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The JSiottfolk Ncaus
Thoro Ih n law In Virginia hat pro
hlblts flirting Thnt state must not
bo looking for a reputation an a soasldo
resort
Tho hobo appears imioh leas f roqnontly
this spring than for yearn post It may
bo boliovod that thoso now on Ihp road
couldnt bo driven to work with ft pllo
driver -
A Connecticut woman who wont
through hor husbands pookotn got hold
of a dynamlto cartridge which exploded
nnd torn hor hand Sho was probably
looking for troublo and found It
A ntriko of gravo diggers In Phila
delphia la a novolty In tho Huo of labor
agitation- It has boon found impossible
to fill tho strikers plnoosnnd a vault full
of dead bodies nwalts ft sottlomont of tho
dlftloulty
ItlsBftldthat Arkansas haB ft now
lnw taxing tho pooplo 5 a yoar for tho
prlvllodgo of drinking intoxicating
liquors If that law la ouforood tho
state will undoubtedly bo oompollod to
build an addition to Its treasury
Tho good roods movomout that Is agi
tating eastern nnd southern states dis
turbs Nobroskn but Httlo This state
usually has good roads whethor thoy
nro worked or not Thoy uro now
nbont oquftl to pavomont In this vicinity
Tho Bontrlco mnn Houry Oordon
who has boon fasting for SO days broko
his faBt Suuday and now fools that ho
has strength to wlthstftud tho punish
ment of tho Lord from whom ho claims
to lijivo recolved a commnud to faBt for
10 days
A Kontnoky man has roooutly died
from blood polsoniug caused by ft
ohinkeu sorntch This Is probably tho
first opportunity scientists havo had of
olassiug tho hen as n dangoroua nnimal
nnd no tlmo should bo lost In gottlng
hor on tho list
Govoruor Dietrich has appolutod W
A Thomas of Omaha as stato votorl
nnrinu nndor tho now lftw It Is to bo
hoped that Mr Thomas will dovoto
npooinl ollorts to stamping out tho hog
oholoni nnd corn stalk diseases that havo
proven so disastrous to Nobroskn llvo
stook
This sootion of tho country is onjoy
ing an activity In building olroloB such
ns has not provallod for yours Tho
spirit of improvomont is on and tho
anmmor will undoubtedly bo one in
whloh n uinu who oau lay ft briok drivo
a nail or handle a saw will havo
Httlo rest
Two womou of Hill Oity S D wore
Baved tho dlsgrnco of going to jail by
their husbnuds who paid a flno of 36 oaoh
booauso tho fair ladies violatod n game
law by going fishing boforo tho soasou
oponod Thoy not only havo laws in
South Dakota but thoy ovidoutly on
forco thorn
It Is no great honor to bo a legislator
in Arizona nuloss your oltlcial demeanor
rocolves tho sanction of your constit
uents An assomblymon of Floronco
in that stato was ridden out of town on
a rail nnd ordered not to return becauso
somo of his votes wero not approved
A gang of one hundred minora wero his
escort
An Oakdalo man baa notified his
neighbors through the Soutinol that ho
will destroy all chickens or other
poultry caught on his lawn There aro
many ownors of lawns and gardous who
do not glvo their ohicken owning neigh
bors this chnncobut destroy tho ohlokons
nnd leave tho owners to find out about
it at their lolsuro
Tho modoru method of constructing
buildings will soon call for laws govern
ing tho uso of space in tho air In
Brooklyn a hotel is to bo oouBtruotod
over a stroot tho building to bo erected
on steel spans at tho ontrauoo of o forry
It is considered thnt the lucouvouiouoes
to bo overcoiuo will not 1m worso thau
the cost of a site in that part of tho
city
Tho Evening Times published by tho
Sioux City Journal has ceased to oxist
the publishers having undoubtedly como
to tho conclusion that the morning
Journal filled the requirements of tho
reading public very satisfactorily It
may be that tho euergy devoted toward
tho publication of tho Times will be
used toward bettering the Journal If
that is possible
Those who do not believe in trusts
continue to insist that American ship
pers must patronize Englands shipping
trust the Liverpool Steamship Owners
association which controls a gross ton
nage of 2543079 tons and owns 50 per
cent of the total number of steam ves
sels above 5000 tons aud therefore
about one half the vessels engaged in
