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Hat; Our Engine Failed f
The Midland Hahway Company ol
England baa administered a cold
douche to our pride of industrial con
quest by announcing that the Ameri
can locomotives tested by the road
have cost from 20 to 25 per cent more
than the British In fuel, 50 per cent
more in oil, and 60 per cent more in
repairs. Against these fatal defects
are to be counted only the trilling ofl
BeU that the American locomotives
were, delivered In a few months in
stead of in three years and that their
price was less than that of the Brit
ish by 12,000 apiece. It Is. explained
that In American railroad practice en
gines are made to be worked to death
and thrown on the scrap heap. Eng
lish locomotives areexpected to become
heirlooms. But there Is probably
something more than that behind the
Midland's figures. In al! neutral m
kets the American machines give per
fect satisfaction and are crowding the
English out. That Is the case even
on the state railroads of British colo
nies. Before our manufacturers ad
mit that their products are failures
on English roads they would probably
like to see them tested by American
engineers and firemen.
The "Shamrock" Countess.
The beautiful countess of Limerick
has weH earned the title of "Tho
Shamrock CotinteBS," for, thanks to
her efforts, one of the British war
funds has acquired this spring a sub
stantial addition to its funds owing
to the sale of the "dear little sham
rock" so cleverly organized by ' tho
mistress of Dromore castle. The young
counters before her marriago MUs
Burke-Irwin, the daughter of one pf
Igeland's most popular sportsmen, ant!
herself, both as a girl and since her
marriage, one of the stralghtest rid
ers to bounds In the Emerald IhIg
early joined the group of those ener
getic peeresses who do all In their
power to Improve the lot of their poor
er friends and neighbors. The Sham
rock League has succeeded beyond the
wildest dreams of its promoters, and
during the days which preceded March
COUNTESS OF LIMERICK.
17 Lady Limerick and her friend?
worked hard all day tying up tiny
noxegayg of Ireland's national green
blossom and dispatching It to all cor
ners of the world.
The flciD Ejrplo-tioe.
If the claims made by officials of
the war department concerning the ef
ficacy of a new explosive are borne
out by sunsequent teats, the L'r.lied
States may possess a secret which will
have Important bearing on tho inter
national politics of the future.
Warbhips and fortifications which
have heretofore been regarded impreg
nable will be at the mercy of Amer
ican guns. It has been demonatrated
that the thickest Harveylzed armor
will not withstand the new projectile
when hurled by one of the great guns
and, what is more Important, that the
explosive with which the projectile is
loaded will be discharged immediately
tue armor Is pierced.
Jiaxlmlte, this new death-doillrg ex
plosive, is called after Mr. Hiram
Maxim, its inventor. Mr. Maxim la
the Inventor of smokeless powder and
has made a specialty of high explo
sives. It Is announced by the officials
In charge of the tests which have been
made on the Sandy Hook proving
grounds that tho results far surpass
anything heretofore attained in any
country. Experts express tho opinion
that the building of battleships and
fortifications may be revolutionized
as the result of the dlscoverloj made
by Mr. Maxim.
To the Girl Leaving College.
Aim for succeitH. Do not select a
railing which is beyond you. It Is
better to be a good housekeeper than
a poor teacher. It Is better to be an
expert stenographer than an inferior
lawyer. It l better to be an efficient
niirne than an inefficient doctor. Per
haps the more ambitious calling will
bring a slight notoriety In tho begin
ning, but If a girl wishes to take a
worthy place in the world she must
not follow her bent, ahe must consid
er whether she has strength for the
long race. Temple Bailey In Woman'!
Howe Companion. .......
Tresidenl of fieto yor Central
Wdiiara h. Newman, who hai Ju:t
actively entered upon the duties of
his new post as president of the New
York Central and Hudson River rail
road, is, as may easily be imagined,
one of the clevcreBt and most thor
oughly trained railroad men in Amer
ica. Ho has worked his way' up prac
tically from the bottom. It is more
than thirty years ago since he began
his career In his profession as local
1 v it
WILLIAM H. NEWMAN,
ticket agent on the Texas and Pacific.
