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THE ALLIANCE HERALD
T. J. O'Keefe, Publliher.
ALLIANCE,
NEBRASKA.
I BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
Savings doposltB In Chicago banks
havo passed tbo $100,000,000 mark. In
the past year they havo Increased
more than $22,000,009.
president Stryke of Hamilton col
lege, announces that among his re
cent donations to tho collego was
$100,000 from- Andrew Carnegie.
Upon tho departure of Amcrlca'8
European squadron from' England,
about tho mlddlo of July, It will pro
ceed to Lisbon for a friendly call at
that port.
Tho watermelon crop of Kansas
will bo exceedingly short this season.
Watermelons are mostly raised along
tho rivers and tho floods destroyed
the crop.
Former President Cleveland and his
family left Prlncoton for Cray Gables,
Buzzard's Day, where they will spend
the summer. They will return to
Princeton October 1.
M. V. Savage, owner of Dan Patch
and Directum, tho two famous horses
recently purchased by him, refused
an offer of $92,000 for tho two horses.
W. W. Gentry made tho offer.
Tho Crown Princess of Denmark,
who 1b now In Purls with hor husband,
Is not celebrated for her good looks,
but sho has the more permanent dis
tinction of being tho richest royal
princess In Europe.
Tho annual convention of tho Pro
testant Episcopal church of tho dlo
ceso of Oregon adopted resolutions
favoring a change of names. Tho res
olutions favor somo nanio Incorporat
ing tho word Catholic.
Georgo Madison Randolph, a lineal
descendant of Pocahontas and tho
Randolphs, lives In St. .Louis. Ho
claims to bo seventh In descent from
the famotiB Indian maiden by her mar
Mago with John Rolfo.
St. Louis Is to havo a statuo of
Pierre Lacledo, Its founded. Ho will
bo represented not as a typical fron
tiersman, but a8 a captain in tho
French army, which rank ho held In
tho militia at New OrleanB.
Tho crown prlnco of Sweden, pre
sumably under financial pressure,
wants to sell his ancestral palaco at
Stockholm. Ho has applied to tho
king to submit a bill to tho riksdag
authorizing him to dispose of It.
Prosldent Diaz accepted an invita
tion .to attend tho celebration of
Fourth of July to bo given by tho
American colony in Mexico City. A
feature of tho day was a special
luncheon given to President Diaz.
On the morning of tho Fourth of
July Prosldent Roosevelt sent from hlB
Sagamoro Hill homo at Oyster Day a
messogo formally opening tho Pacific
cnblo to tho Phlllpplno Islands. Tho
message was ono of greeting and
congratulation to Governor Taft. A
return messago was sent by Governor
Taft.
Leslie Comb, United States minister
to Guatemala, has transmitted to tho
state department, as likely to interest
tho people of the localities named, a
letter of condolenco from Juan Bar
rios, the Guatemala minister of for
eign affairs, upon the recent disasters
at Topeka and Gainesville.
Statistics show that Holland con
sumes more smoking tobacco than any
other country in the world. Her quota
per head approximates nine pounds.
Tho United States comes second,
with about four pounds. Belgium and
Germany are noxt, then Austria, with
about two pounds and a half.
Senator William A. Clark of Mon
tana Is preparing to build tho finest
house In Washington. Ho will not
break ground on tho slto of tho old
"Stewart castle," facing Dupont circle,
until tho Massachusetts avenue resi
dence of tho Colorado millionaire,
Thomas F. Walsh, is finished.
Hazard's pavilion, with a seating caJ
paclty of 5,000, has been leased by,
tho committee In charge of tho pre
liminary arrangements of tho national
general conference of tho Methodist
church, which will convono In Los An
geles in May, 1904. The entiro build
lng will bo devoted to tho needs of
the conference mooting,
A new departuro In tho navy la
marked by the issue of a circular from
the navigation bureau calling for tho
enlistment of electricians for tho wire
less telegraph, who are expected to bo
secured for $30 per month to begin,
although promotions are promised to
the grade of chlof electrlclnn at $00.
