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PENSION ROIL IS HIM! — Gratuities Paid to Surviving Soldiers1 Show Increase for the Year. — ARRIARS OF WORK BFIMG MAOf UP _ Bureau la Nun Itaaily ti> T«L< Prompt Action on I'UInu — l.rgi«lutlon U Hug- | (citcil for Dooil of (lie McrvUe — Num ber of Claim* Ki jecUd During the If cur. "WASHINGTON, Sept. 1,—The annu- ; aI report of Hon. H. t lay Evans, the ] commissioner of pensions, for the fis cal year ended June 30, 1889, presents some very Interesting facts In connec tion with the condition of the pension roll and the operations of the bureau. ,'i'he pension roll is made up of 753,451 surviving soldiers and 237,415 widows or dependent relatives and 653 army urseu. To them last year was paid >131,617,961, being >649,496 more than aver before. The average of each class of pen sioners is also higher. The cost of bureaus, attorneys' fees, etc., brought , the total expended up to >138,555,062, being >1,644,498 less than the appro priation. The payment for pensions for the year are classified us follows: General iaw, >71,115,703; Spanish war, >28,606; act of 1890, >64,321,460. Fees paid to attorneys were >476,969, against >730, 000 in 1898. Total number of claims filed during the year, 48,765; allowed, 37,077; re stored, 3,914; total allowances, Includ ing increases, 89,054; totul claims pending June 30. 1898, 635,059; June 30, 1899, 477,239. The total disbursements to pension ers since 1866 were >2,389,910,974. During the same period >15,490,986 went to examining surgeons, >12,092, 178 to pension agencies and >62,237,228 for salaries and other expenses of the bureau. .... . * i _.f ii..» 1 Hr* JlUIlliM'l UI itoh.s»ss0 Jn foreign countries Is 4,306, to whom Is paid $633,309. Of this number 2,139 reside In Canada, 415 in Ireland, 605 in 0**rmany and 321 in Kngland. Thpre arc four surviving widows and seven surviving daughters of the revolution ary war on the rolls. Hiram Cronk of northwestern New York is the only surviving pensioned soldier cf the war of 1812, He la 99 years of age. The number of pensioned widows of the war of 1812 is 1.998. On account of the Indian wars 1,568 soldiers and 3, 899 widows are pensioned. For service in tiie Mexican war there are enrolled 9,204 soldiers and 8.179 widows. June 30, 1899, the total number of pension ers was 991,519, being 2.195 less than on the same date In 1898. The report says that considerable progress has been made in bringing tip the arrears of work in the bureau. The work on original claims is pro < urrent and the work of aiding medical examination in Increase claim.: is be ing pushed so that very little time now elapses between dates of filing and ordering the medical examinations. The commission! r reports the work in far better condition than at any time since April, 1897, and it Is be lieved that further progress will be attained by the systems instituted in the different divisions. The commissioner calls attention to the. fact that order No. 225, issued June 9, 1893, which provided for a re adjustment of rates of pensions pre viously granted under the operation cf order No. 164. <s still in force, hut he states that no revision of rates under said order has been made un der bis administration. During the year 107.919 claims of all classes were rejected in the bureau. A careful analysis of the causes of re jection of so many claims Is given, showing that a large percentage of re jections occur in which additional al lowance of some kind Is claimed. A full and detailed explanation as to the causes of delay In the adjust ment of claims is presented, from which it appears that In nearly every case of unusual delay the fault lies with claimants or their attorneys and not with the bureau. In order that the present complex system of pensioning may he simpli fied and to serure a more uniform practice in the future the appoint ment of a commission on the revi sion of the laws, rules and regulations Is recommended. Legislation Is suggested extending the benefit of the acts of June 17, 1890, to persons who served in the confed erate urmy and afterward voluntarily enlisted In the union army or navy prior to January 1, 1865, and were hon orably discharged. SHlgcilliMi Humor t'ontlriMvil W A8H1NOTON. Sept. 1 .