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i I I" r:Koa fiess-jouwai D. CANON. Editor. rjtrrrjQN. - - Nebraska HZASXA NEWS NOTES. court adjourned without a clerk. XeOtm of company M, Bee- Mi Natatnt, at Lincoln, has resigned ua Kteyd Bandage two for burglary at Ooaigi Ray waa riven ten years for rdai of Frank Cheeseman at Anburc. temperance party organized at will take an active part m elections. Hawfce Baumgarten, a workman at ik City, has laleln new to a of 1(0,000 crowna in Denmark. real estate mortgage record of Otoe county for the month of February a net reduction of $9,M5 in mis of indebtedness. The proposition to levy a tax for balWtfng a court house at Grand Island (Hall county) was defeated at the polls fcjr a decisive majority. meeting of citizens at Cul- protested against the action of board of county commissioners in lakpeaching and unseating; County Clerk W. A. Btewart. Te 12-year-old boy of N. T. Magee f Fairmont, while skating- with hit schoolmaster, fell on the ice and anoth er boy that skating; with him fell on Mm, breaking- both bones of the leg sow the knee. Mrs. Able, living- eighteen miles north at Brady Island, fell dead from a wa fts just as she and her husband were eftarting home from that place. Dr. Qolnn of Gothenburg; was called and pronounced it heart failure. The de ceased leaves four sons and two daugh ters, all grown. Sd. Landerigan of Alliance, a brake sman, had his right forearm badly aasaahed at Broken Bow while attempt, lag to adjust a coupling pin. The train ted started out, when he noticed that the pin was nearly out, and as the train was three hours behind time, he at tempted to adjust the pin without stop- tbe train. The Madison county populist conven tion met at Battle Creek. A. H. Bo hannnn was made chairman and C. D. Jenkins of Norfolk secretary. The only business transacted was the selection of sixteen delegates to attend the state convention at Lincoln March 19. Sen ator W. V. Allen was made chairroar of the delegation. Alton D. White of St. Edward. Neb., Who was fined about $1,400 at the Feb ruary term of court for selling- liquorj Without a license, was arretted Satur day night and liquors found in his pos session. He was taken to Albion, put ta Jail, waived preliminary examina tion and the Bond Surety company of Omaha furnished bond on Tuesday for has appearance at the next term of dis trict court and he was released from Detective Fred M. Hans brought twe by the names of Warner and Gardner, from Long- Pine to Ainswortn, whom he arrested for stealing hay form the railroad company. The men both pleaded guilty and were fined $91 and eosta. which amount they paid. The amem both worked in the coal sheds for company, and have made it a busl- for several months to stel hay ana and selling what they did not A novel question aa to the Jurisdic tion, of a police judge was decided in the county court at Nebraska City. Five yeanf men, who were arrested for dis orderly conduct, and for which they were tried and convicted before the police Judge, appealed from the decision and carried the case into the county coart upon habeas corpus proceedings. TTIje. attorneys for the defendants con tended a warrant must be issued before thnnwh th nffirprt -witnessed I the commission of the misdemeanor. discharged the defendants. ,f DINSMORE PLAYS FOR TIME. Lexington. Neb. (Special.) District court has oeen in session nere, wiui Tnln ririmoa nf K.irfh Platte nreBidlne. Judge Sullivan, who has been on the beach at Nortn Platte, wan complete auwifr Vunlre nf -RiifTaln rmintv ar- ImiI with rranlr T. rHniminrp. the hypnotist, who will be tried here for . the mruder of red laue at oaessa iaai December, the case coming nere on a . n irm. tf vnn from Rnffaio county HXa attorneys have filed an application For a continuance, alleging they have been unable to locate the doctor at Barneston. Neb., who treated iilnsmore, at tbe time of his alleged Injury. The notion will be taken up when Judge lk.lll.,n n nmHvaa nuiTW . . ... A apeclal venire has been issued. The trial will create a great aeai 01 excite mnA draw lnr?e crowds here. There ia some talk of securing the pera house to noia me court in our In the trial. 