr C H Has
kell or the Rev J W Baird of the
Congregational mission at Samkova
Bulgaria who have been endeavoring
to get in touch with the abductors of
Miss Ellen M Stone the missionary
and Mme Tsilka her companion
with a view of arranging as to the
ransom demanded by the brigands
Mr Baird who was at Djumbalo has
returned to Samakov indicating his
failure to get in touch with the bri
gands from the Turkish side
On the Commerce of Cuba
WASHINGTON Oct 21 A com
parative statement of the commerce of
the island of Cuba for the ten months
ended April 30 1901 and 1900 has been
prepared in the division of insular
affairs of the war department tl
shows that the total value of mer
chandise imported during the ten
months ended April 30 1901 was 54
412262 against 59925339 for the
same period of 1900
Cape Colony In Rebellion
LONDON Oct 21 Mr Kruger has
received a message from General
Schalk Burgher that the greater part
of Cape Colony is in rebellion says
a dispatch from Brussels to the Daily
Mail and that the Boers have armed
15000 Afrikanders in the past three
months
Mrs Edwin H Conger wife of Min
ter Conger passed through Omaha
on her way to China She was ac
companied by Mrs J R Drake
Glad White is to Return
BERLIN Oct 20 The news re
ceived here that Andrew D White
the United States ambassador returns
to Berlin in November to stay has
caused great satisfaction in Berlin
Cnnndians Try Surprising
PRETORIA Oct 21 A force of
Canadian scouts surprised a Boer
laager near Balmoral The B0ers lied
after a short fight The Canadians
had two killed and an officer and two
men wounded
TREE PLANTING IN NEBRASKA
IV I Hall of Washington Gives So mo
Suggestions on tho Subject
OMAHA Oct 21 William L Hall
assistant superintendent of tree plant
ing division of forestry has made ex
tensive investigation in Nebraska rel
ative to tree planting He says there
is no question but what the soil and
climate are favorable for a certain
amount of forest planting To what
extent however is in a moasure a
matter of experiment He has in
course of preparation a report to the
department making special recom
mendations both as to extent of plant
ing and methods He also says there
can be no system applicable for the
prairie district for general operations
While there is a great interest man
ifested in forestry yet there appears
to be a very meager acquaintance
with the subject of tree planting on
an extended scale Mr Hall says
Many trees have been planted more as
a wind breaic than for timber cul
ture
Mr Hall found a number of catalpa
plantations which have shown a
thrifty growth but show a lack of
maximum growth owing to lack of
management or attention The ca
talpa is an especial favorite with Mr
Hall He believes that it does best
on Nebraska soil which is porous Its
durability has been overestimated by
some but its value for various pur
poses has been fully appreciated by
the general public
It is a rapid grower of good form
lightness and possesses great strength
and elasticity It requires from eight
to twelve years to mature sufficiently
for use
In speaking of the species and sec
tions for profitable tree planting Mr
Hall said that the catalpa and red
cedar grow readily along the Platte
river the Russian mulberry in Cen
tral Nebraska the black walnut in
the eastern part of the state while
the bur oak thrives best in the valleys
of the Niobrara and Missouri rivers
the green and white ash does well in
Northern Nebraska There are many
other trees valuable for planting such
as the elm poplar maple and willow
but in a system of forest operations
instituted solely for profit and carried
on under competition such trees are
not to be considered
WATER RIGHTS ON PLATTE
State Board of Irrigation Hears Argu
ment In Gothenburg Case
LINCOLN Oct 21 The state board
of irrigation and Engineer Dobson lis
tened to testimony and argument in
the case of the Farmers and Mer
c ants Irrigation company The
Gothenburg company asserts that it
has a- prior right to water in the
Platte river and was sustained in this
position a year ago by Engineer Wil
son It owns and operates one long
canal of which one half was con
struced after the original water right
was taken out The water right grant
ed by the board authorized the Goth
enburg company to appropriate 200
cubic feet of water per second and it
is now claimed that there is no law
to prevent the company from turning
the water so appropriated into the
new section of the canal The board
took the case under advisement and
will render a decision within the next
few days
The Farmers and Merchants irriga
tion works and property are valued
at not less than 175000 while the
works and property of the other
company are said to be worth approx
imately 300000 The former is cap
italized for 3000000
Land Leasing Tour
LINCOLN Oct 21 Land Commis
sioned Follmer has planned to make
a land leasing tour through northern
Nebraska beginning at ONeill in Holt
county on November 18 Subsequent
auctions will be held as follows Bas
sett November 19 Ainsworth No
vember 28 Chadron November 29
Harrison and Alliance November 30
and Gering November 31
Cowboy Carnival at Hyannls
LINCOLN Oct 18 Governor Sav
