(HE O'NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. >*NEILL, NEBRASKA .1 :—r'-.:v. g-j Lecturing upon (ho "Hygiene of the Home," at the hygienic institute yes terday, Mr. Somerville Hastings advo cated the abolition of carpets, hangings tnd everything that could harbor dirt end dust. The quantity of dust that would He on the point of a pin was sufficient In which to raise 3,000 colo nies of germs, most of them nocuous to human beings. Our hardy forefa thers of the reigns of Mary, Kllzabeth and James I. never washed face, hands or clothing, and a bath was unknown. (Ting James confined his personal ablu tions to wiping the tips of his fingers with a damp napkin. Only students ol history know the horrors of life in the middle ages. It was almost incon ceivably dirty. Manufacturers of talking machine* are elaborating their enterprises to an extent never dreamed of before, it will not be long before an entire opera cast will be heard on one of these machines. Formerly a tenor or prirna donna was enough. Now the costly artists from the opera house sing duets, trios and quartets. The services of such per formers are made possible by the fact that all of'these celebrities are now content to take a royalty on the sale of their songs rather than a fixed price. It was formerly customary to pay a certain sum, but the singers now clamor for a percentage, since there Is such a great demand to hear them in this way. Curious talcs are told of the Masai, one of the most warlike of the native African tribes. They have been attack ing the natives In the German protec torate with great daring, driving off great herds of cattle with singular ease. Half the attacking force will sweep down on a peaceful village, engaging in * a bloody fight with the inhabitants, while the other half will drive away the herds. The Masai have a wonderful knack In the management of cattle. A German writer says that a single Masai Is often able to coax behind him a whole herd of cattle by lightly whist ling and tapping with his spear against bis huge shield. General Grant once described an Il literate surgeon In the employ of a cer tain northern regiment. A promising roung officer had been wounded, und this surgeon had dressed the wounds General Grant sent for the surgeon later to ascertain the young officer's chances. "He Is wounded," said the Surgeon to the commander-in-chlef, "in three places." "Are these wounds fa tal?” General Grant asked. The sur feon nodded a grave assent. "Two of he wounds are fatal,” he said. "The third Is not. If we can leave him to rest quiet for a while, I think he will pull through." An Innovation is said to have crept Into the English house of commons re cently, when hand-ctapplng, familiar the world over, but forbidden In the mother of parliaments, was for the first time heard. The custom of the house calls for “Hear! Hear!” as the ex pression of approval, often Ironical "Hear! Hear!” according to learned au thorities, Is a modern shortening of "Hear him! Hear him!" the regular parliamentary shout of approval down to the early part of the last century. Icelanders have a strange but effect ive plan for preventing horses from Straying away. They tie the head of one horse to the tall of nnother, and the head of this to the tall of the former. In this state it Is impossible for the horses to move on, either backward ot forward. If disposed to move at all, it will be only in ft circle, and even then there must bo mutual agreement to turn their heads th.1 same way. The voracity of the eagle is a well known fact, but it has been left to a Swiss hunter to define exactly the var iations which take place in its dally menu. In a nest In the Alps, side by •lde with an eagle, he found a hnre, freshly killed; twenty-seven chamois' feet,four pigeons’ feet, thirty pheasants’ feet, eleven heads of fowls, eighteen heads of grouse, and the remains of rabbits, marmots and squirrels. Dr. Nicholas Senn, of Chicago, will ■tart on April 4 for a four months’ trip through Africa, to make a study of the lowest types of humanity. He will go from New York direct to Lisbon. Por tugal, where he will attend the an nual session of the medical congress from April 1# to 2B. Crossing the Med iterranean to Africa, he will travel the length of the continent by caravan and ■all to Cape Town. With the exception of the larger \ towns the precautions against fire in ; France are remarkably Inadequate. Many towns of from 500 to 3,000 people have no water supply other than or dinary wells, operated generally by I bucket draws Instead of pumps, and no Are apparatus except occasionally a hand force pump, such as Is used by contractors. The Chinese Imperial commissioners. In the Boston public library the other I day. expressed great astonishment that it no one could tell them which book In • the library was the oldest. From the I Chinese point of view the oldest book E 1» the best. There are no "six best I sellers” in Chinn. A book under 1,000 I years old Is