THE FRONTIER Published Every Thurvduy by [HI ntONTlER PB1NTINO COMPAWT. O’NEIUU - - NEBRASKA \ BRIEF TELEGRAMS. \\ General Leonard Wood will be the guest of President Roosevelt at the White House for several weeks. Lord Pauncefote, the ambassador of the British government to the United States, was quite heavily insured in the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York. The British court will go into mourn ing for three weeks for the king of Saxony, but the order of mourning will be suspended during the corona tion festivities. A violent shock of earthquake, ac companied by subterranean rumblings, is reported from Cassano A1 Jonie, in the department of Calabria, Italy. No damage was done. The Right Rev. Thomas O’Gorman, bishop of Sioux Falls, S. D., who has been in Rome for some time, will probably be selected apostolic delegate to the Philippine islands. A party of Dallas business men left for Washington in a special car via the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail way to invite President Roosevelt to visit that city on his trip west. David T. Littler, former state sen ator and a well known republican leader, died at Springfield, 111., of Bright’s disease. For over twenty years he was a strong factor la Illi nois politics. While a funeral was being held In a church at Plnerlo, In the province of Orense, the building was struck by lightning, and as a result twenty-five people were killed and thirty-five more Injured. President Schuman of Cornell has received a check for $260,000 from John D. Rockefeller, who offered the money ten months ago on condition that the university raise a like amount. This was accomplished. ' The London board of trade liaB awarded a handsome piece of plate to Captain Freoman of the British steamer Roddam in recognition of his gallantry at St. Pierre, Martinique, when that town was destroyed. General Greely has entered Into a contract with the Marconi Wireless Telegraph company for the erection of two wireless telegraphic stations connecting Fort Gibson, Alaska, with Bates Rapids, on the Tananah, a dis tance of 166 miles. The count of Turin, a cousin of King Victor Emmanuel, unveiled a monument to Rossini, the composer, in the Pantheon of Santa Croce, at Florence. Mascgnl conducted the mu sic, which Included a hitherto unpub lished composition of Rossini. The Union Pacific railroad gave for mal notice of its withdrawal from the immigrant bureau of the Western Pas senger association, giving as the rea son for Its action that the managers of the pool had "refused to give proper recognition to the Rock Island system.” The Philadelphia National league base ball club, through its attorneys, filed suit in the United States district court at Philadelphia, praying for a perpetual Injunction against Messrs. Lajole and Bernhardt to prevent them from playing base ball with the Cleve land American league team. Captain C. E. Tyler, formerly a wealthy resident of St. Louis, is dead at Colorado Springs. Before the war he had control of a fleet of river steamers and was well known to riv er passengers during those days. He was the Inventor of the roll top desk and realized a large fortune from his patent. President Roosevelt sent to the house a veto of the bill removing the charge of desertion from the record of Ephraim H. Oalllon, who served in a Tennessee volunteer regiment during the civil war. The president cites the records of the war department to show what the record of desertion should be allowed to stand. The final reduction of census per sonnel will occur next Monday when £00 employes engaged on special work will be dropped, leaving a permanent census force of 750 clerks. The per manent census act becomes operative July 1. C. H. Wessels and P. G. W. Groeb ler, who have been in the continent of Europe for some time past, ,'n the interest of the Boers,, have starts' foi England, with the view, it is said, si taking the steps necessary to permit of their return to South Africa. Congressman Beldler has a fine farm nine miles from Cleveland and serves milk to 4,000 families in that city. Some one asked him: “Do you Pasteurize your milk?’ and the con gressman answered: "No; I think it’s better to pasturize the cows.” Father McGrall, chaplain of Dixie which recently carried supplies tc Martinique, while there collected e complete file of “Le Colonie,” the onlj newspaper published on the island for an entire year up to the destruc tion of St. Pierrot ACT OF CONCRESS ISTHMIAN CANAL BILL MOST IM PORTANT LEGISLATION. PHILIPPINE MEASURE IS NEXT Irrigation Act of Prime Importance to the Western Section—-The Chi nese Exclusion Act and Other Mat ters in the Two Houses. WASHINGTON, June 30.