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NEWS OF VHE VEEK IN A CON
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OfTiRTs Elected by the Grand Chap
ten Order of the Eastern Star at
Its Annual Meeting in Omaha
Other Interesting Items
Order of Eastern Star
Nebraska grand chapter of the Order of
the Eastern Star held its annual session
aat Omaha with a Rood attendance The
election of officers resulted as follows
5rand warthy matron Mrs Eva M Hald
win North Platte grand patron David
U Iloward Lincoln associate grand
matron Mrs Maud M Green -Genoa as
sistant grand patron Charles Phelps
Schuyler grand secielary Dr Eianor
Jaiicy Omaha grand treasurer Mis
ltoe McGivuin Fremont conductress
Mrs Cora A Whilcniorc Neligh assist
ant conductress Miss Anna E Peterson
Omaha grand chaplain Kate Amble
Lexington grand lec ttuess Alice E
Lindsley Table Rock Iowa mand Adah
3lrs Anna Walder Neligh grand Ruth
Jmogene Foster Nelson grand Esther
-Jennie M Yennel Hartington Grand
Martha Emily Compton Cedar Rapids
Iowa grand Electa Maria -E Streeler
Crete giaud marshal Ida Taggett Ne
braska City grand organist Carrie Mead
South Omaha grand waiden Mrs Beitha
Coiling York gi and sentinel Frank II
Young Iiioken Bow
Seriously Assaulted
W S Ilartwick a former employe ot
Ihe Lumen Btolhers circus was badly
pounded up at Fremont Ilartwick left
the show and w as obliged to attach some
of the show properly m order to get his
Tiioney During the evening tlnee men
supposed to be circus lounders went to the
hotel and look a room near Ilartwicks
They then broke into his room and
Jumped onto him while he was in bed
Jlis fiont teeth were knocked out his
cheek cut open and he was badly bruised
The threeleft the hotel before they -could
le appiehended
Cirous Makes Trouble for Police
A circus was at Blair last week which
was followed by a gang of toughs Night
Police William Quinlan caught three of
r them trying to rou a man named Smith in
asalojn and started with them to jail
when one of them resisted Quinlan and
had to be clubbed After the officer had
them inside the building they all three
attacked him and an all lound fight took
place Sheriff Muncke came to Quintans
assistance and the men weie plactd in the
-cell after all three were knocked down
and each one had received a well bruised
head
Peculiar Predicament
A peculiar sequel to the lecent arrests
fqr the illegal disposal of liquors in Hum
boldt occurred when Thomas W Connor
the night policeman was arrested charged
-with giving away liquor Mr Connor in
his official canacitv recently confiscated
Attempted Incendiarism
An attempt was made to burn the large
fiall on the fair ground at Wahoo the other
niahL The liie was noticed about day
3igh by parties living near the grounds
The alarm wasigivcn and prompt action
aved the building with but little damage
AlUf thestahles and part ot the fence
were burned laatJall and probably fiom
Hie same source
Nebraska LiUiv Declared Invalid
The supreme court has i endured an
opinion declaiing the fire and police law
jl the state invalid lis effect will beit
is claimed to remove Gov Holcombs
appointees for lire and police commission-
jersot Omaha and to substitute therefor a
tioanl seleeted by the mayor and city
ksuuiicil
Burglars at Blair
The residences of Hub Jones and O C
Thompson at Blair were lified by burglars
lhc first of the week and Judgj Perkins a
jew nights later Two niiii were arrested
and one of them fully inuenlified by Mrs
Perkins who saw him from an adjoining
tooin
Irrigators Elect Officers
- TJie election for the jornmimn of
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proposed Enterpiise irrigation list net
- jii ijcotts Bluff County resulted in a
friryf or the district A W Raymond
EiUJ dinson andT J Fanning were
Ifelceted as directors
Brakcmnn Injured
William Ilarwood a brakeman lnd hs
j irigM foot severely bruised under the en-
pilot while switching at Jliaing Sun
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Explosion in Bicycle Factory
Therazingjnachinein the work loom
of the Norfolk Bicycle Company exploded
ihe other day seriously burning W C
Aliluiann who was operating The
building wastset on fire but the fire de
partment soon had the ilames under
Damage tp the building about 25
aiidto machinery about5
Nebiaska Sheriff Honored
J J Tiompen of Lincoln was elected
president o the Interstate Sheriff Ass
jiatibdsTtlhsiratlluniinncfeting in Council
fluffs Iowa
Doctor Holds the Corpse
Death has not ended llio troubles ol
Tressie Lswjs a young- colored womany
who died at St Josephs Hospital in
Omaha for a serious obstacle has arisen
to prevent her burial Dr Worley at
tended her during her lato illness When
she died her body was turned over to Un
dertaker Maul for preparation pieparatory
to shipment to Clarksville Topn A
