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NEBDASKA.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
Chicago papers arc now Insisting
that tho people of that town arc not
opera weary.
Associate Justice White, ot tho su
premo court, Is confined to his homo
with an attack of the grippe.
Senator Mason, of Illinois, nftkotf
tho startling announcement tltat he
will not resign, nt least not Just now.
The death of Edgar Straus, a vlolon
cellist, well known In America, Europe
and Australia, Is reported from Pasa
dena, Cnl.
Edward Judson, a New York con
tractor, has illcd a petition In bank
ruptcy. Liabilities, f 018,521, of which
?600.0S7 Is secured.
At Lockport, N. Y., John C. Lam
mcrt8, ex-county treasurer, who had
been convicted of misappropriating J2,
C49 of public monoy, was sentenced to
seven years at hard labor at Auburn
prison.
Out of respect to tho memory of tho
lato Vice President Hobart tho presi
dent has cancelled all his social en
gagements for tho present. Tho mem
bers of the cabinet have dono likewise.
Victor L. Mason, prlvnto secretary
to Secretary Boot, has resigned to en
gage In business with General HuhboII
A. Alger. Mr. Mason served Secretary
Alger in tho capacity of prlvato secre
tary. Tho assistant nttorncy general for
the postolllco department, reporting
for tho fiscal year Just closed, announc
es that out of nlnoty-nlno fraud orders
issued only nlno were for lotteries or
glfc enterprises.
Dr. William Brooks, director of
Smith observatory, Genovn, N. Y has
Just been awarded by tho Paris acad
emy of sciences, tho grand Lalando
prize for Ills numerous and brilliant
astronomical discoveries.
Mr. Kurtz, tho Ohio member of tho
nutlonul republican committee, Is
chnrged with aiding tho opposition in
tho last election and will bo called to
account for It nt tho next meeting of
tho Ohio republican stnto central com
mittee. Admiral Rogers and other mombers
of the Inspection board havo rcturnod
to Washington from Boston, whero
they went to mako tho trial of tho
battleship Kentucky. Tho board. Is
now preparing tho full report upon
tho trial.
Admiral Dowoy has submitted to tho
president that tho navy should tako
precedence over tho army, as ho ranks
General Miles. This raises a question
that will bo of Interest New Year's day
at tho White Houbo reception.
Dr, L. W. Weldon, agent of tho
state board of health at Port Tampa
City, has wired Dr. J. Y. Porter, stato
health ofllccr, that tho yellow fever
ijuarantlno was no longer necessary.
Tho quarantine will bo raised nt once.
Federal nniccrs nt Admoro, I. T.,
havo been notified of a light near Col
bort betweon ofllcors under Deputy
United States Marshal Davis and a
band of moonshiners, ono of tho Inttcr
being killed. Tho moonshlnors nro
nnld to bo surrounded.
Reports to tho Immigration bureau
show that during tho last month nllens
have been deported from tho United
Stntcs as follows: Public charges,
301 j diseased, 24; lnsano, 5; contract
laborers, 30; returned within ono year
ufter landing, 3. Total, 3C3.
Tho Sydney, N. S. W Herald esti
mates that tho year's wheat crop will
result In a probable exportable surplus
of over 3,000,000 husholB, and antici
pates that tho yiold will bo 0.8 bush
els per acre, against soven bushels In"
1898, giving a total of 13,000,000 biiBh
els, compared with 9,000,000.
William A. Gocrnor, tho now general
manager of tho Chlcugo & Northwest
ern railway, has announced tho fol
lowing promotions, offectlvo December
1: Sherbum Sanborn, present genoral
miperlntondcnt, promoted to tho posi
tion of assistant general manager,
with olllco at Chicago; Richard H.
Aishton, superintendent of tho Iowa
division, promoted to tho position of
general superintendent, with olllco at
Chlcngo.
William P. Miller, tho Now York pro
moter of tho Franklin syndicate, for
whom hundreds of detectives nil over
tho country nro on tho lookout, Is re
ported to havo passed through Kansas
City, cn route to Vera Cruz, Mox.
Paul J. Maas, a Chicago newspaper
man, who Is visiting frlonds in that
city, Is quoted as having seen and
talked with Miller on an Incoming
Mnplo Leaf train. Miller apparently
took tho first train southwest. . No
further trace of him haB been secured.