Herr Follx Ottl, conductor of the'
opera nt Karlsruhe and Balreuth, has
been engaged by Manager Conroid to
lead the Wagner operas at tho Metro
politan opera house, New York. Tho
grand duke of Baden has granted Herr
.Ottl six months' leave of absence
A dispatch from Seoul, capital of
Corea, reports that a Corean military
officer has reached tho Yalu river,
Btates that 150 Russian soldiers have
crossed the "river, and are now8ta
tioned at two points on the Corean
eide.
TUB FOURTH
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And Ycu Bet He Had
TREATIESJIGNED
CUBA GIVEN SOVEREIGNTY OVER
ISLE OF PINE.
U. S. GETS COALING STATION
Palma Believes Senate Will Ratify
All Outstanding Agreements Before
Adjourning and Ccnent the Two
Countries Solidly Together.
HAVANA. Tlio treaty covering
me naval and coaling station bancs
and tho treaty placing tho Isle of
Pines wholly under Cuban sovereignty
were Blgncd Thursday at noon.
Tho two treaties, which are the
last of the six between tho United
Stntes and Cuba, were subscribed in
duplicate nt the secretary of Btate'B
office. Minister Squires. Scnor Gar
cia, Montes, secretary of the treasury
and secretary of Btate In Senor
Xaldo's absence, signing for their re
spective countries.
Tho IbIo of Pines Treaty, while turn
ing over tho Island to tnu nbsoluto
sovereignty 'of Cuba, safeguards tho
rights and privileges ot the American
resldonts In tho Island ns though they
wcro on American territory.. Proper
ty, Judicial and educational rights arc
especially guaranteed. It is pointed
out that tho American land holders
nro better off In respect to taxation
than they would bo under United
States sovereignty.
Tho occupation of the naval and
coaling stations will be perpetual, tho
rental price being purely nominal and
based on the cost oi acquiring the sta
tions and sites by tho Cuban govern
ment, tho United States advancing
any money necessary for tho purchnso
of private lands at Guantannmo and
Bahla Honda.
Tho Benato committee on foreign
relations Is delaying the ratification by
postponing action on the treaty sign
ed February 16, conceding the two
naval stations to the United State3.
Tho reason the committee gives Is
that it is desirable to await the re
port of the joint commission ot United
States and Cuban engineers, which is
now marking out the site for the larg
est station at Guantanamo.
President Palma and the leading ad
ministration senators maintain that all
the treaties will bo ratified before the
adjournment of congress.
WASHINGTON. Secretary Moody
expressed great satisfaction on hear
ing that tlu) coal stations treaty had
been signed. It is earnestly hoped tho
Cuban senate, before its adjournment,
will ratify the treaty, as tho navy
department is anxious to prococd at
once with work on the stations.
Preliminary surveys of tho land al
ready havo been made at Guantannmo
and Olympia has been retained In Car
rlbean waters to bo ready to land ma
terial and begin work as soon as au
thorization comes from Washington.
About $100,000 is immediately nvail
aula for beginning the work at Guan
tanamo and will bo usod probably In
the construction of n wharf and small
hospuai.
They Are Asked to Explain.
WASHINGTON, D C The trons
ury department called upon tho two
United States customs officials who
are sold to bo connected with tho
Columbia Gold Mining company for
a statomont of tholr relations with
tho company and a statomont of
their- conduct in permitting their offi
cial positions to be usod to further
the Interests of the company An
answer is expected wjthl i two or
three days.
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a Good Time
GOV. CUMMINS RENOMINATED.
Only One Contest for Place In Iowa
Republican Convention.
Governor.... A. B. CUMMINS of Polk
Lieutenant Governor
JOHN HERRIOTT of Adair
Railroad Commissioner
. . . .D, J. PALMER of Washington
Judge Supremo Court
..CHARLES A. BISHOP of Polk
Supt. of Public Instruction
J. F. RIGGS of Sigourncy
DES MOINES The republican stato
convention nomlnntcd the foregoing
ticket and adopted the platform of
principles. All the candidates wcro
renominated by acclamation with tho
exception of the state superintendent,
for which office Mr. Riggs was nomi
nated on the third ballot, his oppo
nents loIng the present superintend
ent, R. C. Barrett of Osage, and H. L.
