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i f X. s L i IN AND ABOUT MANILIA Tho Piliplnoi Loso Ovor a Thousand Men In Seven Dajs- BANDS Of INSURGENTS ARE ACTIVE Lots on American Bldo It Only Slight Pilar Engages (litrrlson nt Ban Sllguol Thirty-Fifth Infantry (Jets Threo m siours or nigut lighting. MANILA, April 23. Lrfist week has been one of the bloodiest of the war since the first day's lighting around Manila. Authentic reports, mostly of llclal, ohow a total of 378 Filipinos killed, twelve onicors and 241 men cap tured and many more wounded. Tho number wounded Is hardly guess able, as a great majority of the wounded will die. Probably tho wcek'B work finished 1,444 Insurgents. Tho Americans' loss was nine killed and sixteen wounded. Two sergeants and one private were killed In ambush and while escorting provision trains. The Insurgents have been aggressive In almost every province of Luzon. Gecnral PIo del Pllar's bind, number ing 300, which was out of sight for three months, the leader being reported kill ed, has reappeared In Us old held about San Miguel. 'Pilar is supposed to bo again in com mand. He gave the American garrison -at San Miguel, consisting of three com panies of the Thlrty-flfth Infantry, with n gatllng, n three hours' fight, during u night attack. Tho loss of the insur gents in this engagement Is not Includ ed In the foregoing total, as they re moved their dead and' wounded, but presumably considerable. Twenty Filipinos In the province of Satanges attacked Lieutenant Wende, who, with olght men, wero scouting near San Jose. Tho lieutenant and live men wero wounded and ono private was killed. Sergeant Lcdous of the Thlrty-flfth infantry, with seventy men, had a five hours' fight with 400 Insurgents In the Jfeuva Cacerns district. Twenty of the Insurgents wero kilted. Colonel Smith of the Seventeenth In fantry, who captured General Monte negro, and brought him to Manila, Is in the Isolation hospital, suffering from smallpox, presumably caught from tho Filipinos. Colonel Smith's command captured 180 officers and men with Montenegro. Tho olllcers were brought to Manila. Montenegro, one of tho dapper olllcers In tho Filipino army, looks worn and "haggard. He says he led a terrible life for months, and ho has offered to re turn to tho north with Colonel Smith, to endeavor to persuade his former comrades of the usclegsncss of opposing the Americans. One hundred escaped Spanish prison ers from the province of Tayabas, South Luzon, have arrived at Manila. Tho Insurgents have 400 more Span iards In that district. Recently the 'Filipinos destroyed several rods of the railroad lino near Panlquo, in an un successful attempt to wreck a train. Big Money In Electricity. NEW YORK, April 23. Tho annual report of tho General Electric company issued today show3 gross receipts for tho year ending January 31, 1900, of $23,248,170'. Of this amount thoro was a total profit for tho year of $5,470,130. Tho sum of $1,282670 waa absorbed in paying dlvldondJ on preferred and common stock and interest on out standing dobenturcs, tho patent ac count was reduced by $2,000,000 and nn addition to tho surplus account was made of $2,19G,45!). This leaves a pres ent surplus with a balnnco of $156,570 carried forward from last year of $2, 353,030. jumpod from the Ilruuklyn IlrltlRO. " NEW YORK, April 23. Miss Mario Dlnso of this city jumped from the Brooklyn bridge without serious lnju rlcs. Many men havo mado this leap into tho waters of tho East river since the bridge has been completed. Most of them havo perished, but Miss Dlnso la tho second woman who has over at tempted to end her life In this way. On September 6, 1895, n Mrs. McArthur Jumped from the brldgo and was but slightly injured. Sho was discharged when arraigned in a pollco court. On August 30 of tho iiamc ye.r Mrs. Mc Arthur mado u second attempt to jump but wnu stopped by tho brldgo pollco. Ooucml Ulvern to Resign. HAaNA, April 23. General Rlus Rivera, secretary of agriculture, has had a long Interview with Govornor General Wood regarding the letter which ho wroto urging a union of po litical parties and unanimous demand of independence by tho end of 1901. General Rivera will probably resign early this vcok from his official posi tion. Tho Cubano predicts that tho re