Tho statements of tho republican nnd
democratic state campaign commlttoos
of Ohio woro tiled at tho olllco of tho
county clerk In Columbus as required
by law. Tho republican committee
expended, according to Its report, $91.
123.97. Tho largest outluy was In the
contest of tho literary bureau, which
furnished every dally and wcokly re
publican newspaper within tho stato
with plato service and cartoons during
tho campaign. Tho democratic com
inlttco reports receipts of $18,149,55,
nrid expenditures of $17,998.58.
Tho Job printers, pressmen and
bookbinders of Omaha, havo decided
not to strlko, employers having con
ceded practically all tho mon asked.
A eablo messago from General
nrooko, nt Havana, announces tho
death of Quartermaster's Employe
John II. Hurst, who died on tho 24th
Inst, of typhoid fover.
W, H. Rolchers, principal if tho Ro
bortsdalo, Ind., schools, was found not
guilty of causing death of a pupil by
wlpplng.
Tho war department has discharged
from tho transport service tho Eldor
and Belgian King. Theso vessels woro
used on tho Pacific coast.
President George Mlllor of tho Ham
ilton club has appointed a committee
of twonty-flvo republicans to travel to
Washington under tho leadership of
Samuol B. Raymond, December 13,
and lay persistent slcgo to tho national
committeemen until they consent to
nominate tho presidential ticket In
Chicago.
II WAR ABOUT OVER
AguinaluVs Insurrection in Luz:n Ap
pear to Bo Bapidly Collapsing.
INSURGENTS GLAD TO SURRENDER
llnyamtionjt Fa II Into the Hand of
American Force Che crlng New 1'or
Friend of Fence largest Number of
Filipino Hi'bcli Unit Have Vet Ciplt
iihitcd. MANILA. Dec. 2. Genoral Concn
has surrendered 800 ofllccrfl nnd men
with rifles, several American and sev
enty Spanish prisoners nnd tho garri
son at Bayambong, provlnco of Nuova
Vlecnya, to Lieutenant Monroo with
fifty men of tho Fourth cavalry.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. Considera
ble Interest Id felt here In the news
that the insurgents nt Bayambong
have surrendered, pnrtlculnvly as the
nuni'ior Is said to exceed that captured
by the United States troops ut any ono
time.
Bavambong Is the city to which Ag-
ulualdo at one tlmo contemplated ro
treating for the purposo of locating the
rebel capital after ho was forced to
flco from Tnrlae, but tho American
troops pressed him so hard that he was
unnblo to carry out his Intention. Gen
eral Otis' dispatch of today, repeat
ing Information received from General
Lnwton, said It Indicated that Ilayam-
bong hod been captured on the 28th of
November and It Ib thought this Is the
samo place referred to In the Manila
dispatch. No Information regarding
tho surrender hnd been received nt tho
war department up to an early hour
this morning.
WASHINGTON. Dccc. 2. Tho cab
inet today discussed briefly tho presi
dent's message, to which th'J finishing
touches havo been placed, except to
that portion relating to tho Philip
pines. This section of the message Is
being heid up In the hope that tho
president may bo ablo to announco tho
complete collapso of tho Insurrection
before It goes to congress. Members
of the cabinet nro unanimously ot tho
opinion that tho rebellion Is on Its last
legs nnd that nny day may so.o tho end.
"Tho Philippine question Is solving
itBcIf," Is tho way ono member put It
today.
Tho president nas decided not to
send tho messago to congress until
lucsday, as tho Immediate adjourn
ment of tho senate upon tho ..nnounco
mont of the death of Vlco President
Hobart would preclude its being rend
on Monday.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2. A special dis
patch to tho Herald from Manila says
Genoral Lnwton Is nt Unmbong, twenty
miles south of Bayambong, In the Cay
gayen valley.
Ho Is in telegraphic communication
with tho Insurgents over tho wire In
their possession, and comumnners of
tho opposing forces are ."unalderlng
propositions mado by telegraph look
ing to tho surrender of tnc rebels to
tho Americans.
CANCELLATION OF STAMPS.
