IWEIITS IS AT arc !i«* ErtLo Caxitandtr-in-Chief and L®rd EiuteirT Ar.w at Capet own. ifiilll 41 CONDITIONS Bff OR t HIM L> •«<..!>«* «{ 1'rrMbi %iuai*«i» Mia to •• Isstrt* Rntwli Lim* — (.rnrral k«« m i.vmi H • b Ms sad Ikatbaoa l.lkrt) Is He »*j».r»nlrd by M« Md ?acker ; 1 *- N ... : N• * 1 ork Wucid van.'ine i—Lord Hubert* aa4 Gmrral KRtkctir arrived at lapeuosn today. t be m.iitary expert* w ho give pri late point* in the campaign that lh** editor* n<«t permit them to print, de lac- that more difficulties of the pres ent situation for them are found in side the British lines than any pre a» Bt*ed by the operations of the Boers. Mai! advLea of the Magersfontew baft, and disaster to the Highlands. • ith Colonel Wa«- hope s last words to L.s met ‘ Boys don't blame me for tb.s, I had orders and mas carry ing them out. ’ show that there was *®»e fault with the commanding effirers Colon—. Gough, •ho commanded the d from physical and mental col »j'f# growing o :t of an attempt to f> low orders and *a»e the troops that • -re ,n de* :1* j—ril from trying to hold ad van* ei post* in Natal without » iffi imt strength of cavalry and ar tlilery Th» London newspapers, without mak ag any direct «. h-rge. < arry » —; i»-d ann-'-m-x-nt* that General bnller is not in good health. It is i aowa l*er" that the »4r office re — little if any information from turn dinetly. On the other hand. L»* kulray I; .!i-r get* a message eat h from her h isitawd briefly an no u- ng that a# is well The gossips -g* *Lat this is exactly the step a '. * *: ft J Irshat ! would take to re saun trs wife if he was cot up to thr* Mirk General Gamer# la ae unrensored mail report, is de Jared to have been seen sitting in tb# Moiteno railway uti'* with L > bead in hi* hands kseatHai tb# repulse cf his troop*. Tb* general 2a command of lb# * ; atoms f *t ** ported disas ter to the Suffolk regiment und#r General Fm b s command Tt • Rouert* and Kit* hener's first ta*» the «Titles urge must b* to ar rang# the genetalt in chare# of the 1 ar ji> Brit and Fr*n* u s forces and move scm-up Tbe Boer# through the Oran?** Fies Slate HIUT (MUD ST4US Mf4\S. •lotas# I ossKte v*w»e» m kiei»l alilw lu K* |.. rt «• It. WASHINGTON Jan II.—The way* am* m-*an* * ot*im.tt»e of the bouse h* Tag a m*e*.ne today, at which a *» lutkin »a» adopted upon no* of I'ewrlsmds- N*\ada. a# follows; K**> ‘ved Tha’ a committee of five *1 :• ' s t > th# chair to report f authorities and tb* law as to tb# meaning of the term * Ccited States" that pmhluD of tb* constitution v ilsi Iitvib' that ail duties, im i - ..*•■• *cd # i*. **#» # ball he un;form oughost th* Cnited States." rig.; 'H * efbe# 3! m* lade* dimply the area ■ * it* ;*»*i*d w.tbin the bound _ ••• <4 '*'a»es or whether it covers tb* .erntorw-* belonging to the 1 kited States Chamnam Faya* appointed Haize!i <; Fen may Kama. virusveaor of Ohio, uad Hopa.a* of Illinois, republicans, k; ’.ard m.i * u. • *st uau Xen l.u-ds silver I >» MViir for «OMlar ’ F>' MOINES Jan 11 —Tb* d*tm» »*#'d the legislat ure tonight, in joint * nominated for F ated States emator Fred K White of Webster. »t kas tmlce been democratic candi dal# #ir governor The umr of Cato s* * tr* Tttu k» WA>HlNCTOh Jan ll _ The Rob ert* tevost gating * *aamJtt*e met in ** » ditt *»• sea ?• «:av to determine on it** general *ea*ure* of tb* report, and it possible reai fa a final hi The fa'la a huh had been c-v* loped by i:- ten* lin'd »*-re gone over The omNRino* »a* in egerutt. • session till < P m . but fa.'*d to reach a final cos :*. m and adjourned unul * p. m. bat fififlai ho ranch a final mini lamlim and adjourned ttfiftil 1 Jt it. 'anamw. f ae , ; m > : at that t.uie »t,iug n vote Ut. tllr* l»a«fklrr Wed*. 1* .UfHIVCTON Jan. 11.—Mut Ce ir.a cn-rman Mile* daughter of the general commanding me army, and • < aptaua hamnel Reber. I*. S. A... were marrsad at tenon today at St. John* church R^* Alexander Mac kay ****** l> l» ofh iating assisted by Rev I *eac darts of *St |g>uls A breakfast at »tf h several hundred guest* new preneat, followed at the ramdtmc* of G«erul and Mm Miles, after nrhkh Captain and Mra. Keber left for • gouthem trip They will go lator to Governor'* Island where the fonmor to sfatiou*d AMIDICAN EEOER RELEASED. CctUed f umlljr Drrldrt foodstuff* Not toDtrvbaod lulo. for an Etinoj LONDON. Jan. II —The American Sour seized off Delagoa bay has been released. United States Ambassador Choate had an interview with the marquis of Salisbury this afternoon and received a verbal reply to the representations of the Washington government. The British note on this subject was sent later to the United States embassy. The gii*t of it was cabled to Washing ton. In brief, foodstuffs are not consider ed contraband of war unless intended for the enemy. The foreign office only arrived at a de ..sion today and it was not until aft er Choate s interview with the marquis of Salisbury that a note embodying the provisions was drawn up. Several of the government’s advisers wanted to make a regulation regarding canned goods, but this was decided to be im practicable The decision to make flour and grain in transit »o the enemy con traband is evidently hedged in by many c. ffi ulties of execution, but the foreign office believes that the investigation will generally determine whether the grain is really meant fr.r consump tion at lxiurenzo Marquez or in the Transvaal. Ambassador Choate cabled Lord Sal isbury > note to the state department at Washington tonight and Secretary Hay is expected to reply accepting the terms The latter step was not taken by Choate, as he had first to receive a ithority from the state department to do so. