I To See Coronation
i
QUEST OF KINQ EDWARD.
Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson Invited,
to Attend the Coronation.
Mra. Harriot Lano Johnson, who
will attend tho coronation at tho spe
cial Invitation of King Edward, Is tho
nleco ot tho la to President Duchannn,
and wa8 tho mlstresB of tho whlto
houso when King Edward, then tho
youthful Prlnco of Wales, vlsltod thU
country In 18C0. Mrs. Lano was mar
ried in 18CG to Henry Elliott John
son of Baltimore, and for a tlmo lived
at Wheatland, hut now makes her
homo In Washington. Tho Invitation
sent her by tho king Is In memory of
tho hospitalities tho then Miss Lano
extended to tho then Prlnco of Wales
lu tho Whlto Houso.
His Price Was High.
Andrew Carneglo Is fond of telling
how tho editor of a popular magazlno
onco asked him for an artlclo on "Or
ganization In Business." Mr. Carneglo
feared tho prico would ho too high.
"Oh, no," said tho editor; "I am suro
we could arrango that satisfactorily.
Namo your figure." Well," ropllod
Mr. Carnegie, "I could hardly afford
to do It for loss than $5,000,000. No, I
must withdraw that. What I should
put into it has co3t mo much moro
than that, and, of courso, you would
not expect mo to sell it to you at less
thai cost." Tho Pilgrim.
ARMY BELLE VISITS LONDON.
Miss Elinor Wilson Accompanies Her
Father Across the Water.
An army hollo who will bo a promi
nent figure at tho coronation of King
Edward is Miss Elinor Wilson, tho
younger daughter of Gen. J. II. Wil
son. Tho general will cross as tho of
ficial rcprosentatlvo of Undo Sam's
Warriors, and his handsomo danghtor,
who. slnco her mother's death, has L
shared with her Bister Katharlno tho
duties of hostess in his homo, and dis
pensed them with inflnito sweetness
and grace, will bear him company.
Miss Elinor's charm and tact havo
horotoforo been of no llttlo aid to her
father's popularity, and tho wardrobo
which sho is preparing for her cam
paign at tho court of St. Jaraos would
provo an ablo weapon in tho hands of
a lesser diplomat.
New York's Danger.
Comos now Prof. Hamilton of tho
Now York Museum of Natural History
and deposes that In his opinion Goth
am will bo destroyed by volcanic
eruption. Tho troublo may not ar
rive for ages, and then again It may
mako Its appearance to-morrow. Tho
professor says that Manhattan Island,
Long Island, Staten Island and pretty
much all of Now Jorsoy aro of vol
canic origin, and ho says: "Thoy will
all bo totally destroyed by tho samo
forces. Tho old lava streams, now
solidified rock llko tho Pallsados, aro
llablo to break out again to pormlt
Dn outlet for tho flr.es now imprisoned
by nature"
Devil Dancer's Mask.
Tho dovll dancors of Coylon wear
Iheso peculiar masks In their religious
Cites.
V 4
i Men of Prominence
MISTAKE A LAWYER MADE.
Recorder 8myth Not the Unjust Judge
He Was Reported to De.
In an after-dinner speech at a ban
quet In New York tho other day a well
known lawyer related this story of tho
late Recorder Smyth, who was for so
long a tlmo a terror to tho ovll-doors
of tho metropolis.
A young man camo beforo him upon
a grave chargo and was accompanied
by a lawyor in whoso Judgment tho ro
cordor had Uttlo confidence. Tho mo
mont tho accused was called upon to
plead ho Jumpod up hastily nnd Bald:
"Guilty, your honor." Tho recorder
knew ho had a fair defenso and, call
ing him closo to tho bar, said to him
In a friendly manner: "Now, toll mo
who told you to plead guilty?" "Me
lawyer, your honor." "Why did he
toll you that?" "Dccnuso ho said if
mo caso ovor camo up beforo that ould
hatchet faco with tho big uoso I'd bo
scut up for llfo suro, and tho best I
could do was to fall on tho morcy of
tho court" Judgo Smyth entered n
plea of "not guilty," ordered tho caso
to be heard and at Its conclusion tho
young man was discharged.
