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SOUTHERN FLOOD APPALLING
IN ITS MAGNITUDE
Damage in the Storm Belt Huns
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Away Into iliegMillions Number
plToAvns -Completely Inundated
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Ttlallroads Great Sufferers
New Orleans La New Orleans has
ceased lb regard tlie ildod situation as si
temporary inconvenience As time has
passedand as the fujl scope of the disusier
which visited this section in the excess ve
rains which began in the early days ot ltsi
week has been learned the conviction ha
been irresistibly brought home tiat
calamity of appalling magnitude has been
exnoxjenced and that instead of the orst
being over the evil has just begun
Reports of damage incurred in the storm
-belt have run the figures up into die
millions and takiuglnto consideratio i tue
losses real and resultaut the amount ii its
up an enotmous figure The Illinos Cuii
traj railroad system has incurred dam tges
which Vill ainountto hundreds of tluis
ands of dollars figuring the loss of rnisi
aiess and the end is not jret Not only is
that road tied up but there is no telling
when trains will be able to run The same
state of affairs prevails on other southern
roads
Belated news is now beginning to rrrve
regarding the loss of life Four people
were drowned near Meridian and two near
Hattiesburg Miss At Enterprise Miss
he water is five feet deep in the main
streets Three bridges between East and
West Enterprise have been swept away
A n urn hereof buildings were also demol
ished Shubuta and De Soto Miss are
completely inundated Every bridge from
Pearlingtou to Logtown has been swept
away Thousands of dollars worth of
timber has lloated out to sea People liv
ing on the Louisiana side have been forced
ko abandon homes and flee to the Missis
sippi side for safety Hundreds of head
lof cattle and hogs have been drowned
All farms and gardens will have to bo re
planted
MUST
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War Department Forced to Resort
to UseoCjannfedsBeef
Washington War department officials
lhave been compelled to resort to the use of
canned beef for the subsistenceof the army
in the Philippines This is due to the fact
that it is absolutely ssential that the sol
diers be served with fresh meat and be
cause of the impossibility of providing re
frigerated beef or cattle on hoof under ex
asting conditions -
i When the bulk of the army was located
inear the sea shore and at easily accessible
points there was no difficulty in providing
tthem with fresh meats but conditions
ihave changed and the army is scattered
among 160 posts in various parts of the
archipelago a great many of them at a
considerable distance from the nearest
shipping point There are no cattle avail
able and refrigerated beef which has here
tofore formed the principal basis of sub
sistence for iroops cannot be preserved in
-good condition long enough to reach in
land posts Consequently k became
to look for some suitable substitute
kind American canned roast beef was the
only thing found to meet the requirements
OUTLAW SLAIN BY POSSE
pRustler Shot Down in Utah While
Resisting Arrest
Salt Lake Utah A special jfrom
Thompsons Utah says Mr Fullerton
manager of the Webster City Cattle Com
pany discovered two men mutilating
brands on his cattle They threatened to
shoot and he retreated With the assist
ance of Sheriff Praese aid posse the thieves
were overtaken seventy miles north of
Thompsons und ordered to surrender The
tthieves showed fight and were followed
further north all exchanging shots one of
the outlaws being instantly killed The
-dead man answers the description of -Flat
Nose George and investigation proyes
almost conclusively that he is one of the
men that robbed the train on the Union
railroad about a year ago The
jbody has been brought to Thompsons
identification aien are
from Cheyenne to identify it
coming
One Life Lost in Fire
New TorJc It has been discovered that
the fire wlich destroyed the bedstead and
anattress factory of Charles P Roberts
Co in West Eighteenth Street resulted in
ithe loss of one life While exploring the
building the day following the fire the
tody of Henry Hughes a cotton picker
was found under a bale of cotton weigh
ing 700 pounds
Tannery Burned
Williamsport Pa The Wallace tan
nery and Roaring branch owned and
-operated by the American Tannery Com
pany was destroyed by fire The loss is
estimated at over 100000 including 50
O0 worth of prepared stock
With a Message to Kruger
Paris Le Journal announces the arrival
in Paris of James Francis Smith the
American district telegraph boy who is
bearing to President Eroger a message of
-sympathy fronv Philadelphia and New
York school boys
Prominent Michigan Man Dead