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11.—Senator Hale /Maine offered a resolution today < is ample feed at all • a- n- of the year for many hundreds o*. thousands of sheep and cattle. TO THE MMORT Of HOBART. Tr>*>utr to fit* Public *>ervic«. and Private Charartrr. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11.—Beautiful and impressive tributes were paid by the --mite today to the memory of the • vice president. His intimate per - ! relations with ma;*y senators •r h> close official affiliation with ad of them rendered hig death a dis t to « very membec of the body, a.- well as to the country. It was in mmemoration of his illustrious ca ieer that the senate set apart the ses sion today for the pronouncement of eulogies upon Lim. Personal friends and associates and party friends and party opponents j -ine-i in paying such sincere and elo quent tribute to the memory of Mr. Hobart, to his character and public ser v .< es as have seldom been paid to any public man. TOR FIVE YEARS^ MILITARY RILE. ( uncmtuiau W r«ki Present* a Kesolu* (ton ozi the Colonies. W kSHINGT<)N .1 an. 1 l.-Repre M--.- ol Mi* higan has in troduced a joint resolution citing the unsettled status of the people in the elands acquired from Spain and pro viding that lor five years the presi dent. as commander-in-chief of the army and navy, shall continue mili tary authority ir. said islands, and that congress shall deal with the sub * at the expiration of this five-year jeenod. In the meantime, it is pro vided that the reciprocity reductions i irt exceeding Ho per cent may be mud- on the products of the islands to this country. Nat Ki iM-rtinjc an Aocwtr. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11.—Up to the c lose of office hours the answer of the British government to Mr. Choate s representations as to the seiz ure of American flour and older goods * had not been received at the state de partment Nor has Mr. cnoate yet indicated when an answer may be expected, and the state department, basing its judgment on the fact that it still at the ambassador's request c oiieoting and transmitting to him in formation relative to the character of the goods needed for the full presen tat: n of the rase, scarcely expects an immediate answer. *|iiniardi Offer their Srrvim. LONDON. Jan. 11.—The Gibraltar correspondent of tbe Dai'y Telegraph - i>'~ "Tvpee thousand time-expired Spanish soldiers from the Cuban war bare offered their services to Great Britain in South Africa. The gover nor here has informed their agent that Md to eiiiist foreign ers.” Kolatol Keed Doing Well. NEW YORK. Jan. 11—Roland R*~ 016 Daring the Year. BOSTON. Jan. 10.—The American board of foreign missions made public today its eighty-ninth annual report. ri he summary for the year follows: Donations. $291,280; legacies. $102,219; donations for school fund. $6,745; do nations for Micronesian navy, $2,587; donation for young missionaries’ fund,' S3.416; donations for debt of Septem ber 1, 1S98. $13,002; donations for mis sion work for women. $206 002; income of funds. $7,491: total, $633,016. The eastern Turkey mission has been active in pressing the claims and needs of the women of the country and edu cating them until it is now difficult to find a Protestant woman who cannot read and large numbers of the Gregor ian women are equally educated. A multitude of purely Gregorian commit tees are asking for Christian teachers, to which requests missionaries are unable at the present time to respond Allow* No Representation. NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—A special; from Washington says: The Trans vaal government has informed the’ United States that W. Stanley Hollis. American consul at Pretoria, will not be permitted to represent British in terests in the republic during the war; it being against the Transvaal's policy to permit any British representative in its territory. Consul Hollis, however, will be permitted to care for British prisoners of war confined in Pretoria, in his personal capacity. Pressing Damage Claims. LONDON, Jan. 10.