Adams ot west Union. j
Harmony marked the proceedings of '
the convention, all of Its actions be
ing by unanimous vote, with the ex
ception of tho nomination of state su
perintendent, but after tho ticket had
been completed and the platform
adopted, speeches were made which In
dicated that the republican leaders ot
tho stato are not entirely agreed as
to tho details of the tariff policy. The
tariff plank adopted was one pre pared
by Senator Allison, after conferences
with representative republicans vi tho ,
state. No objection was made to it in
the committee of rcsolations nor in
Its presentation to the convention.
Governor Cummins In his speech ac
cepting renomlnntlon approved the
platform In Its entirely, but announced
that he would continue to hold to all
the views expressed in his speeches
within tho past two years.
DRAWS JAPAN TOWARD RUSSIA.
of Kropatkin to Japan Seems
Visit
to Pave Way to Peace. j fun(( amounting to over $22,000, has
ST. PETERSBURG. Tho visit of ' been jnvcated during the past month in
tho Russian war minister, General j state warrants.
Kropatkin, to Japan, has, according ; Tne cnIef 0f police of Omaha has
to tho Japaneso newspapers, had a ,jecree(1 tt street preaching will not
very satlsfactdry effect on tho rela- ( l)0 flowed. This order does not In
lions between. Russia and Japan and , terfero with Salvation army work,
has paved the way for a reapproach- j Lemuel Goldsberry, Jr., was drown
ment I ed in the Nemaha river at Auburn. He
Tho newspapers of Japan, In ex- nmi Enother"lad by the name of Hays
pressing satisfaction at this stato of , were out for a 8wlm- They had be.
affairs, allude to General Kropatkin j qan t0 gTide into shallow water. The
as tho narblnger of peace and point uank was steeu and sijppery aml Just
out that ho has been tho mikado's uey0mi the shallow water tho river
guest at tho Shlba palaco. where no ' waa twenty feet deep. Goldsberry
forelgnor, except princes of tho royal j-slld !nto (ne tleep water, and not be
blood, had ever before resided jng mucn of a swimmer, failed to
Government Sues for $2,000,000.
BUTTE, Mont. The United States
government has Instituted suit In tho
federal court against the Anaconda
Copper company, tho Bitter Root De
velopment company and tho Marcus
Daly estate, William Scallanftnd oth
ers for $2,000,000, being (hq value of
timber allcgod to have beon unlaw
fully cut from tho public domain in
wostcrn Montana. F. A. Jlavnard,
spoclal United States attorney, was
sont from Washington to bring this
suit and prosecute similar cases.
Russia Still Opposes Pact.
PEKIN Prlnco Chlng, prosldont of
the foreign office, roturned from the
summer palace in order to hold a con
forenco with Minister Conger on the
commercial troaty betwoon China and
the United States. It Is understood
tho Russian opposition, which tho Chi
nese forotgn office Insists prevents Its
signature, is unchanged, though
friends of the treaty profess the be
lief that the protocol will remove op
. position.
General Nebraska News. I
THE STATE IN BRIEF.
1 Judge B. S. Baker, formerly of Om
j aha, has been elected president of tho
Commercial club of Albuquerque, N.
M. This action was taken at the re
i cent annual meeting of the club,
which is ono of the strongest organi
zations in the southwest, with 200
i members and a $100,000 club building.
, Rex, tho 4-year-old son of Ed Green,
was killed at Hartlngton by being run
over by n lumber wagon. The hired
man had the team hitched to tho wag
J on standing by tho house when Rex
I climbed onto the wheel, tho team
. started and the wheel passed over
nlm just above the heart. He gasped
twice and died.
The Lancaster county assessment
has just been finished and the assess-
i ment rolls closed for the year. Tho
j total valuation of property listed is
1 $8C03,077.00, an increase of $306,
903.43. This sum was fattened by
I $10,000 added to the Lincoln Gns com
' pany's valuation by the county board
1 of equalization.
