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Omaha will give an electrical par
tde on the occasion of the presidents
visit to that city
Explorer Borchgrevlnk the Norwe
gian has taken out naturalization pa
pers in the United States
Anti imperialists Intimate that Agiii
naldo will be brought to this country
for a lecture tour just before the elec
tions
Baron Severin Bronlcki a Polish
millionaire who owned half a million
acres of land committed suicide at
Vienna
Two thousand employes of the
American Tin Plate company were no
tifled that the plant would shut down
indefinitely
George Shiras of Pittsburg Pa
confirms the report that his father is
about to retire from the United States
supreme bench
The Assumption day collection of
Peters pence in all the churches of
Rome aggregated only 5000 much
less than had been expected
Dr Gunsaulus denies the report
that he will resign his Chicago pastor
ate and succeed Dr Parker in the
City Temple in London
Gilbert M Hitchcock proprietor of
the Omaha World Herald was nomi
nated by the democrats of the Second
Nebraska congressional district
The Earl of Dudley was sworn in
as lord lieutenant of Ireland In suc
cession to Earl Cadogan resigned in
the council chamber of the castle
Palmer S Moseley defeated William
L Byrd for governor of the Chickasaw
Nation by a majority of six votes
Mosely was favorable to the supple
mentary treaty and Byrd opposed It
Two companies have submitted bids
for pneumatic tube service in Chi
cago covering such a wide variety
of routes that the award will be de
layed
The war department has decided to
appoint army officers to investigate
and report upon the needs for military
purposes of the Fort Sill reservation
Oklahoma
Marion Cullen the leading lady of
the Shore Acres company and Per
cy Jones the eldest son of Mayor
Golden Rule Jones of Toledo were
married in Boston
Orders have been issued at the navy
department for the fitting out of the
battleship Oregon at San Francisco
for duty on the Asiatic station to
which it will be assigned
The Mississippi railroad commission
refused to authorize the state attorney
general to attack the alleged merger
of the Southern and the Mobile
Ohio railroad companies
Andrew Carnegie has offered to do
nate 150000 for the establishment of
free libraries in the borough of Mary
lebone on condition that the borough
provide for their maintenance
W A Nettleton assistant superin
tendent of motive power of the Santa
Fe system has tendered his resignation
to engage in private business His
successor has not been named
French royalists deny the accusa
tion of the cabinet that the move
ment in Finisterre and elsewhere in
opposition to the closing of the re
ligious schools is a royalist plot
Minister Tarte of Canada in a
speech at Halifax warned manufac
turers against the advance of Amerlj
can commerce and urged improve
ments of waterways in the Dominion
In New York Mrs Eleanor Wallack
the beautiful young wife of J Lester
Wallack the actor and grandson of
the renowned Lester Wallack com
mitted suicide bv inhaling gas in her
room
It is stated at the papal legation that
owing to the death of the cardinal
prefect at Rome and the various for
malities necessary to be gone through
with the appointment of a successor
to the late Archbishop Corrigan will
not be made until late in November
and possibly December
Senator Jones Is said to be favored
by the president for a place on the
Isthmian canal commission
William Manny Holabini one of
the best known golfers in the west
died at his home in Evanston 111 of
typhoid fever
The new fire commission of Omaha
has decreed that slot machines must
go
The will of the late Senator Mc
Millan has been filed for probate The
estate is estimated to be worth from
6000000 to 10000000
Luther R Marsh the venerable jur
ist and famous Spiritualist is dead in
New York
President Roosevelt has directed
that the names of soldiers who die in
the Philippines be cabled every two
weeks hereafter
A saw mill boiler exploded at New
Liberty 111 killing three men instant
ly and seriously injuring five others
General C McBride formerly a
state treasurer of Nebraska will help
the republicans of that state in the
fall campaign
