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Cuba's VroeprsUVe President. TomaB Estrada Falua, tbe leading candidate Tor president of the new Cuban republic, has been ver asso ciated with tbe rause of Cuba Libre, and wu for a long time the manager of the junta In New York. His life has been an active one, spent rn the serv ice of sis country and devoted to the principles of liberty and political equality he imbibed from the study of American institutions. A native of Cuba, he is descended from an ancient family of Castile. He waa born at Bayamo in 1835, studied law in Spain and determined when a youth to free Cuba from the yoke or the dons. In 1877 be partly realized his ambition when be -waa elected' president of the Cuban republic. He now bids fair to be mad the head of a republic which will be more than the dream of a patriot After hhj election he served In the Held during tbe ten years' war, In which over -200.000 Spanish .soldiers TOMAS ESTRADA PALMA. fell. At the close of that strife he refiiRcd to swear allegiance to the king and exiled himself in Honduras, where he married and became postmaster general and otherwine conspicuous us a statesman. In 1883 be rame to Amer ica, established an educational Inntl tutlon, and as soon as the last revo lution appeared threw himself Into it heart and soul. f Che "Referendum in 'Boston. The statistical department of Boston has recently issued some noticeable facts showing the comparative interest taken by electors in that city In refer enda as against ordinary voting con tents, during the decade from 1890 to 1899. While It appears therefrom that in general somewhat less interest Is shown in referenda than In electoral contests, It appears on the other hand that interest In the former has dis tinctly Increased during that period. For the Are years 1895-99 the mem per cents of actual to possible votes were 69.23 on licenses, 66.31 on all other questions, and 67.53 on all refer enda, while the corresponding per rents for the principal offices were: For mayor, 80.12; for street commis sioner, 71.36; for aldermen, 68.43; for cotincllmen, 67.52; for school commlt ', tee, 62.80. On questions other than . . . i. i . .i in HArAnn.illm Ihd "IKylln't aunillllu. "U tvj itirniiMwui, n"- nigiiefit per cent of the possible vote was cast in 1899 respecting the resora tlon of car tracks in Tremont street, and was 75.63. There were In all, asldo from license, ten questions submitted to referendum, and there was an al most steady Increase of interest shown. The lowest per cent of the possible vote, 33.40, was cast In 1894, and the highest. 75.63, in 1899. The mean per cent In respect to license also Increased from 67.15 in the first half of the dec ade to 69.23 In the last half. These facts Indicate that in Boston at least the referendum is a practicable and an Increasingly popular method of set tling public questloQA. Son of Sitting Hull. The eldest son of the Sioux Chief, Sit ting Bull, Is now a thrifty and pros perous bootblack in Philadelphia. His Ind I a n name is M ontezuma, but he is known to his friends and patrons as Harry Parker. Ho is a graduate of the In dian school at Carlisle, whore he took high hnnnn . in the classics ana as an athlete. When he left college he found It difficult to get a position where he could use his edu cation, but he determined that he would not remain idle. Without wasting time be promptly set up In business is a bootblack, and he now owns and con ducts one of the most prosperous stands In Philadelphia. He bas saved considerable money and Is about to open several branch stands In other parti of ma city. Montetuma Is mar ried to Wlnonsh, a full blood Sioux flrl, whose father was one of the great chiefs ol the tribe, and they have 13 children v. Oil King of Cejtas. Oil kings are being made and un made In Texas at present at a rate which makes it Home what unsafe to announce tbe coronation of one for fear be may be deposed almost In stantly by some contrary turn of for tune. But there seems M to be at least one little man who has kept his place long enough to deserves per manent niche In tbe temple of fame. H I s name Is D. R. Beatty, and the first big gusher in tbe famous Beaumont district was opened up by him, and still bears his name. He leased the ground on which the Beatty gusher was dug for $10, and it has already returned to his company a total of more, than a million and a quarter of dollars. Mr. Beatty's time since the excitement be gan baa been taken up with tbe buy ing and selling of oil lands. He or hl3 companies, which are practically owned aud controlled by blm, have hundreds of acres of oil land3 under lease, and the way they do business may be judged from the frtCt tat one day last week he refused first $75,000 and later $90,000 for the lease of a sin gle acre of land near one of the big gushers which he has developed. Mr. Beatty is personally a delicate little man, only five feet six Inches In height, and since Jan. 11. when the Beatty gusher started the 'Texas oil boom, he has been living under a nerv ous tension which might break down a giant. 