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NEBRASKA
News in Brief
United States Consul Baldwin at
Nuremberg Germany is exonerated
after Inquiry Into a postal charge
The death roll In the Baltimore
Ohio wreck In Pennsylvania reaches
sixty eight It Is expected to grow
The state department announces
the appointment of Prof John Todd
Till to be consul general at Greytovn
Nicaragua
A marbie statue of the war gover
nor of West Virginia Francis H Pier
pont was placed in statuary hall at
the national capital
United States Senator Mark Hanna
has declined an invitatin to attend
the annual banquet of the Denver
chamber or commerce
One of the walls of the old Thir
teenth regiment armory building in
Brooklyn fell Two workmen were
killed and ceven others were badly
hurt
A terrific explosion of gas occurred
in the Nottingham mine of the La
high Wilkesbarre Coal company at
Plymouth Pa Three men were seri
ously burned two fatally
In a dispute over the services of a
negro tenant A D Fisher a young
planter of Claibourne county Missis
sippi was shot and killed by Waiter
Brown Brown surrendered
Alden D Swift of Chicago broke
the amateur golf championship record
of the west at the Country club golf
links of Santa Barbara Cal scoring
thirty three over a nine hole course
Part of the business portion of Sa
pulpa I T was destroyed by fire
The principal loss was sustained by
P C Hall Co general merchan
dise whose stock was valued at 50
000
James M Edge the bank teller who
embezzled about 110000 of the funds
of the First National bank of Pater
son N J was sentenced to seven
years imprisonment in the peniten
tiary
R R Nelson former United States
judge for the district of Minnesota is
at the hospital in St Paul critically
ill and but little hope is entertained
for his recovery Judge Nelson retir
ed from the bench in 1896
The treaty of arbitration between
France and Italy was signed by For
eign Minister Delcasse and Signor
Tornielli Italian ambassador at Paris
The treaty is identical with that be
tween France and Great Britain
After a harrowing experience in
which thirteen men nearly lost their
lives the bodies of the two Petersons
and of Gregorivich who were suffo
cated in the Isle Royale Mich mine
fire were brought to the surface
A petition in voluntary bankruptcy
was filed in the United States district
court by A H Fuchs president of the
A H Fuchs Millinery company of St
Louis The petition estimates his lia
bilities at 55682 and his assets at
10GG0
Walter Wellman says friends have
sent a cablegram to General Wood as
suring him that the senate committee
will report in his favor virtually
unanimously and that he will be con
firmed by an overwhelming vote in the
senate
The board of directors of the Union
Trust company of Baltimore which
was placed in the hands of a receiver
about two months ago decided to re
sume business The capital stock of
the company is 1000000 and re
sourcs about 3000000
The appointment of Postoffice In
spector Walter S Mayer to be inspec
tor in cha ge of the New York divi
sion of inspection work has been an
nounced at the postoffice department
Mr Mayer took an active part in the
investigation of the postoffice frauds
At an extraordinary meeting of the
Japanese cabinet it is learned that it
was decided to issue an emergency
ordinance authorizing the guarantee
of the principal and interest of an is
sue of 10000000 yen debentures on
tho Seoul Fusan railway which is ex
pected to be finished before the end
of next rear
Commissioner Richards of the gen
eral land office has announced his
A SECRET TREATY
RUSSIA SAID TO HAVE SECURED
A VANTAGE POSITION
ARMY AT CALL OF THE BEAR
This Is Secured by Having it Drilled
and Commanded by Rucsians
Greatly Increases Tension in East
Japan Also Gains a Foothold
NEW YORK A dispatch from Lon
don says the Tien Tsin correspondent
of the Standard revives the report
which was started a few days ago to
the effect that a secret treaty has been
signed between Russia and Corea
whereby Russia obtains the control of
the Corean army throiigh Russian in
structors The correspondent declares
this will greatly increase the tension
in the far east
TOKIO At an extraordinary meet
ing of the cabinet it is learned that
it was decided to issue an emergency
ordinance authorizing the guarantee
of the principal and interest of an
issue of 10000000 yen debentures on
the Seoul Fusan railway which is ex
pected to be finished before the end
of next year
At a dinner given by the Oriental
association former Minister Kato
who presided said he deeply regretted
that the people had not been taken
into the confidence of the government
regarding the position of affairs be
tween Japan and Russia Neverthe
less he said should the emperor de
clare war the nation would be found
ready to give him unanimous support
