WITHDRAWAL OF GUN'S1 F«* as Pretoria Ihamastlad by Boer* •&£ Big Ordsasoes Hidden. nottuu tuuumof ctrnu >1gaaea* Tmu mt a.fri ag M atlil Of LUSIMjS. April 8i—A dtapatrfe to tar l*i.f v»* frt-m ml* A getum-at *h»t arrive from the Traa**aai it*rr*» ca taat not a alack «-t r frotu Vf*eser. Aa uharura la-auft truce -*owaJ N'jrti.. dated Aim. 1) aay* General Bra hart ha*. arrived there. Out whether he ret ward mkm* .or with hi* trout** is aoc dear. Burr report* .utn Aiiwal Vueth aver that frutc v.uyg to lo.wu o»er» are at d'fjrrSrT. Extended report* of the Blorffi ? tir-a «*fert tor the tetdl of the widow* and ir;.hah* have hem cabled. N * *m* : h«.t *e»m a*pamt* arcuuats la** t'-et pwuiahad la Luudttt today. The roaeart. the weather aad the hare etateflarat that Lord Hubert* is ready to a»w*e axe about tie only thing* that the tmaur has a-k>w*d to pa** *ad h' • urTwepuudet! wh amouhtw* that Lord Hubert* m ready to move doe* am apadfy ** ctma ** «. an. rrfiis.tj me dated itiucstwim. apr.i it. says: Dunn* tfc# last Ut days there has '»ms aslant nut t»d as r&umouf quantity y-fura>ed division, arrived at b^afiatrtt yeeterday : Thursday I and »ef! immediately after otdlraag with Lord Robert*. To What point he »rfl! 10 nut menticaeu. ' hat tt i* eapedoi he will operate west «f flbwmtfunteth. The La^rnul cor ruspan dent of the Itaif ha: is a dispatch us ted A'«J n*aday, say* "The ten of the nature of the dis fuehrh Of Lord Kthrfti to the war of- j t e regarding the *»;•»• »akt.«r operation*. La* created muct cwmmont locally. not »u reaagnaticin* are beauaMd J The {heBd««trta f /raupondent of the • 'trtJt-K e aay* The requisite re wiysti L-»e arrived and all the .n faatry (Rristana are now supplied wu-* MU The Boer* ts the immediate neighbor-amid are qu*et but both aide* ate adsmtlty 'prepanif for le nuMf ***•-«•* Lord Hubert* m dov ready. Several kt* uf nattakd arms and acfiiisltku have been discovered bere wc-a lu epidemic of enteric fever is aba rase A die pat/ i. to the to .tt ng root from Kimberley, dated Wednesday. lay* Lijrd Jdnfcwea La* issued a proclama tion firttdisd cmiiaas to carry arm* without military permit* and ordering r*aels to surrender all serviceable Bohn amt by May « RtfttUDfMj (f DAMSON I* Serf • «**tata*tlai — twi («• Cape tJmrif WASHINGTON April 3d—Deputy Caasiil Adam* reports to the state de partment from Dawson City. February 2* that & spite of oahper and hard ship ho less than Tub people left for (.ape Nome during 'the winter, and that thuwands .are reaoy to .cave as soon a* spring spend. Tee winter wag toe eotdi’S* « ieeord The gu*u output tor this sou tint is cut; mated at double teat of a year ago or from S-. ««*.«*• to faftJMMNt. due to improved methods ut a :,a :.tg Wmmf i» *•* I >.fU»4 WMi. UOmUOSi, April 3».—Bishop Hartsell. of tit* ABKflraa Methodist k: *• pal chareb of Africa «bo will Mi- tor The l &tt«d State* Saturday by tlf m Loala. aft L» natldm Great •mala ha* tiara entirely rtgot ta the Poatl Africa* truahle foam the oourt aad t* the hope that iMUt Boat! Africa will be converted into Bntirt So.tfc Africa While speaking * blif uf the Iwu b leader* tad i ix3 - -ts# ttra »tth Bktt> fine and robust trait* be ayt **t «1»t to mw* England • a haraaar her rte-torp all! mean pn> «**•** better treat Steel for the blacks «KJ greater weKnre for the Barr* MUN WMtS »\> II1MSS mrnf the S« Mm >r»*f tell M*<] rr Lorn, m#, April a» —me foi h a :l£ dispatch a a* received ttU afieraooa froa Austin.. Ta : "To the Editored the Putf-Iitepatcb: Yon nsap state for me that the »lories Uot ! ass ia ill b*whh are untrue. 1 have never felt better IB ay fife. | *I**i UihiSht at the University audi tor! and a* si Saturday at Yearglns Cwe. this «tthiy. aad us aest Tues day at B*« hit*. 7ei WILLIAM 1. BRTAX ** a»f r-*»* hm HAYUKA. April 9k —General Hirers ha# ant tea a letter Ruiz Ao he largely nrrukUad. cal hag oa po 1,’ual pari.le* of all shades to unite • hit present a hatted frost to the Rf PORT Of Cl'BKH CCNStS White* KrttfoalMM, Iutnd of Color-d Her*, ms Hm Been (ioppoted. WASHINGTON. April 20—General Sanger today made public the com* thulium result* of the Cuban census taken under his direction. The figures or' very instructive end the offlciils are gratified to flnl that the native Cuban* constitute ao i&rge a portion of the population, that the whites so greatly outnumber the blacks, and that ao large a proportion of the native population can read and write. In their opinion there >eems to bo no room for the objection that the pro posed basic of suffrage would result in the turning of the Island over to Spain. The total population of Cuba is 1.572.797. including 815.205 males and 757.502 females. There are 447.372 white males and 462.028 white females of native birth. Tbe foreign whites number 115.700 males and 26.458 fe males. There are 11,898 male negroes and 122.740 female negroes. The mixed race* number 125.500 males and 145.305 females. There are 14.694 male and 163 female Chinese. The population of Havana Is 235,981, and of the province of Havana 424.804. The population of the province of Matanzas is 202.444; of Pinar del Rio. i 173.064 of Puerto Pribcipe. 