—The navy department has received official con Urination of the Associated Press dis patches announcing the resignation of President Klguero of Kanto llomlngo, in the following cablegram from Cap taiu l.ougnei her of the New Orleans: President Klguero resigned at 4 o clock yesterday" Oils WIU ratal a rapar. MANILA. Sept I -tNew York World Cablegram Special Telegram I Ueaeral Otla la arranging to begin tbe publication of n newspaper neat wnab Tba soldiers wbo bate been as signed to duty In tbe compimlng room • onplaln that aa tbey bnv* bees or dered to set type tbey wabt type** I lera pay Natives Paeeea la native MANILA. Sept. I Dispel. ha* Joel received from Cabu aaaooa.e that tbe American truopa under fobm-l liar lees wltb two Setd ptarea. sallied, on Monday lata tbe bltla. against a band of natives, wbo reveal I y ambuabad four of our soldiers. and a bo bate been generally troublesome Tbs Americas force hsuul I be natives ea iren. bed and drove them from I belt trea< has further lata tb» bills I h«re »*r* M raaualllea on tbe Amerlvaa aide, though there were s..wm> heal prostration* The native* ton* la not gn«wn ‘TREASIRY IS fill Of GOLD. Lirgrut Amount on ll«ml In th® llltlory or tli« rieptrunriit. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—'Yester day’s treasury statement shows that tho amount of net gold on hand was $247,880,601. This Is the largest amount on hand at one time In the history of the department, tho next largest amount having been $246,873, 026, on December 31, 1898. This situ ation Is accounted for by the fact that during the last two weeks or more, the revenues of the government, of which from 80 to 90 per cent are paid in gold, h ve largely exceeded the ex penditures. At New York the customs receipts, with the exception of from 8 to 10 per cent, are being all paid in gold and at other lmportiftit points the ex cess of gold has been nearly or quite as large. The receipts today exceeded the ex penditures by $1,460,668 and for the month the excess amounts to nearly $4,500,000. Since July 1, however, a deficit is shown of $4,036,658. The to tal receipts for the month are $49,978, 173, of which $20,546,697 came from customs, $24,327,039 from internal rev enue and $5,194,437 from miscellane ous sources. The expenditures amount to $45, 518,000, of which $14,981,000 was charged to the war department, $4, 698,000 to the navy, $13,130,000 to pen sions and the remainder to civil and miscellaneous interest and Indian ac counts. For August last year, the pay ments to the war department amount ed to $24,115,934. NATIVfS RUE THEIR OWN TOWNS General l.awton Kitende Privilege of Nelf Government to Filipino*. WASHINGTON. Sept. I.-Oeneral Lawton's course in extending munici pal government In the Philippines la explained In detail in Manila news papers Just received at the war depart ment. They state that the general has made a tour of many towns along the line of his division, including Santa Anna, Pandacan and Han Felipe, und has established in each a complete sys-* tern of civil government. The inhabi tants of the* towns are to have entire charge of affairs according to General Lawton's system. The general called before him the principal men of the towns and after pointing out the gen eral purposes and desires of the Amer ican government hud the natives desig nate a mayor, vice mayor and head men for the several wards. General Lawton explained to the Inhabitants tliut the United States government did not wish to meddle nt all with the local affairs of the people and they were told to proceed with tax levies, to start, schools and public improvements and i to establish such civil offices us they | saw fit. The people were told that the tux money was to be expended at home and none of it was to he contributed to the general government. General Lawton also established the first civil government at. Balinag, Senor Guerrero being installed as captain general. Local governments'also have