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F M K1MMELL Publisher
MCOOK
NEBRASKA
I BRIEf TELEGRAMS
Colonel Bryau denies the report that
he called upon David Hill and offered
to support him for the presidency in
1904
The Railway Steel Spring company
with an authorized capital of 520000
000 was incorporated at Tren
ton N J
Lucky Baldwin the famous horsa
man is serioiiBly 111 with pneumonia
on his ranch at Santa Anna Cal He
is 77 years old
Word was received at St Paul of the
death of J H Van Sant at LeClaire
la father of Governor Van Sant Ho
was 93 years -old
John Beemer a wealthy farmer and
stockman was murdered and hi
body thrown on the Burlington tracks
twelve miles south of St Joseph Mo
John Redell who has for five years
been at the head of the fire depart
ment of Omaha was formally dis
missed from the service on the 21st
The supreme court of Illinois hand
ed down an opinion that a magnetic
healer is a physician and not a train
ed nurse and is entitled to a license
The American Glass Twine com
pany has declared a dividend of 1
on the stock payable April 1 This
is the first dividend declared by this
company
The French chamber of deputies has
adopted by a -vote of 553 to 2 a motion
approved by the government in favor
of the principle of the reduction of
military service to two years
It is believed Captain Walker Grin
die and crew of three men were
drowned in the sinking of the bark
Litchenfels Brothers near New York
city during the recent storms
Albert O Klein of Chicago a stu
dent in the University of Michigan
committed suicide by taking prussic
acid Klein left a note saying his life
was a failure but giving no reason
why
President Hickey of the American
Association of Base Ball Clubs an
nounced that the playing season will
open April 23 and close September
22 the schedule calling for 140
games
Secretary Shaw asks the complain
ing women of New York to suggest
some scheme whereby the law to pre
vent smuggling may be enforced
without so much annoyance to pas
sengers
Rev Dr Thomas E Green of Cedar
Rapids la has been chosen as the
orator at the grave of Washington
in April by the Sons of the American
Revolution at the societys triennial
meeting
Ell Starr a -well known contributor
to newspapers and periodicals is dead
at Fishkill New York She was for
three years editor of Frank Leslies
Young Folks and contributed to
Judge and Life
It is reported in shipping circles
at Liverpool that the combined in
ternational Leyland lines bave secur
ed control -of the Dominion the Bos
ton Dominion and the Canadian
lines of steamers
Sir Willinm McDonald the donor of
the gift of 25000 for the establish
ment of An agricultural college at
Guelph in Ontario has already dis
bursed vast fortunes for philanthrop
ic ends in Canada
Henry T Oxnard president of the
American Beet Sugar association says
that he is receiving many letters from
leading citizens of Grand Island ask
ing that a beet sugar factory at that
place be put in operation this year
Surgeon General Sternberg has re
ceived a private letter from Colonel
L M Mans commissioner of public
health at Manila in which he says
sickness among soldiers in the Philip
pines appears to be decreasing and
that there are no longer any coin
plaints in regard to proper care of patients
x
tients
State Bank Examiner Kidd of Wis
consin died on the 26th
The striking freshmen medics at the
Iowa State university have returned to
their duties The three members ex
pelled by the faculty have been read
mitted and the trouble is over
Justice Gray of the United States
supreme court recently stricken with
paralysis is improving
Three men were captured at King
City Mo who are btlieved to be of
the gang of counterfeiters that have
so long been working Iowa
The 100000 Arecibo municipal loan
for San Joan has been awarded to J
M C Eballos Co of New York
Senator Lodge introduced a bill cre
ating the bureau of drainage irriga
tion and highways in the department
or agriculture
A snow slide completely destroyed
the big mill of the Black TaU Mining
company at Libby Mont
Lieutenant Edwin R Stuart of the
corps of engineers on duty at West
Point carries off the honors this year
-of the military service institution
SSWSTHCOLOM
THE TRANSFER OF PANAMA CAN
AL COMPANY RIGHTS
WHAT RETIRING MINISTER SAYS
His Opinion is that Colombia Gave the
Right of Initiating Negotiations to
the Company but Never Assented
to Closing of the Deal
WASHINGTON March Dr Silva
the retiring minister from Colombia at
Washington yesterday authorized the
following statement
The Pan American Canal company
through Mr Lampre its secretary gen
eral and others was informed some
time ago that it could close no deal
