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BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
It Is officially announced that Presi
dent Loubet will proceed to Ixindon
between July 18 and 20 to return the
visit of King Edward.
Present Indications are that the
Yukon's output of gold this season
will exceed that of last year by from
#1,000,000 to #3,000,000.
The director* of the United Slates
Leather company met at New York
and declared the usual quarterly div
idend on the preferred stock.
A ferryman and eleven children
were drowned as the result of the
capsizing of a ferryboat on the river
Warthe, near Dcmbro, Poland.
Lady Henry Somerset has resigned
from the presidency of the National
British Women’s Temperance associa
tion on account of her health.
Department Commander Smtlh of
the Kansas G. A. R., has fixed Sep
tember 16-20 as the date for holding
the state reunion at Lawrence.
Mrs. Richard J. Oglesby, widow of
the former governor of Illinois, was
taken in a special train from Chicago
to Elkhart, owing to her critical ill
ness.
Savings deposits In Chicago bank*
have passed the #100,000,000 mark. In
the past year they have Increased
upwards of #22,000,000, or more than
26 per cent.
Three men were killed by a caving
bauk in a mine near Cectlville, Cal.
The victims were Will Luddy, a news
paper man, and two miners, named
Booth and Cady.
The Southern Presbyterian general
assembly decided against consolidat
ing the office of the general superin
tendent of Sunday school and young
people’s societies.
W. J. Bryan announces that he Is
perfectly willing to give up the lead
ership of his party, but he will not
consent to a surrender of the silver
plank In the platform.
Emperor William has presented the
New York Yacht club with a gold
cup, two feet high, to be known as
the “emperor’s cup” to be competed
for the first time next fall.
The navy department baa decided to
send the battleship Kearsage to Kiel
as flagship of the European squad
ron Instead of the Alabama, which
could not be prepared in time.
It is stated that out of 200,000,000
people in Africa, only 2,000,000 have
ever heard the gospel. In the Soudan
region alone there are 90,000,000 who
are without religious instruction.
Considerable anxiety has been
aroused by a recrudescence of the
activity of Mont Pelee. The general
council urges the Immediate evacua
tion to the entire northern part of the
island.
An active movement has been set
on foot in southwest Louisiana to se
cure the commutation of the death
sentence of A. E. Batson of Missouri,
convicted of the murder of seven
members of the Earl family.
Head camp Modern Woodmen of
America has been officially notified
that concessions would be made by
the various railroad lines in connec
tion with the coming head camp, to
be held in Indianapolis June 16-20.
The program for the international
concert to be given at Berlin under
the Wagner commemoration society
In October, haB been arranged by the
musical committee. Prof. Stillman
Kelly of Yale will conduct the over
ture to his opera, "Aladdin,” as the
American selection.
The Wabash railroad will take 600
Nebraska school teachers from Chi
cago to Boston for the annual meet
ing of the National Encampment as
sociation, July 2. The party will
travel in two special trains and will
make a stop at Niagara Falls and
other points of interest.
The secretary of the Interior has
received a telegram from F. C.- Hub
bard, world’s fair commissioner for
the Indian territory, announcing that
$25,000 had been subscribed by the
citizens of the territory to secure the
$25,000 appropriated by congress for
the territory's exhibit at St. Louis.
The excess in the treasury receipts
over its expenditures for the first
eleven months of the fiscal year
amounts to $38,946,616, and treasury
experts estimate that for the year the
surplus will be about $44,000,000. The
total receipts for the year to date
are $510,633,471, and the total expendi
tures $471,584,855. The surplus for
the present month is $3,528,960.
S. E. Pette, inventor of the ma
chine for making paper bags, died at
Cleveland, O.. aged 81 years He
was a native of Foxboro, Mass.
Over fifty cases of smallpox have
been discovered in the southeastern
part of Salt Lake City.
The armored cruiser King Alfred
has been selected to take the Prince
and Princess of Wales to India in the
autumn.
For want of sufficient evidence 128
policy shop cases were dismisebd at
Chicago.
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THE STATE AT LARGE.
A new bank Is about to be started at
De Witt.
Plattsmoutb reports a great surplus
of vags and thieves.
Reports from over the state say the
rain has ceased falling and the floods
subsiding.
The rainfall for the month of May
In Grand Island, as taken by the gov
ernment observer, was 12.08 Inches.
A special train consisting of twelve
carloads of cattle and hogs left Bea
trice for the St. Joseph market. The
stock belonged to Messrs. Stoll, Flro
ved and Neuhauser of Beatrice.
