Nebraska Newspapers

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THE FRONTIER.
PUBLISHED BVKRY THURSDAY By
Tu FBOirrUB PRIimWO OO.
'O'NEILL, NEBRASKA^
OVER THE STATE.
Fremont Salvationists are going to
«rect a permanent barracks.
The railroads will make a one-fare
rate for the Omaha June races.
The Stanton school board has em
ployed all of last year’s teachers
Yhr question of voting bonds for a
new court house for Sarpy county is
being agitated.
The teachers' institute for Cheyenne
couuty will be held at Sidney July ti
to 18, inclusive. -• •
t The board of education of Nebraska
City last week elected teachers for the
ensuing year, making but few changes.
There was a great deluge at Har
tineton and vicinity. Sidewalks,
bridges, small outhouses, etc., were set
afloat.
Anna Diedrick. is yews old, jumped
from a mo ;ng train on the Union
Pacific and fell upon her bead, sustain
ing severe injuries.
Oi.it settlers of Otoe county tv ill hold
their picnic June llth. Governor Hol
comb and other distinguished Nebras
kans will be present.
New York capitalists are looking
over the property of the Beatrice Rapid
Transit and Power company with a
view to lease or purchase.
At this writing the body of young
Fowler, drowned at Ashland, has not
beenVecovered, although the body has
been in the water three days.
Post No. 10, Grand Army of the Re
public, David City, has secured De
partment Commander Culver to deliver
the Memorial Address May 3a
Adjutant-General Barry sent out
300 rounds of blank cartridges to each
company of the national guards for use
on Memorial day for firing salutes. ,
IS the district court of Hynnnis coun
ty, Rimer Hardy, charged with shoot
ing with intent to murder a brakeman
on the B. & At, was tried and acquit
ted. , . ,r. .
Mr. Wagner, a farmer living five
milea ’northwest of Columbus, sold
some hogs to Wiggins & Lewis and one
of the porkers tipped the beam at 740
pounds.
At Omaha one Claycomb was found
guilty of grave robbing. He stole two
bodies from lilt. Hope cemetery, ship
ping them to the medical college at
lies Moinea
. Martin Goode, a J6-year-old Omaha
boy, was drownpd while bathing in a
pond near the city. His brothers were
with him, but were unable to render
timely assistance. ‘ ''
Mike Langdon was rim over by the
Union Pacific freight at Platte Center
and. when found was in q mangled con
dition. Doctors amputated both leg*
and he died in si short time.
A Tannic Rock dispatch says the sev
enteen-year locusts are hatching out in
great • numbers. They were present
last in 1879. They have the proverbial
letter "W” on their backs, which is
said to stand for war.
The 6-year-old son of George Shaffer,
living fonr miles north of Odell, was
®ng in a hay loft and in some way
tack ward, striking hiahead against
a sharp nail, from the effects of which
he died in a few hours.
Douglas county commissioners are
talking of providing a cinder path for
bicycles from the eity to Florencs, six
miles distant. The only thing that
stands in ‘the: wagr is the reduoqd condi
tion of the county treasury.
Ma and Mrs. Barney Lewis of Mc
Cook last week bnried their little eon.
Edward, making the fifth child they
have lost from whooping cough. Their
only remaining child, a bright, pretty
little girl, is very low with ths earns
strangely fatal malady. j
, Sheriff Edwards of Dodge county
went Co Scribner and arrested Carl
Behrendt on a complaint charging him -
with committing an assault und threat
ening to kill his brother, Fred Beh
rendt, using a knife for the purpose.
The beet sugar company of York has
filed articles of incorporation with Sec
retary of Stole Pifer. The authorized
capital stock is •6,4)00 and the object of
forming a corporation is the propaga
tion of sugar beeto A. C Montgomery
and nineteen others are the incorpora
, *rj O’f ij tiS
Tine people of Hiper and surround
• lug country gave the Methodist minister
ot that place a generous pounding.