—There is some reason to believe that the inited States and German embassies are try ing to find a common basis on which they can co-operate in pressing their respective demands against Great Bri tain for the Delagoa bay seizure. A high official of the German embassy had a long conference today at thi American embassy and the diplomats are believed to have discussed the steps each country has already taken and the best future procedure. Canibal* Fnast on a Crew. LONDON. Jan. 10.—Mail advices from New Britain report the massacre of the captain and crew of fifteen men belonging to the British schooner Kumunia of New South Wales while trading among the Admiralty islands. Only three boys escaped. The natives, after murdering the sailors, inaugu rated a feast ashore and ate their vic tims. Ww Willing to Die. PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 10.—William Wasco, a Hungarian, was hanged in the yard of the county court house at 10:10 o’clock this morning. Wasco met his fate without flinching. On the scaf fold he prayed and then said: Goodbye, people. 1 gladly give my life for my sweetheart. I loved her.” After the trap was sprung death resulted in a few minutes from strangulation. The crime for which Wasco was executed was the murder of Annie sestet, a Hungaiian girl, who ha-1 refused to marry him. He shot himself at the same tijne, but recovered. Sontli Dakota Bank Fail*. PLANKINTON, S. D., Jan. 10 —The State bank, owned by D. L. Stevens, failed to open its doors this morning. Owing to Stevens’ absence nothing could be learned as to the particulars of the failure. Stevens went east Sat urday, presumably to secure assistance, and wired his cashier not to open the bank today. Stevens owned a drug store, which he transferred to his head clerk. It being the only bank here, nearly every business man was caught in the failure. Aurora county, it ia said, had about |6,000 on deposit SMILE! KM LICK Loses a Valuable Stock of Goods Be sides His Wife. — AN ATTORNEY IS UNDER ARREST. A Itill of Sale of HU Stork to a Party ot Strangers Proves a Bad Break—Com missioner Kent Says Fire Escapes Must Be Erected — Miscelianeous Nebraska News. PONCA. Neb., Jan. 15—William H. Smiley, formerly a prominent business? man at Emerson, this county, told County Attorney Heneh that he is the victim of a conspiracy whereby he has lost a valuable stock of goods, besides his wife, as to whose value he is just now uncertain. Smiley says he became somewhat in volved with wholesale houses, but had he been left alone he would have man aged to pay out. Early in December he was led to believe, he says, that he would be arrested and sent to prison because of certain features of this in debtedness. Strong influences were brought to bear, his wife added the weight of her earnest advice and he finally made a bill of sale of his stock to a firm of strangers and. although they paid him no money, left the city, trusting to his wife and a local attor ney. R. B. Thompson, to look after his interests. He remained away until December 30. Returning at night. Smiley says he found h.s wife. Thompson and others at his home and appearances did not indicate a mourning party. Disgusted, Smiley again left Emerson, returning to learn that his property was all gone, his wife had left for parts unknown to him at present and that his father had paid all his indebtedness. After hearing Smiley's story County Attorney Heneh filed a complaint against Thompson, charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses. Thompson was arrested by the sheriff. Sue* for Heavy Damages. FREMONT. Neb.. Jan. 15—A ease has just been filed in the district clerk's office in which John Russell sues John Toogood for $10,000 for as sault. Both parties live near Nicker son. The plaintiff claims that on Au gust 28. 1899, the defendant assaulted him brutally on the public highway, beating, kicking and bruising him grieviously. It is alleged that by rea son of the assault the plaintiff sus tained a rupture, internal injuries and received a broken jaw. a broken nose, a partial fracture of the right arm and had several teeth loosened. By reason of this he claims he has been inca pacitated for work and has incurred large doctor's bills. Maurer Fully Vindicated. BEATRICE. Jan. 15.—The close of the Maurer trial was dramatic, and words were passed between the oppos ing attorneys which in many places would have resulted in serious trou ble. The taking of testimony was con cluded and after the trouble between the attorneys neither side submitted any argument. The decision of the board, which was unanimous, and which was reached after an hour or two of deliberation, completely exon erated Mr. Maurer on every cnarge. A motion for a new trial was made by the plaintiffs, which was overruled. They then noted an exception and for ty days will be given to file an ap peal. This case has resulted in con siderable bad blood. Harvard Bank* Consolidate. HARVARD. Neb.. Jan. 15.