been put ! in force at liacoo, Paranac and Las Pinas. LINCOLN HONORS H R BOYS. Great Crush of People ut the State llouie IInrruli» for the Hoys. STATE HOUSE, LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. L—Lincoln people turned out last night when the First regiment ar rived from San Francisco. The citi zens of Lincoln and hII the state for 100 miles on either side of the line of travel of the regiment testified by their presence In Immense crowds to the pride the state feels in the regiment as a whole. It remained for Lincoln to show last night that she has a per sonal and possessory pride In Company D. the company which xvent from the capital city. The crush of men, women and chil dren at the state house was a new experience to even those who had stood at the depot Tuesday night and who thought that the feelings of the people had been then and there given full vent. For an hour before the time set for the opening number of the pro gram the corridors of the state house were filled with hundreds, anxious to get within seeing or hearing distance of the stands from which speeches were to be made. To not more than one in a hundred who caiue was this a possibility, and still the crowds waited, overrunning the state house lawn und waiting In the vain hope that somebody who had been favored with a good place would leave It and permit others to come in. <JU«Ua nt M»l« Mllrtl. WASHINGTON, Sept. L—Adjutant General Corbin said today that there were less than UN) appointments of volunteer officers yet to he made and they tielonged mainly to the states of Wisconsin. California and Ohio. The iiuotas of the other states are prac tlcally full. The president has made a small list front which the remaining regimental appolutiuents will he mads and It la expected that the reeult will be Msouicat la a few days. A HIl»u> la Kaltat. ST. I .or IS gapt l.~Tloth (ho army and nary mrruitlag »ff|««* in Si. Unit* ara huaiagad dally by applicant* fur aalUHaaat aad iba uffb-ara la • harga ara awurlug all tba ata thay •toad Na»al l.lamanant Waal lunlgbt mmiI aightytbraa man aad boya ua a «pa* la I irala for Iba Mara lalaad aa*y yard Tba wan aad boya la tbla rug llacaat oara aallaiad aa laadaawa aad appranibaa. raapartlraly a»i Asiioaa laa U4'aa NKW YORK Rapt | Mr* Ala*. j aadat llbldlnaa uf liar aland baa »ri|. laa lu Iba Oaoay rwaptioa ay*, ultra .«»wadH— U'uwaaaoai uf iba Wblla Kwurl uf t'laralaad aaklna fur a PU»* la Iba llaa during Iba purada j Nba daat f'baa bar > .iwwaad aa i ua- | •Uiiag uf IM young ladtaa all draaaad la pura a Mia and rarrylag brlgbl allb i Saga Tba Mlar uaa fur oar dad lu tloaaral R<w obw baa > barga of iba ' n»uba up of lb« land purada Oaa*r«l R<«p aabl tba id bar day that only will, lary t>ra*al*«iua« tiuM ba*a a pi ua la tbo liaa I t - . n, The Air Full of Rumors iu Cornuo.ion VTitb Dreyfus Trial. THE ATTITUDE OE GEM. MtiTCIER Merlon* IMvIalons Hoorn* Apparent Aiuong the Orurrul Stuff I lie Tide of Kviilenr* In (lie Prisoner's l.mr — Uiv ding l.lnm llutr Heron* Manifest — As to the f.ullt of Ksterli'l/s RENNES, Aug. 31.—The air of Ren tes is filled with tumors of conspira cies and predictions of coupB de thea tre, but nothlug precise can be ascer tained. General Mender's attitude dur ing the last few days has rnvp.tifled his followers In the case. He is extremely clever, and the general feeling Is that he Is preparing something, the exist ence of which will be revealed in a few days. it Is now accepted as beyond ques tion that there 1h a serious division of opinion on the part of the generals. While the <ase was running smoothly against Captain Dreyfus they all pulled together, but since the tide of evidence began to turn in his favor, as wai notably the case during the testimony of Captain Freystaetter and Colonel Cordler, which proved much more dam aging to the genera) stuff than the lat ter anticipated, certain dividing lines have becomp manifest between the various cliques. General Roget, Major Lauth, Captain Culgnet and M. Oribe lln, the principal keeper of the archives of the war office, form one coterie; General Mereler and