The Semi-Weekly Tribune.
IllA L. HAItE, Proprietor.
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NORTH PLATTE
NBIIBA8KA.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Admiral Dowey has promised to
visit Detroit In Juno.
The Hutchison (Kansas) Salt com
pany has Increased tho wages of 1U
employes.
The health of tho mad king Otto, ot
IJavarln, Is completely broken and tho
end Is expected soon,
Tho United Fruit company Is going?
to Immediately expend over 1500,000 on
Us sugar plantations in Cuba.
An Imperial Irado Just lssuod at
Constantinople orders contracts to ho
signed with foreign shipbuilders for
renovating eight nutlquatcdr lonclnds.
Burglars entered the First National
bank of East Ilrndy, Pa., dynamited
and looted tho safe. Tho bank ofllclnls
refused to make any statement of tho
amount taken, but tho loss is said
to rango from $0,000 to $10,000.
Mrs. II. II. Llbbo, tho beautiful
young wlfo of a rich wholcsalo Hour
dealer of St. Joseph, has brought suit
for divorce, making sensational charg
es of cruelty ngalnst her husband. Ho
waa formerly a business mau of Mar
cclinc, Mo.
Mlndeo Chowagoe, tho negro-Indaln
who escaped from jull at Marshall,
Mo after assaulting Sheriff Josopli
Wilson and his llttio son and shooting
tho sheriff's wlfo In tho arm when sho
enmo to their assistance, was lynched
by a mob of angry cltlzon.
Tho Orent Northern railway, In ac
cordance with Its promises, has placed
10,000 shares of its stock on salo at
par for its employes. No employo re
ceiving $3,000 a year or over may buy
stock, and nono may hold foro than
$5,000 worth.
Jim Howard, tho man accused ot
firing tho shot that killed William
Gocbol, camo from his home in Clay
county, and took the train at that
plnco for Frankfort, whero ho goes to
surrender himself to tho authorities.
Howard sayn ho will havo no (roublo
in proving IiIh Innocence
A dispatch from Lcbobmo, dated
Thursday, Moy 3, says tho king of
Swaziland haa ordered tho Swazlca to
hasten tholr lufrvcnting and nsaemblo
for weeping for tho dead killed. Tho
Mnlagu'n chief nnd nlno women and
clilfdren havo been killed at tho Maian
gas plains, and tho plainu havo been
Btrown with tho bones of murdored na-;
tlvcs.
Justice Andrews, of tho supreme
court of Now York, granted permission
to William J. Arkell, receiver of tho
Judgo Publishing company, to dlvldo
tho assets pro rata among the cred
itors. Tho amount realized from tho
Balo of tho nsscts was $997. Tho cx-
pensoa wero $122, leaving $817, less
tho fees, for division among tho cred
itors, who filed claims for $273,510.
All reportB from tho rangoo west and
north of Deadwood show that tho sea
son will bo a great ono for tho wool
crop, Q. Q, Dennis, division freight
agent for tho Elkhorn Rniiway com
pany, who haa returned from a trip
through tho sheep country, BayB tho
clip will bo between 5,000,000 and
C.000,000 pounds this year. Consider
able of tho wool hns boon sold In ad
vance for 1C cents per pound.
Bishop Thomas O'Gorman, Just re
turned to Sioux Falls from tho Hose
bud Indian agency, brings tho nows
tbnt ho has baptized Into tho Catholra
faith tho flcrco old Sioux chief, Two
Strikes, lla Is 81 years old, nud In Mb
day scalped many a whlto man. Dont
with ngo, with watery oyos und
vrlnkled faeo, ho knelt at tho ehancol
mil and received tho sacrament. Ho
was ono ot a class of 160.
VIowb havo boon tnken of tho or
chards of Miller nnd Pancake, in tho
vicinity of Rodney, W. Va for exhibi
tion at tho Paris exposition. Thoso
orchards aro tho largest In tho world,
nnd contain 250,000 peach and plum
trees. Tho ownors planted 181,000
trees Inst year nnd cleared for plant
ing 1,735 acres of timber land. Tho
first Benson their orchards bogan to
bear they shipped 100 car loads ot
peaches and plums.
Sovoral of Philadelphia's big banks
havo consolidated.