DEAN OF DIPLOMATIC CORP8.
Dr. Von Holleben, German Ambassa
dor, Now Holds That Position.
Dr. Theodore von Hollohon, who haB
bocomo dean of tho diplomatic corps,
arrived In Washington Nov. 29, 1897,
as tho plenipotentiary from Germany,
and at onco captured ovcrybody who
met him. Tho now dean is a hand
some man, somewhat over DO, who has
all tho dignity of tho scholar, and
tho graco of tho ologant man of the
world. Ho studied tho arts and the
sciences at Bonn and Heidelberg, and
nearly thirty years ago ho began his
diplomatic career at Toklo. Ho has
sorved in numerous important posts,
and Washington pcoplo hopo ho will
remain thero Indefinitely.
NEW HEAD OF PRINCETON.
Dr. Woodrow Wilson Chosen Presi
dent of Famous University.
Dr. Woodrow Wilson, who has JiiBt
been choson president of Princeton
University, In tho placo of Dr. Fran
cis L. Patton, Is a woll-known Jurist,
historian and man ot lottcrs, nnd at
present professor of Jurisprudence
and politics in Princeton. Ho was
born at Staunton, Va., Doc. 28, 185C.
His fathor, Joseph R. Wilson, was a
promlnont dlvlno of tho Southern
Presbyterian church, and was himself
a natlvo of Ohio. Woodrow Wilson
studied In tho primary schools of At
lanta, Ga and was lator a student In
Princeton, from which ho was gradu
ated In 1870. In 1888 ho becamo a
mombor of tho faculty of Wosloyan
University of MIddlotown, Conn., and
twoWo years ago was called to tho
chair of Jurisprudence hero. Dr.
Wilson has published "Tho Stato Elo
monts of Historical and Practical
Politics," "An Old Master and Other
Political EsBays," "Mcro Literature,"
and "Georgo Washington," a histori
cal and biographical study of tho
first American president. Tho now
hoad of Princeton Is n flno scholar
and eminently qualified for tho posi
tion he 1b about to assume
Indiana Man's Rise to Wealth.
Daniel O. Hold, tho Wall street mag
nate who is said to bo worth about
$25,000,000, is building a splendid resi
dence at his old homo, Richmond,
Ind., In which placo ho was born
somo forty-four yenrs ago. Ho began
life as a grocery boy In tho Btoro of
a man whoso son, W. 13. Leods, Is now
his partner In numorous vast entor
prlBO'i. About 1802 thoy went lnt)
tho manufacture of tin plat. Six
years later the tin plate Industries
woro consolidated Into a trust, with
Rold as president. Later that cor
poration was absorbed by tho stool
trust, of which Held and Leeds aro
both director
In South Africa
CHIEF IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Gen. Lyttelton Is to De In Command
of the British Forces.
Gen. Nevlllo Gerald Lyttelton, who
will remain In chargo ot tho Drltlah
forces in South Africa ponding tho
temporary adjustment ot tho pcaco,
has boon In command of tho fourth
division for tho past two years. Ho
entered tho army In 18C5, nnd aftor
serving for a tlmo In Canada ho bo
camo an aid of Lord Sponcor, thon
viceroy of Ireland. In tho sovoral
Egyptian campaigns ho won distin
guished honor on tho field, nnd has al
ways been regarded as a most ca
ablo ofllcor. Just boforo his depart
ure for South Afrlcn In 1900 ho was
In command of tho Socond Infantry at
Aldorshot.
Peculiar Currency.
Tho currency of Abyssinia Is somo
what varied,' to Judgo by an account
given of it by Count Glolchon In hlB
story of tho mission to Monollk.