Itcvcnuc Commission Issue New Instruc
tions.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. The com
missioner of Internal rovonue today Is
sued a circular amending regulations
as to cancellation of documentary and
proprietary stamps, providing that
In nil cases whero documentary
stamps of the denomination ot 10
cents or nny larger denomination,
shall bo used for denoting any tax Im
posed by tho act of Juno 13, 1898, tho
person using or alllxlng tho samo shall
In addition to writing or stamping
thereon, with Ink, tho initials of bin
namo and tho date when affixed, mut
ilate said stamp by cutting thrco par
allel Incisions lcngthwlso through the
stamp, beginning not more than one-
fourth of an Inch from ono end nnd
extending to one-fourth of nn Inch on
tho other end. Where tho stamp is can
celled by cutting or perforating in any
manner authorized by existing regula
tions as aforesaid, tho mutilation here
in provided will not bo required. This
provision shall take effect and bo In
force on and aftor December 15. '
I0WAN CHOSEN PRESIDENT.
A. II. Ilulliort of (ireelny. Kxocutlvo of
Horse Hhow Association.
ClIIfiAflO Dec. 1 Tho flnrninii
Hanoverian nnd Oldenburg Coach
Horce Association of America held Its
seventh annual meeting today at the
Shorman Iiouhii nnd decided to nffor
cash prizes for tho best display of
uannvcrian ami uiticnuurg coach
horses mado at tho Chicago Uvo stock
show next year. Tho association will,
tho members say, Issue a stud book
uoxt year, wnien win no tho first over
IhBUed. ombrnclntr Hnnnvcrlim mul nhl.
cnburg coach horses.
A. u. HolUert of Greeley, Ia was
rhOBCIl nrosldcnt nf tlin cnmilni? vonf
and Jopthah Crouch of Lafayette, Ind.,
secretary.
To Tree Htock of Dlsruse.
CHICAGO. Doe. 2. n.itrvmnii mul
stock ownorH from Iowa, Illinois, In
diana and WIhpoiikIii nu h
discuss ways and means of eradicating
tuberculosis in stock. Tho question of
legislation tending toward tho preven
tion and ultimate eradication at tho
disease will bo tho principal topic tak
en up, ana it is oxpected that strong
roeommonuniionB win bo made before
tho session closes.
McKluley unit llnidley,
CINCINNATI, D., Dec. 2. There is
n movoment on thta Bide of tho river,
ns woll as In Kentucky, to present tho
namo of Governor Bradley for tho
nomination for vlco nresldr.nt nn tho
noxt ticket with MeKlnloy. Soon nfter
ma eiocuon ot uovornor uruiiley four
years ago there wero fuctlonal trou
bles that dofeatcd Dr. Hunter as tho
republican caucus candldato for sena
tor. It 1b thought there will bo no
uouut auout Koutucity sending n solid
delCRatlotl to tho rcmihllcnn rnnvn.
tlon for McKlnlcy nnd Bradley on the
HUXl UCKCl,
HOLD SESSION ON ROulRTS.
I'romlncnl House ll publicans Look Into
HI r.llKll llty.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. At n con
ference of nbout twenty-five promi
nent house republicans held at tho
capltol tonight It wns decided that the
eligibility of Representative Roberts
of Utah to occupy a seat in tho house
thould be Investigated nnd determined
and that pending tho decision ho
should not be permitted to take tho
cath of office.
This decision wns arrived nt by
those present without n dissenting
voice. Represcntntlvo Tnyler of Ohio,
who will havo charge of the matter in
tho house, explained nfter tho confer
ence had adjourned that this proceed
ing does not Involve n pro-Judgment
of tho case, but Irrespective of party,
will afford tho members nn oppor
tunity to vote nfter a thorough Invec
tlgatlon nnd completo presentation
of tho caso for consideration.
Mr. Tnyler had made n study of the
allegations und precedents nnd pre
sented them nt length to his col
leagues. Ho offered n plan of proced
ure which wns agreed to after n gen
eral exchange of views. Tho proced
ure Is to be as follows:
When Mr. Roberts appears at tho
bar of tho house to take the oath ob
jection Is to bo made upon the ground
that ho is ineligible. Ho will then
step aside and nfter the other mem
bers nro sworn In the member mak
ing the objection who probably will
be Mr. Tayler will recite tho allega
tions and offer a resolution for their
Investigation by a special committee.
This will glvo the house nn oppor
tunity to vote In the first Instance on
tho question of postponing tho ad
ministration of tho oath until after
tho nllegntlons havo been Investigated.
Tho resolutions have not been for
multcd yet, but they will Include the
investigation of tho charge that Mr.
