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I"** * .*#?#d groat paka but toscfeae* un « - a it* #«* ii»r fertor# d#*«”b T'b* 4 E:|. Ik. „fe|T «"fe* IN'tit# 1 alia rt;r 111*? life Of tier fee «#s* Tb# t# dy wtli ft* ta nKfel# loaiorrotr i * d aril tb*fi I** t*fe#fe ley pre ta! train t* "fe# U'fe at ku*tf'K.t#it; n*ar Wnk i -*»*• m. at**?* it vil) b# bare*d q nrt l* e loafeoirt «ft*» w*ia*at*d and a Tbunt ar'itary bofeor* Irti*! !• mk I |> (•rriMxi IIEXUK Ma*« h 3*.. The «floru of bAMBMAhi Kum.O, b**U rpafj«*r» to »ho« 'hat (•r'asit* t tawuate lw> with Ru * a «ad France tx« o«i luasiami are *ttra*tahg| euti at teat ton here The tii reuse ZrltOfc* quote* it article hr I TUMI Truhtilf ihariu that the Fraaro- Kutoiaa aluaa<* hoc* cot no* ha** a *fc.*eatet.:*uc « ui:a< t« - bet Hun hec4 l* thfeaheatag the |ir« e of the »'*-rtd ac4 that f>rcact Mekmc a mm eeafloa la Ita au*tr» n-**4 fleet, aee#* aa all* C order to enable it to »tthetabd bntlets pwaourc . UWOOK ManhH S«eahm< at a I feeAfaat of the hberai aa« uta at Sot t n«ha» toAa* Herbert Glad tone, aob of the late William E Giadittuae, rad member of FarUamcu; for Went 1 eedb de* Sored that aearl* all the lih • rale had i*re4 tc regard to the eet t emeat cf the booth Afnria queatton ; that it • aa the ant* of the soterament to h*h a forurremue of the war in |«Mlth aad to »ho» the world that Urtthl M»»ci la Aantth Africa uaa *rr mu uat aad that the brm»h flat BMt «itr oaar the whole of Mouth Atrka ROBERTS TO CMGAGE THEM. hrad* a Force to Meet Uar;bcr Army North of Kluniutoulrlu mXltOK M rach 3M —The Boers are cote entrating is force about fifteen ante* north of Bloemfontein in the rear of Glen and Lord Roberts is send ag forward troops to engage them. The Seventh infantry division and part of General French s cavalry have U*en went up to join the Fourteenth brigade and the two cavalry regiments that are bolding Glen and its environs. It does not seem probable the Boers will give battle m the fairly open roiatr} north of Glen still thsir evi dent strength indicates more than a urp* of observation. In small affairs the Boer* are daring and aggressive in all part* of the field of war. The Johannesburg police, esteemed to be the Boers' best command, are •aiding the country near Bloemfon tein harassing the farmers who have given up their arms to the British ana tarrying off their tattle. The Boer* have reoccupied Camp bell i-nd are in strength near Taungs end liarkly West. They shelled the Br*tts»fc tamp at Warrenton Wednes da* b t moved out of range that j i ghr Yesterday « Wednesday» two j British gun* enfiladed the Boer | trenches quieting their Mausers. la»r«i Methuen and the forces that • a . •—-r. operating in the Barkly West district have t*eec recalled to Kimber ey l>\ la>rd Roberts. No explanation tia* be**u given for this, hut the mount ed troop* are dissatisfied at having bten ordered tack. Th* Idtee. and disloyalists at Ken hatrdt have dispersed and continue to retreat Genera! Persons is about to enter the town unopposed. Lord Robert* is making extensive arrangements to police and safeguard all the Free State towns in the terii tury occupied. All lh« dispat'be* from Mazerti state that the Boers who returned to brand from Olooloian have taken ■dr ug position* and sent pickets fa: :n all dire< tion* to watch Basuto .and in the expectation tuat part of tieneral BuHers army will invade the Free State on that side. mt CZ4R SfNDS TROOPS. Ilorr I nit- — twfrl that f ifteen Tliou wml Ku»»n»u» are at krncB*l»il BLOEMFONTEIN. March 30.—(New York World Cablegram • lioet lead <t- are disseminating repents of for -’an * a:n ■ ir.g n h* 'I rans vaa!. Boer- ret rning from Coltsburg . j.-tb a del that 15,(**H> Russians lave arrived at Kroonsta.1 cud are ad ■ v mt.* me on Bloemfontein. Kruger iMiaats to them his inten- i is . » retal ug Bio mfoniein within ; a «N k M le it appear* proba the ene*: 'anting south »a: 4 hat been reinforced by comman- j - wh. L trekked m rtb oy Kumassi .rd l^ady brand to Winburg. Grouiaar it reported captured. He - sail to have l»een discovered wound * in a farm house by a patrol of mounted infantry A numiter of csp urwd Free Staters reached Norvalspont enterday presumably from Clements. The enemy is undoubtedly concentrat •r* at Kroonstadt. probably for a fight. LONDON March 30 —There is a Boer ; export from Natal that a Russian sol ier of fortune. Colonel Ganotzki. with horsemen it operating close to the •posts on the western bor i (Vr The Russian government according a dispat * b to the Times from St. iu-'.e*sburg if considering a scheme for '<«rge