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THE NORTHWESTERN. BEHtCHOTEB * GIBSON, E<U and rob*. LOUP CITY, - * NEB. NEBRASKA NEWS. The Clarks board of trustees derided not to accept the waterworks system in Its present condition. It claims that the plan is not in compliance with the contract. While the family of Jacob Shively of Fairfield were at church, sneak thieves effected nn entrance by forcing a door and got away with about $150 worth of money and jewelry. The governor has been requested to name delegates to the tenth session of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial con gress, which meets at Wichita May 31 and June 1, 2 and 3 of this year, The annual meeting of the Western Nebraska Stock Growers’ association will be held on May 9 next at Alli ance. The subject of Inspection will come up for settlement ut this meet ing, and it is desired that there be a full attendance. Citizens of Beatrice are sony to learn of the wounding of A. S. Wads worth, second lieutenant of company B. Mr. Wadsworth left that city as a private of company O when the war brroke out, hut has been promoted during his career as a soldier. A little son of C. H. Aldrich of Dav id City swallowed the contents of a bottle of cough syrup anu had a dose rail for his liic. A physician was im mediately called, and after a few hours’ skillful treatment the little fol« low was pronounced out of danger. James O. West, of Grand Island, Neb., who has been appointed deputy collector of customs at Manila under Lieutenant Colonel Colton of the First Nebraska volunteers left for San Frandseo with orders to sail as soon as possible. The position is wortli about $3,500 per year. John Miller, living north of Exeter, while hafTowing with four horses, no ticed his pigs over at his nighbor's. Tieing his horses to a wire fence he went to drive them home, and while gone the horses got loose and started to run with the harrow and before he could return one horse* was killed and another badly cut up. The motion for a Hew trial in the Argabright case was overruled by Judge Litton at Auburn and Arga bright was sentenced to ninety-nine years in the penitentiary. The case will be taken to the supreme court, as there is great dissatisfaction relative to the manner in which the case was conducted by the prosecution. When the announcement came from Fort Niobrara to Valentine that Col onel Stotsenberg of the First Nebras ka had fallr n lit battle tne Grand Ar my of the Republic flag was hoisted at half mast, followed by the one over i the high school building and but a I short time elapsed before flags at half ! mast were seen floating from most of I the business houses, which remained I so for the day. Of the twenty-two boys who enlist ed from St. Edward in the First Ne braska regiment two were discharged from duty at Honolulu, Lieutenant Sisson killed and seven are now in the hospital suffering from wounds. The last one reported was Eli Sisson, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P Sisson, cousin of Lieutenant L. E. Sisson, who has many friends that hope his wounds w ill not prove serious. Every day from twenty-five to fifty laborers are carried out of Omaha for railroad work in western Nebraska and Wyoming, but that Is only the foerunner of the movement which will begin the first of next month. The pro prietor of one of the labor agencies in that city says that he alone will send between 500 and 000 rnen every week after May 1. These laborers are sent to different localities where railroad construction is under way. State Senator Newell of Cass county was in Lincoln last week in company with T. E. Parmalee of Plattsmouth. They were en route home from a visit to Marquette in Hamilton county, where they have a large cattle ranch. They own 1,380 acres out there and are feeding 350 head of cattle. Part of the grain for the stock is raised on the ranch, about 300 acres being under cultivation. They had the Hamilton county ranch in operation about five years, and it lias thus far proved very profitable. Settlement for the month of March with the patrons of the Schuyler Creamery company occurred last week, the thirty-five patrons of the company receiving a total of $1,081.90 for 175, 998 pounds of mlik skimmed at Schuy ler and other stations, as follows: Schuyler, 50.613; Octavla. 