ARBITRATE DISPUTES . - Japanese are willing TO DO THIS. ! Official. of tbe War Drparlmral Treater to • Little Surprise by tbe Japs— War Vessels to lie lu Honolulu Pcsdlsf Settlement of tbe Disputed Claims. 0-:':' • ’• ' , • • •'* Offrr« to Arbitrate Accepted. Washington, July 41. —The state do. partment was officially informed to day that the Japanese government hod accepted the offer made by Ha* wall to arbitrate the disputes between the two countries, including not only the difficulty over the landing of the Japanese immigrants, but also other disagreements, the most important of which is the tax imposed jpon sake, a Japanese liquor largely imported and consumed by tbe Japanese in Hawaii. The acceptance of the offer of arbi tration , a brief synopsis of which has been cabled to the Japanese minister here and given to the state depart Sy: ment, states that the Japanese gov ernment accepts arbitration in prin ciple and is prepared to enter upon the terms for a settlement nf pending disputes’ The formal letter of accept ance' has been sent to Hawaii and the conditions of arbitration will be eon tained therein. -Those conditions are not known here. When tlie officials of the state de partment were informed of the offer and acceptance of arbitration the sec retary of the Japanese legation here was informed that until the annexa tion treaty was concluded the United States would not assume any author ity in the matter, and that the present dispute mnst be considered as between Japan and Hawaii. inn secretary saiu ne was giaa to learn that such was the position of the Utfited States, as it would permit Japan sending two or three war ships to Hawaii pending final action upon the arbitration treaty. This interpretation of the situation rather surprised the state department Official, who answered that the United States would consider in a different light an agreement of arbitration and the sending of a war ship and intima ted that non-interference by the United States in one case could not be construed as passive acceptance of the latter position. The Japanese secre tary was told, however, that in the absence of Secretary Sherman and Assistant Secrotary Day nothing could or would be said officially upon tho subject, and any conversation must be considered as wholly unofficial. The sake tax of which the Japanese cpmplatn is an increase of the duty on this liquor from IS cents to Si per gallon. The tax was passed by the Hawaiian legislature and vetoed by President Dole upon the ground that it was unconstitutional and in viola tion of the treaty with Japan, who had rights under the most favored na tion clause. The tax was passed over his veto almost unanimously, only one vote being cast to sustain the presi dent The pressure for taxing sake was from the saloon Keepers and the manufacturers of liquors, as tho Jap anese use this liquor almost wholly, to the exclusion of other beverages. ENDEAVOR VOWS. President Hall of Clark University ot> tlie Chrletlan Order's Pledge. . WoncESTKH, Mass., July 31. — Presi dent Hall of Clark university, speak ing in a lecture at the summer school of the pledge taken by members of tho Christian Endeavor society, said: “We find elaborate vows in the Chris tian Endeavor society. How much shall we roly on them? This is o grave question. The oath should not be taken too early and certainly no oath should bo taken that cannot be kept For a young person to take an oath which extends for years into the future,'which is almost sure, it seems * to be, to be broken, is a very serious thing aud should not be entered upon lightly. “What shall we do about ail this? It is a difficult question and the answer is not easy. Borne of those forms of oaths should be preserved. It seems to mo proper that the regime of the soul requires that the soul rise some times to the very height of affirm ation in a great crisis. I believe there should be something by which the ■oul can express its whole conviction. «, need to have standards It is a grave and serious question, how far »« should go in taking rows like that of the Christlaa Endeavor society. Certainly such vows should not be NatUm Hadljr D»;i«ft«d. 4 Ixwfnox, July 31. —A dispatch' fron - Ctmp Malakand reports another night attack by the tribesmen last night The natives fought desperately for aeseral hoars, but were repulsed at all Joints Bonfire* had been lighted arotind the camp and in the glare the tribesmen were easy marksmen for the British riflemen. Many fell and in the light of the flames the natives eonld be seen removing their dead. It it reported that the Mollali was badly Wounded and that several of his prin cipal chiefs were disabled. The Brit ian lost one killed and seventeen wounded. v*. The Governmeot Feels the Uo!d erase. Wamhnotox, July 31.