casket was purchased and everything was
ready for ihe sending of Hie body with
the exception of the certificate of death
fiom the attending physician The physi
cian positively refused to issue any such
ceitificate until his bill was paid and
therefore the body was not sent away but
is still at the undertakers establishment
Mussclmnn Gets His Man
Patrolman Harry F Musselman of
Omaha narrowly escaped being shot the
other niiiht in an attempt to arrest John
T OKeefe one of a gang which has been
making considerable tumble for residents
in the neighborhood of Eighteenth and
vinion oireeis ineomcer ordered sev
eral young men lounging in fiont of the
saloon at that corner to move on and in
the resulting duel and hand-to-hand fight
Musselnmnii head was grazed by a re
volver bullet which broke the flesh on
his ear and left powder burns on hit
throat OKeefe was beaten about the
head and now stands charged with shoot
ing with intent to kill
some liquor and his prosecutors say that ber of the Nebraska legislature
Jie gave it away afterward thus violating
the law himself Conner and his friends
denounce the action as pure spite work
Contract Let
The contract for building- the new
jotis Bluff County court house was let in
Gerling by the board of commissioners to
Ed W Say re The building under pres
ent plans will be of brick two stones
i8x42feet in size equipped with vaults
ami other accessories Bonds for the pur
oseaf this court house were voted at the
election dast season and also a special tax
Jftvy
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Recruits Start West
Captain Kiliau of the First regiment left
Celumbus the otherday over the
with 105 new recruitsforSam Fian
fisco via Denver The boys weie from
IFalls City Fullerton Wahoo St Edward
aind Columbus Fifty recruits also left
Ilaslings over the Burlington for Califor
nia to jointhe First regiment of Nebraska
volunteers and to be forwarded to Manila
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Loses an Arm
iJort Snyder a member of the Elkhorn
bridge gang was the victim of a serious
sicoident which itjs feared will cost him
life rtin attempting to get aboard a
fcraiUvOf cais Snyder slipped and fell and
iis loft arm was crushed Medical attend
ance was summoned aud Snyders arm
was amputated near the elbow He is in
51 precarious condition
Killed by an Elephant
While Campbell Bros show was being
set up at Genoa Keeper Young was killed
It seems he was using the elephant Venus
to push wagons under the tents Young
had the beast by its trunk directing it
The wagon the elephant was working
with became entangled in some ropes and
Young stopped and started ahead to see
what the trouble was As he turned his
back to the beast it struck him and
knocked him down and before any one
could move was on top of him with its head
and crushed the life out of him Venus
was driven off and captured and is now
chained tip This man is said to be its
foutth victim
Verdict for Plaintiff
The jury in the case of Kozak against
the Modern Woodmen of America at Biat
lice returned a verdict for plaintiff for the
full amount 3000 Kozaks body was
found in a burne I haystack with a bullet
hole in his temple and the company le
fused to allow the claim on the plea of
suicide The bullet was taken from Ko
zaks head and together with a revolver
found near him were both produced in
court by the defense The plaintiff suc
ceeded in proving that the bullet was a
152 caliber and the revolver US caliber
which point practically decided the case
as above stated
Shot by an Insane Man
Robert Glenn postmaster of Hildreth
was shot through the heart the other even
ing by Albert Gripskey an insane bach
elor who lives near town Death was in
stantaneous linpsKcy was taKen in
charge by the sheriff The shooting oc
curred in the postoffice There had been
no differences between the men Giipskcy
had long been consideied peculiar but
was supposed to be harmless Postmaster
Glenn was an old soldier anil an
Murderer Attempts Suicide
Albert Gripskey murderer of Postmas
ter Glenn at Hildreth attempted suicide
at Bloomfield by twisting the chain with
which he was tied around his neck and
the doorknob and throwing his feet out
from under him The sheriff who was
guarding him found him almost dead
Strong threats of lynching are heard and
an extra force has been added to protect
him ne will have a hearing before the
insanity board in a few days
Checks for Final Dividend
E It Fogg receiver of the Nebraska Na
tional Bank at Beatrice is issuing checks
for the final dividend of 11 4 10 percent
This makes a total per cent on proved
claims of over 155000 Eastern corre
spondents who were ciedilor to the
amount of 5i000 were paid in full be
cause they had collateial security in excess
of their claims which makes the actual
dividend paid 75 per cent The bank
failed June 13 1893