DetroitMich Hon Sullivan McCutch
con ex speaker of the Michigan house of
representatives and prominent in local
business circles died at his residence here
early Wednesday aged 67 Mr McCutheon
vjwas borneJnNew Hampshire
- New Bishops are Named
Rome The poje held a secret consistory
April 19 ami jreepgnized a number- of
CONVICTS GET AWAY
Five Prisoners at Sioux Fnllfc Peni
tentiary Escape
SiouxFalIs S B Shortly before noon
on the 19th insi five prisoners in the Sioux
Falls penitentiary made a daring escape
One of the fugitives was captured during
the afternoon The others are believed to
be hiding in the brush and timber along
the Sioux River which flows a short dis
tance from the penitentiary The five men
made a dash for liberty while they with
others were at work in the yard surround
ing the penitentiary loading stone on cars i
VYinie tne guard was at tne west end of
the fence the fire men broke a board from
the bottom of the gate at the north en
trance crawled out and had soon reached
the cover of the timber growing along the
river It was about ten minutes before
their escape vf as detected when an ener
geticpursuit was immediately commenced
MOVES OF G A FL VETERANS
Ladies Arranging to Entertain Thcjn
During the Encampment
Chicago The ladies of the Grand
Army of the Republic held a meeting at
the Sherman House April 19 to arrange for
the entertainment of the wives of the vet
erans who will attend the National Grand i
Army of the Republic encampment to be
held in this city in August The plan
adopted is to house the visiting ladies in the
homes of veterans throughout the city
but untiiitcanbe estimated the number
Who will attend it cannot be determined
whether sufficient accommodation of this ij
kind can be secured Some of the large
down town halls will be secured to furnish
Lunch to the veterans on memorial day
and a committee on headquarters appoint
ed which will secure headquarters where
veterans and their wives will be enter
tained
HE HAS TWO WIVES
Lord Russell Weds a Second Time
Without Getting a Divorce
London A cable announcement ap
peared in the marriage columns of the
London Times of the wedding of Earl
Russell to Mollie Cooke at Reno Nev
April 15 This has created a sensation
here as it appears that Earl Russel ac
cording to the English law is still legally
married to the first Countess Russell who
is now performing at the Tlvoli Music
Hall The London Star thinks the an
nouncement which also appeared in the
London Standard may be a hoax for- it
says by marrying another woman the
head of the noble house would render him
self liable to iniprisonment for bigamy on
his return to England
COL PETTIT COURT MARTIALED
Offense Was Handing a Prisoner of
War Over to Native Chief
New York A dispatch from Manila an
nounces that Col James Pettit of the
Thirty first Volunteers n command -at
Zamboanga has been courtmartialed for
handing a prisoner of war over to Presi
dente Medill of Zamboanga who killed
the prisoner without trial Pettit is the
officer with whom Lieut Col Webb C
Hayes who recently resigned is said to
have quarreled owning to Pettit dickering
with a Morro dato for the right to land
troops and compelling his men to submit
to indignities from the natives
DELEGATES USE GUNS
One Man Badly WoundeU in a Riot
in a Republican Convention
Montgomery Ala A row among the
delegates at the state Republican conven
vention called to meet April 19 was started
before the body was called to order The
cause of the trouble was that contested
delegates were refused admission After
a scene of great excitement there was some
shooting dnring which one man was seri
ously injured The governor cleared both
factions of the party out of the state
house The different factions thereupon
met in separate halls where two conven
tions were held
WILL FIGHT WITH BOERS
Cannot Prevent Chicago Ambulance
Corps from Joining Army
Washington Consul Hay at Pretoria
has cabled the state department a report of
the action of the members of the Chicago
ambulance corps in taking up arms in the
Boer army instead of continuing with the
hospital corps Officials of the department
say nothing can be done by the govern
ment to prevent such violation of faith
The men did not go out with arms and so
did not fulfill the legal description of a fili
bustering party which would enable the
authorities to prevent the departure
Miners Accept Companys Offer
Meyersdale Pa Miners of the Cumber
land and Summit Coal Company have
voted to accept the companys offer of Co
cents a ton and will return to work This
breaks the strike as other miners in this
region will return to work at the same
rate in the next few days
Thirteen German Students Drown
Bingen A boat on board of which were
twenty members of the Catholic Students