Count Okuma the former premier
said he agreed with the view express
ed by Mr Kato and he thought it was
now high time to let the people know
the actual position occupied by the
government He also declared that
not only a feeling of chivalry but a
desire for self preservation required
that Japan should buttress the integ
rity of China Both speakers thought
that the situation had reached an ex
tremely critical stage
ST PETERSBURG The Russian
government is still considering the re
ply of the Japanese government to its
note which was sent in answer to
Japans demands relating to the situ
ation in the far east A reconsidera
tion of the proposals made in the Rus
sian note is considered as a matter
of course here Russia has never
been disposed to take any step which
would lead to an abrupt termination
of the negotiations with Japan In
answer to many inquiries made by the
Associated Press the Russian foreign
office has always insisted that the
Russian proposals were so liberal
that it would be scarcely probable
to conceive any further concessions
While the foreign office is unwilling
to admit that Russia is preparing to
offer more than the concessions out
lined in the last note it is considered
possible that the government may
suggest changes by which the Russian
requirements may be met and satis
faction given to Japan
READY FOR ANY EMERGENCY
Gets Transoorts in Shape to
Take
Troops to Panama
WASHINGTON War department
officials admit that the transports
Sherman Buford and Crook now at
San Francisco are being made ready
for sea Primarily these vessels are
intended for the Manila service but
officials make no concealment of the
fact that they want to be ready for
any emergency which may arise and
should the government desire to use
any of them for the transportation of
troops to Panama the ships will be
rsady for that purpose Still the pos
itive assertion is made that no orders
have been received at the quartermas
ters office with this end in view It
is simply they say a question of be
ing prepared
The Sherman recently has returned
from Manila She is in need of some
repairs and the present intention oil
the quartermasters office is to send
her back o the Philippines on Feb
ruary 1 The Buford has been laid
up at San Francisco for two years
and just now she is being overhauled
and some coal saving appliances in
stalled The Crook is in need of a
thorough overhauling and renovating
which is being given her
President Takes Recess Too
WASHINGTON No cabinet meet
ings will be held in the holiday re
cess Such callers as the nresident
awards under the sealed bids may receive in the holidays will have
ed for timber on the ceded Chippewa
Indian lands in the state of Minnesota
in the vicinity of Cass lake the sale
for which was held December 1 1903
The total amount covered by the ac
cepted bids is 1432772
Secretary Shaw has rendered a de
cision sustaining the board of gen
eral appraisers in its decision that
certain silk ribbons involved in case3
brought before the beard were dutia
ble as trimmings and not as articles
of manufactured silk The effect of
the boards decision was to increase
the duty on the ribbons from 50 to
60 per cent ad valorem
The navy department has been ad
vised that the torpedo boat destroyer
Lawrence was disabled in a storm oS
Hatteras while on her recent run with
the- second torpedo flotilla from Hamp
ton Roads to Key West Repairs
which will consume a month will be
made at Key West
Labur demonstrations at Paris re
sulted in disturbances which made iT
necessary for the cavalry to clear the
streets A few of the demonstrators
were injured and several arrests were
made The affair however was not
serious
to make their engagements for the
afternoon as he will spend no time
in his office in the mornings Pre
dent Roosevelt left the White House
early Tuesday for a long ride He t
was unaccompanied when he left the
mansion but later was joined by a
friend
Favor Panama Treaty
PENSACOLA Fla Resolutions
have been adopted by the chamber of
commerce of Pensacola urging repre
sentatives of Florida in congress to
vote for the ratification of the Pan
ama treaty
Merriam Incident Closed
WASHINGTON In reference to
the alleged interview attributed to
Major General H C Merriam to the
effect that the proposed promotion of
General Wood would be harmful to
the army Secretary Root has receiv
ed a telegram from Secretary Merri
am dated Denver in which he de
clares that he has no authorized any
publications on any subject It is
understood that the gonrals statement
will be regarded as satisfactory at the
war department
ONE IN THREE GETS PLACE
Civil Service Report Shows What is
Done for Winners
WASHINGTON Frank M KIgglns
chief examiner of the civil sorvice
commission in his annual report says