Tho war department has decided that
tho revised Cuban tariff shall go into
oporatlon Juno 15 next. It la stated
that tho purpose of tho revision wnB to
make good grave defects in tho Porter
tariff, which oxporlenco has developed.
Ropresontntlvo McCIollan of Now
York haa Introduced a bill repealing"
tho wnr rovonuo tax on beer.
Tho president haa IsBued a nroclama-
tlon extending for bIx months from
April 11 tho tlmo allowed Spanish sub
jects to announce tholr ulleglunco, In
nccoruanco with tho treaty of ParlB,
Tho Missouri supremo court has af
firmed tho death sontonco of six men.
Rov. C, M. Sheldon hns given $500 ot
uiu suaro or tno prollts on tho Chris
Man Dally to tho Topokn Y. M. O. A.
Ho had already glvon $1,000 to tho
India famlno fund and $1,000 toward
a detention hospital at tho city Jail.
Robbers mado nn unsuccessful nt
tompt to rob tho Lynn (Mass.) flvo
cent savingB Dank.
General Edward S. Bracer, com.
mnndor of tho fninoua Iron Brigade,
waH thrown from Ills horso ut Fontf
du Lac, WIb., and his right leg broken
In two places,
Mt. VcbuvIub la in a state ot erup
tion. Forty members of tho Mnfla havo
been arrested nt Palermo, Sicily. Ono
offered violent resistance and fired
upon tho polico. A groat Impression
has been caused by tho arrests, nnd U
1b oxpectod that others will bo made.
Tho Tenth Iowa district Ropubllcnn
convention ut Algona unanimously re
nominated Congressman Jonathan P.
Dolllver.
Mme. Sarah Bernhardt and M. Co
quelln, It Is ahnouueed, will mako a
tour of. the United States, to last six
Btoatha.
N BY
Ho Beads His Bcsignation- as United
Ctatcs Senator Prom Montana.
HIS OPINION OF THE INVESTIGATION
Consider Tlint It Wit Not Fair nnd Fnys
the Cotnttilttoe Would Have Iteaclicd
on Entirely Different Verdict Ifnd All
Irrelevant Testimony Ilecn Excluded
Otlior WnaliliiRton Matters.
WASHINGTON, Mny 10. Senator
Clark of Montana today announced his
resignation from tho United States
senate.
Tho Bonsatlon waa sprung In tho
cennto today noon after tho body con
vened. Scarcely had tho routlno busi
ness been concluded when Clark of
Montana roso and addressed tho chair
on a question of prlvilcgo personal to
himself. Clark said: "It had not been
my Intention to disturb tho recognized
traditions of this most honorable body
by Intruding my opinions upon any
questions that might nrlso for consid
eration during tho present Bcsslon, but
tho question called up toaay for dis
cussion bo vltaily concerns my own
Interests and tho interests ot tho great
state which I have tho honor In part
to represent, that I shall ask tho In
dulgence of tho senate, while I, ns
briefly ns possible, submit soino ro
mnrks referring first to the chnractor
of tho Investigation; second, to tho
majority report of tho honorable com
mlttco on privileges nnd elections,
which hnB submitted findings ndverso
to tho retention of my seat In tho scn
nto; third, to tho conditions existing
In tho stato of Montana for n number
of years prior to my election which
Justified my political action; and, last
ly, a statement as to the course I deem
best to pursuo In tho promises.
''it Ib not my deslro to enst any as
persions upon tho motives which ac
tuated tho distinguished senators com
posing tho committee., nnd yet, with
tho most respectful consideration (or
tho learning, legal ability nnd emi
nent standing of theso gonucmcn, I nm
forced to tho conclusion, which I bo
llovo meets with tho concurrence of not
only n largo number of senntors on
both sides of this chamber, but also to
80 per cont of my. constituency In tho
stato of Montnna, regardless of politi
cal affiliations; that tho methods of
proccduro in the Investigation of this
matter wero manifestly unfair, nonju
dlclnl and thnt they resulted in n ver
dict of tho commtttco entirely opposlto
to that which would havo occurred
should tho evldcnco havo been con
fined to that which was admlssablo
and pertinent to tho Issue.