Well (lllcd> baskets came ■ from many
quarters and after they were deposited
at the ' parsonage, all repaired to the
church, where a social evening was en
joyed. • ' - ' ■ ' *
John C, Pktkrson, a prominent
Swede farmer, living six miles’east of
Minden, when returning home about
11 o'clock at night, lostcontrol of his
team. They ran across a ditch, throw
ing him out and the wagon box on top
of him, breaking his ribs and driving
them into bis lungs. His recovery is
•§ doubtful.
. A wuMcpi.vo . room oocupied: .by five
„ young men was entered at W auss. A
; sack containing 840 was stolen from
under the pillow of Xels I.inquest, tine
of the young men sleeping in the room
wns disturbed by a alight noise made
by the intruder und socaughta glimpse
of the man. The marshal hus a young
^erarrest on sus
~ bsvKitM, dpys agq Chief 1'ounce of
Nebraska City received a telegram from
- the sheriff pf Lancaster county,,telling
- Aim to keep a lookout for a man, wo>
man and a 3-year-old child named Sut
* i*00- etating that the man was wanted
•; for horse stealing. Next day tfee chief
spied a coupte answering the above de
1 ecriptiou and immediately placed them
4 , Mm. p. Gtucsr bf Hall county, the
| lady who was dragged about a mile in
• runaway last winter, lias so far ea
.» covered as.to be able to leave the hos
p™ e®d te at present stopping at the
residence of friends in Grand Island,
■i The recovery is a most remarkable one.
; nash* was snoet severely injured.
Thk (ii.fi. reunion for Cass, Tism
caster, Otoe, Sarpy and Saunders couu
j ties, will be held this year at Weeping
\ Water. Jaly ]»t, inclusive. The great
. eneoees attending the one held there
two years ago, promises to be eclipsed
! ®y the, present one. Everything will
tee done for the comfort of the guests
and their frienda
Airncnx Is without a saloon, notwith
standing the late election went favor
able thereto.
George Nelson, the Sheridan county
convict, who was given his liberty by
the supreme court, because of irregu
larity in his trial, is out of the peniten
tiary. and will not be molested further.
His freedom is largely due to the devo
tion of his sister Rosa, now of Omaha,
who was on hand to welcome him back
to the world.
S CI ■ E1! I XT K X D F. N T ABBOTT. With the
assistance of Prof. W. A. Jones, the
orchestra and band from the institute
of the blind, provided a roost enjoyable
afternoon and evening for the inmates
of the insane asylum at Lincoln. A
large number of invited guests were
present to enjoy the entertainment
with the inmates.
Dan IIahijv, who was shot while
trying to enter the store of Willits &
Co. at Alma died from his wound.
Coroner Rush impanelled a jury which
found that Hardy died from the effects
of a gunshot wound received at the
hunds of Ralph Mock while he was try
ing to gain an entrance in the store of
Willits «fe Co., and that said shooting
was justifiable.
if. K. fllcLKAN, of Juniata, perfected
a string of nine knites, two large box
pattern and several of the Eddy style,
that he sent into the sky some -’,000
feet, and to them he attached two
tlugs, one 8x8 feet in size, the other,
4xU. The larger kite went up over
1,000 feet, and thus Old Glory got an
altitudinous airing not often accorded
to the stars and stripes.
A Washington dispatch says that
Representative Mainer has presented a
bill in the house for the purpose of
confirming t'ne title nf the old settlers
on the Otoe and Missouri Indian lands
and securing the payment to the Ind
ians on the appraised value basis. The
secretary of the interior is authorized
and directed to revise and adjust on
principles of equity tiie sales of the
lands sold at Beatrice in 1883.
Two tramps at t’lattsmouth picked
up a grip which belonged to a travel
ing man which was standing in front
of the Riley hotel. The theft was not
discovered for some time, when it was
reported to the police, who soon suc
ceeded in locating the men, and cap
turing them, after a hot chase. When
arraigned in police court they pre
tended to be very drunk and were
given time to sober up before giving an
account of their shortcomings.
