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Postmaster General Payne stated
that he had been greatly benefited by
his trip to the Catskills.
Anthracite eonl fields have beer
discovered In Colorado equal In ex
tent to those of Pennsylvania.
Almost $30,000 has been collected
for tho relief of the sufferers by the
Oakford Park dam at Jeannette, Pa.
The work of relief has been systema
tized.
The director of the mint purchased
75,000~tninces of silver Tor account ol
Philippine coinage at an average ol
63.85 cents an ounce, delivered In Phil
adelphia.
Signor Marconi, the Inventor of
wireless telegraphy, is said to have
discovered a method by which oxy
gen may be extracted from air at a
very slight expense.
Dr. George Harris, president of Am
herst college, told the educators In
convention In Boston that If sports
stopped at colleges and schools the
moral tone would suffer.
The secretary of tho treasury has
selected as a site for the public build
ing at Grand Island, Neb., tho south
west corner of Locust and Second
streets. The price is $9,600.
A representative of a Wisconsin tan
nery purchased $1,000,000 worth of
hides from the Kansas City packing
houses. The hides had been covered
bv water during the flood and were
soid at a discount.
The executive board and officers of
the Iron Molders’ International union
met In Cincinnati. Trade demands
and grievances affecting over 7,000
men in all sections of the country
will be considered.
United States Minister Beaupra ca
bled the state department from Bo
gota that the Panama canal treaty Is
dragging along before the Colombian
congress. He does not Indicate Its
chance of ratification.
ExCongressman Allen of Mississip
pi is in Washington In connection with
his duties as national commissioner
of the St. Louis exposition. He stout
ly maintains that the uattonal capi
tal Is a fine summer resort.
Roger W. Woodbury, a pioneer
newspaper main and banker of Den
ver, died, aged G2. Mr. Woodbury
was a native of Franclstown, N. H.,
and had been a resident of Colorado
for about thirty years. He was one
of the founders of the Denver Evening
Times.
At a meeting or the Oregon con
gressional delegation and the direc
tors ot the Lewis and Clark exposi
tion it was decided to ask congress
for'*700,000. Of this amount it is de
sired to expend *100,000 on the Alas
kan exhibit and *100,000 on a Philip
pine exhibit.
W. F. Thummel, who was appointed
by President Roosevelt to be a mem
ber of the board of general apprais
ers for the port of New York, has de
clined the position. Mr. Thummel is
a son-in-law of Congressman “Pete"
Hepburn of Iowa, and the position
which he declined pays *7,000 per
annum.
United States Minister Wilson
makes from Santiago, Chile, a rather
long report by cable to the state de
partment, touching the plague. He
says the disease has spread to nearly
all Chilean ports; that the postal serv
ice is disorganized, and that no Amer
ican mall has been received at San
tiago tor nine weeks.
Father Antrobus, the superior of
Brompton oratory. U dead in London.
He was regarded as a possible suc
cessor to Cardinal Vaughn as arch
bishop of Westminster. In his early
career he was In the diplomatic serv
ice, and for a time filled the post of
second secretary of the British le
gation at Washington.
Dr. August Manns, who has been
the xeelpent of a presentation from
the Handel festival choir in London,
was bom a Pomeranian some eighty
eight years ago, and has been asso
ciated with the Crystal Palace, as
musical director, for not far short of
half a century, and with the Handel
festival, as conductor, since 1883.
Hot weather and strikes are having
a marked effect upon the savings
banks. Amounts drawn out by depos
itors during the first few days of July;
have been largely In excess of the
money taken out during the same time
last year aud the year before, whilo
many banks say that in their cases
the withdrawals break all records.
Lord Salisbury has an old fashioned
weakness for huge fires of wood, and
at Hatfield House there is a speoiaa
of trolley for the conveyance of the
logs to the gigantic grates In the
drawing room, long gallery, and 11
oraxy.
Major Lazarovk-s, who Is credited'
with firing the first shot at King Alex
ander, having threatened to resign be
cause his same was omitted from the
list of King Peter's birthday promo
tibns, has been made a lieutenant
colonel.
HIDDEN PICTURE PUZZLE.
"I am going over to see Eben.” Where is he?
PORTS ARE OPEN
RUSSIA AGREES NOT TO INTER
FERE WITH POLICY.
TRADE FREE TO THE WORLD
WASHINGTON — The Manchurian j
question has been settled satisfactor
ily to this government.
Assurances have been received from j
the Chinese government that it will,
in the * ar future, open, as treaty
ports, several ports now closed to the
world’s trade.