Bad Lincoln Fire
Fire at Lincoln destroyed the Fitzgerald
building a four story stone and brick
structure occsjied by the II P Lou
-Wholesale Grocery Company and the
Beatrice Creamery Company the hittei
one of the largest plants in the west The
total loss is roughly estimated at 2i0000
divided as follows Fitzgerald building
50000 grocery company 100030 cream
50000 All are well in
sured
Two Valuable Stallions Burned
The daige barn on Frank- Strahan
ranch four miles west of Wayne was de
stroyed by the the origin of which is un
known Mr Strahano famous trotting
st illion Union Medium together with a
3-year-old stallion sired by Union Medium
and two other horses were burned be
sides considerable guiin harness etc
Mr Strahan s loss is about 85 JO pattly
covered with insurance
Potato Crop Looks Discouraging
One of the largest potato growers in the
vicinity of Dunbar says the outlook for z
large potato crop is very discouraging and
looks for prices the equal if not better
than last year There is a laige growth
of vines but no potatoes on the loots
Corn is in line condition except on the low
places and the last week his seen the
fanners get all over their corn on the up
land killing most of the weed
Gets Five Years
Charles lleberlec was sentenced in the
district court at Humboldt to live years ir
the penitentiary his offense being tli
theft of a team and buggy Lelonging tc
Richaid Standerford
Drowned iti the Blue River
While bathing in the Blue River a
Beaver Crossing wilh several ompanionj
Airel Martinsont 21 years old wa
dt owned
To in as ek Is Dnnd
J lines ToiiMsek who was shot bv hi
Frank Levy at Moisi
Bluff i dead
Arc Very Enthusiastic
Prof J W Criutrue who is manager ol
the oraka diviMoi wi mo
Educational Association says that llu
teachers aie full of enthusiasm and hf
believes that the attendance at Washingtoi
next month will be fully up to Nebraska
average
Blacksmith Ijoses an Eye
While Thomas Quaii a blacksmith liv
ing a few miles north of Kearney w u
working at his anvi a piece of red ho
ii on flew up and shuck him in the eye
burning it completely out of the socket
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Foreign
through Mr Davis tho lininnn
flay reported favorably to the S
C mmittoe
1 on Fri
nate the
Newlands resolutions for the aflnexatioc
of the Hawaiian Islands The till to in
corporate the International American
Bank in accordance with the recommend
ation of the Pan American congress
which 1ms ocenpied a greater part of the
Senates time during the week was pass
ed by a vote of 26 to 23 The conference
report on the bankruptcy bill was present
ed and read but no action was taken The
general deficiency bill occupied the atten
tion o the IIoubo
Saturdays session of the riouse was de
voted chiefly to eulogies upon the life and
character of former Senator Harris of
Tennessee Prior to hearing eulogies some
consideration was given to a conference
report upon the District of Columbia ap
propriation bill The Senate was not in
session
Discussion by the Sonato of the ques
tion of Hawaiian annexation was begun
on Monday in open session The princi
pal speech of the first day was made by
Senator Morrill of Yermont in opposition
to annexation The taking of a test vote
45 to 15 showed the opponents of annex
ation to be in a hopeless minority The
House passed the general delicienev bill
carrying 224000000 The bill occasion
ed little debate and it passed practically
as reported to the House from the Com
mittee on Appropriations The remainder
of the day was given to District of Co
lumbia business
The resolution for the annexation of
Hawaii was laid before the Senate al
most immediately after it convened on
Tuesday Speeches opposing annexation
were made by Mr Mitchell of Wisconsin
and Mr White of California After pass
ing several bills of minor importance the
House in committe e of the whole consid
ered without disposing of it a bill to re
fer to the court of claims certain claims
of persons for property taken or destroyed
by the confederate invasions into the
southern counties of Pennsylvania The
bill brought on a long debate
Opponents of the annexation of Hawaii
again occupied the attention of the Sen
ate on Wednesday Mr White Dem
Cal resumed his speech begun the day
before but after speaking two hours
yielded the floor to Mr Pettigrew S D
who discussed the resolutions for an hour
and a half Mr White had not concluded
his speech Mr Pettigrew taking up the
argument against the resolutions merely
to afford him an opportunity to rest Mr
Pettigrew maintained that the territory
of the United States was already large
enough and he believed it his duty to re
sist the acquisition of any territory inhab
ited by a people far inferior to ours or so
located as to require a navy to defend it
Discussion in the Senate of the Hawaii
