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FEAES FOR CONGER
HOPE FOp HIS SAFETY IS FAST
FAILING
Officials Feel that Their Gravest
Apprehensions Are Likely to Be
Realized at Any Time Minnesota
Republicans Meet
Washington None of the members of
the cabinet who were present at last Fri
days meeting could see the least change
for the better in the Chinese situation It
was stated every possible effort is being
made to secure intelligence of the minis
ters whereabouts bu with no results
When the cabinet meeting broke upFthero
could be no douliit the members shared the
general depression at the lack of news
from Minister Conger While unwilling to
admit hope for his safety was fast failing
they felt their gravest fears might be real
ized at any time
The state department has also been
made acquainted with the terms of agree
ment between the consuls and viceroys
looking to the protection of the southern
provinces in China The text is withheld
hero from publication but it is understood
its general purpose is to make noutral Chi
nese treaty ports iu Rankin and Hankow
Before it can become effective it must re
ceive the formal approval of the govern
mentbereandto tiat end the matter was
laid before the cabinet but the cabinet
failed toratify the agreement
MINNESOTA NOMINEES
Harmonious Convention of Repub
licans Held in St Paul
Governor Samuel It Yansant of Wi
nona
Lieutenant Governor Lindon A Smith
Attorney General W BTDouglass
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Charles M Start
Assistant Justice J L Collins
State Treasurer Julius Blook
Secretary of State P S Hanson
Railroad Commissioners For two years
C F Staples four years J G Miller and
Judge Ira B Mills
St Paul Minn The Republican state
convention last week nominated the fore
going ticket All the offices except the
secretaryship were uncontested and four
were renominations
Chairman Robert G Evans of the resolu
tions committee read the platform and it
was adopted unanimouslj It is devoted
chiefly to national issues commending the
presidents administration and the work of
congress denounces trusts and maintains
that the Republicans can and will control
and will suppress them avows continued
friendship of the party for labor interests
indorses Senator KnutelNelson for re-election
approves the pending bill before con
gress for the suppression of oleomargarine
being sold as butter favors the election of
senators by popular vote reaffirms belief
in the gross earning tax system and the
taxation of foreign corporations doing busi
ness in the state
NEW INDUSTRY FOR JAPAN
Americans Will Run Refinery and
Develop Oil Fields
Philadelphia When the British ship
Hudson leaves this port for Japan within
a few days it will carry an oil refining
plant the first ever shipped to that coun
try The cargo which is now being placed
on the vessel will also include tanks and
the necessary apparatus for the discharge
of the oil into vessels and cars The refin
ery Willie located at either Kobe or Yoko
hama
The work of running the refinery and
developing the newly discovered fields
will be under the direction of skilled Amer
icans their subordinates being Japanese
The development of oil in Japan it is said
is likely to restrict the demand from the
United States which amounts to many
jmillions of gallons every year Eleven
large sailing vessels are now under charter
to load in Philadelphia for Hiogo
3250000 IN GOLD ON BOARD
Steamer Arrives at Port Townsend
ivith Klondike Dust
Port Townsend Wash A steamer ar
rived from Skaguay last Saturday bring
ing sixty passengers and 5230000 in dust
from Dawson Col E D Wiggin
land commissioner at Rampart was
among the passengers He says the
camp proved itself far better this
winter than ever before Creeks hereto
fore corisideredworthless have turned out
to be big gold produce He estimates the
clean up at2000000 He says Rampart
bids fair lo- rival the Klondike as a pro
ducer Lv
Big Orcler for Big Guns
Bethlehem Pa The government ha
placed an ordjr with the Bethlehem Steel
Company for guns including it is said
seven 10 inch and four 12 Inch breech
Joading rifles and fourteen 12 inch breech
loading mortars and other smaller ones for
immediate dispatch to the Orient
Accuses Man He Killed
Hqpkinsvjlle Ky James Dudley
Ware who recently shot -Rev Dr Pinnei
at his homeled a sensational answer in a
divorce suit orought by his wife charging
3Irs Ware and Rev Dr Pinner with
ultery lie claims he shot Pinner upon
ling proof of his charge
Tax on Chinese Immigration
Ottawa Ontario The Chinese restric
tion bill increasing the tax on Chinese
immigrants from 50 to 100 has been prac
tically adopted by the house of commons
The measure also restricts the immigration
of Japanese to twelve per month