—A deal has been consummated whereby the I'nion State bank of this city becomes the owner of the First National bank of Harvard, its building, fixtures and business. The latter corporation will go into voluntary liquidation and close up its affairs according to law. The corporation was perfectly solvent, the sale being prompted by the desire of its managers to retire from business. Depositors will be paid in full on de mand. Holders of time certificates of deposits may either call and get their money at once or leave them until maturity and get their principal and interest, as they may elect. Mu*t Frect Fire Escape*. LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. 15u—Labor Commissioner Kent has sent out no tices to 113 property owners in Omaha and about the same number in Lin coln, calling attention to thcrr fail ure to erect fire escapes as required by the law passed at the last session of the legislature. The time allow'd for erecting the fire escapes expired Jan uary 1 and on February 1 complaints will be filed with the county authori ties in all cases where the law has not been complied with. Killed Between Trains. SOUTH OMAHA. Jan. 15— Ed Burr, who lived at Twenty-fourth and W streets, was crossing the Missouri Pa cific tracks enroute to his work at one of the packing houses, when he stepped between tracks to avoid a train going one way and was hit by one bound in the opposite direction. He was taken to the South Omaha hospital suffering from what was pronounced concussion of the brain and internal injuries, which proved fatal. Missing Bank Cashier Returns. SHUBERT. Neb.. Jan. 15.—G. A. Ar gabright, former cashier of the defunct Farmers' State bank, left here in July j about seven years ago. said to be short 1 $22,000 in cash. Nothing has been heard from him since then until his arpearance here a few days ago. It ! is said he has been in Kansas City for the last tw'o years engaged as a por trait painter. Argabright says he is willing to tell all he knows about the bank's affairs, but declares there was nothing criminal in the causes of the failure. Caught Upon Shafting. OMAHA. Jan. 15.—William Rowe, aged about 30. employed in the car shops of the Omaha Packing company, was caught upon shafting, twisted up on the shaft and instantly killed. Mr. Rowe lived at 1821 Leavenworth street, Omaha, and leaves a wife and a little daughter. He has been employed by the Omaha company a number of years and was well reputed among his fellow workmen and highly respected by his employers. ^——mm STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The State Meeting at Lincoln Serves to Awaken New Interest. LINCOLN. Jan. 12.—The meeting of the State Historical society has served to awaken public interest in the work that is being conducted by that organ ization. Much was accomplished dur ing the last year in the way of collect ing valuable information concerning the early history of Nebraska, and at this meeting plans were laid for carry ing on the work on a still more exten sive scale. An increased appropriation by the last legislature enabled the so ciety to enlarge its work, but it has been found insufficient to meet all the demands made for publishing historical information and the expenses of main taining tne society rooms, its library and collections in the manner desired. In conjunction with the Historical society the Association of Nebraska Pioneers met and discussed the propo sition to consolidate the two organiza tions. While the object of both is prac tically the same, it was decided for many reasons to keep the associations distinct from each other. All who are interested in the history of Nebraska are eligible to membership in the His torical society, but only those who set tled in Nebraska prior to March 1. 1867, are admitted to membership in the as sociation of Pioneers, of which there are now about 600 members. The for mer is a permanent organization and will probably enjoy a rapid growth. | while the latter will in the course of time become extinct. The consolidation | of the two organizations would neces- , sitate amending the constitutions of j both and such action, if attempted, would meet with the decided opposi- ; tion of the pioneers, who do not desire to lose their identity in an organiza tion whose membership is open to all citizens of the state. The program of the Historical so ciety on the last night, consisted of reminiscences of the old overland ; freighting period. Papers were read by j Eugene Munn of University Place, William Fulton of Kansas City, R. M. j Rolfe of Nebraska City an 1 Thomas J. Majors of Peru. tut* irpuii ui oruticii) n. well in part is as follows: "The year which now ends has been by far the most important of any to the Historical society. In the first place the last legislature increased our appropriation from $3.5(KI to 15.000. thus enabling the society to extend to some extent its work. However, the society, even yet. has less than half the income of any society of any state in the northwest. It seems to me that some way should be foun t to awaken the legislature to a fuller realization of the value of the work the society has to j do and even now is doing. In the sec- i ond place the amount of valuable ma terial gathered and the number of books received is greater than ever j before. The outlook for continued growth is exceedingly good, but the , amount of work that ought to be done, j rompared with the means at command to do it. is so great that the outlook is not so rosy as one might wish. _ Gold in the River Bed. COLUMBUS, Neb.. Jan. 12.