read by no self-respecting : wan. ' -— f A curious circumstance In connection |; with the death of the king of Denmark ; , Is the fact that one of the Danish col li «mies, Greenland, will not learn the || news for three months, owing to the || difficulty of ships reaching the land. It In Ignorance of the event, the Green 1 landers will celebrate King Christian's |1 birthday on April 8 in the usual man ner. ;|! The British government stands to ; lose Its naval reserve unless It changes f recent regulations, which require twen ? ty-elght consecutive days’ service at | j «ea on a battleship each year. As most b °r thp mpn arp engaged in liners and ' other seagoing vessels, this gives them ! j the choice of leaving the reserve or ;’f losing their ships. f t Fishes have no eyelids, and necessar U ily sleep with their eyes open; they i f swallow their food whole having no i,j' dental machinery. Frogs, toads and || sernents never take food except that l.V-lrh they are certain Is alive. Ser |^|;rp'’f" are so tenacious of life that they I;live for six months or longer with ,'out food. • T’-'ron Takahi says four-fifths of the j',T-»-nese boys are now studying Eng J'sh. and that It will soon become the t Isn-rage of Japan and later of the IJtjiw'-*. The language seems to tie fol jlj—vh’g the drumbeat in Its circuit of | globe, and It represents a conquest tjtjsf a far higher order. If Tr> recent years the construction of il-llways proceeded in Germany at the of about 621.5 miles a vear. The !||otlre trackage exceed" at present 34, |.jgW miles. The electrification of rall L jr^VS I* *1111 confined to a few suburban ilaeto ^where the system works satis RACING CIRCUIT OF NORTH NEBRASKA | The Final Arrangements Made at Neligh With the Towns. £IGHT ARE MEMBERS Races of the Circuit Will Open at Nor fpik on August 15 and Continue at Convenient Points During Eight Weeks. _ Norfolk, Neb.. March 28.—P. J. Barnes of Norfolk, and J. L. Ryneurson of Madison returned from Neligh, where they attended a meeting of the North Nebraska Racing circuit, composed of the towns of Norfolk, Neligh, Battle Creek, O'Neill, Creighton, Madison, Stanton and Tllden. The meeting was held at Neligh and was for the pur pose of making final arrangements Ra the race meetings to he held In the circuit during the season. The dates determined upon are as follows: Norfolk, August 15-17; Ne ligh, August 22-24; Battle Creek, Au gust 29-31: O’Neill, September 6-7; Creighton, September 13-15; MadlBon, .September 19-21; Stanton, September '26-28; Tllden, October 3-5. This ar rangement of dates will insure a big string of horses at all of the meetings, for the reason that a horse can start at Norfolk and be sure of a purse In sight during the remainder of the lac ing season. The purses throughout the circuit run from $200 for class races to $250 for free for alls. Stanton will give an additional merchants’ purse of $300. The entries for the various races will dose as follows: For Norfolk, Neligh and Battle Creek ori the evening be fore the races at Norfolk; O’Neill and (Crelght on, August 29; Madison, Stan ton and Tllden, September 13. It was decided that each association belonging to the North Nebraska cir cuit shall become a member of the American Trotting association, thus muktng the rules of the meetings uni form throughout. The various tracks interested In the association were represented at the meeting in Neligh as follows: Norfolk. P. J. Barnes; Neligh, Mat Hoffman and W. W. Cole; Battle Creek. W. C. Day; O'Neill, S. J. Weekes; Creighton, W. C. Caley; Madison, J. I,. Ryneurson; Stanton, John Hancock; Tllden, Chas. Wurzbacher. —4>— FALLS DEAD AT BIER. Woman Victim of Heart Disease at Friend’s Funeral. Hastings, Neb., March 28.—While here to attend the funeral of J. F. Keal ey, the Burlington yardmaster who was run over and killed here, Mrs. Cather ine Young, of Lincoln, died of heart failure. Mrs. Young started to the church to attend the funeral services, and felt severe pains near her heart before she had gone more than a block. She sank to the ground and very shortly died. She was the mother of Conductor Ed Young and John Young, employed by the Burlington at Lincoln, and at one time resided in Hastings with her family. She was over 70 years of age. SHORT IN ACCOUNTS. Assistant Cashier of Beemer Bank Is Under Arrest. West Point, Neb., March 28.—Charley Mead, assistant cashier of the Beeme.' State bank, was arrested here and now lies In the county Jail on a charge of embezzling the sum of $8,300, the funds of the bank. It Is alleged that the peculations have extended over a period of three years, during the whole of which lime Cashier Ira E. Williams has been suspicious of crooked work, hut has never been uble to detect Mead in my specific fraudulent act. The alleged shortage occurs In the account of time deposits which the accused is ullegecl to have manipulated to his profit. A. D. Beemer, warden of the state peniten tiary, is president of the bank. It is believed that the friends of Mead, who Is well connected, will make good the shortage. The hank Is one of the solid Institutions of Cuming county. FISH HATCHERY. Hinshaw Secures Amendment to Bill Affecting Nebraska. Washington, March 28.