Kansas Relief for Stricken India
Vow Wirfe TfiflflPn thousand rinllnra
was received June 27 from the Kansas In
dia famine relief committee and cabled to
the Inter denominational mission at Bom
bay
TRAIN ROBBERY IN NEBRASKA
Lone BandjLt jiSecurefl Almost 200
frbnihe Passengers
Lincoln Nab- Pullman passengers on
the through St Louis Portland vestibule
sxpress on the Burlington Railway were
held up at 1 oclock on the morning of
June 28 by a masked robber near Brad
shaw sixty miles west of Lincoln The
robber proceeded quietly going from
berth to berth and poking a revolver an
tler the noses of the rudely awakened pas
sengers and demanding their money
When he finished the robber pulled the
air cord and stopped the train a mile and
a half beyond Bradshaw He then
jumped Into the darkness and disappeared
The Pullman conductor and porter ft is
reported did not know the robbery was
In progress The first intimation was when
the alf cord was nulled and the train came
to a sudden standstill Conductor Green
in charge of the train says a passenger in
the chair car with a ticket for Aurora
Hob was missing after the train stopped
It is supposed that the missing passenger
was therobber and that he boarded the
train here
Further information given out by Bur
lington railway officials concerning the
robbery shows the bandit secured almost
200
AMERICAN LIFE HELD CHEAP
Cuban Who Killed Citizen of United
5 States Goes Scot Free
Havana A Cuban policeman who re
cently killed an American named Welsh
and against whom the evidence was ap
parently complete in the opinion of officers
and others who saw the whole affair has
just been acquitted by the judges in cir
cumstances so extraordinary that Gov
Gen Wood will order an investigation
The fiscal said the case had been com
pletely proved and he demanded a sentence
of fourteen years
Americans in Havana are very indig
nant over what they claim is a studied at
tempt to show the Cubans that it is no
crime to kill an American They refer to
a case ocournng some months ago wbena
Cuban editor killed Mr Smith the Amer
ican collector of customs at Gibara On
the trial the fiscal said he rose with regret
to request the punishment of a Cuban for
killing one of the intervenors an act
which in his opinion was scarcely a crime
ALARM IN RUSSIA
Criticalness of Financial Situation
Causes Grave Anxiety
London A dispatch from Moscow says
The Boxers troubles and the death of
Count Muravieff have greatly accentuated
the difficulties of the financial situation in
Russia which is in such a critical state as
to arouse the gravest anxiety The black
list of good firms failing lengthens- and the
sense of Insecurity and fear of something
worse to come has caused vast sums to be
temporarily witftdrawn from the market
In Moscow alone within two months it is
stated on good authority 20000000 rou
bles have been lodged in the Imperial
Bank without interest for safety
IS A VERY RICH HEIRESS
Girl Found Near Davenport Iowa
in a Pitiful Condition
San Francisco Marian Bjrbe who was
found near Davenport Iowa in a pitiful
mental and physical condition is the
daughter of W E Bybe of Los Gatos but
always made her home with her uncle L
P Drexler of this city She will receive
nearly 100000 from bisestate On the lllh
Miss Bybe started for New York to visit
friends Mrs Drexler has telegraphed to
the girls sister Mrs Edna Hollis of Fre
donia Kan
HEPBURNS SON VERY ILL
Iowa Congressmans Boy Sick ivith
Fever in Havana
Washington Capt C B Hepburn of
the volunteer signal corps son of Repre
sentative Hepburn of Iowa lies at the
point of death at Havana suffering from
yellow fever Capt Hepburn caught the
malady while visiting a sergeant who was
dying of the fever in order to find out
what should be done about the mans wifo
and children in the event of his death
Accused of Goebels Murder
Harlan Court House Ky Capt John
L Powers was arrested here charged with
being an accessory to the murder of Gov
Goebel Powers at once instituted habeas
corpus proceedings lie holds a pardon
issued bv Gov Taylor while in office and
was released once before on habeas corpus
proceedings in Knox County ne is a
brother of Secretary of State Caleb Powers
Murder and Suicide
Fort Wayne Ind Wm 2fabrwald a
barber 83 years old shot and killed his
wife and then turned his weapon on him
self sending a bullet into his brain Xc
real cause is known for the tragedy but
they were heard quarreling a few minutes
before the shots were fired Both had led
somewhat dissipated lives They were
married in December
Report of Gibsons Death Denied
San Francisco The persistent publica
tion in New York newspapers of a story to
the effect that Rev J George Gibson of
this city is dead and that before his
demise he made a confession that he mur