maining secretaries will do HkowlBe, ns it is recognized that General Rivera holds a powerful Influence Otner sec otarles of agriculture will not affect them. Thoy give It as their belief that tho party will bo benefited by xtivora's resignation. ITe Has Ono Wife Too Many. TACOMA, April 23. lowland t. Hill, professor of mathcrantics at tho Pugct Sound university, and formerly mining speculator nnd business man of Blaine, Neb., was arrested hero on a chargo of bigamy. Ho Is accused of marrying a Nebraska girl five years after ho dosortcd a wife In England. Hill does not deny ho has another wlfo living, but ho claims ho read n state ment In a Nebraska paper to tho effect that desertion of a wlfo in a foreign country for ilvo years had boon con strued by tho Nobrnska courts as a di vorce. H'1 English wife is an actress and Hlil suys that thoy novor lived to gether. Y.n ii f Ooounl Investigation. FRANKFORT, Ky., April 23. While tho Franklin county grand Jury has not adjourned it is understood that tho investigation of tho Goobel asasslna tlon has been completed. Tho Indict ment against republican Govornor Tay lor, charging him with being nn ncces cory to tho murder, will bo held up till nfter the nrgumont of tho governorship contest caso, which is docketed for hearing before tho supremo court at Washington, April 30;'iind It Is said by persons In tho councils of tho prose cution thnt no such warrant will bo Is sued or other steps taken tu tho case till after that time. TURKEY REPLIES Amertcl ns to tlo Compensated Same as Other Foreign Subjects . CONSTANTINOPLE, April 23. Tho porto hf.s replied to tho American de mands, stating that Turkey will com pensate American missionaries under tho samo conditions as In tho caso of other foreign subjects. Tho United States legation has joined tho other embassies in protest ing against tho Increase of import duties. Tho porto has not yet replied to the last colectlvo nolo, but tho changed tono of tho Ottoman officials leads to a belief that a settlement has been reached in conformity with tho de mands of tho foreign republics. It Is now fully oxpected that the porto will invito the embassies to discuss tlio proposed changes. Thcro is general Interest In polit ical circles regarding tho attitude of tho United States in tho indemnity claim and It Is bollovod that tho pow ers having similar claims will support American action. WASHINGTON, April 23. Neither Secretary Hay nor tho Turkish minis ter has been advised of tho reported action of tho porto In replying to tho American demands. In tho absenco pt official Information and of tho spe cific conditions of tho reply, officials horo prefer not to discuss tho matte but express tho hope that a satisfac tory and nmlcnblo settlement of tho differences between tho two countries may bo reached. DATI1E IS RAGING Iloeri Ple.-coly Attnched Dnlgotty's Po sition to Antlclpato ltellof. MASERU, Basutoland, April 23. Evening Four Boer guns havo been hard nt work all day on Colonel Dal goty's position, i no British guns havo replied at Intervals. Tho Boers aro divided into threo di visions, two bo ng in positions to ro pel tho relief columns, tho dlBtnnt roar of whose artillery is audible. General Brabant's relief forco Is re ported to bo today in the neighborhood of Bushman's Kop, twenty miles from Weponer. Tho Basutts aro posted on tho border for defensive purposes. Thoy aro bo having in orderly fashion, but aro showing the most intenso interest in the outcomo of tho developments of tho next twenty-four hours. MASERU, Basutolnnd, April 23. General Brabat's guard reached Bush ma's Kop last evening. Tho Boers held a strong position thcro, with two guns. Tho engagement opened at sunrlso with heavy rlllo fire. At G:30 n. m. can nonndlng begun nnd continued for sev eral hours. Goneral Brt.bant's forces aro on tho plain nnd havo fairly open country all the way to W'lponer. Evidontly tlio Boers reattacked Dal gety today. Colonel Dalt'cty heliographs; "All well, llocrs fired 300 shells yes terday with dclng much damage." BRYAN'S AID WILL BE ASKED Good flfflcci of Silver Lender Sought to Settle the Difference. TOPEKA, Kan., April 23. While W. J. Bryan is in Wichita this week his good offices, w'.U it is said, be sought tu sottlo differences existing between tho populists