in* rea-e in the Russian army. T4H0R TO TliltT TO Tiff fND. W .11 Hold *»jr l*re»lou» AgreeuieuT of 4 At i orpfTt. IjOCISVILLE Ky March 30—Gov *rung W S Taylor passed through 1 «-rr t day on his way to Butler coun t;> to attend the funeral of his sis >r While here the governor made ' • statement c oncerning his probable •■>* in the event that the decision <>\ the * ourt of appeals is against him. WL ie it has been generally under ■ '-! that the republicans would not vender the state offices on the judg r> nt f ihat court, nothing official has 1 ♦ ret.jfore been given out on the sub ; Jen. The - »urt of appeals has not yet taken up the rase." said Governor Tailor, and any announcement from m** a- to my action after tiieir deci ; < n wouid tie premature. The agree ment of the attorneys for both sides, t wever stater specifically that there - to t*** no movement un'il the case final.' setileo by th“ supreme court < f the l nued States and I think 1 ; ». 1 act by thir agreement in every i ftrp 1 take and not give up any of the rights 1 hold by it." < cw*«l Mrrrmui Hies. WASHINGTON March 30.—The -'ate department has lieen informed j ' abb-cram from Cnited States Min -ter Wilson at Santiago. Chile: that I eph W Merriam. Cnited States Uri.il ;.t iqtiique Chile, died at that i** st >. <terday. Mr Merriam was born ? V v. York and was appointed from kiu^nac husetts to i*e consul at Iquique iu November. , fci. I'latte fur M« III ill.in (on jjre*» WASHINGTON. March 30—Senator P att today introduced an amendment ’< the Indian appropriation bill provid ng for a congress of the representa ♦, of the various Indian tribes of the \ mted States at the Buffalo Panamer n and appropriating $40 *e«i fe«r the payment of the expenses of the congress. Tr Mblr H »vlil (in In ( nii|^re«k. FRANKFORT. Kv.. March 30 — , South Trimbit shaker of the Ken Tti«k house today announced himselt *i- a c andidate for the democratic noni r at ion for congress in the Seventh ; district. Mrs Emma Gray Cromwell, see re of the Indies' Goebel Monument • nd committee estimates that $10. M*" has been raised bv ladies in the * ■*' t»us counties for the monument so ?ai T:.e >utis. ription Itooks will not "* closed for two months, by which • nc the ladies committee expects to i have raised < oaiiuaiKlrr Very Ordered Home. WASHINGTON. March 30—Com mander S W Very ha> been relieved ot the command of the Castine and oidered home from Manila by regular * earner. He will be relieved of the it mmand bv Commander C. G. Bow man now at the Mare Island navy yard Commander Very has had some , double with officers attached to the Castine. due it is said, to his methods of enforcing discipline aboard ship. Commander J B. Briggs will take the place of Commander Bowman as equipment offiitr at the Mare island II navy vard. k LOSS TOM BOERS Their Great General Succumbs to Illness at Transvaal Capital. STOMACH TROUBLE CUTS HIM Off .-. Pretoria Plunged iuto Mourning Over the , lot* of The Leader —Hard Blow at I the Burghers* (huh—England tlains by Dealh of Transvaal'* Military Deala*. PRETORIA. March 29—General Joubert died last night at 11:30 j o'clock. He had been suffering from a stomach complaint. The town is plunged into mourning for the true patriot, gallant general and upright and honorable gentle man. LONDON. March 29.—The Pretoria ; correspondent of the Daily Mail, tele- : graphing yesterday, says: “General Joubert died of peritonitis. 1 he funeral will take place tomorrow (Thursday). The government is plead- j ing with the widow to allow a tem perarv interment here, with a state i funeral. Joubert always expressed a i desire to be buried in a mausoleum built on his farm. “His successor in the chief com mand will probably he General Louis Botha, now commanding in Natal. ’ All the morning papers print singu larly kind editorials regarding Gen eral Joubert. They praise his mili tary skill, uphold his chivalrous con duct and regret that so strong and moderate a mind should be absent from the final settlement of the dis pine. Although some of the younger com- ( manders thought the old soldier want- ( ing in dash and enterprise, his raid into the country south of the Tugela ij considered the best piece of Boer leadership during the whole war. It is now known that he crossed tjie Tugela with only 3.000 riflemen and six guns, but so bold and rapid were his movements that the British com manders thought 10.000 Boers were marching on Pietermaritzburg. For a ft w days, although in the presence of gteatl.v superior forces he isolated General Hildyard's brigade at Est court and at the same time threatened General Barton's camp at Mooi river. Then as British reinforcements were pushed up General Joubert recrossed the Tugela without losing a prisoner 01 a gun. General White's estimate of him pronounced on Tuesday before he died, strikes the tone of all British comment. In connection with the announce- j nient of the death of General Jou- J !