—A good deal of interest is being manifested over the discovery of particles of gold in the craws of ducks by farmers liv ing in the vicinity of the Loup and other streams. A farmer by the name of John Boss living twelve miles west of Loup township killed a duck last Thanksgiving and was amazed to find small particles of gold in its craw. Two killed at New Year's exhibited the same peculiarity, one piece being worth about 52. Stories of similar dis coveries have been brought in from various localities. There are several j theories afloat regarding the phenom- 1 ena. Some hold the belief that the j streams themselves are gold bearing. ] but the generally accepted explanation \ is that the gold has been washed down rom the hills or mountains from which they have their source. — BHMingft Boy Dies In 1‘hilippinrs. HASTINGS. Neb.. Jan. 12.—General Otis' casualty list contains the name of Arthur J. Edgerton. company L, Thirty-second volunteer infantry, who died January 1. The deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Edgerton of this city. He would have been twenty two years old the 29th of the present month. He enlisted at the beginning of hostilities with Spain with company K. Third Nebraska volunteers, and served with that regiment until its return from Cuba. Last September he re-enlisted in the Thirty-second and arrived at Manila November 1. Young Edgerton makes the second Hastings boy to have died in the Philippines, the other being Thomas North, a member of the First Nebraska. Will Move to Louisiana. TECUMSEH, Neb.. Jan. 12.—J. S. Harris, a well known attorney of Te- ! cumseh and one of the leading breed- j ers of Poland China swine of the state, is disposing of his stock and farm here preparatory to removal onto a large ranch near Shreversport, La. Mr. Harris will engage in the raising of fancy blooded cattle extensively in his new location. He is prompted in mak ing the removal for me benefit of his health, and because he believes a good opening awaits him in Louisiana. To gether with his family he will depart for his new home in a few days. Boer Sympathy iu York County. YORK. Neb., Jan. 12.—Public opin ion in York county in the matter of the present struggle now in progress be tween the Transvaal and Orange Free State republics, on one s>de and the British kingdom on the other has crys tallized as follows: "In response to the appeal of the Holland society of New York city to the American people for contributions to the widows and orphans of Boer and Orange Free State soldiers, we. the undersigned citizens of York county, hereby call a meeting to lake place in York. Neb., on Thursday evening. Jan uary 18. 1900, at 8 p. m.” To (io to Cuba With Kerruit*. FORT CROOK. Neb., Jan. 12.—In compliance with orders from the adju tant general’s office. Sergeant John A. Gallagher and J. M. Troutman of the Tenth infantry, departed for Governor's Island. N. Y. At that place they will be placed in charge of a detachment of recruits and proceed to Matanzas. Cuba. Baring Circuit Formed. HASTINGS. Neb., Jan. 12.—The Ne braska Speed association was organ ized at a meeting here and a state rac ing circuit arranged. Horsemen from these towns were present: Fremont, York. McCool, Kearney. Orleans, In dianola. Geneva. Hubbell. Superior. Os ceola, Clay Center and Hastings. Notwithstanding the fact that Ken tucky is a bourbon state, more than one-half of its 119 counties exclude the sale of intoxicants. HILLEFliTSi The Awful Crime Charged Up to Two Buffalo County Eoys. CLAIM IT WAS IN SELE-9EEENSE. The Body Is Buried and Lays Hidden for Two Months—Suspicion Lead to Search —Murder Said to llaye Occurred Bur log a Quarrel. KEARNEY. Neb.. Jan. 10.—At a lata hour Sunday night the headless body of L. M. Nelson was found buried be neath a pile of dirt and straw on his farm five miles northwest from this city. Since then two sons. Theodore aged 20. and Henry, aged * years, have been arrested and charged with his murder The elder of the two bovS has made a full confession, saying that In a quarrel, he and his brother mur dered their father nearly two months ago. “onths aS° C. M Nelson, a wealthy farmer, disappeared. At the time the information was given out that he had gone to Sweden to visit, his old home. A few days after his departure the wife, who was several jeais Nelsons junior, commenced to dispose of personal property upon the place and from words dropped by the two boys, it was learned that the'fam lly intended to leave the vicinity This aroused the suspicion oY the neighbors. These suspicions were com municated to Sheriff Funk, who com menced an investigation. Several times he visited