43.922; Sta I’on No. 2, 4i'».53l and Station No. 3. 31.924. which netted a gain of 24,264 pounds over February. The average test was 397; butter fat produced, Cl'96.9, which was pah) for at the rate tf 15*8 cents per ;'''und. Adjutant li*u*ral furry bus r»" i\* «■«! copies of order* Issued by the war mpartmiut directing the honorable discharge of the following Nebraska soldier*. all being from the First reg iment Quarter master Sergeant George W. II* nil*, private* la>u!» Frle*. «om t>any A; William K. C'ooo. J* -e l. Karlin*. Kdward M S* hoop, George W, Wunn. company It John Vnder* *on, la wi» M liable. Norman I* flrtf Itth William Johnson t oartes F Hun yon, George M Thompson, Henry W. Westbrook. company f; Fred Carver, company K; Jam** W Chvvroal. * *m l>any C; Thoma* Jam**, company H The** eoIdler* were muttered ont at dan Francisco and were allowed Uawl I ay to torn* home from theta. Gordon ha* th* rraih hunter of th* entire etalr Fad Hrywiwal a few day* ago, »h it. hilled and l<rou»ht home live wild |mw, the result of on* •hot Now. «an any other gooae hunt* er in the state heat mr mi e twal thi* ttrwtl t I ton i ntt ‘Vina* h" at wwe, hfcei.lT ftyrne* of t'l«ttr roomy. ft* turaed from tilenwotwi. la . bringing with him Oeorfr Harden, warned k«ie tor burg; it r committed ls»l Novem ber Joi Ha>< > hi* pai who «*a taught at the lime, to tiled In th* dtatrbl •*»»»#» a tot given three wars In th* penitentiary Hayden er. po*l* lively Ideal !*•*! and tonrl'tiled la *< a.* Weiheut itgutstuua pu»«rt. Letter of Condolence From Secretary Moikeljohn. FATIH'R CF DECEASED NOTIFIED. Gallant Ofllrer Lost HIr I.lfe While Ltidliig a Charge Cron tlie Enemy'* Works—Likelihood that the J'lrnt >*■ brulia Will Rood hall for Home. 1 lie Lilt C’nl Moturnberff. Assistant Secretary Melklejohn sent letters of condolence to the father and wife of the late colonel of the First Nebraska volunteers, J. M. Stotsen berg, who died leading his troops In the Philippines on April 23. Follow ing is the secretary's letter to Hon. -ohn li. Btotsenberg cf New Albany, Ind.: "Information that your son, Colonel John M. Fiotsenuerg, First Nebraska. U. 8. V.. has been killed in battle has been received. That he has met the common doom of mankind in the noon time of life and at the entrance of a notable career is cause for deep sorrow und regret. Put that he was killed in battle, leading his command in a suc cessful charge upon the intrenchments of the enemy and met death in the way a soldier would choose to » e Is some comfort, mough inadequate to solace the sense <n personal bereave ment you. now feel. "It may be a comfort to you to know t-at this department did not wait until his death to do him honor. When the legislature of Nebraska, the gov ernor of that state and other prominent citizens, laboring under a misunder standing of the great work your son was accomplishing with his regiment, as.Kcd to have him relieved of his com mand, the response of this department was: ii wouiu oe ot'Kirucuve to cuhci pilne aud would imperil the interests of the service to dismiss from the volunteer army on an exparte state ment an officer with an unblemished record, against whom no complaint has been lodged by or through any mili tary authority.’ ' I have this day dosed the incident of said complaint by endorsing across the face thereo. these words: ‘This officer and soldier was killed in battle at the head of his command while leading a successful charge on the in trenchments of the enemy on April 23, loilib’ 1 wish it were within my power to render him and you a greater ser vice.” Tl»i* Crop <'om!ltUrn*. The last Nebraska crop bulletin pre sents this summary: The last week has been dry and windy, with rn excess of sunshine. The average daily temperatuve defici ency has varied from about one degree in the western counties to nearly three degrees in the southeastern. The daily maximum temperatures gener ally exceeded 70 degrees oil but one day of the week, and then were but slightly