Roberts' alleged conviction of viola
tion of tho Edmunds act In 1889 ren
ders him Ineligible by the terms of
that act, whether the fact that he 13
an avowed polygamlst renders him In
eligible nnd whether me stato of Utah
In electing him ban not violated tho
compact by which It obtained state
hood. WILL OF HOBART IS FILED.
Willow mul Mori Itcrulvo tho Hulk of
88,500,000.
PATERSON, N. J., Dec. 2. Tho will
of tho lato Vlco President Garret A.
Hobart wns filed In tho Passaic county
surrogate's office. Tho value of the
estate Is not given, but It Is under
stood to bo about $2,500,000. Of tho
estate Mrs. Jennie Hobart, tho widow,
receives $1,000,000 and one-half of the
remainder after n number of bequests
nro paid, tho son, Garret A. Hobart,
Jr., Inheriting tho other half when he
nttalns his majority.
St Joseph's hospital, tho general
hospital, tho Children's Day nursery,
St. Joseph's Orphan asylum nnd Pat
erson Orphan nsylum, all of Paterson,
receive $5,000 each.
Hobart Tuttle, private secretary to
Governor Voorhees und a brother-in-
law of tho vlco president, receives
$20,000; A. M. Wilcox, a close friend ot
Mr. Hobart, receives 10,000.
David Hobart, n brother of tho lato
vlco president, receives $20,000 nnd to
ench of his two children 1b bequeathed
$10,000.
Tho executors of tho will nro tho
widow. Mrs. Jennie Hobart, A. A. Wil
cox, E. T. Bell and Colonel William
Barbour.
TO REVISE PENSION LAWS.
Ken.'ito Comuilttco nt Work (letting Kvl-
donco It only.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Senators
Galllnger und Hansbrough, on behalf
of tho sennto committee on pensions,
have beon engaged for tho past day or
two taking testimony under a resolu
tion passed by the senate last session
at tho lnstnnco of Sonntor Hansbrough,
Instructing tho committee to Inquire
Into tho wisdom of rovlslng the pen
sion laws. So far they have heard
Secrotnry Hitchcock and Assistant Sec
retary Davis ot tho interior depart
ment, nnd Commissioner Evans and
Assistant Commissioner Davenport,
nnd they expected later to receive n
statement from tho commander or tno
Grand Army. The testimony of the of
ficials oxamlned favors n general revi
sion of tho laws by a non-partisan.
SMYTH WILL PROSECUTE.
Attorney (It-nerul Will Out Aftor Soldier
til Tort Crook.
LINCOLN, Dec. 2. Attornoy Genor
al Smyth lias notified Governor Poyn-
tor that ho will prosecute Fort Crook
soldiers who shot and killed a deserter
wno was resisting arrest. A court.
mnrtlal has already acquitted the sol
diers nnd u court of Sarpy county dis
missed tho complaint on tho ground
that tho civil authorities havo no Jur
isdiction. Tho attorney general says
that whllo tho soldiers are subject to
punishment or discharge by tho mili
tary, tho offenso Is nevertheless com
mitted agahiBt tho peace ot the stato,
and cannot be punished except by tho
civil courta of Nebraska.
To Unllst Mora Mucnbebcs.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 2. Word
comes from tho Philippines that tho
two companies of Macabebo r.couts un
der Captain BatBon aro doing so woll
that it has oecn decided to organize a
full battalion of theso natives. Tho
additional two compnnlcs will bo very
useful In tho present campaign in
tracking tho fleeing remnants of Agul
naldo'8 disorganized army.
Morn Wile es for Thousands.
FALL RIVER, Mass., Dec. 2. All
the cotton manufacturers of this city
represented In tho Fall River associa
tion today decided that they would
grant nn Increase in wages, beginning
Monday, December 11. In all about
28,000 handB will benefit by tho raise.
lluymiril Slightly Iletter.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Dec. 2.
Senator Hayward's condition is not
much changed from last night except
that thoro Is n further acceleration of
pulse, which Indicates tho existence
ot somo fever. Tho paralytic condi
tions aro unchanged.
LITTLE CHANGE IN HAYWARD.
Vat t Twenty-Four Hour Do Not Work
Much Chnngc.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Dec. 1.
The condition of Senator Havward this
evening shows little change from what
It was twenty-four hours ago. Ho
passed on uncomfortable night and has
been very restless nnd uneasy today.
