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UBNS WHO BECAME
iCANS CAN VOTE
roolamntlon TVill Affect More Than
Thirty Thousand nnd Blay Result
in a Complete Change in
tioa of Political Parties
Havana Gov Gen Wood has decided
Xb issue an order that Cubans by birth who
renounced their nationality during the
Spanish regime in order to become
lean citizens but who are now ready to
i fulfill the required conditions may vote at
the coming elections lie also points out
1 tlwWis generally recognized that these
men became Americans only for the
pose of self protection and that they now
desire- to resume tiicir Cuban nationality
as soonjis they can legally do so The
affecLmorc Uiau I3000rand it may
-a complete change in the consti
tution of political parties although itis
MjelfeVedtliat the Cuban -Americans will
be fairly scattered among those existing
WifefiftittmV JiIrHiday vivas celebrated
in Havana by the closing of the
Jjjtiiieityf offices hxi apart from 4he usual
dispIaydllagTOie niy bulding decor
ated was lheuniyersily
The sugar merchants and the managers
ftthc foiHhj JuwjQcalled upon Gen Wood
for assistance in plolcclihgroperty and
In setUngn strike which-at-this season
WiAieansa igroat idsslo thtf shipping in-
KANSAS
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CITY SECURES IT
fV democratic National Convention to
De il Rid There on July 4
jf Washington The next national Demo-
jcraic convention wiil Lc held at Kansas
rCTiy This was - the decision
TT the Democratic national committee
Iri fwhich -met Jffttaiejgh to fix the lime and
jplaceof holding the convention
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kceAvas the onIyother city which com
pete rot tho lionor of entertaining the
convention and the poor showing she
made when the vo c Vas taken the
beitig Kansas City -0 Milwaukee
9 caused general surprise The claims
rff the rival- cities as to hotel ac
commodations railroad and telegraphic
facilities were represented in opn session
by represen lati ves7feaclicTly Yind subse
quently in executive session Each offered
the committee 5000 buC in addition
Kansas City was willing tofiirnish hotel
accommodations for the members of the
committee aud the hallwith decorations
nnd music free 6T expense to the commit
tee One of Milwaukees strongest argu
ments was the political effect which the
holding of the convention in that city would
have- upon theGcrman American voters
who were represented to the committee as
Wavering in thejr allegiance lgjhe Repub
lican party
GOES OVER NIAGARA FALLS
ftaii Supposed to Bo John Lazarus
Commits Suicide
N Y A man between
6 and 60 years old supposed to be John
Lazarus of Mount Carmel Pa jumped
0 1 1 fromahetGoatlsland bridge intoljie upper
Ol rapIasand went over the American falls
Ho came here on a Lehigh Valley excur
sion train stopping at thoUnited States
i Express oflice and forwarding three pocket
books and a gold watch to Dr J S Laza
pis Bloorasburg Pa lie wrote a letter
tviiich ho dropped intoibox checked his
I Krlpaadovereoaty at Ihe ralway station
I jnndl walkell hucricdly to G6at Island
jumped into the river1 Two
bolicemen saw him jump
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STUDENTS FIGHT
jcaie Sophomore and Freshmen Hayc
Je Battle with Snow
Ifew Haven Conn The sophomores
5 and fresbmen at Yale on Washingtons
4 joirttiday celebrated the holiday with the
w old tiino snowvlight in spite of the warn-
y Irigs of the faculty The second year men
fTr wearing tall hats were followed by the
7jd freshmenand pelted with snowtbrough
ilho center of the city Later a fierce rush
i took place at the fence the sophomores
Ik
holding the coveted rails against the
kttacs In the rush the students aban
doned snow and used mud until many of
the men were plastered from head to foof
The faculty may lake action
KILLED IN COLD BLOOD
ny jrEwoX Kentucky
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Mountaineers Are
Shot Down by an Assassin
Knoxville Ky A special from Brook
town says Miles Woods was called from
jais mountain home and shot down in cold
blood lie died in ten miuntes Ilis fath
IrTan out to ascertain the trouble and was
shot twice by the assassin It is claimed
Jthafrbeforo the latter -died ho charged a
