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Tta Z P** mat bund* ata!’ ta .*mi*d at not ttaa par Any national tank, by #k*p -it-ng trap tta i mtod Bat«a bond* -*f oaaaary akaii ta prrmittad lu aae* t jrr-.si.tf not** to tta far* valu* % tta bonta d*poan*<d no tank bring «iici"0*< to ia» -* I In flag notes in *s *•* of tta amount of tta paid n <ap •a’ atora of tta tank Tali *s*ti4a*tt oat «»f!*m! by tta t.naac*' '«*jaanutf** and adopted rtaainraaiiiii—a of ta** art ar* not ictmd #o to ptar* any otataric* in tta way <4 tn#' anraotpiiafem#®' of intrmatioca! * M—HiHa pwmta d tta mmm ta ar or-* by ' « -«#?**' a#M c of tta i#a«i ag <aaai r> ml tu'i <t> at tta world , *» «f rri.at.'* • a.tw *<*tu**t guid adocr Tta kili a* Pna !» pm*m*4 vac by M fk, yp ■ *• r»* fmtr u«a* trrur* 4 %?HI\ .7' A Feet 14, — The een • «ms - *, m :ult\ affair* today — .6*d to repur- adversely the tail * *tro4n*eC toy ffeaniur Turner, giving mrei pay and re— utattua uf *ut—t«t "n ta iMC it* and ao4dwr* of the r ntew-r arm* »L» tenrd is the l*A..:igptaau ivy«i the IlihlUlw of 'he Symh&oC »ar a—I afterward were ' ranapaned to the t tiled State* -"i | maeieeed cant is thi* country The ^ »«— n—■ *a» inf turned that about f ’ "*•* MW • /uid s * reguywd to make j t*:# 1— rmeata pro* ided for toy the bill Mr,.*. . « »•£. .^anting* d- Cuba Feb I*.—The *' aftad —anti tmaoport M< Pheraan. ft iuda> tor tne t nued Stale* carry ing rtoe bodiea of 2»0 American aoid Man tarindie* aevaty -four who died *-♦ yelloar fewer bur year On It ber-om *2 *W»a tlu;t t tie taO(!>r-* WO— OO several amlen of families of ► am who had intended ta return to »♦ • '■ ork by the transport refuaed to ra At H» ret* anc Mayan on the j ■ ■•*■** iwaat of -Ue laiand the Mrf*ber ,>iiW a HI t»k» on additional bodiew **«—l AarwUee I—,* i i.« - A ill—HBCiTf— Fel. )« —The plan f*«r ♦eorffantnattaa of the diplomatu ■ and «—Malar serwbe on a civil tenke n#> waa defeated and tabled — in* no—Ktee on foreign affair* *4 An* by a tie vote of 7 to 1. « A—ISMOT— Feb 1C—The pre*- j -eat :-*cay to the1 aenate the bum * j na**aa of Janie* Allen of Knn*a». to f ' ? of the International at Hart- alao a numter of **ay nominations including Lieu* Colon*, A £ t ummm- of the ' eenry-newest! infantry to be colonel .«# ''but. regiment MHMh rtffCID 41 Tm It 40. ——.. .. tie*'ioa re— ia«*i tbe lerfH.i/ tor» IBTFF iLlO Feb i* — Tbe Aarnam j * amaCJoa auriety «»<mpo—d of prom- . tnewt Corpus began it* .annua! cunvea 'hb here today. Tb—* <4h<er> were eser-iod iTwaident Robert Holliday Iowa, rtore prtmdeni.. MMiiam VVebr< Maryland» ■ o rotary Albert Hen ! 'Vaaaytvaaia tn—re- w 1 turner la- j P a* the arvt j ad ia«i !«*.>!:* let nr ; W** —e— Mi.i)ar< re-t iff AJHlMCrro* u f. irh 1ft The *enat* committee oa military affairs — toa- ta* orator* reported the tall for the *■ -» ato:wfta««i of a mil Hart boot at lto» Madam la ta— Cl—» tael li*< OtTOM'IS N V let, R The a iengtry atatemnt iff Mn Chari** A. Chiduriag. :»'*• k*-nng v, m ^ Tun U u Mated she believe* , ♦be Victim of ■ IVIMITEDEAITH IN “BOBS." ■ I*o kul llartM.r » ltuubt lie Will kurrwd. LONDON. Keb. 1C —Intense satis fa< ;u*n «ouuuue* dominant In conse quence of Field Marshal l>ord Roberts’ plan of operations in South Africa, as repealed by the dispatches published tki - morning There is no further new * of British advance into the Orang*- Free State or of activity at the Modder mer, but a feeling of quiet confidence prevails that the strong hands of Hohs Uahdur and the hero uf Kartoun: are shutting matters to ward a much needed uecisive victory. As the St. James •. uette says • l>ord Role ns w ith his own line well guard ed and having little reason to fear the only d-!en-e which would be deadly. v:i a counter strode attacking his long line as it swings round, will tie -’hie o force the ooers to fight under »'r' unfavorable conditions, or aban don their heavy guns and stores.” A spe- iaJ dispatcu to the Times from I'hleveiv. Natal, dated Tuesday. Ke: ruarv IS. say* '‘General Lyttle '•*a ha* succeeded to the command of the Se oad division during the ill tea of <t-n»*ral fiery who is suffering from blood poisoning Colonel North con of the Rie brigade temporarily command* the Fourth division." tears regarding a Boer attack on Z o Rand are soui-wh&t allayed by a *•** lil dispatch from Durban, which si.» that a column of colonial scouts. a f«» ed march, has arrived at Kabo we in .