2r. Carl Herslobu. Dr. Carl Herslow, who !s generally mentioned as the successor of the present Swedish-Norwegian minister of state. Baron von Often, is a promi nent member of the riksdag. The new army bill la certain to meet with de feat unless the king consents to uni versal suffrage, and this Is the meas ure advocated by Dr. Herslow. The present administration is sure to re sign, whatever the result will be, and, as Dr. Herslow has repeatedly been requested to take a seat In the cabi net, everything points to him as the future minister of state for the two countries. Dr. Herslow Is the editor-in-chief of Sydsvenska Dagllga Snall poten, one of the leading newspapers In Sweden, and it is the first time In the history of Sweden that a man from this profession will occupy the high position of a cabinet minister, a convincing proof of the progress of democratic Ideas in Sweden. For sev eral years Dr. Herslow was the speak er of the second chamber, and lias long been considered tho leading statesman of Sweden. Ills platform, "a just division of citizens' privileges and dutleB and the right to offer hia DIt. HERSLOW. life for his country as a soldier should also be accompanied with the right to vote," has made him the idol of the Swedish people. Germany and Monroe "Doctrine An , English paper, whose wish Is evidently parent to the thought, says that the German emperor Is preparing for war on the Monroe doctrine. He wants South America, and he wants it bad. For this he is building a giant navy and in fancy he already hears the thunder of his guns as they rock on the mighty deep. A Paris paper laughs at the Idea and then says: "The German navy is yet young, while the Monroe doctrine is hoary with age. And the kaiser is young yet, and youth will have Its fling. Lot tbe kaiser build his navy and aim its cannon at the Monroe doctrine. When he does there will be war, and war on a generous and satisfying scale. And when the war is over the kaiser will have a chance to sit down and figure up his assets and liabili ties, among which assets should not be forgotten the title of "war lord." Meanwhile, the United States of Am erica will continue to do business at the old stand, and Incidentally may have a little navy of tbelr own, which fact should not be lost sight of by those who figure out a perk of trouble Eft, 1 J for your Uncle Samuel, SAYINGS anil DOINGS Hlaine-Hichborn. Misa Hichboru is the daughter ot Rear-Admiral Hictiborn, and her friends were greatly stirred up tha MISS HICHBORN. other day by learning that she had become engaged to James G. Blaine, whom they do not consider a desirable match for her. It is announced that the young couple are determined to be wed anyhow, in spite of all opposition. It Is said in behalf of "Jimmy" that he has reformed and is ambitious to JAMES G. BLAINE. get rich and buy a big newspaper. Miss Hichborn Is one of the prettiest girls in Washington society. A Locomotive Suggestion. Here is something new in locomotive construction, or rather a suggestion c something new. It comes from the Scientific American, which is high au thority on all thing3 scientific. The American points out that we are at present in some respects at a stand still regarding railroad locomotives. for the reason that the source oi power, the boiler, is practically as big as It can be made on the present plan. It has to be set up on the driv ing wheels and at that height the tun nels forbid Its further enlargement. The suggestion is to transfer the ma chinery to the tender, thus requiring tha frame that carries engine and boil er both to carry the boiler alone. In this way we can get a boiler so large thut the engine will maintain a speed of over sixty miles an hour when drag ging fifteen Pullman cars. Near a Hundred years in Office . W 1,1 !,.. -r, Wiihhnrd a. Mtuuiwiu, "o ucaia the official title of Journal clerk to the United States Sen ate, hut who Is really the parlla m e n t a rl a n of that body, is the third of his I m m e -diate family to occupy t posi th i tion. H 1 s grandfather, Inhn CI MC- nui,i waa anoointcu culef clerk WW ."'' , - of the senate, in 1809, and continued in that position until his death. In 1836. His son, tne fUfhr of the Drcsent Incumbent, was appointed to succeed him, and he re mained as the official helmsman oi m senate until his death, nearly twenty five years ago. Even before the death of his father Hubbard McDonald bad become connected with the senate In a clerical capacity, and he has now served for many years as Its purlla mentarv exDert. It Is his business to sit close to the presiding officer 'of the senate and keep him from tailing miu parliamentary pitfalls. He reports that of all the vice-presidents It lias been his fortune to coach Mr. Roose velt Is by far the hardest to keep in line. "Teddy" has such decided Ideas and opinions of his own that he yields with poor grace to the mandates of tradition and precedent. Che Chinese Indemnity. The International