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SIOUX CO. JOURNAL By CEO. D. CANON, HARRISON. NEBRASKA NEBRASKA NEWS. The Anti-Saloon league of Norfolk is making a fight against the issuing of license to certain aloon keepers. At torneys have been employed to repre sent both sides and for many days the attention of the city council has been taken up with the first case. The con test promises to be a long one. During a severe rainstorm last week which passed near Randolph, Chris Wagner and his son, Albert, living nine miles northwest of that place, were truck by lightning. The young man was Instantly killed, as was also one of the horses he was driving. Mr. Wag ner's arm was severely burned, but he la In a fair way to recover. The father and son were plowing In the field when the storm struck them. The two soldiers, Hofman and Pen nlngton. were found guilty at Chadron and Judge Allen, who was presiding for Judge Westover, sentenced them to one year In the penitentiary. Court adjourned until May 31 and Judge Alien returned to his home at Madison. Ow ing to the businesslike manner with which he disposed of all business he re eeived words of praise from all sides. The evening before Allen left he was invited to attend the social given by the Modern Woodmen, and being called upon for a few remarks responded in a fitting speech. Two young men giving their names as T. W. Kennedy and D. C. Hauck were arrested at Steele City on the charge of passing raised bills, and after an examination before County Judge Boyd at Fairbury were held In 60 bonds, which they were unable to give. They had a 5 bill which had been raised to $10 and passed it on a Steele City merchant. The day before they tried to pass a 31 bill which had been raised to 35, at Fairbury, but failed to get rid of it. They claimed to be selling school charts and had school orders on two districts In Jefferson county and one on a district In Wash lnjrton county, Kansas, which It is thought are forged. Kennedy claims to live in Oklahoma, and Hauck says his home is at Hastings, Neb. Frank Schneider and son, A. P Schneider, under the corporate namr of the Creighton Electric Light and Power company, are only waiting a per mit from the state to begin work on a mammoth pond on the Bazile creek, sear Creighton, which will, when com- pjeied, furnish sufficient power to give Creighton a first-class electric light system and furnish power for any other purposes the company may see fit to pat it to. It will take about three months to complete) the pond, and it alone will coat not lesa than 33,000. By this means the electric lights now in use will be greatly Improved and the company can furnish ail the new ones which are now or may be needed in the future, a thing which they were not able hertofore to do on account of lack of power. The hearing of the case instituted in the district court at Lincoln temporar ily enjoining Attorney General Smyth from prosecuting Hartley's bondsmen in Omaha has been set for hearing before Judge Frost on May 13 at 3 o'clock. The petition filed by the bondsmen, after setting forth a copy of the bond of ex State Treasurer Bartley for his second ter mand giving the particulars upon which to base an argument that it had not been fully approved, sets forth the depository bond of the Omaha National bank and continues with the assertion that the plaintiffs are of the opinion that by the depository bond of the defendants, signing the same as ob ligors, undertook to protect all persons who should be sureties upon the bond of Bartley from all loss and damage by reason of the conversion, loss, embez zlement or otherwise of any or all money at any time deposited In the bank. It is further alleged that if it be true that 32O1.8&4.06 was embezzled it was with the full and actual knowl edge of the Omaha National bank and of all the persons signing the depository bond of the bank, that the pretended payment by the officers of the bank ac complished the embezzlement or con. vers ion. THE RACE FOR HOMES. Durango, Colo. (Special.) Many per. son. who had been holding places in the line at the land office changed their minds today and Joined the rush for lo cations on the Ute lands, which were opened for settlement at noon by proc lamation of the president. Whistles and bells proclaimed the hour of opening. Scores of men who had been holding places In the line sold oat half an hour before the opening; $6 was the prevailing price. It is esti mated that 1,000 people shought In vari ous ways to secure land. The street of Durango were crowded and there was great rejoicing. There was no