above. The weekly minimum temperatures ranged from 38 degrees to 22 degrees, with heavy frosts in most sections of the state. The rainfall has been below normal In all counties. In most of the, west ern counties no rain fell. In the een tral and eastern scattered showers occurred. The amount of rainfall was, however, very small, g'nerally less than a tenth of an Inch, except In a few northeastern and southeastern counties, where It ranged from a quar ter to slightly more than half an inch. The last week has been favorable or farm work and rapid progress has been made in seeding small grain. Spring wheat is now all sown, except In a few northern counties, and there the greater portion of the crop is sown. Oat seeding is well advanced everywhere and practically completed In southern counties. Plowing for corn has commenced In most counties and a bale corn has been planter! in the southern portion of the state. The ground is in goou condition for plow ing and seeding in eastern counties, but is too dry for quick germination and growth, and in some parts of the central western portion of the state seed will not grow until after rain comes. The high winds of the last week have dried the ground rapidly and have been exceedingly unfavor able for winter wheat, and the reports of the condition of this crop are de cidedly less encouraging than they j were a week ago. tue estimate of most reports tills week being from about all | dead to about a quarter of the crop t alive, while a few estimates In south ! eastern counties indicate a slightly better condition. New Sugar Ksrtnry Hr gun. The Staiuidid R»**t Sugar company I of Aim k has a force of men at work driving, piling and excavating for the new factory, fieri Leonard of rhino, i Pul., who had < liurge of the building ; of the factory there, ia superintending j the construction of the factory. Two companies have been organized in Prenioitl for the purpose of raising sugar l»*ets One haa a paid up capital ►lock of |.i •«**. divided Into shares «»f f'tO eu< h. It has leased 150 acres of ( land east of the city which Is now being prepared for seeding I hia com P«ny expect a to expend not to exceed l.’u per acre in growina the crop An other company of seventeen stockhold I era. with a capital of ft eon. has leased III) a* ret northeast of the city for i« *Is. Other individual heat rats ers will probably Incrcj-e the acreage j of beets In this Immediate vicinity to S it acres While the ground la dry It la !u «<*»! condition and the work : of planting will be poshed as rapidly j aa possible. If VMMMtl MH la f KM M»«lat«Hl Th« <>.*Wr s»»ur.| making iMtwtotilon* l« ike Klrat N<-blank a at Manila in»M | tut«n (!»•*«• • lian«*» t'aiiiaiu I’raak l» K«|rr ft a,nu>l major. lo lank from April | t, l*t* Ik# Wi.iiawta r«*i*u<r<l Hul Maaimaui Harry I Aft tor. a Ijiitanf. ai*i« liiU.I taptala <'i»«>i<aiij II rt* rank linn A|kiI i. urn u. «■ Kai«r |»r*.i»M.i»u Kouif I h><iunmt It*.ft It WMi>m t'omimny (* lm |t#ui»*ani as*l atliulnNii, to rank from April t, j 11to, vie* Ar« |t«r yrvioouU First I!«*gliticn» M«j Return. Friends of the First Nebraska regi ment have been assured that the regi ment v.ill be returned to the United States within a few days. Whether it will be possible for the war depart Fment to spare the regiment immedi ately is doubted l>y many. Brad P. Cook of Lincoln is in receipt ot the following letters from President Mc Kinleys privute secretary and Assist ant Secretary of War Melklejohn. which indicate that the regiment may rail for home May E: Executive Mansion, Washington.— Mr. Brad P. Cook, Lincoln, Net).: *.y Dear Sir—I l>eg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th inst., with enclosure, and to say that it was promptly brought to the atten tion of the president. Very truly yours. GEORGE D. CORTELYOU, Assistant Secretary to the president. War Department, Office of the As sistant Secretary, Washington—Mr. Prad P. Cook, Lincoln, Neb.