General Goose form another and General Billot and General De Bolsedeffre a third. Ac cording to one report, the first two coteries Intend to throw over General De Bolsedeffre, whom they feel to be faltering and declare that he Is re sponsible for all the errors and illegali ties of the court-martial of 1894, Gins making him the scupegoat. According to another report General Roget, who was not implicated In 1894 and who only fought against Dreyfus because he Inherited from Ills prede cessors the responsibility for' so doing and placed over-confidence in the ac counts of the matter furnished him by the general staff, will cut himself loose from Generals Mereler. Gonze nnd De Bolsedeffre. This Is a plausible hy pothesis, since Roget has assumed throughout the role of defender of the army and with a large section of the nation, and he probably would not lose by separating himself from the wrong doers of 1894 and declaring that his opinion had been changed by the evi dence given during the present trial. Yet another atorv is that the gen erals are going to give way to the au thorship of the bordereau in view of the strong expert evidence, and will admit that Esterhnzy wrote It, alleg ing, however, that Dreyfus furnished the Information, not direct to Ester hazy, hut to a third person, who acted as Intermediary without Dreyfus knowing Esterhnzy. Today's proceedings beh'nd closed doors will deal with the question of whether Captain Dreyfus was In a posi tion to divulge the information re garding the artillery which was prom ised in the bordereau. The session will be very Important and Is bound to have a tremendous influence upon the Judges one way or the other, because they are all artillery officers and will be able to appreciate such evidence better than the cryptographic Intricacies that have been laid before them by the hand writing experts. M’LEAN MEADS THE TICKET. Ulilo Democrat* Name an Killtor at Can didate for Uovernor. Governor.JOHN tt. M'l.EAX IJeut. Governor.A. W. PATRICK. Supreme Judge. .DEWITT C. BADGER Attorney General.J. G. DO RE Auditor.GEORGE W. SIGAFOOS Treasurer.JAMES. I. GORMAN Member of Hoard of Public Works .FLETCHER D. MAUN ZANESVILLE. Aug. 31.—The demo cratic state convention closed tonight after a day of dramatic politics. While there were a half doaen other candi dates for governor, the McLean men claimed everything with such confi dence that they undertook to be mag nanimous In minor |>arlH. although they were at the same time careful that the star candidate was not eclipsed. They stated early in the day that the flrst ballot would have none of "the second choice” vote for McLean, that none of the reserves would be called out until the second ballot and that all the candidates would hare their respective votes on the first ballot. In this play McLean was nominated on the first ballot by u half vote and the figuring was so close that the dramatic scene of changes on the second ballot with "second choice" reserves disking to Mrl.*ans standard did not lake place The ticket tu full as uomluatad la given above. A Dtawrral *urr«tl« IllauS. 8T, LOUIS, Aug II.—Returns from four Afths of the voting preclude In the Eighth congressional district In this state and dose estimates of the remaining one fifth give the follow ms vote for each candidate Judge D W Shackleford democrat. II UU, William J Voahull republican. I4.MI; W R Itals populist 414 ' This given Shark leford n plurality of i on Htaad a plurality U| ISM was 4.441 and in lass il was 1.444 *•••4 4IlM MUfU HMAINKMI> Mlaa, Aug II Tfca k«4t d Kraal Kaat* ll* **roaaut »l« Nil la ll* tal« laaaly lotr gat* *••• allN ota I lag a Walluua **f ***i<mi • M r*ra*ar*4 ld«> If ll* cimm at ll* •utnianl lat Util I TIN 14) • a* NfM It IN i«n*D «•••• •*• ••* t«* ••*«•) KMII.AHMI.KMIA Ka Aug II II* Karla Nt<* »*li*f tu«»ii|«« aill Uao* aa •*» >N gallit for |««a Mar* la r*a4 4 *•< uM cargo ul Imai •h4 tuttllrr Aub** rtgiuiaa la ll* r* lid awa *!»•< ti< ia n*art? t *•»««* FIRST NEBRASKA REGIMENT. Country. Town mnl City filrf |bt Uoy» a Moat llrarty Welcome. OMAHA, Aug. 31.