86.234; of Santa Clara. 356.536. and of Santiago. 327.715. liOYIRNOR TAU08 INDICTED (h«r|rd With t omplirlt jr in Killing of CorbrL FRANKFORT. Ky., April 20.—it is persistently reported here tonight that G »vernor Taylor has been indicted by the grand jury and that the indict ment was returned this morning, along »:th those against Captain Davis and Green Goldei that this indict ment will not be giren out until Gov ernor Taylor returns from Washing ton. Judge Cantrell Las fixed April 30 f r the arraignment of Harlan Whit aker and “Tallow Dick" Combs, In ti.rted as principals in the Goebel a^^a*»:nation. and Secretary of State Caleb Power* and Captain John Davis, inti! ted as accessories. The attorneys on that day will ask for bad and file petitions and affidavits asking for a change of venue. The date of the arraignment of the others has not been fixed. 01II AH SI AIN BY POSSE Ka»tl»r shot Down In lub While Be slating Arrest. SALT LAKE. Utah. April 20.—A *1**- -c M»n are now on the way from Cheyenne to Identify him. Itu «x»or» l>U|io.r of (jratr*. NEW YORK. April 20—Th-> Herald *^>> Wall street is full of rumors to the effect that John W. Gates is to be deposed as the head of the American Steel and Wire company. These s* >ri*-s. which have been in circulation I t sjjjr *ne. assumed tangible form psterti?. w hen It was said that a syn dicate beaded by Andrew Carnegie. An :re» C Frick and the Seligman inter est? and the Moore Bro6. has obtained >ntn>’ of the company and will put Mr. Frick in Mr. Gates' place. Kryaa Will He Sained. RK April 20 — It was de clared toda r ank Campbell, chair asaa of the democratic state commit tee. that the committee had decided to bold the state convention in the n.:d.Ue of June in this city and tba? so rertaln were the members that William J. Bryan would be the natural nominee for the presidential candidacy that the delegates would not be In structed. ’ Bartbuldl Malar Intrilml. NEW YORK. April 20—Bartholdi's statue of Washington and Lafayette, the gift of Charles Broadway Rouss to the city, was unveiled with fitting ceremonies yesterday in Lafayette Square In the presence of more than 2 odd people. General Horatio C. King made the presentation speech. Frrarh Hrulplor IMft. PARIS. April 20.—Jean Falgiuere, on*- of the greatest of modern French - ulptors. died this afternoon after an ojieratlon for the removal of a tumor. He was €0 years of age. He was re cently taken 111 after completing the -tatue of Alphonse Daudet in which he took great pride. < •rlyt# »• Too |to«y. NEW YORK. April 20.—John O. Cat stele, former secretary of the treas 1 ury. said last evening that he had been asked by Governor Taylor'* c msel to appear for him in the : nited States supreme court in the Kentucky appeal, but that he had de clined to do so because he was too busily occupied with other matten. The TirkbN Minister CalU. WASHINGTON April 20.—Among the callers on Acting Secretary Hill to day was All Ferrouth Bey. the Turkish minister to Washington. It was under stood that the occasion for this call was the publication of the intension of tbe 1'nlted States government to biing to an Immediate issue the negotiations with Turkey relative to the payment of the American missionary and other .aims It is umlerstjod tha: the pur pose of the minister- was primarily to gather information on this subject. Condition of Treaeary. WASHINGTON. April 20.—Today’s statement of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the 1150,006,000 gold reserve in the division of redemption, shows: Available cash balance, tla2.101.729; gold. tbi^MS. . _____________ Cirhaor* of Hoad*. WASHINGTON April 20—The. amount of bonds received at the treas ury in exchange for the new 2 per cent , beads Is t24i.107.5S6, of which t39.926, 766 were received from Individuals and j innUmttoMu other than national banka. HAVEN FOR THE BOERS Swaz'land May Afford a Rallying Place After Defeat at Pretoria. SUNDERS ARE TO BE PAID EOR Otatrali Bailer and Warren to Be Re called From Battlefield — Colonel Crofton Uu Been Relieved—Report of the Commander-In-Chief Um Stirred Up a Hornet’s N«U BLOEMFONTEIN. April 19.—(New York World Cablegram.)