that during the last fiscal year there
were 112624 persons examined for
the classified service of the overn
ment and 40423 appointments in all
branches of the service Of the ap
pointments 24 per cent were to pure
ly clerical positions 3 per cent to pro
fessional technical or scientific posi
tions 38 per cent to mechanical posi
tions requiring no educational exami
nation and 7 per cent to skilled la
bor positions not exactly mechanical
in their character but requiring no
educational examination Of all those
examined nearly 80 per cent passed
and 36 per cent of all examined were
successful in securing appointments
Mr Kiggins says the commission has
reduced its examinations to essential
tests of fitness and urges the consoli
dation of a large number of local
boards of examiners throughout the
country to secure closer supervision
and more effective administration
The report states that conditions of
employment in the Philippines are im
proving and the salaries for techni
cal men have been increased with
the result that within the last five
months more applicants have taken
examinations for that service than for
the preceding year
The number of Americans in that
service now constitutes more than 50
per cent of the entire force there
being 2777 Americans and 2697 Fil
ipinos in public employment As the
Filipinos acquire a knowledge of Eng
lish and become more familiar with
American methods they are expected
to take the places of Americans
WHITELAW REID ON EXPANSION
Seems to Fear Result of Extending
American Possessions
NEW YORK Responding to the
toast Forefathers Day at the an
nual dinner of the New England soci
ety Whitelaw Reid said in part
Shall we find a safe course by
roaming the oceans to drag in semi
tropical and revolutionary communi
ties to be made states in the Ameri
can union equal from the start to
ourselves with sometimes perhaps a
balance of power that may enable
them to govern us and the land of
our fathers Such questions have
burst upon us too suddenly out of our
expansion to justify at the outset
harsh criticism of any rash or ill-considered
proposals that may rise to
the rtirface in the first froth of public
discussion But I venture to predict
thai the time will come when the man
who shall propose the incorporation
irco a state of this government of the
United States of America of any is
land of the sea the Philippines the
Sandwich islands or Porto Rico will
be hunted from public life as a na
tional enemy whether he be animat
ed merely by lingering reminiscence
of the filibusters and slavery propa
ganda or whether he represent a su
gar trust in WaU street or a sage
brush trust in the United States sen
ate
REPRESENTATIVES NEW HOME
Vill Be Started Soon and to Cost Sev
eral Million Dollars
WASHINGTON Speaker Cannon
and Representatives Hepburn and
Richardson of Tennessee comprising
the commission having in charge the
construction of an office building for
the house of representatives were in
formed by Attorney General Knox that
the jury of condemnation had fixed
the price to be paid for the site at
741000 and that his department was
now engaged in reviewing title to the
various pieces of property preliminary
to the government taking title Th8
ground will then be cleared and the
erection of the building begun at
once The structure is to cost be
tween 3000000 and 4000000 and its
construction will take several years
Is Assigned to Nebraska
WASHINGTON At the request of
governors of the states indicated and
in conformity with the provisions of
the act known as the Dick militia
bill the secretary of war has detailed
the following officers of the army for
duty with the organized militia for
a period of four years unless sooner
relieved Brigadier General Aaron
S Daggett retired Nebraska and Ma
jor Robert W Dowdy Arkansas
While serving on these details the of
ficers named will receive the full pay
and allowance of their grades
Steel Mills Close Down
CHICAGO ILL The entire plant of
the Illinois Steel company at South
Chicago was closed down Wednesday
night for an Indefinite period throw
ing 6500 men out of employment No
notice was posted of when work would
be resumed in the great mills but at
the offices of the company it was said
that the shutdown would last for at
least three weeks When the mills are
reopened it is roported a wage cut
from 10 to 15 per cent will be put into
force
Miles of Railway 209855
CHICAGO According to the Rail
way Age the total railway mileage of
the United States on January 1 1904
will be 209855 miles the present year
having added 5723 miles This mile
age takes into account ali the new
track laid up to the last day of the
year Compared with 1902 the pres
ent year is about on a parity In mat
ter of railway- construction The
construction reported was done on 3S0