Mrs. D. S. Guild and her son George
I havo returned to their home In Platts
1 mouth from West Point, N. Y, where
I the latter graduated from the United
' States military academy. George will
! remain at home until the latter part
I of September, when ho will go to San
1 Francisco, Cay., and report for duty In
1 the Philippines.
Details of a tragedy which happen
ed near Lomax, Custer county, have
' reached Broken Bow, wherein Delia,
the 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charle3 Brandt, was shot and
instantly killed by Jacob, the 11-year-old
son of D. C. Reyno:cls. The shoot
ing was accidental, the children being
nllowed to play with firearms.
John Hill, who for Beveral years
has been In the employ of the F. E. &
M. V. railroad at Fremont, died in
the hospital at Omaha and was burled
, at Clay Center by the Brotherhood oi
Railway Trainmen, a large delegation
of whom came In from Fremont. The
citizens of the town, his former home,
Joined with the trainmen in the serv
ices, and turned out In large num
bers. Chief Deputy Game and Fish Com
missioner George L. Carter assumed
the duties of his office July 1st. He
has finished the appointment of 200
special deputies throughout the state.
Who will see to tne enforcement of the
game and fish laws. These men servo
without fixed compensation, save for
the fees for arrests made. Ccmmis
sions are being sent to them by the
secretary of the commission.
The B. & M. crop reports says there
has been rains all along the lines and
In the eastern section, where the rains
were heaviest, the soil Is in fine con
dition, while it is not quite bo fooa
further west. There was plenty of rain
along the Alliance and Sheridan
branches and tho range Is in good
condition. Corn is doing well and the
farmers have not been deterred from
cultivating it becnuse of the rains.
The June treasury statement Just Is
sued by Treasurer Mortensen shows
that the state has on hand In tho vari
ous funds $294,882.99, of which $293,
475.15 is on deposit in several banks
of the state. A substantial Increase
has been made In the general fund
since the last statement, which show
ed but a balance of $4.95. Nearly all
nr . ncrrtr.i,n,irni lin.n ,i..,t
rise.
Tho work of tearing down and re
moving the false work under tho new
massive steel Burlington railroad
bridgo at Plattsmouth, which spans
the Missouri river, has beon accom
plished. Tho false work alone, it 13
said, represented 300 carloads of tim
ber. Tho work of removing the old
bridge and putting in its place a new
one strong onough to carry twice the
burden of tho former ono was accom
plished without tho stopping of a sin-
Iglo rogular train on the road.
Notice has Just boen received in tho
office of the board of irrigation that
tho government has withdrawn a large
tract of tytid In the oxtremo western
part of the stato under the provisions
in ado by the reclamation act of the
last congress.
Chief Deputy Oil Inspector Church
hns received a telegram from tho
Standard Oil company, announcing tho
shipment to Omaha of four cars of
oil from the refineries of tho com
pany nt Noedesha, Kan. This Is the
first KansaB oil shipped into Nebraska.
FORFEITING SCHOOL LEASES.
Interest Delinquent on About One
Hundred Thousand Acres.
LINCOLN Two thonsand notices
of forfeiture of school land leaseB
have been sent out by Land Commis
sioner Follmer. Nearly 100,000 acres
of land will bo affected and tho de
faulted Interest will run up into the
thousands. The exact amount Is not
attainable now, and will not be known
until the balancing of the books takes
place. It Is estimated that it will not
fall below $25,000. This represents
bIx months default, and under the law
the lessees have ninety days In which
to pay up. If they do not do so they
can only get the lease renewed by
paying up and In addition a lease fco
of 50 cents for each forty acres.
The usual practice heretoforo has
been to wait until actual delinquency
occurs before starting In on tho prep
aration of the notices. Deputy Eaton
has changed this and had tho notlceB
prepared in advance so that the state
will lose no Interest. Mr. Follmer has
been pushing collections vigorously.
In the old days delinquents were giv
en all tho time they desired, and in
the end a good many fo them duped
the state. In one case, when Mr. Foll
mer took hold, the delinquency cov
ered a period of thirteen years. His
practice has been to forfeit all leases
Just as soon as the law will permit,
where the holders do not comply with
the terms of their agreement.