—All through the : 3tate the Nebraska First regiment was given- enthusiastic greeting;. In this city clanging bel s and screaming whistles, fluttering flags and ringing cheers, welcomed back to home and loved ones the boys who, sixteen months ago. shouldered their muskets and marched away to bring It hack stained and bullet-torn, but wreathed with the brightest lauiels of the long campaign. It was a greeting worthy of th«‘ city, worthy of Nebraska and worthy of the gallant regiment that is the proudest possession of the Prairie statF. The soldleis came home to find that they were greater heroes than they had ever dreamed of when they were tempting death In the miasmatic rice fields of Luzon or facing It In the murderous storm of Filipino bullets. Fivory face they saw was jubilant with welcome, every hand was outstretched in cordial greeting and every cheer that rose from 50,000 patriotic throats voiced the love and sympathy of friends who were proud to do them honor. Almost before daylight the pilgrim age to the depot filled the motor trains, and long before the hour at which the first section was to arrive the viaduct was jammed with people, and hun dreds of busy hands wet's preparing the breakfast that was to he the first offering to the bovs, who were pre sumed to be hungry for home cooking. The march from the depot up town was one continued ovation from thou sands of people who lined the streets. A little over half of the regiment came through to this city. Malor Killian mild: “I wish we could have brought In all the boys, but home pressure was too strong. When I took a vote of the men of m.v battalion there were 229 In favor of coming here and only twenty-three who were opposed. On reaching Den ver they begun to hear from home, and the committees that were sent out be gan to get In their work Last night, lust before we reached Lincoln, the Beatrice company voted to come to Omaha In a body, but a few minutes later, after the people thpre had a chance to work with them, the com pany derided that It would go directly home In n body. Yea, we are all tre mendously glad to get back and no one can blame the hoys for wanting to see the folks at home.” Lieutenant Colonel Eager, Just as the assembly call sounded for the parade, said: "Two days ago It looked as if we would have nearly the whole regi ment In line here, but after we struck Denver, r.nd still litter on the way across Nebraska, the home ties began to draw Irresistibly. The boys' folks Just picked them up bodily and carried them away. When a mother threw her aims around her boy and wept over him there was no more Omaha and no morp anything hut home.” FALLS CITY, Neb. Aug. 31. The old town was all bedecked with Hag.; and bunting and hundreds of Falls City citizens, beaded by the band, marched to the depot to welcome home the members of the Fighting First Ne braska. who went from here, in all about twenty-five. GHAJS'D ISLANI>, Net*., Aug—31.— Jacob Wludnagel, the only Gi'and Isl and boy In the Fighting First Nebras ka. left tiie special train at Hastings and came iKirae last night. Seven members of Company M of Broken Bow also left the train there and came through here on their way home. KENE8AW, Neb.. Aug 31—There was a hearty greeting for the First Nebraska here. The whole town was out with flags. GENEVA, Neb., Aug. 31.—Company G. First Nebraska volunteers, was welcomed home by almost 10,000 peo ple on Ita arrival at 8 p. m. Excur sions from Hebron, DeWltt, Exeter, Grafton, Shlekley and other points along the Burlington helped to swell the crowd, all anxious to give three cheers and a tiger for the home coming soldiers. YORK, Neb., Aug. 31.—Company A of the First Nebraska arrived in York at a late hour. Their arrival was her alded by shrieking whistles and ring ing bells. About 3,000 people crowded anil Jostled them at the station, but they slipped through the rrowd and vanished almost at once. Ample pre parations have been made for 'a re ception to them on September fi In which the entire county will Join. The boya are in good physical condition. SAY AtilliMALDO IS DEAD. I'»|>rr Itrpoitia Ilia Alleged Muriler of the Filipino l.eadrr. HAMILTON, O.. Aug. 31.