lines and in thirty nine states and ter
ritories Including Alaska
AWFUL ACCIDENT
OCCURS ON
THE BALTIMORE
OHIO
GREAT MANY LIVES ARE LOST
Fast Train Strikes an Obstruction
With Fearful Results Engine
Leaves Track Carrying all Coaches
to Brink of Precipice
CONNELLSVILLE Pa With a
terrible crash and a grinding noise
the Duquesne Limited the fastest
through passenger train from Pitts
burg to New York on the Baltimore
Ohio plowed into a pile of lumber
at Laurel Run two miles west of
Dawson at 745 Wednesday evening
Sixtj Tthree live were lost and thirty
persons were injured
The train left Pittsburg in the ev
ening running a few minutes late in
charge of William Thornley engineer
of Connellsville When approaching
Laurel Run which is a particularly
fine piece of road bed the train was
running at a high rate of speed Sud
denly the passengers were thrown
from their seats by the lightning like
application of the air brakes and a
moment later there was a terrible
crash
The train was made up of two bag
gage two day coaches one sleeper
and onle dining car and at the time
was carrying at the lowest estimate
150 passengers The train ploughed
along dfor a considerable distance and
the cars were torn to pieces passen
gers jumping screaming falling from
the wreck as it tore along Suddenly
the engine swerved to the left and
the coaches plunged down over the
embankment to the edge of the Youg
hiogheny river
The minute the cars stopped rolling
there was a wild scene Many were
pinioned beneath the wreckage and
the screams and cries that rent the
air were beyond description Many
were insane in their made excitement
and plunged into the river Others
pinioned beneath the heavy timbers
pleaded in agonized tones for release
So terrific was the force of the
wreck that nearly every passenger
suffered a moments unconsciousness
and many of the able bodied men
weie unable to assist in helping the
injured from the wreck on account of
having fainted
The official statement of Superin
tendent W C Loree follows
No 12 was derailed by running into
some switch timbers or timbers ol
about that size derailing the engine
and cars All the cars are badly dam
aged Dont think any of the equip
ment will be able to go away from
the accident on its own wheels ex
cept possibly the Pullman cars and
the diner The engine lies across
both tracks The baggage car is over
the bank The first coach is partly
over the bank The balance of the
train is badly twisted I judge thirty-five
people killed All the killed
were in the smoker Escaping steam
from the engine went into the first
coach scalding the people Very few
of the other pasengers were injured
Injured have been taken from the
wreck and are lying on the bank En
gineer and fireman cannot be found
The killed were mostly foreigners
who were in the smoker just back of
the baggage car They were literally
roasted to death the baggage and
smoker telescoping the engine and im
mediately catching fire Many of their
bodies are lying burned to a crisp in
the baggage room of the Baltimore
Ohio depot to be removed later to
tho different undertaking shops of
the city
Chinamen Have to Hurry Now
SAN FRANCISCO Chinese labor
ers are rushing into Canada by tho
hundreds and on every steamer from
the Orient they are arriving here en
route to British Columbia The
cause for the sudden influx into Can
ada lies in the fact that the Canadian
government recently enacted a law
by which every Chinaman landing on
British soil after January 1 willl be
compelled to pay a head tax of 500
Under the present law the Chinese
are required to pay only 5
Dutch Vote to Buy Guns
THE HAGUE The second chamber
of the Dutch parliament voted 1500
000 to purchase new Krupp quick firing
guns The measure was only carried
by 50 to 38 votes and after a heated
debate the socialists and progressists
contesting the necessity for a large
army expenditure especially in view
of the outlay required in connection
with new social legislation
Bryan Buys Old Homestead
CENTRALLIA ILL The real es
tate transfers show the sale by Sena
tor Charles E Hall to William Jen
nings Bryan of the old Bryan home
stead on Broadway in Salem This is
the house in which William Jennings
Bryan was born The consideration
named in the deed is 2000 and Col
onel Bryan traded an eighty acre farm
in this county for it
Violate Their Agreement
ALTOONA Pa The Buffalo
Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and
Coke company announced a wage re
duction at its Helvetia operations
amounting to 10 per cent to go into
effect January 1 While the Helvetia
miners are a comparatively insignifi
cant part of the Buffalo Rochester
and Pittsburg companys workings
the reduction is considered prophetic
of a more sleeping move by the
company shortly which will cut the
wages of 1G000 men