; , Thk town and neighborhood of Peru
is very much excited over the disap
pearance of one Iladen Roberts, a farm
er near there. Ue left home Friday
night between 13 and 3 o'clock, taking
only two revolvers. lie was in Peru
the day before and paid up his life in
surance. .Some notes were found after
his departure, saying he had left the
country forover. But parties who
claim to know say they are not in his
writing. Foul play or suicide is feared.
GovkhNor Moi.comb has received two
World's fair medals and diplomas.
These were issued to the state of Ne
braska, one for the collection of grapes
and the other for exhibition in the
tree section, display of forestry re
sources of the state and statistics and
photographs relating to the exhibit
The medals are for the present in the
possession of the governor, and will be
dually disposed of by being turned
Over either to the historical or some of
the other state societies to which they
belong.
Dkputy United States Marshal Hub
bard and Revenue Collector Parker
were in Syracuse the other day, having
with them two complete whisky stills,
one of which was found on the farm of
George Roos, ten miles west of Dunbar,
and the other on the farm ot Mr. Wil
helm, about eight miles south. One
still was six or seven feet below the
surface of the ground. The marshal
says the stills are worth several hun
dred dollars and are the most complete
outfits ever found in that part of the
country.
Chas. J. Johnson, a patient at the
Lincoln Hospital for the Insane, died
ithe other day from the effects of a blow
administered by P. IX Davis, another
putient. There had been some hard
feelings between the men for some
time, although neither was considered
violent. Suddenly, as they were going
struck Johnson a heavy blow on the
head, which caused a fracture of the
skull. Johnson never recovered con
sciousness. He is from Saunders coun
ty and has a family. Davis is a patient
from Douglas county.
I’aui. Mkaz, a prominent Bohemian
farmer, residing on his farm situated
five miles southeast of Linwood, com
mitted suicide. After performing his
usual work Mraz wandered away from
tlie house and was found two hours
later by his wife, hanging from the
limb of a tree about a quarter of a mile
away. He had ascended the tree to a
height of twenty feet and fastened the
rope around his neck and threw him
self off. His neck was not broken and
death resulted from strangulation. He
had lost two wives and fpnr children
within the last two years and this it is
thought tended to self destruction.
Static Superintendent H. K. Corbett
has issued his annual report in the
form of advance sheets of his biennial
report for 1895-C. The report shows
that the total resources of districts at
the end of the last year amounted to
84, 241, ‘.'31; indebtedness, 83,303,221*;
value of district propertv, •8,880,841.
the number of teachers necessary was
8.801; number employed, 3,848 males,
U.U43 females; total 0,401. The total
wages earned was: Males, 8778,888; fe
males, 83,742,894. The average month
ly wages Was: Males, 844.18; females,
138.00; total 840.21. There were 0,003
districts having a total of 0,GS~ school
houses. Children between five and
twenty-one years numbered 381,845and
the total enrollment was 274,883. with
an average daily attendance of 171,880.
There wyre 213 private schools report
ed. The doat-of education on enroll
ment was 813.74 and on average daily
attendance 831,91.
The impression prevails in some sec
tions of the state that only members of
the Nebraska Club may enter the “Vol
unteer Home Newspaper Correspond
ents' Bureau" of the Cluh. The Exec
utive Committee desires to corect thia
Any one of good standing who csn and
will secure regularly the publication of
one letter per month in one or more
Eastern papers of any city, town or
village, also send marked copies of the
same to the Secret aryand will so write
the Secretary naming the papers and
where published, will be enrolled as a
member of the Bureau. ^No cost at
taches to this and outline' letters are
furnished on request to the Secretary.
SITUATION AT ST. LOUIS.
NO MATERIAL CHANGE IN THE CON
DITION OF AFFAIRS.