deputy UnitedSfates marshal with having
committed the deed
Soldier Sleeps at His Post
Batavia N Y A dispatch lias been re
ceived in Batavia that Ernest Kingdon o
t in Btaflord who enlisted in the Portieth Vol
- unteerJLnfantri had been found asleep iit
his post tried by court martial and
l tenced to be shot It is said that ii number
of PiHpiuo rebels entered tiie camp while
Kingdon was asleep and killed two or
three American soldiers
Cuban Autonomist Party Dead
Havana The autonomist party has
- formally dissolved as a political
vtlon Its leaders have decided that under
present conditions it would be foolish to
continue to champion political doctrines
1 arfiich apparently belong neither to the f
ture iiox the present
Two Miners Killed
ioongaheia Pai Two miners were
killed andqne fatally injured by an ex
plosion of giantppVder attheir camp nea
bere
BOER RELIEF FORCE CRUSHED
Disastrous Attempt of Botha
MACRUM IS AN ASS
to
Ticseue Cron je
London A special from Paardeberg
dated Wednesday Feb 21 says
Commandant Botha attempted to re
lievo Cron je There has been severe fight
ing Bothas force was scattered with
heavy loss
London The war oflice lias received
the following from Roberts dated Paarde
berg Feb 21
Yesterday afternoon I was satisfied by
a careful reconnoissance in force of the
enemys position that I could not assault
it without very heavy loss which I was
most anxious to avoid Accordingly I de
cided to bombard him with artillery and
turn my attention to the enemys reinforce
ments The result was most satisfactory
The Boers were driven off in all directions
losing a good many killed and wounded
and about fifty prisoners who say they ar
rived from Ladysmith two days ago by
railroad They also say ifc was our artil
lery fire which caused them to abandon
the kopje they were occupying Our o3s
was two officers and four men all slightly
wounded
London The Daily News has the fol
lowing dispatch from Modder Paver dated
Wednesday afternoon Feb 21
The Boer forces under Gen Cronje are
estimated at 8000 men At 12 oclock he
asked an armistice of twenty four hours
which was refused Later he sent a mes
senger to say that ho would surrender
The British general sent a reply telling
him to come into camp Cronje replied
saying there had been a misunderstanding
and that he would fhrht to the death
Is the Administrations Opinion of
Pretorias JEx Consnl
St Louis Lyman Gage secretary of the
treasury arrived here Feb 22 and is stop
ping at the Planters Hotel He came to
St Louis to speak before the commercial
exchange at its banquet In an interview
which appeared in the St Louis Post
Dispatch Secretary Gage said of the case
of ex Consul Macrum and his charges
against the English government
The administration thinks of Macrum
exactly vhat every responsible man must
think that he is an ass I am convinced
his charges arc absolutely without founda
tion and have been made in spite to embar
rass the administration So far as 1 have
been able to ascertain there is not a par
ticle of evidence to support his charges 11
do not believe that officials of the English
government violate the secrecy of our
communications to our accredited reprc
sentativcs1 and think the investigation to
be made will show as much
Of course if Macrum can substantiate
his charges if he can show documents
which will prove that his mail was tam
pered with that will put the case in an
other light If the investigation should re
veal that state of affairs then the adminis
tration Avill demand an apology for the in
dignity But I do not believe there is the
slightest possibility of such a crisis arising
as the case now stands Macrum is not
troubling the administration It will not
give him the slightest notice until heproves
hi3 charges
SIOUX FALLS WINS
Captures National Populist Conven
tion of Fusion Faction
Lincoln Neb The Populist national
-committee of the fusion faction on Feb 20
named May 9 as the date for their natinal
convent ion
There were three cities in the race for
the convention Kansas City Sioux Falls
S D and Indianapolis It was finally
decided the next convention would meet at
Sioux Falls
Tho feature of the meeting was the
unanimity with which the members ac
cepted and indorsed the declaration of
