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NEWSY STATE BRIEFS.
The physlclanof Brown eo'.nfy
liave perfected an rKanl.atlon.
The hardware More of Inafe Sc Al
lison at Lynn wan -fitnr-l by burglars
ami goods to I ho value of $T.O stolen.
The Beatrice Brick work, the Urn
est hrlrkmaklng plant In Southeast
Nehraska. began work lanf month.
C harle Hredo, a merchant i.t Carn.
wa adjudged Insane by I be county
Wird and sent to the asylum at Lin
coln. Two hoik of Mr. ami Mr. Robert
WitiipMon. agd four anl sl years,
-were seriously If not fatally burned
at. IWu while playing In a barrel of
straw.
Th n t stale meet of howling
vlub will le held In Omaha. It wan
xit .. at the biiHlness ni'l i n K of
1h state organization held at Lincoln
laaf week.
The grain dealer of Cai county
are no alb to get all lh cars they
need for handling their grain. MHt
f the Rrain which accumulated In the
! atom lias bee. i lilpi-l out, and
' wNif wan at mi time considered a
KerioiiH condition U now a thing of
the past.
Charles Beeman, a ear repairer, at
tempted to lioard Chicago & Norlh
wpslt'rn train r.l while running
through the yards at Superior. He
missed his failing and fell. The
brakebearn struck him on the shoul
der and he was thus saved from going
un b-r the whet-Is.
Samuel llillery. 75 years of ag en
route from Allerion. III., to Go! hen
burg. Neb, in some mysterious man
ner Tell from 1'nioii Pacific train No. 5
nt a point one and one half miles west
of Fremont. He was badly eut about
the faro ami held, but suffered no
permanent injuries.
It. S. Ilinford. a car repairer at the
round house in llavenna, met with a
sudden death while under the tender
of one of the engines trying to adjust
the air brake. H gave the signal to
apply the air. but neglected to get
out of the way. and the piston pene
trated his brain, killing him instantly.
The First National bank of Colum
bus will not be able to rraii.e upon its
assignment of the salary warrants of
"William O'Brien, county attorney of
Vlatte. The supreme court says that
the assignment of the salary or fees
if a publie officer to be earned in the
luinre is contrary 10 puiuic poucy aim
tiierelore void.
II. E. Will. living west of Falls City.
ilr.ve a tine young horse, hitched to an
almost new buggy to town and tied
the horse to a hitch rack in the bus
iest part of town, from which place
the rig was stolen. A reward of sev
enty five dollars has been offered for
the arrest and conviction of the thief
and re. urn of the property.
Much interest is manifested at the
Union s:oi U yards at South Omaha in
ji report ju-t issued by the government
bureau of animal industry on the Ktib-j.-ri
or blicMeg in cattle. The report
says that cattle buses from this cause
nunregate easily $.;.:h.iuu annually.
The bureau is seeding out to appli
cants for it a vaccine to be esed in
case of blackleg.
lieeent orders issued from Crand
,rmy of th Republic headquarters at
Lincoln announce a considerable num
ber cf iosts delinquent for per capita
tax and that many of them have not
y.-t sent in their lists of delegates for
the department encampment to be
held at Fremont next month. The
order also invites bids for the next
state ;rand Army of the Republic re
lititon. State Superintendent of Schools V.
K. Fowler went to Holdrege to consult
with the county superintendent of
Phelps and adjoining counties with a
view to locating one of the state nor
mal schools, provided for in a bill re
cently passed by the legislature, at
Holdrege. There are five of these
schools to bo located in different parts
of the state according to the provisions
of the bill.
All traces of the big lire at the pen
itentiary will be eradicated within the
next sixty days. The plasterii-g is
completed and the floors in the new
section of the buildings are now laid.
The convicts' dining room is com
pleted, and as soon as the guards'
gallery in this department is com
pleted it will be ready for use. When
the improvements now going on are
completed the Nebraska penitentiary
will be one of the most complete in
the west.