-plena id fighting form. They were pursued several times dur ing th» march by the Boers, but suc ceeded in repulsing them. l»Vf SI(KK CINSIS TO BE T4KTN. I r»t of (be Kind tn tlir History of the « ovatry. U aSHINGTOS, Feb. 16—Governor Merrian: dire tor of the census, today appointed Charles i Martin of Den ier and secretary ot the National Ln. -to* k snanri iiTinn a special agent .t: c harge of the taking of a classified ••x.su* of live stoc* for the census. Mart in was sworn in today. The head quarters for this division of the work, which eniura<e« all the range country, wil i*e established in Denver and active work will tie commenced <*.i once. This will he the first time in the his tory of the country that a classified etisus of live ’stock wil! have been taken The association began the agi tatiou of the matter a year ago and •trough the assistance of L. G. Powers, Senator Wolcott Governor Merriam and others congress male the neces sary appropriation to carry out the w ork. COVER WITH TIU PRISIDENT. I «il< rkluud that Mi luuiry litori I re* Trade Will. 1‘urio KW-o. WASHINGTON Fen 16.—Represent *t.%e- Paine Groerenor and Dalzell, member* o' the ways and means com mittee of the house, today had a con ference with the president on the sub ye i of the pending Porto Rican tariff. It is understood that the president as ured them that while be was rather of the opinion that there should be free trade between the island and the Tinted State* he bad no disposition to Intrude hi* view * upon congress, and if it was the opinion of the committeee and a majority of tioth houses tha* •here should be a small or nominal rust >tn* charge on Porto Rican goods entering the t’nited States, he would willingly accept their judgment. It is the .opinion of Messrs. Payne. Gros veiior and Ik izell that the bill, sub *ta.n*:ally »► it now stands, will pass both hou»* and become a law. lie W»« • Ualkt-r kORK Feb —The body of S- rgeant Morris J Cohen of the Twen t.t-tii Kansas regiment of volunteers, mho mas killed in the haale of Caloo ac Philippine islands, arrived in Jer sey r. June 8. 1896. Cohen set out to walk ffom Jersey City to ran Fran isco in six months, the t'-nih of his wager requiring him to nhee his tent and equipments in a harrow He accomplished the task two weeks within the time limit. Cl|*»rt HimiI to Kiss. aBfBBH Wya. Fen. 16 —Wy oming wool growers are holding their moo! < lips for 23 cents per pound. This fad wa- ascertained by an eastern w**«*i buyer, mho Just returned from a trip over the state He says that few sheepmen have contracted ' heir «pnng clip for 19 and 20 cents, but the majority believe woo! will ad vance to 23 and even 25 cents per pound and will not make any con tract*- for a cent less. Cagtaad Kay lag More Mulea NEW ORLEANS Feb. 16 —The Brit ish a-iuy agents have let another con traft for 2.5(10 mules, to be delivered at tt is port a- fast as the animals can i*- pur* hased This order, as the last tie i- divided between Kansas City. St Louis and Texas dealers. The first cor.- gnmeat of cavalry horses .nunl brring 1*0. will. It is reported, leave Kansas City today for New Orleans. Must tUwriat.tSO OOO 1. Wm b 16—A |2. :,«4i mortgage mas filed today in the auditors office It is given by the Sunset Te epbone and Telegraph com pany to the Old Colony Trust com pany of Boston. The mortgage covers all the Washington and California holding* of the company and is given to wt-tira f2.25o.690 worth of 5 per cent gold bonds Hir-iwn EtubSMl In Pari*. tKAPOLU lai Feb ]b.—It being related here tonight that both ex-President Harrison and his wife mere systematically robbed and other w is* sw indled during their visit to Pan- la-t summer when the general * a- ♦ ntuged m th* Venezuelan claims affair The ex-president was asked about the matter tonight and he con firmed the story, although be said he did not know that it was abroad and did u'*t authorize it He now thinks that a young Frenchman who acted a? fa is valet mas the sw indler. I’laglr 1 «.«»»*• *iwig m ulti. Washington Feb ic-Major s. 8 Mills Sixth artillery, commanding at Camp McKinley. Honolulu, reports to the M ar department under date of February 2 that since the date of his ast repor- January 2. only two deaths have occurred from bubonic plague and thai in the last eight days, ex cepting a doubtful caae of the day b fore no new case* and no suspects have acrurred He says the condi tion- are moot encouraging and favor aide lA •<> respect*. ’ I j Chandler’s Amendment For Commission ers to Bimettalic Conference Lost. BALLOT IS 25 LOR-35 AGAINST. fla*l Volt on AnirndnituU and the Bill Yet to Come—Aldrich Says Democrats we Not Bimedalists, bat Sllvcrltes— Those Who Spoke l’rrtioue to tbc Ballot. Throughout its session the senate, cr the 14th, nad the financial bill under discussion. Until 2 o’clock the de bate proceeded under the ten-minute rule, and the debate was spirited and interesting A test vote indicating ap proximately the majority on the pas sage of the bill was taken. Chandler, republican of New Hampshire, offered