"I contend thnt nn investigation In
volving a soat In tho highest legisla
tive body ot this nation, as well ns tho
honor of nn Individual chosen for that
position by tno pcoplo of ono of tho
eovorelgn Btntca thoroof, should bo
conducted In n strictly Judicial manner
nnd that In tho proceedings tho estab
lished rules ot ovldenco should bo ap
plied. It Is woll known to everybody
that this was not tho case. It is truo
that there was n strong effort mado
by tho honorable senators from Ala
bama, Maryland, Kansas and North
Carolina, nt tho beginning of tho Inves
tigation, to excludo nil tho lrrolcvont
testimony, but thojr efforts wore un
availing. "Tho BonatorB who filed a minority
report expressed in emphatic terms
their condemnation ot tho proceedings
In this respect, ns well aa a denuncia
tion of tho character nnd practices of
tho prlncipnl attorney and of somo of
their witnesses who testified for tho
prosecution.
llrlstow to Tuko Cliitrjro.
WASHINGTON, May 10. Tho post
master general, nftor a protracted in
torvlow with tho president, announced
thnt Joseph L. Brlstow. fourth assist-
nnt postmaster gonornl, will proceed
to iinvann Wednesday to tnko charge
of tho postal nffalra of tho Island of
Cuba. Tho postmaster general do
cllnod to say whothot or not Director
Gonornl of Posts Rathbono would bo
Biispondod. It Is said, however, that
tho fact that General Brlstow will as-
sumo thoso duties doea not nocossarllv
lndlcnto thnt Mr. Rathbono will bo ro-
llovod of nil connection with tho sorv'
lco. Gonornl Brlstow outranks tho dl
rector of posts and tho latter might
oporato ns n subordlnato.
l'roooecl on (lovcruuient Jolt.
CHICAGO. Mnv 16. Thn Trllmn
flays: Work on tho postolllco building
Is to bo resumed immediately, regard
less of tho domnnda of Chicago labor
Unions or of tho oxlatlnir lnlmr
troubles. Contractor J. A. Pelrco, bo
Architect uenry ivcs Cobb nnnounces
will employ nny capablo mnn, regnrd-
less of Ills afllllutloilH with lnhni- nr.
ganlzntlons. Tho fedornl government
will bo depended upon to protect such
workmen.
A largo portion of tho Btono that
will bo used In tho construction of tho
postolllco building will bo that which
has boon cut by non-union tollers.
No Evidence of n Ktrlks.
KANSAS CITY, May 16. Street car
Btrlkoi-a. continued to lose strength and
today thoro wub hardly a Botnblanco of
n strike on tho Metropolitan lines. In
ovory part of tho city full comple
ments of trains nro bolng operated
without tho least friction. The strik
ers' threat yestorday to pull the crows
oft their cars had fallen flatly and to
day not evon threnta wco In evidence.
No Increase for Freight Handlers.
BUFFALO, N. Y May 16. Tho gon
ornl superintendents of both tho Erlo
nnd Now York Central railroads In
Now York havo absolutely refused to
treat with tho striking frolght hand
lers hero on tho subject of nn IncronBo
ot wages.
Neeley Leaves for Now York.
MUNICE, hid.. Mny lu. CharloB F.
W. Ncoly departed for Now York late
this afternoon to bo prcsont at bis pre
liminary hearing In the Cuban postal
eraoczzioracnt caso Timrsaay.
CONCENTRATE ON THE VALC.
Doers T7dl Mnko n Desperate Stand on
tho llordtr.
BRANDS DRIFT, Sunday, May 13.
Gencrnl Rundlc has completely check
mated tho attempt of the Doers to
como south again nnd tho enemy nro
retiring beforo tho persistent ndvnnco
of tho British. Many havo been cap
tured or are surrendering. There wero
150 of these yesterday and today,
among them President Stoyn's brother.
Tho Ladybrnnd district Is clear of
Boers. Thoy havo evacuated Mcquut
llng'B nek nnd aro now near Lindloy.
LONDON, May 10. It Is officially
announced that Dundee has been occu
pied by tho British.
KROONSTAD, Monday, May 14. It
is reported that the whole of tho Boer
forces nro concentrating on tno Vnnl,
withdrawing from Biggarabcrg and tho
southwestern borders.
It is computed that not moro than
,000 Free Staters will fight on tho
Vnal.
Railway communications with this
place aro expected to be open on Thurs
day. Tho transport Is working smooth
ly, tho troops and horses nro receiving
full rations, wntcr Is plentiful nnd tho
health of tho troops Is excellent.
