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MOVE OF RUSSIA
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SE OGCUPATIONOF MANCHURIA
Troopo Put Back Into Nev Chwang
Secretary Hay is Conferring- by
Wire with President Roosevelt
About the Matter
WASHINGTON D C The state
department has received official con
firmation from its agents in China of
the Increase of the Russian garrison
in Now Chwang Manchuria and
there is reason to believe if Presi
dent Roosevelt appproves that it is
preparing to take vigorous steps in
the matter
Secretary Hay is in communication
with the president in California and
upon the latters decision the secre
tarys course will depend
It is stated that the department has
liad it3 patience taxed by the course
of events in Manchuria and that it
now contemplates a more radical step
than any which has heretofore mark
ed the negotiations between the pow
ers on this subject
The proposed step contemplates
joint action by Japan England and
the United States
Preceding negotiations have been
hampered by the liability of this gov
ernment to act jointly with other na
tions without violating its traditions
but it is now hinted that some plan
of co operation with England and
Japan may be devised which will have
the effect of convincing the Russian
government of the united determina
tion of the three nations to insist1
upon Russias evacuation of Manchu
ria while not actually committing the
United States to a formal alliance
This program is subject to the ap
proval of the president If it is not
looked upon with favor bv him
the state department may fall back
upon its former method of individual
representation to Russia and ask an
other explanation to the happenings
in Manchuria
In such an event the Russian an
swer is already forecasted by the of
ficials here According to advices to
the powers the troops were to have
been withdrawn from New Chwang
just one month ago Friday It is un
derstood that as a matter of fact a
portion of tae Russian force was
withdrawn from barracks in the city
to tents outside It is presumed
from Pekin advices that these troops
have returned to the city However
it is pointed out that Russia employ
ed a saving clause in the promise to
withdraw from Minchuria the lan
guage being provided however that
the action of other powers shall not
stand in the way
Russia it is understood now claims
that this provision was a violation by
Japan when she mobilized her fleet
and otherwise showed signs of mili
tary preparations which were con
strued as a menace to Russia
CLEVELAND NOT A CANDIDATE
Statement to that Effect is Made by
Willim J Vilas
MILWAUKEE Wis A special l j
the Sentinel from a staff correspond
ent from Madison Wis says
Grover Cleveland will not be a ca
didate for president on the demo
cratic ticket This is the statement
of William J Vilas secretary of the
interior m Clevelands cabinec ar d
beyond question one of the closest
political and personal friends the e
president has in the country
Senator Vilas has recently visited
the Cleveland home in Princeton and
passed several days in the cqinpany
of the ex president He has also re
cently corresponded with Mr Cleve
land
Spotted Fever on the Ships
PHILADELPHIA Pa Deaaly co
ebro spinal meningitis popularly
known as spotted fever and one
of the hardest contagious diseases to
combat has broken out in the ranks
of the 1200 men aboard the receiving
ships Minneapolis and Puritan at
League Island navy yard Already u
has killed three young recruits while
five more victims are hoveimg be
tween life and death
Buys Mexican Mine
EL PASO Tex Senator W A
Clark of Montana has bought from
Sol Charles oPRosario mines the
famous GuadaTpupe Colve group of
mines in Chihuahua Mex The price
was 500000
Rainmaker Goes to Utah
ST LOUIS Dr R J Hyatt gov
ernment weather forecaster in St
Louis for six years left Tuesday to
commence his duties as forecaster at
Salt Lake City -
Because cf the rapid falling of the
Mississippi river it maybe necessary
fpr the Arkansas to be relieved N of
some of her fittings In order to en
able her to get to New Orleans in
safety
1 H iil S I H H
t THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations From South
Omaha and Kansas City
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SOUTH OMAHA
CATTLE There was aliberal run of
cattle and in fact receipts -were con
siderably ahead of expectations The
beef steer market could bo quoted
steady to a shade lower There was