In three years he had been promoted
to the post of general freight agent,
and he was next made third vice-president.
The Chlcngo and Northwestern
offered him a similar post, which he
at once accepted, and In 1896 the
Great Northern road e'ected him its
second vice-president. Three years ago
he was elected president of the Lake
Shore, in which position he was serv
ing when called to tho presidency of
tho New York Central. His knowl
edge takes in all departments of a
railway.
"Disadtiant 'ages of Co-Education
For the great majority of giris over
fifteen years of ago a girl's school or
college is much to be preferred, in
the opinion of one person, at least. I
can speak only what I think in this
connection. I know that many of the
wisest and bet men and women will
not assent to my reasoning or my con
clusons. It should not be forgotten that the
emotional life is growing In and domi
nating tho life of all young creatures.
Girls can think and study better away
from the society of youths of their
own age than they can in company
with them. To get the beat results
from study tho mind must bo kept
as free as possible from distractions
of an emotlonol nature. The associa
tions of school life should be calm,
heulthful, cheerful and free from all
that la exciting or premature of de
velopment. The "flirtations" of school
and college life are confessed by ev
ery one to he out of place and out of
time, yet when young men and young
women aro together nothing can pre
vent such episodes. This ono fact
alone tells against "co-education," and
so strongly that nothing can entire
ly offset It. Ada C. Sweet.
All OxJcr a "Poster.
Is It passible to be driven insane by
a poster? This i. a question which
is being much debated at present in
lies Moines, la. Miss Bertha Atkinson
of that city believes that she will go
mad if a po.-ter oppoalto her window
Is not removed. So real, so vital, bo
appalling has become her horror of
the painted placard that her friend
have come to share In tho apprehen
sion. Accordingly a proteEt has been
made to the municipal authorities, and
THE OBJECTIONABLE POSTER,
the poiiter may be removed. Mean
while Dca Moines U agitated by in
tense feeling. The contagion spreads
dally. No epidemic of disease, the
authorities nay, ever spread so rap
Idly. There are eight submarine cablet of
over 2,000 miles In length.
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A. dam' "Kidnapped Million
aires." Frederick Uphatn Adams, the author
of "John Smith, President," and otii
er stories, has just finished a story
that is likely to prove his niaster
ctroke as a writer of spirited fric
tion, end one that will firmly Ex his
status as an exclusively original them
ist. It is entitled "The Kidnapped
Millionaires," and its five hundred
pages tell the Btory of the kidnaping
of certain American millionaires by
an enterprising newspaper man who
la a monomaniac. It is a succession
of dramatic situations from cover to
cover. The charm consists In the im
pressive probability of a plot which
at first glance would saem Impossible.
By a natural chain of events there is
evolved a situation splendid in the
dramatic Intensity of its interest. The
scenes In the Now York newspaper of
fice, the Inception and execution of the
plot to kidnap six great millionaires,
the Wall street panic which followed,
the dismay of the magnates when they
FREDERICK UPHAM ADAMS,
Author of "The Kidnapped Million
aires." found themselves captives on the high
seas, the cruise of "The Shark," the
landing on Social Island, its explor
ation, and varied adventures which be
fell Palmer J. Morton, Andrus Car
mody, John M. Rockwell, Hiram Hav
en, R. J. Kent, and Simon Pence (tho
six kidnaped millionaires), tho su
perb detective work of the New York
Record and Mr. Bernard Seymour, tho
rescue of tho marooned magnates an J
the subsequent attempt at their recap
ture, are but a few of the Incidents.
The fin?t edition which is out this
week is for 25,000 copies, the largest
first edition of tho year.
Friihtcntng of Children.
Fear is tho most dreaded of human
sensations, and children suffer from it
more keenly than others. Stupid
mothers and nurses frighten little chil
dren with Ilea about bears and bogies
and ghosts and policemen. In every
conceivable way fright is made the
strongest possible factor In child-llfo.