central starting point, and men were scattered along the Colorado and New Mexico lines for forty mlles.await Ing the hour, many with no means of rapid transit. From Durango hundreds of well mounted and well armed men began pnshlng to the front at daylight, all giving themselves ample time to reach the favorite sections. The Du rango Democrat discouraged many in line this morning by declaring that ev ery reputable attorney in Durango had advised clients to settle on the land and Die at any time within the limit pro vided by law. A surprise was sprung when "Buf falo" Jones suddenly appeared near Ig nacio with MO followers from Guthrie, O. T., and was met by Dr. E. D. Allen, who was prominent In the opening of the famous Cherokee strip. The latter has been sojourning In and around Du rango with some half-breed Cherokees for the past week, and early this mons ter started to Join with "Buffalo" Jones With the determination of starting a tow nette and booming the same. Their objective point is near Ignaclo. The town, It is understood, will be called Tabor. By night there will no doubt be more than a doaen villages created tat the Centennial state. The railroad " kH representatives on the round who will select some of the moat promising Tbe laad of the Ute reservation open . t settlement today are located In the aavthwest corner of Colorado. The ter rwy eonsris of a strip fifteen miles wiJ and abort ninety miles lone, ooa estates; about MMM acres. The greater art of this land to mootli and tillable rrvVMia irrigation can be provided for. I ral taovsABd acres of the land w as I -ted to the UU Indiana m severalty ' t&a rdr of the oprntug was . r jmA H to elalmad tlsto tesladed V tSSvftS? 0w4. nUw r nei mn ma of Mm MAIL IS HEADED OFF PAMPHLETS OF ANTI-IMPERIAL 1STIC LEAGUE ARE SEIZED. Soldiers Peace of Mind la To Be Guarded Fear Discontent Would Follow. Washington, D. C (Special.) The postmaster general has directed the postmaster at San Francisco to take out of the malls for Manila three pam phlets issued by Edward Atkinson of Boston, vice president of the Anti-im perialistic league. This order does not apply to the circulation of the pam phlets by mail in this country, but bars their dispatch from this country to the Philippines, discontent and even mutiny among the soldiers being stated by the department to be the design of tnese publications. The three pamphlets are specifically described, and in no circumstances are they to be forwarded by mail to the r-nmppines. Boston. (Special.) Hon. Edward At kinson, vice president of the Anil-Imperialist league of this city, was shown the Washington dispatch stating that the postmaster general had directed tnat certain pampulets prepared by Mi Atkinson be taken from the mails to Manila. Mr. Atkinson said he had re ceived no communication direct from wasmngton about the matter. He ex plained that the documents were com pilations of tacts and figures taken from the debates in the national huute and senate and calling attention to points overlooked in debate. "By action of the senate," Mr. At klnson, "these compilations were pul- usnea as senate documents and they are now public documents of the Unit ed Slates. Therefore, any action taken toward keeping them out of the mails would imply that congressional records and oihcial documents of the Lmu-u biates are unsuitable to be sent to o Ul cers of the volunteer regiments now in Manna, wnose terms of service have ex pired and whose return to this country is demanded by officials of certain states who say that the men are enti tied to discharge." SENT TO DEWEY. Mr. Atkinson said he bad sent copies or luese uocuments to Aamirai Dewey, President Scnurman, Prol. Worcestn, General Otis, Oeneral Law ion, General Miller and to the correspondent ot a New York illustrated weekly. lhe three pamphlets, copies of which have been promoited in tne mails tor the Philippines, are those which have the following titles: "Criminal Aggres sion, by Whom?" "The Cost of a Na tional Crime ' and "The Hell of War and Its Penalties." These, umess some- tning shouia develop to necessitate fur ther action, may be circulated tbrougn out the mails within this country. Ac cording to Mr. Atkinson's own state ment, as reported, a large number of the pamphlets have been sent out. The matter was brougnt to the atten tion of tne postal otJiclals by the war department, whose authorities were greatly exercised, with a suggestion that some action be taken. It is thought that there is little possibility n i any of these publications getting past the ban Francisco office, but if a few should the