committee on In demnity at Pekln has reported In fa vor of a total of $273,000,000. Large as Is this bill of damages which China must pay for the Boxer riots, it Is con sidered smaller than some of the Eu ropean powers were at first inclined to demand. Credit for this reduction must be given to the United States. When the other powers were pressing ,uimi amotinttna to a total of $400,- 000,000 the Americans urged that one- half or one-quarter of that sum ougni to be sufficient. MAT BLOCK BIG DEAL Tumultuous Proceedings on Wall Street Affect Burlington MovemeDt. UNION PACIfIC PROTECTING ITSELF Purchase of Northern Pacific Shares Is to Provost Blftl'i Benefiting- Kuhn I.oeb May bow Assent to Triangular Arrange ment With the Northerner. NEW YORK, May 9. The Evening Post, In discussing the Northern Pa cific situation, says: Kuhn, Loeb & Co., it was creditably stated today, have acquired sufficient Northern Pa cific stock to prevent, if they desire, the approval of the Burlington pur chase by Northern Pacific sharehold ers. Their purchases for the most part have been made within a week. Some compromise will be made, as the par ties in conflict are so important, and Union Pacific Interests, which the management of that property felt were threatened by the aggressive policy of the Northern Pacific, will be protected by agreement or by Mr. Harriman and perhaps other Union Pacific directors going into the Northern Pacific board. These are matters which necessarily are still unsettled, but Kuhn, Ioeb & Co. now have virtually the power to determine whether the Northern Pa cific will secure the Burlington, and whether assurances given that their Union Pacific Interests will be fully protected. It appears that they would not push their advantage so far as to stop the merger proposed by Mr. Hill. Dealing with the relations of things In the turmoil of Wall street the financial writer of the Evening Post, !a a news leader !n its edition this evening, says: The fundamental fact In the Northern Pacific situation wad that the Burlirigton deal is placed in jeopardy, as matters stand at present. Union Pacific interests, who were alarmed at the danger of their prop erty, lying in the control of the Bur lington by the northern transconti nental line, have bought the ratifica tion of the Burlington purchase by the Northern Pacific shareholders unless some agreement Is made with them which will protect their interacts suf- flcently. The corner in the shares was un precedented. That development re sulted, it is said, from Mr. Keene's clever appreciation of tfie situation in the stock, the legitimate demand for which had heavily reduced the floating supply. The corner Is a secondary aspect, though the more spectacular one to the public, in a movement of far-reaching consequences, possibly putting a stop to the plans for the greatest of railroad mergers, upsetting President Hill's audacious plan to have the Northern Pacific control Burling ton's operations. The policy of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. has been essentially one of self-protection, and being now in a dominant position where the "balance of power" In the western railway situation, so rudely disturbed hy Mr. Hill's Burlington deal, has been restored, they will con tent themselves. Rather than create lasting hostilities among the great western railroads which would follow the abandonment of the Burlington deal, there probably will be made a triangular arrangement, with the Union Pacific sharing the control as well as the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern, tinder a modification of the burden of the guaranty. 01 E TO CORNER ON CORN. That 111 Why Starch Mill Are to He Cloned IndeUnltnly. NEW YORK, May 9. William F. Plcl, Jr., president of the National Starch Manufacturing company, when seen at his residence in Brooklyn to night, said that It was true that the company had ordered all its factories closed. He said that it was done on account of the present corner in corn at Chicago. Mr. Plel said the company did not care to purchase corn while the corner is on, but would wait un til the market became stable. He said it was simply a case of business pro tection, and that he thought the shut downs would not last for any great period of time. Treasury Buying Bonds. WASHINGTON, May 9 .The secre tary of the treasury today bought $89,000 short term 4 per cent bonds at 113.64. Secretary Gage late this afternoon purchased $75,000 short term 4 per cent bonds at 113.65. He also purchased $.",0,000 short term 4 per cent bonds at 113.65. Ileere af Molina Is Slated. CHICAGO, May 9. W. H. Prlnton, president of the Peru Plow and Wheel works of Peru, III., said: "The plow combine Is likely to be merged into a great trust or all the implement makers of tho United States. Ninety per cent of them are now represented In a conference at New York. The capital of the new trust will be as much as $50,000,000 and may amount to $75,000,000. Charles H. Deere will be made president." WILL EIGHT OSTEOPATHY