THE FAIRJSTATE
THE PROPERTY OF MRS FAIR TO
GO TO RELATIVES
SOME MONEY MAY BE ADDED
No Trouble is Expected Whole Mat
ter to Be Settled Out of Court and
Relations of All Concerned Continue
to Be Pleasant
SAN FRANCISCO Aug 30 Mrs
Hanna Nelson mother of the late Mrs
Charles Fair has arrived here from
her home in Newmarket N J
She is accompanied by her son A
G Nelson who conducts a general
merchandise business at Plainfield N
J Fred Fowler a nephew of Mrs
Fair by marriage and his wife are
also here
Mrs Nelson is a woman of 70 years
of age and she was greatly fatigued by
her journey across the continent
Joseph Harvey the lifelong friend of
Charles Fair and Charles S Neal
manager of the Fair estate went to
Reno to meet Mrs Nelson and her son
Harvey and Neal also met Charles J
Smith a brother of the late Mrs Fair
at Reno who has come to this city
from Boulder Creek Colo
Mrs Nelson declined to talk for
publication but to Mr Harvey she
said
I dont care much what becomes
of my share of the estate but I do
want to see my children get all they
are entitled to
A G Nelson said
There will be no contest between
my mother and Mr Smith of Colo
rado He is my half brother Of
course my mother will go into court
but the legal matters rest with her
coounsel altogether She will ask for
letters of administration on the es
tate and for that reason we intend to
take up our residence in San Fran
cisco
Our mother he continued we re
gard as the sole heir so there will be
no contest as far as we are con
cerned
There will be no contest at all re
marked Joseph Harvey who was
present The whole matter will be
settled out of court and anyhow
nothing definite has yet been decided
on
The Call says
It is now generally known that the
Fairs will authorize Hermann Oel
richs to inform the relatives of Mrs
Fair that they can take possession of
certain properties of her estate To
this estate will also probably be added
a sum of money What the amount
will be has not yet been settled
upon The details of the compromise
have not yet been discussed
SUPERSTITION WILL NOT SAVE
Chinese Who Murdered Missionaries
Are Ordered Punished
PEKIN Aug 25 An edict has been
issued ordering the murderers of an
English missionary named Lewis and
an Australian missionary named Bruce
to be punished The crimes were com
mitted at Chen Chou in Ho Nan
province The government expresses
deep regret at the occurrence and
promises to make reparation
It is reported that the murders were
the outcome of an outburst of super
stitious frenzy on the part of the pop
ulace based on the idea that the mis
sionaries in question had caused an
epidemic of cholera which is raging at
Chen Chou by poisoning drinking
water The mob wrecked the mission
building and killed the missionaries
who had but recently arrived at Chen
Chou where they were cordially wel
comed
Hanna Talks of the Strike
BUFFALO N Y Aug 25 United
States Senator Hanna arrived in Buf
falo Saturday from Niagara Falls
For the first time Senator Hanna stat
ed his abandonment of all efforts to
end the coal strike He believes that
the operators should meet the miners
in arbitration
I have exhausted my efforts said
Senator Hanna I have done all in
my power and can do no more I will
mlake no further attempts for it
would be useless
He said there is no chance of ar
bitration so long as only the miners
are willing to arbitrate He gave it
as his opinion that the miners will
not give in so long as they are able
to fight
Oklahoma Gets Chickasha
GUTHRIE Okl Aug 25 Advices
from Washington to the territorial offi
cials state that the interior depart
ment has approved the Johnson and
Kidder survey of the 98th meridian
which places it four and a fraction
miles east of the present boundary
between Oklahoma and the Chickasaw
nation Indian Territory thus adding
to Oklahoma the city of Chickasha
the most important commercial and
railroad point in the southwest
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TAFT DEFENDS HIS COURSE
Filipinos Appointed Were Better Than
Their War Records
MANILA Aug 25 The defense in
the Freedom sedition case has called
Governor Taft as a witness to show
that many former Insurgent leaders
who were guilty of various offenses
