IHE SEMI-WEEKLY IR1B1M HtA I. IJAItE, Proprietor. TKnMaTll.g IN ADVANCB. NORTHPLATTB, - NEBRASKA. I THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Tho earnings of tho Chicago Great Western railway for tho third week, of December, 1900, show an Increase of $8,458,21 over tho corresponding wook ot last year. Having been deeply Interested by a recent visit to tho Berlin electrical works tho kaiser sent tho kulscrln nnd Imperial princes to Inspect the establishment. Judgo D. W. Canflcld of Chardon, Ohio, aged 72 years, ono ot tho best known public men In Ohio, nnd an "intlmato friend of tho lato President Uarflcld, Is dead. Tho mlnlBtcr of agriculture ot Bra zil estimates that thcro will bo 1, 700,000 tons of wheat avallnblo for oxport this season. Ho says that tho corn crop Is good. Tho secretary of war has purchased tho largo freight steamer Samoa Tit Hong Kong for uso In transportation to San Francisco of tho volunteer urmy II tho Philippines. United States Consul Wlldman at Hong Kong has been granted a lcavo of nbsenco nnd will return to tho United States Immediately for tho benefit of his health. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., son of tho president of tho Standard OH com pany, has subscribed $250,000 for tho founding of an Institution of looming for poor boys and girls. Rev. J. B. Martin, pastor of St Luke's church of Jackson, Tenn., Is dead. Rev. Mr. Mnrtln was chaplain with Stonewall Jackson In tho army of Virginia during tho civil war. Tho Annapolis, Frolic, Wompatuck and Plscntaqua, comprising what is known as tho Mosquito fleet, hnvo sallod from Hampton road for Ber muda, on tho wny to Manila. Major Mito, tho dwarf, -who has been exhibited In circuses for four teen years, died at tho New York hospital of a complication ot diseases. Ho was born in Now Zcalnnd. M. L. Crocker, a transfer man of Richmond, Ind nnd Mrs. Jano Iiaor, also of that city, aro two ot tho hclra to tho cstato of $500,000 loft by tho lato Benjamin L. Crocker of Sacra mento. Kmp'eror William, nccordlng to tho Bourson Courier, In his Now Year's dny'fj speech to tho generals, sharply condemned ofllccrs for appearing pub licly, against tho royal order, in civil ian dress, Tho Now York & Porto Rico S. S. Co.'b steamer Arkadla has sailed from Ponco for Now OrlcanB having on board 40 OPorto Rlcans, 65 per cent of whom aro women and children, des tined for Hawaii. Tho leader of tho Irish Nationalist party has fixed $15 por week as tho rogulatlon pay for mcmbcrB of par liament who aro unablo to defray out of their own resources tho coat ot living in London during tho session. According to cnblo advices recolvcd at tho War department tho transport Port Stephens has left Nagasaki for Seattlo and tho transports Conno maugh, Fredorla and Westminster havo loft tho samo port for San Fran, cisco. Stato Commissioner of Exclso Honry B. Lyman issued a ntntomont concern ing tho operation of tho Now York Btato exciso law during tho year, He, states that SGi.28D.27G has boon col lected in excloo taxes slnco tho Raines law wont Into operation. Colonel Montgomery Bryant, United States army, retired, formerly of tho Thirteenth Infantry, had two separate strokes of paralysis at Wichita, Kas., and his condition is serious. Ho was tho first whlta man barn In Kansna nt Leavenworth In 1832. Tho oldest postmaster in tho Unit cd States, Roswoll Bardsloy, who Is 01 years of ago and has lmndlod tho mall nt North Lansing, Tompkins county, N. Y., for seventy-two con- socutlvo years, has boon Invited to attend tho Inauguration of Prosldont McKlnley at Washington March 4, as a guest of tho poatoulco dopart mont. Israol Noel, an old roan living nlorio at Fayotto, Wis., was found dead in htB house. Peoplo searched hta houso and found $10,000 In gold and a valu able watch hidden In tho collar, Croker has boon summoned boforo tho British tax commission, but has started for tho continent Wheat crop ot 1030 Is 522,229 505 bUBhcls, and tho area of winter wheat U 30,282,504 acres. Tho condition of tho growing crop