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News in Brief I
Alter seven months of fruitless
sittings the session of the Cuban con
gress has closed
Three were killed and fifteen wound
ed in a fight with brigands In a sub
urb of the City of Mexico
Francis G Laddon of Staatsburg
N Y has been appointed third sec
retary of the American embassy at
Berlin
Prince Henry of Prussia Intends to
give up his residence at the old castle
of Kiel for his new chaceau at Hem
melmark
The wealthiest congressional candi
date this year is said to be Mayor An
drus of Yonkers N Y His honors
valuation is Bet at 3000000
At Mobile la Charles Harding shot
his wife three times and then turned
the pistol on himself the bullet pene
trating the base of the brain
A dispatch to the Lokal Anzelger
from Mukden says the Eighth Russian
army corps has arrived there and that
General Kuropatkin will make new
plans immediately
A movement has been begun In Ral
eigh N C for the erection of a mon
ument to United States Senator M W
Ransom who died recently It will
be placed in Capital square
Frederick Douglas Morrison of Bal
timore recognized as one of the ablest
educators of the blind In the world
died last Saturday from the effects
pf an operation for appendicitis
Great Britain keeps hold on Thibet
by proposing to occupy Chumbi Val
ley the key to the country until the
entire amount of the 3750000 In
demnity demanded has been paid
British military experts are of the
opinion that the battle of the Shakhe
river has resulted in a victory for the
Japanese and that the Russians are
now returning north of the Hun river
King Edward gave a luncheon at
Buckingham palace in honor of Ad
miral Jewell and other naval officers
Ambassador Choate Secretary White
and Attache Stockton were also pres
ent
Edward L Bartlett solicitor of New
Mexico since 18S9 and once adjutant
general of the territory is dead at
Santa Fe of pneumonia He was born
In Maine and went to Santa Fe in
1881
When Mayor McClellan of New
York tried to register last week the
registrars did not recognize him and
demanded his naturalization papers
when he told them he was born in
Germany
The unexpired portion of the sen
tence of confinement of General Pris
oner Benjamin Ladyburig late pri
vate of Company B First battalion of
engineers has been ordered remitted
by General Wint
The decision of the National Spir
itualistic association in convention at
St Louis to nominate the officers by
ballot kept the assembly in an uproar
for two hours It was finally decided
to postpone the election
Charles B Pfahler of Chicago re
signed as chief clerk of the depart
ment of concessions of the Louisiana
purchase exposition Mr Pfahler or
ganized the accounting system in use
at the Columbian exposition
A Liao Yang telegram says that ac
commodations for the wounded are
exhausted A service of hospital trains
has been organized to take the Jap
anese wounded to New Chwang where
hospital ships are in the harbor
Prof Barrett Wendell o Harvard
university has sailed for Europe to de
liver at the Sorbonne in Paris during
the coming winter lectures in Eng
lish every week on America Ameri
can Ideas and Institutions
Frank F Holmes of Chicago In his
report as secretary treasury of the
National Association of Local Fire In
surance Agents at its opening session
in St Louis hints at further trouble
in the Cook County insurance case
There is a slump in the coke busi
ness in the Connellsville region
Ovens are being blown out throughout
the region the yards contain thou
sands of tons of coke and the sidings
are filled with loaded cars with no
destination
Mr McCormack the American am
bassador to Russia called at the state
idepartment to pay his respects to Sec
retary Hay and Assistant Secretary
Loomis The ambassador had satis
factory reports to make regarding the
condition of Russo American relations
A slight earthquake shock travel
ing from northwest to southwest was
felt at St Louis The disturbance
was recorded on the seismograph in
the weather bureau exhibit of the
Philippine government at the Worlds
fair The earthquake caused a slight
rattling of dishes in parts of St Louis
but did no damage
A resolution disapproving of reci
procity with Canada was adopted by
the Vermont house of representatives
without opposition
Fire destroyed the National bank
building and three other houses at
Wells Point Tex entailing a loss of
80000 insured partially
The North German Gazette of Ber
lin prints an explicit denial of the
statement contained in a dispatch
from Pekin to the London Times that
Germany was intriguing against
Chinas acceptance of the Anglo-Tibetan
treaty
THE ARMY FRON
ALONG WHICH THERE IS SAID TO
BE SHARP FIGHTING
TROOPS HOLD OLD POSITIONS