>ert. it is interesting to note that Sir George White, the British general who commanded Ladysmith, in a speech at Capetown yesterday evening, declared that General Joubert was a soldier and a gentleman and a brave and hon oiable opponent. The afternoon newspapers today publish long biographies of General Joubert. Generally they are in a , kindly tone. ' The Pall Mall Gazette says: “Piet Joubert was the one contemporary Transvaal Boer except ex-Chief Jus tice Kotze whose death could call forth a sincere tribute of respect from Englishmen of all parties. He was the antipodes in the Transvaal world of Leyds and personally was honest, straight and clean-handed.” PARIS. March 29.—The Paris press is unanimous in eulogizing General Joubert. whose death is considered a serious loss to the federals. All the papers agree in thinking that a change in the chief command is bound to have grave consequences for the Boer operations. Many think, how eier. that President Kruger is fully equal to the task and that, consider ing his military reputation, the re sistance of the Boers is likely to be come more stubborn than ever. DIBS MAY GET ASSISTANCE. Bot-ialiat Libor and Social Democrats Trying to I nite NEW YORK. March 29.—The com mittees of the socialist labor party and of the social democrats that were appointed at the recent convention of : those parties for the purpose of effect ing a union met in conference today. Most of the business done during the day was discussing the name of the new united party and where the head quarters of the national executive lommittee should be. It was agreed to submit the names or uoth parties, the social democrats and the “united socialist party,” to a referendum vote oi both parties. A long fight followed over the selection of a city for head quarters of the national executive com mittee. The choice finally narrowed down to New York and Springfield, and then there was a motion to refer tnese names to referendum vote of the two parties. If the two socialist fac tions unite Eugene V. Debs, it is said, will be the candidate of the united party for president and Job Harriman candidate for vice president. Mindmon at the Whitt* House. W ASHINGTON. March 29.—A meet ing of the executive committee of the American Bar association was held here today to make arrangements for the annual meeting of the association at Saratoga. N. Y., in August. Former Senator Manderson of Nebraska, who is president of the Bar association and chairman of the executive committee, persided. Millionaire Knincv I>ead. CLEVELAND. 0., March 29.—A tel egram received here from Baltimore reports the death of W. J. Rainey, the millionaire coal and coke operator, at the Johns Hopkins hospital. Mr. Rainey went to Baltimore about a week ago to have an operation per formed. Iowa Hank Robbed. MASON CITY, la., March 29—Rob bers last night broke into the O. F. I'lland bank at Hanlontown, blew open the safe and stole 12.000. The robbers escaped on a Northwestern handcar. IlanUh Purchase Incomplete. WASHINGTON. March 29—The state department adds its denial to that of the Spanish foreign oflic*j rel ative to the Paris story that the I'nited States had completed the ac quisition of the Danish West Indian islands. There are indications that the negotiations, which have for so long oc( upied the attention of the two gov ernments at intervals may be attended 1 by success at a reasonably early daie. but it is certainly prematu-e io an nounce their conclusion at this mo ment. \ 1 GEN. JOUBERT’S CAREER. Organizer of Boer Force* and Com mander at Majuita Hill. LONDON, March 29.