LONDON, Mny 1C Tho wnr offlco
has received tho following dispatch
from General Duller:
"DUNDEE, May 15. Wo havo oc
cupied Dundee. About 2,600 of tho
enemy left yesterday for Glencoo,
whero they entrained. Tholr wagons
also left yesterday by Do Jagors drift
and the Dannhauser road. Their Kaf
firs said thoy wero going to Laing'B
nok. Almost ovory houso in Dundee
is completely looted: Tho Navigation
colllory is nil right. Tho machinery
of tho Dundee collieries is destroyed.
1 lie houses of the town nro damaged,
but nro structurally Intact
UNVEILS SHAFT TO FARRAG17.
Admiral Dewey Dcdlcutrs a Memorial to
III Old Coiumiiiidor.
KNOXVILLE, Tonn., May 10.Tho
final day of Admiral nna Mm. Dewey's
tour wob spent nt Low's Ferry, thir
teen miles west of Knoxvllle, the
birthp'.nco pf Admiral Farrnfjtit, under
w'iom Adnilrn' Dowey served in tho
civil war. Tho admirnl and party, ic
compnnlcd by various reception com
i:!lt't. r nnd members ot tho Daughters
of tho Involution and many citizens,
left tho city early today by beat for
tho birthplace and nrrlvr-d thoro at
noon. Tho slto of tho old Fnrrngut
homestead was visited and Admiral
Dewey formally unveiled tho mnrblo
ahuft erected to mark tho blrlhpluco of
tho first admiral. Upm It Is engraved:
"Blrthplaco of Admiral David Glan-
gow Forragut, born July 5. 1801.
Erected by Bonny Kato Chapter,
Daughters American Revolution,
Knoxvllle, Tonn. Dedicated by Ad
miral George Dowey, May 13, 1900. '
Following tho unveiling Admiral
Dowey mado nn address In which ho
paid n high tribute to Farrngut and re
counted his associations with htm. Ad
dresses wero also mado by Mrs.
Charles A. Perkins, representing tho
Daughters of tho American Revolution,
Colonel L. D. Lyson and Judge O P.
Templo. Tho latter presented Admiral
Dowey with a handsome mlraturo of
Admiral Farrngut dons on Ivory In a
enso upon which Is engraved: "Pre
sented to Admiral Dewey on tho occa
sion of his visit to Farrogufa birth
place, Knoxvllle, Tonn., Mny 15, 1000."
Chicago lla n Hint.
CHICAGO, 111., May 16. Sovoral
workmen wero Injured In n fight which
took place today in front of a build
ing In eourso of construction nt 20
Reoloy nvenuo. A riot call was turned
In nnd upon tho nrrlval ot tho polico
tho crowd scattered, leaving M. L.
Brown, i non-union worker, on tho
ground suffering from n wound In tho
hend. Ho was removed to tho hos
pital, but tho polico woro unablo to
mako ruiy arrests. Half a dozen others
received wounds from flying brlck8 and
scraps of iron, but left tho scene un
assisted. Tho troublo aroso over tho
employment of somo non-union men
on tho structure.
President's Bummer Plain,
NEW YORK, May 16. A special to
tho Herald from Washington Bays:
After tho adjournment of congress
President and Mrs. McKlnley will go to
their Canton home to remain tho great
er part of tho mldsuinmor.
Hunk Frrnldent Sentenced.
BOSTON, May u. In tho United
States court hore today Charles II.
Cole, former president of tho now de
funct Globo National bank ot this city,
who recently pleaded guilty on several
counts ot nn indictment charging him
with misappropriation ot funds ot tho
Institution, was sentenced to serve
eight years in Greenfield Jail.
Klnpoch Aid Sufferers.
BOMBAY, May 16. Louis Klopsch
ot Now York, publisher of tho Chris
tlan Herald, has arrived hero and Is
Btnrtlng on n tour of tho famlno dls
tricts. Ho has handed to tho Interna
tional missionary committee thrco laca
ot rupeca, about $115,000, for distribu
tion among tho famlno BUffcrera.
Philadelphia llus the Cush.
PHILADELPHIA, May 16. At a
meeting this afternoon of tho flnnnco
commltteo of tho cltlzons' national re
publican commltteo tho nnnouncoment
was mado that all ot tho $100,000
pledged by this city to tho national re
publican commltteo for convention
purposoa has been ralsod.