involving the transfer of its rights to
any nation without first obtaining the
assent of the Colombian government
the grantor of its concession This
matter was made very clear The Co
lombian government gave the company
the right to initiate negotiations look
ing to a transfer of its rights to a na
tion but never to finally close such a
deal
I cannot comprehend why a situa
tion which had been made sho clearly
to the company should have caiiBed
such a flurry of excitement among its
shareholders when presented to them
In the form o an official cablegram
unless they had construed the notifica
tion to mean that the Colombian gov
ernment was not yet prepared with its
terms of transfer to the government of
the United State
PARIS March 3 The official Pan
ama Canal company is still without
any explanation of the dispatch from
the government of Colombia announc
ing that the company would not be al
lowed to transfer its concession to an
other nation without the assent of Co
lombia to a modification of the stipu
lations of articles xxi and xxii of the
companys agreement with Colombia
and a cable message will be sent to Co
lombia asking for an elucidation of
the matter
The hope is expressed that the dif
ficulty will be arranged and in the
meanwhile the company will maintain
its offer to sell its property to the
United States and will continue the
negotiations on the subject It is not
considered probable here that Colom
bia will oppose the sale of the canal
property to the United States after
giving its assent at the opening of the
negotiations and confirmation of its
approval of the negotiations having
been received in a letter from Senor
Silva the Colombian minister at Wash
ington to Admiral Walker January 11
In liew of this letter it is considered
that Colombia is offering affront to
the United States by now opposing the
transfer
The companys officials are disgust
ed at the an ti American nonsense ex
pressed at last Fridays meetings of
the shareholders and explain that the
speakers were a noisy few who regu
larly create trouble who only hold a
very small number of shares
Anarchy in Parts of Turkey
VIENNA March 3 The Politisehe
Correspondenz reports alarming condi
tions in Albania European Turkey A
formidable force of rebels is said to be
besieging the port of Avalona which
is cut off from the outside world
According to the Politisehe Corre
spondenz twenty six Albian towns
have agreed to declare their independ
ence of Turkish rules by refusing to
pay any more taxes Anarchy pre
vails in Elbarkan and Tierna districts
according to the reports where the in
surgents have compelled the authori
ties to open the jails and release the
prisoners
Superintendent Ellsworth Resigns
LINCOLN Neb March 3 Superin
tendent of Grounds and Buildings
Ellsworth will soon resign his position
with the University of Nebraska to ac
cept a position as superintendent of
maintenance and construction at the
University of Iowa
fishermen Harker and Burt were ar
rested by deputy game wardens at
White Cloud for illicit fishing The
men are charged with fishing with a
FLOOD FOLLOWS FIRE
Water Submerges Flame Swept Sec
tions of Paterson New Jersey
PATERSON N J March 3 This
city so recently swept by fire is now
overwhelmed by flood Three weeks
ago the greater part of the business
section was burned out and today the
quarter occupied by the houses of
the poorer classes is inundated
Hundreds of families have been
made homeless by the overflow of the
Passaic river and the country for
miles around the city is under water
So far but one death has been report
ed The great peril now is that the
Spruce street raceway may overflow
in which event a great loss of prop
erty in the manufacturing districts is
sure to ensue
The raceway supplies water power
for most of the mills along the water
front At this point the city authori
ties have placed expert engineers who
are instructed to touch off a blast of
dynamite which will open a new chan
nel for -the immense volume of water
held there and by diverting to the
bed of the river in a new direction the
authorities hope to save a great deal
of valuable property
In a cliff about seventy feet below
the Spruce street bridge the experts
have placed mines of dynamite which
if it is found necessary will be ex
ploded
PRESIDENT WISHES TO GO
Wants to Visit Charleston and Will
Consult with Committee
WASHINGTON March 3 Presi
dent Roosevelt has an appointment
for tomorrow with a committee of
Charleston citizens who are coming
here to urge him to visit the expo
sition At that time the expectation
is that a final determination will be
reached by the president as to wheth
er he will go to Charleston or not