—General Pietrus Jacobus Joubert. commandant general of the Transvaal forces, better known :b Piet Joubert, or “Slien Piet" (Slim Peter), was born about 68 years ago. He was descended from an old French Huguenot family which settled in South Africa many years ago. He was torn in Cape Colony, but was taken by Lis parents, when 7 years old, to the Orange Free State, where he was taught from early childhood to shoot straight and hate the British. He is described as having been ut terly fearless. Of school he had but little and he never saw a newspaper until he was 19 years old. In spite of this his am Lition prompted him to read the few books he could obtain, and he suc ceeded in obtaining a fair knowledge of history and languages. In consequence of the acquisition of Natal by the British, his family moved from Natal and settled in the Trans vaal. Soon afterwards he became a burgher of the South African republic and a daring fighter. It was claimed in his behalf that he oculd lead a body of men more suc cessfully against hostile natives than eny other man in the Transvaal. He came to be so feared by the natives that the knowledge that he was the bead of a punitive expedition usually lesulted in their surrender. It was during these wars with the natives that Joubert became acquaint ed with Paul Kruger, and the two men uecame itoson menus. Me was elected | v*ce president of the Transvaal in 1896, defeated Sir George Colley at Majuba Hill in 1881, and acted as president of the republic in 1883-84. during Krug er’s absence in Europe. General Joubert was always in favor nf the use of force instead of diplo macy. and President Kruger on several occasions had great difficulty in re pressing his hot-headed colleague, not ably in 1879. when Joubert. with Kruger and Pretorius. was planning the rebellion to overthrow British rule in the Transvaal. The result was Ma juba Hill and the practical independ ence of the Transvaal. It was Joubert who organized the army of the South African republic, jater on dividing the country into sev enteen military departments and each of these departments into smaller di visions. with commandants, field cor rets and lieutenants of various ranks m charge. According the the. general's plans every man became a trained soldie* without leaving his farm and had his equipment ready at hand. To such a point of perfection was the system ear ned that within forty-eight hours after the present war was declared the Boer nation was under arms. It was also due to General Joubert that the South African republics suc ceeded in amassing the immense stores of war munitions and provisions which have stood them in such good stead during the conflict now in prog ress. RECOGNIZES THE REPUBLICANS. Pr.,iil.nl Slat., Ill, Po.itliia to Men from Kentucky. Washington, March 29.—The president has informed Kentucky re publicans that while he cannot inter fere in Kentucky affairs to the extent of disarming the militia of either fac tion he is willing so far as he can legitimately do so to recognize the re publican officials of that state as the defacto officials. He told them in the same connec tion that he would give directions that mail addressed to an official by the title only, as to “the Governor" or "the secretary of state." should be delivered to the republicans holding those offices and not to the democrats. The postmaster general has sent the following telegram to Postmaster Holmes, at Frankfort: "Replying to your telegram, mail ad dressed to official persons by name is to be delivered to the persons named. Mail addressed to state officers with out designation by name is to be de Byered to the actual incumbents of tne offices. The mere fact that the contest board has given certificates to contestants will not justify delivery of mail of the latter class to them until they are lawfully inducted into office. This reply is based upon your state ment that contestees still hold the of fice. CHARLES EMORY SMITH. “Postmaster General.” This order was issued on the 28th of last month, though it never was made public. Postmaster General Smith said today that he dlG not care to five it out here, but had expected to see it published in Kentucky. India's People Must lip Safe. CALCl TTA. March 29.—The vicerov. Lord Curzon. addressing the council on the budget todav. stated that nearly 5.000. 000 persons were in receipt of reg ular relief and the cost for the ensu ing year was estimated at 525 lac of rupees. The loss of revenue for one year has been 121 lacs of rupees <6. 500.000. The government, he said, hoped during the forthcoming year to spend 100 lacs of rupees in irrigation, but he could see no chance of cutting down the military estimate. Roberts A bunt to Advance. LONDON. March 29.—Lord Roberts has sent 10.000 troops to Glen, ten miles north of Bloemfontein, on the railway. This is a preliminary to the general advance BRYAN SPEAKS IN OREGON. Will Cio Into Washington Today and tra il ver Addrenttp*. PORTLAND, Ore., March 29.—W. J. Bryan spoke at Albany and Salem to day and then came to Portland, where he spent a few minutes. He left at 8 o'clock for Pendleton over the Oregon Railway and Navigation road, where he will speak tomorrow. In the after noon tomorrow he will go into the state of Washington, making his first speech at Walla Walla. In his speech at Albany he devoted much of his attention to the money question and trusts. Bond Exchanges Increase WASHINGTON, D. C., March 29.