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THE FRONTIER rubltnbi-d Kvery Thursday by TIIK FKONTIKR I'KINTIMi COMI'ART. (VNEILU - - NEBRASKA | BRIEE TELEGRAMS. i The duke of Orleans and a number of polltcal friends have arrived at Carlsrhue, where they will remain a few days in conference. Eight hundred employes at the Pine Brook shaft of the Ontario Coal com pany, Scranton, Pa., struck against working with other men who had no ■working cards. William Waldorf Astor has given £10,000 to the fund for erecting the new premises of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil dren at London, England. The directors of the United States Steel Corporation have declared the regular quarterly dividends of 1% per cent on the preferred stock and 1 per cent on the common stock. Orders will be issued by Lieutenant General Miles to provide for the addi tion of ten companies of coast artil lery. The material for these com panies has already been secured. John W. English, who manufactured the first traveling trunk In Racine, Wls., is dead at Mt. Carroll, Iowa. Mr. English was 90 years old, and figured prominently in the early history of Racine. Mrs. Josephine Flanagan, an aged musician of Norwalk, Ohio, and moth er of the music teacher of President Roosevelt's children, was instantly killed by an engine at the Lake ShOTe crossing. Former Senator William F. Vilas of Madison, WIs., and Joseph S. Dale of New York city, were elected to fill vacancies in the board of directors at the Wisconsin Central meeting In Milwaukee. Lord Pauncefote, the British ambas sador to Washington, will sail from England on the 2Gth Inst, on the American line steamship St. Louis. He will reach Washington about the first of November. John Woodward, assistant superin tendent of the Metropolitan Insurance company, with headquarters at Lin coln, Neb., committed suicide at Omaha. Woodward Is well known among insurance men. Walter O. Davidge, for fifty years a practitioner at the local bar at Wash ington, founder of the District of Col umbia Bar association, and one of the best known men in the national cap ital, died, aged 78 years. Highwaymen held up and robbed a party of tourists on their way to Lake Herman, South Dakota. A pitched battle was waged, but the tourists were overpowered and robbed of $500 In cash, watches and jewelry. Don Joaquin Wilker Martinez, Chil ean minister to the United States, sail ed for New York with his family from Colon en route for the City of Mexico to attend the Pan-American congress, at which he will represent Chile. The war department has just made public the revised “customs tariff of the Philippine archipelago” as enact ed September 17 by the Philippine commission. It takes effect November 15. The new tariff was drafted for the purpose of producing $1,000,000 rev enue. The residence of Claus Spreckles in San Francisco was entered by burglars a few days ago. They forced a rear window while the family was at din ner, went up stairs and stole Jewelry amounting in value to fully $5,000. Not until late at night was the loss discovered. The committee appointed by the Central Traffic association, the West ern Passenger association and the Trunk Line association, one year ago, has unanimously reported that all passes should be abolished, even the courtesy passes of one president of a road to another. Fire destroyed the McMahon Crack er and Biscuit company's factory at <550 Green street, Chicago, causing a loss of $150,000. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, after careful consideration of the re •porta and estimates of leading beet 'sugar producers estimates the beet sugar production for 1901 at 198,500 tons. California leads with 80,000 tons; Michigan is second with 60,000 tons; Nebraska is given 7,000 tons. The cane sugar production is esti mated at 700,000 tons. Clark A. Place, for forty years pay master of the Chicago, Milwaukee & iSt. Paul railroad, died at Milwaukee. Prince Adalbert, of Prussia, will ar rive at Constantinople October 30, on board the training ship Charlotte, to pay a visit to Abdul Hamid. The Kaiser Frederick monument at Breslau will be dedicated October 16. The Copenhagen newspapers revive the rumors that King Edward is in a serious condition from cancer of the tongue, with adducing any evidence to that effect t Prince Chun, head of the Chinese expiatory mission, will leave Germany next Thursday. The District supreme court appoint ed Tracy L. Jeffords and Conrad H. Syme as receivers of the American Savings bask at Washington, D. C. J Former Commander of Department of Missouri Urges Constant Practice. MAKES OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS Report He Filed In Washington Tells What He Would Advise—Needs of De partments of Fakes—Greater Quarters for Prisoners Recommended. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—In his ca pacity of commander of the depart ment of the Missouri, General Henry C. Merriam has made an annual re port to the war department. He de votes particular attention to the neces sity of better drill work by the sol diers caused by the income of many troops. General Merriam says there is a notion too often prevalent In the army, especially among the older offi cers, that a soldier who has once learned the drill regulations, the mechanism of tactical and calestehnic exercises, may be excused from drill without detriment, forgetting that bodies of men can maintain the power of collective action only by frequent collective practice even in the simplest exercises. General Merriam strongly indorses the recommendation of Cap tain Micble of the Twelfth cavalry for a change In the military drill. He says that even with the recent im provement which has rendered the bit less severe upon the mounts of young horses there is still a considerable percentage of horses made victims by undue severity in the use of the bit. He believes a return to the double rein is fully justified for at least half of each troop. uttier recommendations are that the calibre of the cavalry revolver be en larged and that a knapsack or pack be supplied to the infantry soldier in Place of the blanket bag. A significant statement by Chief Surgeon Callibo is that, with compar atively few exceptions, youths under 20 years of age are not able to bear up under the hardships and privations of an active campaign. Surprising progress toward the goal of self-support by the Apache prison ers of war is recorded in an appendix by Captain Sayre, in charge of those prisoners. He shows that they now have on hand 2,784 head of cattle of their own raising; that they have built many miles of new fences and re paired as much more of the old and that no clothing was issued to them during the year. On the other hand these Indians are suffering severely from tuberculosis and there were thir teen more deaths than births among them. They are declared to be gen erally a moral, industrious, truthful, honest and docile people. Major General Otis, in his annual report for the department of the lakes, says that all buildings in the depart ment have been maintained in a fair condition, although many have been without occupancy and show disin tegration from the climate. General Otis says that a decided want In his department is greater ac commodations for general and gar rison prisoners. The post guardhouses have become overcrowded. With the recent rapid recruiting deserters ap pear to be increasing, and at the date of the general's report—August 7— there were considerably over 100 such prisoners confined in the guardhouses of the department. The central states, from which a large portion of the United States army is drawn, General Otis snys, seem to give great advan tages in the way of concealment and occupation to the absconding soldier, and hence the post guardhouses of the department of the lakes contains representatives of many military or ganizations stated above the limits of that department. The enlarged re ward, however, which is now paid for the arrest and delivery of deserters has greatly decreased their former comparative Immunity from punish ment. Wejrler Will Aak for Penalona. MADRID, Oct. 14.—In the forth coming budget, according to El Em parcial, General Weyler, minister of war, will ask an increase of expen diture exceeding 2,000,000 pesos for the payment of pensions and military re wards in connection with the war with the United States. No llnbonlr Plague There. BERLIN, Oct. 14.—A dispatch from Hamburg asserts that there Is no foundation for tho rumors that bu bonic plague has developed in Cux haven. Hey Rube Ik Heard Abroad. BRUbbEI.LS, Oct. 14.—A savage free fight between circus men belong ing to the Barnum & Bailey show and a crowd of people occurred near Liege, where the circus has been performing. Several persons were injured and a number of arrests were made. The fight grew out of a quarrel between the Belgian ticket sellers and the staff cf the circus. Many stones were thrown at the carriages by the mob as the public was leaving. RANSOM IS IN REACH. Mill Stone’s Captors Could Profit (by Coming Quickly Into the Open. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 14.—The situation in the case of Miss Stone to night is that Missionaries Baird and Haskell are still trying to get in touch with the brigands in order to agree on the amount of the ransom. It is scarcely likely that this agreement will be reached for some days. As soon as word comes from the missionaries that the amount of the ransom has been de termined upon, a member of the United States legation will start for the place with the money. BERLIN, Oct. 12.—According to re ports received here from Sofia, the cap tors of Miss Stone demand that the ri r.som shall be deposited at Samokoff, Bulgaria. A Bulgarian cattle drover, who was an eye-witness of the kid naping, has been arrested on suspicion of complicity in the outrage, at the instance of the United States consul. BOSTON, Oct. 12.—Kidder, Peabody &. Co., who are handling the funds for Miss Stone’s ransom, said today that they would be unable to make public anything concerning the amount of funds in their hands, in suite of the new appeal for contributions made last night, owing to an understanding with the United States government. In speaking of the ransom today, Rev. Judson Smith said: “In my judgment the only safe way to act is to have the money demanded by the brigands as a ransom on hand in Turkey at the earliest practicable moment.” LIBERAL POLICY WITH NAVY. Congress Is to lie Urged to lie Generous in Matter of liuilding. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14— It is prob able that a liberal building policy with respect to naval ships will be urged upon congress at the approach ing session. No authorization for new construction was given by con gress at the last session owing in part to a disagreement as to the respective merits of single and supported tur rets. Congress contented itself with a direction to the Navy department to submit full plans for two battleships and two armored cruisers to it at the approaching session, so that the body could itself choose between the de signs. Secretary Long, however, does not regard himself as estopped by this direction from recommending the con struction of additional warships and as a full year has been lost in the executon of the naval bill from the scheme laid down by the Policy Board and as more time has been lost through the great delay in construc tion of the ships already authorized and contracted for, owing to the steel strike, a considerable increase must be recommended in order to avoid fall ing hopelessly behind in the erection of the ideal American navy. WILL ORGANIZE PORTO RICO. American Federation of Labor Sends the Necfsiary Papers. WASHINGTON. Oct. 14.—The Amer ican Federation of Labor, having de cided to make an effort to secure the proper and thorough organization of the working people of Porto Rico, President Gompers has appointed San tiago de Iglesias, a Cuban who has lived in Porto Rico a number of years, to take charge of the work. He will leave New York for Porto Rico in a day or two. He has full commission as the representative of the American labor movement and takes with him the first charter for the organized workers of Porto Rico. Are Armed a. A.iiasalns. PARIS, Oct. 14.—The Lisbon corre spondent of La Petrie says a telegram has been received at the Portuguese capital from Rio Janeiro asserting that two Italians were arrested Friday evening last in the corridor of the presidential palace by an officer of the guard. Both were armed with revolvers and daggers. In Rio Jane iro it is believed they are anarchists and intended to assassinate President Campos Salles. Wheat Crop of the World. WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. 14.—The department of agriculture announces that three most important estimates of the world’s wheat crop of 1901 agree that the crop is larger than either of the two preceding years. Long Returns to Washington. WASHING-ON, Oct. 14.—Secretary Long has returned to this city from his home in Hingham, Mass. Robhera Still Making Hay. CHICAGO, Oct. 14.—The Bank of Marysville at Potomac, a village twen ty miles east of this city, was entered by robbers and between $1,200 and $1,500 in currency and silver taken. To get into the safe two charges of nitro glycerine were used. A young man by the name of Moorehouse heard both explosions and started to ascer tain the cause. When he reached a point near the bank he was stopped by one of the robbers. NEBRASKA WOMAN’S CUBS. State Federation Has a Program of Un usual Interest. WAYNE, Neb., Oct. 14.—The pro gram presented at the meeting of the State Federation of Woman's clubs was of unusual interest. The address of State Superintendent W. K. Fowler on “Women at the School Meeting and in the School Room” has aroused more interest than any talk yet given at the convention. Reports were received from forty one clubs. Mrs. H. H. Heller of Omaha made a plea for the assistance of the federation in the establishment of kindergartens for the colored children of the south. The delegation promised to interest their clubs in the project and if possible to provide for the training of a young colored woman for the work. The daughter of Rev. William Vanderzee of Lincoln will probably be chosen if the money can be raised. Mrs. F, M. Hall gave an excellent art program. She was assisted by Mrs. Bushnell of Lincoln and Mrs. Heller of Omaha. Several women also spoke of ceramics. An amendment was carried which constitutes the presidents of all the clubs as a nominating committee. After prolonged discussion the amendment to increase the annual dues was carried, but will not take “ffect until next year. The reception at the home of Mrs. J. T. Bressler, president of the Wayne City federation, was unusually bril liant. The rooms were exquisitely decorated with roses and ferns. Mrs. Ella Peattie of Chicago and Miss Ev ans assisted Mrs. Bressler, the state officers and the president of the Wayne clubs in receiving. State Deputy Veterinarians. LINCOLN, Oct. 14.—In accordance with an act passed by the last legisla ture, Governor Savage appointed fif teen deputy veterinary surgeons, who are to be subject to call at all times for service under direction of Chief Surgeon Thomas. Each deputy will be paid $5 and actual expenses for each day’s service. The deputies appointed by the governor are: J. S. Anderson, Seward; M. T. Bernard, Schuyler; A. Bostrom, Minden; M. V. Byers, Os ceola; Fred Evans, Grand Island; M. D. Hammond, Wayne; H. Johnson, Weeping Water; C. F. Leslie, Wahoo; C. A. McKim, Norfolk; G. Robertson, Beatrice; V. Schaefer, Tekaham; J. D. Sprague, David City; M. H. Tay lor, York; G. R. Young, Omaha; D. R. Colby, Beatrice. Disposal of Insurance Fees. LINCOLN, Oct. 14.—Auditor Charles Weston and the Providence Washing ton Insurance company of Rhode Island have joined issues in a peti tion in district court, in which they ask for guidance in settling the prob lem of the disposition of the $9,000 license fees of insurance companies, turned into the office by former Audi tor Eugene Moore. This money was all that Moore returned of the $32, 116.70 he collected from the insurance I companies during 1895 and 1896. Auditor Weston would prefer to pro rate this amount among the various companies, but the Providence com pany strenuously objects to the plan. State Dairymen to Meet. LINCOLN, Oct. 14.—The State Dairy men’s association will meet in Lin coln, January 22 to 24. Sessions will be held in one of the lecture rooms of the State university and exhibits will be in the Soldiers’ Memorial hall. Aming the officers of the association who held a preliminary meeting in this city were: President Rustin, Mr. Clark of Ravenna, Mr. Rector of Crete, Mr. Haskell of Lincoln, J. K. Honey well of Lincoln, and Food Commis sioner S. C. Bassett. Official Mews of Awards. LINCOLN, Oct. 14.