December 1 was 91.1 Tho production ot corn in 1900 1b esti mated at 2,105,402.510 bushels. Horr Krupp haB mado a donation of 500,000 marks to tho workmen's luva lid fund ot tho Krupp works. Brigadier General R. N. Bntcholdor, U. S. A., retired, Is critically 111 in Washington, from a complication ot disease arising from kldnoy troublo. Prlnco Henry of Pru&sia, whom tho emperor has summoned to Berlin, win resitio at acnioss iioilovuo, front Ing tho Thlergarten Sam Loatea, tho English Jockoy, who was Rolff b closest competitor last sea' eon, baa started with his wife for Now York. Ho Is going to California for tho winter and may bo induced to rldo, Senator W. P. Fryo was unanl raously nominated by tho republican Joint Iegislatlvo caucus at Augusta, Mo., oy a rising voio. News of tho creation of a now llfo saving district to lncludo tho sea waters ot Alaska, Washington and Oregon, has been received at Seattle. Cadmii3 Kelly, a counterfeiter, who has operated extensively In Missouri, has boon arrested In n small town In Tennessee. TVh resignation of Bishop H. M. Turner ob president of tho College ot African Methodist Episcopal Bishops was announced, on account of a dis agreement, It Is understood, regard ing assignments given certain bishops, Tho grand duku ot Hoshq will short ly visit Emperor Nicholas, his broth-or-Jprlaw, Homo Accepts Substitute for Hopkins Measure by Largo Majority. MEMBERSHIP P0R NEXT DECADE Krbrnnka Keep All TU Congressmen, Whlta Several States Unlit front One to Three Keprescntntlvrs Knelt Miscel laneous Washington Matters, WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. By a voto of 1C5 to 102 tho houso today accept ed tho rcapoi'tlonment plan propoBct bv tho Burlclch bill, which increases tho mcmbsrihlp of tho houso during tho next deeado from 357, tho pres ent membership nnd tho membership proposed by tho commlttco on tho Hopkins bill, to 380. Tho lcsult wa3 largely brought about by tho Influence of ccrtnln senators from several of the larger northern states, who throw tho weight of their Influence In tho scalo In favor of tho larger member ship. When It beenmo apparent that theso factors wero at work against tho bill, Mr. Hopkins attempted to compromlso by giving an additional representative each to North Dakota, Colorado and Florida, but his adver saries refused to compromise after complete victory was assured. Tho Crumpackcr proposition to re commit tho bill for tho puropso of as certaining what states abridged the right to voto to an extent wnlch would entail reduced representation was de feated by 130 to 110. Thero was no roll call oh thin vote, but n number of republicans voted with tho demo crats. Under tho bill as naBscd today no stato loses la representative nnd tho following mako gains: Illinois, Now York and Texas, throo each; Minnesota, New Jersey and Pennsyl vania, two each, and Arkansas, Cal- iiornin, Colorado, Connecticut, Flor ida. Louisiana. Massachusetts. Missis sippi. Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota. Washlncton. WoHt Vir ginia and Wisconsin, ono each. Tho bill provides tjiat whenever u new fltato Is admitted tho representative assigned to it shall bo In addition to tho number provided In tho bill. It also tulda a provision never hlthorto incorporated In a reannortlonmont hill. to Uio effect that congrosslonnl dis tricts, In addition to bolng "contigu ous," shall nlso bo "compact." States wuicfi aro allowed additional repre sentatives by tho till Hhall, by Its torms, cloct them at largo until tho legislature Hhall rodlstrlct tho state. tutor somo routine buslnosH hml been transacted tho debato upon tho aportlonmont bill was ro3umed. Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania took tho floor in nupport of tho Hopkins bill. Ho ocnieu tuo nlllrmation that under the rules this was an efficient house. On uio contrary. It was an lnnfflnl,.i. house. Tho records showed It Mr. Bingham of Ponnsvlvnnln op pressed his opposition to tho Hopkins bill and his favor of tho Burleigh d.uccd ln. the fom ot a ,Jolnt ro3olu blll. "b . tjoni jn CQnipiianco with require; Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio floplnrmi hn would voto for a Bmallor rather than a larger nouse. If tho Burlolch hill bocamo a law It turned over sr. Pr cent of tho power of tho fifty-eighth congrosn to tho cities of this country and stripped tho rural diHtrinta r their power. Mr. Hopkins closed th bato with nn appeal to mombora to vote, not for what might ho best for uiuir own districts or states, but for tho best Interests of tho whole coun try. Tho bill waB then read for nmnnri. mont under tho flvo-mlnuto rulo. after which it was posccd. GERMANS KILL MANY CII.NESE. Town Curried by Uuyonet Uu.h Af.-,. 1'our Hours riulnli,B. PEKIN. Jan. 9. A finrmnw dltlon ln tho northorn district encoun tered nt Szo Halkoug, twonty miles i n,V.ul ulu juucuon or tho great wall, 3,000 Chinese Tho Gormnnu rotlrmi fimnni t ,.i lln 1-u, whero thoy wero rolnrorcod. Hie country is exceedingly mountain ous and Uio village lu ln an Inclosed Mwey wnn a waned entrance. Tho Germans ndvanced to attack tho wall, nuwuiiiiuii iuu ijninoBo mountad ten cannon, Including four old Kruppa. A mountain battery bambardod tho place iur mi Hour aim uio position was thon taken at tho point of tho bayonot, Throo hourB further flEhtlni? nppnrrA.'l boforo tho enemy wero driven out of tuo vnuoy. The Chlneso los3 1b eatl mated at 200 nnd tho Germans lost ono killed and four wounded. Tho Gormnns, after destroying all tho uwoiiingB, retired to Ten King, National Huffritce Law. WASHINGTON. Jan. 0.-.RonreRnn. tatlvo Smith of Michigan tod !lv ii ro- poscd tho following amendment to tho constitution "Tho houso of representatives shall comirasou oi mcmnors cnoBon overv Bccond year by tho peoplo of tho sev eral states and tho doctors In each ntato shall havo tho ouallfloitlonB licreartor prescribed by act cf con gress, which qualification shall bo unl form ln all Btatos." I'rnliahly Fitfully Hurt. IOWA FALLS, la.. Jan. 9. Fostor W. Rockcy, yard clerk ot tho Burlinu ton yards ln thlB city, waa Btruck and run over by moving cars. Ho had a leg and an arm cut off, and his Inju rlcs aro probably fatal. Rockoy la about 30 years old, and haB a wlfo and child. Keep l'reildeut at Hume, WASHINGTON, Jan. Tho presl dent la still BUfforlng from his cold nun on tho ndvlco of Dr. Rlxoy has decided to stay In his room for throe or four dayB. Thero will be no cabinet mooting today and tho Invitations for tho diplomatic reception tonight havo boon recalled. Tho rccoptlon will bo licald at a future tlmo not yet decided upon. It Is stated nt tho White Houso that ho president Is not sorlously ill but has n bad cold and theso stops aro taken ob a precautionary meas uro. HITS AT THE CORPORATIONS. Governor of Colorado ltccommends Change In IteYcnne Lairs. DENVER, Jan. 9. lion. James B. Orman was inaugurated as governor of Colorado at noon today with ory tho simplest ceremonies. Tho oath was taken boforo Chief Justlco Camp boll of tho supremo court in tho hall of the houac of representatives and In the presence of members of both houses of tho legislature. The attend ance was limited by the issuance of tickets of admission. Tho only military display was tho firing of a ealuto on the cnpltol grounds oy tho Chaffco Light battery. ' Governor Orman read his Inaugural message. It was very largely devoted to tho question of stato finances. Sug gestions for financial laws wero made, Including an Inheritance tax, an In coma tax and nn Increase In tho assess ment on mining property. Ho de clared that taxation Is not uniform. In this connection ho ea:d: "As an example of this unjust con dition of affairs I will clto the largo express companies who aro doing bus iness within tho conflneB of our Btato, k'.io Standard Oil trust, and many other largo corporations which absorb vast sums of money yearly yet pay no np prcclablo tax. Ono reason for this may bo that tho assessors arc unablo to find any tnnglblo property upon which a valuation can bo placed for assessment purposes. This Is particu