Dr. Bentz of Beatrice was seriously
Injured at his home in Plymouth, Jef
ferson county, by being kicked out and
trampled by a team of bronchos while
he was engaged in feeding them.
The summer school of the state
normal opened last week for a six
weeks’ term and up to the present
time 410 have enrolled. Fifty-one
counties of the state are represented.
The mortgages filed and satisfied in
Saunders county for the month of
May are as shown: Number of farm
ntortgages filed 20, amounting to $32,
490; those satisfied 36, amounting to
$57,060.20.
The first annual meeting of Salem
German Lutheran church of Fremont
was held last week. The secretary’s
report showed an increase in member
ship from fourteen to slxty-slx, or more
than 350 per cent during the year.
Conductor Ed Hamilton, who has
been confined to his room for a week
at Odebolt, is getting along nicely, but
his face Is still badly swollen. While
at Valparaiso In a barber shop the bar
ber cut his neck and blood poison
set in.
The case against Charles Green,
charged with having in his possession
malt and spiritous liquors, was called
in the York county court. The de
fendant waived examination and was
bound over to the district court in the
sum of $300. •
G. F. Downle P. A. Kllner and Yv. F.
Downle has filed articles of Incorpora
tion with the secretary of state for
the establishment, of a foundry and
machine shop at York to be known as
the Downie-Wrlght Manufacturing
company. The authorized capital stock
of the corporation is $75,000.
Jesse Miller and a young woman, as
yet unidentified, but believed to have
been a student at the University of
Chicago, were drowned in the lagoon
at Jackson park, Chicago, in a mem
orandum book In the clothing of the
dead man was the following: "if any
thing happens to me notify Ira Miller
or Sophia Casse, 1636 M street, Lin
coln, Neb.”
Owing to excessive rainfall which
prevented a few of York county farm
ers putting in all of their corn and
places in corn fields washed out York
county farmers are buying and order
ing new seed corn of the earliest ma
turing kind. Winter wheat in low
places is heading out and where water
has stood will be damaged while wheat
on higher places promises to be good.
The rainfall In Gage county, taken
at two different stations, during the
month of May this year, was nearly
three inches greater than it has been
In any year of which there is any rec
ard. In 1896 the fall was 9.62 inches
and during the month just closed the
fall was 12.28 Inches. There were
only fourteen days out of the thirty
one on which there was no trace of
rain.
At the meeting of the board of pub
lic lands and buildings James Tyler,
Jr., was chosen state architect accord
ing to the provisions of the law passed
by the last legislature. Despite the
fact that it will be necessary for the
holder of this office to wait two years
or until the next legislature can make
an appropriation for his salary, there
was a rivalry for the place and the
board experienced no little difficulty
in fixing upon a choice.
Dodge county has been relieved
of responsibility for the board of
smallpox patients quarantined in its
boarding house, according to the rul
ing of the supreme court. Herman
Deirs was running a lodging house in
which a number of railroad construc
tion men roomed. Small pox broke
out among them and the whole lot
were quarantined. They refused to
pay board and as Dierks could not fire
them out without violating the quar
antine rules, he kept them and sued
the city to recover the amount due
him.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed by J. T. Donahoo, E. E. Howard,
I A. Howard of Edgar and H. R. Eoll
mer of Nelson for the Artificial Stone
Basin Tank company, to be located at
Edgar. The company is incorporated
at $,'5,000.
During the month of May there were
two farm mortgages filed in Dundy
county, aggregating $602.50. During
the same time twelve similar mort
gages were released which amounted
to $1,255. One city mortgage was
filed.
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THEY WANT TO BE SOLDIERS.
Several Comnanies Would Join the
National Guard.
LINCOLN—A flood of new enlist
ments in the state militia is beginning
to pour into the office of the adjutant
general. These are coming in at the
rate of about a dozen a clay. Twenty
three were received Thursday. A
large mimbbr of the enlistments are
men who have been recently dis
charged owing to the expiration of the
term of service.
There are several companies now
waiting admission to the nations!
guard. As the guard now has the full
number of organizations allowed by
statute, It is necessary for these to re
main independent companies, stand
ing their own expenses, until such
time as the disbanding of some pres
ent company leaves a vacancy in one
of the two regiments. If the Dick bill
Is taken to mean that a state to re
ceive the government aid must con
tain 2,000 men, it is thought that it
would necessitate the placing of an
other regiment in the state. The two
regiments could be enlisted up to
that number, but it is a difficult matter
to keep them there.