THE DEAD AND INJURED,
Ahont 400 Killed and 3,600 Injured
Hundreds Seriously— Dire Distress
In East St. Eon Is—Relief la
iladly Needed — Property
Loss Is Estimated at
#2/1,000,000.
St. Tons, Mo., June I .—The situa
tion in St. I<ouis, as viewed from the
Republic's standpoint, is as follows:
St. Louis—Identified dead, 130; un
known dead. 18; missing. <33; fatally
injured, 19; seriously injured in hos
pitals, 401; estimated injured outside
of hospitals, l,0u0; property loss,' esti
mated, S30,000,000.
East St. Louis—Identified dead, 110:
unknown dead, 6; dying, r>; missing, 10;
seriously injured in hospitals, 20Q;
estimated injured outside of hospitals,
2,000; property loss, estimated, 83,900,
000.
It is believed that the deaths of the
injured and the future recovery of
bodies will bring the St. Louis death
list well up to 200.
In East St. Louis the city officials
declared that they have hope that the
death roll on that side of the river
will not exceed 150, but the ruins upon
which the rescuers have not yet begun
work may swell the total far beyond
that figure.
The building contractors of that
city have been overwhelmed with or
ders for rebuilding, and the work of
wiping out the havoc of the storm is
proceeding with much energy.
The Commercial Exchange an
nounced last night that the audi
torium to be used for tbe Republican
national convention has been repaired
and now shows not the slightest effect
of t he storm.
Although thousands of men have
been at work night and day clearing
away the wreckage in the path of the
tornado, they have scarcely made a
perceptible impression toward restor
ing the chaotic confusion to anything
like order. Passageways have been
made through some of the principal
thoroughfares, it is true, but for the
most partthe streets are still choked
with the battered remains of homes
and factories, hospitals and churches.
The path of the storm is fully a
mile and a half wide. It starts away
out in tlie suburbs of the city, where
beautiful homes are located. Taking
a zig-zag course, it extends down
through where the densely populated
icoement houses are located, fully six
miles, and crosses the river.
At tlie extreme limits of the city to
the west is a quarter known as Tower
drove park. It is populated by peo
ple of wealth, and the houses are
palatial, with beautiful grounds, etc.
To the southeast of this is another
region of wealth. The storm moved
its way through them both. Magnifi
cent residences in both places were
wiped off the face of the earth in
some cases, while in others roofs were
carried away, trees torn from their
roots and all the picturesque beauty
destroyed. -
The number of families left home
less by the devastation along the path
of the storm will reach np into the
thousands. In many instances these
unfortunates have lost all their
worldly possessions. Many will for
days be dependenton charity and their
more fortunate neighbors for shelter.
There is a probability that one man,
whose horribly mangled body was
taken to the morgue, was not‘killed
by the storm. A gentleman who was
in the neighborhood of the Union
depot powerhouse just after the storm
asserts that some of the crowd there
assaulted a ghoul caught tnieving and
beat him to death. Ilia story is that
while viewing the wreck he saw half
ii uu/.eu men jump on u man who nan
been loafing about m the crowd.
Some one hit the man with u club,
felling him to the ground. Thjen the
crowd jumped on the in in and kicked
him until he was unconscious. Some
one cried "lynch the thief.” Thon'the
crowd picked up his limp form and
carried it to Kusseil avenue, where
they put it in a dirt tvagou and carted
it off.
The Business Men's league issued
the following announcement last
night:. .
■•The league indorses the action of
Mayor Walbridge in declining outside
aid. It feels grateful for the many
evidence* of generosity in these help
offerings, but. having'made careful
investigation of the storm stricken
district, which, though extensive, is
almost eutirely confined to the section
of the city outside of. the princ pal
; business area, it is its deliberate
judgment that the city will be amply
able to fully provide for all the needs
I of the atMieted. . .