larly truo in the case of the express companies nnd that or tho Standard Oil trust. Theso corporations find It greatly to their profit to engage In business In this Btato tnd as a result theso largo corporato Interests should bo required to bear their proportion of tho expenses of tho stato govern ment. They live under its protection: they enjoy tho blessings to be derived from Its government, yet they are not contributors to Its maintenance." TITUS AMENDMENT IS VOID. Juilcn Dtntjr Settles tho Aspirations of Omclnl to Hold Over. DES MOINES, la., Jan. 9. Judgo A. P. Dowey of tho Sixth Iowa Judi cial district rendered his decision at Washington, la., at 2 o'clock this aft ernoon upon tho legality of tho bien nial election amondmcnt to tho Btato constitution, declaring tho samo to ho void. Ho bases his lengthy opinion of 10,000 words upon tho fact that tho amendment wns not submitted by tho legislature In legal form. Every poli tician and ofllco holder In tho state has been awaiting tho decision, for upon tho result the terms of all office holders would or would not bo ex tended ono year, tho general opinion being that the supremo court would affirm- ;Judeo (Dewey's rmlnloiA. TIno case waa planed somo tlmo ago by At torney General Rcmloy, Attornoy Gcnoral-oloct Mullan and Senator Georgo Titus, author of tho measure. Tho amendment provided that nil torms of ofllco from governor down expiring In tho year 1901 bo extend ed for ono year. It first apeared In tho legislature of 189S, being Intro- munis tor uie uuopiiou oi an amend ment It was presented to tho succeed- Ing legislature In 1900. known as tho twonty-olghth general nssombly. In tho passago ot tho resolution at that session tho record made ln tho Jour nals of tho houso w.i3 by tho tltlo ot tho Joint ro3olutlon. Tho constitu tion requires that tho nmendmcnt filial bo "entered upon tho Journals." Judgo Dowey holds that tho recording or tuo title is notsufflclent and thero- roro tho amendment was not logally adopted by the peoplo of Iowa at tho oloctlon November C, 1900. WANTS PAR HAL LIBERTY. ,'atcrno Would Hnvo Paternal Govern ment lit the Philippines. MANILA, Jan. 9. Several Insur gent cnnipB havo been captured nnd destroyed recently ln various districts of Luzon and Lnrco. Ono camp was captured In tho mountains of Mnrin- duquo. A scouting party of Uio Forty sixth regiment captured a scoro of LadroncB near Sllang. Arrests of suspocted Insurgents con tinue numerously ln Manila and Its vicinity. Fatorno and other influential Inde pendent radicals aro Becking to do- volop tho two factions of tho fcdrral party. Paterno contondB that, whllo the declared principles ot the party will do for tho present, oventually tho Flllpluos will seek fullor lndcpon- denco. Although ho will not admit bollovlng America a sovereignty is un desirable, ho says ho wants tho rela tions between tho Philippines and tho United StattB to bo similar to thoso of Australia nnd Canada with Groat Britain. Twenty Might aro Drnd. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 9. -Twenty-eight dead bodleB Ho at tho morguo and twclvo persona moro or loss bo rlously Injured Ho at the different hospitals In tho city tonight as a ronult ot tho terrlblo holocaust which occurred thiH morning in tho Rochester orphan asylum. Of tho dead twenty-six wero children ot both sexes, whllo tho remaining two wero lulults. Contests In Montana. HELENA, Mont.. Jan. 9. Contests wore Hied today Involving tho Boat of ono republican senator, two ro publican members ot tho houso and tomorrow contests will bo lllod in volving tho rfoata of flvo Independent or Daly, Democrats In tho houso. l'omlon for Mrs. Stanton. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Sonator George L. Shoup, from tho commit. tee ou pensions, favorably reported Senator Thuraton'a bill to pension Mrs. T. H. Stanton, lixlng tho amount at $50. (lets North Ditttota Lauds. JAMESTOWN, N. D., Jan. 9. Tho Northern Pacific has sold au Its lands In this Btato, amounting to 1,100,000 acres, to n syndicate of Now York and eastern capitalists. Itauches will bo established. LOOKS IT THE FDTOBB Senator Lodge Paints Pretty Word Pic ture of Amorloa's Doming Greatness, GREAT ARMY AND NAVY NECESSARY The Hrnato Accepts Amendment to Arinyj Reorganization Hill striking Cat the Clause Providing for Veterinary Corps Other Washington Notts. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. A notable npeech was delivered ln tho Bcnato to day by Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts. Addressing tho eenato on tho amend ment of tho military committee, strik ing out tho proposition ln tho army reorganization bill for a veterinary corpu, ho dlBcussed briefly and princi pally ln tho form of a colloquy with Senator Bacon of Georgia tho Phil ippine question and the necessity for an army of 100,000 men. In conclusion he drew a brilliant word plcturo of tho commercial future ot tho Unltod States, declaring that tho trado con flict with Europe, already begun, could result only in tho commercial and economic esupremacy of thm country over tho entire world. In this Industrial conflict he apprehend ed no danger from a material contest with any nation of tho world, but ho urged tho necessity for a strong and scientifically organized army and a powerful navy In order tlfat tho United States might bo prepared to dofond Its rights against any posslblo war. Tho speech created a profound Impression. Discussion of tho commlttco amond mcnt striking out tho provision for a veterinary corps In tho navy was begun, Mr. Kenny of Dolawaro, tho champion In tho scnato of tho pro posed veterinary corps, urging that tho commlttco'B amendment bo re jected. Mr. Scwoll, a member of tho mili tary committee, replying, said that a great Injustice would be dono regular army officers by tho Injection into tho army of a new corps. Mr. Lodgo objected to tho proposi tion to establish a veterinary Btaff corps. Ho had no obJecUon to giving proper pay and even rank to voterl nary surgeons, but ho denouncod as "bitterly unjust" to tho officers of tho regular army tho effort to croato as colonel and majors and captains men who wero to be taken out of civil llfo and placo them In authority over men who had devoted their lives to army Uffalrs. Discussing tho general features of tho moasuro, Mr. Iodgo said ho did not think any American citizen hon estly believed that tho liberty of tho pconlo was menaced ly nn army of 100,000. As to tho situation in tho Philippines, Mr. Lodge maintained that "organized rebellion hao ceased and tho local George Washington la ln hiding." "In a short tlmo," said Mr. Lodge. "I bcllovo thero will bo peace and or der throughout tho Philippine Isl ands." Ho maintained, however, that with a force of 25,000 in the Philippines, tlio united States would keen bottsr order than ever liad been known there. With that force in the Philip pines tharo would bo about 35,000 men left to man tho fortifications of tho country, a forco which ho believed totally Inadequate, ln addition, that forco would bo called upon to guard tho Nicaragua canal, which It Is pro posed soon to begin to build. On that canal thero would bo employed 50,030 lauorers. Tiioy would have to bo pro tected. When llnlshed the canal would havo to bo guarded. In lilo opinion, at tho end of two years tho forco In tho Philippines could ho reduced materially and nt tho end of four or llvo years tho forco would probably bo reduced safely to i ii ii l rwtn PULMONARY ARTERY BROKEN'. l'byslclnns Discover Grave Cnuso of Con- creismau Nevlllo's Hints. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Congress gressman Novlllo, nccordlng to a bul letin Issued tonight by his physicians, is just n Biiuuo Hotter, and while there ure chances of his recovery is con Bldorod ln n dangerous condition. Dr. Bnlnc, tho attending physician, has called ln Dr. Chew, a specialist on diseases of this character, and after a mlnuto examination of tho patient they agrcod that Roprcsontatlvo No vlllo la suffering from a rupuro of the pulmonary urtory. Last week tho doctors thought It was a lealon of the bronchial tubes with which Mr. No vlllo waB afflicted, but tho best ox- port opinion of the city says It Is a rupluro of tho pulmonary artery. Mr, .noviug is pnciceu in ico and was treated yesterday with a solution of salt, which la said to havo greatly added to the comfort of the patient, Inventory Not ICnncutl.il. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Tho bu promo court today decided tho caso of tho Liverpool, London & Globo ln suranco company against Kearney & Wyso Involving tho validity of i clause ln a flro lnsuranco policy ro quiring tho assured to keop an lnvcn tory of his effects In a flroproof com partmont and holding tho policy void If this woro not dono. Kearney & Wyso wero hardware dealers In Aid nioro, I, T nnd lost their Invontory Tho circuit court ot appealB decided that tbls occurrence did not Invalidate tho policy. ITnnlo Nam's Test for for lltttter. WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 8. Charles W. Schell ot Cincinnati ap pcared boforo tho senttto committee oi ngrlcuturo toaay, and mado an ar inununt ln opposition to tho olcomar garlno bill. Ho represented tho Ohio Buttorlno company of Cincinnati, tho Jauob Dold Packing company of Kan ens City, tho Union Dairy company of Cleveland, o., and a numnor or farm crs and consumers. Ho urged that tho samo tests bo applied to oloomar garlno as to butter, and said the oleo margarine makers and dealers woro entirely willing to submit to these. MANY LAND ENTRIES AT STAKE. Bapreme Court Hands Dorrn Decision Arfectlntr Title of Many Settlers. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. In tho United States supremo court today opinions wero handed down by Justlco Harlan ln soveral cases Involving tho question whether It was competent for tho sccretnry of tho interior upon receiving and approving tho map of dcflnlto location of tue Northern Pa cific road ln the statea of North Da kota and Washington to mako nn order withdrawing tho odd-numbered sections ot tho lands within tho in demnity limit from settlement. Tho test caso camo from North Da kota, the tltlo being Fred Hewitt, plaintiff ln error, against Emll and Frlodrlka Schultz. The land lu ques tion waa sottled upon by Hewitt in 1882, but his proof of settlement was rejected on the ground that the land had been withdrawn ln 1873 by tho secretary of tho Interior as within tho limits of the Northern Pacific in demnity. Tlio railroad company thon sold tho land to Schultz nnd his wife nnd they entered upon possession of Hewitt Immediately began pro ceedings to recover tho land and to day's decision, which 1b final, was ln favor, reversing tho supremo court of North Dakota. Justlco Harlan said tho contention of the railroad peoplo was ono of doubt. Muny tltlcB had een acquired, said he. slnco Mr. Vi las' opinion was rendered and tho court did not think tho secretary suouid bo regarded. DEPORTS PILIPIN0 LEADERS. Qenoral MoArtltiir Deports Them to tho Intuitu of (lauin. MANILA, Jan. 8. General MacAr- thur has ordered tho deportaUon of General Rlcarto, Del Pilar, Hlzon, Lla- nora and Santos to Uio Island ot Guam. Nino regimental and four subordlnato ofllcera, wan eight civil ians, Including Trla3, Tccson and Ma- bint, notorious assistants of tho In surrectionists, havo albo been ordered to bo deported. It 1b General Mac- Arthur's Intention to hold most of tho active leaders of tho robela who havo been capured lu Guam until the re sumption of a condition of peaco has ueon declared. ino nrst municipal election wa3 held successfully at Bagulo, province of Benguet, Snturday. Tho lgorrotcs took part ln tho election. Tho Filipinos in Manila havo been enjoying a novel experience recently lu tlio holding of free, open political meetings. Most of tho audrcsscs at these meetings wero made by former officers of the Insurgents, all of whom assorted that tho best way of secur ing personal liberty 1b to accept tho liberties guaranteed by tho constitu tion and government of Uio United States, which Is what American sover eignty stands for. Tho audiences wero greatly Interested and many of thoso attending tho meetings signed Uio fed- oral party declaration. DEATH CLAIMS CARL MORTON. Former Secretary's Suit Dies ln Wiiuko- gitn from riieuitioula. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Jan. 8.- Nows of tho death of Carl Morton, at hla homo ln Waukcgan, this morning, camo a3 a great auock to this commun ity. Tho cause of lib coath was pneu monia, which he contracted only a few days ago. Ho spent tho Christmas holidays hero, leaving for homo with his fam ily on December -j, c which tlmo Ho appeared to bo ln the best of health excopt for a alight cold. Carl Morton was born in this city thirty-five years ago. Ho waa tne youugest son of Former Secretary J. Sterling Morton. Ho resided hero un til la3t April, nt which tlmo ho re moved to Wnukesan to take charge of tho United States mtgar refinery. Up to this time ho had been goncral manager of tho starch factory here and was Interested 'u other local en terprises. Ho was highly regarded by everyone ln tins city, no loaves a widow, who Is a daughter of Robert Payne of this city, and two children Arrangements for the funeral have not been made. McStvalit Is Churned With Murder. RAWLINS. Wyo., Jan. 8. Orlo Mc- Swaln of Baggs has been brought to the county Jail and tho charge of mur der placed against him. McSwaln Is tho man who is charged with shooting his rival, a young man named Taylor, at Dixon, a tow months ago. It is said that a bitter fooling existed on tlio part of tho Taylor family because Mc- Swaln's father, who 1b a deputy sher iff, had arrested ono of tho Taylors during tho summer. Smnlie Hnffm-ute Kljlit. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 7. mon lost tholr liven ln a flro at 115 AVashlngton avenuo south at 3 o'clock this morning, which had Its origin In, tho rear of tho Standard furniture store. Tho men wero ovortnken by an lntonso volumo of smoko In tho Hnr- ard hotel, which occupies the sec ond, third and fourth floors ot thf building, and death ln every Instance was duo to suffocation. Another Mrltlsh War I.nau. NEW YORK, Jan. 7. Tho talk of the possibility ot another Drltlsh war loan to meet tho expenses ox tho pro tracted campaign In South Africa waa heard today In local banking circles. It waa generally bolloved that tho floating of Biich a loan would again find American bankers ready to tako up a largo share ot it. NO SOUTH AFRICA IN THIS. Conditions of Kullstment Don't Suit llrltlsh ColtimlilittiR, VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan, S. Ow ing to tho donianrt of tho Imporlal au thorities that all mounted police re cruited horo for South Africa must pay their faro to Captotown and submit to Insnsctlon as to fitness by Kngiun om- roi-H. nil Ideas of raising a cori3 ln BrSUsh Columbia havo been nbandonod unless tho men's passago bo paid and tho men aro Inspected ad to fitness by Canadian officers horo. Motion In Supremo Court for Eehearing on Biparian. Bights. EFFECTS Of A RECENT DECISI0P) Stato Military Hoard Will rtecommenC Adoption of a New Code A Count of tho Cash In tits State Treasury-Various Other Mnttors In Nebraska, LINCOLN. Nob.. Jan. 7. A motion for rehearing has been filed with Uio supremo court ln tho suit Involving tho Irrigation laws of Uio state. Four wcckB ngo tho aupromo court held to tho old English common law ln tho matter of riparian rights and thereby undermined tho Irrigation of Uio cn flro stato, tho only resourco of owners of thousands and thousands of arid acres ln western Nebraska. Briefly stated, tho court'a opinion hold that a proporty ownor along tho banks of a stream, has tho right to uso ot that water undiminished in quantity and undiluted ln quality, oo far as proporty owners further down, tho stream are concerned. As Uio tap ping of streams nnd drawing off of water for Irrigation purposes dimin ished tho quantity ln tho stream, all attompts at Irrigation would bo un lawful according to this Interpreta tion. Several attorneys of tho western por tion