—Observation might profitably be kept on the in- j tc-ntions of the Boers respecting Swaz- j iland. Their alternative plan of oper ations. following on defeat at Pretor ia. includes the employment of Swaz iland for the retirement ot half the Boer forces, while the other half falls back to Zoutpansberg. Boer emissaries are already in the ; country endeavoring to purchase se cret information concerning the cav erns in the Greystone country, whicn is known only to the natives, with the object to accumulate provisions and ammunition. Bloemfontein has been drenched j with rain during the last three days. There was a violent thunderstorm last night. Men of the Thirteenth brigade being still without tents were prac tically unprotected and spent the night, drenched to the skin, walking about in the lakes of water in a vain effort to keep themselves warm. It was a bitter night for them. LONDON. April 19.—Heavy rains impede the movements of the British columns. The blockade of Wepener continues, although relief is near. Large quantities of stores are being moved southward from Bloamfontein. j which is a reversal of the course of freight for the last six weeks.These shipments are made necessary by the operations in the southeast of the Free State. There are 2,000 sick in the field hospitals, most of the cases being of dysentery and enteric fever. With | the exception of these facts the em- j bargo upon war Intelligence is almost j complete. The special correspondents send trivialities or obscure statements I rather than explain t-ie situation in their efforts to prepare matter that will pass the censor. Here and there a phrase indicates an expectancy that large things are about to happen. What is to be done with Sir Redvers Ruler and Sir Charles Warren occu pies everybody's attention. The pa pers continue to comment on Lord Roberts’ censure of these commanders. They ask if more errors are not likely to occur, together with a fruitless waste of life, in the event that men who have declared incompetent by their superior continue to command 40.000 troops. It is now generally ac cepted that the government had a pur pose in the publication of Lord Rob erts’ dispatch and that the recall of General Euller and General Warren has been decided upon. According to Boer reports there is a steady flow of foreign volunteers into the Transvaal. Hitherto these adven turers have been attached to the vari ous commandos. Now it is said they are to be formed into a special legion with continental officers, and rumors are that the command will be given to a distinguished French soldier late ly retired, who is in the Transvaal, or is nearing the end of the Journey thither. Presumably the officer re ferred to in this report is General De Negrier. a former member of the French supreme council of war. who was removed from the active list in July by the Marquis De Gallifut as a disclplnary measure during the ex citement arising from the Dreyfus court-martial. CONOR?SS Of GOVERNORS. State F.ierntlves Meet to DIscum Arid I.and Problem*. SALT LAKE. Utah, April 19.—At the meeting of the governors called to meet here today to discuss the arid land problem the following were preo ent: Governor Wells of Utah. Governor Richards of Wyoming. Governor Smith of Montana. O. R. Holcomb, repre senting the governor of Washington: F. L. Oswald. J. E. Clinton. Jr., and J. D. Wood, representing the governor of Idaho. Governor Lee of South Dakota and Governor Poynter of Nebraska are ex pected here tomorrow. J. C. Ma< n.ay. president of the Uintah and Sweetwater County (Wyoming) Sheepmen's Protective association, and Jesse Smith, president of the Utah Wool Growers’ association, addressed the governors on the subject of leasing grazing lands and the ceding of arid lands to the states. The discussion as informal. An adjournment was taken until 11 o’clock tomorrow. Respectfully Decline*. CHICAGO. Ill-, April 19.—Graeme Stewart, chairman of the Invitation committee of the Chicago Dewey day association, last night expressed sur prise at the attitude of the Spanish minister. Duke d'Arcos. who is report ed to have written a letter declining an invitation to come to Chicago on the aniversarv of the battle of Manila. Mr. Stewart said that invitations had been sent to President McKinley, hie cabinet, all the members of congress, members of the supreme court and the diplomatic corps. To have omitted anyone would have seemed invidious and would have constituted reasonable grounds for taking umbrage. DR. ANDREWS NAS RESIGNED Will As-onas Duties of Chancellor of I'nlversltr of Nebraska July 1. CHICAGO. 111. April 19.—Dr. E. I | Benin min Andrews, superintendent of j the Chicago public schools, who was I lately offered the position of chancellor j of the University of Nebraska, has | decided to accept the place. He last night presented his resigna tion of superintendent of schools, to take effect May 1. After that date he will take two months' vacation, and will go to the university at Lincoln Ju’y 1. Aoond to Raid* the Du tie*. CONSTANTINOPLE. April 19.