quite a little unovenness to the trade
and It was very evident that packers
wore not very anxious for supplies as
the blr run all the wek has tilled them
up In good shape As a general thing
the medium and handy weight cat
tle sold at about steady prices but
the heavy cattle were slow The
cow market showed very little
change The big bulk of the offerings
consisted of beef steers so the supply
of cows and heifers was not excessive
The better grades In particular sold
freely at steady prices Bulls held just
about steady and veal calves sold in
yesterdays notches but they are lower
than they were a week ago There
wore very few stackers and feeders on
sale and the demand was very limited
The few cattle that did arrive In most
cases had to sell a little lower
HOGS There was quite a liberal run
of hogs but the market held about
steady At the start packers took hold
quite freely and a good many traders
were calling the market steady to
strong The hogs though were a good
deal heavier than yesterday which
helped out the apeparance of the mar
ket on paper to quite an extent To
ward the close though the packers
seemed to have their more urgent or
ders filled so that the last end of the
market was slow and weak The bulk
of the medium weights sold fiom 6
62 to GG5
SHEEP Quotations for clipped
stock Choice western lambs 600
G50 fair to good lambs 5500pG00
choice western wooled lambs G50
715 fair to good wooled lambs G00j
G50 choice lightweight yearlings 550
575 fair to good yearlings 4500
525 choice wethers 500 ft 525 fair to
good wethers 5425465 choice ewes
54505465 fair to good ewes 5350
425 feeder lambs 350450 feeder
yearlings 5350 4 00 feeder wethers
S350400 feeder ewes 325350
KANSAS CITV
CATTLE Beeves steady to strong
quarantine steady cows and heifers
steady to weak stackers and feeders
steady choice export and dressed beef
steers 460fj 525 fair to good 350fi
465 stackers and feeders 5280 515
western fed steers 350475 Texas
and Indian steers 250 475 Texas
cows 1755365 native cows 150
440 native heifers 2S0ffi475 canners
1107260 bulls 275425 calves
2607i675
HOGS Market steady to strong
top 6S0 bulk of sales G60G72iA
heavy 66710G80 mixed packers
655 672 light 635fl 660 yorkers
6536G0 pigs 5S5630
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market active
and strong native lambs 425 700
western lambs 400 J 690 fed ewes
373 525 native wethers 400 585
Texas clipped sheep 400jGOO stack
ers and feeders 370 430
JAPANESE ARMY PERFECT
Will Not Be in Background in Event
cf Trouble
SAN FRANCISCO Cal Mr Shi
mizu the recently appointed Japan
ese consul at Chicago who arrived
here on the Nippon Maru on the way
to his new post said regarding the
Russian Manchurian trouble
The statement that the arsenals
are working day and night and turn
ing out vast amounts of military
stores may be true For the past
four years the government has aimed
at building up a standing army which
would oe ready and capable of enter
ing the lists in case of international
trouble
NEBRASKA GIRL IS SECOND
Result of the Interstate Oratorical
Contest
SIOUX CITY la The interstate
oratorical contest in which six states
were represented was won by Harry
C Culver of Cornell college Mount
Vernon la the subject being A Po
litical Problem The prize was 50
Miss Florence Hope of Grand Island
college Nebraska was wcond Irvin
B Wood of Hamline university St
Paul third Others in the contest
were Garland C Greeve of Central
college Fayette Mo James G Get
ty of Hedding college Abingdon III
Warren Barber of Ripon college Wis
consin These six orators were the
survivors of a contest in which forty
four colleges took part
He May Abolish the Route
WASHINGTON D C The post
office department on Friday sent to
Inspector Connor of the rural free de
livery service at Nashville Tenn
written instructions to investigate
the matter of the rural carrier held
up near Gallatin Tenn Postmaster
General Payne said that he would
probably abolish the routs
Bills Were Settled for Kim
KANSAS CITY Mo Lieutenant
John F McCarthy Nineteginfan
try was arrested In thiscuSFriflay
night by the police and was taken
to Fort Leavenworth by Soldiers He
is at the post under arest awaiting
court martial It was supposed by
his fellow officers when they paid
the bills of the local merchants who
caused his arrest on criminal charges
that McCarthys resignation would
be accepted
LIFE IN FAR OFF OREGON
What Old Friends Had to Relato