age and several state officials will go
to Hyannis this week to attend the
cowboy carnival at that place The
program includes an exhibition by
Captain Hardy a shooting tournament
and several other events
Woman Suffragists Active
BLAIR Neb Oct 21 The local or
ganization of woman suffragists are
making big preparations for the com
ing conference of the woman suffrag
ists
Aspen Tunnel is Opened
EVANSTON Wyo Oct 21 The
great Aspen tunnel through Pisdmont
hill east of here was turned over to
President Burt of the Union Pacific
by Contractors Kilpatrick Bros Col
lins Tuesday The first train passed
through the big bore Monday being
a work train The first passenger
train to pass through the big hole in
he mountains was the one in which
the president and other high officials
of the Union Pacific were passengers
STATES DIVORCE LAWS
Allen Gives His Opinion Re
garding tho Same
LINCOLN Oct 19 Senator Wil
liamliam V Allen has replied as fol
lows to the request of Labor Com
missioner Watson for an opinion re
garding the divorce laws of the state
I am inclined to believe that our
statutes on the subject of divorce
while crude and expressed in inartistic
language doing no credit to the lit
erary ability of their authors are suf
ficient and outline a proper policy
in divorce cases and will if conscien
tiously enforced by the courts accom
plish desirable results
The purpose of a divorce is the
destruction of the family sense It
is true that in many cases it is to the
interest of the parties the children
and the public that the family rela
tion which should be the most sacred
relation in the world should be ut
terly uprooted and destroyed and that
its destruction is more productive of
the true interests and real happiness
of all concerned than would be a
forced continuance of a relation which
must be merely nominal
Much very much indeed depends
on education in fact the question is
more one of education than legisla
tion Legislation can regulate mar
riages it can grant or refuse divorces
but the refusal to grant a divorce for
any cause in the present state of
society would doubtless lead to wide
spread immorality and to greater and
public injury than our present divorce
laws imperfect as they can be can
produce While marriage under civil
institutions of this country is and
ever must remain a civil contract
marriage is justly regarded by tjie
churches and by Christian people as
a holy ordinance If the churches
shall take hold of the subject in
earnest they can doubtless regulate
the relation in such a way as to pro
duce the least amount of friction and
thus minimize divorces If they do
not the whole question must be left
to the slow but certain law of evolu
tion I would say upon the whole
that I do not know of any improve
ment which can be made in our di
vorce laws at the present time aside
from those that are merely verbal
AMENDMENT TO PENSION LAWS
Congressman Burkett Will Introduce It
in the Next Congress
LINCOLN Oct 19 Congressman
Burkett has prepared an amendment
to the pension laws which he will in
troduce at the opening of the next
session of congress By ij the differ
ent ratings on account of disabilities
under the new law or the law of 1890
will be abolished The effect of Mr
Burketts amendment will be to make
a minimum rating of 12 The law
of 1890 commonly called the new law
pensions a soldier who is unable to
perform manual labor in accordance
with the degree of his disabilities
and in proportion thereto from 6 to
12 a month This degree of disabil
ity is determined by a rating board
located at Washington who make up
their decision from the evidence sent
in and the ratings thus made are not
always satisfactory to the soldiers
Mr Burkett takes the position that
the war is now removed almost forty
years and that after the experiences
the men went through it must be
presumed that few of them are able
to perform manual labor and he
thinks the time has come when it is
no longer necessary to have an inves
tigating committee to cipher out just
the degree of their disability
Crashed by Falling Roof
BEATRICE Neb Oct 19 Frank
Koltenbach a young man 29 years of
age was killed Avhile repairing an old
cave on the Graff farm three miles
west of here Koltenbach had been
employed on the farm of Mrs Graff
for the last twelve years He went
into the cave to clean up and make
some repairs He accidentally knock
ed down one of the heavy timbers
which suporied the four foot roof of
soil and the roof fell smothering him
Settles Big Damage Snlt
DES MOINES Oct 19 An impor
tant damage suit against the North
western railroad which was before
the supreme court at the last term
has been settled rather than a second
trial be had This was the suit of
J J Mosnat administrator of the
estate of Engineer Shaffer who was
killed in the yards at Eagle Grove
The first trial resulted in a verdict
for 10000 against the company but
it was reversed on appeal because of
technical errors
Professors Talk to Farmers
SIDNEY Neb Oct 19 The court
house was packed with farmers and
stockmen who listened to addresses
delivered by Dr Peters and Prof
Smith of the experiment station at
the state university They discussed
the diseases of animals and the sim