—Moran Bros tfl twattle, W ash.. who arc building the torpedo boat Uowan, have ap pealed to the navy department for time extension on the ground that many of their workmen have the gold feret ahd have left, or are about Ur leave, for the Northwest. A' — Hell Destroys Mlnaeeota Crops. W UiefSiki*, Minn.. July 31. — The - drops in a atrip five miles wide and '■ Abkty relies long In this county were ' SWldrelr destroyed bv bail last night. cVKfefc COMPILED STATUTES. Thnia for Nebraska are Nam From thl Pram Alien 1 of Time. The compiler and publishers of the Compiled Statutes of the state of Ne braska. says the Omaha Bee, have is sued the bulky volume containing’ all the state laws of a general nature in force Jnly 10, 1997, some time in ad vance of the session laws enacted by the last legislature, and the book is already in the hands of many of the local attorneys. An examination of the contents shows many important changes, by way of additions, amend ments and repeals, of which the fol lowing are among the most notable: Additions—Legislation as to: Mann ufacture, adulteration and 6alc of vin egar; leaving wells and ponds without enclosure; quarantine for hog cholera and disposal of carcasses; regulation of stock yards and companies operat ing the same; prohibiting free service to public officers by steam and street railways, and gas, water, telephone and telegraph companies; insurance by members of fraternal societies and mu tual insurance societies covering plate glass, hail and fire risks, and by the owners of village lots, not less than 190 in number; payment of interest on dally balances of state and county funds by depositories, providing that interest shall be covered into the pub lic treasury, and that depositories shall give bond and make quarterly Htatements; appropriation of 9100,000 in aid of the Interstate Exposition and state representation on the directory of the Trans-Mississippi and Interna tional Exposition, aad disbursement of state funds by the state board; erec tion of municipal courts in cities of the metropolitan class; the initiative and referendum; creation of advisory board for state eleemosynary institutions; | creation of a state free employment , bureau; consolidation of the Institu tion for the blind with the Deaf and Dumb Institute; prohibition of combi- | nations of warehousemen, grain men ind fire insurance companies; erection ' snd maintenance of public weighing ' scales at the public expense; right to levy an execution or attachment on i corporate stocks owned by a judgment | debtor; game law; penalties for adul- | teration of foods and provision for test- | ing same, and penalties for removal | from place of burial, etc., of dead hu- . man bodies. elections; law as to state banks and re- 1 ceiversof same; conditions under which i municipal bonds may be issued; char- i lers of cities of the first class; election i af officers in first class cities (declared i unconstitutional by the supreme court ] lunc 28, 1897, in case of State against | Stewart); regulation of telephone and , telegraph companies by the Stats , hoard of Transportation; purchase oi state supplies by proposals after adver tisement; regulation and government of the state penitentiary; and placing the supervision of the public printing in the hands of state officers. Repeals—The bounty nets; the char ter for metropolitan cities; liabilities of defendants primarily and collateral ly liable to deficiency judgments in foreclosure of real estate mortgages. State Maj- Context for Asaeta, There is a prospect of a lively legal controversy between the state authori ties and the depositors of the Ex change bank of Atkinson over the pos session of what available assets are left from the collapse of the institu tion. Attorney General Smyth paid a visit to Atkinson and made a personal examination of the books, which has convinced him that the state will have no difficulty in appropriating the Bart ley shortage. Mr. Smyth says that Mr. Bartlej holds certificates of deposit from the bank amounting to 855,000, and there will be no difficulty in proving that at least 845,000 of this amount was state money. The state filed a claim to the money some time ago and the issue ivill probably be decided at the Septem- , ber term of court. The stockholder! have organized and employed an at torney to contest the claim of the state. Cripple Creek at the Exposition. The failure of the legislature of Col orado to make an appropriation for a state exhibit at the Trans-Mississippi exposition will not shut the state out entirely. There will be a Cripple Creek at Omaha. Not .a miniature or model, but a wideopen town, just as it was in 1892 and 1893, with its stores, hotels, saloons, variety theaters, post express offices, miners’ cabins, grave irard, mines and mills in operation, the town peopled by those who have lived Mid worked in mining camps. There ' will be stages, mule teams and burros, In fact everything necessary to make 1 up the town as it existed eighteen i months after it became the greatest < gold camp in the world. i Bndorans tho Kxpoaatltloo. The congress in session at Salt Lake endorsed the Trans-Mississippi exposi- ' tion in the following resolution: i Resolved, That this congress reiter- i ates its endorsement of the Trans-Mis i sissippi exposition, and recommends | most respectfully that the respective states and territories give their sub- . stantial support and encouragement to the same by making exhibits of their several interests and resources, credit- 1 able to each and commensurate with the magnitude of this great enterprise; i and that the several states and territo- : ties, whose legislatures meet during 1 the coming winter, make liberal appro- , priations to further proper exhibits oi their respective