—Representa tive Hinshaw has secured an amend ment to Senator Rurkett’H omnibus fish hatchery bill, appropriating $25,000 for a fish hatchery In Nebraska, the loca tion of the Fame to be left to the flsb commissioner. GOLD AT BEATRICE. Beatrice, Neb., March 26.—The discov ery of gold in a sand bank along In dian creek has created a furore of ex citement. The gold was found in a sand deposit north of this city and was largely mixed with Iron pyrites. NOVELTIES OF THE NEWS. Paris.—A woman of 60, calling herself the Countess Potockt, has been emulating Mme. Humbert by piling up debts amount ing to $2,500,000. on the strength of an alleged Inheritance of that sum. Sym pathetic friends lent money to her freely, and recently some of the creditors discov ered th*' her debts very nearly equaled the amount of the "Inheritance.” She barricaded her house, and the police had to burst open the door. Even then she would only consent to accompany them on condi tion that she might take her pet spaniel with her to prison. New York.—In a codicil to her will, exe cuted September 3, 1891, at 246 West One , Hundred and Eleventh street. Mrs. Neva March, formerly of 47 Clinton place, says: "I wish to be cremated. If my little dog. Beauty, Is living when 1 die, I wish her to be chloroformed and cremated with me, and scatter my ashes to the winds." Her will has been offered for probate. Mrs. Marsh died December 13 last. Wilmington, Del.—Mrs. William Ken nard. 66 years old, died In this city of hydrophobia. Darlington, Pa.—The unusual spectacle of a group of muslc-lovtng farmers bid ding up a second-hand $10 phonograph to $125 just because It rendered such popular songs as "Nobody Works But Father’ and "Always In the Way" In good share was presented at an auction sale of Wlil ' lam Fausnaught's furniture. Fausnaught operated the machine while the sale pro gressed and kept everyone In a good humor, and when the auctioneer put the music box under the hammer as the last i article to be sold the crowd surged forward j and the most spirited bidding during th* I sale began. STATE WITHOUT MINE NOW BREAKS RECORD Professor E. H. Barbour, Geol ogist, Inspects the Coal Prospects. HE IS WELL SATISFIED Samples of Coal Taken from Forty Four-Inch Vein Near Peru Found to Be Excellent in Fuel Test. Lincoln Neb.. March 27.—‘‘Nebraska’s record as a stute without a mine will be broken, I feel sure." said Professor E. H. Barbour, state geologist, after he had examined the coal from the new' Peru mine. A sample of the coal was brought to the governor's office yester day by T. J. Majors and J. W. Crab tree and it was pronounced by Profes sor Barbour to be a splendid specimen of bituminous coal. The sample is about a foot square and almost as thick. Colonel Majors stated that the coal produces a hot fire and leaves a clean, white e.sh. Professor Barbour expects to visit the mine at Peru and will bring sam ples for examination in the geology laboratory. Tests will be made as to the heating power of the fuel, the amount of carbon and the amount of water. Professor Barbour will exam ine the vein and make his report to the state officials. He believes he will he able to make a report which will allow the discoverers a right to the $3,000 offered for the first discovery of a 36-Inch vein of coal in Nebraska. The appropriation has long ago lapsed, but it is thought the next legislature will renew it. President Crabtree stated this morn ing that the miners have followed the vein about fifty feet and find it con stantly thickening. The top of the vein is level but the bottom is dipping. Professor Barbour says it does not seem possible that the vein will grow thinner as progress is made. He be lieves it will thicken and that it will be found to cover an area of several square miles. "ft is a so-called pocket, but a large I one,” said he. "A well was bored to a depth of 1,000 feet at Nebraska City a few miles away and only a 6-inch vein of coal was found. This shows that the Peru strike Is in the form of a pocket.” President Crabtree stated that the coal was found by digging into the bank of the Missouri river. A sort of charcoal extruding from the bank led to investigation. As the miners pro gressed, the vein became more coal like and right now is 44 inches in thick ness and of a good variety. The strat um above the coal is hard and that be low1 is soft, both of which is considered fort unate. "Plenty of coal has been found In Nebraska, but not in veins thick enough to pay for the mining.” said Professor Barbour. “A vein of less than IS inches will not pay. Usually, other veins have been found with hard strata above and below the coal. This great ly Increased the cost of production, as some of each layer had to be dug out to ;ret the coal.” —f STRUCK BY TRAIN. Or. S. F. Hunt of O'Neill Killed by Freight. O'Neill. Neb , March 27.