"OLD 0LO11Y" ON EIFFEL TOWER.
Largest Ainrrle.m Flair In tho World to
Float In 1'arls on tho Fourth.
WASHINGTON, May 16. Fordl
nnnd W. Peck, United States commis
sioner gonornl to tho Paris exposition,
recontly roquostod tho loan of tho
largo flag which hangs In tho pension
office. It was tho Intention, ho said,
to float It on tho Eiffel tower on tho
Fourth of July. Socrotnry Hitchcock
has decided to grant tho request. This
is the largest Amorlcan flag lu tho
world, measuring 26x50 feet.
FINDS THE LAW GOOD
Supremo Court of the United Dtates Up
holds tho Inheritance Tax.
IT IS UNIFORM IN OPERATION
Contraction of the Statute by Justice
White Full nnd Explicit Applied Only
to 'Indltldu.il Legacies Estate ns a
Whole Not to He Assessed as Such.
WASHINGTON, May 15. Tho su
premo court of the United States to
day announced opinions In tho caso
arising under tho inheritance tax pro
vision of tho wnr revenue act nnd also
in a caso involving tho applicability
of tho stato inhcrltnnco tax law of Now
York to estates composed of govern
ment ootids. There wero flvo decisions
under tho federal lnw nnd ono under
tho stato law, but two of tho former
class applied, ns did ono of tho latter
class, to tho taxation ot government
bonds. Tho court held that neither
undor tho stato nor tho nntionnl enact
mont wero nntlonal bonds exempt from
taxation. The validity of tho general
federal law was affirmed, but It was
held to bo purely applicable to lega
cies, nnd not to tho entire estates of
deceased persons, tho court holding
that tho tax 1b on tho passing of lega
cies ot distributive shares of personalty
with a progresslvo rate on each de
termined by tho sum of each of such
legacies or distributive shares.
Tho decisions dealing with tho fed
eral law ns n whole were handed down
by Justice White nnd those relating to
government bondB by Justico Shiras.
Tho principal decision in tho list
handed down by Justico Whlto covered
tho caBO of Ebon J. Knowlton nnd
Thomas A. Buffum, executors of Edwin
F. Knowlton, brought here from tho
eastern district of Now York. Tho
opinion Is a very voluminous ono and
discusses exhaustively every phase of
tho law. Referring to tho "progrca
bIvo" feature of tho act Justice White
said It wa3 conclusive that it creates
no new subject of taxation.
"It simply provides," ho said, "for
tho progresslvo rates on tho property
mentioned in tho opening sentences,
which is described exactly as It waa in
tho act or 1864. Now, as tho act of 1864
taxed, not tho whole estate, but each
particular legacy or distributive share,
tho conclusion cannoo bo escaped that
tho present law does tho same thing,
excopt thnt there Is added thereto a
progresslvo rate."
Then ho took up tho question ns to
whether tho law commands that tho
progressive rate shall bo measured by
tho nmount of a legacy, or the wholo
personal estate, tho conclusion being
reaction tnai u was not me intention to
tax tho entire estate, "but tho sepa
rate and distinct sums of items of per
sonnl property passing."
Tho conclusion then was announced
that tho tax la "on the legaclea and
distributive shares, tho rato being pri
marily determined by tho classifica
tions nnd being progressively Increased
according to tho amount of the legacies
or Bhareo."
ROOT TALKS FOR THE ARMY BILL
Explnlus Need of Moro Artillerymen nnd
the Other Provisions.
WASHINGTON, May 15. Secretary
Root today explained to tho houso
mllltnry committee tho advnntagea
which would accrue from the passago
of the senato army reorganization bill.
He dwelt especially on tho proposed
lncrcnso of tho artillery arm and tho
Increased rank given General Miles and
General Corbln. Ho said that tho ef
fect of tho bill was to Incrcaso the
army 5,000 or 6,000, entirely in the
artillery, this increase extending over
a period of years. While differing
from tho provision originally recom
mended, Root approved tho senato
amendment, ns it would permit tho
War department to go to work nnd put
tho artillery In shape. Tho situation
now, in caring for seacoast fortifica
tions waa Just as foolish and imprac
ticable, tho secretary Bald, as that
would bo of a man who built a flno
houso, equipped It In the most perfect
manner and then went away and left
It to tnko care of Itself. Thoro aro
millions nnd millions Invested In fort
ifications, ho said, with no ono to tako
enro of them.
