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At Lynchburg Texas Frank P Ja
cobs shot and killed his wife
Chicago outdid all other places in
the grandeur and magnitude of re
ception to Prince Henry
Flo Freeman shot and killed Peter
McCaffery a Kansas City saloon
keeper The woman said she did it
in self defense
The memory of the late President
McKinley was honored by the New
York legislature by exercises in the
assembly chamber
The conference of the joint scale
committee of the miners and mine
operators of Iowa has adjourned after
three days futile effort to reach an
vSreemont
The commission to review and com
pile the laws of Porto Rico appoint
ed by virtue of the act of April 12
1900 has submitted its report to the
attorney general
Near Sargeant Neb Ira J Lundey
i mortally wounded his wife and then
turned the pistol on himself with
fatal effect The parties had not of
late lived together
W A Templeton a member of
Company 105 of the coast artillery
has been given a clerkship in the of
fice of the judge advocate of the de
partment of California
It is reported that the projected
visit to Ireland of King Edward has
been abandoned on account it is un
derstood of the aggressive action of
the United Irish league
What is expected to become a tele
phone war involving nearly the en
tire southern section of the state of
Illinois is on at Carbondale and the
outcome is problematical
The Ohio house of representatives
by a vote of 59 to 24 passed the Be
vaul bill to repeal the corrupt practice
act in buying votes in elections
known as the Garfield law
At Harlan la after feeding mor
phine pellets to two of her children
Mrs Anna Rasch a widow tried to
kill herself in the same manner but
failed The children died
Jo A Parker chairman of the na
tional convention of middle of the
road populists announced at Memphis
that there would be no more fusion
between the populists and democrats
Fire at Marshalltown Iowa destroy
ed half a block of buildings in the
heart of the city entailing a loss of
75000 resulting in injuries to several
guests and employes of the Tremont
hotel
So great was the demand upon mem
bers of congress for tickets of ad
mission to the McKinley memorial
services that the members themselves
were paying 25 each for the coveted
pasteboards
The house by a vote of 138 to 109
approved the conference report on the
Philippine tariff bill which now be
comes a law It provides in the main
for a reduction of 25 per cent on the
existing duties
A memorial from the Colorado leg
islature was presented in the United
States house of representatives call
ing upon the government to invest Its
good offices in bringing about peace
in South Africa
The rainfall has been light in In
dia and of no benefit to the famine
stricken districts There are 395000
persons receiving relief Three mil
lion acres of wheat in the Punjab are
suffering total drouth
Lieutenant Strebler who captured
General Lukban the Filipino leader
is of German birth and enlisted in the
regular army before he was 20 years
old He was promoted to a lieuten
ancy by President McKinley
The Burlington and Union Pacific
have announced homeseekers rates
to California to apply on the first and
third Tuesdays of March April and
May 52 being quoted for the round
trip second class
The Portland Oregonian says that
the largest industrial consolidation
ever undertaken in the Pacific north
west is being quietly worked into
shape in that city and San Frlscisco
The enterprise is an amalgamation of
the great export milling firms of the
Pacific coast
Secretary Shaw has received a num
ber of applications from New York
bankers asking for permission to de
posit gold in the New York sub
treasury and withdraw equal amounts
from the sub treasury at San Frati
cisco
Rev Sheriff Pearson of Portland
Me says that when he was elected
there were 271 open saloons in the
city and that now hell give 100 to
the man who can show him an open
saloon there or anywhere in the coun
ty
Because petitions were circulated
asking that an assistant be employed
to help County Attorney Butler in the
prosecution of the Woodward case the
latter has sued 175 citizens of Casper
for 100000 alleging his professional
reputation has been injured
RIGATION
MAJORITY IN HOUSE FAVORS SEN
ATE MEASURE
SPEAKER IS NOT FAVORABLE
Decided Determination on the Part of
Western Members to Force the
Measure Presidents Order Prohib
iting Lobbying of Employes
WASHINGTON D C March 10
The senate has disposed of the irriga
tion bill What will become of the
measure in the house is an open ques
tion It is evident that Speaker Hen
derson is not particularly favorable to
the irrigation policy notwithstanding
the fact that both political parties
committed themselves to it in their
last national platforms There is
however a decided determination upon
the part of the western and north
western men to force the house to take
action and no one has been more in
dustrious towards this end than Rep
resentative Francis G Newlands of
Nevada In point of population Ne
vada is the smallest state in the union
but few states even among those rank