Cus Klegge. a farmer living four
miles southeast of Bloomfield. went
to his ncighlxir's house, where he be
came violently insane, anil after driv
ing the family out. he barricaded the
doors and broke the furniture. The
sheriff took him in charge.
V. R- Priest, commenced a suit in
the district court of York county
against J. H. Dlodgett. for defamation
of character, and asks $5.ooo in the
way of remuneration for the same.
The two gentlemen are selling type
writers for different companies.
The new insurance law reducing the
amount of the local agent's fee from
$20 to 50 cents is adding considerable
work tfj the Insurance commissioners.
The law applies only to local com
panies and they are increasing the
'. number of their agents about two
alrd3 or more. One company regis-
ed 143 agents last year at a cost
. r-' 'JSS. and this year the same com-
pany registers 212 agent3 at a cost
of 1106-
.Talrbury has retained Its - entire
v' -orps of teachers for another year.
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NEBRASKA CROP BULLETIN.
Winter Wheat Shows Well and Fsrm
Work Advances.
LINCOLN' Th first bulletin of tho
cllmat and crop service gays:
The first decade in April was warm,
with beneficial showers on tn 10th
in the central and eastern counties;
the rainfall exceeded an Inch in a few
counties along the Platte river, but
was generally Iks than half an Inch.
Farm work progressed rapidly. Oats
Mowing Is nearing completion lo south
ern counties and U well advanced In
northern. Some early sown oats are
up nicely. Spring wheat is nearly all
sown, and tn some places the acreage
will bt considerably less than last
year. Crass and fall-sown grain are
starting nicely. Winter wheat is gen
erally in good condition, although in
sonio places it has been winter killed
in spots. la the southern counties
rain would be beneficial to wheat. The
soil is becoming dry and the high
winds of the week have been rather
unfavorable.
HURT BY AN INSANE FARMER.
Young Lady Seriously and Perhaps
Fatally Injured.
LONG PINK Members of the fam
ily of John Jessel, a German larmer
living a few miles east of town, were
in town after a physician to attend to
the injuries received by his daughter
Minie at the hands of her father.
Jessel struck her on the back with a
board and she lay on the floor uncon
scious until neighbors were brought
several miles by a younger brother.
Jessel was before the insanity board
a short time ago on account of his
Drutal treatment of the family, but
was discharged. It is expected that
the Rock county authorities will take
action in the matter. Jessel's wife
has applied for a divorce on account
of his treatment.
NORTH OMAHA WORKMEN WIN
Large Delegation Visits Lincoln to
Witness the Drill.
LINCOLN In the presence of 2.000
spectators. North Omaha Lodge No.
15I, Ancient Order of I'nited Work
men. Captain J. C. Dauble in com
mand, won Uie state competitive drill
for the Worly cup over strong oppo
sition. Four teams entered and fin
ished in this order: Lincoln No. 9, F.
K. Stump, captain; Ak-Sar-Ben No.
:!22. P. J. Wejman, captain; Omaha
No. 18. P. II. Meilheide. captain.
Teams were here from South Omaha,
Grand Island and Hastings that did
not enter the contest. A grand ball
followed the drill.
Location of G. A. R. Reunion.
Some discussion is being indulged
in as to what place will secure the
Grand Army reunion to be held in
1!4. At the encampment to be held
at Fremont, May 1.;. the place will
bo decided upon. It has in the past
been customary for the various towns
that desire the reunion to file bids'
with the department in Lincoln. So
far. however, no town has filed for a
bid. Hastings has had the reunion
for the last two years and its contract
expires this fall. Grand Island, Ne
ligh and Hastings each would like to
play the host, and lately Omaha has
come to the front with a suggestion
that it could royally entertain the old
veterans.
Nebraskans Go to California.
ALBION Rev. Douglas, former pas
tor of the Congregational church of
this place, left with about a dozen
emigrants who go to a colony in south
ern California in which Mr. Douglas
is interested.
Farmer Seriously Hurt.
GILTNER S. O. Lanterman , a
farmer living alout five miles from
town, was seriously hurt by falling
from the power of a comsheller. An
ankle was broken and his scalp badly
cut.
