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.