our foreign trade
The new city charter of Lincoln
Tides that property owners may be held
responsible for damages sustained by
persons through defective walks Noth
ing less than permauont walks of brick
stone or cement will removo the daugor
Suoh a proviclon should and undoubtedly
will bo of importance in encouraging
tho construction nud keeping in
tho walks of tho city
repair
The Unitod States against tho world
for almost any industry It is said that
tho Texas oil Hold newly discovered is
oapablo of producing about lX000X0
barrels of oil a year or about ono half
tho ontlro product of tho oil rogiou of
Unsaid With her othor oll produoing
torrltory tho Unitod States la oaslly tho
lender of nil nthor oonntrios of tho
world In that busluoss
Editor Ronowator la of tho opinion
that Mr Uryan will try to booomo gov
ernor of Nebraska noxt year Mr
Hryau howovor doollnes to confirm tho
statomont Ho probably realizes that it
would moan his cortaln political doath
If ho wont after suoh a position nud
failed to secure It and It may bo rollod
upon that ho will not sook It unless
reasonably cortaln of a nomination and
olootion
Tho man who will Invont a convenient
spittoon that may bo carrlod In tho
pookot or conooalod in tho crown of n
hat should bo ablo to roap honor and
omolumontln Now York whoro it is an
offonao punishable by a fluo of 500 to
spit on tho walks or in tho stroot cars
What is more it Is said that tho law Is
bolng rigidly ouforood and tho walks
aud oar lloors aro aa cloau as somo mous
shirt bosoms
A Gorman newapapor estimates that
at least a quartor of tho working pooplo
in that country are olthor ldlo or Insuf
ficiently omployod It is Httlo wonder
that thoy aro ondoavorlng to copy aftor
tho American polioy of protoctlou to tho
homo nmrkots by shutting out foreign
goods Not sluco Cleveland and freo
trade held tho boards has nuy suoh con
dition confronted tho laborers of tho
Unitod Statos
LI Hung Chang says thoro are 10-
000000 porsouB Bufforiug In tho proviuce
orShnn SI for foodaud appoals for help
Tho help will undoubtedly bo forth
coming from tho foreign devils who
aro so much despised by somo of tho
Ohiuamon Thoy will see if uotroalizo
how coals of tiro may bo heaped on an
ouomys head by those ohriatious whoso
rolatlvos aud friends thoy butoherod
A Chinaman would probably allow that
sort of people to Btarvo to death but
modoru civilization is not of that sort
aud tho uoody ones will undoubtedly
bo provldod for If tho lossou gooa
homo It will bo worth all it costs
Mr Bryan says that ho la not plan
ning for another nomination but does
uot state that he would refuse tho honors
wero thoy thrust upon him Ho soys
howovor ho can bo rolled upon to sup
port those who as candidate advocato
domocratio prinolples and who can be
trusted to enforco them if elected
which appears to be his method of serv
ing notice on domoorats of tho Cleveland-Morton
kind with gold bug pro
olivitlos that thoy need not apply for
tho leadership which ho is not plan
ning for himself That ho intends to
out a figure in tho deal if not dictate
tho nomination in 1004 is ovident
Fifty millions of tho now British loan
of 300000000 has boon gobbled by tho
J P Morgan syndicate of this country
aud other syndicates and companies aro
looking for more of tho same kind of
soourltios John Bull was formerly tho
banker of tho world but ho is being fast
superseded by Unolo Sam who has
money to throw at tho birds When
foreign oountrios want money they are
beginning to look to this country for it
and if they dont behave in the future
thoy are likely to havo Beveral I O Us
presented by American capitalists with
a request to cash up instanter They
cant afford to bo foxy with their
banker
Wero It not that newspapers are
usually generous with their Bpooo tho
people would be wofully ignorant of the
new laws passed and placed In effeot by
tho legislature This should uot be
There should be some means of inform
ing tho people of the laws passed aud
either tho newspapers should be offered
somo Inducomout for spreading the in
formation or somo othor method should
be employed Ignorance of tho law Is
not an oxouso acceptable by the courts