Association while crossing the Rhine Wed
nesday from this place to Rudesheim cap
sized and thirteen were drowned
Over 3000 to Return to Work
Brazil Ind The miners voted to accept
the operators proposition with semi
monthly payment of wages A contract
for a year was signed Over 8000 miners
will return to work
Philippine Commissioners Sail
San Prancisco The Philippine com
missioners sailed on the transport Han
cock The Hancock will stop at Hono
lulu Yokohama and Hong Kong en route
to Manila
Imck of a Newspaper Man
St Louis Harry B Wendell city editor
of the Globe Democrat and his sister
Mrs Adam Wiest learned April 19 through
a dispatch from Albany New York that
they were heirs to a fortune estimated at
10000000 to 20000000 left by Rousler
Wandell a hermit of that city
Safehlowers Miss 10000
Chicago Early Wednesday robbers
ifcishops including Mgr Donatus Sbaretti partly wrecked the safe in the State Bank
jjoraanaigr lueiey lor savannan ana ot wescruuman Due lauett to secure the
rertrandorth for Vancouver 10000 Inside
MONEY FOR MR DEWEY
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McKlnley Recommends thatHcand
6tis Be Paid as Civilians
Washington President McKinley bas
asked congress to provide a means to paj
Admiral Dewey and Maj Gen Otis as
much for their service on the Philippine
commission as thtj civilian members re
ceived The expected recommendation to
this end was made in sending to congress
in answer to a resolution of inquiry an
itemized statement of the expenses of the
commission
President McKinley shows that while
the law is against such payment he feels
that it is fully deserved and hehasvafc all-
times been willing to order it Tlenmlly
explains that Admiral Dewey
Otis have received nothing for theirer
viees in excess of tlseir regular salaries
The statement of the expenses of the
Philippine commission footed up 117185
The proposal regarding the admiral and
general is made in the form of u recom
mendation from Secretary of State Hay
FOBMAL APOLOGY TO SPAIN
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United States Deplores 3Iistake of
Dewey Day Conimittee
Madrid The United States minister
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Bellamys Storer isited Premier Silvela
Wednesday andapologized for the action
of the mayor of Chicago Carter II Har
rison in ssndiugaii invitation to the Duke
of Arcos the Spanish minister at Wash
ington to attend the Dewey day celebra
tion tllere Mr Storer said the United
States government regretted the incident
which he explained was the result of an
error committed by a municipal cleric and
promised it should not be repeated i
DANGER OF A CLASH
European Powers Are Also Having
Trouble with Turkey
Constantinople The porte on Wednes
day replied to the third of the collective
notes of the powers on the subject of the
increase of 3 per cent in duties saying it
was on account of the bad condition of
Turkish finances The ambassadors de
cided to address another note to the porte
again stating the objections to such an in
crease without a previous understanding
with the powers The tenacity of the porte
threatens serious results
BORES SEEK AID
Make Appealto the Afrikanders in
Cape Colony v
Cape Town TheRoer governments are
circulating the following manifesto to the
Afrikanders throughout Cape Colony
We feel that our fate and the fate of the
whole of Afrikauderdorn is at stake and
we appeal to you to stand and fight shoul
der to shoulder with us You cannot al
low the tyrant to extinguish forever your
finest traits of character as a nation With
you on our side the issue cannot be doubt
ful We must conquer
Farmers Trust in Kansas
Tppeka Kan A farmers trust de
signed to take the place of the extinct
Farmers Alliance has been organized in
Kansas The organization is known as
the Knights of the Soil and will assist
farmers of the Mississippi Valley to hold
grain and produce for good prices
Countess FestetlcsNot Drowned
San Erancisco Advices from New
Tork state that the Countess Pestetics
formerly Miss Ellen Haggin who was re
ported to have been drowned by the sink
ing of her husbands yacht is in that city
She was not on the vessel at the time of
the disaster
v- Big Dividend Payer
Boston Tiie Boston and Montana Min
ing Company has declared a regular quar
terly dividend of 5 and 5 extra This is
against a regular dividend of 5 declared
at the end of the last quarter with 3 extra
To Fill Gen Wheelers Seat
Huntsville Ala Gen Joe Wheeler of
the Eighth congressional district has re-
quested Gov Johnston to call a special
election to fill the vacancy caused- by his
resignation as a member of congress
Frost Causes 500000 Iiss
Canon City Colo The damage to fruit
trees inthis vicinity from the heavy frosts
and storm is estimated at 500000