—F. O. Maya and 7. TaiiK. Japanese tea mer chants In this rlty, today received a ropy of the t'hu Kizo Hhlnko. a news paper printed in Nagoga. Japan, July 22, which contains a dlsputch from Manila that has not yet become public In America. Under the heading, "New Philippine Information." the paper prints the following "In the latter part of June near Han Fernando. Agutnaldo was killed by General Pto del Pilar. Pilar visited him to Inquire about the death of Gen eral Luna and Agutnaldo answered that he never knew anything about this rase and told Pilar to mind his own boaluesa Genera Ptalr then called Agutnaldo a liar and pulhna a pistol shot Agutnaldo in the forehead, htlltnf him Instantly." Oyl Qny WAHHIN4ITUN Aug SI.- Captain Audraw C Quay. a»n of Hanalor Quay of Hannaylvanln. baa rwalgnad from lb* army to go Into prlval* buatn*#* Ha la a gradual* of tba military aradamy j rlaaa of l»« Hla resignation baa b**a ar rapt ad by tba praaldai t, to laba •farI Augual SI Tba** a««la>aai* 4ra««a. HAN rHANl IHCO Cal Aug II — Tba traaaporl Oraal baarlug tba Wye mine. Idaho aaH Hakota lyglmaata. a m atgblaH abortly bafora II or lor b Tba llraal laft Nagasaki iaaaa. ea tba lltb Inal a*»i hta*M raoMd MAMNNUO la A04 SI At a bar »<at peat* near Udm* laanty H*a yrtaao •*»* Magal by <atiag ba ■ »am Tba anllta M*« of dioi«u bara **«* ulM lo that yblait* Caul rvaotta at* l»a»*l la **«*r*l »«•#« ALL OVER r'“ STATE: Ilnj »rown« In the Loup. COLUMM S, Neb., Sept. 2.—A 15 year-old son of Carl Mayberger. a •well-' to-do farmer living near Oconee, was drowned in the Loup river while en gaged with others In seining. He got into quicksand and before assistance could reach him he had been drawo under the water. T" alflli IimIUiu I'nvilry Reunion, LINCOLN, Sept. 2.—-Jerome Shamp. president of the Twelfth Indiana Cav alry association, has sent out notices for the annual reunion of that regi ment at South Hend, Ind., on Wednes day and Thursday. September 27 and 28. Nebraska members of the associ ation are requested to be present. Ilrakvuntn Badly Ctuahrd. CLAY CENTER. Neb., Sept. 2.— Charles Rlake, a brakeman on the Kansas City & Omaha railroad, was crushed between two freight cars while trying to make a coupling at this place. He was taken to his home in Fairfield and is In a critical condi tion. Burglar* Operate at Nlanton. STANTON, Neb., Sept. 2,—The groc ery store of J. M. Mitchell at this place was broken into, and about $f»0 worth of goods were carried away. The job bers gained entrance to the store by prying open a window from the top, after first cutting away the wire screen. There is no clue by which the parties can be Identified. Inrinvr'a Nn k U llrotam. SUTTON, Neb., Sept. 2 —While Will Robinson, a farmer living south of town, was hauling a load of shelled corn, his team became frightened at some pigs in the weeds by the road side. They gave a sudden leap and Mr. Robinson was thrown to the ground, breaking hU neck- Mr. Rob inson was about twenty-two years of age. Farm llm.ar It atrojred. RU8VIUJB, Neb., Sept. 2.—The house of Paul Orogsenberg, living about fifteen miles southwest of Rusli vllle, was burnt to tae ground and everything consumed in the flumes except a couple of tuhles and chairs. The fire is a complete mystery and It occurred while Grossenberg was work ing on the farm of a neighbor, a mile away. The loss is about $800. I |it<!« Onion It t mIii;' CHAORON, Neb.. Sept. 2.—Raising onions in large quantities for market in northwest Nebraska is a new ven ture made this season by Arthur Weir, a young printer, who left ('hadron and went down to Gordon and rented a patch of fifteen acres of bottom land that Is under the Irrigation ditch and well tilled. Mr. Weir then put it all in onions, and hired a hurtle of town boys to spend a month weeding onions, swimming and fishing. That army of boys made the crop, and now Weir bus nearly a carload of the choic est large white onions to the aero and expects the market to yield him nearly $1 a bushel. It Is a new indus try here, that many farmers next year will follow. Weir has made a few thousand dollars and the cash is in sight. __ „ . “ 4 -r Souvenir Flag* Clven Away. OMAHA, Sept. 2.