Russians Are Entrenching the Ground
Recently Occupied by Them They
Are Expected to Resume the Of
fensive Within a Few Day3
MUKDEN Sharp fighting contin
ues along the front The Russians are
entrenching ground recently occupied
by them
While no pitched battle has occurred
during the last few days the two
armies are kept in touch with one an
other holding the positions they oc
cupied when the big battle ended
There is no evidence that the Russian
army will rush north as was the case
after the battle of Liao Yang In fact
tho Russians have another line of de
fenses to fall hack on In the event
that they are forced out of their pres
ent positions
During the last few days there has
been frequent artillery fire occasional
infantry attacks and daily clashes be
tween outposts and ifouts
Unless the Japanese take the Initia
tive soon the Russians It is expected
will resume the offensive and en
deavor to drive the Japanese back
for the purpose of insuring the safety
of their winter quarcers which un
doubtedly will be north of Mukden
unless a southward advance is suc
cessful
Another big battle is expected short
ly as the weather is already turning
cold It will be impracticable for the
two armies to winter in their present
positions midway between Mukden and
Liao Yang
Many incidents are coming to light
showin gthe bravery of the Russian
soldiers during their stubborn resist
ance to the Japanese advance and in
their attempts to drive the Japanese
back The men fought night and day
without rest and afterwards worked
for hours carrying the wounded to the
hospitals When the Russian troops
recaptured Lone Tree hill they retook
several guns and a quantity of am
munition which the Japanese had pre
viously captured They also took sev
eral Japanese guns in addition
At the conclusion of the fight the
hill was covered with the dead and
wounded of both armies The Japanese
prisoners were treated by the Russians
with the greatest kindness At one
hospital visited by the Associated
Press correspondent Japanese pri
vates were found in their officers
ward The army hospital corps and
the Red Cross societies did splendid
work The wounded were dressed and
forwarded to the hospitals with the
greatest expedition
Th Russian commissariat also was
admirably handled Portable soup kit
chens were most useful going under
fire to feed the men
ARIZONA POPULATION INCREASE
Governors Annual Report Says It is
Now Over 165000
WASHINGTON The annual re
port of the governor of Arizona to the
secretary of the interior says that the
territorial population has increased
considerably and that the total popu
lation now is between 165000 and
170000 It expresses a desire on the
part of the people of Arizona for state
hood but says
Finding themselves confronted
with a plan to unite their territory
with New Mexico the people of Ari
zona have protested vigorously and
will continue to do so until they have
defeated this repugnant scheme They
would perfer that their common
wealth remain a territory indefinitely
rather than be joined with New Mexi
co
The governor adds his belief that the
merger would not be acceptable to the
mass of people of either territory The
report says the floating indebtedness
of Arizona which on June 30 1903
was 92341 has been wiped out and a
balance of 20849 remained in the
general fund at the close of the last
fiscal year The taxable property in
the territory has gained 1981505 dur
ing the year The total taxable prop
erty of the various counties is 45
069545 Substantial progress in other
directions is reported
Russians Retake Shakhe Station
ST PETERSBURG Shakhe sta
tion or what is left of it has been
recaptured by the Russians who will
reopen it for railway traffic with Muk
den It is reported that the Japanese
made a furious attempt to take a
wooded hill near Da pass The firing
began at 11 oclock and continued
with rifle and cannon through the
night This action probably was a part
of an attempt by the Japanese who
were already in possession of small
hills in the plain to rush the center
along the foothills at the Shakhe
river
The Outlook in China
LONDON Bennett Burleigh after
careful inquiry into the situation ca
bles the Daily Telegraph from Shang
hai that the political outlook in China
is worse now than prior to the boxer
outbreak in 1900 Widespread oper
ations of secret societies he says
show a dangerous recrudescence of
anti foreign feeling Drilling of large
bodies of well equipped troops is pro
ceeding day and night in many dis
tricts of southern and middle prov
inces and the Chinese authorities are
buying military equipment
CAPTURE LONE TREEHILL
Japs Driven From a Point of Great
Advantage
ST PETERSBURG Despite the
feeling of bitter disappointment over
the failure of the Russian offensive