Sugar Coiupnny Troubles.
TRENTON, N. J May 15. Tho pa
pers In tho fault of Robert J. Trimblo
ugalnst tho American Sugar Refining
company wero filed in tho court of
chnncery today. Trimblo, who Is a
stockholder, charges that tho company
has moro than $1,000,000 of surplus
and thnt this surplus Is now being used
to depress tho price of sugar and to
force Arbucklo Bros., Independent re
finers, to Illegally rostratn trade. Tho
bill prays tor an Injunction and asks
that tho American Sugar Refining com
pnny bo compelled to exhibit its books
nnd show what surplus It has and what
Is being done with It.
Ditto Mnn (let On.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 15, Tho
president todny commuted tho Bontcnco
of Joseph Wllklns, convicted in Phila
delphia for frauds against tho oleomnr
garlno law. Tho sentence, which
would hnvo expired on May 28, Is com
muted to expire today. It is Btatod
that Wllklns served seventeen dnys In
Jull whllo awaiting trial, which, by
tho president's action, Is mado a part
ot hla term ot service
VOTE TO REPORT CANAL BILL.
Only Ono Dissenting Volvo on Motion to
Favor the Measure,
WASHINGTON, Mny 15. Tho senato
commltteo on lntcroccanlo canals to
day ordored a favorablo report on tho
Nicaragua cnual bill as it passed tho
houso. '
Thoro wero only flvo members of tho
commltteo present at today's meeting.
A motion was, mado to report tho bill
and without debato tho vote was takon,
Sonators Morgan, McBrldo, Harris
and Turner voting In tho nulrroatlve,
and Senator lUnna in tho negative.
DULLER AT WORK IN NATAL
Iteports Aro Deceived of English Sue
crises nt the HlgEarshera;.
LONDON, May 15. A dispatch re
ceived by tho Associated Press from
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, timed 12:05
p. m. today, brings tho first Intima
tion of a success attained by General
Duller in northern Natal. Tho sender
of this dispatch evidently assumes that
news of tlio nffalr has heon received
direct from the sccno of hostilities,
for he merely says:
"General Buller's official telegram
notifying his success nt tho Biggara
bcrg, received her an hour ago, has
glvdn keen satisfaction. It is confi
dently anticipated that Dundee will bo
occupied by tho British todny. Tho
residents of tho north country nro de
lighted as forcing tho Blggarsberg
means thnt they will speedily bo en
abled to return to their homes."
Another dispatch to tho Associated
Press, dated Stono Hill Farm, 8:2a this
morning, says:
"After four days' march eastward, at
the foot of tho Blggarsberg ridges, In
tho direction of Hclpmaakar, which
was occupied by the federals, tho sec
ond brigade, Sunday, led tho attack.
Dundonnld's cavalry broko tno Uoe.a'
ccntor and Bethuno's Horso advanced
on their extreme right. In tho dlreo
tlon of Pomeroy a small party of
burghers occupied a rldgo overlooking
Helpmaakar, but they did not wait
for tho assault"
Recent British scouting In tho direc
tion of D.undco has shown that the
federals wero in great forco on tho
Blggarsberg. So, apparently, General
Duller concluded that it was necessary
to clear them from his rear beforo
commencing a movement In tho direc
tion of tho Drakensberg range. If that
Is his plan ho has possibly divided his
forcc8, sending ono column eastward
to threaton Vryhoid nnd Utrecht and
tnko Lalng's nek in tho rear, whllo a
westbound column nttempts to form a
Junction with tho forcea ot Lord Rob
erts, via tho Harrlsmlth railroad.
Telegrams from Kroonstad lndicato
that General French's cavalry Is keep
ing touch with tho Boers, but perhaps
Lord Roberts will bo compelled to
order a brief halt of his main body
In order to allow the troops to rccupor
nto nftor tho exhausting marches of
tho past week.
All tho correspondents agree that to
all intentn nnd purposes the Free Stat
ers havo severed their military alliance
with the Transvaal, though scattered
bodies, thoy say, will possibly hold out
hero nnd there for somo time.