Good Roads.
Private Secretary A. B. Allen ha3
forwarded a letter to each of the Ne
braska delegates appointed to attend
tho national good roads convention to
be held at St. Louis. Several have
replied accepting the appointment and
declaring their intention to attend.
Re-elect Superintendent Thomas.
KEARNEY. At a meeting of the
Board of Education of the city of
Kearney. A. O. Thomas, superintend
ent of the city schools, was re-elected
unanimously for the next year. The
superintendent's salary was also raised
from to $1,500. The action of
the board sneaks well for SuperinJ
tendent Thomas, whos.-r work for the
last two years has done more than.;
any previous work to bring the Kear j
ncy schools up to high standard.
Logan Is Held for Murder.
BEAVER CITY Daniel M. Logan,
who shot and killed Charles Christen
son at Holbrook on April 1 over an
account $10. had his preliminary hear
ing In county court. He was bound
oved to district conrt, which will con
vene June 1. Three eye-witnesses test
ified to the shooting, and all agreed as
to the details of the affir. Logan Is
an old man and Is greatlr depressed
r ver the trouble in which he now finds
himself.
IMPRISON THE PEACEMAKERS.
Albanians Turn Deaf Ear to Pacifica
tion Proposals.
CONSTANTINOPLE The mem:
berg of the special mission tsent by
the sultan to pacify, the Albanians,
it Is now announced, are practically
Imprisoned at Ipek, Albany, where
they are surrounded by several hun
dred Albanians, whose chiefs refuse
to accept the proposed reforms and
demand the appointment of an Al
banian governor, adding that other
wise they will continue the revolt.
The Austrian and Russian ambas
sadors are urging the sultan to adopt
energetic measures to suppress the Al
banians, but he is averse to coercion,
as he relies on the Albanians to help
him in the event of further complica
tions. TO SEND LETTER OF THANKS
Pope Leo Gratified at President
Roosevelt's Gift.
ROME. The pope was gratified
when Informed that President Roose
velt, on the eelebration of the papal
jubilee, had forwarded to the pontiff,
through Cardinal Gibbons, the vol
umes containing all the messages and
official documents of the presidents
of the United States. He said:
"The messages are the essence of a
century and a half of American politi
cal wisdom. I shall be happy in hav
ing it as a companion to the set of
President Roosevelt's own literary
works, sent by Governor Taft last
year." The pontiff added that he will
thank the president by sending him
an autograph letter.
AVOID DOUBLE INSPECTION.
Kansas Men Will Examine Cattle at
Same Time as Officials.
TOPEKA. Kan. Governor Bailey
and the members of the state live
stock sanitary commission have agreed
upon a plan to prevent the double
inspection of cattle coming into Kan
sas from Texas. J. H. Johnson, the
state inspector at Arkansas City, has"
been ordered to go at once to Fort
Worth, Tex., and will inspect cattle
consigned to Kansas. He will remain
in Texas until the rush of spring ship
ping is over. Under the present sys
tem Texas cattle are inspected in Fort
Worth by federal inspectors and again
in Kansas by state inspectors. This
system has been the cause of much
dissension.
ARE DISORDERS IN MINDANAO.
Band Which Raided Suriago is Dis
persed. MANILA The band which raided
Suriago, island of Mindanao, on March
23, is practically dispersed. The
troops and constabulary pursued the
men into the Lake Manit country and
defeated them five times, killing
twenty and wounding many ethers.
Most of the arms stolen at Surigao
were recovered.
The disorder which recently broke
out in the province of Misainis, is
land of Mindanao, is spreading. The
civil authorities have appealed for
military assistance. People are leav
ing the towns and going to the moun
tains, and many are proclaiming them
selves rebels. The troop, have en
countered and dispersed a band of
400, wounding thirteen men.
SIR OLIVER MOWAT IS DEAD.
Was Premier of Ontario for Twenty
Four Years.
OTTAWA, Can. Sir Oliver Mowat,
lieutenant governor of Ontario, died
Sunday at Government house. He
was 83 years old. Sir Oliver had been
in feeble health for some time, but the
accident in which he broke his leg last
Sunday night hastened the end.