and the complete miscarriage of Gen
eral Kuropatkins plans the battle
continues and his defeat does not ap
pear to be so crushing and disastrous
as the Tokio telegrams led the Rus
sian public to suppose
While the tales of death and slaugh
ter have plimged the nation into grief
and the exact situation of Kuropat
kins army especially the left is not
clear but probably must be regarded
as critical it is evident that the wild
stories of a rout and of the cutting off
of a whole corps etc are baseless
Kuropatkin is still doggedly trying
to stem the tide and there is nothing
but admiration for the heroic figure
of the Russian commander personally
directing the fight to save his batter
ed legions
Indeed the latest official dispatches
almost revive the hope that he does
not consider the battle to be irre
triveably lost as he has personally
launched attack after attack against
the strong Japanese position on Lone
Tree hill south of Shakhe at last
carrying it by storm and obtaining
some revenge for the loss of the
Third artillery brigade by capturing
eleven field pieces and one machine
gun
But whether this offensiveness of
Kuropatkin was forced In order to ex
tricate his flanks is not revealed the
war office affirming that it is unable to
communicate precise information re
garding what is occurring on the left
Everything proves mat not since
the time of the ancients and certain
ly not within a hundred years has the
world witnessed such desperate fight
ing The slaughter doubtless is ap
ralling but the war office contends
that the Tokio reports are exagger
ated
UNION PACIFICS REPORT
Company Shows Net Earnings of Over
Twenty Six Million Dollars
NEW YORK The pamphlet re
port of the Union Pacific Railroad
company for the fiscal year ended
June 30 last issued shows Gross
earnings 55279231 increase 4
204042 operating expenses 29026
007 increase 1GS6723 net earnings
26252624 increase 2517319 After
receipt of other income and payment
of total charges there remains a sur
plus for the year of 4713456 a de
crease of 230018
The report sets forth that owing to
the decree in the Northern Securities
company suit the Oregon Short Line
has been unable to collect its North
ern Securities dividends since Feb
ruary 1 last
There were sold during the year
10000000 face value Union Pacific
companys 5 per cent coJlateral notes
maturing February 1 1905 the pro
ceeds were used in further advances
to the Southern Pacific company in
the construction of or investment in
new lines in the completion of the
steamships Manchuria and Mongolia
and in the purchase of other equip
ment
BIG MONEY ORDER BUSINESS
Big Increase in the Domestic and In
ternational Orders
WASHINGTON The total number
ot money orders issued by this gov
ernment during the last fiscal year
passed the 50000000 mark for the
first time in history as shown by the
annual report of the superintendent of
the money order system
The net revenue of the money order
business was 2528403 an Increase
of 288494 as compared with the pre
vious fiscal year The gross revenue
was 3626676 an increase of 376282
The number of domestic orders is
sued was 50392554 aggregating 378
778488 and international money or
ders issued numbered 208344 aggre
gating 42550150
The issue of domestic orders in
creased 4450873 in number and 25
150840 in amount while internation
al orders issued increased 294195 and
7312215 respectively
JAMES CALLANANS PROPERTY
Must Be Converted Into Cash Within
Five Years
DES MOINES The millions of dol
lars of stocks and other property of
the late James Callanan must be con
verted into cash within the next five
years according to the provisions of
the will which has been filed here Mr
Callanans wealth is estimated at 5
000000 or 6000000 He owned great
amounts of stock in industrial com
panies both local and national He al
so owned extensive iron mines in
Arizona and gold mines in other parts
of the west According to the will this
must all be sold and a considerable
quantity of the money will be deposit
ed with the Iowa Loan and Trust com
pany of Des Moines to pay annuities
and carry out other provisions of the
will
Release Causes No Surprise
ST PETERSBURG The newspa
pers publish full reports of the trial
by the admiralty council of the case
of the British steamer Allanton seiz
ed June 16 by the Vladivostok squad
ron and her cargo but abstain from
comment on the councils annulment
of the judgment of the Vladivostok
prize court The decision causes no
surprise The demand of the owners
of the Allanton for indemnity for the
detention of the ship probably will
have to be the subject of negotiations
through the foreign office
AS TO OUR LANDS I news in Nebraska
LAWS IN RELATION THERETO IN
NEED OF REVISION