military authorities in the Philippines will promptly suppress them. Postmaster General Emory Smith made this statement to the Associated Pi ess: "These pamphlets actually incite to mutiny and It would be utterly unjusti fiable to permit their circulation among the soldiers In the Philippines. Their circulation is a movement to induce the soldiers to disobey orders and in effect to embarrass and resist the govern ment in whose services they are en gaged. Their circulation except in the mails for the Philippines, Is not inter fered with, because, In being sent to Manila, they are destined for soldiers fighting our battles; but In this country the eftort to incite to muntiny could have no result. Not only are they de signed to incite to mutiny the American soldiers In those islands, but also to fo ment and encourage insurrection on 'he part of the Filipinos themselves." DEFENSE OF ATKINSON. Boston. (Special.) In commenting on the action of the authorities, Mr. At kinson says: "It is said that the dispatch of these pamphlets from this country to the Philippine Islands Is barred lest they should create discontent and even mu tiny among the soldiers; that being stated by the department to be the de sign of these publications. "There are two pamphlets only. The first edition of the first, printed In No vember, was dedicated to President Mc Kinley, in support of his statement that 'forcible annexation would be criminal aggression.' The facts and figures giv en in the pamphlet were made the fre quent subject of debate In the house of representatives and the senate during the session and the pamphlet as a whole was finally printed by order of the senate as Senate Document No. (2. "The second pamphlet was issued late In February, when it appeared that acts of criminal aggression were being coommitteed in the Philippine Islands. In that pamphlet certain facts and statements were submitted to the at tention of the senate and were the sub ject of debate, and that pamphlet again, by order of the senate, was printed as a senate document. I have a copy of No. 2 and have sent for a copy of the lat ter. "These pamphlets were, on April 24 and 25, addressed by me to Admiral Dewey, President Bchurman, Prof, Wor cester, General Otis, General Lewton, General Miller and the correspondent of a New York Illustrated weekly In Ma nila. None others have, to my knowl edge, been sent to anyone else. I de sired to send them to other officers, and for that purpose notified the war department of my intention and asked for a list that would give me the names. If it Is unlawful for a citizen of the United States to communicate with oth er citizens In Manila by sending them documents in a private edition which have been printed by order of the Unit ed States senate as public documents, 1 am content to leave the matter at that exact point .which requires no comment from me. "I would, however, call the attention of the postmaster general to the neces sity of requiring that all newspapers lately printed here and elsewhere.whclb rontain the late speech of Senator Hoar, given at the republican club In Boston, In wnlcn ne uiea mis expres sive phrase: 'I can see no difference In the lynching of a southern postmastet and lynching a people because they think a government derives Its Just powers from the consent of the gov. eroed, and got those ideas from the constitution of the United flat,' bf taken from the snails. -It tale attempt to forbid free tpeecb and free malls to the peopto of tfcU m been taaae, watcn i earn this the people wUJ 4eeJ 1UXr I irkait t M BIN" H. PREFERRED DEATH TO EVICTION Rather Than Be Dispossessed Widow Kills Herself. New York. (Special. Fearing that ner furniture would be put into the Ureet on Monday, Mrs. Elisabeth Hank. a widow, of No. 249 Avenue li. drank :arbolie acid Saturday night and died in lielievue hospital. "I shall wait until I have enough money to pay you and then I shall kill myself," she said last Sunday to Vheo dore Stockhausen, a baker, whose s"yp was under her apartments and wH" whom she had a small account. She dropped In at his shop on Tuesday lo tell him she would have his money ready in a day or two. He told her there was no hurry and that his faith In her credit was so strong: that she could have his shop if she wanted It. "No." she said: "I shall settle this one iccount and then I shall take pols-m, for 1 am to be dispossessed on Monday. Do not tell my sons of my intention, for they are good boys and have done their best to keep up our home." The sons she spoke of were Jacob. 