The Omaha Field club has amend
ed its articles of incorporation fixing
the capital stock at 25000 making
the annual dues 20 and providing for
the dismissal of those members sixt
days delinquent in payment of dues
Notice has just been received in Fre
mont of a general increase of wages
of telegraphers on the Northwestern
system The increase runs from 25
to 10 per month It is understood
that the increase is restricted to op
erators only
Brigadier General Aaron S Dag
gett retired has been assigned for
duty in an advisorj capacity in Ne
braska and will hold schools of in
struction for officers and members of
the national guard He will have lm
headquarters in the state capitol He
now lives in Boston
At the state penitentiary Christmas
morning the convicts were given an
entertainment for their own benefit
at which only they and officers of the
institution were present In the even
ing they were given a musical ar7
literary at which the public were ad
mitted
Letters indicating the widespread
interest in the coming session of the
Nebraska State Teachers association
are being received in large numbers
at the office of the local committee
in Lincoln Reports from even the re
mote part3 of the state indicate an
unusual interest in the association
The signal corps of the Nebraska
national guard has returned its Krag
Jorgensen rifles to the adjutant gen
erals department and will receive re
volvers instead Hereafter the corps
will do nothing but regular signal
work Ten of the guns have been re
tained however for drilling recruits
I was in no way identified with the
active business of the Casper bank
said Auditor Weston who has just re
turned from Wyoming and the fail
ure was as much a surpriso to me
as any one Lack of conservatism
was the cause of the failure There
was nothing criminal in the transac
tions of the bank
Ike Pollard a well known character
about Humboldt has been arrested and
taken before Police Judge Thompson
on a charge of bootlegging the com
plaint being made by Marshal Todd
who claims the prisoner furnished
liquor to a farmer named Strunk who
was thrown from his wagon about a
week ago by a unaway team
The farmers around Deshler are
now gathering the largest corn crop
ever grown there The two elevator
people have about filled what cribs
they have and the crop has just be
gun to move and unless other ar
rangements are made farmers around
Deshler will not be able to market
their corn as cars are getting scarce
Several farmers hunting in the
southern part of Sarpy county along
the bottoms of the Platte river dis
covered the body of a man lying face
down and terribly decomposed in a
clump of underbrush not far from the
river Coroner Armstrong was noti
fied and went to see the body immedi
ately He said that from appearances
It had been lying there at least six
weeks The body was terribly mu
tilated and indicated that whether
death was the result of a murder or
suicide careful precautions were tak
en to make it sure Theories of both
murder and suicide are current
Merchants of Pawnee City report an
unusually large Christmas trade
After having served a term of fif
teen years less good time allowance
for the theft of a 2 cent postage
stamp Ellsworth P DeFrance last
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
THE STATE AT LARGE
The town of Madison boasts of the
best orchestra In northeastern Ne
braska
Fremont is rcislng a fund for en
tertainment of the firemens tourna
ment n January
The Glen Rock Grain company has
filed articles of incorporation with
the secretary of state The concern
has a capital stock of 1000
Immediately upon retiring from tho
supreme court Judge Sullivan will re
turn to the practice of law He has
already been retained In a number of
cases
Norris Reed of Nebraska City has
accepted a position in the office of
the general passenger agent of the
G S S F railway with headquar
ters at Galveston
The sugar facto y at Leavitt has
closed down for the season so far
as the slicing of beets is concerned
A few days will still be necessary to
get all the sugar made up
County Superintendent W H Hy
land of Stanton county was the first
to report to State Superintendent Fow
ler the completion of the county ap
portionment of school moneys
The state board of charities and
corrections will investigate the con
dition of the Lancaster county jail
and poor farm in the near future Thy
jail Is said to be in a most unsanitary
condition
The 5-year-old daughter of George
Work residing a few miles south of
Callaway was kicked by a horse the
hoof striking the head on the left
side just above the ear and render
ing her unconscious for eight hours
BANKS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE
-
Report Indicates There is No Mone
tary Stringency In Nebraska
LINCOLN Secretary Royse of tho
