Nebraska Newspapers

    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<m.u a tt» Pretoria fort*.
A «j*nujif eaaia^, dated buro
?<*tei& Aprti .» l#.li a m acd Ue
A-tx..a<: Vta Prea* Ctnaor. Bioein
lAMt “ report* as. exchange ot abuts
la ib* af i**w«t«»durp «trrt
th* bur. are aud to W cuacmt rating,
after thnr withdrawal from Wep
TVt* *• a*«hieg to mdktte that
th» ttttaaa«m of uvpeoer to hem
AiattAfd by the Bums. Notvitb
•taad.hg the rate- however, the British
tea* was* wait progrew* as iteWeta*
amp has Iwt at «ojaed try theta. proi, - .
at* » iff the advance <4 General Hus*
U» ettiaiuh iJrWetadorp ts abuct
t»*tt|-lusr aik> 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 <d water Lu fallen. The**
uhtfiU n* although utrrar.) uarux
CarLaha* wj far as the nAdiUuiu are
■ on< "emed. Lave bad their advantage*.
f*.* e«*rf cam the cavalry around
»1* Bt i» 8 i*-d and the questinn of
water wh*rh n.tb*rio durtn; tbe
tear/ h <A the army Lae been toe of
great : -fit atty, i* ao* pra< tiauy
•****•4. The troop* •'111 be able to
move ut any direetian with a certainty
of hading a *-tif&rle»cy of water.
The * Lt*»e regular and volunteer
draft* Lave arrived.
Oeorral H-nter. frua Natal. com
manding the new >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*<lrr »t><]
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**- -<al to the Tribune from Thomp
sons. Utah. say- Mr Fullerton, man
ager of the Webster City Cattle com
pany. yesterday discovered the men
mutilating brands on his cattle. They
threatened to shoot and be retreated.
With the assistance of Sheriff Preese
and paste* the thieves were overtaken
seventy miles north of here and or
dered to surrender. The thieves
showed fight and were followed fur
ther north, all exchanging shots, one
of the outlaws being instantly killed.
1 he dead man answers the description
of ' Flat Nose George," and investi
gation proves almost conclusively that
be g one of the men that robbed the
train of the Union Pacific railroad
about s year ago. The body has been
brought to Thonpsons for identiflca
* >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.