19, and Alexander, 16. Jacob, who had worked in a printing office, had been 111 for a long time. Alexander was a messenger, and his small wages were not sufficient to support the family. Mrs. Hank had sought employment. She obtained a few odd Jobs at mend ing and assisting In house cleaning, but was unable to find permanent work. Then the landlord served notice that she must vacate her rooms by May 1. She had no friends to whom she felt at liberty to go. She began planning for her suicide. Jacob, her elder son, had been out for a walk, and when he returned home last evening about 7 o'clock he found his mother on the bed in the room. The odor of carbolic acid and the appearance of his mother's face told the story. He ran to a telephone and soon an ambulance dashed up in front of the house. Alexander, the younger son, came hotae at 8 o'clock. He whistled as he :Iimted the stairs. He was bringing his week's wages home to his mother. She died within an hour after reach ing Bellevue. AGED COUPLE IN WORKHOUSE Will Celebrate Their Golden Wed ding In Poverty. New York. (Special.) Their steps were tottering and their eyes were dimmed with years which were three core and ten. Yet as they stood sid by Bide in the police court there was a look In their eyes which can never die while life endures. They were John Dunning, and Mary, his wife. Poverty had driven them from the home which they had occupied for thirty years, and good luck or misfortune, what you will, had borne them to the police station and from there to the police court. They were charged with vagancy. Their crime was age and helplessness. Do not separate us." said the man, "that is all we ask. We have lived together fifty years. Let us die together. W? have only a couple of years to live, and nobody knows how to care for mother but me. We lived at No. 326 West Fifty- fourth street for years," he said. "I was a laboring man and I worked hard. We got along all right, and when the boys grew up they supported us. They were good boys, God rest their souls! Henry died five years ago. There wasn t so much money then. John brought ail his earnings home. He died six weeks ago 'We didn't give the poor boy as god funeral as we would have liked. Mother sold her wedding ring and the watch which the boys gave her. We managed to pay the undertaker. Then we got Into the pawnshops for the first time. Every stick of furniture went for bread. The landlord had been patient, but couldn't expect him to let us live there forever, even if we had paid rent regular for thirty years, feo we went out last night, arm in arm. There was a bed tick, and we left that for luck. We were walking on the street when this gentleman found us and took us to the station house They took mother away to another place. We haven't been parted for many a year, and we would like to te witn each other at the end." Magistrate Olmsted committed the aged couple to the workhouse. FUNSTON GETS HIS REWARD. Gallant Kansas Colonel Promoted to Brigadier-General. Washington, D. C (Special.) The president has appointed Colonel Freder ick Funston of the Twentieth Kansas a brigadier general of volunteers. This appointment was recommended by Ma jor General MacArthur and supplement ed very strongly by General Otis In a cable dispatch. General MacArthur said that the ser vices of Colonel Funston during the campaign and especially In the crossing of the Rio Grande river, deserve recog nKioii such as his promotion to be i brigadier general; also that as a leader of troops Colonel Funston was especi ally valuable. The president recognizes the services of Colonel Funston and his first official act on returning to Wash ington was to make blm a brigadlet general. The cable which General Otis sent says: "MacArthur strongly recommends Colonel Funston's appointment as zrig adier general for signal skill In crossing the Rio Grande river and most gallant services since commencement of war. I urge appointment. Funston able leader of men and baa earned recognition." JUNTA RECOVERS ITS NERVE. Asserts Telegram from Agulnaldo Repudiates Peace Overtures. London. (Special.) Representatives of the Filipino Junta say that they have received a telegram from Agulnaldo dated April 30 In which he states that his government has nothing to do witb the present peace negotiations, which, he asserts, are being conducted by a group of half castes and Creoles, who are anxious for peace in the expecta tion of getting high office under a new government. Several of these men, Agulnaldo Bays, are members of the Filipino congress, where they are en deavoring to outvote him. Agulnaldo added that he had had no direct nego tiations with the