1 CHANGED NOT IN THE GRAVE. Ghadron, Neb., March 11. Four years Ago two brothers In Dawes county died mad were buried on the table land near Chadron. About the holidays an ad aaialstrator of the estate of the two brothers came here, had the bodies taken up and sent to the old home In South Dakota. When they were un awrthed the caskets were neither rotted nr molded and had hardly lost their atifcrti The bodies were almost as nat sjfal aa the day they were buried and the hair waa as perfect as if Just comb. ad. The burial robes were not Injured, aaf ail showed that the moisture of yajk and snowfall had not penetrated k earth to the depth of the grave. week, down at Alliance, a anri f hjarfjr til exhumed after eleven years' 1 tarsal mad while the outer box was rot- tr the casket was splendidly preserv er A The features were easily reeog- S.vaft, and except for the hair, which J grow several Inches, little change M tsKtceahle. ' C2UKT OW MAN'S DUPLICITY. 6 ! f Neb. (Special.) A young 1 girl la at the hospital with a 4 -rn babe. The sir). In a delicate lajih, oasne to the police station t rirkt aad asked her for shelter. C -ta$a Ala had her taken tc " Whara half aa hour later r Jtl waa horn. TV girl is $ deaseatlc, and formerly Jbdfteav but for tome time t by a Hastily hear Thlr JX'MNdts. loath Omaha. FIGURES FOR FARMERS LABOR COMMISSIONER WRIGHT IGNORS FARM STATISTICS. The Cause of the Decrease In the Earnings of the Tillers of the Soil, To demonstrate that it is not true Chat the rich are growing richer and the poor poorer, the commissioner of labor. In the Atlantic Monthly, quotes the A Id rich report as to wages, assert ing: "The report deals with seventeen great branches of Industry and they are the moat important." Yet this report has not even a soli tary wage quotation for our greatest industry, agriculture, which at the last census engaged 46 per cent of our male population having gainful occupation. As we cannot suppose that Colonel Wright Is unaware of the relative Im portance of agriculture to other indus tries, we may conclude that he deemed it easier to hoodwink the public by this assertion than by an attempt to present statistics of agricultural earnings. While neither the Aldrich report or the census furnish such statistics, we have a report by the statistician of the department of agriculture, Mr. J. R. Dodge, who has made nine extended investigations as to farm wages. The results of these investigations by a re publican statistician are persistently Ignored, not only by Colonel Wright, but by the entire band of prosperity touters. CONDITION OF AGRICVLTt'RE. The condition of our most important industry is also indicated by census statistics of the value of agricultural property and products and the number "EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY, FOR TOMORROW YOU DIE." LEVI P. MORTON. THE PEESIDENT- New York. (Special.) Four hundred ind fifty members of the Ohio Society, logether with a score of notable guests. teard President McKlnley speak on the Philippine question in the grand ball 00 m of the Waldorf-Astoria. They cheered him when be referred x the present triumph of the gold itandard; to the success of American inns In the Spanish war; his Imperial policy towards "our new possessions;" to the state of prosperity in this coun try. It was the fourteenth annual banquet of the Ohio Society of the State of New York. Ranged by the side, of the presi dent at the table were three men who srould like to be vice president, Timothy L. Woodruff, Cornelius N. Bliss and Btephen B. Elkins. The president sat on the right of President M. J. Southard of the Ohio society, while on President Southard's left sat Governor George K. Nash of Ohio. MARK HANNA THERE. Mark Hanan was only three seats away from the president. He walked with a stick and his face had not Its wonted ruddiness. The other guests around the table were great trust mag aates and distinguished men. Mr. Bergen wore a yellow riband around his head and Mr. Davis a red ribbon. The banquet was preceded by a recep engaged in such production. Let us xamine the census figures on this sub ject. The value of farm products in the ;ensus year was reported as $2,450,107, 164, and the value of the agricultural nvestment, land, Improvements, live itock and implements, at $15,92.27, WO. Computing interest on this in restment at 5 per cent, and allowing 1(1 er cent of the value of