—Dear Sir: I am just in receipt of your let ter of the 15th inst., enclosing copy of a resolution addressgd to the presi dent, adopted by the relatives and friends of the First Nebraska volun teers, and have very carefully noted the contents of same. In reply I take pleasure in advising you that cable advices just received from General Otis are to the effect that the return of the volunteers will commence about i.*ay 5 and will continue as rapidly as tae accommodations of the transport service permit. I earnestly hope that this action of General Otis will serve in some meas ure to allay the natural anxiety which the relatives and friends of the Ne braska hoys feel as to their return, and perhaps the statement of General Otis to the effect that the health and spirits of thp troops are good will also have a tendency in the same direction. I trust that my interest in the wel fare of the Nebraska regiment Is not lost sight of in the earnest desire for us return to civil life. No efforts of mine have l>een spared to aid the troops in any way within the power of the government, and it would have pleased me as much as anyone had it been possible to have ordered the return of these troops some time ago. in response to the earnest I solicitations which have emanated from the parents and friends of these ( boys. I trust, however, that the prospect of their early return will be satisfac torily regarded. Very respet tfully, G. D. MEIKLEJOH.Y, Assistant Secretary of War. l.aiiU Trouble* In the North went. There is being dc- eloped a condition of affairs in the grazirg region of the no: thwest part of the state that, ac cording to rumors from that section, portend serious conflicts between the piessent occupiers of government lands and others who are preparing to assert what they contend are better rights to them. In the grazing portion of the state which is sparsely settled there are large bodies of government land which have not been taken up under the homestead or other acts which permit settlers to obtain title from the gov ernment. This land is nevertheless valuable to the ow ners of herds of cat tle and the luxuriant grass upon It is turned Into dollars through the me dium of the rattle that are fattened there every year. The cattlemen do not own this land and no one else has cared to purchase it. The lines defining the ranges are pretty well defined and the rule that no one will trespass on another's range previously occupied by him. is well es tablished. Inns the use of the graz ing ground is by unwritten law of the range, made the property of the par ticular ranchman almost as much as if he had purchased it and held a writ ten title to it. Two years ago the national congress passed a law making certain provis ions concerning lands belonging to the government which are included in the zone known as the semi-arid region, where irrigation and other devices for the distributing and saving and stor ing the water from streams are utiliz I ed to assist in the raising of crops or providing domestic animals as well as men with water for ordinary domestic purposes. One of the provisions of this law is that whenever a person or cor poration builds or constructs a reser voir on or near this unsold govern ment land in the irrigation region, that so much of this laud shall lie set apart and the constructor of the reservoir shall have the right to use it. The amount of land that a company or person may take possession of is dependent upon the size of the res ervoir, its rapacity to hold water and supply the surrounding land with tbo necessary element for human liveli hood. The reservoir non do not get ! a title front the government to the ! land, they simply have the sanction i of the law for their occupation and { use. iiecentiy uteri* nave t* n several comi»anli» formal for the p urpo** of building iturvolri In the gnulng ««*• lion of Nebraska ami Al<tik made fur tin* one of lam'' IhmIIn of ibis govern ment land. Tho promotem of theae com pan lev ar<* mtid to l»e pi m< ipally eastern people, but Nebraska cluiana are al*o lu (hla bumneaa. , The point v.here the trouble t* likely to url»<> |< a hen these claimant* to the right to use the land try to ustat the figrHv *n »<iu base h ‘re.ofur* held It. The |o oape< I for tonHlcUl of 1 tHla *ort are said to t»* more than like ly and If the report* that are comiag In