For standard money tho pcoplo of
Abyssinia use tho Maria Thoresa 1780
dollars, but for small changu n very
dlffcront coin is resorted to. This is
no other than a bar of hard crystallzcd
salt, about ten Inches long and two
and a half broad and thick, slightly
taporlng toward tho oud. Flvo of
theso bars go for a dollar at tho capi
tal. Peoplo aro vory particular about tho
standard of fineness of tho curroncy.
If it does not ring llko metal when
struck with tho finger nail, or It It is
crackod or chipped, thoy will not tako
It. It 1b a token of affection when
friends meet to glvo oach othor a lick
of their roBpcctlvo amolls, and in this
way the valuo of tho bar Is docreasod.
NEW SOUTH AFRICAN MAP.
Territory Which the Gallant Boers
Have Yielded to the British.
Transvaal and Orango Itlvor Colo-
nlos, which ylold to tho sway of King
Edward by accoptlng pcaco terms,
shown by hoavy lines. Thoy havo an
aroa of 170,000 squaro miles. Undor
tho terms granted tho burghors, South
Africa will havo practically tho meas
ure of indopondenco that Australia
has.
RrAt UaptA flaw ttiM .Inls
Joaquin Mlllor says Drot Harto was
always dlsgustod with his "Heathen
Chlneo" glory and always beggod his
friends nover to mention it. Onco
Miller and Harto went to breakfast
with Lord Houghton In London and
on tho way Harto asked If tho guests
would bo likely to quoto from that
awful poem. That promptod Mlllor
to tip Lord Houghton a wink, and tho
Jolly old nobleman gavo tho tip to
a lot of good follows at his table, and
thoy all talkod nothing else. How
ovor, Harto saw through tho Joko and
ho nover betrayed his lmpatlonco on
tho subject again.
Last of the Contarlnl.
Count Carlo Alolslo Contarlnl, who
died recently In Vonlco, is bollovod to
hnvo boon tho last malo descendant of
tho great Contarlnl family that gavo
eight Doges and forty-four Procurator!
to tho ropublic. Tho first Dogo, Do
moncio Contarlnl ruled from 1043 to
1071 and rebuilt St. Mnrk'a In Its pros
out form. Tho Inst Count was a re
tired officer in tho Italian army and
very poor. Ho could not bo mado to
pass through tho Grand Canal, on
which aro flvo splendid pnlacos that
onco belonged to his family. Now
York Sun.
Making a Chain.
In making a chain short bars aro
curved, then, tho links fastonod
whllo soft, and tho wholo welded Into
a solid chain.
t3 ttfifetV
J AUrno SVRxxAL J y
r
WILD ANIMALS TAMED BY HUNGER
Monatalnaor nnd Fartuar In Weil
Virginia Ar Fevdlnc Tham.
All kinds of wild gamo in tho
mountains of West Virginia aro In
danger of almost total destruction
owing to tho heavy snows which for
months hnvo covered tholr feeding
grounds. Tho door, bear, wt'.d turk
eys, nnd smaller gnmo havo been itn
nblo to got at tholr food of roots,
horbs, seeds, grubs, etc., and in a
groat many Instances tho animals and
birds have clthor boon frozen or
starved to death.
Tho mountaineers nnd tho farmers
living in tho vnlloys havo dono what
they could to feed tho game Somo
of tho farmers in Randolph, Wobstor,
Hampshire, Nichols and other moun
tain counties, aro actually feeding
doer, wild turkoys, pheasants, part
ridges and other gamo birds ns regu
larly as thoy food tholr Btoclc. Hun
ger has mado tho wild things tnmo,
nnd on ono farm In Randolph county,
a Mr. Arbucklo is feeding ton head
of deer, twenty wild turkoys nnd as
many pheasants and sovcral coveys
of partridges In his barnyard dally.
On somo of tho farms tho deer
havo becomo ns tamo as tho cattlo
and horses, and tho wild gamo birds
show no moro fear thon tho chickens.
