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A slight shock of earthquake was
felt in California
j A snow storm in Wyoming resulted
jin great loss of sheep
Dan Costello of old time circus
ifame is dangerously ill in Chicago
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NEBRASKA
Agents of the British government in
ithis country have been ordered to
stoy buying horses
The Boer delegates who are as
sembled at Vereeninging Transvaal
held prolonged conferences
At Casterville Cal John McCartys
aged 22 shot and killed his mother
and then gave himself into custody
It is possible President Roosevelt
will attend the Philippine reunion in
Council Bluffs to be held In August
Senator Teller of Colorado said that
the session of congress would be like
Jy to continue sixty days from the
first of June
The farewell reception given to
General Lloyd Wheaton at the Amer
ican club in Manila was attended by
over 2700 Americans
Captain Bertram S Neumann of the
marine corps has been dismissed from
the naval service as a result of his
Atrial by court martial at Pensacola
The cholera situation in Manila and
the provinces remains unchanged The
increase in cases continues and the
fatalities are still about 80 per cent
King Alexander has accepted the
resignation of the Servian cabinet M
tPassios formerly a radical has been
entrusted with the formation of a new
ministry
The Santa Fe has been granted a
franchise to enter Oakland Cal It is
to run fifty years The company must
build the road through the city within
two years
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers sent a telegram to Senator
Joseph Blackburn thanking him for
his efforts in behalf of the Grosvenor
anti injunction bill
The monthly report of the collec
tions of internal revenue shows that
for the month of April 1902 the total
collections were 21937699 a decrease
as compared with April 1901 of 5
003SS0
The executive committee of the Ne
braska republican committee has de
cided to recommend Deputy Attorney
General Norris Brown of Kearney for
temporary chairman of the state con
vention
According to a report issued by the
London board of trade not a single
passenger was killed by English rail
roads during the year 1901 This is
the first time that such a record was
ever made
The bandits who recently crossed
the Oklahoma Texas line with forty
stolen horses under the alleged lead
ership of the outlaw Bert Casey have
made a raid into Oklahoma securing
a big herd
Of the total yearly production of
anthracite coal amounting to about
54000000 tons the three states of
Pennsylvania New York and New
Jersey consume about 65 per cent or
35000000 tons
Governor Sayers has appealed by
wire to all mayors of Texas towns of
over 3000 inhabitants urging them to
send food and assistance to the Goliad
sufferers and also requested the rail
roads to transport the shipments free
Robert A Williams who was chief
of the Chicago fire department during
the great fire of October 1871 died
at the Garfield Park sanitarium in
Chicago He was 77 years old and had
been in poor health for several years
The will of Archbishop Michael A
Corrigan was filed for probate The
estate is valued at about 125000 and
is bequeathed entirely to Right Rev
Charles E McDonnell bishop of
Brooklyn Rt Rev Winand M Wig- J
ger bishop of Newark and Rt Rev
Henry Gabriels bishop of Ogdensburg
New York
In an opinion delivered by Justice
Peckham the United States supreme
court decided the case of Captain
Peter C Deming in that officers favor
The case involved the right of a
court martial composed entirely of
officers of the regular army to pass
upon a case involving the rights of a
volunteer officer
Our East India trade is said to be
largely on the increase
A Washington dispatch says there
is much uncertainty at the depart
ment of justice as to the course to
be pursued in beginning litigation
against the anthracite coal trust
Three brothers named Symmington
ware drowned while crossing the
Pembina river in North Dakota
An ordinance for the acceptance
from Andrew Carnegie of 150000 for
a free public library has been re
jected by the city council
The condition of Lord Pauncefote
is reported as much better
The Union Veterans union will con
vene in Washington for its annual re
union and encampment in October
simultaneously with the Grand Army
of the Republic
THE BILLJRACS
PHILIPPINE MEASURE MAKES
SLOW PROGRESS
NO VOTE FOR NEXT TEN DAYS
The Sugar Men Appear Glad of Any
thing that Will Serve as an Obstruc
tion to Balloting on Bill to Reduce
Cuban Tariff
WASHINGTON May 26 From in
dications the senate will devote an
other full week if not a longer time to
consideration of -no Philippine bill
The predictions is freely made that a