to the fetal* >apl»nl of the fooling i among the old po»*t**or» are not e*» j aeategated this does not «»w to be far I fiom wiong. Weaver's Itvrty barn in d.hiyl*r, buru«i| to the grouml the lire l ohe out (hilt 1 o'rtorh and In le«« than thirty minute* >a rumple, rly ***a< (nliti «t. Twenty head of hi*r**a were burned, Wilil** twelve •« >,th*ie* ami a lot uf harnena and o*Her paraph ran* I i title a ( Tidrfie* it*.d the baia i rent it at tl u< i, <t m at i>f t ie . M ■ t»t* M*«o* litre, dit a lb •••man and N* l hart I oat live to >»>• and b‘i|ilrf which were kept tn the bar a* I b« I total I o» |« at nt |>. W* uf whtrh Weaver* t* aw>u> fi voo on ■tiding* and the t<wlan«* ta a to.** c( yenvig pi'vparty alihta t.»e tarn. I Otis Improves Lull in Fighting , to Strengthen Position. REPAIRS BRIDGES AMD TRENCHES Halim Are Cheerful Over Prospects of Returning Faira—Filipinos Ask I’s “Would Vou Fight While We Are IJis rusolng PeaceA Might Skirmish With the Insurgent*. MANILA, May 1.—While it is the geiural expectation among Americans that the Filipino emissaries will re mrn with revised proposals ffom Cen tral Antonio Luna, Major General Ctis is not letting this prospect inter fere with his preparations for pushing tin. war. Yesterday he ordered Major General Lawton to return to Angat, a few miles northwest of Norzagaray, cm) not to advance aggressively while the negotiations were pending. Gen eral MacArthur is apparently acting on the same policy, hut he is repairing bridges and strengthening the lines of his force, which is stretched out with a four-mile front, and within a Quarter of a mile of the enemy. The possibilities of peace are gratifying to a great majority of the army, whi h has regarded the war as an unpleas ant duty that must be performed ac cording to American traditions. Manila is cheerful over the pros pect of a return of normal life, though there are skeptics who remark that a trti'T would enable the insurgents to rest, until the rainy season, upon which they have been depending as an im portant aid. i nt prisoners report mat mere are 75,000 refugees north of h'an Fernan do. This Is not impossible, consider ing the thickly populated region will h the Americans have cleared. It seems aba that smallpox is spreading among th* m. The so-called Filipino congress will meet at San Fernando tomorrow. When Dean C. Worcester of the United States Philippine commission, who accompanied the Filipino emis saries from Calumplt, said to Colom 1 Manuel Argueiles that the Americans were under no obligations to refrai.1 from fighting, the Filipino officer said: "Would you fight while we are dis cussing terms of peace?” Mr. Worcester responded with the suggestion that an armistice would j give the Filipino leaders time to es cape. ? "My God. where would we escape to?” the Filipino exclaimed, referring in this to menacing hostile tribes be hind the Filipino line. Colonel Argueiles told the corre spondent of the Associated Press that he was much disappointed in the re- j suits of his mission. lie said also | that. Agulnaldo expected Calumpit to be the cemetery of the American army. I-ieutenanL Colonel Wallai e of the First Montana regiment. Major Adams and Major Shields, who slept on Fri day night in General Luna's camp, where they went to inform the Fili pinos that their envoys would return in safety, found the Filipino com mander cordial, the Filipino troops re moving their hats as the Americans passed. The Filipinos complained to them that the Americans used exploi l' e bullets, which is not the fact. The American officers retorted that ll e copper shells used by the Filipinos are worse than explosive bullets. General Luna said lie regretted being obliged to kill Americans, but that was his business. General Wheaton entertained Colo nel Argueiles and Lieutenant Jose Bernal and provided them with horses to return to their camp. In the course of the conference yes terday. Jacob Schumann, chairmen of the United States commission, tol 1 Colonel Argueiles that if the insur gents would lay down their arms he and his colleagues of the commission would consult them regarding tl.e plan of government to be