The child is told that he will go to
hell if he tells lies. He knows that ho
has told lies, and therefore concludes
that a horrible fate awaits him. This
Is stupid and harmful. Ha is made to
fear his father by a foolish mother,
who threatens whippings when tho
father cornea borne. The whippings aro
not always forthcoming. The terror is
produced none the less. Tho other day
in Poughkcepsie, N. Y., a child saw
his playmate drown, but gave no warn
ing because he was "afraid to tell."
Fear bad been Implanted In him so
thoroughly that his one Instinct was
to avoid trouble for himself. If you
have young puppies or chickens grow
ing up that you care for, you do not
allow your children to frighten them.
You have brains enough to know that
fright is bad for (,?oung puppies and
young chickens. Why haven't you
bruins enough to know that it Is bad
for your own children? Ex.
Co Be Hoose-Cclt's Guest.
Among ilie guests wl.o will ass;ra
!1p in Co"io!-do Spr!pg3 this month
for tho annual reunion of Roosevelt's
Rough Riders will be Miss Dorothy
Flynn, the dashing western girl,
whose father, D. T. Flynn, represents
Oklahoma In congress. "Tho Honor
able Dot," as she Is called by her
friends and her admirers among
those who followed Roosevelt to Cuba,
Is sponsor for the Rough Riders, and
at the reunion many dinners and
dances will be given for her. The
vlce-presi Jent and tho sponsor of his
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DOROTHY FLYNN.
regiment ore (,itat friends, recently
at her Oklahoma borne Miss Flynn,
who Is an expert with the lariat,
roped a wolf and sent It to Oyster
Bar.
I I III
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(if
Cuban Constitutional Contention Adopts
the Piatt Amendment.
ONLY FOUR DELEGATES ABSENT
Tot Rcprmeou Actual Majority of the
Entire Ud Srnor Ferrer Itelievn
Acceptance to lie the licit Solution to
the Cuban Problem.
HAVANA, June 13. The Cuban con
stitutional convention today accepted
the Piatt amendment by a vote of six
teen to eleven. The resolution to ac
cept was carried without discussion.
Immediately after the opening of
the session Senors Tamio, Valluendas
and Quesada, constituting a majority
of the committee on relations, submit
ted as a substitute for the committee's
former report the Piatt amendment a3
passed by congress, recommending
that it be accepted and made an ap
pendix to the constTlutlon. In the vote
on the resolution twenty-seven dele
gates present divided as follows:
In favor of acceptance: Senors Ca
pote, Vllluendas, Jose M. Gomez, Ta
mayo, Monteagudo, Delgado, Betan
court, Giberga, Lloreento, Quesada,
Sangullly, Nunez, Rodriquez, Berried,
Qullez and Ferrer.
Opposed to acceptance: ' Senors Zay
as, Aleman, Eudaldo, Tamr.yo, Juan
Gualberto Gomez, Cisneros, Silvala,
Fortun, Lacrct, Portuondo, Castro
and Manduley.
Senors Rivera, Corrcoso, Gcner and
Robau were absent. Senors Gener
and Robau voted against acceptance
In the previous division.
WASHINGTON, June 13 The news
of the adoption of the Piatt amend
ment by the Cuban constitutional con
vention was received with genuine
gratification here. The administra
tion officials all along have felt confi
dent that its ratification would be ac
complished when the CubanB realized
that this government was firm in Us
attitude regarding the amendment and
that it3 acceptance would be necessary
before tho United States would consent
to withdraw its supervision from the
Island.
Now that the Cubans jave demon
trsted their good faith In the United
States it is expected that a fairly
speedy evacuation of the island will
follow, contingent only upon the es
tablishment of a stable government in
the island. Just to what extent tha
United States will require practical
evidence of this fact is not definitely
known, but the officials here think that
such steps should be taken by the Cu
bans as will demonstrate their ability
to maintain order and peace, so that
the interests of all the people, native
and foreign, shall be adequately pro
tected. An effective police fore and
other pleasures necessary to the pre
servation of good order and sanitation
are deemed as essential prerequisites
in the formation of the new govern
ment. The mere physical question of
the withdrawal of the American mi
litia from the Island can be accom
plished without much delay.