an -annexation question was interrupted
jii Thursday by Mr Rawlins of Utah with
a speech in which he criticised vigorously
the provision embodied in the conference
report on the Indian appropriation bill
which acknowledges the right of Indians
to lease minoral lands on their reserva
tions At 1 oclock the Hawaiian resolu
tion was called up and Mr Pettigrew of
South Dakota resumed his speech in oppo
sition addressing the Senate for about
two hours Mr Pettigrew on account of
fatigue yielded the floor to Mr McEnery
Dem La -who presented a constitution
al argument against annexation At the
session of the House further agreements
upon the sundry civil bill were reported
from the committee on conference and
adopted and further conference upon the
remaining points in difference was re
quested A large number of bills of minor
importance were passed and sixty three
pension and relief measures were disposed
of pursuant to the recommendations
reached several days before in committee
of the whole The House adjourned until
Monday
Ancit nr Posters
It is prolnibly the general impression
that posters and handbills are modern
inventions but it has just been dis
covered fiiat the ancient Romans prac
ticed this method of advertising In
digging at Ilerculaneum there was
brought to light a pillar covered with
bills one on top of another The paste
used to 6tiik them was made of gum
arable The bills when separated and
examined were found to be programs
and announcements of public meetings
and oven election proclamations
Ant Knowlcdg e
The president of the Agassiz Associa
tion II U Ballard recently caught an
ant near its hill shut it up in a box
carried it 150 feet away and set it free
in the middle of a sandy road What
followed he thus describes It seemed
at first bewildered Then it climbed to
the top of a ridge of sand erected its
body as high as possible waved its
antennae for several seconds and then
started in a straight line for home
Growth of Palestines Population
As one testimony to the rapid growth
of Palestines population It is stated on
good authority that while ten years
ago there were not quite 15000 resi
dents in J alia to day there are nearly
COU00
Italian Paster
Rucci who recently completed his
sixty fourth public fast in Rome has
abstained from lood in his perform
ances for 2510 days of his life nearly
seven years
Too 3Iuch for Him
Fad a Lout Joe Smiths insanity poor
follow s
YThat ailetljyja1
Wcil ghevas janitor in a bank and
brokedewn his constitution trying to
eeiBir warm enough for thin clerks
andoo enough for
the fat ones
Cloves Jor tlc World
The two little islands of Zanzibar and
IpemlHi furnish four lifths of the cloves
ccusunied by the wuW
FEARS A NEW POLICY
Mr Cleveland Warns Against Terri
torial Extension
Grover Cleveland in the course of an
address on Good Citizenship before the
graduating class of the Lawrenceville
New Jersey school said he was opposed
to the acquisition of new territory by the
United States He said in substance
The American people are tempted every
day and every hour to abandon their accus
tomed way and enter upon a course of new
and strange adventure Never before In our
history have we been beset with tempta
tions so dangerous as those which now whis
per In our ears alluring words of conquest
and expansion and point out to us fields
bright in the glory of war I believe there
Is sometimes a tendency to think of patriot
Ism as something bellicose and defiant best
illustrated by noisily bragging of our na
tional prowess quarrelsomely seeking some
one who dares dispute It and threatening
war against the combined world on the
slightest pretext In view of these things
and considering our achievements In the
past and our promise for the future recall
ing what we have done and what we have
been and what yet remains for us to do un
der the guidance of the rules and motives
which have thus far governed our national
life you surely are entitled to demand the
best of reasons for a change In our policy
and conduct and to expect a conclusive ex
planation of the conditions whifch make our
acquisition of new and distant territory
either justifiable prudent or necessary
FIFTY DROWN AT A LAUNCHING
Sad Accident Mars the Ceremonies at
Blackwall England
Fifty persons it is believed were killed
at Bhickwall England when the new
British battleship Albion was launched
Crowds of people were on a platform
built to accommodate the spectators and
JOO men women and children were pre
cipitated into the river Thames the
woodwork being unable to bear the weight
on it Tugs steamers and rowboats im
mediately went to the assistance of the
helpless people but many sank before
they could be reached
The accident was due to a sudden rush
of water following the launching The
backwash from the launching of the ves
sel surged against and broke down the
