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SiirpliiN Product Shipped.
During tlio yonr 1000 surplus
.products wore nlilpjiufl by tlio rail-
;routln from tlio various counlluK 1" Ne-
.braska, valued as follows: Corn, $21,-
207.:i81.57; wheat, .$10,01)5,820.82: oats,
$3,070,121.7:15 barley, $200,481.20; rye,
.$532,430.10; Hour, $1,870,331.75; mill
feed, $3511,870; liny, $1,00.1,350; straw,
$23,035; cattle, $34,219,800; hogs, $37,-
(515,070; sheep, $3,221,508; liorHOH and
imilus, $1,250,830! Hvo poultry, $2,859,-
fi7(); dressed poultry, $181,501.14; eggs,
($1,870,875; but tor, $2,350,002,12; choose,
.$11,305.50; apples, $30,700; peaches,
$30,112; grapes, $20,848; miscellaneous
fruit, $100,113.32; colory, $23,305.57;
vegetables, $82,234.08; potntocs, $205,-.
504; wool, $57,122; bonoy, $153.75;
ljilclc, $202,827.50; flro clay, $23,085;
berries, $77,805.
l)en(h of lYotnrlmiN "Womiiii t'nnvlet.
Mrs. Bfllo Crnkall, Hontenccd to 20
.years' peiinl servitude for n loathsome
.rlmc, died In tlio Htnto penitentiary
"Saturday morning. She wiib Rent up
from Nuckolls county ten yearn ngo
for assisting licr lniHlmnd In tlic rnln-
ntion of 13 little girls. All the vie-
lima were between the ages of 10 and
13. Crakall, 11 brutal degenerate of
the moHt repulsive lype, nlao rceutvod
.20 years and for a decade has lived
Avlt'hln a short distance of his partner
In crime.
J3lyntvry Surround Till Cne.
Thomas Cheney, a wealthy farmer
near Heaver City, was found uncoil--hcIouh
with an arm nearly severed and
an ax near by with blood on the blade
Cheney tried to convey the Impression
that he attempted suicide, but cutting
ofT an arm is not, generally accepted
us being the most approved method
of self-destruction. Cheney lived alone
-with a linlf-wlttetl son and nianv be-
llevo It was he who attempted his
lather's life.
It AVum u Lottery.
Several prominent citizens of Nor
folk, among them an cx-candidate for
congress, a prominent physician and .
nn ox-nttomey general of Nebraska, ' "' mnoum uy ui: vuhuumiuh wuuij
will bo brought before the United mid reluctantly silenced his 25 mor
Rtntna dtairtH. r-nnrf. to hn limnniHitflri tars. A number of citizens assisted
'for using the United States malls for
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promoting lottery in a recent attempt
to dispose of the Auditorium building
.by raflle.
lllrd Got tho PoIhdii.
The farmers of the state who have
becn lighting tho grasshopper pest
-with poison have been warned by the
Ktrito game warden to cease doing so,
as the loss of birds and gamu is
'greater than the benefit obtained by
lillling comparatively few insects.
Hundreds of birds have died from
.poison meant for grasshoppers.
I'rnlNon the Stntc Farm.
During his recent visit to Nebraskn,
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson In
spected the. state agricultural college
farm near Lincoln. Ho spoke in en
thiu)inst(6 terms of the work that was
being done and expressed a hope that
the seopo of the school might be
broadened and tho efficiency of the
work Increased.
1 Shrouded In Myntery.
' 'Enraged because his wife asked for
"a pnrt of his wnges Hcrt Mitchell
drugged her in a rowboat on Cut-Oft'
lake near Omaha and loft her for dead
011 tho bank. Later the body disap
peared and neither it nor Mitchell had
been found, though police officers
:i;eavehed the surroundings thorough-
iy.
Attempted to Stinpro It.
Taul Roen and Gilbert Anderson,
young sons of prominent Columbus
families, engaged in a quarrel while
playing and Roen shot Anderson In
tho face with a 22 rllle, Intlictlng a
serious wound. The alValr was kept
quiet owing to the prominence of tho
.families.