submitted to President McKinley. He said he would not promise that all their sug gestions would be adopted, but he could assure them thHt there would he a presumption in favor of their sug gestions, adding that the commission ers would lie especially desirous «>t satisfying the legitimate aspirations of the Filipinos. When Colonel Argueiles protested that unconditional surrender would la* humiliating. Mr. Schumann re plied: "There would tie no humilia tion in treating our brother Filtpiros as General Grant treated <-ur broth *r Americans at Appomattox." Mr. Schumann said yesterday to | the correspondent of the Associated : Press; "I believe Colonel Argueiles Is per | sunnily sincere and honest, though I ’ have no means of ascertaining the sen timents and aims of the authorities behind him The Filipino people. p< o | pie, like other Asiatic peoples, have no i trust in mere words, without force be l hind them, but with force I-consider a conciliatory spirit of the utmost !m I porlesce." Iliikli f«»r I lr I »•»»•• PKXVKH, fob. Miy 1 About htiuuMffktTH who *o lorgte In | thp t'le rraaivation arp alraaily h»r« anil murp »tr*' turning dally. Thp nil” allow Ids apttbra to go ii|»tn the «ur vr>p*l land# ami roaVp tbflr *»l#fllo#^ In atlvtintr of «Ha* owning otiftatM in to h of Mm* t i nubia * y|tarlp|t‘ rd at prat iwua I bp only ruah for ih.»f Unda will I’" «» thp land o«t< a. KittUra il«tiring italma on tha nnaur v*y*d iRittlon air allow'd to paannn* |b# r«illt)f In advulKP but moat fp limp from It l>»f“i* n«on. May t At that hoar th*<y nay Un* «i» an«l tut* a run for Ih* vlalwa * hat th»v to* ololol Tit*) bar# iilioty ‘lay* ’ in * ho h to 8Ip on tin «• rtalms. »l ..I...*.. » »* • M AIUlItt, Maajr I VI M»r I . wr.'v i b«j»*r Hi«M wd#r* Id* «iu*n r»««m (r4 Ihtuu »»f» !»<• Ml « m. H I»». *<t MV* an Aovvi'*** *u» tiw.rtxk *«lkltta up autl 4***it Mi* #w»W«mt wild • |H>u«ru4lMi( frunt M« |> kii Mm •tr*»l * iua«l >i riinli«( *«> i(m H* IH<<<HM<MI * v < »»*l M«* tuMM<l »i<d id* ►.<•»* la I’d*!* MM* • *IU»M»» »Mrg*«M It j» u I* l* W**i [ ADVANCE ON MALOLOS. Mr. Harrison C»ri*y Iflln of thf Advance on the Ktbfb'i Capital. SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.—Release;! from quarantine today, ltrlgadler Gen eral Harrison Gray Otis, U. s'. Vr., who arrived from Manila last night, on tho transport Sherman, Is a happy man at being again at home. This veteran of three wars U a civilian in time of peace and as soon as he foresaw the termination of hostilities with the fall of Malolos he asked to be allowed to resign. He expects to leave for Los Angeles tomorrow and will at once as sume his position as editor In chief of the Los Angeles Times. He was interviewed today by u reporter of tho Associated Press. Speaking of the po sition held by his brigade during the campaign, General Otis said: "In the advance upon Malolos, begun at day light, March 25, my brigade constitut ed the center of tlie general line and Its orders were to pierce the enemy's center, which was done the same day. After this movement was under way the First brigade advanced west of tho railway track, running north, and at right angles to it, while the Second brigade advanced abreast on the east side of the same track. The usual reg imental formation adopted in all the movements in line of battle was to post two battalions on the firing line, with one battalion In support.” In the advance upon Malolos. how was your main line constituted?” "I have already described Its forma tion. If you will examine the map of the region It will perhaps make the respective positions of the two divis ions of the Eighth army corps clearer to you. he First division, with the ex ception of Wheaton's brigade, was on the south of the T\istg; the Second di vision anil Wheaton’s brigade were north of that river. "The Malolos assault, as a whole, was made by the Second division, Ma jor General MacArthur commanding, supported by Wheaton’s brigade (the Third) of Lawton's First divison. The entire column was strengthened by the divisional artillery, made up of regu lation Held pieces. Hotchkiss cannon and a vicious little rapid-fire gun. All the guns were manned