implements ;$151, 287.631) for renewal and repairs, ind deducting these amounts, together .i.h ih mil nf fertilizers ll?.HAi'J.!,'jH) trom the value of the agricultural pro- luct, there remains as tne eariimnn ui ,55,92G agricultural workers, tl,07.9ft. 09, an average sum for each worker f $187.64. No deductions are here mads tor repair of buildings, rences, and oth r fixed improvements, which are in a neasure ocset by betterments. While It s true that some small agricultural production Is not Included in the cen tus. It Is also true that there is a large Xidy of labor (l.13,373 reported as la orers not specified with the foot note: In agricultural districts agricultural a borer are often reported simply as aborera." The aaricultursl laborers bus included in the unspecified class, nit not considered In the above compu ation, would likely offset the small production not Included In the census. The value of the products Is the value is reported by the farmers to census numerators. . WAGES OF FARM LABOH 1K CR EASING. While the number of aarlrultural la sorera Includes all classes, leaa than t per cent are females and less than 4 per cent sre returned as children. Of the female agricultural laborers, near ly to per cent sre southern negroes. With due allowance for other than adult male laborers the census Indi cates that such agricultural laborers earned on the average but little If any over $2W) a year. That this Is the fact is shown by the report of the stltisti clan of the department of agriculture ee report No. 4 Mis. Series Dept. of Agriculture). According to this report the average wages of farm laborers in 1?90, without board, was but $18.34 per month. This, however. Is pay while employed, while the average obtained by our computation is annual earnings. If we assume constant employment, which It is well known is not the case, average earnings for the year at this rate would amuunt to but $:!-0, or less than half the amount claimed as the average annual earnings of operatives in manufacturing and mechanical in dustry. These statistics of our agri cultural statistician indicate a decrease instead of an enormous Increase in wages, as is shown in the census statis tics of annual earnings in manufac turing industry. CAUSE OF DECREASE IN FARM WAGES. According to the agricultural statis tics, farm wages fell from $18 87 per month In lS7a to $1642 in 18!. They rose to $IS94 in 1SS2, but after that there was no increase down to 1S82. and In lbi2 they had fallen to $H60. These rates, it must be understood, are average rates, and are largely af fected by the low rates of negro labor In the south. Low as these figures may seem, we find confirmation of their substantial correctness in census statistics of the value of property. According to those the value of real estate and improve ments, exclusive of vacant lands, and Indian reservations, amounted to $.'!. 603.512.3i5, of which but $13.2TS,2;.2.e49 represented the value of farms and im provements. Though there was an In- .9f -T nss mmtm m LIEU. GOV. WOODRUFF. GOV. GEO. K. NASH. tion of informal character in the parlor of the Astor Gallery Governor Roosevelt did not arrive tlil 8:30. Some enthusiastic Ohioan yelled: "Three cheers for the governor." They were heartily given. PRESIDENT APPI.AUDS. President McKlnley, whose entrance A FEW POLITICAL FLOPS. (World-Herald.) The World-Herald has too much respect for the high office he holds to call Mr. McKlnley a "fiopper." And, aain, the World-Herald does not de sire to cause the already sore-throated defenders of Mr. McKlnley addi tional pain by giving them excuse for shouting "copperhead" and "trai tor." Hut the World-Herald does desire to call attention to a few inci dents in the public career of William McKlnley. A few years ago he declared that he was In favor of gold and silver as standard money and threw a few oratorical spasms in congress because Cleveland was attempting to discredit silver. A few years later he (lop ped on the money question in order to get a nomination for president, and is today doing the very thing, or worse, that he denounced Cleveland for doing. A few short months ago he held up his hands In holy horror and de claimed aguinst "criminal aggression." Today he Is following the some policy he denounced so bitterly then. He