not recognized by the law of war have
been appointed to civil positions
Governor Taft gave testimony to the
effect that many such former insur
gents had been appointed but that
they had proved honest straightfor
ward and earnest He said that some
of them had been guilty of murdei
from American standards but that
from their own standpoint they un
doubtedly believed their conduct ol
the war to have been legitimate Gov
ernor Taft said that he had found
these appointees to be loyal and that
they were not chosen because they
happened to be Insurgent generals
but because they were men of influ
ence among their own people He
said the experience of the civil au
thorities among these men had been
most satisfactory
CHOLERA AND LADRONES KILL
Two Fatal Agencies in Philippines
Continue to Destroy
MANILA Aug 21 Official cholera
statistics show a total to date of 25
CG4 cases and 18040 deaths The ac
tual number of cases and deaths is
greatly in excess of the official list
There were but eight cases reported
last Saturday In some of the
provinces of Luzon the cholera situa
tion is bad Four hundred and four
teen cases and 317 deaths were report
ed from the province of Uocos Norte
last Saturday
The members of the native constab
ulary were ambushed last Tuesday at
a point near Magdalena in the prov
ince of Sorsogon Luzon by a band
of sixty ladrones The latter were
armed with rifles and bolos and a
desperate fight at close range took
place One member of the constabu
lary was killed two were wounded and
three were captured Seventy con
stabulary have taken the field in pur
suit of the ladrones
HOLMAN JUMPS INTO THE SEA
Report on Death of American Naval
Officer
WASHINGTON Aug 25 The
death of Ensign Frederick R Holman
of the navy on August 13 on board
the Celtic while on the way from Ma
nila to Sydney Australia is reported
in a dispatch received at the navy de
partment today from Captain Speyers
The Celtic is a refrigerator ship and
presumbaly was on her way from Ma
nila to Sydney to obtain provisions
for the army and navy in the Philip
pines According to the dispatch Hol
man met his death by jumping over
board His act was presumably due
to ill health He was a native of Col
orado and was appointed to the navy
from Iowa in 1893 His father in New
York City has been notified of his
death
Taps Sounded for Sigel
NEW YORK Aug 25 Taps was
sounded yesterday for General Franz
Sigel Simple and unostentatious was
his funeral Surrounding the flag
covered coffin wherein lay the dead
general attired in the well worn uni
form he had used during the war
stood the few surviving comrades
who fought with the veteran in two
hemispheres Some of these spoke
simple eulogies and then the body was
carried to its last resting place in
Woodlawn cemetery followed by a
long line of scarred and crippled vet
erans bearing with them tattered
flags
Laborers Scarce in Mexico
MONTEREY Mexico Aug 23 T
B Fitzsimmons a contractor return
ed to Monterey after a trio over the
republic in search of laborers for rail
way construction He failed to se
cure a single workman At Tampico
he found that local contractors had
entirely exhausted the supply of la
borers and had dispatched a boat t
Jamaica to bring over 1000 more
negroes of that island
Carries Government Troops
COLON Columbia Aug 25 The
British steamer Bernard Hall of Liv
erpool which was chartered by the
Colombian government to transport
troops reached Colon from Savanilla
with 600 government soldiers on
board
Russia is Shaken
LONDON Aug 25 Violent earth
quakes were felt last Friday cables
the St Petersburg correspondent of
the Daily Mail at Andishan and Pav
lovsk near St Petersburg
Operation Kills Her
BERLIN Aug 25 Archduchess
Margare Sophie of Austria wife of
Albert duke of Wurtemburg died at
Gunden Austria as the result of an
operation for appendicitis
SCHOOL LAND LEASE CONTRACTS
Holders Arc Anxious to Obtain Full
Possession
LINCOLN Neb Aug 25 Recent
comment regard jg the applications
for the transformation of lease con
tracts on school land into sale con
tracts has had the effect of greatly
increasing the correspondence of the
land commissioners office for lease
holders all over the state are anxious
to obtain full possession and owner