Tho farmers draw tho lino at coons
nnd cntamounts, and many of tho lat
ter havo boon killed almost at tho
doors of tho farmhouses. Parkers
burg (W. Va.) Corrcspondcnco Now
York World.
Whitney's Jinny Pnlnce.
A writer In tho World's Work Bays
that tho prlncoly character of William
C. Whitney's hospitality, tho numbor
and extent of his places of residences,
nro part of tho goBsIp chronicles of
tho day. Mr. Whltnoy has on Fifth
avonuo, Now York city, a houso only
oponod onco when a ball was glvon,
which Is said to havo tho most artis
tic Interior In Amorlcn. Another
houso, nmong tho most Important on
Long Island, Is surrounded by about
1,000 acros In what aro known as tho
Wheatloy hills at Wostbury. On this
estato Is one of Mr. Whltnoy's train
ing stables. At Gravcsond, near tho
Coney Island Jockoy club, ho owns tho
old Garrison placo, and thero keeps
his rnclng Btablo during tho mootlnga
of tho Brooklyn and Conoy Island
Jockoy clubs In tho spring nnd fall.
Theso, howovor, fado Into inslgnlfl
ennco boforo Uio records of tho land
ofllco nt Albany, which say that Mr.
Whltnoy Is tho largest Individual land
owner in tho Btato.
nival for lllltmore.
Tho famous rcsldonco ot Georgo
Vandorbllt at Ashovlllo, N. C, known
as Blltmoro, Is to havo n rival oroctod
by u man who but n fow wooks ago
was a day laboror. MIchaol Mlnko
wincz Is tho nnmo of tho now capital
ist, and ho has fallen holr to $2,000,000
through tho donth of a rolatlvo In
Germany. Ho has gono to claim tho
monoy, but boforo leaving socurod an
option on ono of tho most beautiful
tracts of land In tho suburbs ot Asho
vlllo. It IncludoB sovoral thousand
acres, nnd runs out In iho neighbor
hood of tho famous Switzerland dairy,
which Georgo Vandorbllt trlod hard
to buy boforo ho purchased tho Bllt
moro estato. Tho planB of this up
start, as ho Is called, havo thrown tho
Vnndorbllts Into n stato of coiiBtorna
tlon, and thoro Is promlso of a sorlous
Boclal upheaval. An attempt Is al
ready bolng mado by friends of tho
Now York aristocrats to socuro tho
vitiation of tho option secured by tho
Gorman-Polo.
fcorrt IloborU Oarrlnd IIU l'olnt.
Archdeacon Wllbcrfonco In conduct
ing dally sorvlcos in Wostmlnstor Ab
bey for workmen engaged In nronnr.
lng tho vonerablo structure for tho
coronation. Tho men Bit on olthor
Bido of tho clolstor during their din
nor hour and listen to tho sorvlco, on
Joying tholr pipes tho while Tho
archdoacon told them a story ono day
about Lord Roborts and tho Afchnn
war. A chaplain named Adams savod
two troopors who had boon badly
wounded and Gen. Roberts
mondod tho prcachor for tho Victoria
cross. Tho war ofllco demurred that
thoro was no precedent for giving that
coveted decoration to a clergyman. To
this Lord Roberts replied: "You glvo
Parson Adams tho V. C. or I resign
my command In India." Tho work-
men cheered with a will nt this and
broko Into still moro vigorous ap
plauso whon tho archdeacon mldori?
"I need hardly say that Mr. Adams
received tho cross ho won bo gallant
ly." The Spraail of Smallpox.
Tho outbreak of Rtnnllnox In tlm
United Statos, which ban mado ltsolf
to somo oxtont relt In Canada, Is at
tributed to tho prosonco of so many
American soldiers in tho Phlllnnlnns
and Porto Rico, and tho consequent
traffic that has grown up between
tnoso countries nnd tho ronubllc. Tho
rocolpt of lottors, curios, and various
lrucios rrom theso infected Islnndn
brought smallpox to tho United
States.