flopped on the' criminal aggres sion question and seeks to disguise the fact by declaiming about benevo lent assimilation and national duty. A few short weeks ago he declared that It was our plain duty to give Puerto Rico free trade with the United States. A few days ago he flopped on this question, giving as an excuse that the flop was necessary in order to prevent Internal dissensions In the republican party. These are but three of the many political flops executed by William Mc Klnley. He has executed many others. Hut the World-Herald, as before remarked, has too much respect for the high office he holds to call Mr. McKlnley a Hopper. But the World-Herald does say that any other man who acts like McKlnley has acted is a Hopper an expert. Indefatigable and notorious fiopper. crease In the area of improved farms of 25.M per cent, the aggregate Value I of farms and improvements increased but SO per cent, while the value of resi dence and business real estate increased 115 per cent. SMALL INCREASE IN FARM VAL UES. The total value of the property of the United States was placed at UiUi.VH, 000 in 1IW0, and, excluding vacant lands, which were not Included In the valua tion of 18S0, at $64,6,0"9,5l9. making nn increase of $20,4:.4.0f,,819. Of this In crease but f3,878.2M,lfl represents an Increase of agricultural property land, improvements, stock and implements. Thus but 18 per cent of the Increase values of the decade are agricultural values, and as nearly 30 per rent of our farmers are tenants, not even this small Increase goes to the larget and most Industrious class of our workers. These figures, be It remembered, are those obtained by republican officials, and conclusively demonstrate the ruin ous effects of an economic policy which has received its chief support from the agricultural classes. II. L. ULIHH. Kx-fienator Matt W. Ransom, now 73 years old, raised on his estate, near Weldon, N. C, more than 1,000 bales of cotton this season. After George Van derbilt, General Ransom is the largest land owner in North Carolina. He who buys popularity at the price of character is robrlng the world of manhood. 4 rlUPREMB COURT OF J THE UNITED HTATES ON ANTI-TRUST LAW. "It is not for the real prosperity of any country that such changes f should occur which result in trans- 4 . forming an Important business e man, the head of his establish- . rr.ent. small though It may be. into a mere servant or agent of a corporation for selling the com- 4 modities which he once rnanufac- e a tured or dealt in, having no voice . in shaping the business policy of . the company and bound to obey orders issued by others. Nor is It for the substantial interests of the 4 country that any one commodity a 4 should be within the sole power and subject to the sole will of the . combination of capital." . SENATOR HANNA HAS THIS TO PAY 4 CONCERNING TRUSTS: '"This cry against trusts is the . work of cheap demagogues." WHAT IS EATING US. Commercial Creed Dominates the Adm Inlstratlon. That there is a canker worm at work gnawing the vitals of the natio nhas Ion gbeen suspected. To locate it and crush the grub of It has been the cause of much windy warfare among the doc tors in consultation over the suffering patient. The Springfield Republican makes the following diagnosis, which will, of course, meet with protests: "The greatest single force that has been driving this republic Into imper ialism the past year and a half is com mercial greed, and that the selfishness FORMER MAYOR STRONG. CORNELIUS N. BLISS. MARK HANNA had not been nearly so vociferous, pat ted his hands gently, and a well-controlled smile passed over his features. Mark Hanna looked Into his plate. He did not smile. Roosevelt sat at the President's right engaged In earnest conversation with him. of trade interests, rather than a pious philanthropy, dominates the adminis tration In nower. The administration begun the glad Imperial new year of IStoo with the intention of treating Porto Rico as well as It did Hawaii; yet be tween January f) and February 5, the senate bill for the government of Porto Itlco had ai) reference to the constitu tion of the United Stale extending to the island, and all provision fur free trade, amended out of it. The force that effected that change In less than a month was a great political