He is anxious to do this and has not
abandoned his intention to do so
which was only prevented by the ill
ness of his son He will probably
consult the Charleston committee re
garding the effect of the Tillman din
ner invitation episode and then de
cide whether he will carry out his
cherished wish
UTAH WANTS PART OF ARIZONA
Irrigation Convention Petitions Con
gress for Territory
SALT LAKE Utah March 3 The
irrigators of this state who have been
in session here for the last three days
adjourned tonight The most impor
tant work accomplished by the con
vention -was the organization of a per
manent irrigation association of the
state Today a memorial was passed
asking that congress cede to the state
all the remaining arid lands within
Utah for the purpose of perfecting
and extending the irrigation systems
Resolutions were adopted approving
the Newlands bill as amended by
Congressman Sutherland of Utah and
asking the congress to cede to Utah
that portion of Arizona lying between
the Colorado river and the Utah border-
Reports to British Differ
LONDON March 3 An apparently
incomplete list of the casualties sus
tained by the British when the Boers
attacked and captured the convoy of a
train of empty wagons at Vondonop
southwest of Kierksdorp February 24
published Saturday evening says five
officers and forty five men were killed
and six officers and 111 men were
wounded
A report from Lord Kitchener made
public last week says that sixteen of
ficers and 451 men of the British forces
were taken prisoners during this en
gagement Of these one officer and 105
men were released Two British guns
were also captured with the convoy
Force of Strikers Grows
NEW YORK March 3 The Interna
tional Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers took public cognizance Saturday of
the strike of the linemen by issuing a
notice from Newark N J The notice
says the brotherhood had called out
the linemen employed by the New
Held for Illegal Fishing York New Jersey the New York and
GLENWOOD la March 3 Two I thfi American TelenhonG and TeleeraDh
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companies these companies controll
ing the telephone interests in New Jer
sey and Greater New York The state
ment is made that 450 men are out
seine under the ice in Nesting river i and the companies are trying to im
port men from other nlaces
ueny Kumor ot ueatn
LONDON March 3 The officials
of the British South Africa company
of which Cecil Rhodes is managing
director deny the report circulated in
the United States by a news agency
of the death of Mr Rhodes
Coinage for the Month
WASHINGTON March 3 The
monthly coinage statement issued by
the director of the mint shows that
the total February coinage was 9
021341
Francis Warner Dead
WILLMETTE 111 March 3 Fran
cis Warner special agent of the Amer
ican Express company died here of
paralysis aged S3 Mr Warner was
one of the pioneers of Illinois
Reagan is Again Worse
PALESTINE Tex March 3 Hon
John H Reagans condition is not fa
vorable at all He spent a restless
night and was not nearly so well yes
terday
Get Trophy from Roosevelt
LISBON March 3 The chronometer
sent by President Roosevelt to Captain
Betancourt of the Portuguese steamer
Peninsular the binoculars sent by the
president to the officers of the steamer
and the gold medals sent to the vrew
for having saved the captain and crew
of an American schooner last Novem
ber were presented today to the per
sons for whom they were intended ly
Francis B Loomis United States min
ister to Portugal
THE CROP OF WINTER WHEAT
Indications that it is in Unusually
Good Condition
LINCOLN Neb March 3 Director
Loveland of the United States weath
er station says the reports he has
received during the past few weeks
indicate that the crop of winter wheat
now in the ground is in an unusually
good condition
My advices are contrary to the re
ports printed in some newspapers that
wheat suffered greatly in the last pro
longed cold period said he For
the purpose of ascertaining the condi
tion of the growing plant I asked
our correspondents in various parts of
the state to take up pieces of the
ground containing wheat and put them
under shelter The result was that In
nearly every instance the plant began
to grow rapidly showing that scarcely
no damage had been sustained
The winter wheat fields were gen
erally well covered with snow during
the first twenty days of the month
continued Mr Loveland The snow
melted slowly during the last ten
days and the ground is now practically
free from snow in all sections No
conditions unfavorable for wheat de
veloped during the month and the
crop continues generally in good con
dition Some slight damage was done