— 1 he amount of bonds so far received at the treasury for exchange for the new 2 per cent is $172,817,200. of which $16,635,200 were received Irom indi viduals and institutions other than national banks. Cologne Consul I)rad. WASHINGTON. March 29—The state department has been advised of the death last night at Cologne of United States Consul John A. Barnes. Mr. Barnes was born in Ohio and was appointed from Illinois in October. 1897. as consul to Cologne. PRESCMP* OF LAW" Extracts From Charge of Judge Adams in Horlocker Case. i THOSE WHO ARE Of SOUND MIND | Ad Act Produced by Mental Mmm la Not d Crime—Inaaaity ia Innocent Only Coder Certain Circumstance*—Other Matters in Nebraska. HASTINGS, Neb.. April 2.—Follow ing are extracts from the charge of Judge Adams in the Horlocker case: “The law presumes that every person if of a sound mind until there is some evidence to the contrary. In this case the defendant is entitled to an acquit tal if the evidence engenders a reason able doubt as to the menial capacity at the time the alleged offence is charg ed to have been committed. Evidence rebutting or tending to rebut the pre sumption of sanity need not. to enti tle the defendant to an acquittal, pre ponderate in favor of the accused. The presumption of innocence attends the accused step by step through the en tire case, as well upon that of mental capacity as upon all others. The ef fect of the presumption of innocence upon the question of mental capacity is of such strength as to require that the evidence show soundness of mind leyond reasonable doubt, but it is not of such power as to require the state in the first instance and before the in- ; troduction of evidence tending to show mental incapacity, to prove the men tal capacity have been ini he norma! condition usually possessed by ordinary persons. “Insanity is disease of th*» mind. An act produced by mental disease is not a crime. If the defendant had a men tal disease which irresistibly compelled her to commit an act. if the act w-as the object of mental disease in her. she is not guilty: she is innocent, as innocent as if the act had been pro duced by involuntary intoxication or by another person using her hand against her utmost resistance. Insan ity is not innocent unless it produce the committing of the deed. If the de fendant had an insane impulse to poi son Mrs. Morey and could have resist ed it. she was responsible. Whether every insane impulse is irresistible is a question of fact. Whether in this case the defendant had an insane impulse to commit the act and whether she could resist it are questions of fact. “The jury is further instructed that you would not be warranted in infer ring that the defendant was insane from the mere fact of her committing the crime, provided you find that she did commit the crime, or from the tnormitv of the crime, or from the mere apparent absence jf adequate motives for it, for the law assumes that there is a bad motive, that it is prompted by malice if nothing else ap pears." Lang Relieved. LINCOLN. Neb.. April 2.—B. F. Lang of York, one of Governor Poynter'a appointees, no longer holds the title of superintendent of the State Institu tute for Feeble Minded Youth at Bea trice. He was relieved of this position by Governor Poynter. and Dr. W. H. Deering of Cass county was appointed as his successor. No change will be made at the institution, however, un til about May 1. and Mr. Lang will re main at the head of the institution un til that time. Governor Poynter issued b statement of the result of his investi gation at Beatrice, exonerating Dr. Lang from all charges pre^rred against him. but that of being incapa lle of governing his subordinates. L«« Sentenced. PLATTSMOCTH. Neb., April 2 — George S. Lee. who pleaded guilty to forging an express money order while night operator at the Burlington & Missouri depot at Louisville, was sen tenced by Judge Jessen in district court to fifteen months' hard labor in the penitentiary. Judge Jess^a was very lenient, owing to the apparently sincere penitence of the prisoner, and it being his first offense. - il Nebraska Art (Iffirialt. LINCOLN. Neb.. April 2—The Ne 1 raska Art association elected the fol lowing officers: President. F. M. Hall; '"ice president. H. B. Lowry: secretary, Mrs. T. M. Hodgman: corresponding secretary. Miss Sarah S. Hayden; treas mer. A. G. Greenlee: trustees. C. E. Bessey. D. B. Perry. J. S. Morton. Mrs. S. C. Langworthy and Dr. Harold Gif ford of Omaha. Temperance Meetings Close. AURORA. Neb.. April 2.