—The porte today replied to the third of the collective notes of the powers on the subject of an increase of 3 per cent in duty. The note announces the inten tion of the government to adhere to the plan of increasing the duties on account of the bad condition of Turk ish finances. The ambassadors have decided to address another note to the porte. again staling the objections to such an increase without a previous understanding with the powers. The tenacity of the porte threatens to have earious results. NEXT WOVE III TURKEY AFFAIRS Suited States Must Avoid Action ASseS Ins European Countries. WASHINGTON. April 19.—The news of the firm attitude assumed by the state department toward the Tuik ish government in the prosecution of its claim for damages to American missionary property caused something of a sensation in diplomatic circles to day. Three successive American ministers have prosecuted these claims; each has received a promise of prompt set tlement. and yet not a dollar has been paid. With European diplomats that is an old experience and they have consequently been somewhat surprised at the announcement that the United States government is actually going to insist upon performance instead of promise. Minister Angell, after trying his hand at collecting for two years, recommended that a c n*ted States war ship be sent to seize Smyrna and col lect revenues at the custom house there sufficient to meet our claims. This suggestion was not seriously entertained, nor is it now. In —e first place, according to the state depart ment officials, most cf the important business interests in Smyrna are in the hands of foreigners, not Turks, and a bombardment by a United States fleet might result in a pretty bill for damages against us. Then, as there is still a remnant of a Turkish navy, the United States would have to send a squadron instead of a single war ship, such a move ment would, without doubt, be resent er by the remainder of Europe, wuich could not contemplate with equanim ity an action by the United States mat would perhaps destroy the iruits of many years' work of tbe greatesi European statesmen by precipitating a final crisis in Turkey. Therefore the next step to oe taken by our government will not be warlike, but will suggest in a most dignified manner the indignation felt by the United States at the betrayal of Turk ish promises. How this attitude will bear upon the Turkish minister in Washington cannot be fore«.oiu at this moment. He is so far absolutely un entangled in the negotiations of these American claims, but that fact might not save him from being made tne im mediate victim of his country's lacues. The minister, -owever, is very popular in Washington. ANDREWS Will ACCEPT POSITION Favorable to Assuming Chancellorship at the Nebraska University. CHICAGO. III.. April 19—Dr. E. Ben jamin Andrews will accept the proffer ed chancellorship of the University of Nebraska, unless conditions which have not entered into his consideration present themselves. He stated tonight that he was favorable to acceptance of the position, but had not notified the regents of the university of his decision, preferring not to consider it final yet. Aside from questions of taste Dr. Andrews said his attitude was forc ed by the state of his health. REBEL GENERAL GIVES LP Despair of Making the Filipinos Fight and Surrenders. MANILA, -*pril i.9.—General Monte negro. one of the insurgents' best fight ers. has surrendered to Colonel Smith in the mountains near Camaling. in the province of Pangasinan. where, with General Macabulcs, he had been trying to reorganize the Philippine army. Colonel Smith, with nve companies of the Seventeenth regiment, surrounded the free of Montenegro, who. discour aged by the impossibility of making his men stand against cue Americans, surrendered. Macabulos escaped. Discharged Soldier* Are Passenger*. SAN FRANCISCO. April 19.—The transport Tartar, which hits been re leased from quarantine, is to be turned over to its owners by the government. When the Tartar was a few days out from Manila the thirty-seven discharg ed soldiers, who were being brought home, were given various tasks to do by Quartermaster Captain Davis, but the soldiers rebelled and claimed that having been discharged they were traveling as ordinary citizens. On the vessel's arrival here the matter was submitted to General Shatter, who has decided that the men were in no way amenable to the army regulations. Ei-Soldier Become* Murderer. PHILLIPSBURG. Kan.. April 19 — John Trimble, a young man about 20 years of age. shot and killed his brother. James, a married man about 25 years of age. The shooting took place about ten miles south of this city on a piece of land the right to the use of which was in dispute. This dispute was the cause of the tragedy. John Trimble, who did the shooting, was a member of the First Nebraska regi ment and served with that gallant body all through the Philippine cam paign. He returned with his regiment last August and has made his home with his