dered Blanche Lamont and Minnie
Williams has no foundation in fact
Combine Handles Prune Crop
San Jose Cal The California Packers
Company has finally arranged with tho
California Fruit Association the prune
mes combine for handling the coming
crop The fixing of prices is left to the
direction of the association There will
be no bonus on foreigu exports
Severe Storm in Kansas
Atchison Kan A terrific electrial
storm accompained by a gale occurred
here June 28 Trees were blown down
and many small buildings overturned
The roof of the Ogden block the largest
building in Atchison was blown off
Return With Cranes Body
New York Among the passengers
who arrived per steamer Bremen from
Bremen and Southampton were Mrs Crane
and daughter who accompany the remains
of Stephen Crane who died aboard June 0
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STORM IN NEBRASKA
Entire Northeastern Part of State
Swept by Hurricane
Sioux City Northeastern Nebraska waa
swept by a severe storm on June 27 At
Wakefield it blew out the front of George
Greens livery barn tore off the cornice of
George Baccus drug store blew down
several wooden awnings and smashed in
store fronts People fled to ther cyclone
caves Much damage must have been
done to crops in that section
The storm struck Osmond about 630 a
m The roof of the Great Northern depot
was blown off the Great Northern elevator
was moved bodily several feet empty cars
were blown from the sidetrack and a num
ber of buildings in the business part of the
town partly damaged There was no loss
of life or casualties of any kind
The wind had a few characteristics of a
tornado at Hubbard but was hardly strong
enough Trees were uprooted and small
outbuildings were overthrown and tele
graph and telephone wires suffered
Otherwise however the damage was not
serious One of the trains on the Omaha
line had some difficulty in pulling through
the storm Its passengers were badly
frightened
Considerable damage was done to barns
signs and trees at Norfolk The metal
cornices were blown off the blocks of W
H Winter and Charles Ehle
The storm extended practically all the
way from ONeill east to Osmond At
Plainview a church was wrecked and
store buildings damaged The crops hava
suffered greatly Corn and small grain was
all blown flat to the ground and pounded
down with the torrents of rain No casual
ties have been reported
It will take many thousands of dollars
to repair the damage done in Thurston
County The heaviest losers were J R
Kingston barn Dr Comfort barn L C
Brownings house depot at Pender partly
unroofed heavy elevator at Thurston
partly wrecked Pleasant Valley M E
Church off foundation and tower down
Five out of every six windmills were
blown down
Outhouses and small buildings were
turned over and trees broken down all over
the city of Wayne The brick yard sheds
of J S Lewis were blown to pieces the
agricultural hall and amphitheater at the
fair grounds was lifted high in the air and
scattered in every direction the plate glass
frbnts of the stores of Furchner Duerig
Co F S Jones and August Piepenstock
were partly blown in doing considerable
damage Some of the slateroof of the new
court house was blown off Many corn
cribs were blown over and the sidewalks
were strewn with the wreckage of trees
Reports from the country are to the effect
that few windmills were left standing
Many barns and outhouses were blown
over and considerable damage done to the
wheat and corn crops
Executive Council of Porto Rico
San Juan Porto Rico A meeting of
the first executive council of Porto Rico
will be held soon and it is thought that all
the members with the exception of Messrs
Russell and Brumbaugh will be in attend
ance The meeting wili be of an entirely
preliminary character and no routine busi
ness has been mapped out There will
simply be a formal organization of the
council
Japanese Driven from Town
Redding Cal Two hundred miners and
smelter employes of Kesewick and vicin
ity1 drove twenty one Japanese railroad
workers out of town The Japanese were
put on a train for this place and at this
point the railroad conductor put them off
There was no Violence The miners object
to the Japanese who were employed to
take the places of white men
To Repeal Goebel Law
Lexington Ky As a result of a con
ference of political leaders here it is au
thoritatively stated that Gov Beckham
will call an extra session of the legislature
to repeal the Goebel election law It has
been strongly argued that a continuance of
the law will defeat the party in Kentucky
Wagon Prices Not to Be Raised
Louisville Ky The National Wagon
Manufacturers Association has decided not
o raise the prices
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Sioux City Cattle common to prime