staging eighty feet long filled with the
specifiers The launching was presided
ovrr by the duchess of York A large and
brilliant company of ladies and gentlemen
were present including United States
Ambassador Hay and Mrs Hay None
of the guests were on the stage nor were
any prominent persons included among its
unfortunate occupants
INCREASE IN REVENUE
Internal Collections Show a Larcc
Increase for 3Iay
The monthly statement of the collec
tions of internal revenue shows that the
May collections amounted to 1410S811T
anjnc rease over May last year ortay2Sl
i2o The receipts from the several
sources of revenue and the increases as
compared with May 1S97 are given as
follows Spirits 7095 100 increase 1
OSSOoT tobacco j 3754002 increase 1
013759 fermented liquors 3lolJ05
increase 2478S7 oleomargarine J
014 increase 23712 miscellaneous
S2S074 hiei miso SU flfW Tlw in w
crease in the receipts during the last elev
en months was 19U3S0S
Geer for Oregons Governor
The official vote in the recent Oregon
State election shows the following result
for Governor
Geer Republican 45104
King fusion 34580
Luce middlp of the road 286G
Clinton Prohibition 2213
Total vote
Geers plurality
Geers majority
IlBfHMm
S47o3
10374
5 100
In Minnesota the Populists Democrats
and silver Itepublicans nominated a fusion
ticket
Arkansas Democrats nominated a State
ticket denounced the bond issue and in
dorsed the Avar
The Republicans of the Twenty first
Ohio district renominated Theodore E
Burton for Congress
The colored Republicans of Alabama
in convention put up a ticket composed
exclusively of negroes
M S Peters was nominated to repre
sent the Populists of the Second District
of Kansas in Congress
John S Rhea was renominated for Con
gress by the Third district Kentucky
Democrats at Bowling Green
Dan W Jones of Pulaski was nom
inated for Governor of Arkansas by the
Democrats in convention at Little Rock
Congressman Lorenzo Danford was re
nominated for his sixth term by the Re
publican convention for the sixteenth dis
trict of Ohio
Republicans of the Fifth congressional
district of Iowa in convention at Cedar
Rapids renominated Robert G Cousins
by acclamation
Ohio Republicans met in Columbus aud
nominated a State ticket They support
the war and leave the question of ac
quired territory to the President
The Indiana Democratic State conven
tion in Indianapolis nominated a State
ticket reaffirmed faith in the Chicago
platform declared the cause of the United
States in the present war to be just and
demanded its vigorous prosecution
Michigan Democrats Populists and free
silver Republicans in convention at Grand
Rapids renewed their alliance of two
years ago and united on a State ticket
headed by Justin R Whiting for Gov
ernor The resolutions adopted faror the
war with Spain
The fusion convention of the Demo
crats Populists and free silver Republi
cans of the Eighth Iowa district met and
nominated G L Finn of Bedford for Con
gress
John Lhid was nominated by the three
conventions at Minneapolis for Governor
J M Bowler was nominated for Lieuten
ant Governor by the Populists and indors
ed Ly the others
The middle-of-the-road Populists of
Minnesota who bolted the State Populist
convention held a meeting of their own
aiil nominated a complete State ticket
L C Long was named for Governor
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Hundreds of volunteers from Camp Al
ger where there are about 25000 soldiers
come to Washington every day Many of
them have never seen the capital before
aud up to this time the saloons and disrep
utable houses have been reaping a rich
harvest from their patronage The police
have been instructed not to arrest or oth
erwise interfere with men in uniform un
less it is absolutely necessary for their
welfare or the protection of others and
notwithstanding this order the station
houses are filled with drunken soldiers
nearly every night It has been the rule
to send them back to camp as soon as they
ore sober without placing their uames up
on the docket of arrests or bringing them
before the police court -Exceptions have
been made only in cases of assault nd
other misdemeanors which could not be
rivni ioolicd it has come to be the prac
tice also for the provost marshal of the
camp to send an officer and squad of men
into the city every morning for the purpose-
of picking up the boys who have
fallen victims to temptations or are other
wise detained
The object of the Secretary of War in
ordering that the recruits under the sec
ond call for troops shall be used in
strengthening the regiments mustered in
under the first call so that each company
shall have 100 and each regiment 1200
men is not only to promote the efficiency
of the army but is a measure of economy
worth several millions of -dollars to the
Government It cuts down the number