Sir Oliver was premier of Ontario
from 1872 to 1896, twenty-four years,
thus earning the distinction of having
had the longest continuous term of
office as premier ever accorded to any
man by the people of any province
or colony in the British empire. In
1896 he resigned to become lieutenant
governor of Ontario. He was one of
the fathers of confederation.
Boodlers Denied New Trial.
ST. LOUIS. Judge Ryan on Mon
day refused to grant new trials to
the following members of the St.
Louis house of delegates, who were
tried and convicted of bribery and
notice of appeal to the supreme court
was given:
Charles Gutke, convicted on Jan
uary 10 and sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary: John A. Sheri
dan, Edmund Bersch, Charles Denny
and T. F. Albright, all sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary on Jan
nary 15. k
Dates for Junior Normals.
Supsrintendent Fowler stated that
the junior normal schools would be
opened June 8. On that date he ex
pects to have at least 1.000 teachers
assembled in the five schools. He
has selected North Platte as the place
for the first school, which he is per
nutted by the new law to locate, and
W". H. Gardener of Auburn will be its
principal. Each school is to have a
faculty of five teachers and more than
enough have applied.
Wintry Weather in Germany.
BERLIN The wintry weather in
Germany continues. Reports from
Southern Germany speak of a heavy
snowfall in various sections. Fruit
trees that already had blossomed have
been ruined. A hurricane-like snow
storm swept over Eastern Prussia Sat
urday. Sunday a terrific gale was
blowing over Berlin and there have
been driving flurries of snow. The
temperature here is 22 decrees Fahr
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THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations from South
Omaha and Kansas City.
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SOUTH OMll.
CATTLE Thrt wan a very larr
run of ewttl. bo that the supply for
the week. ! murh heavier than for
last week or for the same week of
last year. Beef buyers did not take
hold with much life, and in fact it
did not seem to make much difference.
to thetn wt-ther they gat any cattle or
not. There have been so many steers
on the market thin week that packers
are pretty will tilled up and conse
quently they did not have to hustle
for supplies. The cow market was
also rather slow mid weak. Th very
best handy weight cnwi and heifers
lil not xiiffer to any s;reat extent, but
others were slow and 5 4r 10i- lower.
Sellers did not like the Idea of taking;
off again, so they field on for om
time and the day was well advanced
before a clearance- was made. Hulls
were slow anil a shade lower as a re
sult of the weaker feeling- on steers
and cows. Veal calves, though, did
not show much chanere. There were
comparatively few Mockers and feed
ers in the yards and not many were
wanted, as the end of the weak is to
near at hand for much to be doing
In the feeder of division.
HOGS There was a more moderate
supply of hogs in sight and under the
Influences of a good demand the mar
ket imrpoved a little. The bulk of the
hogs sold a big nickel higher than
yesterifciy or a good many were calling
it $5f(i l0c higher. The bulk of the
lings sold from $7.10 to $7.15. with the
prime heavies going from $1.75 to
$7.30. There were comparatively few
light hogs on sale, but those that did
arrive sold from $7.10 down. Owing
to the scarcity of the light hogs the
range of prices was narrower than It
has been for some time past.
SHEKP Quotations for wooled
stock : Choice western lambs. $7.00 W
7.40; fair to good lambs, $6.50 ii 6.90 ;
choice Colorado lambs, $7.00 li 7.40 ;
choice light weight yearlings. $i.40r
6.60; fair to good yearlings. o.25(ti
.VGj; choice wethers. $6.006.20; fair
to good wethers, $3.7" (& 6.00 ; choice
ewes, $3.25 5.60; fair to good ewes,
$4..r0i;r.2." ; feeder lambs. $4.00 W 5.23 ;
feeder yearlings, $4.00'?i 4.75; feeder
ewes, $2.25 If 3.50; clipped stock sells
about 50ft 75c lower than wooled stock.
KAN'S AS CITV.