Senator Allen of Nebraska that Wm J
Bryan would be the candidate of both the
Populist and Democratic parties and the
coupling with his name that of Judge
Henry Caldwell of Arkansas as the logi
cal and most promising vice presidential
possibility Senator Allen went so far as
to say that he had positive knowledge that
if Judge Caldwell were nominated by the
Populists as Mr Bryans running mate he
would be acceptable to the Democrats and
the fusion national ticket would be Bryan
and Caldwell
The issued a
lengthy address to the publio setting fortli
their contentions and denouncing Butler
Allen and the other fusion leaders for de
serting the party No change was made
in the date of the middle-of-the-road con
vention which was called to convene in
Cincinnati My 9
THANKS FROM MRS LAWTON
Dead Generals Wife Acknowledges
Receipt of Home Fund
Washington Mrs Lawton has made
the following acknowledgment of the re
ceipt of the home fund
Pewee Yalley Ky Dear Gen Corbin
Such kindness as j burs can never be re
paid and my heart is very full when I try
to thank you Words seem very poor at
such a time Will yon please believe that
I do appreciate it and all my life will find
comfort in the remembrance Tho uni
versal feeling which prompted such won
derful generosity from the nation is so
beautiful to me and so dear my gratitude
is unexpressioly profound It has relieved
the one anxious thought Henry would
have had and I do not know how to thank
you or the nation Believe mo with kind
regards very sincerely
Majit C Lawtox
Keeiey of Gold Cure Fame Dead
Los Angels Cal Dr Leslie E Keeiey
of gold cure fame died suddenly on the
21st inst
Severe on American Meats
Berlin Tiie Reichstag commission
furnished the second reading of the meatv
inspection bill en the 22nd inst and the
measure in its new shape was adopted by
ill the members of the commission Gen
erally speaking the amended form is quite
qs severe in its application to American
meats as was the original
Irish Evicted Tenants Bill Killed
London The house of commons re
jected by 232 to 136 votes the second read
ing or the lnsu cvictcdteunnls bill
LAW
LIEU OF WAR
Police System to Succeed Army in
the Pfiilinnines f
Washington According to information
received at the war departmenfcfrom Ma
nila with the endof the present expcdlT
tion of Gen Bates -into the two provinces
at the extreme southern part of the Island
of Luzon rhilitarj operations in the Phil
ippines close
Afterward there is nothing to do but io
nndertake to maintain order tbrongtt a
police system Attention is now being
given to that subject and steps are being
taken to form a thoroughly mobile lightljr
armed gendearmerie something on the or
der of the Canadian mounted police to
cover the islands at all points and con
serve the energies of the regular troops
The arrest of a Tagal gn the charge of
being a guerrilla as reported from Manila
the 21st it is stated at the department
marks the initiation of another policy to-
ward the insurgentswhb still remain under
arms
As the summary punishment of guer
rillas cannot be had until some action has
been taken to declare the termination of
the application of the rules of war it is as
sumed at the war department that General
Otis has already issued some kind of a
proclamation or notice to the natives
warning them that if they defy the rules
of Avar and pursue a predatory warfare
they will be treated as guerrillas when
captured
GIVES LIE TO MACRUM
Answer Regarding Charges Made 1J
JEx Consul at Pretoria
Washington The answer of the state
department to the house resolution calling
for information regarding certain charges
made by the late Consul Macrum was
transmitted to ths house on the 21st ins
The document says the department of
state lias been in regular communication
by mail and telegraph with Marcrum siuce
his entrance uppn the duties of his office
that his dispatches have been regularly
received and thero was only one instance
of complaint in respect to the transit of
mails for Pretoria which was promptly
remedied
The document states that Macrum while
at his post did not report any instance of
violation by the opening of the official mail
by the British censor
In regard to a secret alliancebetween
the United States and Great Britain it says