At tho samo tlmo a dispatch from
Capetown, dated today, says a procla
mation will be publiahed this week an
nexing tho Orango Free State. It la
also Bald that General Botha, tho commander-in-chief
of tho Boer forces,
threntena to resign If any preparations
nro made for tho wanton destruction of
property.
PLANS FOR GERMAN NAVY.
European Country Will Frobably Heed
the Warnings alven.
NEW YORK, May 15. A special to
tho Herald from Washington says: It
Is tho belief of well Informed depart
ment officials hero that Germany will
heed tho warnings given her by Secre
try Root and Senator Lodgo by moro
strongly urging tho passage of the bill
providing for tho increase of tho navy
desired by tho German empire.
It is understood that tho administra
tion expects Germany to try to block,
diplomatically, every plan which may
strengthen the position ot tho United
States, as In tho case of the Danish
West Indies, but It is not supposed
for a moment that she will go to tho
extent of hostilities. It la thought to
bo her policy to continue tho coloniza
tion of Central and South America and
Asia Minor because they aro undevel
oped places in which Immigrants mny
livo without restrictions.
VOTES TO EXPAND THE NAVY.
Senate Passes Naval Appropriation Illll
After Five Days' Discussion.
WASHINGTON, May 15. After a
discussion lasting five days the senato
today passed tho naval appropriation
bill. Practically four days wero devot
ed to tho consideration of tho nrmor
plato proposition, which was agreed to
finally aa reported by tho commltteo
I wltn tho exception that tho secretary
ot tno navy is autnorized to mnko con
tracts only for such nrmor as may
bo needed from tlmo to tlmo.
Tho secretary of tho navy is author
ized to procure nrmor of tho best qual
ity at $445 per ton, but it he bo unablo
to obtain It at that price, ho is then
authorized to pay $545 per ton for tho
armor for tho battleships Malno, Ohio
and Missouri, and proceed to erect an
armor factory to cost not to exceed
$4,000,000, one-half of which nmount
is mado Immediately available. Tho
committee's proposition cnrrled by a
vote of 32 to 19.
EIGHTH DIVISION ADVANCES.
CJrecnfoll and Hrutmut Closely Following
THABA N'CIIU,1 Sunday, May 13.
Tho Eighth division with its front ex
tending thirty miles was yesterday
moving forwnrd. General Grocnfell
and General Brabant followed tho
Boers, reaching Newberry's Mills and
capturing great quantities of flour and
grain. General Brabant's main forco
with Campbell's brlgado of guurds and
General Boyo's brlgado havo cleared
tho country.
Tho Boors nro splitting up and re
tiring in tho direction of Clocoland.
Money for Ills: Muddy.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 15. Tho
senato commltteo on commerco today
ordered favorablo reports on amend
mcntB to tho sundry civil bill appro
printing $250,000 for nn emergency ex
pendlture on tho Missouri rlvor and
tho samo amount for tho mouth ot tho
Columbia river.
No Decision In Kentucky Cise.
WASHINGTON, May 15. Tho bu
premo court today adjournod for i
week without announcing a decision In
tho Kenucky governorship case.
EARLY NEBRASKA DAYS
Looibg Backward Forty Years aid In
dulging in Reminiscences.
THE ADVANCEMENT WE HAVE MADE
The Old Town of De Soto The Wnnt of
Fit 1th in Nebraska's l'osslbllltles lle
moval of tho Capitol to Lincoln Op
portunities to Secure Itleh Acres That
Were Allowed to Escape.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 16. Looking
backward over a period of forty-thrco
ycara T. P. Kcnnard of this city tells
of nn Interesting incident connected
with tho romovnl ot tho state capital
irom Omaha to Lincoln.
"Just forty-three yeara ogo tho 24th
ot April I left St. Loula by Bteamboat
for Omaha. There wero no rallroado
through Iowa or Missouri in thoso days
with tho exception of n short road of
a few miles up tho Missouri river. It
took us fourteen dnya to mnko tho
trip to Omaha, which was then but a
straggling vlllago of only about 1,000
or 1,200 Inhabitants. My recollection
Is thnt there was only ono brick houso
in tho city and that was located about
whero tho Omaha bank building now
stands. I wanted to go to Do Soto,
twenty-two miles up tho river, and aa
I couldn't get a conveyance of any kind,
i nad to walk the entire distance. It
wll lporhapa bo Interesting to tho
younger citizens of Nebraska to know
that Do Soto at that time contained
three banks, ton or twelvo stores and
had a population of from 400 to 500
nnd was a county seat. Today tho
place Is nearly vacatod. In thoso days
Do Soto was by nil odds tho largeBt
and best town north of Omaha und
was looked upon as a vlllago with
most promising prospects'.