of regiments and the number of compan
ies and consequently the number of olfi
cers one third and as the pay of the oili
ceis of a regiment under the old plan ag
gregates almost as much as the pay of
the men the expense will be reduced one
third also
People in Washington who go to market
or shopping these days are pretty sure to
receive gold coin as change and it is the
first time we have had that experience
since groenl cks were adopted by Secre
tary Chase in 1SG2 During the last six
weeks the disbuifing officers of the dif
ferent departments have been paying the
salaries of the clerks in the yellow metal
and all drafts and warrants upon the
treasury have been paid in mixed money
ar the proportion of 5 in paper to 15 in
coin The result has been a scarcity of
greenbacks and silver certificates and a
large amount of gold coin in common cir
culation
It seems to be settled that Gen Miles
himself instead of Gen Coppinger will
lead the army to Porto Rico and it is the
Presidents intention to allow him full
way in making the preparations for the
expedition and selecting the officers and
troops that will accompany him Miles
has upset the plans that were made in the
War Department while he was at work at
Tampa and having done so will be held
responsible for making and carrying out
a new plan of campaign
The superintendent of Washington po
lice has been instructed to notify all liquor
sellers of the intention strictly to enforce
a law which was passed by Congress in
lzui lorbiddmg the sale of liquor in any
form to soldiers in the service of the Unit
ed States or to any person wearing the
uniform of such a soldier under the pen
alty of 20 fine for each offense and the
forfeiture of both the municipal and the
United States license for the sale of
liquor
in ti it
The boys at Camp Alger are very eager
to get away and are agitated by every
rumor that refers to their departure They
are rapidly becoming hardened soldiers
and will scon be ready for serious busi
ness The regiments are all short in num
bers Recruits are coming in rapidly sev
eral hundred every day but they are most
ly green men who have never served
with the militia and have to be drilled in
the simplest rudiments of military duty
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It has been decided that there will be no
general invasion of Cuba until fall That
has been the Presidents determination
from the beginning Even before the de
claration of war he made up his mind that
if hostilities should occur he would not be
lesponeible for the sacrifice of the lives
he knew must be lost from yellow fever
and other climatic diseases if an attempt
were to be made to invade Cuba duriug
the rainy season
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There is intense indignation both in
army aud navy circles and in Congress be
cause of the general understanding that
DTobson has been kept in Castle Morro ex
posed to the fire of our guns If the usual
practices of warfare were followed Hob
son and the Americans would be removed
to a place of safety instead of danger
The putting forward of prisoners as a
shield is a relic of barbarism
There is a vacancy in the postoffice at
Rl redes MilN Pa for the first time in
ifly thivo years It is caused by the
death oiv Joseph Strode at the age of 84
who was appointed postmaster by Presi
dent James K Polk Oct 21 1S45 and
held the office continuously ever since
There are two older mm in the postal
a rvice One of them is in Maine and the
other in Maryland
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Secretary Gages 8 per cent bonds are
lheady at a premium of 2 per cent Bank
ers and brokers in different parts of the
country are publishing circulars and ad
vertisements offering to pay that honur
Tor subscriptions that are acknowledged
by the trea uvy
It will be the middle of July before an
ittaek cai be made upon Porto Rico The
number of tmops and the selection of the
rgineu f will be determine later Gen
Miles thinks he sheeld have nor Icris than
20000 iron and the regiments whi h are
ii the bet cifItio7hju the expedition
is ready to ctrrt wiILc selected
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Under the revenue law the clcilcai
force in the icieccl revenue bureau is to
he eousiderably smi the vw ap
pintCK ro fromtbe ijsual elvil
stivice examination
THE URPER NILE
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Compliment to Wellington
The following story was told by the
Duke himself to Sir John Macdonald
the adjutant general of later years
The greatest compliment I have had
paid in my life he said was onee
when our fellows got into a scrape in
the north of Spain and had been beaten
back in some disorder I rede up and
rallied them and led them back and
they recovered the lost ground Just as
I rode up one of the men stepped out