vote will not be reached before tho
middle of the following week There
are still a number of set speeches
promised on the bill and other senators
have not yet indicated whether they
will speak or not
Senator Burrows will be heard to
day in advocacy of the bill and among
others who are expected to speak dur
ing the week ar Senators Patterson
Pettus Bailey and Bacon in opposition
to the bill and Senator Spooner in its
support When the set speeches are
disposed of there will be an effort to
secure two or three days time for con
sideration of amendments allowing
speeches not exceeding ten or fifteen
minutes on each of them
The continued deferment of the
time for taking a vote on the Philip
pine measure has caused considerable
abatement in the preparation of the
discussion of the Nicaraguan bill and
the Cuban reciprocity bill which will
be taken up next in succession or
jointly
The beet sugar people predict a
months debate on the Nicaraguan bill
but this prediction is not in accord
with the views of the advocates of the
Nicaraguan bill or its opponents in
the Isthmian Canal committee Both
these elements are now claiming a
majority and are saying that the soon
er the vote is reached the better they
will be satisfied The beet sugar men
however are counting confidently on
the co operation of the side which
finds itself in the minority In the mat
ter of postponing the vote on the canal
bill In other words the beet sugar
advocates welcome the introduction of
any questions which will defer consid
eration of the Cuban bill since they
think that there will be no Cuban leg
islation at all if the taking up of that
question can be postponed until after
the passage of all the appropriation
bills
The appropriation bills should be
passed before the first of July in order
to supply money for the support of
the government after that date and
they consequently expect that consid
erable time will be given during the
month of June to the appropriation
bills remaining undisposed of
They count confidently on the early
adjournment of congress after the ap
propriation bills are out of the way
and they hope that if after that time
there is an effort to pass the Cuban
bill it will be incumbent on the friends
of the bill to maintain a quorum in
the senate
It would be hardly fair said a
beet sugar senator today in discuss
ing the contingency mentioned to
expect the opponents of the proposed
reduction to assist in prolonging a
session in midsummer for the purpose
of passing a measure which they do
not want to see enacted into law
TRY TO KILL PRINCE
Outlaws in Kharkoff Russia Attempt
to Assassinate Governor
ST PETERSBURG May 2C A re
port has reached here of an attempt
to assassinate Prince Obolensky gov
ernor of the government of Kharoff
who was commended by the czar for
suppressing the rioting among the
peasants of that district
Lieutenant General Von Wahl gov
ernor of Vilna whose assassination
was recently attempted on account of
his wholesale flogging of political
prisoners many of whom were edu
cated and who according to custom
were therefore exempt from flogging
justifies these punishments on the
ground that he was ordered to inflict
them by M Von Blehwe the minister
of the interior
Caught Robbing the Mails
KANSAS CITY May 26 Frank M
Sturgeon one of the oldest mail car
riers in the Kansas City Kan serv
ice was arrested by postofiice inspec
tors for stealing a bundle of letters
Willing to Join in the Strike
SHAMOKIN Pa May 26 By a
vate of 43 to 17 the colliery engineers
and pumpmen at a mass meeeting here
resolved not to go on strike June 2
even if the operators refused to grant
an eight hour workday at the present
wage scale Secretary George Hart
ley of the Ninth district executive
board addressed the meeting and urg
ed his hearers to join in the general
strike if the coal operators refused to
grant their demands
END TO BOER WAR IN SIGHT
Peace in South Africa Regarded As
sured
LONDON May 2G Peace in South
Africa is regarded as assured but an
official declaration to that effect is
still lacking and there is nothing offi
cial to indicate when an announce
ment may be expected
Opinion is divided as to whether a
statement on the situation will be is
sued tonight after the cabinet meet
ing or whether it will be reserved for
the meeting of the house of commons
on Monday
It seems however at the best that
only the basis of the peace terms will
be before the ministers and that if
they are accepted the discussion of
the details may still occupy some
time during which presumably an
armistice will be declared
Meanwhile outside the Boer com
mandoes immediately connected with
the peace negotiations fighting con
tinues Lovats scouts surprised