an amendment to authorize the presi dent to appoint commissioners to any international bimetallic conference that might be called, and it was de feated by a vote of 45 to 25. Chandler's proposition out of the way. the discussion proceeded on the amendment brought in by the finance : committee, provding that the provi sions are not intended to place any ob stacles in the way of international bi metallism. The democratic senators arraigned the republicans for reporting the amendment, declaring they were insin cere and that the propostion was in tended to hoodwink the people and catch votes. No vote on the amend ment was reported, i ne final vote on the amendments and the bill will be taken later. - Wolcott, speaking on Cnandler's amendment, suggested that this was tne exising law. and asn.eu Chandler to withdraw it. but Chandler declined, saying that if the amendment was ex isting law it could do no harm to adopt it. Vest of Missouri announced his pur t>ose to vote against both the Aldrich amendment and the sandier amend ment. because ne regarded the propo sition for an international conference as a fraud and a pretext just as the adoption of the McEnerv resolution after the ratification of the Paris treaty, which was merely for the pur pose of supplyng some senators with a shallow ford over which to cross th« stream, and had since been entire ly ignored. The intention of the pend ing bill was to kill silver, and it would prove as effective in that office as a dagger or a dose of prussic acid would be in disposing of animal life. It w^ould be absurd to send a commission abroad asking for a bimetallic conference in view of the declaration for gold. Aldrich declared that Chandler was deceiving no one with his amendment and was sure that the proposition was not one that would meet wth general approbation. Sewart referred to the amendment as a subteriuge and said he would not support it. Caffrey of Louisiana said the coun try. in his opinion, had been on a gold standard since 1873. and that this bill was intended merely to perpetuate it. "The battle of the standards.” declared Caffery. “was fought and lost by the eilverites in 1896. The probable con- i test this year will only be a skirmish The forces of the silverites have been routed and their efforts to uphold sil ver must meet with failure.” He be lieved the proposed amendment was a "sop to Cerebus,'” and the American people would so regard it. Teller said the republican press throughout the country was opposed to the bimetallic amendment. He said it would be ridiculous to put such an amendment on this bill, as it would have no force or effect. The vote was taken on Chandler’s amendment to the committee amend ment. It was defeated. 45 to 25. Chandler "then asked Aldrich if he would consent to the interpolation be fore thp finance committee's amend ment of these words of the national republican platform of 1892: “The United States, from tradition and in terest. favors bimetallism. He would vote for the measure if his proposition i were accepted. “I object." reylied Aldrich, “to the re-enactment of the revised statutes and to the recital in this bill of the various platforms of political parties.” He maintained there was no provi i sion in the bill which was an obstacle to bimetallism. Allen of Nebraska de clared the bill was a gold measure | from core to cuticle and that it would be necessary to repeal the bill in or der to obtain bimetallism. KYLE IN REPIBL C/N CAtCJf. 1 Committer to Arrange UusiucM for Rr maiuder of Bruioa. The republican caucus of the senate ou the 15th authorized its chairman, Senator Allison, to appoint a commit tee to arrange the order of business l for the remander of the session, but i the selection was not announced. Senator Cullom gave notice to the ; caucus that he would call up his bill providing a form of government for i the Hawaiian islands and no disposi tion was manifested to antagonize him In this purpose. The caucus also discussed the ques tion of the division of the minor pat ronages of the senate, but adjourned before concluding this portion of its work. Senator Kyle of South Dakota at tended and participated in the pro ceedings of the caucus for the first time. OUTS TO MEET IN OMAHA. Wmt*rn Schedule Committee to Kinifth Work Then . The schedule committee of the new Western League of Baseball Clubs in session at Des Moines, adjourned, to meet later on call of the chairman at Omaha, without having perfected a schedule. Several drafts of schedule were under consideration. It was vot ed to hold the next annual meeting at Denver in February. 