parents here since. Up to the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 19 — The cases involving the Kentucky governorship were docketed in the United States supreme court today. A brief statement in which counsel for both Taylor and Beckham joined was filed at the same time, asking for an early hearing. The supreme court advanced the case to be heard on the 30th inst., and gave each side four hours for ar gument. Mom of the G. A- R Veterans CHICAGO. April 19—The indies of the Grand Army of the Republic held J a meeting at .ue Sherman house today j to arrange for the entertainment of ; the wives of the veterans who will at- ! tend the national Grand Army of the Republic encampment to be held in this city in August, . ne plan adopted , is to house the visiting ladies In the : hemes of veterans throughout the ! city, but until it can be estimated the i number of women who wi.i attend it I cannot be determined whetner sufli- ! cieat accommodations of this Kind can i be secured. Waring War on Oleomarrartne. WASHINGTON, April U.—A lire.y I controversy uas been going on of late ! in the house committee on agriculture \ over the Grout bill placing a heavy tax j on oleomargarine. The measure nas been in charge of a subcommittee pre sided over by Representative 1/orimer of Chicago, who. with caalrman Wadsworth of the full committee, is in the city. Representative Neville of Nebraska gave notice that on next Wednesday he would see*, to have a I definite time set for taking a vote by I the the full rn—gifn THAT HIGH SCHOOL LAW Superintendent Jackson Addresses a Lettei to Nebraska Educators. ACTION Of THE COURT DISCUSSED Practically Impossible to Frame a Law That Will Be Coastltatlonal Unless tbe Constitution Itself Be Amended—Mis cellaneous Nebraska Matters. LINCOLN, Neb., April 23.—State Su perintendent Jackson has addressed tbe following letter to Nebraska educa tors touching the recent decision of the supreme court in declaring the free High school attendance law unconsti tutional: In High School District, No. 137, of Havelock Neb., against County of Lan caster, in an opinion prepared by Judge Norval. the high school law passed in 1S99 was today declarel unconstitution al. Briefly stated, the grounds of this decision are as follows: The law provided for the attendance of persons of school age at any high school in the county where such person resided outside the limits of any high school district. The tuition for such attendance at the rate of 75 cents per week was required to be paid the high school district by the county. It was held in the opinion referred to that if 75 cents per week was in excess of fair compensation it was. on the one hand, favorable to tbe high school district, and on the other hand in the same de gree was unfair to the remainder of the county. If conditions were reversed and 75 cents was insufficient, the coun ty profited and the high school district was discriminated against. It was as sumed that the rate Indicated must necessarily be unequal and an unfair discrimination, one way or the other; that therefore the law was unconstitu tional because in contravention of sec tions 1. 4 and 6 of article ix of the con stitution of Nebraska. These sections, for the purposes of the case, were epi tomized in the following paragraph of the syllabus prepared by Judge Norval: ‘‘The constitution of this state requires not only that the valuation of property for taxation, but the rate as well, must be uniform.” it wouia seem in tne race or tne tore going that it will be practically impos sible to frame a law that will be consti tutional unless the constitution itself be amended. We hope that no young man or young woman will feel that a high school education, or even a more ad vanced education, is cut off because of this decision. The self-reliant young man or young woman who has the per severance and determination to get an education will be able to overcome ob stacles and make ways, and indeed it is a question whether it is not unfor tunate for a young man to have his tui tion paid if he is able to pay his way by his own efforts. We shall hope that there will continue to be the same in terest and enthusiasm in the high schools of our state that has so fully characterized them during the present year. , State Entitled to a Share. LINCOLN. Neb.. April 23 — A copy of the decision of the United States circuit court of appeals in the case of the State of Nebraska against J. W. McDonald, receiver of the defunct Cap ital National bank, was filed with the authorities at the state house. This suit was instituted to recover the state's deposit in the broken bank, amounting to $285,351.85, and the de cision of the court of appeals holds that the state has a legal claim to the money and should be paid pro rata with other depositors. The receiver is scored rather severely for