SO SAYS THE COMMISSIONER
The Present Statutes Were Enacted
to Meet Conditions Which Have
Passed Away Question of How Best
to Take Care of the Grazing Lands
WASHINGTON The land laws of
the United States need revision said
Commissioner Richards of the gener
al land office today Many of the law3
on our statute books are made for con
ditions which existed twenty years
ago and quarter sections of land up
on which homesteaders are permitted
to file must give way to larger areas
of land because the best lands are oc
cupied The forestry laws and timber
and stone laws also need revision and
the commission appointed by tho presi
dent consisting of Mr Pinchot head
of the forestry division of the agricul
tural department Mr Newall chief
hydrographer of the geological sur
vey and myself expect to make a re
port to congress based on an investi
gation and data now at hand And yet
all three of us find it hard to give this
subject the attention It really de
serves because of the duties of our
several positions which take up all
our time
Upon the subject of the opening of
the Rosebud in Gregory county South
Dakota Mr Richards stated that about
half the lands had been taken under
the drawing at 4 per acre On Nov
ember 8 three months after the time
at which the drawing occurred the
books will be closed for those enter
ing on homesteads After November 8
the land remaining may be taken at
3 per acre that period extending for
three months or until February 8 of
next year After that date all lands
remaining undisposed of may be filed
upon at 250 per acre for a period of
four years Upon the termination of
that period the president is permitted
to dispose of the remainder by sale
under the rules and regulations of the
secretary of the interior
A most excellent class of people
entered Rosebud country during the
opening of the reservation and draw
ing for locations continued Mr
Richards Many of them were people
of fair mS5ns otherwise they would
not have ben able to comply with
the terms laid down These people will
be a great addition to the South Da
kota population and cannot help but
be good citizens We have found many
cases where people after once look
ing at the land decided to go else
where and there are cases where per
sons drawing low numbers have failed
to take advantage of their opportunity
to settle upon much valuable land Of
course this number was small but it
showed that the time between the in
tention of filing and the time in which
to put up the money weeded out many
irresponsible persons and resulted in
an exceedingly better class of settlers
One of the geratest problems which
confronts the interior department is
the question of how best to take care
of the grazing lands of the country
Sometimes I think that if we could
lease these lands to cattle and sheep
men surrounded with every safe
guard for the government that it
would be a most excellent way of
getting out of existing conditions As
civilization pushes onward the great
public domain is absorbed and broad
acres of unfilled soil grow smaller
every year The cattlemen and sheep
men realizing this drove their herds
far afield and if the government could
obtain lease money from these cattle
and sheepmen it would not only give
them protection but be adding to the
treasury
JAPANESE PORT ARTHUR LOSS
Camp Follower Says 50833 of Mika
dos Men Are Slain
CHICAGO A special to the Daily
News from Che Foo says Accord
ing to a camp follower who has been
for some time with the Japanese army
now besieging Port Arthur and who
is at present in Che Foo having ar
rived from Dalny the number of Jap
anese killed before forts has
reached 50000 He says the mikados
men recklessly attacked the strongest
positions making bold rushes in
masses the soldiers being stripped of
their accoutrements and clothing The
result was that the Russian machine
guns mowed them down He also as
serts that there is some talk among
the officers and men that leads to the
belief that the Japanese mean to try
to carry the inner forts this month
Gold Discovery in Colorado
DURANGO Colo The reported dis
covery of extensive bodies of quartz
rich in gold and silver in the La
Plata range of the Rocky mountains
west of this city has created excite
ment Hundreds of men have gone to
the locality and many mineral claims
have already been located Assays ob
tained are said to run from 50 tc
over 2000 to the ion
No Information at Washington
WASHINGTON Assistant Secre
tary Darling said on Friday that so
far as he was aware no advices had
been received at the navy department
of the reported skirmish between
United States marines and Panamans
on the isthmus If any dispatches have
been received the assistant secretary
explained they in all probability would