20OG5O hogs 1G7K500 sheep
225700 wheat 54c corn 3031c oats
2022e butter dairy U1G creamery
1820
Chicago Cattle common to prime
300 to 575 hogs shipping grades
300 to 550 sheep fair to choice 300
to 500 wheat No 2 rod 85c to S7c
corn No 2 41c to 42c oats No 2 25c
to 27crye No 2 Glc to G2c butter
choice creamery ISc to 20c eggs fresh
lie to 13c new potatoes 50c to SOc per
bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
575 hogs choice light 300 to 550
sheep common to prime 300 to 475
wheat No 2 S5c to S7c corn No 2
white 43c to 45c oats No 2 white
27c to 29c
St Louis Cattle 325 to 575 hogs
300 to 575 sheep 300 to 500
wheat No 2 S7c to SSc corn No 2
yellow 41c to 43c oats No 2 24c to
26c rye No 2 Glc to U3e
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 575 hoes
300 to 550 sheep 250 to 450
wheat No 2 S7c to SOc corn No 2
mixed 44c to 4Gc oats No 2 mixed 2Gc
to 2Sc rye No 2 G3c to Goc
Detroit Cattle 250 to 575 hops
300 to 550 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 01c to 92c corn No 2
yellow 44c to 45c oats No 2 white 2Sc
to 30c rye Glc to G3c
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed SOc to
Glc corn No 2 mixed 43c to 45c oats
No 2 mixed 2Gc to 27c rye No 2 Glc
to G3c clover seed prime 525 to 535
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 northern
SGc to SSc corn No 3 42c to 43c oats
No 2 white 27e to 29c rye No 1 G3c
to G5c barley No 2 47c to 49c pork
mess 1200 to 1250
Buffalo Cattle choice shipping steers
300 to 575 hogs fair to prime 300
to 575 sheep fair to choice 300 to
525 lambs1 common to extra 450 to
725
New York Cattle325 to 600 hogs
300 to 600 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 red 94c to 9Gc corn Noi 2
48c to 50c oats No 2 white 31c to 33c
butter creamery lGc to 20c eggs west
em 13c to 15c
STATE 01 NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Cicero H Thompson Sentenced to
Fifteen Years Imprisonment for
Killing a Man Who Was Forcing
an Entrance to His Residence
In district court at Valentine Judge
Harrington sentenced Cicero H Thomp
son to fifteen years in the penitentiary
The trial lasted a week Thompson was
tried for the murder of Arthur London
whom he killed last March London and
a comrade named Milleman went to the
dwelling house of Thompson and while in
the act of forcing their way into the house
Thompson fired three shots into the head
of London from the effects of which he
died and two into Millemanshead which
did nob prove fatal Thompson claimed
that the shooting was in self defense
Thompson fs a pioneer settler and was
well liked and had accumulated consider
able property His counsel served notice
that an appeal would be taken
MURDER AND SUICIDE
Omaha Man Shoots Wife Kicks Son
and Finishes Himself
John Stumfmaer a German carpenter
living in the southern part of Omaha
shot and mortally wounded his wife
and killed himself The tragedy was
the culmination of a quarrel over domestic
affairs After shooting his wife Stumf
maer lighted a matoh and stooped over her
prostrate body to assure himself that she
was dead1 Enraged by the sight of his
12-year-old son sobbing upon the neck of
his dying mother Stumfmaer kicked the
boy off the porch and out into the street
and then going into the house shot himself
through the left eye dying instantly
Attorneys Quarrel in Court Room
Two well known attorneys of North
Platte J J Halligan and A F Parsons
almost came to blows in the district court
recently Their disagreement first arose
during the argument of a case in which
they were the opposing counsel It did
not take long for the dispute to reach a cli
max and almost before the court and other
attorneys realized what was about to hap
pen the two men were squaring off for a
fistic encounter At this point District
Clerk Eider rushed in between the bellig
erent pair and others pulled them apart
Smallpox at Seward
E P Connett of- Seward was taken sick
a few days ago and Dr Towne of the state
board of health was called upon to exam
ine the case which he pronounced to be
smallpox One of the local physicians
agreed with him and another was not cer
tain but thought it was not smallpox The
city council after considering the matter
decided not to quarantine its excuse being
that as Seward was expecting to celebrate
the Fourth of July it would keep people
away from town if it was quarantined so
it decided to await developments
Will Send a Flag
In response to a telegram sent by the
president of the Rough Riders Club or
ganized at Lyons to Theodore Roosevelt
stating that a large rough riders club had
been organized and asking him for a flag
the following reply has been received
Oyster Bay N Y To John F Piper
Chairman Republican Central Committee
Lyons Neb Thanks Will send flag
