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