Dr. Whlttcn spent most of tho night nt
his bedside nnd has watched him close
ly during the day. At 6 o'clock tonight
ho Issued tho following bulletin:
"Senator Hayward has had a very
restless dny, having slept very little.
His temperature Is 100, pulse 89, regu
lar and softer than In the morning;
respiration 24 nnd still Intermitting.
He is more conscious of his condition.
as ho manifested more concern about
himself. Paralysis remains the same."
Tho fact that the patient la more
conscious of his condition is tnken by
Dr. Whlttcn nn n good symptom, In
that It showa that his mind Is brighter
nnd more free, Indicating partial ab
sorption of tho clot, nnd yet if he be
comes greatly conceined nnd worried
the effect is likely to bo unfavorable.
Major E. II. Hayward, tho senator's
brother, together with his wife, arriv
ed from Davenport, la., nt 9:30 this
morning and has been nt his brother's
bedsldo almost tho entire day. Tho
scene in the sick room upon Mie mnjor's
entrance was very nffectlng. Senator
Hayward recognized his brother in
stantly and apparently made a supremo
effort to Bpeuk to him. Falling to utter
n single Intelligible word, ho burst Into
team and could not be quieted for somo
tlmo. Mrs. Hayward was finally pre
vailed upon to tako a few hours' rest
last night and as n consequence Is feel
ing much better physically today. How
ever, her concern about her husband's
condition Is ns great as ever.
LIPT0N WILL CHALLtNGE.
If No Ono lilso Wnnt to Try for tho Cup
Again, lie Will.
LONDON, Dec. 1. Sir Thomas Lip
ton, speaking at the annual dinner of
the Templo Yacht club at the Hotel
Cecil this e.venlng, Lord Charles Beres
ford presiding, referred In generous
terms to ills recent visit to tho United
States.
"No man," said Sir Thomas, "could
havo had fairer or better treatment. No
man could have met with n more gen
erous wowlcomc than I had and receiv
ed at the hands of the greatest and of
the humblest In America. I can see no
room for discouragement .ind unless
somo ono else challenges, I shall cer
tainly do so myself very soon. All I
:an say Is that we had n fair and square
race and got a fair and squares licking."
AGUINALDO'SJVIOTIIER ARRIVES.
ISnndlt Intended to Hold Her for n linn-
om To Sell to Airulnuldo.
MANILA. Dec. 1. Amiiniilfln'fl mnth-
cr has arrived hero and has been given
sholtcr by Senor Leearde. :i ncomlnpiit
nmlgo, who was secretary of the treas
ury ueiore tno outbreak, and who re
signed when it came. It seems that
Buancamlno's party took refuge In a
bandit village, which had offered Agul
naldo an asylum, intending to sell him
to the Americans. The bandits assas
sinated half of Buencamtno's guard
and prepared to keep Agulnaldo's
mother for ransom.
llryiui Tiikc No I'r.rt.
AUSTIN. Tex.. Dec. 1. Wllllnm t
Bryan's attention having been called
to n report from Washington thnt It is
hinted there that he was Inclined to
favor the nomination of SmItipt fnr
speaker by the democratic congres
sional contingent, expressed himself
as follows In tho matter:
"I havo not said nor written nnv.
thing for or against nny candidate for
speaker. I have not taken any part
in me contest and sliall not. Tho
democrats in eoncrpEH nro. nntlrolv
competent to settle the question of
lenoersnip ror themselves, and I have
no doubt that tho caucus will mako a
wise seslectlon."
Congratulations Over Samoa.
BERLIN. Dec. 1. Tho Kolnnlal ti
tling today publishes n letter from Em
peror William addressed to Duke Al
brccht, regent of tho grand duchy of
Mecklenberg-Schwcrln, in which his
majesty congratulates Germanv on tho.
acquisition of Samoa and expresses
hopes that, with God's help, tho Ger
man colonies, "sustained by tho Intelli
gent nnd self-sacrificing soilcltudo of
tho people and supported by a strong
fleet, may, in peaceful competition with
otner nntions, advance on the road to
prosperous development and provo a
blessing to tho fatherland."
Hnrsethlcr Kill Himself.
SIOUX CITY, In., Dec. 1, A wildly
tragic suicide of a Black hills horse
thief and nllround desperado took
placo at noon today on a train on the
Sioux City & Western near Sioux City.