Theodore Roosevelt
Strength of State Militia
In response to a request from the war
department Adjt Gen Barry reported on
the strength of the state militia The
First Regiment numbers 60S officers and
men the Second Regiment 580 Troop A of
Seward 46 and Battery A of- Wymore 57
Total aggregate strength 1291 The states
apportionment of the national appropria
tion will be based on these figures
Hayward Ordered to Frisco
Dr E P Hayward som of the late Sen
ator nay ward has received orders from
the war department to proceed at once
to San Francisco and report for duty He
does not know where he will be sent from
there Dr Hayward returned to his home
in Nebraska City from the Philippines two
weeks ago where he has serverd a year as
surgeon in the United States army
Teachers Institute at Sidney
The teachers institute for Cheyenne
County will be held at Sidney from July 9
to 19 at the high school building The
work throughout will be practical The
state superintendent and other well known
educators will be present at various times
during the session Many teachers from
contiguous counties have signified their in
tention of being present
RunaAvay Proves Fatal
Mrs Will Iiefferon of Hastings who
was thrown out of a buggy as the result of
a runaway ded about forty eight hours
later from the injuries sustained by the
fall She became unconscious as soon as
she struck the hard ground aud remained
in that condition until death came
Fight Against Blade Leg
Johnson County farmers are having their
herds of cattle inoculate against black
leg Veterinarians from the state board
of animal industry have operated upon
some of the herds and local veterinarians
have also been employed
Fannqrs Want Rural Mail Delivery
The fanners living one mile south and
six miles east and seven miles west and
then to Lyons have petitioned tlie post
uiiice department for two separae free
rural deliveries to include this territory
Wajon Rsjiis Over a B03
A sou of W R Woods living about
four miles southwest of Greely was run
over by a wagon loaded with lumber
The little fellow was driving the team and
fell off the load
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fix nsshoppers Damage Crops
lrasshopners have made their appear
ance in countless millions and are doing
much damage in the vicinity of Wufhitev
J
Creamery Does Big Business
The South Platte Creamery Company
located at Osceola is running out 10U0
pounds of butter every day of the week
and they cannot supply the demand Tti s
year they are shjppng to XroYidenoe ILL
audBoston where they get the -top of the
market
Isk JFat Cattle for Market
Cm Chamberlain and F MTaylor two
of the most extensive cattle Feeders of
Tecumseh this week marketed 400 head of
fatted cattle The gentlemen fed the crit
ters through the winter and spring
MAKE A NEW CHANNEL
South Dakota Farmers Change the
Big Muddys Coarse
Considerable excitement was occasioned
at Jackson Dakota County one day Jas
week over a rumor that a body of armed
men were cutting a channel through Ejgn
igers Neck or as it is known on the maps
Brulghiers Bend on the South Dakota
side of the Missouri Riyer This movement
on the part of South Dakota men had itrf
origin in McCook S H a town at the ex
treme north end of the bend Tiiey have
contended that if a channel could be cu
across the neck making the river run
straight instead of around a twenty five
mile bend it would prevent the spring
floods which have so frequently overflowed
the southwestern portions of Union Coun
ty It is supposed the overflow is caused
by the ice banking up at the bend in tho
river The channel cut would remedy
this -
The rumor proved to be a fact The
channel was cut through the neck and
now several thousand acres of choice Ne
braska land is on the South Dakota side of
the Missouri River Tho officers who put
in an appearance on the scene immedi
ately after news of the cutting was out
took no trouble to secure information thas
would enable them to make arrests later
on It is an offense against the federal
statutes to change the course of a naviga
ble stream but there is little likelihood of
any prosecution in this case
There has been a general idea that the
change of the channel would transfer the
land in the great bend from the jurisdic
tion of Nebraska to that of South Dakota
but decisions of the supreme court of the
United States declare against this proposi
tion The area left in the bend will remain
subject to taxation in Nebraska and under
the authority of the laws of the state
FLOODS SLAYER IS FREE
Omaha Authorities Release Charles
King from Jail
After an incarceration of four days
Charles H King who shot and killed
James Flood the hack driver is a free
man No complaint of any kind has been