power. It made the president of the United States eat his own words; It dictated phrases to two committees of congress; and It was strong enough to do one thing for one island and, without a pretense of consistency, do exactly the opposite thing for another Island. What was it? It was the power of vested Interest Porto Itlco Is weak. Its in dustries prostrate and Impoverished, hence Its resistance to any program could avail nothing. Hut the prosper ous sugar planters of Hawaii sre a money power In themselves, with influ entlnl connections already established in th United States, and are able, in spite of all opposition, to command the free trade which It was the main ob ject of their campaign for annexation to secure forever. "Wllh the money power. In one form or another, dictating to the president and congress a contradictory course ol action regarding- these two Insular pos sessions, where does the Influence of the philanthropists of empire come In?" DEATH III THE UIIIE. EXPLOSION IN A WEST VIRGINIA COAL MINE. Fifty Bodloe Hava Already Been Re-covered.-Work of Reecua la Very Difficult. Fire Creek, W. Va. (Special.) The greatest mine horror In tbe history of the New river region occurred at Red Ash about 8 o'clock this morning by an explosion In the drift mine of the Red Ash Coal company. It is feared that almost 100 lives were lost. The mine was full of men and the explosion occurred near the en trance, which was closed by falling Blate. A relief crew -was quickly at work. Fifty dead have been removed from the shaft. The mine was being worked to Its full capacity to rush orders. It is believed over 100 men were at work. The scene of the disaster Is between this place and Thurmond on the south branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio rail way and assistance was rendered by the railroad company and by the ad Joining mining towns. Relief parties from great distances arrived as soon as possible. State Mine Inspector Pinck ney. with a corps of experts and many workmen, has been on the ground de voting his attention more toward relief than to an official investigation of the cause of the disaster. Managers and bosses of all the mines in this district came to the scene as soon as possible and Joined In the work of rescue. The force of such an explosion caused an immnese falling of the slate and other debris, so that the entrance was filled up for a great distance and the difficulties in digging through It caus ed delay In the work of rescue. The first successful strike of the res cuers was about 10 a. m., when ten bodies were recovered. It was found that seven of them were already dead and the other three were dying. SCENES AT THE ENTRANCE. At the mouth of the mine the scene ivas beyond description. The wives and children and neighbors of those who were known to be entombed were there In full force and their anxiety and dis tress was Intense. They were ail seek ing to help those who were rescued and to get the mine reopened, yet the be reaved people were for the most pari in the way of the rescuers and had to be held back from the entrance. The mine is one of the largest In West Virginia and was very heavily tlm bered in the different drifts. It was, for this reason, at once feared that those who had not been killed by fall ing debris at the time of the explo sion would be pinioned by these con nected timbers and suffer death from suffocation. Air was forced Inlo the mine by engines on the surface, which were kept working after the explosion. but It was found that air could be pumped into the drift for only a short distance. Telegrams were sent to Montgomery, Charleston and other places for phy sicians, nurses and caskets, but during the greater part of the day there was use only for the caskets. The estimates on the number in the mine when the explosion occurred ar based on the number who entered at 7 o'clock. The managers stated that by or 8:30 o'clock a. m. there would have been twice as many men in the mines. ENTIRE TOWN IS GRIEVING. The population, of the mining village Is only 100. Ail are miners and very many of them are related and they all know each other. As Thurmond is only three miles from the scene of the disas ter there were some few in the mine who lived at that place, but for the most part the victims resided herand the calamity will reach almost every little house in the mining town. None of the people here have been at their homes during the day, but they have remained around the mine. Sime have not eaten during the day. Food was liberally supplied to the relays of work men In the rescuing party but many of the women who could get no work of comfort refused to eat or go to their homes. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE DEAD. At a late hour at night the most re liable estimate obtainable put the num ber of victims at 125. The capacity of the mine Is 175, but there have boon only 130 on the pay roil so far this month and It is said that nearly all of these were In the mine at the time of the explosion. The manager, superin tendent, bosses, bookkeex-rs and oth ers are very busy with the force of rescuers, but at the same time they are all very reticent as to the extent of the casualties and any other Infor mation regarding the disaster. The bodies as a rule are mangled bej'ond recognition. Those working on the rescue- relays say that the scene becomes more terri ble as they get farther Into the mine. The men become almost faint of heart when they strike a place filled with dead bodies. The general belief Is that the f-xplfi-sion occurred from contact with dust when the miners entered this morning with tiieir lights and that it was not due to firedamp, as bus been currently reported all day. AN ABANDONED FIRE SHIP. The Crew cf the Ship Are Afloat on the Atlantic. Philadelphia, Pa. (Special.) The American liner Khynland arrived here from Liverpool and reported having sighted the Norwegian ship Soihelm, from Mobile, January 31, for Fleetwood, England, abandoned and on fire. The Rhynland sighted the burning ship on February 27, latitude 45.49, longitude It 11. at a distance of twelve miles. The American liner Immediately changed her course and went to the vessel to take off any one who might be aboard the ship, but found no signs of life. The fire was burning fiercely from the stern to midship, the after part of the uhlp having already been gutted. AIJ the sails of the ship had elthe rbeen scorcnefj or ournea. Not finding any life, the Rhynland blew her whistle for quite a while, in the hope that the crew of the vessel might be within heating and make their whereabouts known, but the Ithynland saw nothing and proceeded. The Holhelm Is supposed to have car ried a crew of fifteen to twenty men Her captains name was Metssen. The vessel had a cargo oi yeuow pine lum ber. . OTIS' KC3UI KiTI LIST. Ela-ht Soldlara Killed and About Forty Are Wounded. Washington, D. C-t'! r-Oener-al Otia has cabled the war department the following list U casualties in tb Philippines; KaonSnP-ny H. F ry. Albay, February 14. William H. Martin; Eleventh cavalry, company A. Sara via, January 19. William H. !" chard: company C. Indan. Juary 7. James Freeman; Third cavalry, com pany D, 8a n Juan. February Mark Lrns; Ninth cavalry Tinubs. March 4 First Lieutenant Edward . Koen ler; Thirty-third infantry, company A, Tangadan mountain, December 7. Jas. A. Wbalon; Panay. Nineteenth Infant ry, company A. Katnongan. rebruary 16 George J. Morris; February , com pany C, Frederick F. Parker. Wounded: Luxon-Fourth Infantry, company G, Albay. January 8. George Donaldson, thorax, severe; January 12. company II. James A. Underwood, thigh. ';&; Camaling, January 22, company E, 1 hos A Klllough. thorax, slight; Eleventh cavalry, company C, Falaiaya. January 19 William Wright, foot, severe; com pany F, John W. Hatfield, sergeant, leg moderate; Herbert Elkins, head, severe; Nals. January 9. company I, John I. Maxwell, leg. moderate; Hllang. January 7, company M, George Mc Carter, sergeant, arm, moderate; Thlr-ty-seventh infantry, Msgdalena Feb ruary 7. company B, Frank Leers, wrist severe; February 2. company A. Bam Vanleer, captain, forearm, very Blight; Majajay, February 24, Cavlntl, March 2, company E, Albert I- Dooct. thigh, severe; February 2. company M, Andrew Hagland. forehead, slight; Twenty-fourth Infantry. Han Luis Vsa bela. December 3. company F. Mack C. Nance, pelvis, severe; Naguilan, Febru ary 7, company F. Alonxo U. Kelly, mu sician, thigh. Blight; company H. Chss. Wilson, scalp, slight; James Bentley, scalp, slight; Thirty-ninth Inlantry, Kampaloc