CATTLE Heef cattle, steady to
slow; i ua ran t i ne, quiet, steady; stoek
ers and feeders, slow; bulls, steady;
calves, dull; choice export and dressed
beef steers, 54.605.25; fair to good.
$4.00 ft 4. CO ; stockers and feeders. $2.75
fi6.00; western fed steers, $3. 00 u 5.00;
Texas cows, $2.00 'if 4.00 ; na' tive cows,
$2.00 W 4.25; native heifers. $3.00tt4.80:
caners, $1.50ii 2.75; bulls, $2.30i5i 4.25 ;
calves, $2.75 fn 7.00.
HOGS Market opened strong, closed
weak; top. $7.27,2; bulk of sales, $7.10
($7.20; heavy. $7,165 ft 7.27 ; mixed
packers, $7.057.22; light, $6.90(0
7.12'i; pigs, $4.756.80.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market
steady; native Iambs. $4.60 8.00; west
ern lambs, $4.25&7.80; fed ewes, $4.00
?5.60; native wethers, $4.50ti 6.50;
Texas clipped sheep. $4.50 (u 6.40; stock
ers and feeders, $3.204.55.
OFFICER EXECUTES SOLDIER.
Ensign Slays Man Who Fails to Sa
lute Him Properly.
BERLIN Emperor William has or
dered a thorough investigation into
the case of Naval Ensign Ilussner,
who killed an artilleryman named
Hartman at Essen for not saluting
him properly.
Hussner now claims that Hartman
struck him before the fatal attack,
but all the eye-witnesses contradict
his statement.
The papers print an account of an
other military incident at the Mono
pol hotel, Essen, in which an officer
sharply accosted a one-year volunteer
because the latter saluted him imper-'
fectly. The officer used insulting epi
thets, whereupon several guests of the
hotel interfered. Another volunteer,
who was present, then went to the
assistance of the officer, who drew his
sabre and wounded several civilians.
The next day the local governor order
ed the hotel to be closed, the officer
was placed temporarily on the retired
list and an investigation ordered.
PAYS PENALTY OF HIS CRIME.
Horse Thief is Hanged for Murdering
the Sheriff.
EUGENE, Ore. Elliott Lyons, who
on February 6 shot and killed Sheriff
W. W. Witers, while resisting arrest,
for horse stealing, was hanged Friday.
Lyons walked to the scaffold and be
fore the cap was adjusted said: "God
forgive them; they know not what
they do." His neck was broken by
the fall. The execution was witness
ed by 150 people, including many
sheriffs of the state. Lyons came
from a highly respected pioneer fam
ily, and it is said his aged mother Is
dying of grief over the crime.
Mr. Bryan in Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI Considerable stir
was caused in political circles Friday
by Colonel "W. J. Bryan being the
guest at the Queen City club of Mel
ville E. Ingalls, president of the Big
Four railway. President Ingalls was
one of the most prominent of the so
called "gold democrats" in both of
the Bryan presidential campaigns, and
many of the Bryan democrats are re
ported as not Supporting Ingalls for
mayor here last week.
World's Wheat Crop in 1902.
WASHINGTON, D. C The depart
ment of agriculture has Issued a com
parative statement of the wheat crop
of the world, showing that the total
of 3,124,422,000 bushels in 1902 "Was
distributed as follows: North Ameri
ca. 781,120,000; South America, 75,
984,000; Europe, 1,798.963,000; Asia,
766,420,000; Africa. 48.000.000, and
Australia. 43,927,000. The crop in the
United States was 670,340,000.
MAGNIFICENT VESSEL BUILT
IN AMERICAN SHIPYARDS
The largest vessel ever built in an
American shipyard was launched
April 16. at the plant of its builders,
the United States Shipbuilding com
pany, at New London, Conn. The
new boat, which has been christened
the Minnesota, is exceeded in size by
but two other vessels in the world, the
Celtic and Cedric of the White Star
line, which were built abroad.