and democrats in tho Sixth and Sevoath districts, whoro fu sion Is split wldo open on account of the nttitudo of rival nominees for con gress. r Tho fusion politicians aro very much concerned . by tho situation In theso districts and they also look for ward to tho Third district democratic 'and populist conventions, sot for May 21, with much alarm, for If a demo crat bo not given tho united nomina tion in that district a spilt will, It is predicted, 'bo inevitable between tho two state conventions to bo held later at Fort Sscott. Tho district is now represented in congress by Hon. E. R. RIdgely, populist. Mr. Bryan is booked to speak at Wichita on Tuesday. GERMANY UNABLE TO HELP See No Reason 'IVhy lloer Delegation Should Visit That Country. BERLIN, April 23. The semi-official Berliner Post publishes an inspired article In which it is stated that tho sentiment regarding the Boers still re mains frlondly (Throughout Germany, but that tho government sees no rea son why the Boer peace delegation should como to Berlin, since no good could bo gained from such a visit, Germany being unable to render tho slightest scrvico, cither in friendly of fices to both sides or In intermediation so long as Groat Britain remains de termined to roject both. " ' n lost Up the aeuernls. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 23. Tho sennto committee on military affairs reached an agreement to report tho bill for tho reorganization of tho army with a number of amendments. Tho bill confers tho rank of lioutonnnt gen oral upon tho senior major general and that of major gonornl upon tho adju tant general of the army. Miiiri to Ilo n Ncbrusknn. CHICAliO, April 23. Tho Chicago pollco say thoy havo oighteon cases against C. O. Charleston, under arrest on tho chargo of getting small sums of money from various porsons on worthless checks. Charleston Is said to bo a former Justlco of tho poaco and a former member of tho Nebraska leg islature. Last year tho American peoplo con sumed 2,000,000 tons of sugar, of which 1,385,000 tons wero mado by tho sugar trust. DEWEY SCHEDULE ARRANGED Dntes for Admiral and Party on Their Trip Through the West. WASHINGTON, April 23. Admiral and Mrs. Dowoy will, leave hero in n special train over tho Baltimore & Ohio railroad Sunday, April 29, on their trip to Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, Nnsh vlllo and Knoxvllle. Thoy will nrrlvo In Chicago nt noon Monday, April 30. Wednesday morning, May 3, the Chi cago & Alton railroad will tako tho special to Jacksonville, 111., where a three-hours' stop vrill bo made. St. Louis will bo reached In tho evening. IE! Eastern Agriculturists in Favor With Paris Commissioners- THE GREAT WEST GETS NO SHOW tho Importance of a Western Exhibition Pressing Claims of Western Producer Turned Dotru at the (Ireat Interna tional Kxpoiltlon Nebraska Senators Labor for the West In Vain. OMAHA, Neb.. April 21. James Walsh, ono of tho best known agricul turists In Nebraska, starts for Paris in a day of two to spend tho summer vis iting the exposition. Mr. Walsh had churgo of tho agricultural exhibit of tho exposition, nnd has been a prime factor In the getting together of cereal displays in successive Nebraska stnto fairs. Ho has mndo a speclnl study of tho subject, not only from tho stand point of tho, exhibitor, but also ns a practical f armor. Ever slnco tho United States con gress appropriated ovor $1,000,000 for tho American exhibit at Paris, Mr. Walsh has evinced a lively Interest in America's representation thcro, espe cially In tho display of corn and small grains produced In tho corn bolt or what aro known ns tho "prnirlo states." Said Mr. Walsh In an interview: "I havo sought to induco tho United Stntes commissioners to Paris to em phasize tho western exhibit, und espe cially did I ondoavor to point out tho folly of a cereal exhibit placed within glass Jars. I interviewed Prof. Dodgo nt Chicago soon after his appointment at the head of tho agricultural exhibit at Paris, and sought to impress upon his mind the importnnco of tho west ern exhibit and tho pressing claims of wostorn producers. I pointed out tho vital Importnnco of a largo exhibit of corn In tho ear and In tho stalk and In conjunction thorowlth nn exhibit of tho manifold products of corn. I was