AS TO SUNDAY BASE BALL.
Is a Misdemeanor, Punishable by Fine
and Imprisonment.
The playing of base ball on Sunday
in the state of Nebraska is a mis
demeano~ punishable by fine and im
prisonment. So holds the supreme
court in a case brought before it from
Nebraska City, where Sunday ball
playing became offensive to the law
and order league and arrests of play
ers followed.
In the case of the state again
O'Rourk, decided twelve years ago.
the same holding was made by the
court, but in this case it was hoped to
secure a reopening and a reversal of
this opinion. Nowhere in the stat
utes is the playing of base ball on
Sunday specifically inhibited, but the
court holds thfit the prohibition of
sporting includes base ball.
Girl Fatally Burned.
ASHLAND—Betsy Erickson, a do
mestic living with Mr. and Mrs. Fen
ton a mile north of Ashland, was
so terribly burned that she will die.
Mr. Fenton heard a piercing scream
from her room. He ran up and found
her door locked and was obliged to
smash the door before he could get
in. She was running around with her
clothes on fire. He extinguished the
flames, but she is burned fatally.
Crop Prospect Is Good.
TAYLOR.—Although Loup county
has had a heavier rainfall in the past
month than ever before in a like
period of time within the memory of
the oldest ii^iabitant, the crops are in
excellent condition. Corn is all plant
ed and several fields have already
been cultivated. The stand is excep
tionally good. Spring wheat is in
prime condition, and rye, winter wheat
and alfalfa fields are beautiful to be
hold.
Omaha Man Goes to Beatrice.
BEATRICE—Ed F. Schurig of Om
aha, a technical electrical engineer,
arrived in the city to succeed E. J.
Sullivan as manager of the Beatrice
Electric Light company's plant. Mr.
Schurig recently resigned the position
as city electrician of Omaha. ‘
Pay Bill for Execution.
The bill for the execution of Gott
lieb Nieginflml has finally been allow
ed by the board of public lands and
buildings. The total bill allowed was
for $253.80, of which $10 went to the
rope; Douglas county gets $50 for the
scaffold, and $150 goes "to allowance
as per order of board.” This sum is
supposed to go to Warden Beemer,
because he was warden at the time o)
the execution.
Brakeman Loses a Leg.
FREMONT—Frank Herse, a freight
brakeman on the Northwestern, was
seriously and probably fatally injured
at Scribner. The train was doing
some switching and Herse in some
way slipped and fell between the plat
form and the cars. One leg was al
most severed at the knee and will
probably have to be amputated. His
other ankle was crushed.
Strikes Oil in Well.
YORK—For some time it has been
generally known that coal oil under
: laid York county and Thursday well
S diggers at a depth of ICO feet on the
1 farm of Mr. Brandhoeffer. near Waco,
j struck oil in such quantities that it
; was impossible to use the water from
the well. The well filled up to a depth
: of forty-five feet and the odor of pe
troleum is very strong. Mr. Brand*
! hoeffer is sinking another well, hop
1 ins that he will not strike oil.
It is reported that Kansas farmers have press gangs out after “tourists."
MACHEN IS INDICTED.
Grand Jury Returns True Bill Against
Head of Rural Delivery.
WASHINGTON—The grand jury on
Friday reported an indictment against
August W. Machen, former superin
tendent of the free delivery service
of the Postofflce department, who was
arrested several days ago, charged
with sharing profits on government
contracts for letter box fasteners. The
indictment was brought tor violation of
section 5501 of the revised statutes,
the penalty for violation of which is a
fine of not more than three limes the
amount asked or accepted or received,
and imprisonment for not more than
three years. The amount which the
indictment states he received illegally
is $18,978.79.
As an incidental result of the inves
tigation. Thomas W. McGregor, for
merly of Nebraska, in charge of the
matter of rural delivery supplies for
the Postofflce department in Washing
ton. and C. Ellsworth Upton, one of
his assistants, today were arrested
on warrants sworn out by postofflce
inspectors. The charge is conspiracy
to defraud the government the gov
ernment in the purchase of pouches
from C. E. Smith of Baltimore.
Mr. Machen was in court with his
attorneys when the grand jury report
ed in his case and immediately gave
bond in the sum of $20,000 for his ap
pearance.
ONE MILLION PEOPLE STARVING.
Women and Children Are Freely Offer
ed for Sale.