The Russian government has con
veyed formal assurance to the United
States government that it will not in
any way oppose such opening. While
the ports to be opened are not yet spec
ified, it is gathered from the commu
nications received that they are Mouk
den, the principal island port of Man
churia, and Ta Tung Kao, at the mouth
of the Yalu river.
The state department is highly grat
ified at the outcome, feeling that it. has
secured not only for American com
merce, but for the commerce of the
world at large, a very substantial gain.
It now develops that the meeting of
Russian officials at Port Arthur, just
concluded, was but one of the steps,
though an important one, which the
St. Petersburg government had plan
ned in execution of its purpose to place
matters of internal administration in
Manchuria in such condition that the
ports desired by the United States and
Japan could be opened to trade with
out causing disturbance or involving
undue sacrifice of proper Russian in
terests.
It already had been reported that
much of the friction that had grown
out of the Manchurian question was
caused by a sort of triple yet independ
ent administration of affairs in Man
cnurla, by representatives of the dif
ferent branches of the Russian gov
ernment.
The result was that one official
would not feel bound by the pledges
made by another, so that foreign na
tions complained of bad faith. It is
understood that now, following the
Port Arthur conference, a compact and
responsible direction of affairs has
been arranged for and orders issued
from St. Petersburg are certain to
meet with speedy and exact compli
ance.
Although no set time Is mentioned
in the promise to open the ports, it
is believed that this will follow soon
after the Russian evacuation in Sep
tember.
It is now known that the negotia
tions which have termined so success
fully were practically brought to their
present phase by Secretary Hay and
Count Cassini at a meeting at the Rus
sian embassy on June 28. the day be
fore the secretary left, for Newport,
for the ambassador then had in hand
the necessary authorization from his
own government to make the pledges
which are now in process of redemp
tion.
Harriman Plans Fine Villa.
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y.—E. H. Harri
man is having plans prepared for the
erection of an Italian villa in the wil
derness of Arden.
The work of construction is to be
gin as soon as Mr. Harriman returns
from Europe.
Will Test His Alrshio.
WASHINGTON. D. C—Prof. Lang
ley’s new air ship was towed down the
Potomac on a house boat to a secluded
point on the lower Potomac where it
will be given its preliminary trial as
soon as some few details can be ar
ranged. Prof. Langley, who is head of
the Smithsonian Institute, in planning
his air ship, it is stated, studied the
movements of the buzzard and tried
to develop a machine that would have
strong pinions.
CANDIDACY OF CLEVELAND.
What W. J. Bryan Has to Say of the
Same.
MILWAUKEE, Wis —W. J. Bryan
was interviewed here as to the Cleve
land movement. Mr. Bryan said: “It
is a comedy as it. now stands, but a
tragedy if it Hhould succeed.”
Mr. Bryan declared that all he de
sired to see was the nomination by
the democratic party of some one who
would stand by democratic principles.
"By democrats,” said he, “I mean
the principles enunciated at, the Kan
sas City convention of the democratic
party, the last opportunity the party
had to declare the principles on which
it stands."
Asked if there was any danger of
the old line of Cleveland democrats
capturing the next convention, Mr.
Bryan said: .'“I do not think such a
thing is a probability. If there were
such a probability, danger would be
the right word to use in connection
with the results it would work to thil
democratic party.”
ATTEMPT TO BRIBE A JUDGE.
An Attorney Alleged to Have Offeree
$250,000.
BUTTE, Mont.—The disbarment
case of A. J. Shores, chief attorney
for the Amalgamated Copper com
i pany, charged with attempting to
bribe Judge Harney with $250,000, in
connection with the Minnie Heath
mine decision, was called for trial
Tuesday after six months’ delay. F.
A. Heinze and John McGinnis of the
Montana Ore Purchasing company, to
whom the mine was awarded, were
subpoenaed by the defense, which al
leges a business and political con
spiracy on the part of the opponents
through Shores.
of the Amalgamated Copper company
An affidavit of Charles W. Clark,
son of the Montana senator, w-as read,
admitting that he offered Judge Har
ney the money, with the approval of
Mr. Shores and other Amalgamated
attorneys.
MOVE TO CHANGE THE DATE.
Would Have Memorial Day Fall on
Sunday.
SALEM, O.—Dr. A. C. Yengling,
Grand Army department commander,
and his staff of this city have inaug
urated a movement in this county to
change the date of Memorial day from
May 30 to a later date. Posts of this
county and this section are asked to
take action along these lines. Tho
: reason for taking this action is the
manner in which the day is desecrated
in the eyes of the old soldiers by hold
ing sports and other events. Sunday
i is suggested by the state commander,
as he believes that on that day the
event can be observed in the manner
originally intended.