told, however, that tho limited space at Paris would precludo any such thing. Then I appealed to Senator John M. Thurston but tho select cotorlo of expo sition exports thnt hang around Wash ington baffled his efforts and also thoso of Senntor Allen, who took tho mntter up as soon ns ho got to Washington last December. Senator Allen told mo that tho attempt was futile; that tho die was cast; that western interests woro not considered by the agricultural sec tion of tho Paris commission." Ollbert Ooes to Washington. YORK, Nob., April 24. Lieutenant Governor Edward A. Gilbert of this city will go to Washington to help push tho claims of tho Louisiana purchase states. Tho governors of soventeecn states of tho Louisiana purchaso havo been asked to Join tho delegations from theso states, nnd owing to Govornor Poyntor not being able to attend, ho asked that Ltouetnant Governor Gil bert bo selected. This committee ap peared boforo tho congressional com mittee to ask for an appropriation of $5,000,000 for tho St. Louis World's fair. Tho congressional committee will meet April 27 and tho govornors will bo notified of tholr Invitations to bo present. Ileof Hugnr Contract. SOUTH OMAHA, Nob., April 24. For the -wo weeks J. F. Woybrlght of tho Ames beet sugar factory has been circulating around among tho farmers In tho vicinity of South Omaha under tho esplonago of tho South Omaha Commercial club for tho pur poso of making contracts with far mers for tho growing of sugar beets. This work is now about completed anil Mr. Woybrlght Intends to return to his homo about tho tnlddlo of tho weok. So fnr ho has signed contracts with thirty eight farmers for the raising of sugar beets. This is considered a very good start, especlauy as farmers In this vi cinity are not familiar with tho raising of beets. Vote for a Postmaster. BROWNVILLE, Nob., April 24. Tho election of a postmaster for Brownvllla was held hero, with E. E. Cole, Thomas C. Dlltz and Edward Berlin as the can didates. Tho election was progressing harmoniously enough until about noon, when a telegram was recolved from Congressman Uurkott that Mr. Colo had been recommended for tho place. Although this seemed to sottlo tho matter tho peoplo kept on voting until tho polls closed. From tho fact that Mr. Colo refused to allow his name to ho used in this election, asking his friends not to vote for him, only a par tial result was obtnlned Indicating tho choice of tho patrons of tho ofilco. Sudden Death ut St. Pnul. ST. PAUL, Neb., April 24. M. J. DeCamp, for several years engineer at tho waterworks plant In this city, died very suddenly. Ho was in his usual good health until about 10 o'clock, when ho was taken with a sovoro head ache and oxplred In less than two hours. A ruptured blood-vessel at tho base of tho brain was tho cause. Damage Agiinltt ltnllrniiil. TEKAMAH, Nob., April 24. In tho caso of tho Hogglund estate against tho Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad company for $5,000 damages for tho killing of Hogglund nt Oakland lust fait the Jury roturncd n verdict for tho full amount askod. Hogglund was a farmor near Oakland. Ho had loaded cattlo for shlpmont to South Omaha on tho-nlght freight nnd whllo walking through tho railroad yards to the cabooso was run down by a switching engine. Mint Bur nd Time In Jnll. HASTINGS, Neb., April 24. Borthn Llbbocko, tho young woman who stolo a hlcyclo from Chas. Jacobs of this city, was brought back from Lincoln and was fined $100 nnd costs by County Judgo Bowon, which Is equivalent to about a forty-three day Jail sontonco. Sho will probably havo to servo out tho tlmo ns It Is not likely sho can so euro money with which to nay tho fine. Sho was not much concerned ovor her fate, nnd put In tho tlmo while In tho shoriff's ofilco JolUpc tho officers. THE MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH Quotations Front New York, Chicago, South Omaha and Rlsenhsre. BOUT1I OMAHA LIVH STOCK. SOUTH OMAHA. Anrll 19.-CATTI.M- l'ho market as a whole was slow. Huy- trs teemed to bo Indifferent nnd sellers complained that It was hard work to soil t satisfactory prlcoti. Tho-enrlyjmnrkot wns slow, nnd It wns Into before any busi ness of consequonca was transacted. Tho fat cnttlo market was unevenly lower, ranging all tho way from weuk to 10 lower. Tho least decllno wns on tho cholco fat llttlo cattle, licet steers, 13.75 Ift.w; Moors nnd heifer, Jl.Wt'fl.WJ: cows, il.0O4r4.23; heifer, H.