of the ranks and cailed out Here
comes the as knows how Corn
hill Magazine
2Vlinor3 in the British Army
More than half the infantry recrjits
Df the British army for the past year
have been under IS years old
After a man reaches 40 he has to go
to ehurcli to hear anything about lovel
C
y
The Scramble Among European Na
tions for This Territory
R Dorsey MoIiud formerly UnitetL
States agent in the Kongo Free State
writes an article for the Century on
The Scramble for the Upper Nile Mr
Mohun after describing the expedi
tions seeking to reach the JQrxr ir
says
Many will aCk Witp nU feverisU
haste to occupy thfs -wretched covatav
in the heart of Africa
Reasons are many and mostof them
are sound First and foremost
power which liolds the southern Coun
tries through which the Upper
and its tributaries flow has the fate o -Lower
Egypt in her hands It has been
stated many times that it would be
quite feasible to divert the course of
some of these rivers thus decreasing
the annual rise which means every
thing to the agriculturist of Lowr
E3pt Without her agriculture there
would be no future for the counirr
and unless the river overflowed its
banks annually and made its d5po it ot
rich soil from hundreds of miles south
the situation would be absolutely des
perate
Secondly the districts of Darfur ail
Bahrol G hazel are rich In gum rubber
and ostrich feathers and a certain
amount of gold has been found
The abounds in ele
phants and great stores of ivory are
said to be held by native chiefs only
waiting for traders who will deal hon
estly with them The two districts ol
JDar Senaar and Dar-el-Fungi are more
or less agricultural countries and be
fore the fall of Khartum Greek plant
ers had been successful there There- Y
fore from an agricultural point of
view the country is valuable
Thirdly the finest soldiers in the-
Egyptinn army commonly called the
Sudanese come from these southern
provinces These men are in demand
as soldiers not only in Egypt but on
the east and Avest coasts of Africa The
black battalions of the Egyptian army
are composed of Sudanese and are
reckoned among the best soldiers to be
found anywhere
Who will be successful in this scram
ble for the Upper Nile I say most
emphatically England although
France seems to have a temporary ad
vantage in the occupation of Fashcdn
This occupation England cannot and
will not permit to remain permanent
and following up the numerous pro
tests made by Lord Roseberys govern
ment the present government must iu
order that the prestige of England inay
be undimiued give notice to France to
leave Fashoda and return to her west
coast hinterland
From the point of view of commerce
and progress it would be preferable
for this vast territory to be under the
indirect control of England Iler pos
sessions are never encumbered with
large numbers of military and civil
and she does everything in her
power to foster and develop trade on
strict lines of partiality to hone With
England at the head of affairs in thi
benighted country there can be no
doubt but it will develop its resources
in a comparatively short time although
there has been no semblance of author
ity of government there for thirteen
years
Bread Buttering Machine
Many of the ocean liners are now
provided with a very ingenious ma
chine for turning out large quantities
of bread and butter or sandwiches
The slicer will cut either meat or bread
and the bread can be sliced without
buttering if desired The machine
cuts and Imtters sixty slices a minute
and with its aid S000 sandwiches have
been made iu two hours It does not
matter whether the bread is stale or
fresh the thickness can be graded to
anything the operator wishes and the
quantity of butter to be added with
equal certainty and uniformity One
movement of the hand spreads the
butter and cuts off the slice of bread
It is said that with this machine a full
sized ham can be cut into slices in four
minutes without any waste In mak
ing 1000 sandwiches it is estimated
that asaving is effected of three hams
and eleven pounds of butter in j
quence of both the ham and the butter
being used with greater evenness and 1
accuracy enough but no more being
expended
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Useful Thiel Catchrr
A simple thief catcher has been in
vented for the protection of money- l
tills It consists of an electrical
between the till and some point
where an alarm can readily be heard
A boy who had for a long time been
stealing his masters money was
brought up before a London judge
The master said that in consequence
of the loss of small sums from the till
he had the clerks drawer fitted with
electric alarms In the absence of one
of the clerks the prisoner tampered
with the till when the electric alarm
rang and he was caught
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