ship of their land
Under the law which remained on
the statute books of the state from
1879 till 1897 a lease holder Avas en
titled to purchase the land he occu
pied provided he fulfilled all the ob
ligations or the contract and would
pay the state the full appraised value
of the land The legislature of 1897
repealed this law Former Land
Commissioner Wolfe held that the re
peal of the law invalidated the con
tracts and therefore he rejected all
applications for the purchase of land
Mr Follmer regrets that he is forced
to take a different stand for he
would prefer to have the state keep
all of the school land but he recog
nizes the fact that the contracts en
tered into by the state under the old
law cannot be repudiated Holders of
leases given prior to 1879 have also
asked to buy their rented land but
all of their applications have by both
commissioners been rejected for the
law under which their lease contracts
were given made no provision by
which they could buy the land as
was expressly provided in the subse
quent act
Any person desiring to purchase
land under a lease contract given be
tween 1879 and 1897 must pay all ex
penses of appraisement review or re
appraisement and they must be will
ing to pay the full market value of
the land This will be determined by
the value of land in the immediate
vicinity If land in the neighborhood
is worth 25 per acre on the market
the lease holder must pay that
amount or else be satisfied with his
lease contract
It is estimated that there are up
ward of 1000 000 acres of land now
occupied under leases given between
the years 1879 and 1897
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
The Authorities Are Predicting an In
creased Attendance
LINCOLN Neb Aug 25 Students
will soon begin to gather in Lincoln
for the thirty second annual session
of the University of Nebraska The
authorities of the institution predict
an increasing attendance and are pre
paring for more than the usual num
ber on the opening days of registra
tion
On September 8 the university
school of music will open its ses
sion and two days later the lectures
will begin in the affiliated school of
medicine at Omaha From Septem
ber 16 to 19 inclusive there will be
examinations and registration On
September 20 Chancellor Andrews
will deliver his annual opening ad
dress to the students and on Septem
ber 22 the regular class work of the
first semester will begin
Brown County Woman Wins Prize
LONG PINE Neb Aug 25 Last
spring an eastern seed company of
fered a prize of 50 for the best on
ions grown from their seed Mrs
George Hulshizer who lives north of
town sent them a sample of her on
ions and has been notified that she
is the winner of the prize This
speaks well for Brown county in com
petition with the rest of the country
Bassett is Building Up
BASSETT Neb Aug 25 Bassett
the seat of the government of Rock
county is experiencing a great boom
in all lines of business Several ele
gant and costly residences and busi
ness blocks are being erected a new
bank is to open its doors in a very
short time a fraternal building to
cost not less than 7000 or 8000 Is
to be constructed
Lightning Destroys Barn
OSCEOLA Neb Aug 25 In the
storm the barn of Jacob Deeds six
miles southwest of this place was
struck by lightning and burned to
gether with a quantity of grain hay
and two head of horses
Run Over by the Cars
PLATTSMOUTH Neb Aug 25
Stephen A Davis was accidentally
run down by a freight car at Cedar
Creek and instantly killed Deceased
was sixty five years old and had resid
ed in Cass county since 1856
Boy Drowned Near Wahoo
WAHOO Neb Aug 25 Roy aged
twenty three son of ex County Treas
urer J L Coleman was drowned
while in bathing with other young
men none of whom were good swim
mers
Restore the Old Style Recess
FREMONT Neb Aug 25 The
board of education has adopted a rule
restoring the old recess interval of
fifteen minutes each in the morning
and afternoon
PROMISE OF THE SUGAR CROP
Acreage of Bpets Reported Indicates
an Increase Over Last Year
LINCOLN Neb Aug 23 Deputy
Land Commissioner Watson has com
pleted the tabulation of returns on
acre age of sugar beets for Nebraska
for the current year and gave out the