Tho Binoklng car of tho train was
crowded ut the time. Tho man was
Harry Rogers, who was being taken
by Sheriff Sweeney and n deputy from
Butte county, South Dakota, to tho
penitentiary. The prisoner was known
as a dangeroiiB man, ono who would
shoot or kill In a desperato attempt
to mako his escape.
Protest Against Seating Itoberl.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Dec. 1. At two
union Thanksgiving sen '.cob, which
Included more than thirty churches, a
committee from tho Ministerial union
presented resolutions protesilng
against seating Brlgham II. Roberts as
congresman from Utan. The resolu
tions ask that if this cannot be pre
vented and expulsion hecuio'l, congruis
prepare tho way for a coniitltutional
amendment which eluiU forbid polyg
on! y.
Status III Warship It lire.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Tho cruiser
Now Orleans has arrived at Colombo
on her way to Manila. This brings her
up to tho cruiser Brooklyn for the first
tlmo slnco their ocean race to tho Phil
ippines began. The Brooklyn arrived
at Colombo yesterday and will coal
probably In time to get nway ahead of
tho New Orleans. The latter has been
gaining of late, however, nnd has bet
tered her position by two days against
the Brooklyn since leaving Aden. At
this rnto tho Indications are that the
New Orleans will be the first to arrivo
at Manila.
DROUGHT IN MAINE.
HAS CAUSED AN UNSIGHTLY
BEAST TO APPEAR.
Unngor' "Wlint I It" Somo Snjr tho
Dryncn la Itepontlb)o for the Ap
pearance of tho So-Culled I'lckercl
IIotII.
All Maine has suffered from n
drouth this year for which the pro
hibitory liquor law Is In no way re
sponfllble. All tho rain that has fall
en slnco last spring, if put together in
ono storm, would not equal ono of tho
henvy falls that usually are experi
enced in Maine in spring nnd fall, nnd,
although tho summer brought many
violent thunderstorms, thero wna little
rain. Now, when the rivers, lakes and
wells should bo full to the brim, every
water course in tho stato Is running
remarkably low, tho beds of tho
streams showing bare, like gravelly
roads, and tho lakes shrunken nwny
from their ehoes r.s though they had
leaked through a hole In tho center,
leaving tho pebbly beaches far above
water, with wide margins of muddy
bottom lands, from which arises n
powerful stench, says New York
Press.
A remarkable effect of the drouth
Is seen In the brook which connects
Eddlngton nnd Holbrook's ponds, n
few miles east of Bangor. In ordinary
times this brook runs high, nnd is a
noisy little stream, filled with tho best
and plumpest pickerel, tho fattest
muskrats and the biggest frogs to be
found In nil Maine. Now tho two ponds
have shrunk to half their natural area
and tho brook la reduced to a sickly
rivulet, at best, and In somo places
Is nothing more than n serleaof discon
nected and muddy pools, wherein thou
sands of big pickerel have been Im
prisoned helplessly, there to bo dipped
out by poachers, wnllo nt night tho
muskrats oplash and flounder like
3tranded walruses nnd the once big
frogs wall plaintively on tho slimy
borders.
A week ago, whllo tramping along
tho brook, swearing at the luck, and
praying for rain, Undo Reuben Dlx,
the hermit fiddler of Peaked mountain,
sa.w something struggling In tho mud
that attracted his attention. It was
not n frog nor yet a muskrat; It was
something llko a llsh,"nnd yet It had
legs. If Uncle Reuben had been drink
ing nnythlng thnt day or tho night
before, he would have decided that
the stuff wasn't first-class, but none
of tho Bangor sportsmen had been out
that way for somo time, and thero
wasn't even n drink of cider within ten
miles, so It was a caso of straight
seeing, and Uncle Reuben Investigated.
Ho got a crooked stick and hauled tho
thing out of tho mud. The creature
resented this, and snapped viciously at
his ccptor, who had to dance about
lively to keep out of Its way.
"Well, I'm dummed!" said Uncle
Reuben, "but I didn't think nllergatcrs
ever got this fur to tho north-ard."