From far off London Sir Henry Irv
: ing. Olga Neihersoie and Wilson Bar
[ r»‘i have cabled money, sympathy and
offers of l ent fit periormanoes if
net ded. Others are as ff.-ncrous, and
no doubt thousands of dollars could
be raised in a few days if it were
necessary.
fttaat fit. Lon la.
i Two companies of the Illinois state
militia from Greenville and Belle
ville, 111., in ail about loo men, pa
trolled the levee district of Kast St.
[ Louis all day. Dead lines were es
tablished, and no one was allowed to
pass without a permit.
1 he effect of these stringent meas
ures was soon seen in the greatly de
creased number of people in the de
vastated district. Over sixty suspects
have already been arrested and were
sent out of town or locked up. Sev
eral pickpocket* and confidence men
have also been arrested. In addition
to the militia and police force. Chief
of Police Uagey swore in fifty depu
ties who were placed tn different parts
of the city. The property loss is hard
to estimate, but $';,000,000 to 93,000,000
are conservative figures.
Late figures rather tend to reduce
the estimates of the number killed,
and the probabilities are that it will
not run much over 150.
The feature of the storm was the
large number of horses killed. On all
sides could be seen the mangled bod
ies of these animals. The police de
partment was busy all day removing
the carcasses, and none too soon, for
the warm weather of the past two
days had already started decomposi
tion.
The railroad yards are generally
being cleared of debris, rendering the
moving of trains once more possible,
but it wiil be weeks before anything
like order can be restored. At least
400 freight cars were overturned and
either wholly or partially demolished,
and as many of these were loaded
with merchandise the work of clear
ing the tracks will necessarily be verv
slow.
A Ladies’ relief corps has been or
ganized, of which Miss Louisa Gross
of East St. Louis is president, and
Mrs. Ira Sweet of East St. Louis is
vice president. Committees have been
appointed from all churches of the
city and are actively at work soliciting
aid and are meeting with good suc
cess. The new library building has
been made the general relief head
quarters. Tickets will be distributed
to the needy ones for food, clothing
and shelter. Mayor Bader estimates
that at least -500 families are left des
titute and will need immediate assist
ance. Many have not even sufficient
clothing.
DAMAGE ABOUT MEXICO.
! The Destruction of Life and Property
Dm Than Was Reported.
Mexico, Mo., June 1.—The result
summed up in this county is as fol
! lows: Six dead—Riley Hagan of near
j Rushville, a ''7-year-old girl of J. G.
Ware, a 7-year-oid daughter of August
Blaze, Eulah Miller,' Rose Iiodge and
a v-year-old son of Albert Knoble.
At Vandnlia the residences of the fol
lowing people were severely damaged,
but no one was killed: Aaron Mc
Peke, Cass Blackburn, S. D. Ely, A. L.
Berngard, C. E. Coons, Ed Waters,
five dwellings belonging to the C. T.
| Cobb estate, B. L. Bleshears and G.
B. Moore. All the churches except
the Baptist are damaged or destroyed.
The electric light plant was leveled to
the ground and the Bland block was
entirely unroofed. The storm was
about 100 to 300 yards in width and
lasted about thirty minutes. Between
Truxlon and High Hill tne tornado
passed, killing a woman and four
children, whose names are not known.
ST. LOUIS NEEDS NO AID
East St. Louis, However, Is Appealing
for Assistance.
Chicago, June 1.—The following
messages were received here by the
general manager of the Associated
Press:
. ,[ St. Louis, May 29.
St. Louis does not need assistance.
East St. Louis is appealing for aid.
The proportion of destruction to pop
ulation there is something awful.
C. W. Knapp, Editor Republic.
St. Louis, May 29.
St. Louis is profoundly thankful for
sympathy and proffered aid. but is
amply able to care for her sufferers.
East St. Louis, however, is worse hurt
than we are, and help is needed badly
there.
A. Lawson, Editor Post-Dispatch.
In St, Louts Onnnty.