filed against King and he was detained in
jail as long a time as the law permitted
under such circumstances He expresses
himself as entirely satisfied with hi3 treat
ment
I am very sorry it happened he said
but 1 think I did no more than anyother
man would have done -
Judge Hastings Wins Big Prize
Judge W G Hastings of Wilberhas
been notified by the American Philosoph
ical Society of Philadelphia that he has
been awarded the Henry M Phillips prize
of 2000 for the best essay on The Devel
opment of the Law as Illustrated by the
Decisions Relating to the Police Powers of
the State offered by the society in April
1897 and for which competing essays had
to be sent in by May 1 1899 upon which
the award has just been made
Omaha Man Missing
G S Wegener who left Omaha over u
week ago has not yet returned and all
efforts to locate him have so far been un
availing Immediately before leaving Mr
Wegener had been seen drinking and dis
played in a number of places a roll of bills
amounting to several thousand dollars
The last heard of him was when he left the
Grand Hotel in Council Bluffs where he
had spent the preceding night
Horses and Wagon Stolen
Some one entered the stable of Rev O
L Barnes pastor of the Free Methodist
Church at Blair the other night andstole a
fine driving team one set of nearly new
double harness one set of leather fly nets
and a two seated spring wagon Sheriff
Men eke offers a reward of 50 for the thief
Or thieves
Belden Man Dissappears
O C Swain a harnessmaker of Belden
took the train June 19 supposedly for
Laurel but has not been heard of since
He had been sick most of the winter bu
had reopened his harness shop and no
reason is known for his leaving so suddenly
Prohibition State Convention
The Prohibition state convention has
been called to meet in the auditorium at
Lincoln July 12 at 2 p m to nominate
presidential electors and state officers also
the transaction of such other business as
may properly come before it
Farmer Killed by Heat
Ira J Miller a prominent farmer living
near McCook wai overcome by heat on
his way home from that city and died with
out regaining consciousness He was an
early settler and about GO years of age
Bridge Over Platte Completed
The South Platte bridge over the south
channel of the river is completed The
work of construction has been carried
through with speed as it is only three
weeks since the contract was awarded
Must Have Lamps in Beatrice
The Beatrice police are waging war
against all bicyclists found riding without
lamps or bells on their wheels The mat
ter is the outgrowth of severai serious ac
cidents to pedestrians lately
Nebraska Short Xotes
Six Broken Bow men were caught in a
poker game and promptly fine 10 each
A boy named Clark living at Auburn
fell down and bit the end ot his tongue off
The York Masonic lodge celebrated its
twenty fifth anniversary last week
The new 10000 school house at Loup
City was struck by lightning anddanviged
to the amount of several hundred dollars
Willard Eikin a Kennard hoy dropped
a target rille and it went off the ball strik
ing him in the fleshy part of the leg
Camera fiends at St Edward have been
busy lying in wait nights along the prom
enade frequented by young couples and
taking flashlight photographs
Ex Superintendent W I OBrien of the
state fish hatcheries has gone to Dunbar
Wis where lie will tjike charge o7the
hatcheries and the Gay lor Club House at
that e both of whielfare the property
of wealthy capitalists in lliecasc Mr
OBrien has had hiseygon the joopr some
tini hut it is just latelyilmEthTprtfprie
tor came to his terms
Griin harvesting s now in progress in
the sou hern counties
Little Sammv Bendewald
son of Mrs Margaret Bendewald of Wei
McCook was bitteiiJby a rattlesnake on
thbTauftiofisiistpd in Cheyenne County
Kafisifsabout twvlve miles south of Haig
ler and died at the home of his mother in
West McCook Tim littie fellow no iced a
rattlesn ike going into a hole a id taking
hiknije attempted to cut from the tail of
the serpent its rattles As is the habit of
the rattrep tiie he -id was curled about until
it was just inside the opening to the hole
and when the boy attempted to secure the
rattles he was bitten
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Dean O Worcester one of the
pine commissioners tells the following
story of the late Gen Lawton I wasj
with Gen Lawton at the villagexoftlmua
after our soldiers occupied itV Thcwnari
tives were very glad toetyas onafho
soon formed an affect5o5or Gen Lai
ton who never fired ofilning to thclrj
complaints and helping them The Fili
pinos are natural musicians and I sqgn
gested one day thatove teach i if possible
tho village bamfTin1ro play the
Star Spangled Banner Gen Lawtoni
was greatly interested I took the leaderj