of tho stato havo interested themselves in the caso because of tho vast interests Involved and tho wldo sweeping effect of tho court's announc ed decision of allowed to stand. Thoy havo unltod ln a brief ln suporpt of tho motion for rehearing, and in this thoy arguo that thero 1b not a slnglo precedent In Nobraska to support tho court's opinion. Mrs. Jos. May Is Dead. FREMONT. Neb., Jan. 7. Mrs. Jo- soph May, wlfo ot Joseph T. May ot this city, died after a long Illness, aged 53 years. Her maiden namo was Gatoly nnd her family wero lead ers ln social and business circles ln northern Mississippi boforo tho war. Sho married Mr. May shortly after tho war and very soon after camo to Fre mont, where they havo slnco resided. Before prevented by lllnos3 sho was prominent in tho highest social circles of the city. Itecrlvu 800,000 Each. PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. Jan. 7. Tho Misses Ella and Anna Crocker, who resided with their uncle, L. D. Bennett, ln this city In tho '703, but nro now living with their unelo, W. F. Bencntt, In Chicago, have received tho cheering news that thoy aro holra to $50,000 each from tho estate of an uncle, Benjamin Crocker, who had mado a fortune of ?500,000 during tho early days In California Allen Vlfttt the Interior. SAN JUAN, P. R., Jan. C Governor Allen, who left San Juaa Thursday to visit tho towns In the western part of tho Island, returned to tho capital today. Ho visited sovcial places never before visited by any governor of Porto Rico. Everywhere ho wna most enthusiastically received. At Tares 250 mounted citizens turned out to provido him with an escort. Tho Cose Advanced. LINCOLN. Jan. 7. On motion of Attorney Goneral Smyth tho supremo court advanced tho caso of tho Stato of Nebraska against the Omaha Na tional bank, for hearing at the first Bitting ln March. Tho court also granted leave to fllo an amended pcU- tlon and an additional transcript. Tear's Showing In Sutton. SUTTON. Jon. 7. -During tho year Just closed Sutton has not been Idle. At a cost ot several hundred dollara tho town has straightened a long bond ln School crook by digging a canal 500 feet long and eleven feet deep In order to prevent tho threatened Inundation of a pretty public park that Is very popular as a location for reunions and celob rations. llnnRS Himself in Jail. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Jan. 7. Charles Frelsch, an Insane man about 40 yeara of ago, committed sulcldo by hanging himself ln tho county Jail here. Frelsch came hero from Omaha about ten days ago, and bolng pennllo's and apparently mentally deranged, ho was sent to tho poor farm. Ho es caped from there Friday and camo to the city, whon he was placed in Jail. As Neurnsku I.iiud folU. BURWELL, Nob., Jan. 7. Interest In real C3tate Is becoming qulto appar ent. Lott Flllmovo has Junt completed n deal whereby ho gets over $4,000 for a quaTtor section of land that could havo boon purchased a short tlmo ago for $2,500, and Wooster & Clark only recently paid $1,250 for a 40-ocro tract. Alleged Kidnapers at Ileutrlre. BEATRICE. Nob.. Jnn. 7. Tho kid naping craze has struck this city. Tho victim Is tho 12-ycar-oid stepnaugiitor of ono Booth, who, ho claims, haB been 'abducted from Ills homo by ono Bill jBowers, a local character. Tho pollco havo been unauio to locaio eiuior uio nbductor or tho ndbucted, and tho af fair Is likely to develop Into a mild sensation. Ktitte Military llcnnl. LINCOLN. Nob.. Jan. 7. Tho stnt Imllltary board, consisting of Adjutant 'General Barry nnd Colonels Hayward and Kllllan, met nnd decided to rec ommend to tho legislature tho adop tion of n new military codo for tho government of the National Guard of tho state. The proposed Jaw conforms to tho national army bill, but does not contain change3 whleh will matorlally affect tho militia forces. According to Its torms, tho strngth of companies will bo limited to sixty-five men each. In this one respect tho law differ from tho national bill, which was de signed for an army on a war footing.