State Banking board has completed his
report of the condition of the banks
of the state based on tho November
call Compared with the statement
of November 25 1902 this report
shows
Deposits Increase S25SG2G28S
Loans increase l8f35G74S
Capital increase 1S510003
Bills pnyable and rediscounts
decrease 22
Compared with the statement of Sep
tember 5 103 the last preceding report
the report shows
Deposits decrease 13275GC2I
Loans Increase 230807191
Capital increase 17I000C
Number of banks increase r
Number of depositors 11G14
Reserve decrease per cent 7
Banks now hold a reserve of 29Vi por
cent the legal requirement being 13 per
cent
Of the report Mr Boyso says
Concidering the brisk demand for
moneyand the tendency to the with
drawal of deposits at this the liquidat
ing season of the year and the number
of cattle being fed in the state on ac
count of the low prices prevailing at
this time the condition of the banks
under state supervision as shown by
this report is especially gratifying
While the report shows a decrease of
deposits as compared with the Sep
tember 5 1903 report the decrease is
not as great as might be expected It
also shows a very decided gain in all
important features for the year
There has been a slight decrease in
reserve since tho September 5 1903
report but an increase since the re
port of a year ago and the banks now
hold a reserve of 29 Vi per cent nearly
double the legal requirement
It will be observed by the increase
in reserve and the decrease of bills
payable and notes and bills rediscount
ed over that of a year ago that money
is decidedly easier with the banks of
Nebraska at the date of this report
than one year ago
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts C31 303292
Overdrafts
Bonds stocks securities
merits claim3 etc
Due from national state and
private banks and bankers
Banking house furniture and
Other real estate
C711207
113080114
3CG34345
Premium on United States and
otlier bonds and securities 10SG9
Cash items 920316i
Cash 2071S991
Total T1S97LM931
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in S S01810OM
Surplus fund 142727719
Undivided profits 193vl714
Dividends unpaid 13lll0f
Deposits 37073S822J
Notes and bill rediseounted 19907310
Bills payable S071513 S
Total 1S97 U99CJ
Number of banks reporting 01
Number of depo itors 11S4S4
MET THE BETTER RATE
Lushton Shipper Gets Concessions
from wo Railroads
The Omaha Bee printed a specif
from Lushton Neb in which the fol
lowing statement was made
A shipper of grain here learned
something regarding rate on grain
over the Northwestern and the Bur
lington railroads and was made a rate
on a shipment of wheat through or
around Omaha that was not on the
published tariff rates but is supposed
to have been made this shipper by rea
son of the cut rate made by the Great
Western and the agitation of the Oma
ha business men for a grain market
in Omaha The grain dealer ordered a
grain car empty for wheat to be ship
ped to Omaha and as a shipment to
Omaha was out of the ordinary and
customary way of billing grain the
railroad agent asked him Where do
you intend to bill the grain after it
gets to Omaha He was told that it
was going to Minneapolis over an
otner road tnat made a cheaper rate
and that by getting the car billed to
Omaha and then shipped over another
road he could get a better rate than
the published through rates on the
railroad here The local agent at once
took the matter up with the head of
fice in Omaha and it was not long un
til he had instructions to accept the
car for shipment direct through over
their road to its destination and to
make a rate that was the same Since
that lime the grain buyer has been
taking advantage of this rate
Something Doing Anyway
The Hawaiian delegate to congress
Prince Kalauiauoale was chatting
with a friend who said to him You
people in congress dont seem to be
accomplishing much in the way of leg
islation at this extra session No
were not passing many laws said
Prince Cupid as Le is called but
look at the mileage some of us draw
Thirty Days to Pay Million
LINCOLN Judge Holmes issued an
order directing that Charles A
auff pay the purchase price of the rail-
week stepned from the federal prison i ua liea 1100000 into court within
at Sioux Falls S D a free man The
case is a remarkable one DeFranco
held up a mail carrier in Nebraska
and although it was shown at the
trial that he securel enly the post
age stamp ho was sentenced for life
This was afterward commuted by
President llclvialey ro fifteen years
thirty days nnd that the Trtction
company might have six days to re
deem Failing to do so Frueauff
would get a deed to the property This
ruling is virtually a victory for the
company as it could redeem after
Frueauff has beon rut to the trouble
of paying in the 1CC0000