St. Lons, Mo., June 1 .—In St.
Louis county, Wednesday's tornado
left a continuous trail of destruction
and desolation. The storm apparently
rose out of the Mississippi river near
St. Charles. It passed oter Florrisant
and Bridgeton and, sweeping down on
West End park, completely destroyed
that little village.
In pursuing its southerly course,
with a velocity of more than seventy
five miles an hour, it passed through
the towns of Stratmann. Central,
Clayton, Brentwood, Burtold, Maple
wood and Shrewsbury park.
Hundreds of houses, barns and out
buildings were blown away. Forest
| trees u century old were uprooted.
| However, but one person, a babe, was
i killed, and no more than a dozen
! badly injured.
Eleven UoaU Destroyed.
I'ast St. Louis, 111., June 1—The
boutmen yesterday bef.au the arduous
task of recovering their wrecked and
disabled craft, at least such portions
of it as appeared to be worth saving.
Eleven boats and tugs are badly de
molished and sunk, most of them be
j ing thought to be beyond repair.
i -
City Loss, •000,000
I Sr. Louts, Mo., June 1.—Comptroller
J Sturgeon thinks the city treasury will
' be heavily taxed as a result of
i Wednesday's storm. He says it will
take nearly #(100,000 to repair the
damage done to city buildings.
Lutheran Futon Expelled.
Middleton, Ohio, J une 1.—Asensa
I tion was created in the synod of the
j Western district of the Evangelical
Lutheran church, by the anttounce
I meat that two ministers, delegates to
the synod, had been lined for being
drunk and disorderly. They were
immediately expelled from the synod.
They are Rev. Andrew l*opp, Stanton,
Ind., and Rev. O. T. Koblitz, liope
ville, Mercer county, Ohio.
A Set-Back for England.
London, June 1.—A Cairo dispatch
to the Times says: The decision of
the mixed tribunal is an open secret,
although it will not be delivered until
Monday. It will support the French
contention, and thus virtually decide
that the Egyptian government cannot
make war against the Khalifa, or even
resist a Soudanese invasion, without
the consent of each member of the
debt commission.
Rebellion to Brasil.
Rio Janeiro, June ).—Disorders
have occurred in the province of Minas
Gereas. The commandant of the po
lice there has been killed and troops
have been sent to quell the disturb
ance.
CONGRESS IS REPROVED.
THE PRESIDENT VETOED THE RIV
ERS AND HARBORS BILL.
TOO MUCH PATERNALISM
The Measure Held to Contain Many Pro
visions Which Would Greatly Increase
Present Burdens—Deplores the
Tendency to Value the Gov
ernment for the Favors
It Can Bestow.
Washington May 25.—As has been
confidently expected, the president
sent to the house to-day a vigorous
message vetoing the rivers and har
bors appropriation bill. The full text
of the message is as follows.
“There are 417 items of appropria
tion contained in this bill, and every
part of the country is represented in
the distribution of its favors. It
directly appropriates or provides for
the immediate expenditure of nearly
#14,000,00t’ for river and harbor work.
This sum is in addition to appropria
tions contained in another bill for
similar purposes, amounting to a little
more than $3,000,000, which has
already been favorably considered at
the present session of Congress. The
result is that the contemplated imme
diate expenditures for the objects
mentioned amount to about #17,000,000.
“A more startling feature of this
bill is its authorization of contract
for river and harbor work amounting
to more than $02,000,000. Though the
payment of these contracts are, in
most cases, so distributed that they
are to be met by future appropria
tions, more than $3,000,000 on their
account is included in the direct ap
propriations above mentioned.
MANY MILLIONS INVOLVED.
“Of the remainder-nearly $j0,000,000
will fall due during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1898, and amounts
somewhat less in the years immedi
ately succeeding. A few contracts of
a like character,authorized under pre
vious statutes, are still outstanding,
and to meet payments on these more
than $i,000,000 must be appropriated
in the immediate future. If, there
fore, this bill becomes a law, the obli
gations which will be imposed on the
government, together with the appro
priations made for immediate expend
iture on account of rivers and har
bors, will amount to about $s0,000,
000.