HONG KONG—The estimate of Gov
ernor Wong of Kwang Si province
that over one million natives are starv
ing in that province is pronounced here
to be approximately correct. The dis
tress in certain districts is more acute.
Children and women are freely offer
ed for sale. The rice harvest promises
well, but it will not be available for
from four to six weeks. Extensive re
lief operations will be difficult without
foreign supervision, which will be hard
to obtain in Kwang Si.
Assistance has been sent to that
province from Hong Kong ar.d Canton,
but the funds available are becoming
exhausted.
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Smallpox at Salt Lake.
SALT LAKE, Utah.—Over fifty
cases of smallpox have been discov
ered in the southeastern part of this
city. The disease, on account of its
mild form was at first taken for
chicken pox and children attended
school and their parents attended
church and dances while suffering
from the disease. The health officers
believe nearly every family living in
that section of the city has been ex
posed and a quarantine will result.
Secretary Moody Will Quit.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—It is an
nounced authoritatively that Secre
tary Moody of the navy will not re
main in the cabinet longer than the
present term of President Roosevelt.
Mr. Moody expects then to resume j
the practice of law.
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Favors Chamberlain's Plan.
LONDON—A telegram was reeeiv-'
ed from Albert Brackin, the attorney
general of the Australian common
wealth, saying that the Australian
commonwealth and all the govern
ments of the separate Australian
states approve Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain's proposals. Only an ex
treme section of free traders oppose
them and an immense majority is as-!
sured for the new policy when it is
submitted.
NAMES OHIO TICKET.
Myron T. Herrick Nominated for Gov
ernor Without Opposition.
For Governor.. ..MYRON T. HERRICK
For Lieutenant Governor.
.WARREN G. HARDING
For Auditor. .WALTER D. GITII.BERT
For State Treasurer.. W. S. McKINNON
For Attorney General.
.WADE HAMPTON ELLIS
For Supreme Judge.
.AUGUSTUS M. SUMMERS
For School Commissioner.. E. A. JONES
For Member of Board of Public
Works.i.. .GEORGE H. WATKINS
COLUMBUS, O.—The republican
state convention closed Thursday
after nominating the state ticket, en
dorsing Hanna for another term in the
senate and Roosevelt for another term
as president.
While Senator Foralter was presid
ing, the delegates formulated the
campaign cry of “Hanna, Herrick,
Harding and Harmony.” It seemed to
be the policy to have "harmony” on
the ticket as well as in the declaration
of principles. While all conceded that
it was “Hanna’s year,” yet he would
not use his influence except that for
the head of the ticket he named his
neighbor, Myron T. Herrick, for gov
ernor'. The senator's great friend,
George B. Cox, of Cincinnati, certainly
named Warren G. Harding for lieuten
ant governor and Wade Hampton Ellis
for attorney general, as well as being
the most potential factor in nominat
ing Judge Summers.
GOVERNMENT LENDS AID.
Commander at Fort Leavenworth Is
sues Rations.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Adjutant
General Corbin received the following
dispatch from Colonel Miner, com
manding at Fort Leavenworth:
"Issue 10,000 rations to Kansas City,
Kan., last night. Need was impera
tive. Ask to have action approved.
Rations for this command up to 20th
here. Believe when we can get to
the country to the west of us it will
be destitute ol food. Advise shipping
rations here as central point to meet
this demand, 'j wo companies of en
gineers and pontoon train are in read
iness to be sent west. Believe they
might be of use at Lawrence.”
The department has taken no action
yet upon Colonel Miner’s recommenda
tion for concentration of supplies at
Fort Leavenworth.
HARRIMAN-GOULD INTERESTS.
Said to Have Purchased the Erie
Railroad.
NEW YORK—The Evening Tele
gram printed the following:
"According to stories current in im
portant financial circles W’ednesday
the control of the Erie railroad has
been acquired by a combination of
Gould Harriman and Rockefeller in
terests. and the road will be made
the eastern connection of the Burling
ton, Union Pacific, St. Paul and Gould
systems. The Pennsylvania has been
crowded out, although Pennsylvania
interests have been heavy buyers of
Erie shares.”
Passes an Amnesty Bill.
HAVANA—The senate, by a vote
of eight to three, passed a bill grant
ing amnesty to everybody arrested in
connection with disturbances which
arose out of the strike of the cigar
makers last November. The bill as
originally drawn up excluded ex-May
or OFarrill and the other arrested
municipal officers from the amnesty,
but an amendment offered by. the na
tionalist senators was adopted, in
cluding all offenders.