Ill Uatu,
A gOOd Story IB KOlnir tho rnnndfl In
tho houso of commons, Bnys tho Can
did Friend. A friend Is supposed to
havo met Sir Wilfrid Lawson by
chanco and to havo asked him:
"Well, LawBon, and what do you
feol about tho war?"
Aftor a pauso Sir Wilfrid ropllod:
"I try to feel about It as our Cap
tain Christ would wish ua to feol."
"Ah," rejoined tho frlond tartly, "1
might havo guessed that you'd bo a
pro-Boer!"
AT NEBRASKA BAR
PROMINENCE OF THE LATE MR. Q.
M. LAMBERTSON.
HE HAS HANDLED MANY CASES
Attracted Attention Not Only In Ne
braska but Elsewhere Results of
Experiments with Moth Traps
Other Nebraska Matters.
OMAHA, Juno 19. Tho Bco prints
tho following concerning Hon. G. M.
Lnmbcrtson, who recently died sud
denly In Chicago:
Gonlo Mndlson Lnmbcrtson Una long
been ono of the moet prominent fig
ures at tho Nebraska bar, having
been associated with litigation that
attracted attention not only in Ne
braska, but all over tho United SUitcs.
Ono ot tho great cases lu which ho
participated was Unit which Involved
tho citizenship ot Hon. Jnmes E. Boyd
nnd his right to sit as govornor ot
Nebraskn. In this caso ho was asso
clted with General John C. Cowtn nnd
othors as counsel for Govornor Boyd,
nnd won a moat declslvo victory be
foro tho supremo court of tho United
States. As attorney for tho lutorstnto
commcrco commission ho argued tho
Counsolmnn caso beforo tho United
States supremo court. Ah United
States district attorney for Nebraska
from 1878 to 1SSG ho bundled many
cases of importance Lator ho was
ono of tho attorneys for tho receivers
of tho Union Pacific road in connec
tion with tho foreclosure and sottlo
mcnt ot tho government Hons. Mr.
Lnmbcrtson procured a writ of hnbenu
corpus from tho United Stntes su
premo court for tho liberation ot tho
Lincoln city counctlincn from tho Jull
nt Omaha, wherein thoy wcro held by
order of Judgo Browor for alloged con
tempt. Mr. Lnmbcrtson appeared at
nnothcr tlmo for tho city before thu
lutorstnto commerce commission In Us
suit to require tho Union Pacific rail
road to deliver shipments from San
Francisco nt Lincoln ns cheaply ns at
Omaha. Tho commission sustained tho
position tnkou by Mr. LambcrtHon
and tho Lincoln merchants woro given
tho desired relief. Ho participated lu
numerous legal contcstB of national
importance, and last year figured
prominently nB tho leading attorney
In a suit brought by tho fruit grow
ers of California against tho trans-,
portatlon compnnlcB. Under tho ad
ministration of President Harrison ho
was assistant secretary of tho treas
ury. In 1899 ho was a candidate for
United States senator from Nebraska,
and was supported by n goodly follow
ing lu tho legislature.
Experience With Moth Traps.
Tho experiment with moth traps
mado by Prof. Lawronco Brunor ot tho
Nebraska University Indicates that
theso devices may becomo vory useful
to farmers, gardeners and orchnrdlstB.
In August of last year Prof. Brunor
oporatcd two moth trnps between tho
7th and 27th, using thorn on fifteen
nights, with tho result that tho traps
destroyed ovor 0,000 Insects, or an
averago of 200 per night for each trap,
which wero classified as follows:
Nlnotcon per cent woro of no effect on
crops, bolng neither Injurious nor hou
cilclal, 79 per cent woro directly In
jurious to different crops and only 2
por cent woro classod ns beneficial In
sects. Tho wenthor conditions wero
unfavorable to largo catchos. In gen
eral moro Insects nro taken earlier In
tho Boason. This year sovoral records
aro made of moro than a thousand
Insects for ono trap in ono night.