The Minnesota is to be one of the
great fleet of intermediate freight and
passenger ships, with which the
Great Northern Steamship company
aims to gain control of Pacific ocean
traffic. It is 630 feet long, 73 feet 6
inches wide, 88 feet high to the cap
tain's bridge, and 177 feet high to
the top of the masts. She will be
rigged aa a four-masted schooner and
In all will have nine decks, five of
which will be continuous.
Her total cargo capacity will be
CORRUPT NEW YORK JURORS.
District Attorney Is Severe in His
Indictment.
Eugene A. Philbin of New York,
has a poor opinion of jurors, grand
and petty, in that city. In an ad
dress at Columbia university on "The
District Attorney's Office" he referred
as follows to the corruptibility of
jurors: "There are men on grand
juries in New York whose first object
is to protect the political party to
which they belong. One jury recently
refused to issue a presentment be
cause the person affected was a good
political worker in the district of one
of the jurors. The grand jury not in
frequently stands between the crimi
nal and the just penalty of his crime.
The district attorney is confronted
with the necessity of attacking police
corruption which so clearly exists,
but he finds it almost impossible to
secure a conviction for bribery owing
to the character of the witnesses. I
have seen cases where the moral evi
dence was complete that certain jur
ors were corrupted, and one has con
fessed to me."
Conan Doyle's Religious Ideas.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle cherishes
many interests and one of them is re
ligious work. Last week the knight
opened a bazaar in aid of a fund
toward a chapel to the memory of the
late Hugh Price Hughes and he took
advantage of the occasion to remark
that he did not agree with the sys
tem of keeping religion in water
tight compartments, each having no
connection with the other. All, he
said, were working for the ameliora
tion of mankind and he had profound
respect for all and would gladly help
them. Sir Arthur, by the way, was
brought up a Roman Catholic.
His Subjects Cheer the Czar.
The czar of Russia had a new ex
perience the other day which proved
to him that there is such a thing as
national spirit among the common
people of Russia. As he drove through
the streets of St. Petersburg the
crowds cheered him to the echo and
it is said that the sad-faced autocrat
positively beamed with pleasure over
the evidence of popular approval of
him. The cordial outburst was un
doubtedly due to the recent ukase
announcing forthcomig reforms.
TOWER TO MARK
Work is soon to begin on the erec
tion of a memorial observatory on
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the top of the historic Prospect Hill,
Somerville, Mass., a sum of money
Welcome for Visiting Englishmen.
One hundred and seventy-five of the
700 members of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery company of Bos
ton, uave already subscribed to the
fund for the entertainment of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery
company of London, England, on
their visit to their city, the sum pledg
ed being $25,000. The guests are ex
pected to number 200.
Authority on Postal Laws.
L. S. Elmer, assistant chief clerk
of the postoffice department, is
known as an authority on the postal
laws and regulations of this and other
countries. He compiled the postal
manual, which presents the salient
points of the postal laws in concise
form. Mr. Elmer has been in the ser
vice about twenty years.
The Speeches of Statesmen.
Joseph Chamberlain does not write
out a word of his speeches, Lord Rose
bery makes full cotes, while Sir
William Harcourt and Sir Henry
Campbell-Eannerman write out and
read their speeches.
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30,000 tons, and her hatches are so
large that an entire locomotive or
freight car can be lowered Into her
hold intact.
The bunker capacity Is C.000 tons,
and the driving power will come from
two vertical inverted direct acting,
triple expansion surface condensing
marine engines having an Indicated
horse-power of 10,000, which means a
speed of about fourteen knots per
hour.
Fire In the hold can be extinguish
ed by steam, valves for controlling
which are always accessible on the
upper deck.
Officials of the building company
believe the launching of the Minne
sota means much for American ship
builders who have heretofore never
built any but war vessels of the larg
est type. Foreign orders for merchant
ghips are now expected.
BRIGHAM YOUNG'S LONGCAREER
Late Mormon Leader Active in Build
ing up the Church.