and to bo fair there should be scant ex
cuse for ignorance As it is tho vast
majorityof the people might be ignorant
of tho laws and yet bo subservient to
their provisions
Prosperity is with the state banks of
Nebraska as never before in their his
tory Secretary Royse of the state
banking board has recently completed a
comparison of all the reports issued
sinco the organization of the depart
ment which shows that the deposits on
March 13 the date of the last report
wore 1331493875 greater thau any
previous year In 1892 the previous
high wator mark tho deposits were24
80111329 The past year the deposits
amounted to 13810005304 There may
yot bo a few who havo to be shown that
prosperity exists aud they should be
able to extract information if not com
fort from these figures
Nebraska may learn from Sweden
how to free itself from taxation and
how to secure railroad and telephone
services with the same facility that
educational advantages are now ex
tended to all people A newspaper
THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY MAY 3 1901
re
graph remark1 Utopin is now known
to bo locntod at Orsa In Swodon Tho
community has In courso of a genera
tion sold -1000000 worth of treos and
by moans of judicious replanting haa
provided for a similar income ovory
thirty or forty yoars In consoquonco
of this commoroial wealth thoro aro no
taxes Railways tolophonos etc are
froo and so are sohool houaos toachiug
and many othor things Tho Con
servative
Prosldont MoKluloy has boon rocolv
lug n remarkable ovation from tho
pooplo of tho south at tho beginning of
his trip across tho oontlnout If his
first days trip la to bo takou as nn indi
cation of what tho ontlro journoy will
bo It should bo characterized as a trl
umphial tour His first address of tho
trlpwaa to tho pooplo of Oharlottavtllo
Virglnlft by whom ho was warmly
grootod At Roauoko the prosldont
gave a ohoico bit of advice whon ho
said What wo want to do now is to bo
prudent In our prosperity savo while
wo can aud bo strong If tho storms
should como aa thoy do now nnd thou
Whntovor comes lot us bo fortified by
tho practico of economy whilo wo aro
all so well omployod It is safe to Bay
that if tho prosidonts advico wore gen
erally hoodod there might bo hard
tlmos but no panics nnd no groat amount
of suffering
Prof Algio It Crook a member of
Northwestern nnivorslty of Chicago
assorts thnt ho has nover uttorod a pro
fano word nover smoked chewed to
bacco drank Intoxicants nor hugged or
kissod n woman Tho professor is too
good or perhnpa too bad for this
world aud should be takou care of in his
propor sphere A mnn who will no
knowledge that ho nover swore smoked
chowed tobacco or drank intoxicants
mayvory proporly bo said to bo an
angel but whon ho says ho novor hug
ged or kissed a woman ho classos him
solf as a monstrosity It is juBt as nat
ural for a man to hug or kiss a woman
whethor she bo mother sister or
somo more distant relative as it is
for a duck to take to water and there is
certainly something lacking In a man
who could exist for 17 years and not be
tray this vory human instinct
Omaha people show great dissatis
faction with tho verdict of tho jury in
tho Callahan kidnaping caso and gen
eral surprise is felt at the result The
testimony against the prisoner was vory
strong and tho defense weak How the
jurors can explain their verdict is not
known It is quite generally believed
that the large sums of money involved
made a fair trial and a just verdiot im
possible Certainly thoso who had a re
ward of 35000 or 30000 in sight
would employ many means to prove
their man guilty while a man who had
received the 135000 from Cudahy would
be just as anxious for an acquital that
ho might enjoy the spending of the
money Being cleared of this charge
however Callahan will be compelled to
answer to a lesser one that of false im
prisonment whioh may be punished by
a years torm in the county jail
Today Lieutenant Governor Savage
assumes the duties of ohief executive of
Nebraska and Governor Dietrich retires
to tako up tho work imposed upon him
by reason of his election to the position
of United States senator Mr Dietrich