WESTERN CANADA’S IMMIGRATION.
Rapid Settlement of the Wheat Fields
Lying North of the 49th Parallel.
(From the Chicago Record-Herald.)
"Canada has anticipated a. very
heavy immigration this year, and she
now has figures to show that she is
actually getting it in a way to meet
all her expectations. In the first four
months cf this year the doors of the
Dominion opened to 40,672 persons,
according to a report prepared by the
committee on agriculture and coloni
zation of the Canadian parliament.
This is almost twice as large as the
Immigration in the corresponding
months last year, and fully three
times as large as in 1901, the respec
tive figures Tjelng 22,482 and 13,393.
"Most of these newcomers have
been attracted by the wheat lands of
the Northwest teiritories. They have
moved direct to Winnipeg and they
have turned that city into a great
camp, in which they have been fitting
themselves out fer the last stage of
their advent ire for new homes.
“Of the immigration of this spring
a little over a third has come from
Great Britain, the figure being 16,457.
This Is three times as large as the
British Immigration of the correspond
ing months of the preceding year, and
it, is within 2,500 of the number of
immigrants that the United States at
tracted from Great Britain and Ire
land in the same period this spring.
As to the remainder of the immigra
tion into Canaui 13,7.0 settlers came
from the United States, a 60 per cent
Increase over the preceding year, and
10,445 from Continental Europe, a 40
per cent Increase.
"These 40,672 immigrants Into Can
ada may appear trifling in compari
son with 297,070 persons who entered
the United States in the same period,
but they are proportionately more im
portant to the country. Canada's pop
ulation is one-fifteenth of ours, but
her immigration is now two-fifteenths
as large as ours. It Is worth remem
bering also that Canada’s immigrants
are almost entirely Anglo-Saxon and
Teutonic races, while our Immigra
tion is now two-thirds made up of
Romance and Clav elements."
"Speculation is natural as to the
future of Canada in her relations to
the United States when her North
west territories are filled up, but the
one absolutely certain fact of the near
future is that the United States is to
have a great competitor in the grain
markets of the world.”
The above editorial article taken
from the columns of the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald of .May 26th, shows the
condition of the Canadian immigra
tion, which as pointed out, has had a
constant growth—a marvellously in
creasing growth—for the past six or
seven years, until this year, it is con
fidently assumed the Increase to Can
ada’s population, by way of immigra
tion, will exceed 100,090. This is ac
counted for by the great agricultural
resources which abound there. It is
no fairy tale, but the mater-of fact
experience of the tens of thousands
bear ample testimony to the wealth
and riches in store for all who choose
to accept of the opportunities of
fered.
Those who wish to learn more of
the country can secure illustrated at
lases, pamphlets, etc., giving full and
reliable data issued under government
authority, by applying to any of the
authorized agents of the Canadian
government. These agents whose
names appear below will quote you
the exceptionally low rates that take
you to the free grant lands of West
ern Canada and render you any other
assistance In their power:
W. V. Bennett—801 New York Life
Building, Omaha, Nebraska.
Some people who like hops drink
beer and others eat frogs' legs.
If every man has his double, how is
it that so many of them remain sin
gle?
More Flexible and Lasting,
won't shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better results
th'-n possible with any other brand and
onS-third more for same money.
A reformer is generally a man who
tries to convert others to his way of
thinking.
"Still waters run deep”—but the
shallow splashing wave attracts the
most attention.
HALF RATES
via
. WABASH RAILROAD.
The Wabash offers many rates to the
East from Chicago:
Boston. Mass., and return.$19.00
Sold June 25th, 26th and 27th.
Boston, Mass., and return.$21.00
Sold July 1st to 5th.
Saratoga, N. Y.. and return.$17.45
Sold July 5th and 6th.
Detroit, Mich., and return.$6 75
Sold July 15th and 16th.
All tickets reading over the Wabash
betwen Chicago and Buffalo are good
in either direction via steamers be
tween Detroit and BufTalo without
extra charge, except meals and berth.
Stop-overs allowed at Niagara Falls
and other points. Remember this is
'The Cool Northern Route” and all
Agents can Rell tickets from Chloago
eaRi '1 a the Wabash. For folders and
all information, address
HARRY E. MOORES.
G. A. P. D .
Omaha, Neb.
A wise man swallows his pills. A
fool chews them.
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WSAL^
is a wonderful reliever of sore, weak I
and inflamed eyes. One bottle usuallv I
effects a complete cure. ?
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