Ono cabinet officer, speaking of the
matter tonight, expressed the opinion
that if the other requirements are met
cui withdrawal might be accomplished
during the summer and that Cuban
independence might be a reality by
next autumn.
General Wood communicated to the
War department officially tho fact that
the amendment had been adopted.
When Secretary of State John Hay
read the dispatch ho said: "As an old
friend of Cuban Independence for tho
last thirty years, I am most gratified
to learn that the Cuban convention
has done what ia so clearly to the ad
vantage of the Cuban people."
Closing Down fthlpyardft.
ATLANTA. Ga., June 13. A special
from Newport News, Va., says: It
was announced that 1,000 men will be
laid off at the yards of tho Newport
News Shipbuilding and Drydock com
pany on account of the machinists'
strike.
Mri. Ilotha Reachea llruaaels.
BRUSSELS, June 13 Mrs. Botha,
wife of Commandant General Louis
Botha, arrived here today. She was
received at the railway station by Dr.
Lcyds.
Btlllwell'a llond lasnn.
MEXICO CITY, June 13. The bond
issue of tho railways taken over by the
Stllwcll group of American capitalists,
and which they will extend to Tam
plco, giving this city a direct route to
that port, Is $9,000,000 (gold.)
Hear Committee lleporta.
MILWAUKEE, Juno 13. Today's
session of tho supreme lodge, Knights
of Honor, v. an taken up mainly with
the consideration of reports from the
commlUees on credentials, necrology
and laws. Rhode Island's right to a
second representative In the supreme
body was recognized. The laws com
mittee's report approved all the offi
cial decision rendered by the supreme
dictator since the last session and the
entire report was adopted seriatim.
Lateit Quotation from foath Oncaba
and Kansas Citr,
SOUTH OMAHA.
Cattle After the liberal receipts of the
pant few days the supply on sale seemed
rather light. The market was not what
mlKht be called active, but still no ma
terial change was noticeable on the more
desirable grades and all such kinds were
sold In fairly good season. Good to choice
beef steers were in fairly good demand at
Just about yesterday's prices. Buyers,
however, did not take hold with as much
life as they have on some days, and for
that reason sellers found it a little diffi
cult to dispose of the commoner errades at
what they considered steady prices. The
cow market opened a little slow, but still
the pood to choice grades brought just
about the same prlcps as were paid yes
terday. The grassers and the common
to medium grades were neglected and if
anything the tendency of prices was
downward on that class of stuff. Good
bulls brought steady prices, but the com
mon kinds were had to move at any
price, as no one seemed to want them.
Stags were not far from steady If of de
sirable quality, and veal calves sold in
yesterday's notches. Stockers and feeders
sold wlthrut material change.
Hogs There was another heavy run of
heps, and as advices from other points
were unfavorable to the selling Interests
the market opened 5c lower than the close
yesterday, or Mi'VC lower than yester
day's general market. Sellers did not like
to cut loose at the figures offered and as
a result It was late before the market was
under way. The bulk of thehogs sold
at tZ.I-2'6 and $5.f5. with some of the
choicer loads going from that up to $5.52.
Sheep The supply of sheep was rather
light this morning and as packers wanted
all that were on sale It did not take long
to clear the pens. There was no partic
ular change in the prices paid and the
situation could best be described by call
ing it a good, steady market. Clipped
lambs sold f re m 11.25 to U .75 and wethers
went from J3.65 . to $3.75, while ewea
brought $3.10.