Tayabas, January 29, compa ny E, Simon Hudson, thigh, sllitht; Han Pabl, January 21, George C Quinn. tor poral, shoulder, severe; company t, Otis H. Sldener. abdomen, slight; com pany G, Lanier Schley, corporal, leg moderate; Maurice F. Lindsay, hand, slight; Panay, Plxth Infantry, Macato, February 24, company C, Frank C. Holies, first lieutenant, hand, moderate Some Who Died at Sea. Washington, D. C (Special.) Gener al Khafter has informed the war de partment of the arrival of the trans port Grant at San Francisco. A list of the casualties that occurred during the voyage follows: Private Edward Kleman, company F, Twelfth Infantry, died in Manila bay, 7th ult., chronic diarrhoea; Private As sapa Schoen berger, company M Twelfth infantry, died at sea, 10th ult., acuta diarrhoea; Private Morton Nelsen,corn pany E. Fourteenth Infantry, died at Nagasaki harbor, nth ult., chronic dys entery; Private John It JlcKee, hos pital corps, died at sea, 24th uit., acuta dysentery: Sergeant John S artt Four teenth Infantry, died at seu, 2th ult.. chronic dysentery, and Private Albert Klelnsc hmidt, company C. Thirteenth Infantry, died at sea, 2d lnt., chronle diarrhoea. Lieutenant Koenler's Record. Washington, D. C (Special. First Lieutenant Edgar Frederick Koehler, Ninth United States infantry, whoso death was reported in General Otis' cable dispatch to the war department, was a native of Illinois. He was ap pointed from a eorporalry In the Eighth infantry to be second lieutnant in the Eleventh Infantry in M94, and was transferred to the Ninth infantry In 1897. At the outbreak of the Spanish war he was promoted to be first lieu tenant of the Fourteenth infantry.serv ing with gallantry through the Santi ago campaign. He was recommended for a medal of honor for conspicuous gallantry and fearless Intrepidity in the battle of 8an Juan hill, he being the only officer who ascended the hill mounted In that memorable charge. PROF. HARVEY KILLS HIMSELF Former Head of Iowa College Com mits Suicide Bangor, Me. (Special.) Trof. V. L. Harvey of the University of Maine shot and killed himself at his home In Oronn. He bad been suffering from mental troubles resulting from over work. Harvey was professor of natural his tory and etymoloby. He was about 60 years old and a native of Ithaca, N. Y. He was at one time president of the Iowa Agricultural college and was later connected with Humboldt college, Iowa, and the Arkansas Industrial university. Banks Reaping a Harvest. New York. (Special) National banks continued negotiations for the conces sions of 3 per cent, 4 !er cent (of 1SHI7) and 6 per cent United Biates Uonds Into the proposed 2 per cent liua on w hich to base circulation under the terms of fered In the pending currency measure. It Is probable that government ofll clals In this city will he engaged for days to come In the effort to keep up with the work Incident to the unusual demand for government IhSU'J every where. Banks all over the country are asking for the bonds, although the high rales now obtainable are said to have Induced certain western Institutions to part with their holdings at advantage ous terms, Western Pensions. Washington, IX C (Specl.il.) The following pensions have teen granted: Nebraska William H. Jennings. Tll den; Alfred If. Hell, Indlnnola; ("hlttick hammii, Lexington; special, February 19, Carl Kchmld, Omaha; Madison Rog ers, Geneva; Gjrge W. Huxan, Guide Rock: Elizabeth Hums, Ansley; Eliza beth Jewel, Lexington. Iowa Orson H. Goodrich, Algona; Seymour Conger. Ida Grove; Uertur Wepel, dead, Wesley; Thomas Downard, V'tica; George N. Argubrlght, Blbley; William J. Weaver, East Peru; Charles G. Hopkins, Mllford; John V. Mlnleer. Wlnlleld; Farley P. Post, Dps Moines: Maggie Wepel, Wesley; minor of Geo. W. Chllders, Des Moines; Lizzie Nelson Thar. Murder Farmer and Family. Itaxley, Ga. (Rpecln!.) Dan Mills, a young farmer living twenty miles from here, was brutally murdered by two negro boys. Mrs. Mills tried to get away from the riegToes, but they cap tured her, killed her baby and best the womnn so badly that she will die, Thg murderers escaped. Votaa for a Big War Loan, VOTES FOR A BIG WAR LOAN. Iindon. (eclal.) The houso ot commons In committee f the wholl adopted a resolution to authorise n loan of 135,000,000, The vote stood lfi' 1 10 it.