—Dr. S. F. Hunt of Stuart was instantly killed in the railroad yards here while attempt ing to board freight train No. 63. The doctor was here as a witness in the Ir win murder trial, and went to the de pot to take the freight for his home at Stuart. The train had started when he reached the depot and he made a grab for the front end of the caboose, slipped on the icy ground and fell un der the wheels, the rear trucks passing over his body just below the arms, in stantly crushing his life out. Coroner Flynn soon arrived upon the scene and impaneled a jury, and after viewing the body adjourned. The body was shipped to his home at Stuart. Dr. Hunt was one of the most popu lar physicians in this county, and had practiced medicine at Stuart for near ly twenty years. He leaves a wife and three children. NORTH NEBRASKA TEACHERS. Norfolk, Neb., March 27.—Present in dications point toward the largest at tendance at the coming meeting of the Northern Nebraska Teachers’ associa tion, >ver known. The meeting begins In Norfolk April 4 and closes on the fol lowing Friday night. There are rea sons to believe that there will be fully a. half thousand pedagogs in the city for the meeting. The program has been issued by President Wilson, of Wayne. It is as follows: Wednesday, April 4— General session, assembly, high school building. Invocation. Rev. W. J. Turner. Papers on "A Broader and More Sub stantial Elementary Education," Super intendent A. V. Teed. Dixon county; Superintendent J. S. Stine, Hartington; Superintendent J. A. Stahl, Cuming county; Superintendent L. P. Sornson, Neligh. Annual contest North Nebraska De clamatory society at Methodist church. In this contest representatives from schools all over the northern part of the state will take part. Address, "Industrial Education In Ne braska." Deputy State Superintendent E ,C. Bishop. Violin solo, selected, F. C. Marsnall, Center, Neb., county superintendent of Knox county. Address, “The Personal Element in Teaching,” Superintendent J. A. Mc Lean. South Omaha. Address. "The Characteristics of a True Teacher," Professor J. M. Pile, Wayne. Address. "The Certification of Teach ers." Deputy State Superintendent E. C. Bishop, Columbus. General session, featured by a lec ture delivered by Dr. Thomas Green. Rev. J. F. Poucher will pronounce in vocation and there will be music by Misses Mabel Bruner and Nellie Stew art. Miss Johanna Anderson. Miss Flor ence Yukish. Dr. G. E. Condra of the state uni versity will feature the Friday morning -rogram with an address on methods of reclamation. J. A. Doremus of Mad ison will tell to what extent a teacher should enter into the life of her pupils and Mrs. Frances Carter will give an address on "Reading." "English in the high school,” will be dealt with by J. H. Welch, Stanton; "Government and Discipline in the High School," by W. H. Alwlne. Bloom field: State Superintendent McBrlen will deliver an address and topics of Interest will be dealt with by W. J. «eetey. F.merson: Elizabeth Sheehan, Columbus; Edith Kinsman, Madison. | CRAZED GY DRINK. Ed Miller, a Nebraska Farmer, While | in That Condition, Attempts to Exterminate Family. | Winside, Neb., March 24.—After j shooting his wife, his father-in-law and ‘mother-in-law, this morning, Kd Miller, ! a farmer living eight miles south of i here, mounted a horse and fled. A posse of wildly excited and enraged neighbors are seeking him and if he is caught today he will surely be strung up to the first tree. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hohneke, parents of Mrs. Miller, came to see her this morning in answer to her appeal. Hei ! husband had been abusing her. They had scarcely entered the house when Miller, still ugly from a drunken spree, entered the house and began shooting at all of them. When all the bullets had gone from his revolver his wife and both her parents lay on the floor. He then fled. Mrs. Hohneke Will Die. Although all three victims are seri ously wounded it is thought the wife and her father will recover, while Mrs. Hohneke will surely die. Miller Is 40 years of age and he was married two years ago under compul sion, his wife being then but 14 years of age. They have always been un happy. Two weeks ago Miller tried to drown his wife in a well. Mrs. Miller died last night of her wounds. Mr. Hohneke, Miller’s father in-law, may recover In spite of the three wounds in his arms and legs while his wife merely lost two fingers when she grabbed the revolver to pro tect her husband. After the. wounded father-in-law seized a shotgun and drew blood in the assailant’s neck Mil ler ran a mile lo the home of a neigh bor named Miller, borrowed a horse and rode away. The shooting began ir the barn at 7 o’clock yesterday morn ing, where Miller found Hohneke. He began firing and followed Hohneke lntc the house. G. W. FRANK DEAD. Noted Nebraskan Who Built the Kear ney Canal. Lincoln, Neb,, March 24.