Grain Yield in Hungary.
BUDAPEST—The latest official re
port of the ministry of agriculture es
timates the yield of wheat in Hungary
at 39,600,000; rye at 12.120,000, and
! oats at 11,100,000 metereentnos (a
{metereentno is equivalent to 440.92
pounds).
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Canal Treaty Dragging Along.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Unitea
i States Minister Beaupre cabled the
state department from Bogota that the
Panama canal treaty is dragging along
before the Colombian congress.
Will Open Manchuria in Six Years.
ST. PETERSBURG.—According to
the newspaper Novikrai. published at
Port Arthur, Russia has informed
China that she is compelled to exclude
foreigners from Manchuria and post
. pone the opening of Manchurian ports,
owing to the presence of Englishmen
. and American, who, in disguise, are
, engaged in espionage. Russia, accord
ing to the paper, promises to open
, the ports six years hence, when the
country has been tranquilized.
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The new Christian church at Brown- ,
ville is about to be dedicated.
A number of deaths have occurred
in Nebraska as results of the Fourth
of July festivities.
The ninth annual G. A. R. reunion
in now an assured thing for Repub
lican City this year, August 10th to
14th, inclusive, being the dates.
John Van Boskirk, a prominent far
mer residing four nines north of Be
atrice. suffered a stroke of paralysis
and is not expected to recover.
Work on the new Lutheran church
at Wasau is being pushed with vigor,
and in about two months it will be
ready for occupancy, The building
will cost about $12,000.
There will be no state encampment
of the Nebraska national guard this
summer, but instead the militia will
take part in the military maneuvers
of the regular army this fall.
Hastings police, on information
from the Phelps county sheriff, appre
hended Frank Wiley, said to be want
ed at Holdrege for stealing a horse
and buggy and for robbing a farm
house. Wiley has been working for
a farmer, N. J. Closs, living near that
place.
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By comparison of the school cen
sus and that of the municipality of
Norfolk there appears to be one child
of school age for every two and one
half persons in the town. It is con
sidered quite a remarkable ratio as
compared with figures sent out from
otner cities.
According to Treasurer Mortensen,
it will make no difference what the
size of the bonus to be offered by the
town which gets the new normal
school is, it will be impossible to
open the school until after the legis
lature can have appropriated money
to run the school, which will be in
1905.
ioneriff Lusk returned to Tekamah
from Lincoln with Ed Schroeder, who
has just completed an eighteen
months’ sentence in the penitentiary
for stealing a horse and buggy in
Pierce county. Lusk is wanted for
disposing of mortgaged property. The
warrant for his arrest is dated Octo
ber 10, 1899.
The Grand Island committee of pas
tors having in hand the petitions for
the prohibition of base ball games
on Sunday hereafter is canvassing
the business men. and received forty
five signatures, thougu many of the
leading business men refuse to sign
it, some going as far as to say that
they will discontinue their church sub
scriptions.
A peculiar accident occurred at Ad
ams. Dr. Sloan drove his team of
horses up before his office, where he
hitched them. Shortly after he left
the team one of tile horses became
frightened, and rearing up it lunged
forward and came down squarely
upon the hitching pos:, which entered
its abdomen. The animal died soon
after.
Nebraska will have a modern insti
tution for the care or insane patients
in the new Norfolk ivaytum. The state
board of public lands and buildings
has been considering plans and will
build several small cottages for the
housing of the inmates. The asylum
was burned a year ago, and the last
legislature appropriated $100,000 for
its rebuilding.
George Trexlcr of Allentown, Pa.,
hired a livery rig at West Point, and
though several days have elapsed,
nothing has been heard of the man or
horses.
It is now believed that the York
county apple crop this year will be
the smallest that the county has pro
duced in years. According to reports
of apple growers, the fruit did not re
vive after the frost as rapidly as the
smaller fruits ana its progress seems
very slow. The apple growers will
have some apples to market, but
nothing like what was grown last
year.
The quarterly statement of the con
dition of the state banks lias just been
issued. The statement has been de
layed on account of the tardiness of
three banks in making their returns.
But for these banks the report could
have been made July 4. The state
ment shows the condition of 493
banks, which is thirty-four more than
at the same time last year, and eight
more than the quarterly statement ot
three months ago.
Congressman J. J. McCarthy has
announced that ail examination for ap
pointment to the West Point cadetship
will be held in Norfolk August 6 and
7. beginning at 11 o'clock on the Gth.
The candidates must be between the
ages of 17 and 22, unmarried, of good
habits and sound.