Guardian for tho Children.
The probate Judge at Long T'hio ap
pointed a guardian for the live ohil-
-droii of John Kllngel. It was shown
that tho children, the eldest of whom
Is 11 years, wore compelled to live In
n hovol and wore deprived of the nec
essnrlcs of life.
"While llldlnir u Velocipede.
Herman KautVtnan, while riding a
-railroad velocipede which ho had ta
ken without permission from the hcc
' tion house, was run down by a Tur
lington freight train near Tern and
killed.
TcnoliorN Tlilolc lu Giinter County.
rri.iii.ii wot... 77 tpnolin.ru nttoiultnir
'the normal institute In Custer coun
ty iti record no other county in tho
Mate has equaled.
' Stale Teioher AoelnU(n.
Tho next session of the Nebraska
State Teachers' association will be
held in Lincoln December 31, January
1, 2 mid 3.
iScuHiitlounl Development Kxpoeted.
At Plattsntouth, Mfs. L. Elford. has
sued Mrs. Mary Young to recover $10,
O00 for ulleged slander.
OP NEBRASKA.
He V'imUmI (hi llojj.
John C. Graham, a farmer near Oma
ha, willingly allowed the Nebraska
Children's Homo society to take hir.
two llttel daughters and provide for
them, but balked when one of
the little ones wanted to take a dog
with her. .Mrs. Graham died a few
weeks ago, and the father did nothing
to provide for the little girls. They
subsisted on wild fruits, corn, and
other vegetables they had foraged for
themselves. When told by the oflicors
of the society that they were going to
take tlio children away from him Gra
ham made no objection, but when the
smaller of the two little girls pleaded
to take the dog along ho refused ab
solutely to part with the animal, say
ing ho needed the dog on the farm.
'I'll rep Convict Scaled th "Willi.
Three convicts escaped from the
st'ilo penitentiary at Lincoln the
other night and have not been cap
tured. Sineo-thc penitentiary lire last
March, the cellhouses have been over
crowded, and during the hot spell
some of the men with short terms to
servo were allowed to sleep in the
.open, but inside the prison walls.
After making a ladder of gaspipe, they
had only to scale the inside walls
and drop to the ground on the other
side. Adair, one of the men who es
caped, wiih captured near Grand Is
land next day. A posse was pursuing
the other two with bloodhounds.
Victim of a Cold llatli.
A. V. Stichweh, a Grand Island mer
chant, wns uuabel to sleep the other
"'ffl't because of the heat and arose
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ohillcd and, having been nfllictod in
former days with rheumatism, was
tnken with cramps. A physician was
called and worked with him 15 hours,
but was unable to relieve the patient.
WnHtcil 1,000 Pound of Powder.
After 14 hours of continuous boni
bnrdment, Rainmaker Wright wns
compelled by physical exhaustion to
discontinue his efforts to bring rain
in the experiment, nnd 1,000 pounds
of powder was exploded.
College Deht Alniot Dae.
Six thousand dollars must be raised
to pay the Wesleyan university debt
before August 15. Unless this is done
Lincoln will lose one of its colleges.
Tho total debt amounts to $75,000, but
through the efforts of the members
of the Methodist church all but $0,000
bus been subscribed.
Nnhrnxkii to He Well Kepronoiited.
Reports received by the adjutant gen
eral of the Department of Nebraskn,
Grand Army of the Uepubllc, indicate
that almost every post in the state
will be represented on the official train
which will leave Omaha for Cleveland
September 0 to attend the national
encampment.
Claim She tVli Jnntlfled.
Mrs. Mary McGraw, of Twenty-fifth
and Hurt streets, Omaha, is under ar
rest charged with burning a residence
opposite her home
Mrs. McGraw al-
leges the place be ng use. for m -
moral purposes and that her 1 usba I
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was there in company with'questlon
able characters
To Inerenne All Ooninimle.
Adjt. Gen. Colby has Issued an Wlor
authorizing the increase of all compa
nies of tlio Nebraska national guard
to the maximum strength of 02 men
e eVeV re ichmp has
icon limited to -U privates1 and ten
e
been limited to 41! pr
commissioned and non-commissioned
officers.