NORFOLK MAN KILLO HIMSELF.
Goes to Room In Hotel at Wayne and
Suicides.
WAYNE A man registered at tho
Boyd hotel by the nnme of Georgo
E. Welsemnn, Norfolk, Neb. He ask
ed for a room and was at once shown
to one. Shortly afterward a report
was heard, but nothing was thought
of it, as tho reports of firecrackers
are heard frequently. At G:15 the
clerk went to his room and called
Weiseman, but received no response.
On pushing the door open he discover
ed the man lying on the bed with a
revolver in his hand. Coroner Wil
liams was summoned and it was found
that the man had been dead some
tlfno and that death must have 'been
instantaneous, as there was no evi
dence of a struggle and his hand
grasped the revolver, by hfs side as ho"
lay on the bed. V
York Wants a New Depot.
YORK York business men aro agi
tating the building of the Burlington
depot. From time to time they
thought they received some encour
agement from tho Burlington officials,
it there Is any city in Nebraska need
ing a depot it is York. The present
frnme structure is one of the oldest
depots in the state and is not largo
enough to accommodate the business
and the public.
Affirms the Sentence.
Tho supreme cpurt at its recent sit
ting affirmed the conviction of Fred
Reno, found guilty In Sheridan coun
ty on a charge of having sent threaten
ing letters through the mails. Reno
had left the country, and the action
of tho court was kept secret until he
could be located. The man was found
In Montana and the documents were
therefore given to the public.
Members of Embalming Board.
The stato board of health met and
appointed as member of the embalm
ing board, to serve three years, E.
Ratenour of Weeping Water. The
other members of the board are Wil
liam Hill of Hebron and Brewer of
South Omaha. The appointment is
made every, years from a list of three
names recommended by the State Era
balmers' association.
Names a New. Member.
E. Ratnour of Weeping Water has
been named as a member of the board
uf secretaries of tho state board of
health, which has charge of the Issu
ance of certificates to embalmers of
the dead. The appointment was made
from threo names suggested by tho
state association.
Considers Oil Prospect Good.
LOUISVILLE John Joseph of Wa
hoo, Neb., was In town, and after
looking over tho prospects states thai
Indications for oil are excellent.
Big Land Sale Near Sidney.
SIDNEY Ono of tho largest land
sales that has taken place In somo
time occurred here. Zadock H. Clark
and Henry F. HanVlton of South Omn
ha sold to Henry Armstrong of Gild
den, la., 4,640 acros of land twelve
miles north of the city. This land
will be highly Improved and stocked
with the finest grades of cattle an
horses obtainable in Iowa. Several
otlfer large sales are now on tap and
many farmers are buying.
Iowa Farms $4 Par Acre Cash,
blDce H crop tin paid. IttJLH ALL. Btoul City, U
Crown Prince Comec of Age.
On May 6 tho Crown Prlnco ot
Prussia and future Gorman emperor
became of age. Tho second son of
the German omperor, Prince Eltcl
Frederick, will cclebrato his 2lBt
birthnay on July 7, 104, and the third
son, Prince Adalbert, on July 14, 1905,
The fourtn son, Prince Attguste Wil
liam, wla be 1C years old next Janu
ary. Oscar la a year younger, while
iiie sixth son will bo 13 next Decent
ber. Tho kaiser's only daughter Is
tho youngest child, being 11 years
old.
Stops tho Cough and
Works OAT tho Cold
Laxative BromoQuininoTobloU. Prfco25c.
Calvert Estate Changes Hands.
Mount Airy, the famous Calvert es
tate near Washington, founded by the
first Lord Baltimore and held by the
family for more than 200 years, has
just passed into alien hands. The
estate of 800 acres has been purchas
ed by Mrs. Frances Gibson of Ohio
tor $11,000. Among tho bidders for
the property was Secretary Hay.
Plto'a Cure cannot do too highly apolton of as
a cough cure. J. W. O'UuiK.f, 323 Tnlrd Ave.,
N., Minneapolis. Minn., Jan. 8. 1900,
A Gargantuan Feast.