Fouches command in Cape Colony
Wednesday last and captured most of
the Boer supplies
Cabling from Pretoria under date
of Wednesday May 21 the corre
spondent of the Times says the Boer
meeting there is not necessarily final
and it is believed the Boer delegates
after obtaining information on cer
tain points will return to Vereningen
DOOMED TO HORRIBLE DEATH
British Columbia Mine Explosion En
tombs 150 Men
FERNIE B C May 26 a terrible
explosion occurred at 7 oclock last
evening in No 2 mine which is con
nected with No 3 shaft and also with
the high line shaft All -three open
ings were blocked
One hundred and fifty men were in
the mine at work at the time of the
explosion Of this number sixteen es
caped from No 3 before the save in
The remainder are prisoners and small
hope is entertained for their safety
Good order prevails and everything
possible is being done to relieve the
situation The fan was diabled but
was quickly restored No 3 is ex
pected to be opened soon A boy
one of those who escaped has since
died
VOLCANO AGAIN IN ACTION
Eruption at St Vincent May 18 Worse
Than Previous Outbreaks
KINGSTON Island of St Vincent
B W I Saturday May 26 Another
eruption the night of May IS caused
a greater fall of ashes and stones and
more consternation at Chateau Belair
St Vincent than resulted from the
eruption of May 7
Shorlty after the appearance of a
cloud May 18 which belched from the
mountain Egyptian darkness envel
oped the village of Chateau Belair
The inhabitants rent the air with
shrieks and groped against the banks
of the road leading to Cumberland in
their efforts to flee from the threat
ened danger Many persons had
limbs broken The darkness lasted
one hour but the exodus from Chateau
Belair continued all night Detona
tions and smoke and lava from the
volcano continued the next day May
19
To Be Buried in Kansas Soil
HOBART N Y May 26 The re
mains of Brigadier General Henry
Leavenworth were disinterred at
Woodlawn cemetery Delhi and ship
ped to Fort Leavenworth Kan where
they will be re interred in the National
cemetery on Memorial day General
Leavenworth died July 21 1S34
Nothing but the bones which were in
a good state of preservation were
found They were enclosed in a me
tallic chestnut case for shipment
Tolstoi Becomees Worse
LONDON May 26 The agent in
England of Count Tolstoi the Russian
novelist and reformer telegraphed
the Associated Press today confirming
the report that Tolstoi is again ill He
is suffering from typhoid fever His
temperature is 102 and his mind is
lucid
Chickasaw Leads
WASHINGTON May 26 The cen
sus bureau has issued a report com
prising agricultural statistics of the
counties and Indian nations in the
United States It shows that the
Chickasaw nation Indian Territory
leads in the number of farms
Hundreds of Cholera Victims
MANILA May 26 The cholera rec
ord to date is as follows Manila 1146
cases and 619 deaths the provinces
3922 cases and 2774 deaths
Work of Christian Science
WASHINGTON D C May 25
Caiol Norton in a lecture delivered
before a large audience in the Colum
Sturgeon one of the oldest mail car
cases of disease have been healed in
Christian Science during the thirty
five years of its history and that in
that time about 700 Christian Science
churches have been established and
are now flourishing He says Christ
ian Science heals through understand
ing with God
MURDERER TELLS IT ALL
He Details to the Court the Killing of
Michael Sierks
ALLIANCE Neb May 26 District
court for Box Butte county convened
here and when the case oi the state
of Nebraska against August Jahnke
for tho murder of Michael Sierks
came up it brought out a confession
trom Oliver Olson who is charged as
an accessory to the crime Olsons
confession is as follows
We had entered into an agreement
to kill Mike Sierks and I was to have
half of the old mans Insurance for
which Jahnke was the beneficiary and
a share in the old mans estate which
was by previous inducement also de
vised to Jahnke We made three at
tempts upon his life which were un
successful The first time we let him
fall into a 120 foot well onto a piece
of pipe projecting four feet from the
bottom The second time we put cor
rosive sublimate in his coffee at two
different times but this failed as the
old man vomited it all up and we
played sick placing the cause with
the whisky we had been drinking
The third was to shoot him with a re
volver and he was gotten drunk and
forced to stagger in front of the re
volver in my hands which I discharg
ed apparently by accident but the
shot miscarried and went under his
arm failing to do the work The last
and successful attempt was well plan
ned Jahnke said to me We will
have to shoot him with a shotgun
We came to town and procured a gun