ing as the first are represented in
the lower house of congress by a more
able painstaking and conscientious
man than Mr Newlands It has not
always been the largest states that
have had the ablest representation in
Washington For many years the
state of Maine outclassed them all
that is when the great quartet Reed
Dingley Boutelle and Milliken filled
the four seats assigned to Maine in
the lower house Delaware has sent
men like Bayard Saulsbury and Gray
to the senate
Newlands undoubtedly has a per
sonal interest in securing irrigation
legislation for no state in the union
will more greatly benefit from the in
troduction of a national policy of
water storage and distribution than
will Nevada Then too it must be
remembered that no member repre
senting the arid and semi arid region
had had such a long period of con
tinued service as the Nevada member
Nor has anyone studied the subject in
all its bearings in every country of
the old world which has attempted
irrigation to the extent of the investi
gation made by Mr Newlands Should
the house finally adopt the senate bill
or any similar measure success will
be due largely to the efforts of the
western men who formed a commit
tee early in the session and who se
lected Senator Warren of Wyoming
for chairman and Mr Newlands for
secretary This committee succeeded
in bringing together the various op
posing elements and it has neglected
no opportunity to impress its views
upon its colleagues So well has it
carried on its work that there is to
day a clear majority in the house fa
vorable to the policy of irrigation
In spite of President Roosevelts or
der prohibiting employes of the de
partments engaging in lobbying a
great deal of work of this sort is go
ing on The most industrious persons
during the last month have been some
of the chiefs of divisions of the scien
tific bureau of the agricultural depart
ment The mails have been literally
flooded during the last week or two
with letters from all sections of the
country urging members to vote for
larger appropriations than the com
mittee on agriculture seems disposed
to recommend All these letters evi
dently emanate from one source and
that is the bureau of plant industry in
the department
Odell Crlls on Roosevelt
WASHINGTON March 10 Gover
nor B B Odell jr of New York din
ed with President Roosevelt at the
White House tonight remaining after
dinner till a late hour Tomorrow he
will again dine with the president
The governor will remain here until
Tuesday morning according to the
present plans His visit here he said
is simply for recreation and his mis
sion is not to discuss politics
Postpone Their Departure
MANILA March 10 Acting Gover
nor Wright and Major Henry Allen
chief of the native constabulary who
intended to leave Manila on a tour of
inspection have posponed their de
parture until next Wednesday
Successor to Pauncefote
LONDON March 10 The Yorkshire
Post today says it learns that Hon
Alfred Littleton is likely to succeed
Lord Pauncefote as British ambassa
dor at Washington
Violation of Civil Service
KNOXVILLE Tenn March 10
Charges have been preferred against
United States District Attorney
Wright United States Marshal Austin
Assistant Postmaster Skaggs and
three or four minor officials for alleged
violation of rule 2 of the civil service
commission The charges it is said
resulted from the race for congress
in this district the accused being
friends of Congressman Gibson who
is opposed for renomination
SIGNS OF TROUBLE IN CHINA
Capture of Priest by Bandit Soldiery
Arouses the Powers
PEKIN March 10 Chinese officials
are greatly disturbed over the condi
tions around Jehol Cheng Te about
100 miles northeast of Pekin where
bandit soldiers have captured a priest
An official of the foreign office de
clares that the Russians have already
dispatched 500 troops to Jehol from
the Manchurian border
The trouble began over the settle
ment of claims of native Christians
and it resulted in rioting between the
Christians and the non Christians
Brigands took advantage of these con
ditions to plunder the country and the
Russian telegraphic connections were
incidentally cut The foreign office
says that the captured priest is a
Belgian
It vas reported March 7 from Pekin
that the Chinese court had ordered
the immediate release of this priest in
order to forestall the entry of foreign
troops in the district of Jehol which is
rich in gold mines
LONDON March 10 In a dispatch
dated Shanghai the correspondent of
the Standard says that the Chinese
merchants coming from Port Arthur
declare they have been ordered to re
move their families from Port Arthur
because preparations were being made
there for a war with Japan
SUITABLE FOR HOMESTEADS
Strip of Land Adjoining Reservation
Wanted for Entry
RUSHVILLE Neb March 10 An
effort is being put forth in this coun
ty to have the government open for
settlement a strip of land north of
Rushville that lays up against the Pine
Ridge Indian reservation The land
was taken off from the market to
prevent bootleggers from selling liquor
to Indians on the reservatioin How
ever the conditions that existed at