After a Long Separation
As a reporter was walking doirn
Alder street yesterday a man whom
he did not at once recognize accost
ed him and in a few words showed
that he was an old friend who had
been absent from the city for a num
ber of years As they walked along
he asked the reporter if he remem
bered the time Sandy Olds shot Emil
Weber The reporter replied that lie
remembered the incident
Well said the returned friend I
happened along at Third and Alder
just in time lo see the shooting and
the sight got onto my nerves and
rather badly rattled me You came
along and remarked that I was look
ing pale and suggested that we go
down to the Reception and get a
drink to brace me up We did so
he continued and I would like to
return the compliment now
I had thought that incident was
closed was the reply Weber was
killed by Olds shot and Olds after
serving a year in the penitentiary and
knocking about the coast as a roust
about gambler for years finally died
of consumption in Albina something
over a year ago How long is it since
that shooting occurred
Oh twelve to fifteen years
Well that is a long time between
drinks but the Reception has moved
and I have quit drinking so we will
excuse the return of the compliment
Your memory of the treat however
goes to show that there is something
of the old saying Cast your bread
upon the waters and it will some
times return after many days
though generally in a very soaked
condition
Many old residents will remember
the shooting of Weber by Olds but it
is doubtful if many of them have any
drink coming to them in connection
with the tragedy Portland Oregon
ian
A Toast
A toast to those who come to grace
This day our board
And with the cheer of smiling face
To share our board
They are our friends and friends are
sent
O plan benign
To be the homes best ornament
Heavn spare me mine
And may our larder eer contain
Of meat and drink
Enough to forge for friendships chain
Another link
Youths Turning to Crime
The startling statement is made in
Minneapolis that of the forty one pris
oners in the Hennepin county jail
not one is above twenty three years
of age The condition that brings
about this state of affairs is worth in
quiring into A Hennepin county
judge commenting upon the situa
tion says that he believes the increase
of crime among young men is due
to their being forced out of many
sources of employment by girls The
one thing certain is the fact that
there are more young men occupying
cells in jails and penitentiaries than
there were a few years ago and it
behooves those persons who interest
themselves in criminology to inquire
into the conditions that have brought
about this increase in the criminal
tendencies of young men
The War of Corpuscles
The war between the white corpus
cles of the blood and the microbes
of disease was first described by the
Russian pathologist Metchnikoff
While devoting himself to the study
of inflammations he in each case
noted the presence of white cells in
the blood currents in abnormal num
bers Inside these white cells he in
variably found the specific microbe
of the disease under consideration
it seemed that the big corpuscles
were devouring the poisonous mi
crobes faometimes the number taken
up by a corpuscle was too great and
it died as a result If this overcom
ing of the white corpuscles by th
microbes was general the patienn
died
Bishop Potters Position
Bishop Potter was unable to attend
the Clara Morris testimonial at tho
Broadway theater last week and so
wrote a letter saying it wasnt be
cause of his lack of appreciation of
Miss Morris or of the calling to
which she had brought so much
honor but because of pressing en
gagements elsewhere
Besides he wrote on I half fear
that the audience might feel toward
me as once did an old maid parish
ioner of mine whom I visited in ill
ness T like you in the pulpit she
said but out of it you are simply
odious New York Times
A Problem for Scientists
Prof Reitter recently introduced
to the Society for Internal Medicine
in Vienna a woman with a musical
heart For the last four years she
has suffered from palpitation and
about eighteen months ago she notic
ed for the first time a peculiar sing
ing noise in her breast which was
also audible to other persons nd
rose and fell in strength and pitch
The sound is said to be due to a mal
formation of the heart valves which
sets up vibration
Encroachments of the Sea
Careful calculations made a few
years ago show that the thirty six