figures Last year Nebraska produc
ed 14912300 pounds of beet sugar If
the average yield from the acreage
this year is but ten tons of 12 per
cent beets the sugar production for
the state will bo 16739500 pounds
The acreage by counties is
No of
Connty Acres
Adams 31
Antelope 40
Boone Ill
Buffalo 9S2
Burt 73
Cedar 135
Cheyenne 75
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Cuming HC
Custer 3T
Dakota 2S
Dixon 47
Dodge 2101
Douglas 211
Fillmore 7L
Furnas 49
Gage 41
Greeley IB
Hall 1233
Harlan 2 J
Hitchcock 255
Holt 210
Howard 2C
Jefferson 11
Johnson 20
Keith 21
Knox It
Lancaster 528
Lincoln 11S7
Madison 731
Merrick 421
Nuckolls 35
Otoe C3
Pierce 171
Platte 231
Polk r
Red Willow 640
Richardson 59
Saunders 3S3
Seward 95
Stanton 65
Thayer 38
Thurston 28
Valley r3
Washington 95
Wayne 19S
Total acres 11193
NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS
General Conditions Still Favor an Im
mense Yield of Corn
The last week was wet and cool in
the northern counties and warm and
dry in southern and western The
daily mean temperature has averaged
about normal in the eastern part of
the state and 2 degrees above normal
in the western
The rainfall has exceeded an inch
in some of the northern counties in
other parts of the state it has been
generally less than a quarter of an
inch
The cloudy moist and rainy weath
er in the northern counties the last
week retarded haying and threshing
In the southern and western coun
ties threshing progressed rapidly The
soil is so dry in the southern part of
thestate that little progress was made
with fall plowing Corn has grown
well in most parts of the state in
the southern part of the state it is now
needing rain while in some south
western counties the crop has already
been injured by lack of rain the acre
age thus affected is small and gener
ally the crop continues to promise a
very large yield Apples promise a
good crop
Demand for Space at Fair
LINCOLN Neb Aug 23 The state
fair managers are being overwhelmed
with applications for space at the
forthcoming exposition In the agri
cultural buildings practically every
foot of space is already taken and
the demand is almost as great in the
others
In the agricultural hall we have
800 linear feet of space and we have
exhibits now for much more than
that said S C Bassett a member
of the board of agriculture The
counties that have thus far applied
for permission to enter the collective
exhibit class are Washington How
ard Burt Antelope Scotts Bluff
Hitchcock Hayes Nemaha Franklin
Kearney Frontier Cuming Saline
Merrick and York
Mobilization of National Guard
LINCOLN Neb Aug 23 Adjutant
General Colby announced that he will
soon issue orders for the mobilization
of a portion of the Nebraska National
guard at Fort Riley Kan about Sep
tember 29 He intimates that the or
der will Include the two regiments
and possibly one or more of the inde
pendent companies The general re
ceived notice this afternoon that the
military maneuvers of the regular
army will be held at Fort Riley from
September 29 to October 8 It is the
intention of the Nebraska military au
thorities to have the state troops in
camp at the fort during these maneu
vers No orders will be issued how
ever until more definite information
is received from the war department
Child Drowns in a Tub
CARROLL Neb Aug 23 A 2-year-old
son of Bert Robinson was drowned
in a half barrel filled with water which
his mother was soaking up for pickling
purposes
Norfolk Man Badly Injured
NORFOLK Neb Aug 23 As W
M Deering was returning to his home
in the country his team became fright
ened and the pole dropping and catch
ing he was thrown out and injured
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THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations from South Omahax
and Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
CATTLE There was unothcr hig run or
cattle and In fuct receipts were much
heavier than was generally anticipated
Cornfed steers were scarce nna the mar
ket could safely be quoted steady and
active on desirablo prrades Nothing sold
higher than 1725 The cow market was
Just about steady on desirable stuff but
the medium and common stuff was a llttlo
slow and lower Bulls veal calves and