&H4.C5; bull, W.tO Vies; cnlvos, .607.OJ; ntiigs, JXWO4.20; steers ana mags, fj.i&m.w; biock cows nnd hoi fern, J2.uOyi.50; stock calves, I3.W UiJ.OO: stockers nnd feeder, S.WVi.K. 110(38 Sold n Hhado lower, thnt Is about VAc lower than yesterday. Tho closo was slow nnd weak ut the decline. Good hog sold very largely ut 15.45, tho samo hogs ringing j.i.mi.iiVi yostcruuy. ino top today was $5.65, which was 2,lc higher than yesterday. SHEEP foil lowlnc nre miotntlons! Choice yenrllngs, I.ir'ii).30; fair to good yoarllngs, Jij.04C.15; clipped yearlings, (3. 603 5. W; Rood to cholco wethers, J6.0OW i.2i; fair to good wethcrn, Jj.7yuU.UO; clip- pcu wcincrs, j.iui(D.w; goou to cnoico led ewes, I3.50'j&.76; fair to good owes, 5.OfrB6.40; clipped ewe, )4.COtlS23; good to cholco natlvo lambs, J7.15K7.-5; good to cholco native lamb, $7.1SUi.25; good to choice western lambs, I7.15d7.23; fair to good wesKrn lambs, I6.60ft7.15; clipped iambs. S6.ofl6.40: feeder wethers. H.vQ'it 5.00; feeder yenrllngs, I3.00US.CO; good to cnoico leeucr minus, fd.zj'au.w. KANSAS CITY LI VIS STOCK. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Anrll 23.-CATTLH Market about stoady: native steers. I4.0J UB.40; Texas steers, U.3y(f4.IX; Texas cows. naiivo cows nna lienor. 05. GO: stockers and feeders. S3.7SQ3.3u: bull, IXUtfft.GO. muub Market Hteady to siiaao lower; bulk of salos, $3.40ir3.r3; heavy, S3.4SfJ5.GO; puckers, S5.404s5.67tt; mixed, S5.35w3.30; fight, S5.2OUB.40; Yorkors, 55.35Q5.10; pigs, J5.00U6.23. SUiSHl'-Market strong; lambs, J6.C0U 8.W; muttons, j.50jua. CHICAGO LIV13 STOCK. CHICAGO, April 23.-CATTLE Good to primo stocrs, S4.90ii5.S0; poor to mo dlum, SI.104.75; HtocKers nnd feeders, S3.30at.83; cow, J3.00Jd.D0; heifers. J3.26W 1.33; canners, J2.I.V02.S0; bulls, J2.b0W4.3o; cnlvos, S4.604IG.C3; Texas fed steers, Sl.tW 5.3): Texas bulls, J3.2&W3.75; llOQS Top, S3.75; mixed nnd butchers, I5.45i63.75; good to cholco heavy, J3.oy 5.75; rough heavy, J5.43fi5.53: light, J5.40W 6.G3; bulK of sale. S3.S5U5.U7. 8HKKI' Hhoop nnd lambs nbout Btca dy; good to cholco wethers. S3.75Qtl.23: fair to choice mixed, S4.76ff5.75; western sheep, S3.60ifC.10; yearlings, J5.tOGC.40; na tlvo lambs, S3.50ij7.4Q; western lumbs, Jtf.00 lt7.40. CHICAGO GRAIN AND PnODUCn. CHICAGO. April 23. WI I EAT No. 3 spring, C2ft6lc: No. 2 red, Xc. COHN-No. 2, 3SHc: No. 2 yellow, 3SHc. OATS-No. 3, 24VMf25c; No. 2 white, 27 027ltc: No. 3 white, 25y427V4c. ItYI3-No. 2. 05c. UAIILKY No. 2. 42ff43c. S10KDS Flaxseed. No. 1 and northwest, 11.73. I'rlmo timotny, J2.40jjz.43; uiover, contract grade, 97.73. PROVISIONS Mess nork. ner bbl.. SU.90.S12.93. I-ard. per 100 lbs., S7.007.15. Short ribs sides (looso), J7.00i7.23. Dry Halted shoulders (boxed), JC.75ii7.00. Short clear sides tuoxeu), j(.toyi.w. NEW YORK GRAIN MARKET. NEW YORK. Anrll 23. WHEAT May. 72 7-16Q72 11-lCo: closed, "2o July, 7fl 9-16 UTSHc; closed at 72ic; September, 72( Uftc; closed nt mo. CORN Closed llrm He not decllno; Muy, UMWo ; closed at 44c; July, 44,; 44V4u; closed at 44'4c; September, Hif iV.ic; closed at 44Tc. OATS No. 2 white. 29Uc: No. 3 whlto. 23c: track mixed western, 2829c; track whlto western. 33Vi$i34c: track white stato, 23Ujj34c. Options woak, "closing c - net lower; May closed at 27c; No. 8 white, iuay, mymww. closed at 2Vic. TO CONNECT TWO OCEANS Railroad Across Mexico Ilolng Rapidly Pushed to Completion. CITY OF MEXICO, April 23. Work is now going on in tho reconstruction of tho Tohuantopec railroad ncross tho narrowest part of Mexico, and gives as suranco that the road will bo as solid and of as nermanont a character as tho Vor Cruz railroad. As tho Tohuanto pec road will havo a maximum grado of half per cent compensated, it will bo in a position to hnndlo nny traffic that can bo secured on very oconomlcul terms. At presont tho Panama rail road handles 300,000 tons of frolght per nnum, CO per cont of which is des tlned for or arises at ports north of Panama. Tho bulk of this naturally belongs to Tohuantopec. In addition, however, tho road will capturo a largo volume, of tho traffic at present carried by railroads to the Pacific coast from tho Mississippi