Americana since the fall of Malolos, when certain proposals passed between D. C. Worcester of the American Philippine commission and a representative of Agulnaldo looking to peace baaed upon independence with an American alliance. Agulnaldo dts avows the present negotiation and adds that under no circumstances will he accept an American protawtorate. The dispatch conclude with a con temptuous reference to Major Arguellea as a Spanish most wno baa no more authority to act on behalf of Aguln aldo than baa Lon Mmeelt Mr. Wobbt ow Here's a remarkable Una I fossa the other day In a roaga gtoa aossa: Tv been young, bat yontfc few fiis 1 1 from me." Miss) Seerly I don't as anything so remarkable abort that Una, Mr. WibWeaon Ah, bat wait. The poem I signed fey a woman. 20 MILLION DOLLARS i IN GOLD 13 PAID TO Sf-AIN FOR THE PHILIPPINES. The Payment of the Indemnity Complete Transfer of Islands From Spain to U. S. Washington, D. C (Special.) Fout warrants of 35,000,000 each, in payment io Spain for the Philippine Islands, were lrawn at the treasury this afternooc ind the necessary signatures tached, fcut the warrants were not lvereu. ney prooaDiy win De aener- ed tomorrow. Each of the pur warrants, vhlch we numbered res? .fHyely 1509.) 4510 loll and 4512. is worded like he oth ers. They are made payable by the isslstant treasurer at New York to the French ambassador, Jules Cambon, rep resenting the government of Spain. On presentation In New York, Assistant Treasurer Jordan will pay the foui warrants in $20 gold pieces. Mr. Cambon presented to Secretary Hay, yesterday, a letter from the queen regent of Spain, authorizing him to re ceive the $20,0i:i0,0OO from the United States, In payment for the public works In the Philippine islands. This after noon Ernest P. Tlmme, auditor for the itate an dother departments, addressed this letter to the French ambassador: His Excellency, Jules Cambon, Am bassador Extraordinary and Plenipo tentiary of France, representative of the Government of Spain, care of De partment of State: "I have the honor to Inform you that in account has this day been settled between the United States and Spain, per certificate No. 19&93, by which there have been found due from the United States the sum of 320,000,000. "Four (4) warrants of 15.000,000 each. payable to your order, will be remitted In care of the department of state.1 DRAWING THE WARRANTS. This letter was rent by Ambassador Cambon to Secretary of State Hay. He torw arded it to Assistant Secretary Van Derllp at the treasury department. II reached there at 3 o'clock. Mr. Van derllp called In Mr. Miller, acting chief of the warrant division, and directed him to prepare the warrants. Mr. Miller, with the stated account In his hand, went to the desk of Clerk Scott A. Swearinger and directed him to draw the warrants. Ho drew Nos 4509, 1510, 4511. Mr, Charles Steele, an- other clerk, drew warrant No. 4512. After the necessary writing In the body of the warrants was filled In they were taken to Chief Clerk Force of the comp troller's office, who used a stamp In af. fixing Comptroller Tracewell's name tc It, and then In a round, running hand, wrote his own name, C. M. Force. Chief Miller of the warrant division, with the four warrants pinned to a large sheet of white paper, took them Into the office of Assistant Secretary Vanderllp. He attached his signature and his secretary exercised unusual ;are in blotting iL Unaccompanied. Mr Miller then took the warrants to Unit ed States Treasurer Boberts at the oth er end of the building. Mr. Roberts had a clerk Insert the words "Assistant Treasurer, U. 6., New York" over the words "will pay." Treasurer Robert! then affixed his familiar signature. The warrants were then returned tc Mr. Vanderllp, who had Intended tc proceed at once lo the state department and deliver them to Secretary Hay In the presence of Ambassador Cambon At 4 o'clock, however, he received a tel ephone message that Secretary Hay preferred to delay the delivery of th warrants to Ambassador Cambon until Monday, so the four warrants wer locked up In the great vaults in the treasurer's offices. RECEIPT TO BE GIVEN FOR THEM. When these warrants are presented Monday Ambassador Cambon will sign this receipt: "Received from the secretary of state of the United States the sum of twenty million dollars (320,000,000) In four drafts upon the treasurer of the United States, numbered 4509, 4510, 1511, 4512, and aud Ited April 29,. 