by men from Dyer's Sixth United States artillery and Young’s battalion of Utah light artillery, under their respective offi cers. A squadron of the Fourth Unit ed States cavalry was the only mount ed force in the column. I’art of the regular cavalry was mounted on big horses, the remainder on ponies. “Our general infantry advance was a long, superb sweep northward by a thin lire of troops In extended order of battle, deployed so as to cover near, ly the entire country between the bay of Man !a on the west and Sail Juan on the east, «• "To go back a little, the movement began at 5:30 a. ra. of March 25. with Dale's advance on the near right. Ills movement was taken up at 6 a. m. by my brigade on the center. Wheaton, with the left, advanced later. "On account of the boldnefs of the enemy on his left. General Hall was kept busy there and did not advance with the general line. He had been di rected by the corps commander to se cure the safety of our extreme right, also the road beyond the peradventure of a doubt. "The fighting itself—well, I cannot go into that in detail; It would re quire much space. There is no trou ble about the fighting on our side. Make a fairly good plan of battle, send the soldiers in under their officers, hold them well in hand, give them good rifles and keep them supplied with plenty of ammunition, maintain strict fire discipline, show them the enemy's position and the men will do the rest. "The nameless man behind the gun and the all too obscure line officer have far more to do with the winning of victories than many poorly Inform ed civilians seem to understand.” "The start—how was it made?” “The first advance was partly through the opening across rice fields and cleared ground, partly through timber and underbrush, across marsh, lagoons, dry liarras and streams of varying degrees of depth. The river Tuliahan was passed by the Third artillery and the Twentieth Kansas of my brigade, while yet the day was young and by the First Mon« tana later on. The enemy's center had been pierced. And then the victorious march continued right along, day after day, until Malolos was reached The rivers were crossed by the infantry, either by fording or on Improvised rafts or temporary bridges; the ar tillery and supply trains passed the streams on the railway bridges, which tlie enemy could nol burn and had been unable to Idow up for want of time, because his burning parties had been chased off promptly by our troops. Hc sldes the stream lagoons und marshes that had to be crossed or flanked, bamboo thickets, dense banana forests and difficult stretches of tangl“d < h. p parrul must be penetrated and cleared under fire. Ka*.<te<t lijr Storm and I Ire OOI,Kill 1X1E, NEB.. May 1—A prai rie tlie. burning In the hay thus along the northern tier of counties of Se. hrnsku. t< n milts from this place, yes [ terday afternoon, passed over into the tin k of the tornado, anti was swept with the apm-d of the wind diagonally inmj-m the county for twenty-five miles destroying tveryihiUM in its path. 1 he only lives lost so tar as known, were the * of Mrs Holla l.ivlngstort I and her tlve-year-obl hov The woman saw the fire coming and ran to a pis : tore to relegre the family atm k The I ov followed her lloth were knocked down by the terrified mutual* The fire parsed over them hef ire they could get out of the way. The Isidy of Hit toy w.ta a'nte-i consumed and \|ra. Mvlusaton tired but n few houva, A great many < at lie were overtak en and horned \ large Sumlee of fa r so house a were deatroved and the famiHe- **>ap-d l^v ••Meg ref> g • be yond 'h« It ik of the thion - The pith of the fire wan nearly one tube wide. HUtUf tPntlANK Woo* Mmv | i \v«„| n*r, W*tw. *i«m Ut to Ur Miwkmmn, H*%t. (* ut * Waittkrr torn Il a n »*.«• ut lit* *unl tM* »t«v* ||t« t| 4,|, Ij l*U>r »4» Ut».‘ On* MutH |a •oothrr u Ho taM to u mhouUv • ttktII*1**1 «Ml |)M>to'l| t*l„* | at |J.’|I . two h*» lta*H dtilrviitl h Mhi |„w, U»r aotl Ira OF.NERAI. NF.'