A monster banquet has Just been
tiven by a wealthy land owner at
3ulmperle, in Normandy, to celebrate
the simultaneous wedding of his four
shildrcn, two sons and two daughters.
No fewer than 1,600 guests sat down
to the feast, which took placo in tho
spen air. The bill of fare Included
Svo cattle and sixteen lambs. So
lavish was the scale of ordering that,
though tho 1,000 guests are reported
to havo had magnificent appetites,
there was more than enough for all.
Nor was their thirst neglected, for
:he guests emptied ten large barrels
of wine and fifteen of elder, besides
llsposlng of much else of a liquid
character.
To tho housewife who has not yet
Docome acquainted with tho now
things of everyday use in tho market
and who Is reasonably satisfied with
tho old, we would suggest that a trial
of Defiance Cold Water Starch bo
mado at once. Not alone because it
Is guaranteed by tho manufacturers
to bo superior to any other brand,
but because each 10c packago con
tains 16 ozs., while all tho other kinds
contain but 12 ozs. It Is safe to say
that tho lady who once uses Defiance
Str.rch will uso no other. Quality
aud quantity must win.
A Dreadful Change.
The Now York Rialto Is laughing
over a story told ,on Will Carelton,
the poet, who is also a publisher. The '
other day he appeared at his office
In a new coat, which ho hung up. It
fell to the dusty floor. The office boy
picked the garment up without brush-"
lng it and helped Mr. Carleton put it
on. Catching a glimpse of his own
disreputable appearance in a mirror
tho poet thundered: "Boy! What do
you mean by thl3? I come In hero
looking like n publisher and you send
me out looking like an author!"
Seventeen-Cent Rations.
It is pointed out that tho cost ot
feeding the militia which went to St.
Louis was 60 cents per man per day.
The cost of feeding tho regulars was
17 cents. Here Is a typical program
for ono day: Breakfast Oatmeal and
milk, pork sausage, potatoes, bread
and coffee. Dinner Bread and coffee,
baked beans, pork, catsup. Supper
Bean soup, cold corned beef, potatoes,
bread and coffee. This was varied
from day to day in the way of bacon,
ham, fresh beef, canned beef, peas,
onions and other vegetables. Tho
regulars were better fed at 17 cents
per day than tho militia at 60 cents.
The Oldest Public BuTidlng. "'
If we seek the oldest civic building
In the United States we shall find our
selves in the quaint old adobe palaco
of the governors In Santa Fe, N. M.
This long, low structure In tho sec
ond oldest city of tho United States
has been the seat of government un
der the Spanish, Mexican and Ameri
can regimes for nearly 300 years. It
now contains tho museum of the New
Mexico Historical society, of which
L. Bradford Prlnpp. n nntlvo Mom
"lorker and former governor of New
Mexico, is president. Governor Prlnco
considers this "the most historic
building in the United States."
If a man has a poor memory it is
up to him to stick to tho truth.
For Aged People.
Bellflower, Mo., July Gth. Mr. G. V.
Bohrer of this place has written an
open letter to tho old men and wom
en of tho country, advising them to
uso Dodd's Kidney Pills as a remedy
for those forms of Kidney Trouble so
common among tho aged. Mr. Bohr
er says:
"I suffered myself for years with
my Kidneys and urinary organs. I
was obliged to get up as many as
seven or eight times during tho
night.
"I tried many things with no suc
cess, till I saw one of Dodd's Alma
nacs, and read of what Dodu's Kid
ney Pills were doing for old people.
"I bought two boxes from our drug
gist and began to uje them at once.
In a very short time I was well. This
is over a year ago, and my trouble
has not roturned, so that I know my
cure was a good, genuine, permanent"
one.
"I believo Dodd's Kidney Pills art
a splendid medicino for old people or
anyone suffering with Kidney and url
nary troubles, for although t am 84
year;i of age, they havo made me
well,"
There is something sad about a
pipe aream when the pipe goes out.
It takes a woman to show a man
, how silly he can make himself,
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