states and territories Resists Payment of Taxes. The C., B. & Q, railway company has appealed to the supreme court against the payment of taxes to the school dis trict of Minden. The company claims a 30 mill levy was assessed in the district, being 15 mills more than the law allows, as construed by the com pany. The school tax was 25 mills and the tax for school bonds was 10 mills. The taxes in dispute amount to 8233. Endorsed by Thornton. P. j. Sadiliek, who visited the White Bouse with Senator Thurston, says a Washington dispatch, has been en dorsed by the latter for a consularshif in liohemia or some other place in Aus tria. Should he obtain the position bis appointment would not be consid ered as the consulate which Nebraska ts yet to receive. Senator Thurston expects to get a place as good as Apis or Panama for Nebraska. He has en dorsed about twelve applicants fot consulates from Nebraska. Dakota county is suffering from at I epidemic of hog cholera. DAIRY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS' POR ; OUR RURAL READERS. Bow Sneeerafnl Farmers Operate This Department of the Farm—A Few Hints as to the Care of Lire Stock and Poultry. N a government re port E. A. De Schweinltz has the following to say on the danger to be found In the use of butterine due to the fact that the germs are not killed by heat In making the compound. The writer has made a number of Inoculation ex periments upon guinea pigs with iifferent samples of oleomar garine. The samples were purchased in open market near the places where they were manufactured. Sample No. 3 proved fatal, causing the death of the inlmal in the one instance in two months; in the other, in two weeks. An examination showed the lungs con gested, the liver soft and pale, one of he kidneys badly congested, and 5 dis tinct ulcers in the intestines, like ty phoid-fever ulcerB. The bladder was U the present writing the nature of ;hls disease has not been determined, >ut the fatal effects were produced by he oleomargarine. Another guinea >lg Inoculated with a sample of oleo >11, taken from a lot used in the man ifacture of oleomargarine, died within hree weeks, the autopsy showing bad y congested lungs, liver dark, blood vessels congested, and the small intes ines containing bloody mucus. Five months after Inoculation with mother sample of oleomargarine, the >lg which had been used for the experi nent was chloroformed for examlna lon. The animal was In fair condl lon, but the left lung showed Incipient uberculosis, and this disease was also ipparent In the spleen, and there were icveral calcareous tubercular nodules idherent to the sternum. A prepara lon made from this same sample had ihown the presence of a germ which ould scarcely be anything but the tu >erculosis bacillus. The result of the noculatlon confirmed this diagnosis, rbe inoculations of all the animals vere made by Introducing in the side i bit of fat the size of a small pea. PARTRIDGE COCHIN HEN. rhe incision healed rapidly, and at he time of the autopsies there was 10 evidence of local lesions or any (fleet which might have been due dl 'ectly to the mechanical part of the noculations. A number of other guinea pigs have teen inoculated with different samples >f oleomargarine, but at this writing after eight months) have not con racted disease from the oleomargarine noculatlon. Two of the samples which caused disease in the animals were made at a factory where the ma erlal used may have been question ible In character. Our inoculation experiments show conclusively that disease may be com nunicated by means of oleomargarine, rhe objection might he raised that dls >ase could also be communicated in ;he same way by butter. It is, how sver, a very simple and easy matter t» pasteurize the cream before churning, rhe temperature of pasteurization Is infavorable for oleo-oll manufacture. The statements of most authorities have been to the effect that oleomar garine is good and digestible and healthful, provided it is made from pure material and the process is prop erly conducted. The legitimate and safe manufacture of oelomwgarine can he secured, therefore, only when there Is careful and safe control end inspec tion at the abattoirs and oleomargar ine factories of both the finished pro duct and the constituents which enter into its manufacture. Then, too, all the oleomargarine should be sold as oleomargarine, and should have some thing distinctive about its appearance —absence of color, as Massachusettes demands, or a specially bright color; and every pound of it should be care fully inspected at the factories before being shipped, to see that the par ticular distinctive character is pres ent. In conclusion analyses are given of a number of samples of oelomargarine and of butter. The melting point Of the oleomargarine was about 10 de grees C. lower than that of butter and several of the samples contained con siderable cotton-seed oil. The pres ence of an abnormally large amount of albuminoids in a number of samples of the oleomargarine “points to a con tamination with animal fiber and in dicates that the material used was not Standard Varieties of Chickens. The Partridge Cochin is a beautiful yet difficult fowl to breed, and in plum age Is much after the pattern of the Dark Brahma, the color