refusing to allow the claim, which the court holds to be confessedly just and meritorious. The opinion in the case is quite ex tensive and contains much matter of interest to Nebraska lawyers. The su preme court is complimented very highly in the following terms: "The state of Nebraska early adopted the re form system of pleading, and there is probably no state in the union whose courts have given to that system a more liberal and enlightened interpre tation or one more in harmony with its obvious and. we may say. expressed purpose and intent. The code of that state abolishes all common law forms of actions." »bn«l» PMtmutm. WASHINGTON. D. C., April 23 Dr. John N. Agan was appointed pen sion examining surgeon at Pender. George W. Nation has been appointed postmaster at Willey. Box Butte county vice G. E. Willey, resigned. A post office has been established at Abdul, Nuckolls county, with Boyd H. Kirar as postmaster. Boy Shoot# Hlmurlf. AXTELL. Neb.. April 23.—John Blick. a farmer boy living eight miles north of town, while out herding cattle with a shotgun loaded with goose shot accidentally shot himself in the arm. tearing out the muscles of the forearm and injuring the bones. Broaeht to Hebron for Baris 1. HEBRON. Neb., April 23.—The re mains of O. B. Shade, a dry goods mer chant of this city some years ago. were brought here for burial. Mr. Shade has lived since leaving Hebron, at Leach wood, Iowa, but had been traveling and died of rheumatism at Cherokee Iowa. The Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias, of which Mr. Shade had been a mem ber. took charge of the funeral. Omaha's First Whlt» Settler. OMAHA. April 23.—Thursday was the seventy-fifth birthday of “Unclfc Bill” Snowden. Omaha's first white set tler. With his wife he crossed the Missouri river from Council Bluffs July 11. 1854. and took up his residence on this side. Major William P. Snowden has lived in Omaha continuously since that time. He is hale, hearty and happy on his seventy-fifth birthday, but he is not spending it in idleness He is a constable in the court of Coun ty Judge Vinsonhaler and is serving papers and doing all the duties inci dent to his position. Thlrff* Steal Harness DAVID CITY. Neb.. April 23 —Judge Matt Miller’s barn was raided and a set of fine harness and a number of blankets were stolen. Bloodhounds were put on the trail, but lost it. The parties left town in a wagon. A Rank for Lorton. NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. April 23 - Articles of incorporation of the First State bank of Lorton have been filed with the county clerk. The capital stock is $5,000, and the Incorporators are Thomas Murray, W. H. Kruse, Hans P. Anderson and J. Louis Damme. This is Lorten’s second bank. NEBRASKA'S NEW CHANCELLOR To Take a Rest and Then Enter Upon Bis Duties July 1st. CHICAGO. 111.. April 20—(Special to the Omaha World-Herald.)—Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews severed his con nection with the public schools of Chi cago tonight. He did not resign, but simply notified the board of education at its meeting that he intended to ac cept the position of chancellor of the University of Nebraska, and would therefore not be a candidate for re election as superintendent of Chicago's schools. He also asked for two month's leave of absence without pay. The board granted the leuve, but in- I sisted on giving him pay until the end of his term, which expires in the , last week of June. The letter amounted to a resigna tion and the granting of the leave will only give Dr. Andrews two more weeks as head of the schools. At the end of the month he will retire and go south to recuperate, according to his physi cian's orders. The letter of Dr. Andrews, announc- j ing that he intended to accept the Ne braska position, came as a surprise to the members of the board. The trustees thought Dr. Andrews had not made up his mind and would not do so until he had heard from his wife, who is to arrive in Chicago in the ; morning. The communication from ; Dr. Andrews read tonight was as fol lows: “Graham H. Harris. President Board of Education—Dear Sir: Having been elected chancellor of the University of j Nebraska, and meaning to assume the said office after the close of my pres ent term of service with the board, I hereby respectfully notify you that I am not and shall not be a candidate for re-election as superintendent of schools. “Further, the condition of my health and eyesight constrains me to request j leave of absence without salary for the entire months of May and June, if possible, or if this is too much, for such or as large parts of those months as. may be deemed suitable. Very re spectfully, *'E BENJ. ANDREWS.” No comments were made by the trustees. A motion was made and car- ! ried that Dr. Andrews be given two months leave with pay. No voice was heard in dissent to this proposition. Then a motion was made for the ap pointment of a committee to draw up j resolutions expressing the regret of the trustees at the disappearance of Dr. Andrews from the Chicago public i schools. The resolutions will be elab orately engrossed. Fw High School Law. LINCOLN, Neb., April 20.