by the dry weather early in the sea
son and on high land where the snow
-was blown off But this applies to
only a small part of the acreage
Questioned regarding the effect of
the change in the weather which took
place recently Mr Loveland said
Such flurries will not damage wheat
unless accompanied by sleet At this
season of the year we are bound to
have freezing and thawing alternately
but unless the weather is extremely
cold no damage will result A slight
freeze even if the ground is moist
will do no harm So far as I can tell
from the present indications thsre is
no prospect of a sleet storm
A FARMERS INSTITUTE
Held Under the Auspices of the State
University
FULLERTON Neb March 3 The
institute held here under the auspices
of the State university closed after a
most interesting series of meetings
There was an average attendance of
200 people and fully 400 persons jam
med the court room at the stereopti
con lecture on The State Farm
given by Mr Forell chairman of the
board of regents
Mr Greeley of South Dakota and
Mrs Laws ot Minnesota gave interest
ing talks on western agriculturists
and housekeeping Messrs Hull Stil
son and Bremer all practical farmers
and stock raisers in the state lectur
ed on alfalfa pork growing and the
value of shredded fodder and gave
many invaluable facts in regard to
these subjects
It was the first institute ever held
in this rich and fertile county On
this account farmers were at first in
different and a little inclined to be
suspicious and hostile which the
splendid practical results have entire
ly changed and the demand is almost
unanimous for another institute next
year A local organization was ef
fected to push the matter
NEBRASKAN SHOOTS A WOMAN
And Afterward Puts a Bullet Through
His Own Heart
LEAVENWORTH Kan March 3
Frank Burianek a saloon keeper shot
Daisy Carpenter in his place in this
city and then shot himself through
the heart The woman will die
After a family quarrel he left Ne
braska for South Africa fell off a
train while passing through Leaven
worth and has since been in business
here
Several days ago he received a let
ter from his wife saying she was com
ing He made the threat at the time
that he would kill both his Avife and
himself if she appeared
Lack of Clothing an Excuse
LINCOLN Neb5 March 3 State
Superintendent of Instruction Fowler
has decided that a lack of clothes is
a valid excuse for a pupils non-attendance
at school He remarks however
that patched clothing is not sufficient
to excuse the pupil there must be an
absolute lack of necessary clothing to
keep the scholar warm
Murder in Banner County
KIMBALL Neb March 3 Word
was received here that an old woman
named Bloom twenty miles north in
Banner county was murdered at her
home No motive is assigned for the
deed and no arrests have been made
as no one is suspected
Looking for a Coal Mine
JACKSON Neb March 3 A min
ing expert from Des Moines has ar
rived at Jackson Neb and gone to
the wells north of town He began
to sink a shaft on the farm of C H
Goodfellow to determine whether
there is a coal supply that will justi
fy opening up a mine This farm is
a portion of the 1000 acres of land
leased by the Sioux Beet Syrup and
THE FEMALE LABOR LAW
An Appeal to the Supreme from the
Lower Court
LINCOLN Neb March 1 William
Wenham proprietor of the Nonpareil
steam laundry of Omaha has appeal
ed to the supreme court from a deci
sion against him by Judge Baker as
sessing a generous fine for alleged vio
lation of the female labor law It was
charged that Wenham employed wo
men more than eight hours a aay con
trary to the provisions of the statute
A brief was filed with Attorney Gen
eral Prout today by Wenhains attor
neys in which It is argued that the
law is unconstitutional for the follow
ing reasons
FirstThat it is in violation of that
provision of the constitution which
provides that no one shall be deprived
of life liberty or property without due
process It is argued from tills basis
that to prevent the women from con
tracting to work for more than eight
hours a day is depriving them of the
liberty guaranteed by the constitu
tion and that to prevent the owner
of the laundry from employing women
in this way causes a loss to his prop
erty preventing him from getting out
of it what is constitutionally his
Second That the title of the act is
not broad enough to cover its provi
sions
SUICIDE AT TECUMSEH
Charles Shull Sends a Bullet into His
Brain
TECUMSEH Neb March 1
Charles Shull a prominent citizen ot
this place committed suicide by fir
ing a bullet from a rusty revolver into
his brain No cause is as yet as
signed for his self destruction
He retired early in the evening but