1901. Five y».ars instead of three year franchises were made the rule of the association. Co*| In Scarce in Europe. Complaints of scarcity of coal in Europe are becoming more acute and ’ widespread, says a Washington dis patch. The representatives of the State department in all of the great manufacturing countries of the conti nent have already transmitted accounts of the industrial distress that has re sulted from the heavy increase cf price of coal in England and now Ambassa dor Draper, at Rome, thinks the situ ation in Italy is worthy the attention of coal mining enterprises in the United States. TaUOK TAKtS INIIIATIVE. Inaafuratn Le|tal Measure* Agaloit Heckbaui and <’ istlrman. Suit was filed in the circuit court at Louisville, Ky., by counsel for Gov ernor Taylor seeking to restrain J. C. W. Beckham from acting as governor and General John B. Castleman from attempting to discharge the duties of adjutant general. Summons were servfd on the defendants. The suit will be allotted to one of the circuit judges by a drawing. This drawing may not be held for several days. The .suit is brought by Gov ernor Taylor for himself individually and as governor of Kentucky. At Frankfort, Ky., wnen informed that Judge Taft had refused jurisdic tion, Governor Taylor made the follow ing signed statement: “The decision of Judge Taft, holding that his court has no jurisdiction in the case of the minor state officials, does not affect the merits of the case, tie does not determine that the peti tioners had no merits in their cases, but only that his court could not take jurisdiction and right the wrong. If he had held that he had jurisdiction it would have all been over, for the outrages were so glaring that the re publicans would have won hands down. The decision does not in the least af fect my case.” The suit of Beckham against Taylor for the possession of the office of gov ernor was filed in the circuit court at Frankfort. Up to a late hour the sheriff hud not succeeded in serving notice on Governor Taylor and the chances of his doing so did not seem bright, as all visitors to the office of j the governor, or to the gubernatorial i mansion, were compelled to run a gauntlet of guards who were on tbe lookout for gentlemen with suspicious papers. The petition in the suit holds that W. S. Taylor is not the governor i of-the state and that with an armed i force he holds possession of the exec- j utive building. It alleges that be is j drawing money without authority of law from the state treasury, pardoning convicts and doing other things that are detrimental to the welfare of the j state. POSTAL SERVICE ON THE INCREASE l’lan to Have a* Few American Clerk* j as Fossihl*. The director general of posts of the Philippine islands has transmitted to the Postoffice department a copy of a letter written by him to General Otis, in which 1* outlined a plan for the ex tension of tbe postal service in the islands. His plan contemplates that the army shall take charge of the ser vice of points where it is mipracTcable to employ clerks. Offices in charge of American clerks are contemplated at all places where there is a large num ber of people and considerable trib utary territory. At points where troops are stationed the commanding officer will be asked to take charge of stamps and other l*ostal supplies and to detail for this postal duty a soldier incapacitated for field services. It is desired to have as few American clerks as possible on account of tbe expense in salaries, natives being willing to work much cheaper. The revenues from the isl and of Negros for ten months have not been sufficient to pay the salary of a. superintendent for two months and since the withdrawal of the great er portion of tbe troops from San Fer nandino the revenues have amounted to scarcely J50 a month, about om» third the salary of a superintendent. PROTEST AGAINST THE WAR. , Liberal* Tleet at a London Hotel Mid Adopt Resolution*. Spporters of the liberal party, to th* number of 300 or 400, held a privut* meeting at the Westminster Palac* hotel. I^mdon, to protest against the government's war policy. Sir Wilfred Lawson, M. P.. David Lloyd-George. M. P.. and Conwright Schreiner, the husband of Olive Schreiner, the novel ist. were among those present. The resolutions adopted denounced the war as a “crime and a blunder,” commit ted at the instigation of irresponsible capitalists; demanded the publication of the full correspondence regarding the Jameson rai<^; protested against the increasing armaments; reaffirmed the liberals' gratitude to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, John Morley and James Bryce, and decided to open a permanent fund to carry on a vig orous political propaganua for the prin ciples thus enunciated. -- Bill to Reduce War Taxes. Representative Levy of New York has introduced a bill amending