Brigham Young, son of President
Young, founder of the Mormon
church, who died in Salt Iake recent
ly, had been ill for a long time and
spent last year in Idaho in searcn of
health. Mr. Young was born in Kirt
land, Ohio, in 1836. He was presi
dent of the Council of Twelve Apos
tles, and by virtue of that iosltlon
was in direct line to become the head
of the church, to which place he
would undoubtedly have succeeded
had he lived, because of his family
connections and the influence of the
name in Utah. Throughout his lifo
Brigham Young had been promi
nently identified with the work of the
Mormon church both at home and
abroad. He was a member of the
Utah legislature for several terms
and had occupied many positions of
honor and trust. He went to Utah
in 1819, making the perilous journey
across the trackless plains while yet
a mere boy. Like all the pioneers of
this valley, his early life, when not
fighting hostile Indians, was spent in
performing hard manual labor. Brig
ham Young made several trips abroad
in the interest of his church, and in
18C4 was president of the European
Mission. In 1879 he was imprisoned
for refusing to turn certain church
property over to the government
agent, but was released after three
weeks' confinement.
HISTORIC SPOT
having already been set asida by
Mayor Glines for the carrying out of
such a purpose.
Prospect Hill is noted for the
prominent part it took in the Revolu
tionary war, and it was from the top
of this hill that the first American
flag was thrown to the breeze.
The observatory is to take the
form of a tower, and will closely re
semble an old English castle. The
tower will be forty-five feet high. The
top will be fiat and protected to a
height of four feet by a parapet, with
iron gratings in the embrasures, and
will afford a view that cannot be
equaled in Boston.
On a clear day the vision can travel
to the Blue Hills, Boston Light and
to the White Mountains.
The walls of the tower will be) of
rough granite and will be thirty feet
in diameter. Two rooms will be set
apart for the exhibiting of historic
relics and souvenirs. The structure
from the second floor will be hexa
gonal in shape, resting on six col
umns. Women in Utah Legislature.
Mrs. Coulter is the fourth woman to
sit in the Utah legislature. In 1890
Mrs. Auretha La Barthe, a gentile, was
in the house and won fame as the au
thor of the law requiring women as
well as men to remove their hats in
places of entertainment. Dr. Martha
Hughes Cannon, a mormon, was elect
ed to the senate in 1898 and at the
same session Mrs. Alice Merrill Home,
also a mormon, was a member of the
house.
Long Time In Canadian Parliament.
R. W. Scott, the Canadian secre
tary of state, has just celebrated his
seventy-eighth birthday. He is the
Nestor of Canadian liberalism and
the patriarch of Sir Wilfrid Laurler's
government. His call to the Cana
dian bar dates from 184? and in 1852
he was mavor of Ottawa. Five years
later he entered parliament, and has
been there ever since.
The Population of India.
India's population ia 300,000.000
one-fifth of all tho ncnnle in tha
world.
! NEVER SAW SUCH LARGE YIELDS.
The Climate Is Healthy The Winter
Are Pleasant in Western Caned.
Writing from Stirling. Alberta, 'to
one of tho agents rcpresntitlns; the
Canadian Government froo homestead
lands, Mr. M. Plckrtll. formerly of
Beech wood, Ky., says of Western Can
ada:
"In the first place we wIM say that
the summer ticason is jut loroly la
deed. As to the winter, well, wo tiernr
experienced finer w ont her than wn ar
now enjoying. We have Just returned
from Northern Alberta, and will say
that w found the weatbor to be very
mild, the air dry, fresh and invigorat
ing. Conslde.'ing everything we caa
say that the winters here are moat
pleasant, healthy and enjoyable to
what they are In the States. Here It
gets cold and continues so till spring
there are no disagreeable winds. Ia
South Alberta it is Homo warmer two
to four Inches of know may fall and
In a few hours a Chinook wind codjai
along, evaporating tho entire snow,
leaving terra flrma perfectly dry; la
fact, we did not believe this part until
we came and saw for ourselves and
we now know what we herein write
to be Just as we write it. Thero has
not been a day this winter that I could
not work out doors. Farmers here are
calculating on starting the plow the
first of March.