and went back The next morning
as Mike was at the breakfast table I
got the gun and loaded it in an ad
joining room and returned and as I
came out of the door behind the old
man I pulled the hammer and let the
whole charge into his back where
upon Jahnke shouted Come help me
Mike is shot
On cross examination Olson said he
was under the hypnotic influence of
Jahnke who is his brother-in-law
COLEMAN KEPT HIS MONEY
And Sent Officers to the Designated
Stump at Night
ADAMS Neb May 26 H Cole
man living three miles southeast of
town received a letter some days ago
in which he was told to go to a certain
stump in the timber about half a
mile from his home and there deposit
300 and failure to do so would cost
him his sons life his house and barn
would be destroyed and other dire ca
lamities befall him
Mr Coleman came to town and re
ported the matter to Constable Med
calf and Deputy Sheriff Galloway
who went to the place designated and
watched a couple of nights but no one
appeared In the letter which was
mailed at Sterling Mr Coleman was
directed to go to the stump unarmed
and at night
Farmer Loses His Barn
BASSETT Neb May 26 Word
was brought in of a disastrous fire in
the burning of a large barn and all
its contents except two horses be
longing to Joe Stolcpart seven miles
east of here No one was at home
at the time Mr Stolcpart being in
Bassett Upon reaching home he
found many suspicious circumstances
and a careful investigation will fol
low He carried 400 insurance
Snake in Letter Box
LINCOLN Neb May 26 Mail Car
rier Warlike took a small and active
snake out of a mail box A youth
named Henry Ernst was found to be
the party who introduced the snake
into his new home but he insisted
that he only put the snake on the box
and that the reptile crawled in of its
own accord
Preparing for State Fair
LINCOLN Neb May 26 The state
board of agriculture met and con
tracted for the construction of four
new live stock barns on the state fair
grounds The board also authorized
the various live stock associations to
hold auctions on the state fair
grounds during the next fair
Long Pine Has Commercial Club
LONG PINE Neb May 26 The
business men and property owners of
Long Pine have organized a commer
cial club with officers as follows
President W A Bucklin secretary
J S Davisson treasurer R S Hall
Independent Telephone Company
BRAINARD Neb May 26 The vil
lage of Ulysses recently organized an
independent telephone company to
cover the entire town and also mak
ing connection with many ol the near
by farmers houses
A Young Man in Trouble
BEATRICE Neb May 26 A young
fellow by the name of Grover Brown
from Hubbell Neb was arrested here
last night on a charge of forging a
check on some party for 140
Liquor Dealers to Meet
OMAHA May 26 The sixth an
nual convention of the Nebraska Re
tail Liquor Dealers association will
be held in this city June 4 to C inclu
sive
AS TO COUNTY STATISTICS
It Will Be Costly to Comply with the
Courts Mandate
LINCOLN Neb May 21 County
commissioners throughout the state
are awakening to the meaning of the
recent decision of the supreme court
which upheld the law requiring pre
cinct assessors to gather information
for the state bureau of labor and In
dustrial statistics In many of tho
counties extra assessors have been
employed to do the work
One county clerk has informed us
that it will cost his county at least
500 to comply with the law said
Chief Clerk Hodge The authorities
of this county have heretofore disre
garded the provisions of the act but
are now willing to do as commanded
The expense Is for additional men to
do the enumerating
We find there is a very general sen
timent throughout the state to obey
the mandate of the court Several
county clerks have asked for more
schedules and others are seeking in
struction as to how to proceed with
the work We have yet to find any
county wherein the commissioners
are intending to disregarad the law
If all of the counties return the ched
ules with the industrial and agricul
tural information properly recorded
we will be able to present within the
next few months statistics that will
be more nearly accurate than any of
the same character ever compiled by
the department
CROP CONDITIONS ARE GOOD
Reports from All Sources Show a
Flattering Outlook
OMAHA Neb May 24 Crop re
ports from all sources are of the most
optimistic kind Rumors of damage
due to the dry warm weather of April
have been dispelled by the copious
rainfall of May and throughout Ne
braska South Dakota western Iowa
and northern Kansas the conditions
now prevailing are most promising
The government reports made up till
Monday give the information that the
stand of winter wheat through this re