—The work of congress is now practically closed, so that It is possible to sum up the record of what has been accomplished during the last seven months, which constitutes the lirst session of the Fifty-seventh congress. The session has been marked by ex ceptional business activity with many questions of far reaching Interest. With the exception of the Cuban reci procity bill most of the larger sub jects of general legislation have been enacted as laws or will become such before the session closes. Notable among these larger meas ures is the Isthmian canal bill, which eonaumates the efforts of half a cen tury to link together the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. Aside from its national and international Impor tance this bill probably involves a larger sum of money than that Gov erning any other single undertaking by the government outside of war ex penditures. j.ue rjiinyyme civh gutcrumcui bill 1b another measure of far-reach ing Importance, extending to our re mote Pacific possessions a system of internal government, together with coinage, currency, banking, corpora tion, timber and homestead laws. Among the other important general laws enacted are those repealing the war revenue taxes, extending and making more effective the Chinese ex clusion laws, establishing a tariff for goods to and from the Philippines, extending the charter of national banks for twenty years, establishing a permanent census office, restricting the sale of oleomargarine by placing a high tax on imitation butter, pro viding a consular and diplomatic ser vice for Cuba, establishing an ex tensive system by which the govern ment will aid in the irrigation of the arid sections of the west. The repeal of the war revenue taxes reduced taxation $73,260,000 and is said to be the largest single reduction of taxation ever made in this coun try. By this step the last of the taxes imposed at the beginning of our war with Spain was wiped out. The Philippine tariff act imposes 76 per cent of the Dlngley tariff rates on materials coming from the Philippines to the United States, and also imposes on articles entering the Philippines from the United States the rates of duties established by the Philippine commission. The oleomargarine act results from several years of agitation. It places a rate of 10 cents a pound on substances colored to imitate butter. The irrigation act is of special Im portance to the development of the west. It creates an irrigation fund in the treasury department, into which is to be paid the proceeds of the sales of public lauds in the arid states. This fund in turn is to be used in storing water and establishing an irrigation system, the irrigation sections to be open to homesteaders, who are to be charged a proportionate share of the cost of the improvement. The Chinese exclusion law continues exclusion “until otherwise provided by law” and also applies the exclusion to the “island territory under the juris diction of the United States.” Hubbard Estate Subject to Tax. DE3 MOINES, June 30.—The estate of the late Judge N. M. Hubbard of Cedar Rapids has been reported to the state treasurer as subject to the collateral Inheritance tax. The amount of tax which will have to be paid Is not yet known and a part of the es tate will not hs subject to the tax un til after the death of the surviving widow, but it is estimated that about $8,000 will be received under the law. General Davis Transferred. MANILA, June 30.—Brigadier Gen eral George W. Davis, commander of the American forces at Zamboanga, Mindanao, has been ordered to Manila to take command of the department of tho north. Boers Sail for Their Home. ISLAND OF ST. HELENA, June 30. —The first consignment of Boer pris oners, numbering 478 men, sailed from here yesterday for South Africa. s Street Cars Stoned. PAWTUCKET, R. I„ June 30.— 8treet cars were stoned and obstruc tions placod on the tracks by sympa thizers of the striking niotormen and conductors in this city and Central Falls yesterday. The heavy rain has made the police lesss vigilant than usual and the attacks were a surprise. Two street railway, employes were hurt by missiles. After running ten cars during the day the traction com pany took all off at dusk. RAINS DOING GREAT DAMAGE. Cros in Central West Under Water in Many Places. CHICAGO, June 30.