Killed by Lightning Stroke.
LEXINGTON, Neb., Juno 19.-Ono
of tlm saddest funerals that has been
In Dawson county was that of William
Stnley, who was Instantly killed by a
stroke of lightning. Tho Bcrvlcea woro
conducted by Rov. E. A. Knight, at
tho houso of tho deceased, as the
wlfo was unnblo to attend nt the
church. Mr. Stnlny and tho horse ho
was riding woro killed so quickly that
tho man who wns riding In front a
few rods, on turning around could not
see them, ns thoy had Immediately
fnlcn nnd wore hidden by tho ryo
field.
Women Assessed for Poll Tax.
TABLE ROCK, Nob., Juno 19. -Tho
assessor of this precinct lias lnnug
atcd an Innovation, having assessed
twenty-fivo or thirty womon here, with
a poll tax. It Is thought It occurred
In this way. Whon assessing in those
instances whoro tho woman owned
tho proporty, and tho husband was
under fifty, to save making out a sop
rato schedule, ho assosscd tho women.
Girl Taken to Asylum.
HUMBOLDT, Nob., Juno 19.
Sheriff Hossuck came up from Falls
City and took chargo of Miss Mary
Strltsky, who was adjudged Insane by
tho examining board, and In company
with nn attendant removed her to
Lincoln, whoro sho wan placed In the
asylum. MIhs Strltsky has long been
subject!) to fits of melancholy, and
often wnndored away without knowl
edge ot her whereabouts being
known.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
CATTLB Tho run wns fnlr and In
cluded somo very drslmblo boef steer.
Tho bulk of the offerings consisted ot
ordinary to fair butchers' stock, rango
cattlo nnd Mockers nnd feeders. Uoef
steer mnilo up n fair proportion of tho
uupply nnd among tho offerings woro
n number of londs of very decent steers.
Vlia Inquiry wns fully cqunl to tho sup
ply nnd desirable steers found ready
snlo at Rood, strong figures. Pnrtly fin
I -lied grades showed slight chnngo In
Vnh.io. Grassy stuff, If common, moved
tnthrr slowly. Howovor, no spcclnt
In tho general trade wns apparent. Cows
and heifers, If good, wero freo sellers
iv t good strong prices and tho decent
grades wero picked up early. Grass
cows nnd heifers, whllo selling to fill In,
showed no speelnl nhnngo ns to valuo
except n tendency to lower prices on tho
Inferior grades, Tho movement was fair
Iv brisk nnd a good cleariuica wns mado
wrly. Blockers nnd fenders, It choice
quality, wero lu steady request nt recent)
quotations. Conrso offerings nro moro or
less a drug on tho mnrkct and values
nro uncertain.
H008 Tho mnrkct opened slow, with
a lower tendency nil nround, nnd whllo
tho right toppy grades wcro not so inuoh
off, tho conimonlsh loads woro generally
quoted nround Gc lower thnn yesterday.
Cholco shipping lots and good butcherit
nnd heavyweights sold right closo to
steady mid from tlmt on down to So off
on light and common packing grades.
Oood heavy and butcher hogs sold most
ly from 17.23 to 17.33 ; medium and heavy
mixed, J7.2OW7.30, nnd lighter grades on
down.
SI IUEI' Supplies wero liberal consid
ering the limited demand nnd vnluea on
mutton grades dropped 10015c. Idaho
wethers sold at 31.70 and other lots sold
proportionately lower, Tho demand
Hoiim fair nt tho prices, but trada was
necessarily slow, ns buyers claim values
nro very high hero ns compared with
other markets, and sellers tuko a dif
ferent view.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTL12 Corn-fed cattlo nnd stoekcrs
nnd feeders, steady to higher; grnssors,
slow nnd weak; quarantine, stock, slow:
cholco export and dressed beet steers,
J7.2Mj7.I5; fair to good, ll.80ifl7.2O: stoclc
ers nnd ferdors, J3.8MKi.00; western fed
steers, JI.ttW.00; Toxns nnd Indian
steers, J2.CttflO.33; Texas cows, Ji.33WS.M;
native cows, Jl.7Mf6.2n; natlvo heifers,
J3.00ft0.75; cannors, Jl.B01j3.00; bulls, J2.S0
5(5.25; calves, 13.101(5.40.