Sixer I'ronilNen lleform.
State Oil Inspector Slzer has in
augurated several innovations In hi
office which he says will Increase the
revenuu to tho state. A rigid system
of bookkeeping will be followed and
a complete record kept of every in
spection, whether a gallon or a train
load. liiHime Over Crop Fvnr.
Suffering under the hallucination
that tho drought was sent by Divine
hand ns a punishment for some griev
ous wrong which she had committed,
Mrs. Edith McLean, wife of a farmer
of McCook, has been committed to
the hospital for the insane near Lin
coln.
Xcw School nt Mobrurn.
Owing to the Increase In the attend
ance at the public schools at Niobrara
tho school board has found it neces
sary to build another schoolhouse,
30-22 feet and one story high.
For AMNiiuItliiKr HIn Father.
Alexander linker, Jr., who was nr-
rested at Grand Island for nssaultlng
his father, wns sentenced to 75 days
In the county jail on bread and water.
AnMlted 1' Ontntde I'arllen.
Frank Neal, in jail at Tecumseh for
stealing two teams from farmers of
that county, broke prison with tho
aid of outside parties.
HIGH TRIBUTE PAID.
Vlco President Itooxovolt AddrcMr tha
Pioneer Mlio IIc!it'd to. Make Colorado
11 State 6 Year Aro.
Colorado Spring1!, Col., Aug. 2. The
feature of the quarto-centennial cele
bration of Colorado's admission as a
state was tho address by Vice Presi
dent lloosovelt Friday afternoon. In
part the vlco president said:
You, tho men of Colorado, nnd above
nil, tho older nmoriB those whom 1 am
now adilrcHDlnK, liavo been engaged In
doing tlio ureal typical work of our peo
ple. Bavo only tlic preservation of tho
union Itself, no other task hns been bo
Important us tho conquest nnd settle
ment of tho west. This comtuest and
settlement has been tlic stupendous feat
of our rnco for tho century that has
just closed. It standi supremo among all
Hitcli feats. Tho same kind of thing linn
been In Australia and Canada, but upon
a less Importunt ncule; while tho Russian
advance In Siberia lias been incompara
bly slower. In all the history of mankind
there Is nothing that qulto parallels tho
way in which our peoplo havo tilled a
vacant continent with self-governing
commonwealths, Unit into ono nation.
And of nil this marvelous history per
haps tho most wonderful portion is that
which deals with tho way in which tho
Pacific coast and tho Rocky mountains
wbro aottled.
The men who founded these communi
ties showed practically by their Hfo work
that It lu Indeed tho spirit of ndventuro
which is tho maker of commonwealths.
Their traits of daring and hardihood and
Iron endurnnco nro not merely Indlspcn
sablo traits for successful pioneers; they
nro also, traits which must go to tho
make-up of every mighty and successful
people.. You and your fathcrB who built
up tho west did moro oven than you
thought, for you shaped thcroby tho des
tiny of tho wholo republic, and as a nec
essary corollary profoundly Influence
thp course of events throughout the
world. Moro nnd moro as tho years go
by this republic will find its guidance in
tho thought and action of tho west, bo
causo tlio conditions of development in
tho west havo steadily tended to acccn
tuato tho peculiarly American charac
teristics of its people.
There was scant room for tho coward
and tho weakling In tho ranks of the
adventurous frontlersmnn; tho pioneer
settlers who first broko up tho wild pral
rio soil, who tlrst hewed thoir way
Into tho prlmoval forest; who guided
their white-topped wagons across tha
endless leagues of Indlan-huntcd deso
lation, and explored every remote moun
tain chain In tho restless quest for metal
wealth. Behind them camo the men who
completed tho work they had roughly
begun; who drovo tho great railroad sys
tems over plain nnd desert and mountain
pass; who stocked tho teeming ranches,
nnd under irrigation saw tho bright
green of tho alfalfa and tho yellow of tho
golden stubblo supplant tho gray of the
Bngo-buBh desert ; who havo built great
populous cities, cities In which every art
and scienco of civilization are carried
to their highest point, on tractB which
when tho nineteenth -century hnd passed
Its meridian wcro still known only to
tho grim trappers and hunters and the
red lords of tlio wilderness with whom
they wngod eternal war. Such is tho
record of which wo oro so proud. It is
a record of men who greatly dared and
greatly did; a record of wandering wider
and moro dangerous than thoso of the
Vikings: a record of endles feats of
arms, of victory after victory in tho
ceaseless strife waged against wild man
and wild nature Tho winning of the
wcBt wns tho great epic feat in tho his
tory of our race.