no secret alliance i possible -under the
constitution
MACDONALD SHOT
Brave Leader of Highland Brigade
Severely Wounded
London It was reported Tuesday that
Gen Hector MacDonald commander ol
the Highland brigade had been severely
wounded The last news received about
MacDonald and the Highlanders was that
they were pushing Cronje The war office
on Wednesday confirms the report that
Gen MacDonald had been severely
wounded Maj Hector MacDonald went
to Modder Biver from Bombay to assume
command of the Highland Brigade when
the former commander Gen Wauchope
fell in tho battle of Maersfontein
PHILADELPHIA ELECTION
Municipal Iicague Secures Four oi
the Sixteen Magistrates
Philadelphia Pa Returns from Tues
days electioh in this city did not come in
from some of the outlying wards till al
most daylight Wednesday Sixteen mag
istrates were voted for and the results
show a decided victory for the candidates
nominated by the municipal league in op
position to the regular Republican and
Democratic nominees While the Repub
licans elected by reduced pluralities ten
candidates only two of the six Democratic
candidates were successful the municipal
league electing the other four
Kennedys Last Hope Gone
Jeffprson City Mo Thesupreme court
has overruled a motion lo transfer to the
courten baric the case of John Kennedy
the convicted train robber This is the
last attempt made to obtain his liberation
and he must now serve his sevenleeh year
sentence in the penitentiary
Woman Suffrage Beaten Again
Boston The house on the 21st had its
annual debate on woman suffrage result
ing in the defeat of the proposition 121 to
82 a larger majority than for many years
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to SG25 hogs shinbinjr grades
300 to 525 sheep fair to choice 300
to GQ0 wheat No 2 red GGc to G7c
corn No 2 35c to 3Ge oats No 2 25c
to 27c rye No 2 53c to 54c butter
choice creamery 24c to 25c eggs fresh
13c to 14c potatoes choice 40c to 50c
per- bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
G25 hogs choice light 300 to 525
sheep common to prime 300 to 500
wheat No 2 70c to 71c corn No 2
white 33c to oats No 2 white
Uc to USe
St Louis Cattle 325 to 050 hogs
300 to 525 sheep 300 to 0100
whoat No 2 71c to 73c corn No 2
yellow 33c to 35c oats No 2 24c to
2Ge rye No 2 54c to 55c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to G25 hogs
300 to 525 sheep 250 lo 550
wheat No 2 73c to 74c corn No 2
mixed 34c to 3Gc oats No 2 mixed 25c
to 27c rye No 2 Glc to G3c
Detroit Cattle 250 to G2o hogs
300 to 525 sheep 300 to 550
wheat No 2 72c to 74c corn No 2
yellow 35c to 3Gc oats No 2 white 27c
to 29c rye 5Sc to GOc
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 71c to
73c corn No 2 mixed 35c lo 3Gc oats
No 2 mixed 23c to 25c rye No 2 58c
to GOc clover seed new 555 to 5G0
Milwaukee Wheat No 2- northern
65c to GGc corn No 2 33c to 34c oats
No 2 white 25c to 27c rye No 1 57c
to 50c barley No 2 45c to 47c pork
mess 1075 to 1125
Buffalo Cattle- sood shipping steers
300 to G50 hogs common to choice
325 to 5S0 sheep fair to choice 300
to G25 lambs common to extra S450
to 750
New York Cattle 325 to 050 hogs
300 to 550 sheep 300 to 600
wheat No 2 red 7Sc to 79c corn No 2
43c to 44c oats Xo 2 white 31c to 33c
butteiv creamery 20c to 25c eggs west
erg loe to lGc
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STATEJ3J HEBRASKA
NEWS CJF THE WEEKN A CON
DENSED FORM
ranlr Crane Who- Disappeared
Ten Years f Ago Returns Alirc
and Well Supposed -to Havo Been
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After tcnyearsabsencc from his family
and friends in Nebraska during which
time he neverhad aword of communication
with his wife and children and many
people thought he had been murdered
Frank Crane arrived in Sioux City Peb 16
on his way to his former home at Wake
field this state He came as quietly arid
as mysteriously as he disappeared in No
vember 1S90 Crane is said lo be nowa
furniture manufacturer in Pittsburg and
is evidently prosperous I
At tho time of his disappearance Craue
was a prosperous and well known fanner
in the vicinity of Wakefield In Novem
ber 1890 he was drawn as a member of the
federal grand jury and went to Omaha -to
serve After serving on the jury he started