“Nor is this all. The bill directs
numerous survey s and examinations,
which contemplate new work and
further contracts, and which portend
largely increased expenditures and
obligations. There is no ground to
hope that in the face of persistent and
growing demands the aggregate cf
appropriations for the smaller schemes
not covered by contracts will be re
duced or even remain stationary. i>'or
the fiscal year ending June 30, 189S,
such appropriations, together with
the installments on contracts which
will be due in that year, can hardly
be less than $30,000,000, and it may
reasonably be apprehended that the
prevalent tendency towards increased
expenditures of this sort and the con
cealment which postponed payments
afford for extravagance will increase
the burdens chargeable to this account
in succeeding years.
THE PRESIDENT’S DUTY.
“In view of the obligation imposed
upon me by the constitution it seems
to me quite clear that 1 only dis
charge a duty to our people when I
interpose my disapproval of the legis
lation proposed. I learn from ofiicial
sources that there are appropriations
contained in the bill to pay for work
which private parties have actually
agreed with the government to do in
cuusiuei utiuu ui bueir uccuputicy oi
public property. I am convinced that
the bill now under consideration will
open the way to insidious and increas
ing abuses, and is itself so extra vacant
as to be especially unsuited to these
times of depressed business and result
ing disappointment in government
revenue.
“This consideration is emphasized
by the prospect that the public treas
ury will be confronted with other ap
propriations made at the present ses
sion of Congress amounting to more
than $r>0O,OUO.(K)G. Individual econ
omy and careful expenditures are
sterling virtues which lead to thrift
and comfort. Economy and the ex
action of clear justification for the ap
propriation of public moneys by the
servants of the people are not* only
virtues, but solemn obligations.
“To the extent that the appropria
tions contained in this bill are insti
gated by private interests and to
promote local or individual projects
their continuance cannot fail to stim
ulate an injurious paternalism and
encourage a sentiment among our
people, already too prevalent, that
their attachment to our government
may properly rest upon the hope and
expectation of direct and personal
favors, and that the extent to wnich
they are realized may furnish an es
timate of the value of governmental
care. 1 believe no greater danger
confronts us as a nation than the un
happy decadence among our people of
genuine and trustworthy love and
affection for our government as the
embodiment of the highest and best
aspirations of humanity and not as
the giver of gifts, and bee tuse its mis
sion is the enforcement of exact jus
tice and equality and not the allow
ance of unfair favoritism.
“I hope I may be permitted to sug
gest at a time when the issue of gov
ernment bonds to maintain the credit
and financial standing of the country
is a subject of criticism, that tlic con
tracts provided lor in this bill would
create obligations of the United States
amounting to SGii.OOO.OOII. no less bind
ing than its bonds for that sum.
“(llJOVKR CJ.KVKI.ANH.”
Kansas City's Appropristln-i Denied
Washington, May '.9.—The House
refused to accept the Senate amend'
ment to the sundryc’.vil bill appropr'
utitig $l!ti,0OO for the Kansas City
government building and the item
was returned to conference.
Russia In Frayerfal Attitude.
London, May 28.—Sir Edwin Arnold*
in his dispatch to the London Daily \
Telegraph in regard to the coronation,
of the czar, says: “The edifice itself
(the Cathedral of the Assumption) is.
minute, but its inner glories and
sanctuaries are sueh that you feel as
if you were standing at the heart of
some jeweled cavern of dreamland.
To feel, however, as the devout Hes
sian feels in this astonishing place,
you must know something of the
overwhelming associations clustering
around it.