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Sioux City Cattle common to pijime
350675 hogs 523582K sheep
4C0700 wheat 55c corn 3032c oats
20K22c butter dairy 1820 creamefv
2224 -
vnicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 625 hogs shipping grades
300 to GG0 sheep fair to choice 3U0
to bu wheat No 2 red GOc to G7c
corn No 2 39c to 40c oats No 2 23c
to 24c rye No -2 04c toMJtic butter
choice creamery to 19c eggs fresh
lie to 12c potatoes choice 20c to 3oc
per bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
000 hogs choice light 300 to 000
sheep common to prime 300 to 500
wheat No 2 71c to 73c corn No 2
white 41c to 42c oats No 2 white
29c to 30c
St Loufe Cattle 325 -to G00 hogs
300 to 575 sheep 300 to 075
wheat No 2 71c to 73c corn No 2
yellow 3Sc to 40c oats No 2 25c to
27c ryo No 2 56c to 57c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 600 hogs
300 to 575 sheep 250 to 025
wheat No 2 74c to 76c cornvNo 2
mixed 43c to 44c oats No 2 mixed 27c
to 29c rye No 2 60c to 62c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 000 hogs
300 to 575 sheep 300 to 000
wheat No 2
zc
to 74c corn No 2
yellow 41c to 42c oats No 2 white 29c
to 31c rye 60c to 62c
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixM 72c to
73c corn No2 mixed 40c to 42c oats
No 2 mixed 25c to 26c clover seed old
485 to 495
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 northern
65c to 67c corn No 3 39c to 41c oats
No 2 white 25c to 26c rye No 2 58c
to 59c barley No 2 43c to 44c pork
mess 1275 to 1325 vT
Buffalo Cattle choice shipping steers
300 to 600 hogs common to choice
325 to 625 sheep fair to choice 300
to 675 lambs common to extra 450
to 300 -
New York Cattle 325 to 625hogs
300 to 600 sheep 300 to 675
wheat No 2 red 78c to 79c corn No 2
4Sc to 49c oats No 2 white 30c to 31c
butter creamery lGc to 19ceggs west-
ern 12cto 14c
STATE OE NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
If Is Not at all Unlikely that Dr E
Benjamin Andrews Will Accept
the Chancellorship of the State
t University Other Items
Dr E Benjamin Andrews of Chicago re
turned to his home after looking over the
university buildings at Lincoln He said
he would decide on the offer of the Ne
braska regents in a few days It is confi
dentially believed lie will accept the offer
Dr Andrews expressed great surprise
and pleasure atthe completeness and ex
tent of the university plant and with the
loyal spirit shown by iactilly and students
While he would not commit himself as to
his in entions in the matter of the chancel
lorship the interest he manifested in the
situation that is offered for effective
labor along the lines of his life work
along with his bearing and manner in
spired the university authorities witu high
hopes that he will accept
Dr Andrews addressed a lariro and en
thusiastic niass meeting of the students
and facultv in the university chapel He
said jrf parr
I did not expect to met any of the stu
dents of the great University of Nebraska
this morning but came rather to see things
and to meet men more advanced in years
than most of jou The gathering here
this morning inuot mean that you have an
extreme interest in the univeisity of which
you form a part I hope that whatever
may come to pass the interest of the stu
dents will continue And I say tlmt
whether 1 become oneOf you or not I do
expect in the course of years to become a
citizen of Nebraska This is a purpose I
have cherished for a number of years
since I felt toward the state as you do
I am glad that you are patriotic that
you bQlieve in the state where 1 suppose
most of you were born and bred It is a
good htate to grow up in and a good state
to live in And you have reason to be
proud of this university I hope that you
will cherish it hvyour thoughts and when
you go out of the slate you will further the
best interests of the university
Dr Andrews went on to speak of the
work of a university in the training of
mind and body and continued
uBur ladies and gentlemen mora im
portant than athletics more important
than the development of our bodies
more important than the development of
luug power more important even than the
training of our minds is the developement
of character I have always had a warm
feeling for the University of Nebraska I
have heard that you try in a large way
not in a sectarian way to develop char
acter
Professor Andrews Accepts
A Chicago special of April 17 stated that
Dr E Benjamin Andrews would accept
the proffered chancellorship of the Univer
sity of Nebraska unless conditions which
have not entered into his consideration
present themselves He stated that he
was favorable to acceptance to the
position but had not notified the regents
of the university of his decision perferring
not to consider it final yet Aside from