has made a worthy record during his
short term as governor and all indica
tions are that his successor will serve
the state as faithfully and as conscien
tiously Mr Dietrich has paved the
way for an economical statesmanlike
administration and his friends are con
fident that Governor Savage will
maintain if not improve upon the pol
loies of his predecessor He has had
considerable experience and has shown
evidence of statemanlike qualities that
will be an honor to the position This
change will show the wisdom of selec
ting a good man for second place on the
ticket and the people of the stato will
undoubtedly experience a great degree
of satisfaction in knowing that nothing
of a radical nature will mark the change
iu ohlef executives
The United States postal authorities
have decided that the messenger service
in Omaha Is within the law and will
take no further hostill steps against the
company operating It The company
transports letters at one half the rate
charged by tho United States service
their operations being both local and
between important cities and it is fig
ured that it is done with a profit at that
price Its carrying between cities is
done through an arrangement with the
express companies No second class
matter is accepted This 1b the first
company organized to compete with
Uncle Sam in the transportation of
letters so far as the general publio is
conoerned and it is feared that it will
out into the revenues of the postal de
partment to a considerable extent
The profit of the U S aervioe are lost
to a large extent iu carrying second
class matter and the company wisely
guards against a similar loss by refusing
this class of matter The government
finds it impossible to meet the competi
tion because of its second class business
and if the business of the company ex
tends to any great extent the govern
ment will be forced to provide additional
revenues or out down on the expense of
handling the seoond class matter
Undor tho guiso of reform more
thau ono nowspaperhaa found an oxouso
for sousationalism verging on iudecouoy
That nucomponimout of spring tho
railroad rumor flourishes vigorously
this yoar but tho Yankton Norfolk and
Southwostorn has been soarcoly men
tioned Perhaps tho promoters havo
quit talking aud gouo to building
Tho oxchango editor Is of tho opinion
that you can uo more toll a good applo
by Its outward appoaranco thau yon can
tell a readable nowsy paporby Its wrap
ping nud gouoral mako up It may
be boautlfully folded aud wrapped but
whon it comos to original thoughts
and now idoas it may bo rottou to tho
core
Woodbury county Iowa is not bolng
dopopulatod vory fast according to
statistics published in tho Sioux City
Journal According to thoso figures
there havo boon but 230 doaths iu tho
oouuty during the yoar 1900 while thoro
wore 990 births during tho samo period
If the balance of Iowa shows as good a
record as Woodbury county the peoplo
will soon bo coming to Nobraska to find
standing room
If pjoplo ooald reallzj how little the
owo to foreign houses in tho way of im
provomont it would be sufllcent to con
vince thorn that they should spend tholr
money at homo It isnt likely that the
catalogue housos will add a dollars
worth of improvement to Norfolk this
yoar whilo the homo merchants will
Improve tholr property as rapidly as
tholr trado will allow them Patronize
homo institutions
The amusomout of the society women
of Chicago these fine spring mornings
consists iu getting up early donulug
short nkirta aud heavy boots and going
out luto tho parks to converse with na
ture and study the feutherod songsters
through opera glasses Their rule of
life Is thus completely reversed ns the
winter ulghtB have been spent iu staying
up until a late hour iu the morning and
putting in thoir tlmo in the ball room
Their country cousins might do worse
than adopt this spring fad
The brethren of the populist faith aro
to meet in Omaha on the 7th to par
ticipate iu a banquet aud be regaled
with oloquonco wisdom and harmony
from the tongues of Buoh loyal workers
as W J Bryan Jerry Simpson W V
Allen W A Poynter J B Weaver
and others Five hundred of thefaith