1899, each draft being for five million dollars (35,000,000), the same being In full payment of the obli gation of the government of the United States to the government of Spain, as set forth In Article III. of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain, signed at Paris. France, on the 10th day of December, eighteen hun dred and ninety-eight, the ratification of which were exchanged In the cHy of Washington on the eleventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, the same being provided for by an act of congress approved March 2, 1899. entitled 'An Act Making sn Appropriation' to Carry Out the Ob ligations of the Treaty Between the United States and Spain, concluded De cember tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.' " The warrants would have been dellv. ered by Mr. Vanderllp to Secretary ol State Hay and by him to Ambassadoi Cambon this afternoon, had H not been for the delay caused by a mistake in the department of state. SECRETARY HAY'B ERROR. In sending forma notice to the treas ury that there was due Spain from th United States 320,0O0;OO0, Secretary Hay neglected to state that M. Jules Cam bon was the authorized representative of Spsln. While this fact was known tc every one In the treasury, the occasion was one wherein all the formalities nso to be complied with. So the official no tice waa returned to the state depart ment for correction. In order to keep a social engagement the secretary of state waa compelled t leave his office before the warrant! mil id be ready for him. Monday after noon the dsafts will be transferred from the custody of the United states to tn care of Spain's representatives, and then th Philippine Island will hart Anally become Indisputably the proper, tr of the United State, and the last condition of th treaty of Part wfk have been saet. BIGGEST COMBINE 'OF ALL, Heel Work of the Country Per fecting a Gigantic Trust. New York. (Special.) The rumors ol in immense combination of steel In terests are practically confirmed by lohn W. Gates, president of the Amer can Steel and Wire company, who re urned from a European tId on Satur lay. The combination, duless the pres plans of the promoters are chang 111 include practically all the big rns of the country and will have a llzation of between 3700,000.000 and OuO. The proposed combination Jt far from complete In point of de , but the presence In this city of representatives of the greatest steel iterests of the United States led Mr ates to say that In all probability the sext few days will see It whipped into tangible shape. "As I have Just returned from a trip tbriad, Mr. Gates explained, "I cannot co Into details In this matter, but It Is arelty safe to say that the combination Aill go through and that Its capital will e nearly $5UO.OO0,0O0. About all the big companies may come In, the principal nes of which will be the Carnegie com oany, the National Steel company, the American Steel and Wire company, and probably the bar steel interests as now represented by the Republic Steel com pany." Mr. Gates was asked If the Federal Steel company would be Included. "I m not prepared to fcay as to that," was the reply. "1 am going to have a talk with Mr. Gary tomorrow and with Mr. Krlck and the otheis who are in the city. I see that Colonel French ot the Sylvan Steel company of Illinois is here and alto Myron Wick of Youngs town and P. L. Kimball of Sharon. Ha. As a matter of fact, the town Is full of lion and steel men and it is very likely that you will hear of something impor tant being done within the next tew days." As an evidence of the rise in prires consequent upon the rush of bumne&s, Mr. Gate told of nn order plaied hue ay the Russian government lahl October for S0.U0U tons of steel mils. It wan agreed that the price should be 316 or 116 50. but the HUMMun government talked on ertaln spet Mirations, one of whiih was that the steel should nci contain more than one-tenth of 1 p cent of aisctiic. The company rejected the proposals, and after vainly loing in the markets of Kurope at an ad vanced price, the order was again of fered to the American concern with the objectionable clause eliminated, but was refused at an advance of 311. "Now the Ruffian government.' said Mr. Gates, "is between the devil and lhe Iron works. It wants the tails for the trans-Siberian road and cannot get them, in Europe or America, without waiting months." OTHER COMBINES. New York. (Special ) There will be a meeting of the various interests identi fied with the newly Incorporated Re public Iron and Steel company In this city tomorrow, when the organization of the company will probably be per fected and officers elected. It is un derstood that negotiations are now pending for the acquirement of several large rolling mills in various parts ot the country, as well as for several large Iron ore mills In the Lake Superior re. glon. New York. (Special.) The formal an. nouncement of the organization of the American Hide and Leather company has been made. The company will soon be Incorporated with a capital of 3 0.