back home but when he reached Blair he
became possessed of a notion to drop out of
sight and he did not go on lo his home lie
had plenty of money with him at the time
Ue went cast instead and afterward
spent a great deal of time in Central Amer
ica and South America and he came to this
country almost direct from the United
States of Colombia Two years after
Crane disappeared his mother MrsGraves
died leaving a considerable estate Most
of it was left to her son and 2000 to each
or his seven children
All efforts to find the man had been of
no avail and the general supposition was
he had been murdered by some one who
had taken offense at his acts on the federal
grand jury The murder story was the
accepted theory by every one who knew
the man
Because however of the uncertainty of
his death there lias been almost endless
litigation over the money left by Mrs
Graves Itis said the man finally decided
to return to put a quietus on the litigation
Crane laughs at the idea of his body being
supposed to have been tossed into the Mis
souri River He declares his actions were
governed by his love of adventure and he
expressed no remorse for the worry he has
caused those who cared for him
Most of the people who knew Crane be
fore his disappearance say he did not comen
hack to Nebraska because he wanted to
but was persuaded to do so by his attorney
J II Brown of Wakefield It is supposed
Brown located the long lost man in Pitts
burg and prevailed upon him lb come back
home to settle up the estate and stop tjie
litigation between ins heirs Crane is now
about 55 years of age and is well dressed
Very little is known of his actions since lie
left Jiere and he refuses to talk about them
himself He is more inclined to treat his
strange act as a jokcthan anything else
Adds to the Mystery
Fact sometimes is stranger than
fiction Frank Crane who reappeared
after ten years absence in Wake
fieldt Feb 17 has again disappeared
No one seems to know just when lie went
or where ho has gons Saturday even
ing for two hours he greeted old
friends and acquaintances at the of
fice of Attorney J II Brown with
a joke or pat allusion lo some past event
but not one word as to why he went away
or what he intended to do in the future
During the evening nearly a hundred of
the citizens of the town dropped in and
chatted with him The general disposition
of the community seemed to be to forget
the past and to give him tiie prodigals
welcome for ten years ago Frank Crane
was a prominent and popular man in the
community
Illegal Timber Cutting
John Forecloud and Ills Indian brother
from the Omaha and Winnebago Reserva
tion calledon1 the Indian rofiieein Wash
ingtou the other- dayand complained of
their agent for permitting the illegal cut
ting of timber on their reservation by
white men The commissioner immedi
ately ordered the special agent on his way
there to include the complaint in his inves
tigation
Thurston In Court
The question of jurisdiction- of the
supreme court to try the case of the statej
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of Nebraska against the Standard Oil
-Company brought under the anti trust la w
was tirgued before the full supreme court
Feb 21 Senator John M Thurston and F
L McCoy of Omaha represented the
defendant and Attorney General Smyth
represented the stale
Johnson Will Satisfy Creditors
Lee Johnson of Mead has made arrange
ments witiiliis creditors whereby they re
ceive SO per cent of which 40 per cent was
paid immediately and the balance in six
months No clue to the robbers has been
secured but local talent is suspected
Ttctail Lumber Dealers
The tenth annual convention of the Ne
braska Retail Lumber Bealers Association
was held at Omaha last week with about
250 delegates present from various parts of
the state every section being represented
Norfolk Death Ttate
The undertakers of Norfolk have coin
piled vital statistics for the year 1899
Their report shows that there were thirty
five deaths in a population of 5000 or a
death rate of seven ten ths of 1 per cent
Child Severely Burned
When seated in a high chair before thjej
basebnrner the 1-year-old baby bov oL
MrsW F Chenoweth of Tecumsehfell
fonvarclonto the stove The childs face
severely burned
Depot Will Be Moved