the time the land was withdrawn have
long since ceased to exist
Indian Agent Brennan of Pine
Ridge seems to think that this strip
should not be opened
The land is well watered and fine
groves are found along the streams
No Indians reside thereon and parties
from this state have quite recently
been thrown into jail at Pine Ridge
for entering upon the lands and cut
ting timber The Nebraska senators
will be petitioned to use their efforts
to open this territory as it contains
some of the best farming lands in this
part of the state and it would pro
vide homes for several hundred fam
ilies
SENDS SECOND NOTE TO PORTE
The Brigands Are Within Turkish Ter
ritory
CONSTANTINOPLE March 10
The American legation here today pre
sented to the porte the second note
referring to the capture of Miss Ellen
M Stone In this note it is pointed
out that as Miss Stone was captured
the ransom paid and the prisoner de
livered in Turkey the brigands must
be within the Turkish frontier and
should therefore be captured
The note denies that the authorities
were ever requested to lessen their
vigilance on the frontier and assets
that only the movements of the troops
in the interior were interfered with
The first note presented to the porte
by the United States legation at Con
stantinople in the matter of Miss
Stones capture by brigands demanded
the punishment of the guilty parties
COSTS TO SEE THE PARADE
Big Prices Offered for Seats for Day
of Coronation
LONDON March 10 This city is
already flooded with illustrated liter
ature pointing out the advantageous
view from which the coronation pa
rade may be witnessed Windows
opening on balconies at such points as
Ludgate Hill have been let for 42
ez h Single seats in the strand have
been sold for 3 to 5 Single win
dows with exceptional approaches on
the Surrey side have fetched 73
Equally elaborate plans for viewing
the naval parade are already in full
swing The demand for high class
steamers is said to exceed the supply
These tours will include a four day
cruise about the channel From 10 to
IS guineas are now asked for single
berths
Leaves for Cuba
WASHINGTON March 10 Miss
Alice Roosevelt daughter of the presi
dent with several friends and accom
panied by a maid left for a visit to
General and Mrs Leonard Wood at
Havana Cuba
Defeat of Bill Predicted
WASHINGTON March 10 The
house this week after disposing of the
bill to classify rural free delivery serv
ice and place the carriers under the
contract system will devote its atten
tion to appropriation bills The post
office appropriation bill which will be
taken up first probably will require
three days- It will be followed by the
river and harbor bill It is regarded
as a foregone conclusion that the ru
ral free delivery bill will be defeated
INCREASE OF STATE MILITIA
Nebraska National Guard Soon to
Have Two Thousand on Rolls
LINCOLN Neb March 10 The nu
merical strongth of the Nebraska Na
tional guard will soon be increased to
approximately 2000 officers and en
listed men The last roster shows an
aggregate number of 1541 but this
does not include the independent com
panies recently formed in West Point
and Stanton nor the South Omaha
company of cavalry which was mus
tered into service Saturday
There are three additional compan
ies in course of preparation One is
a battery of light artillery in this city
another is a medical corps and the
third is an engineer corps Dr Birk
ner of Lincoln has been authorized by
the adjutant general to organize the
medical corps and as soon as complet
ed will be mustered in and made an in
dependent company The engineer
and signal corps are being organized
in Fremont Each independent com
pany will comprise approximately sixty-five
officers and men
Adjutant General Colby hopes soon
to form the proposed Third regiment
To do this it may be necessary to
have each regiment consist of only
nine companies
ASSAULTED BY A STRANGER
Farmer Near Pender Robbed of Some
Cash
PENDER Neb March 10 Carl
Tagtow a German farmer was slug
ged and robbed of eighty five dollars
while on his way home from this place
Tagtow had been in a saloon and was
it is said pretty well under the in
fluence of liquor and for that reason
was not able to well describe his as
sailants The man who did the slug
ging got into the wagon when Tagtow
started home and rode with him a
couple of miles into the country when
he demanded the latters money and
he not handing it over at once was
struck several hard blows on the head
and face and the money was secured
Tagtow instead of going home how
ever turned back to town after recov
ering consciousness and had his
wounds dressed He put officers on
the trail of his assailant and next day
William Leach was arrested charged
with the crime Whether or not he is
the right man is not yet known
Convict Labor Contract
LINCOLN Neb March 10 The
State Board of Public Lands and Build
ings closed a three year contract with
the Lee Broom and Duster company
for convict labor at the penitentiary
The company agrees to use the labor
of 125 to 250 convicts daily at the rate
of 45 cents a day for each man This