the war tariff act by reducing the tax on beer from $2 to $1. nxing the duty on tobacco at G cents per pound, cigars and cigarettes $3 per 1.000, repealing the tax on tea and reducing many of the stamp taxes. Levy savs as to his bill: ‘ The secretary of the treasury has stated that the surplus from revenues of the government will amount to be tween $30,000,000 and $40,000,000 thi3 year. The daily expenditures of the government are decreasing and will continue to decrease now that the war with Spain is over. The need of the $100,000,000 proposed to be raised by the war tax will no longer exist. It is the aim of this bill to reduce tax ation by internal revenue by at least $50,000,000.” Bi-Monthly Transport Service. Acting upon the recommendation of Quartermaster General Ludington the secretary of war has ordered the establishment of T bi-monthly trans port service between San Francisco and Manila. This action is prompted by a desire to leave nothing undone that will contribute to the health and comfort of the troops in the islands. Service will be started by the troop ship Sherman, which will leave San Francisco for Manila on February 15 or 16. to be followed at regular inter vals of about fifteen days by the other large ships of the Pacific transport January Imports and Exporta. The monthly statement of the im ports and exports of the United States, issued by the bureau of statistics, shows that during January, 1900. the figures were as follows: Merchandise, imports. $75,826,925, of which $32,946,280 was free of duty. The gain over Janary. 1899, was about $17,500,000. Exports. $117,620,920; gain over January. 1899, about $2,000, crease. $4,000,000; exports. $5,691,290; increase. $836,000. Silver, imports, $2, 130,335; decrease. $1,000,000; exports, $4,589,199; decrease. $781,000. I Prominent Editor and Politician Arre3t"d on Charge of Embezzlement, THE CASE APPEARS TO BE SERIOIS Cnrle Sum's OffirUl at Sfw»rd Shy a Trifle Over Three Thousand Dollars— One of His Hondsnien Drops Dead When Informed of the Condition of Affairs in the 1‘ostufliee. LINCOLN. Feb. 19—Frank G. Sim mons. for many years a prominent newspaper editor and politician and for the last two years postmaster at Sew ard. was placed under arrest on the charge of embezzlement of government funds. A complaint, charging him with converting to his own use funds of the United States to the amount of $3,062.38. was filed this morning with United States Commissioner Billings ley and a warrant for his arrest was at once issued. This warrant was placed in the hands of Deputy United States Marshal Moore, who brought Simmons to this city at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Simmons was appointed postmaster at Seward in February. 1898. Previous to that time he had for years been the editor of the Seward Reporter. It is learned here that Simmons had been in financial trouble for some time and not long ago he came to Lincoln for the purpose of squaring up some old mat ters. Postoffice Inspectors Sinclair and Swift have been at work on the case for several weeks and W-dnesday In spector Sinclair went to Seward and in stituted a thorough investigation cf Simmons' books. The investigation showed that a large shortage existed, both in the money order and in the postal fund, the latter represeanting the sales of stamps and the rentals of boxes. Sinclair at once confronted the postmaster and demanded a explana tion. but Simmons could give none. He admitted that he had used the money, but asserted that he could make good the shortage if a little time were granted. He said he had used the money to pay off personal debts. The inspector laid the matter before thf bondsmen of the postmaster and asked them to name some man whom they desired to take temporary charge of the office. David H. Figard was ap pointed to take charge of the office, but he died from a sudden stroke of heart failure immediately after he left his home and John Woods, one of the bondsmen was selected in his place. The shortage of Postmaster Simmons covers a considerable period. In the money order department it amounts to $2,460.97, and in the postal fund to $601.41. No Chancellor \et. LINCOLN. Feb. 19.—The University Board of Regents adjourned to meet next April and there is every indica tion that a permanent chancellor will be chosen at that time to succeed Act ing Chancellor Bessey, who desires to retire from the executive office of the institution and return to his former position at the head of the department of botany. It was the intention of the regents to make a selection at the meeting which adjourned but owing to the absence of two members of the board the mater was deferred until the next meeting. In his report to the board. Dr. Bessey requested the re gents to appoint his successor as soon as possible, and there appears to be no disposition on the part of the board to i delay action any longer ihan is abso lutely necessary. ——_ Want* Out of the Artur. LINCOLN. Neb.. Feb. 1'*.