"When I camo to Nebraska noboy
expected to livo to see Nebraska a
stato. They, thought this was a pretty
good place in which to make something
and then go back to civilization. It
wag tho general Impression that nono
of tho upland or land lying nwny from
tho streams could bo cultivated and
I remember that when tho cnpltal waa
located here In Lincoln the old Omaha
Republican referred to tho place aa
being 'on tho confines of civilization,
uninhabited nnd uninhabitable, except
for coyotes, Indians and prarle dogs.'
I could have taken a homestead with
in three milea ot whero the capital now
stands, but I was not sanguine enough
of its poslsbllltles to nvnll myself ot
the opportunity. We all thought tho
land west of tho Blue river would
never be settled. Today land 150
miles west ot this city stands better
from nn agricultural standpoint than
did anything in this vicinity when tho
captol was located there. Taking this
into consideration no man is warrant
ed In placing a limit upon the agri
cultural possibilities in store for west
ern Nebraska.
Nebrnsknns Killed In Atnslcn.
FREiviwNT, Neb., Mny 16. report
which was circulated here last Novem
ber that Bert Horton nnd wife, former
residents of this county, had beeii
killed by somo IndlanB not far from
Skaguay, Alaska, haa been verified by
a letter recolved by C. F. Horton of
Scrlbner from J. M. Tanner, deputy
United Statea marshal at Skaguay. Ho
writea that the unfortunate coupla
were killed by a band of Indians somo
time In October. Their bodies wero
not recovered until Mareh 15, but wero
in such condition as to bo easily rec
ognized and wero buried under thr
auspices of the Independent Order or
Odd Fellows.
reunion for Wm. Lewli' Mnther.
OSCEOLA, Neb., May 16. Judge T.
H. Saunders has received a telegram
from Congressman Stnrk nt Washing
ton that tho houso of representatives
had passed a bill for the relict of
Lydla Strang of Osceola allowing her
a pension of $12 per month. Mrs.
Strang la tho foster mother of the
lrte William LewlB of company E.
First Nebraska, killed in tho Spanish
war, and tho first soldier from Nebras
ka to give up his life.
Ilnstlngs I'enpln Flensed.
HASTINGS, Neb., Mny 1C Hnatlngs.
peoplo arc pleased that this city haa
secured tho G. A. R. reunion for tho
next three years, and will pledge them
solvea that the veterans and their
friends will receivo a royal welcome
nnd tho best of treatment during tho
period of their annual gathering.
Iti'opptlnti to CniuiuniMlur lterso.
BROKEN BOW, Neb., Mny 16.
Judgo John Reese, who waa elected
commander of tho Department of tho
Grand Army ot tho Republic ot tho
Btato- at Its encampment nt Beatrice
was tendered a reception in honor of
tho distinction conferred by the mem
bers of tho Grand Army of tho Repub
lic, ladles of tho Woman's Relief corps
and citizens ot Broken Bow.
Child Drowned In a Huckrt.
EDGAR, Nob.. .lay 16. Clyde Jones,
son of Mr. nnd Mra. John Jones of
tits city, was drowned In a largo
bucket sitting on tho ground at tho
edgo of the back porch. Tho llttio fel
low, about 1 year old, was crawling
about on tho porch. Ho crawled to
tlio bucket nnd slipped In head first.
Whon found life wns extinct, nlthough
ho had not beon with his head under
water threo minutes.
. Iloetfelkor Pleads Utility.
FREMONT, Neb., Mny 16. In tho
district court Henry Hoetfelker pleaded
guilty to tho charge of embezzling"
$2,100 of the public funds of Dodge
county nnd wns sentenced to throe
ycara in tho penitentiary. In answer
to tho UBunl question if ho had any
thing to say why aentonco should not
ho pronounced upon him, ho asked tho
court to bo. lenient and said that tho
cause of his troublca waa tho heavy
losses ho sustained In tho Dodgo nro
the previous year. He appeared whol
ly unconcerned at his sentence.
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