—“If the rains continue a few days longer the dam age to crops throughout the middle western states and the loss to the farmers will be beyond calculation,” said Prof. Cox of the United States weather bureau. While he was speaking reports were coming in showing that it was raining practically all over the middle west and that many already flooded states were vi3ited by an inch or more of rain in twenty-four hours. In Chicago the rainfall was more than an inch. Illinois is one of the chief sufferers. All through the in terior, as far south as the Ohio river, the farms are flooded. Corn fields, wheat fields, meadows, pastures and gardens have been turned into lakes and ponds. Only the most favorable kind of weather will save the agricul tural communities from heavy loss. POPE'S GIFT TO ROOSEVELT. View of City of Rome, Done in Mo saic, Will Be Presented. ROME, June 30.—The Right. Rev. Thomas O’Gorman, bishop of Sioux Falls, S. D., when he returns to the United States will be the bearer of a letter from the pope to President Roosevelt, and will take with him the pontiff’s magnificent gift to the Amer ican president, which consists of a view of the city of Rome from the Vat ican studio, done in mosaic. The idea of appointing Bishop O’Gorman apostolic delegate in the Philippines appears, for the present at least, to have been abolished, al though the first suggestion of this ap pointment was uttered by the pope himself when he first received Wm. H. Taft, civil governor of the Philip pines. RUSSIA IS CHAGRINED. Therefore Sends No Word of Sympa thy to the King. ST. PETERSBURG, June 30.—The fact that no representative of the court or of the ministry has called at the British embassy to offer the sym pathy of Russia in the matter of the illness of ifeing Edward has occasioned much comment and is generally at tributed to Russian chagrin on ac count of the conclusion of peace In Soj^th Africa, It i| said upon ex cellent authority that Count Lam's dorf, the minister of foreign affairs, admitted that this peace had upset Russia’s calculations, which were bas ed upon a much longer continuance of Great Britain’s difficulties In South Africa. KING FEELS STRONGER. All Going Well According to Physi cian’s Report. LONDON, June 30.—Lust night passed with less incident at Bucking ham palace than any other night since the operation was performed on King Edward. There were fewer watchers outside the palace, the public appar ently having accepted the official an nouncement that the king has passed the point of immediate danger. The following bulletin was issued at 9 o’clock this morning: ’’The king feels stronger, in spite of a discomfort from the wound. Noth ing has occurred to disturb the satis factory progress the king is making.” Returns to Port on Fire. NEW YORK, June 30.—The Wilson line steamer Hindoo, which sailed from this port for Hull, returned on tiro. Captain Clark reports that the1 Are was discovered in the No. 4 hold, between decks at 2 o’clock in the morning. The steamer was at this time 110 miles east of Sandy Hook. The Are was fought by turning steam into the hold affected and was in con trol on arrival in port. Battle with Ladrones. MANILA, June 30.—A detachment of United States marines and a force of the native constabulary have had an engagement with a large body of ladrones in Morong province Luzon. One marine and seven ladrones were killed. Last Bulletin Cheerful. LONDON, June 30.—King Edward's physician announced at 10:02 tonight that the royal patient’s condition was entirely, satisfactory. Russian Captain Sentenced. ST. PETERSBURG, June 30.—Cap tain Krivetski has been sentenced to imprisonment for two years and six months by a court-martial. American Jockey Exonerated. PARIS, June 29.—The recent inves tigation by the Jockey club of the conduct on the French turf of the American jockeys, who, it was inti mated, had attempted to prevent the English jockeys riding with them fron winning races, has resulted in the ex oneration of Americans. It is said th< club found nothing suspicious in thei: behavior and no proof of a comblna tion on their part against the Engllsl riders. FARMERS UP AGAINST TRUST. Confronted by Threshers Combine in Dodge County. FREMONT, Neb., June 30.