“The most impressive moment was
when all, including the metropolitan,,
were prostrate on their knees in.
prayer for the protection and guid
ance of the czar. He alone remained
standing—a lonely figure in the
thronged cathedral—a ionely figure
in his empire. For at this intense
moment all the empire is practically
on its knees for him before the throne
of heaven. One can hardly bear to
look upon his face at this, prodigious
instant, when a hundred million
hearts concentrate their thoughts and.
supplications upon that single head.
Imperial lofty, confident, perhaps he
is; but how isolated, how solitary,
how alone!
“Mow commences the striking feat
ure of the ceremony, which fil ls the
mind with inexpressible sympathy
and almost with compassion-the
melting of loyalty into the family
passion characieristie of the ,s,av.
With an exquisite softness of voice t
and gesture, the emperor calls to him-"I
his empress. A passing tremor seems,
to shake the fair form which arose in
obedience to the summons, but, with.
tt 1 uigmty ami grace, sue tails upon
her knees before her august lord—a
sight as touching as it is majestic, her
long hair loose upon her white neck,
her splendid garments trailing in a
sheeny glory; her ungloved hands
meekly clasped—every inch a queen,
though not yet crowned.'’
Dr. Dillon of the Daily Telegraph
describes the lighting of the Kremlin
as follows: “At 9 o’clock in the even*
ing the emperor appeared on the bal
cony of the palace.wreathed in smiles,,
his figure adorned in medals and
ribbous. He advanced with a grace
ful bow and offered to the czarina a
curious bouquet. Directly the czar
ina's hand touched the nosegay, every
flower and bud took fire and at the
same moment the whole of the Krem
lin burst into flame. The thunder of
10,000 voices rent the skys, followed
by snatches of song and shrieks of
delight as the various figures in fire
came into sight, mingled with howls
of pain as some unfortunate person
was crushed and disabled by the care
less crowd.”
TAXES REDUCED.
The Manifesto of the Cxar Is a Wel
come Message to the Km pi re.
Moscow, May “J8.—The czar’s mani
festo, issued upon the occasion of his
coronation, remits all arrears of taxa
tion in European,Russia and Poland.re
duces the land tax by one-half for ten
years, and remits or reduces all fines,
quashes all petty convictions involv
ing imprisonment or fines up to 30Qs
roubles, with the exception of per*(
sons sentenced for robbery, embezzle
ment, usury, extortion, fraudulent*
bankruptcy or offenseb against honor.
Further, the manifesto prescribes
all exiles in Siberia after twelve years’
exile in the remoter parts, be, after
ten years, allowed to choose their
place of residence, except in capital
cities and governments, but their
civil rights will not be restored. Ex
iled criminals have a third of
their sentences remitted, life sen
tences are commuted to twenty years,
and many other punishments - are
lightened.
A Big Deed of Trust.
Nevada, Mo., May £8.—A volumin
ous deed of trust, covering seventy
one pages of printed matter, has been
filed for record in the Vernon county
recorder’s office here. It covers
(800,000 worth of property at this ^
place, Rich Hill, Pittsburg, Kan.,
Weir City, Kan., and other points,
and is given by the Cherokee Lanyon
Spelter Company to the State Trust
Company of St. Louis for (300,00ft
worth of gold bonds.
Tha Anti-Divorce Bill Signed.
Washington, May 28.—The Presi
dent has signed the bill which neces
sitates a residence ot a year in a given .A
jurisdiction prior to the institution of '
divorce proceedings. The new law
cannot interfere with cases now pend
ing. _
UVE STOCK AMD PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations From Maw York, Chicago,
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
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Butter—P air to good country.
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Poultry—Live hens,per lb.
Spring Chickens. 15
Lemons—Choice Messinas..1 50
Oranges—Per box . 2 50
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Apples—Per bbl.4 00
Potatoes—Native stock. 20
Beans—Navy, hund-plcued,bu 1 40
Huy—I nland, per ton. 5 50
Hogs—Mixed packing. 2 95
Hogs—Heavy Weights. 3 09
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Beef—Steers. 3 25
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