—The license r.nd no license fighters. Dr. Charles H. St. John and wife, closed an eight day gospel temperance meeting here. Four hundred and fifty took the pledge against the use of liquor and tobacco and profanity. Some thirtv or more young men took the social purity pledge. The congregations were very large. I Pioneer De*<l. NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. April 2 — Hiram Drake, a pioneer citizen of Ne braska City, died at his hone here and was buried under the auspices of Ne braska City lodge No. 12. A. F. and A. M.. of which for years he was a mem ber. Capt. MrCun Resigns. ALBION, Neb.. April 2.—Captain Michael W. McGan tendered his resig nation to Company M and delivered his farewell address. He expressed to the members of the company his apprecia tion of their work and interest in the organization and their helpfulness to him in his arduous duties as command er. He also emphasized upou them the duties and qualifications of a good sol diers and w*ished for the company a splendid future. He was given three cheers and a tiger at the close. Women Nearly Drown. GRETNA. Neb.. April 2.—While at tempting to cross the channel that separates Sandy’s island from the mainland. Misses Adkins and Nelson, and Mesdames Overton and Fowler narrowly escaped death by drowning. 1 hey were on their way to the hunting camp with provisions for their hus bands and brothers. The channel was full of floating ice and the horses were unable to land. The buggy was broken and the ladies all received a wetting in the icy water. OMAHA’S NATIONAL SHOWING. OppMM ia Supreme Court tba Motioc for a New Trial. LINCOLN. Neb.. March 30.—The Omaha National bank, through R. S Hall. W. J. Connell and John L. Web ster, its attorneys, filed in supreme court a counter showing to the motion of the attorney general that the court recall its mandate and more specifi cally instruct District Judge Baker in the case of the state against the bank on the Bartley deposits. The attor ney general, in his motion, asked for a. new mandate directing the district court to set aside its recent judgment and commanding it to grant a new triaL The defendants make a lengthy and exhaustive showing. Among other things they argue that there is no error in the mandate issued, that it was issued at a former term of court and cannot now be recalled except to correct clerical errors; that the opin ions of the supreme Judges were at va riance and furnished no rule of con trolling force on the district court; that it there be error in the proceed ings of the district court the remedy for the state is not by motion but by a proceeding error; that Judge Hol comb was not a member ot the court when the opinions were handed down and should not now in ex parte pro ceedings. pass judgment on the opin ions by former members; that Hol comb is further disqualified from ibe fact that he was governor of the state when this action was instituted by his request; that there are many er rors 01 fact in the showing made by the attorney general. A number oi affidavits and trans cripts are attached in support of the contention of error in the attorney general’s showing. Woman Will Prosecute Husband ASHLAND, Neb.. March 30.—Mrs. Emma F. Coon, the divorced wife of James Warren Coon, who narrowly escaped death at his hands on the aft ernoon of March 10 and who is now lying in South Omaha, was in Ash land. coming from Wahoo. where she had been to sign the papers calling for his appearance in court for prelim inary hearing. Mrs. Coon w’as here raising money to employ attorneys to assist County Attorney Gilkeson in the prosecution of Coon, who, it is ieported since his arrest ana confine ment in the county jail at Wahoo. has several times threatened to make an other attempt on her life. It is also ieported that Coon has said that when ho came back to Ashland he would_ burn the town and would shoot five of the men who were instrumental in securing his incarceration in the coun ty jail. Appointed State Engineer. LINCOLN. Neb.. March 29—C. B. t hannel of Kearney has been appoint ed state engineer and secretary of the state board of irrigation, tq succeed J. M. Wilson of *0maJ>4- who has re signed to accept a position in the gov ernment service in Nevada. Mr. Chan l el was connected with the irrigation office for two years, holding the posi tion of field engineer. He is a popu list and wps ?, delegate t^ the last state convention in this city. The *esignation of Secretary Wilson will take effect April 1. The duties of Mr. Wilson's new office are somewhat simi lar to those of his present position. Sugar Beet Land. OMAHA. March 30.