stags commanded Just about steady
prices Handy weight feeder bulls in par
ticular sold to good advantage as tho
demand for them was quite active The
great bulk of the receipts consisted oC
feeders and a large proportion of them
were of rather Inferior qaullty
western range steers that were good
enough for packers commanded steady
prices but there were not many killers
In the yards
HOGS There was not a heavy run or
hogs and tho supply at other points
was also- rather limited Puckers all
seemed to have liberal orders and as a
result he market opened fairly actvo
and SftlOc higher The bulk of all fcio
sales went from 6S0 to C90 ana as high
as 700 was paid
SHEEP Quotations for clipped stock
Good to choice yearlings 377fr410 fair
to good 350 375 good to choice weth
ers 3350360 fair to good wethers 31S
tfZ335 choice ewes 300325 fair to good
ewes 1250290 good to choice lambs
575G0O fair to good lambs 5255500
feeder wethers 2757335 feeder year
lings 3255 360 feeder lambs 350425
feeder ewes 125330
KANSAS CITY
CATTLE Corn ted cattle and grassers
dull steady to 20c lower stockers and
feeders lower choice export and dress
ed beef steers 745ft 800 fair to goodj
455f740 stockers and feeders 250H
475 western fed steers 450 27f90 Texas
and Indian steers 3153S0 Texas cows
22oQ300 native cows l25fT435 native
heifers 23oi400 canners JlKXSiOO
bulls 2655350 calves 2500 550
HOGS Market active 10c higher
ing weak top 720 bulk of sales 690
710 neavy 7000720 mixed packers
G80705 light 335 SG95 yorkers G9 V
G95 pigs 0505670
SHEEP AND LAMBS Sheep steady
native lambs 320S5G0 western lambs
300 5O0 native wethers 340tf 440 west
ern wethers 290 5395 fed ewes 3355
415 Texas clipped yearlings 3Kg383
Texas clipped sheep 2905310 stockera
and feeders 230 5220
DIES WHILE HIS BAND PLAYS J
Samuel Pryor Passes Away Listening
to Tones of Lively Music
ST JOSEPH Mo Aug 23 Samuel
Pryor founder of Pryors band andj
father of Arthur Pryor the celebrated
trombonist now touring with Sousa
died today of a gastrie disease
Prof Pryor was one of the interest
ing characters of this city 58 yearsl
of age and had never performed at
days labor at anything except musio
His band had filled engagements in
many of the leading cities of the coun j
try In response to a request of the
dying bandmaster his musicians play
ed lively airs for him as he passed
away several pieces being of his own1
composition J
Land Off the Market
BUTTE Mont Aug 23 A special
to the Miner from Great Falls saysri
An order has been received from
Washington withdrawing another
000000 acres of land in the Great Falls
district from entry The order is in
line with the intention of the govern
ment to push forward the St Marys
canal irrigation project as rapidly as
possible Three million acres havj
now been withdrawn and further
withdrawals are recommended within
thirty days
Cuts the Flour Rate
MINNEAPOLIS Aug 23 Traffic
representatives of the North Coast
lines and of the Minneapolis Chicago
lines held a conference today regard-
ing the disparity between flour rates
to Chicago and grain rates to that
center The result of the conference
was a decision that a 2 cent cut
should be made in flour rates to con
form to the recent reduction in grain
rates
Smallpox Raging
KINGSTON Jamaica Aug 23 The
British steamer which arrived here to
day from West Indian points brought
news of an alarming increase of cases
in the second outbreak of smallpox at
Barbadoes where the bodies of the
dead are being thrown into the sea
The Trent also brought details of the
murder of Myron a Scotchman by 110
riotous East Indian immigrants in
British Guinea
Train Kills Many Sheen
NEW SHARON la Aug 25 Far
mer Thomas of this place lost a large
number of sheep The flock strayed
over on the railroaTj track and got in
the way of a swiftly moving train
Sixty seven were killed
General Sigel Dead
NEW YORK Aug 23 General
Franz Sigel died at his home in this
city of old age He was in his 78th
year
Kills Pair of Deaf Mutes
KANSAS CITY Mo Aug 23 Ru
fus K Cravens and a man named O
P Nolan quarrymen were struck by
a westbound Rock Island passenger
train west of here today and killed
Both Tnen were deaf
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