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle F.pst beef steers, steady to 10c
lower; packers and feeders, steady; other
cattle, GfolKo lower; choice dressed beef
steers, $5.4ri5.S5; fair to good. !.90&5.33;
stockers and feeders, $3.75'!T4.S0; western
fed steers, Jt.mfj5.50; Texans and Indians,
$4.S0f5.3r. ; Texas grass steers. $3.25'fH.25;
cows, $3.254.75; heifers, $3.50f(5.35; can
ners, J2.2Mj3.la; bulls, J3.20fi4.G5; calves,
t3.50''u5..V).
Hogs Market steady to 2c lower; top,
li.05; bulk of sales, Ja.SSSC.OO; heavy, io.95
i6.05: mixed packers. J3.S5ifi6.00; light,
J3.7Mi3.8TV4; pigs, 14.6n5.70.
Sheep and Lambs Market steady to 10c
lower; western lambs, J4.50?i'5.10; western
wethers, $3.75i4.25; western yearlings, $4.25
ifi5.50; ewes, J3.25ifi.4.75; culls, $2.25?) 3.00 ;
Texas grass sheep, J3.23ifi3.(; Texas
lumbs, J3.23Ti4.25; spring lambs, $4.2C5.25.
GEN. MILES ON THE FLAG.
"Mont Gloriona Ensign Ever Dnfnrled ai
Emblem of a Freo People.
BUFFALO, N. Y., June 15. At the
temple of music on the Pan-American
grounds Flag day was observed under
the auspices of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, the Grand Army
of the Republic and other patriotic so
cieties. Lieutenant General Miles was
received with enthusiasm.
General Miles reviewed the history
of the flag. "Whatever may have in
spired Washington to draft the de
sign," he said, "the result was the be
queathing to the nation, to maintain
unsulied in all its original luster and
for all nations to behold and respect,
the most glorious ensign ever un
furled as the emblem of a free people.
During he century and a quarter that
our flag has floated in the air other
nations have fallen Into decay and
their ensigns have been lowered for
all time, but our beloved standard .is
oneNof the oldest now in existence,
having remained unchanged (except
for the addition cf stars) while its
glory has been seen in the light of
three centuries."
MRS. M'KINLEY OUT Of DANGER.
rtiyslclanf Decide to Issue Mo more
1! Lll I t-t IllH .
WASHINGTON, June 15. Mrs. Mc
Kinley's physicians held their usual
consultation and decided to discontinue
tho issuance of bulletins. It is said
that her condition continues to im
prove slowly and the doctors consider
It useless to give out a bulletin each
day under the favorable progress she
Is making. Should her condition grow
worse the bulletins will be resumed.
Dr. Rlxey, on leaving the white
lioune at 10:30 o'clock, said Mrs. Mc
Kir.ley was doing well and maintain
ing the normal improvement. Mrs.
McKInley reclined on a rolling chair
In her room during the day.
Five of the I.nrgent Cltlen.
LONDON, June 15. A preliminary
census volume Just Issued gives the
population of the five largest cities
of England, exclusive of London, as
folows:
Liverpoor, CS4,847; Manchester, 543,
BC9; Birmingham, 522,182; Leeds, 428,
953; Sheffield, 380,717.
Tho total number of males in Eng
land and Wales ia 15.721.72S; of fe
males, 16,854,147; men serving abroad
In tho army, navy and merchant ma
rines being excltpij'.
ImllRiinpiilli la Winner,
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 15. The
Modern Woodmen of America at the
opening of today's business session of
the head camp adopted a resolution
giving tho executive council power to
change the place of next meeting In
enso It was found Impossible to get
acceptable railroad rates. Five cities
were presented for the place of meet
ing In 1903. Indianapolis, 334; Grand
Rapids. Mich., 240; Saratoga, N. Y 23;
Los Angeles, 17; Denver, 8.
Geoija Ooil Enters Upon His Sentence for
Killing Tbos, Evan.
TWO TRIALS DID NOT SAVE HIM.
Jacob Baber Billed by m Vlrloo Ball A
Voaug Han Jompa From Uridge t
Bar Ills Life Other Mutter litre
sud Tbere In Kwbraeka.