ful will participate in the feast provid
ing of course that they can be found
and spare the time from their efforts to
gather in a share of the prevailing Mo
Kinley prosperity It is not improbable
thatthey will be lnvitedto forsake a
lost and losing cause aud climb into the
domocratio band wagon
Minister Conger whoj so faithfully
served the United States in China dur
ing the recent Boxer outrage was given
a warm welcome to his home state
Iowa yesterday at Council Bluffs that
probably caused him to realize as noth
ing else could the appreciation in which
his services are held by the people of
the oountry Iowa not only has a large
number of progressive intelligent aud
influential people who call that state
homo but her people generally are of
the kind to appreciate the honors be
stowed on them and aro loyal in their
demonstrations of approval An Iowa
welcome is of thejroper quality always
It may be readilyguuderstood that
real estate and residencegproperty in
this vicinity is not a drug on the market
by referring to the list of realjestate
transfers published in this issue of Tins
News Seventy pieces of Madison
county property changing hands in
three weeks indicates an activity in tho
markets that might be considered a
near approach to a boom and yet little
of it is transferred for speculative pur
poses in the general souse of the term
In the list are records of the transfer of
many vacant lots aud form lauds on
whloh the purchaser will reBido and
improve for a permanent home Tho
activity is of the substantial Jsort and
those who are baying are doing so with
a knowledge supported by tests and
facts that the property lis worth what
it costs now and will in the near f uture
be much more valuable Madison
county has passed the experimental
stage as a fit place of residence and as a
farmers home and those who are in
vesting in the property realize that they
are securing a good thing at low prices
Tke OtIIq of Baseball
The origin of baseball our national
game Is not definitely known but the
first club organised to play It was la
New York in 1845 Singularly enough
this club like the one it organized to
promote rowing wns called the Knick
erbocker club After 1S51 other ama
tour baseball clubs began to organize
including the Atlantic Mutual Union
etc Jn 1857 a convention of delegates
from 10 clubs In and around New York
and Brooklyn was held About ten
years later at tho annual convention of
the National association In 1800 202
clubs from 17 states and the District of
Columbia were represented Tho col
lege baseball associations were started
about 1802 or 1803 Amateur baseball
throughout the Union was at Its height
In the years 1805 1800 and 1807 Pro
fessional baseball was recognized in
1S0S and tho first games were played
I In 1800 Harpers Weekly
i ni i m
United States Made Dumping
Ground for Criminals
THEEE OUTLAWS OOME OVER
Aro Now In Kaiuiu City Ready for a Ca
reer o Crime Iu the WestMen Upon
Whom Titer Have IMeyed lUlte the
Money to Send Them Here
Now York April 30 The Herald
says Italy Is making of the United
States n dumping ground for its crim
inals and paupers This fact has been
forcibly called to the attention of the
locul authorities by the arrival In this
port of three Italian brigands whose
depredations made them a scourge to
the province In which they were
reared Despairing of being relieved
In any other manner the merchants
upon whom thoy had preyed made up
a liberal purse with which the three
wero sent to the United States arriv
ing here with money enough In their
pockets to ennhlu them to land unques
tioned These three outlaws who en
countered no obstacle to bar them
from entering this country ure now
In Kansas City Mo Warning has
been sent by Police Commissioner
Murphy to the Kansas City police of
ficials who now have the Italians un
der strict police surveillance
After tholr arrival in New York the
brigands lived In a quiet manner
meanwhile maturing their plans for
a enreer of crime In the west
Commissioner Murphy found that
this Is no Isolated case Italian crim
inals said the commissioner are
pouring Into New York on every ship
thnt brings Immigrants The popular