The Burlington trains ar6 now being run
over the new grade cast of Humboldt and
arrangements are about completed for
moving the depot closer to town
Kicked by a Horse
Stephen Gawley a farmer living near
Tecumseh was kicked in the face by a
horse His cheek was torn open and teeth
Simmons Bound Over
Frank G Simmons late postmaster at
Seward- charged with embezzlement
r waived preliminary -examination before
commissioner Billingsley at Lincoln and
was bound over to appear at the next term
of the federal court which will be held in
Omaha Bond was given in the sum of
2503
Mills Resume Work
The Oakland mills which for several
months have been rebuilding and new ma
chinery added costing about 1000Q
soon resume work
GIVES CAPITAL A
BLACK EYE
Lahor Commissioner Kent Talks on
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Labor Commissioner Kent gavo to the
press recently J following interview con
cerning the movement that is now being
made in Lincoln toward the organization
of a building trades council
Nearly all the money paid for building
material goes out of thestatcj not so with
that paid to labor which goesimmediately
into circulation and finds its way into the
pockets of the butcher an baker etc To
double the wages of labor moans to nearly
double the amount of money in circulation
and to double the volume of business done
A penurious labor policy is to a large meas
ure responsible for the empty buildings
around town and low rents People usu
ally build as an investment when wages
rise the value of property rises also Ad
vance wages and tho workman immedi
ately demands a better house better car
pets more clothing etc This means more
stores larger stocks more people employed
and in turn more houses more clothing
etc for these people ZZZI
uGo abroad among working men and
yon will find that Lincoln is known far
and wide as a low wage town not a very
good advertisement While the carpen
ters in Omaha are getting a minimum wage
of 83jcents per hour carpenters irr Lincoln
will not average more than 20 centsper
hour 1 y
Itis hardly necessary to repeat that it
is no wonder there is a lack of business
and a snrplns of empty rooms in Lincoln
Instead oLorgamzed labor being a nicn
ance it is of untold economic value It is
not only of benefit to the employe but to
the employer as well It prevents the fair
and lionest contractor from being driven
eiuier to retiuce me wage3 ot nis employes
or go to the wall It protects the public
against unfair and unscrupulous bosses
ifc teaches the artisan self respect and in
dependence mnlds up the home and edu
cates the children increases production
and consumption in a word advances
civilization
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No Glue Has Been Found Robbery
Story Discredited
Lee Johnson of Mead was robbed of
nearly 7000 the robbers entering his
house and taking bis suit of clothes con
taining the money The clothes were
later found in the Carlson scale office with
papers and other articles scattered all over
the room Lee Johnson recently sold his
hardware business and went to Wahoo
where lie received the balance due him
As soon as the news of tho loss of nearly
7000 reached tho commercial world Mead
was filled with representatives from differ
ent houses who had bills against Lee
Johnson and Avere looking for some
chance to get their money Some of the
Claims were nearly 1000 each Lee
Johnson recently sold liis business to Carl
son Martinson and most of the claims
are held by hardware and implement
houses and many who are interested do
not believe in the thieving story
Last fall the Mead Hall Stock Company
was incorporated for the purpose of build
ing an opera house and hall combined and
Mr Johnson was given the contract 4o
build the hall At a meeting held in Jan
uary the corporation was dissolved and the
building was turned over lo Mr Johnson
The building is nearly completed but the
carpenters quit work on learning of the
robbery and workmen and lumber liens
have been placed against iL The building
is worth between 3000 and 4000
There is absolutely nothing that can be
attached to square the claims of numerous
creditors who have representatives there
Bloodhounds were sent for but did not find
a scent and failed to do anything Lee