—The su preme court, in an opinion written by Chief Justice Sullivan, declared the free High school law, enacted by the last legislature, to be unconstitutional. The case was that of the Havelock High school district against Lancaster county, and was brought for the pur pose of testing the validity of the act. The law is held unconstitutional be cause of its provision that pupils from without the district may attend the High school free of cost, the district to be reimbursed cut of the general fund of the county, at the rate of 75 cents per week for each pupil. This arbi trary rate, the court holds, may fall below or exceed the cost of tuition, contravening sections 1. 4 and 6, art icle 9, of the state constitution. Miff Contract Awarded. OMAHA. April 20.—Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins have been awarded the con tract for cutting through Sherman hill, the highest point on the Union Pacific, a gigantic task of two years, and in volving the driving of one of the lar gest railroad tunnels in the country, and building of a trestle approach on one side. Its cost is estimated about $2,500,000. The award is the result of the visit to Sherman hill by E H. Harriman. chairman of the executive board, and Jacob Schlff. one of the'C^ rectors, who has heavy Uninon Pacific holdings of his own; along with Pres ident Burt. General Manager Dickin son and Chief Engineer Berry. School Teacher Killed. NEBRASKA CITY. Neb., April 20.— Word has been received here of the killing of Miss Jennie Palmer in Wis consin while out riding. She was <.»:? of the best known and most popular school teachers of this county. New School for Madlaon. MADISON, Neb., April 20.—At an election held to decide whether or not to issue bonds to the amount of $12,250. for the purpose of building a school house on the site of the one on the south side, considered unsafe, the vote was 253 for and 2S against the bonds. Judge Brandon Dies. TECUMSEH. Neb., April 20.—Judge H. W. Brandon died very suddenly of nervous trouble at his home here. He was aged 56 years and leaves a wife. Judge Brandon was a native of "Wis consin. but located in Tecumseh at an early day and was a very prosperous business man. He served the county as probate Judge two terms, having been first elected on the republican ticket in 1895. To Save Dlnsmore's Life. LINCOLN, April 20.—Norris Brown of Kearney was in the city, appearing before the supreme court in behalf of Dlnsmore, the murderer now confined in the penitentiary, under death sen tence. Mr. Brown visited his client at the penitentiary after appearing in supreme court earlier in the day. He is trying to get a new trial. Veteran and Indian Fighter Dies. NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. April 20.— H. W. Angel, one of the volunteers In the Indian war of 1868 and one of the old settlers of this section, died last evening. He was among the volun teers from this section who went after the Indians after the massacre at Blue Springs and at Red Cloud. He was also a veteran of the civil war and never tired of tailing of the various hairbreadth escapes that he had as a scout while fighting the Indians on the plains in the early days. He was hur led under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic post of this city. Shoots Himself In the Hand. CHADRON, Neb.. April 20.—S. A. Herron, a representative of the Mar shal Paper company of Omaha, acci dentally discharged a small caliber pis tol in M. E. Wilson’s stationery store Monday. The bullet struck his hand, inflicting a painful wound. Fond for India Sofferers. HUMBOLDT. Neb.. April 20—The people of the Methodist church Easter Sunday raised $103 ror India famine sufferers. A citizens’ committee, con sisting of one members from each church organization, is aiso at work and is meeting with much success. IN THE m CLOT Sot. Poyrter Deliver* Men Who Hare Dishonestly Operated. WORKING INDER FALSE PRETENSfS rh.y Took About «18.000 Out of ioftoa County, ,*wm, ttndseont_Th# Crook. Allow«■ d to G|v» b.u and StMd Trial Perhop. l.t.r Qn LINCOLN, April k p Povntp. *f. . i y-u 1J —Governor and C R wr, °KVer Ea“ ,n « Snow Twter, oi n. f' ,0 Sheriff J. w. ^ Washington countv Iowa triil ineinW° mPD wU1 have io stand tnal in Iowa on the charge of obtain ing money under false pretend and for conspiracy. The prisoners were arrested Sunday at Beatrice ~ wheJe they have lived for some time They have been selling the righ* to sell % patent right on a washing marine ^Z,^rn0r ***“ l^ued an ez for^time ^ pr,soners asked llu a