—Governor Poynter has been asked to make an at- 1 tempt to secure the discharge of Ben jamin Gomme of EddyviUe. now serv ing with the British army in the Trans vaal. Gomme is said to be a natural ized citizen of the Cnited States. Those who are asking for his ’■elease assert that he was seized while in England and forced into the British military service. Not having his naturalization 1 papers with him at the time, he could j not prove that he was a citizen of the j Cnited States. This story is not be- ; lieved at the state house, for the rea- | son that here is no such thing as com- ; pulsory enlistment in England. Gov- i ernor Poynter will refer the request to Congressman Neville, who will be asked to lay the case before the proper j authorities in Washington Swindling F *T»frs PLATTSMOCTH. Neb.. Feb. 19.—An i agent for the Pierce Co-Operative Med ical dispensary of Chicago. 111., recent- j ly visited the farmers in this county ! and succeeded in persuading some of them to sign a paper which proved to he a note. Otto Jahn. living near Elm wood. was one of his victims. His note was sold to R. Adel McCurdy, who, through his attorney, J. L. Root, brought suit before Judg» Archer to collect the note of $150. Attorneys H. D. Travis of this city and William Deles Dernfer of Elmwood appeared for the defendant. After being out a few minutes the jury brought in a verdict for Jahn. Soldier's Reuia n« NELSON. Neb.. Feb. 19 —The re mains of Sergeant Charley Mellick of company H. First Nebraska, who was killed in battle at Manila. April 23. reached here last week. The body will lie in state until that of Otto Kusten border. which is now on the way. ar rives. when a double funeral will be held. Smallpox Abroad. PAWNEE CITY. Neb., Feb. Ip —The smallpox plague in Pawned county has not yet been completely stamped out. One new case was reported from Du Bois and two from Book waiter. The Du Bois patient is a young child of the late Dr. McColm, who died of the dis ease. The name of only one of the stricken persons at Bookwalter was re ported to the aAhorities—C. C. Mar dis. a -former grain dealer of that place. The impression has been circulated that the infection has broken out in Pawnee City, but is untrue. Burial of a Private. WAHOO. Neb.. Feb. 19.—The re mains of Private Gustav Edlund of the First Nebraska, have arrived in this city and services will be helt^at the opera house today. Mr. Edlund died in Manila and his remains were brought to San Francisco recently. He has uo near relatives in this county, but formerly lived here and the people of this city are making arrangements to five him fitting burial. . Learning without taought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous. - STATE MONEV COLLECTIONS. All County Treasurers llavr Now Report ed to the State Auditor. All the county treasurers of Ne- : hraska" have reported to the state aud itor concerning the amount of state money collected as taxes and turned into the treasury during the year 1899. Douglas county heads the list, being credited with depositing $164,994.37 * with the state treasurer. The indi vidual reports show how the money was apportioned and from what sources it was derived. For compilim, these reports the county treasurer of Douglas county was allowed a fee of $2,881.32, the treasurer of Lancaster received $1,605.32 and the treasurer of Hooker county for the same work was paid $17.42. The treasurers of other oounties received similar fee in pro portion to the amount turned into the treasury. The following summary shows the amount paid by each coun ty: Adams .s 25.9ffit.6l Antelope . 22,375.05 Banner . 2.699.2*; Blame . 1> C Boone . 19.IW8.62 Box Butte . 8.923.56 Boyd . a 261.50 Brown . 5.841.S3 Buffalo . 31.370.46 Burt . 3 .591.09 Butler .*. •3K.179.fiC Cass . 37,795.04 Cedar .i.. 36.631.?". Chase . 5.54'.39 Cherry . 8,275.16 Cheyenne . 11.755.00 Clay . 37.299.05 Colfax . 25.99S.4S Cuming . 25.239.06 Custer . 25.812.55 Dakota ..f. 13.052.54 Dawes . 9.666.16 Dawson . 17.741.06 ITeuel . 7.547.45 Dixon . 25.636.52 Dodge . 26.345.92 Douglas ...*.. 164.994.37 Dundy . 4.37X15 Fillmore . 26.518*37 Franklin . 13.103.77 Furnas . 1K.02037 Gage . 48,939.5b Garfield . 2.858.77 Gos|X'r . 10.697.49 Grant . 2JJ84 9u Greelev . 12.049.25 Hall .„. 27.919.55 Hamilton . 24.2X9.78 Harlan . 15.901.69 Hayes . 5.697.19 Hitchcock . 7.962.8' Holt . 29,732.55 Hcaker . 581.66 Howard . 16.170.33 Jefferson . 25.41*4.0 Johnson .• ... 19.122.7' Kearney . 