gion is excellent While the straw
will be shoit owing to the retarded
growth during April the stalks are
heading well and there is now suffi
cient moisture to insure a large yield
An increased acreage over last year
is reported Rye is in good condition
though not so favorable as winter
wheat Spring wheat and oats are
well up and thrifty
Rains have interfered somewhat
with the planting of corn but the
work is generally well advanced and
the early planted is already up and
growing finely Potatoes are also up
and promise well An unusually
large acreage of potatoes has been
planted this year
From railroad and other sources is
gained information which more than
substantiates the government reports
Agriculture in the country tributary to
Omaha never gave more promise of
a bountiful yield than at present
An Ad Man from Nebraska
OMAHA Neb May 24 Warwick
Saunders for a number of years iden
tified with the publishing business in
this city has become a resident of
Kansas City where he assumes the
position of secretary and treasurer of
the Mutual Advertising agency
Mr Saunders experience in the ad
vertising line will serve him to good
purpose in his new field and a wide
acquaintanceship in the state from
which he goes will wish for him full
measure of success
Baby Smothered to Death
BENEDICT Neb May 24 The S-months-old
baby of Rev D W Witts
pastor of the Methodist church was
smothered to death The child which
had been left on a bed was found
some time afterward wedged in be
tween the bed and the wall with the
head pressed close to the covers Vain
effort was long made to resuscitate the
child
Seward Will Pay Water Bonds
SEWARD Neb May 24 The city
council ordered 1000 of water bonds
paid which with 2700 of registered
warrants also ordered paid makes a
good record for the year
Madison Teachers Get More Pay
MADISON Neb May 24 The
ooard of education elected teachers
and increased their salaries quite con
siderable for the ensuing year
Flag Day in Iowa
DES MOINES la May 24 Gover
nor Cummins has issued a proclama
tion naming June 14 as flag day in
this state
Woman Adjudged Insane
HASTINGS Neb May 24 Miss
Sarah Grabill of Ayr was brought to
Hastings and adjudged insane She
will be taken to the asylum at Lin
coln
Farm Hand Drowned in the Blue
SEWARD Neb May 24 Oba
Gigg a young man who had been
working on a farm near Staplehurst
was drowned in the Blue river He
was 25 years of age
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Womans idea of wonuiy -know
the failings of ier
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At Fremont June 10 the 3d Nebr
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Held Hon George
County Who is a Cand date sajs l
Always Stop at The Millard Omaha s
Leading Hotel Have Done So Foi
Years Rates as low as 2 Per Daj
European Plan 100 Tae Lincoln
Opp Depots Lincoln 2 Per Day
A bucket of whitewash usually goes
with each political investigation
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Koop them white with Red
All grocors soil largo 2 o package o coats
Three who help each other are as
good as six
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Some grocers ny they dont keep i De
fiance Starch because they have atocK
in hand of 12 oz brands which they know
cannot be sold to customer who has
once used the 16 oz pks Defiance Starca
lor same money
Earning and paying are not always
synonyms
After securing the competence he
struggled for a man invariably plans
an extension
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With Catarrh of the Stomach
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In a recent letter to Dr Hartman
Congressman Botkin says
44 My Dear Doctor It gives me picas
are to certify to the excellent curative
qualitiesof your medicines Perunaand
Manalin 1 have been afflicted more or
less for a quarter of a century with ca
tarrh of the stomach and constipation
A residence in Washington has increased
these troubles A few bottles of your
medicine have piven me almost com
plete relief and I am sure that a contin
uation of them will effect a permanent
cure J D Botkin
Mr L F Verdcry a prominent real
estate agent of Augusta la writes
have been a great sufferer from
ca tarrhal dyspepsia I tried many phy
sicians visited a good many springs
but I believe Peruna has done more
for me than ail of the above put
together 1 feel like a new person
L F Verdery
The most common form of summer
catarrh is catarrh of the stomach This
is generally known as dyspepsia Pe
ruua cures these cases like magic
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to Dr Hartman giving- a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
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