questions of taste Dr Andrews said his
attitude was forced by the state of his
health
Another dispatch from Chicago on the
18th inst stated that Prof Andrews had
presented his resignation as
of schools to take effect May 1 After
that date he will take two months vaca
tion and will go to the university at Lini
coin July 1
Reward Held Up
The reward of 200 offered by Governor
Holcomb in 1898 for the arrest and con
viction of the murderer of Erank
man at Brownville has been claimed by J
H Dickirson an ex sheriff residing at
Garner Iowa Dickirson claims to have
arrested George H Ray who was after-
wards found guilty of committing the
crime and sentenced to ten years in the
state penitentiary The law authorizing
the governor of the state to offer rewards
for the capture and conviction of fugitives
from justice provides that the judge before
Whom the criminal is convicted must fur
nish the governor with a certificate show
ing who made the capture The absence
of this proof prevented the governor from
issuing a check to Mr Dickirson at the
time the claim was presented
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Prepare for the Encampment
Local committees are busy making prep
arations for the reception of delegates and
visitors to the state encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic and Womens
Relief Corps which will be held at Beat
rice May 9 and 10 The official meetings
of the Grand Army of the Republic will
be held in the Paddock Opera House and
of the Womens Relief Corps in the Audit
orium Between 1200 and 1500 visitors
are expected The public schools have
been invited to participate in public dem
onstrations to be given during the encamp
ment
Stanton Boys lieave Home
Andre Chamberlin aged 17 years son of
Mr and Mrs A C Chamberlin and
George Murphy aged 12 son of I P Mur
phy both of Stanton left their homes
April 16 for parts unknown Both were
without money and clothing except what
they wore They were seen in South
Omaha on the 17th They had good homes
and no reason is known for their action
It is supposed the elder boy enticed the
younger one away
Grand Island Considers Lnghfc Plant
The question of establishing an electric
light piant for lighting Grand Island the
plant to be operated in connection with
the city water worxs was considered at
the last council meeting The majority of
the council and the mayor are favorable to
the project and the prospect seems good
for Grand Island to be lighted by its own
electric light plant at no distant aay
Cleric Files His Bonds
Lee Herdman of Omaha whose commis
sion as clerk of the supreme court takes
effect May 1 has filed two bonds for 10
000 each with the secretary of state to cover
his first term of office
Miss Horlocker in Sanitarium
Miss Viola Horlocker who was recently
tried and acquitted at Hastings of the
charge of attempted murder by poisoning
is now confined in a private sanitarium in
the vicinity of New York where she will
be treated for physical and mental ail
ments
License Granted in St Paul
The license question was decided afc St
Paul the other night when the council
granted licenses at the same rate as belcrer
750 The vote stood three for license and
one against
KILLS FREE HIGR SCHOOL LAW
Supreme Court Hold It Unconsti
tutional on Point of Taxation
Before adjournment the supreme court
handed down decisions in several very im
portant oases one of which declares- the
free high sohooL attendance law to be unconstitutional-
The opinion in the case
involving the constitutionality of the free
i high school attendance law appealedfrom
t I II i 4
ndSo that act contravene sections 14
and 0 of article he of the constitution of
the state which declares that the legisla
ture may provide such revenue as may be
needed by levying a tax in proportion to
the value of hior her property that the
legislature shall Have no power to release
or commute taxes and that all taxes for
municipal purposes shall be uniform in re
spect to persons hnd property within the
jurisdiction of thejhody impong the same
It was argued inthfs case that inasmuch
as taxpayers inside the high school dYsirict
must under this act pay lie difference be
tween the cost of tuition of nonresident
pupils and the 75 cents per wetk allowed
by the law to be paid out of the general
fund ofttHi county and must also pay his
proportionate share of the 75 cents per
wek with the other taxpasers of the
county iu addition to bearing the whole of
tne expense of educating those pupils resi
dent within the limits of the school district
the law was contrary to the provisions of-
the constitution regulating taxation
Tins suit was begun by the city of Have-
lock against Lancaster County to secure
j the allowance of claim for tuition of pupils
residing outside the school district The