LAWS. Bcbraska State Medical Society Deter mines o Teat He Validity. LINCOLN, Neb., May 11. Tbe Ne braska State Medical society, com prising the state organization of al lopathic physicians, in convention de cided to fight the osteopathy law en acted by the last legislature through the courts In a determined attempt to render it inoperative. The sum of $200 was appropriated for that pur pose out of the treasury of the so ciety. The law which is to be attacked is that legalizing the practice of the heal ing science of osteopathy within the state. Before adjourning the society elect ed the following officers to serve for the ensuing years: President, Dr. W. B. Ely, Ainsworth; first vice presi dent, Dr. A. B. Anderson, Pawnee City; second vice president. Dr. Schu ad; recording secretary, Dr. A. D. Wilkinson, Lincoln; corresponding secretary, Dr. H. W. Orr, Lincoln; treasurer, Dr. J. L. Greene, Lincoln. DROWNS ON HORSEBACK. Charle Boblnaon'a Bleed Sink Under Him In Logan Creek. PENDER, Neb., May , 11. A young man named Charles Robinson, who bad been employed by Charles G. Frey, five miles west of Pender, was drown ed in Logan creek. He was driving some cattle across the creek. The creek being high on account of recent heavy rains, caused the cattle to scatter and he undertook to swim his horse around them, when he got into deep water and the horse could not keep up and sank. He clung to the horse until be came" up a second time and then tried to reach shore but was to oexhausted to make it, and went down. His body was found, down the stream, forty rods from where he was last seen. Gofl to Instruct Filipino. HUMBOLDT, Neb., May 11. Prof. Ned C. Abbott of the city school is receiving the congratulation of friends over his selection as one of the teach ers to instruct the native Filipinos in tlie rudiments of civilization, accord ing to the ideas of Uncle Sam. The professor has just received a commis sion and notification of his appoint ment under Fred R. Atkinson, super intendent of the educational work in the Philippines to this position, which he holds for three years at an annual salary of $1,000. Transportation is furnished from here to Manila, and Professor Abbott will doubtless leave lii June or as soon thereafter as di rected by ,the authorities at Washing ton. Adjonrna and No Oeclelona. LINCOLN, Neb., May 11. The su preme court adjourned without hand ing down any decisions. A great num ber of opinions were prepared by the commission, It is known, and turned over to the court for approval, but owing to the absence of Judge Sulli van on account of sickness, the filing of opinions was deferred until the last sitting in May. The court failed to pass on the motion of Attorney Gen eral Prout to dismiss the suit of the state against the Rock Island railroad fcr over $250,000 damages for viola tions of the maximum rate law. An Old man's Crime. COLUMBUS, Neb., May 11 Sheriff Byrnes took John Hurnell to the state prnitentiary. Burneil was convicted of statutory rape in February and sen tenced early in March by Judge Hol lenbuck to four and one-half years' imprisonment, but the old man, a Orand Army veteran of fifty-six years, became seriously ill of pneumonia a few days after sentence was passed upon him and was kept at St. Mary's l.oFpital, not being considered able un til this week to make the trip to Lin coln. Nine Tears for Assault, NIOBRARA, Neb., May 11. SherifT A. W. Crandall and Deputy John Con way left for Lincoln, taking with them Evert Buchunan, who was sentenced for assault with intent to commit rape upon tho person of a child of a well to do armer living near Bloomfleld and also for Kearney to deliver to the reform school Charles Smart, who was sentenced there for placing railroad ties across the track near Wausa. Meet Crop In Good Fhape. FREMONT, Neb., May 11. The Standard Cattle company has its large acreage of beets nearly all In and a good part of them cultivated. The beets are in good shape and the stand even. (frand Army Oftleers. PLATTSMOIITH, Neb., May It. C. F. Steel of Falrbury was elected senior vice commander and R. S. Wilcox . of Omaha department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. Bartender Drope Dead. NORTH PLATTE, Neb.. May 11. Walter Johnson, bartender In Henry Waltermath's saloon, fell backward an he was drawing a glass of beer and died In a few minutes. His death is attributed to heart failure. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. Latest Quotations from Sooth Oncalia and Kansas Citv. Cattle There was another liberal run of cattle and us the supply fur the week up to thie time hus been heavy, packers Blurted In to pound the market. Sellers held for steady price and as a result the market was very slow and draggy and it waa late before much of anything wo done. There were not far from 80 cars of betf steers on pale, and packers started ill bidding generally a dime lower. In some cases where the cattle just suited them they did not try to take off that much, but in the case of the commoner kinds they frequently bid more than a dime lower. Sellers held for steady prices, but packers 'would not raise their bids and for that reason the market was very slow and draggy and nothing like a clearance was made until a late hour. The cow market was In better shape, thtre being only about a dozen cars on sale. Bulls, if of satisfactory quality, met with ready sales at yesterday's quota tions. Stockers and feeders were not in very active demand and in fact the mar ket could be quoted slow and weak. Hogs There was not as heavy a supply of hogs as there has been of late and the market opened strong to 2c higher. The bulk of the early sales went at $5.67'2, with the choicer loads at $5.70, and occa sionally one at JTi.Ti'H, and as high as $5.75 was paid. The lighter hogs soid largely at $5.65. After the first few rounds buy ers lowered their bids, as they claim they are paying almost Chicago prices. They want to buy the general run of hogs at and $o.65, or about the same as they paid yesterday. Sellers were holding for the morning prices, and as a result noth ing was done for a time. Sheep The following were the quota tions: Choice wooled wethers, $4.20(64.40; fair to good wooled wethers, $4.0041.4.20; clipped wethers, $3.85i4.00; fair to good clipped wethers, $:i.60r(i,:i.85; choice light weight ewes, wooled, $4.O0ft4.15; fair to good ewes, $a.50Ca4.O0; clipped ewes, $3.25 3.75; choice wooled lambs, $4.90ifi5.0O; fair to good lambs, $4.65St4.90; clipped lambs, $4.2O4.40; fair to good clipped lambs, $3.75 l4.W; spring lambs, $5.5OJi6.E0; feeder wethers, $3.50M.O: feeder lambs, $4.00 4.40. KANSAS CITY. Cattle Best beef, steady to 10c lower; stockers and feeders, steady; cows and heifers, lOftluc lower; choice beef, $5.20fJ 5.60; fair to good, $4.505.15; stockers and feeders. $3.8G5.00; western-fed steers, $4.50 5x5.25; Texas and Indian, $4.30Coi5.00; cows, $3.0U4.50; heifers, $3.25&,i.O0; canners, $2.25 3.00; bulls, $.3.25i-a)4.75; calves, S4.00&6.O0. Hogs Market opened steady and closed 5c higher; top, $5.85' bulk of sales, $5.60) 5.75; heavy, $5.75fr5.&5; mixed packers, $5.60 15.75; light, $5.25!5.67; pigs, $4.5005.20. Sheep and Lambs Market 5c higher; western lambs, $4,754(5.10; western weth ers, $4.104.65; western yearlings, $4.25!U 4.70; ewes, $3.50&4.00; culls, $2.50(?(-3.5O; grass Texans, $3.50(ci4.00; spring lambs, $5.0(K&6.50. M'KINLEY THROUGH A WINDOW. l'resldent Has to Do Acrobatic Stunt to Escape Press of People. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal., May 11. The presidential party stopped at San Luis Obispo. It was almost dark when the train arrived. The president and party were driven to the Ramona hotel, where the president spoke briefly from the veranda. After he had con cluded the crowd surged up the steps in a vain endeavor to get near him and there was almost a panic for a moment. With some difficulty the president was extricated through a window into the parlor and thence to a rear exit, where he got his carriage to the train. Sev eral of the party had narrow escapes from severe injury. Offcia to Find Hissing; Body. FORT DODGE, May 11. The friends of George McMahon, the farmer who mysteriously disappeared about three weeks ago, have received a letter from a medium in Minneapolis, stating that McMahon was killed by a neckyoke on the same night of his disappearance. The medium offers to find McMahon's bod provided "00 is placed in one of the banks of this city, to be paid to Jier if successful. Mrs. McMahon has done this and says she is willing to give $1,000 to locate her husband. Mr. McMahon's friends have determined not to give up the search, and if the medium fails to find the body they will probably place the matter in the hands of the Pinkerton agency. They say they will maintain the search, even if it lasts for years. Becomes Suddenly Demented. PERU, Neb., May 11. John Wood ard, whose home is four miles east of Hamburg, Ia was taken in charge by friends here while suffering from what is thought to be temporary dementia. Woodard came here to spend a few days with his children at school in Peru. He conceived the Idea that he was to be burled in Mount Vernon cem etery, near here, and in order that he might save himself from being carried to the grave, he started to walk to the cemetery last night, partially undress ing en route. Mr. Game's Bond Buying. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 11. Sec retary of the treasury today purchased $28,500 short term 4 per cent bonds at $113.65. He also bought $200 short Urms at $113.57. This purchase is of diite April 27. Dispute la at a Deadlock. NEW YORK, May 11. A Wall street news agency made this statement yes terday afternoon : It Is authoritatively stated that the principal matters in dispute regarding the affairs and pol icy of the Northern Pacific Railway company arc at a deadlock, from which a change is hardly to be expected by the arrival here of J. P. Morgan. The agreement of Thursday night appear! to have been prompted wholly to re lieve the actual short Interest