Johnsons liabilities are between 0000 and
8000 with absolutely no assets except bis
residence property
Case of Smallpox at Lincoln
A case oE smallpox was discovered at
Lincoln last week Dr H B Lowirv was
called to attend Herman Muiick a young
man of-23-years who lives in lheMcMuL
try Block The physician immediately
pronounced the case one of smallpox and
it was repoxied totlie city authorities The
board of health investigated the ease thor
oughly and -confirmed the opinion of Dr
Lywry The building was quarantined
Fair Grounds for Sale
jUhe nhLNrrolk fair grounds have been
xtdvertifeed Tor sale by a committee df the
pwnersfctho grounds This Isocfation
was formed in 188t aud forseveral years
conducted fairs that were well attended
yet not sufficiently lo be a financial
Nebraska Short NotesW r
Red Cloud is figuring oh securinga null
The Emerson creamery will be reopened
for business March 1
A 7-year-old child of Silas Dillon of
Wakefield fell into a pail of hot water and
was dangerously scalded
Thieves broke into the Dworak mill oitf
Shull Creek inColfax County and stole a
wagonload of flour and feed
II Thompson of Gibbon averaged ZG in
come during the last mohtlr on cactir cow
selling the milk to a creamery
Elmer Sargent of Pierce received a let
ter last week from W W Graham of Nor-
walk O who will be remembered as the
projector of the Yankton Norfolk Rail
road Mr Graham has nor j et given up
the idea of building the line between
Yankton aud Norfolk and informs Mr
Sargent that he expects to be out here
again this spring when ho hopes to coii
sumate theroject
A small child of Henry Reiniers of Be-
loit Iliill County Avast killed by falling in
front of the trucks on wftich a house was
being moved the trucks passing over him
About a year ago some thief or t
stole the regalia oi the Modern Woo j men
Camp at Breemer It was given up as
gone for good aud not long since Hie
canrp purchased a new outfit but one
morning thisiweek a box was found on the
doorstep of the Venerable Counsel Cbu
limshoase and when opened the- contents
proved to be the long lo3t regalia The
words Dont lobk for the thief were
written across the top of the box
WUusa is jubilant over the fact a flouring
milHs to be built there the coming season
Thero was shipped from the town of
Howe during the year 1SDD a total of i61r
50 bushels of grain
Yostmaster Comstock has been circulat
ing a paper to raise the necessary funds tc
enter Central City ii the state racing
circuit of tho Nebraska Racing As
sociation which wiil comprise eightean ol
the best towns of tho state About3IC
has already been guarantee which makes
it practically certain that the necessary
amount will be forthcoming to enter Cen
tral City fn the state circuit Tho date of
tho Central City faces wiIltba aboalthe
second week in August andiwiiPIasfellire
days - y
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The Senate on Friday resumed discus
sion of the Philippine question Mr Mc
Enery strongly opposed permanent acqui
sition of the islands and believed United
States ought to relinquish them ds soon
as authority of this country had been as
serted Mr Stewart took pronounced
position in favor of admission of te pro
ducts of any of the island possessions of
the United States free of dnlyf Ha
waiian bill was read but nothing was
done with it The House by a Tbte of
7o to C7 in committee of thcvhole
struck out from legislative appropriation
bill nil provision for civil servivce com
mission Action regarded as annual joke
as item will probably be restored Tn open
session when members liave to go on rec
ord on roll call Rest of the time de
voted to assertions by Mr Sims Demf
TerinOi that northern volunteer soldier
in Spanish war were much more clamor
ous for pensions than the southern ones
aud attributing this to the debauching of
public sentiment in the North oiitfie pen
sion question Mr Fearfo lu p Md
raised the storm by stnting that hundreds
of Massachusetts soldiers who never
smelled powder had applied for pensions
Thisbrought out an indighant reply from
Mr Fitzgerald Dem Mass who de
tailed the record of the Mhssachnsctts
volunteers He was followcdby others
who defended the soldiers from their sev
eral States Mr Hepburn IowaT espe