—Cadet Taylor, sur veyor of customs for the port of Oma ha, and fatlier of two officers in the First Nebraska, and who went to Hail Francisco to meet the regiment when it arrived and remained with it until it came to Omaha, expresses regret that when the cars bearing the Thurs ton Rlflan to the city Wednesday morn ing and while the soldiers were at breakfast people tore off the bunting that was stretched along the car and carried away the flags that the mem bers of the company bought at San Francisco to be put in the armory as souvenirs of the trip. About one third of these flags were taken from the cars. It is understood, of course, that those who took them wanted them as relics, but it is not thought that they can get the satisfaction out of them that the members of the Rifles and their friends could if they were In the armory, and therefore it is re quested that they be delivered at the armory. Norfolk licet Nngar Factory. NORFOLK. Neb. Sept. 2.r-The fac tory of tbe American Hcet Sugar com pany at this place is now on tbe eve of its ninth annual ‘'camitaign," an it la called. Since the factory finished grinding last winter extensive Im provementH have been made. Cem menrlng last May a force of fifty men was put to work enlarging the grind ing capacity of the plant. Six weeks ago fifty additional hands were added to the force and the Improvements and repairs are being rushed with the in trillion of completing the work by the 10th of September. The factory has heretofore been rated as a 350-ton plant. Several times during the last campaign, however, tbe factory con sumed ss high as 370 tons of beets In twenty-four hours To glvs the plant an increased output, a new second car honatlon press and a new rrystalltxer have been added and the two vacuum pana, weighing nearly twenty-three tons, each raised sis feet All tbs ma chinery In what la known as the An tahtng end of ths factory has also been raised several feat It Is expected that the tmprovemeata made and addlttoaai machinery added wilt lucre see the grinding capacity of the factory to too mas which meaaa that Nebraaha will this year largely lacrsaas lu produ Itoa of hast sugar __ ^ I.M» Wlt<| ttUNM. OltfcBIKY t'KNTKM N*R, I » Tkt r*u»kw wt ik« Im» irt • r*n* rla**4 h*r* Pri.Ur »*•! mm «*rp plrtMkl Mil wmailil thr»»«gki»ai Tkt rru«4 mm »«4 m 1*190 m mm *• pMl«4 ullk|. M <mM la Ikt hrl that Mil ar* haap ihraaklaa All Ik* *p**k*n «m prtMti 1* All ih*ir pin** >m Ik* pngr** kill Ik* *|iw< 1 uh* mI i imiiMMHi W I. Mark II* mm la M«* *i*»h*a hat hi* prlitl* ***r*4ar», Mr km tank hi« pla« I'aaalr M«k*riaMn4*ai l> Maltap at*4* Ik* *Mr*a ul A*>. Mr I trill wf 1 la* a ha Ik* a ipukA Met Ensign Arthur Kaunugb. TECUMSEII. Neb., Sept. 4.—A Te cumseh party has received a letter from Church Howe. United Slate* consul at Palmero. Sicily, In which Mr. Howe speaks of having called on Dewey and met Ensign Arthur Kava naugh. The letter is written from Naples, under date of August 11, and reads In part as fallows: *Ye**erday I visited with Admiral Dewey and offi cers on board the flagship Olympia, at anchor in the harbor of Naples. The officer on duty to receive us as we boarded the Olympia was none other than Arthur Kavanaugh of Tecumseh, to whom I needed no Introduction. Young Kavanaugh is the picture of health and a fine specimen of a typical American sailor. He made a splendid record at Manila, and the officers of the Olympia speak of him in the high est terms. He should receive a warm reception from the people of Tecumneh and Johnson county on his return home." is*) Mate Itlnwn at 11 smlng font. HEMINGKORI), Neb., Sept 4—the large safe In Miller Z. Wildy’s grain office was blown Wednesday night. The robbers succeeded in wrecking and opening the outer and inner doors of the safe, but the steel chest was not tampered with. It is evident that the culprits became frightened and left hurriedly, as a pocket knife, bottle of glycerine and a syringe, with which the explosive was applied, were left near the building and a pouch con taining about fX in silver, which had not been placed In the chest, but was lying In the safe within full view, was not molested. There was about $1,300 cash In the chest. Only One «nl(llor for Albion. ALBION, Neb.,8ppt. 4.