—George W. Frank died at the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. C. H. Elmendorf, yesterday He was 75 years of age. Death fol lowed several years of feebleness caused by a general breaking down of health. He will be buried at War saw, N. Y. Mr. Frank was for many years a well known business man of Kearney, where he was prominently engaged in the management of many enterprises, some of them of considerable magni tude. He went to that city in 1884, af ter having for several years owned con siderable property in. that city. He at once organized a company to dig the Kearney canal for the purpose of fur nishing water power to the city, and he spent his fortune and the best years of his life in trying to make Kearney a great manufacturing city. His en terprises were well under way when the boom struck Kearney in the late ’80s and property values were greatly Inflated. During that period he assisted in bringing many industries to that city, and it was largely through his donations and his energies in promot ing the matter that the little city gave $250,000 in money and property to se cure the location of the cotton mill. —♦— BUTTE WANTS ROAD. Norfolk, Neb., March 24.—James J Hill is going to penetrate into the Rose’ bud country of South Dakota, by way of an extension northwest from O’Neill, if the citizens of Butte, Neb., have no* missed their guess. An official of th$ road has been in Butte this week talk ing with business men regarding the new road, and it is said t.o be known at Butte for a positive fact that the Great Northern has purchased an old abandoned grade between O'Neill and Butte. This line into the Rosebud will give the Great Northern a vast stretch of territory in competition with the North western, and will start them toward the Black Hills. It will throw much stock and grain into Sioux City, St. Paul and Minneapolis. Butte is the county seat of Boyd county and is three miles from a rail road. When the Northwestern built into that county, Butte's hill was too steep to climb and it was passed by. Now it knows it is to have a railroad and the citizens are happy. ♦ - A FARMER OUTRAGED. Pierce, Neb.. March 22.—Nick Lackas, one of the prosperous farmers of Allen precinct, says that last Sunday night some one tried to kill all the hogs on his place. Monday morning eight of them were found lying around the yard, some being cut around the neck and others on the legs with the flesh sliced off from two. Eight were either dead or in a dying condition. He offers $50 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the guilty parties. ORATORICAL CONTEST. Pierce, Neb., March 22.—The high school declamatory contest ivas held at the opera house, and every seat in the auditorium und gallery was filled. Ev ery number on the program was well rendered and received hearty applause. Miss Nora Henzler, of the dramatic class, won first honors. Her piece was “The Sioux Chief’s Daughter.” Lloyd Mohr, of the humorous class, won sec ond honors, his selection being "The Flood and the Aria” WANT 3-CENT GAS. Omaha, Neb., March 22.—Fine Illuminat ing and heating gas produced at 3 cents per thousand cubic feet is a proposition that has come before the Commercial club. The executive committee has Jumped at this as important, If true, and has ordered the selection of a commission of scientific men and engineers to go to St. Joseph tc Investigate. The machine that makes It Is known as the Parker gas producer, and the gas is produced from bituminous coal. FIRE AT RANDOLPH. Handolph, Neb., March 22.—A fire which broke out In the Pill Bros.' general mer chandise store caused a loss of about $18, 000. The stock of Pill Bros, was a total loss, with one-half to two-thirds of It cov ered by Insurance. The building is owned by N. IV- Trent, and Ills loss Is $2,000, cov ered by Insurance. The firemen did ex cellent work In fighting the flames and preventing their spread to the adjoining buildings. The blaze is believed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion in oil soaked rags left by painters in the stole of Pill Bros. - IN JAIL AT DAKOTA CITY. Dakota City. Neb.. March 22.—Bert Dav is, the 18-year-old Bon of Andrew Davis, of Homer, is In Jail here charged with an attempt to outrage Miss A. Labohn. ot Homer, on last Sunday. The charge was made In Judge J. J. Elmers' court by the girl's brother, Charles Labohn. On last Sunday evening Miss Labohn left the home of Elmer Blessing, of Homer, where she was employed, to visit at Gus La bohn’s two miles from town. While on the way there, It is alleged, she was attacked by Davis. James Harrington heard the girl's cries for help arid came to liar res cue. DAN CUPID’S ACTS ARE UNFORGIVEN Many Otoe County, Nebraska, School Teachers Yield to Him. INSTRUCTORSARE SCARCE In Several Instances Teachers Have Shown Such Inclination to Wed That Directors Have Been Forced to Close Schools. Nebraska City, Neb., March 26—Love affairs have been so numerous among the