of the band to my hut and whistled thej
air over and over for him and he wrotej
out the music after half an hours work
Then ho drilled the band jmd in thet
course o a day or two the band played It
excellently The village priest was so
glad to see Gen Lawton that he intro-
duced the Star Spangled Banner into
the regular mass music of the church to
show as he expressed it that he appre
ciated what the Americanshnd done for
them The priest told Gen Lawton that
he was always going to have the StaT
Spangled Banner played as part of thei
mass and as long as we werethere he
did soJ
MRS CASE
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Mrs Daniel Case of Honolulu who Is
npv visiting Topeka Kan relatives has
some interesting things to say of life ivt
her new home It
is warm hx
lu the year round 1
the thermometer
never rises abovef
90 nor falls as lowi
as 50 She is abloj
to have fresh fruit
on her table all the
time Honolulu led
a very cosmopolitan
city Mrs Casei
says that many families own their own
private automobiles Many of the resi J
dents are wealthy and the churches and
schools rank among the finest inthe
world There are about 8000 whitepeo
ple there but there is little social lifeh
as many of the women are engaged inj
doing missionary work for the outlying
islands There Are a few womens clubsr
but as a rule they do not long survive
as the climate is so enervating The
styles are of the latestVs they ate in
troduced there even before they are in
this country and the peopleare quick to
adopt them
American regulars in Negros seem to
take kindly to the island if their letters
may be taken as evidence Living is ex
tremely cheap there for the native The
American is expected to live in a grander
style but he can satisfy this demand andi
still live handsomely on the modest salaryi
a soldier draws from Uncle Sam Thirty
one Mexican dollars per month they look
upon as a grand income entitling one to
all the luxuries of life The Chinese and
the Turks are in their element among
such a people and their restriction seemg
imperative if thenatives are to be pro
tected in their simplicity Negros is re
garded by these soldiers as the Edea
oOthe southern seas
The Sultan of Sulu witharetinue ini
eluding several of his wives is in SingiH
pore ostensibly on a religious mission Aj
Hong Kong dispatch to a Manila paperi
says the Sultan has gone to Singapore
in order to protest to the British against
the Americans establishing a tariff
against imports claiming that it is a vio
lation of the treaty of 1877 between
Spain Great Britain and Germany Ger
many guaranteeing the Sulu islands free
trade whereas the Americans have
tablished a tariff nearly doubling the1
prices of tobacco rice and the Sulu sta
pies of life most of which are imported
from Singapore
Writers afflicted un r
loading dialect stories on Sefenselessd
readers have in the - Philippine a rich
field to work There are thirty dialects
in operation in Luzon alone and gyeryi
one of them is loaded withgony ana
disturbance
Upward of 11000 has thus far been
contributed toward the guaranteed fund
of 70000 to meet the expenses of the
Cuban public school teachers who are to
be taken to Cambridge Mass for at
summer course of instruction at Harvard
University
The Havana Board of Health appoint-
ed by Gen Ludlow has resigned on ac-
count of the municipality not wishing tot
accept its recommendations
There is a larger percentagejof urban
residents in Cuba than in the United
States The population is 355 to thel
square mile
Two hundred and fifty seven vessels
entered the ports of Porto Ricin the
past three months
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According to the School Review only
4151 per cent of the pupils in Americam
high schools are boys
Several communities in lower Italyj
have recently petitioned the King for the
abolition of compulsory education he
cause of its cost
At Trinity College which isnOTrJjemg
built near Washington DOior the
higher education of womenlhe curricu
lum will be similar to BrynTQiawr with
courses in Greek LatinV Erench Ger
man English mathematicsahd history
It is expected that the fine buildings will
be ready for occupancy inefautumn
Waltham Mass is to have a vacation
school to provide care and entertainment
for children during the summer In the
kindergarten department children fromi
3 to 6 years will be admitted The com
mittee hopes to provide accommodations
and a course of studies for children be
tween the ages of 5 and 11 years Chil
dren from 11 to 15 will have a course
which Includes cooking sloyd nature
study drawing and calisthenics -
Yale men who are working their way
through college have become profefsionau
pall bearers to earn money They re-
ceive 1 for each funeral