plest manner of curing them stock
feeding and classes of food that were
best adapted to the conditions here
Many questions were asked and thor
oughly discussed
Blr How Eada Memorial
Mrs Eliza A How widow of James v
F How late president of tho Wabash 7
Railroad company has given 100000
to Washington university St Louis to
be used for the erection of a memorial
to her father Captain James B Eatis
who built the Eads bridge across the
Mississippi river at St Louis and jet
ties below New Orleans Tho gift haa
been accepted by the board of trustees
of tho university wfto will confer with
Mrs How as to the character of me
morial which shall be constructed
His Patriotic Cornice
A patriotic citizen of Philadelphia
has recently manifested his loyalty to
the flag by painting the cornice of his
house red white and blue In a row of
houses in which the prevailing colors
aro yellow or dark brown the effect
is quite striking and nearly every
passerby bestows a surprised glanco
on the odly painted dwelling The
owner of the house is a veteran of the
civil war and possessing no flag he
decided to paint the cornice of his
homo in this way as a mark of pa
triotism
Half of the misery in the world
comes of want of courage to speak
and to hear the truth plainly and m
a spirit of love
3Irs Dyers Heart
McCarron Mich Oct 21 In April
last the sensational case of Mrs
Samuel G Dyer of this place was re
ported in these columns Mrs Dyer
has suffered for years with a very
bad case of Heart Trouble and was
cured in a few weeks by Dodds Kid
ney Pills
Since then Mrs Dyer has received
hundreds of inquiries as to her con
dition and many may be interested to
hear that she is at present enjoying
the best of health and has not had the
slightest return of the Heart Trouble
Formerly she had to sit up in bed
for hours to get relief now she goes
about as smartly as any lady of G2
years in the State Dodds Kidney
Pills have made many friends in Chip
pewa County through their cure of
Mrs Dyers case and have proven be
yond doubt that their cures are not
only very complete but absolute and
permanent
Dewey Wasnt a Prisoner
It has been said that Admiral Dewey
was made prisoner during the civil
war at the time the gunboat Mississ
ippi was destroyed by the Confederates-
The admiral says that is not
true I was not captured said he
when asked auout the matter when
the Mississippi was run aground and
burned About 150 of our men were
captured but the captain and I man
aged to pull away In a boat down the
river and escaped capture I have seen
the statement made several times late
ly and am glad to say that it is en
tirely incorrect I have never been a
captive
Highest Award on Cocoa and Chocolate
Buffalo N Y Oct 10 1901 The
judges at the Pan American exposi
tion Buffalo have awarded three gold
medals to Walter Baker Co Limit
ed Dorchester Mass for the supe
riority of their breakfast cocoa and
all of their cocoa and chocolate prep
arations and the excellence of their
exhibit This is the 37th highest
award received by them from the
great expositions in Europe and
America
An Experienced Secretary
Miss Hagner who is to be Mrs
Roosevelts secretary was for a time
clerk in the war department She jy
a daughter of Dr Charles E Hagner
of Washington She has acted as sec
retary for Mrs Charles Emory Smith
Mrs Elihu Root Miss Paulding Sen
ator Depews niece and other women
prominent in official life
Awarded the Highest Prize
Buffalo- N Y Oct The New Do
mestic Sewing Machine Co has today
been awarded at the Pan American
Exposition the highest prize the cov
eted gold medal for the best fami
sewing machine
Fire Escape Instructions
A descriptive article on Norwav con
tains some striking instructions for
the use of fire escapes taken from i
local hotel of which the following
lines are part The plaited snotter
should be found in every room To
increase the hurry let down the bodv
one by one until all shall be left The
cord should be put out the ground
from the shoulder thereunder
A Church Marriage Bureau
The Rev J F X Coleman pastor
of St John s Catholic church at Fred
erick Md announced to his congre
gation one Sunday night that he was
going to inaugurate a matrimonial bu
reau in his church Think of it
said Father
Coleman a congregation
like ours with over 1100 members and
you seldom hear of a marriage There
certainly is something wrong and this
Is what I am going to endeavor to
There is no reason for this state
of affairs as there is plenty of mar
nageble material right here and even
much past that age and I am going to
endeavor to utilize it to advantage or
Know the reason why
Catherine F McMahon a retired pub
lic school teacher of New York cUy
has received from the supreme cou
the writ she asked for
compelling the
5S L to pay the pels oa
I r r lL ner salary which an
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case for -
some forty other teachers
t red previous to 1894 when re
ioD public f0r thirt ears servketa
schools was passed
Donts for Women
Dont keep the match
box in a dos-
Dont fold unlaundered curtains
Don cool tomatoes In the Ice box
Dont use a starch that win
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