cially assailed Mr Sims1
The Senate held no session on Satur
day The House passed the legislative
executive and judicial appropriation bill
The civil service appropriation stricken
out in committee of the whole was re
stored to the bill by a vote of 77 to 1125
The Senate spent Monday In debate on
the right of Congress to extend or with
hold the Constitution to territory ac
quired by the United States The House
began expansion debate the Porto Rico
tariff bill cominj up Passed a bill to
amend sections 3330 and 3341 of the
Revised Statutes relating to internal
revenue tax on fermented liquors the
purpose beiug to abolish the smaller pack
ages o beer one sixth and one eighth
barrels The bill is to go into effect July
1 1000 Nothing was accomplished at
a night scsion which was to have been
devoted to pension legislation Mr Tal
bert of South Carolina made the point
of no quorum and blocked proceedings
The Senate on Tuesday heard t Mr
Kenney in opposition to retention of the
Philippines and then resumed considera
tion of Hawaiian bill The House heard
Mr Hopkins of Illinois in support o the
Porto Rican tariff bill aud Messrs New
lands of Nevada and Swanson of Vir
ginia against if
On Wednesday the Senate passed a
number of bills of local interest andjspent
the rest of tiie day -in debate on the
Hawaiian government bill little progress
being made In the House debate oe
Porto Rican tariff bill was resumed
Adopted Senate resolution authorizing
the President to appoint one woman com
missioner to represent the United States
and the national society of the D A R
at the unvciling of the statue of Lafay
ette at the Paris exposition i
In the Senate on Thursday Washing
tons farewell address was read with fine
elocutionary effect by Mr Forakerj Ow
ing to the absence of some Democratic
Senators Mr Penrose announced that he
would not call up the Quay case until
Friday Tn the House debate on Porto
Rico tariff bill continued a ifotable
speech being made by Mr Grrosvenor
- -Brief - -
Canada may send 10000 more troops
fcthcCape - k i
f Nicaragiians faVori
iu the canal f
RussrawiirbuHda railroad across Per
sia 1300 miles long
Chicago Board of Trade has abolished
put and call trading
Plague fsabont over fnHolfoiUlu5 City
has been thoroughly eleansclftjPg j
George Barrow abductordLOby Ma
rion Clavk NeVTorkis insane
A LivrpooLpTiyJHlSian has discovered
jthe bacillus of pink eye in horses
3Dr Lapponuahc papal physician says
Pope Leo may live to be 100 years old
Preston Hurlburt prominent stockman
Buffalo N Y killed by a street car
GW Cross and Gus Leach wcre killed
by a dynamite explosion Hillsworth Ga
Porch climbers secured 1000 worth of
jewelry from Mrs A S-Sturm-Chicago
A system of government inspection of
nursery stock is expected to be enacted
soon T -
F O Tait yirnatejir golf champion of
England was killed in the battle at ixoo
doesberg -
Owing to the Texas anti trust law the
bicycle trust refuses to ship wheals there
unless money aceompanies Ahe order
Nea riy 20000000dj wiibrCinpropriat
ed by this Congress for the support ol
the United States army and ifa during
the next year - t
The Ohio House of Representatives
hasVassed a Bill prohibitiugitheidesecra
tion of the American IfagtBy ituse for
advertising purposes - S3
Three hundred Spanish Qjyouejs of the
Filipinos dispersed their guirraeseaped
mid barricaded themselves in a town
awaiting the arrival of the Americans
Judge William H Taft who has been
appointed president of the new Philip
pine commission said he would not re-
inaiu in the islands longer than two years
The War Department believes that
Agninaldo has escaped from the Island
of Luzon The department officials would
not be surprised to hear from him next
as in London or Paris in company with
Agoucillo
Said that fire hisirajicecompie3 lost
more than otU0000 in Xew the
past year f l r
A ornadotpasscd ojrer Cnsfe O T
wrecking four buildings and killing Jas
Abney and wife I
Thirty nine Irish representatives from
Chicago will go to Pretoria to join the
Boer hospital corps
W T Hudson Haskell Texas live
stock raiser tiled petition in bankruptcy
iLiabimfesi223000 i
ForuierGov Wdlcott Massachusetts
declined an appointment on tiie
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