- wu.uw, of which 330.OOO.0eO will be 7 per cent cumulative preferred stock an! 140.000.000. cto. U.. Pittsburg, Pa (Special) Nothing can be obtained in this city, confirmatory. or otherwise, of the gigantic steel com bine which was announced from New York. The Carnegies make it a rule to refrain from commenting on such reports and will make no explanation in this Instance. New York. (Special.) At a meeting of representatives of the large cement companies of the United States, held In this city, negotiations were underta ken whereby a combination is likely to be effected within a few days. Trusts May Not Masquerade. St. Louis, Mo. (Special.) In the Unit ed States court of appeals, with Judges Bland, Biggs and bond on the bench. a unanimous decision was made In an appealed case to the effect that a trust cannot cloak its objects under the form of a corporation and evade the penal ties provided for violations of the Mis souri anti-trust laws of 1891. Under this decision accounts with trusts oper ating as corporations In Missouri are not collectible. Judge Bond who wrote the decision. says: "A combination which Is illegal un der the anti-trust law cannot be oper ated under the cloak of a corporation by Its constituent members of govern ing bodies. QUESTION OF JURISDICTION. Judge W. V. Allen Orders Regular Army Officers Up for Contempt Chadron. Neb. (Special.) G. Lang- home, first lieutenant and adjutant of the First United States cavalry, locat ed at Fort Robinson, has been served witb a citation to appear before the district court of Dawes County, May 20, to answer to the charge ol contempt of court. The tervlng cf this writ Is the result of an Interesting legal question which has been raided as to which has the supremacy the civil or military au thorities. Judge William V. Allen, ex Unlted States senator from Nebraska, who is relieving Judge Westover as presiding officer of the Dawes county district court this week, claims that the civil authorities take precedence and he Issued the citation upon Lieu tenant Langhorne. The foundation for this Interesting rase was laid last month, when two sol diers from Fort Robinson were arrented here by a sergeant on the charge of de sertion. Later Sheriff Dargan forced the sergeant to turn the prisoners ovei to him when he had a warrant for theli rrest on the charge of housebreaking. While they were In the custody of the sheriff Adjutsnt Laaghorne wrote a terse letter to that official calling his attention to section 6455, Revised Stat utes of the United States, which pro vides that anyone who refuses to give up any soldier upon the demand of the military authorities shall be punished by Imprisonment. Judge Allen consid ers that this thrtst of Imprisonment ap- nliea to the court, which Sheriff uar- gan was serving when he arrested the deserter and believes that th army officer I In contempt. Lincoln, Neb. (Special.) The board of manager of the atae fair held a meeting Tuesday night, and continued It nntll a late hour, th subject of dis cussion being th holding of a stsu fair In connection witb th exposition at Omaha. The final decision was that bo fair would b held tbl jrar, and rewtattoa to tbl effect waa adopted Tfe manager! of th exposition wen THE REAL FILIPINO, What a Regular Army Officor Thinks of Him. Chicago, III. (Special.) On the quea ;lon of Filipino capacity for self-govern, ment, a letter from Henry Page, a lieu tenant in the regular army at Manila, printed here, is Interesting. The write! says: After a stay of about eight month! among these people, during which tlmf no opportunity has been lost to study their qualities, I find myself still un ible to express a decided opinion about their capacity for self-government, but I can unreservedly affirm that the mor tvldence collected the greater my re spect for the native and hi capacities. The recent battle of February 5 wa somewhat of a revelation to Americans. They expected the motley horde to run at the firing of the first gun. It wai my good fortune to be placed about ten hours afterward near the spot where this first gan was fired. I found the Americans still held In check. Out irtillery then began to assail the ene my's position, and It was only by the stoutest kind of fighting that the Ten nessee and Nebraska regiments were