subsequently arose about 11 oclock
and dressing started down town Ap
proaching the court house and in the
open space just to the north of the
north entrance he suddenly stopped
drew forth a rusty revolver and tak
ing deliberate aim pulled the trigger
which snet the bullet plunging into
his brain causing almost instant
death
The deceased was a member of sev
eral local lodges and stood high in
the estimation of the people He
leaves a considerable amount of life
insurance besides some real and per
sonal property There is a general de
mand for an inquest but it is not
probable that one will be held
His Money Restored to Him
HEBRON Neb March 1 About a
month ago L E Holmes of Chester
lost on the streets of Hebron a wallet
containing 200 in bills and a draft
on the Chester bank for 210 470 in
all Every effort was made to locate
the money and a liberal reward was
offered but no response came and it
was believed the unfortunate loser
had parted permanently with his pos
sessions But strange to say the
other day nearly a month after the
occurrence of the incident which had
been forgotten the wallet was drop
ped into the postoffice box with no
address but the ownership was
quickly established by means of the
name on the bank deposit check The
money was all there and it is believ
ed that a disturbing conscience caused
the return of property which had been
jealously guarded in secret for several
weeks The incident has caused con
siderable local comment
Woman Awarded Damages
NEBRASKA CITY Neb March 1
The jury in the case of Mrs Rena
Nesbitt vs John Mattes and some
other saloon keepers after being out
thirty hours brought in a verdict for
400 The plaintiff sued these men
for 10000 on the charge of selling
her husband liquor and causing him
to become a drunkard and to neglect
his business
Serve Notice on Saloons
NEBRASKA CITY Neb March 1
The members of the W C T U
have served written notices on all of
the saloon keepers of this city to take
down all of the screens in front of
their bars and the front doors and
to fully comply with the Slocum law
Guarding the Court House
CREIGHTON Neb March 1
Threats have been made that as soon
as completed the new court house at
Center the new county seat would
be burned The Knox county com
missioners have placed a close watch
on the building
Mrs Conner Badly Scalded
REYNOLDS Neb March 1 J T
Conner arrived in town en route to
Atwood Kan Mrs Conner while
preparing coffee for dinner was seri
ously scalded
Free from Smallpox
AURORA Neb March 1 The ru
mor has gone abroad that Aurora was
a hot bed of smallpox People from
Iowa and Illinois have written to
friends here that such a rumor is cur
rent in their localities and desire to
know the facts and even thf state
press has imbibed the idea that all
who did not have the disease were
suffering with vaccinated arms There
Preserving company for prospecting jS not a case of smallpox in the city
for coal mines at present
Why Faster is n Movable Feast
During all of March the sun Is com
ing farther north About tho twen
tieth it shines directly on tho equa
tor and the day is just as long as
the night The time or the old Jew
ish Passover and hence of our Eas
ter depends on this date This lat
ter always comes on the Sunday fol
lowing the first full moon after the
sun crosses the line This accounts
for its being ho movable a feast
March Ladies Home Journal
DEFIANCE STAKCH
nhould be in cvorv household none so
Eood bcnldcs 4 oz more for 10 centa than
any other brand of cold water starch
Skyscraper Li6t Scaled Down
A Chicago alderman who has coun
ted them says there are three build
ings and no more In his city that arc
seventeen or more stories in height
One of the three is the Masonic tem
ple Of sixteen story buildings there
are in the city seven of fifteen story
three of fourteen story six and of
thirteen story seven buildings A re
newed attempt is being made to pro
hibit the exceeding of the present lim
it of height in future building opera
tions
Worked His Way Up
Judge Alfred Stecklor justice of the
supreme court of the state of New
York was born a poor lad on the
East Side his father having died
when he was 5 years old He secured
work in a law office where he made
his start and when still a mere boy
became president of the literary so
ciety of the Cooper Union and in its
debates broadened his education
Silly Sully
Sully Prudhomme of the French
academy is going to turn the 200000
Nobel prize which he has just receiv
ed into a fund for the anonymous pub
lication of poems by young poets who
cannot find a publisher The Societe
des Gens de Lettres will have to pick
out the poems
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