—When the farmers of thi3 vicinity began to make contracts for threshing their Igrain recently they were much sur prised to find an advance of about 20 per cent in the charges made by .threshers, and it now appears that ■there is a threshing combine or trust in this vicinity which is likely to make the farmer pay more than usual to get his grain ready for the market. In April last a meeting was held here which was attended by the prin cipal owners of threshing machines in 'this and adjoining counties, at which it was decided that on account of the 'general advance in the price of ma chines, repairs, coal and other things they decided to advance the price. Committees were appointed and an or ganization perfected, which is likely to be a success. Last week another meeting was held at Hooper, which was quite well attended. Farmers are satisfied that a com bine exists, including practically all the machine owners in this vicinity and extending throughout this entire portion of the state, and are contriv ing some means to get their grain ready for market at the usual prices. Some say they will buy machines of their own before they will pay the prices charged. NEBRASKA MAN IS MURDERED. Body With That of Companion Found on Indian Reservation. WOOD RIVER. Neb., June 30.— John Donaldson, living two miles east of this city, but who has been in Idaho for the last two months look ing after after some mining interests, was found murdered on the newly opened reservation near Fort Hall, Idaho. Charles Fritz of Pocatello, Idaho, was found with him, he also’ having met death by the assassin’s bullet. Mr. Donaldson had keen shot twice. No motive is known for the commission of the crime, but it is sup posed it was either for robbery or in a dispute over a mining" claim. Mr. Donajdson came to Wood River in 1866 and has made this his home ever sL.ce. He left here May 7 and expected to return in the middle of July. leaves a wife and four chil dren. He was 64 years old and a member of the Modern Woodmen of America lodge of this city, in which order he carried $2,000 insurance. School Warrants Worked Off. NORFOLK, Neb., June 30.—A stranger giving the name of L. L. Winn was arrested here charged with issuing forged school warrants to the amount of about $300. He claims to be selling supplies and exhibited a let ter of recommendation from the coun ty superintendent which has also been pronounced a forgery. The warrants were sold to the Norfolk National bank and their true nature was dis covered soon after the transaction. Child Accidentally Shot. THEDFORD, Neb., June 30.—An ac cidental shooting took place at Brown lee, twenty-five miles north of here, Sunday evening, which may cause the death of Goldie, the five-year-old daughter of David Steadman, a mer chant of that place. A gun was being loaded to shoot a cat, when it pre maturely exploded, some, of the shot entering the stomach of the child. Insane Man Hangs Himself. OGALALLA, Neb., June 30.—August Tullberg of Edgar, Wis., a passenger on a Union Pacific westbond train, en route to Payette, Idaho, was found here in a demented condition. He was locked up in jail for safe keeping and was found hanging to the ceiling of the jail an hour afterward. He had hanged himself with his necktie. Hot After George Gould. DAVID CITY, Neb., June 30.— George Gould has been arrested for the third time, charged with aiding and abetting Amos H. Gould in forg ing notes and mortgages which re sulted in wrecking the Platte Valley State bank. Found Dead in Water Tank. TRENTON, Neb. , June 30.—The funeral of L. D. Jones, a well known farmer living south of Trenton; was held at his home. Jones was found dead in a water tank. International Money Orders. OAKLAND, Neb., June 30—The postoffice here has been designated as an International money order office, to take effect July 1. Bring Back the Remains. PI.ATTSMOUTH, Neb., June 30.— The remains of Eli Bussler, whose death occurred at Shoshone, Idaho, 'arrived in this city for burial. ; Discovers Old Indian Village, v FORT CALHOUN, Neb., June 30.— Mr. Blackman, the state geologist, is |iere searching for old relics of the old Fort Calhoun camping grounds. He discovered remains of a deserted In dian village a few miles south of here. St was buried under several feet of (dirt. He also found some curious bits of pottery and instruments. The tamping grounds of Lewis and Clark i (were definitely settled. They are near the old fort . A TRAGEDY AT SEWARD. One Man Dead and Another Not Ex pected to Live. SEWARD, Neb., June 28.