19.714.52 Keith . 7.720.6ft Keyu Paha . 5.140.41 Kim hall . 4. <.‘7.62 Knox . 45.107.59 Lancaster . 112.719.15 Lincoln .7. 19.331.7 Logan . 1.48X.99 Loup . 2.568.:W Madison . 36.6.'2.« McPherson . 1.174.67 Merrick ... . 26,743.27 Nance . 8,826.30 Nemaha . 23.729.14 Nuckolls . 26.812.93 Otoe . 40.403.91 Pawnee —. 26.59b.54 Perkins . 4.413.29 Phelps . 16.135.34 Pierce . 23.128.3b Platte . 29.462.03 Polk . 21.952.57 Red Willow . 16.397.56 Richadson . 25.400.37 Rock .-. 5.990.00 Saline . 30,748.57 Sarpy . 13.711.89 Saunders . 32.506.56 Scotts Bluff . 3.679.31 Seward . 28.859.02 Sheridan . 12.077.90 Sherman 1. 9.997.02 Sioux . 6.876.29 Stanton .,. 19.629.94 Thayer . 26.527.10 Thomas . 1.252.31 Thurston . 2.486.22 Valley .s.. 11.975.IW Washington . I'. 368.98 Wayne . 38,435.19 Webster . 24,549.71 Wheeler . 3.368.23 York . 31,494.69 Total .$1 *68,844.78 State Capital Sotes. There is a constant demand from the government for trained civil engineers from the State university. This de mand has been so great that several undergraduate students have left the university to accept positions in the field. Fred B. Ryon left recently for Havana. Cuba, to fill a position in th t government corps of enginers. Sev eral other students left last week for the Philippine islands. Prof. Barbour of the State university has in his possession a letter written by King Charles I of England in 1644. The letter belongs to James Mitchell of Wilbur and is considered a very valuable relic. The paper bears the water-marks of the royal paper makers and is of excellent quality and almost natural in color. The handwriting is bold and almost as legible as printed matter. Librarian Barrett of the State Historical society is making an effort to secure the letter as a loan for the museum. Prepare for Soldier”* Body. PLATTSMOVTH. Neb., Feb. 16.— Drs. T. P. and J. S. Livingston have re ceived a telegram from Quartermaster Long of San Francisco stating that the body of their brother, H. Guy Livings ton, had been forwarded from there by express. Upon the arrival of the body here it will at once be taken to the home of his mother* Mrs. Robert R. Livingston. Rev. H. B. Burgess will conduct the funeral services in St. Luke's Episeopa’ church. Guy Livingston was a memoer of Company M. First Nebraska, and while with the Thurston Rifles engaged in battle at Manila was shot in the head and died. Ffw Close* School*. NORTH BEND. Neb.. Feb. 16—The Board of Health bas ordered the schools, churches and all other places of public assemblage closed on account ! of the scarlet fever. There have been about twenty cases. Most of the cases | are mild, but the board wishes to stamp out all traces of infection. Sam Pope End* His Llff. FREMONT. Neb., Feb. 16—Sam Pope | committed suicide at his father’s home at Lewis, la., by sending a 44-caliber j bullet through his brain. Pope was well known in Fremont, i having been one of the central figures in a shooting scrape on August 8. last, j growing out of trouble with his gamb- ; hng partner, Edward Jerome. Ou that : date Jerome invited him to an up stairs room and without warning shot him six times. — Skeleton is I nearthed. GRETNA. Neb., Feb. 16.—A rumor was current on the streets here that the remains of a dead man had been j found while excavating in an old cel- ; lar under Merryman's store. It was ' found later that a skeleton had been uneartheu. but it was one that Dr. Waters, a former occupant of the premises, has discarded. Some of tie wire that had been used in making the joints was still intact. To make law complete they should reward as well as punish. A Nebraska Ycang Man Who Trans gressed is Overhauled. GR4YE CHARGES ARE AGAINST HIM. i H» Got Away With ».*> 000-Tr.vo.rd Twenty ThnUWll„ Mil.*, bnt Ftnally Keturn, HI* -X.tive Country. Where He Will Have to Anewer for HU Hut tftoingt. SAX FRANCISCO. Cal.. Feb. 14 — Frederick S. Kelley, formerly an em ploye of a prominent insurance com pany m Omaha, but who left that city about two years ago when defal cations amounting to about $',.000 were about to be discovered, was arrested by detectives in this city. The arrest was kept a secret until yesterday, when it was learned that Kelley left for Chicago in the custody ot detectives. He was accompanied bv his young wife, formerly of Oakland Cal. Since his departure from Omaha Kelley has traveled much and held a good position in Manila, but his lov» for his own country got the best of him and he returned i hree months ago he married the daughter of a promi nent printer. Kelley s relatives are wealthy and prominent people of Lin coln, Xeb. H. B. Coryell of the Phenix Insur ance company at Omaha, said that Kelleys supposed defalcation was discovered in April, 1N9*. For three years previous he had held the position of cashier and manager and received all the cash remittances from the country agencies of the company. He handled on an average $.5,000 per annum. The amount of his embezzlement when fi nally figured cuit was found to aggregate nearly $*i.000. He was bonded for $5,<k»t» with the Guar anty company of North America, whose headquarters are at Toronto. Can. 