—Sidney East man. Albion's representative In t,h* First Nebraska, returned August 31 on the evening train from Columbus. All the business bouses were closed. Com pany M. a delegation of the Grand Army of the Republic, a brass bund, the mayor and city council, together with a concourse of citizens, escorted the returned soldier from the train to the Albion house, where he was given a reception. It Is a noteworthy fact that Mr. Kastman has been In America a very short time and proves that America’s foreign subjects are loyal by fighting for his adopted country. ■ Warm Wrlitomr In M'glit. HOLDKKGK. Neb.. Bept. 4 —Great preparations have been made for u celebration here of the return of the men of the First Nebraska. Eighteen enlisted from this place and were enrolled In Companies I and E. On Monday the town will he filled with people who come to welcome the sol diers back home. The Grand Army of the Republic will act as special escort In the procession. An elaborate pro gram bus been prepared. Including a parade, speeches, a bountiful dinner and fireworks In the evening. Free lemonade and 300 watermelons consti tute a portion of the hill of fare. Ilu«t>:i>i<1 Itrtiirn* Moms 1'nMpict.dIjr. FALLS CITY, Neb., Sept. 4.—A. L. Meadows, proprietor of one of the lead-, lng livery barns here, returned unex pectedly from a trip to Mound City, Mo. On arriving at his home he caBS1**" his wife and the hostler In his employ In a compromising position. Meadows kicked the door down and attacked the couple with a knife. In the dark ness the woman received several had gashes, the worst being about the throat and breast. In the excitement the hostler made his escape and the neighbors saw him running with but •little clothing. Ontlnff of tfio NnlloiiMS Uuftnl LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 4.—Adjutant General Barry has nearly completed all arrangements for the annual en campment of the National Guard forces of the state, which will be held at Lincoln park, near this city, from Sep tember 9 to 14, Inclusive, Orders were Issued for Troop A of Seward to move overland to Lincoln from Its head quarters. This will give the cavalry men a taste of outdoor service. Ad jutant General Barry has completed an estimate of the amount of food neces sary for the troops during their stay in camp. .t- j New Foe to fleet Fields. FRKMONT, Neb.. Sept. 4—A new fon has appeared In the beet fields of the county and threatens some damage to the crop. It is a worm which spins its web around the tojj of the plant, then eats the leaves. It hns already covered hundreds of acres of the Standard Cat tle company's fields. The company has tried several kinds of remedies, but has about concluded It will have to rely upon Furls green to exterminate the pest. Corporal Hull* \V*li»mr. FREMONT. Neb.. Sept. 4 - Fremont gave an Impromptu demonstration tn honor of Corporal Arlendel Hull, one of tin three aoldters who nerved tn the I’hlllppluea He w«a a member of Company II of Nelaon and went with the company to Superior from Lincoln. He arrived home on the aftrrnum* train from that place and 1.000 cltlaena with band and cannon were at tha train to Rive him welcome He wna escorted to hta home by a lone pm reealon. rvteaie derree Very atop. OKNKVA, Neb . Sept 4 - Private Stanley Morruw, who reached haana Tuesday with the reet nf the hoy a. wan m etch he could wot walh and ta re ported no better ’ Wenteete* ta Pay Ik* m*a PUATTSMOCTN. Neh. Sept 4 — Judge H i Haakaey convened dtetrtet court ta thte rtty and lletenad In Ike evidence In the man of (ha Nehawha baah anoinei t O laser— II. e4 ai Hon * M rhapatau appeared tor (ha plaintiff and Attorney Oeaerni Smyth b*r the defeadaaU The evldanea * bowed that I age retell burrowed money from the haah aad bought a carhaad >*f rattle, ehhh he ehtpewd la Suo4h i On* be aad m44. hut neglected In pay the baah