be sent to the department and would
not be delivered to the officers until
morning At this time the navy has
about 450 marines on the isthmus
ESTIMATE OF NORMAL EXPENSES
State
Board of Education Prepares
Figures for Legislature
KEARNEY The State Board of
paration of the estimate for the Peru
Normal school It is as follows
GENERAL EXPENSES
Salaries J71400
Fuel and light 8000
Total for equipment 500000
Total for the Peru school 99500
The estimate for the Kearney school
Is as follows
Salaries 47500
Heating plant 15000
Furniture blackboard and labor
atory suplies 6000
Fuel lights and water C000
Improvements of grounds wa
ter and sewer connections 5000
Postage telegraph telephone
freight and express 900
Printing and office supplies 1500
Commencement expenses and in-
cidentals 800
Total for the Kearney school 82700
George A Bertinghof architect of
the Kearney Normal building sub
mitted his report in which he says
among other things that he has re
cently examined the building and fully
approves of tho substantial character
of the material used In It to date
RUSHING FOR THE ROSEBUD
Preparing to Prove Up on Claims That
They Drew
NORFOLK Another influx of peo
ple toward the Rosebud reservation
has begun It is not a repetition of
the rush which took place last sum
mer but the trains between Norfolk
and Bonesteel are just about as long
It is a soberer lot of settlers however
moving in This time they are people
in earnest who are going to the Rose
bud not as a gambling lark but for
seriously settling and proving upon
the claims which they drew from
Uncle Sam
Owing to the fact that the moving
on according to law will come in the
dead of a Dakota winter those per
sons who drew are making every pos
sible preparation ahead of time in or
der that when the times comes for
living there they will have comfort
able quarters to occupy Houses are
sprouting up all over the country
The land office at Chamberlain is
said to he doing a rushing business
just now too owing to the fact that
relinquishments have become possible
under the sixty day limit Many are
transferring their claims the average
price being 400 to 500
Find Floater Near Nemaha
NEMAHA A floater was found in
the Missouri river about four miles
north of Nemaha Thursday by Wil
liam Gillespie The body had evident
ly been in the river several months
In its trowsers pockets were found a
bunch of keys a pocket knife a rule
and a nail set such as carpenters use
The body was boxed and taken to
Brownville
Must Answer in Court
OSMOND Paul Klawitter a farm
er of this place and formerly from
Wisner was arrested on a charge of
assault committed upon the person
of a 14-year-old girl by the name of
Blackwell He was bound over for
trial
Whitticar Found Guilty
DAKOTA CITY The jury in the
incest case of the state against Steve
Whitticar which has occupied the at
tention of Judge Graves all week last
Friday brought in a verdict of guilty
Whitticar was accused by a 14-year-old
daughter of criminal assault On
the witness stand she told a graphic
story of the inhuman crime which
counsel for the defense was unable to
break down
Fatal Fire at Hartlngton
HARTINGTON F W Barnhardts
residence here was burned and his
youngest daughter Doris 2 years old
was burned to death An older daugh
ter Hazel was probably fatally burn
ed and Miss Bertha Feiber who was
assisting in the household duties also
lost her life
Favors Ramsey Law
LINCOLN In overruling a de
murrer filed by the Kansas South
western railroad the supreme court
has given some assurance that the
judges favor the Ramsey elevator law
The demurrer was filed by the rail
roads in the suit brought by the Farm
ers Shipping association
Collects Many Subscriptions
YORK Maybe he was deaf and
dumb and perhaps he pretended but
the fact remains that a young man
came here about two months ago
pretending to be deaf and dumb and
solicited subscriptions to the Ladies
Home Journal making a strong plea
that he was doing this for the pur
pose of further educating himself He
did not ask more than the 1 subscrip
tion and succeeded in securing many
subscriptions It now develops that he
is a swindler having no right to soli
cit subscriptions
THE STATE AT LARGE
Prohibitionists of Polk county have
put a ticket In the field
Jacob Bodner an old resident of
Education met in this city The prin 1 Platte county was found dead in a
cipal business transacted was the pre- i chair
Mike J McCarty was attacked by a
stallion at his home at Unadilla and
fatally injured
A car loaded with cinders in the-
PrTnUaomce ppH So Union Pacific yards at Columbus
could be-
Apparatus ana latboraory sup
plies 1000
Postage telegraph telephone
freight and express 900
Furniture and cases 800
Repairs 800