demuner tiled by the county was sustained
and the case Was appealed to the supreme
coarf The decision of the court will be
of interest to educators as it was largely
ihrough their efforts at the recent meeting
of the Slate Teachers Association that the
opnion in the case was written by Judge
Nerval
FARM BUILDINGS DESTROYED
Much Damage Done in the Neigh
borhood of Tecumseh by Storm
A cyolcnicwind storm swept a small
territory four miles east of Tecumseh on
the 16th inst doing considerable damage
ISo lives were lost nor stoeJc killed Ex
Clerk of the District Court C B Hosick
was the greatest sufferer At Jus place
which is tenanted by his father A T
llosiek every building was destroyed
except the house and tint was consider
ably wrecked and a summer kitchen de
molished The buildings were blown all
over the farm Mr Hosick s loss is about
800 witli no insurance Mose Roberts
Lee Woolruff and Others had windmills
and sheds blown over but the damage to
each was slight Nuniefous trees and
fences were destroyed for fully three
miles in the strip of the storm A heavy
washing rain followed
FATAL KEROSENE EXPLOSION
Beatrice Woman Burned While Try
ing to Light a Fire
Mrs Dan Huif living in the south part
of Beatrice was fatally burned recently
while trying to light the kitohen fire with
kerosene A young gi r I living at the home
had started the hre and as it did not seem
to hurh well Mrs Huff clad in a loose
wrapper arose to assist the fire by pouring
on Oil from a Large oan The oil caught
lire the can exploded and Mrs Huff was
instantly enveloped in a blaze of burning
oil Her husband came to her assistance
but before the tUmes could be put outMrs
Huff was badly burned from her throat
down her face and hair only escaping the
fire She died shortly afterwards in great
agony
Veteran Indian JFighter Dies
H W Angel one of the volunteers in
thejndin war of 1868 jm one of the ojl
settlers Tn and about Nebraska City is
dead He was among the volunteers from
that section who went after the Indians
after the massacre at Blue Springs and at
Red ClOucL He never tired of telling of
tlid various hairbreadth escapes that he
had as a scout while fighting the Indians
on the plains in the early days
Hunter Shoot His Hand Off
A E Root met with avery painful acci
dent at Stanton A shotgun in his own
hands was accidentally discharged en
tirely severing the left hand from the arm
just above the wrist Mr Roots home is
at Stewart and he was in Stanton work
ing in the interest of the Modern Brother
hood of America and has a lodge ready to
institute aosi
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and both bones
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SmallpoXjNeHr Tecumseh
A case ofsmallpox is reported from
Crab Orchard fifteen miles west of Te
cumseh A stranger from Kansas is
stricken with the disease He has been
placed under strict quarantine in a house
in the outskirts of town The schools of
the place have been temporarily closed
Lived 45 Years in Nebraska-
William ILurison Smith one of the old
est and most highly respected citizens of
vjtta tjuuuiy uieu ui jjs nuine isix miles
south of Plattsmouth He came to Ne
braska forty live years ago
The village of Monroe after vainly try
ing to secure a bridge across the Loup
River has opened a ferry line
A E Lane has just sold his eighty acre
farn north of Table Rock for 5050 which
means a little over 63 per acre
Mayor J N Kilian is being freely men
tioned as tha Republican nominee for con
gressman from the Columbus district
Congressman Mercer is the latest sug
gestion for vice president his name being
frequently heard iu and about the national
capital
While at work in Youngers nursery at
Geneva Irving Zink in climbing into a
wagon had his le
In tfiA tiVml
vuukiiu ju lJt IIUKl
broken just above theJ
Theschool bond proposition voted on in
the Table Rock school district last week
for0000 to build a new brick school
house failed to carry by the required two
thirds majority
Through the efforts of Postmaster
Kramer the postoffice in Columbus has
been brought up from a third to a second
class office For the fiscal year ending
March 81 1900 the receipts were 818S
McCombs warehouse at Grand Island
was burglarized to the extent of one Spald
ing chainless bicycle and two bicycle
I lamps There is no clue to the burglar
Rumors are current at McCool Junction
that the St Joseph Grand Island Rail
way is going to build through from that
place to Lincoln and that prominent Bur
lington officials are to take stock m the
road
The meeting of the Missouri Valley
Turnbezirk at Plattsmout was largely at
tended many turners being present from
St Joseph Kansas City Council Bluffs
Omaha Lincoln Premont and Nebraska
City
Col Ebenezer Burgess BalL noted for