valley, and it is con fldently anticipated that this railroad will ho doing no largo a trade as tho Panama within five years from Its opening. Tho distance from Coatza coalcos to San Francisco via Salina Cruz is 100 miles -leas. than,, tho dls tanco from New Orleans to San Fran cisco via tho Southorn Pacific nnd tho dls tanco across tho gulf from Now Or leans to Coatzacoalos is only 800 miles, and within a vory fow years thero will bo daily sorvico boats bo tweon tho two ports. Tho now totml nnl ports at Coatzacoalos, on tho Moxl can gulf, and at Sallna Cruz on tho Pacific will ho roady for handling vory heavy freight trado In threo years from now. Unele Sum at Paris. PARIS, April 23. Among tho Amor leans who woro present at tho lnnugu ration of tho Paris exposition and tho accompanying fete, was Mr. John T. Shayno of Chicago. Speaking to a cor respondent, ho Bald: "Commissioner Gcenral Pock and his assistants arc the busiest men in Franco. Their hard work has put tho Unltod Statos build lng nnd exhibits In n moro advanced stnto than thoso of any othor nation Kvorythlng Is nearly complotod and tho United Stntes' display Is going to ho ono of tho most splendid sights In tho fair. Tho attltudo manifested by all Fronchnjon toward-Americans Is ad mtrablo. Tho exposition In splto of many drawbacks will bo a grat sue cess." The Will of a Millionaire. CHICAGO. 111., April 23. Tho will of Rufus Wright, who was mysteriously shot and killed In tho hnland hotel last Saturday night, was filed for probate today. It dlsposos of an estato vnluod at $800,000. This Is bollovod to bo n consorvntivo ostlmato, and it is ex poctod that tho o3tato will (iguro up $1,000,000. According to tho potltlon fllod with tho will tho personal prop erty valuation Is $000,000, nnd tho real estato is valued nt $200,000. The doad millionaire manufacturer distributed $28,800 in personal bequests among rel ntlvcs and othors, but loft nothing to charity or public institutions. THAT DM SCHOOL LAW Snporinteudont Jackson Addroucs a Lottci to Nebraska Educators. ACTION'Of THE COURT DISCUSSED Practically Impossible to Frnrae a Lnw Thnt Will Ilo Constitutional Unless the Constitution Itself lie Amended Bill celUneoui Nebraska Matter. LINCOLN, Nob.. April 23. Stnto Su perintendent Jackson has addressod tho following letter to Nobrnska educa tors touching tho recent decision of tho supromo court In declaring tho free High school nttcndauco Inw unconsti tutional: In High School District, No. 137. of Hnvclock Nob., ngainst County of Lan caster, in nn opinion prepared by Judge Norval, tho high school law passed In 1890 was tcday dcclarcl unconstitution al. Briefly stated, tho grounds of this decision nro ns follows: Tho law provided for tho nttendnnco of porsons of school ago nt nny high school In tho county whoro such person resided outsldo tho limits of nny high school district Tho tuition for such attendance at tho rato of 75 cents per week was required to bo paid tho high school district by tho county. It wns held in tho opinion referred to that If 75 cents par weok was In excess of fair compensation it wan, on tho ono hand, favorablo to tho high school district, nnd on tho other hnnd in tlio samo do grco was unfair to tho remalndor of tho county. If conditions woro reversed and 75 cents wns insufficient, tho coun ty profited nnd tho high school district was discriminated against. It was as sumed that tho rato indicated must ncccssnrlly be unequal and nn unfair discrimination, ono wny or tho othor; that thoroforo tho law was unconstitu tional bocauso In contravention of sec tions 1, 4 nnd C of nrtlclo lx of tho con stitution .of Nebraska. Theso sections, for tho purposes of tho caso, woro epi tomized In tho following paragraph of tho syllabus prepared by Judgo Norval: "Tho constitution of this stnto requires not only that tho valuation of property for taxation, but tho rato as woll, must bo uniform." It would scorn in tho face of tho fore going that it will bo practically Impos sible to f ramo a law that' will bo const! tutlonnl unloss tho constitution ltsolf bo nmonded. Wo hopo thnt no young man or young woman .will fcol that a high school education; or oven n moro ad vanced education, Is cut off bocauso of this decision. Tho self-reliant young man or young woman who