being red and brown, instead of the steel-gray effect of the latter. The head of male in col or is bright red hackle, bright red or orange red, with a distinct black stripe down the center of each feather; saddle feathers same as hackle; breast and body rich deep black; wing bows, red; primaries, black on Inside web, with a bay edging on the outside web; sec ondaries, black on the inside web and rich bay on the outside web, termina ting with greenish-black at the end of each feather; wing coverts, greenish black, forming a well-defined bar of that color across the wing when folded; tall, black; sickles, coverts and lesser coverts glossy greenish-black; the lat ter may be edged with red; thighs, black; shanks, yellow and well covered with black or brownish feathers, the middle toes being also well feathered. The female Is the prettier of the two. Her head Is small and of a rich brown plumage, with a stout, well-curved beak, yellow in - color. Her eyes are bay and mild In expression. The head is ornamented with a small single comb set perfectly straight upon the head and bright red in color. The wattles are small, well-rounded and fine In texture; the earlobes are well developed and are also fine in texture. The neck Is neatly curved, with abun dant hackle flowing well over the shoulders. The plumage is bright red or orange red, with a broad black stripe down the middle of each feather. The black stripe in a good feather should run to a point near the end of the Feather. This stripe should be free From penciling, but the standard per mits a slight penciling of the black. A good back and cushion helps make the bird. Her back should be broad and Sat, the broader the better, and the cushion should rise with a gentle con- ! vex curve and partially cover the tall. Trained Butter-Makers Wanted.— Colonel Ligget and Professor Haecker unite in saying that Minnesota butter Interests are handicapped because our butter makers lack training and experi ence. They say that a butter maker ought to have two years training in a factory before they enter the agricul tural college, and then ought to act as assistant in a creamery for another year before taking full charge. There certainly is little inducement^ for a young man to spend two years in study at his own expense, for a business which pays scarcely better than any trade in which even apprentices receive wages. But we believe that trained but ter makers will command an Increase of salary sufficient to compensate them for their expense in preparation. If they can not, then the training is a waste of time and money.—Northwest srn Agriculturist Capacity of Bins and Wagons.—Ev ery boy around the farm of suitable age should be taught how to figure out the number of bushels of wheat and oats in the bin and how much the wag on box will hold. A wagon box ten feet long, three feet wide and twenty five Inches deep will hold 27.8 bushels of ear corn or 60.2 bushels of shelled corn. A crib ten feet wide, ten feet j high and sixteen feet long wiil hold 711 I bushels of ear corn. Of ear corn one I bushel is contained in two and a quar- ! ter cubic feet. In figuring shelled corn ; and grain, the same space will hold one and four-fifths times as much grain as It. will of car corn. A crib that will hold 800 bushels of ear corn will hold of shell corn or other grain 1,440 bush els.—Ex. The London policeman, on an aver age, arrests seven persons every year. Even the gossip helps to keep some people straight. GUARDING THE GOLD REVENUE CUTTERS TO ESCORT THE YELLOW STUFF. Fear* of an Attack by Chlneno Pirate* I* the Expectation of Secnrlnir Two Million* In Gold Can*e* Uncle " Sam to Take Precautions. Armed For Marauders. Washington. July 30.—Tho steamei Portland, which is expected to leavi St Michaels, Alaska, about Septem ber 15, will, it is said, bring to Seattle Wash., about $1,000,000 in gold from the Alaskan fields. P. B. Weare of Chicago, presiden' of the North American Transportatior and trading company, owner of tht Portland, has advised the treasury department that he fears an atteinp1 will be made by Chinese pirates t< capture this cargo, and has asked tha‘ the government detail a revenue cut ter to convoy the Portland out o' Behring sea. The request has been granted, though the officers of the revenui cutter service do not share the i-ar; entertained. The revenue cutter Beai and possibly one or two others will convoy the Portland. They will be fully armed i nd equipped to give pos sible marauders a warm reception. LAND OFFICES FOR ALASKA. Washington, July :10.