is 5 cents lower per man than the old
contract which expires this month
but under its terms the company was
not required to employ more than 90
convicts daily
The board also voted to discontin
ue the practice of charging visitors at
the penitentiary an admission fee of 10
cents In the past few months such a
fee has been charged all visitors for
the benefit of the library fund In this
way about 600 has been raised and
the board thought this amount large
enough for the library
Profit in Sugar Beets
TECUMSEH Neb March 10 Not
withstanding the fact that last season
was a poor one for the production of
sugar beets Herschel Heilig a local
farmer nettefl 20 per acre on his crop
and shipped his beets to the Ames
factory The beet acreage will be in
creased in Johnson county this year
as many farmers are growing them
for experimental purposes
Eighteen Months in the Penitentiary
WAHOO Neb March 10 Emmett
Roberts who was shot by Marshal
while resisting arrest being
charged with forgery was sentenced
to eighteen months in the penitentiary
by Judge Sornberger Roberts home
is in Newton la and he is wanted
there on a similar charge
Becomes Violently Insane
FULLERTOX Neb March 10 E
O Elliott a local Methodist minister
who has been a resident of this coun
ty for the past five or six years be
came violently insane a few days ago
Recruiting Station is Closed
NEBRASKA CITY Neb March 10
The United States recruiting station
that has been open here for the past
two months will be closed today
Found Dead in Hie Bed
WILBER Neb March 10 Joseph
Drasky was found dead in bed by his
wife The cause was pneumonia
Heavy Sales of York Lands
YORK Neb March 10 Every day
for the past three weeks the real es
tate transfers of farms in this count
have been from 40000 upwards and
Friday the total was 10S000 It is
estimated that over 300 Iowa and Illi
nois farmers have made purchases in
York county and have moved here
There has been a large number of
purchasers from different parts of the
state Recent sales of farm lands are
at 45 to 75 per acre
OSCEOLA THE FIRST STATION
Only Contributing Communities May
Have Traveling Library Benefits
LINCOLN Neb March 8 The Ne
braska Public Library commission has
decided that only those communities
which contribute to the book fund
may be designated as permanent trav
eling library stations Under this rul
ing Osceola becomes the first station
the Womans club of that city having
donated funds sufficient for one collec
tion of books Outling the plan Miss
Edna Bullock secretary of the com
mission said
The number of applicants for trav
eling libraries on the waiting list at
the ofilce of the commission Is so great
that the legislative appropriation Is
entirely inadequate to the demand
and the commission has adopted the
policy of making such communities
as contribute money or books for one
traveling library permanent stations
for a period of years equal to the life
of a traveling library The traveling
libraries contain forty volumes and
the average cost of the books is 1
per volume
The Womans club of Osceola re
cently secured the loan of a traveling
library which was placed in a drug
store The books have been very pop
ular and within two weeks after the
arrival the women were able to raise
enough money to buy a traveling li
brary They have notified the secre
tary of the commission to select and
order the books and send the bill to
them The people of Osceola will
thus have a succession of traveling li
braries for a period of five years
SMALLPOX IN NEBRASKA
A Report Showing the Number cf
Cases by Counties
LINCOLN Neb March 8 At the
meeting of the State Board of Health
a report showing the number of cases
of smallpox in the state during the
month was made out In the counties
reporting 7G4 cases are found The
report by counties follows Adams
20 Antelope 1 Boone 3 Boyd 1
Buffalo 14 Burt 3 Butler 20 Cass
8 Cedar 48 Clay 13 Colfax 3 Da
kota 12 Dawes 12 Dixon G Dodge
J Douglas 189 Fillmore 1 Furnas
1G Gage 43 Hall 4 Hamilton 20
Holt 17 Jefferson 1 Johnson 14
Kearney 7 Keya Paha G Knox 9
Lancaster 77 Lincoln 1 Madison
12 Vance 1 Nemaha 19 Nuckolls
8 Otoe 2 Pawnee 1 Pierce 7
Platte 2 Richardson 10 Sarpy 21
Saunders 23 Seward 6 Stanton 34
Thayer 2 Thurston 5 Washington
2 Wayne 10 Webster 14 No re
ports were received from the remain
ing counties
Contracting for Sugar Beets
GRAND ISLAND Neb March 8
The American Beet Sugar company at
this place has contracted to date 2450
acres The total number of acres con
tracted last year was 2650 The pres
ent contracting season however does
not close for six weeks yet during
which time the management is confi
dent that it can exceed the acreage of
last year by from 500 to 1000 acres
Leasing School Lands
LINCOLN Neb March 8 Land
Comissioner Follmer expects soon to
finish the annual leasing of public
school lands Two weeks ago there
were approximately 22000 acres of
this land available but since this
about one third has been rented Mr
Follmer hopes to lease all but about
1500 acres The next leasing will be
in the fall season
Arrested for Theft of Hogs
FREMONT Neb March 8 John
Hemming and Otto Hitchcock were ar