noas Market opened steady to 5o
lower; closed iltlOo lower; top, l7.Wfli;
built of snles, 17.25(07.50; heavy, I7.451f7.00;
mixed packers, J7.30H7.M; light, 14.85
7.35; pigs, Jfl.rp0110.SB.
6UI3I'U AND LAMUB-Markct steady
to lower; natlvo lambs, JI.SOIf7.00; western
lambs, J5.001j0.30; native wethers. JI.IKVTft
C.2R; western wethers, J3.S0i.4O; fed
uwes, Jl.351f5.30; Toxns clipped yearling,
J5.001i5.45; Texas clipped snoop, ll.C017-t.90;
bulla, J2.30irt.00.
REDEL8 WIN GREAT VICTORY.
Capture Venezuela Seaport Town Af
ter Fight of Flvo Hours.
WILLBM8TAD, Island of Curacon,
Friday, Juno 11. Nowb reached horo
yostorday of an Important success of
tho Vonozuolan revolutionists. Aftor
fivo hours' fighting, Wednesday, Juno
11, 1,000 revolutionists, commondod by
Gonernln Bllora, Ponnloza and Slorral
ta, captured La Vein do Coro, a sea
port town on tho gulf of Coro. Ot tho
government forcos twonty-Bovon men
woro klllod and 128 woro captured.
Coro, tho capital of tho Btnto ot Fal
can, whore Vlco President Alaya Is in
command ot tho troopB ot Uo govern
ment, Is heslogod by tho revolution
ists, and whon tlioao advices loft La
Vola do Coro wns oxpoctcd to aurron
dor nt any moment.
Aftor a revolt of tho govornmont
troops In tho barracks nt Cludad Dolt
var, capital of tho stato of Uollvar,
Govornor Sarrla retreated with his
followers to Port Tablas, on Uio Ori
noco, whoro President Castro had sont
him GOO men, with Instructions to
maku an attompt to rooccupy Cludad
Dollvar. .Tho plan Is horo considered
to bo chimerical.
Nebraskan at Harvard.
CAMIJRIDCIH, Mass., Juno 19.
Among tho many hundreds of students
who will rccolvo dogrocs at Harvard
university noxt Wodnosday, a largo
proportion nro westerners who havo
won distinction, not only In scholar
ship, but havo been prominent In nth
lotlcs and Bpeclnl llfo at tho unlvor
Blty. Ono of theso Is ,Wynn Mack
Ralnbolt of Norfolk, Nob,, who will ho
given tho dogrco LL. D.
Condition of tho Treasury.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Juno 19. The
statement of tho treasury balances In
tho general fund, oxcluslvo ot tho
$150,000,000 gold resorvo In tho divi
sion of redemption, shows: Avallablo
cash balance $199,089,031; gold, $99,
232,168. Approves Irrigation Dill.
WASHINGTON, Juno 19. Tho
president today notified tho flcnnto
that ho had approved tho Hansbrougli
Nowlnnds Irrigation bill,
Salvador Greatly Excited.
NI3W ORLEANS, Juno 19. Tho lnt
est nowB from tho republic of Salva
dor, via Guatemala, Indicates a stato
ot frenzy aroused by tho recent deci
sion of tho Washington court of ar
bitration In tho Rurrell caso. Tho
president ot tho llttlo republic and
most of tho mombors of tho national
assombly havo signed a pronuncla
mento to tho peoplo, declaring that tho
decision of Uio court was a scandal
and a crime,