miles of Yorkshire coast between
Flamborough and Spurn Head lost an
nually two yards and a quarter or
thirty acres a year Over one mile in
breadth has been lost since the Nor
man conquest and two since the occu
pation of York by the Romans Other
parts of the English coast also suffer
greatly from the encroachments of the
ocean
The Reason J
Do you know what moves the tides
As they swing from low to high
Tls the love love love
Of the moon within the sky
O they follow where she guides
Do the faithful hearted tides
Do you know what moves the earth
Out of winter into spring
Tis the love love love
Of the sun the mighty king
O the rapture that finds birth
In the kiss of sun and earth
Do you know what makes sweet songs
Ring for me above earths strife
Tls the love love love
That you bring Into my life
O the glory of the songs
In the heart where love belongs
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Chicago Amer
ican
Bottled Moonshine
Nothing in the world is more like
bottled moonshine than phosphoric
oil A light without heat Astonish
ing But it is so The light emitted
by phosphoric oil is an unearthly
spiritual kind of light However
near we are to its luminous influence
it nevertheless always appears to be
at a distance As it is probable that
light from this source will have a
practical application in places where
the common artificial light would be
dangerous we shall explain the pro
cess for making it For experiment
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take a thin glass vial about half fill
it with olive oil then drop into it a
piece of phosphorus the size of a
bean Now place the bottle in boiling
hot water until the oil is quite hot
shake it now and then and the phos
phorus will dissolve Keep the vial
well corked and let it get cold
Whenever you want a little moon
shine take the cork out of the bottle
shake the oil and there will be light
Optical Illusion
When the eye is steadily occupied in
viewing any particular object or when
it takes a fixed direction while the
mind is occupied with any engrossing
topic of speculation or of grief it sud
denly loses sight of or becomes blind
to objects seen directly This takes
place whether we use one or both eyes
and the object which disappears will
reappear without any change in the
position of the eye while other objects
will vanish and appear in succession
without any apparent cause If a
sportsman for example is watching
with intense interest the motions of
one of his dogs his companion will van
ish and the light of the heath or of the
sky will close in upon the spot which
he occupied
In order to witness this illusion put
a little bit of white paper on a green
cloth and within three or four inches
of it place a narrow strip of white
paper At the distance of twelve or
eighteen inches fix one eye steadily
upon the little bit of white paper
and in a short time a part or
even the whole of the strip of paper
will vanish as if it had been removed
from the green clotTl It will again ap
pear and again vanish the effect de
pending greatly on the steadiness with
which the eye is kept fixed This illu
sion takes place when both eyes are
open though it is easier to observe it
when one of them is closed The Same
thing happens when the object is
luminous When a candle is thus seen
by indirect vision if never wholly dis
appears but it spreads itself out into
a cloudy mass the center of which is
blue encircled with a bright ring of
yellow light
Beetles as Saws
Some large bettles are as good as
circular saws They seize a branch
or twig with their deeply toothed
jaws and whirl round and round un
til the twig is sawed off They have
been known to saw a twig as thick
as a walking stick in this manner
Beautiful African Turtle
One of the most beautiful turtles in
the world is found in Africa and a
few fine specimens were recently cap
tured there and taken to Europe
That they will thrive in a strange
country is by no means certain
Lhough a few naturalists who have
spent some months in German East
Africa and who have carefully studied
these turtles are confident that they
will quickly become acclimatized
The beauty of these torpid and
rather ungainly animals is in the shell
which covers and protects almost the
entire body Unlike that of the ordi
aary turtle which is singularly lack
ing in richness and variety of color
this shell attracts the eye at once by
the beautiful gold and brown stripes