EVERY DOLLAR RECOVERED.
An Indlnnn Hunk That XYnn Looted
810,000 linn un Unnminl Streak
of Good JTortaue.
of
Goshen, Ind., Aug. 3. Detectives
made arrests here which led to the re
covery of $10,000 of stolen currency
and gold coin. Two men who robbed
tho Akron bank ten days ngo were
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uiu uuii;i;un:n iu me uuihkuih oi me
plunder. JCvery
the bank was recovered.
The bank
directors had kept tlio robbery a bo
crot for fear of a panic.
Affected by Actlnc In "Undo Tom's Cabin."
St. raul, Minn., Aug. 3. Thomas
Malley, an old-time actor who had for
! 1' "Uncle Tom's Cabin,-'
' . 2r "L ? ? ,,e
Rochester insane asylum. Mallev
had seen so much of Uncle Tom that
it affected his brain and now" he
imagines that Simon Legrec is con
stantly pursuing him with blood
hounds. Contfl rnglHitd i0,SfiO,O(1O a Wenlr,
Loudon, Aug. 3. In the house of
commons Lord Stanley, the fiunncial
secretary of war, said the cost of the
war in South Africa from April 1 to
July 31 wns $178,750,000. Tho actual
cost in July was $0,250,000 weekly.
Tho statement was greeted with iron
ical Irish cheers.
WMHon ComeH to Soo for Mmnolf.
Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 3. James Wil
son, secretary of agriculture, has como
west to personally inspect the crop
conditions, especially in the corn belt.
His itinerary will include the states
of Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri.
Cri'Hcvus' Great Performance.
Columbus, O., Aug. 3. Cresccus,
champion of tho trotting turf, added
moro laurels to his fame yesterday
by trotting a mile in 2:02i, reducing
by half a second IiIb week-old record
of 2:02, made at Cleveland last Fri
day. A lllg Tiro nt Hammond, Ind.
Chicago, Aug. 3. Hammond, Ind.,
wns threatened with destruction yes
terday by a tiro that consumed three
largo manufacturing plants nnd
caused a Iobs of over $100,000 before
It "WHB under control.
PHAISE FOE, SCHLEY.
Commander cf Cristcbol Colon at
Santiagb Telia of Battle.
Clio llronlclyn, Ho Sajft, Wan In tlio Thick
of tlio I tut t lu from Htiirt to I'IiiInIi,
Doing 1'rlghtful Diiniugo to
Hp.'inUli Hlilpn.
New York, Aug. 1. The Madrid
representative of the Journal and Ad
vertiser lias obtained an interview
from Capt. Din, Moruu, who commun
ed the Cristobol Colon during the na
val conflict off Santiago. Says Capt.
Moreu In reference to the movements
of Admiral Schley:
All tho American ofllccrfl, without ex
ception did their duty In the naval battlo
of Santiago. So did we, although it Is
certain wo wero vanquished by supe
riority of force. It Is absurd and unpa
triotic to make ftny exception in tho
case of Admiral Schley. It is absurd be
cause tho Brooklyn wns In tha thick of
tho fight throughout. Sho was at tho
mouth of tho harbor when wo tried to
pass out, and engaged us with a terrific
lire, doing frlghtfui damage to the end.
In tho pursuit of the Cristobol Colon
we surrendered to the Brooklyn 40 miles
west of Santiago. Tho Brooklyn wns tho"
first to encounter us as wo were coming
out and the first to lead in the pursuit,
nnd sho kept up tho lead, with the Ore
gon vastly aiding. The Brooklyn landed
a shell Just ahead of my ship, and, with
tho Oregon helping her there was nothing
left for mo to do but run ashore.