the Nelson farm, but discov ered nothing out of the ordinary All of the members of tbe family seemed communicative and free.v discussed the departure of the husband and fath er. This, however, did not satisfy the sheriff. Saturday the sheriff visited the premises and made a thorough search of the house, the barn and all of the outbuildings. Nothing to throw light upon the disappearence of the man was discovered. However, when questioned closely, the younger son, Henry, ad mitted that his father had not gone to Sweden. Farther than tins he would say nothing. ^aiuruay nignt the sheriff left a guard at the Nelson house and cams back to town. During the night he ■worked up a posse and early Sunday morning started back to the Nelson farm. Upon reaching there the twenty five men. armed with pitchf »rks. spades and shovels, commenced tearing down stables, haystacks and in the cellars tinder the house. During the progress of the work, the members of the family looked on in silence, now and then go ing into the house and conferring. Late in the afternoon when Sheriff Funk had about concludeo to abandon the search for the day. some of the men who had been carrying on an ex amination of the outlying portions of the farm came upon a ravine about 200 yards southeast of the barn. In the bottom of this they noticed a small p41e of straw. In scattering this about, they brought out an old hat, with a cut several inches in length through the crown. It was taker, to some of the neighbors, who identified it as the hat formerly worn by Nelson. With this clue the men set to work with renewed energy, and after removing the straw they found that it covered a pile of soft earth. Spades were brought into use. and just below the surface a portion of a skull was found. Continuing the digging the body of Nelson was found about two feet below the surface, somewhat dei miposed, but in condition so that it was readily iden tified. It was loaded i^to a wagon and brought to the city. Last night a jury was summoned and today the coroner is going on with his inquiry. l^ast night after being i >dged In jail, the elder son broke down and made a full confession. He said that on the day of the killing, the father, who had always been very cruel to the children, was giving Henry a severo beating out in the lot where the feeding pejj were located. He interfered and the father turned upon him, striking him over the head with a club. Resisting the attack, Theodore said that he hit his father with a pitchfork and knocked him down. The old man arose to his feet and renewed the attack, when he wa3 knocked down a second time, after which he was beaten over the head. Theodore says that seeirg his father did not move, he made an examination and finding that he was dead, he and the younger brother tied a rope around the body, hitched a horse and dragged it to the ra\ine, where after digging a hole, it was buried in the place where it was found. The body has the appearance of hav ing been cut with an axe. There is a deep cut in the head which nearly severs it. In addition to this, one of the arms is nearly severed. Both boys deny having used an axe and say they cannot account for these wounds. Both boys express great sorrow over the death cf their father, but say that in taking his life they acted in self defense, expressing the omnion that if they bad not acted on the defensive, thev would have been killed. Mrs. Nelson, who is a n.ther pretty woman, and who is some thirty years younger than her husband, who was close to 60 years of age, seems to be very much affected. She says that she was aware of the killing i-nd adds that she thinks the boys acted in self de fense. She has told of a number of instances when her husband threatened not only to kill her. but all the mem bers of the family. She s;;ys that their married life was not pleasant and that quarrels were of frequent occurrence. Importation of Finn*. OMAHA. Neb.. Jan. 10.—Western and northwestern railroads have pooled issues, it is asserted, and have ar ranged for the importation of 55,000 Finns for the work on the grading contracts on new construction work during the coming season. Although no contracts nave been made as to the employment—for that would be viola tion of the contract labor law—the two facts are announced, one that the Finns are coming, anu second, that they wil find jobs on the grading dumps when they get here. All of last summer, the railroads found it impossible to get enough men tc. handle their new construction work, for the better element of laborers largely sought work elsewhere. For •nstance, on the Northwestern second track construction in Iowa, a force of 1,200 men before pay day. was but 300 men the second day thereafter, and a week later the original force was but little over 600 men. A Sicilian advocate charged with fraud was recently sentenced to 180 years’ imprisonment. An eastern syndicate is being or ganized to buy up all of California ■ famous redwood forests.