'After his disappearance the com pany refused to make the face of the bond good and Mr. Coryell entered suit against them in the United States court. The suit is yet pending. As with most defalcations of magni tude it was a small and a comparative ly simple thing that Kelley might have turned to one side had he kept his head that resulted in his exposure and dis grace. The management had discov ered that a country agent was appar ently some $30 behind in his accounts. He was called sharply to time and by return mail sent receipts, showing that he had paid the item in question. Mr. Kelley was asked by Mr. Coryell wheth er the money had been received or not. Kelley stammered and admitted that it had. Mr. Coryell then insisted on knowing whether there were any other accounts in such a state, and Kelley, refusing to answer, abruptly left the office, promising to return and explain everything, which he failed to do. Order for Rate Reduction. LINCOLN. Neb.. Feh 14.—The state board of transportation, without the usual recommendation from the secre taries, issued the following orders, de termined on by the board at Norfolk in consequence of the hearing held Friday last at that place: “It is. therefore, by the Nebraska state board of transportation consider ; ed. adjudged and ordered that the Chi cago. St. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha Railway company reduce the rate on first-class shipments Of freight from South Sioux City to Norfolk to 35 cents per 100 pounds and other classes in the same proportion, and that said railway hereafter receive for shipment under the usual regulations of the road all freight which may l>e tendered to it for shipment from Omaha to Norfolk. y and that said road is required to show cause on the 23rd day of February. 1900. why said orders should not be enforced. Dated at Lincoln, Neb., this 12th day of February. 1900. “JOHN F. CORNELL. “Chairman. **W. F. PORTER. “Secretary.” I'uion 1’ucillr Filw Answer. OMAHA, Neb.. Feb. 14 —The Union Pacific Railway company has filed its answer in the suit brought by Attorney General €myth on behalf of the state board of transportation. In the pe tition the attorney general alleged that on July 17. 1897, T. H. Tibbie filed a complain; with the board, al leging that the company changed i*s rates on live stock from the car to the per pound plan. The board is alleged to have heard the complaint and on November 26, 1897. ordered the rates restored. The attorney general charged that the order had not been * complied with ;n any respect and asked judgment for $.7,000 against the com pany. In answer the Union Pacific says that the petition does not state fact3 suf ficient to constitute a cause of action and asks that the case be dismissed at the costs of the state. Funeral of a Soldier MADISON. Neb., Feb. 14—The fu neral of Private Arthur C. Sims, com pany F. First Nebraska, was held here in. the Hein Opera house. Twelve hun dred people were In attendance. The funeral was conducted by company F. Nebraska National Guard. Addresses were made by Rev. J. E. Fow’ler, Re\. J. L. St. Clair and Rev. Lowrie. The procession to the *rmetery was three quarters of a mile long. Ruling in l-and face*. WASHINGTON. Feb. 14—Repre sentative Sutherland of Nebraska has secured a ruling by the commissioner of the general land office affecting tne rights of county judges in taking proof in land entries. The register of the land office at McCook had refused to designate County Judge Pyle of Fron tier county to take final proofs even when the applicant had requested to go before him. Commissioner Hermann holds that the register has erred in this action and he is instructed in fu ture to designate the court officer whom the applicant requests. Nebra«ka iu Washington. WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 14 — Captain H. E. Palmer of Omaha ar rived in the city today and will appear before the house committee on military affairs tomorrow in support of the bill for the establishment of a sanitarium for ex-union soldiers at Hot Springs, S. D. The comptroller of the currency has approved changes in national bank of ficials as follows: First National bank Lincoln, Frank Parks, asisstant cash ier. place W. C. Phillips: South Omaha National bank. South Omaha. Guy C. Barton, president, in place of T. A. Cudahy /