"As to farm wages, we would not
advise a man to come hero with the
expectation of living by his day's
work, but all who do want a borne I
advise to have nervo enough to get tip
and come, for there never has been,
and may never be again, such a grand
opportunity for a man to get a home
almost free.
"As to the crops, I have been In the
fields before harvcht, saw the grass
put up and the grain harvested, and I
never saw such large yields. I saw
oats near Edmonton over six feet tall
that yielded 80 bushels per acre, and I
talked to a farmer r.ear St. Albert who
had a field year before last that aver
aged 110 bushels per acre aud weighed
43 pounds to tho bushel. All other
crops would run in proportion as to
potatoes and vegetables, the turnout
was enormous. I have such report
as the above from all sections that I
have visited, and that has been every
community between the Edmonton dis
trict and Raymond, in tho Lcthhridg
district.
"As to stock raining, I would ad
vise a man to locate in this place, or
any place, in South A'berta, but for
mixed farming I would say go up
farther north, say near La omb, Wo
tasklwln or Edmonton, w1iti it is not
quite so dry and -vliete there is somo
timber to be had. I will nay 1 hat no
where have I ever seen a better oppor
tunity for a man, whether he has
money or not, to obtain a home. No
where can be found a more productive
soil, better water and a better gov
erned country than Western Canada
affords. Inducements to the home
seeker are unexcelled. I met two men,
near Ponoka on the C. & E. R. It.,
who borrowed the money to pay for
their homestead, and In four years
those two men sold their farms one
for 12,500. the other for $3,000. I met
a man near Wetasklwin who landed
here with. 25 cents six years ago. He
is now worth 8,000. The advantages
for ranching are excellent. In fact, I
do not believe this section can be
beat. Markets are good; as to living,
a family can live as cheap hero as
they can in the States. The averago
yield of oats in this neighborhood last
year was 70 bushels per acre; wheat
averaged 35, barley 40, and the beet
crop was good. In consequence of
the successful cultivation of the beet
a large beet sugar factory Is being
erected at Raymond, seven miles from
here.
"In conclusion I will say that N. W.
T. from Manitoba to a long di.stanr-o
north of Edmonton produces most won
derful crops. Lakes and rivers abound
with fish, and game is plentiful. And
that this is unquestionably the coun
try for a man to come to if he desires
to better his condition In life. I would
advise the prospective settler to look
over the Lethbridge, I,aeombe, Wetas
klwin and Edmonton districts before
locating.
"I will locate in the Edmonton dis
trict next fall and several families
from the States will locate with roe.
In the meantime I will receive my
mail here and will be pleased to give
the interested all the information de
sired."
For Information as to railway rates,
etc., apply to any agent of the Cana
dian Government, wbo.-o name appears
elsewhere in this paper.
It is well to be off with tho old fo
before you can fight with the new.
If you don't get the biggest and
best it's your own fault. Defianco
Starch is for sale everywhere and
there is positively nothing to equal
It in quality or quantity.
There is a place for everything,
but few people have access to the in
dex. LIVE STOCK BREEDERS.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of the Lincoln Importing Horse
company. They have a large number
of imported black Percherons. Eng
lish Shires and German Coach bul
lions which they are offering a special
inducement to buyers in the way of a
discount of 20 per cent. This" com
pany has been In business in Lincoln
for sixteen years with the largest
and most convenient barns in the Uni
ted States; one barn costing over $!..
000. They own their own plant and
their guarantees and statements ar
well fortified, both financially an 1
morally. This is a rare chance to buy
a first-class Ktallion at a low price.
Visit their barns or write them at
once.
The average woman can detect flat
tery every time except, of course,
when it is lavished upon herself.
Try One Package.
If "Defiance Starch" doea not
please you, return It to your deab'
If It does you get one-third morjrfror
th ame money. It will ejA you
..ticfoMinn nd will not fack to the
DfttDl Kx.vway
Iron.
The dog give
ence of having
more gratitude t.
most men.
Iowa Fy'
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4 Per Acre Cash,
P t. Mt'LtT a i.t.. s:. ix ty, it
ever too 'ate to amend.
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