—This place Is all worked up over a sensa tional shooting -which occurred in the street here, resulting in the instant death of one man, prominent in busi ness circles, and the probable death of another, who is also holding a respected position. The dead: John Hand, aged about 45. The fatally Injured: Alex Lange, aged about 40. For some time past stories have been floating around connecting the name of Hand and Mrs. Lange in an unfavorable manner. Lange frequent ly heard of these tales but apparently paid no attention to them until a few days ago, when he began brooding over his family troubles. Late in the afternoon he met Hand on the street and the two became in volved in an altercation about the re lations between Hand and Mrs. Jl.ange. The meeting was a stormy one, but to the onlookers did not seem to portend anything more than a wordy battle. However, in a flight of anger Lange drew his revolver. Hand saw the motion and turned away. At that instant Lange fired. The bullet entered Hand’s head, just behind the right ear, and he fell to the ground. Death was instantaneous. Examination showed that the bullet had crashed through his head, the ball coming out through the forehead. Lange walked hurriedly away and disappeared in his barn. There he placed his revolver to his head and fired twice, the first bullet having done him but little damage. He was later found on the barn floor by a searching party. The physicians say there exists little chance for his re covery. He became unconscious soon after he was found and has not spoken of the affair since it occurred. 8AVAGE TO SEE KEEL LAID. Decides That Circumstances Do Not Warrant Heeding Protests of Labor LINCOLN, Neb, June 28.—Governor Savage and his military staff will at tend the laying of the keel of the bat tleship Nebraska at Seattle, in spite of the protests of labor organizations of that city, Omaha and other places. The party will leave either Lincoln or Omaha on the night of June 30. The governor at first was inclined • j* w tjr • t - » to take sides with the union men,, but after investigating the trouble con cluded that the fact that non-union men were employed in the construc tion of the battleship was no reason why he should join the boycott. The governor will be accompanied by nearly all members of his military staff, as follows: Colonel George E. Jenkins, quartermaster and commls cary general, and wife; Colonel Charles J. Bills, inspector general; wife and daughter; Colonel Carroll D.' Evans, surgeon general, and wife;. Colonel John H. Brown, judge advo cate general; General Leonard W: Colby, adjutant general Nebraska Na tional guard; Colonel H. P. Sutton and wife, Colonel C. F. Sckarmann, Colonel J. B. Watkins and wife, Colo nel James G. Martin and wife, Cap tain George Lyons, Colonel S. M. Me lick, wife and son, Colonel J. W. Thomas, wife and daughter, Colonel E. C. Bryson and wife, Colonel Frank E. Moores, F. M. Rublee, aide at tached to military staff. Kick of Horse Proves Fatal. EAGLE, Neb., June 28.—A fatal ac cident happened to Charles Rudolph. While he was doing his chores one of the horses kicked him in the abdo men. Medical aid was at once sum moned and all that could be done was done, but of no avail. He died soon after. He was an old and highly re spected German farmer and in good' circumstances. Board Accepts Library Plans. CEDAR FALLS, la., June 28.—The library committee has adopted the plans for the Carnegie library which were submitted by Architest W. A. Robinson of this city. Work will be begun as soon as the necessary pre liminaries can be disposed of. Sham Battle on York’s Program. YORK, Neb., June 28.—The guards of Aurora will fight a sham battre with the company of this place as part of the Fourth of July celebration program to be held here. '* Harvesting Begins in Gage. BEATRICE, Neb., June 28.—Farm ers have begun harvesting their crop of wheat, which promises to be the largest raised in this section for many years. Gage County Wells Dry Up. WYMORE, Neb., June 28.—Notwith standing the recent heavy rains, a number of wells in this county are go ing dry. In Midland township a well on the Sallenbarger farm and another on the Ramsey place have dried up completely. Both wells were deep ones and had furnished an abundant supply of water for years. There is much speculation as to the cause of this phenomenon, but no satisfactory solution has yet been offered. \vhat About Your School Hon««T You may not this season be able to build a new one, or make the radical changes In the old one that you had In contemplation, but there is no school district lu the United States that can not nfford to tint with Alabastine the Interior of their buildings, thus mak ing them more attractive, getting col ors made with special reference to their effects on the eyes of the pupils, getting a sanitary and rock base ce ment coating that will not harbor dis ease germs. The closely crowded school rooms need all the safeguards to the health of the pupil that Intelligent officials can surround them with, and all sani tarians unite in saying that Alabastine is the only proper material to be used on such walls. Perseverance Is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.— J. Anderson. INSIST ON GETTING IT. 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