—The appoint ments of register and receiver of the land office at Sitka, Alaska, made by the President yesterday, follow the creation of those offices by a special act passed on the last day of the ses sion of Congress just ended. Far in advance of the establishment of the office applications for appointments came pouring in at the general land office, and a large number of papers relating to them accumulated. Ros well Shelly, named for receiver, is a close friend of Commissioner Hermann of the general land office, and is well known in Oregon. He is a merchant And lives in Portland. John W. Dud ley of this city, nominated for regis ter, is a lawyer and civil engineer. He is a young man, a little over 35 years old, and a son of General William W. Dudley, the lawyer-politician and ex commissioner of pensions. The act on which these appoint ments are based also provides for a local land office for the Western dis trict of Alaska. This, however, owing to the lateness of the season and the fact that little could be accomplished there this winter, will not be carried out until some time next spring, when, according to. present expectations, a land office will be established at Circle City, 000 miles up the Yukop river, near the gold fields. Subsequent de velopments, however, may change this location in view of tho rapid changes and shifting population. The Sitka office was created at once in view of its coast location. BI11INUER NAMED. Tba Appointment to Montreal la An eonneed—Other Appointments. Washington, July 30.—The Pres ident has made the following' appoint ments in the consular service: Church Howe of Nebraska, at Palermo, Sicily; Luther W. Osborne of Nebraska, at Apia and Nukualofa, Tonga; John N. Ruffin of Tennessee, nt Ascun sion, Paraguay; A. H. Byington of Connecticut, at’ Naples, Italy; Samuel M. Taylor, Ohio, at Glasgow, Scot land; Gustave C. E. Weber of Ohio, at Nuremberg, Bavaria; John L. Bittin ger of Missouri, consul general at Montreal, Canada; John Jenkins of Nebraska, rt San Salvador; Will iam T. Louvelle of Ohio, at Belfast, Ireland; William P, Smith of Missouri, at Hull, Eng land; Griffith W. Preesof Wisconsin at Swansea, Wales; Urbain J. Ledos of Maine, at Tree Rivers. Quebec; Wilbur S. Glass of South Dakota, at Kehl, Germany; George H. Jackson of Con necticut, at Cognac, France; Hugh Pitcairn of Pennsylvania, at Ham burg, Germany; Ira B. Meyers of Indiana at St Johns, New Bruns wick. DECIMATED BY FANATICS, TIwt» Thonund Men Repotted Killed in n llattle In Brazil. Nf.w Yohk, July 30.—A dispatch to the Herald from Rio de Janeiro, Bra zil, says that authentic information has ro&ched that city that more than 3,000 men were killed in a big battle ne*\r the site of Canador. The fanat ics, who numbered more than 3,000 men, all well armed, attacked the fed eral troops. Whole brigades of. sol diers were swept down. For miles the ground around Canador is strewn with the dead and dying. The government troops were compelled to leave their dead on the field and flee to save them selves from complete destruction by the fanatics. An Arrested lllsaiu'st Commits Snlrlile. Mu. ax, Mo., July 3D.—J. II. Sterling has received a telegram from Prose cutor Irwin, who had gone to Manilla, Iowa, to arrest James Kerr for big amy, Kerr having left a second wife and two children here to return to his first wife there, that Kerr had shot himself dead immediately after his apprehension. Far tUo tJalbreath Murder. Gai.ena, Kan., July 30.—Since the finding of Frank Galbreath’s body, two weeks ago, in an abandoned shaft on West Seventh street. Deputy Sheriff Charles Rains and Constables Roe and Radley have been trying to run down thp perpetrators of the murder. Yes terday they arrested Ed Staftleback, his mother. Mi's. Wilson, and her hus band, Charles Wilson, George and Cora tSIailleback, Anna McCombs and K. Carpenter. The people arrested nru a tough lot. Excitement is run ning high and the prisoners wero hur ried overland to Columbus last night for protection. SOUTHERN MURDERS. Business Stopped In Habile, Ala., and Lynching! Proposed. Mobile, Ala., July 40.—As the result of three murders last night, business is practically suspended and on all sides the opinion is freely expressed that summary justice should be meted out. If the day passes without a lynch ing1 it will be a surprise. At 7 o’clock last night Thomas Jones, 63 years of age, an ex-Confederate vet eran, tried to get Isiah Davis, a negro who had already served a term for as sault with intent to murder a white man, out of his house, into which he had broken, when the negro, a power fill man about 30 years of age, after choking Jones, picked up a piece of wood which had come off the fence and broke Jones's neck. The crowd which rapidly assembled was about to lynch Davis, when police officers res cued him with difficulty aud he was put in the city jail, a building strongly constructed, impossible of capture without cat loss of life. All night long a uetermined crowd of men remained outside the jail, but they knew the futility of an attack and waited until the prisoner should be removed. Before midnight Mayor Bush called out the local troops, but of the *00 men com posing the First brigade in this city, only seventy-five responded. With their officers they lay under arms all night expecting a call. This morning Davis was brought before the recorder. The coroner’s jury and the lower court sent him up for murder, though he tried to play off insane. Between 12 and 1 o’clock this morn ing Willie Knight, known os the “Pensacola Kid,” shot and instantly killed another negro named Dantzler, and as he was being chased by officers shot and mortally wounded Policeman Tucker. He was arrested by Hubbard, a section boss, at Hurricane bayou at 7 o’clock, and a special engine with officers brought him to town, but the engine was stopped upon the outskirts and the negro rushed thror- ’; the suburbs to the county jail. IRISHMEN MAY BE FREED. Clomency for the Five Remaining Ufa Political Prl