.VS NOTES. Father Baraada, Santiago, Is con firmed by the jKipe bishop of Santiago. The British government has decided to contribute to a British columbia Australian cable. Twenty thousand cigars were se cured at Knoxville, Tenn., by revenue collectors, boxes having counterfeit stamps. The Japanese war ship Hiyei has arrived at Esquimau, B. C., where its crew will be richly entertained by res ident Japs. Boland Quentin, secretary of the Eagle Boat Store company, St. Louis, now missing, is found to be short $10,000, with more appearing. The verdict for $10,000 has been set aside and a new trial granted in the suit of J. M. Mawell against Nat C. iioodwin, involving the right to use the play, “Ambition.” Captain Frias Rhodes, who Is to sail the yacht Defender in thi^trial races, has spent all his life on the water and is a friend of such old sailing masters as Norman Terry and L. A. Jeffrey. James H. Merrill, mayor-elect of Oshkosh. Wls„ bears a striking re semblance to the cartoons of Uncle Sam. He is a lawyer and has a state reputation for his after-dinner speeches. James F. Taliaferro, the newly elect ed I'nited States senator from Florida, was n private in the confederate army, ite is a party leader in his state, but was never a candidate for office before, Robert H. Hitt, chairman of me for eign relations committee of the last congress, began life ns a newspaper reporter, went to Washington as a correspondent and then entered the diplomatic service. The Canadian government has lipen advised from the Yukon to allow the military contingent to remain there pending the settlement of the bound ary question. No action has been taken In the matter. Nearly 3,000 claims for pensions on account of disability resulting from wounds and disease have already been i.,ed by the Sixteenth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, which took part in the Porto Rican campaign. General Arthur MacArthur. when appointed adjutant of the Twenty fourth Wisconsin volunteers in 1802, was so small of stature and of voice that he was familiarly known as “the Boy,” a name which still sticks to him in the Philippines, « Mr. Du Paty pe Clam, who Is In volved In the Dreyfus scandal. Is re ported to have remarked to a friend: ' My fate is written in my name. Pati, in I^atin, means to suffer, and clam, secretly, in silence, without saying a word. I am following out my destiny! I suffer in silence.” Harry Irwin, the son of May Irwin, the actress, has received an appoint ment as a cadet in the Pnited States Naval academy and will undergo his entrance examinations early next month. Harry Is a bright boy of 17 years and greatly resembles his mother in appearance and disposition. Honolulu, has one theater, a ram shackle building, In which various erode pe..'ormanc.es are given by na- r tives. Once In a long while a dra matic company makes the trip from San Francisco, the latest doing so last summer without pecuniary profit. Single entertainers stop there on the way to Australia. Colonel Uyehara, Captain Fakamo and N. Ariga. delegates on behalf of .lapan to the peace conference at The Hague, were Interviewed at Vancou ver. "It is by no means a foregone conclusion that we will advocate uni versal peace," said Ariga. “It seems that we are livng in martial times. Great issues are at stake, particularly in the orient, and the Japanese em peror would not at this critical stage wish to give voice to any sentiment thereon which might afterward em barrass him.” Not since Ue days when the last spike was driven in the line of rail road connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific coast has there been built a railway of such tremendous and far reaching Influence as the Trans-Sibe rian railroad. In Ainslee's Magazine for May Hon. John W. Bookwalter of Ohio supplies the first extensive ac count of this railroad from the view point of an American. Mr. Book waiter's paper 1s charmingly written and replete with news about the vast plains of Sibeiia, which are so like our own far and fertile west, about the comfort of the Trans-Siberian cars, the luxury of the stations, etc. These Interesting and Important details are further enhanced by a rich collection of illustrations from photographs never before published. livf. stock and produce Omaha. 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