ta**as corpus •^uit. sheriff Teeters granted this request, saying that he did not want to appear in the role of persecutor, but later the men agreed to make no further resistance in return for the privilege of giving hail bond in the ^h1 ° each after arriving at uJtt\TT .vThi* Proposition was agreed to by Sheriff Teeters and Coun ty ;V «rney vS W firookhart of Washington, who appeared as the prosecutor. ,Sn°w “d Wright sold a patent washing device in the form of a hol low plunger. The device is manufac tured by Hebbell 0. Soper of Illinois. The two men sold rights for $1,000 each. The purchaser had to agree to buy the machines of Hubbeirtor $1 each and not to sell them for less thaa So each. Each purchaser of a right had the right to go out and sell similar rights to others, thus creat ing an endless chain. Officers of tha law designate this plan of operation a®, selling blue sky.” Snow and W right are said to have sold eighteen rights in W ashington countv, for which they received $18,000. Indict ments were issued by the grand jury in Iowa and in hearing the case Gov ernor Poynter merely considered the legal points whether the men were fugitives from justice, whether the ac tion against them was for the pur pose of collecting a debt or whether it was in the nature of persecution. He found the requisition papers regu lar in form and so he turned over the prisoners. Gang of Sbopliftrr* Caught. ORLEANS. Neb.. April 18.—A gang of seven shoplifters and daylight rob bers appeared in town and taking ad vantage of the usually busy Saturday crowd began operations in the different stores. While a number of stores are losers in only one were they detected In the act. Two of them were oper ating in P. W. Shea s department store and were caught and held by Mr. Shea himself. They were found to have gotten away with seventeen pairs of pants, one full suit or clothes and some ladies' shoes. Most of the goods were recovered in this case. Justice Coulter bound two of them over to the district court, there not being sufficient evidence against the galance of the gang to hold them. The whole party showed themselves to be old hands at the business, and no doubt are an organized gang, working the towns through the state. i Wlnt«r Wheat Look* Well. FAIRFIELD. Neb.. April 18.—A steady rain of several hours fell here, and the ground is thoroughly satur ated with moisture. Crop prospects are all that could be desired. Winter wheat is looking fine and pastures are looking well. Merchants report an excellent spring trade. Prices of farm products are better than they have been for years. S«nnder» County Fair. WAHOO. Neb.. April IS.—The board of directors of the Saunders County Fair association met at the city hall in this place recently and elected P. P. Church vice president, and fixed the dates for holding the fair for Sep tember 17 to 20. inclusive. It also let the contract for printing the premium list to Eric Johnson of the New Era. Old Soldier Die*. SCHUYLER. Neb., April IS.—Cap tain Stone of this city died on the 16th. The captain had been sick for the last year or more with Bright s disease. Mr. Stone was one of the ”boys” of 1861. who served in the civil war and is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic here and was buried by the surviving comrades. Axtel Farmer Insane. MINDEN. Neb.. April 18—August Johnson, living a mile north of Ax tel. was brought before the ii..->an;iv commission and adjudged insane. He is a farmer about 35 years old and has been living all alone on his farm. Sot*« Southeastern Nebraska has been well wet down. An eighty acre f- rm near Tabla Rock brought $5,050. The curfew ordinance is now oper ative in Table Rock. Burglars have been operating at Orleans and McCook. Prof. Atkinson of Edgar has been selected as superintendent of the schools of York. >'ot TriM t>T*r. OGALALLA. Neb., April 18— Stata Veterniary Surgeon Anderson was in Ogalalla and in company with L. E. Menter of this place drove over to the ranch of Tbeis Bros., on North river, where the Texas fever was re ported to be. Mr. Anderson made a thorough examination and reports that Texas fever was not the cause of the death of twenty head of cattle. The ticks on the cattle were the ordi nary dog ticks. Cattlemen are much easier since Mr. Anderson reported, they being equally divided as to the cause of the death of the cattle. Toons M»n Killed. FAIRFIELD. Neb., April 18.—bar ren Hancock of Nelson, a boy seven teen years of age, together with two other boys came to Weweese, six miles south of this place to spend the day hunting and fishing. Hancock at tempted to pull a shotgun from the boat by the muzzle when the hammer caught upon the boat's edge, gun was discharged, sending the charge of duck shot into the boy s chest Just beneath the left arm, per forating the langs and heart, caus.og bis Instant death.