Tho Brooklyn's conduct was bravo;
hence Commodoro Schloy was brave.
Schley was on port, where ho was put
by Sampson. After tho battlo commenced
each commander acted according to cir
cumstances nnd ovents show thnt tho
Brooklyn boro a bravo part. I should say
that Schley was not only brave, but very
competent, as Is Sampson, whom I know
personally.
Of all tho American ships tho Brooklyn
was the most exposed to our flro ami to
that of our batteries. Commodoro
Schley's own report was a model of a
plain, snllor-llko and gentlemanly state
ment. Schley directed that our ofllcers
retain their personnl effects. A coward Is
novcr generous. Tho suggestion of cow
ardlco probably comes from cowards.
JAMES DONOHOE CHOSEN.
Ho Will lloproflont tho Mrr!noo-Miiiiplila
Consolidation nt KiinmiH City Aftor
SoptembiT 1, Next.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 1. It is an
nounced that James Donohoe will
after September 1 be assistant gen
eral passenger and freight agent of
tho 'Frisco-Memphis lines, in charge
of the Knns'ns City office. Mr. Don
ohoe is ns much of 11 passenger man
as a freight man, nnd was formerly
general freight and passenger agent
of the Pittsburg & Gulf, now the Kan
sas City Southern. He is particularly
well liked, and Is thoroughly familiar
with Kansas City. In his new po
sition he will be the man who will
meet the public on the port of tho
'Frisco-Memphis management.
Alex Hilton, assistant, general pas
senger agent of the Memphis, goes to
St. Louis ns assistant general passen
ger agent of the 'Frisco-Memphis
system. Mr. Hilton Is conceded to
be one of tho ablest passenger men
in tho west, nnd will stand next to
Bryan Snyder in the administration
of passenger affairs.
CARDIRAS HEADS REVOLT.
n In lAadlnr nn Army of ff.000 Afralnst
President Ciutro, of Venezuela Mur-
tlul Law Proclaimed.
Willemstad, Island of Curncoa,
Aug. 1. Dr. Itangcl Cardiras, at the
head of 5,000 men, has revolted against
President Castro, of Venezuela. The
Insurgents are near San Antonio de
Tnchira, on the Colombian frontier.
Tho Venezuelan government has sent
10,000 troops to tho scene of the up
rising. The situation is grave. Other
outbreaks nro expected. Tho wholo
country is ready to rise against Pres
ident Castro. Constitutional guaran
ties have been suspended and compli
cations with Colombia are feared.
Blurt Int I-itw I'rooluluuul.
Washington, Aug. 1. The state de
partment has received the following
from the American legation nt Cara
cas: "Martini law has been declared
in Veuezueln by the president of tho
country in consequence of the in
vasion of a revolutionary force from
Colombia. It is reported that an nrmy
of 10,000 men will meet'the invaders."
END NOT IN SIGHT.
Great Strike nt Smi Francisco May Kxtend
to Kvery Port on the Paul Ha
Const.
San Francisco, Aug. 1. The great
ntrike ordered by the City Front fed
eration shows no signs of a speedy
settlement. Employers predict its ul
timate collapse, though they admit
that the struggle may be prolonged.
The labor leaders .express themselves
as confident of victory nnd say that If
necessary tho strike will be extend
ed to include every port on the Paclflo
coast.
A Fight with llootloBgnrs.
St. Joscpn, Mo., Aug. 1. In a fight
with bootleggers at Wathenn, Kan.,
yesterday afternoon Constable A. M.
Livermore shot nnd instantly killed
Lou Henderson, ono of the bootleg
gers, who had been arrested, and cap
tured John William, an accomplice of
tho dead man. Tho bootleggers are
both colored and hav given tho offi
cer! much trouble. -
ONE CHANCE LEFT.
The DUnppolnted Ones nt Kl Itnno Hope
Thnt Many Who Drew Ilnmufttcud Will
Not l'llo 13,000 Name Drawn.