ible to drive him out. The Filipinos' retreat, moreover, was more creditable than their stand. Per ;ect order prevailed. One of their com panies would hold our advance until ;he company In their rear could retire fnd reload, when In turn this company would stand until the former had re ared and reloaded. A frequent excla mation along our lines was: "Haven't those little fellows got grltr They had nore than grit they had organization. In their trenches we found exploded Irecrackers, wooden toy guns and "can aon" made of bamboo, ami we were in Mined to laugh at their simplicity, but :hey were not so simple as they seemed :o be. They only mistook their men. The firecrackers were to make the fir ing seem stronger, the bamboo cannon poked through their excellent trenches ind had a sinister look at 200 yards dia lance, and as for the wooden guns, they ilso helped to make a show of strength. When a rifleman was killed a native avlng a wooden gun would cease to aold it over the trenches and Would (else the real rifle, w hich was a scarce irtlcle In Agulnaldo's army. By these means the Filipinos increas id their show of strength, and Indeed .heir real strength, for the toy riflemen icted as a reserve, so that though many nany were killed the line was not weakened. The last was a real advan- age. and the former had proved a rreat success against the Spanish, who ad always a more dignified hesitancy ibout dashing against such evidences if strength than we Americans had. When we reached the headquarters at ianta Ana another surprise awaited is, for here was found some of the ma ihlnery of Agulnaldo's government. Imong the papers scattered about In jonfusion by the retreating officials erftejegrams,!-tters tnd commts- dons, showing sometning 01 tr.eir sys tm, One letter was from a township jovernor asking relief from his duties, I surgeon's certificate being Inclosed. ,t had been forwarded through official channels to Agulnaldo's secretary of itate and returned with abundant en lorsements, approved. With It waa an irder to the governor of the province a have a new election. Another letter vas a complaint made agalnHt another ocal governor for maladministration, t stated the charfes In the real legal orm and was duly signed. The numer ous papers concerning school teachers' ippolntment showed that the Filipinos ad already perfected arrangements fot he education of the youth on a large icale. I might also mention the deeds of roperty, records of births, deaths, etc., o show that Agulnaldo's organization a at least not a laughable farce. 1 night mention also meteorological and itber scientific Instruments and records x ahow that the Filipinos didn't neg ect science during those busy, warlike ames. Letters dated February 1 from Malolos showed that they had a good xnirier system. A book on tactics, en fravlngs of the several uniforms, beau, tiful topographical maps, copies of the federation of Independence and the .evolutionary constitution, military and tate seals and other articles all went a show that labor and Intelligence wert inlted In their production. The Filipino Is an Imitative little body ind Is always anxious to learn net jnethods, and he masters them very lulckly. This imitative trait, the English tell as, Is one common in an Asiatics, es pecially the Japanese. It shows itself n many amusing ways among the Fili pinos. For Instance, the tune "A Hot rime in the Old Town Tonight" might je called their national air. Their army ouglcra have lately begun to blow the American calls, and they put our bu glers to shame when reveille, assembly tnd taps float from their linos over to purs In the sweetest tones we cvei heard. The educated and polished Filipino li not at all a bad fellow. He Is very quick to comprehend, and he possessei a peculiar dexterity In accompllahlnf bla work. He la among other things,' a natural musician. The negro race Is called musical, but the Filipino also possessei the soul of music and can easily rlM lo lofty heights. When I see thest ragged beggars playing selections frorc "Faust," "Klgoletto." "Carmen" and Tannhauser" on home-made Instru ments, with an expression and toucl like a German orchestra, lam impelled 10 Dtiieve tnat mere 11 somewhere as undeveloped capacity. Such musii doe not dwell In a mind barren of ali els save music. Such music appeal! to higher qualities, undeveloped thougt they may be. with rare exceptions th native Is 1 very lazy fellow, but In all due respect to my own nationality, I believe w would be th same under Ilk condl Uobs. Th cost f Hying to too cheat U soak labor a ncity. ' I. jfH ... 1. 7" li