rested on the charge of stealing a
load of hogs from C Spath a farmer
living west of the city Hemming
pleaded guilty and was bound over
to the district court for trial Hitch
cock demanded a hearing and his case
was continued
Boy Killed Under a Wagon
FAIRBURY Neb March 8 Har
low H aged 9 years son of Charles
Franz who resides on A and Ninth
streets while on his way to school
climbed on the side break of a load
ed farm wagon and fell from it He
was killed by the wagon wheel run
ning across his neck
Mrs Lundy Certain to Die
SARGENT Neb March 8 Mrs I
J Lundy who was shot by her hus
band at Taylor is still alive but there
is no hope of saving her life as one
cf the bullets passed through her
spinal cord Lundy shot himself three
times once in the forehead and twice
through the heart
Republican Committee March 20
LINCOLN Neb March 8 Chair
man H C Lindsay of the republican
state central committee issued a call
for a meeting of the committee in this
city March 20 to determine on a time
and place for holding the nominating
convention It is understood that
there is a general sentiment in favor
of an early convention some time dur
ing the latter part of June or the early
part of July It may be extended to
the last of the month
1213 BUS ONIONS PER ACRE
Seizors New Method of onlrn culture makes f
It possible to grow 1300 and moro bus vojuvre
that puy bottt r The
Sulzcn onnunlly dis
tribute nearly one
eighth Of ft million
lbs or onion wl
selling Hmo at 00c
and up per lb
For 10c nod this
Notice
John A Salzer Seed
rv T iiHrosMe Wis
ii ivlmnminiith nntrtlnir together
SlthlM kinds or flower and vegetable seedn
Market gardeners list So postngt v n v
A Slam at Oklahoma
Representative Fitzgerald of Brook
lyn tells of a poker gamo he saw In
Oklamoha Ill be blamed if I play in
any game like this shouted one of
the players jumping to his feet and
throwing down his cards Whats
the matter asked the other four
players Somebodys stolen a jack
of hearts off my knee An examina
tion of the players cards added Mr
Fitzgerald showed that he had jacks
up and the odd jack would have given
him a full house
Safety Mirrors at Road Crossings
The Woodbridge England district
council has resorted to novel means to
prevent accidents at dangerous street
corners These roads in the district
meet at awkward angles and collis
ions between vehicles have been rath
er common Widening by demolition
of house property being impossible
the surveyor recommended the erec
tion of mirrors By this means driv
ers can see through brick walls so to
speak and the experiment has proved
successful
Many Sohool Children Aro Slrkly
Mother JraysHwcetPowdersfor Chil
dren used by Mother Gray a nurse in
Childrens Home New York cure Fever
ishness Headache Stomach Troubles
Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms
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Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y
All Qualified
In the course of a speech in the sen
ate last week Mr Hoar of Massachu
setts took a fling at the Green Moun
tain state by saying No man in Ver
mont is allowed to vote until he has
made 5000 trading horses with Mas
sachusetts people A ripple of laugh
ter caused by this remark was chang
ed to a roar when Senator Proctor
of Vermont said in his deep bass
Yes and we all vote
Wants Women as Jurors
A French deputy has announced his
intention to bring in a bill during the
present session of parliament making
it not only admissible but legally obli
gatory for women to sit as jurors II y
proposes that all juries shall be re
quired to consist of six good men and
six women similarly qualified
Rosebery a Feudal Lord
Lord Rosebery according to T P
OConner lives the life of a great
feudal lord on his estates He has a
host of retainers splendid equipages
and everywhere his coronet is in evi
dence He travels Irom one of his
great houses to another with postilions
as if railways had not been invented
The liberal leader is a great noble
and the people like him all the better
for being apart from them in tho
pomp and circumstances of his pri
vate life
Grandfather of Congress
Dr W H Milburn the blind chap
lain of the senate thinks he may fair
ly lay claim to the title of grand
father of the house He entered tho
service of that body ten years before
John Sherman of Ohio and Justin S
Morrill of Vermont who were termed
fathers of the house Mr Milburn
was first elected chaplain of congress
in 1845 being then a resident of Illi
nois and hailing from the congression
al district represented by Lincoln
Scripture For and Against
A New Englander about 70 ypars
old having learned that Dr Henry
Van Dyke made occasional expeditions
to Canada and elsewhere in search or
big game recently sent to him a pen
drawing made by himself of a stag
and underneath placed this motto in
large letters Thou Shalt Not Kill
Dr Van Dyke in acknowledging re
ceipt of the drawing thanked his
friend for his kindness and suggested
that under certain conditions a more
appropriate text would he Acts x13
Rise Peter kill and eat
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