CHADRON, Neb., June 12. So far
as the authorities of Dawes county are
concerned, the sheriff, Charles F. Dar
gan, have performed the last act in
the case of the state of Nebraska vs.
George Coll. In this case the defend
ant was charged with murdering Thos.
Ryan. The trial was a sort of war
fare between the cattlemen and sheep
men and resulted, after a hard fought
contest on both sides, in the conviction
of young Coil. The defendant set up
the plea of self-defense. He alleged
that he was herding his father's sheep
on the range and that Thomas Ryan,
the deceased, met him and called him
names, and threatened to ride oyer
him and that he thought he was going
to kill him, and before the horse
reached the defendant he, being on
foot, pulled up his Winchester and
shot Ryan through the body, killing
him almost instantly. The state prov
ed that at the time of the tragedy
Ryan was unarmed ; that he was a
peaceful and law-abiding citizen; that
he did not at any time use the language
reputed to him. There was also evi
dence tending to show that older heads
had advised defendant to shoot Ryan,
end for this reason the jury found de
fendant guilty of murder only in the
second degree, and recommended that
the court give him the lightest sen
tence possible. Their wish was com
plied with, and Coil was sentenced to
ten years in the penitentiary. The
case was appealed to the supreme court
and at the last sitting was affirmed,
and Sheriff Dargan took Coil to the
penitentiary.
Music In the Air.
June Is the month of loses, but Is
tho month of music as well. From the
1st to the 29th, inclusive, Beflstedt's
famous band that gave such delightful
ruusic at the two expositions, will hold
forth at Omaha, giving two concerts
each day. In this aggregation every
man is a thorough musician and "when
the band begins to play" there is In
stant recognition of true merit from
the enthusiasm that takes hold of the
vast audiences. Remember that it is
only this month opportunity will pre
vail for hearing one of the best bairds
that ever made music west of the Mis
souri. The railroads will make con
cessions for those desiring to attend.
Klll-d by n Ilnll.
MADISON, Neb., June 12. A virtous
bull killed Jacob Huber at his farm,
six miles northwest of town. The ani
mal had been dehorned, but made
wounds with his stubby horns that
caused death. The deceased was an
old settler and leaves a wife and six
children in well-to-do circumstances.
Mr. Huber was in a lot alone at the
time when attacked by tho beast. The
bull tossed and trampled him and lie
was dead when found.
Forced to Jump from Hrlrtce.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., June 12.
Ernest Terry, a young tourist and a
printer by occupation had a remarka
bly narrow escape from being kiled.
He was walking over a Missouri Pa
cific trestle about a mile north cf
town, and, when half way across, he
was startled to hear the whistle of a
rapidly approaching train. To escape
death he Jumped to the ground, forty
feet below, where he remained uncon
scious for some time.
Jtle Crop of Alfalfa,
ELM CREEK, Neb., June 12. The
recent rains have given encouragement
to all. The ravages of tho chinch bug
are checked. The damage from drouth
had not become noficeable. The crop
of alfalfa is the heaviest in years,
overawing three to three and one-half
feet In height.
Lieutenants OUcharffert.
LINCOLN, June 12. Adjutant Oen
ctal Colby has Issued an order which
reads as follows: "It appearing that
the exigencies of the service do
require the addition of Battery A. light
artillery, Nebraska national guard,
such Increase in said organization is
discontinued and all ordora giving nu- ,
thority heretofore are hereby revoked
lo take effect June 17, 1901, the (late of
tho expiration of the term of office
of said officers."
A Cane of Cnreqnltted Loire.
CRESTON, Neb., June 12. Cecil
Moran. 18 yeara of age, and a son of
0. S. Moran, who Jives a few mllea
southeast of this village, attempted
to quit this world of trouble and un
requltted love by taking morphine. Ho
snt a letter to hlo sweetheart by mes
senger and when she did not send a
reply he mixed a quantity of the drug'
with chewing gum and Drocecdad u,
chew It down. The doctors wero ta
time to save him.
a