has tho por soveranco and determination to got nn education will bo nblo to ovorcomo ob stacles and mako ways, and Indeed it is n question whether it Is not unfoi tunnto for a young man to havo his tui tion paid If ho Is able to pay his way by his own efforts. Wo shall hopo thnt thoro will conttnuo to bo tho samo in terest and enthusiasm In tho high schools of our stnto that has so fully characterized them during tho present year. , Hlntn Kntltled to a Hhare. LINCOLN, Nob., April 23. A copy of tho decision of tho Unltod Slates circuit court of appeals In tho caso of tho Stato of Nebraska against J. W. McDonald, rocolver of tho defunct Cap ital National bank, wns fllod with the authorities at tho stato houso. This suit was instituted to recover the state's deposit In tho broken bank, amounting to $285,351.85, nnd the de cision of tho court of appeals holds that tho stnto has a legal claim to tho money nnd should be paid pro rata with other depositors. The receiver is scored rather Boveroly for refusing to nllow tho claim, which tho court holds to. bo confessedly JuBt and meritorious. Tho opinion in tho caso Is quite ox tenslvo nnd contains much matter of Intorost to Nobrnska lawyers. Tho su promo court Is complimented vory highly in tho following terms: "Tho stato of Nebraska oarly adopted tho ro form system of pleading, and thcro Is probably no stato in tho union whoso courts havo given to that system n moro liberal and enlightened intorpro tntlon or ono moro in harmony with its obvious and, wo may say, expressed purpose and intent. Tho codo of that stato abolishes all common law forms of actions." Nebraska Postmasters. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 23. Dr. John N. Agnn was appointed pon slon oxnmining surgeon nt Pendor. Georgo W. Nation hns boon nppolntod postmastor nt Wllloy, Box Butto county vlco G. E. Wllloy, resigned. A postofflco has boon established nt Abdul, Nuckolls county, with Boyd II Kizar ns postmastor. Hoy Hhnots Himself. AXTELL, Nob., April 23. John Bllck, n farmor boy living eight miles north of town,, whllo out hording cattlo with" a shotgun loadod with gooso shot accidentally shot himself in tho arm, tearing out tho muscles of tho forearm nnd Injuring tho bones. Drought to Hebron fnr llnrliil. HEBRON, Nob., April 23. Tho ro mains of O, B. Shade, a dry goods mer chant of this city some years ago, woro brought horo for burlul, Mr. Shado has llvod slnco leaving Hobron, at Leach wood, Iowa, hut had boon travollng nnd died of rhoumatlsm at Chorokoo Iowa, Tho Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias, of which Mr, Shado had been n mom bor, took chargo of tho funeral. Omaha's First White Settlor, OMAHA, April 23. Thursday was tho sovonty-llfth birthday of "Unclfc Bill" Snowden, Omaha s first whlto set tler. With his wife ho crossed tho Missouri river from Council Bluffs July 11, 185-1, and took up his rcsldonco on this sldo. Major William P. Snowdon has lived In Omaha continuously slnco that tlmo. Ho Is halo, hoarty and happy on his sovonty-flfth birthday, but ho Is not spending It in rdlcnoss Ho Is a constable In tho court of Coun ty Judgo Vlnsonhnlor nnd Is sorving papers and doing all tho duties Inci dent to liis position, CHINESE FOOT DINDINO, Opposition DeYOloptns; to That An elfiit nnd Torturing Custom. Somo influential Chinamen aro now advocating tho abolition of that shock ing nnd cruel custom of foot binding so prevalent in tho celestial empire. How common this custom is in China and how fatal to tho welfare of tho women Is llttlo appreciated in America. Soma Chinese girls aro pormttted to go with unbound feet until they aro' G years old, when iho tlmo arrives for tho bandaging process to begin, and tho golden lilies," as theso deformed feet aro called, mimt be molded. Tho ban dage used for this purpose Is mado of substantial webbing two and ono-half Inches wldo. The process consists prac tically In doubling tho toes and heels togother, with tho toes, except tho big one, bent under. Tho women, when tho object has been accomplished, and tho foot is onensed In tho tiny shoe, stand upon the tip of tho hool and tho tip of tho big toe. This, of courso, cannot bo accomplished nt onco, but it is tho product of n long and torturing ordeal. At first tho bandages aro appllod rather