—Representatives of the Omaha beet growers’ associa tion made a trip into the country to inspect several tracts of ground for the proposed beet farm. A tract of several hundred acres between Oma ha and Florence was chosen as the best location and it is probable that a deal for its lease will be closed in a few days. The land selected was tak en with g view both to its adaptabil ity to growing beets and by virtue of its accessibility to visitors who are interested in the culture of beets. The land is on the street car track and a bicycle path runs within a short distance of it. Not <( of ffangh. PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. March 30— The American a newspaper published at Manila. P. I., received here, con taina the following in regard to the son of Samuel Waugh, cashier of the First National bank of this city: ’’Lieutenant Waugh of Company H. Thirty-ninth infantry, arrived from Thybas yesterday pn the N. S. del Car men. bringing with him fifty-five sick men and one wounded soldier, belong ing to the Second battalion of that organization. The wounded man was shot through the arm and leg. and was being brought in to the first reserve hospital." Mrs. Horton Discharged. HUMBOLDT. Neb.. March 30—The case against Mrs. Etta Horton, charg ed with the murder of her newly-born babe, came to an end yesterday. Jus tice Smith, before whom the prelim inary was held, discharged the ac cused upon motion of the attorneys for the defense, as soon as the exam ination of the witnesses for the prose cution had completed their testimony. The justice sustained the motion. All the evidence was purely circumstan tial. Spring Work Wrll Advanced. GLENVILLE. Neb.. March 30—This section was visited with a rain which fell steadily for three hours, making three-quarters of an inch waterfall. Farmers in this section are about through sowing their wheat and oats and winter wheat is locking fine and the rain, although not badly needed, was of great benefit. Perigo Pleads Self-Defense. ALMA. Jveb.. March 30.—J. A. Peri go. the young man who shot Charles Hanson at Franklin, was arrested at his borne near Woodruff. Kan. The officers drove from this place to his home and when he made his appear ance they placed him under arrest. He pleaded guilty of the shooting and claims it was in self defense. The story as told by Perigo narrates that they had several altercations before and he had informed Hanson if it oc curred again he would shoot him. It is the general opinion where the ac cused lived that he was justified. Nebraska in Washington. WASHINGTON. March 30.—Repre sentative Burkett has introduced a bill to grant a pension of $12 a month to Mary Ann O’Leary of Plattsmouth,' Neb. Attorney General Griggs sent to congress a claim of $2,809.10. due L. B. Shepherd, formerly of Omaha, as Cnited States commissioner at St. Michaels. Alaska. Part of this sum is for recovering the body of V. F. Maidhat. part for coroner's inquest on death of and recovery of Robert Pat terson. and $1,173.50 for expense to Cape Nome. I THE TEEMING WEST. W«t.rn C...d. Pr,lrle LmnU|( ^ rUUd with Excellent Settler,. The salient fact that pre*eiUs itSP|f m taking a blrdseye view of the Ca West;l! '»« «t intense tj In every department. Whether "he glance be turned upon the diSrri t east of Winnipeg, the Red Hirer y^. My&SM W°diTlh- the Uauphln « v vk trlCt> the Southwestern or whether it take in the great central division along the mam line of the C P. R., stretching away out to the Rockies and from there bending north and south to Prim e Alberta and Ed m°Dl°n' ^CLe°d ami Lethbridge wbether the examination be made in any of these directions the same ac_ tivity growth and hopefulness are ob servable. The Canadian West iS not only a good place to locate permanently, but it is also a good place to invite one's relatives and friends to come to Thia i* the spirit that seems to am mate the West at the present tint and its effects are to be seen on every hand. To enumerate the towns where handsome and substantia! blocks ant residences have gcue „p thig would be simply to give a list of the towns and villages along the railway lines. And this movement has ncr been confined to these centers of popu" lation. but in many cases it has been overshadowed tv th- improvement in farm buildings. So far as on* rsa this is no pass ing phase. no ret* tin on of any tem porary boom following a period of good crops and fair prices. It is a movement more