Omaha is to have a school of taxi
dermy. Articles of the Northwestern
School of Taxidermy were filed with
the secretary of state by J. W. El
wood, P. F. Greve and R. H. Smith.
The capital stock is $10,000.
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THE STATE AT LARGE.
EXPERIENCE IN A HAIL STORM.
A Callaway Liveryman in a Pedilous
Position.
CALLAWAY-—During the recent se
vere storm J. N. Savuclge, a liveryman
of this place, was caught out in the
hills about ten miles north of town.
In order that the high wind might not
capsize his buggy, he took shelter in
the canyon against the north bank.
He endeavored to unhitch his team
from the buggy before the storm
struck, but had only loosed three of
the traces when a large hailstone
struck him on the head, knocking him
down. Fearing the hail would beat
him into insensibility he jumped into
the buggy and held the cushion over
his head to protect him from the hail
stones, which came through the buggy
top as if it were paper, one hailstone
struck him on the Head, causing an
ugly bruise, and another on the foot.
Fortunately the team was too badly
frightened to run away. Mr. Savidge
was in the canyon about fifteen min
utes, and as soon as me hail ceased he
began to hitch up the loose traces, and
before he had done so the water was j
knee deep. He says that he drove
for an eighth of a mile with nothing
of his horses in sight but their heads,
and with the water running over the |
buggy seat.
REDUCTION IN ASSESSMENT.
Valuation of Counties fs Sealed This
Year,
LINCOLN—With the meeting of the
state board of equalization only a
week away, there are yet to be heard
from nine counties that have not sent
in returns on the assessment. If
these are not in by the time of the
meeting, under the statute, the hoard
will be empowered to base the assess
ment on last year’s valuation.
Despite the fact that the railroads
were left at practically the same low
figure as last year and the fact that
the levy this year may he increased 2
mills, the assessment from the major
ity of counties is considerably increas
ed. It is expected that the entire in
crease will amount to 58,000,000. Doug
las county has raised its valuation
$200,000 and Johnson county $300,000.
Claims Are Presented.
LINCOLN—Several members of the
visiting committees in the last legis
lature have filed, after a long delay,
their claims for mileage. According
to a resolution introduced by Repre
sentative Harrison these claims must
be .accompanied by affidavits to the
effect that the traveling was not done
on a pass, but that the actual ex- .
penses, railroad fare and hotel bills,,
were paid out of the pocket of the
claimant. Some half dozen have been
filed, accompanied by the affidavits.
They lack only the signatures of
Speaker Mockett. Most of these
claims have been scaled down from
the original to considerably less.
For an Electric Line.
LINCOLN—After some little delay
the articles of incorporation of the
Sioux City, Homer c; Southern Rail
way company have been filed with the
secretary of state. Tills will be an
interurban electric line which will op
erate from Sioux City and eastern Ne
braska.
Little Girl is Cremated.
STOCKHAM—Mrs. John Bullock
went to a neighbor's across the lot,
leaving her three children in the
house. She had not been gone but a
few minutes, when, on looking toward
her home, she saw her two children
running, a boy of about 4 years and a
girl of about 2 years. The girl was
enveloped in fire from head to foot.
She fell before her mother could got
to her. She died in about two hours.
Five Inches of Rain.
HASTINGS—This section was del
uged with the heaviest downpour of
rain of the season. For fully one hour
the water came down in veritable wat
erspout fashion. In fact it was the
next thing to a cloudburst. The sur
face of the earth resembled a huge
iake. Many cellars were filled and
those in basements tn the business
blocks had to resort to strenuous
means to keep from being flooded. The
wind blew quite strong.
Bad Storm at Oxford.
OXFORD—A most disastrous wind
lation eight miles wide. Houses were
and hail storm visited this locality,
leaving in its path a scene of deso
unroofed or moved lrom their founda
tions. Barns were destroyed and
scores of wtadmills blown down. Thom
as Cheffrcy’s barn was wrecked and
fifteen horses killed. The rainfall was ,
little less than a cloudburst. Much
wheat that promised well will not be
cut.
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;; THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
; ; Latest Quotations Prom South
• • Omaha and Kansas City.
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SOUTH OMAHA.
CATTLE—There was an extremely
light run of cattle, which makes the
supply for the week smaller than for
either last week or for the same week
of last year. Packers took hold quite
freely and the general market could
j be quoted steady to strong. Beef
■ steers made up the bulk of the offer
i in.gs, and the quality was fully as goocT
| as usual of late. A good many sales'
were made around $4.90, and as high
as $5.00 was paid. The general mar
ket could be quoted fairly active orr
desirable grades and steady to strong.