looso, but periodically they aro drawn tighter and tighter, ns tho feet ytold to tho prcssuro of tho wobblng. Tho heel, when tho foot Is encased in tho shoe, rests on a tiny platform of wood fitted above and behind tho heel for that pur pose. The suffering endurod by tho victim during tho process Is beyond de scription, nnd It is not an uncommon occurrence for outraged naturo to pro test, nnd such n diseased condition of tho feet to ensuo as to rondcr noces- sary their amputation. Somotlmcs tho children will not submit to tho opera tion, and their obstinacy results In saving tho feet Many children cry through the long hours of tho night and bring on various norvo troublos. The Now York Trlbuno stntes that feet aro bound to a smaller slzo In Foochow than In nny other part of China, for tho fashlonablo shoo Is'only two nnd a half Inches long, and tho consequent fissuro whero the solo of tho foot should bo is about threo inches doop. Tho feet of a Chineso woman wield an Important Influence over her llfo. When sho is to bo bo- trothed tho bIzo of her feet must bo nscortalncd for tho suitor, and great Is tho disappointment if tho brldo's fcot provo largor than anticipated. When tho wedding day arrives tho bride draws tho bandages as snugly ns possible. Tho solos of tho tiny shooS nro purchnsed with holes ready mado in tho wood near tho border, In order that tho wearer may embroider tho shoes and stitch them to tho wooden soles, for tho women mako tholr own shoes. QUEER ORDER FOR SEAMEN. English Jaekles Obliged to litaokea Up on Certain Occasions. A regular order on board certain of England's vessels of war, and ono de livered by an officer with his own hands and fnco artistically blacked, is, "All hands black faces!" When, eith er during tho maneuvers or in war tlmo, it is determined that torpedo or gunboats shall attack at night, overy living soul on board is ordorcd to black up of tho samo dingy color ns is borne by the wholo vessel or all Us outward parts, for tho single speck of light color afforded by ono human fqco might spoil tho wholo plan of n des porato attack. All tho officers of tor pedo vessels nnd gunboats keep, as a part of their kit, a special pigment, of very much tho samo kind as that used by stngo darkles, over ready for emer gencies, and ono torpodo order book has special recommendations as to blacking up for tho mon. Then, ngaln, all steam launch nnd bouts' crows or dered off on mining, reconnoltering nnd other duties nro compelled to blacken all parts of their skins that may show; and no man is exompt, however high his degree in the serv ice. Military officers defending har bors and working torpedoes from the shora aro also ordered on no account to show themselves at olght near tho defenses unless blackoned up. To Curs Sh j Ins; Horses. Horses often havo what is called the vlco of shying, that 1b, of starting sud denly at tho rustlo of a leaf or a piece of paper, or at tho approach of any object to which thoy nro not accus tomed. Clearly this Is tho romnant of an instlnot inherited from their wild progenitors in tho steppes or prairies, whoro tho suddon rustling of a leaf might lndicato the presenco of a wolf, nnd. whero everything that was strange wns, therefore, suspicious. It Is Idle as woll as cruel to beat a horse for shying. That only Increases his nlarm, nnd may easily rcduco him to a stato of terror in which ho loses his head entirely. Horses in that stato seem to loso not only their heads, but tholr perceptlvo senses, and n horse In that condition may dash headlong ngainst a stono wall. Tho habit of shying, when onco formed, is difficult to euro, but It may almost nlways bo pro vented by such consistent kindness of trcatmont ns to overpower tho in herited instinct of Instant flight from possible danger in which tho habit originates. Our Animal Friends. Vienna's New Executioner. Vienna's new excutionor, Joseph Lang, is tho strong man of an athletic club and ono of tho best known ath letes In tho city. Ho Is a nophow of tho Into excutionor and obtained tho plnco against nlnoteon competitors. Ljivlshness of a Young King. Tho young king of Spain nlwayB in sists on having his pockets filled with coppcrB beforo going for a drive, aud scatters tho coins among tho many beggars who crowd around his carriage.