belief thnt our laws bnr out crim
inals nnd paupers Is n mistaken be
lief It may be that the Itnllnn govern
ment hns no part In tho scheme but
It Is still true that the United States
Is bolng made a dumping ground re
ceiving the cnstofTs from Italian pris
ons nnd pauper houses
Gorinnns Caught In a Trap
Peking April 30 The Germans were
virtually caught In a trap near the
Ku Kuan pass A detachment of SO
had 45 casualties while the Chinese
losses nro said to hnve been nominal
The German expedition Is returning
leaving the country greatly disaf
fected on account of the hardships
Inflicted upon the population Alto
gether the expedition appears to have
produced n very bnd effect The cur
rent Chinese gossip is that the Ger
mans were driven back with heavy
losses and this Is implicitly believed
by the bulk of the people
Bravery of tho German
Berlin April 30 The latest China
specials to arrive here show that the
German troops behaved with the great
est gallantry during the engagements
with the forces under General Liu
storming the stronghold of the enemy
even after darkness and in splto of
the huge rocks rolled down upon them
The Chinese artillery although fir
ing splendid guns made in 1898 at the
arsenal In Han Yang aimed badly
The Germans demolished the fortifica
tions near the gates of the great wall
Another Wonder In Yellowstone Park
St Paul April 30 Word has been
just received here of the discovery of
another natural wonder In the Yel
lowstone national park by James Lea
thernian deputy game warden for
Wyoming who found a waterfall 300
feet high which he named Lost
Falls The falls are In Box canon
A person can go within 100 yards of
them nnd never le aware of their
presence The water plunges from a
comparative level to a sheer depth of
300 feet or more
Natlres Attaok runltlre Expedition
London April 30 Information re
ceived here from Uronii West Africa
Is to the effect that the punitive expe
dition under Major Heneker com
posed of 25Q men and which had pene
trated to the northeast of Benin City
and there seized nn Important town
was being attacked In force The na
tives were collecting from all parts of
the country Up to the date of re
port Major Henekers command had
32 casualties
KaUer Loses Self Control
Berllu April 30 Dietrich Wellands
attack upon Emperor William at Bre
men still weighs heavily upon the
kaiser who Whenever ho comes to
talk upon the subject Is said to lose
his self control Count von Halloa
trem president of the relchstag Is re
ported to have told frionds receutly
that he had been highly shocked by
tho emperors extreme excitement and
violent gestures when discussing the
matter
Minister Conger En Route
Ogden Utah April 30 MlnIster
Conger and party were met here by
President Burts private car In charge
of John N Baldwhs of the Union Pa
clue and Ernest B ttart John T
Stewart and Donald Macrae of the re
ception committee all of Council
Bluffs The party left for the east via
tho Union Pacific Mr Conger hSrul
nothing new to say on the Iowa guber
natorial question
Iowa Boy Kill II U Sister
Prairie du Chlen April 30 Max
Hecks who runs his fathers farm near
McGregor la shot and almost In
stantly killed his sister Mrs Ells
worth at the breakfast table It Is
thought he was temporarily Insane
He was arrested
Omaha Mau is Appointed
Lincoln April 30 The governor yes
terday appointed W A Thomas of
Omaha to be state veterinarian
THROWN UNDER A TRAIN
Thlere Rot Omaha Mnn and Learo Hint
to He Crushed on Ralls
Hot Springs Ark April 20 Tho
most dastardly attempt nt robbery
and murder ever attempted In this
community occurred Saturdny night at
10 oclock when two men knocked J
T Wilson n visitor from Omaha in
the bend with a slung shot robbed
him of his purse containing 170 and
then threw him blindfolded and with
his hands tied under the train on
tho Hot Springs road
He managed to escape from the hor
rible death the perpetrators had
planned to hide their crime but his
left leg wns severed below the knee
t After the train hnd passed the form
of n mnn was found on tho track and
Agent Hunt Immediately went to tho
scene Tho man was found lying on
the track making nn attempt to call