—The following telegram was received by Governor Savage from E. L. Vance, Nebraska commissioner at the Pan-American ex position; “Exposition officials have awarded Nebraska gold medal for collective ex hibit of agriculture and silver medal for collective exhibit of cereals.” Coal at Cooper. COOPER, Oct. 12.—Coal has been in very paying quantities one-half mile east of this place. Two veins, one seven feet from the surface, is two and one-half feet thick; the second 1£ 170 feet deep and five feet thick, each having a good roof over it and no water to contend with. Becomes Insane From Fear. HARRISON, Neb., Oct. 14.—An in sane man who gives his name as Joe Kramer was brought up to this place by F. P. Leithoff, who lives ten miles east of here. Kramer prays almost Incessantly for deliverance from imaginary detectives. Years ago his father’s house was burned in Germany and Krifiuer and his brother were ac cused of setting the fire, but both pro tested their innocence. Kramer thinks i the authorities are after him. BONIS fOR NEBRASKA COAL Three Saunders County Farmers Claim Reward for Discovery. LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 12.—Three Saunders county farmers, John Joseph, John Fafronek and Nels Gibson, have applied to Governor Savage for the standing reward offered for the dis covery of coal in paying quantities within the state. They present a lengthy affidavit in which they assert that on October 3 they found a vein of coal over four feet in thickness at a depth of 235 feet and that on the fol lowing day they found the second vein, measuring six feet in thickness and at a depth of 245 feet. Both veins are lo cated in the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 9, in township 13, north range 7, in Saund ers county. The farmers insist that they are the first to discover coal in Nebraska and therefore are entitled to the full reward offered by the state. They insist that the coal is of good quality and the veins of sufficient thickness and near enough the sur face to be profitably worked. The law providing for the award says that when it shall be made ap - parent to the governor that a vein of coal not less than twenty-six inches in depth and of sufficient capacity to pay to mine and within paying dis tance of the su-face has been discov ered it shall be the duty of tne gover nor to appoint a suitable person to ex amine the same, whose duty it shall be to report the probable extent and ca pacity of the vein. If the report is satisfactory to the governor he shall direct the auditor to draw an order on the treasurer for $4,000, to be paid to the owner of the mine of coal. A reward of $2,000 is offered for the dis covery of iron ore. DELINQUENT ON THEIR DIES Department Commander Urges that G.A. R. Posts Pay Up. LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 12.—General orders No. 7 were issued by R. S. Wilcox, department commander of Ne braska, Grand Army of the Republic. A short review of the national en campment was given, together with a few words regarding the showing which was made by Nebraska. Con cerning the dues of different veterans, the following statement was made: “At the date of forwarding the June consolidated report of the A. A. G. to national headquarters, this depart ment paid for per capita tax on 1,500 comrades who belonged to posts that had failed to make their report or pay dues to these headquarters. This was done to keep up our standing at the next national encampment, as our rep resentation is based upon our June re port, and believing those posts that were delinquent would certainly send in their report soon, but at this date, notwithstanding special notices have boon sent oirt, the following posts are delinquent: "Nos. 17, 26, 30, 33, 41, 53, 58, 65, 121, 122, 124, 125, 127, 146, 158, 182, 209, 215, 220, 223, 233, 239, 244, 247, 258, 259, 261, 266, 272, 283, 287, 292, 311, 315, 321, 327, 328, 336, 344, 346 and 349. “The commander trusts that the sim ple mention of these posts will be the means of spurring up the officers and that the department may receive re ports from them before many days. We need you, comrades, and you need us. We do not desire to drop you, but unless the reports are in before Jan uary 1, under our rules and regula tions, such action will have to be taken. Great Aspen Tunnel Done. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 12.— The great Aspen tunnel on the Leroy Bear River cutoff on the Union Pa cific road has been completed and trains are running over the new route. The cutoff and tunel shorten the line nearly ten miles and reduce the grade over that portion of the road from seventy to forty-three feet to the mile. The tunnel has been two years in course of construction, and has cost a large sum. Arthur Van Kuran in Sentenced. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 12.— Arthur J. Van Kuran, formerly of Omaha, was sentenced by Judge Stew art to serve two and a half years In the state prison on a conviction last week of embezzling *8,000 from the Oregon Short Line Railroad company while serving as its local treasurer. Land Prices Increasing In Polk. OSCEOLA, Neb., Oct. 12.—County Treasurer Keene I.udden bought a quarter section of land for *4,600 a short time ago. He has just sold the tract for *6,000. No Fear of Lynching. 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