which run down it and by the little
clusters of critason which are found
here and there
Firele3s Smoke a Chemical Feat
The following experiment is easily
made and because of its peculiar
action and beautiful result it is well
ft
The Smoke in the Tubes
worth performing Take two small
glass tubes of equal size which are
closed at one end Into one of them
put a small amount of hydrochloric
acid muriatic acid and pour it out
again Now cover this with a piece
of paper or cardboard until you are
ready to use it Into the other tube
put a little ammonia and pour it out
as you did the hydrochloric acid
Now place the two tubes together
mouth to mouth with the paper be
tween and you will notice no change
until you pull the paper from be
tween the two tubes when the two
tubes will fill wun a dense smoke
like vapor This is caused by the
combining of the two gases left in the
tubes by the ammonia and hydroch
loric acids
Married the Whole Family
John Newberry and Patsy Barrom
were married at Tullahoma Tenn
the other day About 35 years ago
Newberry married the widow Sallie
Barrom who was then the mother of
three daughters Judy Martha and
Patsy Four years after the marriage
with the widow she died A year later
he married Judy the eldest daughter
of his deceased wife In two years
Judy followed her mother to the grave
He then took unto himself Martha to
wife who after living a number of
years followed her sister and mother
to the grave So the marriage last
week of Newberry and Patsy absorbs
the whole family of original Bar
roms
Greek Cross Puzzle
Draw on a piece of paper or card
ie
board the form of a Greek cross viz
an equal armed cross
Then with two clean cuts divide
it into pieces which rejoined form
a square
Mr Badger the Sagacious
A badger which had made its home
among the granite cliffs dealt with the
fire god with sagacity and skill A
friend while painting a seapiece dis
covered a badgers lair and thought to
play the animal a practical joke Gath
ering together a bundle of grass and
te 2u
weeds he placed it inside the mouth
of the hole and igniting it with o
match waited for the ignominious
flight of the astonished householder
But Master Badger was a resourceful
animal and not disposed to be made
a butt of practical Jokers He soon
came up from the depths of his hole
as soon as the penetrating smoke told
him that there was a fire on the prem
ises and deliberately scratched earth
on the burning grass with his strong
claws until all danger was past ino
human being could have grasped tho
situation more quickly or displayed
greater skill in dealing with an un
familiar event Nature
Urspilt Water in Glass Upside Dovn
When we look at a glass of water
we quite naturally expect that if wo
turn it upside down it will all fall out
and this is generally so but with a
small place of thin paper wo may turn
the glass of water upside down with
out spilling a drop Fill a drinking
glass as full of water as it will hold
Take a piece of paper and press it
tightly over the top of the glass Turn
the glass upside down holding your
hand a moment on the paper over the
top and then remove the hand
If tho experiment has been done
carefully and there is no air left in
The Inverted Glass of Water
the glass the water will remain in the
glass for some time
More Conundrums
Why is a garden a sociable place
Because the plants have numberless
s talks
WJiat tree is one of the hardest to
climb The slippery elm
Plant a stove manufactory and what
will come up O ranges oranges
Why is a knock at the door like an
overcoat It is an outside wrap rap
Who may be said to have had the
largest family in America George
Washington for he wa3 the father of
his country
If a monkey wished to announce
that he was sick how could he do it
and at the same time mention tho
medicine he wanted Ape ill a
pill
Plant a calendar and what will come
up Dates
Why is a perfumer like one who
coins pennies He makes scent3
cents
Why are crockeryware dealers un
like all other shopkeepers Because
it wont do for them to crack up their
goods
Why was Independence day 1902
like the letter Y Because it was the
last Fourth of July
Plant gum and what will come up
What you chew sir choose sir
How far is it from February to
June A single spring
Why is a sheet of paper like a lazy
dog A sheet of paper is an ink lined
plane inclined plain and an inclined
plain is a slope up slow pup and a
slow pup is a lazy dog
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