There were only a few cows and heif
ers on sale and very little change in
the prices paid was noticeable. Trad
ing was not exactly brisk, but at the*
same time buyers went around and
bought up practically everything in
sight at good, steady prices, with some
sales apparently a little stronger.
Bulls, veal calves and stags also sold
in about the same notches they did on
Thursday. There were very few cat
tle in sight, and as is generally the
case at the close of the week not many
were wanted. The tendency of prices
has been downward all this week,
especially on the less desirable kinds,
as the demand from the country has
been very limited.
HOGS—There was a liberal supply
of hogs, including those that were car
ried over from yesterday. The mar
ket opened fully a dime lower than
yesterday’s average, with the bulk of
the hogs selling at $5.20 and $5.22%,
with choice light loads selling as high
as $5.25. By the time half of the hogs
had been disposed of, however, the
market suddenly weakened and trad
ing came to a standstill. In fact, buy
ers were not even bidding on what was
left for some time, and as a result the*
close was extremely dull and weak.
SHEEP—Quotations for grass stock:
Good to choice lambs. $5.50@5.75: fair
to good lambs, $5.00 @5.50; good to
choice yearlings, $3.75@4.00; fair to
good yearlings, $3.50@3.75; good to
choice wethers, $3.50@3.75; fair to
good wethers, $3.00 @3.50; good to*
choice ewes. $2.75@3.50; fair to good
ewes, $2.50@2.75; feeder lambs. $3.50f9
4.00; feeder yearlings. $3.00@3.50; feed
er wethers, $2.75@3.25; feeder ewes,
$1.50@2.50.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE—Best steers, steady to
strong, others slow to 10c lower; fat
cows and heifers, steady to strong;
stockers and feeders, active; choice
export and dressed beef steers, $4.60@
5.15; fair to good, $4.00@4.65; stock
ers and feeders, $3.75@4.00; western
fed steers, $3.00@4.85; Texas and In
dian steers, $2.40 @4.00; Texas cows.
$2.10@2.90; native cows, $1.60@4.00;
native heifers, $2.25(®4.50; canners, $1.
00@2.40; bulls, $2.00@3.75; calves $2.25
@4.50.
HOGS—Market opened strong and
closed weak; top, $5.50; bulk of sales.
$5.37% @5.50; heavy, $5.25 @5.37%;
mixed packers. $5.30@5.45; light, $5.20
@5.50; yorkers, $5.45@5.50; pigs, $5.10
@5.50.
SHEEP AND LAMBS—Market active
and firm; native lambs, $3.20 @6.^-'
western lambs, $3.00@5.75; fed ewes.
$3.00@4.S5; Texas clipped yearlings.
$3.20@5.00; Texas clipped sheep, $3.00@
4.90; stockers and feeders, $2.90@3.85,
OUTLOOK IS ENCOURAGING.
Conditions Are Satisfactory Outside of
Speculation.
NEW YORK—R. G. Dun & Co.’s
weekly review of trade says:
“Conditions continue satisfactory,
outside the region of speculation,
many reports indicating further im
provement. During recent months the
two disturbing factors have been labor
controversies and weather conditions,
but each week has brought better
things in these two respects, until the
outlook contains much that is encour
aging. Crops are making rapid
progress and the army of unemployed
is diminishing. Railway traffic is
heavy, earnings thus far reported for
July exceeding last year by 13.6 per
cent, and those of 1901 by 19.2 per
cent. Retail trade in seasonable mer
chandise is fully up to the average
and there is less than the customary
midsummer quiet among wholesalers,
while the preparations of jobbers and
manufacturers indicate confidence In a
large fall business.
Unsettled conditions still exist in
forge and foundry pig iron markets,
while Bessemer iron is only barely
steady. The chief difficulty appears
to be the inclination of prospective
purchasers to wait for the lowest pos
sible quotations. This is a condition
to be expected in a declining market,
but appears usually aggravating in the
present instance.
Hawaii Will Make Showing.
HONOLULU, by Pacific Cable.—The
territory of Hawaii has appropriated
J30.000 for an exhibit at the St. Louis
exposition. It is understood that ob
jections have been made to hulahulu
dances and other similar displays.
Orders Low Rates of Fare.
CHICAGO.—James Charlton, chair j
man of the Transcontinental Passen
ger association, announces reduced
rates on the basis of one fare for the
round trip for the American Bankers’
association, San Francisco, October
20 to 23; triennial conclave Knights
Templar, San Francisco, 5-9; National
Live Stock association, Portland, Ore.,
January 12-15; Trans-Mississippi Com
mercial congress, Seattle, August
18-21.