El Hcno, Ok., Aug. 2. The fourth
day of the drawing for homesteads
opened clear nnd hot. It lacked few
minutes of eight o'clock when the big
boxes began to revolve nnd the live
ly click of typewriters recorded the
names of the belated lucky numbers.
Thursday finished 13,000 names and
the worst is over. The remaining
numbers will be drawn In a hurry.
The crowd facing the plntforni Thurs
day was large, but every day it is
growing less nnd tho night trains car
ried the bulk of the crowd away. Anx
ious faces show great disappointment,
but many, however, are holding to
tho hope that many of the names
drawn will never flic. Satisfaction is
general over tho selection by Gov.
Richards of tho threo commissioners
who will have charge of the sale of
townsitos in the new county seats of
Lawton, Anadarko and Hobart.
The homestead speculator already 1b
seeking to get nn offer of cash for
relinquishing his claim. The specu
lator is the man who registered for. tho
solo purpose of selling what he might
draw out of the wheels that begnn
turning July 29. Tho fact that regis
tration cost nothing nnd carried with
it a chance of getting 1G0 acres of land
worth from $1,500 to $1,000, drew thou
sands of persons to El Heno and Law
ton who never intended to stay in tho
country and who would be ns helpless
as children should they try to prove
up a homestead.
SCHLEY'S REQUEST DENIED.
Language In tho Precept Charging th
It our Admiral with Disobeying Orders
Will Not Ho Modified.
Washington, Aug. 2. Tho navy de
partment has refused to accede to
Admiral Schley's suggestion that tho
language in the fifth specification
of the precept to the court of in
quiry bo modified. The admiral in
his letter challenges that specifica
tion, which states as a fact, that he
hnd disobeyed orders and suggested
that it be modified. The department
In its reply declines to make the sug
gested modification on the ground
that according to the official records
Admiral Schley himself acknowledged
that he had disobeyed orders. The
disobedience of orders was an estab
lished fact, whether unwillingly or
willingly.
A Iteprlmand for Schley's Son.
Washington, Aug. 2. Tlio war de
partment has taken cognizance of
tho published interview of Capt.
Thomas F. Schley regarding the
court of inquiry upon his father, Rear
Admiral Schley. It is understood
that tho department informed the
captain thnt such interviews were
contrary to tho army regulations. It
is not believed that a general order
directing army officers not to talk
for publication about such matter
will be necessary. x
AGAINST THE BLACKS.
Maryland Democrats Declare the Right of
the Ignorant to Vote Is a Public
Menace.
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 2. Tre demo
crats of Maryland met in convention
here at noon for the purpose of nam
ing candidates for controller and
clerk of the court of appeals and
adopting n platform upon which can
didates for the legislature, which
meets in January next, will stand.
Much thought and careful considera
tion had been given to the platform
and to the district nominations for
both houses of the general assembly
as upon democratic success or failuro
in this particular depends the re-election
or defeat of Former Senator Ar
thur Puc Gorman to succeed Senator
Wellington. Mr. Gormnn himself has
taken part in all the conferences upon
this subject nnd the platform is gen
erally regarded as the product of hla
sagacity and experience.
The platform, which was adopted
without dissension, declnrcs that tho
unqualified right to vote by ignorant
citirens is a menace to the welfare of
the state and that the state admin
istration Is to be commended for
having caused laws to be adopted re
stricting the power of illiterates to
cast their ballots.
To ttazo the Kxpoltlon llnlldlnir.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 2. Tho old
Exposition building, once the pride of
Kansas City, but now a crumbling
mnss of ruins on the J. T. Holmes
tract, will bo blown up with dyna
mite. As soon as the old building
Is azod to tho ground the work of
transforming the plot of ground on
which it stands into n fashionabla
residence district will bo begun.
Hours Murdering Native Scouts.
London, Aug. 2. A dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated from Pretoria,
says: "French reports that he has
received a letter from Kritzingcr (a
Boer commander), announcing his in
tention to shoot all nntives In British
employ, whether armed or unarmed.
Many cases of cold-blooded murder
of natives In Cape Colony have re
cently occurred."
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