school teachers of Otoe county, of which this city is the seat, that many of the children are without instructors and several of the schools are closed. A real marriage epidemic has prevailed for several months and the condition has become so serious that the county superintendent of schools has had to appeal to the state department of edu cation for help. Professor R. C. King, the county su perintendent, realizes that he has been defeated in his contest with Cupid. He has, in fact, been forced to acknowledge that defeat by issuing a number of emergency certificates, to teachers who could hardly stand the ordinary test, in order that some of the schools might be kept open. Nearly fifty “school ma’ams’’ have been married in this county since last fall, and the prospects for a greater number of affairs of the heart among the feminine instructors are so strong that the superintendent is in a humor to issue a proclamation against all mar riages during the teaching months. He would if he dared. With only 100 school districts in the county, Cupid has played his pranks in about half of them. The board of education of this city requires women teachers to sign a con tract at the beginning of the year’s work not to wed within the year, and the county authorities are thinking of enforcing the same rule in the rural districts. Some teachers have broken their contracts, but the agreement holds good with most of them. —♦ — STANDARD OIL MAN AND ELK A SUICIDE Otto T. Tappert, Oldest Traveling Agent for the Rockefeller Trust, Takes Poison in Lodge Room. Norfolk, Neb., March 26.—Otto F. Tappart, the oldest commercial travel er In America for the Standard OH company, having been In its service thirty-five years, and the most prom inent traveler in northern Nebraska, committed suicide in the paraphernalia room of the Elks club, of which he had charge for six years, as the jolliest fun maker In the lodge. He took carbolic acid. The funeral will be Sunday after noon. STATE COMMITTEE. Republicans Will Meet at Lincoln First Week in April. Lincoln, Neb., March 26.—William P. Warner, chairman of the republican state central committee, has issued a call for a meeting of the republican state central committee at the head quarters in this city, for 8 o'clock on the evening of April 5. This promises to be one of the most important gatherings of a state com mittee in recent years. The call pro vides that the chief business shall be to fix a date and place for the next state convention, but as the committee is the master of its own destinies, it can discuss other things if it wants to. The question of holding a state pri mary is one that will be brought for ward. Some time ago Victor Rose water, one of the committeeman from Douglas county, submitted a plan for a primary, which has been favorably commented upon In some quarters. Mr. Rosewater is coming prepared to bring the matter to the attention of»the com mitteemen and urge its adoption. Some time ago the railroad politi cians secretly boasted that they had the committee plugged so that it would not Include senator in the call for a convention this year, but recent devel opments have demonstrated that this looks like an Idle boast. In fact, St Is understood the railroads have about made up their mind that they won’t op pose it at all. CIGARET LAW HIT. Lincoln, Neb., March 26.—The mak ing of “coffin nails” for one's own use is not a violation of the law. The cigaret "fiend” may "cook” his own "pills” without fear of interference by the police, because the word manufac ture as used in the Nebraska antl eigaret law means "to engage in and carry on the business of manufactur ing.” The supreme court has so decid ed in the clgaret case appealed from Omaha, where Edward Stout was ar rested for rolling a cigaret for his own use. The decision affirms the decision of the district court of Douglas coun ty and dismisses the defendant from custody. The syllabus and opinion are by Chief Justice Sedgwick. TO SAVE THE FORT. Washington, D. C., March 26.—The prospect that Fort Niobrara will be *1 ven an appropriation and rehabili tated as an important center of army activity has slumped oft recently. Con siderable effort has been made by Ne bAaskans in behalf of the movement. Other states with influential delega tions want a share of the army post business; and whatever the depart ment might like to do, it finds em barrassments in the political require ments of influential statesmen. The Nebraska delegation will meet soon and visit Arlington national cem etery for the purpose of inspecting and formally accepting the monument to Captain John M. Stotsenburg of Ne braska, killed in the Philippines. The monument, built under an appropria-i tion by the Nebraska legislature, is a handsome granite block with appro priate inscription, and will rank among the impressive ones in the great biv ouac of the national dead. DEATH OF G. A. R. VETERAN. Butte, Neb., March 24.—C. P. Dewey, ai Old and highly respected eltUen of Boy