Finally ho killed tho creaturo with a
stone, and lugged tho carcass over to
Eddlngton, where, after being viewed
by all the curious, it was sold for fifty
cents to Georgo McMunn, a Bangor
drummer, who has a fad for collecting
curious reptiles, birds, etc., and by him
given to his friend, P. H. McNamara
of Bangor, who will havo it stuffed and
placed on exhibition in his place of
business. The beast looks something
llko an alligator and something like a
big lizard, and no ono In Bangor can
name It. It has teeth llko a saw and
a mouth largo enough to hold n loaf
of bread, as Joe Jameson, the baker,
demonstrated by experiment. Uncle
Reuben said It was tho pickerel devil,
n poisonous reptile, which often hoa
been told of, but seldom if over seen in
Maine. Tho devil is said to bo tho
direct product of n drouth, and his ap
pearance means that all tho pickerel
aro to die, or havo died, for want of
water.
Up to the time of tho drouth tho
fishing In Eddlngton nnd Holbrook's
ponds wns excellent. Now thero hasn't
been as much as a bito in either pond
for four weeks. Some sny that tho
pickerel havo loft tho brook and gone
to tho bottom of tho ponds, whero they
find the water cooler than at tho sur
face, and that they will not bite ngaln
till winter. Unclo Dlx, however, main
tains that all tho fish aro dead, elso tho
pickerel dovll would not have been
born.
Hiiril on tho Irish Mmtora.
The Irish masters of hounds aro be
ginning to feel tho pinch of war times
as well as others. Somo ycara ago tho
system of registering horses for gov
ernment purposes was started and
many people laughed at it as a usclcas
scheme, but now It is found to work
well. Under it, tho owners of horses
registered receive a small sum per an
num, undertaking to sell each animal
at n certain prico when called upon to
do bo. Many ot tho largo tramway,
omnlbuB, and others havo numbers ot
horses so registered, nnd It appears
that masters ot hounds have also
taken advantage of tho scheme, receiv
ing an nllowance annually for tho
hunt horses. Tho Remount Depart
ment of Ireland, of which Prlnco
Francis ot Tcck Is chief, aro busy tak
ing up all avallablo registered horses
now for South Africa, and tho hunt
horses of the Ward Stag-hounds, tho
Meath Hounds, tho Tlpperary, and oth.
er packs havo all been requisitioned.
It Is rather hard on tho masters to
have to glvo up tho hunt horses Just
as the season is opening, ns It will be
very hard to replace them now. Tho
average price fixed on all horses so
registered la about 40.
Thunder.
Thunder can be heard at a distance
of fourteen miles.
THE LATE STATE L CTI0N.
The Stntc Itourd Completes the Work ot
CiinvnssliiB tho Vote.
LINCOLN, Neb,, Dec. 1. The stnto
canvassing board has completed the
work of canvassing the vote for stato
officers nnd tho figures on tho candi
dates ior Judicial positions nro mado
public. There aro fifteen Judicial dis
tricts in the Biato and twenty-eight
Judges were chosen. Of the nutriber
elected fifteen wero republicans nnd
thirteen ftislonlsts.
Tho duties of the canvassing board
wero lighter than usual this year, there
being only thieo state ofllcors to bo
elected. Ordinarily it takes about a
week to canvass tho vote and dolns
aro frequently caused by mistakes of
tho county clerks In tabulating tho
vote. This year all counties reported
promptly and it was an easy task for
the board to finish tho work.
The following were elected: John S.
Sttill (rep), Auburn; Charles B. Let
ton (rep), Falrbury; Paul Jesson (rep),
Nebraska City; E. P. Holmo?. L. Frost,
A. J. Cornish (reps), Lincoln; Benjam
in S. Baker, Irving S. Baxter, Lee S.
Eatelle, .mcob Fawcott, William W.
Koysor, Willartl W. Slabaugh (repB),
Omaha; Charles T. Dickinson (rep),
Tekamah; B. F. Good (fus), Wnhoo;
S. H. Sornbcrger (fus), Wnhoo; Conrnd
Hollenbeck (fus), Fremont; James A.
Grlmlson (tus), Schuyler; George W.
Stubbs (fus), Superior; Guy T. Graves
(fus), Pender; William V. Allen (fus),
Madison; Ed. L. Adams (fus), Mtnden;
John R. Thompson (fus), Grand Is
land; Charles A. Munn (fua), Ord; Ho
mer M. Sullivan (fus), Broken Bow;
H. M. Grimes (rep), North Platte;
George W. Norrls (rep), Beaver City;
William H. Westover (fus), Rushvllle;
James J. Harrington (fus), O'Neill.