spontaneous, more general, more marked than anything that has gone before, .nd seems'to in dicate That the g-eat Wes., like Sam son. bursting »he one am passing bands, has awakened to a ;~n\'d of activity and development that will surpass anything we have knjn the past and which will ouly b* paralleled by the opening out of some o? the most fertile cl the western states of the ttnion. at some or ngj.es. Over a thousand schools in Manitoba and tho number going up by leaps and bounds; something like ‘(h) sr-hoo-s in the terri tories. "Winnipeg as representing the gateway of the 'Vest, the third city in the Dorrinicw iu rega.d to bank clearings, postal business and proba bly in rtga-d tc customs, the customs return at WSnn’aeg running about 30 to -10 per een gr- iter inuntb by month than in the ft»cal year of 2S97-S, the digest previous year for actual busi ness entries, when o\er $»00,000 was paid through the Winnipeg office for. duty; the C. P. it. and Canada* Northwest lend sales together running over $i,b00.000 for the je.tr. These and a thousand more sign* show how the West has leaped into new life. This is an inspiring and cheering spectacle, but it brings with it great responsibilities. The p’lsleess men, realize this, the banks realise it and have spread their agencies through every bustling li*tie town clear out to the coast; the ebur hes realize it, and one denomic3*t.‘” n'ene Las opened ai^ average of about thirty a*.- stations in each of tb« past two years, and will increase this in the year now entered upon; the government departments realize it. aDd there is taik of redis tribution end additional members. The educational branches :ealize it, and new schools are springing up every where. Over 12.000 s-ttlers came in from the United States alone last year, and these, with the people who came ir. from the East prove ‘he most rig orous westerners. They lose no time in developing their farms, ir. 31Ilng their grazing :acds with stock aua in ere.'y districc is to be foetid wrliwuces r-l thrift and prosperity. . . » A Farmer’s Friend. During the great drought year J. J. 1 H. Gregory, of Marble Head. Mass., sent unasked, to Nebraska and the Dakotas, tons of seeds for free dis tribution. It made scores of new friends for the popular seed house. This year Mr. Gregory wants to reach ?very one of these farmers and asks for present addresses. He will be glad to send his 1900 Catalogues to both old and new triends. Send on vour name to hin.. Those who re member the farmer in periods of de pression should be remembered by the farmer ir. the days of prosperity. Senator Vest recently sent a news paper clipping to the secretary to be read to the house. The latter got the wrong side of the clipping, and instead of an editorial on the money question, began; "Ridiculous! \ke are giving away these goods at half price The other side!" cried Mr. \ est. The April Century is rich in pictorial illustration, its special art features in cluding a frontispiece engraved by Cole, a full-page plate of H. O. Tan ners painting. "The Annunciation"; Castaigne's Paris pictures and Du Mond’s decorative treatment of The Groves of Pan. a poem by Clarence Crrav From the "Talks with Napo leon,” in this number, it appears that the Emperor was so fully resolved to make his home in America, in the event of defeat at Waterloo, that he had bills drawn upon this country for whatever sums he chose to take. Do Yonr F«*t Ach«< and Bnra? Shake into your shoes Aden’s JJ oot East. a powder for the eet. It make, tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions. Swollen. Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores. 25c. Samp e sent FREE. Address Allen S.Olmsted,LeRoy, N. Y. The Atlantic Monthly for April has a rich table of contents, part of which is as follows: An Acadian Eas.e . Maud-Evelvn. The Consular service of the United States. Autobiography of W. J. Still IV.. The Cherries of 1 eno. The Perplexities of a College Presi dent. The Forests of the losemite Park. England. A Comic Chesterfield. Birds of Passage. Penny Wise. Cr« njs'» Furni Method. General Cronjes property near Potchefstroom consists of more than 6.000 acres. The farmhouse is a one story building, and is furnished with the utmost simplicity. Its owner is es sentially a sportsman and a lover ui open air life. He dislikes city life, an for that reason has persistently de clined to become a candidate for the Transvaal presidency—an office the holding of which involves the necessity of living in Pretoria. London spends $140 a year on the ed ucation of each child in the public schools.