for help through the gag thnt had
been placed over his mouth Physi
cians attended him at once nnd It Is
thought he will live He could glvo
no clue to the perpetrators of the rob
bery nnd nttempted murder nnd tho
police have nothing to wrok on
Wilson wns formerly of Blair Neb
and was In the patent wagon shaft
business
HIS EMINENCE WINS
Son or Falsetto Finishes First In Kentucky
Derby Twenty Are Thousand See
Ills Track Brent
Louisville April 30 The 27th Ken
tucky derby bus pussed Into history
and not one of the 25000 persons that
saw It can say aught except that it was
a race from the drop of the flag until
HIb Eminence the good son of Fal
setto passed under the wire a winner
In the good time of 207 by a full
length of daylight with Sunnazaro
half a length iu front of Drlscoil
Amur fourth and a length nwuy with
Alard Scheck the favorite last by
throe lengths There was cheering
such has seldom been heard at Church
Ill Downs before and as the good sou
of Falsetto was ridden Into the circle
a handsome blanket of carnations and
smllax was thrown over the victor and
the 25000 people applauded his groat
victory
Drouns IIU Four Children
St Paul April 30 The police a
thorltles believe thut William Rosen
field has thrown his four children
ranging in nges from 2 to 7 years
into tho Mississippi river from the
Marshall avenue bridge and then
leaped In alter them All are supposed
to have drowned None of the bodies
have yet been recovered but accord
ing to the police reports satisfactory
evidence is nt hand that the crime
was committed Rosenfield has been
separated from his wife who hnd taken
three children nnd gone to Minneapolis
to live with her sister
French Causing Trouble
Peking April 30 Li Hung Chang
hns received a dispatch from the gov
ernor of the province of Shan SI as
serting that 300 French soldiers ac
companied by 2000 armed native
Christians are within the borders ot
Shan Si and have caused great dis
tress and trouble wherever they have
passed
Senator Voorhees Son U Liberated
New York April 30 James P Voor
hees of Washington n son of the lute
United States Senator D W Voorhees
who was arrested last Thursday
charged with being an accomplice in
the robbery of a tailors shop was dis
charged from custody yesterday the
complaining witness having failed to
make out a case against him
Man and Child Disappear
West Point Neb April 30 Ephralm
Wentworth nged 45 and Margaret
Kuckku nged 12 have been missing
from here since early last week When
Wentworth was last seen he was driv
ing out of West Point In a road wagon
Dlrldnnd on Burlington
Boston April 30 The directors of
the Chicago Burlington and Qulncy
railroad yesterday declared a dividend
of 2 per share for the four months
ending July 1 payable June 15
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
The congress of the Sons of Amer
ican Revolution is In session at Pitts
burg
Tho Pennsylvania Steel company
with an authorized cnpltul of 50000
000 was Incorporated at Trenton Mon
day
W Butler Duncan manager of the
cup defender syndicate announced
that the Constitution will be lauuehed
on the evening of May 8
City Physician Tygart of St Joseph
caused the arrest of two physicians
for treating smallpox cases and fa II lug
to report them for quarantine
Tho steamer Ophlr bearing tho Duko
and Duchess of Cornwall and York
has been sighted off Cape Leeuwln
the most southwestern point of Aus
tralia
Matty Matthews of Brooklyn got tho
decision Mouday night In a 20 round
contest for the welterweight champion
ship of the world over Tom Couhlg at
Louisville
The Kansas City Fort Scott and
Memphis road announced that on May
1 It would Increase the wages of ma
chinists and bollermakers employed
In Its shops from 275 to 200 a day
The trial of Captain James O Reed
former depot commissary at Manila
for alleged participation in the com
ml8sary frauds was begun Monday
and bids fair to develop Into a cele
brated case
The Benate of the New York univer
sity Is actively preparing for the dedi
cation of the hall of fame which will
take place May 30 The tablets of the
29 great Americans selected last Oc
tober have nearly been completed and
placed in position