aaving been for yean the nearest living
relative of George Washington died the
m EzeISp
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COL BALL
other dny of senile de
bility fcoL
ed himself by Keopmg a
little cigar an J
stand in the pemsion de-
9 partment Permission to
earn tnis slenuer liveli
hood was granted to him
in view of tliefaet that
he was the nearest of km
to the father of his
country Coh Balls re
semblance to ushMigton
was so close as to be
startling Hl photo
graphs were djten mis
taken for copies of portraits of his dis
tinguished ancestor When the great
Washington monument was completed he
applied for the position of custodian but
he never received the appointment The
grandfather of Col Ball was the Col
Ball who served in the revolutionary
army He was a cgusin of Mary Ball
he mother of Washhigton The colonial
Col Ball and Yashiugtjon were qQusins
both being grandchildren of n Ball and
thus it is that the old man who kept the
cigar stand in tltepcnsipn department
was doubly related in blood to the first
President of the republic Col Ball was
born in Loudoun County Virginia in
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Beauvoir recently leased by Admiral
Dewey asa country home and intc
which he has moved all the valuables is
a modernized colonial structure upon the
outskirts of Washington It is a squara
building surrounded by about ten acres
of ground It is located at Woodly Lane
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DEWEYS SUMMEU HOUSE
and for several years has been the sum
mer residence of John R McLean A
broad hallway divides the interior of the
house On either side of this hall there
are two large rooms Dr Bussey of
Washington originally built Beauvoir and
to the place was attached many historic
memories
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According to a report received at the
State Department from United States
Consul William T Fee at Bombay the
famine in India is the worst ever known
in fTio TiTcrtnT ir ff flifif wtitn fitr I I a crn tre
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xne season of acute distress was hardly
commenced The official estimate places
the number of persons receiving Govern
ment relief at 3500000 at a daily ex
penditure of S4000 The consul pre
dicts that before India is able to furnish
its own supplies several million people
will have died of starvation and disease
The officials of the Department of Ag
riculture are considerably annoyed by the
continual reappearance of a fake storv
about millions of dollars that are being- -d
uiauu an stkiuiu iuilluujj m uiiierent pans
of the country The published article as
sumes to have been written upon infor
mation gathered at the department and
people in every part of the country are
writing daily for detailed information
Secretary Wilson and all of his subordi
nates repudiate the story
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While the national House of Repre
sentatives was all a murmur with gen
eral conversation one day last week
Speaker Henderson rapped loudly with
his gavel and said sternly The chair
will please preserve order The Hous
roared the Speaker looked sheepish Hnd
after a minute or two the member -ho
had the floor proceeded withhis remaflks
jundisturbed -
Last week Secretary Wifdn sent twen
ty barrels of sweet potatoes to the agent
of the Agricultural Department in Lon
don with instructiins to see how the
Englishmen like that kind of a tuber
These are said to be the firsLsweet po
tatoes shipped acrossithetlantic and
the result will be watchcawith interest
Mr Cortelyou who has been appointed
secretary to tne President has been per-
jLuiimuj kuv uuues oj uiatomce ior sev j
eiui j uuulus umug 10 inc iu neaiui 01
Mr JForter In fact it has bpon nonl t
a year since the latter has been ablA tt
assume the responsibilities attached to
his position
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Some big attorneys fees were paid in
the Clark case Ex Senator Faulkner
of West Virginia whdHookecl after Mr
Clarks interests -will
receive a hana
somV check and ex Senator Edmunds
who has represented Marcus Daly is un
derstood to have been paid 10000 al
ready
Bill Anthonys widow h been given
a clerkship in the census bf eau
There are four distinct reports on the
bill to establish a cable between San
Francisco and Manila Only one is in
favor of paying a subsidy of 3000000
a year for twenty years for the privilege
of sending Government messages
It is said that the arrangement now
is to make Senator Wolcott temporary
chairman of the Republican convention
Senator Lodge permanent chairman srH
nave Jfreadent McKmlevs nanp nrs
sented by Senator Depew Senator
ker and Representative Dohiver
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