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:■; * ■ ♦ gmaa* of gold.. pin*.t*atl» •*»*
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tbat ait tamo at t tit*4 s**_atr* attic*>
»a2» ta ma:nta.n*d at a parity witto it
■■ ad tbat irwaattry bit** and gr*ra lawks
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> raaaary, aa ?a«f a* standard dollars ar*
*ota*« ta r#*_*-* n. on rqua: amount of
>ta tn—erry nut** and ta Maw* silver
tat: ta at** aga.n»: tta1 *41 ter »o coined
ata* curTta t prariaiofla. loo. gold r*r
bcates aba- ta issued againat tb* gold
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.■•ta*. ur ftaaaary aulas sfcsli b* issued
a tawmit*'iocs »*•* than f » and si.
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•*«aa> tta pnar-ipai and Itttrat of |
taa* taadt to ta paid ta ^otd. 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
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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.
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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
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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*.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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