Winter Agricultural Course.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 2. Tho uni
versity of Nebraska has Issued n circu
lar descriptive of the winter course In
tho school of agriculture Tho people
In charge of tho school realize the fact
that most farmers' aon3 nnd daughters
cannot afford to spend tho tlmo nnd
money required In tho preparation for
and completion of tho regular college
course and keeping this In view they
have prepared a short practical courao
ot three months, beginning January 2,
1900, and ending March 17. It provides
for studies of soils, field crops, diseases
of farm animals breeding of live stock,
feeding of llko stock, dairying, horti
culture, agriculture, engineering, car
pentry und blncksmlthlng, insectB In
jurious to crops, plant pests, farm ac
counts and English. An explanation
given in tho circular of the manner In
which tho Instruction Is given shows
that tho student obtains much of It by
means of nctual practice and observa
tion. Not that ho will bo expected ro
do the work on the farm wwlth which
ho is already familiar, but such opera
tions as stock Judging, milk testing,
creamery operations, tree grafting,
treating sick animals, etc. No exam
inations nro required for entrance, but
a registration feo ot ?1 is charged. The
cost to each student last year for room
rent, tnblo board, books, etc., was
about ?3C.
In preparing the course of Instruction
tho object has been to make It as prac
tical as possible, to glvo the student
something that win bo of value to him
when he returns to the farm. The In
struction Is given by means ot lectures
nnd nctual practice. Excellent facili
ties have recently been piovlded nt
the state farm for giving instruction in
tho most practical manner. A well
equipped building has been erected,
containing a dairy room, n stoc-Judg-ing
room and a laboratory for soil
study. Tho methods of Instruction are
adapted to students of all 'iges, those
having taken tho work varying from
1C to 45 years of age.
To Sonutor und Mr. Thurston.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 2. Among tho
handsome presents that had found
their way to tho homo of Senator and
Mrs. Thurston before their arrival In
Omnha, was a set of three massive and
ornato silver salvers bearing tho con
gratulatory cards of Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Gould. These had been sent to
Omalia Instead of Washington, whero
many costly testimonials of friendship
had been bestowed. A cnrrlago stood
in front ot the residence awaiting tho
departure of the bridal party for the
visit' down town. It was a beautiful
brougham, with a glided monogram,
"J. M. T.," upon tho doors. A pair of
spirited Cleveland bays, resplendent In
elnborately mounted harness, stood
restlessly awaiting tho appearanco of
their new master. This equipage had
been purchased by a number of Sena
tor Thurston's friends In tills stnto
and presented without ceremony.
Cut ills Throat on tho Train.
PLAINVIEW. Neb., Dec. 2. A man
named James Rogers, on tno Pacific
Short Lino passenger, committed sut
cldo Just beforo the train renched
Plalnvlow. Ho wns in chargo of Sher
iff E. M. Swecnoy nnd a deputy under
a sentence for horsestealing nnd was
en route to tho Sioux Falls, S. D., pen
itentiary, having been convicted at
Bollo Fourcho. Ho cut his throat with
a pen knifo and expired In a few mo
ments. Ilurned to Death With HI Homo.
FAIRMONT, Nob., Dec. 2. Nowb has
reached hero of the burning to death
In n house of W. B. Shanklin nt Kel
so, Wash. Ho was formerly u well-to-do
farmer of Madison precinct, this
county. Ho went to Washington four
years ago. Ills remains wero found In
tho ruins of his home, where ho was
living alone. The funeral occurred at
Roadhouse, 111., whero he onco lived.
I'uncriil of fllrs. Or'imilo Tcfft.
AVOCA, Neb., Dec. 2. Funeral ser
vices over the remains of Mrs. Tofft,
wifo of Orlando Tefft, chairman of tho
stnto republican committee, wero held
hero at tho Congregational church.
Rev. C. S. Hsrrlson of York preached
tho sermon. Mrs. Teftt wns formerly
Miss Lizzie II. Klrkpatrlck. She wai
born In Wapello, la., January 3, 1849,
and camo with her parentB in 1855 to
Nehnwka. She was married to Mr
Tefft July 4, 1SG8. She had two sonq
Roland, who died young, and Clarence
n graduato of tho university, now a
lawyer at Weeping Water.