Repairs and improvements 5000
Commencement expenses and in
cidentals 800
Total of general expenses 18100
EQUIPMENT
laboratory blackboard 5000
Adition to heating plant boil
ers tunnel and fixtures 2500
Pumping station 2500
caught fire and before water
turned upon it was destroyed
A new German Lutheran church at
Telbasta was formally dedicated last
Sunday Bishop Bowman ot Omaha
was in charge of the exercises
Frank Sedlitsky a farm hand who
has been working at Lavitt was held
up and robbed of 7 while walking
home fromFremont a few nights ago
An artesian spring has recently been
discovered on the Mousol ranch seven
miles northwest of Cambridge which
is a wonder of unusual interest to
that country
Laying of the corner store of tho
new government building at Hastings
took place under the auspices of tho
Masons Hon W E Andrews of Wash
ington delivered the address
F U Dyers an employe of the
Keaton restaurant Fremont was rob
bed of 18 at Mrs Wests Albany
house by a strange boy whom he be
friended in offering shelter for tho
nip c
Dr S R Towne state expert on
contagious diseases accompanied by
Dr Gabbois of Humphrey are
gating the epidemic of scarlet fever at
Sr Bernard a small place nine miles
northwest of Humphrey
At Columbus the Utile 2-year-old
daughter of Mr and Mrs William
Dietrich was found face downward in
a tub of water The child was appar
ently dead and the face was turned a
blue black but after some hard work
by the physicians it was resuscitated
Enos Perkins the farmer living
eighteen miles north of Cambridge
who was arrested on a counterfeiting
charge January 11 by the United
States marshal is unable to appear in
court on account of an injury caused
by a stroke of lightning recently re
ceived
C L Hummell cashier of tho Hum
boldt National bank caused the ar
rest of William Perkins a young col
ored man quite well known in police
circles of that section on the charge
of uttering a forged endorsement on
a check of small denomination wnich
was cashed by the bank
F Birkner about 70 years old was
struck by the engine of passenger
train No 16 and instantly killed He
was walking on the track two miles
west of Red Cloud when the acci
dent happened He was very deaf to
which is attributed his failure to hear
the approach of the train
Jesse Young who was tried some
time ago for shooting and killing
James Botts last spring was brought
into court at Nebraska City and Judget
Jessen gave him a sentence of thir
teen years in the penitentiary The
jury found Young guilty of murder in
the second degree
Henry M Willis of Blue Spring who
escaped from the insane asylum at
Lincoln some time ago was found
wandering about northeast of Beatrice
and was brought to the county jail
by Deputy Sheriff Moore for detention
until he could be sent back to the asy
lum He was taken to Lincoln by
Sheriff Trude
The body of Tom Fogarty aged 45
of Fcrt Dodge la was found on the
Union Pacific tracks under the Six
teenth street viaduct at Omaha He
v x lying across one of the rails o t
sidetrack beneath a freight car One
wheel had passed over the body cut
ting him in two above the hips Tho
name Fogarty was tatooed on the arm
Red Poot a new Lutheran minister
from Kansas has entered upon his
duties at Stella
The fine barn on the farm of James
Stewart near Salem was burned un
der circumstances strongly indicating
incendiarism In the structure were
stored forty tons of hay and much
grain and other property and the loss
is very heavy upon the owner
Citizens of Falls City have become
imbued with the idea that that section
is underlaid with a vein of coal and
gas and are at work raising funds to
pay for prospecting The plan contem
plates organization of a stock com
pany with shares of 10 each and a
capitalization of at least 5000 much
of which has already been taken
F G Karlson discovered his photo
graph gallery in Mead had been rob
bed of some silverware which he
stored in his Mead gallery before mov
ing to Wahoo Upon investigation it
was found that Harry Davis a printer
working on the Mead Advocate had
been disposing of some silverware
that was identified by Mr Karlson as
belonging to him and a warrant was
sworn out for his arrest along with
two other young men of Mead
An elevator to cost about 3000 is
to be erected at Holmesville by the
Farmers Elevator company of Blue
Springs
R E Grinstead of Richardson coun
ty has been working on a plan where
by the bottom lands along the Nema
ha river can be drained thereby sav
ing the crops which are destroyed al
almost every spring He has had some
correspondence with Secretary of
Agricultural Wilson and that official
has sent Prof Elliott a government
drainage expert to confer with Mr
Grinstead
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